The Gettysburg Times is publishing some very interesting articles on the battle of Gettysburg. Some of our citizens who like to read war history, should subscribe for the Times.

W.H. Owen, a civil engineer in the employ of the U.S. Government, was here last week to examine the road that leads from the National Cemetery to Antietam station. Mr. Owen’s object was to find out the width of the road, the facilities for macadamizing it, etc. Representative McComas is endeavoring to get Congress to make an appropriation for the purpose of putting the road in first-class condition. The distance is about one mile.

Mr. Samuel Mumma, residing on the farm of Mrs. S.P. Grove, met with what might have been a very serious accident one day last week. While working near the barn, the wind blew the large barn door, which was open, against him and threw him against a horse that was standing nearby. He was kicked by the horse and rendered unconscious for several minutes: one of his ribs was broken, and he also sustained other injuries.

The Relief Corps of the G.A.R. of this place will hold a festival beginning next Friday December 23 and continuing through the holidays.

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This is O.T.'s brother. George was in the Potomac Home Brigade and was on furlough at the time of the battle.

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On Saturday Oct. 8th the 51st Regt. Pa. Vols. unveiled a very fine Granite Tablet to the memory of their comrades who fell in the charge when Burnside Bridge was captured.

The car in which Abraham Lincoln made the journey from Buffalo to Albany, on his way to Washington for his first inauguration, is still in good condition, and running on the Auburn Branch of the New York Central Railroad. The portraits of Lincoln and Washington, and the national flag with which the interior was decorated for the occasion, remain as permanent fixtures.

The New York veterans having arrived on Saturday morning were formed in line at the railroad and marched to Antietam National Cemetery headed by the Harper’s Ferry and Sharpsburg bands and the G.A.R. post of this place. Here they unveiled a statue, which they have created to the memory of their fallen comrades. The ceremonies consisted of speeches in both English and German and music furnished by the bands.

The 20th New York Monument was the first to be dedicated at Antietam.