Phe Centre Me
‘CHAS. R. KURTZ Prop
OUR HISTORICAL
REVIEW
Additional Information Concern-
ing the 148 Reg.
or.
THOSE KILLED OR WOUNDED |
Proof that the Regiment Saw Hard
Fightiog—Names and the Battles
Where Wounds Were Received—
Continued From Last week
{Company C. concluded from last week.)
Carner, Wm., Harris, wounded at
Chancellorsville May, 3, 1863,
Cronemiller, Reuben, Harris;
lorsville May 3, 1863.
Carver, Joseph, Bellefonte; killed at
Gettysburg July 2, 1863
Dorman, Jacob, Walker;
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
Funk, Martin, Half Moon; wounded
at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
Garbrick, Amos, Walker; wounded at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
killed at
Gill, Samuel, Ferguson; killed at Deep
Bottom Aug. 14, 1864
Jackson, John, Harris; wounded at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
Kreps, David, Ferguson wounded at
Gettysburg July 2, 1863
Lambert, William B., Bellefonte with |
loss of left arm, wound received at Chan. |
1863; died at Belle. |
cellorsville May 1,
fonte March 29, 1868.
Lee, Joseph S., Walker; wounded at
Chancellorsville May, 3, 1863
Matts, Patton,
Five Forks March 11, 1865
Markle, Henry W., Walker: died
1 at C
Fabian, wounded at
June
6th, of wounds receive 1800
ville May 3, 1863
McBath, Thos., Ferguson:
Deep Bottom Aug. 14, 1864
Norris, Wm. H., Harris:
Cobancellorsville May 1, 1861
I I, Harris;
Lemuel,
t RB +
1864
Harris
3
wounded at
Osman,
Cold Harbor June 13
Osman, George,
Gettysburg July 2, 186 :
Ports, John W., wounded
May 10, 1864
Swiler, Smith, Liberty
action at Spottsylvania Court-House May
1864
Smythe, Wm.
ed at Chancellorsville May 1, 15 L
Sowers, Henry, Harris: re-
ceived at Chancellorsville May 3, 1861,
12
Marion, wounds receis
wouvds
Swiler, Christian, Benner wounded at
Chaunceliorsville May 3, 1863
Shriver, Jacob W., Gregg, wounded at
Chaucellorsville May 3, 1861
Sowers, John C, Harris; wounded at
Chapcellorsville May 3, 1863
Segnor, Simon, Ferguson; killed at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
Thomas, John, Ferguson; wounded at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1861
Willlam, Thomas, Harris; wounds re.
ceived at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863
Yetters, Joseph, Ferguson; wounded
at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
COMPANY D
Alfred A. Rinehart, Gregg: capt. ;
wounded at Po River May 10, 1864
John C. Bathgate, Harris;
wounded at Bethesda Church May 30, |
1864.
Samuel Harshbarger, Gregg, sergt, ;
killed at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863
William Bible, Benner, corp. ; died at
Potomac Creek May 10, of wounds re.
ceived at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863
Willlam Weaver, Ferguson, corp. ;
killed at Chancellorsville May 3, 1861.
George W. Seal, Potter, corp. ; killed
at Petersburg June 16, 1863,
Privates.
Allen, George W., Ferguson: wounds
received at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863
Acker, David, Haines; died at Potomac
Creek June 3, of wounds received at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863,
Ballick, Robert G., Perguson wound.
ed at Po River May 9, 1864; absent in
hospital at muster out.
Bloom, Benjamin F., Ferguson; died
at Potomac Creek June 11th, of wounds
received at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863,
Carter, William A., Perguson; wound.
ed at Spottsylvania Court-House May 12,
1864.
Durst, Franklin, Potter; killed at Chan.
cellorsville May 3, 1863.
Durst, John, Potter; died at Harris
burg October 6th, of wounds received at
Gettysburg July 3, 1863.
Etters, David, Benner; wounded at
Spottsylvania Court- House May 12, 1864.
Fraser, Alfred W., Halves; killed at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863,
Harsbarger, David, Gregg; wounded
at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863.
Hart, Charles, Harris; wounds receiy-
ed at Chancellorsville May 3, 186.
Holloway, 8. H., Halves; killed at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1963.
