* male fos 25 eta Sp - VOL. IL _NO. 60. amie be Lf Sn it 9 P TON, CAMBRIA CO, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 80s. 00 o PER R YEAR. aii i rama skids A hk ban do _PEPSIN FLOUR MAKE iS THE MOST WHOLE SOME BR. ao we | : i Medicines Chemicals and Se Articles. Holiday Goods Always ‘Fishing Tackle | : | Base “Bal Goods Knives i mst "SoD WATER. : Naaatvor. Magic - Drops pind : : Magic Cough Cure. Guaranteed to give satisfiction or cheerfully | 0d. but gahore money cheerfully refanded. Prescriptions a Specialty. hs OF THEW Ww ritten by One of the * rier” Contribittors. 4 | Three Yoars and Five Months vith Old | Glory—~Peculhir Incide [Continued from last wodlch 4 4 It is proper to state here that the Soufl | western army iad up to this time dong enemy at this poh all the fighting. They said that the 3 Army of the Potomac never did any- thing except to “‘eat-soft bread and | wear °° ¥ collars.” Our performance | at Wauhatehie, Lookout Mountain and | % i i i { ; | Mission Ridge materially modified sion Shears | their ideas of our fighting qualities. ' right | Many of their men were heard to say, ' | “The Potomac fellows could fight some.” | After our great victory a lively par- | | suit began in which the western army | | was determined to show us all about war. Our corps reached Pigeon Moun- | ‘of November. A portion of some | western command formed on our right. oe in front. , to charge the |enemy ot $a m. y of our men ' did not He down, in impending ‘battle, 0 that about 3 'o’clock we were awakened and ready - | for the order. The western soldiers, without awaiting orders, advanced at + double quick yelling like demons and | . being in the woods made enough noise ‘to scare “Old Nick.” In fact their | noise was such that one of their colo- | nels, who was on horse back, jumped ot bié Bors aad made good time to the rear. This coupled with the fact | that the enemy had left immediately Te Yew Comury wlan Lia stands easily at tie head of Mt fully : renaerscand will success ly maintain 18 igh shpat in rs have esiablisked details concernirg its new . Ful bs in the Columbia catalogue, | ‘which 3 a beautiful book and full { 0f fntietest, Free upon application. THE BEST ON EARTH. © rN I bn Hons | Ce W. HODGKINS, 4h & Boosh Aves, Patton, Pa. a ipo - - { . i i | | after dark formed an episode which we ‘turned to good advantage in ali our subsequent relations with the heroes of the west. Next morning, Noverhber 27, we ad- t | vanced in parsait of the fleeing enemy | On the 14th of May a very severe battle Gibson. | until we reached Ringold, Ga. Just beyond the town tie enemy wis posted , ‘on Taylor's Ridge. Without hesitat- ing 8 moment we formed a line of | battle with our right at the railroad and thence to the left about a mile. | i support us we advanced apon the en- | ‘emmy confident of an easy victory. Alas! Never were men more quickly de ceived. As we neared the top of the hill a most fearful fire was opened on los snd in ten minutes our | brigade was almost destroyed. I never a u sa : wanted a a yon ss of nes | If ad just come to the place : where you can get good goods |°o™ for the least money ynd that Inatthe ECONOMY. vised RE I SSS ST You ales sayPyon A a fine dress at a price : 7 that will make you wonder 5 have never called at fhe HON OMY before. | i ! | { | ! Need a pair of shoes, If you do why we can just fit you out iece of shoe wear or everiwill have f in the finest ~ you ever in. Come in and s see our Sock snd you will i i | i | { i i { { i { that we have the firiest stock at, the least of any store in Cam- of Johns- 0d finest. goods, nT pit the Jogfiomy, ! STORE | Se fr, Carrolite saw such a sight. Our poor fellows -| were rolling and tambling down the steep hill trying to escape failing into’ the enemies hunds. Fortunately the oll | formation of the ground protected the Sompanies A, F and D. These three companies stood firm and thus saved our dead and wounded. Even these suffered severely. Of our i part in. He was a veteran of the Mex- ican war and was reputed bravest of the brave. Hig ® fi brigade, under General about three miles. It will enable the | witness in a case to the triad of which DighS. The 3d : I jw as > Junction, in a deep cut the engine of a | train hauling a string of empties to the track. Seven flat Green, also suffered a heavy loss. At 8 o’clock p. m. we took the hill, and ber of men from other regiments, feil back to Bridgeport, Ala.; built winter quartersand remained until May 1st, 1864. Tne winter at Bridgeport was un- eventful so far aa movements of troops were concerned. The only apparent activity was the erecting of two im- i mense buildings on the bank of the Tennessee river, a short distance above - {the railroad