The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-01-26

ford.
Bradford Evans of Juniata Coun-
ty has been Il Snyder county seat
visitor this week.
Don't fail to attend the Business
Mems Jubilee on Monday and Tues
day evenings of next week.
There are so many sick people il
this vicinity that it puzzles DIR. Her.
man to attend all of them.
,, The Teachers Local Institute
convenes in the Court House Friday
and Saturday, Jan. q and %.
John Huber, wife and children,
of Lewisburg, were the guests of
Joseph Bowes and wife during the
week.
John Bolender and William Zim-
norman held successful Spelling BIS
at Renninger's and Erdley's school
houses last week.
A. A. Horlscr and wife of Akron,
o., Chas. Smith andwite and james
Keller and wife of Adamsburg on
Sunday We're the guests of Edwin
Charles and Bonneville Smith.
In the pension list of Jan. !, we
observe the name of VIM. Tresslcr,
PENIS Creek, dead restoration and
increase So to IS. In later ISSUES we
observe increases to Lot Burns, Sc
llnsgrove from So to $40; Hiram
Good, SIS to $40 and Soworrow +.
Schaifer, Port Treverton, from IS to
$40.
VIM. E. Stahlnecker, the obliging
clerk at the Washington House OF
this place, on Monday ofthis week
rented the hotel property at Adams
burg now in possession OF George
Smith. Danny" Is a genial oblig-
ing fellow and will be able to at
tract to his hostclry Il large number
ofpcoplc.
On Saturday the Officials "r the
Sunbnry & l.ewistown Railroad
made an tom of inspection. They
stoppedat this place and took dinner
ut the Central Hotel, ". II. Smith.
the proprietor. Theparty consisted
of S. p. Hutchinson, the new super
intendent; G. +. kissinger, 4. II.
Myers, Ii. +. Waters, G.. $. Thomas,
J. A. Knight, W. w. Riden, all OF
Lewistown.
Hon. Jcre Grouse brought up
from Selinsgrove the other day Il
bundle of newspapers printed bv
soldier boys in Manila. They We're
sent here by A. S. Kempher, sol
dier of the 10Th Regt. The type
is all set and the paper edited and
printed by soldier boys. tits inter
esting to read these papers and to
know how the boys are making use
of their spare time in that far off
country.
Three beers day, leaving out
Sundays, means s45 a year, Three
segars day, means SIS per year.
Fifteen cents per week for tobacco,
SS per year. The habit of treating
means $40 per year. Total, sSl
per year, the lowest calculation.
This sum would keep wife and chill
1ren comfortably clad and furnish
many nice things for the home and
table. In ten years it would buy
a pretty home.
The Republican primary election
on Saturday for borough officers re-
suited as follows: Town Council,
Josephat Walter, 81; d. T. Rhoads,
66; J. W. Orwig, SO; Daniel Bolend-
er, 5S; School Directors, Carbon
Seebold, SO; G. G. Gutelius, 33; w.
w. Wittenmyer, 4S; Borough Aud
itor, Calvin Stetler, g.; Constable,
Henry r. Bickhart, AZ; Henry r.
Riegel, As; High Constable, James
Bowersox, 81; William A. Swartz,
40; Judge of Election, H. w. /
Foulk, So; H. H. Hassinger, "a;
j. E. Stahlnecker, 56; Overseer of
the Poor, full term of two years.,
c. E. Steiniuger, 80; Overseerof the
Poor, (unexpired term of one year),
Joe Bowersox, 6; G. w. Wagensel- !!
Ter, %; James Erdley, 6.