LXXVI,
“NTRE COUNTY
* “
p40
Volunteers.
1. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A. 148th
; ' 9
Regiment, P. V.
{To be Continued |
CHAPTER VII. SIEGE OF RICHMOND
NEWSPAPERS IN CAMP.
During the whole of this night
wis not a loud word spoken in our de-
tail ;
works that an ordinary conversation
would have been
for we were so near the enemy's
heard, and drawn
the fire of many guns and musketry,
which would at once
We were not
fort
later on,
driven
i
i,
have
and
away. diseurage
got
troog $s
the well under way ;
finished it
Nov,
was something dreadful.
aud rain that
ire mud
id
w
i he weather on 20d
sn , 8
torrent made
of
H: re there was no « scape from the in-
in
w
’
ches canals and water.
cl of the weather: nor fre
the
bot!
ency Im
iimny, sticky, muddy walls and
netnes |
is of these freshly dug tre
yet wy were constantly occupied by
4
'r
with
lhe
« required during
Vigitanul Ww atchers,
BUDE ID Dai
i: sii plight greatest vigilance
Ww
Ie) ex from live to line were
1 when there
ji
WES reason
that, by reason
\ 1 conditions,
I'h
fln or
Gre
lussei eact
yvurin, like ou ordiuss
P Lae
feserve,
»
i
i
kn
emy would ereep up
equired vigilan
Ww whsl looment
i
i
open a murderous fire on
scale Lhe parapet with a
tbe trenches,
One dark nig
('oufeder
crept up to our
the ‘ef:
undiscovered, till o
up, p
through a port
A juad
wi’!
ales Picks the
LUreasti works,
just
eft of the 145th, in rain and w
of
muzzie
and
it a,
t raised
ti them
f
i
iked the { his gun
hole shot one of
instantly.
On another dark night, in a raging |
Up to the first line of breastworks, in
muk |
twenty
i
of Fort Haskell, scaled the
hj
+ bound, and captured
five « and
t hem (o their lines,
f our men, escaped wi
These little fool-hardy “rushes and |
did 1
War a single
¥
Haneak trips,” hasten or retard
the
the U
failed
end of the day, and i
made
to muke the discovery
ion soldiers ever any,
One afternoon while the
doi
in front of Fort
n ar to the enemy's trenches, Comnrade |
B. M. Spangler and I went out to see
how the 148th boys were making out, |
fr thiey were keeping up a rattling
fire. We followed the zigzag trench
which led to the outer line: this was
about three feet wide, and four to six
feet deep, zigzagging, so the enemy's
sharpshooters could not Our men
going and coming.
145'h was |
£ picket service in the outer trench |
and
Btesdman, very |
wee
We found the boys all right ; the fire
had slackened. David Rossman aod
Jose Kreamer were sitting on a board
in the ditch, eating their noon-day
crackers,
How is it going, I asked, Rossman
an«wered, it was lively all day, but it
Is rather quiet pow; we had a few
wounded, pone killed. Take my gun
and give them a blast. 1 picked up
his Spencer Repeating Rifle, a power.
ful gun, then peeped through the port
hole, and fired a few shots in rapid sue.
¢ sston, into a port hole of the Confed-
erate works, then set the gun down,
A few minutes later Jesse Kresmer
took up his gun, peeped out through
the port hole for something to shoot
al ; #eciog nothing, he took up a stone
half the size of 8a man’s head, with one
bund, and set it against the port hole,
exuetly before his face ;. that instant,
while he still had hold of it, a bullet
i
and splashed into fragments,
The setting of this stone had save
Jesse's life ; it frightened him ; he turn
1
Sel wor naigst
| Many of the more active fighters o
{the 148th, this advanced line
| would shoot one hundred and fifty tc
on
| twenty-four hours ; and the gun |
i rels would «et 20 hot that they
{ not be touched with the hand.
liked,
seven
[soldier fired as often as he
many used up six to
i
worth of eariridges, each, a day
were given
On Nov
reviewed
they could use
1864
Cie
Lieut
all
i
by
1904
of the U
The
s fre
slowly
Vie
Division
Nelson A.
