Pike County Democrat, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 April 1886 — Page 2

Pike County Democrat. tSHVKD IIVRKY tRCRKlMT. T.‘A. *«{*"» :i **»«« **•«*♦«. OFFICIAL PAPER OP THE I'CTSTY. (Kntercd at tlw PwetoflK-c at Petersburg, lad., for traiutmiMdon through the mail* asi terond eta»» matter.] TltlXS OP SCB3ClUrT105. if paid In advance .. It paid villain thirty days. . If paid within the year. . If paid after expiration of year tl 25 1 50 174 IN No paper sent ont of the county* unless paid n advance. Persons sending us a club of rtvE. with 11-23, will receive the paper fired for one year. BST' The Pile (tint; Beisecrat has the tar> rest elrcilaUea »f say aewtipaper pihllshed ta rths Caaatyl Advertisers Will atahe a Bate sf this facti Thu*sdav, April 15,1886. Tuf. details of the fearful aud fatal affray at St. Louts, on the 9th iust., can be found ou the first page of this paper. Here is the story: The armed deputv sheriffs lacked discretion, and were cowards, anti a few blatant bums, having no rcgaixl for the best interests of the Knights of Labor, precipitated the encounter which resulted in the loss of innocent lives. This great strike in the southwest has been a terrible loss to capital and labor. The newspaper reader is familiar with its incidents,, and if a Congressional Conunitte is appointed to investigate the causes grioveauces, etc., the public shall know just where tho blame rests, Tlte executive committee of the Knights of Labor are anxious for this Congressional Investigation.

The Mikado of Japan has coutribu twl $500 to tho Grant monument flind, which now amounts to $120,110.22. (Senator Joseph F,. McDonald says ho will stand for the U. S Sen* ate provided the Legislature is Democratic. __ Or&anued labor progresses backward every time force—strikes and intimidation—is used to settle their differences with capital. Democrats must beware of these ** quiet political times when nobody seems to be stirring around. It is at just such times that the euemy is hid in the bush._ Tub largest barn in the world is probably that of the Union cattle company, of Cheyenne, near Omaha. It covers five acres, cost $125,000, and accommodates 3,750 head of cattle. The House of Representatives having defoated the free coinage bill, it is thought there will bo no change in the preseut law this : session. Between two extremes there will be no action, it appears. Tuue, the Republicans have merely held their own throughout tho State, but as that condition was not altogether ouo to be proud of, there is uot much consolatiou in the fact, save that they are not yet dead. Election returns fVom the State, pro and edu, represent the status quo ante. They iudieate, however, that the losses of the Republicans of late years have not discouraged them. Democrats must uot go to sleep. Reports received at Chicago from the wheat growing country show tho present condition of the crop to be ninety per con I, of the average, against a condition of sixty-three per cent of an average last year at this time. It will bo observed that the Democratic administration is bearing good fruit in every department. One of the greatest acts is the reclaiming ot 38,000,000 acres of the domain forfeited by railroads under Republican misrule. The books are l>eing opened.

That “Eternal vlgPanee is the price of liberty was stiougly shown by the result of the township elections in this State. Indifference of Democrats, in many townships and cities, permitted Republican victories. The Democrats, were inactive, aud were caught napping. Democrats were probably worsted, Monday, the 5th fust., throughout the State, in the election of township officers. lion. J. E. McDonald attributes the result to lack of organisation. The Democratic State Central Committee, which remained inactive, should take notice. Ax old citizen in the northeru part of the State was defeated for road supervisor by a few votes, and his defeat preyed on his mind until death ended his mental agonies. In this day of “political uncertainty” a man like this pot r unfortunate has no business in polities. The Pennsylvania Democrats talk of running T. V. Powderiy, the chief Knight of Labor for Governor, He has enough wori: now in his order, aiding his fellow-iaborer*; and if they fellow his able leadership of conservatism, there will he no more labor strlkes and bloodshed, as was witnessed last week in St. Louis, but peace aud prosperity for the vrorkingman. Or as is indeed the moHli remarkable government on earth .-—Keep It before the people, that a nation which ean charge its people 54CO,000,000 for sing them, can isiue its paper r that amount, ftdl legal tender, once a year in the to collected. Thus, rile that coold befall ImMl

