The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.

wednesday. Feb. 10.
Lord William Nevill was sentonced "a
ave years penal ssrvitude In London fog
fraud. ef.st &
1t is said that Ambassador to Turkey
Angel will resign In time to resume the
presidency OF the Michigan State uni
versity in the fall.
Miss Lillian Hanna. sister Of the SEN
ator, was married last evening al
Thomasville. Ga. to 8. p. Baldwin. q
young Cleveland lawyer.
The Spanish cabinet has appointed
Senior Louis Polo Bernabe to succeed
Dupuy De LONE as minister at Wash
ington.
Thursday. Feb. II.
Rt. Rev. c. T. Quintard. Episcopal
bishop Of Tennessee. died at Meridian
willie. Ga. yesterday.
A child Of Jacob Smith. Of Myerstown
Pa, fell against a kitchen stove and
was probably fatally burned.
Miss Isabella Franklin Jones. one OF
the leading scientists Of this country
died at Chicago of pneumonia.
A little son Of Adam Beck. Of Albany
Pa, fell upon a cows horns and was SC
terribly lacerated that he will die.
One hundred and twenty-five men OF
the Fourteenth infantry have left Van
couver barracks to preserve law and
order at Skaguay.
Friday, Feb. Is.
The steamer Flachat was wrecked al
Anaga Point. Canary Islands. and 6t
persons were drowned.
Miss Francis Il. Willard, president OF
the Worlds Christian Temperance un-
ion, died in New York, aged S..
John Ryan attempted to assault,
Judge Thomas Mccormick at Eliza
beth, N. j., when the latter sentenced
him to state prison.
The revenue cutter Rush, stationed
at San Francisco, chased a Canadian
sealing vessel for alleged violation OF
the regulations.
A meeting of the flint glass manrrac-
turers is being held in Plttsburg lcok-
ing to consolidation of the union and
non-union plants. A'strike may follow
Saturday. Feb. 10.
William J. Scanlan, the popular sing.
ing actor, died in New York, of pareslr
aged AZ.
A movement has been started for Tho
erection Of IA statue of General Lafay-
ette by this government in Paris dur.
ing the coming exposition.
Ex-Auditor Moore, of Lincoln. Neb
has been set free of conviction for al.
legged embgaAlement on the ground that
the statp,c is unconstitutional
A p..Ic w&s created in West Sew
enty-sc,.lI street New York; house
by "a larg, piece of rock blown through
the walls from a nearby quarry.
Monday. Feb. 2I.
On Saturday in Chicago May whea,
sold at S1.09.
\ London dispatch announces that
the condition of Mr.. Gladstone's health
is very grave.
The health department of Chicago re.
perts 10000 persons suffering from the
grip in that city.
Thieves hauled away 5000 worth OF
clothing from the store of Philip Cof-
fee. at Tamaqua, Pa.
All the Mechanicsburg Pa.) indus.
trial establishments are running full
lllllt Will lIlGlI tDllJltIleUl OF ndnuS
Miss Frances +. Willard bequeathed
her estate to the'Temple fund after tht
life interests of her secretary and hel
sister-in-law have expired.
Tuesday. Feb. 22.
Central and Southern New Mexico IS
overrun by sheep thieves, and trouble
is feared.
The people Of Switzerland have voted
in favor of the government purchase OF
the railroads.
A cave, said to rival the Mammoth
of Kentucky, has been discovered ir
Centre county, Pa.
Policeman Holly of Findlay, o., was
fatally shot by one of two robbers
whom he tired to arrest.
The Transvaal government is increas.
ing the defences of Johannesburg by
mounting a number of new guns.
The new wharf at Tampico, Mex, just
constructed by the Central railroad
was destroyed by fire. involving a loss
of nearly $2000.00O