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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
MARRIED..

At the home OF the brides parents
in Jackson Township, December "a,
by the Rev. s. Sidney Kohler, Mr..
Samuel +. Reichley OF Kratzerville
and Miss Maggie M. Meyer.
On December II, at Fremont, by
Rev. Oscar @. Romig, Mr.. Abraham
LAWYER and Ida J. Romig, both OF
near Freeburg.
On December %, at Richfeld. by
Rev. Oscar q. Romig, Mr.. Benjamin
S. Winey and Miss Bessie Whiteley.
both of Richheld, Pa.
December "a. at the Lutheran
parsonage, Beavertown, oy Rev. o.
s. Scheirer. Mr.. 8. II. Erdley of Mid.
dleburgh and Miss Lizzie Herbster,
of West Beaver Tswnship.
On December "a, by Rev. w. A.
Haas, Frederick Hall OF Williams
port, to Katie Rauch OF Globe Mills.
On December %. by Rev. w. A.
Haas, +. l.. Zeiber of Middle Greek
Post Office to Lizzie Meyer Of Free
burg.
Dec. 10, 1895, at the home OF Irwin
Kinney, Esq, in Beavertown, by
Rey. p. G. Weidenmeyer, Charles $.
Klinger of Mcclure and Miss Effie
NJ. Stuck of Maitland, Milllin Co.
Dec. 20, 1895, at the home of the
brides father, John Benfer, Esq, at
Beaver Springs, by Rev. Z. @. Weld
enmeyer, Calvin s. Dreese, of Bea.
vertown and Miss Lille S. Benfer OF
Beaver Springs.
Dec. /, 1895, at Buffalo Cross
Roads, Union comfy, by Rev. j
Shambach, James w. Klingler anC
Miss Ida +. Yetter, both of Middl,
Creek.
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nsylvania

lyania Railroad Com
IS that clerical orders
l6 will be issued to or
RS of the Gospel 10.
tenn east of Pittsburg
We, on the same con-
il at present. Clergy
to avail themselves
} should make aprli-
earest ticket Office of
il Railroad, so that
be issued before the
sent year.
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DIED.

December 81, at Kratzerville Jacob
Klingler, aged IS years and 8 months.
December "a, at Selinsgrove, Geo.
W. Myers, aged 50 years, 10 months
and 10 days.
December 10, in New Berlin Mary
Magdalena. wife of Edward A. Engle
aged 35 years. ! month and 8 days.
Dec. 90, at Fremont, Lester Lee,
infant son of James and Amanda
Fisher, aged 8 months and IL days.
On December IL. near Oriental,
Jacob Shope aged 80 years, 3 months
and II days.
December 81, at Selinsgrove, Hen.
ry Edward, son Of j. Edward and
Annie Kratzer, aged years, 10 mos
and % days.
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Mt. PLEASANT MILLS.

christmas, the greatest of all holi-
Us, has passed and new year is at
nd. The Christmas entertain
vt was a grand success in every
It. "A. G.. Heist of Colebrook-
'erks county, was the guest Of
,hn several days last week
Alice Teats Of Bealton, Va,
DIR. III. Il. Woomer and son
own are visiting relatives
nifty. w. III. Smith, of
Hotel, Middleburgh was
day. Il. Rev. Gilbert OF
ton pays frequent visits
=. Andrew j. Helm and
'"'h Of Mich. are here
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y Pectoral for coughs
Ask your druggist for
.imanac.
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE.

having been duly appointed auditor by the
Court OF Common Pleas OF snyder county TO dis
tribute the fund IN the hands OF 3. NJ Smyser
assignee Of VIM. Holtzworth, hereby give notice
Selinsgroye, penna., GU Tuesday, January 81,
1896, az 10 o'clock A. NJ. OF said day, at which
time and place all persons being Interested ard
having claims against said VIM. Holteworth,
assgnor. are requested 10 be pres mt and pre-
sent the same or be forever debarred from com
Ing In on the fund. This notice Is given IN com
y. j. PA WILING.
Selinsgrove. Pa, Dec. II, 1895.
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Use DR.. Miles NERVE PLAsTE
WEAKNESS. All druggists
Stop suffering! Try DIR. Miles
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For pain in the chest a piece Of
flannel dumpencd with Chamber
lains Pain Balm aud bound on over
the seat OF the pain. and another on
the back between the shoulders. will
ord prompt relief This is e-pecia-l
ly valuable ia cases where the pain
is caused by cold and there Is II
tendaucy toward pneumonia. For
sale by j. w. Sampsell, Penns Creek.
Du
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Caution Notice.