Tnc withdrawal of lion. Wrn. 1\ Townsend from the Congrcssioi al race is published in another column. His many friends throughout the distrivt will no doubt bo surprised at this uncxjicetod turn iin the contest for the nomination. Pike county had led off by giving her instructions for Mr. Townsend; and while he had made uo official declaration of his candidac', his friends here and in other eouuties cf the district were active in his behalf, but he had put forth no great personal efforts. However, he has deemed it proper, te withdraw thus early in the contest, before the fifht is fairly on, ere wt could judge which of the three prominent candidates was the strongest: i. e., by the vote of tire county primaries aud conventions, before the assembling of the Congressional convention. The candidacy of the taleutcd gentlemen of Gibson and of Posey, for the nomination on previous occasions, have caused the existence ot pledges among men who arc personal friends of Mr. Townsend. This, anil other matters, which aw not necessary to mention here, have somewhat complicated the race, so that Mr Townsend has thought it best: to retire from the field, thanking bis frieuds for the support proffered, and leave these twe true and tried champious of Democracy iu friendly contest for the nomination. Mr. Townsend, thongh a

young mun, at tins, his imtal step foi a Congressional nomination, he wa« showing a strength that would have surprised the old war horses. This comity having instructed for him, his friends counted also for him Warrick couuty, most of Spencer, and a following in Vanderburg and Perry But as Mr. Townsend has retired, we now desire the selection of a man who will as ably represent the people, the Democracy, of the First Congressional District, as he would have done. It will be remembered that his canvas of this district in 18S4, as Presidential Elector, was a perfect ovation in every county, and he lacked but one vote of Icadiug the Electoral ticket in the whole State. As an orator, he is second to none in Indiana. Ilis abilities place him iu the front ranks ol the young, vigorous and progressive Democracy, and his star is sure to shine resplendent iu the political horoscope at no distant day. The late Senator Mortou’s opinion of the so-called “civil service reform*’ was the same as that of his distinguished political opponent, the late Thomas A. Hendricks. The brainiest men of both political parties to-day believe as did Mr. Morton when be littered the following, in the United States Senate: “I believe it is a tine principle, and that political parties can only be managed successfully upon the principle, that where the party in power have the right to remove those who are oppose! to them in priuople, and to place those who are ^alTy good and honest, lint agree with them in political principles, that power shall bo exercised. I think that, other things being equal, it is right to make such ..changes. I believe that it is proper that the executive of this nation should have his subordinate officers in harmony with himself in political opinion. Not only his Cabinet, but those in responsill • positions, other things being equal, should be men who agree with him in his general line of policy.”

lu£ Star-eyed Goddc$8 of Reform has received au occasional black eye by the appointment ot rascals upon the recommendation of Congressmen who did not know the character of the applicant. That such fellows have been unceremoniously fired by the administration redounds to its credit, for, if the policy of the g.Bo. p. was followed, the rascals would have been promoted, iustead of relegated to private life. The powers: influencing appointments, though exercising vigilance, are some times imposed upon; but the rascals who sneak into ofllce uuder cover of respectability and honesty, is stricken from the list. Capital, iu Peuusylvauia, which has been amusing itself with the importation of cheap labor, is having more trouble with it than it bargained for. Recent importations brought on for the purpose of taking the places of the men who are begi lining to expand a little in the freo American air refuse to go to work, aud, as ail arc ugly, trouble may occur at suv moment. The monopolists responsible for this outrageous policy will discover before many years have elapsed that cheap labor is the most expeiK sive kind. \/ Party linos were stricken qutxm many townships, at the late elecqom in various parts of the State. When* the the voters thought that the souttf part, or the north, ortho west part, or the east part of a township had elected men from a certain neighborhood long enough, the voters of the opposite end, united, without regard to party, and oiected “the mau from their aide.” The results were, in no sense, party victories. Arbitration is the lever to movi the world. By it great difference* can be peacefully and beneficially set. tied. Labor and capital will be unit, ed on the higher plane or live ami let live. Harmony will take the plaw , equity succeed oppression ■n to liking, white-winger! terror was ram. iread the labors :y surround t

