: VOL. LX X V 11 I . CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR Volunteers. 7. PF Meyer, S rageant Co, Regiment, P. V, A., 14817 T'o be Continn CHAPTER X o May viile 1865, broke 1 i camp at Burke 3 toward mond R., twelve miles and biv- marched dichmond, slong the Rio! Danville R. ouacked near Jets at noon at J raville May 5, marched from 6 a. m. to 6 Pp. m., twenty-five miles, by Amelia Court House, and camped near K. R May 4, marched from 7 a. m. to sun- set, excepting the usual noon halt miles west of Richmond, Va. May 5, marched fore a few miles in the noon and camped two miles fr Manchester and in sight of Richmond, a mile beyond. May 6, left eamp at 11 a. m., march- through i James river on poutoon bridge : ed through Richmond review, down Front and pp Main Street, with music and unfurled banners. Emerg- ing from the city on the north, crossed the west branch of the Chickahominy river and camped five miles north of ed Manchester, crosse march- in marched ten miles, i May 7, Banday, the march was re- at m. all | day, along meandering roads, twenty | miles ; crossed and camped five miles north of the Pamunkey river. May 8, marched from 9 a. m. till 5 p. | the city ; i sumed 7A, aud continued m., when we crossed the Polecat tiver | and camped, haviog marched eight- | een miles, May 9, marched from Sa m. to? p. | m heavy showers. day, , fifteen miles, in deep mud and the Mat, Ta, Po and Ny rivers, the four branches that form the Mat- | tapony river; camped just north of | the Ny. | 3 aD | the Ricl l'elegrapt Church May 10, left eamp on Ny at thea “il je early hour; marched on mond and Fredericksburg roaa ; 10 Fi dericksburg : crossed the Rappa- | hannoeck river Pp bridge, thence up the river through Falmouth to ped marching twenty miles passed Massaponax at sm. and at 12 m. marched through | on ynloon Polomae creek ai CRI ped, after 5 % 11 May 11, th oads wi resumed The i ait ¢ marct very ax r Ie i i all day to make fif and camped near Wuantico cast of Forestburg, Va Fo Quantico till 4 p. m. eft camp at restburg at S crossed creek and na the Lhe when we reached ceoquan river and camped near Va., towi Occoquan, Oaving marched about fifteen i At wo 1 tay i ms y, moved oul i 00d in. , C1 O88. § 3 ed br fre (QUAL ntoon § or ge + i K ' marched miles and catuped five miles [ Alexandria, Va., at sundown : 14, Sunday, in temporary camg or *“unday. y 15, packed up e the marc ed ary in if mos r aud five nes miles May wh, TE ing vorth about miles and went into regular camp | Fi Nard, west of Washingtor ¥ et Fx i \ # Reyopolds and V five | sounded at 2 the boys turned out promptly. reille a.m. :| Left | camp 4 a. m., marched to Washing- | ton ‘rossed the Potomac by the| Lovg Bridge into Washington at day- | bres. ¥ it { Marched in * Grand Review | " which | comprised the 2nd, 5th and Yih Corps and Sheridan's Cavalry Corps. Re- turned by way of Georgetown and Ar- lington, crossing the Potomac river at Georgetown, by a pontoon bridge at foot of High Bt. : reached camp late in the evening, after marchir g twenty mils Have now been in Omaha, Nebraska, eight months and ean Bay that I have found it a pretty decent sort of lown. I have a position In the office of the general suditor of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and like my work quite well. About five hundred clerks are employed in the general offices, The weather has been very pleasant this spring: just about a normal amount of rainfall, and everything in the way of vegetation looks fine. I extend my congratulations to Ted Bailey on account of the able manner of the Army of the Potomae, “ Note from Win, BB, Keer % in which he handled the story of the execution at the county seat, With kind regards, and best wishes for the success of the Reporter, I am Bincerely yours, Wu B. Kenuf I ————— A — —— Cold Wave and Frost, A cold wave struck Central Penn. sylvania latter part of Inst week. Frost did some barm to corn and garden vegetables Saturday night. The ther. mometer registered as follows : Friday night, 38 degrees ; Saturday night, 34 degrees ; Bunday night, 57 degrees, _HALL, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 2 CNTATE ” SOURS ON PENNY, Pennsylvania Stats College is con siderably soured on Governor Penny ation $96. 