VOL. LXXVI. CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, GENERAL REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MI. NOR EVENTS, Experiences of the Rank and File—Anec. dotes and Observations, By TI. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 145th Regiment, P. V. [To be Continued.] CHAPTER 11. favorable opening. Matters were as? suming definite shape, preliminary fighting was on in earnest, A QUAY FEELER, | When Don Cameron was appointed [to aseat in the United States Seuate [to succeed his father, the venerable § | i (able. He believes that Son Richard { fills the bill precisely as the elder Cam- | eron selected Bon Don twenty-six years Bimon, in 1877, no feeler was attempt- | ago. No one can question the intimate ed to test how the people would stand | knowledge possessed by the senator, {this particular bit ef nepotism, The| If Quay senior, as the Republicans resignation of the one and the appoint-| of Pennsylvania hold, is up to the fall ment of the other was put forward on | measure of the senatorship, no better the same day, taking away the breath | arrangement could be made. “Dick” of the people ; but they soon recovered | is unquestionably a chip off the old their second wind and things went on | block. Designated by the senator and as usual. It takes a greater earthquake | appointed by the governor, who in his to startle Pennsylvanians from their) turn was appointed by the senator less sense of the proprieties, than a year ago, all the proprieties and The Honorable Matthew Stanley | niceties of the situation .would be met. the senior senator, has put|Itis asortofa poetical round-up, one forth something in the nature of a feels | of the fragant flowers Garfield talked er to inform himself how the people of | of that grew over the walls of party Pennsylvania will accept second | discord and division, wf a The 148th rose and moved by the | left flank toward the woods, north of the Fredericksburg road and halted near the woods. Companies ‘A’ and | “I" were detached and sent down an | old road into the woods east toward | Fredericksburg about a mile where we | deployed a heavy skirmish line under | command of Coi. Broady, and moved | forward through the woods to the! edge of the clearing and near the Fred- | ricksburg road, the main line of Lee's | communication, with the base of his| supply and support. Our presence | here was not known to the enemy. The Fredericksburg road was in plain sight and only a short distance away. Here we saw many thousands of the enemy marching rapidly forward to reinforce Lee. Flushed with the late great victory at Fredericksburg, they came as if enroute to a picnic. They talked pleasantly and loud; every new arrival brought loud cheers from those | already on the field. They were a| motly crowd, poorly dreesed in all] manner of style and colors, mauy | wearing parts of the National blue) uaiforms; a great variety in headwear, | | | i i hats and caps of many styles and col-| company. Yet, with. muster- | ors in the same al, braver soldiers were never ed. About nightfall they deployed a heavy skirmish line in the field and advanced upon us. They talked and laughed; they were still unconscious of | our presence; we gave them a volley, | which they returned but did us no | harm. Thisslight skirmish checked them aud stopped their laughing. We | fell back, they did pot follow, it was night and dark in the woods. We lay on the bare ground, guns in hand, all night. We were so intensely interest | ed in this new and vovel ¢ Xperience, | that we had no desire for sleep. All] night the sound of hundreds of axes | and the crashing of falling trees was heard on tae high ground to our rear. | A line of “slashings,”” or felled trees | was formed for protection charges of the enemy from the east or | Fredericksburg side, At daybreak on Baturday morulog, | May 20d, all of Company “A" except- | ing one picket squad, couzisting of | Henry Meyer, Jesse Long, John A.