“LANDLORDISM.” See where free America is drifting:: “Landlordism,” tenant-farming, increases For the welfare of the-pcaplc, it should decrease. The hard earned savings of the tenant should enable him to buy land. Then he can tickle his own si\H with the plow, and, with a smiling Providence, produce that which gladdeus his heart and puts money in Ids purse. Yes; “put money in thy purse,” says Shakespeare’s lago. Not by suspecious methods as that designing vidian advises; but by industry, frugality and a liberal law. By these the wrongs can be • righted. Where we now have the j tenant paying to his landlord, there i would be a small farm in possession of the ntan who had been tenant, living under his own roof, and the crops his, not his landlords. The times and the law are out of joint J As a recent thoughtful writer says: "The land law is made altogether for landlords and by landlords, without a sittgle otic of its thirty-odd clauses that can be construed as other than a device to secure that the tenant shall bleed to the full nomination of his bond.” More-over, “things are going the same way ilk Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kansas and Missouri.” By way of comparison, France has 5,000,000 thrifty agriculturists in absolute ownership of their small holdings, while we only 3,000,000. On the contrary, there are 1,250,000 tenant farmers in “Free America” or more by a fourth than in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Illinois is the champion State of "Landlordism'' and in nearly every State, grasping aliens are purchasing thousands of acres. So the evil grows, and what was first a speck on the body of the laborer, figuratively speaking, is now a caucer, and unless expunged will sap the life blood out of its victims—the struggling, tenants. "

iwmAii mn-ii’s. George West is spoken of for towu clerk. Marshal Shrode is in the race for re-election to that office. The candidates for council arc not yet “bobbing np serenely.” It will be John II. O'N'eall, M. C., after March 4,18S7.—Daviess County Democrat. The Dubois County Democracy have given Prosecuting attorney J. L. Brctz a flattering endorsement. Henry Schafer of Logan, is said to be a candidate for the Sheriffalty nomination on the Republican ticket. Dubois and Daviess county have instructed for llou. Gerard Reiter, of Vincennes, for Auditor of State. lie would make aa excellent officer. Q]he meetiug of the Central Committee at Winslow next Saturday should be well attended, as business of importance is to bcconsidcrcd. The Bloomfield News, (a Republican paper) says: Men worth 15,000 offer their vote for sale in that county with as much cheek as thev would a calf. J. W. Wilson, Esq., is mentioned for the nomination for Representative on the Republican ticket. John is too clever a gentlemen to be sacrificed. Oscar F. Trippetl, Esq., has been indorsed by Dubois county for State Senator from the counties of Dubois and Perry. He will” make his mark in the Senate.

