vol. LXXVII, NO. 47. CENTRE COUNTY idegiment, P. V, CHAPTER IX {To be Continued | Kor several days we were quite busy in arranging our settlement with Government During the forenoon of June 7th we turned in arms, accoutre- ments, camp equipage, ete, ete, counting for every gun and other arti cle with which we had a clear bill, ‘and did not owe | the Government a cent. In the afier noon ( June 7th, 1865) we received our | discharges, dated June lst, full | pay to, and iucluding June 7th, from a | United States Army paymaster. Writ | ten across the face of every discharge was, “Paid in full, June 7th, B. Mendenhall, Paymaster, States Army.”” If we had charged Juve 1<t, would we have been paid to, and including June 7th ? Mus- | ter out and discharge mean the same | thiog. Troops are not discharged till | after they settle with their govern- ment, and surrender their coutrements, camp equipage, one will claim that we made this tlement and surrender of arms, at other time or place, than Harrisburg, Pa. in the forenoon of June 7th, 1865, and received discharges and pay in the The cruits of the 148: h were sent to the 53 1 P V. onthe morning of June 3 before the Regt. started for Washing | ton, and home, and not on June lst, as | the “ Records’ have it. Why these well known carried along in bistorical records, is] beyond our comprehension. Through. out this narrative, facts and true dates | we were charged ; so and 1865, W.! United been dis Arne, ac No sel ele. any afternoon of the same day. res | rd, just i errors are | are always given. All the boys were | pow oi ¢e more ¢ivilians, and prompt- ly started for their homes. Toe story of the 148° h P. V ished We have followed the closely, in all kinds of weather, is fin-| boys | oul days bright and joy fal, as well as days | of deepest gloom, sud terrible vicissi- | tudes, from the day of their enlistment | ment, to the day of their discharge, | and return to their homes. [It ouly remains to add the list of “En- gagements ;”’ our ** Record of Deaths" during the war ; the “Roster” of C “A' and the “Itinerary of the ment,” which will constitute the flual | spler, now § i Regi- c CHAPTER X The following is a true list of battles | and skirmishes, in the 148th | participated, noted on the field at the which time and place of their occurrence, and is correct. A numberof battles int list, having more than one date, ly signify so many battles place, and often more. The Gattysburg, Pa, for example, includes six great battles, taking place on three different dass, miles apart, and no two of them the ground, or at the same time. [Io of these battles the 145th P. V his real at that battle which | on same | two! i second day, in the “Wheat Field,” “Devils Den,” “Death Valley,” ¢Little Round Toop,” where thousand men were lost, over one hun- | dred and fifty of the 148:h. The other, the great battle resulting from the charge of Pickett’'s twenty thousand men on the Union Centre on the third day, when ten thousand men lost, including about fifty of the 148: h In order that the reader may fully understand, we will briefly denorite the battles constitutiug the great Bat- tle of Gettysburg, 1st. The great battle of July lst, to miles north of Gettysburg and many miles away from the main body of the Union A my ; loss, about nine thousand, 2nd. The great cavalry battle, two miles east of Gettysburg, and two milesawny from the main Union Ar my, on July 2nd. 3rd. The great battle in the after noon of July 2nd, which raged around the Wheat Field, Devil's Den, Death Valley, and Little Round Top, four miles south of Gettysburg, during which twelve thousand men were lost, 4th, The terrifl engagement result. ing from the attack mnde by the Cone federateson the Union position on east Cemetery Hill in the evening of July 2 ending at nine p. mx. with a loss of over two thousand men. Io this engage. ment the Confederate organiz tion, known as the © Louisiana Tigers,” nev er before defeated, was annihilated, sud never heard of afterwards as an organization, the The battle on Culp’s Hill, at the extreme right of the Uslon line, for the recovery of the Union Works, foolishly abandoned, by order of Gen. Meade the day before, This battle lasted from 40 m. to 11 a. m., July 8rd, and five thousand men were lost, 6th, The great battle precipitated and twelve Yere THE SHEVaERD KING, Weight Lorimer In His Stupendons Produc. tion—Chestnut Street Opera House, Phila In the appearance of Wright Lori- delphia, for a limited reason, begin- a new star in the dramatie common interest and forea “The Bhepherd King’ is presented by a company of over 200 players, and special music of a grand and elevating character is quite a feature of the pro- All the leading events of life are portrayed with won- dorful realism and effect, even to his