1 XV I CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MI- NOR EVENTS, GENERAL jenges of the Rank and Flle—Auve dotes snd Observations. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 148th ent, PV. {To te Contin Exper By T. P. 10d. ] hi, 1862, we crossed the Poto- peninsula, and Army of the report- Dec. 17 mae, Rappahannock reached the camps of the Potomac in the afternoon and ed at Division Head Quarters of Gen, auneok, near Falmouth and Freder- nd assigned to the First Division, Second commanded by Maj. Maj. Gen. Han- Division Commander: I this o« for the isburyg were first Brivad Army Gen, Cot COCK Was while our we remained wit rps, great battle fought Had transport were too late ericksburg, Dec. 13th wed by Polon een tn tine We of Fred which to 15th, rail or by Aquia, Though we battle, we awful was and lost, 1862. we been mo down the me, to we would have join in the late to yoralization + 1 1 were Loo jale Lo the this were not too note wreck and den of 1o- Lal still of ssburg irying purlies were work, under flag ir Frederick unock river, 1g trenche they great army Hl ne Rapp ali ve | ' : containing still low ould see the ur dead, as grew longer, s by side, yel streaks of | freshly dug ground. " A Lit ght in wounded had all been brou and field hospitals, ‘ou 7d Hua over s lnmens=e tents, been established, and filled, 1 ¢ . 3 while thincusaud of the less severely shipped to Washing- rth. miort WOoULnGed Welt ton, and farthern But these Without death did je wounded ? Ww hal in mid-winter; geetned the only relief, and came quick ly to many, tajoing the longer. Lhe a Score ( and the long trenches cou- grew rapidly kept : { dead, just carried out, at the dead outside, Ydigpers”' were busy; d lying in a row side by side, end of ich await Let ue side, 1 8. M. 8j the aud ching & the inside 7 the tre ing burial O comrade went If iried dead were a say of ap- guile said t in. Eraves unb INANE outside % Lat shall we indeed, y HEeRTIY sind ignt was an all I 2 VOU, te mere boys, wounded aud {form and places; al instances both I, il BEVED daged and bi oody, | Har rows ou Lhe frozen ing sions, or in groups, + cold, many waitin Ky walling, for the summons, that, only apparently was 20 near, With all this suffering, they were juiet; no outery, no complaint; sur- Keons were dressing ‘8 near the end and attendants is. Beyond, achaplain prayit soldier: out wouun Over a dy ing of the bymn tent, a chaplain sang a tried great bh adying soldier his in whic to but voice failed. The chaplain finished the hymn, then bent over him in prayer, duriug which chaplain straigbten- join, I fe ceased. The of the poor boy, folded his hands on bis breast they carried hima out and laid him in the row of the dent the frozen ground and io fast falling snow. The chaplain turned round and gpoke to the other wounded boys sit- tiog and lying on the ground in low, earnest tones, making no effort to re- strain the tears that were fast flowing dowu over his pallid cheeks. A de tail of soldiers was engaged in sorting the dead from the living, The dead | they carried outside and laid them in the row of dead awaiting burial. Here | were dead frozen fast to the ground in their own blood. An attendant was heard to call, this one is dead, take him out; here is another, ete. We were satisfied and it was a relief to get out of that awful den and we questioned whether this was savagery or eivilization. In no way cau the people and a restored government meet and satisfy so great a sacrifice. All they ean do is cherish the memo- ry of the honored dead and provide for those whose support was lost on the dreadful field, and those more for- tunate, who escaped with their lives, though shattered in health and erip- pled in body. Fredericksburg was a great disaster and had a demoralizing eflect on the army, and caused intense dissatisfac- tion throughout the north, The most foolish part of the move was the per- pistent atisok and repeated charges of our army on the Coufederate centre, on Marie's Heights, and the great stone wall, a very strong position pat urally, aud eompletely fortified, The rank and file knew better and would uot have made so great a blunder, It was an jmpreguable position; six Continued on 6h page. ed the form anf Ak ON i INTRE HALL, PA, wish to consume time in the provisions of the act of June 1801, to demonstrate that purpose of this legislation was to re- lieve the real I do not discussing Sth, Funough has been said clearly the real ne of anvihing « it) by ex. both the contgined in the for 1881. Let us one quotation from the Taggart, ©“ T meet the and et awav [i estate of the burd« If it will be amination of the bills legislative however local taxation. 