JL. LXXVI].
2A.,
CENTRE COUNTY
148th Regiment, | | Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
1. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co.
Regiment, P. V,
{To be Continued |
CHAPTER VIII
A
’
sly
“Cohorn
The appalling detonations striking
terror into the hearts of all. This be-
ing followed by an overwhelming at-
tack of infantry, there was little won-
der the depleted Confederate Army
abandoned their dead beside the open
2 frosts of their on-
coming enemies,
burg, I found the City in
our army. Confederate
had evacuated
to meet the
On re
raves,
wehing Peters.
sion of
Army
Rich-
posses
The
Petersburg aod
mond the day before, April 3rd,
were in retreat westward, The Union
army was in pursuit incessantly pound-
flank rear ;
and
and
and
both
ing their evemy in
fighting was constant, ar-
drifting westward.
I'he city of Petersburg wed io
possession of the Union Army twenty-
wires : Provost marsh been
Joion troops patroled the
every.
mies were
h Det
four he als had
appointed ;
streets : guards were stationed
protection given to sli citizeus,
i repori-
and asked
He said ;
I am
ag to
I have
where ;
and perfect order prevailed.
ed to the Provost Marshal,
to be sent to the 2nd Corps
I will put you duty
srt in officers. No, |
the front, I said ; well, he
just formed this company of fifty men,
and I waot officers for it. Here
roll of the men, and here are your or
ders. You and this lieutenant
charge, move rapidly oul
iy, protect citizens
gusards,’’ for the protection ©
tv, arrest, and take
stragglers you meet,
on ere ;
am gol
said,
iy
sii
is the
fake
after the ar-
Haniel
proj ef
front all
i ¥
i
f
‘
to the
We immediately started. A few
iil w out of Petersburg, on the Amelia
House, we came toa fine, I
mansion; the bh
id slave owner,
had fled at the ap;
place it
wd
ked me
trap ro
€ our TRE,
f
of a great
wits lis
woach of our
brick me
land a W Lo
family,
ariny, leaving the
3 ~o
whelher
to
His slaves I P13
They a
plaatation now be
said it looks that way
and
get
ich ih
Iuausion, LD
i
Was oon
longed them
There
motion inside, we went in; we
found stragglers, that
all armies, were sacking aud wrecking
the bouse. They had just wrecked a
grand piano ; another was smashing »
fine cleek, of the “Grandfather”
tern. We “turned tl
ue
and stationed a guard to protect the
pest of
Soo re d
pat-
rascals out,”
pince.
Th + negroes were wild over their
aucipation. They seemed to have
au iden that with the coming of their
freedom, they should turn white, and
the “kinks should come out of t'
wool. Just outside of Lhe manus
en
elr
i sat
her set a larg
fa'—gravy, left over from the nigger's
breakfast. Before her stood a youuy
‘wench! with a large comb, persist
ent'y trying to comb the "Kinks" out
of her mother's wool she would
comb awhile, then dip the comb deep
into the “ham fat,” sod then comb
again, The “ham fat”
iy applied ; the hot sun had made it as
fluent as water, so it flowed in rivulels,
unrestrained, down, all sround her
“kulabash,” dropping from her chin
aud ears, disappeared in ber
washed single garment.
however, still r-mained uunsubdued,
Later we were amused to see one of
our stragglers steal this grease sod eat |
it with great relish for his dinner |
“lip 1
+
+
only
then in desperation, they would flerce-
ly turn upon their pursuers and fight
them with all the energy of despair,
only to be outnumbered, outflanked
This race con-
tinued for one hundred miles and end-
ed at Appomattox. I left the Provost
service and went to the regiment.
in Action,
We will now return to the start and
follow the 148th P. V. in this last and
raost exciting campaign to the end.
