VOL. LXXVII.
CENTRE COUNTY
Volunteers.
Regiment, P. V,
fo be Continued .]
CHAPTER VI. THE PRISONER'S STORY,
One day a razor-back, Confederate
pig st
diately chased ; but always made
raved into camp, and was imme-
the
diteh, which was outside of the ‘dead
the guards came in and
-got left. But
howl as went up from our camp,
line got
pig, and we, stich a
not heard every day.
When news of successes
Union Army reached our prison camp,
be
and howling through the entire camp
there would tremendous cheering
of eight thousand, wonderfully pro-
longed and indescribable, and which
control.
known to
the prisoners that if they would s=ub
[t was constantly made
s¢ribe to an oath that not
fight the
more they would be taken out of ¢
1t south, where they
they would
against Confederacy any
up
Le
i
and ser would
set free. I never heard of of the
any
prisoners accepting this offer
there were some
It was known that
had formerly
men on the Island who
federate Army, but who, later, re-
Cause and joined
i tabal
ced the Rebel
the U Army
were taken prisoner
nion and, with others
the Confederates
find
times they
“ ©
were determined to and
these men;
all out of camp and passed us in sin
several took us
gie
file past men who knew them, to iden-
tify and pick them out,
I
d
be fi
I'he p Jers were a termined
that to
they ns
risot
ey should not wand, and
Vel
were found.
as very little j shment
the prisoners for offer
SEE
Johnnies or their
prison
usual forms of punishment
aud “gag and banging
thumbs 0 be “bucked”!
bringing
ds together Lhet pes
the
ard,
wrists, the!
Lands
Over Lhe
ier Rue
passed thot tne
the arms, which doubled a man up io
d
the gu
a lump, a he was left lying or sit-
ting on round till his sentence in
hours was fully completed and ended,
A stick or
ith d
around
H{xagrivg' weant to put
bay net crosswise jo the mot nt
draw back with
the 1 Of i cate
a rope
Hing each
site, il
Pp
ding
ie very
wd fv
severe,
slo
uid present a
appearat oe,
r by the thambs'’ was rare-
bis
it
Was Gone in al
the
a
,
Ways meant tying
mbs together by passing a
h
by noose or otherwise,
by
rich was fastened overhead,
ng twine asround bot
ba, hier
thuml
then
this ¢
Ny
:
eit
drawing the hands up hard
ire wi
thumbs were brought
tied
the most
metimes the
together and
up;
behind the body,
drawn this was far
Vere, as shoulder joints were then
body
by
reversed, the upper portion of the
bent down till the head was dow:
the Knes
tense
drawn so
ground;
don’t |
this was a position of in-
the
he
afl
torture,
that
Dever saw |
feet
were the
elieve it was ever done any-
where
I watched the punishment by this
method of one young prisoner. 1 met
him at the gate when he came in ; he
seemed dazed and wildly swung his
in pain, and
I examined his thumbs and
hands
moaned
found that the twine had cut the flesh
of both to the bone,
Many of the not
strong enough mentally to successfully
meet the conditions here ; while they
prisoners were
1
i
down and maniacs became quite nu-
merous in camp and the most pitiful
cases of insanity among the prisoners,
were frequently met with; their pitiful
moaniogs were often heard all night
as they stood unsheltered in the streets
of camp, in rain, and snow, and storm
while the * Commissioners of Ex-
change’’ haggled and quarrelled, were
in their comfortable quarters and lived
on the “fat of the land.” With reason
gone, they lost knowledge of the camp
limits snd the dead line, crossing
which they were shot, I saw two
such unfortunates shot by the guard;
they were taken to the hospital; one
was mortally wounded, we thought,
while the other had an arm shot off;
yet not a groan escaped their lips,
There were powerful influences at
work in Richmond to have the prisen-
Continuediat foot of next column,
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Sesstons at Phillipsburg Largely At
tended by Enthusiastic Teachers,
teachers
past,
The fifty-seventh annual
institute is a thing of the
i
ering,
| The sessions of
the
| tended by one hundred and
fand eighty-seven. There was
{ for some of the teachers got being
i 1
for the profession
i and
nll that
The instructors
evening
tainments were could be de-
best of
and the
I'he evening
ly patronize
business men and citizens of the town,
I'he of the
their best In the extreme
looked
of the
into the graces of
teachers county
end
county, and
BiH fel
3
i
them to th
the good pe
ed
their
I'o
appreciat] the
presence among them, the ty ley come-
pany gave the
Hawk Run,
the town banqueted t
A propositi
ni free excursion
“w
and the business men of
Hem
was made by the
of the |
institute |
hie selection
next meeting of
to a volte, but the matter was not
brought before the body by Superin- i
Che
r of Philipsburg,
tendent Gramley. result would
have been in fav
instructors
This much eviated report of the
fostitute is due t eas of work
the
interest- |
and
lack of space CAUSE He. |
HONS Were Tost
ing ever att * writer
Meoting of Centre County Vomona Grange, |
The first
Centre (
be held
Grange,
Tw
All
diaily inv
the |
will |
quarter meetin of
Eagle |
Friday, January
22nd. 10s, m. and 1 0
i. nen Lrder are cor-
I'he meeting
will open promp the sppointed
hour,
(GEOG
D
Master.