battle with the giant, Goliath of Gath, in which Goliath is represented by a literal giant in stature. in the Valley of brook the Saul the running I'be camp of Elsah, with with David's triumphal en- the of Eaodor, are scenes in the obtained universal wonderment and admiration. Daring of the Witeh have the matinees engagement berdrawn to the Chestnut dis it announced by mail will re- and careful at- within reasonable Phil'a received villages in most prompt tention. —— Heduesd Hates to Erle For the benefit of those desiring to attend the meeting of the Pennsylva- to be held at Erie, December 13 to its lines in the on good to return until December 17, fucive, at reduced rates { minimum A — LOCALS The Indian Summer came to a very The season for legally closed Wednesday, killing deer from Previous Column, | i a, First Live defenses | June 15th Va., Firat Line “Redans,’ Now 4-15.14, June 16th i Va, First Live to Becond i June 17th. | Hteadman, vo defenses, June 18 House, 2d line de- f fenses, June 22 Petersburg ’ Line delens #, At Hare House, later Fort to 24 li tare 234. Piains, Va, north of James River, June 30th, Va, North of James Liver, Aug. 14-15-16th. miles south of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 25. Nort Rice, night of Oot, Crater Fort, attack and capture of, by one hundred men of the 148th, P. V. evening of Oct 27th. “Bh. Oct, 28th Fort Metkle, Petersburg line, Oct. 81 Frout of Fort Morton, Petersburg line, Midnight, Nov, 5th. Front of Fort Morton, 10 p. m. Nov. 6th, one hundred prisoners taken. Nov, 8th, truce from 9a m. to 4p. m , during which the dead were bur- ied on the field of the night battles of Nov. 5h and 6th, and the wounded brought io. by Pickett’'s charge and attack on the Union Centre, in the afternoon of July 3rd, which lasted over three hours, and over ten thousand men were Jost Home troops were engaged in three and four of these, yet they are credited with ohly one, in the list of engage ments, Ho all great battles run, and all lists of engagements are short, aut do in- Justice to the fighters, Battles and skirmishes of the 148th PV. 1863. Chaneelloraville, Va , May 1.2.84, Hay Market, Va. , June 25th, Gettysburg, Pa, July 2.34 h, Waoping Heights, Va | July 234. Richardwon's Ford, Va., S«pt 1st. South side Rappahannock, Oct. 12th. Autrn Mills, Va , Oct 14'h a. m. Bristoe Biation, Va , Oct 14, p. m, Kelly's Ford, Va , Nov, Tih, Mie Ran, Va, Nov. 27 30-Dee, 1864 Morton's Ford, Va., Feb. 6.7th. Wilderness, Vu, May 50 Tih, Po River, Va., May 9-10 bh. Hpotsylvanis, Va, May 12:13-14th. Mitford Bistion, Va., May 20 h. North Anva River, Va , May 23d, Jericho Ford, North Auvoas River, Muy 27h. Tolopotomy Creek, Va, May 28 81st Piolemy Run, Va., June Ist. North Auna River, Va, June 24, Cold Harvor, Va , June 84d. lst, {Continued on foot of next 0umn.) Could Harbor; Va, June ib. Republican senators and members are mournfully telling their friends in private that they are “up against it,” that Prerident Roosevelt is going to be pretty near the whole thing for the next four years, They say indications multiply that the President means to have his own way, and they fear it will be im possi- ble for them to head him off, except at # cost to the party likely to prove too great. Ou the quiet, senators und members, in common with most other people, have begun predi ting that the Presi- dent would take the bit in his teeth as soon as the astonishing results of the election vecame known, The unmistakable tendency of even this, sinee election, has been to demon- strate the correctness of those who made these predictions, The policies that President Roose- velt personally believes to be right will be carried foto effect, if he has the power to enforce his will on Congress, and the personnel of his admioistra- tion will be made up of men selected by himself and known to be in full sympathy with his alms. He will not reject candidates for of- fice presented to him by senators, but he will iosist from the outset that all conform to certain general Roosevelt specifications, by let. known that he did not ask candidates must He has already made a start it for suggestions about the construction ting be of bis new cabloet, He suggestions, but was not gawilling to listen to he would resent at- tempts to influence him io bis choice of his advisers in the manner that bad been done with other Presidents, Without members of his cabinet, he decided consulting any one but to TWO ARBITRATION sUHEMES I'wo methods of international arbi tration were suggested by two eminent of the Kx. Secretary Loog's ides is an internation- should statesmen Muassachusells on same day, but in different places, al tribunal whose decrees He executed, if necessary, by employing the combined forees of sll the Powers agaiost the deli quent