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LOCAL fIND GENERAL.
A new railroad bridge is to be erected
at Boynton.
Oysters come high, these days, but we
must bave them.
Hay’s hotel entertains a sleighing party
nearly every night.
C. R. Snyder looks about a foot taller
than usual. IVs a girl.
Mrs. M. F. Smith is visiting relatives
at avansville, this week. :
M. J. Glotfelty orders THE STAR sent
to his brother, Edward. at Lanark, Ill.
J. N. Lint, of Meyersdale, was one of
THE STARS visitors this week. Call
again.
Jalvin Beal has decided to move to
Meyersdale. Hate to lose Cal, for he isa
good citizen.
John and Milton Hartline went to
Akron, Ohio, where they have obtained
cmployment.
Remember that THE STAR office is the
hest equipped office in the county for
printing horse bills.
The good sleighing has about disap-
peared. The weather at present reminds
us of maple sugar season.
Many of our people took zdvantage of
the good sleighing, daring the past week,
and drove over to Frostburg.
The A. L. Gnagey stock of merchan-
dise, in Grantsville, will be sold at auc-
tion, beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 14th.
Happy and content is 2 home with “The Ro-
chester,” a lamp with the light of the morning.
Catalogues, write RochesterLampCo., NewYork.
W. S. Lichity came home Saturdav last
from Wray, Col.. and went back again
on Wednesday.—Carleton (Neb.) Report
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Leave your orders for maple syrup cans
at ‘Tae STAR office, early, for there will
be a big rush in this line of work in afew
weeks.
Cal and Milt Glotfelty started for Illi-
nois, Monday morning, where they will
visit friends. THE Star wishes them a
pleasant time.
Mrs. David Lavan, the oldest resident
in Somerset county. died at her residence,
near Somerset, last Saturday. She was
in her 97th year.
We are under obligations to Congress-
man Scull and Representative E. D. Mil-
ler, for public documents received dur-
ing the past week.
D. R. Sheppard, one of our popular
tonsorial artists, will shortly put an arc
light of 2000 ¢. p. in his handsome shav-
ing parlor.—Commercial.
We forgot to mention, last week, that
Jonas J. Keim went to Indiana. We un-
derstand that he will go into the sheep
business, with his brother Howard.
Miss Lydia Meager has returned from
Southampton, where she had been teach-
ing school. It is reported that she has
abandoned her school and came home to
meer LAY
The great Meyersdale pin factory, ‘the
largest and greatest paying factory on
earth, (in some people’s minds) has got-
ten itself into a tangle which Bro. Smith
says will be unraveled by the Sheriff.
The Meyersdale Commercial informs
its readers that the Pension department
has allowed Wm. S. Miller's claim for a
split pulley. Since when has the Pen-
sion department got to granting patents?
Frank Hay has embarked in the livery
and feed business, in Frostburg, and says
he is prospering nicely. He orders Tug
STAR sent to his address in order to keep
posted on doings in and about Salisbury.
Last Friday the insurance on the school
ilding was paid. That was fixing mat-
ters up on short order, but it must be ve
1
| membered that the W. B. Cook Fire In-
surance Agency is noted for promptness
| us well as fairness.
| Beginning next Wednesday evening, a
| series of meetings will be held in the Ger-
man Baptist church, by Rev. J. M. Mohl-
er, of Lewistown, Pa. Rev. Mohler is
said to be a very able speaker, and his
meetings will doubtless be well attended.
| Mr. Lewis H. Fuller and Miss Sarah
Folk, both of Salisbury, Pa., were united
in wedlock, yesterday, at the dining par-
lors of Mr. Elijah Fuller, on Baltimore
street. Rev. C. H. Day was the officiat-
ing minister.—Cumberland News, 23rd.
|
The wind bloweth, the water floweth,
the farmer soweth, the subscriber oweth
and the Lord knoweth that we we are in
need of our dues. So come a-runnin’,
erewego a-gunnin’. We're nota-funnin’.
This thing of dunnin’ gives us everlast-
ing blues.
Jonas Gnagey, the genial and accom-
modating proprietor of the Farmers’ hotel,
of Grantsville, Md., called at THE STAR
office this week to have some meal tickets
printed. Jonas says he is feeding so
many people these davs that tickets are a
necessity.
Ringling Bros. $5000 elephant died ve-
centlv at their winter quarters in Wis-
consin. The cause of the death was said
to have been heart failure, though the
presence of four feet of heavy chain in
its stomach may have had something to
do with heart failure. —Ex.
Tne last issue of the Berlin Record re-
ports four cases of petty thieving, which
recently occurred in that town. A string
of sausage, $1.86 in cash, a package of
coffee, some tohies and a loaf and a half
of bread constitnte the entire amount of
goods stolen. Berlin thieves evidently
do not believe in making big hauls.
W. H. McBride, better known as the
popular fruit tree man, or “my good
friend,” as Wm. Enfield used to call him,
spent several days in Salisbury last week
renewing acquaintance with his numer-
ous friends here. Mr. McBride is the
same genial gentleman as of yore and is
looking exceedingly welkand hearty.
