Pike County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 21, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 October 1892 — Page 2

THE ME COUNTY DEMOCRAT Hr St. Step. STopfs. FI4II1AY, OCTOBER 14,1802. l&mocratjp Ticket. For President, GROVER CLEVELAND. For Vice-President, ADI. AI E. STEYENSQN. For Governor, Claude Matthews, Vemtuton. Lieutenant Governor, MQRTIMORE NYE, Laporte, Secretary pf State, W. R. MYERS, Madston. Auditor of State. JOHN OSCAR HEN PERSON,Howard. Treasurer of St ate, ALBERT GALL, Marion, Attorney General, > ALONZO O. SMITH, Jennings. Reporter Supreme Court, SIDNEY R. MOON. FuUfln, Superintendent of Public Instruction, H-ERVEY D, VORIKS, JolmhpU. . State Statistician, W. A. PEELLE Jr.4 Marion. Supreme J udge Second District, LEONARD J. HACKNEY. Sbclby. Supreme Judge Third District, JAMES McCABE Warron. Supreme Judge Fifth District, TIMOTHY El. HOWARD, St. Joseph. Appellate Judge First District . GEORGE 1- REINH ARD, Spencer, Appellate Judge Second District, FRANK GAVIN, Decatur, * Appellate Judge Third District, THEO P. DAVIS, Hamilton. 4 Appellate Judge Fourth District, ORLANDO J. LOTZ, Delaware. Appellate Judge Firth District, GEORGE <E. ROSS, Cass. For Congress. First District, ARTHUR H. TAYLOR. For Prosecuting Attorney, WILLIAM 1. COX. For Representative, DAVID DETAR. For Sheriff; . CHARGES M. HOLLON. For Treasurer, ONI AS O. SMITH. For Recorder, LEVI LOCKHART. For County Assessor. SASSER SULLIVAN, For Surveyor, JOSEPH MORTON, For Coroner, >'• WILLIAM THOMAS. For Commissioner, First Pistri.pt, WILLIAM J. ABBOTT. 1 For Commissioner, Third District, JOHN DUCKWORTH.

Republican Opinions. “The manufacturers and the trusts get the protection and the profits of the tariff—the farmer gets the husks and the humbug.”— r/on. Ben Butterworth. '•TheTARIFF BILL shciuld read:—A bill to preveut. the diffused blessings of Providence from being enjoyed by the people of the United States.1’—//on. John A. Jtawon, luWa' “I am for Protection, which lends to rHo* mate Free Trade.*’—J/on. Jamu A. Garfield, 1870. i‘Ym, men are on the free list. They cost r ~»>i n i lrelgiit. We promote Free Trade in meutWd It is the only Free Trade I am prepared to promote.”—lion. IF. D. Kelly, JPa “If the tariff op wool makes clothing cost more, a person wi II get along with one suit, where he would otherwise have two,’’—Jay (Pould. * '•Thepolloy of protecting the wool grower la to gradually reduce the price.”—Hon. John Sherman, 1883. , “Go on with your DRIVELING IDIOCY,” (The McKinley Bill.)—Blaine to McKinley. ► When a gentleman stands upon this floor pnd tells me that (pis high, this extraordinary high tariff, is for the “protection” of the laboring man, I tell him I do not understand h->w he eafP possibly substantiate such a theory.”—Bon. John A ■ Logan. “If you levy duty on the raw material, you discriminate against American labor.’’—Hon. Henry L. Dawes. *•- «Tbera Is not a section or a line In the entire (McKinley) bill tbat will open a market for another bushel of wheat, or another barrel of pork ."—Hon. /antes G. Blaine. "What Is true of wheat Is equally true of other gralus therefore the farmer has practically no protection at all.”—Hon. B’m. B. At“A system whloh gives to Vanderbilt'the possession of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, and oondeinns the poor to a poverty which has no refuge from starvation except the prison or the grave.”—Hon, John J. JnfulU. A man by the uame of Cole lias has been nominated for prosecuting attorney by the republicans of this district, Xs the Press supporting Emmett $£• Smith for representative ? If not -why uat. Au anxious people are wondering. K Claude Matthews, democratic candidate for governor, and Ex-Gov-ernor Hubbard, ot Texas, will speak at Oaklaud City, Wednesday,October 261 h. —AJol. Joe Ahmstrong, of Oakland C»tv, and Hon. W. E. Cox, of Jasper, democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney made several addresses to the people of this county at various places last week. The meetings were largely attended. Voters when yon go the polls in November remember that the republiean board of commissioners of Pike conntr have raised your taxes for th“ coming year, Do yon know how much you will pay next year more than you did this last? If you don’t Th* Democrat will give you a few samples next week. It will startle you. W*ke up, G. B. Ashby, chairman of the democratic committee, has appointed Judge E. A. Ely as election commissioner, and James Brumfield, chairman, of republican committee, has k appointed D. W. Horton as commissioner for the republican party. The election board Is composed of three persons and with the above genttemen Goodlet Morgan, county clerk, will act at the chairman. * Tre “old gentleman'’ who occasionally writes the leading editorials for the Press has been coining to the front tor t wo or three weeks. In yesnne of that paper he tries the action of the board of commissioners in raising i Pike county. The gen- > understands the affairs The county needed no * a plenty and e $3,(XX) lyet

