VOL. LXXVII.
C5“NTRE COUNTY
IN THE CIVIL WAR,
118th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
19, 1904. NO. 20.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS oF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
MAY
NORTHERN CONFERENCE
Of the Central Penn's Synod of the Ev. Lutheran Church will
Meet at Tusseyville, May 23-25,
W\ Eg CENTRE HALL, PA., THURSDAY.
wait ing, and fully Ministers Pass Resolutions,
to try issues with
willing once more
the enemy. This] From the Pottsville Evening Chronicle, May 2
maintained all after-
came, and quiet had
reigned for hours: the signs of battle
had all disappeared and the troops re-
condition was The Schuylkill Ministerial
Association held an enthusiastic meet-
ing this morning in the parlors of the
Second Presbyterian chureh in Gar-
County
noon
night
7. P
ilegiment
Meyer, Sergeant Co, A., 148th
PV.
[To be Continued |
CHAPTER VII. SIEGE OF RICHMOND
By noon we had quite a dam, which
filled
depth,
to about five
rapidly
whep, suddenly the structure
there
“regret,” 1
sailed down the gully were
some ol
loud expressions
think that is what they were
There were several Jefferson county
rraen io the detail. who had ex-
in ‘splash
offered
lumbe
dam’ building,
plaus
«, which I sccepted, and a new
perience
and they some ble sug-
gesiin
dam was built, which was tol
eR dam,
out it, now
ward the Ap-
sight :
good and strong dam ; too,
«1 down the gully t
It
put the men ejaculated w
nove
pomattox river. was a fine
icked words
all
covered
wagh.
It rained all day, and we were
‘to the hide,”” and
niud, and mad clear thr
f 1
sOVE food]
with
I'lie men began to mumble and won-
der why this work must be done in
Pp
n i+
BN)
auriog rain, when every ravine had
hing torrent, which ret dered the
of dams nex
I gaia ; UU
marched
Weaver’
eported : LB
and bu
ding
Full in, men !
did, and I
to Col i
# head
dua
Well
1
1.
quarter
the trene
done,
did
8 i 1
IRI
ana r we 4
i
Moy By
the dam. ser-
Fhe
mn
geant, dismiss the me i
nex:
i said,
'
"i
morning the Cold
"i Sergeant, ths LOOK out
vour dam last night, rised,
3
surpr
siong
yoattox River
lines were situated, is very
much
en by impassable swamps,
deep ravines, through which small
streams flow
In order to strengthen our line of
works, the slopes of the hills were
streaked with intrenchments, |
hills
Ireast-
works, and “abatis.” The Were
crowned with forts, which were
sur-
deep ditel
further prot
wile,
rounded with
Rpproacties
staked
ystems of
high ; the streams in the
dd -mmed, so that the ra
of
ravines were
vines stood full
feet deep
tery
ten Pp.
water, frcm three to
Jan. 11,
weather
thirty bh
torrents,
surrounded and flooded with mud
indescribable ;
were formed ;
flowed, rushing
eight to ten feet deep, occupied the
vines ;
the
for
1865 For several da AV 8
was someth 1g
the
without let up,
awful '
UTS rain came down in
and we were
and
waler
many new
sirens where brooks
formerly
- torrents,
ra-
w hist had been low ground was
covered with w
and had
#iX Ly ¢ t feet
ater,
the
foh
igi
AppeArance
of
deep, a
jake,
These new streams and lakes had
completely cut us off from our base of
supplies, so there was very little
for the 148th. Many of the men had
nothing for several days. [on a few
days conditions improved ; rain ceas-
ed, nud the waters subsided ;
conditions again prevailed,
On Jan, 17th, the 148th was critical.
ly inspected by Capt. Brady, the Bri
ga ie Inspector General ; he reported
the Regt. in first class trim, the best
in the brigade ; so we retained our rep-
utation,
While we were waiting to be die.
missed, a furious fight broke out along
our front, and the 145th “‘doublequick-
ed’! into Fort Cummings, of which it
wa Lhe garrison, and ‘‘took position.”
