VOL. LXXXII. PROPOSE RISTURY OF REGIMENT 43, The Washington A tevolalion of the Bar. vivors of the Regimsat Have Matters in Charge, The 45th Regiment Pa. Vol. Inf., al. though not entirely a Centre Ceunty Regiment, was composed very largely of men from this county. Companies A. D and E were practically entirely 0. E was largely so. No other county in the state, therefore, was or is so greatly in- terested in this Regiment ae Centre, Its number was the first after the Pennsyl- vania Reserve Corps. Authority for its recruiting was given both by the Secretary of War and the governor of the state before the three months’ men were mustered out of ser. vice, To a very considerable extent, men who had been in service for the three months re-enlisted in the 45th. Its colonel, Thomas Welsh, was Lieu- tenant Colonel of the 2nd Regiment in the three months’ service, the arrange- ment for the organization of the 45th having been made by him and Lieut. Beaver of H Company in that Regiment, who became the Par Colonel of the 45th. Col. Welsh, being placed in command of Camp Curtin by Gov. Curtin, was prevented from. giving his personal attention to the recruiting of the Regiment, but as commander of Camp Curtin he had special advantages in the selection of companies to compose it. To this circumstance is no doubt largely due the exceptional character of the make up of the Regiment as to its personnel. The Regiment had a re- markable career in many respects, particularly in the territorial extent of its service, the number and variety of its campaigns and the brilliant record which it made in all of them An effort is now being made by the Washington, D. C., Association of the Survivors of the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to prepare and have ublished a history of the Regiment. Vith commendable energy, care and diligence, this little Association, com- psed of less than a half dozen survivors, pe R. C. Cheeseman and Nelson Lucas, of this county being of the num- ber (vajor Cheeseman being the Presi- dent of the Association), has prepared a complete roster of the survivors as a oreliminary to the preparation of the Pe itself. This roster, of course, is not perfect. The names of men who are dead are included therein and a number who are living are 1 luded for various reasons. The Association, however, is revising the list and will ublish a new edition in the sSOIne re inaoia near future. I'he surprising thing about the roster is that it gives the names of nearly 500 survivors out of 1960 men who were “at different times in the Regiment. How ing for the inclusion of men who no longer living and the exclusion of men who ought to be included in this roster, there are doubtless 450 surv much as the state of Per 400 copies of each regime history certified by the governor, the Adjutant General and Auditor Geperal as being worthy of the name, at a price not ex- ceeding $2.00 per volume, it is easy to see that there will be no difficulty in publishing and disposing of an edition of at least 1000. Several of the comrades have already sub-cribed for a number of volumes each, running from two to twelve. The character of the volume is not yet determined, If a suitable person can be secured to write the history from the material which will be furnished by the survivors, that plan may be adopted, or a general editor may be chosen who will revise the manuscripts submitted by the survivors, so as to preserve the characteristics of the different writers. There will probably be a reunion of the survivors in the month of Septem ber and the Washington Association ex- pects to have its plans in such shape that they may be submitted to the sur. vivors at this reunion for definite adop- tion, and it is hoped that a committee will there be named who will give im- mediate and careful attention to the de- tails of the preparation of the history. We very heartily commend to the survivors of the Regiment this enter- prise, which ought to appeal to everyone who was in any way connected with or interested in it. From the interest which has been manifested by the sur- vivors in Centre county, there is no doubt whatever as to doing their full share in the preparation of the material for the history and of taking the num- ber of copies when published which would seem to be their proportion of the edition, whatever it may be. We hope