VOL. LXXVL HALL, PA. NO. 27. CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. By T. P. Mcyer, Sergeant Co. A., 148th Regiment, P. V. {To be Continued. | CHAPTER 111. About three o'clock p. m. our Divi- 1st of the 2nd corps, was ordered to hasten to the relief of our endangered left wing, We marched ‘‘double quick’ (ran) most of the in- tervening two miles under a scorching July sun, and reached the scene of this terrible, disastrous conflict in the “Wheat Field” and the rough timber- ed ridge of “Devils Den,” to the west of “Little Round Top” and just be- vond what is known as ‘Death Val- ley,” by reason of the terrible sacrifice of men this day’s battle, Here our Division swung into line of | battle about six p. m., relieving a part of the 3rd corps and were soon very heavily engaged. Iu our hurried rush to the field the columns became somewhat broken, so | that a large part of our battle lines] i came in by regiments. For want of] ion, the of both armies during i room the 145th in going into position with a rush, found itself doubled up, | half “left in double deep, aud in great confusion. column The ex- | citement was intense, and many “bad | words escaped.” In this mixup the] Regiment could not fight, they | were in the battle. Men in the front | column would be killed by their com-| rades in the rear colump. The tumult | and noise ; theshouts and yells of fif-] ty thousand men, heard amid the aw-| front,” yet ful roar of musketry and artillery, baf-! fles description. | Here above all places in battle dur-| ing the war, of pline, and staying qualities of the boys | of the 145th itself clearly. The me to shout, don't shoot the Ligh state disci- manifested n inthe ranks most | began till | re- don’t shoot straighlened They mained cool while helpless in this aw- ful tangle, of battle. hey did not * Nteadily the we get out in the voriex shoot.” line and extended and straightened out, when once ready, the 148th joined in the conflict with a steady, rattling fire and yelling as loud as any of them, when yelling we dieated. The strange ringing of the steel ram- is in- the rods rang out elearly amid awful noise of battle, as the guns were “'load- | ed and fired at will,” giving variety to the greater tumult. In the excitement and hurry of bat- tie, ramrods were often broken or shot | away ; 30 that none should be want- | ing, soldiers with both hands full of| ramrods ran along the rear of the vat | tie line shouting, ramrods ! Here ! came from where they were wanted, fired from the Confederate line tore the knapsack of one of our men so that the contents of crackers and clothing fell out, while another pin- ned a soldier to a tree, killing him in- stantly. The first and third Divisions of the Fifth Corps, U. 8. Regulars, and one Brigade of the Third Division of the Second Corps (ours) about five thou- saud men algo joined us, and we great- ly outnumbered the enemy. The bat. tle became more furious than ever und we steadily drove the enemy from the Wheat field into the woods, where our forward movement was halted. Here the advantage of position was greatly on the enemy's side. They were on high ground, behind trees, stone fences, and the immense granite howlders, that thickly strewed the ground in the woods, No one, to this day can tell what we were fightiog for here. We did not want to reoccupy the ‘Salient’ at the “Peach Orchard,” by which our posi. tion would be weakened. We could not hold it any more now than we could in the first place. We were or- dered to fall back slowly, and to keep up the fight ; we fell back to what is now known as Death Valley, where the enemy rushing in, attempted to cut us off, and a furious fight ensued, in which we barely held our own, For nearly two hours we had been engaged in this whirlpool of death, and our ammunition was running out, Night was settling down over this field of carnage, when we were reliev- ed by two Divisions of the Sixth Corps, Heavy fighting wes continued till nine o'clock p. m., when our lines were withdrawn to the line of the Round Tops, where they were firmly und permavently established by mid- night, leaving the entire field, with our dead and badly wounded in the hands of the enemy, The fighting here was most desper- ate and the sacrifice of men appalling. ‘I he losses in the 148th, in kil wounded and Jjssing aggregated nearly two hundred, wh le the to both armies in the four hours bat- tle, over twelve thousand, were about the same to each : | ramrods ! | the line] A rmamrod here ! 