vol. LXXVIIL CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. By T. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 148th Regiment, P. V, [To be Continued \ CHAPTER VII, SIEGE OF RICHMOND Soap was always abundant and free ly used. It might be well to state in the of the Ar Corps, in the early spring of 1564 148th P. V. 3rd to the 4th Brigade of the that reorganization my the the Div, served of the from 1st was transferred 2nd Corp. on March 25th, and with that brigade to the end WAT. One day, while the 145:h stituted a part of port of Fort Steasdmau, and the adjacent, d ready, with three days rations is sacks, to t. Co had no rations, and to reach the ¢ the reserve We receive orders lo knap- “a 1 move At suns missary to get them we must cross al extended slope, rising toward the rear gy range ol for a quarter of a mile, in ¢ yWolers, a gang of Confederate Bharpsi We never attempted to cross this ridge in daylight, but, today we must, three or make a It make and v NSirong, wiry were the Kind wanted, days trip grub. was a dangerous unteers were DOYS, and a little slow to speak, and Orderly B. M. Spangler asked : Meyer, will Yes, sir ! 1 had scarcely Beuj go? AL I when promptly ¢ comrade said: | We needed ot ly gave us a shout of enc greatly perved us up given a f me 8 pounds of assorted rations will be two, We our bushel forage sack, and to r hu were requisition three % ¥ 5 off all extra clothing, and walked leis ‘ee threw reached dangerous urely till we Then we ran like hounded eli, Ours slope. and received another howl of end agement bs opened fire on lets tore up the ground Their reached the Commissary all r fron he Company us, and thet; all arou; and we git. filled securely feet, aim was low, The Quartermaster soon requisition, and the sacks, tied, looked like barrels, and one hundred and fifty pe We shouldered our sacks and Our weighed unds each. & arted. On reaching the dangerous field, dog and the again ran, but it was only asiow . trot under our heavy Confederate bullets again thick and fast, passing to right and left of many striking ti loads, cane us, but, as before e ground “short.” Our course lay diagonal to their fire, But were badly winded, perspiration soak for and we escaped untouched, we eg. several ed, and lame in both days afterwards, the f superseded War balloons were not used Army of the Potomae alter spring o 1863. Watch them ; these were built like a derrick, and very high ; in the top was a cab- in, for the sbelter of the “signal men” and instruments of the “Signal Her vice,” consisting of signal flags, field glasses, telescopes, ete. These men were constantly on the watch, and de. tected many a well laid plan of our en- emies. From these towers on Oct in towers had of the enemy, in great force in front of Fort Meikle, which indicated a proba. ble night attack at this point. Assoon | as night set in, so the Confederates could not see us, we packed up, and the entire Becond Corps was massed in easy support of this point. At 9 p. m. the 148th moved into Mei- kle, and every thing seerned ready. It was most ominously quiet for some time. About eleven o'clock the Cone federate forts to our right, in order to draw our attention, and our reserves in that direction, and weaken our line here, opened a terrible shot and shell fire. Our forts opened in return, heav. ily all along the line, and the cannon. ade was general and terrific. An hour later the Confederates made a desper- ate dash on our lines, killed, wouunde and captured a number of our Ioen, but were driven back, with coosidera- Philipsburg Journal Speaks, Philipsburg is nothing if she isn't The ho- in up to date, even in sermons, tel keepers were preached to one church last Sunday evening and the “KFlineh' players in avother, Critics of the last named craze have predicted softening of the brain for its devotees if persisted in, others that to play it indicated that the aflection already ex- isted. of #, saying they ble loss, 7 in prisoners, some whom with | had not fir that, so far as LHe WAr was over l in the 1OAS Toward they Vere tained no Fort Meikle. hie 145: } En r f shelling ol morning we moved out, and deployed the right of the fort, and pressed forward in deep darkness, among brush and stumps We could not see the en- t ’ ‘ them ‘scam per.’’ el gave us sCat- fn harm, at I'tey d sud waited which did po P, ¥% made and our lines, { to the 1OUrs, break- ilies Ww : this farther, the left and wiles from | ntended for! cue WAS WOTrs to | aay, ecannonade *i 4 te IHUOuUs, Hes 4 5 oF » deaf- I explod- rintervel ws, and the rns Bie ind. siege-gun batter- | first time, in this | general and wi their | and y 4} dreadful deto- | to the already | edd hoarse, nations, sa fii ind ine of the general can- cavy batteries were | ariny, and when they | . + i ws if the real “Gods our | ners humorous- | position on ith our heavy bat- | i teries and we made noise enough | to scare the spirit out of any ordinary | army, without ni'ting any one There was four miles a hill, of our camp, to | Fort ¥ ange of