the splendid beginning made by the Washington Association will be continued and will find hearty encour- agement and co-operation on the part of all the survivers of the Regiment. Joux 1 ' URTIN, Col. 45th Regt. Pa. Vols, JAMES A. BEAVER, Lieut. Co. 45th Pa. Vols, S————— i, From the sihibheim Journal, Mies Nettie mprir ger, who had been visiting her sister at New York return. ed t) her bome in this place Monday. Mr, and Mrs. George Harman and Mrs. Jennie Mark, of Loganton, visit ed Rav. and Mr C. F. Garrett last Sunday. Mrs. Milton Bollinger and son, Ed ward, of Manilus, Illinois, are visiting st the home of Joseph and Miss Jennie Reifanyner. Fravcie Baker, register and recorder of Union county, accompanied by his wife snd daughter, of Lewisburg, and Joel Relish and wife, of Mifflinburg registered at the National Hotel Saturday. Mrs. Robert E. Harter, of Bridge water, Bouth Dakota, is visiting rela tives and friends in this place and vie cinity. This is her first trip east since going west a number of years ago, and her many friends here were glad to see her again. ANOTHER SUICIDE, Merrill Hoy Ends His Life With a Ballet at Pera Station, During the quiet hours of Friday morning Merrill Hoy ended his life by a shot from a revolver whilesitting ina buggy at Peru Station, west of Pleasant Gap. He was found early in the morning by Farmer W. E. Crust, who lives nearby. Mr. Crust saw a ‘horse hitohed to a buggy grazing near the station, and a form he took to be that of a man sitting in the buggy. The peculiar conditions aroused his curiosity, and suspecting something was wroog, he set out to investigate He was, however, shocked to find that the occupant of the buggy was dead, and that it was the son of his neigh- bor, Harvey Hoy. It only required =» bit of investigation to reveal that either a murder had been committed, or the man nad taken his own life, as the wound on the right side of his head sbove the ear was plainly visible The man was leaning his head between the buggy top. Mr (Crust at ones msde horrible find, snd notifi-4 ¢ oroner WH, M. Huff, of Milesburg A jury was gmipaneled, who rendered the verdiet forward, wit: bows of tie known his that death was dus to a voluntary act, making young Hoy a suicide The bullet entered the right side of the head a little above the temple and passed through the head, lodging un der the scalp on the Where the bullet entered the head, the skin and flesh were torn into shireads, indicating that th wes fired at close range, After the inquest Undertaker L. G Rearick prepared the body for burial I'he fanersl services were heid =u: day forenoon from the nome of the young man’s parents, Mr and Mrs. Harvey Hoy, who live near Peru <tation. In. ferment was made at Pleasant Gasp, Rev. D A. Sowers, of the Methodist chureb, officiating. The largely attended. opposite side shot funeral was Although but twenty-two years of sage, Merrill Hoy, to some extent at least, led a somewhat checkered career, A short time previous to committing the rash deed noted sbove, he forged a check on his brother William. The check was for $150, and waa presented to Sim Baum, ia Bellefonte in pay- ment of a small bill for clothing The difference was paid to Hoy in cash, and Baum passed the check to the bank, where Willismn Hoy's credit was enough to cover the amount, Later the check was declared a forgery, sud in the meantime the forger dis appeared. It appears he went to New York, the family having bad a card from him while in that state, Thursday afternoon prior to the sui- cide, Hoy esme up from Spring Mills, where he had been staying for seversl days with Samuel Stover on the Grenoble farm, on the L. & T. railroad, to Centre Hall, and went to the Old Fort hotel. From there he telephoned to Liveryman Boozer for a horse and buggy, saying he wished to go to Le- mont. He was questioned why he bad not taken the train, and gave some evasive answer. He represented as being Harry Peters, a salesman. From the Oid Fort he walked to Cen- tre Hall, secured the horse and buggy sud drove west on the Brush Valley road. It appears Hoy went from here to State College and some time duricg the night left there for hs home, sr d on reaching Peru Station, drove «ft the road and there ended his life, On exsmination of the contents «f Hop's suit cass it was found there wete blood stains on some of the cloth- ing, and a