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¢ ZiNTRE COUNTY
IN THE CIVIL WAR,
+ 13th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
1. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 148th
ilegiment, P. V,
To be Continued |
IAPTER VII, SIEGE OF RICHMOND
{ On the picket line. ]
But moruing, Dec.
again them down,
everything and
next
tore
1st,
packed up
marched about obs
mile to the right of Fort McMahon, to
Fort Bampson, where the left wing
our regiment, comprising companies
HA Nui up LQG? and “RK.
Uspt. Reinhart of Co “D" was
garrison Fort
right wing, comprising companies
np aAapRuE Tel. and i.»
Capt. James F. Weaver, of Co
wus sent to garrison Fort Gregg
the right,
Fort Sampson ; both small, |
dee pl
:
under
left
Sampson, while
ab
hail a mile to or o
rth
ut
forts, of six guus each, ly ditched ; |
sn wide, stroug top twenty
f +t above the bottom of t
parapet,
ne diteh
i
timbered Hports,” fine des i
» INsgazi y |
_ii po
but vo “*bomb-proofs.
were further protected by
well wired, snd a
I'his
d comparatively lig
« the 145th, on
©
“abatis ”’ of |
#ysieln
stake wires was anu advavce
ht par
“_ Aan aoe
“sinying’’ qualities io t and the |
attle,
grand repeating rifles we carried, was
ordered to garrison, and hold thee
foris, come what may
J Lis was the greatest favor vet
lowed to our regiment. Our ds
OLE
were light and pleasant $
tl
gn
re would be no attack in f
of our li Bu
nek, as expects made,
ores
tis part PR had
= s Deeg
FP. ald
fight of their lives here ;
nusy ivavoisg have had
it did not
out
cyue, aud we bad an easy time
every alarm or uproar,
our fort
day or 1
we wonld rush into
texdy for any aud ali comers,
I'ne boys again went to work build-
ing
young !
axer, aud the fifth winter camp uprose |
to shelter the Regiment. One
streperous’’ tree would not fall the way |
winter quarters ;
pines disappeared before our
i
“ob |
it was intended but crashed down
hie tenia fall the
was knocked down to the log
on
of soldiers ; Canvas |
walls, a |
few feel high, on which it stopped, do-|
ing uo
gave a shout for good luck. i
narm to apy one, aud the boys |
Dec. Bil, 1864, was a day of unrest
aud uneesrtainty ; all the troops around
us vere under wsrching orders, and
packed up. The 148ih had no orders,
being fort garrisons, At o'clock
in the night we were routed out and
ordered to tear down our winter quar.
ters, and form a camp a few hundred
feet to the rear; the night was pitch
dik, cold and threateniug, and we
thought we heard some swearing
among the men, who could not under-
stand why this change of camp could
not be made io daytime, But we made
muy moves during the war, that
were inecomprehensibly foolish ; bul
there was only one thing to do, and
that was to obey ; 80 we tore down our
tents, packed up ss if we expected to
march out of “Dixie.”
We moved back a little distance
and lay on the ground-and waited the
coming of day, Dec. Oth, and with it
came heavy, cold rain, in which we
worked sll day, building new huts;
we had a hard day, sonked wet and
covered with mud ; but, as night set
in, we again moved into our tents,
while the troops all around us, who
had marching orders, moved out ong
campaign down the Weldon RR. just
fen
and
in the
of the
weakened condition of our lines io the
remained on garrison duty,
men were almost constantly
forts and trenches, by reason
absence of six divisions, away on the
Weldon R. R
Warren.
Asn stated, these troops started out of |
| eamp on the evening of Dee. 9th, and |
had a dreadful experience in rain, |
anow, and cold weather, in what is |
known as Warren's Campaign against
{the Welton R. R., of will
give a brief sketeh, as it affected
the 148th.
| Scouts had long reported the enemy
which we
also
at work on a branch RB. R. connecting
the Weldon aud
this brane!
