VOL. LXXVI. CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. GENERAL REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MI | | { | i dotes and Observations. Regiment, PV {To be Continued.] CHAPTER 11 The three Meyers stood together, hesitating like the rest: I said to Hen- | ry and William, ‘lets ran’'! All right !| they answered. So we turned to the) right, toward the “White House,” and | the United States Ford road, and ran | As we started | want to like startled gazelles. we yelled, sll who come this way. The entire column in- stantly joined in the rush. Lieuten- ant 8. 8. Wolf of Company “A” ed, Halt !! a ‘‘halt.”’ ran through brush and briar and over escape shout- f for Every man for himself; we 3ut there was no time fallen trees like belated ghosts at break of day. The officers brought up the rear. But it them to say that they, also, did some very good running. Lieute: Wolf astonished us when he in our with the speed “White Head’ on the plains of Harild and wooly west,” puffing sweating like a runaway contraband. The clatter we brush and leaves was wonderful, somet! remaining is due few to ant 8 followed Of oS. a the and wake made in hing simi- jar to the sweep of a hurricane, It happened that all kept the shelter of the woods excepting the three Mey- ers. who led the van by odds and rush- ed into the field where we manoeuvred the first day. sdlumn of the old road be As we did so f We en five have been nu wounded and captur they captured Lieutenant Colo the 145th P. V. companies Creary, ¢ with two full ment on the same line, few minutes of our esc (General Haucock, in f inquiry with Col. James F. V. McCreary of the 148th P. afterward censured Col. treating at a time when it was so clear- ly the projer thing to do, orders or no Gen. Hancock greatly t |B to } exer. orders. cised over the he inatter, said Mes se LWoO cared pot #6 much to lose Hl. Creary, but was very sorry companies of good men and that Me- (‘reary and his men had the same out as the boys of the che ie BO. should have + chance LO ge 148th P. V Orders to but failed to reach and fal ia i sent the had been right of Col MeCreary timid en of Compa- whom I ean | back’’ the line, which we held. {on to act were Ten mi f : and his men without orders. ny A” 148th P. V., 0 now recall only William CC. Meyer Henry Meyer, Charles A. Wolf Nathaniel Boob, in response fo a call | for ten volunteers, about dusk on Bat-| - 44 urday eveniog (May 2nd) went down | to assist Col. McCreary’s men, then in | a farious fight, to hold their line, left | them on the call of “assemble on the | left,” on Sunday aud escape d with the Company as related. Col. Mel men had equai chances with these tep | Compsaoy "*A’ boys Lo escape. What, one might ask, is the loss of | only two hundred men to an army of | over one hundred thousand? Well, suppose three hundred dollars was paid for each three year recruit at that time, and twenty-five dollars for each man’s outfit, then the loss to the Gov- ernment was sixty-five thousand dol- Jars; beside, the turning over of two hundred new Springfield rifles, to be used against the Union cause. Fur- thermore, the pay and all allowances for these two hundred men, over six thousand dollars a month, continued during captivity, We return to the narrative, Just as we rushed inte the great clearing we saw probably twenty thousand of our soldiers moving across the plain, apparently without forma- tion, and massing on high ground just outside the woods on the opposite side of the field, in solid columns, and just in front of them a Jine of artillery clear across Lhe field, as near to each other as the guns could be worked, This indicated disaster. It was a new position for the army, way back from our former position. The ‘‘Reb- el Yell” and the shouts of baltle had all died out. All was quiet. All was suspense, Birds were sweetly singing among the trees and once more we en- Joyed the beautiful spring day. We juade for a clump of trees in the east ern part of the clearing where we found one of the finest springs of wa- ter imaginable, flowing a strong stream gles as orystal and lee cold. Oh, what a treat to thisty men! We drank “by wholesale,” filled our canteens, then drank over again. It was the reary’s | C. M. Bower, Isq., is dead That friend to friend Sand roing HE ed from warren ce was the word pa ince ym I'he death of © in the Sunday sch ith t} af with the nelormed just about ¢ Ls when he felt severe He came pains ii sat nd alm down, a unconscions Phy hurriedly summ do nothing to prol er, an only ide & owe Bide | ew Mrs, sO, MOmenis pri Bower was al nom there until the fall turned Lo ul 11k AgAInD and remained al months spen sohool | Kust, Pennsyivai Penn. Arn ne was fe a ing nse of his spare ng use { his pa Wr re He til October, 14 preparations | mained at college ui 1871, when he went to Bellefonte to | the study of law. He entered office of Orvis & Alexander, then one of the most noted law firms (no central Pennsylvania, There he gin 1¢ law re pursued his acterized his sehool work, and in De- Semoer, 15:9 be was admits the f is bar « ‘entire county. “Immediately upon his admission to the bar he was offered and accepted an interest in the law firm with whom he student, lin January, 1874, he be a member of the firm of Orvis, Alexander & Bower, When Judge Orvis, the senior member of the firm, was appointed to the bench, the remaining members. of the firm con- tinued the practice under the firm name of Alexander & Bower, partnership continued for a period of eleven years, during which time they were engaged in most of Lhe important cases tried in Centre county. Mr. Bower was soon recognized as a care- ful and conscientious lawyer, and soon attained an influential position at the bar. He early acquired a large prac: tice at the Orphans’ Court, and was looked upon especially strong in this olass of eases. The firm during its ex- istence had a large practice, and tak- jng an active part in the work soon became one of the leading lawyers of had been a AC ae yer is the fact that when Judge Orvis as his law partner, The law firm of Judge Orvis, Mr. Bower, and Ellis 1. Orvie, was organized $anuary 1, 1885 This partnership at once came into prominence, and was recognized as one of the leading law firms of Penne en an active and prominent part io placed him prominently smong the leading lawyers of the state, For many years he was concerned in the Continued on Fourth Page, & " 3) trial of many of the important eject- Commi of NTRE HALL, PA., THURSDAY. APRIL THE NEW HOAD BILL, | A Newspaper Man Estimates the Benefit t« His Township. Wilmer Atkinson, editor of the extent of the local advantages te 2 ve) 0, 1903. 15. DEATHS, JOHN FOX yi i { other world, Interment was made in , {the Boalsburg cemetery, Rev, A. A. | ship in easing up in its own efforts tc [improve the highways. ery county, in which he resides, an { lished in the Ambler Gazette, This is what he says: | tributed among the different counties, {if applied for, the counties to distrib- { ute their share among the townships, {if applied for, complied with. and all It conditions are likely that State will is not the JOWER .t . : a ! . il the townships in went cases tried in Centre coun 4 s t ‘ INuKe he is recognized well-eq lawyer in this important the law. The in thecentral as A mile will be built in a Dublin, many Of roads branch ’ LO whip the hich is 1 size of Upper records of the court Pl part the extent of his practice, and the gu- in WwW of the state show ‘There are said to be 10.000 miles of supreme court reports, for years, attest . ’ roads in t Mets He Lai his prominence at the bar, showing that he that tribuoal in the the courts to tended. “Mr. Bower has always been an un- | compromising Democrat, faithfully abie in the first two years would serv t Lo ms wees from | 4. . 2.1 . { Upper Dublin's share frequently appeared before . ” a ; Pi weadamize 250 miles—not of the would cover less than 900 feet. more, funds leading « which his practice ex- y SH sh 000,000 to be appropriated ling share, . OVI devoted to the principles of his part) r ' 2 claim their would Jef- These principles, as laid down by ferson, Jackson and Tilden, have al- ways found in him an faithful supporter. As he was the of 1 ( FINA. ih Wwe to do because other dis- for Btate aid to The extent do more are able | be 4 more earnest anda » «Wil not apply which they entitled. . io than Cariy As 15:9 Y tricts chairman of Democratic . (+ ' i = are County Committee, and by his untir- Lot cts z o ’ Geiauil no Can ing work succeeded in eflecting - than guess ganization that brought ty vote, resultin Ould » g io a msjori for the ¥ Democratic He to State 500 in the county $4 t at { . the present strenuous movement for We share of State aid, bat the 4 § int fre- Cot pominee for governor, has " 3 . i ta} rood roads and wall for State aid, quently been a delegate i 11 get our | i honored ticket, Haine. 