“VOL. LXXVIII. CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Regiment, P. V. [Ta be Continued | CHAPTER X ITINERARY RECORD, rr hy Aug. burg to Lewistown miles. Beautiful day. Aug. 28, Lewistown to Harrisburg, 62 miles on box-car freight train; no seats, Clear, hot day. Bept. 9, Regiment, Harrisburg Cockeysville, Md, 71 miles on box-car freight train; no time, honrs ; clear, hot day. Sept. 13, Co. A marche eysville to Lutherville, ! camped ; clear, hot day Dec. o, legiment from ockeyaville to Baltimore, on box-car freight train no seats ; no heat; 15 miles hours : snow, stormy and very nearly froze. Dec. 10, Baltimore D. C., on box-car freight train; noj seats, no stoves, 42 miles ; time, elev- | en hours; very cold; nearly froze; did not see fire or stove in two days Dec. 11, marched in rain and deep | mud, from p. m. to dark, from | Washington south six miles on the] Port Tobacco road, into Maryland and bivouacked ; tents, no fire first unsheltered night. Dec. 12, marched in deep mud, south | fifteen miles on the Port Tobacco road, | to “Camp Starvation.” Fair day i very cold night, no tents, no fire; no ‘‘ grub’ for thirty-three hours De. 13, marched south from 4 p. m to dusk, six miles, and bivouacked very cold ; no tents Dec. 14, Bunday, from m. tol p. m., ten miles, and bivouscked in woods fires comfort. cold night Dw. 1& in wagons, 54 LO ents nine 1 ad from Cock- miles and to Washington, | t L no our marched south a tents no Lig great Fair day ; very , marched west five miles, from & m. to 12 Point the Potomac wud and forded streams no wl, no fire Dee. 16, transferred by Steamer Star, from Liverpool Point, Md., to Aquia Cree Landiog, Va, miles, in aw ful raiu. Bivouacked in wet clothes no fire Dec, 17, marched from Aquia Creek Lading toward Fredericksburg, Va., twee! of i. , to Live rpool river; waded Heavy main Ol WO ten “ no cold. ents, miles, and bivouscss! by the camps of the Army of Very enid ; ground no tents, vig fires, great comfort, Dec six miles the Potomac froze like arock 18. meandering march of about through the camps of the Ariny of the Potomuc near Fredericks- burg, Va Fhe 145: was assigned to the lst Brigade, 1st Division, 24 Corps, Ariny the Potomac. No big fires Dec. 18 to 25, bivouacked woods, without Christmas Day, when aud put up camp, Dee, 25, 1862, to April 25, 1863, drill, review, camp guard and picket daty along the Rappahannock river April 28, 1863, marched from4a mn. | Lill ten miles, toward Chaueellorsville, Dreadfal rain ed the march at noon, i April 29, rained all day. Building | corduroy road for the artillery ; march- | ed three miles to United States Ford, on the Rappahannock river and bis ouscked the river after night of feuts in the the 25th got tents, lo ' we tents BOON, West 3 i hiajt- | ini} at April 30, pontoon bridges were BOLone Rappahanovoek river United States Ford during the fore noon Toward the 145th erowsed the river and marchivd with its division to the Chancellorsville battle field, four miles away. Regiment sang home songs as they marched to the battle-fleid. Rain all forenoon : fair afternoon May 2, 3, 4 aud 5, battle of Chancell. oisville, Va. Defeat ; army lost sev. enteen thousand men. Regiment lost one hundred and seventy-six. May 6, we marched from Chancell- arsville to our old camps on Btafford Heights, near Fredericksburg, eight- een miles, from midnight to evening, in dreadful mud. Rained all day. May 19, abandoned our winter camp sud moved about a mile and a half to the east, where we established a sum- mer camp on a beaatifal hillside near the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, June 14, drills, reviews, camp sud picket duty and repairing battle dam- ages and losses from May 6th to June 44h, 1863, June 14, Bunday, started on Gettys burg eampnign in the evening after dark ; marched three miles on the Staflord Court House road and bive ouncked. Clear, fine day. June 156, marched before day-break, by Stsflord Court House to Namse- quan Creek, fifteen miles. Clear, hot the evening crossed Pontoon sacked. | er, which we on {bri ige, after night, aud bivou Clear, very hot day. June 17, moved out at ten a. m, and i marched rapidly fifteen miles and went into regular camp near Fairfax Court ¢ lear, hot day, the 148th were lay- toward Fairfax | House, Va. June 18, men of ting corduroy road Station all day, incon June 18, Fairfax to Cen Hot day at night. June 20, marched from noon to mid- raln and deep mud, over Choroughfare 3 marched in afternoon {rom treville, seven heavy rain t night, iu steady {twenty miles, from Centreville { Bull Run battiefl Gap, Bull Run Mo Jn and I Westher aud ri “, guarding roughfare Gap cherries plenty Jun and dee ud ir ten twenty miles, from (41 : YA, w hes + shelled us and killed gil wong: of our men from 7 a m. till 2 , in rain and mud, 8, V to Poolsville, the Poto- river into Maryland on pontoon bridge Edward's Ferry about naed draber Tune 38. mar ed 8. In from Gom Spring Md. twenty miles, crossed ad at ft midnight June 17, rained Marched from 4 p.m. 109 p. m. from Poolaville to Mountain, Md., ten miles, June 25%, Bunday, in alli day Nugar Loaf we about and fre guent showers, from 7 a. m. p. m., when we reached the Monocacy river, near Frederick Cit June 29 marched miles twelve deep mud to 3 y, Md. and camped. day. Rained Marchied from 7 a. Frederick over thirty d out, It we always of ra- clothing, cloudy, fine it ¥ } iii ' i m. to mid From City to Unio vin, Md, miles, tire must be that i heavy | consisting CRrris tions tents, Lia , candles, hatehets, « p-pan, fork, Spoon, We Hug water, stationes plate, mb, always had this parapt on and bellied to June 30 at Union- iad INCIDENTS OF 1800 I i «oenl Items Taken from the Centre porter of Interest to 1005 Renders, ile. Lambasting was a more common { practice in the publie schools in 1869 | than at the present time. The issue {of March 12, gives a detailed account "of a fisticufl’ that took place between | Levi Murray [ deceased 1 and a ** big | stout scholar $ ys! whose name is omitted, i In this melee the teacher was obiiged to resort to the use of the poker in maintain standing { master of the situation. The school in | which the fight occurred that of | Plumgrove, east of Centre Hull. Later | Mr. Murray was i i & i order to ais as ww WM prosectiled, but { grand jury ignored the bill. Ti | ecutor, I¢ | pay the costs, f money « The the 16 Prog- {tO alah Kari vax obliged and not 8 imprisoned for ter stockholders of the Bellefonte, and Youngmanstown he toll gate east the For several successive elections each party the establishment of 1! party other against operating the gate, was for, made a desperate effort to capture the organization, besides getting into a law suit Although hort time, the gate is in evideno abolished for a today March Mish ; ts Cents March 19 Married James Alexander Emerick, both of [ They ¥ Prof. 11, Eliza ¢ Hall this place. Aid nes are now residents of J. PB Franklin and Marsh: tised the Penn Hall Rossiter, a sil CO Academy April 2: Bamuel Plotner, John H, Btover, Peter Keen, J | Issac Gales Michigan David Hosterman, of Penn Hall, to W. F. Jordan aud Walters, of near Centre ose ph Be snd moved to wernt Ohlo fodisna ; Samuel Reesman moved from Millheim The party numbered about sixty persons, mostly froma Millhelm and vicinity na hile general to to flown F. Harlacher moved ¥ building to 1 i bis build Ww his new brick building. 3 v ing is now occupied by Rev Bosal Blac , located at ie. J." and surgeo Rev. J. K. Miller Hall rom Chamb Mbompson ¥ Dn town, Md July 1 f ‘nlontown at 9 | i : i : entdered, hesi- | ! on vague or! when we pike, four | Forenoon | 3 f ded J Evangelionl oh A in Millheim for 1 atiet i & Ley recepl O00 Wa M. King April i i Fair hel 3 . th, marches | battie- | position on | i the i thie battle line July tysburg Biwi and were * left centre,” |} . 3 2 tile of Get | 3 1 but lost! twenty-three July irom i i HIRT #4 In hie : afternoon, | the battiefleld to Two Taverns, | pil Hany day July 7, marched from about three Johnsville even 8m. to i'wo Taverns to miles Pp. Te Md., mud aud steady rain about eighteen from o , Inarched 8m. tod p. f Frederick City, Md., | sf i twenty tained ail day ; mud, | i G July Mouth Frederick Me {to ity to and across Mouth Mountain twenty-two miles, cloudy, warm. Antietam battlefleld to Md, twelve miles, Cloudy, fine marchiog day July 12, Hagerstown, Md. to battle line on Polomae, ten miles, July 12, Lee crossed the Potomac in. Virginia during night July 14, to the Potomae, four Rainy day July 16, marched south along the