The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-29
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nduheT OF NeW 1Ork. was Durieu sun
day.
A clause OF the tariff bill prohibits the
placing of pictures in cigarette packa-
ges.
Three men unable to sleep because OF
the heat at Pittsburg. fell from win
dows and sustained serious injuries.
Richard Clair and James Schoonover
were drowned in the Monongaheia
river at Pittsburg Sunday.
Maj. Samuel F. Candy. OF Whining
ton, Del, suicided at Vancouver, b. c..
by jumping off a steamer the other
day.
A boat containing As employees of the
Hamburg Germany engine works
capsized in the river Elbe. Six were
drowned.
The Jenison Park hotel at Holland,
Mich, burned Saturday night. About
100 summer boarders were in the house.
All escaped safely.
Gen. Lafayette McLaws, the oldest
confederate major general, but one,
was buried a few days ago at Savannah
with military honors.
Millionaire John A. Creighton, of
Omaha, Neb.. was robbed Of $1,000 in
money and jewels and probably fatal
ly beaten by highwaymen.
The total wheat crop of oregon Will
amount to 100000 bushels the larg-
est in the state history. The wheat ap-
pears to be of excellent quality.
Thomas Renberger and William But
Ter were drowned in the Mississippi
river about twelve miles southeast of
Wabash, Ind, when seining for fish.
Striking salmon fishermen on the
Columbia river oregon, destroyed
$4,000 worth of netting and traps, be-
cause reduction in their wages was
| ordered.
One hundred and twenty persons, in
! Guiding the captain, are said to have
| drowned by the sinking of the Chinese
vessel Sri Han Gan, bound from Singa-
pore to Malacca.
At Palmyra, Mo-, Daniel Rose shot
and killed DIR. j. Norris, whom he ac-
! cused of trying to break up his family
While dying Norris drew revolver and
shot twice at Rose, missing him.
The Newark & New Jersey Telephone
Company, competitor of the Bell con-
cern, is said to have been purchased by
United States Senator Smith and four
others, who are said to have subscribed
Sl50,000 each.
1t is stated that Gen. MaXimo Gomez
the leader of the Cuban insurgents, has
reafiirmed his determination not to ac-
cept a compromise with the government
but to adhere to his demand for the
| absolute independence of Cuba.
Il. II. Sothcrn, the actor. his wife and
| a lady friend narrowly escaped drown
ing while bathing at Lawrence, l.. l.,
few days ago. The party was res
oued by John Raynor, who received a
check for $500 as token of gratitude.
Leslie G.. Niblack. editor Of the Daily
Leader. of Guthrie. Okla, fell from a
street car in Cleveland. alighting on his
head. He died shortly after. He was
major on the staff of former Gov. Rem
frew, of that territory. He was en-
route to Washington.
A sensational story was published in
Chicago recently, to the effect that all
of the big trusts of the country are to
pool issues and form a combination
whose combined capital will be not less
than sl.0000O0,0OO. The Standard Oil
Company is at the head of the scheme.
Three Detroit young men were drown
ed the other day by the capszing of
rowboat off Sugar island. near the
mouth of Detroit river. The drowned
are William w. Shier, Frank e. Rus
SELL Jr, and Edwin Stubensky. Young
Russel's father and brother, who were
also in the boat which upset, escaped.
Two lovers, Patrick Sullivan. and his
cousin, Annie Sullivan, committed sui
eide at West Chester, New York, Sun
| day. Their proposed marriage was in
tcrfered with by both parent and priest
Dismayed. they went to a hotel, secured
n room, turned on the gas, and were
found dead next morning
In consequence of the recent raids by
AlbanianS into Scrvian territory. the
Servian foreign minister has informed
the porte that If further incursions
take place the Servian troops will be
ordered to pursue the raiders into OF
toman territory, and that they are now
held in readiness at Proukopolye.
Robert Burns, who discovered at Ri
verhead, n. Y. what appeared to have
been a bold attempt to wreck a Long
! Island Railroad train Thursday even
ing. was arrested by detective and
charged with putting the rail there
himself. He admitted his guilt, giving
/ as reason for the act that he wanted a
| reward.
| An employe of the Lake Shore boiler
| shops at Buffalo when cleaning the
/ ashes out of a pit where boiler plate is
| heated the other day, found in the bot
| tom of the pit, under two feet Of ashes,
IL 5O-caliber cartridges, one O-caliber
cartridge, nearly six inches long, and a
! bomb filled with dynamite and powder.
! Tho workmen took the places of strik-
ers recently.
The bulletin of the American iron
and st eel association in its issue of this
week says that the total production of
pig iron in the United States in the first
half of 1897 was 4,40S,416 gross tons. AS
compared with the first half of 1896
there was a decrease in the first half
of 1897 of 572, 760 tons. but as compared
with the second half of 1896 there was
an increase of 756,5S5 tons. The pro-
duction of Bessemer pig iron in the first
half of 1897 was 2,495,97S gross tons. OF
the total increase of 756,5S5 tons of all
kinds of pig iron in the first half of 1897
over the last half of 1896. 36i, ,6S5 tons
or almost six-sevenths was of Besse-
mcr quality.
Secession in Church.
Rev. DR.. Hertz, Of Trinity evangelical
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