Ml. CAMPBELL, Necretary.
- -
Officers Elected
&
At the las ting of
cember, pp a of
G. A. | - ’
ed the
ing year:
rs
De
I, Post,
we Mills elect-
+i
Alp!
<
Vy
wd 8
following officers for the ensu-
Past Cotmmand WwW. Sunday.
H. Miller
B Hess,
Heberling.
Vy Fry
H. Weay
). PV
vy, Comin
Jd. ¥
Chaplain, J. G
Adjutant,
1D,
0. G..
)
“
Q MB,
Commander, {
H
i
WwW. 1 rt
DP 1] i
MH. B
Surgeon, W. Fk
Mi ilier,
Yaroell
Heberling
W.H Fry
I.. Mi
-
Represen tat
Alternate, D
ier,
.
Week of “Ben Har,’
Ben-Hur
Ntreet |
Last
The
engagment
firat week if je
al the Chestnut
Opera House, Philadelphia, has
been
|
one of overwhelming success, No vir- |
ile is the play, =o great the human in-
the
the |
terest, and so
that
find
far and away beyond anything usually
offered. The with which
the dramatist Will Young
intensely dramastio
story, those who patronize
theutres in it an entertainment |
rTevVerelioe
inm
thie
is appealing to all
reeds;
religious me of General
Wallace's novel,
even the posi.
feel the
watching
“Ben-Hur”
no creed and no seet,
tive unbeliever cannot but
Willie
performance. belongs to
It was a great
novel, it is a great play, and Messrs,
Klaw and Erlanger have mounted |
with elaborate mag: ificence, utilizing
all of many
modern stagecraft,
the devices known to
Continued from first column,
in Richmond
sent home or removed
and away from cities,
Tue first incentive to remove the
prisoners from this camp was the
raids in force around Richmond, by
the Union Cavalry, threatening the
release of prisoners here; and the
menacing position of the Army of the
Potomae, a veteran host of two hun
dred thousand men, camped around
Culpeper and along the Rapidan River,
only a few days march away, fully
equipped and supplied with all the
modern weapons apd paraphernalia of
war, under a leader that halted not at
any sacrifice of meeshis and men, waits
ing only for the co hing of spring for
which a campaign Was planned on a
scale to eclipse everything that bad
ever beeu attempted in this great war
before,
Island and
farther south
———————
The bow-legged mun is seldom =
beau,
THE GLEE CLUS WELCOME
House Listens
Franklin and
to Masle
{®s112
| by Marshall Students
Mandolin Clubs
Friday
had a
Inst week
Arcadia. The weather conditions were
night of in
and sledding good,
peopie
alley, and many
The
Lhe
I'he gross proceeds, |
112, one-third o
ed fis
pit il Ald Rociety under
periect,
brought
Vv
from all
audience was
entertainment from start
1
I Foun
were vhich
nit by t Laadie
CE
Mandoli
Host
sehaefler,
Glee
The Glee and
P.N
Leader of
dent;
REEr
Rupp.
First
Mon nu, J.
HMecond
dtuer, O
First Bass
L
L.eiubach,
a
econ
Hee fner, is.
