YOL. LXXVII. On April 5th the Regt. marched { twenty miles in the direction of Jeters- CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, | ville where a furious battle was fought | between Sheridan’s Command and the 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania | Yt wasall over { Confederate advance, Volunteers. {and won before we reached the field / ' ,, | and we bivouscked for the night. hy 7. 2. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 48th] ™ April 6th w- moved Deaton Regiment, PY ville, eight miles west of Jetersville, {To be Continued | CHAPTER VIIi where a part of the Corps became in- volved io a skirmish which the 148th Toward evening of the 20th a spirit- just escaped. Later we supported ed fight extender along this part of gp. iqan’s Command with the Sixth the line and again quieted down with- | Corps in the battle of Sailor's Creek, out any change of position. This was |, which the Union forces lost one the Third Battle on Hatcher's Run. | 00 five bundred men and the On March 31st the weather was some | Confederates nearly six thousand, over better ; the lines were promptly ad-|five thousand of whom were prisoners. vanced and a furious battle Ou the morning of April 7th (1865) during which the Confederates were (ho Recon Corps crossed the Appo- gradually pressed back from their po-| jnatiox River to the north side, and sition slong the Boydton Plank Road | nyryued the Confederates ten miles, to their main position along the White | ‘westward alot g said river, when com- Oak Road. Jn this battle the Regi- | ing up with them in large force in a ment lost but few men in killed and | wo) chosen position, just north of wounded. While this fight was tak-| parmviile. Va , 8 battle immediately ing place near Hatcher's Run, the Bat- | began. The Second Carps was greatly tle of Dinwiddie Court House, eight | outnumbered sand the Appomattox miles to our left, at the end of our line, | River separated us from the rest of the was fought between Sheridan's Caval- ens ved infantry forces of our own army. The joutiook wae critical ‘ora time, But Cavalry and infantry, io which Bheri-| 116 Sixth Co ps was sent to the sup- dan barely held his own ; but the Cot-| hort of the Second and the conditions federates retreated during the night] ware greatly improved. Night was following about eight miles northtoa| now at hand and matters quieted but picket firing was heard very strongly fortified position at Five| qo, Forks, to which place Sheridan pur- | 50 and then during the night. sued them the following day, April 1st, reaching the place toward evening | of the same day, aud being vow re<in-| por the benefit of those desiring to forced by the Fifth Corps, the battle | gigi great Grove Camp of Five Forks was fought, the Confed- | Meeting, the Pennsylvania Railroad erates were defeated and driven from Company will, on August 23, sell ex- their works and five thousand were| .umion tickets to Ocean Grove, Asbury taken prisoners. This turned the eve- | park or Long Branch from stations my’s right, and the position of the|,gned below at the very low rates Confederate Army in and about Rich- | quoted moud and Petersburg was rendered | most critieal. In order to hold what |i, philadelphin on was gained here, additional re-inforee- | thepe- or sere sent to Sheridan, which ry aud a heavy force of Confederate asf com n—— Special Ten-day Excursion the Ocean These tickets will be good for passage train indicated, regabar trains leaving Broad at 12.27, 2.32, 3.80, 4.00 that day to destination, meni Street Niation included the First Division of the Bee-ignd 400 P. M. ond Corps, of which the 145th P. V.| Train Leaves eh it i - ‘ Hall 10 A. M «un part. ! ‘ i 2 & 7.45 4.75 Rate. $5.5 wa 2 at In the early part of the night of | oF PPH0E April 1st the 145th started for Five Tickets will be good for return pass- Foik« ; after ap all night meander met | age «n regular trains, except limited ail joined Sheridan's Command next lexpress traius, until September 1, in- Sunday, April Zod, four] clusive, a: { stop-ofl’ at I permit 03 within limit returning. 00 £35 MRL, Mi wil miles north of Five Forks and joined | ppjjadelp jin the extensive skirmish along the] South Bide Railroad, the Confederates | again falling back, in fp ——— A bPorgery i2at Dida't Work some few mouths ago, mention of which was bese columns at Active that time, 8 Larpess agent called at of The weather was now quite favora-| wade in ble aud the roads were good. operations were resumed in dreadful the bh me « earuest all along tre line. The ersis [and offered to sell him a set of harness was now at band and all was expecta- for nine doliars. He agreed to pur. tion. The fortified positions around chases set and gave the agent a note Petersburg and Richmond were un-|for that amount. Several days after tenable for the Confederate Army { that Mr. Beaver received word from a At 4a. m. Sunday morning, April | Milton bank that they had a note advance