bridge. These buildings were intended to hold the supplies for the next campaign. When they were fill two or three steamboats were kept ' | moving the stores up to Chattanooga. Ceneral Sherman commanded the de- partment and it was his intenticr to sccumulate immense quantities of sup- | plies 50 that he could dispense with bis primary base at Louisville, K. Y., for months at s time. The enemy's cav- airy unde: ‘orest and Wheeler made | repeater’ *s to destroy our com- mani at without effect. yr (1864 found an army of | ith that incomparable mmand. He was seo- men 3 Generals Geo. . EB Hooker, H. W.! ‘oward, J. B. McPher. | tain a little after dark on the 26th day | |The enemies camp fires were visible | Aon and John A. Logan “ighting Te 9 Howker! commanded the 20 So was the old 11th and 12th co Sh The first week in oy] 'OU- we received the order to advance. Judges Barker Hooker was on the right so that after passing through Missionary Ridge we! turned to the right taking the Lafay- HAST. |THE STARS ¢ & STRIPES ette pike, and keeping a southwest | ‘course, we reached Dug Gap- through one of Dalto: where theo under | AI 3 Pass | ridges covéring nemy 56,000 strong | Johnston awaited | No atfack the it, The ridge was, ‘heavily wooded on both sides of the! ‘road and was fortified and heid by a | ‘strong force. Very little coald be seen on account of the timber so that we got | quite close before any firing began. | Our regiment was on the extreme and was near the top of the ridge | before they fired upon us. Their fire | was 80 continnous and heavy that itis | doubtful if any of us would have ‘reached the top. Our officers very ‘wisely ordered us to halt. While in | this position I saw a number of the | eneniy through an opening in the wood coming towards our left. [ asked our ‘captain to let me fire at them, and ; with his reluctant permission I sent a ©0sts ball in their direction. 1 could not see the ¥ oy r= FOUPETALD JOR, JL s mle RH © 10 guess. The route was that about a THE MARCH TERM OF COURT rand Miller are | i MR. READ SENTENCED Five and: One Hall Yours in ihe Western | Penitentiary snd $250 Fine. At 10 o'clock Monday’ morning the | reguli- Mapch term of court for the trial of the civil lisc-agmmanoed with | Judge Barker on the Beno His Honor’s illness two weeks ago, and the | Joss of time occasioned thereby, od® ‘with the large number of cas®® for | trial, made it impossible for J Barker to make much headway | and Judge Miller, of Mercer count?’ assisting him this week. When court convened the first bas | | mess transacted was sentencing the prisoners who were convicted during’ the first week of this term. The | heaviest sentence given was to Ellis B. | Reed, who, in a very sensational trial, | was convicted of raping Leona Spencer. | He was ordered to pay a fine of $350, on the Bench. PATTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. A Monihly Report Prepared by the Prine. ple, W. H. Thompson. The following is a report of the Pat- ton Public School for the month end- | ing March 15, 1885. This report shows |: the condition of the different depart- | ments daring the last: Number enrolled in high school | during month, miles, 9; females, 30; total, 30; average attendance, males, 8 females, 20; total, 37; per cent. of . at-| | tendance, mules, 95; females, 86; aver | age per cent. of attemdance, 91. Number enrolled in grammar school, males, 27; females; 32; total, 50; aver | age attendance, males, 21; females 25; total, 49: ‘per cent. of attendance, males, 90; females, 93; average per cent. of atfndance, 92. Number enrolled in ateriodiite de- i® partment, males, 33; females, 19; total, | 81; average attendance, males, 20; fou | | males, 17; total, 46; per cent. of at- tendance, males, 92; females, 39; aver age per cent. of attendance, 91. ‘Number enrolled in. second § | males. 3%; females, 28; total 6 age attendance, males, 29; fen itotal, 53; Per bsp of » males, 96; fo. costs of prosecution, and to undergo | . cent. of attendanu. an imprisonment in the Western Peni- | xumber enrolled in ‘them when they stopped, #0 I fired by | tentiary for a term of five years and six males, 39; females, 31; tots. | months. Charles Glavon and Daniel | age attsndance, males, 35; fem. . safer position. One of them, joss fora] | conte, and five months in jail. William | males, 04; females, 91; average : joke, sent a ball through the top of my | Boyer, for stealing a sum of Money | cent. of attendance, 98. cap, -but [ continued to fire in direction and succeeded in scaring many More away. Wa continued the battle until even. | ing. A namber of our company were wounded, but none were killed. After | | raised the Cambria Iron company check | | cent. of attendance, 