| Miller and I, who refused to retreat, | left the line and feli back under Lieu- tenant Wolf, by reason of a misunder- standing of orders, This left a great gap in our skirmish line which we closed by “extending intervals’’ to the right. While mak- ing this movement we were fully ex- posed to the enemy who, taking ad- vantage of this fine chance, opened a brisk fire on us and a heavy skirmish ensued in which we lost some men in killed and wounded. Our line was withdrawn to the rear of the ‘‘slash- ings,” where the balance of Company “*A'" rejoined us, with four additional companies of the 145th to help us along in a heavy skirinish, Our lines were once more changed and we swung back to the slope of a Lill, still in the woods, where we be- came quite heavily engaged. We held our line but lost more men. Matters settied down along our part of the line and quiet spread over the wide extend. ed battlefleld. An ominous stillness reigned in forest and fleld during the afternoon, when suddenly, it seemed as if all hades had broken loose. The roar of artillery became incessant and frightful. Ionumerable shells were screaming through the air abd explod- lug with terrific reports. Musketry became heavy and was steadily main- tained by forty thousand trained fight- ers in deadly conflict. The rattle of musketry could be likened to the rat- tle of hail on a roof, while the prolong- ed ‘Rebel Yell” in dreadful volume, rising high above the din of battle, from 20000 rebel throats plainly told us that the battle was against us, This continued till the darkvess of night ended the conflict and all once more quieted down. There wag some aonsolation for us as we heard a pro- longed, earnest, hoarse shout sent up by the Union Soldiers, when the # Rebel Yell” died out, We were kept busy and we bad lit. tle time to eat the little that we had. I'his was a ‘short grub’ campaigo. We had nothing to eat, only the crack- «rs we carried on our backs from Fal. Dy “i edition of the Cameron job of 1877. On By resigning after the Legislature the authority of such an aceredited | adjourns, the governor will hdve the organ of the senator as the Pittsburg supreme power of appointment for the HGazette' and on the direct statement | remainder of the term. This will be fone of his confidential adherents in | convenient in various ways. It will the Legislature the positive statement | gave father and son a contest that might spriog up between half a dozen © resign his seat in the United States JRSDAY, APRIL Items from the Len teporter of Thirty. five Years Ago—Market Reports, Ete, From the files of the Centre Repor- ter issued in 1868 are gathered items of interest to the readers of to-day. The first newspaper published in Centre Hall was the Centre Reporter, April 10, 1868, and from this and subsequent issues the following extracts are taken: April 10, 1868. Ground was broken for the Dinges house, erected by Jacob Dinges, March 20. The dwelling house occupied by Sheriff Spangler, built by Alexander Shannon, was raised the first week in April same year, SBherifl Spangler succeeded Messrs, stump & Keller as landlord of the Centre Hall hotel. Adam K, Btemm left for the west. The store of John Scholl, in Eastern Brush Valley, was burned. The work on the railroad between Northumberland and Lewisburg was just begun, George Durst offers a reward of §20 is made that Senator Quay proposes to impudent Republican aspirants, and above all things, would Senale when the Legislature adjourns, preserve and has selected as Lis successor, to be appointed by Governor Pennypacker, who in fall sympathy with the movement, no other person than the outlay a legislative contest would in-| vite and make certain. Recall the! millions spent on Quayism and fran-| chises by the last Legislature. | To be sure, it will be said that no other State in the Union would select ! a United States senator in the fashion | here announced as pending. That is | probably true ; but it is no sign Penn- | sylvania will not do so, It was lashed | into the same humiliation by the] senior Cameron. Why not by the] senior Quay? They are all graduates of the same political school. is senator's son, Richard R. Quay, half a i reasons are The senior Quay believes he can measure better than The details and served with sauce piquant. in the way of statesmanship and other sharp practices, that are needed as Pennsylvania's the United States if not needed the qualities epts i rej i resentative Senate ; at least that are ac OF GREAT PROSPERITY, ter. Aguinaldo appears to have been | lost sight of, and is just now connected | with a movement to establish an op- dependent Catholic church. in giving the most As near as one can make out from | viministration of these long and promising accounts of | Philippine government, and are the flourishing conditions in the Phil- | American ippines, it is the ofMice-holders, Ameri- | A are well organized as the ©&0 and native, the speculators, most | irts in the United States, and 1¥ American, the promoters of govern- i at least so far as the lawyers go are on Ment franchises and the contractors | con- Whoare flourishing like the famous | Fhey get all the third of their time Cream that rises to the surface. The The most discouraging Millions of native Filipinos are idle or relating agriculture, In want; they are sustained by Govern- ut the only productive Ment charity, and are doing very little | the islands. The lawyers 0 make themselves self-sustaining. It and are prospering, but is apparent that there isa conflict in| the farmers are in a bad way, which these reports of Philippine prosperity. of marvelous NO country oan be prosperous when the It® prosperity is confined to the non- productive classes and office-holders off by the rinder; and contractors; and when at the same | Over one million of animals have died, time the farmers, constituting the only | and the locusts have devastated vege. Brest producing class, are in dire dis-| The Conpress tress—their crops failures aud their re-| sources exhausted. There is always! voted will he situation, another side to the court journal ac-| count of Philippine prosperity. A STORY Pacific ¢ { with x 11 in “il The cked CORN pretty sli re American tho iraing from Philippines on in-| their six months’ I from the They con il ]avye jos bine ts of ti fe the native and court as the high tide of prosperity and States for about = Lo recuperate view is that to which is ab industry on yr specuiators the stories Ei ad guts { " ’ proaperily rr cent. « we used bessts of burden ave 2 + ¥ he carried bx “11 i r of three millions V and help the natives to fi tation reiieve the i, wil and 38 i€ Death of An Aged Minister Grady Libel Bill Passed Rev. Reuben Young, a retired Evan. gelical mipister, died at his late hi The Republican machine, which me Friday morning gave its final crack in Williamsport last week. A widow over the heads of members of the and four sons survive. His last charge House of Representatives in connec- was at Liberty, Tioga county. About tion with the Salus-Grady Libel bill, fifteen years ago he was retired from and that measure, transformed into active service on account of ill health. the Grady bill, which was substituted, Rev. Young was pastor of the Cen- was passed finally by a vote of 125 tre Hall Evangelical chureh about ayes to 57 noes. The Senate had ar- 1874, and is kiodiy remembered by the ranged a session at two o'clock for the memuers of his church and others, sole purpose of receiving the bill from ces cn ei the House, and when it reached that The Philadelphia Press body it was at once signed by the pre- A savage, unbridled attack on those siding officer and messaged to the Gov- who have given and propose to give ernor. The end is not yet, as the Chief memorials at The Home of Shakes Executive will not work under the peare. Miss Corelli is nothing if not! pressure which urged House and Sen- sensational when she champions a ate to such precipitate haste. Govern- cause, and in this vigorous ‘“‘appeal’” or Pennypacker will listen to the pro- she flays everybody who hold opinions | tests from the newspaper publishers different from hers on the subject and and others before he signs the bill, attacks generous Americane, including the late George W. Childsand Andrew Huutingdon Presbytery. Carnegie, The semi-annual meeting of the Read it in next Bunday’s “Philadel. | Huntingdon Presbytery met in Reeds- phin Press,”” April 10. | ville Monday and Tuesday. Rev. and sess ——————— | Mrs. W. H. Schuyler, Mr, and Mrs. G. J. K.P, Hall for Chairman, L. Goodhart and C. P, Long are among Chairman Creasy has called a meet. | those from Penns Valley who attend- ing of the state Democratic commillee oq the sessions. Mr. Goodhart at- to be held in Harrisburg April 23. The | tonded in the capacity of a delegate. election of officers will be held and ar | The commissioners