William #, 2 2 % % CHAS. R KURTZ, Proprietor. OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Notes From the Biography of Dr. A. D. Clark LIVED NEAR STORMSTOWN| Roll of the Pennsvalley Infantry Was Transferred to Company G, goth Regiment; List of Officers and Privates In some manuscript papers (written in | Clarke, | founder of Brockwayville Pa., are found | 1877) by the late Dr. A. D the following notes of his life and pioneer times, I was born on the 220d day of March, 1508, in the town of Granby, Hartford, county Connecticut. In the of that year, 18c8, father moved with his family to St. Lawrence county, N, Y., s0 we were near the war of 1812. Some of our relatives were drafted into the service; my grandfather Clark and my grandfather Goddard both served time in the Revolution. When Dr. Clark was 11 years old, his moved from York state to Pennsylvania. Speaking of their coming to Pennsyl. vania, he says: The journey was long and tedious, about six weeks, iutumn frontier during the We mov. ed with oxen and wagon, a canvas cover over the wagon gave us shelter sunshine and storm. old, being the there were three of us, to drive the team while father supported from I was eleven years the children oldest of I bad sometimes the wagon to keep us from upsetting. In 1529 the Brockways built a saw mill where Snyder mills now stand. the vear Isaac Horton, Chauncey Brock. way, Hiram and Z. Wanger and Alan. son Viall bmiit a three miles above Brockways, at a place afterwards called ""Balitown.” They were under the impression that money could be made by running lamber to Pittsburg market, but driftwood, rocks and short bends in the stream rendered it 1mpossi- ble to run out a raft of any sort. The year 1829 was spent by them and others In sawmill, in making improvements in the stream | removing drift, blasting rocks, and cut. ting channels around short bends. So in 1830 the attempt was made 10 rau lambs | er from the three mills on Little Toby te market, they succeeded in getting a portion of the lumber through to market. In spent the summer with Dr. Geo. B. En- gles, in Halfmoov, Centre, Pa. I was engaged in the study of medicine, and helped him to collect his bills. There was only one other New Englander, or Yankee, as we were called, in that neighborhood, viz., Lemue! Carey, the schoolmaster in Stormstown. Mr. Carey Aived and died in the neighborhood of pxsutawney, Pa. The prejudice against ple from New England was very strong at that time, whether with cause | it matters not, we had to | or without, face its effects. to step into the bar-room of Mr. Glenn's Halfmoon Tavern, and fousd it as usual occupied by loungers, among whom was a stout six footer, a wood chopper, who made his living by cutting ‘cord wood" for the farmaces. [I forget his name Anyhow, he, being full of the common prejudice against Yankees, accosted me thus : "Ha! have you brought your dic- tionary with you?’ ‘No, sir; bat I will gO for it if you wish.” "Well, all you're fit for is to dance at a dog's funeral.” Unbhesitatingly and without a moment's reflection I replied: “I am well aware of that, six. I expect a job when you die.” In the winter of 1828 and 1829 I tanght school in what is now the McCauley schoolhouse mn Elk county, Pa. For pay I received twelve dollars per month and boarded with the scholars, I was paid in full in maple sugar, which then sold for twelve cents a pound. In 1829 I attend. ed the first camp meeting which was held in this section of the state. The camp was located on the Susquehanna River about four miles up from “Old. town," now Clearfield. Oliver Ega, an itinerant Methodist minister sent by the Baltimore Conference to preach to us in this wilderness, was there taking an active part. I bad attended his meeting regularly before that, ROLL OF THE PENN'S VALLEY INFANTRY, The officers and privates of this com. pany were transferred to Company C, Forty-ninth Regiment, and Company G, was filled up with drafted men. John Boal, Harris, capt. A. Boyd Hutchinson, Potter, 1st lleut.; wounded at Rappahannock Station Sept, 9. 