OL. LXXVIL CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. By 7. P M: yer » *3. vif Regiment, NY CHAPTER VI PRISONERS FORDING A STREAM, had form of hardship, cheerfully, Hundreds who endured every De- OW ii list ress. came discouraged under these « ing and evidently to be continued mis- away and died bel to erable conditions, sank while vice, as tailors, shoemakers, ’ + Mer. work SOme wel the Re on fortifications, and even into the ranks of the Confederate Army, in the hope of bettering their condition, and hoping i Ge- lives; probably of nd making their L0G maging Lauer saving their for an opportunity ultimately ch service, serting su to the Union lio sent away we had more Spritz to eat proaching, au to thisecamp, the mac, and the rapid] ber of small pox cas £ Ww ( the oner tho ers from Rich Pris [a ine up the idl rities, and ries law: spring weather cloudiess kad evident Tl WHS mild aud delightful As usual in fine lazily snuntering and standing around, ther, we were ’ looking st the city beyond the river, IIeRr the p “We and the beautiful Jandscape es the trees and bushes just \T- i birds spet, whose buds were already ing, and among whose branches were sweetly singing, We wed from our ings over the pleasing prospect outside ing I : sud were denly awaket listless mus the drum at Head Quarters beat “attention I" Ihe the Guard from the top of parapet wat, “Hqugds No. 1-23 and 4 fall in and be ready to move, “Wi ed our squads quickly. moved through | the gate that had shut us | and formed our eolump for the mareh | to Richmond, The Commandant told us that we were to be paroled, and sent | home ; that all that had away before had been sent we, four bundred miserable, yet lucky | Yrag-a-mu thos” to go home Could it be true, or would I wake up| when HMergeant of the called « forme} " sa long, been sent | gouth : so were and find that I had dreamed. as many | times before ? [I was afraid myself.” to “shake | Iron down We recrossed the Tredegar Works bridge, and marched through Manchester ; here a squad of prisoners passed uson heir way to the Island ; ove of them loudly hailed me; it was my former partner, Austin Bkinner, of N. J, just returning from the sruall pox pe<t camp, cured and stout, yet sill red faced ; I never saw or heard of him after this. We crossed the Danville BR, R. Bridge to Rich. mond, and were onee more taken to the noted Libby Prison, where parole ing eomamenced, and by evening we had all signed the paper headed by the following purole, “We the undersigned prisoners of war, do give our parole of honor, that we will not take up arms again, nor serve ns wilitary, police, or econstabu. lary foree tn any fort, garris n or field. work, nor as guards of prisoners, de- Constinued at fuss of column, Aa i LE Blanche Bates at Broad Street 1 hentre, Philadelphia is just now in throes of a theatrical se nation, Mins tremendous of the Centennial Hates has made hit i lasco’s an of Japanese life 1 The more of the Gada but two weeks to run, be run, ich Chie first » w the company will igo for an indefinite net to be ii period ements, whiel Lhe fer seen in that ily after ‘ of ain the fatal fire { LIP BLOTY ¢ y of the pl Samural, or tlwo-sword men, the of Japan famous cerns the defied t who Emperor Lis edict IST]. issued them r. Be oh in The ambition lasco and ow ancient Japan with all sid history ar sid self sacrifice, among which HE reverence paid by the dis sword. The play is in 18 and twelve scenes, necessitat- Osi elaborate Bela American stage produc which Mr . thie public characteristic Japanese muusic has been ed to Special and number Japanese of & pr cial i} ments are used in the interpretation The play ran for two entire seasons at New York. irk Then re, nal New i# in Philadelphia i Haines, Walcott, 1 Armstirot the Belasco Ye Company Robert Al gz, J. Walcott, Iaries (ot ATies Was nis reached rtake: and he ¥ stied sent T MORage Ri time iL was re- * asked readings winter uniike that ino sy ivania it uot been cold enough in Kansas { te thick Tey mie weather cone ot lis enough re, ditions rwise had been very agree $ able - a “Even the the Mavayunk Kee p one eye on the d man who prays,” Philosopher, “should SRys +§1 ¥? evil : Conting ¢3 fror r stores, first column discharge any duty by soldiers, until | exchanged under the provisions of the Cartel entered into, Juiv 22 1862." This parole, when signed, is sacredly kept, on the “honor of a soldier’ pois « usually performed vl, : vio | No Soldier would “Soldier's Pa- or Government of a '9 The parole of our four hundred was, | the regular “commis When, in Oct. Inst, we were first brought to Libby Prison, the prison. ers were searched | on many