Tne guns were all double charged with
Yirape and Cavister.”” The gunners
stood by their guos ; lanyards in hand ;
all was in complete readiness. Tutense
excitement prevailed ; we thought the
tirne for the long expected great sortie
of the Confederate arm had come ; if
ao, one of the great battles of the war
wus to take place here. To the right
nud left, as far as we could see, the
forts and trenches were filled with
troops under arms ; while back of us, |
great masses of troops stood ready, in
support; artillery and ambulance |
trains ; stretcher bearers and surgeons;
all the paraphernalia of battle in or- |
der. Fully fifty thousand men in|
sight, and in supporting distance, only '
to eat
normal
tired to their camps back of the works,
On Jan. 18th a detail thirty
men of the 145th ander Capt.
hart, myself in immediate and contin-
uous charge, thoroughly repaired and
of some
improved our fort, (Cummings) which
lamaged by frost and
the
‘patted’’
1
ad been greatly
recent heavy rain; walls were
smoothed with spades
till they like plastered walls
the diteh rurrounding the fort cleaned
out and deepened ; the magazine re-
paired, and the plat.
the top of the parapet
and
looked
bridges and gun
forms planked ;
was rolled even and smooth as a board
ler twelve in
tly
at
with a re diame-
like a
each
and perfectly
inches
made exac
pin, handle
true
true,
er, ten fee! long,
baker's rolling
end,
smooth sud
straight
On Jan. 15th,
» px citement
1865) there was
slong the
forty-five miles
in
and prolonged cheers
A of
fired in honor of |
1
salute
; gun
ort Fisher, near
with
&LOores,
thous-
many prison-
Hockade run-
Ig the nig ht . still
it fell ; ino
field Square. There were present Revs,
Bdéal and Eberwein, of Port
Eisenberger, of BSehuylkill
Haven ; BSnyder, of Minersville;
Dunkle, of New Philadelphia; Whit.
more, Quick, Eastman, Martin, Joues,
Knerr, Buck, Rentz Hall,
Pottsville.
Two
the
Cressona,
dradley,
Carbon ;
and
were elected
J. B.
J. 3.
new members
if Rev.
and Rev.
Port Carbon,
Pr. J. W.
a very able
Method
discussed as
in
persons McKay,
Sands,
of Port (
thie
Joal, srbon,
paper
of Bermonizing.” T
a theme,
nis
to its homiletical
getical fealures
Dr. B
difference
ineepn
by practically every-
one present, al calle
to the 1a bis method
his ministry and st
this day, after he has
in the Lord's
to discover
labored for
His id
truth and then
the
vineyard. ea, he
the
to the
sald, is
present it clearly
people
In vi
minds of
ew of Dr. Boal’'s removal from
the commuuity and the isterial as-
min
sociation, the folilowiog res
was adopted :
Whereas, fi
been one of the 1
cient members of thi
lighting and trueti
as
quent addre a
it,
Resolved, First
profoun i regret of
from
papers and therefore
be
. That we learn
Dr.
and
with
Boal's remov al
RMODE U= the consequent
severance of associati ous which |
16 Ve
| been so delig
Recond,
ial abiiit
scholarship and
a minister of |
Third, That
Boal o
and assure |
iv
and prayers ti
| tended by
(s0d’s provi
| This wa
ley, presid
ined
ioe
fhe 24
hard all
Was
h, when
be remembered
cannonade be-
aries tn
MeGilvery,
the Appomatlox
i south-
Sedgwick
on both |
bundred |
liver, and east of Petersburg,
ud iucluding Fort
ft forts,
left
three
Ward (oa
on ihe
sides,
, about
and probably
: r taking part
it was an unusual- |
inter- |
nor i
where
drawing
the
Fei
tion of the most
thrilling Kind, The
tar shells
Ising nig Lhe air,
passing
t from
m
fall
tering, ning
time in great 1mber
venuii
¢ place of their |
or their sput-
fuses, standing for a
inter- |
Was |
&
+ over the
the forts,
wona
Died
ciuring each
Of the tire
Love
Every smile encountered trial,
Patient tn
he bravely
oma form whose beauty
and care we now deplore
wt and self-denial
u bore
Weeks and months have slowly languished
Hines the griel-crowned, bitter day,
wild and anguished,
must still have sway !
in her lifetime measure
What of woman's joy and pleastire
Ehe for us herself denied ?