was made all al ng |#8siust him for eighty-nine dollars, the agent having increased the amount of the uote from nine to eighty-nine Levi Beaver, of Cowan, 2:.d, an the line of forty-five miles and the | teriible detonations of pearly one thou- | sand cannon made earth aod sky trem- | dollars aud then sold it to the bank. ble as never before in this great war, Mr. Beaver refused to pay the note and took the case to court, wher he won. The bank not being satisfied, took the case to the Superior Court, which verified the findiogs of the Un- ion county court. su spins This was soon followed by the grand aud overwhelmiog charge of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, bounding from the forts, bomb- proofs and trenches, disdaining all shelter and risk, rushed forward with the ferocity of demons and the battle for and against the Union was on as never before, and raged with unprece- dented fury for hours; all along the far-reaching line Confederate forts and trenches were carried and thousands of prisoners taken. The advauce was overwhelming and The enemy was driven from their works at all points to their last or inver line, before which the Union Army rested during the afternoon. During the night following and early morning of April 8rd Petersburg and Richmond were evecuated and both surrendered in the early part of the day, Military Governments were established, order restored and the Union troops assisted the people in checking the conflagra- tions foolishly started by the retreat. fog Confederates, who, by order of Jeflerson Davis, the Confedera'e Presi. dent, fired bridges, tobacco warehouses, ard publie stores in both Richmond sud Petersburg. These fires extended to other buildings and the conflagra- tions resulting for a time threate ned the total destruction of both cities, Liovg before daybreak on the morn- ing of April 8rd, 1865, the entire Union Army was again in motion. The 148th, with the Second Corps, moved west toward Nottoway Court House, to intercept any attempt of the Con- federate Army to turn south in thelr retreat. To continue this strategie movement we left a miserable bivouae in a swampy forest at three o'clock in the morning of April 4th, marched twenty miles in the direction of Burk ville, Vu., and again bivouscked in the woods. Though we did not meet any Confederates ourselves, the noise of battle was constantly heard to our Corn on the Rise, Although the Government crop re- port and the investigations of unoffi- cial experts point to the largest crop of corn ever produced in the United States, prices continue to tend up- ward. The strength of values is due in part to the influe: ce of the pending “bull” speculation in wheat, but it is also attributable iu large degree to the prospects of a short erop of corn on the Danube, Roumania snd Austria. Huogary have prohibited exports, aud there is every reason to anticipate a big foreign demand for all American feeding stuffs during the coming year. Foreign buyers, however, are not yet willing to pay the prices fixed by spec ulators in domestic markets, dass AA Co. ASRS Ignorant Doctors, The large percentage of failures among the applicants for a physician's certificate from. the Pennsylvania State Examining Board leads the president of the board, Dr. Beates, to remark that “some colleges still confer the doctorate upon illiterate and igno- rant individuals.” There were 379 ap- plicants for the privilege of practicing medicine in this State, and seventy- three failed, or about nineteen and a half per cent. of the whole. The us ual percentage of failures is about thir. teen or fourteen, I AAA AP AAAI. Robbery unt Munson, Thieves entered the residence of W. E. Peterson, postmaster sat Munson, and confiscated a tin box containing $217, Of this amount $180.25 was money order and postal fands, §24 00 belonging to the store and $12- 75 individual fonds. One registered letter was also taken. Two gold irresistable. right und front and the wounded were streaming by us to the rear. Resi. dences, churches and all manner of other buildings along the route were appropriated and used for hospitals, and soon filled, watches, one belonging to Mra, Peter. son and another to a little girl, as well as several other articles of Jewelry. were not taken, which leads many to think the robbers were persons not so far away from Munson. COBURN CANNING FACTORY IN OPERATION. The Coburn Canning Company’s| field crops. plant is in full blast, having begun| The processor is H. M. Hannon, of operations Monday of last week, the | New Jersey, who with his wife, are first product canned being beets. The {giving instructions to the employes, writer on a visit to the factory Thurs-| Mr. Hannon was “raised” in the can- day evening found the employes sing- | ning business and knows every detail. ing and the management hopeful that | Secretary T. B. Everett is located in the season’s output would prove ala cozy little office, and can be depend- profitable