north side of the Potomac river, to- ward Harpers Ferry twenty miles, and camped within four miles of the Ferry. Fine day July 16, marched eight miles, passed Harpers Ferry and Sandy Hook and camped near Knoxville, Md. July 18, marched eight miles, by Sandy Hook, to Harpers Ferry, where we crossed the Potomac into Virginia southward sud camped ; clondy, fine day. July 19, Bunday, marched south six miles and camped, July 20, marched to Bloomfield, Va, fourteen miles ; fine day. July 22, marched from noon to sun- set, ten miles, from near Bloomfield to Ashby’s Gap. Fine day. July 23, marched twenty miles to sud through Manasses Gap to Front Royal, Wapping Heights ; clear, hot. July 24, marched back through Mae passes Gap, Blue Mountains, to the east, eight miles, in afternoon, A SP —— Ralitoad Gardeners at Work. The Pennsylvania railroad has slart- od work preparing for thelr summer Iandscape degoration, Esol road has a large number of men planting vines, sowing grass seed and making Gower antain battlefield, about Fine day for marchin July 11 Hagerstown, oF = from to iiles, Cleniets chanan, of this county BP. George Jack, Boslaburg E Sd. Amos Al F. Beebold, Brush re: J XB the neelivg was Hs2litt £6 {artieton 7.01 YARD ¥ Dr i ry Korman, Halfpeuny, Lew Woodward fonte eo eral building April matches H Emanuel Win Mark { fated ¥ o Ww ir Pid ’ store the Durst sore in 30: Children playing wit the atraw stack in front MoCool's The stack was ¢ barn, in township, on fire, sumed, but the barn saved May 4: Col. D.F. F mitted to the bar, [His in the Reporier on that date. | rine was establishment in Cente Hall OC. F. Harlacher was appointed post. muster to succeed William Wolf, The latter had held the sppolontment since the establishment of the office Hamuel Bhannon, aged seveniy-one years, died May 11, in Centre Hall Ai LOCALS A. K. MoMapigle postmaster at Milroy. was appointed The large planing mill and saw mill, known as the Munson Mill, owned and operated by George B. Breon, of Wil liamsport, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Mr. Breon is well known to the lumbermen in Penna Valley, fromm whom he makes frequent purchases, Rev. J. A. Horner, pastor of the Evangelical Christian church, at Col- yer, was in town last week, and in- formed the Reporter that the new church, in course of building at that piace, was free of debt to this date, The structure is being erected as fast as the finances permit, the pastor and congregation preferring this method to that of going into debt, Edward Carbangh, thirty-five years old, of Newton Hamilton, was fatally Irjured near Lewistown by stumbling in an open culvert along the Pennsyls vania Rallroad. He was found lying at the bottom of a diteh in an uncon. scious condition with nothing but his head above water. His jaw was bro- day. - June 16, marched nineteen miles by + beds at various points on the lines, ken, soalp lucerated and tongue almost BILLS BIGNED His # Nomber Fhe Goversor Appends Signature to Governor Pennypacker the following bills; Providing for the running and relo- eating of county lines, Empowering the commissioner forestry to give the privilege to munie- ipalities to impound water on forestry reservations, Providing for the whose death by presumn- been established, of a person tion has to receiving stolen and post vl as private property Itaposing a penalty of $500 fos i ure for any three tax yours Regulating the method and proces fend Fixing the salaries of county missioners in counties lens than 150,000 population having {825.000 to | waves In Slate Forestry reserves is ve- toed. The Governor says that by an i fd { were subjected to an annual charge ttwo cents an v 11 the aw Lhe Commoi | weal vould not only pay this aunu al charge upon al of wm ris is i % i OO ould likewise recoflistruct and maintain the ithem. In twice for the same thing FOoSGs Wilco ran olher words, it wou i le tp i Encampment Opens Seplember 16 i I'he Grange { Sists i Hall, 1 i0, LO pLAN opens at Centre Gay, Beplember werd ni —— for Gas tiritiiag Fine Creek » Line wi well for in ie Wales i gas Wc fp S500 Bilis to Governor's Hands s Loglslature the vd be acled Bow i i Lunar MHiis i thus s {3 rien k i Iv 1 r' B Wernor aig A So ————— LOCALS the outfielder. H. Weber received a car fii EUs fom, W. Boal