The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-27
MIDDIEBURGH CO., FEBRU AIRY 21 1896 NOS
The skaters enjoyed the ice several
days during the past week.

s@S " Uo''h 'ho p"oe "VOhs
Jacob Smith of Duncannon is a
county seat visitor this week.
Is your name on the Roll Of
Honor If not, why not!
Mr.. Heiser. the foreman Of the
Elizabethville Echo, paid fraternal
visit to this office on Monday.
We received calls from so many
Of our friends and subscribers this
week that we can not mention all of
them. so we will not attempt it.
On monday Jonathan Grubb Of
Centreville lost his pocket book con-
tanning $40. On Tuesday he found
il near Hartman's school house in
Centre township.
Cant get along without it" say
many subscribers OF the PosT. And
80 "c,y not few who call in to bor-
.heir neighbnr's copy before he
- ,.s n chance to read it himself.
Next year the compulsory edu-
cation act will be enforced. Proper
ly carried out it will be a godsend to
hundreds of idle and Indifferent
youngsters whose only school at
present is the street.
Sudbury and East Sunbury have
been consolidated and made a city
Of 10000 people. Now these smbi-
tious people want to unite Sunbury
and Northumberland. We presume
in month or two Sunbury will want
to take in Snyder county to increase
their population.
DAGEL-BEAvER. Al the home OF
the BRIDES parents in this place last
Thursday evening, Mr.. w. f. Dagel
of Northumberland and Miss Hattie
Beaver ware married y isvv. -. T..
McLai, They will make their fu-
ture h m,s in Northumberlai and
the bri has the best wishes o. her
many / nds here for her future
hGppines
DR.. Harry r.. Swing and Samuel
Fulton of Philadelphia visited tn,
Editor at the Central Hotel on Sun
day. DR.. Swing is one of the most
promising dentists of the city o.
brotherly love and Mr.. Fulton il
stenographer and type writer an(
chief clerk III the department o.
bridge inspection OF the Penna. Rail
road. Both are Jolly fellows and are
higly pleased with their brief visit tC
our county seat,
1t is said that member of the re
publican standing committee in thi
county pulled the legs of various
candidates to Che tune OF $4,000,
boxes of cigars and several railroad
tickets. This E the same fellow VIII,
wanted to asstnss the congressman
$500 for his cautpaign in the fall o
1894. Such fell, ws bring the stand
ing committee hto disrepute.
There were re tie votes in Nor
thumberland 4 Snyder Countie
within the last sn days. The frs
was the tie vot, for sheriff in thi
county, CD a tie or school directo
in Franklin township between Adar
Renninger and S, Kaufman. ca
tie for oversee, Of the Poor i
Union township between john 5
Wolf and f. S. 4 ecker. The othe
two occurred in 0Northumberlant
county.
The daily papers are passin
around as an item OF news that 81
"conscience" coutri )ution from n
unknown party in Il is place, reacl
/ cd the United States treasury o
: Saturday. We feel Ii 20 branding
. as canard, for an, body in thi
place who was mean enough t
cheat Uncle Sam out of the triflin
sum of sixteen dollars would b
mean enough to keep it.-MNt
t0,on Herald,
In the Perry county court lai
y week Judge Lyons committed Will
: lam A. Sponsler, formerly presider
OF the wrecked Perry county banl
i to prison for contempt. Sponslt
. was tho committee for Ephrial
= Clouser, an insane veteran, and co
!. lscted:over 80, 900 Of Clouser's none.
4 for which he failed to account
o Sponslsr was committed to priso
until he would purge himself Of I'll
Icoukamnt