A = N\A AAA FOR $1.50__.» USWYIIY Ap You can get THE CI B DEMOCRAT and © ¥ Pittsburg Post, bot ¢ year, This is A BAR CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. PRIVATIONS OF EARLY SETTLERS Interesting Sketch Penna. Archives From An THRILLING INDIAN STORIES Who Were the Early Pioneers of the Bald Eagle Valley~Captain Sam Brady Aven- ges the Death of His Kin—Bald Eagle Chief Killed by Him Near Milesburg Mode of Living Then and Now interesting sketch was by Mr. S Pletcher, formerly of Howard, Pa., who The following prepared for publication Ne holds a position in the Navy Department it Washington, D.C. He gathered his information from the records in the Penna. archives As a general rule Pennsylvanians know very little about their own state and interest our. localities, which is beautiful running We read the selves in individual natural, we see our papers brooks, margined by arable land bosom- | ed among the mountains and are satisfi. ed. When health or pleasure induces us to leave home, we betake ourselves to the seashore, bask on the sands of the beach, weary ourselves in body and mind on the piazzas of fashionable water. ing places, sit day after day in the same place and at the same table, eat trash that we would not look at when at home, and bake night after night in the same bed chamber. What a contrast would be a journey for the same length of time through our valleys, over mountains, stopping at the village taverns, breath. ing tresh air, feeding our bodies with d draughts of spark! nd enjoying the new | wholesome food an ng spring water, ; sights as we journey wither our desires would lead us. We do not realize the hardships, trials, and disadvantages that our ancestors en- niry inthe present time. is shown for the Captain Sam countered in fitting the unts condition we enjoy How little appreci nantes of u as such men Boone, Brady, Hawkins Moses Vane Campen, who scouted the settiements from the Delaware to the Ohio, Lieutenant Baker who served Braddock at Great Island, now lock Haven. The average expense to run an ark from Lock Haven to the head of tide water was about £120, and once at their desti- uation they were of no use as they could never get up the river again, hence they were sold for any amount that the owner could get for them, which was about $15 Many of the arks, with all their load, were lost during their voyage down the river. What was known then as Great Island is where the city of Lock Haven now stands, and contained the east end of the pleasant vale, of lime stone bottom, averaging five miles in width{(and con. taining in 3779, sixty families) known as Bald Eagle. Judge Fleming, the Mec- Cormics, Wm. Reed, ""Cooksey’’ Long, were among the early settlers. It was at the junction of the creek with the Sus. quehanna river that Col. Kelly's regi- ment was stationed daring the year 1777 to try and protect the inhabitants from the savages who were roving around the country spreading havoc and death at a fearful rate. These were soon to be the BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 187. ARRESTED FOR MURDER Charged With a Serious Crime. Peter Mendis POISONING OF JAMES MARIA Who was a Partner with Mendis in the Rag Business at Bellefonte-<Died Jan th So0-Body Exhumed n Wednesday Evidences of Poison A decided sensation was sprung in thi 1 Wednesday even og, by ter Mendis, a rag gather er and carpet cleaner, who charged with the murder of James Maria James Maria was an Italian who had dark days of the settler. The trouble | been engaged in buying rags, bones. et became graver between the mother coun- | at this place for several vears, and wa ’ +d her colaniee Ta vatics " . : try and her colonics, "Taxation without | own to have ac cumulated some moneys representation’ was heard far back in He oft ted ; a : the wilderness, Great Pritain sent her E bilen remilied su postal order armies and ships to coerce the patriots | to his family in Italy the year 159s, into an humble submission to laws un- | gbout the middle of st agother st and yt > Te a bb As . . just and oppressive in the extreme As Italian joined him. by the of Peter matters progressed the then most civiliz- ed nation on the face of the earth added another of her dastardly blots to her rec. ord by sending out agents to bribe the indians to murder, not only the soldier, but the women and children of patriotic families. The news from Bunker Hill and Lexington taught the Crown that he had undertaken 20 easy task, when he attempted to force his subjects in America to obey his unjust mandates. Owing to bribery the whole indian population be. came an ally to the British Government Mendis who assisted in the “usiness and are said te } » have Leen had their headquarter fferent points about town and were always together. About Jan Soh ames Maria took sickand D Mullen attended him. After an of about three he died, hemorrhage of the lungs was said to bave been his ailment to assist to murder, plunder, and de- e Ove stroy. Premiums were offerea for the wa scalps of the settlers and here a he danger hove in sight to our little se it this place n $ in the wilderness was appointed All along the borders of the Susque.