Lied
nited Siates
our
1
now, i.
reviewing ground was some
is
L
nities fnaliers
th Camp J
i Ww hie the
returned
Ws re
dee
yening fi
W Was en
reap after which
id,
col
hig Was
very
vet benutiful aod moonlight
tii
»
« i wing iowing
t
i
Al our spare tim is devoted
wnee of our remaining
hours.
iy of Nov,
this camp twenty-fou
During the foreno
i
{
i
i
i
i
i
{
who was, this day, relieved by Gen.
Homphreys, of the
der whom the 2ad Corps remained to
Gen. Haneock took formal leave of
by the men he
had led
from the Confederate line struck ity
We reached camp at noon, and short-
1 we would
the
tion to this ru-
“rank
vas rumored that
ight
'
we paid no att
it
be called on to in coming
+
ight et
for how would the
ow this in advance, aud yet,
or
ing
vy @1
7 5
as ip.
- ow 25
or
ok
it darkness has SORTS settled
ly
down upon us, when received
d i p"’
to move at a moment's notice"!
i
and
I'he
dd frozen hard, snd
We
AWAY,
we
Ors
“pack quietly, and be
D
ready
Vi Came Lr “Nts an we Were
in short order, marching
rapidly to the night
Vv i
marci
Morton
0
right
was
ry on
the grou
l.
g Hw reached
f
i
ir miles about ten
of
# to the rear and
tl
Lae
lin
battle
h
“if,
ie
clock, and formed on
v :
T
of
ghort distane Ig
said fort : soon order cate,
)
lig passed
thie new fort we worked on
itor '
pights before, where we
ed up'’ nes for battle and waited
A bout
what we were
Our i
midnight we suddenly found
out sent here for
and spring from every bush, in
attack
of
earth
fire
Confeder-
line of fire.
made a furious on
lines, a our
capturing
3
Live
part
new fort ;
spitting
the
works, including
to be
I'he slope from which
ates fought, looked like a
in our direc
The forts opened up all along
racket for oa while was appalling
For a while thought
advance all along our line
low this attempted sortie.
we a general
would fol-
We had
now recovered all our works and every
thing quieted down. It
evident that Was
contemplated
became
advance
BOON
there no
A sons
Incendiary Fire at HMantingdon Furnace
What is known as the furnace barn
of Clark Grezier, at Huntingdon Fur
nace, was destroyed by fire about three
o'clock Thursday morning of last
werk, together with side builoings
and most of their contents. The main
barn was 100540 feet in size, another
was B0x40 feet, and still another 50x40,
A large lot of live stock perished cons
sisting of seventeen head of Hereford
and Swiss cattle, five head of horses,
twelve high blood sheep, and one hune
dred chitkens, All the grain, wagons,
fwplements aud tools were destroyed,
The stock saved was taken out of tne
barn while it was burning, There is
an insurance of $1500 on the buildings,
but it will not cover half the l'es. No
other cause for the fire can be figured
out than that it was the work of an
ucendiary.
ROAD BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS
i -
How
Hiate Highway (commissioner Wants
tonds Ballt Provided stnte Aid Is Given,
The Republican made
much ado about the sppropriation of
legislature
f . i...a
| $6,000,000 for road building, claiming
that it would greatly reduce rural tax.
’
ation. The facet is, the money has been
{ appropriated, but the coi.ditions upon
{ which rural districts can secure any
{ part of this money are such that it is
{only the exceptional distric
aflord to build road at such a vas! ex-
pense, even when the state pays two-
sioner for a streteh of road on mile in
length in
A
[IR
county. brief of
did
examination
¢ imposed will clearly dem-
oustrate that road building can not be
done by cal contractors o gecount
:
OF thie x Lsive 1
pachine ry
10:8
DECYsBary
in the construet
mile wiil |
ves than 3
{no township in Centre «¢ ounty
ford to build but a very «mall
In
CRD
of is roads under this system deed,
BOL Oe Hmi~
7
| +
out of five townships
i
| der state supervision,
Taxpayers «should carefully examine
{the Bproul road law in connse ion
| with the specifications printed hers
ther the
stale sid in road build-
and decide wh or not y CAD
| aflod te
in
vit
{ing.