Ours the self-blame if we did not
Ours the tears that gush, though did not,
Since mother died!
In the world around ns o'er us
love like mother-love 7
But the tear-rain,
Tempest-like
Dad we
Is there }
Than the love that nursed and bore us
Throts below or burns above
Richer fount, diviner blending,
Holler flame, all else transcending,
Ag if flashed from heaven's high throne?
What, without its fire undying,
What are we but children crying
In deserts lone 7
Comes the consolation gently
That, from heavenly spaces clear,
Still her angel gaze intently
Watches o'er our spirits here;
But the world seems bleak and dreary,
Sad our Hives and weak and weary,
Disposed of friend and guide,
Oh, our lot a void seems only,
And our home Is lonely, lonely,
Hinee mother died.
————— I
Ge
{ Spring
ertainly
hemoey
Leitzell
Dr
nnd Mille, wher
sf
3 uit
sth a
yiath and twenty
held the fo
Hillard,
Portland
one m
Were
by
lowing
Rev, pastor
Mills
ad to the
#
wd
$i
Her
Fein
ree
md
mer of IVihg
mpriog Mills |
mn panied
Heim
atid
re
mains were {ollows
station by Surv
f larga 111
a large nu
f 5
ang
{ t
friends, arrived at
f wr § & &
follow HOE, BN
R
Philadelphis,
Fhursday
her
by |
and
ROT family, and |
hier
id |
Rev
f
Funeral servic he
of the
Royer
husband WWE
deceased,
and Rev,
Interment in
Meclinay, Rev erly
officiating Liberty
cemetery.
Mrs. been in ill bealth
but only within |
| the past few weeks her illness assumed |
{| & serious and f Yet she |
| bore all ber suffering and trouble with
| the patient resignation
christian, Mrs,
Leitzell had
wer six months,
fatal character
of a devoted |
Leitzell was an active |
member of the M. E. for over
half a century, and a faithful teacher |
in the Buunday school for thirty-five
years. With a kind,
charitable disposition
chureh
affectionate and
made the
hosts of friends ;
to aid and comfort the
she
lovely woman with
would
colin
She willingly part with her
last to make poverty smile, to
cheer a sad and desolate home,
Mrs. Leitzell was the daughter of
George and Esther Wallett, of Ickes-
burg, and on the 19th of December,
1867, was married to James W. Leit-
zell, of Bpriog Mills. The fruits of
this union were two children, a daugh-
ter dying in infancy, aud Dr. P. W,
Leitzell, now of Portland Mills, Bhe
was a grandchild of Nicholas Ickes, a
Revolutionary soldier, aud in 18638
just previous to the battle of Gettys-
burg, was herself a Confederate prison-
er for forty-eight hours,
Among those from a distance who
attended the funeral were, Rudolph
Heim and daughter, of Philadelphia ;
Mrs, Susan Fichthorn, of Manorville ;
Mrs, Intire, of Bellefonte ; W. H.
Bartholomew and daughter Helen, of
Centre Hall ; J. H. Leitzell, of Lewis
burg, and Bamuel Leitzell, of Jersey
Bhore,
Me
lnm A fn»
Festival at Spring Mills, .
The members of the United Evan-
gelieal church will hold a festival on
the church lawn, on the evening of
Memorial Day, which all are in
vited. -
Centre Reporter, $1.00 a year,
I
Services
and Bus
burg
Augs!
{olloway,
£. 1
Devotional
Organization
Discussion
4.00 iness.,
10,00 Conte
D.
EVENING,
. Rev. B. R.
Rey, 1. L
M. Sheeder
Stonecypher
MORNING
$k +a Rev. T.
A 11 %4
AiKens
Art. V., Concerning New Obedience
Rev, C.
-When and
I.. McConnell
How. Rev.
Rev... C. H. Haskarl, Ph
D.
TERNOON.