Leader of 3
rd
Behoek.,
Violins
Banjo—J
Rs sder
To three
Lentrs
t
Ls
¥
wuts
(+
rian, the
W. Ho
perf
FIR
AMO ALS
LAr
THE 5
pes el
of fl
i
brat
James Horner, of Colyer, who for a
mail over
the star routes the South side, will
on
take charge of the boardin at
i house
1
Riclileys lumbe,; camp, in he Neven
He
his family to that place
Mountains will, of course, move
The residence of Perry Steele, slong
Axe Mann, was burned
The
the pike ne
Thursday, 24th ult
al
household
originated fr a defective flue,
Hert
om
house war owned Mteele,
Bellefonte
by
week, moved his family from Centre
Hall to Mr. Stover had
been al that point last summer, but
came home this fall. He will be en
gaged with J. W, Dunham & Bon,
manufacturer of farm and agricultural
implements, Mr. Btover is a good, all
‘round man, and has had experience
lues, Buccess
erea, Olilo
in various mechanical
fires, and it would be well for property
owners to be particularly careful to
have all fines in proper condition. The
Pine Hall church aud the residences
of Mrs. Paul Urenninger and Rev,
Willauer, at Loganton, suflered whole
or partial destruction by fire owing to
defective flues. Next to the “unload-
ed" fire arm, the “defective flue’ isn
elose second
nants AR A PI
Vinee NA Cures Loss of Appetite,
Bick Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigess
tion, Billiousness, Constipation, Diz
ziness, Juundice, Torpid Liver, Heart
Burn, Foul Breath, ete. Try a bottle
and be convinced. If it falls to bene
fit you your money will be refunded.
J. D. Murray, Druggist,
'RSDAY, JA
DEATHS,
JOHN ¥. D. MYERS,
John F. D, Myers, a former resident
{ of Jersey Shore, died at Butler of ty
{ phoid fever, The body was taken
| Jersey Bhore where funeral
interment,
Hublersburg for
ol
1904,
i
| VOLUME, LXXVII
With this issue the Centre Report
| begins its Beventy-seventh Volume,
The
j other than
) |
present editor's
mechanical, with this
or began in July, 1000, During these
and its
Flizabeth Myers, resides
His
nl
brothers wigters
Mrs,
M
and
{James Myers, Bellefonte:
Hershberger, DuBois, A.
Clearfield, E. C. Myers,
Mrs, Julia Bumgardoer, Allport; Mrs.
Hettie Pifer, Mhore, H. B.
| Myers Mrs. Ev Neff,
Je shore: Jacoh Myers, Coalport;
Mra. Barah Miller, Hublersburg: Mrs,
| Mary Mrs
| Kate MeE wen, Hublersburg:; and Mrs,
John
among
My re
Jer sey
Clintondale: a
rsey
Strunk, Cedar BSprings;
NSusan erwick.
Weilooel
Wriggle,
Muy I'S Was very Pp pu ar
friends and associates and
his early
death will be slncerely mourned,
aged and most
of Martha
“ith
Furnace,
December Inter
uesday fol
1 5 no
3 IOWing.
d by his wife and
¢hiters and one
X daugh
the d
H
il hiers,
ers is Annas,
of the firm
Mill
auscientious
aught
ith,
Spring
liam Hn
Pls] Was a «
i, and
Methodist
int Was superin.
Runday
iod of fif-
was 8
vouth he
it nearly
8 spent near the home
He
VERT §
and death lived to
four
tied
Atiea
Was 8 mem
maiden name
‘almont Was a
dest and most
the county, she
A
Juckunnuville
March 16,
x duughter of James MeCal-
ora at
1
| £5
he was united in
} Bhortlidge, who
“grave several years
was a prominent
r and conl dealer and
ne and m $
DE ana FEO
ar Miles
at the ma
ars and four
«wight years
id been a member the Meseinh
was one of a large famil:
d away except
She is sur-
Perry Aikens,
id William of
ge of Uniontown,
Mrs. Neti
near
and (Fee
ne daughter
verly, of Milesburg.
MI RNBACH.
of
i. 1
Mra , wife the
hardware dealer J. H.
Furnbach promis
nentiy Rnow
Farnbach, of Philipsburg, died very
night of last week.
She had been iu ber usual health up to
f hours of her death
suddenly Tuesday
within a few
sides her husband, she is survived by
| three daughiers, Misses Edna, Emma
| and Gladys,
| MRS. DAVID L. GLOVER
The death of Mre. David L. Glover,
{of MiMlinburg, wife of District Attor-
| ney Glover, caused universal sorrow in
[that town. The deceased was a daugh-
| ter of Mr. and Mrs, L. D. Kurtz, and
was born in Aasronsburg. She was
married in 1900, and is survived by
her husband and infant daughter.
MRS, CATHARINE PLATT.
