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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-23

Rev. Spangler, of Yeagertown,
was a Middleburg visitor Tuesday
evening.
Miss Rose Schoch is spending the
holidays in New York City visiting
her brother.
Buy your Christmaspresents now
while the assortment is complete at
Weis,' Selinsgrove.
Large line of Ladies' and Gents
umbrellas, prices from zoe % $500
at Weis,' Selinsgrove.
Editor Wagenseller is in Harris
burg to-day, and Mrs. is attend
ing DIR. Day'sftlneralat Selinsgrove.
Miss Marion Schoch will give a
party to a number of her young
lady friends this Thursday evening.
Harrison Meyer ofthis place pays
the highest cash prices for calves
and hides. Call on or address as
above. If.
Senator Hummel, of Selinsgrove.
is in Phila. attending the meeting of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee.
The turkey that escaped execu-
ton sings "just tell them that you
saw me,"-but don't tell them
where | was.
Advices from Sunbury say that ii.
H. Hassinger of that place, former
ly of Middleburg, is sorely afflicted
with heart trouble.
A full line of tinwarc can be
found at Schoch and Stahlnecker's
stand. All kinds of repairing
promptly attended to. If.
The Republican State Central
Committee of Pennsylvania met at
1881 Walnut St. Philadelphia on
Wednesday Of this week.
The telephone line to Mcclure is
almost completed. A few phones
are already in place and commune
cation will be opened in a few days.
An effort will be made to secure
a sure and safe skating area in Van
Zandt's meadow. The water will
be damned up and allowed to freeze
over.
Supt. Bowersox delivered lee
ture before the Local Institute at
Blain, Perry county, on Saturday,
December 18th, subject, "The Ideal
Citizen"
VIM. Mace of Shamokin Dam
was an interested visitor in Swine
ford Sunday. On Christmas he will
lead one of Swincford's damsels to
the marriage alter.
Bricks FOR SALE have ON
hand 200, 900 bricks. ANY person
in need Of bricks can get them at
any time. +. +. HARE,
IT, Middleburgh, Pa.
Dl. w. o. Perkins of Boston will
conduct the Musical Convention, at
Selinsgrove, Jan. "a, 1898. DIR.
Perkins has reputation in this sec
ton of the State and needs no furth-
er introduction.
Benny Oppenheimer has a full OF
line of banjo and Guitar strings on
hand at Oppenheimer's store, Selins-
grove. Violins, Banjos, Guitars,
etc. ordered on short notice. st
The rebuilt United Evangelical
church at Beavertown, Pa, will be
dedicated Jan. 2, 1898, Rev. S. l..
West of Harrisburg will officiate.
Other ministers are expected to be
present to assist.
| TURKEYS WANTED-1O00 Tur-
keys wanted at +. II. Maurer's store,
New Berlin. Call as soon us pos
sible. Price 10 cents only till the
order is filled. Call as soon as pos
sible. tt.
You CAN BUY FURNITURE =
It's of all sorts-good and bad
anything to fit the price paid, but
if you are looking for the best how
ever at lowest prices, call and see
my stock. H. E.4WALTER,
Middleburg, Pa.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-23
Court Proceedings.