large blotch of blood on a pi-ce of music. There were also finger marks on his collar, It is thought by some that Hoy had carefully blood. stained his belongings prior to firing the fatal bullet, in order to make it appear that be had been murdered, but if he weant to do this, he was over zealous in his production of evidence His watch was fastened iu his shirt, one hundred dollars in cash in his shoes, and all pockets turned wrong side out, The revolver lay st his feet. The consensus of opinion in the community is that rendered by the coroner's inqaest, viz, that Hoy com- mitted suicide. ————— 1 A MA Haw Mil Barned, The large saw mill owned and operated by N. G Yearick and Ideated one and one-half miles east of Juckeon- ville, was entirely destroyed by fire the first Saturday afternoon of this month. The machinery consisted of a lath, shingle snd latest improved saw mill. Thousands of feet of lumber of all kinds was destroyed as well as two shanties and a stable. The origin of the fire ls unknown. The loss to Mr Yearick is estimated at $5,000, not hav. ing carried a cent of insurance on any of the property \hat was destroyed, 4, Centre $1.00 por year, ENCAMPMENT AND FAIR, The Thirty-Sixth Annus! Gathering Wi Open September 11th, on Fark, Centre Hall, The thirty-sixth snnual 11th to 17th inclusive. Many aided to the already large supply. For the past two years the tent accom- modations have not been equal to the demand, but with the increased num- ber of tents availiable this year the management hopes to be able to fil all orders for tents, yet in order to be certain of sicuring these sceommoda- tions requests for tents should be made early. Many of the contracts for privileges have been closed, and exhibitors are demanding more space for the dis play of their mavufsctures and wares Promises have been secured from a number of some of the leading states. men, farmers and scientists 20 deliver addresses in the auditorium during the day, and in there will pe Interesting entertainments, which will afford the campers instruc tion and entertainment. Parties wish- ing to camp fora week will find no better place to spend a week than the Grange Park Association offers them, Mr. Rhone, at Centre Hall, is in charge of the camp, and should be ad- dressed for any further information, a» the evenings Road Sapervisors Organize, At the couvention of road supers visors held in Bellefonte a good roads association was organized by the elec. tion of the following officers: Presi. dent, tol. Austin Cartin, of Bogas township, secretary, Frauk Wian, of Spring township; treasurer, J. H. Beck, of Welker township. Garbrick, Col John A. Daley, Bim Batchelor, Vietor L.. Wagner and Dr. L. E Kidder were appointed sn ex. ecutive committee to prepare a consti. tution and by-laws and report at a meeting to bas held on a day during the Centre county fair. Oe. ld What War Really Is, War is hell.—sherman. poison. Ours is a Wellington. War ia an antiquated relic.—Bishop Hamilton, There never lias been, nor ever will be, a good war or & bad peace — Fraoklin., War is an iostruwgent entirely ineflicient toward reducing wrong, and multiplies ivstead of iodemnify- fog losses — Jefferson. ———r—— LOCA.S For the news read the Reporter, for if there is news worth the reading you will find it there Last week Mies Cora Brown, of Potters Mills, visited at the home of Chailes Johnson, at Yeagertown. Mrs. Annie Colyer, at Colyer, who suffered a slight paralytic stroks a short time ago, has recovered suf’ ficiently to be about again. Libert Meek, of Altoona, formerly a resident of Ferguson township, is suff. ering from the effects of a paralytic stroke. One of the ill effects was the loss of speech. Whule using a foot adz, Albert Bier- ly, of Milesburg, completely severed the main ligament in his left leg. It will require some time until the in. Jury will not interfere with the move. ments of Mr Bierly, Prof. John 8, Hostermaan arrived in Centre Hall Saturday morning, sod with his wife and son are at the Hosterman home. He came here from New York, and on leaving will go to Montrose to open the public schools in that place, ’ In bulldings, equipment, and repu- tation, the Lock Haven State Normal school is the equal of the beet. Its graduates are the best advertisements, To those who are thinking of becom. fug teachers, it is an ideal school. The fall term