92. dark we fell back to an open fleld where we remained for a short time. Our movement was a feint to enable | General McPherson to advance on our right and take possession of Swvake Creek Gap. Having secured this Gap the army rapidly advanced towards Resacoa, a railroad station 12 miles south of Dalton compelling Johnston | to abondon his strong hold at Dalton. | was fought at Resaoca, in which the enemy suffered fearful losses. General McPherson, on our right, placed 12. guns on a hili commanding the ene- my's position from which he poured broadiide after broadside into them | going on our corps massed in solid | column and advanced in our front capturing four guns. This was all we | could accomplish that day. We ail | thought that in the morning the de- | ! cisive battle would be fought, but dur-| ing the night the enemy escaped leav- | ing piles of dead behind. g CANTEEN. To be continued. | A New Road. - A few months ago a petition was ' handed into court asking for a pubiic road to be built irom Patton to a point | on the road leading from St. Lawrence to Chest Springs. The proposed road Soupany CF) I do not remember all of Will intersect at the Anthony Kline : the causslities, but Lieutenant Peter place, where Jacob Stevens lately re-| The ‘popular Park was crowded at Kaylor, J. W. Stevens and John Lane sided. The length of the road will be both performances yesterday were mortally wounded. Lieutenant ' about one mile from the borough limits “Side Tracked,” a. new railroad com- oO wae dows GEE Solr and to the intersection, a direct line from | edy, was was wounded in every battle he took beginningjio end with the grade ox- ‘time. The railroad scene is side-split- | tremely favorable. The Las long | been needed and will sh 2 the dis- | tance between Patton and St. Lawrence | residents of St. Lawrence and Coaiport | and points between these places and this ended olir campaign for 1863, and ' Patton to reach here without the long enjoyment. There are many special- © after falling back to our old camp at drive around by Baker's cross roads. | ties of a high character and a funny Wauhatchie we built winter quarters. The order was granted at a recent musical It was at this time that the regiment term of coart and the viewers, E. C. (0.) Daily Morning Journal, February reinlisted and went home. The re- Brown, engineer, J. R. Cornelius and | 124,798. At the Hastings opera house | mainder of the regiment formed a T.M. Sheehan met on March Ist and Friday evening, March 29th. - | company of 100 men, who, with a num- on the following day located the road. The people of Chest township should be unanimous in advocating the build- ing of this road, as it is much to their | interest in the way of travel, ete. Now that spring is about here do not | let the scheme drop. : Was a Good show. A large number from Patton at- tended “Little Trixie” at the Hastings opera house last Friday night and re- tarned home very much pleased and speak in the highest terms of the play. Manager McNeelis is to be congratu- § lated in securing good companies. | sisty-nine-cen t rate. “Side Tracked,” which will appear in the same opera house on Friday night, | March 20th, is equally as good, if not better. A large number should go to Hastings that night. : Modern Housework. May be done more easily, more con- | veniently and with fess expense on the | Cindrella Range than with many oth. ers; all the old objections to ranges re- i It will save you time, money ‘and hard work. It is a good baker {and is sold with that understanding. {Sold by A. M. Thomas. ; | Colornds Sabet Woy’ wis. } izations are Beneficial to the Workmen. | i i i i i £ i ! from a fellow-lodger, in the Eighth Ward Hotel, Johnstown, got a fine of gi “1S UT "on™ Carage at. | | $20, costs, and one year and three | | months in the Penitentiary, William | | Petrukivitch, the Hungarian who | | from $18 to $46, received a reminder of | ' $10 fine, costs, and six months in jail. The court then called the Bar list, | and the result was the presentation of a large number of petitions. Institute Program. : Program for local institate to be held in Ashville, March 30, 1895, at 1 o'clock p. m.: Vocal music in public schools, TL { 1 { Square and cube root, J. W. Leech. Mental arithmetic, R. H. Biter. Penmanship, G. E. Hippe. Grammar, R. E. Davison. Ideals, A. J. Swope. What relation should exist between | | 4 Without a single plece of artillery to during the entire day. While this was. teacher and pupil, N. Neason. ~ Spare momenta, D. L. McMuarren. | Evening Session. Fmprompta class, Stella Will Exercises by school. : Patriotism, D. L. McMprren. Recitation, Jennie Abernathy. Debate: Resolved that Labor Organ- | Afirm—R. E. Davison, D. L