- b the decea hanna and its tributaries forts had to b Rn otect the lives of the women A About an 1. John Brady, afterwards ‘Bsuran " life, very little ie indians, built a fort where | comld be learn be amount is said to town of Muncy now be sma . Fort Reads ort Aracy.| Maria hads yr his family, in Ita nother 42] niting the si r00, 10 Pennsyl- >» Susquehan Was ar — thee nuired ywing these pure , Came sur f which were cys wit IC Origin , SOM indented ) sur idividuals for services done in the French and Indian wars. One of these surveys or grants was issued, Feb ruary 4, 176g, in favor of Dr. Francis Allison, for 1600 acres above the mouth of Bald Eagle creek. The next of these were special grants to officers who served in the Indian wars from 1755 to 1758 This survey, made in March 176g, by Surveyor John Lukens, began om the west side of Dr. Allison's tract, and con- tained lands for miles along Bald Eagle creek. About 216 acres were granted to an Ensign by name of McMeens, 282 acres to Lieutenant Hunseeker, which | included the site of the present village of Flemington, and 524 acres to Captain Green, which included the month of fish ing creek. Charles Lukens, by appoint ment of the Surveyor General, was the surveyor of these tracts and the district te which he was assigned extended as far as the head waters of Bald Eagle creek, embracing Bald Eagle, Nittany, Sugar, Nippeuoes, White Dear Hole, and White Deer valleys. The cost of a farm in one of our fertile valleys during those early days was small ir comparison with it now. £1.00 for office fees, any amount your explorer or guide may charge for services, was the total cost of a survey at that time These guides were, generally, expert woodsmen and the principal one of Bald Eagle and Nittany valleys was Hawkins Boone, who was one of the early adven turers from Tuscarora valley, Camber. land County, to Bald Eagle valley. He was killed in the fight with McDonald's | indians at Fort Freeland, June 30, 1779. The routes for travel from one settlement to another were generally along the streams and an occasional indian path furnished the outline of the trip ows one part of the state to another. The great path from Shamokin to Kittanoing | was of much note during the early days | and if it were possible for it to reveal all of the sad scenes and divulge all the oc- currences along its line, many of the mys. teries of early days would be cleared of the doulit which enshrouds them. This path, beginning at Shamokin, continues along the river through Buffalo valley, pastes around the rocks and enters White r Hole valley, thence along White Deer Hole creek, near where Elamsport now stands, from there across the moun- tain into Nippenoes valley. It extends its winding course out of the valley, past Bald Eagle's nest at Milesburg, to Kitan- ning. Later on in years when the set- tiers begau to have produce, grain, etc., to ship to the markets in the cast the travel was confined more to the rivers and their tributaries. Their means of tion was by the method known asa whose average capacity was of about so tons and a cost of The outlet the fertile valleys of Nittany and Bald Eagle was down the Susque- hanna river, the starting point being at and casions, one of which he escaped only by } capture at Great Island in April 1782 he him to enter the service of the English, such as gold, high official rank army of the ling, commission as Gener. al, but his obstinate refusals bore testi. mony of the true heart of the American patriot, and his loyalty to his people sounds encouragement in the words: 4 near the Savage un buman the prem »d by His Majesty, Geo- 111 began to weave a chain around tiements on the frontier, From Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico the tiers were harassed by the British tories and Indians se retained 3 and Indians. There remained no long. er any safety for [he inhabitants, as the fires were nightlyMighted from the dwell- ings of their murdered victims. All the the the St Cavs | abiebodied men were needed at the sea- board to oppose the British and thus the defence of the interior was weakened Patriotism flashed from every eye and death was now more preferable than submission to the English. In the words of the poet the svirit of the colonists was described in the from the Star of Liberty" “On Lexington's sward, Down Bunker's steep side From the breasts of the slain Ran the crimson life tide Across Delaware's stream, Through bleak Valley Forge, Whre blood marked their steps In that wild mounts lines ‘Day ana they were at once notifie turned to their statement is n District Attorn ney AINOT ihe ry both stated that the result of the examination justifi. 2] . N Te ed the suspicic and a war. rant was at once issued, It was served at 5 p. m. by officer Henry Montgomery who soon found the man at his establish. ment on Bishop street, and in a short time had him in fhe county jail. Mendis did not appreciate the gravity of the charge preferred against him and could that he was indicted | for poisoning his fellow hardly understand countryman and partner. He sent for H. 8. Tay or Esq and wanted to be released at once so that he could look after his piace of busi ness ANOTHER RUMOR The following story was related to the writer, that may be correct : At present, in gorge Mrs. Anna Spierly is confined in the 1 Freedom's ble ro “py . Still Freedom's bie t hope those hero county jail for keeping a disorderly house. es led on os . 