begins September 6th, Bend for a copy of ita catalog, Mire, Walter Price, nee Miss Mable Musser, daugnter of Samuel Musser, of sorsnton, and little daughter, were guests al the home of Mr, aud Mra, Paul Bhe@ler, in Bellefoute. While there Mra. Shafler gent to Centre Hall for her sunt, Mrs Mary Shoop, who waa also a guest at the Shaffer home for ten days or more, Russell Pearce and a party of friends evjoyed a drive through the valley last Sunday morning says the State Col- lege Times. Stopping for lunch in the Glades, they removed the bridles from the horses, leaviog them hitched to the carriage. As son as the horses found that a portion of the harness was loose they took to their heels and damnable profession — From Ilinols, These fow lines bearing on the weather and crop conditions in Stephenson county, Illinois, were re- ceived from J. M. Btiffler, of Freeport : After several weeks of sizzling weather and rather serious droughty conditions, the weather man has handed us a change of program. The last week has been of the humid or muggy sort that creates In one a loath- ing for exertion of any sort. Heavy precipitations of rain and fierce elec- tric storms have wrought much havoe to railways, electric power systems and the telegraph and telephone ser vice in this city and vicinity the past few days, The threshing season was well ad- vanced under favorable conditions when the rains set in. The grain yet unthreshed and still in shock will be considerably damaged. Small grain of all kinds is very heavy in proportion to bulk and is yielding fair returns per acre New oats is bringing about 35 cents per bushel in our markets; bar. ley Is worth about 50 cents, and corn {has taken a big 'umble lately. if nothing serious intervenes the corn crop will be very heavy in most seo tions of this county. Late potatoes were somewhat ivjured by the heat {and drought, but the recent rains may | effect material changes for the better, | Potatoes now retail at 75 cents per | bushel Apples are nearly a minus { quantity io this section. - Points of The Democratie Pla form. Condemns the tarifl law and declares lin favor of appointment of a perma- | nent and expert commission to revise [the tariff. Charges tha! the provisions of the Aldrich-Payne messure are in viola- tion of the Republican National | pistform Declares for an inenme tax, fir widows, Hiale Civil War veterans and their Favors liberal pensions Republican party is condemned for profligacy io creating new offices snd raising salaries Takes a Atand for revision sand amendment of the ballot laws for the purity of elections, Demands arraignment of the capitol grafters, Declares for distribution of local tax- ex to che communities in which they are raised Insists upon the enactment of State laws giviog labor sod capital their irights. Calls for the enforcement of the anti. trust laws, Demands a stricter enforcement of the laws agaiost discrimination by raliroads. Favors the enlargement of the powers of the State Railroad Com- mission, Condems the Republican party for not passing laws adequate to enforce the ciause in the Constitution regulat- ing ratiroads. Declares for the freedom of the press, of conscience aod speech snd the equality before the law of all citizens, A I A A AAAI LOVALS, The dollar bill may be unnecessarily large. But what most people com- piaio of is that it buys so little. It in stated in the July number of the National Geograpuic Magezipe that the highest point in Pennsylvania is Blu: Koob, wuich ness an elevation of 3136 feet, Jouu C. Liogle, of Gregg township, has had nis peosion incressed to $20 per month. He also received a vouch. er for $60 26 restoration and supple. mental to the peosion. William B. Bwith, accompanied by his son Paul, of Reedsville, was in town last week, and favored the Reporter with his presence, Mr. Smith conducts a large job printery in Reedsville, Ex-suerift A. C. Kemberling, of M fin county, sued the borough of Lewistown for $772, which sum he cinims for baviug boarded prisoners acrested by the borough authorities prior to the erection of the city lock- up. The Délineator for September cone tains what is really the literary feature of the mouth in the magazine world-— the first of a series of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. The story is en titted ** Cold Iron " and introduces Puck of Pook’s Hill, who