one to both the grower and | ed upon to perform his duties to the stock holder, best advantage of the corporation At the time stated above there were | he represents, at work in the plant twenty-six em- ployes, whose names appear in this article. This force is capable of put- ting out quite a large quantity of can- ned goods once they become skitled. The beans grown and canned are the Reflugee stringless variety, and are put up in two pound cans. The stringing and packing being done by hand, The red beet used for canning is the common variety, and is pulled when it has attained a growth of about one inch in diameter. Bix or eight inches nie] M of the left the beet when . nl A » Seat il haule * to the factory to prevent bleed. SR brie : 22 Lingle ing and causing the beet to lose its s W. T Winklebles rich red color. After cooking and Mh VU sa skinning the tops are removed. The J. Auman beets ate packed in three pound cans. After the beans and beels have been taken care of, attention will be turned to black berries, The acreage planted to beans, beets and tomatoes, and the names of the growers will this article, The tomato fields, although a little ate, are in flue I'he fact that they clean of weeds shows that the crop has had careful stten- tion, and that if a crop of tomatoes is pot frtheoming the blame cannot charged to the grower. After these cultivated have been canned, apples will be canned aud prepared in various ways. The product of an acre planted to any of the could not fair estizuate was made ou s hall acre planted to bets by Daniel Meyer. Up to Friday evening he had taken from this plot $10.00 worth of beets, and it was that there were yet fully enough beets remaining to make the half acre yield $25.00, which means $50.00 per acre for beets. Allow- ing as much as one half for labor, it will there yet remains more profit than the gross receipts of EMPLOYEES, Harry Stonebraker Nora Kahler Martin Stover Sarah Kahler Walter Frye Hannali Rote . A. Bartges Mrs, Lizzie Vonada mi. Shalters Mar } Ells 8n Anna Hackenberg Pearl Frye Mra, Hannan Mr, John Marks Badie Barnos Mm. Andrew Vonada Mrs. E. Bartholomew iyaer James V Hobert 8t ? Andrew Vonada H, N. Haman T. B. Everett Mrs, Wm. Ertl Katie Kahler ver BEATE ANI Acres Acres ! Daniel Meyer : . Lop are an 3 TOMATOES, be found in condition. are Ler Crops crops mentioned above be positively given, but a estimated LW 4 H.M. Swartz W. T. Winkiebleck DF. Corman WwW. H 8. R. Lingle 4. Hinds Yotada Hosters %. T. B. Everett oh Lok LITOve be seen that au acre planted lo sny of the staple Union Seminary LOCALS Union Seminary will open her doors to the public on Beptember 1, 1v04. After an interval of almost two years, during which time almost five thous. and dollars were invested in rep irs on the building snd grounds, this iostitu- tion from: which many of the sblest men and women of the land have friends and relatives about Coburn and graduated will enter upon a new era in Millheim. He Is improving rapidly. her history. In order to bring Uniong” Miss Grace Crawford, daughter of Seminary as it now is before the Mr. and Mrs, F. M, Crawford, of Belle- friends of education and in order to foute, is spending this week at the arouse the enthusiasm and fervor now | Huyelt home, being the guest of Miss resting quietly and peacefully io man yg Leila a heart whose early days were spent gV; O. Deininger has a potato stalk in the historic town and school at New | 41. .¢ measures fully six feet in length. Berlin, a series of exercises will be held | go estimates that there ought to be a on September 1, 2, and 3. The first | yughel of potatoes in the hill on which programme will be carried out at 9. A. (0 vine “grew. M. Thursday September 1, when all the students io be enrolled will meet in the Seminary Chapel, where the opening address will bs made. To this exercise all friends of the institu. tion are cordially invited. On Friday evening there will be a musical in which spme of the best talent will participate. Some of the former stu- dents will render special selections, It is hoped that this may bring back many memories of days long gone.by. | On Baturday, September 3, there Mrs. Jacob Lee, of Linden Hall, and daughter, Mrs. Clyde A. Boyer, of Milton, Tuesday were guests of Mr. avd Mrs W, H, Meyer. Merchant J. H. Rishel, of Farmers Mills, latter part of lust week visited Mr, and Mrs. Noah Corman, of Re- bersburg, Thursday returned from a trip through the west. They were very favorably impressed with the World's Fair, Mr. sud Mrs. 8. A. Munn and daughter Miss Della, of Hagerstown, | Maryland, Wednesday evening arriv- | ed at the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. | Hosterman. George Washington Burns, died at {his home in Middleburg, Friday will be a grand re-union of all the Bun- | morning, aged thirty-eight years. day Schools of New Berlin and commb- | Mr, Burns establishd the State Col nity, There will be special music, | lege Times in 1808, but two