South
t last
had
ide Railroads ;
finished and
full
Was un
| the Confederates the
| ¢ f the Weldor
| had before our forces captured
it
1 Campaign and battle.
View Lo
permanent destrue- |
|
this line of communication and |
for the Confederate Army, Gen
of Iufant-|
twenty tive
the evening
1864) and captured on the
y Stony Creek Station,
| twenty-five miles south of Petersburg,
| the junetion of the Weldon the
road, and destroyed an
with six Divisions
bh artillery, about
th
i
i of Dec
| following day
oussndag men, =#t oul
in
iT h,
and
| new branch
[ ime nee amount of supplies, and took
[the entire garrison prisoners ; tore up
the tracks and the for fif-
station, where
burnt ties
| !
{teen miles below the
{the enemy was met in foros.
i
Having
the object of the
returned with
accomplished
iu ly
campaign, L.e many
prisoners, having mel but slight re.
to his advance,
This campaign lasted a week, during
all of which the great snow
| storm continued, and ended on the
{dav of the return to camp.
Io the absence of these tro ps, our
ie was very weak ; light
sin the forts, and barely men
ugh for & heavy picket line ; while
‘tivity of the enemy in our front,
$ +
1aCK
part of the li
elit
al ; we Kept constant
the forts, |
| abutis were repaired and
works
reoeive them
strengthened ; stockade were |
, and we were under arms, in |
nehes, day and uvight in snow, |
mid i
— i
Transfer of ral Estate
to Philip L.
id in
$ong Z-1
Bellefonte
H E
Spring
Harter, |
twp
fer, ot. bar., to Michael |
1904, land in Boggs |
Arner, « , to Hettie C,
land in Potter
ul
Bi, 1904
er to George B. Waite, i
$584
church, Jan. |
$600 |
, et. ux.. to Robt. i
i
10M, two tracts
n Miles twp
M.E
efontle
i
ot
st. bar., to Hannah |
MH,
land in Rebers-|
Musser, of Andrew
, March 21, 1904, land in Spriog
$1500
P
Weiss, et
ux , to
Mills
Kdward MeCormick, et. al, to]
al , March 1, 1904, |
un Philipsburg—$500.
Irwin $lanchard, et. al, to
H. Yearick March 28, 1004,
land in Marion twp —$4600
E Foreman, et. bar., to Jen-
nie B. Lingle, March 23, 1904, land in
Potter twp. —$100
James M., Moyer, et. ux, to A. B
Live, March 25, 1904, two tracts of land
in Potter twp. —$1200.
John Thomas Scholl to Levi Stump,
March 18, 1904, three tracts of land in
Miles twp $900,
Frank L. Black, et. ux., to Wm
Corl, April 8, 194, land io
twp. $6200
Adam H Vonada, et, ux., to J. A
Yearick, March 28 1904, 72 acres in
Walker twp. —$1400
Mrs. Debbrie Gebr to
Steele, Feb,
twp. $325.
Heury Yearick’s exr. to John W.
Yearick, April 4, 1904, land in Marion
twp. $3,300,
David F. Rimey, et. ux., to Edward
T. Cole, April 4, 1904, land in Spring
twp. $087
Mary Markle, et, bar, to Wm.
Myers, March 8, 1004, land in Harris
twp. $600.
Wi. Tressler, et, ux. to James H,
Holmes, Br, April 1, 1904, three tracts
of land in College and Ferguson twps
~$1100,
J. B. Irish, ot ux, to Jennie E
SBuyder, March 20, 1904, land in Phil
and i
Anil
Nathaniel
ie
Eran
K.
Ferguson
Mrs. A. B.
al
er
as night set in, snd the rain was
changing to snow. Next morning,
Dc. 10th, the snow was three inche
deep ; on the 11th, there was a col
rain mixed with snow ; blew up ver
cold in the evening, snd remuived s
to the 16th,
Duriug this inclement spell the 18h
prburg—$800.