state, Ex-% cre tary Olney suggested ss most suitable, for Eu Americs, a al least gland and the try, to hear members selected from highest iu arbitration,’ { the of purpose atid true basis of all marked, “i= confidence o parties in each other's honesty fairuess of dealing.” Toe two Eaglish io their Judges, aud the Alsskan Boundary ar- bitration in which “he Lord Chief Jue tice of Euglaud gave the castiog vole against his own side showed Lhat the impartiality of the judiciary could be depended upon. No argument is required as (» which would be the better plan-—arbitration backed by force or arbitration having for its basis confidence in the integrity, nonpartisanship and wisdom of the Judges, An arbitral decree should leave no rankling bitterness behind ; and a schewe whereby it would be possible to secure an award from arbi. trators whose good faith is above tue breath of suspicion is as high as the heavens above a plan wherein coercion would play a part. The latter would be more likely to provoke war than to promote peace, ——— A The decision of the Superior court sustaining the constitutiovality of the prire food law and that the adulteration of liquors 1s prohibited by it strengthen the hands of the officers charged with the administration of the law, The decision will gratify the people of the Siste generally. The adulteration of food is a crime for which there is no excuse in these days of plentiful crops, nor in- deed at any other time, It fuvoives and the probable shortening of lives of a considerable number. Wise the people, evade such legislation solely by plead- fog its uncoustitutionality there will be no sympathy, and adequate punish- ment should be weted out to such of- fenders, A —— A] MH ——— Killed Deer in Alleghenions, Not content with the hunting grounds on the Beven Mountsios Messrs W. H. Lucas and H. F. Mus ser, of near Centre Hill ; W, O Rear lek, of Milroy, aud Rev. W. W. Rhoads, of Mexico, Juniata county, hunted over a large territory on the Allegheny Mountains, between Nove ember 100 and 24 h, Their luck wis one deer killed by H F. Musser, They opened thelr campaign Iu the moun: talus near Glenn Uulon, trausfer Genersl Black, a gold Demo- crut, from the civil service commission to the head of the pension bureau, He offered to make SBenator Cockrell, of Missouri, a member of the civil ser- viee commission, the isthmian canal or the interstate merce commission, learned that Indian Commissioner Jones desired to retire on January 1, he offeréd the place to Francis E, Leupp, 8 newspaper corres pondent, with whom he has been on terms of friendship for several yesrs, and who wrote at the beginning of the campaign, very appreciative sketches of the President, With these examples as starters, i is not difficult to see what course th President intends pursue ino the matter ol filling Federal positions Fhey will be filled with Roosevelt men wherever possible, Hundreds of officials from the McKinley administration Assistant secretaries, chiefs of bureaus, of commissions, high-salaried clerks, will be got rid of in one way or other, commisston COL~ An soon us he late Lo come down members various Where they are protected by the civ- il service regulations they will be let out for the good of the service and their places filled by promotion of in minor positions who have demonstrated ability according to the Roosevelt standard. tien The expected changes will far {took the second inauguration of McKinley and his death. be that place in the few months between more numerous than those will be almost 88 numerous as the one McKinley. The going to have their day. Roosevelt men WHEN TERMS OF OFFI E WILL BEGIN, d elected November 8th, will be inaugu- rated be President a: Vice-President into their respective offices at Washington, D., C the 4th of March, 1905 Pennsylvania's Ou thirty-four electors will be notified of their election before the Nov They Harrisburg on second Monday of January, at noon, aud Cougress will Inst Wedoesday of will meet at the tree of February, to compute the returns, Each elector will be paid three dol. lars a day and three cents mileage io going to and from the State Capitol. take his sat on the first Monday of OU® YORrs, 4th of March next, and following, unless called di inlo extraor- nary session earlier, Fhe new Assemblymen will take their seats the first Tuesday of Janu ary, and will serve for two years Fhe pewly elected county officers will begin their terms the first Monday of Javusry. on pe ———— i ——— A strong eflort is being msde to raise the sum of $2000 000 to endow the University of Virginia. The fund is to ve called the Jeflerson fund in houor of the founder of the univer sity. The committee or advisory counsel in charge of the work of rails ing the money numbers over one hun- dred prominent