7/8 THE ROBBERS NN Notes and Incidents of the Robbery and the Robbers, That the robbers had a fifth partner can not be substantiated, On their way from Potters Mills to the point where the quartet cooked their break- fast the four traveled in pairs, at some distance apart. Between the two pairs, for a short distance, there was a fifth man, but from the best information gained this man wae a resident of the vailey or mountain. In corroboration of this is the fact that there were only four men in the company who took breakfast in the mountains beyond Potters Mills. At no time were there five men seen together, but at Spring Mills, Centre Hall and Linden Hall, along the Fort road, at Potters Mills and at the breakfast table in the moun- tains the strangers numbered four. Another reason to disbelieve that the men came in touch with a fifth man to unioad their goods, is the fact that the whole of their plunder se- cured in Centre and Union counties was either found on their person or in their lair. The Watchman, last week, says it is reasonably convinced that the wound- ed man is James Lewis, who was sent to the western penitentiary from Will- ismsport in the fall of 1897 for having helped William Moore rob the post at Barnesboro, They were ar- rested at Lewistown. Moore declared Lewis was not implicated but he was sent up for four years and ten months, consequently was only recently dis- charged. If the wounded man is James Lewis, and there is little RCE was very probably traveling with this gang Moore wes pardoned out of the Pen by President McKinley. The above, so far as it relates to the wounded map, is undoubtedly correct. Not asiogle line of the Reporter's Foust stable has been questioned by any Fhe story of the floundering of the wounded man after being hit by a bullet is without foun- dation, as Is also the story that his hand clutching a revolver was visible after he was wounded. A close examination, by the writer, of the hay loft immediately after the incident, revealed evidences that the one present wounded man fell instantly and that moved until slid down the Ysliding boards There were but two of the loft, and the smaller one was occasioned by the un- fortunate his mouth from blood after being placed in a sit- ting posture by deputies, he never clots blood on man cleaning The undisturbed, congealed pool of blood was as circular as though it were bounded by a compass line, which is that the man, when struck by the bullet, fell instant- From the distinct marks in the dust on the floor conclusive evidence body lay on a line nearly with the pike, head toward Milroy, facing east. It was Frank Shutt, the blacksmith, of this place, who dared to approach the wounded man and snatch the re- volver from his hand, Mr. Bhutt was not the first man up the ladder, but he was the first to realize the actual con- ditions confronting them, and was the first to act. The wounded man lay on his right side, and it was necessary to reach over his body to secure the weapon. The first words spoken by the wounded man were, “what did you shoot me for?’ After his head was raised by his rescuers, he spat out a mouthful of blood and said, ‘there goes & part of my liver.” The re mark amused those around him, Later he said, “I am shot through the heart.” This expression is evi. dence of irrationality, There should be an ingathering of the belongings of the wicked four. The property found in their posses sion is as truly theirs, until proven otherwise, as though found in the pockets or sheltered by any other in- dividual, The wounded leader of the quartet was removed from the Bellefonte hos. pital to the jail Tuesday afternoon, The journey was easily made, and without accident worth mention, Tuesday night the prisoner rested well, and in the morning he sat up in his couch to eat his breakfast, and was able to wait on himself. The right arm is of no service to the man, being paralyzed from the effects of the bul. let passing through the shoulder on that side. Geltwalt—Showalter— Lewis