000 a pretty sum. Fricaiture : § # buildi nd equipment, with that plan filed KE if ratanding til Li for a buildin total $250,000, availiable ' eLe., had been , the cost ¢ WHICH Was 3 Wer hie Pi&his were the sane, Lhe An drawn up and filled with 1414 Or pe 1 ; 5 ners, who accepted the he legisiature appropriated the $250,000, rr £1 = 9 - fear i) FOr remeinit 00 3 i : in tunnel ter i the $150,- i ¢. The lat il i It is intimated in some quarters that took this advantage to State the Grovernor even thin up with * for be on i £4 i } 1 {the lio i ide oblige to sit behind a i ( screen, on he oceasion of the irnegie Library, vel of it 1 il Cention { { last fall Fhe position occupied by His Excel. turing the co incident jlo the dedication of that magnificent { edifice, it must be admitted. pande the | champion of the Grady-Salus libel bill look small, but he to punish the farmers for that act. If the Governor burt as he looked when pushed to the side of the platform built for three, have taken ined ler remonies Cy insignificantly {should not seek felt as pitiful, should the committee of arrange- and he its around the corner ntro- ‘ boots,’ and called it square. i - » - President Roosevelt has se red an- po the men in his own party who « ppose his in tant pol against policy. he has revision and It is well known that tarifl recipro Hs recommendations along tl been treated with contempt by Lhe Republican msjority Fhe standpatters in that body hav raained that there shall g ws be no 2 ower i { the tarifl wall RDVYWHere, an thal the onl change But and the Pana. Faisinog it. HOW Come ! ma canal commun toy inn a decision the thie © apeti- throw for niracts omy is the il 15, but the ure the stand- an expected from tarift and ] rec. of the HR DOses { ¥ i i : de E nade his =u nd ay, fiilin | Transfer of Hen! Estate, Louisa (3. Bush, extrx. to A. J.! NEWS OF 1870—A Reichley, May 5, 1905 ; et. al, in Har- | : 2 & | Marcu 11, ris twp., ly | the stockhinlders of the Old Fort FT Nophin Thos, May 1905; in $200. The annual meeting of “ Ja ACres, Hale to vl GG. MeCOaus \ ! Youngmusnstown tur pike wasn live Philipsburg, ly aflalr wt Penn? Hall, where they met to elect officers for the year, The stockholders divided for and against the erection of a toll gate of the Old Fort. The gate forces were lead Motz, Hosterman main fretion } i “w and, 1 lot, W. K. DeLong, et. ux., to Annie J. Ridge, April 28, 1905 ; in Liberty twp.. £300, Owens’ Were east 35 perches, Josiah to Wm. M, Spring heirs 14, 1901 ; one-half acre, $350, Ww. M. by John C, with Judge support ; the by R. H. Coburn as his element Owens, March in as bis twp., other ended Duncan chief : Was Richards, et. to Gill, May 12 Philipsburg, house and lot. H. ux., to Mary A Long, Oct. 20, 1904 ; in Spring Mills, it. $50 A. Davis to Mrs. Anna Webb, April 10, 1905: 2 shoe Chas. ux., 1904 : $2600, h James P The f elected Louis in Motz Heutenant g won®out, ur nll directors fa- he Long, et. " i Robert Foster, David Krape, [ The new gate was vorable to u gate at that point, he directors chosen were F. Troxel, Michael Harper. erected and toll was first March 25 Be Sarah Jepjamin lots in Bnow taken about £5500 Jas, F. Weist, et.\ ux., Philipsburg Brewing Co, 1905 : 2 lots in Philipsburg. Alfred P. Hosterman to James Hosterman, March 16, 1905 : 60 in Potter twp. $3000, J.B. Ard et. al, to J. W. Kepler et. al, April 14, 1905; 2 lots and building in Pine Grove Mills. $5,500. Esther Rider to Isaac March 22, 1905 : 106 acres in Ferguson twp. $3,700 J. H. Ross et. ux., to W. A. man, Aprill, 1905 : Linden Hall Mary A. Stemm to John L. Harsh- berger, Feb, 6, 1905 : lot and buildings in Harris twp. $650, B. F. Burd et. ux March 17, house Asronsburg. $450, W. F. MeClellen et. ux., to Fillmore Wickerman, Dec. 1904 ; land in $500. él. al., to April 15, $100,000, K. acres of that took place in Huntingdon, ap- pears in the issue of March 18th. The men hanged were Germans, named A i- bert Von Bodenberg and Gotlieb Von Bohner of a woman, Sherifl Neely. An