Notice ia hereby given that the following ar.
ticles were purchased by me at constables
sale and left In tho possession OF John w Kline.
OF Adams Township during my pleasure. A
persons are cautioned not 10 NEEDLE with the
ness. yankey harness. lot OF hay. lot OF corn fod
der. lot corn sprngwagon, l truckwagon Q
bugges. t""ny sleigh, I bob sled. whe :.
barrow s-cut saw. lot carpenter
rye, 2 grub
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county Alliance Meeting,
.Illlanac.

.er County Alliance will meet
hall of the Franklin Alliance
a, Mt 10 o'clock in the forenoon
Iturday, January IL, 1896. All
)rdinates are requested to send
quota of delegates, as business
mportancd will be transacted.
ne following topics have been as
signed for discussion, to be opened
as idicated:
First. Franklin Subordinate. -
Should the Government issue Bonds
in time of peace to keep up the
Gold Reserve y
Second, Adamsburg Subordinate.
Should or should we not have free
coinage of silver !
Third. Beavertown Subordinate
When and how should lime be APP
pliedf
Fourth Fremont Subordinate
Should or should we not plow corn
ground in the fall of the year?
Fifth. Kantz Su bordinate.-
Should corn fodder be cut to be fed
to cattle
NJ. X. HAssINGER, President.
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RESOURCES.

Loans and discounts. sisi. win
Oyerdrafts, secured and unsecured.... 1881
u. 4. Bonds 20 secure circulation. 10000
Premiums on U. =. Bonds. 10000
County Bonds. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Banking-house. furniture. and fixtures H073.is
other real estate and mortgages owned
Agents. 1.................. eABs
Due from state Banks and bankers 80. 53l.1y
Due from approved reserve agents.. i3.f99.9
Checks and other cash Items .......... l0263
Notes Of other National Banks. .......
Fractional paper currency. .nickles. and
cents. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. B6.b
LAWFUL MoSBy RESERVE IN BANK
VIZ;
IeSaI.tcndcr notes -. 1880 ai.2,5O
Redemption fund with u. \. Treasurer
b per cent OF circulation) ........ $500
TOTAL... t2Oil9aS
LIABILITIES.
Captdlst0 paid IN. E0,O00.OO
surplus Fund. ......................... ii,OOOOo
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes ptl1 1.............s............ 4OlI,bi
National Bank notes outstanding. .u... l3500.0n
Due Ia other National banks........... l3,093.is
Individual deposits subject
10 CHECK k...s.s.s.ss.... lOJOil.2t
Demand certificates Ot de-
puslt. g,sf2Sl llf,bSiO5
Notes aud Bllls rcdlscOunted. ..........
TOTAL. L........................t t2Oi, ,lVi.S1
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
SNYDER COUNTY, ~:
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Report OF the condition OF the First National
Hank OF Middleburgh, at MiddleDurgh, In the
state of Pennsylvania, at the close OF business
Dec. rs, 1925;
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Births and Deaths.

The record of Deaths and Births
for six months ending December 10,
1895. is as follows:
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Meet on Road and Settle Their Long
Standing Troubles.
When the Smoke Cleared Away But
One Member on Each Side Re-
mained Uninjured, Three of the
Others Having Been Killed Outright
and Two Fatally Wounded.

MlDDLESBORO Ny). Dec. g.
News has reached this place of
bloody fight. 1t took place in the noun
tains of Letcher County, in which three
men were killed outright and two were
fatally wounded. Full details of the
AFFAIR have not yet been received, but
some of the facts are known.
There has been hostility between the
Morgan and Harrison families in that
county for several years and it cul-
minated during the recent hot political
campaign in open quarrels. The Nor
gans were strong supporters of Con-
greSSman Colson and the HarrisonS
We're equally vigorous partisans of ex-
Congressman White.
The result of the election did not end
the trouble by any means, and the two
families have talked very bitterly of
each other. They did not come actually
in contact with each other, however,
until the day in which the fight took
place. On that day William Morgan
and his three sons started for the mill.
They were fully armed, as both families
have been prepared for trouble.
On the way to the mill they met
James Harrison with his two sons, Tom
and Henry. A few angry words were
exchanged on both sides and then the
weapons were drawn and firing began.
At the first fire of the Harrisons old
man Morgan fell to the ground dead.
His sons kept up the fight, and a vigor-
Gus fusillade was kept up until nearly
all the combatantS We're disabled.
When the battle was finally ended
only one on each side was left unin-
jured. In addition to William Morgan,
old man Harrison and his son Henry
lay dead on the field of battle, and two
sons of Morgan, Tom and Caleb, lay
fatally Wounded
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IOWA SOLDIERS HOME.
CO1r1ANDANT AND TRUSTEES TO
BE PROCEEDED AGAINST.
Charged With Violating the Federal
Statutes for the Protection
of Pensioners.