On March the Regiment left
camp at Fort Commings with the 1st
Div. of the 2od Corps. to which it be-
long and moved forward and to the
right, a few miles to the northwest of
Fort Bampson, and joined in a spirited
fight wi lasted a few hours, during
which the enemy were steadily crowd-
ed off the field. Night came on and
the fight ended for the day. The 145th
had lost in killed and
wounded,
Next
25th
el,
ich
fi Dumber
day came, but, contrary to ex
pectations, the fight was not repewed
day passed quietly, and we return-
t Fort Cummings.
the 145th left camp
d about five
Run,
enemy
$1
Lhe
ed a
0 Our camp
Nex: day
last time, miles to
vear the
Was
immedi-
f1 the Regt. had
Conf derates fell
27th) the Regt.
and rejoined
the main line of battle on
Dabney’s steam
and continuous
20th and 30th of
impassable,
all forward
move
the 8B. W.
the
Kirmish
and a lively
Howed,
in whi
i a few miles
the Corps iu
Hatcher’ KR
nar
SAW
HEAT
ful
ai lh.
tii Dres
rain during tie
roads
teiy checked
Mareh rendered the
sud comp!
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consult
port,
Joho BR. BB Stamm Honored.
The home of Wm. H, Stamm, near
Dakota, Illinois, recently was the
scene of a social event of more than
ordinary importance, when the
Stamm family did honor to John R,
B. Stamm, a Cassopolis, Michigan,
merchant,
Mr, Stamm ls a grandson of Jacob
Stamm, deceased, who, in 1862, moved
from Tusseyville Green county,
Indians, with bis family of seven
and in 1865 moved from
to
The Stamm family today is one of
Amelia Court House road ; marched
about twenty miles and went into biv-
ouac in the early part of the night.
All day the thunder of artillery was
heard a short distance to our right and
front, or west of us, indicative of a con-
tinuous running fight.
The campaign had resolved itself in.
to a gigantic foot race. The Confed-
erate army, now only s wreck of that
once proud array which had dealt the
Union army se many crashing blows,
fled westward, The Union army, in
overwhelming numbers, pursued with
an energy that knew no pause nor
rest. Food mow failed the Chufedei-
ates and for days most of them had
2
i
the good reputation of the older mem.
bers for progressiveness and wealth
| gel ting.
By,
.
fa the Rain Heit,
A velt of country about one and one
few months, by heavy rains that were
quite local: A rain of this character
Friday evening passed over the eastern
section designated above, and thor
oughly filled the soil with water,
Thursday night a heavy rain fell in
both sections, while east and west of
that imaginary line there was scarcely
any rain foll. This is unusual, since
Centre Hall js on the highest poiut in
the valley, and the past experience has
been that local showers are less numer.
ous bere than in sections a few miles
east, south or west,
| THE ITALIAN CAPTURED,
Dominie Constance,
the Italian : After an exciting chase
over the mountains, Dominic Con-|
Dill
Monday evening
was captured
near Valley View
within three miles of where he broke
Jail a week ago last Friday night. |
Monday morning he seen near |
| Hasting Station, along Buflalo Run |
| Creek, and the fact was telephioned to
i Sheriff Taylor,
with his comrade
Henderson,
Constance
mountain
#, Green, en
and |
Was
who at once organized
ia posse, und at poon slarted out to
| make systematic
| Inthe
by three t Oye
apples
boys gave chase and Constavee climbed
a tree and held his pursuers at bay
time. Hefinally
made a bold dash for the
got away.
Sherifl Taylor and his posse arriving |
search
meantime Constance was seen |
|
Ww atherio iy
The |
while he TT
on Roland Miller's ok
for |
down,
bushes and |
sole Csie
on the scene surrounded the hill where |
Constance was supposed to be, and
throwing out a skirmish line closed in
While the Sheriff and part of his men
were searching the Italian cabins along |
Cole |
skir- |
Joho Switzer, of
who was in advance of the
the mountain,
ville,
mishers, saw the Italian in
the bushes and called upon him to sur.
render, Constance started to run and
Bwitzer fired. Constance finally halt-
ed and gave himself up. Switzer will |
receive the $100 reward for the capture, i
Green, Dillen and Henderson
taken before Justice John Keie
but waived a hearing and were
i
skulking
were
hiline
bound |
over to court.
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LOCALS
§
:
Mrs. BE. W. Crawford and baby
are ia Bellefonte the guests N
Spangler, Baby Crawford is
delionte hea
LOY
B.
in
of
Faq.
ith.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller and sons,
of Renovo, are guests of Mr. and Mrs,
M. N. Miller, in this place, Mr. Mill
er is empioyed in the Renovo ear
shops.
