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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
HE KILLED M.kERcHER.
That Much Young Montgomery Has
Confessed to

Confessed 10.
All doubt of the guilt of Lloyd
Montgomery, accused of commit
ing the triple murder near Browns
vile, was removed Sunday after
noon, when he made partial con-
fession to Sheriff McFeron. The
prisoner was sharply questioned by
the sheriff, when the officer told
him he might as we'll tell the truth
about the matter, the prisoner be-
gan crying, and said:
"Come inside and | will tell you
all about it," a
The sheriff went into the cell,
and young Montgomery told a brief
disconnected story, broken with
fits Of weeping. He said:.
"When Gilkey, the hopbuyer,
drove away from the house, father
and McKercher were standing by
the picket fence, in front of the
house, talking about some money
which father owed McKercher.
This was only afew dollars. Direct
ly after Gilkey left, McKercher
asked for a drink of water. / took
him around to the back porch
where the we'll is and gotit for him.
He then went through the house,
as | suppose where father was.
While / was taking a drink of wat
er | heard rifle shot. | ran into
the house and met mother. She
cried.
"McKercher has shot pa, and is
shooting at me; run for your life.
II ran to get the gun, but found
it gone. | then ran out Of the back
door and started around to the
front yard, where McKercher was
shooting. He saw me coming, and
shot once at me, but didn't hit me,
and | grabbed the gun and shot him
in the head as he turned around.
He had killed father and mother
and had to do it. I then ran
from the house into the field. My
first thought was to get away. I
was afraid people would think
had done all the killing. Just
then the school children came
along, and / went to the house with
them. The rest is just as | told it
before. | got on to McKercher's
horse and went aud notified the
neighbors."
Young Montgomery further said
that he left the rife on McKercher's |
body to create the impression that
he had killed Montgomery and his
wife and then committed suicide. |
Officers place no credence in his |
story, beyond the admission Of his
own guilt. They claim there is
abundance of evidence toshow con- |
clusively that the prisoner killed |
both his father and mother and |
McKercher, which this confession
only strengthens.
Tuesday young Montgomery |
made another confession.
"If | only had it to do over again;
| don't know why / did it," he said
weeping bitterly. "Father and [ !
were quarreling, He was going |
after me for staying away from
home and McKercher sided in with
him in abusing me, Father had
always treated me mean and I
worked hard all my life. lie asked |
me where I had been and I told |
him | had been hunting; then he
SLAPPED me and told me to 60 out
and cut some wood. | was SO
angered that / rushed into the
house and got the rifle and came
out at the kitchen door and began
shooting at father and McKercher.
| shot father first, and then at Nc
Kercher, but missed him. / ran |
around toward the trout door and |
shot him as he entered the house.
Mother was running away from me
through the house. After got to
shooting | just kept on and shot
them a1lD
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
ma Miscreant caneht.

The miscreant who has been
burning hay in the vicinity Of
Mitchell and antelope has been
caught in the act. His name is
Tom Lewis, and is held in $500
bonds to appear before the grand
jury.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
a Eact Worth Knominr. .

Constipation, LaGrippe, Pneu-
monia, and oil Throat and Lung
Diseases are cured by Shiloh's
Cure.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29

Constipation, causes more thar
half Of the ills Of women. Karrs
Clover Root Tea is a pleasant cure
for Constipation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
All Recommend It.

Ask your physician, your drug
gist and your friends about Shiloh's
Cure for Consumption. They will
recommend it,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
i Saves lives every Day

I Saves Lives Every Day.
Thousand of cases Of Consump-
ton AS bad Coughs, Colds and
Group are cured every day by Shil-
hos Cure.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29
LoDcR DlRECroRY

II o. o. F. NO. 73, MEETS EVERY
L. Friday night Visiting Odd Fellows
good standing always welcome.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29

A Q. U. w. NO. lO4, MEETS THE
N Second and Fourth Saturdays OF
month. Fred Rozenswieg,
Recorder.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03
The Masonic Banquet.