citizens, including Grover Cleveland, Chief Justice Fal ler, Cardinal Gibbons, Elihu Root, Admiral Dewey and Robert T. Lin cola, President Roosevelt has writ. ten a letter of cordial endorsement of the project to raise the fund. The university has performed a notable educational work, but has always beet) hampered for lack of funds. Now that the South in eommon with the rest of the country is prosperous there is good ground to hope that the effort to give the institution an adequate en- dowment will prove successful. A ML MARIA Kelth's Chostnut Street Theatre, Unusually strong features will make up this week's bill at the above popu Inr house, Pniladelphia, this week. Among others are, Fred rtallen and Mollie Faller, presenting George Co han's comedy masterpiece, entitled “Election Bets’ One of the very best comedy sketches on the vaudeville stage, W. H. Bloan & Co. Mr, Sloan is conceded to be one of the very best German comedians ia vaudeville. He has a new offeriog to present for your apunroval, The Five Mowatts—A club juggling net, Basque Quartetto—~A really high- class voosl act of unusual merit, AA PAU ARN LOCALS, Many a light-weight weighs heavily in the social scale. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Johu W. Evans, White, South Ds kota, UNFAIR USAGE BY GOVERNMENT, The Granting of Holidays to Hors! Route Mall Unrriers an Imposition. The ruling made by the postoffice department which grants holidays to the mall carriers over the rural routes ts an Imposition on the people living in the country districts. It isa dis crimination against a class of people, who, becsuse they are not organized us other business men and tradesmen, do not insist on obtaining their rights, but rather yield to these impositions and discriminations as the sheep to the shearer, The cities and larger towns have daily malls—week days and SBunday« ; the country districts and smaller towne, prior to the innovation of the rural mail service, had dally maile— Sundays excepted ; 1oday the country districts, including thousands of littl in which there are located business places of every description, have no mails on Bundays ant legal holidays. The business man is ham- pered in the performance of his busi he is denied the delivery of his daily sod weekly newspaper; the saute is true of the farmer and laborer who chances to be served by this new system of mail delivery. villages ness Who dares to eay that it is not as important for the business man, the farmer, the laborer at Potters Mills, at Fusseyville and the thousands of others similarly situated all over the United to receive his daily newspaper, his weekly newspaper, bis lives ip service Lo Nines the man who The mail letters, elo. , as citizen ; the message from or son to father is read matter where the located—and why, when the whole postoffice machinery mails be sent over the rural mail routes Why should the postoffice department carry the mails to Centre Hall and not to other points ? There is no complaint entered here against the rural mail service, when ~it is the suspension of the that is complained against, Or sorrow, no recipient is is in operation, should not the on holidays? ’ iu foros, delivery the maile week day. Fe government has no right, from a standpoint of justice, to grant holi mail carriers so that be delivered every * Up in arms, ruralites ! Petition the postoffice department to deliver your m———— or — Potters Mills. William Beir lost & floe horse a few His son, some time ago was from Allison's mill, when the horse got to backing and went down ioto the tail race on top ol day & Ago. It was the fastest horse in this section. David Bohn, last Friday, while ou! bunting deer with his regiment, was the lucky one to see a fine young buck. Bsug went Davy’s gun, but the deer went on, his aim, however, was ocor- rect. It was Iate in the evening and they could bot trail it, but the nex morning the party found it dead. One day last week Louis Fousl's house was found to be on fire. The fire started from a curtain hanging too near the stove pipe. The contents of the room were nearly all burned and had it not been for the people return. ing from Mrs. Bible's funeral no doubt the house would have burned to the ground, Thanksgiving Day passed off in this town to the delight of nearly every body, Oa the avove day the old eat came back in full regalia. She had » postage stamp on her head and a R. F. D sttsched to ber tail. This hob ored old eat has had a hard time to get back on sccount of some other cats and dogs that kept her treed for some time, We know of two old codgers who haa a paw in the matter. Now they bad better go way back under their baros aud look for mice or some other ven win, which is good euough for tiem. William Bweeney was surely surprise. ed last Saturday evening when