Jacob Neese, of Farmers Mills, was a
caller last week, and bargained for a
“5 to be placed on his Reporter label,
James Horner, of Potters Mills, drove
a similar bargain.
Mrs. W. W. Boob and daughter
Miss Grace Boob, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
arrived in Millheim, Friday of last
week. They will remain in the Valley
for several weeks, and part of the time
will be spent in Centre Hall, where
they have many friends,
Mr. and Mrs. John Black, of Pitts
burg, came to Centre Hall last week
to visit Mrs, Gress, who has been ser-
ously ill, Mr. Black is a book-keeper
in the Westinghouse Electrical Com-
pauy’s offices, and is a brother of Mrs,
Gress, They returned to Pittsburg
Friday last.
The Lewistown Free Press, under its
new editor, E. E. Hoffman, flies the
Republican ticket. The Press former-
ly was independent. The paper has
been improved from a news point of
view, and no doubt its editor has a
more convenient seat at Mifflin county
political pie counter since it came out
flat-footed for Republican principals,
You cau get the best fourteen per
cent. available phosphoric acid phos.
phate from D. W. Bradford to be
found in the market. There is no nats
ural rock phosphate to be had any-
where that will soalyze a higher per
cent. of available phpsphorie acid than
ean be bought from Mr. Bradford.
Mesers. Charles Homan snd Lester
Frantz, of Williamsport, last week, re-
turued from a fifteen days’ visit to the
Bt. Louis Fair, coming home via
Chicago. They were very favorably
Impressed with the great exhibition,
and the cleverness of the Pike. On
their way home the young men stops
ped with Henry Homan, Mr. Frantz
returning home BSsturday, but Mr.
Homan will remain with his father
for a week longer,
MILLHEIM,
| Note # from the Metropolis of Lower Penns |
Valley.
Mrs, Wm. Boob and daughter, Miss |
| friends and relatives in this place and
vie inity.
Insurance Agent John Gray, of
State College, was in town Friday and
Miss Este Youngman, of Snyder
Hartman, yr this place,
A free open- air concert in front of D.
by C. H. Breon and
his grapbaphone, was enjoyed by a
large crowd Monday evening.
On of the tardiness of the]
about |
secoount
of some of the pipes,
thirty of the hands empioyed at
tempor
the |
Henry Rearick, an employe in
ls and relatives in this place a!
'Bquire Bmith, of Penn township,
brought the first load of peaches to
is some of the fruit here and |
2
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E.
miller,
B. McMullen, the Main street |
Station Agent G.
Coburn,
his residence,
Stover, at also
installed in
Mrs. Jennie Houtz, of Loganton,
E. W. Mauck, returning
home Sunday morning.
some of
the
arrived,
» attachments of
When
which have
stich as water,
Ng-hearted Cyrus Brungsart, of Cen-
was in town Saturday
new butter churn the merits of
he
the b
successfully exhibited in front of
ardware store, by ¢
minutes
them,
ter in ten
as it is undoubtedly
ra :
nal om—————
LOCALS
Beginning of this week Ex
Brungart
in
surveyed a tract
land the mountains, near the sec
to
William H. Smith,
the fact
former
that |
good
He in Lappy over
recovered his
ing
has
Amor the batilescarred
of the Rebellion,
1
¢ War who is
nl
In other column will be
advertisement of 5. M. Campbell, the
Millbeim furniture dealer and under-
taker. He is advertising his August
sale and “‘offers housekeepers every-
where unparalleled values in furniture
of the most dependable kind.”
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mingle and
daughters, Misses Roxie and Helen,
Miss Fanuie Hoffer, of Bellefonte, and
Miss Emma Hofler, of Philadelphia,
drove from Bellefonte to Centre Hall
Monday afternoon and spent several
hours with the families of W. B.
Mingle, druggist J. D.
Murray.
Esq, and
The St. Paul union Bunday school,
two miles west of Madisonburg, will
hold a celebration and festival Batur-
day, 20th inst, tu the grove of Israel
Rachau, one-fourth mile south of the
church. Speaking and music will be
the program in the forenoon, and the
afternoon will be devoted to social
features.
Messrs. Rearick Brothers, successors
to J. H. Krumbine, advertise furni-
ture, ete., in this issue. It is the in-
tention of these young men to greatly
increase their present stock and add
several lines of goods not now kept.
