Coitwtg mm McCONNf-LLSBURG. PA., MAY 3. 1900. NUMI3I-K 33. VOLUME 1. UNRECORDED BATTLE. Accepted and foiijlit to a Finish With out Gloves, BATTLE OF MXONNELLSBURG. -iii DescriDtion of One of the Few f Battles Fought on Pennsylvania Soil During the War. iiia great battle between x armies is fought, it is ,,le up of a multitude of move- its auel events obscured by ,ke nud confusion, of which aeniuu sees but a very small I The historian draws on imagination for most of his Lis, aud more or less uncer l;y surrounds his narration. describes it as he thinks it 4 have occurred, But the :mish, the battle between out- s, the encounter between il bodies of belligerants ,e are witnessed sometimes i beginuiug to end and can ruthfully portrayed. Lately J in with a gentleman who Ian eye-witness of the Battle cCuMiellsburg. Jtonis said to be the only ty m Pennsylvania which , not have withiu its borders jde mile of railroad. It is of the few counties, however, hcau boast of a real battle :ng the late war. Although Inrces engaged were not it was a pitched battle a ;nce to a cavalry combat, ac A aud fought to a finish lout gloves. iConuellsburg, the county , is a village of six or eight Ired inhabitants, situated in midst of a beau tif ul li meston e ly. The Tuscarora or North i I itaiu bounds it on the east rating it from Franklin pty, and on the west of the h, at the distance of a mile, iiigh ridge. As you pass ov- bse mountains on the turn- road on a fair day, the ps from the summits are beautiful and well reward raveler. The whole valley, fd the Big Cove, stretches be- you in full view, with its fated surface of farm build and fields and patches of land, with the shadows of ng clouds chasing each oth nM the plains and up the Jitain sides. The village is e most part built on both 1 of the turnpike, and is three-fourths of a mile th, Near the centre of it "latter part of June, tune of Lee's invasion of J'lvauia, was a stone tavern by Henry Hoke. Part of m Milroy'n force, which rented from Winchester, lllai lay at Bloody Run in 'fd county, twenty-six f est of MeConnellsburg. s force was Captain the First New York 7. which regiment, other wn as the "Lincoln Cliv als the first volunteer 7 of the war, and remained " service till its close, and 'word of many a brilliant 'Wn Jones, with a cart of i a mP;tny, was out on a scout, 1(1 ridden into McConnells ;inl dismounted at the tay and most of his men "Wiethe house and their 'sire hitched alonir the ; 1 w'ien word came that the coming down the f1"!. A twirl of TmWIen's l'wci;, which was moving 1(,ft flank of Lee's advanc- hud been encamped in P six miles east of Mc for adav or two Wus a small detachment of ruKh riders that was ap- ltl& Captain Jones- said "'deivetheinabrush, and ''s men to mount. Each Ruined his nistol and '.'''"tothelegof his boot, e feildv for win van font. ' theri they mounted and i;ir uabers and retreated, at a slow walk toward the bridge at the west end of the village. The street was the turnpike a long, straight road. The rebels came on at a lope. A uniformed company of hoineguards from the neighborhood of Orbisonia, in Huntingdon county, under Dr. Winthode, about fifty strong, on good f it farm horses, was there also. Jones said all he asked of them was to fall in the rear and make a show. As Jones went west, these men were in front. They were; to go on west to the bridge, and when Jones wheeled to charge, were to fall behind to swell the apparent numbers. Captain Jones seems to have realized from the first that the Orbisonia farmers were . more for ornament than for use, like Goldsmith's "brokoir china wise ly for show." When he got down near the bridge, Jones, who was riding slowly behind his men, in a loud voice ordered them to wheel and charge. They did itjiromptly, Jones leading the van. They came up the street like a whirl wind, every fellow for himself, with their horses at a full run. The rebels hud slackened their pace nearly ttf a walk before Jones ordered his charge. Their manner 'was irresolute. Defeat seemed