account a double execution, Their crime was the The Both men were killing executioner was tir 53 ie Harpster, nang 133 perches ed at once a y ment from Jodenberg read a state- the scaflold which he declared that he had no murder, and implored the truth. After through reading his statement, Bohin- in hand in iohner to Bodenberg | the Cather- ’ 1 tell house and lot in ¥ got $650, ner made a remark charging Boden- berg with su equal band in the mur der, the repl mentiy, "Shem dich doch ; doch.” when Iatter velie- ied, J and (x. Fehl, lot to S Gara shem dich 18K ; in shame on shame on You you Bodenberg died comparative a) ly easy in eleven minutes. Bohuer struggled fearfully fifteen minutes, Crrege twp. Andrew J. Bwartz et. ux et. al, to WwW. Duck. al, April 20, 1905 lout Npring twp. f Ir iULyY Ihe account farther says that Clayton ot ur thousand people gathered house and Huntingdon, snd four hundred with- t Ww in $100 i be jail yard itnessed Lhe execu to Bsmuel | Hon, 19405 ; $1,000 Miover, J. N. Krumrine et. ux., E Kimport, March 31, and jot in State College. Jerry Lutz to Ellen 15, 18405 - 3 sextit aff 3 is house | ordered closed until after the hanging 3 the Fhe shierift mounted the steps of the people yard te He and drunken March | ~ acres 130 perc hes in Spring | stform and sdmonished edd order in Lhe prison yd twp, $750 aud decency. enid 4. Reifsr Lire I.J. Dreese, | { yder et 1 i ux., t« rowdies 8 neres men “ Let March Hege | iw Pp I pv #H : in ) yi 1 cate disturbance and make S1eis J ai, We must carry Dresses et, PB May 11, 1905, 80 acwes in ( ollege | i ux. to lie Ww As DeOOmen 5 ii Crider it el. arislisn pe $ i Dreese, April 24, 1005 - lege §150. i Minnie M. Goss et. baron., to Annie | B. Tate, April 4, 1006 land in Ferguson twp. T. P et. Doustey, 1005 twp Mrs Hw OU iside th + ¥ LL I} 50 mores in Col- | dia Neidigh et. ul., to IL y h ‘Wp. esch 3 5 4 hall June, § * x. interest in | § incident 0 , when Robinson's show exhibited Middletown, bor { a fi Ab that occurred {1850 to Wim. | § £1 A, y l Bruangart March 22 in Missouri, will of acres oY uniter the readers who Monday 0 f interest ihe | . Bellefonte the 14 Erb to Edward =_ perches in Miles twp. mi show at A Feb { i gitendanoee men and TION Are Lie ti pure in FOr & dt ed was that religi shall see (odd, i point present. an nsisted more in for fel. for others 0 personal purity than in dogma, ceremony He deplored the criticism of the scriptures and the rejection of parts because one could not understand. Then he reverted to ope of his famil- lar doe i CO Rindness to ad « sideration low-men, more in arity Or Ore ol. toy tendency higher irines, that no man could com- mand real success in the world with. out he possessed an ideal that domina- ted his life and conduct and abjured selfishness and low conceptions of auty. A —— Postmaster General Cortelyou has written a circular letter to all post. masters and employes of the Post Of. fice Department, reminding them that they are forbidden by law to partici. pate actively in political contests Extracts from the Civil Service laws and from letters of the President bear ing upon the subject are quoted, The document is the direct result of the recent controversy over the politi- cal activity of the postmaster at Louie. ville, and is intended as an answer to toquiries from Senator Penrose regard. ing the availability of postmasters as of- ficers of county and other conventions If this order Is enforced there will be numerous changes in all classes of postmas ers. But this order, like many others, wil! be applied only to cases where the Republican party will be strengthened by the spplication, i i cs— George L. Miller, of Clearfield coun. ty, seccording to newspaper reports, has his eye on the senatorship, He was an aspirant for the Republican nomiuation for that office at the time W. A. Osborne was placed on the Re- publican ticket against Senator Hein. le. Mr. Miller is shaking hands can. didate-style, and hopes to be nized by the Republicans Ia the Clears feld-Centre-Clintou senatorial district, 0 the Log Lhe CREe | parade a band was perched ¢ LE 10t Te. : fo in Nate Calle of ana at the the lions CR lithe Mary Campbell adm's. Baird, May 10 in he ¢ i ¢ : ptioned the roof o ERVE 1 OHNS + i 5 hialf MM id ent urg One is » K ie way, | the ups ©. 