1850 he E unapimousiy n Presid District, ventions, an was : we are likely to ob- with a place on the lectoral . a} ‘ i . ain has not the least bearing upon the » > i present duty of pre In 1564 he was . gressive citizens to ors hd ¥ uild nt work and roads without the inl of comprised « { ug apy longer for outside help " A ms and Hunt Bills Sign gore da, campaign of that year | I» 4 » WAS ( fe) reasing t test Of Lhe with the dates, but he ran his ticket in the district, lowing nocralic 3 if Senate and House from § Les ation in ratio Le delegates from Centre county to preseut Mr Con yr the nomination of Justice of the Buperior Court, 1 + 10% Vi the fol 8 aay. : Authorizing chief u wp d- year the Demo Author zing chief burgesses to ad Committee County instructed t ster oaths in matters pertaining 3 iY . rough aliairs. Bower's name before the Stale \uthonsing County commissioners vention { to socept as a county bridge any bridge { and passed a maintained by any borough or town- warslist bones § vsmt dine the legate in i Bhip within the county. resolution instructing the delegates to i J issue of the i Te fe 3 11 be use all honorable means to his Reporter was pub fi secure nimil Si aivtsl a ymination. Huntingdon and other mailed at the regular hour. ials i t i it that there was a f Lhe paper is reaching you, it y fault of the publisher, counties took similar action, an soon became evident his favor in vari- Prohibitiog the sdulteration of food His made a strong fight for his nomina-| imposing & penalty of not less than | $50 nor more than $100 for violation of unfortunate ruling of the chalrman of | the act the Convention, which gave the nom- | ination to Judge Magee, of Pittsburg. “Mr. Bower is a promivent and an strong sentiment in ous sections of the Slate, friends! deleterious substances and % 5 by tion, and he was only defeated by an Providing that health insurance shall pot issue policies agreeing to pay more than §10 a week active member of the Reformed in the case of sickness, accident or dis- church. Frequently he has been a|gblement, not more than $250 in event delegate to Cinssis and Bynods, and | of death, has filled various other positions with credit to himeelf and : honor of indebtedness of second class church. While he - there ughly : | tow i ships oy BU PEI Visors for the pur. voted to his church, he is interested in | pt macadsisizing roads and high- the cause of religion without regard 10] ways to an amount not to exceed two denominational lines. He has also pe : upon assessed value of been active in Bunday-schi« work, taxable property, and is at present district and county . chairman of the State Sabbath-school Association. Mr. Bower has the dis. tinction of being the only layman elocted president of the West Busque- hanna Classis of the Reformed church. He has also been an active worker in the cause of education, For years he has been a member of the board of trustees of Franklin and Marshall College, at Lavoaster, Penn., and as a mark of appreciation of his work for the college, and his literary attain. ments, that institution some years ago conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, He owns one of the finest libraries in Bellefoute, and by earnest and careful study he has be- come as prominent in literary circles as he has in his profession. Judge Orvis, when on bench, fittingly recog- niged Mr. Bower's legal and literary a member of the examining committee; and he is in point of service the oldest companies Validatiug the ivcurring of debt or { INCrease ta the! de- we of t his the cent. a elf el iemt— LOCALS, Centre Reporter, $1.00 per year, in advance, Several crossings are being There is need of several more. Messrs, J. F. Smith, J. R. Btrong, Wm. H. Lee and Emanuel Smith rep- resent Potter township as jurors at the April Court, Mies Edna Murray, an