elected to the rangements made for the state con | General Assembly to be held at Los vention, Angeles, California, May , were The general impression seems to be | Rey. |, F. Johnson, Schellsburg, Pa., that Senator J. K. P. Hall, of Elk, | Rey, W. E. Stewart, Alexandria; and will be made the chairman of the or. Elder H. T. Reed, Reedsville; Elder ganization. The senator has been | w, B, McCarthy, Huntingdon. The identified with the most prominent! giternates are Rev. Townsend, Bed- committees of The organization for ford, and Rev, Waddell, Clearfield. several years and is one of the Demo- The only business transacted of local oratic leaders from that part of the interest was to give permission to Rev. state. The date of the convention has | pn wg. Hepler, pastor at Lemont, to re- not been determined upon, but Chair. sign, to go to his new field of labor. man Oreasy thinks it will be late in | phe same privilege was granted Rev. the summer, Weisly, Tyrone, to go to Trenton, N. A Bare Bargain, J., sod Rev, Fulcher to go to the Pros- Our regular $4.50 Cabinets for a short | bytery of Austin, Texas, time for $3.00, A discount of 83} per H. F. Rossman, of 8 . ‘ pring Mills gent, This is nol an advenising |, ui, .overiisement this week, telly dodge but a straight tip. If you went . pictures now is your opportunity. At |B pg Bly Soods Just re ————_— . * for information leading to the arrest April 7, twelve inches of snow fell. The legislature is termed exceedingly extravagant because the money ap- IRON y 4 . April 17 On April 10th the stage made the trip from Bellefoute to Milroy on sled, Samuel BH, Btover become landlord of the Union House, Milroy. [It was our Bam. May 1, 1 the list of venders Under of mer- praiser John H. Morrison, May 1, ap- pear the following for Potter township: W. J. Thompson & Bro, store. Wm. Wolf, store. James Battan, store, B. D. Brisbin, store. A. A, Kerlin, store. “Sougiwes Jacob SBtrohm, store, W. J. Thompson & Bro., mill John Allen, mill, 16, 1903. GOOD COUNTRY HOMES, The Homes Along the Boalsburg Road Above the Average, Did you ever stop to think that there is not another stretch of country in Potter township that has more and better kept country homes than can be found along the Boalsburg road from Old Fort to Boalsburg ? To begin with is the home of Elmer Royer, both house and barn being new, and while not yet in the best of order, the foundation is there for a de- cidedly pretty country home, Abner Alexander occupies the old Alexander homestead, which was al- ways considered one of the desirable homesteads in Potter township. The home of Lycurgus C. Lingle, with a new house, good barn and everything in good order, is an im- portant place in this connection. The new farm buildings just erected by Bamuel Durst add another first class country home to the list along the Boalsburg road. The improvements made by James I. Lytle, on the Orlady farm, will make that place a country residence equal to the best. The farm of Rev. James Boal, ten- anted by D. W. Bradford, although ofl the road somewhat, may be termed as belonging to this district. This prop- erty is kept in excellent condition and reflects credit tenant, The farm of Dr. Van Tries, ’on which John Kline lives, is a pleasant home. The splendid improvements on the farms of D. L. Bartges, Charles Neff, Capt. G. M. Boal and H. F. Bitner size up to the best in the county. Each have brick houses, and premises kept in the best of repair. The Boal and Bituer farms are tilled by Messrs. Rich- ard Brooks and John Frazier, respect- ively, but neither have the appearance of a forsaken homestead, The Bpicher farm, with its buildings standing in a commanding position, could easily be made a most attract. ive spot. To the North of the road is the beau- upon landlord and Peter Ruble, mill Mattern & Bro. (. F. Herlacher, store. The Milroy cave was discovered, i Advertisements of Wm. Wolf, C. F. | Herlacher, general merchants: J. 0. Deinioger, furniture dealer: J. D.! maker, and Centre | Hall Manufacturing Company appear. | May 8, 186 Dr. Peter Bmith is extended thanks for having furnished the Reporter of- fice three arm chairs, The bounty of Jameson | Gregg township is decided in favor of | The will cost the | township the price of twelve substitutes