180 needed revealed debates mentioned, as an an record make his bill has ingency we donot remarks of Mr been held to cout while the principle bill passed yel we something shall it that reason we which has arisen, want to g om contained in wenue by the house some time ago, are determined that be done for to aud iis bill. ? complained us, propose pass tl “The g the appropr the an increase that there ey in the tr ti vit that million dol- ould re- revenue of the enough mon- rentlemen ation lars to Public quise tate, WHE I asury to meel the require « bill is partly in the ments of this bill hi to provide the increase amount of money ¢ into the State Treas. ury.” (Legislative record 1881, vol, p. “762 ning "e 2762 The demand that existed jn 15891 for f { or agri relief from the n distr fisist taxes on red ie |} local purposes (0 Lhe #n i Gn % on in the snd cor. the dollar, and ti nature of mw porate pi : f three : iin 5 y ind If statements, as containeg the rep rage the ire Are Not tail and The as set out of the secretary of internal sflsir correct the iis Lire to weary t all de give apitulatior ie aosetped | estate I inter- was $3. ; amount of val ty, taxes col ts $44,429, 8. th total t RE t wk aed (ie of perso ol and enrporate proper- Wirt por, as sel iL in Li aeparit £1 is 54,750,404 fond the a unt re- alized f 3 is, $14,176,580, ie ie nature of taxes uills ale ad on the doi fey § ist that 11 § Ol gH appro is, and it t least no the IIS ey pay fe In Wi- Purposes ! hey uot arm pay one know too that i personal [ do i mean te this word stock, an rporate p ¥ their value rer iy. taxes on not equal to fifth paid on real estate. I need not s this line of reason. jog further, It was made necessary by nature of the question under consider- ation, and shows clearly and h $5,000,000 appropriation was made to the in 1891, which in 1583 increased to $5.05600,000 by reason of the fact that the distriots were obliged, by sot passed that year, io furnish all text books free. It is true that people, or rather the school authorities in many of the rural distriots have used their share of this great appropriation to relieve the burdens of local taxation. If they did not lessen the millage for school pur. t least were able through it, to meet the additional cost oceasion- ed by the addition of a month to the without an increase in [uo many districts this increase is quite an item. To illus pur#iis way w the schools was ie ai the an average salary of $33.00 per month, her annual expense account. This is a large sod wesithy township. purposes and one for building iu 1891, when there were only 16 schools, and for the year ending June 1902 8} mills all for school purposes. The amount | raived by tagation in excess of the only $81.50. Ifany reduction in the LOCALS, It's an iJ] wind that blows noone good, Read the advertisement of B. W. Ripka, merchant, at Bpring Mills, Monday was a delightful day; the sun wos bright and the sky clear, Philip Saul, who for the past year has been iu the employment of John Heckmann, west of Centre Hall, will move to Plensant Gap about the first of April. amount of school tax in this district, It has been is moderate indeed, the central part of the State, (I speak | YEARICK'S COAL SHEN WRECK ED] 1 Nine Kapldiy Moving OQoal Cars Enter Open Switch and Do $4000 Damnge. A draft of nine loaded coal cars mov- | ing rapidly along the Reading Rail- way swerved on au open switch at the | coal yard of H. H. Yearick & Bro. 1541-45 North Tenth street, Saturday | morning, and struck four other cars, | which were sent crashing through the firm’s office building, demolishing the the facts) valuation, BAe Aas considering the the millage it was in 1891, increase is about the The the school boards of these pay higher wages, secure, us a rule better teachers, to annually put quite a number of books in braries, and supply towns apparatus and scientific purposes. age to do this. Bot I think it pays in results in betiering the boys and girls who reap the benefits of all this im- provement. This is about the situation all over the state in reference to the use of the state appropriation to the public schools. In the has been much last ten years discussion it, executive with the down, the Department of Public struction, and Educational what has been done Associa- for hearts priation schools and with with pride, pointed to it as the best evidence that Penuvsylvapia®was fully aroused to the great cause of education, I don't blame them. When in the presence of educators from other states and [ de- sired to make them feel small significant, I a half million the public swelling and in. appropriation to public schools. It was the end of all comparison. It all argu- ment, We were by all odds the great- esl supporters of public education. concluded When however, you get down to bed rock this vast sum