hovering over them in ad vance of the battles. As soon as Jones got cleverly started on the charge, the rebels turned and tied. The distance between the forces at that time was about one hundred yards. The Hunting don militia came on in the rear in fine style until they reached the street which leads toward the courthouse up which they turn ed all of them neitanexception. They may be going yet, my in formant said, for ought he knew. None of them ever came back to seetheresult. Discretion struck them as the better part of valor. However, they served a good purpose;. Their presence had helped to intimidate the foe. The first firing was at the brow of the little ascent or hill toward the east end of the village. A number of shots were inter changed. The rebels tired an oc casional shot backward as they fled. When they reached the forks of the pike east of the vil lage, they halted and made a kind of a stand for a minute or two; but they soon broke and re treated headlong up the Mercers burg pike, with Jones in close and hot pursuit. 1 My informant continued: "I had run out to the east of town and sat on the fence. As soon as they disappeared up the Mer cersburg pike I followed and saw a wounded rebel lying in the middle of the road who was liv ing. I got him to the side of the road. Ho was shot in the back between the shoulders, and the ball could 1)0 seen just beneath the skin in his breast. Ho lived about fifteen minutes and gave me his name which was William Shelton, of Bath, Morgan county Virginia, lie said his wife's name was Mary, I wrote to her but got no reply. About one hundred yards east of this man another rebel lay; but he was dead when I got to him. "Jones came back before long with some thirty prisoners, which was more than his own entire force. Be took them on west to Bloody Run. The fight was at noon. That same day in the af teruoou,the entire rebel regiment came on, and divided their forces as they came down the mountain aud sent oue-half to the south ward, who wound around aud ap proached the town from the west, while the other half came in from the east. They met in the town and searched all the houses; but Joues had departed with his prisoners, and they found no body, and in the evening they went over the mountain and we saw no more of them. The two dead soldiers were buried by the citizens just inside of Daniel Fore's meadow, alongside of the Mercersburg pike, and there they lie yet, in unmarked graves. "I guess I was the only man who saw it all. At any rate I was the only person on the street. "The rebels were encumbered with store goods, which they had strapped behind their saddles. They seemed to have plundered some store. They had shoes and calicoes, aud I saw one hooped skirt. Joues, when he brought back his prisoners, took these goods from them and scattered them ou the pavements of the town for the use of the citizens." In the great magnitude of the war, this little; battle is a mere drop in the bucket; but it Mas well managed and bravely fought by Captain Jones who was a cav alry officer of great merit. A few days after this he captured a large section of a wagon train of rebels wounded who were re treating from Gettysburg and took them into Chamborsburg. He had been a non-commissioned officers in the regular army pre vious to the war, nud had the ex perience, and courage, aud tact, and confidence of his men ueces- t,:.j to success. Wm. M. Hall. Bedford, Pa., March l'.i, lws, OVF.R Till: LAST ISKOAI) t A Day in Altoona. the conductor shouted, "All pas- ' sengers change!" ! After a wait of three; hours. j part eif which time; we spent very Last Friday we drove up to j pleasantly up at the Mt. Uuiem 1 Three! Springs; and after partnk-1 Times office, we bearde;d a west ing ef a goeul dinner at the Park bemud train and about an hour ' House;, and leaving eur "gray" in i and a half's ride brought us tei j the luudWd's care, we boarded a ' Altoema. train ou the; East Broadtop fer a j Altoema is euite; a town as you ride ewt te the "main lino. " The know, and