DIES MONIES Qa), Dec. SC. D.
Fullen, Federal Attorney for the
Southern District of Iowa. to-day an
nounced that he will next week swear
out warrants for the arrest of the COM
mandant and trustees of the Iowa Sol
diers' Homes at Marshalltown on
charges of violation of the Federal
statutes for the protection of pension
ers in their rights to their pensions.
The officers against whom informa-
tions viii be sworn out are Command
ant j. X. Ratekin and Trustees S. =.
Evans of Ottumwa, J. J. Russell OF
Jefferson. A. T. Birchard of Marshall
town, c. l.. Davidson of Hull, l.. 3.
Raymond of Hampton and John w.
Morton of Washington They will be
charged with the violation of Sections
4i4I to 4149 of the Revised Statutes.
Nearly two years ago the manage
ment of the home determined that it
was unfair to the State TO maintain
home for soldiers who received pen
sions unless the pensioners paid a part
OF their pensions to the institution. Ac-
cordingly. in the interest of discipline
and justice to the State. a rule was
adopted requiring that all pensioners
pay to the home all of their pensions in
excess of S6 per month. The pensioners
were required to deposit their pension
certificates with the commandant.
The inmates took the matter TO court
and the Marshall County Court held
against the rule. The Supreme Court
of the State reversed this and upheld
the rule. Then the matter was taken
before the Legislature and an attempt
made to enact law overriding the
rule. This failed. and the rule is now
being enforced. the money raised being
turned over to the support of the In
stitution.
Attorney Fullen will swear out infor-
nations under the sections referred to.
and the officers VIII be brought before
the court at once. The law provides
fine and imprisonment as penalty for
violation Of the pension law securing
every soldier in the right to his pen
sion. The only exception made by the
Federal statute is In favor of the Ma
tional Soldiers and Sailors Home.
which are allowed to hold in trust for
pensioners all their pension above s.
a month, to be turned over to them at
their discharge. or to their heirs in
case of death. No part of it can be con-
fiscated.
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BENEFITS OF THE K RAY.
Blind Students Distinguish Letters
Through the microscope.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.-Dr. Heher Rob-
s-4ts of this city, whose varied and
successful experiments with the Y rays
have attracted wide attention, has re-
Gently directed his experiments to ben
efiting the blind. The results of these
experiments called forth adverse crit
icsm from Nicola Tesla, which will
shortly appear in the Electrical Re-
view
This criticism was shown to RI. Rob-
erts to-day, to which he replied: PRO
fessor Tesla is wrong in stating that
1 have promised sight to the totally
blind. l claim, however, that progress
has been made. Interviews have al
ready been printed with me in which
disclaimed the possibility of making
practical use of the X ray in the totally
blind. / know of no material that will
reflect the Y ray. The ray must be
focused upon the optic nerve if we get
the conception of forms, but this is not
necessary to get the impression of the
y ray and the changing influence Gre
ated by passing opacties.
Il cannot state at this time what, if
any, beneficial results may be OBJ
tanned from the use of the X ray with
the nervous and hemorrhagic afflicted
While DR.. Roberts was talking q
number of students from the Missouri
School for the Blind came into his
office One of them was named George
Smith He is about Is. and cannot
see anything. He cannot locate an
electric light in a room, To prove his
assertion DR.. Roberts put the boys
face to the microscope and turned on
the current Between the crooks tube
and the Horoscope the little bali to
which the leaden letters a. 8, G
were pasted was adjusted. Smith rec
ognized them Another student from
the Blind School named Louis Smith
was then tried He can see lights and
shadows. but cannot make out letters.
In bright electric light he could not
read the leaden letters on the board
With the microscope he could read and
distinguish them.
Professor Tesla says you cannot see
those letters with the X ray any bet
ter than without said the doctor to
the boy.
Professor Tesla does not know, he
answered. 'I know what / see. With
out the X ray all is a blur"
"AIl that has been done so far said
DR.. Roberts, is merely ground work.
If no advance is made from now on,
what has been so developed will be
utterly worthless from a practical
standpoint. We must simply keep on
working. in the hope that future dis
coveries may utilize and make 1t OF
practical value"
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horse, was in the thick of the battle A
column of Spanish soldiers surprised the
insurgents by an attack from the rear.
and General Sanchez received a bullet
in the back. He remained on his horse,
however, and although his compatriots
tried to induce him to retire he refused,
saying that he was not badly wounded
Ten minutes later he fell from his horse
and soon expired. His last words were
Viva Cuba libre."
General Sanchez was born 42 years
ago in Sancto Spiritus, District of Santa
Clara, his father being a wealthy plan
ter. Almost the entire life of General
Sanchez was spent in working for the
cause for which he gave his life.
EOMBARDMENT OF GUANABUCAO.
KEY WEST (FHa.), Dec. 3.-Advices
received from Havana by the steamer
Oiivette state that on Tuesday the van
guard OF the army of Gomez camped
near Guanabucao, which is just across
the bay from Havana. On Wednesday
at noon the insurgents began to bonn
lard Guanabucao. The roar of the
guns was heard easily in Havana. and
threw the loyalists of the Capital into a
panic. Many houses We're fired by the
shells from the insurgents cannon, and
the smoke and flames were visible to
the people of Havana
when the Olivette sailed the bonn
hardment was still in progress, and il
was reported that eight houses had been
wrecked and twenty three Spanish SOL
diers killed.
The Spaniards in Havana were great
ly alarmed, as they believed that the
commandment of Guanabucao was only
preliminary to an attack upon the me-
tropolis 1t is hardly likely, however.
that Gomez will attack Havana this
time. his purpose being to make a di-
version from Maceo.
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MANY CALLERS ON. M'KINLEY.
TEN OF NOTE VISIT THE PRESI-
DENT-ELECT.
Questions of Public and Party Policy
Discussed, But Little Cabi.
net Talk.

