The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-17

Banks Dreese formerly of Adams
burg, but now Of Louisville. Ken
tucky, was in town on Saturday.
Jacob Gilbert wishes to inform all
persons not to remove wood or tim
Der from his land in franklin Twp.
Hezekiah Grumbine has written
a dutch poem this week on the
death of poodle" belonging to
Chas Boyer of Paxtonville.
With $500 murders committed
last year in the United States there
were l32 executions one in seventy
five. Aud we boast of our laws and
civilization
Our income for the year 1894 has
not been large enough for the inter
nal revenue collector TO bother about
sendiug us a blank on which to re.
port the amount of it. The income
tax clause couldn't touch US with a
fifty-foot pole.
There are 2G, 2il school teachers
in Pennsylvania, S,i5i males and II,
III females. The average salaries of
the male teachers per month
amounts to Si4.1G while the females
get S33Oj. The average attendance
of pupils is 759,5G0.
The championship for the biggest
porker in Perry county now belongs
to Grosh Hench, of South West
Madison township. He slaughtered
a a2i.month-old hog that tipped the
beam at Sj3 pounds. 1t yielded 7
G0pound cans of ard.-.Sun.
Postmaster Runkle has purchased
the Post Office case formerly owned
by IL. III. Schoch. He is placing u
in the new bank building and wi
open the new Office very shortly.
This is a neat case and will be a
credit to the Office.
This week we publish the certifi-
cate showing that we have purchas-
ed II scholarship at the Bloomsburg
State Normal School. This scholar
ship We will give to the most popular
teacher in Snyder County. The
readers of the Post shall decide
who is to get this prize.
At n meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank of Mid
dleburgh the old board of dir
ectors was reelected as follows
G. A. Schoch, L. j. Smith. A. Kreeg-
Ell, w. W. Wittenmyer, w. C. Pom
eroy, JOS. Rothrock. G.. A. Schoch
was elected president, J. n. Thomp
son Jr,, Cashier. and j. II. Kreeger,
Asst Cashier.
DIR. Geo. r. Ulrich of Selinsgrove
has sold the furniture and apparatus
belonging to his dental office to DR..
Adam G. Spangler, now an under
graduate of the Dental Department
of the University of PENNSYLVANIA.
DR.. Urich will go to Phila. in March
to practice his profession. Both
gentlemen are skilled workmen and
the PosT extends best wishes.
We are pleased to note that Il. b. |
McWilliams has rented one of our
most prominent store rooms for
carrying on the drug business. He
has employed a most competent clerk |
Of Phila. having l3 years experience.
MIR. McWilliams and his clerk will
endeavor to please all who need any
hing in his line, The store will be |
nvitingly furnished We wish the
young man success.
Last week the town of New Berlin
vas grief stricken and it is fitting
hat such should have been the case.
The sudden death of VIM. Gross,
he 23 year old son of s. Il. Gross,
= serious loss to the community.
The sickness was contracted on New
Years Day and turned to heart
All that loving hands
ould do was administered, but his
oul winged its fight to it's eternal
esting place. He was bright,
hristian gentleman, loved by all
Who knew him. He will be missed
" all his many friends aud family,
nut more by his betrothed, highly
espeoted lady of New Berlin, to
'hom the deceased expected to be
narried in two months time. His
was shown by the many
riends who paid their last tribute
4 respect when he was laid to rest.