is in good spirits, and in all probability will recover, Where the trial of the prisoners will take place has not been settled. There is, however, no sparring for business between the county and government officials. The trial will likely be con- ducted by the government, in which CHEERING WORDS, Dakota Reader Compliments the Centre Reporter, Mandan, Bouth Dakota, Dear Editor :—The Centre Reporter reaches us one day earlier than former- ly, another evidence, 1 suppose, of the enterprise back of your excellent pa- per. I have not the pleasure of know- ing you personally, but I want to compliment you on the great improve- ment of the Centre Reporter since it is published by you. I left your section about twenty years ago, and have taken the Reporter ever since for the home news. Your aim seems to be to furnish the local news and omitthe numerous piques and grievances that appeared before the paper got into your hands. Keep on inthe way you began, and you will win out. I always show your paper to the Centre county peo- ple I meet, and the new names I send you are some of the fruits. Wm. H. Brown & Co. are doing a great real estate business here. They run excursions from Chicago once each week, and refund the car fare to purchasers who have made the neces- sary arrangements. Land can be bought for from $5.00 to $15.00 ; much of this is underlaid with coal. I wish you could see our wheat fields. This is a fine country and there are good prospects for a fine crop. Hoping I will have the pleasure of meeting you thissummer and wish- ing you success, I remain very truly, J. W. W, South : ig Reduced Rates to Saratoga, N. ¥, On account of the Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America, to be held at Saratoga, N. Y., July 7 to 10, inclusive, the Pennsylvania Rail road Company will sell round-trip tickets to Baratoga from all stations on its lines, on July 6 and 7. good to return until July 20, inclusive, at rate ofa single fare for the round trip. A stop-over will be allowed at Philadel- phia and Baltimore on tickets reading via those points within final limit of July 7 going and July 20 returning, on deposit of tickets with station agent immediately on arrival, —————r—l So ins——— The Kingdom of the Tobaceo Trast The year’s consumption of tobacco in the United Btates alone includes seven billions of cigars, ten billions of cigarettes, and two hundred and eigh- ty millions of pounds of manufactured tobacco. The one item of smoking and chewing tobacco, exclusive of cigars, cigarettes, and snuff, registers an annual over-all value of more than $00,000,000. In addition, England smokes six billions, Japan three billions, and China one and one-half billions of cigarettes every twelve. month. This outside cigarette-pufl- ing burns up forty-five millions of pounds of tobacco and puts about $4,- 000,000 into the bank account of the American grower, giving the giant balance to the Trust. anil csunlbm— Brain Fed on Pork, James Holtz, a farmer living near Richland, Blair county, was in Al- toona Baturday to be treated for a number of lacerations of the legs and body which he recieved in an en- counter with a bear, Holtz had been losing sleep for some time looking for the bears which were carrying off his pigs. He caught a big female bear in the act of looting his sty. The farmer blazed away at bruin and wounded her slightly. Before Holtz could reload his gun the bear charged him and tore open his legs and chest with her claws, Holtz’s two dogs attacked the animal, which disposed of them in short order, Bruin then helped herself to a choice porker and disappeared into the woods, Milihelm Journal, Rev. B. R. M. Bheeder, pastor of the Aaronsburg Lutheran charge, has been granted a four weeks’ vacation, Miss Anna Mitterling, of Centre Hall, was the guest of Miss Margaret Weaver several days during the past week. The Evangelical Association wili hold a grove meeting in the woods near the home of James Wert, one and a half miles east of Penns Cave, begin. ning Thursday evening, July 2nd. John Alter, who was injured by a trolley car at Pittsburg several weeks Ago, is lying seriously ill at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Alter, on Penn street, with small hopes of recovery. His wife was