CANTON (O.), Dec. 3.-Major McKin-
ley has discussed many questions with
many men to-day. His first extended
interview was with Senator }. M.
Thurston of Nebraska, who told him
about the situation in the West and dis
Cussed at some length the probable
course of Congress this winter.
Major Mckinley then had pleasant
call with Mr.. Charlton, member of the
Canadian Parliament, who had some in
teresting observations to make on the
subject of reciprocity and of the estab
lishment of closer commercial relations
between this country and Canada.
Hon. w e. Mason of Chicago was the
next man to gain the attention of the
President t-elect. Mr.. Mason's call was
a purely personal one, and he stated to
Major Mckinley that he was a candi-
date for the Senate of the United States,
and only asked fair treatment from his
opponents.
Senator Thurston and Mr.. Mason took
a drive with Mrs. Mckinley, and upon
their return for lunch they found that
Nelson A. Dingley of Maine and his son,
E. N. Dingley. had arrived. Major Nc
Kinlye had a very long talk with Mr..
Dingley this afternoon, and Senator
Thurston also participated in part of
the conference.
Late in the afternoon Senators
Mitchell and Mcbride and Representa-
tive Hermann of Oregon called on the
Fresident-elect and had pleasant chats
with him.
Mr.. Dingley is suffering from a cold,
and DR.. Phillips the Mckinley family
physician, was called in to see him.
Upon the advice of the physician, Mr..
Dingley will remain over night in Can
ton. He is a guest at Major McKinley's
home.
Senators Thurston and Mitchell left
for Washington this evening. Mr..
Dingley expects to set out for the Cap
ital at 1:30 Friday afternoon.
General Stuart l.. Woodford stopped
off on his way to Chicago to pay his re-
spects to the President ELECT, and dined
with Major and Mrs. Mckinley tonight
Representative Taylor of this district
arrived from Washington this afternoon
and called on Major Mckinley He said
the opinion prevailed at the Capital that
Senator Sherman had decided to be-
United States Senate.
Another caller was Representative M.
j. Johnson of North Dakota.
There was no Cabinet talk TODAY.
Major Mckinley talked with the visit
crs whom he took into his confidence
upon questions of public and party pol
icy. Senator Mcbride of Oregon thinks
his State is entitled to recognition. and
calls 1t the banner commonwealth Of the
Pacific slope; but neither he nor Sem
afor Mitchell made any Cabinet sugges-
tions TO the President -elect. Senator
Thurston of Nebraska said he would not
accept place in the Cabinet il one was
offered him.
Some of the G. A. r. men talk of urg-
Ing their Commander-in-Ch Chief. General
J. s. Clarkson, for a Cabinet position.
but 1t IS not at all likely that Nebraska
will be recognized in this way.
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NEW SUGAR REFINERY.
One to be Located at Brooklyn, New
York