Lafayette Lodge No. l9i, Free
and Accepted Masons held its an
nual banquet at the National Hotel
in Selinsgrove last Thureday eve
ing it beirg st. Sohn's Day. At nine
o'clock the guests began to assem-.
BILE and were soon escorted to the
spacious dining room. The Selins.
grove orchestra furnished most excel
lent music while the guests partook
OF bounteous repast so carefully
prepared by Mr.. Arbogast and his
wife. Everything was served very
promptly and eighty-one guests did
ample Justice to the delicious viands
set before them. When the feast for
the stomach ceased the feast of rea-
son and of the soul began. VI. l..
Wagenseller presided as toast mas
ter and he called upon the following
named persons to respond to the
toasts assigned: "Why AIN | a Ma
son? DR.. J. II. Dimm; "Once Il Ma
son, Always Mason," Prof. G.. T..
Fisher; "Why shall continue to be
a Mason" Prof. Il. p. Rohback;
Our Guests, the Ladies'" Geo. W.
Wagenseller; Our Lodge" A. W.
Potter, Esq, "St Johns Day
Chas. Il. Ulrich, Esq.
After the toasts the dining room
was cleared and the harmonious
strains ofmusic brought the dancers
upon the floor and the gaiety contin-
ued for several hours longer. Mr..
Arbogast, who has Just taken hold
of this hotel, deserves especial
credit for the able and satisfactory
manner in which the banquet was
served. All tue wants and wishes
OF the guests were promptly satis-
fed and liberalization of pleasure
and enjoyment was beyond tho hone
of the most sansuine expectations.
Before the banquet the officers were
installed the worshipful master APP
pointed his subordinates.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03
THAT PRIZE.
IIiE bIOOMsBUUN SCHOLARSHIP Is
THE MOST POPULAR iNpICE-
MENr EVER OFFERED IN
SNYDER COUNTY

1t IL gratifying to us to learn that
our scholarship prize is meeting with
universal favor. There is scarcely n
person in Snyder County who has
not heard of this great offer. A
number OF teachers and their friends
are actively engaged in securing
coupons from the PosT. The readers
of this paper are favored class and
their friendship is eagerly sought
because in their hands lies the power
to award the scholarship at the
Bloomsbury State Normal School of
fered by the editor of the Posr. New.
er before has such n privilege been
given to the readers of any County
newspaper in Central Pennsylvania
and we know that the intelligence of
our readers Will direct the votes in
the proper channel. In fact, we do
not know of Il teacher in the county
who is not worthy of receiving such
handsome present, but only one
can be successful.
We have been asked whether we
will print and sell extra copies OF
the Post during the continuance of
this contest. We will answer once
for all that we will furnish but one
copy OF the Post TO each subscriber
the same as before. We will not
give or sell any copies of the PosT
in job lots for the following reasons:
First. because the contest then
would 'irser uro- the ability or
Willingness OF persons 20 :as.-. "a.
ex. ra copies and it might not keep
the rich and poor ON an equality in
the contest.
Second, because it would defeat
our purpose to get yearly subscrib-
ers. We desire to place II premium
upon industry and we believe the
decision above made is step III that
direction.
Third, when the coupons from the
regular subscribers are used the
contest will become what we want it
tobe-a contest for new subscribers
The interest awakened in the Posr
Popular Teacher Prize was like an
electrical phenomenon the news
spreading like wild fire into every
home in Snyder County. The con
testants appeared and lines were
drawn in favor of one or another of
the contestants in very short time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03
The Festivals in 1895.

The fixed and movable festivals,
etc, in 1895 occur as follows: Epi-
phany, January 6; Septuagesima
Sunday, February 10; Quinquagesta
-Shrove Sunday, Febryary27, First
Sunday in Lent, March 3; st. Pat
rick, March II; Annunciation,
March %; Palm Sunday, April Il;
Good Friday, April ~; Easter Sun
day, April IA; Low Sunday, April 2i'
Rogation Sunday, May 10; Ascon-
sion day, May %; Pentecost-Whit
Sunday, June 9; Trinity Sunday,
June 8; Corpus Christi, June 10; st.
John, Baptist, June "a; Michaelmas
Day, September 30; First Sunday in
Advent, December l; Christmas Day,
December 20.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03
The Owls Holiday Assembly,

The Owl Club of Selinsgrove held
its annual Holiday Assembly on
Tuesday evening in the Town Hall
of that place. The Middleburg
Orchestra furnished most excellent
music and the promenade opened
the Ball at $3.50. The gaiety and
splendor of costume was unique, -,
all appearing in full evening dress.
The patronesses who did honor to
the occasion were Mrs. Harvey f..
Miller, Mrs. p. A. Boyer, Mrs. II.
Schoch, Mrs. G. b. North, Mrs. g. &.
Wagenseller, Mrs. b. +. Gregory and
Mrs. B. +. Wagenseller. The sweet
and harmonious strains of music
marked the time and measured the
steps of the merry dancers. The
dance continued until the wee small
hours of the morning when each
sought the silent chambers OF slumb-
er and lay down for pleasant dreams.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03
of LOCAL INTEREST
This is zero weather.
A Happy New Year.