filled 8 pulpit in WwW. Centre Hall Saturday, the i sister, Mra, Lizzie Jacobs siuart, of State Col- Hwabb, r way to Tossey ville , Mrs. A. B, Lee Miss Bertha Duck, New with Wi visit who had ed lo York visit ner parents, was { home Thursday owing to the Hines of Mea. M. B. Dueck, her motuer, Spring Mill * Doe," th raccoon presented © this office over three years ago by Veterinary Surgeon John Riter, died Monday morning. “Doc” was a great favorite among the children. He was a most determined and persever- pet a Although the Reporter contained many reports of damage done by the storm last week, some wrecks were missed. Among these latter was the total destruction of a shed on the farm of J whun Poller, west of Centre Hall The most of the material was blown a considerable distance across a fleld. Railroad companies are having their innings on the traveling hog. The traveling hog is the individual who occupies half a dozen seats—sits on one and fills the rest with baggage, for- getting both that the remainder of the passengers are placed at a disadvan- tage ou his account and that the rail- road company runs freight trains to oarry stook, In last week's issue the maiden name of Mrs, George Fowler, whose death was recorded, was given as that of Jordan, instead the lady was a sie ter of the late John Foreman, of Potter township. She was the last of the Foreman family — three mémbers, John Foreman, of Potter township ; Daniel Foreman, of Bugar Valley, and Mrs, Fowler, having died within a year. The date of the marriage of Mr. | Fowler and Katie Foreman was July i: 1877, instead of 1870, as stated in the i 3 i ELECTION OF A SUPERINTENDENT Will take Place May 2-Rules and Heguia- tions Governing Same. «third section of an Act of the eighth day of “An act for the y approved May, 18564, entitled tem of Edueation by Common Behools,” requires official notice to be of the time and place for hold- of school the purpose of electing given directors, for the several counties of the State, The time designated by the law is the day of May. These con- are called to assemble by county superintendents now in office, the law not fix the hour gecond does authorities have that matter in hand, and have fixed the hour at 42 o'clock, + convention should organize by and secretary. "lee-presidents and assistant secreta- County nis generally have in full lists of the mem- of the different bsards of directors ir respective counties, and when i# the case, a list with the districts riy designated should be handed president of the convention. in order that all er- orrected, and that it may present, ¢ { each director and i a president e elected, if desired, me € iperintende Ha in Lhe this to the t should be read, je called, his vote i vole must It of the present, nays, req directors to elect arity those nt wwing who are members, the con- repared to fix the salary of unty superintendent for of years. It in nearly every case before ele of- the aken upon the high- three cling Lhe | sums are named, ore do vole bigh- i receives done, candi- be | soe Cal BOT Que Me crelary must of Depart. certificate salary snlary is basis : : . Ls wichio wih : nundred schools : » remaining schools of in the 1901-1902 schools ol year of «1 aad ftwo bh eighty-nine undred and nine wien will increase intendent’s salary However, the we & #0 per sn, iw -axinm Lo cgnven- in the assembled. If the salary is in- the directors over that fixed the ind deducted from sounty mveral made. lary fixed by law is pald out of school fund appropriated nie, peel Dy rease is ppropriation {(o the » distribution to the "3 the is county eral allowed school attending these conven- tions is one dollar each and mileage at per mile. The expense is borne by the local districts. The candidates for county superin- tendent are Prof. D, O, Etters, Belle- fonte; and Prof. Milford Pletcher, Blanchard. While Superintendent C, Li. Gramley will not object to re-elec- fon, he has not been an aggressive compensation ors for dire the rate of three cents I Paal Jones' Rody Found The body of J. Paul Jones, the founder of the American Davy, was found in Paris after a remarkable search for il in an abandoned ocemes tery. Ambassador Porter had the work in charge. Later the remains will be brought to the United States for