GRAND LODGE
Easton
He
This Week
presentutives
Easton
The Loenl
SAMAR
thi
pa
Shirts
Premiovm brand of
#OIrLs
and
Kreamer & Son's
Rilge all eolors
#, May be seen at
entre Hall
yi
Nounagenarian Has Menslos
Houtz,
of
Mre. Catharine
L
savance d
rif
Mid
years,
attack of
The
lady consider
Rishel, Farmers #,
at the age of ninety
has just vered from an
common, old-fashioned messles,
fislress, is 1
but at present
ood health.
Apt
she n
ir
her usual g
Decision Affecting Life Insurance
An important decision was rendered
Bupreme court which makes
of her hus
band's aithough
life insurance
brother.
jssued,
and
heir.
the insured was a single man
his brother was the only
Both the Blair county
Supreme court reversed the deci
dead, if he had not made sach provis
ion himself while living.
—————
New Mall Serviees,
An additional mail clerk has been |
granted by the Post Office Department
on the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad,
This will make all the trains on this
road mail trains, and will give the
South Side of Centre county a service
that was long desired, but always
denied.
This additional mail service will also
make the rural mail service from
Spring Mills more desirable, since
mail can now be sent to Spring Mills
the several routes the same day,
Return mail to Centre Hall can al
80 be had from all towns in the Valley
along the railroad, including Millheim,
Rebersburg, Madisonburg, Aarons
burg, Boalsburg and State College,
Two additional mall trains have also
been added to the service on the Bald
Eagle Valley railroad, between Tyrone
and Lock Haven,
Even the man who has little may be
with his lot,
Heduced Hates to Atlantic City
the
ths those desiring to
the
t Atl
1 ¢
iw benefit ol
$ £11
i
meeiing
Associatll
tend the of
on antic Cit
Gical
Ad
ademy of
nd «
Mupany
Atlantic (
AMeTiCal
pind
a Railroad C
ion tickets to
in
he Pem
will
ity
of
une 3 a
se
Down-
north of
Newark and
tations on i lines west
Avo
* i r
south of
wiz and ndale,
Ford,
r, Del... a
Windsor,
nd north and east of
and Toms
4
N.J.,
plu
will
River,
ingle fare
id Lrip.
iusive, al rats
0 fe Tickets
y - anid 6,
Atlantic (
lickets will
wr Lhe
June
Ving
tout
good
June
be
. 4
ity +
good
Lt Philadelphia on
rip within limit of June 6,
Philadelphia and Baltimore,
turn trip within the final
point.
5 slop over at
'
al
re
and
on
limit on de
All
fiately «
Armory,
ul stop-ove r
t be deposited imme
Morris Guards’
New Y
Regular excursion tickets
from the
from all intermedi-
City
——————————
Rebersburg.
Luther Frank and wife spent a few
days in Williamsburg last week.
Miss Maude Beck, daughter
Charles Beck, who has been in
Ls
pects
week.
Miss Kate Moyer, a seamstress of
this place, spent a few weeks with her
i at
Bouth
City.
ork Avenue,
s 5 1
ual rates will be sold
1
named above and
ale points to Atlantic
of
to return to her home this
Beott Stover and Frank Waite, car-
present
working at Centre Hall.
Mrs. Maggie Ream and daughter
spent Baturday and Sunday at Coburn.
Mrs. Alice Duck has at present three
young ladies employed assisting her
in her millinery work.
Prof. Edgar Stover and family, of
Aaronsburg, spent Saturday and SBun-
day with his parents in South Rebers-
burg.
Quite a number of young men from
this place left on Monday for the lum-
ber job in the eastern part of this
valley.
M iss
days with her aunt,
man,
Henry Detwiler, who had left with
his family a few weeks ago for Gaines-
ville, Florida, did not find the coun-
try as he expected and therefore his
family returned to this place last Wed-
nesday.
Mrs. Willis Weber and son and Mrs,
Ida Conrad and daughter spent a few
days at Coburn last week.
Mrs. George Weaver, an aged Iady,
Mabel Brungart spent a few
Miss Ellie Cor-
The Bierly Brothers are s jug &
fine tesm of driving horses which they
bought from Clarence Lobg.
Rev. Wetzel, the Reformed minister
of this placs, ju attending the Classis
at Lew rg this week,
Ira Gramley snd son were in town
Sunday.
Mrs. Ob srhime, of Lock Sin Hel
Saturday is show
Main's great show
fonte on that day.