the-re; are a number of East Broadtop people do not put j Fulton county people residing j em any airs with their narrow the-re. I guage acce)mmedations; the-y just j The limited time we had to stay I operate their road feir business, j in the city made it impossible to i pi.kasaxt i:vi:xix(i, At her home in New York City, last Friday evening, Mrs. P. li. Mclutyre gave a very pleasant surprise; party in honor ef her sisters, Mrs. Alvah Pittmau and Miss Nettie KuaulT. Those present were among the most intimate friends of Miss Knautf, namely, Mr. Jeihu aud Miss Mamie McCue; Miss Tresa Merritt; Mr. Allen Goldem; Dr. L. A. Wood; Mr. anel Miss Mc Elvay, of Denver, Coloraelo: Mr. and Mrs. Hermann, of Brooklyn; Rev. M. U Powers, of Rye.N.Y., aud Mr. Henry Keese. At the close of the entertain ment, the merry company accom panied Mrs. Pittmante) the R. li. depot, where at 12.510 a. tn., she boarded a train and departed for her homo near MeConnellsburg. AMARANTH. Dr. R. W. McKibbin, e)f Me Connellsburg, passed through this place last Monday. Jacob F. Spade and son, Wal ter Rey, made a business trip to Everett last week. Charley Rice and Miss Jessie F. Crawford were the; guests e)f Miss Minnie Spade, last Sunday. Mr. Geo. McKibbin and sem Marshall, ef Buck Valley, spent Sabbath with Dr. W. L. McKib bin and family. James Carson spe;nt Sabbath with his sister, Mrs. Daniel StraightilT, at Robinsemville. Albert Deneen and wife spent Sabbath with the; family of Lud wig Fisher. II. S. Daniels, Esq., of Harri sonville, was in our Valley, Fri day,, on business. Miss Sarah McKibbin, of Buck Valle'y, was the gimst ef Miss Annie R. Hixsem part of last week. Mr. Nathan Spade aud wife left Wednesday, for Clearfield, where they will make their fu ture home. John Hammanu, of Lashley, was seen in our community, last Saturday. Mrs. Bessie Oakmau aud sems, James N. and William II. of Lash ley, visited the family of Moses True, Thursday. John D. Smith, of Emmaville, was looking after his political in terests in Uuiem, last week. S. Edward McKee; aud family speut Sabbath in Whips Cove vis iting relatives. Mrs. Rebecca Sipe, of Lushloy, who spent the last twe weeks in Licking Creek visiting relatives, returned homo last Friday. Miss Ella Theresa McKibbin aud brother Ralph E., spent part of last week in MeConnellsburg. . Miss Emma B. Fisher visited her graud parents, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Denoeu, Sabbath. Jacob F. Spade was in Brush Creek, Saturday and Sunday. Our train was made up of a string ef loaded coal cars, baggage car, miners' cars, and a passenger coach, while; the interior finish aud furnishing of their c.oaclufs dees not present quite as luxuri ous au appearauce as a Pullman em the "Limited" yttt you ge-t there just the same, anel McCon nellsburgers wish they had just as good railread facilities. As we stopped at Roekhill, enir atteutiem was drawn toward a crowd of peeple whet seemed te) have boon awaiting the arrival of the train. Iu a few moments we saw take;u care-fully from the; bag gage car, a stretcher, upon which was a corpse hidden lVemi view by a shee't. Upon inquiry, we found that it was the boely eif John Ruby, a youug man whose home had be'cu in Orbisemia. He had been work ing in the; mines up at Roberts dale;, but had quit te ge to Clear field. For some reason he; had decided to go back" to work at Rebertsdale, and had done- so that morning. After working abemt two hours in a mine, and while? digging away, a largo lump ef coal dropped from the top ef the drift striking him em the; back of the head and neck and crushing him down. After a few convul sive quivers his body was still and life had gemo. In a few minute's there was the conductor's "aw-beard" aud wo we're speeding away. The-ro were not many passengers aud the cemductor Mr. O. W. Mooro femud time to exchange a word now aud then with a passenger. Moeroisa great big good natur ed fellow who has been on that road fer twenty-five years, aud whoso vest is now not too little for him. "I guess ye)u didn't know you were ridiug on the train with a corpse," ho said iu response to semio question about the unfor tunate young man. "Ne; I do not care to have pas sengers know aboutsuch things," said he, "I have had one or two lessons." "One day after pulling out from Mount Union, I started to take up the tickets, when a lady said 'Anything strange in Orbisonia?' 