The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-08
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Rev. y. >. Shierer of Beavertown
was in Middteburg on Friday of last
week. We understand that the Rev.
erend gentleman expects TO move
ere long to Berks county.
The residence of Samuel Knouse
miles northwest from town was
entirely consumed last Friday. Ru.
NOR says they were cooking apple.
butter and the fire ignited the home.
Insurance SliO0 which only partly
covers the loss.
An original pension was granted
to Jacob Fisher, Selinsgrove. Isaac
+. Brown, Lewisburg, Samuel Seig,
aud j. Brookhert, Sunbury, and
L. Bowersox, Pennscreek, through
their Atty, q. W. Long.
On account of the rain that seri-
ously interfered with the Middle.
burgh Mass Meeting on Tuesday
evening of last week arrangements
have been made to hold another
meeting on Friday evening, Oct.
10th.
Mr.. j. B. Spangler has disposed of
the American Business journal" to
L: r., Hackenburg and III, +. Eberly,
who have assumed charge Dt same.
The paper will continue to be print
ed Mt the Uordld Office. e.-Idams.
burg Herald
LINCOLN Zieber, Of Mid llecreek,
one OF the executors Of the estate Of
Daniel Zieber, called Mt this office
} on Saturday afternoon and ordered
sale ills printed at this Office The
J sale of real estate will taae place
November 9TH. See particulars else
where in this issue.
/. Victor H. Wertz OF Newport in a
week or two will open T. jewelry
store in Room No. of the Bank
Building at this place. Mr. Wertz
learned his trade with /. A. Deisher,
yeweler and Optician of Harrisburg.
He will keep full line of Jewelry.
the most complete that was over
held here.
/ A smooth, easy shave, eenteel
hair cut, or other tonsorial work. is
always obtained at Soles' Barber
. Shop. in Wittenmyer's Building. on.
Iposite Post office. Go to Soles and
!, ,iyou will make no mistake, Shaving
SOAP, race cream, hair oil and egg
, shampoo Tor sale. A. +. SoLEs.
The man who thinks all the time
and never acts accomplishes moth
ing. lie IL too sleepy to succeed.
The man who acts all the tir and
never thinks is plodder. He does
what others tell him, but does moth
ing that he tells himself. The sue.
cessful man not only thinks all the
time, but backs up his thinking with
acting
Surely everybody knows that even
a country newspaper requires the
expenditure of considerable
amount OF money each week, and
yet every publisher of such paper is
greatly inconvenienced by the fail
ure of hundreds of subscribers to
keep their subscription paid up. We
would be very much obliged if all
who are indebted to us would pay at
least a part of what they owe us. Do
not wait for bill to be sent you.
J Rev. o. S. Scheirer, pastor of the
, Beavertown Lutheran charge ac-
cepted the call to the Grimsville
charge in Berks Co., and has handed
in his resignation here, to go in
to effect the last Sunday in Oct. The
long drives and preaching three
times on n Sunday seem to be too
straining for him. His people verv
much regret to part with him.-4d
dmsburg Xeraid.
The sixth annual meeting of the
PENNSYLVANIA German Society will
be held Mt the hall of the Historical
Society OF Pennsylvania, 1900 Lo-
Gust street, Philadelphia, on Thurs
day, October 18TH The headquar-
ters of the society will be the Colon
made Hotel. There will be several
interesting historical papers read
and in the evening there will be IA
reception given by the Historical
Society. The mornings session will
be devoted to business and hearing
reports.
The Toboyne correspondent of
There are two strangers digging in
A. O. Willhide's orchard for hidden
treasures, supposed to be secreted
there by peddler years ago, who
. afterward sailed to Germany and
there died. These men dig only ut
night, and while at their work do
! not speak to any one, their suppo.
sition being that if word be spok-
en- the treasure will disappear.
There is quite crowd of boys on the
ground while the men are at work"
. While Mr.. Bryan was quoting
from so many eminent men, living
and dead, by some mischance he
, omitted this one from Senator Stew
art in the Senate on February IL,
1874. which, you will observe, was a
year under the ''crime of 49,: 'Let
; us do as all the people of the world
, have been doing from the beginning
measure our values in gold. /
want the gold standard, and no pa
per not redeemable in gold; Gold is