“Samuel Huston's exr to David
Keller, March 26, 1904, 199 acres,
perches, in Potter twp, $0600,
Peter Breon's heirs to Geo. KE. Brian, |
March 80, 1004, laud In Potter twp,
wo,
ELITYLE MEN OF THY. EAST,
How such an undersized race as Lhe
9.30 Devotional Exercises. Conducted
Enrollment of Deleg:
Appointment of Committees,
Discussion,
by Rev. S. Schmidt, Be
i Adjournment.
WEDNESDAY
2. Devotional Exercises A
i iscusst
i Centre
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1
OrK
Forward Movements
awrence,
ENGINEER NOLAN KILLED
At State College —Ralied Hetweon Tender
and station Piatform
Jerry L. Nolan
te hospital
died at the Belle
fore h F
fon Friday morning fr
Fbursday evening s
State College
Mr. Nolan,
charge of the afternoon
who was the engineer
yeumeniger trait
i. ha
d
fhe
on the Bellefonte Central railroae
nt
just pulled into the Sigte (°F
Mi
meding the
i
a
iege
and whil
they were unl seenery bee
t »
Fhespians he got down
he
ie, a thing
he had done huodreds of times bef
He w
gine and
re
as stand.
ing between the on tion
platform when ia order to facilitate the
unloading tt signal was
Mr
tender
¥
1¢ SOBNerY A
ahead,
Nolan was caught t
f
tween jo
of the engiae and the platform rolling
DOyY along inti £ ius and of th
ie
His
badly = jueezed and fiinspine
platform was reached Body was
fractured
board the train sand
t once taken
He was placed on
f
brought to Bellefonte and a
g
to the hospital where every a'tent
Aithough
retained ¢
on
possible was given him
great gain he
ae
sciousness until
Mr. Nolan
Works, and was aged fifty-seven years,
He followed
years
the end.
was born at Curtin’s
railroading for thirty-six
AAA
Uncle Tom's Cabin,
William A Brady's all star
tion of “Uncle Fom's
the attraction at the
Opera House, Philadelphia
engagement beginning Monday, April
25th. The play will, in fact, be pro-
duced in Philadelphia, and will, later
on, be taken to New York for an in-
definite ran. It will
with a tremendous cast of prominent
stars, and will be superbly mounted,
The old plantation atmosphere of the
great anti-slavery classic will be pre
served, and heigh'ened by the iotro-
duction of two hundred jubilee singers.
The sale of seats openasd on Tues.
day, April 1h, and judging from the
pumber of mail orders roceived, the
big spectacle will stir the theatrical at-
mosphere of Puiladelphia as it has not
been stirred for many a long day.
produc
Cabin’ will be
Chestuut Street |
for a brief |
be presented
pi ———
Birthday Varty,
A birthday party was beld at the
home of Mrs. J. A. Armstrong, Thurs- |
day evening, April 14th. Those pres |
ent were, Mr. and Mra. W, H. Meyer, |
Mr. and Mrs. Jolin Paft, Mr. and Mrs. |
W. A. Bandoe, Mr. and Mrs. Joe, Lutz, |
Miss Annie Lohr, Miss Helen Barthols
omew, C, D. Bartholomew, Mra, Har.
ry Kreamer, Mra. Mame Miller, Mrs
Mnyder, Mra, Frank Shutt and daugh-
ter, Mra. Mick Miller, Clymer Mo- |
Clerhan, Miss Rebecon Moyer, Annie
Lutz, Margaret Jacobs, Helen Sandoe,
Nion snyder, Roy Puff, Andrew Mil
ler, Verna Neachood, Mr, and Mrs, W,
H Runkle, Elmer Runkle, Mrs. G. M,
Boal, Mr, and Mrs, George Nearhood,
Rebweon Snyder, Grace, Harry and
red Armstrong, J. A. Armstrong,
Grandmother Nearhood, Wm, SBhuti,
Grandfather Lohr,
ls i A A AITO ROIS.