A Happy New Year.
Don't forget to write it 1895.
4 well rendered article-lard.
Objects to treatment-the Prohib-
Stionist.
A worn-out garment-the over
oat.
ANYBODY can go to heaven-on a
tombstone.
We speed the parting and hasten
he New Year.
This is the beginning of volume 32
pf the PosT.
A capital idea--adiourning Congress
or the holidays.
Who is the most deserving teach
r in Snyder county?
Many a misunderstanding might
be averted by perfect frankness.
in. Thompson, Jr., spent Christ
has with his parents in Juniata
bounty.
A long necked dress party-the
Inieathered chicken hung up by its
"a, Z
serv,w York woman has paid 80,
u'. fan-another case of rails
OK plac wind.
ih rigi
discRals of Sunbury are endeavor-
FrrSsI get silk manufacturing COM
IllOo an. 'ocate at that place.
fhe books lch fall of snow was well
,,Ons aisptiayeas t,;, ms. The sleigh bells are
Of wagentreeng.
ming. But thl
per and wife spent a
,sIS,Is sad now ,,;,asss A,sey, R g.. Bannen in
d crinoline. msPoft.
\ is cracc,l trwersox of Shamokin in
Re 'ozFwith his friend Mr.. Jones
aro,,& istmas at the County seat.
% e never 81 what you put into your
5pr 4 o. dp1Sut what you take out that
pi, an 80 you rich.
y the
Fces,fload of pigs and shoats will
y ,nat pat in Middleburgh about the
d = of January.
! " mie you a good teacher! If so,
your appreciation for him by
ping the coupon from the Posi-
vote for him.
prize of SG9. 80 is offered to the
st deserving teacher in Snyder
inty. See particulars elsewhere
this issue.
Mrs. p. L. Romig of Selinsgrove
d Willie Noll of Myerstown spent
Friday with n. A. Bowes and
billy.
Iegal records show that the ed
Fsions to the bar of the State of
lng lawyers just starting in prac-
were larger last year than any
y for long time past.
fenry Henley of Leavenworth
psas is visiting Mrs. Chas. Stein
Ter, her brother. Mr.. Henley
raised in West Beaver township
is well known in this county.
number of Trade Dollars have
le their appearance. The Trade
Jar has been withdrawn from cir
'tion and is only worth the value
|he silver in them, about sixty
Is.
exchange truly says: The man
gets mad at what the newspa-
say about him should return
ks three times day for what
newspapers know about him and
say.
Pr ten years the desk calendar
Fd by the Pope Manufacturing
pany has held a unique place
ng business helpers. Each daily
during that time has taught its
lesson of the value of better
and outdoor exercises, and
cially the benefit of bicycling.
calendar for 1895, which is just
d, is even brighter than its pre-
'sor in appearance. as clever ar.
have added dainty silhouette
sketch to the usual wise and
contributions that have here.
2 given this popular calendar its
p, 1t can be had for i've ace nj
ps from the Pope Manufactur.
|ompany, Hartford, Conn, O,
any Columbia bicycle agency
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03
Meets Death by Accident.