i0oiuch' ouuSe anu Jeremiah
Grouse and Il. r. Gemberling, AS
sociate Judges.
George Specht, ID. b. Heiscr,
Michael Hackenberg and II. f.
Mohn were appointed tipstaves.
QUARTER SESSIONS.
The cases of the Commonwealth
VS.. George Renard, VIM. Ncitz and
Elias Noll were ignored by the
Grand Jury.
Report of bridge view in West
Beaver township not confirmed by
Grand Jury.
In the case ofthe Commonwealth
VS.. David Marks, the defendant,
was acquitted of the charge of lar
ceny and the costs were divided be-
tween him and the prosecutor,
David |. Shollcy.
Reports of viewers of roads in
Penn and Union townships were
confirmed nj. 81.
VIM. Meyer, Henry II. Glass
and Fred. b. Bolig were appointed
to view site to change road in
Franklin township.
G. l.. Wetzel, John Hcterick
and A. A. Romis were appointed to
view road in Spring township.
COMMON PLEAS,
In case of George S. Rinc against
j. b. Hall the appointment of au-
ditor was enlarged. He to report
to next term.
Masters were appointed in the di-
vorcc cases of G. A. Brown vs.. S.
f. Brown, W. A. Basom vs.. Sadie
Basom, Arthur ID. G. Shirev VS..
Martha Jane Shircy.
In the case of Charles u. lTlrich
vs.. Malinda Romig, the verdict was
in favor Of the plaintiff for the sum
OF $1,000.
In the case Of \. w. Potter vs.
Malinda Romig it was agreed that
the verdict in this case should be-
the same as in the preceding one.
In the case of Charles Hover vs..
Hiram f. Gamby, ct. al, the vcr-
diet was in favor OF the plaintiff,
for Sj.33.
In the case of DR.. II. NJ. Nipple
VI. the Bcavcrtown Mutual Fire In
surance Company, anamcnded state
mcnt was filed.
p. 5. Ritter, High Sheriff Of said
county, acknowledged deed polls to
}. {. W. Basslcr, q. Kline, Harvey
Shollcy, the Aultman Company, A.
melia Nj. Gutclius and Caroline
StahI.
ORPHANS COURT.
Order of sale were granted in the
estates Of John Hartman, deceased,
Ester Hare, deceased, and John $.
Hassinger, deceased.
Returns to orders of sale were
confirmed in the estates of Harriet
Neitz, deceased, John X. Arbogast,
deceased, John A. Goss, deceased.
In therc-cstateo ofJosiah X line, de-
ceased, Ira Kline accepted the real
estate of said dccedent at the APP
praisement.
In re-estatc of John ID. Mil
Ter, deceased, ON petition of Morris
Showers, guardian, &c. The sale of
decedent's real estate was ratified by
the Court.
Auditors reports were filed in es-
tates Of William Steely, deceased,
and Daniel Zeiber, deceased.
b. f. Hummel was appointed
guardian of Emerson Hummel, a
minor child and grandchild of Dan
iel and Jacob Hummel, deceased.
ID. s. Sholly was appointed guar
dian of the minor children ofDaniel
r. Heintzelman, deceased.
The accounts of Executors, Ad-
ministrators and Guardians and the
Widows Appraisemeuts were cen
firmed as advertised.
Returns to writ of partition was
confirmed in estate of z. p. Gross,
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
WON THE PRIZE DRILLS
PATRIARCH MILITANT HONORS CAR
RIED OFF BY INDIANA CANTONs.
First Prize Taken by EIuncie No.
and Second by McKeen No. IS, of
Terre Haute-Odd Fellows Parade.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 21.-At the
second days SESSION of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fell
lows, the secret work of the order con-
sumed most of the time. No one was ad-
mitted to the conference but officers and
representatives elected at this session. This
afternoon the grand parade took place I'M
der command of Gen j. p. Ellicot, of Chi
cago commander-in-chiefo of the Patriarchs
Militant, and consisting of Illinois National
Guard companies, cantons of Patriarchs
Militant and subordinate encampments and
lodges escorting the representatives of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. Following this
was prize drill of Patriarchs Militant
Canton Muncie, No. 4, of Muncie, Ind. won
the first prize, $500 in Class A, and Canton
McKeen No. rs, of Terre Haute, Ind won
the first prize, $3.50 in Glass B. They had
no competitors.
Tonight the past grand representatives
held reunion in the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church, at which addresses were
made by Grand Representatives w. c.. Nye
of Minneapolis; Lucius Fl. Fuller, of Put
nam, Conn, and Stillwell. H. Russell, Of
Dallas, Tex.
At st. Mary Hall tonight the degrees of
the encampment were exemplified by De-
catur Encampment No. 49, of Decatur ILL.,.
staff of Chicago exemplified the Rebekah
Degree work.
Tomorrow the selection of the place for
holding the next meeting of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge will be decided Boston and
Richmond Va, appear to be in the lead
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
ARROYO'S MURDER.
Further Efforts to Fix Responsibility
ON City of Mexico Police.