tele- graphed for, and arrived from Pitts. burg Wednesday evening. During the thunder storm Friday afternoon lightning killed one of Abra. ham King's hogs, The lightning struck a tree close by Mr. King's house, on North street, and followed a wire clothes line to the pig sty where the line was fastened. There were two! in the sty and the one The Philadelphia Record, “The Philadelphia Record,” which recently observed its twenty-sixth an- niversary as the pioneer one cent newspaper of America, claims the largest circulation of any paper pub- lished in Pennsylvania, and its claim is without doubt a just one. The se- cret of this is not hard to find, Throughout its entire cdfeer “The Record’’ has combined a certain spir- it of conservatism with a progressive policy, and the result has been a news- paper that inspires and holds the con- fidence of its readers. There is a vast deal of difference be- tween conservatism and old-fogyism, “The Record’ is always keen, alert and up to date, and never allows itself to become hysterical. The metropoli- tan journals of today may be enterpris- ing to the point of sensationalism, and in the existing spirit of rivalry may often overstep the bounds of decorum and good taste ; but in this respect “The Philadelphia Record” is not a sinner, It is alwayssane, always tem- perate, always satisfying. Without half the fuss and feathers of some of its contemporaries, it is not to be gain- said. It is this authoritative confidence in% itself that has wrought confidence in the general public and has been instru- mental in establishing its prestige. “Let us see what ‘The Record’ says about it,”’ is a remark of frequent oc- currence ; and what “The Record” says is usually regarded as final and incontrovertible. The newspaper is still largely a moulder of publie opin- fon, in spite of the theorists, and while the confidence of the public may be shaken in some phases of modern jour- nalism, that class of which “The Phil- sdelphia Record’ isa fine type still survives, and will continue to survive for good. We could ill afford to spare any of them, least of all “The Record.” A long and prosperous life to Pennayl- vania's leading newspaper. stamina Reduced Hates to Atlanta, Ga, For the benefit of those desiring to attend National Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America, to be held at Atlanta, Ga. July § to 12, the Pennsylvania Rail. road Company will sell round-trip tickets from all stations on its lines to Atlanta, July 6 to 9, inclusive, good going on those dates and good to re- turn until Jaly 15, inclusive, at rate of a single fare for the round trip, plus $1.00. By depositing tickets with special agent at Atlanta on or before July 15, and payment of fifty cents, an extension of final return limit may be obtained to reach original starting point not later than August 15. For specific rates and full information con- cerning stop-overs, consult ticket agent. the mit —— Hedoced Hates to Hostow. On secount of the meeting of the National Educational Association, at Boston, Mass, July 6 to 10, the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Boston from all points on its lines west and south of Princeton, Hightstown, Tennent, and Long Branch, on July 3, 4, 5, and 6, good going on those dates and good to return between July 8 and July 12, in- clusive, at rate of single fare for the round trip, plus $200. By depositing ticket with Joint Agent at Boston, on or before July 11, and payment of fee of fifty cents, extension of return lim. it may be obtained to Beptember 1. For stop-over privileges and further information consult nearest ticket agent, A —— A —— Reduced Rates to Detroit, Mich, On account of the International Convention of the Epworth League, to be held at Detroit, Mich., July 16 to 19, the Pennsylvania Railroad Compas ny will sell round-trip tickets to De- troit from all stations on its lines, July 14 and 15, good to return until July 20, when properly validated by Joint Agent, at rate of single fare for the round trip. For further informa- tion concerning rates, routes, stop. overs, extension of limit, ete., consult nearest Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agent. : —————— A S—————— Puafl-Boozer, John H. Puff and Mrs. Anna Boozer, both