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