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PATTON, CAMBRIA Co. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRU ARY 7 Ps
$1.00 PER YEAR.
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$100 Given Away. HMNSGENE OF THE WAR
CENT MONEY ORDER.
each Dollars worth of goods Ww ritten by One of the “Cou-
at thie we will give Five rier” Contributors.
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“THE GREAT SCOUT. n
the Confederate Lines. -A True
Story of the Late War.
[Continmed from ast week. |
‘No shot was fired on either side, but
why the enemy did not fire 1 cannot
explain. There were enough of them
= Through
Patton Pharmacy
"to have given us several shots apiece,
C. WwW. HODGKINS. and they could éasily have shot us as we
iran. Our comrades halted in the
wood to see what might become of us,
expecting soon to share our fate.
| When we joined them we looked back
to see what the rebels were doing and
saw them in the same position in which
we left them. They seemed paralysed
and we were not long getting out of
their sight. Just as we crossed a
friendly knoll I looked back;
| deployed and were coming on a walk,
Drug store in | Yankees near.
” : "| When we got behind the hill we
halted a moment to consult our future
‘course. All but myself was in favor of
-| keeping a straight course, hoping for
some stroke of fortune to relieve us.
I told them that such a course would
be certain capture, and proposed to
turn square off and, if possible, get
| behind our pursuers. I then said, ‘‘all
who are willing to adopt my plan fol-
low me,” and darted off to the left and
rear. We were not long going half a
mile, and 1 fully believed that by using
caution we were safe for the time.
Everything now seemed tranquil
around us and we turned upon our
{course again, following a spring ran
whish run through old worn out flelds.
At length we came to a growth of
nes, and Chemi-
onery, Confec-
“Honery, (igars and
Tobacco.
# Agency. for COLUMBIA & HICKORY
Bicycles.
age Med
é
This is the onl
Patton where these
be bad.
Great
Heaven]
Sale
At The
on either side for about thirty feet,
and so dense were they that not a ray
of sunlight shone throagh. Here we de-
Ey co nomy,
Clothing and
oy Goods House,
| suers would hardly think of us remain-
.}Ing 0 near where they had met ns. As
“1 we were very much exhausted, we lay
down, forming a small circle; with a
guard in the centre and our feet close
enough that in case of alarm he could
awaken us without noise by running
i Sergeant Bon-
| soll took on himself to watch. Strange
| as it may appear with all these dangers
| menacing us we were soon fast asleep.
| We had sleep but a short time when
| 8 number of our pursuers came close
Carrollitown, Pa.
%
Since the Holidays we have |
decided to sell our entire stock | [sat gave the alarm and in a twinkling
at gay at we were ready. We could distinctly
5 . on : | hear every word they said. They were
| very much perplexed at our appear-
{ance so far within their lines. After
Ionn they had wandered and talked for ten
| that he would never rest until he had
| found us. They were soon gone, how-
ever and we were left unmolested the
BN Ii TITIES. . | rest of the day.
consisting of Dry Goods, .
Clothing, Hats, Caps, Ladies Sergeant Bonsall determined to send
Coats, Boots and Shoes, Men's 'a messenger to our army for it was
Furnishings Goods Etc. evident that the whole rebel force was
’ : | of vital importance for our command-
ed Next to Bank, Cerrone. ers to know this as soon as possible.
vA ea 'He requested several to go but
HOTEL "| none were willing. They were all
afraid of getting lost. He then
BECK,
4 asked if ‘anyone would volunteer,
| T waited until each one had given some
H. C. BECK, Pro,
icity eminem
| and as they did so one of them swore
fun that vue shumge of commanders Was
as Bonsall seemed to be
}is wise for every emergency, tireless
‘as a greyhound, alert and watchful as
‘a hawk, he won our ‘confidence at
| reason for not going, and then offered
; my services, I had no sooner spoken
‘than three or four were ready to go
‘along. At first the Sergeant would not
‘allow me to, as he said I would be
needed where [ was; but at last, when
‘no alternative presented itself, he gave
: One of the Largest Hotels in * reluniiait consent.
Northern Cambria;
Conducted
‘in
f MODERN STILE.