CITY OF MEXICO. Sept. a.-The muir
der of Arroyo. presume bly, by members of
the police continues 10 be the one topic
of discussion in this city and newspapers
sell extra editions in order to supply the
demand of the public. Fresh arrests have
been made to-day, mainly among the Off
GERS attached to the second police station,
supposed to be implicated in the bloody
drama. One OF the men arrested named Car
mona is alleged to be the person who
welded the dagger. Among those arrested
are servants of the late inspector general
of police and the assistant chief detective,
it being believed that they know of what
took place if they were not directly impli-
Gated in the killing. All these prisoners We're
consigned to the grim old prison of Belem.
1t is said some of the chief prisoners, in
cluding the Inspector general and assistant
chief of detectives, are confronted by in
Vulnerable proofs that the police were the
real authors of the crime and have begun
to admit their knowledge of the affair.
Probably the man most Intimately con-
nected was Inspector Villa Viciencio, OF the
Second station, who was said to have sug-
gested the killing of Arroyo and disguised
the secret police and gendarmes who pene-
trated the police headquarters where their
helpless victim lay. Another version which
newspapers are giving as a rumor is that
vealed, tne police officials felt sure that Ar
royo had accomplices. Failing to secure
from him an admission confirming their
suspicious they proceeded to string him up
by the thumbs, and he being an epileptic,
went into swoon, and the idea arose of
getting up a pretended lynching In order
to prevent the blame coming upon them
selves
The hall of the Chamber of Deputies was
crowded to overlooking this afternoon on
the occasion of the appearance at the bar
of the house of the minister. of the interior:
He said that inasmuch as from the report
of the chief of police it was evident the
criminal had not been properly guarded and
had not been confined in the proper place,
and this implied a serious Responsibility for
the police, the President had ordered that
the chief should at once be discharged and
that another be appointed to take his place
Professionally. He said the President has
felt the utmost indignation at the presence
of this crime and has aided and will con-
tinue to aid the judge in charge of the case
that the crime may not go unpunished and
that the full rigor of the law may fall on
the guilty. The speaker of the Chamber said
the Chamber gave its cordial approval to
the righteous Instructions issued by the ex-
ecutiVe.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
DIR. HUNTER ACQUITTED.
Not Guilty of Attempting to Bribe
Kentucky Legislators.

FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. 21.-After being
out only a short time the jury to-day re-
turned a verdict of not guilty in the bribery
cases of DR.. w. Godfrey Hunter, ex-Con-
gressman Wilson and Mr.. Franks. There
were quiet demonstrations of approval in
the courtroom and congratulations poured
in on DR.. Hunter Wilson and Frank. AL
though Gaines and Tanner were also ac-
quilted, the verdict is in direct conflict with
the testimony. The defendants were all Re-
publicans and all of the jurors Were Dem
ocrats
Before leaving here this afternoon Sena-
tor Deboe said to correspondent that he
had the assurance of President Mckinley
that DIR. Hunter will be appointed Minister
to Guatemala, and now that Hunter is vim
dicated his appointment will be made very
soon. Deboe and Hunter will go to Wash
ington in few days Senator Deboe will
make number of speeches in the State
this fall
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Lieut.. r.. G. Hill Cuts His Wrist and
Jumps on a Pullman Car.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21,-The officers on
duty at the War Department were greatly
shocked to-day at a report made to the de-
partment by the Pullman Company of the
suicide of First Lieut.. r. G.. Hill, Twentieth
Infantry, who was attached to the military
information division of the War Depart
ment in this city The circumstances sur
rounding the case were distressing. The
officer made an end to himself while suf-
fering from an attack of hydrophobia or
from temporary insanity brought on from
fear of the dread disease. Lieutenant Hill
had been on leave for about six weeks and
yesterday started from Buffalo on his re-
turn to Washington. The porter on the
Pullman in which he was seated noticed
that his actions were erratic and kept him
under observation. Last night however
he eluded his watchman. and when the por-
ter went into the toilet room he found on
the floor a large pool of blood and knife
The unfortunate officer had cut his throat
and then thrown himself from the window
of the rapidly moving car. This happened
just beyond Harrisburg, Pa. Liuetenant
Whitney has been sent from the War De-
partment TO bring to Washington the re-
mains of his brother officer whose wife is
now stopping in Columbus, o.
About two months ago Lieutenant Hill
was bitten by dog supposed at the time
TO nave been rabid and his friends here are
confident from complaints he had made
the bite when he came 10 his end. IL is said
at the War Department that he was an Of
hcer of unusual ability, He was appointed
TO the army from Iowa, served as Judge ad-
Vocate of the Department OF Missouri as a
member of the IntercontinentaI Railway
Commission, which involved survey work
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
SCARE AT ST. LOUIS.
Case of Ordinary intermittent FeveH
Causes n Little Excitement.


ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21.-This city had yell
low fever scare to-day. but there seems to
have been but little foundation for II. ac-
cordlng to Health Commissioner Starkloff,
who made an examination OF the suspected
case and declared that 1t showed rot a sin
gle symptom OF the dread disease that is
raging in the South The suspect is Will
liam Tript, thirty years OF age, who
reached the Marine Hospital Monday night.
lie had high fever and said he came from
the government dredge boat Alpha, en-
gagged in revetment work near East Cairo.
KY. DIR. c. E. Decker physician In charge
of the Marine Hospital, became Interested
I'm the case when he was told by Tript that
he had been working on the Alpha, for that
boat had been used to transport several
cases Of yellow fever to the Marine Hospi-
tai at Cairo. Ill. Thinking II a case for in
vestigation. he telephoned Health Commits
sioner Starkloff. but 1t was 10 o'clock before
that doctor could get to the hospital. lie
examined Tript and then returned to his Of
flee in the City Hall, where he was seen
by reporter In regard to the case DR..
Starkloff said:
Il have made a thorough examination of
Tript with Drs. Jordan and Decker. The
analysis as presented to me makes the case
look like one of ordinary intermittent fever
II it is yellow fever ii is of a very mild
type There is none OF those alarming
symptoms, such as suppression of the kid
ney functions and eonstipation-the two
things that kin in yellow fever. Besides.
the man had an appetite for breakfast. lie
looks yellowish and has a foul breath like
all maiarial patients. Tript says his home
is in Illinois and that for several months
he had been working on tho dredge boat
Alpha near Cairo. He has been sick for
several days lie boarded box car on the
Iron Mountain road in the Cairo yards ear-
Aly Monday and came here. When he let
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
omcinIIx at am End.

PITTsBURG, Sept. 21.-The bituminous
coal miners strike is officially at an end.
The ten days which the miners should re-
main idle ends tomorrow, and the loouVo
men who have been idle for eleven weeks
will resume work at an advance of. 20 per
cent. in their wages. Desultory lights VIII
be continued, but the most interesting one
will be the fight on the New YORK ana
Cleveland Gas Coal Company, as 1t IS the
ambition of the miners to make that COM
pany pay 65 cents ton for mining. Inc
task is admitted to be a hard one, hence the
interest centered on this one battle.
The wage scale. committee havlng nav aeeeo.ll III
charge the work OF adjudicating the dlffer-
ences on the various prices for mining COM
pleted it's work yesterday. The corrected
scale adopted by the committees OF miners
and operators is as follows: Price TO pc
paid for run of mine coal, 80 cents per ton,
over an -and-a-half screen, 90 cents per
ton: over a three-quarters screen, 64 cents.
Clay veins six inches and less than Twelve
inches $165; anything over twelve mches
at the rate of $1.65 per foot
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
FINE POINT In LAW.
Judge COfRee's Decision I'm the Fight
Over the Parsons Estate.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 21.-An interest
ing decision has been rendered by Judge
Coffee in settling up the estate of Jennie
Parsons, wife of Captain Parsons, of the
steamer Pacific, which was lost at sea in
November 1875. The matter came into
court through the filing of a will said to
have been found in bottle picked up at
sea- The heirs of Captain Parsons claimed
the estate on the ground that in law when
a husband and wife were together in dis
aster of any kind the husband is presumed
to be the survivor. 1t was shown that at
the time of the wreck Mrs. Parsons was
placed in lifeboat, while he husband re-
manned on the deck of the vessel and went
down first. This fact was stated by Neil
Handy, quartermaster of the steamer and
the only survivor of the wreck. The judge
accepted this evidence and awarded the
property to the heirs of Mrs. Parsons She
was we'll known on the stage as one of the
ManderVille sisters.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
Collision Near Muncie. Kan.

EDWARDSVILLE, Kan. Sept. 2l.-rhe
collision between a Rock Island passenger
train and Union Pacific stock train last
night did not result in loss of life. The
locomotive crews CT both trains Jumped
Engineer james Scarf, of Kansas City.
Kan, who was on the stock train is seri-
ously hurt, and Engineer Charles Goodall
of Chicago, who was on the Rock Island
train, is also seriously injured The Rock
Island postal clerks We're considerably
shaken up. The wreck was caused by the
Rock Island trainmen ignoring orders TO
pass the stock track at Muncie.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
Federation win AID strikers.

WASHINGTON, Sept 2.-To-day's ses-
sion of the executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at which were
present President Ratchford, of the United
Mine Workers of America, and Cameron
Miller, of the same organization, was de-
voted to arranging means for further aid
ing the miners in organizing in Illinois and
West Virginia and looking to the holding
of a convention of the miners in West Vir-
ginia for the settlement of the difficulties
in that State based upon the action of the
Columbus convention.
President Gompers reported that arrange
organization of the patent machine in the
tin industry and the indications are at pres
unionized 1t is expected that plans for ac-
ton in furthering the interests of the min
ers will be decided upon at the session Of
the council tn-mOrrOM.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
CLAIM PART OF CHICAGO.
POttawatomaes Think They own 13O
Acres of the Windy City.