operator in the Bell Telephone exchange, has been ill for the past week, Miss Grace Smith is temporarily acting as oper ator, built, George H. Emerick, east of town, has engaged Carpenter Aaron Thomas to erect for him a handsome porch that will extend on two sides of his dwelling. Boys playing with matohes Tuesaday in Amos Gardner's stable, Tyrone, set fire to the hay. Carl, Gardner's sev. po-year-old son, was burned to death, and six-year-old Fred Haag was fatal- ly burned. Nittany Valley was largely repre sented at the Odd Fellows’ gathering at Milton Tuesaday. The members of of the organization in this Valley were unable to participate in the ceremo- nies on account of lack of railroad con- nections, Station Agent W. 8. Musser and Merchant H, F. Rossman, of Bpring Mills, were in town Tuesday evening to attend a special meeting of the Free Masous, Messrs. Musser and Ross mao are “good fellows” in the best meaning of the term, - : ¥ Fs been re-appointed by Judges Hoy, “Mre. Bower is a daughter of John wud flowers, and the home of the fam- yoder the immediate care of Mrs, Bower. The only child, John Jacob Bower, is a student of Franklin and [ Continued on Bith page.] Chiles & { Ramels and Mary, invalid, The latter The degeased was a bachelor. Xx AN INFANT. The infant babe of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Kerlin, of this place, born April 13, died Sunday forenoon, Inter- ment was made Monday afternoon, the casket being carried and lowered inthe grave by four little girls, namely, J wT, 111 xi ie Bmith and Freda Balley. The services were conducted by Rev, J. M. tearick assisted by Rev. J. F. Bhaltz. (® Grin omman Mass jskin (31 FN i LE} M EB. YN MARY TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Plant a tree. Is there a waste place on your ises that will support a tree? | Mrs, A. E. Kerlin, who i seriously ill, has much improved prems been ah Lid There is one union that mi t be come popular: the union of churches, Miss Breeze Benner Philadelphia where she several months, from for home i had been Merchant Ripka, of the Spring Cash Btore, this week ady general line of merchandise, Mrs. Frank W. Decker, of {tre Hall, called last week the subscription to the } “A211 A308 ve i Frank Naginey, urniture dealer and Te firey 3 Burne loved wife of Dr. { died on Thursday morning { o'clock, after | twenty-two weeks, William 8. g a lingering illness band and six sorrowing | follows : Bessie, Annie, O | Grover and Willie. | Funeral services at the house on Sat- hildren, as © 11 ii | urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conduct- ed by Revs, Heckman, Denniston and { Gill. The funeral was one « } f fthe larg- | est ever held at State College, showing {the esteem in which the deceased was { held by a host of sorrowing friends. RUDOLPH PAGE | i | Rudolph Page died at his home near | Linden Hall, of BEV Thursday evening last week at the advanced age of idays. Interment took Hill Bunday Shultz offic Mr. Page ny G, 145¢ place at Rock morning, Rev, J. inating. PP. V., and did during his enlist- h Regiment, much bard Dus Was a oan service ment, of hk endur- ugh 8 man of slight baild He Was 0X while great physical ance, althe and under-size in stature | ceedingly industrious, and pro- a large family of children, : 3 viding for he to acquire a he he continuously occupied. i He was the father the following | children : Julia, wife of David Bar- { lett, Bellefoute; Annie, wife of W. T. { Noll, and Lena, wife of David Harsh- | berger, Minnie, of | Wm. Stover, Boalsburg; George at Ea- | gle ville; John, Rebersburg; Joshua, at | howe. | ago. The funeral of the deceased Sunday Manage ne of Jeannetlle; wife Joseph died about five years His aged wife survives. morning was largely attended by vet- erans, friends and relatives. It was said to be the largest funeral witness- ed for a long time in that community. ———— i ——— LOCALS Court news in another column. Wanted-—In help. Good wages. porter office. a small family, good Address the Re- While driving through town Tues- day, Frank Pennington’s horse fell and broke the shafts, Bhook Brothers, Spring Mills, ap- preciate the value of advertising. Read the Bharpless Tubular Cream Separa- tor advertisement which appears else- where, Irvin