Good Table and Bar Supplied
with Choiest Brands of
wong and we made our arrangements
! for a life and death race. A splendid
rifle which I had I gave to one of the
| party, laid off my side arms, buckled
up my belt as tightly as I could, and
He waited for darkness to make a
_ I was agrosably disappointed
when the party concluded we had bet-
ter all go together. Having been dis-
Liquors. covered, we could hardly penetrate
farther into the enemy's lines, and
The Popular | besides, we had obtained all the infor-
. mation we were sent to get.
i
by | I took back re-adjusted
HOUSE : side arms and Pe Dar ae rs
jonliod our seuadl vol ts ace if we were
of PATTON. = ready. Private Fraser was not to be
found. That he had left us for some |
they had |
{ evidently expecting a lsrge force of
greenbriar and young trees, spread out
| termined to stay till night. Our pur-.
| to where we were and stopped. Bon-
| minutes they mounted their horses -
Every day of our march convinced
{ moving up the river, and it would be
selected Serge:nt Diffenbach to go
leaving a wife and’ three
purpose an. been taken prisoner we |
had not the least doubt, but couid he!
CAMBRIA COUNTY KICKER ~
think of some story that would lead |
our pursoers in the wrong direction?
He did, as we learned on his return. |
He told them he had become exbausted, |
but the rest of the party had kept on. |
He was asked how we came to be there
and what we were doing. He told them |
a. pisusible story to the effect that our
regiment was in the late battle and
had been cut to pieces;
separated ns from our command; that
when night came on in our efforts to
get back we got lost, and had nothing
to eat since. This story had been pre-
‘pared by us on the march, and if cap-
tured, all were to tell the same tale.
In was well for all of us that Frazer had
sach a story on hand; for had they suc-
oseded in capturing and finding out
our mission, they would have hanged
us as spies.
We then turned our faces toward the
Potomac and traveled all night, pass-
ing close by where some Bn
had camped. Nothing of importance
transpired, and we toiled on until the
gray dawn broke upon a country
veiled in smoke of the Confederate
army’s carmup-fires.
When morning came the smoke of 80
many fires had settled down and hid
everything from view, but the sounds
that came to us convinced us that the
whole surrounding country was swarm-
ing with rebels. :
We waited in the edge of the wood |
for the smoke to disperse, which it
soon did. We then saw that our route
was impracticable, as a portion of the
Confederate army bad bivouacked
right in our path. By making a wide
detour we got around this camp, bat
still found stragglers swarming—in
fact one-half of the entire rebel army
must have traveled in this way. Still
we kept the cover of the woods and.
made some progress homeward. Night
at last came and we got on well until
nature demanded her rights and we
ware obliged to take a short sleep.
CANTEEN.
[To be continged. |
Tolletien for Maveh.
The March number of the Toilettes
han just been received. As our lady
- readers are aware, this 1s the cheapest
a8 well as the most relizble of zll the
‘fashion books published in America.
The edition before us is in every respect
up-to-date. The new spring styles,
which are so faoltlesaly illustrated in
its’ pages, include every variety of.
dreuses and costumes for ladies, misses |
amd children.
Among the specialties
that deserve mention are evening, hall
and reception dresses of great elegance,
coridges, capes, wraps, jackets, cloth
suits, hats,
There is a delightful bridal costume, by
Worth, together with handsome tea-
‘gowns by Roufl’ and Sarah Mayer.
The: designs are all new, and for va-
riety and completeness this unmber,
without doubt, reaches *‘the top notch"
in the record of this excellent maga-
zine. i
“The Only” fr 1895.
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The Semi-weekly Post and The Cou-
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John H. Newell Dead.
John H Newell, of Pittsburg,of whom
mention was made in last week's
CoURIER as being dangerously ill, died
on Tuesday morning at one o'clock,
children.
He was aged 40 years. Anselm Weak-.
land and his son Sam’l and daughter
Amanda left on Wednesday morning
to astend the funeral which will be
cn Friday. Mr. Newell was largely
interested in the Barnes, Safe and
Lock company of Pittsburg.
Coal For Sule.
John Truman is prepared to furnish
"his trade with the finest coal for gen-
eral nse in this section. Call and leave
your order.