On the evening of Dec. 10Th Cyrus,
the Is year old son of Jacob Long
acre, deceased, met with an accident
that cost his life. The young man
started away from his home near
Verdilla riding II colt. About three
hours later the colt returned with
out the rider. These developments
caused diligent search to be made
and the young man was found lying
by the roadside in an unconscious
condition. He was badly bruised
and injured from the effects of which
he died few hours after he was
found. The deceased was buried Mt
kelsers church on Monday, Dec.
2ith and host of friends paid their
tribute of respect to the departed
one by following the remains to the
cemetery. The father of the unfor-
tunate man died last September
thus bringing double aflliction up
on Mrs. Longacre who has the loving
sympathy of her many friends.
The following we clip from the
Cleveland Leader of Dec. 23rd. The
Mrs. Hebebrand is sister of Geo.
b. NJ. Arnold of Adamsburg, both
representatives of family who re-
sided in Middleburgh for 81 years.
Mrs. Hildebrand is one of the most
talented lady artists of the land and
Middleburg is proud to own such
skilled hand: One of the prettiest
exhibitions of cemaric art that have
been given in this city was held Tues
day and Wednesday at the residence
of Mrs. III. l.. Hebebrand, IO5 Ken
sington avenue. The 300 pieces
shown were contributed by Mrs.
Robert +. Mackenzie and the follow
ing members of her class Mrs. II.
L. Hebebrand, Mrs. Charles Par
sons, Mrs. j. JOSEPH, Mrs. Fl. f.
Mcfarland, Miss Margaret S. King,
Mrs. George Butner, Mrs. Robert
Pate, Mrs. Maurice b. Sourtevant,
Mrs. Tony Deisner, Mrs. William
Orr, Misses Josie Little, Ida Rad.
ford, Lillian Butner, Maude Bau-
man and Carrie Pagel, Among the
most beautiful pieces were choco-
late pot, poppy plate and several
vases by Mrs. Hebebrand, a fish set
by Mrs. Parsons, a chocolate set by
Mrs. Joseph, a smoking set by
Mrs. Margaret King and several
vases by Mrs. Mackenzie. The
ladies served refreshments and an
excellent musical program was rend-
cred.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-03

Roll or HoNoR.-The following
persons have paid their subscription
to the Posi- to the dates opposite
their names. Should any mistakes
occur in these credits or on your pa
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-10
a WEIRD SEA TALE.

The Deep Mystery OF an Abandoned Ship
ard ITS Missing rev.
One of the strangest stories about an
abandoned ship cones from the Indian
ocean. In 1892 the British corvette
Lizard was cruising OF Ceylon. A ship
came in sight with all sail set, and
making good speed through the water.
The officers took a long look, and one
said: There is something wrong
about that vessel. Her crojack is loose
and tapping, and there is no man at
the wheel. We had better run down
to her"
This was done, says the New York
World, and when near it was seen that
the ship had no crew, as there was no
answer to the hail. When boarded
there were no marks Of trouble until.
on raising a sail that vas spread over
the main hatch, the body OF q man was
found. He had been ironed to the
lock-bars Of the hatch cover, and had
apparently been dead a week.
On going into the cabin the body of
an elderly man was found. He had
been stabbed to death. On examining
the log-book 1t was on record that the
ship was Spanish, from the Philippines,
and named Ell Frey Antonio; but,
strangely, the las entry vas six weeks
past, and spoke of abandoning the ship
at a point a. thousand miles away,
bound for Malaga, Spain. She was left
on the road to China. A pitcher OF
water OF the table was intact. Could
the vessel have come this long journey
without meeting a storm, and how had
the dead men got here? They had not
been dead six weeks, ani both were
LaScarS.
The Frey Antonio was taken into
Madras, the Spanish government mott
fed, and their answer only made the
mystery deeper. The ship had sailed
from Celebcs more than a year before,
with six Roman Catholic priests as
passengers, bound for Spain, and had
no Lascars among her crew. And this
wa Ill. And from that far away
time until now the story Of FL Frey
Antonio is ona Of the secrets of tbs
deep.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-10
HOW TO FIGHT INDIANS.
a Recipe Givon for tho Benefit o. BIoos
thirsty Boys.

a Recipe Givon for thu Benefit o. Blood
thirsty Boys.
Jack now took off his blue flannel
jumper and overall trousers, fixed them
artistically together and stuffed them
out with the parse grass growing every
where around Us. Then he held the
dummy beyond the edge of a boyvlder
in such a wa as to look as if the bulge
OF his own body were protruding, says
L~ippincott's Magazine.
The old, old ruse succeeded admir-
ably, for instantly there II from the
cover, about thirty yards away, a hurt
ling shower of arrows; and as soon as
Tom and 1 had fred our decoy shots a
squad of ~hideously painted Apaches
sprang up, and with uplifted toma-
hawks and terrific yells, rushed toward
us. But not for far.
Now, boys!' shouted Jack, and at
the crack of our rifles the three fore
most braves went ~headIong down.
For a few seconds the others stood
bewildered, and then, as one after an.
other dropped under the storm of re.
volver bullets, fred SO rapidly as to
seem like the work of q dozen enemies
the surviving warriors darted off tc
their ponies and scurried away.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-10
Nanoleon,s Death Mask.