he en- tered his house and found about forty of his friends ready to greet him, ano congratulate him on his thirty-ninth birth day. Mr, Sweeney's wife had the whole mstter set up and it worked hike a charm ; i received many pres ents, some of which were cash, The wusic was furnished by the Potters Mills orohestra and William McKin ney, with his famous graphophone, which rendered some oomie pieces ano kept the party fo a jily mood until cakes caine roll od, which were many, wond of vadous kinds, At eleven o'elook all returned to their homes, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, J. W. Wolf, of Ardmore, is employ- ed in Wanamaker's Philadelphia store, Prof. John D. Meyer and niece, Miriam, Bunday returped from their Southern trip. The Union Sunday school at Farm- ers Mills will hold a Christmas service Saturday evening, December 24, The winter schedule of the Pennayl- vania railroad went into effect Sunday, I'nere are no changes on the branch, Charles Burris is now located in Lewistown where he holds a clerkshin in a clothing s ore conducted by Mr, starr. Turkeys retailed at thirty cents in Philadelphia before Thanksgiving, and hen’s eggs sold for forty cents per dozen, Five to six inches of snow fell in the vicinity of Altoona Bunday morning, and sleds and sleighs were brought in- to service. Capt. H. B. Taylor and Prof. John D. Meyer were among the Bellefonte people who witnessed the Army-Navy foot ball game. The Thanksgiving supper was a de- lightful affair, although the bad weather interfered with many people reaching the hall. Mrs. W. E. Fischer and son Will- iam, of Bhamokin, are arranging to spend several months in the south for the benefit of the latter's health, Mrs. Alfred Durst, Monday morn ing, started on an extended visit to her daughters at Maytown, Laocaster enunty, Pa, and Taneytown, Mary- land, Rev. J. W. Beckley, an evangelist, ff Lebanon, was a caller last week. He is m king a tour of the central part of the sta'e siding local pastors to conduct rel gious revivals, Recorder John C, Philadelphia Friday his wife home wwe went to to sccompany from the German hos pital where she had been receiviog treatment for several weeks Mrs. 8. F. Boyder and son Floyd, of this place, visited at the homes of George Graham and Milton Shuey, at state College. They were eral days, returniog home Wednesday of last week. Miss Lucy Trsuger, Pleasant Unity, was the guest of Rev, and Mrs, Gress at the Reformed parsonage, last week. Miss Trauger is a member of the Junior class of the Bucknell University. Frank Shutt, the Hoffer street binck- smith, announces that be i= prepared to do all kinds of wood work connect. ed with wagon building and repairing. If you are in peed of work in his line, te seks that you call to see him. T. G. Wilson, D. W. Bradford, Chas. Arney, John Heckman, Cyrus Brun- gart, and J. A. Bweetwood, last Fri. day and Baturday were up in the Bar rens, near State College, hunting for rabbits. They succeeded in bagging ten rabbits. Mr.and Mrs J. B. Kreamer, of Re- bersburg, and their daughter and hus- tand, Mr, and Mrs. 8. 8. Frank, of Harrisburg, last week visited Rev. and Mrs. David A. Bolly, at Wayne, a suburb of Puoiladelphia, Mrs. Solly be- ing a daughter of the Kreamers, Rev. W. H. Walsh, of Williamsport, will assist Rev. J. F. Shultz to conduct aseries of religious meeting at Lemont, beginning Sunday evening, coatiou- ing for two or more weeks. Rev, Walsh is a talented vocalist, which will add to the interest of the services, Mrs. William Turner and Aodrew Carver, of Milesburg, niece and neph- ew of Mrs. W. H. Schuyler, and Misses Helen and Susan Potter, of Milesburg. visited Dr. and Mrs. Bebuyler, Friday and Saturday of last week. The Misses Potter also visited Misses Clara and Rosie Krape. Rev. and Mrs. David A. Solly are very nicely located at Wayue, near Pniladelphia, where Rev. <olly is the pastor of the Baptist church of that place, having ocome there from R muoke, Virginia, beginning of Ooto- ber. The Wayne Baptist church and parsounage are decidedly pleasing in ape pearance, and there is little doubt but that both pastor and people are well plensed with each other, Reeser, Kessler & Wieland is the uname of a new firm recently inoorpo- rated with a capital stock of $50,000, in Sayre, the latter member of the firm being Al. P. Wieland, formerly of Linden Hall, and more recently lo- cated at Nordmont. The vew firm will open a department store, in March, in a new block, under the most !avorable circumstances, with Mr, Wieland as its manager, Sayre is well looated, and has a large nomber of wen employed in railroad shops of 11g LV R R Us, that company hav Amen pov. of seminary, wishing Mr. sud Mis. Sweeney mm y v wd duri i oR id ue ai ml pd
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