Terms cash. -53tf
Ladies hats reduced in price at Alice
that the Con-
federates had made a charge which |
lingerie and coiffures. |
‘Ventilates His 1 Ideas on Snow
Drifted Highways.
‘A BILL IN THE HOUSE
| At Parrishury Prevented by Our Reprvsen-
tative, Hon, J. C. Stineman.
CAMBRIA Co., Feb. 4, 18985,
Eprror CoURIER:—Seeing by your
last amber that you are in favor of
giving the “Kicker’’ a chance to venti-
late his ideas, I propose to give the first
kick on one of the burning questions
of the hour.
In driving over the country at this
time the traveler is met by drifted
roads, which are not only inconvenient
but dangerous. This is all the more
strange when the remedy is so simple.
In the first place, it seems to be very
generally conceded that fences are not
required by law, or in other words, a.
man is not obliged to fence against his
neighbor's cattle, bat admitting that he
has, there is still no good reason why
snow drifts should be tolerated. Own-
ers of property claim, and very justly
too, that if they place their fences on
their own lands, if they leave the
width of road required by law, they
can bid defiance to the world. [ admit
thie ight, but if the fence is the cause
_. of an obstruction by causing snow to
pile ap in the road, then it becomes a
public nuisance and as soch can be
abated by recourse to law. This rem-
edy, while’ not advisable, pan in my
humble judgement be successfully in-
voked.
But there is a much better remedy
and that is to put up wire fences where-
ever it is known that drifte accumula
even ifa tax is to be laid to buy the
wire. If the property owner will put
it ap it would be a good investment. |
have been shoveled out, there is a prob- |
ability of their being closed again. It|
lin very probable that before spring.
they may be closed as much as four |
times. This was the case last winter. |
Now 1 propose that a township shall |
purchase at least fifty dollars worth of
wire each year, give it to farms
where it is needed, until all the roads
are wired, at least on one side.
I hope to see the ‘Kickers’ become
‘so. numerous that this plan or some
other equally feasible be adobted.
. Next! IN NUCE
The CoURIER wishes to state to the
above writer that Hon. J. C. Stineman,
representing this county at Harris
burg, has a bill which fully covers the |
subject and was reported favorably in |
. the house one day last week. The bill |
provides that if blockades can be pre-
vented by the removal of board fences
along highways and the sabstitution of |
- wire ones, the wire to be without barbs,
the supervisors are authorized to pay
the owners a sum, not exceeding the
first cost of the wire used for making |
‘the change.
Crackers als Milk.
A large number composing a sleigh-
ing party of well Known Pattonites
drove to St. Lawrence Saturday night
with the intention of having a grand
oyster supper. It appears that the
party were to take oysters and crack-
ers with them from this piace but the:
man-in-charge being so devoted in
other important “‘business’’ forgot the
oysters. The COURIER representative
has been informed that milk was sab-
stituted, and suppose the mena for the
evening was crackers and milk.
- The Fate of » Non-Advertiser.
Curwensville supports a man who
was asked to sccompany a sleighing
| party, and of course I did not reject. 56
land, Miss Rose Anna, Miss Mattie
‘arrived there much pleased with the
: Jaeads is best renal’ vo ull his Rieula
: may SEPARATE.
ne me Tats bd he 7 HANES FAOM OXLAAOM
Likely té Dissolve Pa hip,
The Buffalo Express is authority for »
the statement that a change is likely [he Cc, O. & G. Railroad
to be made in the selling agency. of the
Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg coal
and iron company on May 1. The Bell, | GEO. S. GOOD Is THERE.
lewis & Yates coal mining company |
‘has for some years had the control of
the company’s output making that con-
‘cern one of
Progressing Rapid] y.
ulcen & Wide on + Wester Pony ta he
Interest of Geo. 8. Good & Ce.
the heaviest operators in 4g ig well-known in this section Geo.
the Reynoldsville region This con- 'g (ood & Co., the railroad contractors,
tract will expire May 1 and it is expect- are building 122 miles of railway in the
ed that the company will then operate creat south west and consideresble
its own mines. interest as to the progress and devel.