years later base ball gues and addresses by prom- | poor health obliged him to quit the inent speakers. This will, beyond | printing business. any doubt be one of the largest gather-| Zerbe, of Tusseyville, made ings that have ever met on Union |, of his occasional visits to the Re- Beminaty Campas, | porter office, one day last week. One Preparations are made by the eitl-| yp, converses with Mr. Zerbe will sens, by the Trustees of the Seminary | 4,4 (hat he is posted on the events of aud by the faculty of the same, to), , day, which information he gains make this day a day long to be remem- by closely reading newspapers. buted, ot this Teason a grand Grou The Reporter acknowledges an invi- parade will take place at 6. B. M, The tation from the Pennsylvania State secret organizations, Sunday Schools © inion tothe Ley vu Pore and business men as well as many of | Comm hase Exposition, to the reception to be given the old students of the Seminary will : ticipate in the procession. All ef. 0 the Governor and Mrs. Penny pack- parse pa p . er in the Penosylvania State Building, forts will be made to make this day a Saturday evening, August 20th, eight day of pleasure and joy for all who are to clove o’clodik. ioteested Io y - o » . AmiBALY “Centre Hall is known abroad for its Business Men's Plenle, dinens, de peatly ug ve ope The management of the Business homes an w . Men's Pre cotton that there J: C. Bryson, of Jersey Shore, to the wili be a return tran to Coburn, leay-| Writer & few days ago. “The town al- ing Bellefonte at 8:40 p. m. This will| Ways leaves a good impression on give all an opportunity to attend this | Strangers,” was an added remark. (Thursday. ) : was principal of the Boalsburg High Se fe ts Behool several years ago, and recently, Harvest Home Nerviges, with his wife, nee Woods, paid that town a visit. Hels vice principal at 1904. JUDGE PARKER'S AOCEPTANCE, Totally devoid of anything of a sen- sational or threatening character, and limited in length, yet the anxiously looked for acceptance of Judge Parker covers all the leading questions in American politics, not in the spirit and temper of violent discussions or angry statement, but rather with the calm deliberation of a trained jurist, accustomed to hear all sides and hold on to that which seems best, It is such a deliverance as might be expect- ed from a Marshall, strengthened by the political policies and principles found in the writings and acts of Jeff erson. It is no exaggeration to say that it will command the universal approval of the American people, for it embodies the essence of American- ism as it stands out in all its simplie- ity and purity in the history and ad- ministration of the government. There i# no line or syllable that will arouse partisan conflict or embitter the rels- tions of parties and people. Yet the fundamental principles and facts of American government under the con- étitution are firmly set forth with un- flinching ardor and evident purpose to make them the rule of this adminis- tration. m———— THE JUDICIAL CONTEST. The Philadelphia Record, in the is- sue of Monday, editorially remarked : There is a» hot judicial contest in Centre county this year. Judge John GG. Love, whose term expires in Jan- uary, 1905, is a candidate for re-elec- tion. His opponent nominated by the Democrats is Ellis L. Orvis, Esq., an able and popular man of high charse ter. The battle is waged on almost parallel lines with the judicial contro- versy in Clearfield county last year, when the then sitting Judge Gordon was defeated by Judge Arnold. Judge Love, like Judge Gordon, bas been one of the conspicious political Judges of the State, who has never been able to divorce himself from ultra-parti- sanship. The people of Pennsylvania, as a rule, have been able to keep 1he Courts unsullied. When they have made the mistake of electing unfit men they have usually taken the first opportu- nity of remedy. Trustworthy reports from Centre county lead us to expect the election of Mr. Orvis by a round msjority. His popularity is also likely to have its influence in bringing Cen. tre counly back into the Democratic fold with the election of the legislative and county ticket, S— AM so FENNSYLVANIA DAY The Governor's proclamation urging the attendance at the Louisiana Pur. chase Exposition of as many Pennsyl- vauians as possible on Pennsylvania Day, August 20, should receive consid. eration from every oue contempiatiog i visit to the Fair. The celebration of this day should be made commensurate with the high position this Siate occn- pies in the Union. Pennsylvanians have cause to be proud not only of their part in the Exposition but of their part in the hero whose victory over the Indians the day commemo- races, and Pennsylvania Day ought to be the greatest State day of all. The victory of “Mad Anthony” Wayne over the Indians at Fallen Timbers on the Maumee was one when the brilliant General from Chester county reflected renewed glory on his