. LXXVI CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. A. 148th By 7T PF Regi Meyer, P, T'o be ( Sergeant Co. V. ‘ontinued.] wend, CHAPTER HE PRISONER'S STORY, Attempts at escape were constantly made, but were generally known only to the trusted few concerned in the Now and then we heard from who escaped from the ed the U nonce on the scheme, soldiers lines in safety, there through the coun- and reac nion » main land even chances of getling zens Lid igh ue ¢ and throl the pi lot escaping Un- 1 of Many ‘oes generally, ry, would aid and g FW trial 10001 8 regul lar ¢ d t scheme in whieh I was con- for a general ‘break by 1 fan cerned was a pian to make our escape en masse, a nui- ruard It was planned that at isoners assemble at esch g given signal rush or dispateh I and with it ved few a 4 the hrs ugh guard ) trengthencd by the addi- giment of infantry and five added to s commanding our camp, most artillery were the the Richmond side of the hey were now prepar- and this 14] 1 p - eneral Lreax, 3 1d ¢ was made {i excitement in our camp, Richmond, was intense, rning ve ie and wom forty-ei returns Union OSSD a siream. R. R. of I Was contractor, Haven, recaptured. y prison d de 1 Lhe md JOCK hem and t} he Lil live ' rning of y 1 . sounded ; very yith vith Al VEE i duri or ilar intervals, small turn in triumph, rupn-away | . officers, t ted to Libt ot witl J. 8 0 wy. fully that bears the | I-hound,” would fe people, I informed, | ould ¥ ful nam ¢ that PAS judge the dog e of “blood In befiew, d i than | This| But the fugitive must for the arrival of the! Should the fugitive run, and | not heed the warning growls blood hound will seize and ‘his, the “Yankees” knew, fitted by knowledge one hundred tun and trios, in the street nized, i previously planned, traveling only er night, and hiding in swamp, ero huts during the day. no sooner & DAD come up with a fugitive, would attack aud tear him. is not the case halt, and wait master, Our and beg As slated j1i¢ escaped by tl hat and n k for roug gt I groups au i of Richmond directions, nel ar “home'' ju pal crowds | uunrecog- all I routes | aft | nlong and ne General Reed and two companions moved down the peniosula toward Fortress Monroe. Early on the morn- ing of the second night of their escape, they hid in the brush in a ravine, and had lain down for rest and the return of night when something lightly touched the foot of Gen. ; he rales ed his head and saw two blood hounds them, pleasantly look- They had followed the trail given them, to the very feet of the resting men, and smelling the shoes, touched the foot of Gen, Reed, and roused him, A low whistle was heard, and the Johnny pursuers were on hand, They said, “Come boys, you will have to go back,” and all started on thelr return to Libby, Almost daily arrivals of prisoners rapidly swelled the number, until Belle Island Camp, twice enlarged, was 8 privop-pen city of over eight thousand, made up of all classes of men known to the world : Students, lawyers, doctors,” teachers, mechanics, and machinists, every trade and branch of art and industry, had its representatives here, by masters in their line as well a= scamps and cheats in great numbers, dying by degrees, There were toy, relic and memento Continued at foot of next column, teed standing over ing at them, THE NEW YORK WORLD, Thrice-a- Week Edition, Read Wherever the Eaglish Language is Spoken, The Thrice-a-Week World long ago established itself in public favor, and is now recognized as the strongest publication of its kind in the United States. 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Roush, and Katharine, wife A. Kurtz, all ing in Mifflin He is also survived by one brother, Dr. J. R. Gast, of Mifflinburg, and J. A. Moantelius, of Piper City, and three tof Guy fN. resid one sister, Mrs Il. Continued from first column 8 restaurant where corn-pone was sold, barber shops, jewelry shops, Market street, so called, was on every fair day crowded fromm morning till night, with mes, ragged and dirty, loudly offering something to sell and extolling its merits, with an earnest. ness that rivaled a stock exchange. stores, ete, There all imaginable things, pecul- iar to the place, consisting largely of toys and curios made in camp, were hawked, sold and traded. Some of the finest specimens of “‘wood-cuts ting,” earvings in wood, ivory, human and beef bones, wonderful in design and workmanship ; also, beautiful pen- cil drawings and landscape sketch. ings, and famous