will be wel comed by all lovers of fotion, - Laurel Spring now flows into the borough reservoir through the new pipe line snd is furnishing a large quantity of water, The nearby springs had been furnishing sufficient water for all purposes during the drought just passed through, and now, with Laurel spring wsdded, Contre Hall bas sgsin an abundsuce of the purest water to be found anywhere. cpa 19, 1909. The Grange Eacampment, The prospects for the Urange En- campment and Fair, at Centre Hall, during the week of Beptember 13th, ls unusually bright. A number of im- provements on the grounds have been going on for the past three months which will tend to better serve the publie, Last year every tent on the grounds was occupled, and the applicants were not all accommodated, and this con- dition led the management to secure additional tents this year. Camping is one of the most pleasant features of this gathering. The tents are twelve by twelve feet, with 4-foot walls, fl vored and are furnished with table, bunk and camp seats, leaving nothing for the tenter to take with hifa except bed clothing. A number of stoves are also conveniently located over the camp- ing section of the grounds, which are for the free use of campers. The rental for tents is three dollars, with no ex- tra charges for any of the other accommodations furnished by the management, The exhibits of machinery, farm im- plements, ete, will be larger than ever this year, and the display of the products of the field, orchard and vineyard, will, as heretofore, be larger and finer than is found at most county fairs, Boller Explosion Kills Ope, Wednesday night of last week an eighty-horse power boiler in puddle furnace No. 2, in the Logan Iron and Steel company’s plant, at Burnham, exploded, killing one man snd ivjur- ing several others most seriously, The unfortunate man was George W, Htimely, of Milroy, aged twenty-three years, Tne brick encasement surrounding the boller was thrown violently in all dir-ctions and a strip of the sheet iron roof, seventy-five feet square, was blown off by the flying pieces of brick aod parts of the boiler, which were hurled in a fearful manner through the air. The damage to the plant was fally $15,000. AP ————— Travsfer of Rea! Estate. Frederick Stover to Peter Durst, May 27, 1857; lot of ground in Ceatrs Hall; $7 50, M D Kelley et ux to Milesburg Poor Overseers, May 20, 1900; tract of land io Milesburg; $240 Harsh Hivds to Hezekiah Sprowl, June 16, 1909; tract of land in Walker twp. ; $325. J. C smith et ux to D. J. Neiman, et al April 156, 1909; tract of land in Milibeim; $2800. Wm. WW, Heckman et ux to W. J. Walker, April 1, 1909; 8 tracts of land Miles twp. ; $6500. James T. Hale's heirs to A. N. Bierly, July 15, 1909; lot in Bogge twp. $150, Wm. L. Foster et al to Wm. H. Brown, July 6, 1908; lot in State Col- lege; $410, W. J. Harter et al to Penn twp. supervisors, July 9, 1909; lot of land in Penn twp; $140, Frank McCoy et al to A. M. Bierly, July 15, 1900; lot in Boggs twp. $900, D. K Musseret al to J. 8. Weaver, March 30, 1909; tract of land in Haines twp; $700. J.C. Aliport et al to W. D. Crosby, July 27, 1909; act of land in Rush twp.; $1100. D. J. Neiman et ux to A. Walter, trustee, June 1, 1909; tract of land in Millbeim; §25. E. M. Rovison et bar to Wm. M. Ruse, Aug. 2, 1909; tract of land in + hilipsburg; $671.25, W. E. Hurley, sherifl, to John A. Armor, lot in Bellefonte, Feb, 27, 1900 ; $1825, Wm, Thompson, Jr. et ux to John T. McCormick, tract of land in Patton twp., March 30, 1909 ; ° $350, Prudence Haines to E. L. Jones, lot in Philipsburg, July 9, 1900; $1025, Sarah Hinds to Hezekiah Sprowl, tract of land in Walker twp, June 18, 1900 ; $325. M D. Kelley et ux to Oversears of Poor, Milesburg, May 20, 1909 ; $240’ Wm. W. Hackman et ux to W. J. Walker, tract of land in Miles twp., April 1, 1908 ; $6500, Mary F. Davis et al to Orlando Williams, tract of land in Huston twp., April 15, 1909 ; $1200. Unionville Boro to E J. Williams, lot in Unionville, July 3, 1909 ; $10. J. 1. Robison et ux to Jos. B. Mingle, jot in State College, March 20, 1909 ; $500 : J. W. Thomas to Tyrone Rod & Gun Club, tract of land in Taylor twp. July 10, 1000 ; $85 40, Bertha Askey et baron to W. H. Hall, lot in Bnow Shoe, Feb, 10, 1909 ; $500. WwW. E Huviey Lr, ot al traot U sion twp, Feb, The Millhelm Journal states Millbelm