They have also arranged to have the
ssaistance of an experienced under
taker, should their services in that
line be needed.
George R. Fortney, a lad of fourteen,
son of Mrs, Minerva Fortney, of Har.
risburg, iu a note accompanying a
crisp bill for subseription on the Re-
porter, states that he is on his vaos-
tion from Girard College, Philadel
phia, aod is enjoying the freedom.
Incidentally the lad states that his
brother Will was recently hurt on an
ice wagon, and that “sister Grace will
be glad when I go back to school.”
Mrs. Fortney (nee Garis) fe the wid.
ow of George Fortney, who lost his
life while living in Altoona. The Re-
porter readers, many of whom know
the family, will be glad to learn that
they are getting along nicely in their
Harrisburg home.
A.
Send the local news to the Reporter.
1904.
WHY BRYAN WILL VOTE FOR PARKER
«I shall vote for Parker snd Davis,
{| the nominees of the democratic nation
| al convention, and shall do so for the
following reasons, says Colonel Wil-
Ham Jennings Bryan,
First—Because the democratic ticket
stands for opposition to imperialism,
while the republican ticket stands for
an imperialistic policy. On this ques-
tion, which was the paramount issue
{in 1900, and which must remain an
important issue so long as an attempt
is made to hold colonies under the
American flag—on this issue the con-
vention was unanimous, the platform
| emphatic, and I have no doubt that
{ the candidate will carry out the plat-
{ form.
Mecond
-Mr. Roosevelt is injecting
the race issue into American
and this issue, if iL becomes
| will make it impossible to
politics,
national,
consider
{ economie questions that demand solu-
tion. The election of the democratic
j ticket will put a quietus upon this
| attempt and permit the race .question
| to work itself out without the bitter
ness which Mr. Roosevelt's conduct
has engendered.
| Third-—-Mr, Roosevelt stands for the
{spirit of war. His friends present him
| a8 & man of blood and iron. He be-
{ lieves in strenuocusness and inculeates
{a love for war like things. The dem-
ocratic ticket sfands for peace, for rea-
i son and for arbitration rather than for
| force, conquest and bluster,
| Fourth—The democratic platform
declares in favor of the reduction of
the standing army, and as this plank
| was unanimously adopted there is rea-
{son to believe that a success on this
subject would bring some advantage
{ to the people,
i
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A GRANGER CONUNDRUM.
Even in Pennsylvania,
cloud of
{and
where the
Protectionismu hangs lowest
ehuts out the light of day, the
{farmers are beginning to do some in-
{dependent thigking,
jmitiee of the State Grange
| terrogation of candidates for Congress
| was {he following poser
will you, if elected, assist in passing
{legislation which will ensble Ameri-
| ean citizens to buy American products
|as cheaply at bome as they are sold
for abroad ?
| Turned into plain Eoglish in a more
| direct form, the above interrogatory
{ means
| Will for such reduction of
tarifl duties ss will compel manufac
turers to sell their wares in
| market as cheaply
10 foreigo markets?
The farmer cannot understand why
| be should be compelled to pay more
you vole
3
the home
ut they sell them
{ for fevce wire, ora plow, or 8 mowing
| machine, or a sewing machine, or a keg
{of nails, or tinware, or lumber, or
clothing, or medicines, or any other of
| the hundreds of necessaries of life
{ which be does not produce on his farm,
| than his fellow farmer and rival who
| lives in Canada, or Great Britian, or
| Germany, or France, or Russia.
Maybe the Republican candidates
for Congress will be able to explain to
| the farmers how they are benefited by
a condition of things that costs them
so dear and puts them at such constant
disadvantage in their open, unprotec-
ted rivalry with agricultural producers
in every other country.
May be not,
re pp et
Judge Parker has tendered his resig-
nation to the governor of New York,
and it will take effect in time for the
vacancy thus created on the bench to
be filled at the coming election. In
doing this Judge Parker simply follows
the strict line of conduct he has mark-
ed out for himself, and demonstrates
spew that the Democratic party has
nominated a man of high ideals anil
the courage to live up to them. Judge
Parker believes that it is incompatible
with the dignity and non-political
character of the bench for a man wear-
ing the ermine to engage in political
strife. Rather than retain the place,
reserving, as it were, a position in the
event of the election resulting in his
defeat, he resigns and becomes an inde
pendent citizen, Senator Fairbanks,
on the other hand, will doubtless hold
on to his senatorial seat. This may
be wise in Senator Fairbanks’ case, for
the chances are he will have occasion
to occupy what the New York “Bun
calle “his reserved seat’’ in the upper
house of Congress after the election,
for Benator Davis will doubtless pre-
side over the deliberations of that
body.