Walter L.
in Belle-
day.
exhibits
1
C. W, Bwartz, of le
tises salt fish at bottom prices,
a fish-story that isn’t fishy.
MiMlin
discontinued,
adver-
His is
Tusseyvil
Alfarata post office,
has been
be served
county,
Patrons will
Lew-
by a rural route from
istown
and Mrs. John the latter
part of last week returned from Atlan-
tic City, after sp
weeks at that resort
Mrs. Annie F.
Cilenn, both of
tained at the home
dy several days last week
Centre Hall
to the landscape
two of the
Runkle
his hotel attractive,
Mr. Meese,
ending two or more
Cilenn and Mrs
Altoona,
of J.
Boyd
were enters
( A. Kenne-
‘
Oi
may with pride
ovementis facing
Hall hotel,
Nas ne to
impr
sides Centre
Landlord much
make
Among the callers Baturday morn-
f Lin
0 town to transact
ge H
ay baling outfit to ti
Ayde Stam, « den Hall,
Usitiess
h Georg F.merick, he
id his |
The Lewistown
having
ie iatter,
Press notes the
fy
Free
lady who was
Centre Hall ;
ng o rmerly
Mrs. Bert
#lreet « WAS
P
fa
ent of
Brown
taken to the German hospital in Phila
yhia for treatment.
The ¢
fr
03 CONE
ommittee charged with the
idering the advisability
Protest-
8 re-
in-
sf the
ame « vil
JAE mage
deciaring such a change 10 be
isable at this time.
I'he Reporter extends thanks to a
of patrons whe
for
18 » have respond-
The
ex-
juest, subscri 106.
& patrons
are
iated by
cker fixed
at the
be the
by
Wayne against the
(rover Las
aay
Pennsylvania
Exposition, It
A BS
will
niversary of a
Anthony
s at Fallen Timbers,
fought
the
partici-
within
siana purchase, and was
yoy =.
accompa
Philadel-
Hall last
in
iT on
‘Monterey”
Both
Milroy on their
Mickey, of
a, passed through
week on their way to v
ite. Mr. Mick
United State Steamer
ircled
A
d
young men 1
Centre
isit friends
3
Jellefor is 8 sali
the world twice
e from
All the town worth
is not nec-
most of
dogs in are not
one child, but it
kill
of
pasary to the apimals
tion, in order to guard against the dan-
ger from an occasional vicious one.
They can all be muzzled without inter-
fering with their health and comfort
uuld be done.
and this she
In speaking of the
MeNitt Br
Nittany
he Reporter say that
bark peeling on
& Company's
Valley, type made
that company
hers
in
two or three
meant. Any old
job could run into the hundred tons,
but few reach that of three thousand
tons.
dred tons of bark, when
{thousand tons was
Simon P. Dinges, of Philadelphia, is
in, town for a brief vacation from the
offices of the Philadelphia Fire Un-
derwriters Association. It is mainly
due to the efforts of Mr. Dinges that
Centre Hall received its new rating,
which was a reduced rating, on fire in-
surance about 8 year ago. The reduc-
tion made was allowed because of the
fire protection afforded by the boroug
water plant and fire company.
The Hagen Brothers, of Farmers
Mills, are doing carpenter work in
Centre Hall, building an addition to
Mrs. Durst’'s house, Dr. Alexander's
porch and later will build & porch for
Isasc Smith, The Hagens have in
their employment four assistants,
pamely, Messrs, Frank Waite and
SBeott G. Stover, of Rebersburg ; John
D. Lucas, of Spring Mills, and Will
Yam E. Hagen, of Farmers Mills.
Labor on the Panama canal is said
to be paid about fifty cents a day, and
to be confined principally to West In-
dia negroes, About seven hundred
men are now employed, but shortly
there will be several thousand more
put to work. The actual work of dig-
ging must be done by machinery and
the aid of acclimated labor. There
will be many better positions, but the
filling of these will require particular
qualities of mind and body, and they
will pot begin to be sufficient to ac-
commodate the number of applioas
tions on file for situations from men
who want work on the canal, but who
do not expect to be compensated at the
rate of hall a dollar a day or to do
hard manual labor. 3