very prominent to the right the right sod front of Morton, | Confed- | and in very closer the erate works ; a commanding position for a fort that it * therefore, after dark on the Ist, the greater part joived a detail from our ith, Ist Div. 2nd Corps, nove out, take possession and fortis We reached Fort Morton about ten o'clock, stacked arms by the 4 and it was de cided we occupy ever hi g of N+ 148th } YY of the bri ade, the fy this hill fort, and placed a guard Intrenching tools were distributed, and we moved quietly to the designat- ed point, where the engineers had al- ready ‘staked out’ the Fort, and went to work. We grubbed and shoveled, without a tight, in great earnest, with« out halt or rest, till day begsn to dawn, Nov, 2ud, when we started for our camp at Fort Bedgwick, four miles away, amid snow, sleet and rain, which continued all day. Marching was hard, and we reached camp hun- gry, wet, chilled, and greatly fatigued Ww asa A> Important Vension Haling. of Commissioner Pensions Ware, with the approval of Secretary Hitch. cock, promulgated the most import. ant pension ruling that has been is sued in a long time, It directs that beginning April 13 next, if there is no contrary evidence and all other legal requirements have been met, claim- ants for peosion under the general act of June 27, 1800, who are over sixty- two years old, shall be considered as disabled one-half in ability to perform manual labor aud shall be entitled to $6 a month ; over sixty-five years, to $8; over sixty-eight years to $10, and Lover seventy to $12, the usual allow iapces at higher rates continuing for | disabilities other than age. 1 HALL, PA. DEATHS. WILLIAM STRUBLE Emporium local running between Olean and Emporium, a branch of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg rail- road, met with an accident last Batur- day at Olean, New York, which caus- ed his death, Mr. Btruble was formerly from Belle- fonte, where he held a position as fire- man at the quarries at the farm. nie Btruble, and was born at Gap. He was twenty-eight years of Miss Bessie | Jacksonville, Was CGiarbrick, of one | sons, also by his , two Mrs. Wm. B. Ly i Miss {and one brother, Edward, all of fonte, Fhe funeral took place ftnother sisters, G18 un Helle Faesday from his late home at Olean, LAND tin | The death of J F., w if of aiia | home in Phila icken | Sunday moroping | She was st1 with paralysis while on her way | home from church. was Taylor and she was a minent pr Philadelphia The ! i | | | : : | was lilty-nine years of sociely woman in She nEge, Fe arrived in Bellef The cemetery direct | IORINS mite 1 i interment was ade morning I ! [in the Un train, | ion from the | MRS ‘ | | Mrs. Jane idd} ¢ at her | near Waddle, home ast week, at the advanced i years Burial took plas Saturday Deceased | Freddie Newman, Pletcher i% BUTrV: and two sons 1 Mra, Durit fife t ii ili Biddle’ ari d in of thelr marie husband glhes VY VORrs he Biddles lived in Boalsburg ¥ "i WwW. R. Lewistown H after sy . i. Mra ma sudaenis at to submitting Sunday afternoon. Interment was made at F this armers Mi Pbursday I'he deceased was James Seholl, of and is BUrvive amall children. MES Her Mrs died at her ry Seltzer linois, Sunday, inst., luterment Friday following. Ihe deceased's maiden name was Eliz h Mersinger Mersit J d Be Was & sisler o ¢ Ww r, Of ri o Passes Viiie, f Joliet, Iilinoi # ——— Tour to the Pacific Coas On account of the General ( Methodist auier Lie Episcopal 1 Am Angeles, Cal ' May the Pennsylvania | tallroad Company will run a person- | to Lo von of Arizona Al tour # Angeles, i route, at low unususily rales, Hl leave New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg on Wed. nesday, April 27, running via Chicago and the Banta Fe Route to the Grand | Canyon, Bunday will be spent at this | wonderful place, and Los Avpgeles will be reached on the evening of May 2, Round-trip tickets, including trans portation, one double berth and meals on special train going ; and transpor- tation only returning on regular trains via direct routes or vis San Francisco, will be sold at rate of $106 from New York, $106 fron Philadelphia, Balti- more and Washiogton and $100 from Pittsburg. Tickets will be good to re- turn at any time before June 30. Tour- ists returning via St. Louis may stop off for ten days to visit the World's Fair, by depositing ticket and paying $1 00 fee. A descriptive itinerary will be sent application to Geo, W, Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Broad Street station, Philadelphia, Pa. ————— — Doesn't Want to Piay Goat, on The editor of the Ridgway Advocate gets this view of things religious from a back seat. “The modern method of dividing sheep from the goats at reli- gious meetings may be useful and have a good effect in some respects, there is no doubt that it will make some people avold the meetings there- after—and if men are driven away from the meetings there isa little chance of saving them through the meetings, There is one good thing however, about having the professing