The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-09


Editor G. w. Burns and family
of State College spent Sunday with
Joseph Bowersox and wife in town.
Lightning rod agents are at work
around Easton. This is probably
the same gang that operated in Sny-
der county.
Joseph Woods, Esq, one of Lew
isburg's able lawyers and prom
inent politician. was in Middleburg
Monday morning.
The Arndt family having again
returned are making another kin of
brick for f. S. Stroud. They are
expert brick makers.
Last week one evening, Photo
grapher Engle took several pictures
of the bathersat "Long Swim Hole"
Middleburgh's Coney Island.
The Snyder county teachers in
stitute will be held in this place dur
ing the week beginning Monday,
Nov. 2G, 1900. Thi, is week
earlier than usual.
W. II. Wendt, of Schnec; Irwin
Gravbill, Of Paxionvillc: j. NJ. Au-
rand and O. d. Ronig, of Salem,
were seen ut the county seat Satur-
day.
Frank s. Ricgcl, oi,r hastIipg
sewing machine agent and musical
instrument dealer. sold and deliver
ed three new Wheeler Il Wilson
sewing machines in this place Satur.
day afternoon.
/, Rev. c. G. Miller OF Allentown,
Pa, has accepted Il call irom the
Freeburg Lutheran Parish, and
will preach at Freeburg Saturday
evening, Aug. II, and at Grubb's
and Schuce's on Sunday, Aug. II.
| CARD OF THANKs.A-I wish to
take this way of extending my
thank. to the many kind friend.
and neighbors for the kindness ard
assistance shown us during the i'll
ness, death and funeral of my wife.
4. l.. SPANGLER.
| During the thirteen years of DR..
f. O. Lyte's principalship of the
Millersville State Normal School,
no student of this school has been
rejected by the State Board of Ex-
aminers. This is record of which
any school may be justly proud.
Prof. A. A. Killian and family
moved to Watsontown Tuesday OF
this week. The Professor has been
at the head of the public schools OF
this borough for the past year and
leaves Il very successful record be-
hind him. He will take charge OF
the Watsontown schools next month
Last week Il man named Pascal
II abeaux, of Jeneatte, Pa, wa
found dead lying on the railroad
track near Georgetown. 1t was AT
first thought he was killed by
taain, but later developments show
that he had Sl75 on his person the
day before, which leads to the sus'
picion that he was toully murdered
for his money.
Tuesday evening of last week IL
ID. Norman App, of Monroe town
ship, was taking match team val
ued at 5000 across the river at Sha
mokin Dam they became frightene'
and jumped from the flat into tn
river. The one horse was rescued
but the other one was drowned. MIR
App had just sold the team and wa
taking them to Sunbury to ship t.
George Stegmaier at Wilkes-Barre'
MIR. E. X. l.. Jones, formerly op
orator at the Union station, this city
but later operator at Lewistown
recently made applications to joi
: the United States infantry at tn
! recruiting station in this city. II
passed the examination as operate
and will be sent to Fort Myer, Vii
ginia, and from there to the Philip
t pines. Mr.. Jones was operator i
It this city from 1895 until 1898, an
r is well known and regarded as
!, very efficient operator. Harrisb'"
7 Star Independent.