1863; at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. Reed, Perguson, 2d lieut, Sergeants, Jamas 7. Bunith, Gregg: pro. sergiamay, wounded at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. © James T. Stuart, Harris; 2d lieut,; wounded at Rappahannock Station Sept, Harbor June 1, father | With much difficulty and labor | 1829 1} One day I had occasion | The was so completely on the ¥ chopper that he did not strike me. he Centre Hemocrat, 7, 1863 and at Spottsvivania Mav 10, 1864 William P. Kephart Rock Forge, capt.; killed at Spottsylvania May 10, 1864. Christian Dale, Harris, 2d lieut; wound- ed at Spottsylvania George Ketner, Potter; killed in action at Winchester, Sept, 19, 1564 Corporals. William P. Shoop, Harris, Jeremiah C. Brown Harris. John F. Woods, Gregg Jacob McCoole, Ferguson, William H. H. Musser, Gregg. wound. ed at Winchester Sept. 19, 15864. William Youtz, Potter; killed at Spott svivania May 10, 1864. Griffith Lytle, Harris; wounded at Rap- | pahannock Station Sept. 7, 1863 at Cold | 1864 John Miller, Harris Musician James F. Henderson, Rock Forge. William Shafer, Potter; died of dis- case Sept. 4, 15862 Privates Albright, Israel, Potter; 1564. wounded at Cold Harbor June 1, Albright, John, Potter, Alters, William, Gregg; Cold Harbor June 1, 1564 Ammerman, Joseph, Harris, wounded at Armbruster, Gottlieb, Gregg. Benner, Horatio M., Potter Hanover Court-House May 10, Benuer, John D., Benner. William K., Pouter, Breon, James I., Gregg. Boozer, Breyman, William, Potter, Burkbhetmer, John E. Cain, Calvin, sergt, killed in April 6, Campbell, David S., Harris. Campbell, Joseph C., Harris; wounded at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. Campbell, William F., Harris, Colyer, William, Harris Corbin, Witham, Harris; died at An dersonville Aug. 22, 1864. Crostawaite, Jno. T., wounded at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. Daey, John M , Harris; wounded at Coid Harbor June 1, 1864; died, April 8, Gre ER. action at Sailor's Creek 186%, | 1863, in field hospital, of wounds receiv. ed at Sallor's Creek April 6, 1865, Dunkle, John N., Gregg. Dugan, James, Harris; died of disease at Alexandria Dec. 2, 1862 Eckenroth, Olmries, Harris Fulton, John, Harris; killed by col- lision of cars Sept. 21, 1861, Gilbert, David, Harris mortally wounded at Williamsburg May 5, 1862; died at general hospital, Philadelphia, May 5, 15862 Gilbert, James, Harris. Glenn, Thomas, Harris died at Alex- andria, Sept. 28, 1862, Harper, John L., Potter, Hewes, William P., Potter; died hospital at Philadelphia May 21, 1862. Hess, Joseph C., in Potter, wounded on | picket May 20, 1864 Hoy, John H., Harris Johnston, Hugh T., Spring Kaup, William, Harris, Kennelly, James, Gregg. Kuarr, Levi F., Greag. Koon, Peter, Harris Lauver, Charles, Potter, Lauver, Henry E_ , Potter Lickly, William, Potter Lowry, Joseph, Benner, Lowry, Lot, Benner; died in general hospital of disease Dec. 15, 1862. Mclihatton, William, Harris. Mayes, Thomas C., Harris. Musser, John, Penn; killed on picket June 16, 1862, near Richmond. Orr, Lot, Potter; died of disease Aug., 1862, Parker, Daniel S., Benner; killed in collision of cars Sept. 21, 1861, Patten, James A., Harris. Raymond, David, Patton, Raymond, Solomon, Marion. Righter, James, Harris, Scriber, John E., Harris, Shorthill, James, Patton. Smith, Jacob, Harris; wounded at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. Taylor, William H., Potter, Thompson, George W., Huston, Toot, Thomas, Gregg. Toner, William H., Harris, Wagner, B. F., Bellefonte, Wilson, james, Boalsburg; died Aug. 14, 1862, of disease, Wolf, Frank C., Potter; wounded May 1, 1864. Working, Samuel, Potier, Yeager, Andrew J., Huston; died at Andersonville, Young, Israel, Harris, 21 Dogs Run a Doe to Death. A large doe was driven out of the It isn't always safe to judge a man by the way he acts on Sunday, ) BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, June 12, 1902. PENNYPACKER NOMINATED Result of the Republican State Convention ANOTHER VICTORY FOR QUAY Elkin Defeated on First Ballot by Vote of 200 10 152—Watres Joins Forces With Quay-—Some Lively Scenes at Harrisburg As was predicted by Senator Quay, { and forecast in the daily press the past w | Philadelphia, a cousin of the Boss, few davs, Samael Pennypacker, of was nominated at the Kepublican State Con- vention, at Harrisburg, Wednesday, for The vote stood one Governer, Pennypacker, ballot Watres his strength for Quay’'s cousia 206, Elkin, 152. Bat was necessary in which Col cast al; Here 1s | another instance of Quay selling a gold brick, and roping in one of his bitterest political enemies to defeat the man who stood by him