1 of lions of | | came three of the wembers of the band | precipitatin musiciatrs f the The | Lieir prey with all the f 5 aud jot i boliotm « cage, 0. N t c ity than 4 & \ Luther KE. in the jungles, and before aid Sliver el. ux tor ae 1 wre M3 - 1905 ©: one $225, Buddinger et. ux Sabo, Aug acres in Shoe, $650, Martha Asheroft to John C. et. ul. May 5, 1906 iand in Asnronsburg, T. B | had been torn to pieces, and four were Alex Boow s fo fearfully Iscerated. 1902 Prof. Charles White, the lion tamer, Ny » ; § - entered the cage, which was surround- armed with pointed bars end revolvers, and succeeded in re moving the wounded and dead. While in the sct of gathering up arms and limbs, the mammoth lion, Nero, sprang upon him and fastened his tee’ bh and claws into Mr. White's neck and shoulders, lacersting him in a horrible’ manner. The conlen!s four Coit's navy revolvers were poured into the ferocious beast, and it fell «dead. Prof. White refused to leave the cage ur til he had gathered every vestige of the dead into a sheet, J umes build ings ed by men ot and in Philipsburg. $10,000, Dr. Mitteriing Installed. The Daily Citizen, published at Centreville, Iowa, in its issue of May 12, had this to say of Dr. D. J. Mister - ling formerly of Potter township ; A good-sized sudience was out to the First Presbyterian church last evening to attend the exercise connec- ted with the formal installation as pastor of the church of Dr, D. J. "fit- terling, A. M., Ph. D., formery of Petersburg, Illinois, Dr. D. J. Mitterling, has bee, here long enough to mesure his PO pularity with the cougregation before whom be ministers. His sermon always have a solidity of thought that im- presses the bearer with t he broad scope of the mind that cres ted them, aud yet his style is %0 emt y and his diction so simple and beaut iful that it is a pleasure to listen o his dis courses, A AA of Ma rried—February 15, James Grove, of Gregg township, and Miss Rachael Showalter, of Laurelton . March 8, Samuel Kreamer, of EfMogham county, Illinois, and Miss Susan Nei- digh, of Haines township March 8, Daniel Geary, of Harris township, and Miss Sarah Ellen Hull, of Aarons. burg . . . March 22, William B. Krape and Mise Mary Jane MeClintie, both of Gregg township. . . March George Grenoble, of Gregg township, ———— A fo on The Wabash / igs in The building of the \ ¥at ash railroad from Pittsburg east to the seashore is again assured. The *2hili psburg Jour- nal states that the Wabash railroad company has rente { from: Dr. J. W. Dunwiddie, of tant plsce, a house owned by bim a; the head of Bear Run, about th sme miles southeast of Bandy Ridge, which they expect to use for the occu pamey of a corps of en gineers which wilt shortly be put to work In thats setion, This is the line that passes through the souther n seotic a of Centre county, slong Gate aburg, Pine Grove Mills, Boalsbur z, Tussey ville, Potters Mills, through Georges Valley, south of Spring Mills and «Cobure Sover Paddy Mourtain, ste, Se ————, Centre Roparter | of Gregg township. . April 14 George H. Reeser and Miss Elizabet B. Stover, both of Haines township, . October 5, D, F. Luse, of Centre Hall, aud Miss Sallie Orndorf, of Cen- tre Hill. . Jupe 12, J. 8. Housman, LOCALS, Hall—beginning of this week. Mr. and Mra. G. W, Harter, of Mill. home. of Centre Hall, drove to Rebersburg, Inst week and spent a day plessantly amopg friends and relatives, $1.00 a year. 5 DOUBLE HANGING, of Lewistown, and Moyer of Potter township Deaths— March Hubler, widow Haines months 3, irs of George Hubler, of fod ’ township, March William ¢ i BEG i Years Pine { i Hen Grove Mills, Musser, . fe A on { £ 7 about G67 March 10, Ear Years f1¢ years Logansville, ge Gramliey, about 5 i John years ) Maj 3 aged Lancaster ut Centre Hi children, April Centre Hall Neff, of 9 He but Hall for a perica « ‘ Was Lorn in county, Hved In and ab i 65 or 70 years, > ! was the { fathe seventeen fourteen of whom Nefl was « of the Potter township