McMur- ren. Deny--George P. Bell, Martin McCartoey. STELLA WILLA, D. L. McCMURREN, A. J. BwoPR, Committee. “side Tracked.” with was presented.here for the first ting in its drollness and every char- 'acter true to life. Besides the side- | tracking of the tramp, an important he is hastening. There are many other minor realastic scenes of great Miners Will Win, The following 1 ssn from a this morning, at which they heard ve- | ports from the different districts, and upon which they prepared suggestions for this afternoon's meeting, Several thousand miners are striking for the ct oa — on Monday annpuncing the sad intelli- gence of the death of his father who resided at Karthaus, Pa., and on Toes: day he departed for that piace to attend op pp leaves two sons and three dsaghters. pected at any time during the past Yoar. i ————a— Huve you tried John Tramaa's coal Joba P. Bonner received a telegram | the funeral which was held Wednesday. | The old gentioman has bovn very fheble Total enrolled for month, males, 139; | tendance, males, 123; females 134; total, 247; per cent. of attendance, 93; females, 91; average per CLEARFIELD COAL POOL. : Operators Form an u Association to Kimit : the Protection, The demoralized condition of the bituminous coal trade in Pennsylvania is to be corrected by the operators Sanibel sone region met in Philadelphia on Thure | day and formed an organization to be known as the Operator's association of {the Clearfield region. The object of the meeting was to discuss the curtail- decided that the output should be les- sened and that the principle of the as- sociation would be the pooling of the | production of the entire region. The following were elected officers of | | the sssociation: President, E. J. Ber wind, of Berwind, White & Co.; first | vice president, John C. Scott, of Jobn | Scots & Co.; secretary pro tem, Wm. | C. Scott, D. E. Williams, Edward J. BOROUGH COUNCIL MET In Extra Session. on Monday : Evening And : ELECT ED NEW MEN To Pili the Yacseies of Chivl-sf-Poliee Street Cotamissioner and s Coanefbman, . The Patton borough council met in uxtra seasion in the office of Dale & Patterson on Monday evening, Mareh 35th, with the following members present: President John F. Bonner, P. P. Young, B. F. Wike, 8. M. Wilson, Ralph Leisch and John Boyce. The minutes of the last two meetings were | body was the seting on the resignation i of Councilman Jobn Boyce, which was. ‘Then came the | of Chief-of-Polive Jas. McMullen, which uly deceptedt. ~ pames of 8. E Jones and John ‘were presented to coune® « for Chisf.of-Police. vesulted in" the ele * GPG Crawl, The names of Frank Campbell, L. 8, Bell and Joseph Marks were voted for. to fill vacancy caused by resignation ' of John Boyoe from cosncil. A ballot | being taken vesulted in a tie vote for | Frank Campbell and iL. S. Bell. The ‘| vote of the president being received resulted in the election of Prank Camp-- bell. : The council voted to pay the police- ; to wear a uniform provided by council, and the cost of same to be deducted from his salary. The: following Sills were presented and orders drawn for the same: Pat- ton Publishing company, printing, . $22.65; A. M. Thomas, hardware, $8.43; Will L. Thompson, suditor, $12; F. H. Kinkead, auditor, $12; H. 7). Winslow, anditor, $12; Jas. McMullen, police | service up to date, $43.33; Harvey Pat. terson, clerk for two montis sian, $10.00. Council then sdjorrned to meet at | regular meeting night. The following, taken from the Amer. |J. Nicolls. The following board of The directors was also elected: J. B. Coryal, | ‘John C. Bradley, Wm. H. Piper, John Brown, John L. Mitchell and Thomas - C. Heine. After the meeting an operator who | Wien | wai present stated that the object of the association at present was the car- tailment of the output, but eventually it would. result in an rene i the price of soft coal. oe Beech Creek Wrecks. Patton were piled oun top of it and the engine ~The Columbus ¥™ EE cam, eS pint, rook acccurred on a ton. The directuts hol: & MOSUNG) the save rus below Pusle. Which du- nth bet own. BI that’s the we ne beni wards Tet your "iy EEE the Jeus 1h pays. m place run re a § disgrace the Preaching by the Pastor at 10:30 &. m and 7 p. m. Class-meeting at 9:30a. m. Sunday school at 2 p. om. All are cordially invited to sttend | sexvices, W. A B Little, - Prominent Ben chant of Loretto, this county, made aa assignment Saturday morning for the gaged in general merchandising. The extent of his linbilities is not knows. : : © Wall Paper Geo. 8. Good has just seceived a very fine Minchin’ of Wall. paper, all the ~ man a salary of $50 per month and be . benefit of his creditors. He was en-
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