interment. Unr Started too Soon, Miss Blanche Burd, aged twenty- four years, of Aaronsburg, employed as a domestic in Altoona, met with an unfortunate accident Bunday after noon at Green avenue and Eleventh street. She attempted to get off a car and when so doing the car started and ghe was thrown heavily to the street. She was assisted into the Aldine hotel, and from there removed to the hos pital, where an excmination showed that she had sustained a contusion of the right hip and other body bruises. She was admitted to the instituiton for treatment. Miss Burd is a daughter of Mra, Mary Burd, and but recently went to Altoona, ER IAA. Grant Hoover will make his home in Williamsport. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL I! FROM ALL PAR M. M. Bhires, of Bprii cently opened an Harrisburg il EREST INnsUrsa Miss Grace Bmith, week, returned from an to Williamsport. G. W. Ocker recently home in Lewisburg and is the sume at present Rev, C. L. McConnell, pastor Miflinburg Lutheran church covered from a recent illness Frida eX! inst visit urchased s remodeling the The democratic state « in Harrisburg Wednesday time for holding the stats and electing a state chairma Griffith Garrett, Ret been awarded the contra new M. E. chuteh at take the place of in that town last fall of the structure J. Frank Grant, sovereign grand I and adjutant of tant, died in Baltimore was made in Lexington, Ky Bright Bitner, of ¢ a caller the the roule men i creamery, and is searching of seerelars ge of Odd the Patriare ¥ pring other day one his animals havi died. The next experimen terial for walks will be « crete, such as is intend bere, has proven tol other places, and less than good stow A bill was passed Monday making an app $2,000 for the erection monument in the old Carlisle to the memo er, the heroine of Monn re Mrs. Calvin Ruhl who recently underw« at Williamsport, the latter part of this weed dition much information husband. in exp in impr tO rede ve The residence of Hen: treasurer of MceGett tow ing county, was burglariz while the family safe looted of $50 bers overlooked about § 10 another piace in ! i times, hav Samuel Brooks, up to the automobile nod will ing travelers Lit} Brooks will when the trolley lis and will be a hot ¢ be on By every test of prosperity Nt, Louis epression : ¢ w iit appears 0 have escaped ( which it was predicted the World's Fair ho i For the first quarter of 19056 ing permite, real bank clearings, have increased The legislature jus several bills that have the governor, and become laws, that ordivary iuterest Beveral laws relative to will effect Centre Hall taken of them, shoul ivoked. wo «i City. buiid- ctiobs, receipts £ and sla sed § sesed siure of have than districts. that if advantage is nt OYVer- wig eae in “hi © HR Joseph Jefferson, a Philadelphian by birth, the original ** Rip Van Winkle,” is very critically ill in Miami, Florida. He is seventy-seven years old, and al- though for some time feeble physical. ly, unable even to walk, he has re- tained his mentality as bright and strong as when he was in his physical prime, A team belonging to Jacob Robb, near Howard, hitched to a spring wagon, and a horse driven by a young man camed Boon, collided one night recently, which resulted in the death of one of the former's horses. The shaft of Boon’s rig struck one of the Lorses in the breast penetrating it tos considerable depth, causing the animal to bleed to death. The Reporter erred in stating that a son bad been born to Mr, and Mrs. Wesley Sharer, instead it was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sharer, east of Centre Hall, that the child re. ceived such a royal welcome. Even newspapers are misinformed, but since it is nll in the fadlily the forwaer young couple will not feel es much grieved as they would had they no claim what- ever on the new born babe, Butcher Daubermsn is making a specialty of shipping veal calves, and buys up a large number each week. From the number of calves killed for veal one might be led to believe that in time there would be a scarcity of cows, steers, etc, but the supply is equal to the demand. This latter as. sertion can be proven by keeping tab on the number of car loads of miloh J. W. Misverling. : wou
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