ruree Rotten-Borough Legislatures. The present apportionment of the Legislatures of New York, New Jersey, and C.mnccticut is grossly unjust. | Mr. Cleveland carried tliuec States in 1884 against Mr. Blaine, receiving in New York a majority of 1,047 in New Jersey 4,412, and in Connecticut 1,276. If the legislative districts in these States had been fairly arranged, the Legislatures of 1885 would have been Democratic. But owing to their unfair apportionment, on joint ballot the Republicans had a majority of twenty-four in the Legislature of New York, aud thirteen in that of Now Jersey, and eighty-ouc in that of Connecticut, making a total of 118 in the Legislatures of the three States, though they gave the Democratic candidate for President an aggregated majority of6,735. No argument is requited to prove that there is something fundamentally wrong in apportionments that pro duce such results year after year, while, on the other hand, the election returns (Wring a long period demonstrate that under an houe.-tt district system the Legislatures of these three Stales would bo controlled by the Democrats about three-fourths of the time. The system that prevails in Connecticut is outrageous. The people are cheated out of their just representation iu the Legislature. It is not quite so bad in New Jersey, and it i%*4ittle Jess vicious iu New York. Tho-jqain obstacle iu the way of strippiug the Republicans of their illgotten domination in the Legislatures of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut arises out of the fact that the first step in that direction must bo taken by the ve«y Legislatures wherein the Republicans now bear sway. ow hard it is to wring power out of aufch, hands we know by biltrr experiotics in New York, where a preempt orv mandate of the Constitution has oftenproted too weak too induce, Republican Legislatures to rcdistrict the State wheu their party would thereby run the risk of losing half a dozen members. What, then, can be expected in Connecticut and Now Jersey, whose present Constitution leave this matter pretty much to the tender mercies of a party which, like the old Tories in the House of Commons previous to the Reform bin of 1832, perpetuates its legislative power bysort of rotten-borough sj stein of i resell I alien? We may fare bet'

HOXvW. P. TOWSSL'Kl) ' Withdraws from the Congressional Baee To the Dejuocrats qf the First Congressional District of Indiana: I hare decided to withdraw from the context for Congressional honors. I am without the means of knowing, and have not paused to consider, the effect this determination may have npou tnv future. I have made no formal anuonucement of tnv intention to enter the race as a candidate, subject of course to the decision of the Democratic convention, yet eandor compels me to admit having put forth some effort in that direction. Two gentlemen, of stainless reputation, marked ability and tried Dem0 racy, sra yet in the race s s competitors fur the position. It is argued in behalf of these distinguished advocates of Jeffersonian principles, that the contest should rest between, and the nomination crown one of them, in recoguiticn of the valuable services rendered by them, iu the re-establish-ment of Democratic supremacy in this country. Simple justice requires the adoption of that course, which will most sorely promote the general welfare, audit should be pursued without hesitation, though the hopes of every ]>olitica! aspirant on our continent perished with the act. 1 have no claims to urge or complaint to publish, and cheerfully yield whatever jam ion of the Congressional field tny friends have won for me. It is to them, and not to any quality or strength, inherent in myself, that I am indebted for even a humble place in the public esteem. I have experienced enough in thelife struggle to learn the inestimable value of generous hearts and willing hands, and would appreciate, in the highest degree, an opportunity to acknowledge (in person) the obligations I am under, to each and every one of the friends, in this, and iu each of the other counties in this district, for their generous wordsand work in my behalf. But as this is beyond my power at tiiis time, I can only assure them that I ant, and shall remain deeply gratefhl. Respectfully. W. F. Town sen i>.

l uur medicine. Athlophoros, has benefited me very much I was laid up for two weeks with au attack of rheumatism and could not use my limbs. A bottle and a half helped me. J. J.. llafert, 003 North Delaware street, ludianapolis, Ind. Massachusetts has spent $18,000,000 in soldiers' aid since 1801. “Most of these hair preparations don't work,” writes Mr. .1. S. Burdick of St. Louis, “but Parker's Hair Balsam is an honorable exception. My hair was thin and prematurely grav. The Balsam made it brown again and soft as in mv boyhood. _'_47-1 m. Denver has a servant girl fatniuc, and 500 girls could find places at ottca In chronic cases ot neuralgia, rheumatism, or gout, where the disturbing cause is a certain add which poisons the blood. Salvation Oil should he used according to directions. This ■ powerful pain-destroyer will in time disolvethe poison circulating in the blood, and bring relit f when all othe. s fail. Salvation Oil kills pain, and is only twenty-five cents a bottle. There arc 1.273 United States soldiers in Washington territory. Mr. Editor-Many of your readers may be benefited by the knowledge of such an excellent rpm'Hty as Dr. Joues’ Ked Clover Tonic, which produces the most favorable results in disortlers of the liver, stomach and kidneys, and is a valuable remedy in dyspepsia; also debility arising from malar a or other causes. It is a perfect tonic, appetizer, blood purifier, and a sure cure tor ague. Price 30 cents.