has forty wic be said further that sol # The pipe line is thirty-seven hundred , and She os in , TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Next comes the Granger's Plenie, The next Methodist conference will be held in York. We are now using Laurel Spring water again, and its all right—the purest, the freshest man could want. Miss Rosie Kritzer returned to Centre Hall after a visit of several weeks with her parents and sister in the Lewistown district. Farmer John Q. A. Kennedy had a car load of lime shipped to Centre Hall from the White Rock quarries, to be used for agricultural purposes, Mrs. Lucinda Weaver, whose illness during the past year has been noted st various times is agvin confined to bed, after haviog been able to be up and around for several months, Hixieen sportsmen in and about Millbeim have organized themselves into a gun club, adopted by-laws and elected [. E Btover, president, and R, 5. Btover, secrelary-lreasurer, F. W. E. snyder, superintendent of the Whittner-Bteele Co., who recently did busines at Milmont, i= now located at Philipsburg, where he is superin. tending operations for the same company. Business about Lewistown and Burnham is opening up, much to the gratification of the residents there, as well as the many hundieds of skilled twechanics who are awaiting a call from their homes at distant points, W. A. Hoover, of Pleasant Gap, who has been employed as blacksmith st the White Rock quarries for the past four years, will remove to Rose mont, vear Philadelphis, where he has secured employment in s carrisge factory. Mrs. Wallace W. Weaver, of Read- ind, who had been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Weaver, at Colyer, for three weeks, returned to her home Friday, Mr. Weaver is in a raiirosd office in Reading and too busy to come out into the country at this time. Charles E. McClellan bought from John Stoner the lot adjoining bis store building on Main street in Millbelm, and it is bis intention to erect 8 dwell- ing house on the premises in the near future. This disposes of the last va- eant lot in the burned district in that town. Under the new tariff law Taft will be a bigger duck than Roosevelt ever was. He will be able to impose a fine of twenty-five percent upon the American commerce of a foreign nation. And then be will have $290,000,000 that he cat spend on the canal without congress taking further sction. The experience exhibitors had lsst year at the Grange Encampment and Fair ought to lead others to engage space on the camp grounds this year, The expense of exhibiting is so low that it can scarcely be considered. and there is no other time or place where dealers and manufactucers can better display their implements and wares. Deeds were not put on record in years goue by with the same prompt. ness ae is the custom now. This is shown clearly by one of the transfers published in this issue, the same being thet of Frederick Stover to Peter Durst for a parcel of ground iu Centre Hall borough, which is dated May 27, 1857, and is one of the tracts sold two weeks ago by the sdministrators of the iste Peter Durst, Bellefoute papers are proclaiming the news that a trolly line is to be built, sure thing, from Milesburg to State College, and that it will run over the same course as that laid out by engineers about four years ago. The project was abandoned at that time because the engineers, J. B. White & Co,, of New York, declared the propo- sition an unprofitable one, but now the promoters, L. T. Munson being one of them, state they have arranged for the finances, the cash to come from Pittsburg, and that the road wili be built, ~ With the laying of concrete wal in Centre Hali came a number of changes in grade, leaving a step where the new and old grades meet. These ofsets are dangerous, and unless remedied there will be a bill of dam- ages come along some of these days for a broken limb, or perhaps a neck, that will be written in not less than three Whose duty it Is to take out t kinks in the walks the Reporter is not expressing an opinion, but it Is free to say, that somebody is permitting a trap ‘that will prove mighty expensive once it oatches its tax payers will be in for the bill of defense, if they escape at that. In either case, the expense will be infinitely more Aid take their choles,
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