quite large amounts of money were found, very large in the aggregate, and taken by the Confederate OMlcers for “safe keep. ing,’ till paroled, when it was to be rerurned. Many did not live to be pa roled ; and no prisoner paroled this day, ever heard the word money men tioned, and not a dollar was returned. But I will here yet add, that I never saw a Confederate take money from our men fioreibly, The *Johnnies” now issued two days rations of corn bread and some boiled beans to us. Home of us went back into a rear room, where stood many tobaceo presses, with large iron screws, to which still clung in abun dance, the grease of “ante bellum days’ ; though black and dusty, we scraped it off aod ate It on our corn bread, Central Pennsylvania is being over run by agents representing various muanufactories, whose chief product is muchinery necessary to quip esnning fuctories, These agents have been county not omitting Centre Hall, The project was well on wien private information, entire- ti BE TEpre- th led sentative + He obtained Wh id to ‘ e build tion tion spoken of Depu Livorge Of Lhe . , Prof. iI of the ¢ rtrment (’. Bu treats in an instr manning indust HU Ded 5 of more ¥! Reg t& of tl many of the ries ed extrac printed ; In recent machinery ma raral communit farmers { to organize themselves into compar {to grow abies and ered | fact verols La Car iy the to pack Ops, aging information | ar d the so-called “se { Were promised in the zation iy to f Sixtee: thine } Wis COURT aith LINGO We the o Prati grail { a9 bill and place ty Wm. Reed, of Col pre _et Ji ed of desertion, was called up and aft the on Hiog shin Harshberger, who was conviot- some statements made Ly the effect that in case the « fs a children that the defen. his w and support would suspend tenes, © court, however, stated in the sum of two hindred dollars conditioned that he pay to his wife or the overseers of Bnow Shoe township the sum of $12.00 that if that he would impose the sentence pro- vided under the Act of 1903. This Act any other on the subject of desertion and Section each month, and he didn't do broader than II is as follows : “If any bustand or father ahall here. after separate himself from his wife or hia children or from children without reasons shall wilfully neglect maintain his wife or ehildren, such wife or ehildren his wife and his 3 bie cause, and io being destitute, or being wholly de- in part on thelr earnings for adequate support, he shall be guilty pendent or of a misdemeanor’ The sentence provided for in this Act is & fine of not more than $100 00 and imprisoument not exceeding one year, A.M Butler was appointed a sani tary agent for Howard borough, The following subpoenas in divorce were awarded by the eourt : Martha Lovell vo. Thomas Lovell Blanche 8. Donelly va. John Donnelly, Mary L: Hateh va James A. Hateh, The most important cave tried was that of Commonwenslth ve. W. O Robi | son, of Philipsburg, who was indicted ! under the Act of 1995 for a violation of | the Pure Food Laws of (he state. The | information was made by J ew | Faust, agent, and the lodictment as returned by the Grand Jury contained five counts, hing, will yield from seventy-five to bundred The farmers of Delaware, where the peas O11 bushels per acre. ty dollars per acre net after acco ing for labor, seed and fertilizer. that There in the large cities, the ables But the ar where the pri and Ars to loealion. it is important It be clorke to a large supply. are mal canneries v market them bes! where at times a glut in vegelables ¢ to ep + cheaply IUCR CRD from the field, a section 8( and climate IavVor- ure { roducts A loca- canned ‘“r a ul these the fac- wroducts from sa draw i Hoited distriet and Is har dieapped by “ive hauling. An sbundant sup- if pure water is essential for Was products and furnishing d ab wt ¥ Lsupply of steam neede in where an abundance of can be had is also essential, As lo the capital needed, the remark while there have pUCCesses in the #0 eel many rufficier pProcessi roa r while degrees he re jUires EWS. H N A Woodward, Esq., attorney for theses cases d Was nweaith and was I'he dels ndant William W in Hs Ansinty eder i by Smither minent Philadelphia nd lanchard, the t the Was Esq faint is IAHR 30 nesisted by John From peared d Hipat the case, it ap- Faust, | Robi a James of Mr gut piece i hocolaie ; that it was immediately | Dr. William Fraer, of State | College, who made an examination fl that the chocolate contained about 90 per cent, pure len per cent, The Inbel on the package stated that it was guaranteed one hun. dred per cent, pure cocoa bean, The defendant called and admitted selling a piece of the chocolate to