A AI SA.
The Democrats of Union should put
forth every effort to elect their candi
date for prothonotary, Jacob P., 8B
Strickler, of MiMinburg.
young mau of more than ordioary
ability, an orator of the first class and
thoroughly Democratic in prineiple.
The young men of Union county,
without regard to political affiliations,
NO. 31.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Last day to register is Wednesday,
Beptember 7th
Much of the oats has lodged owing
to the frequent, heavy rains,
Colonel J. W. Btuart, of State Col-
lege, last week returned from Philadel.
phia where he was treated In one of
the leading hospitals, He underwent
a serious operation,
Firebuys made two unsuccessful at-
tempts Friday night to burn the cov.
ered bridge which spans the Busque-
hanna between Bunbury and Packer's
Island. The incendiaries apd their
purpose are unknown.
Milford Btrunk, of Beech
was found lying along the
track near that place in
scious condition with several wounds
and bruises on his body. It
posed he was struck by a passing
train.
Creek,
railroad
nool-
an
is su p-
Howard Homan, of Altoona, came
to town Saturday and returned to his
home Monday, taking with him the
little son of John BScholl, who for
several weeks was visiting with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Beholl,
east of town.
Monday's Philadelphia Press con-
tained a portrait of Rev. Robert
O’Boyle, of Bunbury, he being the
principal speaker at the laying of cor-
ner stones for two Bunday school chap-
els, one at Welter, a mile east of Bha-
mokin, snd the other at Fairview, in
West Shamokin.
The Centre countians in Philadel-
phia will pot hold a picnic this sum-
mer, much to the dissatisfaction of the
good wives and children of the Centre
countians who last winter banqueted
at Hotel Doner. Revive the Fair-
mount Park picnic is the ery of the
Should REpPOTE dus So Worthy at is te
candidate for the office named.
The Freeport Bulletin has this to
Prof. Cyrus Grove has re-
turned from a ten days’ visit in Penn-
sylvania.—John 8. Harpoter was one
of several young men who recently re
turped from Pike Lake, Wisconsin,
where they had been fishing for two
weeks,
.
Mrs. Mollie MacDonald and daugh-
ter Miss Eva returned to their home
at Spring Mills. Mrs, Fleisher accom-
panied them, and will spend several
weeks with friends at Lock Haven
and with her husband who is employ.
ed at Newberry.
Any one who Las wu desire wee
plum trees loaded with fruit to their
fullest capacity can do so by going to
the small frujt orchard of Messrs. W,
B. Mingle and B. D Brisbin, to the
rear of Kreamer & Son's general store.
The capacity of a plum tree will only
be realized when a close inspection of
these trees is made
The Mifflinburg Telegraph says that
Mrs. George Stover, of Coburn, who
had been visiting her brother, Paul
Charles and family, in Philadelphia, is
this week visiting her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Charles, in this place. On
her return from Philadelphia Saturday
inst, she brought with her Paul's little
daughter Catherine, who will spend
some time with Grandma Charles.
A pew potato worm, which is said
to be in a fair way to annoy the far-
mers as much as the celebrated Colo-
rado beetle, has just made its appear-
ance in different parts of the State.
The worm is about one inch io length,
of brown or blackish gray, with hard
yellow head, a dark saddle, and stripes
longitudinally toward the tail. He
bores into thestalk pear the ground
and works his way upward,” the stalk .
falling over as he weakens it'dy-lis
boring.
At a special meeting of the Board of
Managers of the Bellefonte Hospital
held in Col. Wilbur F. Reeder’s office,
the resignation of George R. Meck, as
treasurer and a member of the board,
was received and accepted, says the
Daily News. W. Harrison Walker,
Esq., was unanimously chosen to fill
the vacancies both on the board and
as treasurer. The choice of Mr, Walk-
{to