A. G. Yates, who is now president of opement of the same is manifested by
the B., R. & P. coal company, was one _ people in and around Patton. The ful-
of the ‘active members of the Bell Lew- lowing article is olipped from an
is & Yates company. He withdrew yue of the Oklahoma Times Journal,
from that concern, however, some published at Oklahoma city, dated
time ago and failed with the Warner pyigey evening, February 1st:
company in Rochester. He is said to “George 8. Good, the chief con-
be anxious to re-enter the coal bus | tractor of the Chocktaw,Okiahoma and
. ness, in which he has spent a lifetime, ' Guif railroad, arrived in this city this
and it is said that he will try to have morning via Dennison and Ft. Worth,
the company operate ita own mines KH, will start Monday on horseback to
and sell its product independeniiy un- retnrm to his headquarters on the South
der the control of George E. Merchant, Cgnadian, reconnoitering the work
president of the coal and iron com- now in progress all along the 122 miles
pany, and assistant to President Yates .¢ road.
on the railroad. : “Remariable progress ;
It is understood that Mr. Bell and in the grading, ee opts aiie:
Mr. Lewis, who are at the head of that fore accomplished on similar work,
company, are anxious to get rid of the when fifty miles have been graded
cares of business and are not averse to through a dificult region, covered with
having the company operute is ows timber, and inhabited by aborginees,
business. : : . necessitating the hauling of supplies
Loretto Pablie Sehools. sixty miles, and the clearing of 700 to
Below is given a report of the schol- 1,000 acre of timber in forty-five duys;
ars who are entitled to honors at the the work having commenced about
Loretto Public schools: December 15. It is confidently be-
‘Room No. 1.-—Lilly Bannan, Marie lieved that should the weather permit
‘Cooper, Della Bannan, Mary Pruner, the next sixty days will see the road
| Hattie Pruner, Nellie Murphy, Maggie | | graded from McAlester to the ity of
Eddie Callan, George Will, Leo Little, probably be completed ready for tee
‘Fred Will, Albert Biter, Andrew Lit in the next ten days.” ;
5, Muy Ents; ony. Bodkeoh. Patton Public Schooi Report
Room —Maggie Little, Agnes yn, fo), is & report of the dif
Bannan, Emma Flick, Loretto Mogil ferynt lowing es of the Patton
len, Annie Callan, Mary Ivery, Augus-| yop! for the week ending February
tine Bannan, Pri Kills Rasy Da Lm 1805: Namber enrolled in high
| vis, Bernard Little, James Kittell, Har school, 42; average attemdamce, 37:
ry Kittel, Edward Schwab, Walter ,,n.her enrciled in grammar school,
Litsinger, Frances Malloy, Gertie Mc- | 59. average attendance, 51; number
‘Mullen, Ossie Malloy, Jennie Ecken- enrlled im intermediate department,
rode, Frank Cooper, Maggie Callan. 55. verage attendance, 52; number en-
A Sectal Trip. rolled in second primary, 61; average
On Tuesday evening of last week [ attendance, 48; number enrolled in
Best poiusasYs 59; average attendance,
total enrollment for week, 278;
average attendance, 243. Six were
added to the school during the week.
‘Ome was admitted to the second pri-
mary; foar to intermediate grade, and
| one to grammar school. A special in-
vitation is extended to the patrons and
directors of Patton to visit the’ se
and become acquainted with t
in the different departments.
’ A Plensant Surprise.
Charles Anna and family were agroe-
ably surprised last Wednesday night
when they learned that the fellowing
sleigh load of friends had just arrived
and was going to take charge of his
home for a few hours: Ambrose Long,
Simon Long and Oliver Shrift, Misses
Lacy, Emma and Lizzie Long, of New
Germany; Tillie Long, Annie Brindle
We started from Patton and after go-
ing up and down many hills and
through the woods, around many short
turns and over many dangerous places,
we landed the following safe and sound |
‘at the quiet home of Mr, and Mrs.
| Frank Durbin, of Clearfield township:
‘Miss Mary Lamburn, Miss Katie Lilly,
Misa Maggie Wilt, Miss Emma Weak- +>
‘Anna, Mia Jennie Buck, Walter
Weaklapd, Otta Anna, Pius Anna and |
Harry Buck. After having a general
{good time we started for home and.
ride. Come again Plus we are ready
to go. T. 8.8
Ten Miles From the Cook Gang.