3 which had been the resort of Italian lo battle and death till trinmph was : t Italians WOR Since she has been in prison she made These were the days of our forefathers and how little do we, the present gener ation, understand the physical suffering and mental tortures borne by them, as we enjoy the fruits of their hardships, in the beautiful orchards, magnificent | houses, peaceful homes, and acres of cul. tivated farms of rich, abundant produc. ing soil. Moses VanCampen, who figured more | than ordinary as an indian scout and protector of settlements on the West | Branch at this time, was a native of | Northumberland County, and but 18 | years old when the Declaration of Inde. | pendence was declared, His father and | brother were scalped by the savages, and he made a prisoner on different oc- killing the captors as they slept by their camp fire calm in the belief that their prisoner was securely bound. After his was delivered@ip to the British at Niagara, Fort Inducements were offered in the { and led to the investigation and arrest | Johnston, Esq., have been retained by demands for money upon Peter Mendis to pay her fine. This was not forthcom. ing and she, in revenge, gave secrets away to the watchman at the jail. This was to the effect that Mendis had cansed the death of his partner in business, James Maria, by administering poison to him while sick. This information i was furnished to the District Attorney | on Wednesday. On Wednesday evening the Coroner carefully sealed and shipped by express the sfomach, taken from the corpse, to a chemist and specialist, in Philadelphia for careful analysis to search for any traces of poison. The result of this analysis will be an important part of the evidence, and will decide whether the prisoner should be held for trial or noty Dr. Locke left for Philadelphia on Thursday moming, and will give the matter his direct attention, Messrs H. 8. Taylor, Esq, and J, K, | 11 months ago | Shope, where she has made her home, "My life belongs to my country, give me the tomahawk, the stake, or the scalp. ing knife before I will dishonor the Chay. acter of an American Officer.” He was kept a prisoner until the first of Novem. ber when he was exchanged and imme. diately went into service of his country . On the 16th of November, the lowing year,1783, be was finally dis. (Continged on page 8.) » Y ‘wy the prisoner and had a long consulta. tion with the accused man on Wednesday evening. They were seen later and had nothing of special interest for publication, only that the man seemed to be totally ignorant of the serious situation and insisted on his prompt release, Mendis is a single man, about 35 years of age. Hels industrious and frugal and appeared to be saving some money at cleaning carpet and buying rags and other old war He bas a large build Ing on an alley, of East Bishop street. It equipped with a steam engine i RnECHIous mi a i A HOE carp A slo ifloat tha i th i lio of the body, a bullet hole was found at the back of the sku i —— Died at the Hospital M Amanda fe of h died at the State ho al, at War Pa Saturday morn vhere she had been taken in July last for treatment, Her re MANS were yun ) the far ¥ Oe in Tyrone ie deceased was a native of Centre county and was about 42 years old She survived by her husband and two childien, ed ears, and Clyde, aged ¢ ters and two brothers also survive day, of | Spr mo, of Tyrone; James Gui 0, of Punx sutawne am Ls ), Of FW Shoe Intersect -— $aby Was Lying on a Snake A lelegra from Williamsport sa A 13 year old child of Mrs LINCS Cro wha resides in the Beech Creek n was +s OY A pperhead nase aay while in its crib. The child began crying ar was gold. The mother inve found that the child was snake that had coiled of the crib. The ike had ten the baby the neck tl ¢ made reme die revented th . Ot Ste ’ " ™ "1 n 1 ike mea ove x fe cuin " — - He y ¢ [he ” 1 7] tf gony ~ a gut, tem ' i. i ess, aged about Jo year He leaves a wife and several sons. Funeral took place Saturday morning at 4:30 o'clock - -— - A Former Centre Countian nes Benn, an aged and respected itizen of Altoona, died at his home Fri- day evening, of dropsy and heart failure, |) after a lingering illness. The deceased 2 was born in Centre county 66 years and He has been a resident of Altoona since 18g2, and was, during the past six years, employed as janitor at the Second United Brethren church of which he was a member john E. DuBois Married John I. DuBois, probably the wealth. jest man in Clearfield county, was mar- | ried last week, to Miss Millie Gambill. of i | Norfolk, Va., at the home of the bride Miss Gambill spent several summers at the DuBois House, and is a lady of rare The leading business men of Clearfield county, accomplishments. groom is one of and the ownerof more property than any other citizen ——— Death, On the 27th day of August, 18g7, Mrs. { Eliza McGhee died of appendicitis, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. E. for a number of years. She was 7t | years of age, was born and raised in | Milesburg., Interment was made at Curtins a Died at Lock Haven, Mss. Lennie Delong, of Romola, died at the hospital in Lock Haven on Sunday. Some time ago she had been operated upon at the Philadelphia hospital. She then came home and about a week ago was admitted to the Lock Haven hospital, She was 36 years 3 months and 10 days old. a———— i —— Farmers’ lostitutes, Prof. Hamilton has made the following appointments of Farmers’ Institutes to be held in this county : At Spring Mills, December 13-14. At Hublersburg, December 15-16, «You can’t do betler—Tur Cuyrax DEMOCRAT and the weekly Pittsburg Fost both one year for 1.50. | candidacy of Seth Low | Greater New York, and he is | about it, too. 