Rats can be driven out of any house by
depriving them of water. They can live
almost indefinitely without food. and
when hard pushed will not hesitate to eat
each other, but no rat can go twenty-four
hours without drink, and if all possible
means of obtaining water is taken from
them, they will desert the vicinity.—Ex.
The Meyersdale Commercial frankly
admits that it has a smaller circulation
than the New York World. It is strange
indeed that the Commercial makes such
an admission, but once in a while it will
ntter a solemn truth. It is also true that
there are at least three other papers in
this county that have a larger circulation
than the Commercial has.
Prof. C. E. Dickey, of Salisbury, has
accepted an appointment as teacher for
the spring term in California State Nor-
mal School of which he is a graduate,
and will take up his duties there at the
close of the Salisbury public schools.
His services are highly appreciated at
Salisbury, and it is hoped he will return
to the county and resume work in the ed-
ucational field.—Meyersdale Register.
Before discontinuing his business a
Georgia editor wrote as follows: *‘Our
next issue will be our last. We are sat-
isfied the people of this town can get
along with out us, for we have been zet-
ting along withont the people for six
months past. There are some subserip-
tions owing, but we will not collect them,
as citizens will soon need the money to
defray the funeral expenses of the town.”
Adam Lingenfelter, a coal miner, aged
45, had his head and body frightfully
burned and lacerated by an explosion of
40 pounds of blasting powder, in a watch
shanty, at Hoover's mine, Tuesday morn-
ing. Lingenfelter was found in the
snow, 25 feet from the shanty, with the
flesh torn from his head and right arm,
and his breast and shoulders charred by
powder. It is not probable that he will
survive, and if he does he will be blind.
—Berlin Record.
The following, which contains a great
deal of good sense, was recently contrib-
uted to the Berlin Record, by one of its
correspondents: ‘‘Let 1893 be the happi-
est in history. Insociety, more simplici-
ty, less show in the use of money; more
more independence, less partisanship; in
church more practical religion, less con-
troversial theory; more hope, faith, char-
ity, less cynicism, shame, selfishness, bit-
terness and useless bickerings.”
A genuine and splendid surprise party
took place at the residence of Ross Lichty,
last Saturday evening, that was well
worthy recording. Miss Anna Lichty,
of Penn., has been visiting relatives in
this section for some months, and the
young people of the city and vicinity
caucussed and earried by a large majori-
ty vote that they would show their ap-
preciation of the many virtues of the ami-
able visitor by surprising her on a grand
scale. The surprise was a grand success
in every wav and was highly appreciated
by Miss Anna, and as thoroughly enjoyed
by the guests. After an evening spent
in social pleasures the surprise party were
called upon to nartake of a delicious re
| past, consisting of oysters, chicken, cake,
| and other good things, to which condign
| justice was meted out by the happy
[ gueste. A general, jolly, good time is re-
ported by all.—Carleton (Neb.) Reporter.
After canvassing the question among
themselves, the Prohibitionists of Berlin
have decided not to remonstrate as a par-
ty organization against the granting of a
liquor license in Berlin. The matter of
extravagance in benevolence. In politics,
signing remonstrances is to be left to the
individual wish of the member and no
one is to be considered under obligations
to oppose a license simply because he
votes the Prohibition ticket. The decis-
jon is the result of the opinion of some
of the Prohibitionists who believe, in the
first place, that it is the mission of the
party to strengthen their organization
and work for more effective laws rather
than to enforce their views in the few
isolated cases in which they have suf-
ficient strength, and who believe, in the
second place, that inasmuch as liquor is
being obtained by those who want it with
little or no restriction now, it might as
well be dispensed from a licensed house.
Landlord Zimmerman, of the Mansion
house, is applying for a license —Berlin
Record.
War Reminiscences.
Continued from our issue of Dec. 22nd. 1893.
After Capt. Mott had given them a few
rounds of canister from his large guns,
the Rebels put up a white flag, which
caused a cessation of hostilities all along
the line. About 25 threw down their
arms and came into our lines. while the
rest of them retreated behind their forti-
fications. We all felt very much elated
over the great victory we had achieved.
for we had orders to hold our position at
all hazards, for twelve hours, in order
that the right wing of our army could get
across the Chickahominy river at Bottom
Bridge, some three miles below, Other-
wise, our army would have been cut in
two, and a surrender would have: been
inevitable.
After the smoke of battle had cleared
away, and there was no sign of a counter
charge, I thought I would go out to see
what havoc the battery had done; but ny
legs, which had done such good service
for me a short time before, failed to carry
my body. From the time I got inside the
works until the engagement closed, I was
leaning against the works and had no
idea that I had been so completely un-
nerved by fatigue and excitement, un-
til I made an attempt to walk, I felt as
though 1 was unjointed at the knees, and
every attempt I would made to walk I
would fall down. We were moved about
a half mile to the left, and two of my
comrads helped me along. It was fortn-
nate for me that we remained there all
night. Next morning about davlight we
commenced to fall back, and it was with
great difficulty that I could move at all.