christians stand up and having the old sinners in their seats—looking like thirty cents he informs the observer that there are men really on the Lord's side who were never suspected of it bee fore.” srim————————_ After the balla clove, Worth lookiug into--a mirror, Tyrone Has a 825.000 Fire at Tyrone destroyed { the Crawford Building and the frame part of Templeton & Co.'s department The buildings were occupied | by Kd. Uhlas, tobacco and cigar store ; Ambrose Miller, cigar factory ; Bpran- | kle Bros., meat market; C. C, Van- { scoyoe & Co., tobacco and cigar store | Templeton & Co., department store, | and Misses Study & Bouse's millinery Fire Monday | 8lore. A — pa | Parsonsge Liable to Taxation, of Judge | Ross, of Montgomery county, parson- According to a decision sges, rectories, and similar properties, are taxable. This opivion does | the constitution, which provides that places of religious worship shall not Le taxed, lu delivering his opinion in the case, F Judgs { $i : . vides sRIQ CL "An actual place of religious worship is clesrly a church, and nothing but chureh {unless a grave-yard be attached 1 “ building, Lhe 0, 18 HOW eXen pt 1 BR pPArsolLage Or a | rectory, or a dwelling house, which {| wall is outside of the exempting clause {in the constitution.” {| Burial grounds, used or held for pri- | vale or corporate profit, are also able, Ws fp Spring Mills. f Of 3 Grant Hoover, jeilefo acted busi WwW. 8. Mu who will jes 10 Wi las! suger spent family, t , their future home. h Iinay left for Harrisburg on the M. Edward Pine #00 (irove + Golden : ext . i SEVEN O CIOCK, thelr | sermon, in Let will every true meet al ck a sharp ai wily aramiey ReClTetary. i hie ohie and t 1 a different he SN *t, tly weked troul streams, i LOCALS protect the { slreams 0 sloe] kind throw nel anda | iooked after io al Moving or furniture, C. P.| Headquarters f Long. The borough auditors’ statement has | been printed, The card sharp piaye poker to keep | the pot boiling. J. A. was a caller the other day. Corman, east of Centre Hall, will need considerable repairiog during the coming summer. Main street Bear io mind that the Reporter sub- scription list will be corrected April 1st, Nearly all the dwelling houses in Centre Hall will be occupied after April 1st. F. G. Hosterman has retired from the lumber business in West Virginia and returned with his family to live in Coburn. The main office of the Howard Creamery corporation after April 1st, will be found in Temple Court, sec- ond floor. Dr. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, was in town Monday evening on pro. fessional business, The doctor recent- ly attended a series of lectures in Phil. adelphia. P. F. Keller has about completed ar- rangements to move to Pittsburg, and within a few days will leave for that place. Some of the family are at pres ent visiting relatives in Clearfield county. Montgomery & Co., of Bellefonte, advertise clothing made by the best known firms in America. You will always find the latest style cuts and latest patterns of goods at Mount gomery's, Wm. H. Cumings, of Colyer, pur- chased the hay baler, threshing mae chive, engliue, ete, from the Cummings Brothers, and will operate the same. He is ready for work in his line, and can do it entirely satisfactorily. NO, 12. ROOSEVELT THE LAWMAKER, There has been an impression that we are to elect a President next No- vember, It is a mistake, Unless Mr. a Czar, i v | No other sort of potentate—not even | each of whom is hampered by a con- { stitution a parliament—would venture to assume such sweeping leg- and { islative powers as have been assumed |by the Rough Rider in the White law which itself has never dared to pass. That the President has exercised the power service-pension lawmaking is self-evident, | Congress has passed a number of pen- When it has meant service Inws, Bion and age to give a claim to the 121 of 1512 a pension, { veterans of the ius in case of © Wal and of the Mexican When t Pension act war war, it sala so isting it provided of {Ris} {in the De i end that veterans of the civil be pensionable f« single member $ HOLL a the mere chronological fact reaching the age {ever be held to constitute such a bility. The Grand Army itself, le microscopic ey e for pension ied that its service-p ¢t al i 8. Bi If Andrew Johns i i im i iaa 0 one-tenth by the accidental « White House delegates, his impesach- # (lonstitutio as flagrant ss that just perpetrated successor in f the in mad hunt for meni would never have failed by be for Congress fy and senators 10 nol of a if he will resp el Lhe o« decreeing s overlooked Service ye ny boundaries material sort. sustained nh { { rder ongress would Co conduct be. invaded vy, and a ‘‘gresser’’ he has invaded Congress, and Representatives are a excitement omotion of his personal ed him . pointments when the Benale was asd lata I3 memberment of a sister R ‘ public, and they need not ve surprised pow prere way to their own invaded, he Ouiy HII Das ative ALIVE protect country extraordinary of his aud Ging Americy