for his re-election to the U, S. Senate —base ingratitude. The bal. ance of the ticket nominated was © Wm. M Internal Affairs Lieut. Gov. Brown, New Castle, Pa. B by Lie | Isaac Brown, of Erie, For the first time since he has been its dictator in Pennsvivania politics Quay, looking old and haggard, was hissed, not the convention that Assisting were his once, but often, in owned him as 11s master, tick ot UCR EX in the farce of naming a culleague, Senator Penrose, and that famour acrobatic politician, C IE TCHS mao Joseph C. Sibley The bound slaves of the Machine quiv- ered more than once while obeying or the brilliant ders. They squirmed vader excoriation given them by Representa McC ain, of and again when Elkin himself took the tive Frank B. Lancaster, floor to plead for fair play after the sub seivient majority had brataily uoseated four delegates elected in the interest of the plowboy candidate DERISION FOR SIBLEY There were some hisses for Peniose aud a flood of derision for Sibley, whose speech upon taking the gavel as perma pent chairman was not given decent at tention and was frequently drowned by | boots and jeers. ing spectacie, and in many respects the It was truly a degrad most unique convention of recent years There was little or no enthusiasm for the ticket, and the serf-like delegates sat dumbly in their seats, while the men who packed the gallery shouted them seives hoarse for the the idol of the hour, simply because he had been crushed down to defeat by the mailed hand of the one man power that rules the party discarded Elkin, Now came the funny part of the con- vention. Congressman joseph C. Sibley was inducted into the permanent chair. manship and was greeted with hoots and jeers as he began to read from a thick bunch of sheets. He was called a renegade Democrat, a political typewritten mountebank and other names of like tenor and his lovg and rather prosy speech was given scan! atlention his subiect to tell a story, but so earnest and persistent the be ceased and so much noise came {rom the galleries and floor alike that the man of many political somersaults gave up in despair, Several times he switched trom were demands that finally i TWO THIRDS AX BELKIN CROWD, | Not more than half the convention crowd had been able to find sleeping | quarters last night and it was a sorry. the Opera House an hour before the time for opening. At no convention since 1895 bas there been s0 many people mside and outside the hall. The place was literally jammed and it was more than two-thirds an Elkin crowd. This was made evident as the leaders struggled in, tired and nervous from the trying strain of the proceding 24 hours. THE FIGHT KEVIEWED. The past week has been a momentous one for the republican politicians of Pennsylvania. It marks the conclusion of one of the most unusual political frat ricides known. For the last three months the troubles among what are known as the Quay-machine gang have been past understanding. Few could believe that it was a battie-royal among these political spollsmen who for years were banded together for the enactment of corrupt legislation and looting of State funds—in which their success was be: yond conception. Bold, brazen, and de. fiant, they have hesitated at no daring. lon first ballot looking gang that stormed the doors of | proved by a couoscienceless Governor, | have been told and retoid so often to a ] dispairing people, as to he tiresome 1-3 no honor Senator Quay is credited with having broken faith with | Gov. Stone and Attorney General Elkin, | the men who bent every nerve and sinew to save the senatorial toga for the Boss a few years ago t does seem that there is among thieves, and Elkin wanted 10 be Governor Stone's Quay wanted his cousin, Judge Pennypacker, Successor objected because he elected who would be more obedient Elkin revolted and appealed 10 the peo pie. He canvassed diligently over the state, gathering mstructions from almost every county where there was a contest Colonel dent repunlican, and bitter Watres, a prominent indepen. opponent of the race and picked ug Quayism, entered p a few delegates here and there Pe jurist Judge naypacker, Ouay’s cl at the uties the lavy proved that f but was 6 Harrisburg Came in succession the uniuit AoOve par . Flo ont? the pel of the machine to Harrisburg fo ated Hikin stock was 200 points the heau ideal of the "boys, 