George Prendible, of this place, who
is employed by Geo. S. Good & Co. on
the large railroad contract in the south
west, as quartermaster, has his camp
built within but ten miles of the notor- |
ious Cook gang’s camp. Thus far he has
been troubled but very little by them.
George will get along peaceably with
‘the ont-laws if any one does. In a letter
from him to Dr. 8. W. Worrell he
Albert Pfester, Maggie Yahner, Celia
Strittmatter and Helena Pfester, of
Carrolitown. The company passed s
very enjoyabla ovening and departed
' for thelr homes the following morning”
; Building en Magee Avenne. E
G. J. Fitspatrick lately parchased the
. vacant lot east of the Cambria Flard-
| ware company’s store, on Magee ave-
Lamber Job Closed.
believes that money paid for tres Curt Richards, the energetic lumber- | Dixon to erect a building thereon
ing is thrown away. That man is no
earthly use to a community. — Review.
And we will venture the remark that
he won't find a home at the end of the |
‘ aphernalia to his camp at this place. | patronage and the Courier hopes he
narrow path. —Raftsman’'s Journal
Nor even catch the faintest gleam of
‘mind where he will embark in busines
‘next. His many friends hope it will H. C. Beck, Abe Mirkin, Reuel Som-
the golden gate. Spangler Sentinel
May he rest in peace. — Hastings Tri-
bune. Not much, unless it should be in
a ‘‘piece’’ of Limberger. :
: Bissell to Resign.
The Washington correspondent of
“7 |
the Commercial Advertiser says:
ean state with positiveness that not-
withstanding many forms of denial,
‘ the statement that Postmaster General
Bissell intends to resign soon after the
adjournment of congress is true. The
: president has been informed. of his in-
tention. :
Pe Church Notice.
Pastor Chas. W. Wasson, of the
“Methodist Episcopal church, will preach
in this place next Sunday morning at
10:30. A cordial welcome to all.
Keep Warm.
Keep: warm by burning the best coal |
in the market at James Mellon’s bank. |
man, who has been lumbering a few | which will be used as a restaurant and.
' miles north of St. Lawrence, reports to | dwelling. The size of the building will
the COURIER that his job is finished ' be 20 x 40 feet, two stories high. Mr.
there and has moved his camping par- | Fitapatrick is a man deserving of
Mr. Richards has not made up his | may be successfl tn his new venture.
- Took Supper at Chest Spring...
be close to Patton.
No-Things in Patten.
According to the report there are
more big cancers and things cut out of |
people up around Ansonville and Pat-
ton than any other part of the State.
You are right, Bro. Spirit, about the
former, but the latter, ‘things’ —that
must surely apply to Ansoanville.
erville, Samuel Weakland, C. A. Rep-
| sher, Miss Maggie Watson, Mine Lizuie
McMahan, Miss Armanda Dunn, Mise
Alice Lomire and Mrs. Ella Jacobs
composed a lively slei ch load of people
who drove to Chest £, .-ngs last Thurs
| day night to participate in an oyster
supper given by Dr. Somerville and T.
|G. Cronover. They opaat having an
2,000,000 Tons for February. excellent time.
A dispatch from New York dated ' Dress Making.
January 29 says that the coal sales | Miss Libbie Bottorff, late of Phils
agents agreed that the February pro- | delphia, is now prepared to do all
duction should be 2,000,000 tons. No | | kinds of fashionable dress aking at
han was made in prices East or|the home of Ruben McPherson, ou
' West Fifth avenue. 3804 J
What is Said About it. Get 5 Valentine,
The Pation COURIERS is rusniog &| C. W. Hodgkins the druggist. Ras
very interesting war story written es- | just received the finest line of valen-
A. Ashcroft's millinery store up-stairs | Leave order at Ste opponitd Palmer | pecially for that paper. Clearfield | tines ever you laid your eyes on. Dons
in Good building.
| house. -62¢2.
| Monitor.
| miss seeing them.
and Clara Wess, of Johnstown; and
‘nue, and has engaged Contractor