Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-28
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An Identification disc worn by EN-
Johnston Ague. Pennsylvania soldier
killed in one of the battles before
Petersburg, Va, in the Civil War. was
to-day sent to the widow of the SOL
der, Mrs Matilda Ague, of Oil City,
by AdJutant General Thomas J. Stew
art after months of search. Officials
of the War Department at Washing
ton and of the adjutant generals de-
partment here. members of regimental
associations, officers of Grand Army
posts, individuals and newspapers par
tcipated in the effort to find the
WIDOW. The disc was dug up on the
patIleneld OF Cedar Mountain, Va, by
j. X. Leman, who took it to Raleigh
7. Green editor of the Culpepper
Exponent. II bore a device frequently
seen on such articles in the Civil War
ana the name of Ague, stating that he
was member of Company b, Tenth
pennsylvania Reserves. General Stew
art was asked to locate the widow. It
was discovered that Ague was native
OF Butler county and enlisted as
veteran on the field at Warrenton, Va,
ana was killed on June 20, 1864, be-
Iore Petersburg. Mrs. Ague was left
with daughter and it was found that
she had been pensioned, but that tho
tt'SN loS ihOII was III 1898. 1nEOuSn
Grand Army veterans she was located
in Oil City. She is 81 years of age.
South Harrisburg folks who live
along the river front in the vicinity OF
FaXton street got thrill the other
evening when William Bumbaugh, a
riverman employed by Santo & Peace,
the river coal dealers, hurried up the
bank carrying a big, blinking monkey
race owl. The bird stood at least
twelve inches high and measured
nearly three feet from tip to tip of
the wings. The owl had been sleeping
under one of the bridges along the
by passing train. Attempting to fly
out over the river in the bright light,
the bird crashed against a girder and
dropped into the river. 1t was splash
ing feebly in the swift current when
Bum baugh saw it from a fiat He res
cued 1t and took it up TO the nearby
park. Quite crowd of curious folks
watched it until darkness fell-and
then the owl came into his own,
stretched his wings and swung away
into the night.
The West End Republican Club has
the unique distinction of having three
members representing three gen.
erattons of Republican voters, all liv-
inE in the same ward and all inter-
ested in the organization. They are
william Shuey, his son, George Shuey,
and his grandson, Reed Shuey All
were present at a meeting of the club
the other evening and attracted much
attention.
The State Capitol was thronged by
visitors this week. In fact, the regis
tration was greater than it has been
for many months, and the guides were
on the jump. Over 200 cities and
boroughs were represented in the list
| OF persons who registered at the Office
| of Chief Guide Fred C. Schaeffer.
This has been a great MOSQUITO
summer" said an old resident of Alli-
son Hill who has seen more summers
than three score and ten. "Why, L
don't know when I minded the pesky
! little fellows like / did this year.
| Guess the wet weather had somethin'
to do with it."
No" interrupted a friend There
were lot of holes that people let
water gather in"
Among visitors to the city yesterday
| was X-Representative Warren I.
Simpson, of Huntingdon county. one
| Of the prominent attorneys of the
Juniata valley Mr.. Simpson was here
! on business connected with the State
governmental departments.