¢
The contractor is to furnish all labor,
3
materials, tools and “ry
machit
d
cution of the provisions of these speci-
Lie Ce Re
3
sary lo the prompt ar efficient exe
fications ; all work to be done to the
satisfac f the State Higl WHY
Commission
Wi
i
0
The
the
is Ri UTrawiligs=
p
fighw ay I part
t of these ¥ je ifleation
| be followed with
Hor
FA Uy i
In os
and i
11 ast
specially au
State High
WAY { intuissioner
discrepancy betwern nl
#
0 #4 e
ured dimensic
gOVern
gradi
fii
“ ere
wi
Bil Cas
¢ fool in depth,
sited
dep
ceeding «
urement
ti
re fil
other « The g
form pl
Highway Commissioner
I
Necessary
across the en
lirse
fo slakes
seed
direction, hie
§
£0
the material
required fille
The complete grade is to
one-half
the centre
slope of ine to one neh to
ithe
fons
fo the sides,
fhe
side road is
L from
y Lhe pe reetiiage of
rosd, and ti
ie
othe surface grade of the
i roadbed, that an unp-
bir ken slope shall
the
On ¢ ither side,
i
be presented from |
centre to the shoulders or ditches |
rock be
eight inches below !
stuirface line of the
Rock used in filling must |
In the rock cuts the must
| blasted out at Jeust
{the finished grade |
{ of the road
not vine within inches
stirface line of the
must not be allowed
he eight
finished grade, and |
fo pest, but must
be distributed #0 as to avoid pockets,
4. SLOPES
earth must be one
| foot horizontal to one foot vertical : in
Blopes in solid
{aand or lonm, one and a half feet hori-
izont dl to one foot vertical ; in hard
foot horizontal to one
foot vertical ; in rock, one foot hori-
zontal to six feet vertical. Where
slopes are liable to be washed they
shall be protected by riprap.
ROADBED
The graded roadbed must be rolled
until firm with a roller weighing not
less than 12,000 pounds nor more than
20.000 pounds, Any depressions form-
ed under such rolling must be filled
and rolled again, until the sub-grade
presents a uniform appearance aud ja
identical in form with the cross section
of the road when finished. All pro-
Jeeting stones to be removed from old
roadbed,
shale, one-half
¥.
6, MACADAM,
Only good solid stone shall be used
in macadamiziog. On the prepared
roadbed shall be placed the bottom
course, extending nine feet on each
side of the centre line, and composed
of stone not larger than three-fourth
inch and inch and a half mixed. After
being evenly spread, the course shall
be thoroughly rolled with the roller
hereinbefore specified until wone of
the stone move under the roller. The
bottom course must be five inches
deep after rolling,
“)
AY, MARCH
)
{inch thick, and composed of roel
[in diameter, It shall be applied dry
| uiternate applications of water and roll-
ft + '
{ing until finally completed, when the
ance and conform to the shape and
grade fixed by these specifications and
the accompanying plave,
Inall rolling the roller
{ from the side lines
the
by the
work toward
directed
Commis
| Wise HBiate Highway
SiOHer
CULVERTS
ID DRAINS
Calverts and to |
laid ut the
drains be built op
feet
POLLIEE
i
designated oy 1
aud in the
he plane,
N ’ ’
NO stone oo be used in
building
walls of culverts
Fine
wing walls, of |
incl width
§
lwely
than three eig
{inches and length @
| stone to be well ided,
{ be set on edge, Ou
vere n
cetuent and two
“ri slones to
sents, and edges ut
80 ms to fit tightly together,
1
Gutter t soustructed
All
hes
8 to oe in con-
ormity with plans gutters shall
wide at
I8 ine the
less than
with an even grade, with no
' earth jel bot.
All cobble gutters shall be wade
i
gest dintielers
tom.
{ . y well | iy §
irom sions well bedded in sand «
34
gravel, laid with the I
i
Iammed into
i
arallel with the ro
simi Me
8 RISRIFRESE
A
I
Highway
eXire
¢
8 BU 1
a price
3
1K is done
Highways
be flusl in sll mat-
construc ion of
Lo prop
Any damage 1
¢ is suthe writing by
ate Hig
hway Commissioner,
r contresctor is
fins
fi
to keep the jo
f
i §
i romd ¢
months from
Higl
repair for the period «
its eplance by bi
Mints way Lommissioner
itten approval snd ard
State Highway Com.