'O nei.'I said, 'only Mrs. Blank died this morning.' Just thou a youug lady sitting near, threw up her hands with a scream, aud said, 'O that's my mother! that's my mother!' The youug lady fainted and our trip to Orbisonia see; many eif tliem. We; met William B. Hershe-y, formerly from near h'nobsville. Mr. Hershe-y went to Alteiema thirly-eme years ago, and owns a nice home in the; city uow, and has a nice position. We nie'-t S. Elweed Bedding a bi'eithe'i'-iu-law ef Harry Markley of Warfords burg. Mr. Bedding is a pres pcrous business man and has be-em there twenty years. At Mi'. iU'Jding's we saw Harry Truax of Wells Valley. Harry is taking a commercial course at an Alteiona business colh'ge. Down at fhe clerical department iu the fivight de-pot, we- met C 11. Kou elall, forme-rly eif the- Cove Mr. Kendall has bee-n in the; e-mploy eif the Pennsylvania Railroad cemipany for tifte-i-n years and has recently had a change of work at incre-ase-d pay. Thremgh the cemi'tesy of Mr. Kendall we were permitte;d to learn something of the business handled there. The depot itself extends the length e)f twei entire sejuare-s, aud has track space for loaeliugeir un loading forty-five; cars at thesaine time-. Thre-e-huuelred and fif'ty tems ef package freight are hand' h-d the-re every twenty-four hours. Freight reaching that place from different parts ef the coun try is distribute-d so as to place all the matter fen- a particular station iu one car, aud thus great ly reducing the necessity for do lay in transmission. Frenn sixty te a hundred cars aelay re-achAltoona J'renn the west, laden with hay, grain, feed, &e. The shipper may net have sold a single pemud of it when it starts east but by the time it reaches Altewiua, he is able to direct its re-consignment, and part of it is sent to one place, part to another, and se on. The age'ut at this point is Mr. A. T. Heiutzedniau, who toedc charge of that depot eighteen years ago when two dozen men could handle all the business. It now requires 100 men wn Avith greatly improved facilities. The chief clerk Mr. 11.11. Bartlebugh has been there fifteen years aud is altogether a very courteous gentleman. Of the; 100 men now employed but six have been there; fer a lemge-r period than Mr. Kendall. There was nothing unusual iu the business handled last Satur day, but tet carry it over the road, required 70 east bound trains of 40 cars each, and -K) west bound, was anything but a pleasant one. of ")." cars each a total ef ",h()D I found afterward that this youug i cars e-ast, aud 17", west. Al lady had been away at schoed, and j letwing au average length of forty had been summoned to return leet to a car, tho oast bound cars home on accejuut of her mother's ! aleme, if run in one continuous illness, but she was not prepared j train, would extend over twenty- for the; shock wuich came from two miles, or make a solid train my careless remark," "I had," continued the con ductor, "almost as unpleasant a trip with another youug lady, She was returning from a distaut town te her home along the line; of eur reiad, and as soeoi as she met mo ou my train inquired, 'Hbw is motheri'' Her mother had died just a few hours before, aud longer than frenn MeConnells burg te Chambe-rsburgor to Han cock. To pull tho freight trains from Alteeua up the ll' miles of grade te roach the top of the mountain, requires three powerful locomo tive's to each train, and two, are required to pull each passenger train. Fourteen , pussi-nger trains pass through Alteiona each so I mado the youug lady m an swer. She asked again aud I j way em the mam hue each day. turned anel walked out of the! ,,,,,.,,',,,; 1 M ! ii W 1111 S UJVJ1 coach. My silence answered her 1 question us effectually as any I Carey Layton accompanied words could have de,juo, aud her i Blanches McKi'e homo from Suu- raviugs from that tljine uutil wo I ti!iy gchool last Sunday. mi: wmoi.i; timm; iii.mski.i-. Gem is an enterprising village' in Be-lfast teiwnship, ten miles southwest eif MeConnellsburg, and has neit bee-n in exist ene-e' many years. It was founeh-d by William II. Peck. It now con tains a store', jewe-lry shop, blacksmith shop, carpenter simp, a mason, a wagon maker simp, a J) ist oflie-e1, a Justice's office a'iel a sie,;in saw mill. The mer chant i.