125 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 11, 1894

Andrew Gregg Curtin, Pennsylvania’s famous Civil War governor, died at his home in Bellefonte at the age of 79.

Vergie Brumbaugh, 15-year-old daughter of J.S. and Delilah Brumbaugh, New Enterprise, died of typhold fever and pneumonia after lying very low for three weeks.

John Edwards, a brakeman on the Huntingdon & Broad Top Railroad, was killed in a train accident near Mount Dallas.

Joseph Feather of Roaring Spring was run over by a handcar while working on the railroad near Curryville. He was bruised and badly hurt, but nothing serious.

Little May Isenberg of Mount Etna was severely bitten by a dog but is getting along nicely.

Offerings at the Reformed churches’ annual harvest festivals amounted to $54 at Salem and $55 at St. John’s.

A carload of wheat from Canoe Valley was being loaded at Mount Etna for shipment to Roaring Spring. The price was 52 cents a bushel.

Love Feast was well attended at the Woodbury Brethren Church.