The death mask of Napoleon, which
was taken Immediately after the de-
mise of the conqueror at ST. Helena
by DR.. Autonarchi, was obtained under
great difficulties. There was not an
ounce of plaster of paris to be had on
the island, therefore the doctor secured
the cliffs in every direction for a piece
of gypsum This he at last found and
calcined until powdering was possible.
On this account the work was very
crude, but this Notwithstanding he had
an offer Of six thousand pounds sterling
about thirty thousand dollars) for the
cast, before it was a month old. Sew.
era of the replicas are now valued at
twenty thousand dollars each
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-10
IN COMMAND OF THE ARMADA.
Several of the Things Which Philip II.
Forget.

Several of the Things Which Philip II.
Forget.
In the Armada the crusading enthup
siasm had reached its point and focus,
says Froude in Longman's Magazine.
England was the stake to which the
virgin, the daughter of Sion, was bound
in captivity. PerseuS had come at last
in the person of the duke of Medina
Sidonia, and with him all that was best
and brightest in the c~ountrymen of
Cervantes, t o break her bonds and re-
place her on her throne. They had
sailed into the channel in pious hope,
with the blessed banner waving over
their heads.
To be the executor of the DEGREES of
Providence is a lofty ambition, but men
in a state of high emotion overlook the
precautions which are not to be dis
pensed with, even on the sublimest of
errands. Don Cuixote, when he set out
to redress the wrongs of humanity, for
got that a change of linen might be
necessary and hat he must take money
with him to pay his hotel bills. Philip
IL, in sending the Armada to England,
and confident in supernatural protec-
ton, imagined an unresisted, triumphal
procession.
He forgot that contractors might be
r~ascals, that water four months in the
casks in a hot climate turned putrid
and that putrid water would poison his
ships companies, though his crews
were companies of angels. He forgot
that the servants of the evil one might
fight for their mistress after all and
hat he must send adequate supplies Of
powder, and, worst forgetfulness of all,
that a great naval expedition required
a leader who understood his business
Perseus, in the shape of the duke OF
Medina Sidonia, after a week Of dis
astrous battles, found himself at the
end Of it in an exposed roadstead, where
he ought never to have been, nine
tenths of his provisions thrown over
board as unfit for food, his ammunition
exhausted by the unforeseen demands
upon it, the seamen and soldiers har-
assed and dispirited, officers the whole
week without sleep, and the enemy,
who had hunted him from Plymouth tc
Calais, anchored within half a league
| of him
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-10
GLEANINGS
OfInt6r6St Clipped
From our State
Exchanges.

Newbern Journal: The nine
and a half foot alligator recently
caught by Capt. Fisher, col, in
a fish net down Neuse river is
now at Big Ike's clothing store.
Washington Messenger: The
Pamlico iron works forged the
largest casting ever moulded
from a shop in this city and per-
haps in Eastern North Carolina,
this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The
plate is for the Springer Lumber
Co., of South Creek and it will
be used for the mammoth smoke
stacks of that large mill. There
are too of the plates, each weigh
ing over 700 pounds.
Clinton Democrat: Mr.. J. H.
Royal is more of a farmer than
may be expected, which a visit
to his farm will show. He has
about 200 acres in corn, which,
it is believed. will yield 1000
bushels. He has ten acres in to-
bacoo and ten III cotton. His to-
tobacco is now said to be as
good as a ever grown in
Sampson. It is all now well
cured and about ready for mar
ket. Samples sent up to the
Rocky Mount warehouse grade
mp as well as any tobacco seen
there this season. It is estimated
that his tobacco crop will be
something like $4,000 pounds.
Mr.. EoyaIl will get ten bales OF
cotton from ten acres. He is
fattening 100 hogs. and has a
herd Of As cows. He has also a
good many goats, but not near as
many as Gov, Pat Exum.