of Centre Hall, were united in marriage at the Reformed parsonage, Boalsburg, by Rev. A. A. Black, Bun- day evening at seven o'clock. The bride and groom were accompanied to the parsonage by Bamuel Shoop and Mrs. Lucy Hennay, also of this place, A reception was tendered the newly-married couple Monday even- ing at the home Mr, and Mrs, J. W. Whiteman, The Reporter extends ita oon. gratulations, : AIA SSA New Jewelry Store, Jewelry and silverware for sale. Re pairing of watches a specialty. Work guaranteed, Eyes THE JURY WHEEL, Quarterly Court Opens August 24 Thira Monday, The following jurors, grand and traverse, have been drawn for the August court. GHAND JURORS 1. L. Bhope, Boggs Daniel Bpitier, Kush Irwin Bryan, Boges James McCloskey, Bellefonte J. W, Batchelor, Philipsburg. T. A. Ardell, Huston Win. Holt, Enow Ehoe, samuel Boyer, Haines Geo, W. Kline, State College, Emanuel Musser, College. Ira G. Burket, Halfmoon John L. Nighhart, Bellefonte Riley Pratt, Unionville Wm. Harter, Penn Manasses Glibert, Miles Alien Dubbs, Rush B. W. Way, Patton Levi Bigner, Harris A. P. Zerty, Penn H ©. Feidler, Haines H. H. Branstitier, Halfmoon, A. G. Kresmer, Walker Geo, 1. Cornelius, Worth ¥. A Carson, Poller TRAVERSE JURORB—4th MONDAY R. F. H. Corl, Benner A. 8 Bmith, Ferguson Emanuel Bhool, Gregg Edward Sellers, College 0. H. Harpster, Philipsburg George Rider Spring Wm. T. Leitzell Thomas Askey, Rust ¥. KE. Goss, Bellefonte J. B. Zeigler, Spring Solomon Lohr, Buow J. W, Orr, Marion, 1) KH. Sweetwood, Potter F. J, Wallace, Boggs James Heed 7 Frank Chas, Hichards Edward Witmer, 1. M. Omdort David B Orvis W mhoe ionle LEY Joseph Bitner, G Jacob M Thomas D Ira C. Mocht Daniel Hall rion Miles Seigired, Hush Bamuel Dunlap, Ferguson R. D. Musser, Gregg Lewis Beck, Walker Goorge Fink, South A. Jl Homer, Potter N. H. Gates, Halfmoon Mills Alexander, Huston i. W. Ger Warren B Frank | George Lowry Justie Philipsburg Sth MONDAY Wm. L D. L. Mi Elias 8 h, Peun Lew Crider, Philipeburg Curtis Fox, Marion Joseph Lehman, Pt W. M. Grove, Pott Award Cekely John Gentzel, 1 fates Moore, Patton Chas. E. Cook, Bellefont L. Files, flush Twin Hosterman, Mile 1. Yarnell, Snow Six lam Hosterinan, Harris Geo. M. VanTries, Bellefonte Harvey 8 Miller, Bellefonte Jamon Bartle ¥. Marion K. C, Hoover, Union Wm. N. Corl, Spring Robert Haines, Snow Shoe Thomas Morgan, Spring Daniel Crader, Pen 3 » F. 8 Heverly, Bpring +. Thorp, Boggs r Jodon, Ir. Bpring 5. A. MoQuistian, Bellefonte Howard ¥. Musser, Haines Israel Young, Harris Thomas Haines, Howard Wm. Heath, Kush Newton Krider, Miles James C, Carson, Spring w— Two More Lamps, Two more gasoline lamps were strung over the streets of Centre Hall inst week —one in front of the Method- ist church, on Church street; and the other opposite the residence of Miss Emily Alexander, on Main street, This makes seven lights in all, Sn MI ——————— cf A — ——— Strong Veatures, -— The biographies of prominent men in Everybody's have attracted much attention. This month, “James Bu. chanan Duke, The Caesar of Tobacco,” is presented. Alfred Henry Lewis writes the story. It is the piece de re- sistance of the number. Another reg- ular monthly feature is the distin- guished stage article, written this month by Marian West, and relating several dilemmas in which prominent actors and actresses found themselves, and how their quick wits came to the rescue. Reduced Rates te the Seashore, The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- ny has arranged for four low-rate ten- day excursions for the present season from Lock Haven, Troy, Bellefonte, Williamsport, Mocanaqua, Sunbury, Shenandoah, Dauphin, and principal intermediate stations (including sta- tions on branch roads,) to Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, Bea Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea, Wildwood, or Holly Beach, on Thursdays, July 9 and 23, August 6 and 20, 1908, Excursion tickets, good to return by regular trains within ten days, will be wold at very low rates. Tickets to At. lantic City will be sold via the Dela- ware River Bridge Route, the only all- rail line, or via Market Street Wharf, Philadelphia. Btop over can be had at Philadel phia, either going or returning, with- in limit of ticket. For information