4 ana Gov. Stone, Monday extravagant! claims the hope both sides made and sent boom out ous ing interviews 10 catch the wavering those who cast their jot to the windward had the delegation solid with some known breeze. Quay Philadelphia at tering support. Yet be declared there would be over 225 votes for Penuypacker and his past prestige io politics gave streugth to the statement, Tuesday the political clans began multiply, w0 la all directions there were indications of Elkin's forces wavering under the hypnotic influence of Quay. There were defections reported from all sections of the state. Tuesday evening, when the two factions held their cas mustered 206 delegates in which the Watres following joined, and cuses Quay they claimed that all of their delegation At the Elke roll call, had not yet arrived, can- cus 145 answered the but re. ported 18g for a bluff When the Republican State Committee amembled Tuesday afternoon Quay and Elkin met face to face. Daring the pro. ceedings there were numerous clashes among them. Epithets and insults were used and insinpations cast heated frequently that terms meant more than mere Here Quay won his first victory by having a majority of 75 to 41 and se cured the appointment of committee on which the pretext, if necessary, enough Ei credentials meant that on least kin delegates would be unscated to in. sure After this meeting Elkin stock went glimmer. ing. There was a stampede to get in with Quay. The Quayite caucus selected Senator Penrose for Temporary Chairman and Congressman Joe Sibley the permanent Chairman, and Quay was endorsed for Chairman of the Republican State Com. mittee, a safe working majority, Burglars at Pine Grove Mills, Early Friday morning the office of the reached here after a ! | VARIETY OF COUNTY NEWS Items of Interest Gathered From All Sections SHORT AND TO THE POINT What Transpired Worthy of Brief Men- tion, the Past Week-—News From Over the County~—For Hasty Read. ers—A New Department Wm Hall, has per month H Deen Bartholomew, granted a pension et, who went from State recy Shore to work st his + at that place bustier of Re was recently appointed e Plano Mfg Co., of Chicago, ers of harvests He i» TASS Ek machinery meeting with he car over { on, and his in- 1 enberg, Ardmore, attended the Beliefonte alumni recep- tion and are now at the home of the for Strohm, remain for metr's parents, james B t Cen- tre Hil! and will more two weeks or Gates Kennelly, of Spring Mills, who works io the lumber woods in B the an axe pearly severing two toes. He came Dr. Leitzell, who amputated one toe and hopes to € county accidentally cot h mself in foot with home and is in the care of save the other The railroad company some time ago removed the siding at Padde- ex Dect that Poe valley has been cleaned « moun tain, which means that they no more lumber shipment from once busy station ut and is now a summer grezing ground for young cattle of which many head are now browsing on the pew verdure r The quarantine has from the Millbeim The borough expended in the neighborhood been raised Small pox patients of $400 to keep the disease from spread. ing, and was successful in accomplishing be some trouble its desire. There may in settling bills contracted and it is re. ported that numerous exceptions will be filed Mrs. John A valley, was knocked down and trampled hy a cross one day last week. While the infuriated animal was stand. ing menacingly over her prosirate form she managed to catch the ring in his nose and by twisting it finally brought him into smbjection, after which, with assistance of her children, be was taken into a stable and tied Wm. H. Homan, living on the Reed farm, east of Aaronsburg, on Sunday, four-weeks' trip to Hosterman, of George's bull flouring mill of Reuben Tressler, at Pine | Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Grove Mills, was entered by burglars who gained entrance through a window, The safe was blown to fragments with dynamite, and $40 in cash, $700 in bonds and a life insurance policy was taken. When the details of the robbery became known the people of the town turned out in force, searching every nook and cor ner through the woods and hills of the surrounding country, with blood in their eyes, Swearing vengeance on the men who disturbed the peace and quiet of their little village. The latest reports are that the burglars