Hull, Abrabam, Haines; killed at
Ream's Station Aug. 25, 1865,
Imboden, P. 8., Ferguson; killed at
Chancellorsville May 3, 1863,
(eontinned on page 4.)
died |
June 4th of wounds received at Chancel. |
serat. ; |
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CLINTONDALE'S BIG FIRE.
| Complete List of Properties Burned and
Insurance.
Last Wednesday evening 16th, at the
time of closing up the forms of this paper
the news came here of the serious con-
flagation raging in the little village of
report of the losses and were greater than
at first reported.
lage was destroyed and many poor fami.
lies and elderly people are in destitute
circumstances as the result of this fiery
visitation which swept away most of their
possessions,
| some idea of the extent of this fire :
LOSERS AND THEIR LOSSES,
The following named were the owners
whose houses, barns and costents were
| totally consumed:
John S. Harter, house and barn ; loss
| $3,000; insurance $1 200.
William A. White estate, storebutid.
{ ing, dwelling, barn, two carriage houses, |
| ware houses, corn crib, ice house and
{ other sheds.
| insurance.
Loss partially covered by
Samuel! Shilling, house and barn ; loss
E
000. also $100 in money; insurance
[$1
| $750.
Evangelical church destroyed ; carpet
{ and organ saved ; loss $2,500; insurance
| $1,000 in the Grange,
School
$500
J. G. Hayes,
| $2,500; in
Isaac
house, loss $700; insurance
house and barn
os QO erdorf, CArTiage
no insurance
Harry Suyder, house and barn
OTHER POPERTIES ON §
Whilethese proper
4
IRE,
BUT SAVED,
ties were being Ick-
Dr
ed
Hustun also was
up by the flames, the pr
operty of
on fire, bul was saved
by heroic work of the men who rendered
assistance. Ouly the side of this house
was damaged. If this house had burned
every building in the immediate vic innty
on that side of the road would have
gone
yl
fire, but the flames were put out before
much damage was inflicted
Several of the other houses close
were also on fire
The buildings in the burned district
| that escaped being totally destroyed are
the following : Dr, Haston's property;
| Evangelical parsonage : Mrs. Geo. Cus.
tard’'s house; T. F. Ohl's store and house;
| Sayaer’s creamery; Mrs. Wolfe's dwell.
| ing and blacksmith shop; the dwelling
{on the Vonada estate, and Amos Over-
| dorf’s house and barn,
A SAD DRATH.
The most distressing incident of the
great conflagration was the sad death of
Agnes Felding, the six-year old daugh.
[ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Felding,
who lived in the Voneida house. After
| the fire she was missed and a general
| search was instituted, When the ruins
| had been searched the conclusion reach.
| ed was that the child had not perished
inthe fire. The foot prints of a chila
were seen on the “foot board” crossing
the creek, which confirmed the belief
that she was drowned. Later in the day,
when the searchers reached a point near
the residence of M. A. Rishel, half a
mile below Clintondale, Noah Snavely
discovered the child's body at the bot.
tom of the creek. It is now thought that
the frightened child in her endeavor to
get away from the 1each of the raging,
roaring flames that were threatening to
destroy her home started to cross the
“foot board" crossing, where her foot
prints had been seen, iell in and drown.
ed. The force of the current carried
the body to where it was found by Noah
Soavely,
A pathetic feature of the case Is that
the father of the child is absent and as
yet bis whereabouts have vot been learn.
ed. Lock Haven Express, April 25,
In different parts of Clinton county
popular subscriptions have been taken
for the benefit of those who are fn want.
Neighbors and friends have taken care
of those who are homeless,
Lemuel Felding, the father of the
child that was drowned at Clintondale
last Wednesday night, heard of his be.
reavement by reading a newspaper
while in Walker's camp in the Black
Forest Sunday morning. As soon as he
read of the fire and the death of his
child he started for his home. He walk:
ed 25 miles in four hours to Lock
Haven went by trolley to Mill Hall, and
from that place walked to Clintondale.
Ohl’'s store building was also on
by
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“i ul Ti § : real
Clintondale, Clinton county. Time and | $1700 SAVED FOR TAXPAYERS |
space only enabled us to give a condensed |
Over half of the vil. |
The following will give |
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY |
'STATE MUST
| BUILD A BRIDGE
It Will Replace the Bridge at |
Spring Mills
a “Public Highway Stream” Even |
it it Frequently Goes Dry.
| number of large bridges in the county.
