The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-05-04
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Mrs. A. M. Bowersox of Beaver!
town was in Middleburg this week.

town was in Middleburg this week.
Samuel Bachman has become the
general utility man at Prothonotary
ShindePs filling the place recently
occupied by Beaumont Hartman.
II. Edward Walter, the Sugar
Street furniture dealer, has erected a
stable ON his lot, upon which he re-
Gently put up Il handsome residence.
Pennsylvania will have a candi-
date for speaker of the next House
to succeed Thomas Bracket Reed
and the name of the candidate will
be Galusha a. Grow, representative
at large.
Prof. Edwin Charles, the Success
full pedagogue, is the hustliug clerk
in w. W. Wittenmycr'sstore during
the absence of his tather-in-law, Ben
neville Smith. who is out election
erring tor the County Treasurer
nomination.
Local news s the lifeof Il country
publication and we are always pleas
ed to receive accounts of events of
local interest. Send along the news
you hear and manifest your personal
interest in the paper that does all it
can to boom the business interests in
this community.
The people of Middleburg faith
fully supported the movement toget
an industry here. Those who have
done their full duty deserve the
thanks of every one. The Posi-
furnished an opportunity of getting
an industry and the people rallied
nobly to the necessity Of the occa-
sion.
A mceting,of the subscribers OF
the shoe factory stock was held in
the courthouse Monday evening and
formed a temporary organization by
electing Hon. G. Alfred Schoch,
President; and Geo. w. Wagensel-
Ter, Secretary. A committee was
selected to receive bids for Il site and
other preliminary matters were at
tended to.
People that are burning brush
along the mountain should be very
careful, as no one can afford to have
the fire go over any timber land, and
besides the fine is heavy to set any
timber land on fire. Thousands of
acres of timber burned last week at
the east end of Shade mountain by
neglect in burning brush or stumps.
A smooth, easy shave, genteel hair
cut, or other tonsOrial work, is al
ways obtained at Soles' Barber Shop.
in Bank Building, next door to the
Post Office. Go to Soles to buy
new razors or exchange for old ones.
Razorshoned and guaranteed to give
satisfaction. n. h. SOLES,
The new bankrupt law allows a
man who is in debt to 60 into bank
ruptcy. His property is divided
among his creditors, and though it
may not pay five cents on the dollar,
it releases HIM from ever afterwards
having to pay his old debts. The
bankrupt may again start in business
and make a fortune, but his former
creditor has no claim by law against
him.
Ammon klingler was arrested in
Huntingdon Co., where he was
working and brought to Jail here on
Tuesday of last week charged with
killing cattle in the mountains north
of Troxelville. 1t is said that one
head ofthe cattle killed belonged to
Ammon Dreese. Constable p. j.
Herbster of Beavertown made the
arrest. 1t is said that another party
is implicated and that another arrest
will follow.
The seventy-sixth annual session
o. the grand lodge of Pennsylvania,
Independent Order OF Odd Fellows,
will be held in Allentown the third
week in May andwill llbring together
more than a thousand delegates, be-
sides 600 or 700 more representa-
tives to the grand encampment and
degree of Rebekah and past grandsl
who will assemble to have the de-
grees conferred upon them by the