Gregg township, Catharine, consos Danijel Yi iit At Heinle, in Lose, aged Hall, aged 20 years, the Reporter Leer i Years John an employe Centre i, Was He civil war, and 1 offs was a volun- ¢ y £ it § bi i iu the i one « his leps by being struck with a cannon the of Cold Harbor. Heinle writer's flrst BChood has ing for some Ir. Heinle's s ball in battle the Wa i Ha h teach and it ba 1 hb Years, grave beer 8 custom, every sj : 1 wr ¥ ® to place 11 wers on > i n ter town- Ma y ship, Christiana, Amos Parker, aged Was contin ; ’ . Ler of the firm Jesse Mauk, ar i { { erected Uy James house owned | f Wap y Capt DOW occupied by » Harpster charge at Myerstow: Ez a Spat gler, of Owned RHearick signate Dr Lal M ie f Villiam Mill ve % wWihiere Jus “ HEAD, £4 « is There were : t £1 BL BOs i y 1805, Hinm Keiler, a resident p, died 24 Hin At t was 8 member of the board Hie witnessed in Centre Hall « of Pot. ter township was appointed to succeed him Begiuniog of May, Bellefonte held its flist election after being divided in- to warde—Ist and 20d. J. P. Gephart, Democrat, was elected a Justice, Thursday, May 26, the barn of Rev. P. B, Fisher, in Gregg township was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Isasc Reish was the tenant. His loss was considerable, and bad no insurance. An important railroad meeting was held in Centre Hall beginning of May. The townships of Harris, Potter, Gregg, Haines and Penn were asked to raise $200,000 toward the construc- tion of the same. The amount was almost raised, as indicated ; S40000 $0000 Gunn 00 TCR, wean 000-180, The name of the Houserville post. office was changed to Lemont and the toffice moved to the end of the moun townshi April YEeRTR, Sunday Was ity. f his Re he time desth hel ¢ al county commissioners, funeral was one § % of thie larges hy for many years, Foster, as commissioner, Harris Potter rege Halves [tain. William Dale was made post- master. [ Note is made of the fact that the people about Houserville NO 21. HAPPENINGS OF | FROM AL y MTEREST PAR open io ng 5114 Vell in the Centre Centre Hall, Domes Hill, snd W T : Car L.. Dun- ior Commies of Jammu igs rag aud ie, last and daughe iy on Centre ts Ie Mary Wednes thereabouts IR&Yy. § i% al sey vill other poin 1 Lhe Convention news to ‘ounty Sab be held next week, that the seen: was held ip may be the delegates to School Millheim, id convention Centre Hall, June 7, 1870, Reformed chur General James A. Beaver was president. Messrs, Wm. H. Lee and John Bedl- you, of Colyer, were callers Saturday morning. The latter one of the many men from the South side of Potter who have found « mployment at Burnham, He working in the yards, and was home for a few days, Centre ( i ath fo al in the is is Workmen are digging, just below the Engineering Building at Pennsyl- vania State College, the foundations for two handsome pillars which Prof. Reber secured from the World's Fair Commission at St. Louis. When com- pleted, they will add greatly to the appearance of the avenue. The June number of the Woman's Home Companion is beautifally illus trated, from its beautiful de Longpre cover to the very last page. No more remarkable series of pictures has ap» peared for many a month than fs given to illustrate ** The Living Sacri- fice of the Carmelite Nun, James H. Smetzier, of Centre Hall, complaint, | Grange Festival, Progress Grange wiii hold its an- nual June festivai in Grange Ar eadia Saturday evening, June 17th. Dr. Laurie Resigns, Dr. William Laurie resigned as pas- (tor of the Bellefonte Presbyterian church. The resignation will take ef { years’ services with the Pennaylvania Railroad Company, Mouday returned from Harvey's Lake, where the eighth annual meeting of the Penn. R. R. Veterans Association was held. It re quires twenty-one years service with the company before admission to the association can be gained, which in- dicates that those who attended this gathering were neither “fillies” in years, nor in point of service. Mr. Bmetzler was highly pleased with his trip, and hopes to repeat it In years to come, fect December, next, i / 3 / i
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