A Ugh wen wekvih a loose tongue, *
MORNING
by Rev. Walter Harnish, Lemont
aim to accomplish ?
Discussion,
Opened
General
AFTERNOON
de of extraordinary feats of strengti
und endurance has been
a subject of
The
| Jupnnese themselves, according to s
| writer in the London ‘Lancet,’ at-
{tribute their physical
{ wonder and much discussion,
strength to a
{ plain and frugal diet, and a system of
| gymupastics, which includes know.
| ledge of anatomy and of the external
{ and internal uses of water, The aver-
| age of health in Japan je
{ much higher than that in Chioa, al-
a
| standard
, Johnsonburg
Cork, (Heneral He«
LETTER FROM OKLAHOMA.
S.J, Krader Writes News of Interest from
Mountain View, Okishoma.
Sines the big hurricane which caused
uch destruction, we have
i storms bout of
eR
" three days out
0 ean hardly go out,
and sand is 80 thick we
lL see twenty rods,
tind a «torm of wind sod hail which
destroyed and carried ofl out houses,
hay stacks, an
{ the
Indisus are buying
und,
or
Kr
aud cot drills
put
forty
On
A
[ eotis oul
is will be
ran increase of
it
much of the wheat will be plowed
per
probable that
ug
The
snow and
aver iast is
year
instead,
of
aud cotion planted
wheal sulfered for want
rain during the winter. BSipce
id too much vou might have shared
Fills us We did hav
¢ a lovely winter
hid we are getting our bad
OW, Plums, peaches,
frozen,
apples,
cherries are all Grapes
escape if we have a change goon
Nearly.every one in our
hood had the measles
when eight old,
with a
Here “sheaf”
iittie I know of came
fig had them years
I was treated
' ten is scarce,
East
They drink bot lemonade
and maple sugar.
he from
Oklahoma,
Hens nests are made of colton
Our neighbor has two hundred chicks
and sixteen sitting hens, [I will send
The black
evergreen
’
you the seeds I spoke of,
fine
The others are ‘pie melons’
seeds will produce
plants,
Fhey make a first-clgss “apple butter.”
I'ry it next fall and put the recipe in
the Reporter,
This isa healthful climate and
have the best of health.
The Kiawa Iodians say they never
had measles nor cockle-burs, nor any
bad things until the white men came.
They say the devil has followed the
white men and women and brought
all these pests. The sand-burs they
hate worst because they must buy
shoes,
1
es Mf A ——————
Churehh Qets a Gold Mine,
News comes from Chicago that a
Board of Arbitration has just decided
that when a missionary is sent out by
a church to save souls and incidentally
finds a gold mine which he partly de-
velops with church funds the mine be-
longs to the church. The missionary
is P. H Anderson. While in Alaska
two E«quimaux showed him the min
He stopped preaching and began dig-
ging gold,
I'he arbitrators farther command
Mr. Anderson to turn over to the mis-
from the working of the mine since
1898, and also rendered judgment for
$26.000 against C, W. Johason, of the
White Star Mining Company. The
Kvangelical Lutheran church is the
organization to which Mr. Anderson
must turn over his mine,
—————— A ——————
The poor little spriug germ is wale
ing to be thawed out,
The colored cook sometitads has
black aunts fu ber kiwvben.
