The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-13
John A. Snyder and wife spen,
Sunday at Richfield.

the Centreville House, was q Mid
dleburgh visitor Monday morning.
A large number OF people passed
through town Sunday on their way
to Summit Grove Camp meeting.
Ed. Strunk, the popular tailor of
Mifflinburg, rode from that town to
Middleburgh on his bicycle Tues
day morning.
The st. Paurs (Erdley's) Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic
in the grove adjoining the church on
Saturday, September 5, 1896.
Rev. S. f. Bateman of Newberry
passed through town last Thursday
on his way to visit his sister, Mrs. H.
Fl. Herbster. While here he called
upon A II. Ulsh and Rev. McLain.
Geo. b. Bowers and wife, two
mutes of Millersburg, visited Frank
Grimm and his parents on Saturday.
They had been at Troxelville, Mid
dleereek and Crossgrove where Mrs.
Bowers parents reside.
One day last week John Kistner of
Hummels Wharf, went into the riv.
er to bathe, and getting into water
beyond his depth, would have been
drowned If he had not been rescued
by Jacob Trutt snd James Wertz.
Prof. j. G. App and wife of Lew.
isburg on Saturday drove to our
county seat. Prof. App is one of the
leading educators of this section of
the state and in May was formid-
able candidate for the Superinten-
dency of Union county.
We are now receiving the Phila-
delrhia Sunday papers. They. are
broight here by Glen. Spangler
from Selinsgrove on a bicycle. This
affords us communication with the
outside world on Sunday that we
otherwise could not get
Don't place your order for buggy
until you see the Safety buggy man
ufactured by the Safety Buggy Co..
of Lancaster. A sample buggy can
be seen at my livery stable near the
Washington House.
If. W. r. JONES. Agent.
Do you say that you are against
Bryan, but not for Mckinley! Then
you contradict yourself. II you are
against Bryan, you want to beat
him, and how can you beat him ex-
cept by being for McKinley.-The
Sun, N. Y, July 80, 1896.
Last week the PosT for the west
end of the county was printed be-
fore the verdict of the Jury in the
Potter damage suit was known. All
the other papers contained the ver-
dict, 1913, 333). The PosT was the
first paper to announce the verdict.
DIR. ]. +. Bogar, candidate for
Coroner, of McKees Half Falls
Miss Ella Patton of Liverpool G.
ID. Bogar of Port Treverton Miss
Kate Fisher of McKees; John 8.
App, wife and daughter Of Mahan-
tonga were county seat visitors Sun
day.
Some people don't know that the
courts have decided that il person
orders his newspapers discontinued
he must pay all arrearages, or the
publisher may continue to send it
until payment is made, and collect
the whole amount, whether the pa
per is taken from the post-oflice or
not.
The Franklin Township school
board on Saturday elected the fol-
lowing teachers: Hassinger's. L. L.
Derr; Paxtonville, II. w. Gift !;
Meyers. II. +. Reinard; Gifts, L.
Walter CIR. Franklin, H. M. Amig
Pr. Franklin, Louisa Walter Rem
ninger's, Jerome Erdley Erdley's,
L. @. Bachman, and Gilbert's, w.
w. Ripka.
A young man three weeks married
at Topeka, while watching his wife
cook breakfast. swallowing ten
grains of strychnia. and going to a
bed room lay down with his face in
a towel saturated with chloroform
and died. He left q letter apologiz-
ing for putting her to the trouble OF
getting ready for marriage. but said
that the knowledge that his extreme
would annoy her all
through life was too much for him.