given for the but to relieve the Ww h y of the this money for the purpose for which it was originally given them ? t evil. 1 kKoow our rural veed help, They need to be advanced, They should afford bet facilities of money of the burdens of local tax- the school rural districts for using was not benefit schools, ation boards shall blame is Bu schools ter educational Ino many places they need better buildings, and better teachers, with better salaries. Many of the teachers too youthful and lack proper preparation. All this works to the detriment of the pupil. It evil, a great evil that should be and overcome. How shall this be done? Ido not think I can fully answer this question. But the firet great thing to do is for the law making power to quit juggling with the When an appro- priation Is made let it first and above everything else be for the schools, and pot for relief from local taxation. There is not even a halfa year, given to schools | under cover of relieving local taxation. Five hundred thousand dollars a year | was hewed off four years ago this was reappropriated, but in such | dribs that it is of but little use to the school districts, and in the appropri tion of 1901 $400,000 was taken off and given for another purpose Are ia an sahools, now, If this great sum of money is for the schools, and ioteaded solely and ene tirely for their benefit, and clearly it ia not now so ysed, the legisiature can remedy the evil by providing other means for relieving the undue burdens of local taxation and in the appropri. ation to the school make provision that enol distriot shall raise for school purposes at least, as much as they shall respectively receive from the State, I admit there is some danger in this, for districts may confine their power of taxation within this limit, and todo so in many distriets would work irrevoeable injury to the schools, This may not be your views of either I am, never theless, sure that the body which dis- tributes the funds of oyr great coms mop wealth haa the reinedy within its own hands, if it will but rise to the majesty of the occasion, aud set uucon- ‘er save the purpose to do absolutely right and appropriate the maney give gn to the sghoale for the schools and of local taxation, LOCALS, Regular meeting of Progress Grange S.lurday ufternoon, Wednesday of inst week the senate finally passed the State College appro- priation bill carrying §250,000 and the Bellefonte hospitel bill, oariying $10,000. Major Wm. Bloger will leave Belle- fonte and become a ent of New York, where he has ted a posi. tion lo the law departed it of a large gas company. debris, Neither was in- Several passers-by narrowly escaped | being killed by flying bricks, and one of the cars landed in Tenth street, cars lor nearly hours, The employes buried in the debris were Thomas McFarland E. D. Yearick. McFarland was to his ears in bricks, and a and up mortar and coal, ft H. G. Yearick, rescued the hard work. He I. D. Yearick, who tween a coal car and a any moment, man after two hours’ also : saved his brother, Wns i inioned be bricks. pile 0 Ti , Re ading Railway sent nearly two Bandra d men to clear away the de- bris and the company will rebuild the office at their own expense, age caused by the collision The dam- will reach (s P. in the Yearick said that the rear of switch his firm's yards was by who had in that vicinity dur- ing the last few daye, H. H. Yearick and P. are sons of Mrs. Phoebe Year- and brothers of Mre, probably opened boys been stealing coal Messrs, Yearick ick, of this place, W. B. Mingle. tA —— FROM ILLINOIS (roms Wood High Offered for Farm Labor fligh Friced Coal and Prices Conselidation Hard ¢ per ton; dollars dollars, Boft Our deal- 8 supply been plentiful five to ai retails now at ten it twelve Was coal is considerable cheaper, ore Jess of Wood Las market at ave had or ers Li all winter. on the from dollars per cord well well it hands Labor is and paid in fis Ve + jdle unless Farm i113 willing, no laborer ne wish. wl, bodied young man can easily luntary able get work twenty-five to and board, kept Are Very scarce. a go on the farm thirty dollars per month and possibly have his horse sides, The space you devote to the at from bers discus glon of the new asystem—"‘consolida- 4 f tion of the district schools,” is certain- his subject is but the natural product of the ly well emuployed titnes, in allowed to flourish and grow. Consol. schools has been cted in Massachusetts and some of with evi- dently great success, and the promot- idation of the rural eft the eastern states for years, to see this new system in vogue, and states, but also in It is sure to come, as it {is inevitable and a sign of the times, rural youth, under the old sys- pever had a fair chance in the these lem, That