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-It was learned
to-day at the office of Arbuckle Bros.
the extensive coffee dealers, that the
firm would soon embark in the sugar
refining business. A contract. it was
stated, had been placed for the erec-
ton of sugar refinery to be located
IN brooklyn having capacity of
about 1000 barrels.
1t was also stated that the firm had
decided to go into the manufacture Of
sugar for the purpose of supplying the
trade it controlled with that COM
modify. The new refinery will be en-
tirely independent of the American
Sugar Refining Company. 1t is not in
tended to sell sugar in barrels.
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MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
End of the Trial of DOwnen, the High
WaYman and Murderer.

DENVER, Dec 3.-The trial of Allen
H. Downen, the lone highwayman and
confessed murderer of Joel G. AShworth,
a well-known salesman in a prominent
packing house in this city, ended to-day,
when the jury returned a verdict of
guilty Of murder in the first degree.
About a year ago lone highwayman
began operating in the suburban dis
tricts of Denver, and his hold ups were
of such daring and reckless character,
as well as of such frequent occurrence,
that he soon had a large portion of the
police force on his trail, and although he
had several encounters with them, in
one of which he killed Chief Russell S
horse and emptied two six-shooters at
the policemen in the buggy, he managed
to elude arrest until two months ago,
when after robbing man on the Golden
road he was followed at safe distance
by his victim until a farm house was
reached, where assistance and firearms
were plentiful, and after hot chase he
was captured and brought to this city.
Downen appeared much pleased with
the turn his affairs had taken, and few
days after his capture he dumfounded
the police by making confession and
stating in detail the circumstances con-
nected with his various crimes, includ-
ing the murder of Ashworth, whose
death he appeared to deplore. His story
was correct in every detail with the po-
lice records, and this fact probably more
than his mere confession induced the
jury to bring in the verdict of guilty.
Since his arrest Downen has insisted
that he should hang for his crimes, ex-
pressing himself as being tired of the
life he had led for a number of years
past According to his confession, he
has served time in the State prisons of
California and Washington, in the for
mer State claiming to have killed man
whom he attempted to rob.
Downen received the verdict with
stolid Indifference. He said he was sat
isfed with the finding of the jury, and
protested against motion for a new
trial, which his attorney wished to
make
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VOTE OF WYOMING.
The Official Canvass Shows Small
Plurality for Bryan Electors.

CHEYENNE (Wyo), Dec. 1.-The of.
fetal canvass of the vote of Wyoming
was made to-day. The result is:
Republican Electors-Brita1n lu,Ui2,
Howell 1O, ,O33, Mrs. Malloy 9.99S; Bryan
and Watson Electors-Jourdan 4S6.
Sims 427; Levering Electors-Higby
1l3. Jackson 1876, Smith 159; Bryan and
Sewau Electors-D. l.. Van Meter. TO-
13S. John A. Martin 10, 1863, P. j. Quealy
1882.
Congress-William Brown (Pop.) 62S.
Frank w. Mondell Rep) 1O,O44, John
E. Osborne Dem.) 1O,31O.
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court-Samuel T. Corn Oem.) 1O,461,
II. V. S. Groesbeck Rep.) 1885.
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wATERTOWN On. ". Dec. 3.-Mrs.
Sarah c. Mink. late National President
cf the Woman's Relief Corps, died here
this morning.
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WILL HAVE A SALUTARY Eff

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Represent-
ative McCreary Of Kentucky, a mem-
ber and ex-Chairman of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, did not
care to discuss the proclamation, al
though he admitted that the subject
has been quietly discussed by some
members of the committee recently. 1T
will have a salutary effect" said he,
"and should bring an end to the evils
of which We cOmplain.''
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An Archbishop Critically III.

MONTREAL (Quebec), Dec. 3.-Arch-
bishop Fabre, whose ill-health caused
his hurried return from Europe a few
Gays ago, is in a dangerous condition.
and the worst is feared. He is suffering
from liver complaint.
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by whom the tax is laid to improve
their harbors, in order to facilitate the
loading and unloading of vessels. 1t is
argued that if Germany should rescind
this tax so far as American vessels are
concerned it would at once call forth a
protest not only from the English,
French and other European Powers,
whose vessels would still be subject to
taxation, but from German shippers as
we'll.