native State and sensibly heiped to open to civilization the Central West. Wayne aod Pennsylvania should make a rousing rally cry for every loy- al Pennsylvanian who can possibly make it convenient to be in Bt, Louis at that time, — ——— A —— LOCALS, He's walking with a cane—Austin Krape is—because wuifle using a foot adz he made a false stroke and badly cut his leg near the ankle. Mrs. Rearick, of Altoona, widow of Peter Rearick, is visiting Harry Dinges and family. Mrs, Rearick and family, for a number of years, lived near Centre Hall and later In Mill. heim. Miss Maude Woomer lost a light castor color coat, lined with silk, be tween top of Nittany Mountain and Old Fort, Bunday afternoon. Any one finding the same will please bring it to this office. A four year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. B. Wagner, of Miflinburg, got a pail in her throat but in a short time the nail passed to the stomach. The parents are naturally alarmed, but hope for no farther ill eflects, William H. Fry, a son of Captain W, H. Fry, of Pise Grove Mills, has gone to Wichita, Kansas, and expects later to go to California. He had been work- ing for several years in the Wilmer ding shops at Pittsburg. Mrs. John F. Mullen and sons, Robert and James, of Allegheny, are in Centre Hall making their annual visit Mullen is engaged in the NO. 32. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Mrs. Mary Goodhart is having her dwelling house painted. The Lewistown fair promoters prom- ise that the fair will keep up its good record for fast trotting horses. Mr. und Mrs, SBandoe and daughter Helen attended the fuperal of the former's father, at Mifflintown. Juniata is st present besieged with an epidemic of typhoid fever, which is giving the citizens of that borough no little alarm, Mrs. R. H. Reeves and Mrs. SBhep- pard Van Valzah, of Poulsboro, N. J. were guests of Mrs. Lizzie Jacobs, in this place, last week. It is said that the city water pipes in Altoona are being destroyed by electrolysis. An electrical expert de- clares the electric current escapes from a trolley road. Mies Minnie Winkleman, s trained nurse from Nittany, who for several weeks Look care of Mrs. Gress, return- ed to her home Saturday, leaving her patient much improved. Prof. and Mrs. Edgar Place, of Mar- shall, Missouri, are visiting the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. Woods, in Boalsburg. Prof. Place is an instruct- or in Missouri Valley College. The citizens of Lewistown sre dis- cussing whether or not they want » hospital. The largest industries in and arcund the town have expressed a willivgness Lo contribute liberally to- ward the erection of such an insti- tution. The reward of $600 for the capture of Dillen, Green and Henderson is being claimed by a number of parties, sud the possibilities are that the court will be asked to name the persons entitled to share the same, D«. H. 8. Braucht, of Spring Mille, Thursday of last week, called at the Reporter office just long enough to say “how do you do,” and s good word for the good people of Spring Mille. He is one of the leading Penns Valley physicians, it is estimated F. J. McClellan, of Blue Ridge, 11li- nois, completed a vacation of six weeks and Monday returned to his home. He is the youngest sou of Joseph Me Clellan, deceased, of Tussey ville, and for five years has been in the railroad business. At present he is station agent on the Wabash railroad st Blue Ridge. The chances are that the quartet of jail breakers will have a con veniently poor memory when brought before the court for trial. There is likely tobe a Doticeable diflerence between the re- ported statements, by the prisoners, published in the city and local press and the story sworn to upon which depends their acquittal or conviction, Miss Emelie Alexander, this week, will return to Tyrone, after baving spent several weeks with her father, Dr. J. F. Alexander. Before resum- ing her duties as a music instructor, Miss Alexander will be the guest of the Pennsylvania Country Club, along the Juniata river, near M!. Union. The club is enjoying its first outing in their new club house. Miss Jennie Reifsnyder, of Millheim, last week, egtertained Edward Evans and Miss Taggart, of Allegheny, and Miss Margaret Evans, of Williams port, and Thursday chaperoned the little party ona trip to Penns Cave, top of Nittany Mountain, Centre Hall and Potters Mills, the latter place be- ing the native town of Mr, and Miss Evans, Mr. Evans is conducting a men's furnishing store in Allegheny. Mrs. Wm. Strickler and her daugh- ter, Miss Iune, of Polo, Illinois, were Gross, of Logan street. Near Potters Mills they visited Mr. and Mrs. at Linden Hall Mr. Milesburg Mr. and all of whom are Harvest Home services will be ob served in the Reformed church Bun. Jersey Shore, and has a good record, in and out of the school room. day morning, 10 o'clock. ment store of Boggs & be found n
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