Among them was a substantial county
bridge at Spring Mills, across Sinking
| creck, leading to the railroad station,
| Since then the people have been com.
pelied to ford the stream, and as there
| apparently was pothing done to have it
replaced immediately, there were fre.
quent complaints as to what seemed an
unnecessary delay on the part of the
1 % ]
| County Commissioners in replacing this
| . . .
{ bridge. This week we are able to an-
| nounce that a new bridge will be imme.
| diately erected and that the entire ex-
pense will be met by the state, which |
| will be a saving to the tax payers of Cen. |
| tre county of over $1700, which is arge.
{ Iv due to the care and effort of our pres.
ent board of
County Commissioners
This may seem strange and be a sur.
prise to our readers but nevertheless is
true. The facts in this case are inter
ries, were na
h has
AUCs
gated In
of wh been fully dese
ormer is of our "Historical Rey
50 that these navigable streams
not be obstructed 1 ¥Y property
along their course, it was necessar
Act of Assembly to specify such streams
as public highways and the distance each
navigation A
in 1526 an Act of Assembly was
by which Sinking Creek, from its mouth
at Spring Mills to Keller's mill, 1a Pot.
ter twp., was declared a “Public High.
way Stream.” “Keller's Mill", then, is
better known now as the “Red Mill"
As previously stated, the Commission-
ers in 1578 erected a county bridge at
Spring Mills over Sinking Creek and
malotained it since.
Soon after the above bridge was erect
was used for ordingly
passed
ied an Act of Assembly was passed in |
1879-80 by which in the erection of bridges |
| it became the duty of the township to pro-
| vide the masonry and the county to sup-
| ply the superstructure. It was also at
| the option of the County Commissioners
| to mamtaio the bridge, or put it on the
| township wherein the same was located.
| At present there are about a half dozen
| bridges in Centre county designated as
[county bridges, the rest
ship structures,
In 1895 another important act was
passed relating to bridges. Under this
Act any bridge, over a “Public High.
way Stream,” erected and maintained
by a county, in case it was wholly des:
troyed by fire, flood, or other casualty,
it becomes the duty of the state to re.
place the same. In case where the
county built bridges over “Pablic High-
way Streams” and then turned them
over to the townships for maintenance
this Act does not bind the state to re.
place them if destroyed. As an instance:
The Nail Works bridge, near the fair
ground, was erected by the county and
over Spring Creek which is a “Public
Highway Stream” up to Belletonte, but
under the Act of 1879 was turned over to
Spring township for maintenance, is tot
a “county bridge’ and the state is not
liable for the expense of replacing it al
thongh it was swept away by the same
flood that took the one at Spring Mills,
The above facts having become un.
derstood the County Commissioners de.
cided to call upon the State for the re.
placing of the latter structure, Application
was made to the department at Harris.
burg and the following board of viewers
was appointed who met at Spring Mills
on last Friday, April 25 to wit :
H. B. Herring, Penn Hall; 8, A, Bell,
Bellefoute ; J. Jerry Snyder, Allentown ;
PF. B. Wickersham, Steelton ; John H.
Alrichs, Harrisburg. They recommend.
ed a new structure 73 feet long, 16 feet
wide, with suitable masonry that will
be 18 inches higher. The old bridge was
63 feet long. Cost to be not over $1400
for superstructure and $300 for masonry.
The only expense to the county will be
|
|
{ .
| A Bit of Interesting Data Relative to!
| County Bridges—Sinking Creek is |
|
i
The disastrous flood which visited this |
| section about a month ago destroyed a |
being town. |
1002.
| that of holding the bridge view and some
| minor items, in all not over $200.
This will be a bit of good news to our
taxpayers, a saving of £1700 due to care
| and efficiency of the present Democratic
Board of Commissioners, At
assistance,
PEN SELLERS’ MAIL CUT OFF,
| Government would no longer carry the
| circulars mailed by the firm of Van Kirk
& Robbins, of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
| Botice at once caused the firm to suspend
business, and the 40 clerks in its employ
were discharged
The firm started
They
the mails offering a solid gold fountain
pen $2.50
firm offered buvers $5 a we
in business about a
| month ago sent a circular through
for To increase sales the
k for writing
ten letters a day to their friends, telling
{ them what a great bargain was the pen
| offered
The result
poured in from school teac
was remarkable,
bers and pu.