BENTON HABOR. Mich, Sept. 21.-Simon
Pokagon, chief of the Pottawatomie tribe
of Indians, with Lawyer ingalls,, of Hart
ford, Mich, were here this morning en-
route to Chicago to interview w. H. Cox,
a Chicago capitalist in relation to claim
that the Pottawatomie tribe holds title to
100 acres of land in the heart of Chicago,
which land is mostly in possession of Mr..
Cox. According to the Indians the land be-
came theirs by virtue of a treaty executed
in 1888 between the father of the present
chief and the government. This 100 acres,
as claimed, formed part Of an immense ter
is stated that when Mr.. Cox attempted to
procure an abstract 10 the land he was
advised by the government that the prop
erty was part of the Pottawatomie's tract.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
SALVATION ARMY COLONY.
The Arkansas valley Selected for
BOoth-TucIxer's Experiment.

DENVER. Col, Sept H.-The Arkansas
valley has been selected as the place where
hundreds of families from the cities of the
United Stats will be located on farms of
their own and become self-supporting
AdJutant nj. X. Ferrie, attorney and gem
eral counsel for the Salvation Army ar
rived IN DeneTF to-day after trip through
the valley. He said: My visit was very
satisfactory, and l think the country some
thlng grand-the veritable paradise of
America. L think we win need i'm all for
hrst colonization project about 5000 acres
and We expect to locate about 5000 families
arrive in Denver Thursday evening and
after comforting with Adjutant Ferrie will
complete the arrangements for establish
ing a colony in the Arkansas valley.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
WHEAT, 03C
Old a52 West Washington st

to embezzlling funds to the extent of $23 2OS.
Moores contention is that the money, which
consisted of insurance fees, should, under
he law, have been paid to the state treas
Lrer instead of to himself, and that he is
responsible only to the insurance companies
by which the money was paid. This action
was due to an understanding between attor-
neys for the prosecution and the defense,
and the case will go to the Supreme Court,
whatever the decision of the lower court
NAV be.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
Mexican Veterans.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 21.-To-day at
the Chamber of Commerce the delegates to
the national convention of Mexican veter-
ans met. Major John G. Mccain welcomed
them in a stirring address. Col. John Saw
age, the oldest Mexican veteran, spoke;
Senator Bate also made brief speech. Col
citation of Mexican Veterans. responded to
the speeches. The roll was called and about
two hundred veterans responded. Prepara-
tions were made for the business to-mor-
row morning and a visit to the exposition
in the afternoon. when the fifty-tirst re-
union will be celebrated.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
EX-SOLDIERS' REUNIONS.
Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land to Meet To-Day.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 21.--The Society of
the Army of the Cumberland will meet here
tomorrow. Among the early arrivals of
prominent ex-officers of that army are
Gen. James Barnett, of Cleveland, and Col.
Archibald Blakely of the Seventy-eighth
Pennsylvania Regiment General Rose
Grams, the president, is too infirm TO be
present. General Boynton, of Washington,
is expected. The city is suitably decorated.
A parade is to occur during the meeting
in which local military and Grand Army
men and ex-solders who are here to attend
the national meeting of the Union Veteran
Legion will participate.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
niea nf rabies In chinn.

WASHINGTON. Sept 21.-vice Consul
Bandinel, at Neu-Chang, China, reports to
the Department of State that Andrew Pat
ton Hopper, a citizen of the United States,
and commissioner of Chinese customs at
that port. died on July q of hydrophobia.
caused by the bite of a rabid dog, inflicted
Dec. II, 1896 His last residence in the
United States was at Bellevue, Allegheny
county Pennsylvania.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22

STEUBENVILLE, o., Sept. 21.-The Long
Run and Dillonvale miners went on strike
this morning because the company objects
to check weighman whom the miners
elected for Dillonvale At Kelly's coal works
the company has threatened eviction to the
Huns whom they brought in to take the
strikers places, but who refuse to go to
work. The Huns promise to leave if the
strikers pay their fares, and the Miners
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-22
MADE SHAM ENTRIES.
Testimony at the Inquest Over tn,
Remains of a Dead Cashier.

heWaIHs OF q Uead Cashier.
SHEPHERD, Mich, Sept. 21.-Some start
ling disclosures were brought out in the
evidence to-day at the Struble inquest. Ii
was shown from the bank records that the
dead cashier had at different times made
sham entries of desposits in his books
amounting 10 nearly $4,000, and that but
for these fictitious deposits the books would
have shown deficit in the bank. During
most Of the time when these figures were
on the books Strubles funds at the bank
were very low, seldom over $50 and some
times nothing. Prosecuting Attorney Me
Namara testified that all of Struble's pri-
yate papers We're missing. The preponder-
ance of evidence to-day decidedly favored
the suicide theory, although the ATTORNEYS
for the dead mans relatives still promise
some conclusive evidence IN support Of muir
der. The general opinion now seems to be.
that the jury viii disagree.