in regard to specific rates and time of trains, consult hand TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Ira D. Bankey, the evangelist, is now hopelessly blind, Miss Lila Harper, of Tyrone, is visit- ing the Misses Durst, in this place, James Corman, of Rebersburg, has been granted a pension of $8 per month. J. A. Hoover, local agent for the Milwaukee binder company, sold sev- eral machines this season, The annual deficit in the Post Office Department is partially explained by the surplus acquired by some of the offieials. Mrs. Sarah Geiss will lay a sawed stone walk in front of her residence. The stones will be secured from Dr, J. F. Alexander. H. A. Btover, of near Bpring Mills, was in town Friday of last week, and while here advanced his subscription to the Reporter. Clyde Blackford and Miss Daisy Haverly, of Axe Mann, were married last week. The groom is proprietor of the Blackford restaurant, Bellefonte. A graphic account of the recent floods in Kansas and Missouri, with photographs of high water scenes, is contributed to the Review of Reviews for July by Charles M. Harger, At au organ recital of the Bechool of Music, in the Baptist church, Lewis- burg, Misses Estie Ocker, Lewisburg : Margaret Stuart, Btate College, and tuth Bottorf, Lemont, took part. Miss Nannie Cummins died last week at the home of her sister, Mrs. D. Bterrett MeNitt, of Biglerville. Interment was made in Stone Valley. Miss Cumming had undergone an operation, Mrs. Ellen Hansbau, of Julian, last week visited her mother, Mrs. Eliza Painter, who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Lee, at Col- yer. Mrs. Painter ninety-three years of age. iw According to the pension office, the Spanish-American war has already re- sulted in 57,646 applications for pen- sions from ‘invalids’ of that war, §,- 851 of which have been granted, and 8,390 applications from “widows and dependents,” 3,190 of which have been granted. 8. Paul Dinges, of Williamsport, was an arrival in Centre Hall Satur- day evening, and was the guest of his brother, H. W. Dinges. Wednesday morning Mr. Dinges and his mother went to Altoona, where the latter will remain several weeks before returning to Williamsport. A store room and dwelling at Kantz, SBoyder county, owned by M. Milner and occupied by Merchant F. P. Keister, were destroyed by fire with almost the entire stock and household furniture. The origin of the fire is unknown, and the loss is partially covered by insurance. Mrs. Kuhn, wife of David Kuhn, formerly of Boalsburg, now a resident of Freeport, Illinois, is in a very deli- cate condition on aceount of cancer of the stomach. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, the latter a daughter, of Reeds- ville, were called to Freeport in con- sequence of the lady’s illness, A German in Portland, Oregon, has discovered a process whereby steel can be hardened tosuch an extent that tools thus treated can be made to cut the finest quality of steel without turning the edge of the instrument. The secret is the make-up of a chemic- al in which the red-hot steel is dipped in the tempering process. Grace Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crawford, of Belle- foute, while in Union county with her parents, became frightened at the approach of a cow, and in her endeav- or to run away from the imaginary danger, fell to the ground with suffi- cient force to break one of the bones in her ankle and injure several ten- dons, America’s teachers are given first place in the July National. Dr. A, E, Winship tells how Boston is prepar- ing to welcome them, 25,000 strong, early in July. His article is illustrated with portraits of thirty leaders of American education, Mr. Chapple's Affairs at Washington is fall of brisk and lavishly illustrated chat from the capital, . Publishing a book anonymously is a perennial method of arousing curiosity and increasing its sale. But there is probably more than this behind the anonymity of the novel of Washing- ton life and politics, “Despotism and Democracy,” which MeClure Philips & Company have just brought out. The book gives such a frank and dar ing picture of the methods used by the great national “bosses” in bills, or apply to agents, or E. 8, Har tested free. Be Ding sore room Son b