have not been cap- tured. During the early part of Thurs. day evening three strangers were seen Spit Blood by the Mouthiul, Mr. G, W. Martin, of AL troubled with Illinois and other parts of the west, He informs us the wheat is not good in the parts of Kavsas be traveled over, In Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa he found crops looking better, Mr. Homan intends to move to South Dakota in a year, and rent a farm for a short time until he can suit himself by purchase. There 1s great excitement just now in South Dakota in land speculations. Real estate has doubled in value. Farms worth $20 per acre a little over a year ago are now selling readily for 40, and there is a great rush into that state just now on account of the rise in real estate ; wonied men are pouring in buying for purposes of speculation and others for permanent homes for themselves, IN ADJOINING COUNTIRS. John Crotzer's saw mill at Milroy burned down last Thursday night, which leaves him in very bad circumstances. Mrs. Louisa Shaffer, believed to be the oldest woman in Clinton county, died at ber home in Lock Haven on Tuesday night. She wis 96 years old. The citizens of Lock Haven have sub. scribed §5.900 to the V. M. C. A. of that (Continued on page 4. 5th Col) Hn — VOL. 24. NO, 24. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, ing Paragraphs—Selected Bright Spark] | and Original. On, the stork is a bird with A great long bi And be brings us the bables whenever And then mes the doctor, and when We dis Worth looking into— a mirror. Even soft coal will soon be hard to get. The mil) tsbg If the rooster | be a can The Pan like onaire talks in money.sylla # the crow must us ima hat 30 Cent “y HO man wi 20:1 ‘ir MENT ancer nishees Rule on to show cause why attachment should not be stricken from the record The above two cases were argued together J. L. Kreamer va. W William Close and William mm CC. Voneida, Motion favor of AW I'eservy. Foes of defendants tor a judgment in the delendants on the points of ed pon ostanti veredicto Elmer W. Moore Mutual } Pittsburg, Pa Argued receiver of the Iron City ire Insurance Company of Ra new trial va. J. H Reifsnyder le on plaintiff to show canse why a should pot be granted Argued Samuel Ewing va All. Baom and Abram Baum Hale on defeanants to show cause why indgment of non pros should not be stricken off and the action reinstated, Argued and role made absolute and non pros stricken off and leave granted to file declaration Commonwealth Irvin WwW. 1 Argued and th ve, excep- E 1 tions to Ir lowrie's Mi of costa. toness allowed three dave, and except bill corrected accordingly ptions dismissed Minerva Bell Savd Ibe Motion } 1i80rY Don suit sh Pennsvrl. ani Railroad Company to show cause why comp ald not pe stricken off Argued G. J. Confer vs, the Pennsylvania Rail. road Company. Rule on plaintiff to show cause why new trial should not be granted. Continued Rose Shortlidge, Robert MceCalmont and Jane McCalmont, trading and doing busi. ness as McCalmont & Co, va. John Rishel. Rule on plaintiff to show cause why a new trial should not be granted. Argoed | On Satorday the following cases were argued, viz: Emanvel J. Voonada et al; | The Millheim Turnpike Road Company vs. The Citizens’ Water Company of Coburn, | petitions to file bonds for damages to plain. | tiffs in all three cases filed by the defend. ant company. Also The Coburn Water | Company against the same defendant com- | pany and the suit in equity. Wooden Cars Doomed. The wooden box car, like the wooden coal car and the wooden flat car, is doomed. The Pennsylvania railroad, as announced some time ago, has been ex- perimenting with gteel under frames for box cars. The tests have been severe and eminently successful. From this out the Pennsylvania company will equip its box cars with these unbreakable floor bottoms. The steel frames are shipped to the shop of the company on flat cars, a balf dozen to the cars. There they are set upon tracks, after which the wood. en sides and roof, upheld by steel sup. ports, are fitted to the car, These steel bottomed cars are capable of withstand. ing a great strain. The old wooden cars were easily crushed when coupled with steel coal cars, QUAY with his Philadelphia machine overrode the county's republicans and forced the nomination of Pennypacker.
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