The erection of the Bush House, lellefonte, is announced, May 15, 1868. Lutheran church slore, i Murray, wagon x. i vs. | Case Jameson. decision The Bhilo to be Thirty-three hotels and saloons in Philadelphia Market— Wheat, red, $2.80 to $2.85; white, $3.00 to $3.25: rye, $1.55 to $1.90; corn, $1.20 ; oats, 9g. ; potatoes, §1.25. Cattle, live—Steers, best, 10} to 11} per pound ; good, 9 to 8c. ; ordinary, 7 to 8c. Hogs, live—14 to 15¢. per Ib. Sheep, live, 8 to 9c. Philadelphia retail market —Beef : Roast, 18 to 23¢. ; rump steak, 24c.; sur- loin, 25%¢c. Pork : Roast, 20c. ; hams, 22¢. ; steak, 20c. per pound. Poultry : chickens, 28¢. ; turkeys, 25c, Bellefonte market—Wheat, rye, $1.25; cornu, $1.10; oats, barley, $1 pork, 9¢. ; butter, 35¢. ; eggs, 15¢. Lum- ber—Run of mill, $14.00 per M.; bill stuff, $18 to $20 per M. 18-inch shin- gles, §7 per M. ; No. 2, $6.00 ; 24-inch shingles, $14.00 ; No. 2, $12 per M, a Reduced Rates to St, Louis, For the benefitof those desiring to attend the Dedication cersmonies of the Louisianna Purchase Exposition, at Bt. Louis, Mo., April 30 to May 2, and the National and International Good Roads Convention, April 27 to May 2, the Pennsylvania Raliroad Company will sell excursion tickets to St. Louis and return from all stations on its lines, April 26, 27, 28 and 29, good going only on date of sale and good re- turniog to leave Bt. Louis not later than May 4. Tickets must be executed by Joint Agent for return passage, for which service no fee will be charged. $2.2; be, ; 25 ; potatoes, $1.25 ; lard, 12¢.; » O Mcial Board Resigns, The official board of the Mulberry street (Williamsport) Methodist church, recently resigned in a body and they have nearly all decided to lint Sheir cards of membership and attend some other church. This action is an outcome of the present trouble in that church, and is taken by the as the quickest way of ending the di fifulty. While taking the position of refusing to acknowledge the right of the conference to dictate for several years against the request of the board, ceived Rossman Centre Hall every Friday, except 17th, | the Intest styles of ' eeps " x goods at is gle Rhone, a resident of Centre Hall. The tenant is John Breon. The farm recently purchased by the Rev. J. M. Rearick, of this place, on which John Rishel lives, is becoming a more desirable and sightly spot be- cause of the improvements constantly Under the ownership of Lloyd Brown the Brown homestead is gradually being transformed. The home of Al Btump has under- goue many changes since he has be- come the owner. From a point of fertility these farms rank above the average. The prevail. ing soil is limestone, which in a series | Continuing toward Boalsburg are the homes of Mrs. John Cummings, George Bwabb, McFarlanes, Wm. Rockey, Mrs. Benjamin Stamm, and David Keller. The homes on this road between Boalsburg and Pine Grove Mills are also, as a rule, kept in good repair, and the same condition prevails on this road above Pine Grove Mills. a ———— A — Word from Darragh. While at Centre Hall making ar- rangements to move to Darragh, M. M. Condo induced several able and ruggedly honest young men to go with him to his new home, promising each of them a good position at good wages. After they have been at their new posts near Pittsburg for several weeks, the young men join in sending the Re- porter the following :— To THE DEAR OLD REPORTER : We came out with M. M. Condo to Dar- ragh and found the place all right and just as he had represented it to be. We are all boarding with him and could not be treated better; nothing too much trouble for Mr. and Mrs. Condo and family to do for us. We all think it very wrong for any one to tell other young men not to come along with Mr. Condo, as it has been proven that he meant just what he said. We all get a chance to read the dear old Re- porter in the bargain, We Remain Yours, D. R. SWEETWOOD, CHAS, H, LUCAS, JOHN M, GLACE, 8B. T. KOCH, ALLEN ¥. MOYER. sss m—————— a ——— LOCALS, The Legislature will adjourn at noon to-day (Thursday.) Prof. Will D. Blair will open his school in music in a short time, Major George Pifer, formerly of Bellefonte, died in Philadelphia Wed- It's a girl, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Kerlin want to keep her. She