The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-25
COUNTY GULLIh6S.
Breezy Items Picked up Here
and There about the Ooun-
ty and Noted tor Your
Enlightenment.

The Penn Telepone Company has
extended their line to Clifford, which
place is now connected with the
various places of business in Central
Pennsylvania.
John S. Kaufman of Franklin
township and w. M. Keller OF Bea'
vertown are opposing candidates fol
the Democratic. nomination tor As
sociate Judge. \
L. H. Rauch, who has been X
r. agent at Robertsdale for a num-
Der of years, has resigned to accept
a position at Cokcton, W. Va, with
the p. H. r. Company.
H. f. Eberly of Beaver Springs,
this county, in partnership with ).
B. Kurtz of Reading, has leased the
creamery at Mifflinburg and will
operate it. Mr.. Eberly is moving
his family over. He is an expert
enced hand at the business.
Daniel Hhoads Swineford died in
Mifilinburg, Aug. 16. He was
named after our townsman, Daniel
X. Rhoads and is the son OF Henry
and Catherine Swineford OF Miifiin-
burg. Aged l6 years, 8 months and
3 days.
Harvest Home Services will be
held in the parish as follows: Aug
%, at 10 A. NJ, st. Matthews
Sept. A, at 10 A. NJ, St. James
Sept. 4, at 2 p. NJ, st. Paul Sept
II, at 10 A. NJ, st. Johns; Sept
II, at 2 p. NJ, St. Marks; Sept.
Is, at $50 p. NJ, Christ.
! REV. c. ID ZwEIER.
The following teachers were elect
ed on Tuesday evening for Penn
townshipby the school board Salem,
Lewis f. Gemberling; Far Oak
Charles X. Fisher; Boyer's, II. G.
Hendricks; Hill End, b. +. Bolig.
Jr.; OTIS, II. W. Smith; Grissing-
er's, VIM. ID. Jarrett Bolig's, Rit-
ter; Kantz, VIM. A. Erdley; Schoch's,
NJ. Baney. Compensation, s27.OC
per month.
The following teachers were elect
ed by the school board, Of Monroe,
Monday evening: \. 7. Stetler.
ShamoSin Dam Advanced; William
Kuhn, Primary; Helen 6. Lesher,
Beavers; Chas. p. Shaetler. Hum
mel's; Jacob 4. Schaciier, Fishers;
Miss Hickman, Apps; u. a. Moy-
cr, Sanders Hollow; Brian Teats,
Wagenseller's.
The Trolley Company that's con-
tcmplating the construction of Il
line from Lewisburg to New Berlin
expects to get a charter for Il road
from Lewisburg to Middleburg.
They are concerned now only with
the construction of the road to New
Berlin, but when that is completed,
the matter of extending the road to
this place will be undertaken.
For those desiring to visit Ocean
Grove (Asbury Park during Camp
Meeting no better opportunity offers
than to go ON the Pennsylvania Rail
road. Nine Day Excursion We'd
nesday, August oath. Rates are
low and accommodations first class.
The president of Oberin College
when asked by a student if he could
not take shorter course, replied
"Oh, yes; but that depends on what
You want tomake ofyourself. When
God wants to make an oak, He
takes hundred years. When He
wants to make squash, He takes
six months"
The Mt. Pleasant Mills cores
pondent to the Tribune last week
says: ga young lady from town who
can boast of having a beau hailing
from the vicinity of Kantz, recently,
one Saturday evening after he COM
planned of being thirsty, sent him to
the pump to obtain a refreshing
drink. While partaking Of a good
draught of Adams ale he felt q
tickling sensation down his throat
when to their horror and dismay il
might have been a lizard which he
n 4 Il ,