battle scones, It was the more distressing to see so many talented and highly educated men in rags, loaded down with filth, dirt and vermin, down to the level of barbarism, slowly but surely dying, Common pocket knives were the only earving tools and common lead pencils, the only Instrumsents of are, There was absolutely nothing for the prisoners to do here. Therefore, for want of occupation for the mind, many fell to brooding, scolding, cursing the war and the stoppage of exchange. HALL, PA., RSDAY, By H. 1 $'/ ide air of has oak-covered Much w added to the tery and romance which surrounded the steep, knoll near Pine Station, ty, when, in 1860, digging a cut for ti Erie Railroad, tion house, as mys- always Clinton ecoun- some workmen in 1e Philadelphia & the fi rand block- unearthed unda- of an ancient stockade 3 From that time to the pre antiquarians and local hist wrangled over the name and tradition of this fort, e le ruins of Fort ture of columups ni claring | Fforn e, in more recent co have pers, Deen newspn apparet the thi nr my al mote vl less = ys} who hit nts the spot where the i Hill its name, From t of Pine be tl fortr that pers dian fig hi nage biter, wi still earlier set 1:4 sil blo his leaped the out ouvt Lieut the on tie trappers to unbolt the done i ked Venrs, rihy aud b a qu a you of about twenty. five arded, in mai trappers, & guug, the of ammunition. set i-milila semi-back wood y : . ‘ # ERTD. owe + ¥s 5 ACE last one Leavy bag « Lieut. the sucl quehanna, was amazeq Lo Numero Six’ iy id Bushong of post ur and so { but befor uld express Le the leader of exclaimed ; “Excuse here, Hir, but an unfortiu- has happened. One of our Indian Medicine man on yesterday. The we fled for our ZArrison an hi down the his smazement, dru, the our neweomers, presence nate thing men Killed named Two Pines Redskins are « lives. HA grave der,’”’ said “No mat Was contrary an uraged ; a grievous blun- Lieut. Bushoug, calmly. what the provocation, it to the policy of our come. mistake, r pany ; but since your man has destroy- ed the life of this Indian, you had bet- ter make yourselves comfortable here until the matter can be referred to the! Council of Chiefs." Both pa lies of trappers were soon | exchanging reminiscences, Lieut, Bushong aud Le¢ Brun discussed in! under tones the different phases or the unfortunate killing. The beautiful Jacqueline Le Van resumed her volu- minous diary writing, and the block-| houses once more resumed its night time tranquility. Next morning, to make sure, a recon- nolssance was taken from the little walch-tower on top of the fort. No| Indians were reported in sight, so the whole party spent the day sunning snd packing furs to be shipped down the river. About b o'clock in the afi. ernoon, Louis La Fitte, a little hump- | backed Frenchman, who was said to have slain the Medicineman, went out in the stockade to chop some "wood, | but he had scarcely raised his axe be fore a well-directed bullet, fired evi: dently by an Indian, pieroed his skull, and he fell over, dead | This 8 inennt that the refugees had i | | ker, Yort and a skirmish Fitte’'s body Ho one New City. was imminent, was left out over night, caring to run the risk after it, but just companions buried fell, Howeve darkness him near where he 'r, the cover of partial proved deceptive. re-enter the | they the could need a fusilade, ling two Frenchmen, Bushong hurried just in time to see a band of Red- skulking from Lieut away a 4 Ridg re, a point of high gr fort. Quickly having the big burly gony. Then he which numbered five ouna theast of the and fired, fl e seeing BAVAL 11 iil death a the ides himself to man the summoned garrison, , DOW read had he given this bullets from n the ¢ : ver Ton fo eplied gallantly gun-holes in an attack. Hardly when a shower of gan to rain ino encnman 1 3 ie honors were he Ind LiANSs ever. ur nunition, mint i braves emerged from their 1 aade iock-hi Lhelr use, th unc t the il by reckless courage aie the stockade, but eared above th tu t.2 aa ie ordered the ¥ Val taabl ©8 RDOAT moored the and make next block-house, ii WAS On he fort dowi whicl on The an I preity nearly +1 sy # vie present iinmsport., SUrvivors, a cl {io escape, hides hid. aud most valuable from its the guns them nix ae money ip sled fit sper t tacked ad Ie ard in em! nents was vaiuabie he Indians : wilh ly was fire began anew wag, Le Brun, and Jae heir firearms and Lieut. re- ‘he trappers to he got out of fir- | stating that until they siream, ct