Constitution-respecting be While ret Aly citi A Republican sub-committee of the ommitiee on lerritories has of New Mexico one out of klaboma and Indian Territories. The bill makes an appropriation of $5,000, the one out aud Arizona and the other land grant to Indian Territory for school purposes, and gives Okiahoma not less than five Republicans in Cone gress. Upon this measure the Repub- licans in both appear to be agreed, The Democrats, on the other hand, favor the creation of three States ~ New Mexico, Arizova and Oklahoma including Indian Territory. This ap- pears to be the better measure ; but as the differences between the Democrats aud Republicans on the subject would cause a long debate, the question is likely to be postponed for the sake of a short session. ————— I A SS ————— RBenator Foraker’s controversy with his colleague, a member of the Hanna syndicate, has now reached the point where the police have to be ealled in to prevent a fight which has already reached fists from being extended to knives and guus. The police in Cleve. land did not procure harmony, but they prevented fighting while the Forakerites and the Dick men held separate conventions in the same hall. Desai tps App nsession The two commonly accepted Repub lican candidates for President Judge in Huntingdon county, Thos, W. My- ton and H. H. Wake, Esqs., haviog withdrawn from the contest, Judge Woods of Lewistown has registered in that county and will have no opposi- tion, which guarantees him the dis trict nomination, AL MB MPS » houses Clean up. Brush up. In some businesses nothing succeeds TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST | FROM ALL PARTS, Horses | good prices at both pu | snles, cows and hogs are bringing and private ’ Lic The Reporter subscript | be corrected by the first of | know the rest, will You 11st April, | Jerome Auman k ( will begin farming, ving rented the farm of Mre, Barsh ieise, near Linden Hall, Ex-Landlord 8. Brown i Brown | MeNitt, of Milroy, were among those wl fant { from a distance i sale, Merchant CC, P advertises some spe iq ‘onley’s Lo 2 ills, Look is words by {the adv. over, and |ealling at his store, The Christian End r eont with the Reformed {a social Friday program has rected will hold literary well 2 The dairymsan {interest to con Hall Bt | National Beparator sul 1 Oak ation him for ia catalogue. tf, Mifflin ed the Among the people who attend gi] Conley { last Thursday, were Mr. and Mrs, Rob- {ert Thompson, of Milr sses Ber- tha and Bydney Kyl Mrs. L. Rbone, has been with her br ville, whol months sank- un her way Bhe will spend some th flows and Iilinois b iey, in Wichita, Kansus east, ne in ior 1 2 O { ber home. + i > 6 John 8, Ve at i I home from attendis {John H porter office for a shor | Robert Good | Peansylvanis rails { Royer, son | Royer, of B seliel Good hart, sto] hart. te § onda , Lita y ret {after ng havi | near Spring teount of the des H. Goodhart. The Reedsvill Lewistow: field an Juret with W £ " the former pla Hood, Rl DH Farmer insists ut of sesson and he was paid a ses trying to demonstrat right, has given up th and The bogus check who fail- A ie pring Barr, Mif- iertager, was Miils, a check « of Reedsvilie, flin. Mr. Boy« the victim, fer and it cost m nine dol lars to form the man's tance. acquein- Newton Yaraell, te of D. J. Meyer, will bx farm weather opens up regular work He' rest loafer, and while others wer he hauled manure over the aver two hundred loa sod to be turned for corn. The Lewistown and Reedaville trol- ley line is to be extended across the Ju- niata river to Lewistown Junetion, on the main line the Pennsylvania railroad. The one and one-fourth be a great convenience who heretofore were obliged to travel that distance by omnibus. of distance will be and will miles, to travelers, Miss Mabel Zeigler, of Millheim, was in town Thursday of last week. BShe is one of the Commercial telephone operators in that place, and sccording to an unwritten law of the operators in that town she is privileged to quit the business, and But the Reporter does not know, or at least won't say, that she has any such in- tention. George McCormick, son of W, W, McCormick, of Potters Mille, whose illness was mentioned in these cole umns recently, is not improving. He tad a severe attack of pneumonia, and had partially recovered, but when the death of his grandmother—Mrs, Me- Closkey—occurred, the excitement and exertion that followed caused a re- lapse, Albert Bradford, who for several years has had charge of Fisher Broth ers’ flouring mills, at Farmers Mille, has leased the flouring mills from Messrs. Bottorf & Ard, at Pine Grove Mills, snd will move to that place about the first of April. Mr. Bradford is a young miller of ample experience, and will no doubt give the best of sate isfaction. He recently purchased a fine team of horses, which will be used in delivering feed and flour. Reuben Tressler, the present miller ut the Bot- torf-Ard mill, contemplates ng like a failure. south.
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