There is! nut a paper in Xevada which pay*'interest on the money invested. Oyficeof Jacobs’ Pharmaby. 1 Atlanta. June la. lHHJ.y Six months ago we had no demand for B. B. B., but now our retail demand is such that we are forced to buy two gross lots. We attribute the rapid and euorraous demand to the comparative size and price of B. B. B., (being large bottles for |l,00) and its positive merit. The faet of its containing Iodide of Potash renders it more valuable as a Blood Remedy. It sells well and gives our customers entire sati. faction. Our sales have increased 500 per cent, within a few months. Jacob's Pharmacy, per Fred B. Palmer, M. D. An Ohio editor asserts that a Toledo oppponeut would lie the legs off an iron plot. Ten to Twenty Years ot Succes for a remedy that has in that time never been wanting in all that is claimed for it certainly ought to give confidence to those who have not tried Simmons Liver Regulator. The trial of it ia attended with no inconvenience, no danger, no doubt; if it will not cure you it can possibly do you no harm, and in no case of biliouB headache, constipation, Uver disease or its attendant evil has it ever been known to Pail. Beware of bougus and counterfeit "Simmons” gotten up to sell on the leputation of the genuine. An Omaha item blunderingly says “the marriage ceremony passed off without a hitch.” Most Excellent. J. 1. Atkina, Ch7e7oF Police, Knoxville, Tenn., writes: lly family and l are benefieiarles of your most excellent medicine, Dr King’s New Discovei y for consumption; having found it to be all that you claim for It, desire to testily to Its virtue. My friends to whom 1 hare recommended it, praise it at every opportunity.’’ Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption is guarauteed to cure Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Croup and every atfection of the Throat, Chest and Lunge, Trial Bottles Free at Adams A Son’s Drug Sture. Large Siie $1.00. Thc.rc are now 30.000 Democratic postmasters in the service of the government. An Q|d Citizen Speaks. M. J. M. Norris, an old realdent of Rome, Ga„ says, that tie had been badly troubled with Kidney Complaiut fora great many years and with Kezema for three years; at times many remedies without benefit, iwtll be begnu taking Ulectrtc Bitters and annointing his hands afcd feet with Shrek ten's Arnica

BILLMEYER • Tli© Leading Hard'1 IS HEADQUARTERS —) JUST A CAR LOAD OF SA / - • Also, Pine Laths, Bui We Sell the Monitor Si The Imperial Plow, Ur A Full Line of Tinware and Tin] ( _ I

Bucklrn’s Aram Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores^Jlcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, 'Jitter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corn^and all Skin Eruptions, and positiveljvcpres Piles, or no pay required.v_It is guaranteed to gve perfect satisfaction, or money rended. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Adams tc Son. 38yl A Place la Which to Cat Time. [Springfield Union.] A good place to begin on a reduction of the hopr8 of labor would be in the rum shops. The poor saloonkeepers who have to keep at work from early morn till 11 o’clock at night are overworked and need rest. Their modesty has prevented their making any protest. No doubt a very large portion of the community would sympathize with them if they should strike for eight hours as a day’s work. Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors, and Teachers. If yon will get vour dealer to order fVom his wholesale druggist one dozen bottles Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup—the best remedy in the world for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Catarrh, and Cousumptiou, I will send two bottles free. Recommend to your friends. Send name of druggist who gives the order. Map of Holy Land free with medicine. Address Dr. C. D. Warner, Reading Mich. 43m3. PINKEYE.