er race, The Japanese have been in-
this
for themselves, and several s
vesligating interesting question
“nrs ago
bad a government commission to eon-
sider whether by a meat diet or other
means the stature of the race
This
could be
raised. was a novel
idea, and
The
by this commis
{in all matters of self-help. con
{ clusion was reached
sion that the Japanese were dol 1g very
that
made them superior to other races tall-
Water the
great remedial agency io Japan. The
a Lest
The
com -
vell, and their enduring powers
than themselves, is
{ use of Lhe bath is frequent and
and
fof advancement progress,
{
| nee of meat from their diet,
| bined with the use of plenty of water,
{ is hield to account for their immunity
iy
i from disease,
The diet of the Japanese soldiers i»
| very simple and frugal
iat of
compared with
the Russians or the Eoglish
cans, Rice is the staple ar-
| ticle at their homes, and in campaign-
ig is the food of t soldiers, with
he
othe r vegelatl les and frit that are ob-
{ tainable. They are temperate as U
well as io the uw
but not toils ab
inenoe se ohiservers attrib
lute their ion of health and
{slrength, the accompaniment of
baiatce and happiness, to
i babits of
i ¢
! good men
| the ingraiue temperance
i
that obtain with all e W
IRE
s < t.4 .e
rich « Wy fe Wor can g
| sechio Japanese in 1
i
i
is Pes
—— —
fleet in pre
in the
inlimaled
{t American
A maguificen
paring fora lo summer cryise
{ Mediterranean ea. it is
|
: wel
hold
cerisin
bat a portion of the will be
iwrader Lo
{into Turkish
Hil lment of
bouid there be
th
miaiter 7
Ad-
for in.
14
Roosevel
d the
inistration be always ses
Liou! Uneasy
ning
sational mo plications in SOLE
ert
quarter of the glob There was truth
in Be
bw his
irtke Cockran's sarcssm that
Ce nstitational
Presi
There would be war
isthmus of
Colombia
le gress has the oo
| privilege of declaring war, the
dent makes War
on both shores of Lhe
fthe
I were not too feebl
i HOW
Republic of
fight.
{ Panama
President Roose.
A. Rii
i%
fiver
ography of
J aeol
finarily serve all the purposes of
CRIN paign handbook, bu
surrenders
ibe t
it riti:n LY would
on
General
Grosvenor, of Ohio to no
i man, and =o comes along with a biog-
| raph of President fills
| twenty-eight pages of the Congression-
al Record, and tells the story of the
distinguished man from the cradle up
to this year which will either elect
him to the Presidency or briog him to
his political grave ; and it cost neither
the President nor Geueral Grosvenor a
cent for the typesetting.
ssi MP
Aaronsburg,
Walter and Jennie Rupp are visiting
their brother John, at State College,
Mrs. Maria Weaver, of Unionville,
spent a day last week with Mrs,
sSwabb,
Mise Mame Kahl, of Greenburr,
spent Sunday with her friend, Blanche
Weaver,
W. CC. Mingle is the only student
from this place attending Prof, Neffs
school at Millheim.
Mrs. Kizzle S8wabb returned home
after a few days visit with her sister,
Mra. Sadie Wolfe,
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Weaver, of
Penns Cave, visited at the home of
Jesse Wert over Sunday.
Harry Sauers and Joe. Harvey, of
State College, were the welcome guests
of Hettie Smull and Theo Acker,
Auna Bower, of State College, was
the guest of her grandmother Bower
on Friday returning again on Satur
day.
Mrs. Minnie Adams and children,
of state College, spent a few days with
Mra. Adams’ parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Ewanuel Cronmiller,
AU 5 MM AP RATAN.
Painting and Paper Hanging.
The undersigne ', who was. employ.
ed for four years with 8. 1H, Williams,
Bellefonte, is ready to doall Kinds of
h use painting and paper hanging.
tall at Milton Kline's, three miles
south of Centre Hall. ;
C. SMa,
April 7, 004, ft Helly Pe.
the which
NO. 16,
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS,
Potatoes are worth one dollar in’the
local markets,
= T. F.. Meyer is remodeling his dwell-
ing at Millheim
The county commissioners will sit,
to hear appeals, at Old Fort Hotel, to-
day (Thureday.)