>
LOCALS
} 1.
ls
¥
Miss
Was
C
wring has sprung
f
i
Emilie Alexander, of Tyrone,
noe «
Pp
ing, shoves,
Fhe
ver Sunday,
Long, headquarters for eloth-
dry gnods and notions
be
Lutheran church Eas
sun-rise prayermeeting will
D. C. Runkle, of Pittsburg,
«hipped his seco
to Pittsburg,
plug"
J. A
Tuesday
d car load of horses |
he stock varied from a |
tos first-class draft horse
the
ranges
The late
patieros of the Red Cross stoves are
decidedly pretty.
hand
and
Reesman has
cook
on
stoves
Mrs. Sarah Kamp and son Bruce, of
Lock Haven, were guests of the Rhone
family last week, and assisted them to
move to their new home recently pur-
chased in Centre Hall,
The Eastern of the Re
formed church will rais- $4000 for spe-
cial mission work in China. The Cen.
tre Hall congregation, 8B nday, will
lift a collection for that purpose.
Mra. W. H Bebuyler and Mrs. G. O,
Benner are attending the sessions of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So-
ciety of the Presbyterian church in Al-
toons. The convention opened Wed-
nesday and closes today (Thursday.)
The National Magazine for April is
proof that a good stout “shake-up”
sometimes does a lot of good. The
National's plant at 41 West First
street, Boston, burned in February
The March number had to be made all
over in a dozen different shops,
Synod
The three great topics in the news of
the past month,-~the Northern Secu.
rities decision, the first steps in the
construction of the Panama Canal,
and the progress of the war in the far
East, are comprehensively treated in
th Review of Heviews for April. In
addition to the editorial summaries,
Mr. Waiter Wellman sketches the pers
sonnel of the Isthmian Canal Commie
The finishing course shall be one
sion, which has just sailed for Panama,
“Nobody Asked You, Sir,” she Said
1 hough (fove
| the
| Beneh soon
Executive chair to the Bupreme
after the death
| McCollum had created a vacaney, and
| though he made a formal announce-
ment of his candidacy as long ago as
December 8, after having provided for
{an ad interim
occupancy that would
not interfere with his nomination,
{ there has been no response to his naive
s
iE
I Not a deleg
Ev
iressed another
iroposal at the hands of his
party.
been instrueted for
ate has
{ him en his own
has ex-
Like the
nursery jingle,
i county
fire ference
1
!
is]
I dire
ft
Ly
arty
milkmaid in the
has beer
Phere has not been wanting, besides
this indirect testimony of popularave
, Lh irect i
: disapproval
f Mr. Lymai
stop-gap app
Justice Brown,
TIE
epl “a
iwrotest of
tr
BlikWwer
i © Kg
arned and
4
i
ut Governor Pe
ker, steeped io his own self-coneeit,
|
makes no asuswer to the general demur.
He rests on the assurance
© that Benator
ay will
of
noming him and tha
Pennsyiva
ir own desires,
nia, setting aside
Ww i
Wil
tien Of
and the enjoyment
bis
y¥
substantially saved his
Own Executive act
pba bil y
other public
ruor Penn
t, chairman |
Of- |
1a
on Post
slrenu-
i
i
i
, Who
ees
i pol
Dey
of Ber
insisted
thei
t Office srs
ra |
aiready been
Post OfMce |
asialesman
iis inoppor-
*ronident
if
decree | ation
§
i
|
. {
wr 4 i
i
Ki
cf
ti
11 1
miliions public
thout consulting pe
repre-
tives of the people? Phere
p
| 1 rate
er adequate
Sells
wh
boel
RE
ive nO renson vi
neress should be desirous of je
i
advance
r its functions month
sual time of sdjouroment
ay - -
to Walter Wellman, in
President
of
; quis blar-
adeiphia Press,
{ bas quit making a goose
White House
neying ; quit “hollering’’ at
quit quit meddling
with the White House servants’ work,
tomfoolery and
taken up the work of ruaking pension
him the next
presidential campaign,
himsell in the
callers ;
being strenuous;
He hasquit all this
laws to strengthen in
AM sit,
A little detachment of United States
troops has made short work of the new
“Filipino Republic’ by killing Presi-
dent Bakay soa Riieen of his adberenta
and capturing the remainder. As usual,
the report of the encounter is accom pa-
nied by the addendum: “No losses
on the American side.”