he has outreached the latter and is still doing 80, is certainly commendable. But we have reason to expect still more from him when given the advantages of careful and systematic training from the start, by very efficient teachers. The idea of consolidation carries with it—better organization—such as grad- ing and classifying. It will call for, and evolve better teacliers; it will de- velop better school officers. Better, because they would have some busi. ness to attend to—creating business in- terest. Better school officers would lead to better school equipment in the line of text books, libraries, apparatus, ete. The school grounds, too, would be devoted to experimental farming a necessary adjunet of the rural school. Every child should be brought into gontact with the best literature the world afforde. The child of an artistic bent of mind should not in the start, be given inferior pictures, or models to imitate or mould fram. The child with musical tendency should have the best from the start, The rural youth has been at a great disadvantage in the struggle in the past, We hope he may have an equal advantage in the matter of aoquiring knowledge, with his city cousin, in the future, J. M. BTI¥FLER, Freeport, Iilinols. —— A A AP A——— Varmers Take Notlos, Just received a car load of smooth and barb fence wire; fifty roll Pouliry Net- ting {rom two to six feet wide, which will be sold at prices that will surprise everybody. Come at once, it won't Inst long. All wire and netting must be sold for cash or its equivalent, 0. T, Konmax, mehb-4t Bpring Mills. DEATHS, MES, JANE B. LEE, Mrs. June B, Lee died Friday, 27, at the home of her daughter, John Royer, in Nittany Valley. Lee's maiden name she was born May 18, 1824 Bhe and her husband, Feb. John until After the ley, as farmers, 10, 1892, hie death, Jan death of her homes of her married children till March 18, 1895. On this day while at the home of her son James she fell down stairs and fractured her left hip bone. From this accident she recovered sufficiently to be able to walk with the aid of crutch and cane. In Nov. the same year, however, in passing to her room she fell again and fractured hip bone. Boon after this second acei- dent she became so sick with grip and | pneumonia that for weeks her life was despaired of. Although she finally re- covered, these complications interfer- ed with the proper of the broken bones, and so she never again regained the power to walk and could be moved only by the aid of others. Bhe remained with her son till March 1900; then lived son John till April 190 taken to Nittany Valley t with her daughter, Mrs the end of her earthly pilgrimage. Mrs. Lee was the mother of children, nine of whom survive : El- len, wife of 8. P. Ruble, Mary J., wife of John W., Franklin D., and Nittany Valley; Emma, healing James with her 0 remain Royer, Iola, Kansas: Royer, James Hiram, all of widow of Ben- John H., Felix, Lewistown, Dr. George L. Lee. Mrs. Lee was for many years a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and ended a long and useful life, hope of a blessed immortality. The fun by her pastor, ho ten o'clock. Boalsburg; and our townsman, in eral services were conducted Dr. W. H. on Monday Interment Amelia E merick, , died al the age ¢ Schuyler, at her late ne al Centre Hill. relict of Bam- her MM re, Emerick at Salona, uel home near Belle | of Isaac Miss ( daughter stine, ra ‘levenstine, only Mary Cleven- of Hnblersburg, died at the ly home, and fami- aged nineteen years ——————— <5 — Bilis Introduced Mr. Ulrich, of Dauphin, suthorizing burgesses of boroughs to appoint po- licemen Mr. Herbst, Berks, establishing a board of registration in every election precinct. Mr. Colville, providing that wives shall join in the execution of ges or assignments, Mr. (Carbon, making meanor to sell cigarelts to persons un- der 21 years of age, and providing a fine of from $100 to §300. To establish a department of labor and a bill making a ton of 2240 pounds | the basis from which to calculate the earnings of miners or persons working in coal mines, Mr. Schofield (Clearfield,) prohibit- | ing gypsies, campers, tourists and] other perso ns from coming or locating upon lands without permission and providing a penalty of from $5 to $50 | therefor. Mr. March (Chester,) permitting | children residing in school districts | having graded public schools or graded | courses of study to attend public schools of higher grades for courses of study, including high schools, in other distriets under terms and conditions to be agreed upon by the school direct- ors of the districts interested. Mr. Boulton, Clearfield, requiring guardians of minor children in cases where the bond required in the Or- phans’ Court exceeds $300 to give cor- porate