came Monday afternoon, Dr. George T. Rishel aod wife, Philadelphia, visited John Rishel near — NO.I%, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Laborers are scarce, Farmers found little time to be in town during the past week, Mrs. W, A, Bandoe spent the great er part of last week in Bellefonte, Landlord J. W. Runkle is improve ing the grounds around the Centre Hall hatel. Potatoes are slow There many bushels of the tubers in Valley. Messrs, W. J. Mitterling and D. PF. Luse had Commercial "phones placed in their residences. John W. Long and Harry Bickel Penn Hall, were recently the g ¥ 1 Elie. are Penns esis W. B. Wagnerand wife, of Lewistown. When you go to Bellefonte make the Haag House your headquarters, You will find Mr. Newcomer will treat you first class, The ylerian church received a proposition from Carnegie to pay $1000, under tl ondi- teedsville Presby the usual « tions, for an organ. Miss of is teach- The term terminates about the last of this month. J. B. L. Lingle, staying with his brother IL. C. at Earlystown, and is assisti farm work until he is fully a the plow himself, Anna Grove, daughter Thomas Grove, of this pl ing the Plum Grove schoo g 0 1 Hi of Milesburg, is i ii I i B%y 2 t ng him in i ie to take Domer Emerick is located at Pit- cairn, where he is time-keeper for the Pennsylvania railroad company. He likes his place very much, and is being well paid for his services. Bicycle repairs and fishing 11 le can be had from G. W. Bushman. th jeweler, tach 3 i opene The fishing season Wednesday, and if you don’t } ficient tackle get it from Bushman. e d ive suf Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh was appointed County Quarantine Officer State Board of Health und Law for out of smallpox in thi has been appropriated Emergency “ for this purpose, The new gasolin mond is giving the The light was fur W. Bushman, first and besides tha! helping to keep it trim, and fu the gascline. The other Bunda) the horses Rev. C. 1 ing fell, causing the pole aud double tree to break, and in the mix up one of the lines snapped off. But for the timely arrival of footman, there might have been a serious wreck. Arbor and William mings, representing Cammmings Broth- ers, have been baling hay in and pear town daring the past week. James Harshberger is assisting them in the work. The Cummings have a first- class machine, do rapid and good work. e 318 in the dai- ¢ be satisfacti 1i8 hed by Jeweler (3. i at been 3 rneq it wio lar est vish cne of Aikens was driv- morning a Messrs, Cum The Methodists at Salona are divided on the matter of building a church. The majority of the members favor remodeling the old structure, while the pastor, Rev. H. E. Flanigan, claims he has §1,500 pledged toward a new edifice to cost about $4,000. D. J. Meyer will enlarge and re- model his dwelling house in Centre new the south side of the building, and a large porch added to the front. The interior will also be greatly changed. When completed it will be one of the prettiest homes in town. B. K. Emerick, o Unionville, has just finished a profitable sale sesson. He is making a success of the “0, yes,’ “0, yes” profession having had dur- ing the past season a number of sales which footed up nearly $2000 for goods sold. He was formerly from Potter township, and retains those good po- litical teachings imbibed from old line Democrats. Charles A. Miller, of Colyer, one of the young, sturdy farmers of that lo- cality, wags pleasant caller. Ifeditors were built on the scale of Mr. Miller they would have no need to train the whole office force to “line up” when the man seeking “satisfaction” comes through the sanctum door. They would be abundantly able to take care of themselves, The following is from the Tyrone Herald: A large number of members and friends of the Columbia Avenue M. E. church last week gave their pastor, Rev, Isasc Heckman, and his family a hearty welcome back to the charge for another year, which was pleasing to all hands and was al- together complimentary to the preach. er who is doing good work in the Kast © There was quite a andshaking and weliwishing, and the evening wasa very pleasant one Bellefonte last week. Dr. Rishel prac. for every one present. Rev. Edgar
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