-? V.. 11. Pe-ck, the' post master is W. II. Pe-ck, in fae-t, lie is the carpe-nte-r, the' mason, the wagemmakor, the justice; of the peace', the blacksmith, the' je-we-1-e-rand the sawmill man. He- is an all around man, anel indispen sable; to his neighborhoeid. With his eiwu hands, he; has deme' much of the weirk toward erect ing the; buildings deiing the' carpe-nte-r work, building the- chim neys, plastering the' walls and doing the- painting. He is eejually at home' in his blacksmith simp and doesn't consieh-r it much of tt trick to builel a wagem. Ih has a coillplele je'Weh'r's outfit and a watch en- clock that Will can't doctor, is fit emly to lie- solel to Ihe-lirst Je-w that conl'.-s aremnel gathe-ring scrap iron. As a ma chinist, he; is thorough maste-r eif his engine's, and can take- any hand's place; about the' mill, lit' has just finished sawing abemt ".",000 feet eif lumber, and will, while; resting a few weeks, put up a chopping mill with impreive-d machinery. He1 is always willing to drop his work lenig enough to get to the eillice; and perform the' marriage; e-e-renmny for seiine- bashful yening couple1, or try a case' eif as sault and battery in fae;t, he; se'oms equally at heinie- in any thing where skill is reeuirod frenn extracting a tlmrn from an elephant's teie; to cutting a t ire em the; drive wheel of a tractiem engine. PCKSUNAL. I.I.MK. Considering the distance that they have te) haul the steiw, it is surprising the quantity of lime that is burned by the; Licking Creek township farmers. Lust week kilns were burned by Dau-ie-1 Fix, Martin Everts, James Sharpe, II. S. Dauiels, M. ,W. Lake, Cecil Sipes, Stillwel De'sh ong, Solomon Deshong,Johu Oak man aud Ellieitt Barber.' Farm ers are beginning te realize that one dollar spe-nt iu lime is worth live spent in phosphate. Many farms that seemed te be; so badly worn out a few years age as not te) bo worth working, have been invigorated and reclaimed by in telligent methods eif farming so that tlmy uow look like new. Fields that were brown and bare; are now covered with a rich grass sex!, and empty mows are again being filled with abundance; eif hay and grain. There is a "kueVv how" abemt farmiug as in any other business. luilrt- Murklt-y, eif Fori H.iUleUiii WiiM in town yi-sti-relny. S. K. rittmnn, tt llaiTisonvillit, spent W'l-ilm silav in (own. Mr. Atliun Lone elreiipe-d in lei se-e ns u fi w minutes on '1'iicselay. Nut Wisliarl of Harrisonvillo spi'iit We-elm-Mlay in Met ' iMln-1 1 tei . Ml', mill Mrs. Jonathan 1'. IVe'k, of (Icm, spe-nl Tncsilay in town. .Morse Sloan, who lias been alisenl ! for sonic time i-aine home- last Frielay. Mr. Aaron l.nyton, of Whip Cove, was a business visitor to tin- i-onnty seat em Tuesday. I!. H. Shaw noi's to Pittsburg on the 1 -It Ii inst., as iv petit juror of tl,o I'. S. ( iretiit court. 1. It. Muniina. eif Luiiii, paid his respeets to the Nnws olliee while in town last Saturday. 1). Kdwaril Fore, Knohsvillo's hust ling meri-hant, called at euir ollieio while- in town last Saturday. V Mr. aud Mrs. John Howe eif Knohs v il lo, were- quests of Mr. and .Mrs. Milton Fnp-p of this phiee on Mini elay. l'reif. li. X. Palmer, eif Xee-dmore-, ti lpanii-d by his sister Miss Mat tie, spent last Thurselay in MeC'on nellsburt,r. Dr. W. L. MeKibbin and liis liroLh er, (le'orei- MeKibbin eif I'uion town ship, spent, a day eir two iu Mel'onn ellsbury this week. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carlanil of N'eedinore spent a few hours in town last Thursday mi their way home from a trip to Frtnk 1 in county . Mrs. Mar'lia Smith, accompanied by hi''- son Ira and daughter Miss Daisy, of Whips Cove, were callers at tho Ni:VS olllt'e a few da u-io. Miss I.ois a'. '(.'aldwc'l left last wi-ek for a visit amony; frit ."ls in Ihl!ida. s liurir. Altoona and I.eick -lluveu. .she e-xpeets to hi- absent several w"i ks. K.v-She'ritT Frank Mason and ilui.':-rli-tcr .Miss .in- spent a fiw days during the past week visiting friends- in liuck Valle-y. They returned Tuesday eve tj injr. Dr. .1. A. W st, of Hancock, assist-e-d by Dr. 1. S. Carthw tiitc, eif Web ster Mills, performed a very dedicate! eipe iation on a patie-nl at I'.erkley Springs, Sunday. M.r Oliver D. Morris, of Whips Cove1, ilroppcd in to see us wliilo iu town one el ay last week. Oliver, liko the I'M it or, is n. yonnj; man yet: but has not forgotten the- pranks of thw boys in the' Kililor's lirsl school tliirty feiur years aj.ro. HIGH POINT. reached the station ! where she left us was most pite;ou,s." But time flies and so deies a mixed train on tho East Broadtop, and the stories were abruptly Nathan Melmtt expects to make important improvements te his property this summer. Sunday schoel at Whips Cove church every Sunday morning at ended when the train pulled up i 0:510 and at Jerusalem at 2:110 p. to tho station at Mt. Union and I in. Farmers are busy planting corn and will finish this week. Lots eif work here anel few bauds to do it. Wages goeul. There are several parties in our cemimuuity gathering ami hauling produce aud are subject to license aud revenue;. Consta bles are bound to look over the mercantile list aud see te) anyone; not having complitnl with the law. There is a gotid de-al of sickness iu our vicinity at present. Fraker Bros, have given their bark job te) 1). H. Myers and Isaiah Jiradnick. , 1 Cauelidate's are scarce. We think Dublin has abemt all, er has had Its share for awhile. Give some other township a show. Wo si-'e nothing of tho new rail road. When will we take a ride) on it? If it is as long as tho S. P. K. K. iu building, wo will get tired waiting. All is needed is the boodlo. It will fall through after tho election as the contrac tors cannot handle tho money. K1)1)IN; 15KI.I.S. On Wedne'sday, April is, l'Joo, at I! p. in., Mr. Harvey Blaine Ilertzler, of Burnt Cabins, and Miss Carrie May Diven, ef Kimbs ville, were united in the holy bouils of matrimony,' at thej M. E. parsonage' at McCuniie-llsburg, by Kev. II. M, Ash. After the ceremeiny, they returned to the home; of the; bride, where a nuni-be-r of invited guests anel an elaborate; supper awaited them. Those present we're: General John Pedelen, Captain Dettte-r-mau, John Gunnels, wife, and son John, Lewis Cook and wife, Jackson Cook, Misse-s Maggie- llaiumil, Daisy Polk, Etta Polk, Virgie llammil, Mr. Irvin Bradnick and wife, Mrs. Samuel Dive-n, Samuel Ive-lso, and Mr. Wible and wife. The bride was very becomingly attireel in cream henrietta, trimme-d in lace; anel ribbem. The yeiting couple received many beautiful, its we-ll its, Useful presents. About M p. ni., the calilhumpian bainl appeaivtl anel furnished them with some tine music. On Thursday morning, they hd'l for their future home at Burnt Cabins. The- best wishes of their many frie-mls go with thi'iii. N. II. Pock, eif Wilkiusburg, writes that he; toeik a "day eitl" and last Saturday went down tet Pittsburg, beiarded a steamer.and toe k a ride of eleven miles, land ing at tho new town Neville Isl and City, down the; Ohie Kiver. lb; says it is a beautiful sinit seiven miles long by au average of two in width, and as level as a garden. It is the only township in Pennsylvania, that deies .not jHissess an elevation, sufficiently great te be calleel a hill. Lots are selling for from 500 ,up; and $100,000 worth wero sold tho first day they wore put em the market. Everything is booming aljout tho "Iron City."
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