security, the cost of which shall be paid out of the estate; requiring county officials who are required to give bond to corporate security and providing for the payment of the pre- mium of such bonds by the county. Mr. Hartman (Luzerne,) enabling executors, administrators, guardians, committees and trustees under authori- ty of court to become purchaser at their own public or private sale of real estate; enabling the Burgess and Coun- oil of any borough by ordinance to annex to the borough adjacent territory upon petition of a majority of the free- hold owners, The Republican ballot bill intro- duced in the senate by Benator Focht, is similar to the present ballot law, with the exception that it makes changes in the mechanical construe: tion of the ballot. In the first column of the ballot are all the party names and opposite each one is a square in which a cross ean be made to vote the straight party ticket. The candidates for the various offices are grouped to- gether under the office head, each with a square opposite his name, and a cross mortgs- it a misde- marked in the square means a vote for NO. TOWH AND COUNTY NEWS, { HAPPENINGS OF | LOCAL INT FROM ALL PARTS. EREST | There is a flood of counterfeit f+ {in Lock Haven. John A. MeClenahan clsew he vertises wheelbarrows for sale. Grant Hoover, the insuranee m Bellefonte, was in town | Mrs Keller, wife | Esq. Bellefonte, | Cuba, Monday of Harry Kell has returned Miss Mazie Frank, of Centre spent Bunday Cirace Lee. at the hom f { Merchant O. T, Korman, | Mills, will have fre | and Saturday during the sh fish each BERBOT. Andrew Carnegie donated $1000 ard the organ fund of the Lewisbus | Ret ormed church. The orga: | cost $2 i L300, re Unknown pers i headwaters and logs afloat, of Bev editorial trian 1. M. ( the | education in Mrs. Ww. H. { from Hubl t 8 { visiting for about a | iat the : { dynamite sel two W | iamsport i The Review ews {opens with an Dr. J. leader of i late urry, ti movement the South, Btiver M ersburg where week companied to her home by Paul Carner, a nephew, Mrs, Phoebe Yearick on her way SUDAasy ing, home from | fell sud injured her arm to such tent that it was necessary to | Monday ghie i remain in bed. | the same, was ob! Rote, Were | i teily Bower, of i 3 ith, of Millbeim, | marriage at the i | Wednesday eve Sm ome of the g last f Mr. an Millheir ning he daughter « gLE C. Smith, of 1. Miss Jeannette Furey and Win were married at th Ww. Baturdas bride's step-father, Pleasant Gap, | Re The gro E. L. Haves v. Balter, of Oli 18 5 Orvis Run which hs us of £100,000, ed *h Creek railroad, th direc re Boe M { school was along Hayes Rossman, one tore of Potter a caller Tuesday. {contemplated visiting that day. He is int work, and during his dire on to public schools ConusicCerass | time, James A. Keller, of near Cent | | Hall, and George L. Goodh | tre Hill, secretary and spectively, of the Centre C { tual Fire Insurance Cot tare attending a meeting of | tive committee in Be | Thursday. ie of Cene- {reasurer, re- y Mn. P.of H., the exert. upany, lefonte today, Rev, Bamuel G. Dornblaser has re- signed as pastor of the Monroe Avenue {| Lutheran church, Columbus, Ohio, to | accept the St. ade 8 charge, Hagers- town, Md. Rev. Dornblaser is a broth- { er of Miss Puella Dornblaser, of Nitta- { ny Valley, well known Lutheran | tuissionary circles, Rev. A. D. Potts, of Petersburg, is ill with pneumonia and ulcerations of the bowels. His condition beginning of the week was serious. Rev. Polls is well known in Centre Hall, from which place he moved to Petersburg, and his friends here will regret to learn of his illness. ia The order of Patrons of Husbandry throughout the state is making a unit. ed effort to defeat the Suyder mini- mum teachers’ salary bill. The Pa. trons claim that the bill takes from the taxpayers a right to govern local affairs, and that the additional tax oo casioned by the bill would be a burden that many districts would be unable to bear. The executive committee of the Cen tre County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Patrons of Husbandry, isin session today (Thursday) in Bellefonte, The regular business of the committee ~gxamining and passing on policies— will occupy the entire day. The ad- visability of makiog Centre Hall the meeting place of the executive come mittee is being seriously considered, {x Bheriff Brungart, now depuly to Sherift H. 8. Taylor, was in town Thursday of last week. He is highly pleased, as chairman of the County Democratic Committee, over the ree sult of the recent local election in the county. The party which did him honor, and whom he is now Surving with such great earnestness, was sues oeasful in electing its full share of lo
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