Two Sides of the McKinley BUI. Sealskin aacqnea reduced 3S per cent. Imitation sealsncqucaadva'ced ISP par cent. Broad doth adyaneed 20 pci eeuf. Woolen* advanced.<40 percent Fine casslrocre advanced 2D per cent. Cotton corduroy advanced 114 percent. Silk velvet no advance. Cotton velvet advanced 100 per cant. Silk linings no advance. Cotton llrffngs advanced 285 per cent. Black silk no advance. Black alpaca advanced M per cent, fillk laces advanced 20 per cent. Cot.ton laces advanced 30 per oont. Diamond* uncut, free. Flannel shirt* taxed 100 per centSnail* free. Wool hat trust protected 11^ percent. Cat gut tree. Coffin trust protected 46 per cent. Acorns free. Tomb stone trust protected 00 per ceut. Dragon's blpodpree. Common woolen goods taxed 111 per cent. Beeches free. Glass tumblers lazed 180 per cent. Dlvl-dlvl free. Woolen stockings taxed 120 per cent. Birds free. Common looking Susses taxed 188 pef een t Bladders free. Window glass trust protected 182 per cent. Turtles free. Cutlery trust protected 116 per cent. Laker on Freelist. 100 trusts average protection 60 per cent. Dan McDonald, editor of the Plymouth (lud.) Democrat, who has served several years as clerk of the committe on pensions in congress, is doing good work for his party refuting the pension lies of the republicans. Ills opportunities at Washington have enabled him to gat her data for thp following table:

Pension olaims reby Jecled (vetoed) General Black: Year end. Jnne SO, 1880.851,732 Year end June __ SO. 18W.41,234 Year end. June 30, 1888........ 78.080 Total 188,016

Pension claims rejected (vetoed) J>y General Baum:' Year end June 30,188!). 06,879 Year end June 30,1890.111,136 Year end Jane 30.1881.286,132 Total.40^273

knowing mtuiu a voiuoa iu nmr Jja .. Showing Black's vetoes in throe yrs... 185,046 Roam’s vetoes exceeds Black’s... 225,176 Another radical differences is that every claim allowed or rejected by Raum is allowed or rejected with the single purpose of making republican votes, while General Black’s administration had the siugle aim of doing justice to his countrjmen. Mr. McDonald's figures will not be disputed by any honest man. Now that the people of Pike county have had about a year’s rule under the republican board of commissioners, and at the last session of that board had their taxes increased, what do they thiiik of it ? With an increase of taxable property amounting to nearly half a million the republican beard of commissioners raised i he county levy ten cents and the several townships from twenty to one hundred pet'cent. The county does not need this extra money. Last year with the lowest levy in the historyof the county, the county debt was reduced $3,000 and there was still a small surplus iu the treasury. It was a democratic bqard of commissioners that reduced the taxes of the people of Pike county. Are the farmers of Pike county going to keep in power a party that increases their taxes? No. ._ It is now agreed and a settled fact that the name of Dr. William J. Bethel will be placed ou the republican ticket tor representative. James Brumfield, chairman of the republican county central committee and an ardent supporter of Bethel, has appointed David W. Ilorton, another ardent supporter of Bethel, as the election commissioner for the republican party, and with the county clerk, Mr. Morgan, who is also a supporter of Bethel, the matter is practically settled. Mr, Morgan is the chairman of the board by virtue of his office. The Smith contingent will have a bard row to hoe with this crowd of Bethel supporters. Ip the people want“Blocks of Five” Dudley to run their elections and corrupt the ballot-box vote for the Force bill and republican ticket. You will get it, and your yote in after years will not amount to as much as a pinch of snuff. The Force bill means a hundred er more deputy United States marshals sent here from other states to run your elections. The people of Pike county are capable of holding their own elections and should vote such a measure and the party who recommend it down and out of sight. Dr. Vincent H. Monroe, of Seymour, a life-long republican of great ability, who recently purchased the Seymour Journal, which he conducted as an independent republican paper, came out on Friday renouncing Harrison and declared that the best interests of the people of all classes will be subserved by the election of Cleveland. Dr. Monroe has been an active republican, but declares that he cannot endorse protection robbery and the Force bill. Democrats beware ot “smart” republicans who are handling the ancient state bank currency. Giye him a black eye. What the people want is a campaign of education and not that of forging and lying, Educate the people ou the issues of the day fairly and squarely and they will do the rest. That kind of a campaign bringson feeling of discord. It should be a friendly one and let the best principles win. Frick, Carnegie’s .man Friday, an d others of that company have been indicted for riot and mnrder at Pittsbnrg. Besides these thirty-one of the strikers hive been arrested for trea

