The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-10-21

Swallow, and meetings are being helu
in every county OF the state by local
workers.
William X. Thompson. the Indepen-
dent candidate, who is a Pittsburg
banker and a son-in-law Of the late
William Thaw, Of that city and Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, is also putting
up a very stiff fight. His hackers have
during the past week opened head
quarters in Philadelphia and are send
ing out campaign literature by the ton.
one of the most interesting documents
is what purports to be a copy of the
now famous indemnity bond for the
payment OF the padded payroll. y
fund Of $4,000 has been subscribed by
the friends of Mr.. Thompson to dis
tribute this literature among the peo-
pie of the state and from the cart loads
of mail matter that II is said are he
ing taken away from their headquar-
ters in Philadelphia every day, 1t would
seem that the money is being very
rapidly expended
GEN. REEDER HELD FOR TRIAL.
There has been considerable comment
here in Harrisburg since (hc collapse
of General Reedcr's case in Easton last
week. The details of the case are pretty
well known. Information was made
charging General Recder, Representa-
tive Webster c. Weiss and Morris
LuCkcnbaCh. Of Northampton county,
with an attempt to defamc the good
IL. -
spiraCy during the late senatorial cam
pdiEn. The Information was made h%
an cX-puliCcman of Philadelphia named
Chobcrt. Subsequently influence was
brought to bear upon this man o. swear
that he dii not know what hr Was
signing when he put his name to The
ipformatiuns In the meantime, counsel
for Rcrdrr, Weiss and Iu.EauhaCh
made application before Jl3 c scott
of Northampton county. fOr writ Of
hab.a- corpus ON the ground That they
did not urli,vc that there was sufficient
evidence to hold them for trial.
The case WAS taken iu'u court %
week ago The prosecutors Nrln
t..... ami so Was Gan.ral U..a.r and
l.. ,.u.. tHu d.ind,N.. l..N.t
a.ur. nr stated above. "h" "" .'.Hu
stated thai the, N'r. ready #, ..-r!-
tute another name on tine u. wn1'..'F
for that of Chohyrt, when IN. uIn' lu-
cidpd ghat writ ut han.s corpus
could not issue. Under tho llE tu"
prosecution would have been compelled
| to show up their whole ca.n but this
| did not suit the defense, auI the up
! shot Of il was that B"olur. Weiss and
| lurkcuhach were held for trial on III"
charge Of conspiracy for the November
! term of court The result was a blow
| to the Rccdcr side and this was r'cog-
n2cd in the EastOn Daily Express
which in big head lines stated ihat T.
| was "A haCkdown for the Kcrdrr side,
THE FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Professor John Hamilton, deputy Sec
retary of agriculture, has just issued
his bulletins for the farmers institute
| work for the coming winter. The work
as laid out is unusually interesting and
| embraces an unusually large number of
| interesting and instructive lectures and
talks. During the past season, and
proiiting by experience, Professor Ham
| ilton has purchased a number of stcre-
| OPTIONS which are to be distributed for
| the use of lectures in the various farm
ers' institute districts of the state. This
Is n very radical innovation and will do
| more to make the sessions of farmers
Institutes interesting and instructive
than anything else at present. There
are so many subjects that can he pre-
scnted with lantern illustrations, and
| their value and interest heightened,
that Professor Hamilton must be re-
Earded as the thoughtful pioneer in this
widely extended field.
Farmers institutes this year will be
very successful. The large crops. the
general feeling that an era of good
times is at hand and the disposition 10
take advantage. Of them IN an INTEL
llgcnt way will crowd the institute sga-
| sions to the doors.