Bsmuel McCoy is mana 4
a)
near Eagle Hotel, between We
gin
farm
«tL Ches-
a
ter and Philadelphia,
riod ir 4 I$ § all tis
Speak weil, at all Irié of
your
far your
town. You never know how
expressions may be carr
The Centre
deavor convention will meet in
County ( En-
Centre
ian
Hall about the last week in August,
Mr. and Mrs. John Breo
Mills, visited their
Harry Fye, for several day
of Bpring
daughter, Mrs,
# last week,
Keg,
few
erected
NB, Kline Woodring,
the sur .ey for
that is to
Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Von
recently moved to Coburn
i= making
the bridge
be Grove
who
near
their
ads,
from
» s Yer ny p 1 3
Peun’s Cave, are delighted
with
new home,
Sell & Hooper's hor
hein,
ed.
i
Ri
se sale, at Mill-
Gs €X} CO
flesh
asl saturday was not
as the horses
were | in
quality.
John
county Friday moruis
Randers lef for Clearfield
He hes tak.
en a acl Lo saw lath « Lhe
largest mills in that regio
Samuel Weber, of B
1
ther J
panied by his brot
of Centre Hall, was a
irter offi
ing.
Assessor George W
Fri ay,
would this week oo
to
caller and
duties
pertainiog the
HEROES
tment,
The
interest to
Ouk Hall
Nati
a catalogue
dairyman his
of
the
Maslin man,
hts
tation for
isl Separator. to him for
sf
i.
rol
ra
Mot
+d west, the objectis
Messrs, Edwa Fel
start-
g oi.
secure
al,
f Aasronsbarg,
Louis, t is their
employment in that city
Bruce E. Runkle, sonofJ
le, of this place, is now in
he
He is employed by his
Hugh R Or-
Ruok-
which Blate went tw
more ago.
srand-uncle,
angeville
John Durst,
Who lives )
formerly owned by his une
©
farm
Hirsm
the oth-
It is seldom bh mes to Cen-
for
DUs-
Durst, deceased, was in tows
er day
tre Hall, may
granted that he had some
aud it be taken
Bp ial
ness here,
J. College
faculty, having secured s year's leave
A. Fries, one of the
Slate
of absence for study in Europe, left for
iration-
is carried on. Dur-
ing his absence he will make a visit to
his former home in Sweden.
Bonn, Germany, where
calorimeter work
Test
t
Dale Patton, who has been a terror
Valley, Mifflin
county, for several years, was seuntenc-
ed to four and one-half years in the
Western Penitentiary by Judge
Woods, of Lewistown, He broke down
and cried like a child.
to the people of Big
Au attempt was made to burglarige
D. J. Neiman’s clothing store at Mili-
heim last week by boring out the lock
and prying the door open, but failed,
Fhe business men therd have their
guue loaded, and are ready to gives
warm reception to the one who makes
the next attempt.
Rev. J. M. Rearick filled the ap-
poiolments in a vacant Lutheran
charge in Lycoming county, ove of
the appointments being in Monigom-
ery. Montgomery isa briek manufac-
turing town of a little over one thous.
and inhabitants, and is surrounded by
a rich agricultural district, which is
dotted by Lutheran churches,
Messrs. Samuel Decker, of Belle.
fonte, and Henry Strouse, of Zion,
were callers at this office on their re-
turn from Penn Hall, where they at-
tended the appraisement of the person «
al property of Matilda Strouse, de-
cessed Bale of said personal property,
together with personal property of
Charles Strouse, will be held one mile
north of Penn Hall, Saturday, 28rd
inst, 1 p. m.
It is with pleasure that the Reporter
refers to the popularity of Dr. Me-
Claney Radcliffe, of Philadelphia, as
an eye and ear specialist, He is chief
operating surgeon at the Will's Eye
and Ear Hospital and at his home of
fice, 711 North Sixteenth street, treats
a large number of patients, The ex-
tent of his practice was demonstrated
to the writer Saturday morning, when,
during a brief call at his office, twenty
odd persons presented themselves for
wxewiputiva.