| pils, students at the State normal schools,
| workingmen and all sorts of people were
cage: for the work,
The volume has increased by hundreds
{8 day, until about 1¢00 letters arrive
each day
The daily mitts
about $6000, and the firm ¢
thing like £19,000 n sa
VK
1
$ now used, and all
wy can make have
u purchased
Since the r Hahn to
the letters bave
t ofh at
There are now
withhold their
wen accumulating in th e
the rate of 00 an hout
over 20.000
Communications awaiting
them
Life Crushed Out
Horace G. Elder was crushed so badly
by a falling safe at Tyrone last Wednes.
day 16th, that he died shortly after.
wards, He was helping to move a 1400
Ib. safe to the second floor of the First
national bank building when a link in
the chain broke, leaving the heavy safe
roll back down the steps. It veered to
the right, pinning Mr. Eider against the
{ wall, crushing his breast and breaking
his collar bone and then rolled on to the
bottom, where it buried itself in the floor.
The ivjured man was picked up at once
and everything possible dove for him,
but he lived only a little over an hour.
| Half Moon township, June 14th, 1856.
| early life in the country. At the age of
17 be began teaching schoo! and con.
| tinued at that anti] his marriage to Miss
| Clara E. Van Valin, of Uniotiville, They
{ lived afterwards at Half Moon, Storms.
town, Curwensville, Philipsburg, Bell.
wood and finally located in Tyrone
which he made his headquarters after
being made a postal clerk in 1891. Pin.
ally be gave up his run to become man.
ager of the Burley Heater Co., and the
very first day in his new business brought
his death,
His widow and six children survive.
Three brothers and one sister also liv
ing : Calvin K. Rider, of Bellwood ; Ed.
ward C. Eider, of Greensburg ; Matthew
A. Elder, Philipsburg ; Mrs. Fannie E.
Gray, of State College.
For Bucknell's Commencement.
The Twelfth Regiment band will far.
nish the music for the Fifiy.second Com.
mencement of Bucknell University, to be
held at Lewisburg, June 16th, 17th and
18th, 1902.
Two Twilight concerts will be given
on the College Campus on the first two
days mentioned. Special music is being
prepared for these concerts.
0dd Fellows Elect Officers.
At the annual meeting of the Odd Pel.
lows’ association at Jersey Shore Satur.
day these officers were elected : Presi:
deat, Willlam Kies; secretary, Harry
Eberly ; treasurer, H. T. Kreamer,
Milton was selected as the place of meet.
Ing next year, There was a parade of
1,400 Odd Fellows before the business
session opened.
The Post Office Department last Thars. |
day notified postmaster Habn that the |
The |
| constables of
Letters
Horace Greely Eider was born in |
the illness of William E Gray, one of the
He was a son of a farmer and spent his |
ney
APRIL TERM
OF COURT
| Beckwith Murder Trial Postponed
the same |
time much credit is due Col. Wilbur F. |
| Reeder for his suggestions and gratuitous |
| CASES TRIED AND VERDICTS.
Small Amount of Business—Court Ad-
to August.
journed Wednesday Afternoon
Reported by S. D. Getting—Re-
port of Grand Jury,
Court convened on Monday morning at
9 o'clock with Honorable John G. Love on
the bench. A large part of the morning
session was taken up in hearing motions
and petitions as presented by the several
members of the bar, taking returns of the
the several boroughs and
townships of the county, the newly elected
constables having their first experience in
this line ;
List of
sentees noted and Joseph Hoy, Br
taking returns of inquisition
Grand Jarors called and ab
gentie
man, of State College borough, was chosen
loreman, and after a clear and explicit
charge as to the different grades of crime
and charges, retired to the grand jury
room to pass upon the several bills of
dictment that may be laid before them by
the District Attorney
Herman Fahnders of Half Moon town
n Empire
¥
ed as an Amer A
H
ubject of the Germa Was
the
In
Meek,
It receiver
Aurora Fire Insurance ( ynpany of Ph
va. Herbert Deleon
deiphbia, Pa
summoned in assumpsit, plea non assum p-
sit. Continued
F. Schad v». The Bon ugh of
Milesburg, summoned in trespass, plea not
guilty. Continoed.
Charles
Robert M. Foster wa Borough of State
College, I. Thornton Osmond vs same and
John Hamilton vs. same. summoned in
trespass, plea not guilty in all three cases
Continued
Washington Cornet Band va D. F. Louck
{and W. O. Dougherty, summoned in tres.
| pass, plea not guilty
Continued
The homicide case of Commonwealth va
Frank M. Beckwith was, last Friday, con-
tinued to August sessions, on account of
counsel for the defendant
Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock the Sher.