Mr. Faust; that he had bought it from the William H. Baker Manufacturing Co. and was supposed to be 100 per cent. pure goods The representative of the company was then called and testified that they made chocolate, but that the brand sent into Pennsylvania was absolutely pure, but that they made solve that was ouly 90 per cent. pure which was sent to other states: that they made both kid, After thie evidence closed argument to the jury was made by A. H. Wood- ward, Ex, on part of the Common. wenlth and by W. W. Bmithers, gy. on behnif of the defendant. The jury miurned un verdict of guilty in less than ten winutes. Luter a motion was made for a new trial, reasons to be filed with. th twenty days. It is probable tha thin agent, al ihe slore i: in Mirg sud bou of sent to it under the microscope; cocoa bean and wheat flour, Was court. The other oases on the criminal list of the same character were continued The balance of the civil cases which were for trial were disposed of as fol lows : George W. Pecan ve, 8B, W, Wright; mppeal; plea non assum psit. The case of 8, H, Williams vs. Frank Warfield was settled, | Additional Court News on 0ib Page. § 4, 1904, PUKE BUTTER MEN UV IN PHAN Associations Will Take Compel Judiciary Activ to Euloree the Law of Mercer county, Lo sentence a | who was convicted of sell | @arive as butter has aroused the Pu | Butter Association and kindred Orga {izations who are wonducting a ert in behalf of pure foods and ar will be made to compel Jud se Mil they eX int { Dairy interests dre« Weel ture ( | Commissioner Judge Mi Commission ef delegations that ready been inv eal b $ ii for Hon, regn rt ie Dalry an ~ fis Wilh siiended services in Hew the ch, Opde:; 5 4 churel Hellman ' toona, Pa eran Rev A tiddny in M our uncle tou Kt i Miller ousin. H of whers we Visil« Metzler and George = of Centre « : also sur re unty Jordan, five miles west Man- rd is | home of Isaiah Spicher, at Ellw returning from there to uncles’ One afternoon we went thr the | There are about thirteen | igh state prison. hundred prisoners, two hundred being | women, We were shown through the i steel rolling mill by Fred Go wlepeed, a son-in-law of our und A bout three hundred men are employed the mill, and the for month amount to $500,000 Joliet has a population of 36 000; six railroads come to the city, three of which pass through Chicago Yours truly, J. H. Jorpax. ie, in eX penses one Orangeville, I11., January 26, 1904 a—————— From Millheim Journal, About two o'clock Tuesday night Elias C. Zertiy, of Penn township, was awakened from his sleep by the smell of smoke, and upon investigation dis covered that his honse was on fire. It is supposed that the chimney had buroed during the night and dropped fire to the lower story and ignited the floor close to the cook Move, The fire was extinguished just in time to save the stove from fwlling through the floor into the cellar, The damage 's small, No Merting of Potter sehool Board, D. K. Keller, secrewry of the Potter township sehiool board, announces that there will be no meeting of the school board Saturday, 6th fost, A HO ILsaves a lot of time occasionally 10 let the other fellow have the last NO. 5. TOWK AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS r : i FROM INTEREST . PARTS. a J. Lingle, has been looated » ©, Were ers Monday. “i Livg- a fireman He Wier 1s reek rail- road, eX pect at Clear enl- gaged, Constable W ast week, jd to the H. Runk Uhursday ved from Hoffer street i pur- Min- Fame day Jerry Stump Id. Hosterman's property 's, near Dr. Alex- if oi Lobsugh Louse, rere tly W. I 3 rermaodeled by 3 On Lhe moved from tothatof D ander’s residetio ol Ri C. Keller H. G. Strohimeier, the marble cutter of this place, is spending some time in various paris of the valley, looking up work for Mr, strohmeler is a first class tmechanie, the stmmer season. and those who wish to purchase any- thing in his line, will do well to at least examine his prices, material and class of work. The Petersburg correspondent to the Huntingdon Xs bas this to tay of a former minister of Centre Hall: Rev. A.D Potts, Ps 2, will preach a special seTmon to the Maccabees, Petersburg Pent, 436 A flue sermon is « Xpeoted, Rev, Pous was called away last Fri. tay, very unexprotediy, to presch the funeral sermon of a former parishioner in Ondo, A largely attended wedding was cele ebrated Thursday of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Philip T. Nebreckengast, at Tylersville, when their daughter Margaret was married to Wesley Hosterman, of Woodward, by Rev, Wetzel, of Rebersburg, Afier a bounteous wedding dinver the coupe
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