i —
There is much indignation in Cone
President Roosevelt has
dared to usurp legislative powers in his
late pension order, Yet this is noth
ing new or strange. Impe ialism had
its rise in Rome when the Senate aban.
doned its functions to a Marius, a Sul-
In and a Caesar,
AA AY.
According to the imperialists it is ab.
solutely necessary to have a great navy
in order to protect the Philippines, and
it is necessary to hold the Philippines
in order to have a great navy,
mith
MeClare's for April is fairly stun-
ning in its effect. The first of a series
of articles on “The Enemies of the Re-
publie,”” by Lincoln Steffens, which
will consider the misgovernment of
states, takes up Missouri amd gives the
reader a shock he will not soon forget,
It is nlmost paralyzing in its relentless
array of fact and logic conesruing cor.
ruption as a custom, n system, a revo-
lution in government,
gress becatise
|
(TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
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HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS,
Bpiritualistic mediums are
ing spring styles in raps
1
'
advertise
Byduoney Poorman now
yf
}4
Sparr farm, east of Cer
Ex-B
wimer Ishler,
eriff (
DOW resides
¥
vr
yi
mB
ily are
having moved Thurs
Dr. B.
f
2 i1
wiiel
(reorge K
te tole .
W. Feidt, of
ceed Dr. Klun
If vour paper does
’
Lis
vy
Dr
iii EU
i
{YO ir new home,
Many
Oak
Hall
National Se I
. nl
f
fe
I'he first t
learfield
accider
{
iret
fal
he lad
Lewistown of
submitting t
yosition |
week,
Pittsburg ab
E
gene Stamm
her with a
slaves, tun
PRS EL
Dried
i
AnkKment
, Was a pa
onday mori
He!
fe
urg Jaa
gh 1€
r
lumber firm
terested
Messrs
yd R
Lirelr
returned to
£
Mor
bs
A.
Ss
'
i
¥
Lime at ioriner
Lito
are employed by svivania
Ie
md company
aholder,
+ :
remembered ed th
e
Bruce = ¢
fowa,
Mrs,
npanied
Lingle
Lingle,
* §
f
he stock
who pays
and fat-
loads of
Ab
was fattened by Mr,
gE Jarl As
Chicago. at e-third of t
Livg
special attention to growit
tening eattle,
01
Hy
George Bradford, one
titer town-
r the
of the
con-
ship's supervisors, was
other morning. He wil
busy men the coming su
ducting one of the
farms in this section
full part of a supervisor,
equal to the occasion,
11
ii€
Ex HE
miner,
4
im productive
ing the
will be
and de
Samuel Harmon, Loganton,
while rolling logs, fell down a steep
hill at Pleasant Point, cutting an ugly
gash in his face and breaking his pose.
Dr. Bickell found it pecessary to take
seven stitches to close the wound. The
week previous his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Jesse Harmon, fell the and
broke her right arm in two places.
Messrs. Jonas and J. R. Bible, of
near Potters Mille, were among the
callers at this office Saturday, and both
for the purpose of advancing the la-
bels on their newspaper. It seems to
run in the Bible connection to make
prompt payment of newspaper sub.
scriptions for there are just a half doz.
en Reporter readers by that name re-
called by the writer, and none of them
need be ashamed to look into the ed-
itor's face,
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Goodhart
were tendered a reception Thursday
evening by the parents of the groom —
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Goodhart, at
Centre Hill. The guests were receive
ed so cor tially and served with such
an elaborate spread that the oocssdon
will be remembered after many simi
lar aflnirs have long been forgotten,
It was a case of being entertained at
the Goodbart home, which must be
experienced to be rightly appreciated.
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