If sales of real estate were held and Court
| convened at 2 o'clock. Considerable time |
wus again taken up in hearing motions and |
petitions, and the Sheriff returned two
interpleaders.
Frederick Bianchard, who read law in
the office of John M. Dale, was admitted
0 practice in the several courts of Centre
county, on Monday afternoon, on motion
of his preceptor. Mr. Blanchard is a bright
young man and will make a valuable se
quisition to the Centre county bar, as be
passed a creditable examination before the
Examining Board.
Com. wa. Alonzo Grove, charged with
selling liquor without a license, prosecutor
Joseph Righnour. The defendant lives at
Moshannon in Snow Shee township and is
running a temperance house, but was sell-
ing a drink known as “Rick,” which has
alooholic properties in it. The defendant
claimed that be did not know that this
drink was intoxicating and claimed that
be quit selling the stall as soon as he
found out that it would make drunk. He
came into court and waived the finding of
the Grand Jury and plead guilty, where.
Upon a petition was presented to the Court,
signed by a large number of citizens of
that locality, asking that sentence be sus-
pended. He was sentenced to pay the
cont of prosecntion and balance of sentence
intimacy
the defendant and the wile of the prosecu.
tor, and the occupancy of the same sleep-
ing room at one of the hotels in this town
Continued on page 4
L.
FACT, FUN AND FANCY,
VOL. 24. NO. 18,
Bright Sparkling Paragraphs— Selected
| and Original,
|
BOON ERS,
| Boot the little humming bird will
hum
| Boon Weary Willie will goon the bum.
EO on the
| Boon the Little treetoad will be climbing trees,
| Boon the common cur dog will be catching
fleas
| Boon the limber show boy will be turning flips,
Boon the little ch pple will be raking chips.
Soon the
Boon all
iittle 1
refly will be starting fires,
Lhe fishermen will be common lars,
Boon the pesky tie fly will tickle the bald
head
Boon in June, the frivolous g iHlrun off and
is dreadful
rist and the
shed his win
1 sweal, and
flrs
nto biz
t house
bh some corner
in- |
be thinking
be making
The
i 9¢
Money a man
Pring water should .
drink
to want t walk.
he Wash that a
certain Represntative from rural Wis.
No man wh to
i
ever seems ut and
inglon Times says
cousin, desiring a drink of water before
going to bed the other night, found that
the bell boy bad neglected to leave the
A little
search, however, revealed two small but.
tons on the wall, under one of which
was inscribed : “Push twice for water.’
He pushed as directed, and when the
bell boy arrived with the water the Cone
gressman was found holding a pitcher
under the button.
customary pitcher in his room.
’
The Roy Scored.
A Philadelphia paper relates this
story, which is credited to a prominent
lawyer of Pottsville, who wasonce a high
school principal. The former pedagogue
said
“One day at school I gave a very
bright boy a sum in algebra, and, al.
| though the problem was comparatively
| easy, be coulda’t do it. I remarked :
“You should be ashamed of yourself.
At your age George Washington was a
| surveyor.”
| “The boy looked me straight in the
| eves and replied :
| “Ves, sir and at your age he was
| President of the United States."
|
|
The Words That Touched His Heart.
Three men determined to rob a cer-
tain bouse. So on the might decided on
they gathered in front of the building.
One of them entered and started up the
stairs. He had his boots on, and, when
near the landing, his boots made a noise
on the stairs. A female voice called out
from one of the rooms :
“You go right downstairs and take
| those boots off. I'm tired of haying to
| clean up mud and dirt after you come ap
| here with your boots on. You march
right down and take them off.”
The burglar turned around, went
down the steps and outside to his com.
panions, and said:
“Boys, I couldn't rob that house; it
seems too mach like home.”
Serious Accident.
Harry Guusalus, of Snow Shoe, a
brakeman on a coal train on the Seow
Shoe railroad, met with an accident
Tuesday afternoon that resulted in the
loss of his right arm just below the elbow.
When near the Intersection the brake.
chain broke and Gunsalus, who had bold
wrist and elbow. He was taken to Dr.
Hays hospital where it was found neces.
sary to amputate the arm near tke eibow,