However, after I got warmed up, and the
thoughts of falling into the hands of the
Rebels, made me put forth my very effort,
and I managed to keep up all day.
We reached Savage Station about noon,
where we formed in line of battle." While
waiting for the Rebels to attack, we were
busily engaged destroying government
stores, such as coffee, sugar, beans, rice,
hardtack, beef, pork, whisky, small arms,
picks, shovels, axes and ammunition by
the carload. We loaded three box cars
with ammunition, tearing open some of
the cartridges and scattering the powder
through the cars, cut fuse for each car,
with the calculation to blow the train up
as it would cross the Chickahominy river
at Bottom Bridge. The engine was
steamed up and the engineer pulled the
lever and jumped. Away went the train,
thundering down the road at the rate of
40 miles an hour. The Rebels, hearing
it, came and expected to make a grand
haul of Yankee rations. They were ly-
ing low to intercept the train as it would
cross the bridge; but just before it struck
the bridge, it blew up, scattering engine,
cars and everything high up in the air,
shaking the earth with the concussion.
We were about three miles from the
bridge when the train blew up, but we
could feel the earth quiver where we lay,
for we were prone on the ground at the
time, awaiting an attack from Lee's right
wing. This was truly a day of privation
and excitement, being deprived of making
coffee in the morning and subsisting on
raw salt pork and hardiack, and that
without a drop of water during the day.
The greatest excitement of all was when
the heads of the whisky barrels were
knocked in and the contents run out into
the ditch along the railroad. The officer
had to put guards on until the whisky
soaked into the ground.
The Rebels attacked us at dark, but we
held them at bay until our wagon train
got across White Oak swamp, when we
too commenced to feel our way over, for
it was pitch dark, and our conversation
was about water, not having had a drop
all day, and the thermometer stood at
about 100 degrees in the shade. When
about half across the swamp, I made a
proposition to my comrades: If they
would carry my gun, I would take some
canteens and try to get some water. My
proposition was accepted at once, and
with about a dozen of canteens I struck
out in search of water. Several times I
could hear the water ripple through the
brush and logs that formed the corduroy
road, but I was unable to reach it. I
kept going on and on, and finally I came
to a beautiful spring. I drank about
three pints before I left. After filling my
canteens I started back to find my regi-
ment, but they had diverged somewhat
from the route I thought they would
come, and I gotlost. I hunted all that
night, and next morning about 9 o’clock
1 met Sergeant Henderson of my com-
pany. with about a dozen canteens and
no gun. About an hour later we met
Pat Donahough, of my company, with
a lot of canteens and no gun. All got
swamps, without a compass, without
guns, and not knowing where to go—as
likely to go into the Rebel lines as not.
We did not go far until we came to one
of our cavalry pickets. He was on the
outpost, and when he first saw us he
thought we were Rebels, as we came
from that direction. He told us what
direction to take to find the infantry in
line of battle. We had hardly got out of
sight of him, when we heard cannonading
and the rattle of musketry, off to our
left. We kept on in the direction of the
fighting, until about 4 p. m., when we
met some wounded soldiers coming from
the front. We asked them if there was
any chance to get a gun where they came
from. ‘Yes, plenty of guns and good
chance to use them, too.” We then asked
them where Smith's division of the 6th
corps was. They said it was in the cen-
ter, on Malvern Hill, hotly engaged for
the last three hours. So we struck for
the front and did not go far until we got
guns to suit our cartridges, which made
us feel more cheerful, hoping roon fo
come up to our regiment and give the
boys their canteens. Coming up to some
more troops, we asked them if they knew
where Smith’s division was. They said
it was away off to the left, about three
miles. So I concluded to ask the first
general I saw where Smith's division was,
in order to be sure to get the right infor-
mation. It was not long until General
French came riding along, and stepping
up to him I saluted him and asked if he
would please tell me where Smith’s di-
vision of the 6th corps was. “Yes, itis
away off on the right, fighting like h—1.”
So we started to go to the right, but did
not go very far until we were picked up
by the Provost Guard and taken back to
a house, where they had about 2.000
stragglers, nearly all of whom got lost
trom their commands, hunting water
during the past night.
The Provost Marshal drew us up in
line and called for all soldiers who be-
longed to this, that, or the other division
to step two spaces to the front, and when
he had then all separated, he sent four
mounted men to take us to our command.
I thought we would have a long tramp
before we would get to our regiment, but
such was not the case. We marched
down on the south side of Malvern Hill,
crossed a small rivulet and passed through
a strip of woods’ into a clover field, where
our division was lving, waiting for an at-
tack and guarding the ammution and sup-
ply train. We were glad to see the boys
and they were glad to see us and get
their canteens. Shortly after we rejoined
our regiment our divison was ordered to
advance about a mile, where we built a
strong line of fortifications in a wheat
field, and lay there until about mid-night,
when we started on the retreat for Har-
rison’s Landing, en the James river,
where we were safe under cover of our
gun boats.
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