The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-11
COUNTY TOPICS.
Items Of Interest Gathered
from Various Sources for
the Benefit OF Our
Readers.

evening one tiiiie So"'" VI
Last Saturday the Troxelville
cornet band played for festival at
Pardee.
The members ofthe Sunday school
at Grubb's church celebrated their
annual picnic last Saturday.
The Salem Sunday school will
hold a festival on Saturday evening,
August 9th near Rows church.
The Evangelical Sunday school OF
Mcclure held their annual picnic on
Saturday last in HowelPs grove at
Mcclure.
]. f. Eisenhower of Washington
township has been offered a school
near Northumberland at a salary OF
$40 month.
County Superintendent Bowersox
has issued his schedule for his annual
teachers examinations. 1t will be
found in this issue.
The sheriffIs sale Of the bottling
works last Thursday brought quite
a number of hotel men and liquor
dealers to our village.
The Snyder County Choir Con-
vention will be held near Freeburg,
Saturday, August Goth, 1898. a
full turnout is anticipated.
The Lutheran and ReformedS Sun
day schools, at Fremont, will hold
their annual picnic in the grove adj
joining the church, on Saturday, Au-
gust 13.
NJ. Millner, the popular merchant
and most congenial gentleman OF
Kantz, Pa, is recuperating at At
lantic City and other cool places by
the seaside.
Carl F. Espenchade, of Mifllin-
town, has been appointed Deputy
Collector for the counties ofSnyder
Juniata, Dauphin, Perry and Miftlin
in place of W. w. Trout.
Rev. Zimmerman on last Sunday
incoming delivered his Introductory
sermon at Beavcrtown and at Ad.
amsburg in the evening Of the same
day. He created Il very favorable
impression.
Jno. ID. Bogar and George Liv-
iugs,onc, of Seiinsgrovc, recrivedtht
contract to erect Il new school house
on Ioovcr'- Island. This makes al
additional school house Cor thai
township.
The Lutheran and Reformed 5
5. oiNerdilIa, Iion- United BrcthreI
and the Winners United Evangcli.
cal :. ). Of Dundorc, will hold theil
annual picnic in ". ". SholIcy',
grove ut NcrtiIl.a Saturday, Aug
9th.
There viii be two full moons il
August. one occurring on the first
ldav and one on the last. Full moon,
occur twice in the same month only
once in about three years, and there
will not be two full moons in on,
month again until 1901.
Prof. Leslie Seely, B. f., cx-
principal of the public schools OF
this place, was elected member OF
the Bloomsbury Normal school
faculty to fill the chair of Manual
Training. He is an able young
educator to whom his many friend.
here extend congratulations.
| Prof. Owens of Bucknell says il
Trained from 5:30p. m. "Wednesday
to 7:3O p. IN. Thursday five inche:
!of water, which is equal to five
hundred tons tothe acre. On Wed.
inesday in one and one-half hours il
Trained two and one-tenth inches
(which is equal to two hundred anc
ten tons of water to the acre. Satm'
day Ne~s.
Respect for Old Glory is rapid,
increasing in Europe. The Swedish
postal authorities recently sentout ;
special train in order to prompt,
oliver letter ina Aag-envelope, ad
dressed to an American in an out o
the way place in Sweden. The,
thought from the flag on the envelop
that the letter was from the u. S
government.