Mra, Catharine Platt, wife of Chris
tian Platt, of Farmers Mills, died SBun-
day night of pulmonary disorders,
Her age is about sixty-eight years,
She is survived by her husband, no
children having been born to her,
Mra, Platt'a mailen name
Catharine Penington,
was
Ws —
Marshall Reid, of Milton, died of
appendicitis at the University of Penn-
sylvania, Philadelphia. Mr, Reid was
president of the Milton Natiooal Bank
president of the Reid Tobacco com.
pany, of Milton, and sole proprietor
of the Reid Tobicoo company’s place
at Buffalo, New York. Through bus
ness associations, Mr. Reld was well
known by many of the Reporter read.
ers,
It is the aim
i
{to Mili the sphere of a loca
{ 3
in that capacity serv
i 3 3 3
ally and socially
In the future, as in the p
{Lre
i
Reporter
{the cause of ed
| entirel the
| pay er,
y ignored uy AVeragey
i he business interests o
|
hud
surrounding couuptrs
| be guarded, and all tha
The editor o1
of ti
evers
of fret
ae is
MONTGOMI
Homan, o
H
“iy
resm
farm mis.
ire Hall is a board of
§
hesith i
avoided epidemics, but
} the
wird of health,
Mrs. Lou Rbbb, of
her parents, Mr. and
| Shafer, in Mifflinburg.
an engineer on the
his borough hes, in the past,
there 18 need 1o
constantly on watch. Organize
i
ab
Altoona, v
Mrs. Wil
Mr. Ro
Pennsyivani
road, and is a native of Nittany
D. R
mipanied by
| his wife and child, spent the holiday
Deputy Prothonotary
man, of Bellefonte, ace
iMrs, A. H. Smith, of Philipsburg
Rufus Lee, who learned telegraphy
under his brother-in-law, Clyde A
Boyer, at Mifflinburg, and for some
time has been an extra
now permanently located at Milton
He will have charge of the ticket and
telegraph offices. Quite a nice position
for such a young man.
operator, is
Mrs. Jaeob Lee, of Linden Hall, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Boyer, of Mif-
flinburg, were passengers on the west
bound train Saturday afternoon, 26th
ult, Mrs. Boyer was being taken to
Linden Hall in anticipation of “tak-
ing’’ the measles. While at her for
mer home, she will have the good care
of a mother while the measles are run-
ning their course,
Representative William T. Creasy is
to have stift opposition for a re-nomi-
nation in Columbia county. He will
be unlike all Democrats who have
been active when in the Legislature if
he don’t have to fight for a re-nomine-
tion. Active Democrats ofttimes need
pot only fight opposition in their own
party, but the opposite party frequent.
ly lays a hand on the looal leaders and
inspires them to thwart the good
work of conscientious Democrats in
office,
i
i
i
i
I.
18g
iN
GS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
HAPPE!
condi
miilen-
w York
“et rails
ling a
» Win-
irieen
line to
Eight
k Run,
{erminus, on ay.
Myra Kelly |
table stories of Eastside
Met iure!
fo give |
as anslher of her ini
ildren in
he Januass .. leachet’,
¥s i y
wi1ing
2 er
y brick
lewanlks,
mpren
#1
toward Nature
Liem mleresied In
atl
U4 will remember that 1
14 Rep wie
i ublish resolutions of re
i. The Reporter will
denth of ¢, but it
resolutions of respect that
eontain no information for the publie,
cerning the any op
Can nol Use
Resolutions of respect are all right,
and should be spread on the minutes
of the organization that adopts them.
John
W.
guests
F. Zeigler and sister, Mrs. J.
Bartges, both of Altoona, were
of relatives in Penns Valley
during Christmas week, The Zeiglers
are natives of Penn Hall, aud have
many friends and relatives in that
section, Mr. Bariges, who is a painter,
also claims that poiat as his old home,
aud is engaged in the Peunevivauia
railroad shops, where Mr, Zeigler is
also employed,
Don't confound the Tri-Weekly
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Iribune Farmer. The World is a news.
paper in every sense of the word, It
Qomes three mes a week, as the name
indicates, and contains all the news
over the world of great importanee.
The Tri-Weekly New York World
answers every purpose of a daily, New
subscribers to the Reporter ean have
both papers for $100 in ossh in ade
vance ; Wo all other paid up subsoribers
the cost of the World will be sixty-five
outs, :