them stance at the ¢, Lhe noon hour, r, aud and the « in Bushong, Jacqueline, BWA) swirls When mid-stream, Lieut, and Le Brun made u dash from the back exit of the block-house and down a steep bank to the canoe, Half way an Indian bul- let laid low Le Brun, and regardless of their own great danger, the Lieut. and Jacqueline stopped and bent over his prostrate form, to ascertain the amount of his injuries. Quick as a flash, a young Indian who had crept around from the ridge and lain concealed in some water birches by the river's edge, sprang for- ward, and unobserved drew Lieut. Bushong’s sword from the seabbard : then he dealt a terrific blow which War soon J urrent. fely his shoulders, and in another instant hie grasped Jacqueline by the hair and dragged her back into the bushes, As he caught her she uttered a piercing scream which was heard by the trap- the raft, now almost to In a couple of more minutes a crowd of nine or ten | Redskins emerged from the brush, Their leader, the Chief SBusquee, pick- fed up the severed head of the Lieut, | and danced and waved it about, final {ly pitching it out into the river, ere {it dyed the water red as it sunk. But even death did not bring peace to the brave spirit of Lieut. Gaston Bushonug, as now the farmer boys who cross this fateful hill at noon, even when the summer sun shines bright- est, aver that they see a headless figure in powder staloec imentals, search. | log amon jibe fag splings, poke swreles, elders, and EI vines, per haps for the head he seems never des- tined to find, but which found him an BILLIARDS FOR WOMEN y Cleopatra d i iI 8 Hiero Duechelors, i Gor { Dac | Am i the wy cl 31 in the Philosopher Galil od the and that the earth the Germar ed Saturn's big, the chemis origi of Joseph Gall, ogy, and Guer air pump, were s130 ft Fae mati application 0 wmtor the A Fent of Horsemanship, For the sake of a ble feat of horsemansh years ago accomplished by a ing nobleman in a certain mansion. He made a friend that he would from the ground floor of the the top and down again. His steed re quired a good deal of persuasion to at. tempt the task, but it was finally per formed, though the damage done to the stair carpets and other things amount: od to almost $1,000, which had to be paid by the winner, Hasty Afterthounght, “Policeman,” said the stranger, ad- dressing the officer who was guarding the muddy crossing, “ean you direct mee. Here he slipped and fell. «to the nearest place,” he contin. ved, gathering himself up and survey. Ing his solled garments, “where they clean clothes Chicago Tribune, aun q— Wager a remarsa ip was some gport a ride his pony house to Take ViINTE-NA and the good effect will be immediate. You will get strong, you will feel bright, fresh and active, you will feel pew, rich blood coursing through your veins. Vintena willact like magle, ill put new life in you, wed of Spook HUN. lace in history as the Spook i nat ted money refunded. J. NO. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. 'ENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM AL r $1.00 a 5 PARTS. y i EVET . and r Bald urned non hen. FONG and child's ight were almost c face was ui ey her eyes being d pala we Of World's fair, at St. Fhe oEioultane Louis, is the inrg~ COD at the netructed It mor est building ever o io ngie department, is Hi6x than The but as it its actual floor contains res floor s 0 by S00 three ad Inn is 4 sLOT I twenty pace. naide feet, three # high space exceeds riculture that of the great ag- building. Dr. J. E. Ward is just home from a two weeks’ stay in Ipswick, South Da- kota, and so enthusiastic is he about the resources and products of that great Stale that a stranger would class him at ounce as a real estate agent employs ed by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, says the Watchman, Ipswick is the county seat of Edmunds county and the Doctor was so favorably ime pressed with its advantages that he and his brother-in-law bought upa tract of land and are going into the business on their own account. Mrs. Benjamin Bitoer, of Fidelity, Jasper county, Missourl, accompanied by her son, Charles Bitner, arrived st + this piece last week, It is about twenty-three yearssince Mrs, Bitner and her husband went west. The Bitners at ove time lived vast of ens tre Hall, on the farm now occupied by Adam Neese, sod owned by Bamuel Bruss, This is Mrs, Bitner's first visit east. Ii is needless to say that she was a very welcome guest at the home of her step