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LAL pa ym for the YCar w nN ¢ se] £2 14} ceed " the a BBronria tics ¢ 347,500,000, % tic appropria for the wears § of Mr. Eva: speaks of this probable deficit of six az al of dollar ndi fier ently e were talking ! nasing a of peanut : . # : ’ } wiry) » : was calied ) the proba ¥ that the failure of the new tariff to pro duce the estimated amount of reve might Ause congress toobject to passing ! deficiency pension annronriat : A : ney pension appropriatio : for this year, he gave awav the epubli i pias for meeting ICY by saying If thes « ex pected t of tt nue 4 Cie a IX evennd pension payment pt ia 1 to wards the end of the ye [he Rule ank « $ nN iats i € wie ‘ : i > 4 AT» 0 pro § ) iM the ad b AS A y ¥ wil satisfacti the bright prospects a of the umited Democrat party, w always wins He thinks the succe ‘ the n Greate certain, med that it w= t arty harmony that w= lectio of a democrats year and of a democratic All the talk about Gen maining at home and taking part in the Virginia Campaign, was settled for good and all, when General Lee, in deference to a request of Mr. McKinley, made dur ing a omg conference between the two men at the White House, agred to re sume his duties as U. 8. Consul Genera to Cuba assoon as the leave of absence upon which he came home, expired, which will be early in October General lec is mum about the situatio 1 Cuba but his opinions as we a8 the drift of his sympathy are pretty we ’ J ’ and it Known is not believed that he would has agreed to return to Cuba had be not been given to understand that some ac- taken by this ernment that will put an end to the pre. tion was soon to be Gov | sent deplorable condition there Boss Platt is using all his wiles to get Mr, McKinley to take sides against the for Mayor of very sly He is trying te convince Mr. McKinley, and has almost succeed- { ed, that if he doesn’t help to kill the as- | pirations of low, he will have him to fight as a candidate for the Presidential nomination at the next Republican Nat- fonal Comnvention. Mr. McKinley is somewhat of a politician himself, and will not do all that Platt wants him to do, without exacting loyalty from Platt in 1900, but present indications are that he will join Platt in fighting Low, which will make it all the easier for a democrat to be elected Mayor York. Barn Strack by Lightning. About Ball past seven o'clock Friday avening while a heavy thunder storm was passing over this section the bam of Frank Lutz, near Mill Hall, was struck by lightning and burned with all its con. tents. The flames spread so rapidly that none of tive coctents of the barn could be saved. The low is partly covered by in- surance, of Greater New | New § r Th A partn } gra . : oad, with § apit iw w sixty mile 14 " H alt y nslown y Eb ¢ and the Bee Creek tracks near rE 1 be nt : % : road w give the aitimore and not only with h 3} tate has never had, but will g ; ear which important . for a . y i Gaining | mines On Monday the New York W ) tained the pictures of fo i nent foot ba Apla u wer Garret Cochran Wombacker, Ann Harlx C. Eck ston, Dartmouth, and \ i A Franklin and Marsha { A says Franklin and Marshall's " w be captained by 8. V. Hosterman, who ranks as one of the best individual play- ers in the country. He expects to de wonders swith his team Mr. Hosterman is a sonof Dr. G. W Hosterman, dentist, of Centre Ha » -_— -~ Legal Heollidayvs | The last legislature gave us two addi | tional holidays, the 13th of February, or Lincoln's birthday, aod the third Tues. day in February, or election day. The boliday list for Pennsylvania now stands as follows ©: New Year's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, February Election Day, Wash ington’s Birthday, Good Friday, Memor- ial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, November Election Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and every Saturday after 12 o'clock moon, —— A One Legged Man Climbing Poles A one legged lineman with a cork leg is climbing poles in the telephone gang now operating in this section and has no difficulty in climbing poles with the spurs ordinarily used. A short time since, while fixing a wire at the top of a pole in Wil. be caught hold of a live elec. wire and would have been killed had not a comrade who saw the accident im. mediately cut the wire. «Tyrone Heralll,
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