A Remarkable Cure of a Horse. Col. James L. Fleming, a prominent grocery merchant, a member of the Urm of Fleming A Lofton, Augusta, Ga., makes the following statement of the treatment of a valuable horse with Swift's Specific: In the fall of 18831 had a valuable colt taken with a severe case of pinkeye, which resulted In a most fearful case of blood poisoning 1 have ever seen. After eight or nine months of doctoring with every remedy that 1 could hear of, I despaired of a cure. At this time the horse was unable to move, because of swollen limbs. His right hind leg was as large as a man’s body, and had on It over forty running sores, lie had also a number of large sores on his body and other limbs. He was a most pitiable looking object, and I was advised to end his sufferings with tin-shot-gun. He was a valuable animal and 1 did not want to lose him. After racking my brain In search for another reiuedv more efficacious, I thought of Swift’s Hpeeltie. 1 knew It was Invaluable to the human family as a blood portlier, and why should It not be for the animal as well? 1 did not hesitate, but sent last July to Atlanta for a supply. I began the treatment with 4 o*. of 8. S. 8. and 4 o*. of water three times a day. This 1 continued for a week. Then I Increased the dose to 6 oi. of each, and continued for a week. Then I increased to 8 ox. and run it a ; week, when 1 went back to 8 ox. again. The result was that at the end ot the flrst week the horse had a 6*ir appetite, which he had not had since his sickness. At the end of the second week even great Improvement was apparent, for many of the sores were healing nicely, and the horse manifested a desire to move about. At the end ol the third week he began to show gain ti. flesh and hi d full appetite. The swelling had about disappeared. I used in ell about lb bottles of Swift’s Specific, and when I quit its use the horse h id only four small sores left on him. and tfcov healed up Immediately. In August last all symptoms of the disease passed away, and up to date no signs of the retum of the trouble have made their appearance, ard the horse has done a mule’s work on my farm. I regard it one of the most remarkable cores I have ever known. Thus this great medicine has proven a boon to the animal as well as to the human race. JAS. L. FLEMING. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9,1885. Bend for book on Blood and Skin Diseases It Is mailed free. Tux Hwtinr Spkcikic Co., Drawer S, Atlanta, Ga. THE GREAT ATOMIC SPECIFIC FOR COMPLAINT. SYMPTOMS OF TORPID UVER are a bitter er bad last* la the mouth; pain la tbs back, store, or joints—often mistaken for thaw I atlsm; soar stomach; loss of appetite; bowels alternately costive and lax B'a painf til sensation of having tailed to do something which ought to hsvo been dons; doblHty slow spirits; a thick, yellow appearance of the skin end eyes; a dry cough often mistaken RSGCLATX THE LIVES JLHD PREVENT Dyspspsls, Constipation, Jaundlos, BIN foua Attacks, Chills and Fever, Head - ache. Colic, Depreaelon ot Spirits, sour stomach. Heartburn, Flics, etc. TOMMLTUATITEUD 6ATUIT16! Simeons Livxn Rxe cut von, purely vegetable. Is the medicine generally need in the South te arouse the Torpid Liver to a healthy actioe. It aett with extraordinary powir aid ifficacy ti til Livar and Kidiiys. Tbs sctlen of the 1 er griping. It Is most effective In starting the secretions of the Uver. ceasing the bile to act as n When there lean exoenof bits In the cathartic. _, stomach, the Regulator la an active pun the removal of the bile It trill regulate th_ aad Impart vigor aad health to the whole system. rasas: THERE IS BUT ONE ^SIMMONS UVER REGULATOR* See thst you set the genuine with red Z " on front of Wrai- - _ _ - ont or wrapper, prepared only by J. H. ZKILIH * CO., Sole Proprietors, Philadelphia, Pa.

PARKER’8 mm balsam

PARKER S TON iC

nmimiimiinmu • MRS. millin: Embroi< o o o o « STAMPING OOP o Main Street, bet. | We are always receiving I uvitatlon to examine our go competition as to prices and s miimiiiini)i)iiiin

! « The Modi FOANS & Largest and Purest PAINTS, OILi W CALL AND (JIVE !S'i JOHN (Successor F F which he directsi arc first-elas Hats, Gaps, Bo< Give him * call and you gains on his entire f

t Windo Everything tI