Bituner, a son of George Bitner, living four miles west of Millhall, has a well developed case of small pox. He was ill when he came home from a lumber camp at Cross Forks, Rev. Illingworth circulated among his friends at Spring Mille a few days ago. He has accepted a call from the Presbyterian church of Tionesta, Pa. He expects to take charge Sunday, May 3rd. The brick makers and clay miners in the vicinity of Lock Haven are on a strike. The Harbison-Walker com- bine that practically own all the large brick manufacturing industries, took exceptions to their men belonging to the Union, The funeral of C. M. Bower, Wed- nesday, was largely attended. Men of prominence from various parts of the state, particularly Philadelphia and Lancaster, witnessed the burial rites, A large number of Free Masons were also present. There were many floral tributes, Mrs. Bower, who had been ill for some time, was able to attend the funeral. Misses Myra and Letitia Goodhart, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Goodbart, of near Spring Mills, were callers Tuesday. The Reporter was pleased to receive the information that Mr. Goodhart has practically recover- ed from a severe illness, and Monday was able to walk out of the house, Mr. Goodhart’s daughter, Miss Sarah, who for a number of years has lived in Cleveland, Ohio, Is at present at home Mrs. H Bellefon ts Mr. and meler was awit: Har i Lettie ines , and Mrs. Krad arric re rts I { lellefonte, are gu | Robinson, { C. B. Houser, of { who could Linde Hear set a good exampl { travagantly inclined pub | was a caller Monday. The readers of the ] ted to W., the proceedings « vel { del WwW Harrison f ior i« al port can be relied Miss {eently ti GO! pon to Jeatrice Ray, of near returned where she visited } Beatrice makes h home » | Miss Emma Wolf, ds | Witmer Wolf, of Ard: the ¥ i selected pianist of The Phila a splendid ports | pele 1 Ny b ol, | gave { time ago. Ward K. Bhult f ¥ g pert his Rev, ried ’, when he this ] da M wry Aes Kinley an both of 1 A half dozen lab organized | i1 1d 1 il 3 after | ast week. 8 to furnish o pow | miance of the business w yy the employes. Miss Mabel Zeigler the Commercial Millbeim, was of Mrs. Julia Brown, de Hublersburg, and ace telenhon remember will the owner of a splendid Gr} Iu “The Progress of the May, the editor of the views comments « prosperity, on the North case, and on the question ing versus regulating Mrs. Scott Lambert, of fonte, fell through the barn floo day evening, and broke the 1 one of her ankles. The broken bone protruded from the flesh when she was taken to the Bellefonte hospital, hie Ml com 36 Farmers have had ten days of un- interrupted farm work, and they made good use of it. Considerable oals and barley have been sown. The ground plows hard, having been firmly set- tled by the recent heavy and later relieved of moisture by the high winds. » rains Rev. W. J. Wagner, of Glasgow, Cambria county, last week visited his sister, Mrs. A. E. Kerlin, and father, Jacob Wagner, in this place, on his way to Danville where he filled ap- pointments Bunday in the Buckhorn Lutheran charge, & country charge near the city named. A large number of fruit trees have been distributed from this point, have ing been shipped here by various nursery men. Farmers are beginning to realize that there are many kinds of fruit that can be grown in this val- ley that are wholesome and toothsome, that heretofore they have purchased from the groceryman. The National Magazine for May maintains its customsry breadih of view and variety of interesting topics, and in addition gives its readers nine sprightly stories and a forty-page World's Fair Dedication Souvenir this latter the mosi complete and au thentic advance story of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition that has ever been put in print, Harry Bitner, son of Prof. H. FP, Bitner, of Millersville Norma! School, has secured a position ss reporter on the Pittsburg Times. Mr. Bitner will graduate from Franklin and Marshall College in June, having pursued stud. jes to specially fit him for the news business. He will begin active. ly on the Times May 12, and return to Fraoklin and Marshall for commence
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