The Democracy of Pikp Pre* pared for the Charge. T.-.’—--Tf-The Battle is Now on and Everything Looks Favorable. Pat Shoulder to Shoalder and Work With Might auUMatu. A OUrl*N Virmr Blew Awaits the Democrscr •( the I'nKed states. With firm reliance in the intelligence and virtue of the people, with gn abiding faith in the eternal justice of its cause, the democracy of Pike county has delayed the beginning of an active campaign putil a late hour, after all the forces of the opposition have taken the field and the big guns and Tittle sophistry and falsehood, of bluff and bluster, of demagogy and calamitvisin have been heard in ineffectual roar for sometime. The democracy of Pike couuty has heeded the admonition of that gallant old democratic soldier who commanded

his troops to withhold their fire until they could '‘see the w bites of the enemy’s eyes.'’ That time is at hand. The rallying standard is raised— ‘ Equal Bights to All; Special Privileges to Hone." No ammunitiou has been wasted. The powder is dry and the guns are shotted. Every hand is steady and heart true as steel. The command has come— “Fire 1” The same forces which two years ago made such a gallant fight in Pike county have silently but effectively been at work ever since. The people have been reading. They have been thinking, and in a community where conscience rules there can l>e but one result. The democratic majority must be increased. The national, state and county tickets must carry the county. It can be and wilt be if democrats will but do their duty. And it is yet to be recorded that the democracy of this county has ever failed of its duty. The democratic cam)>aigu has been made in advance. The principles for which the party stands need but little urging. There are a few specious lies to confute, a few bogies to lay, a few sheeted ghosts, behind which licensed plunderers hide, to exercise. That is all. The time is all sufficient for this. The democratic paity stands opposed to a system of tariff taxation that lies, that cheats, that steals. It does not demaud free trade, which every intelligent man knows and every reasonable man admits is impossible under the present governmental expenditures. But it does demaud a freer trade. It does demand the removal of oppressive taxes on the necessities of the poor and that the rich be made to bear an honest share of the public burdens. It demands a tariff for revenue, which must of necessity furnish incidental protection to such American industries as need and merit it. It opposes a tariff for protection with incidental revenue. v It stands for home rale in the states as 8gaiost the interposition of federal arms through the agency of force bills drawn by republican ballot debauchers. It Stands for an honest money which may be reached by the people and cannot be made the tool of mon-ey-sharks,every dollar of which when “put into the hands of the people shall be of the same Intrinsic value or purchasing power.” It does got desire a perpetual national bank currency based on an everlasting national debt. It stands opposed to billionism whether in the administration of national, state or local affairs. It stands lor the honest and equal taxation of property whether under indiyldual or corporate control. It stands for the prompt punishment of election crimes in any and all parties and opposed to the rewarding of crimes against popular suffrage. It will stand between the people and the desperate and dangerous conspiracy set afoot by undeserving ambition and corporate wealth to usurp the express will of the state electorate by appeal to partisan courts; to undo the legislation of the past thirteen years represented in the ballot law, the school-book law, the eight-hour law, the miners’ relief law, the anti-“pluek-me” store law, and scores of like righteous enactments. It stands for jnstice against privilege. for the people’s rights against licensed epilation, for personal liberty and popular liberty against oantlug phariseeism and armed usurpation, Let the battle begin. The seventh attempt to organize a republican dob was made last night at the office of John White. It seems to be a hard mailer to even get enough together to talk politics,

Px-Attorncy-Geueral Wayne Mac* Vim written a letter to John W. Carter, secretary of the Massachusetts reform elob, iu which he announces that he will vote for Grover Cleveland. The letter says, in part: As both parties have presented unexceptional candidates there Is no reason phy the differences which exist upon questions Of publte policy should be discussed otherwise than in good humor and with entire respect (Or each other's qplnfona. In the present campaign, what may fairly be called the fhiae alnrmsof the canvass will prove of littlp value, because of the general confidence in the safe and conservative character of both candidates. The writer finds himself In fall acpord with the democratic party ami finds it more easy to act with them bepause the republican party, secur- : ing its return four years ago by promising to preserve matters as thev were, at once embarked upon what he regards as a reckless and revolutionary policy, even overturn? ing all the safeguards of legislation in the house of representatives in their haste to pass the force bill and the McKinley bill, both, to his miod, unnecessary and unwise measures. Passing over the force bill with a reference to the earnest and widespread opposition thereto, and the advocacy, two, years ago, of the measure by President Harrison, Geu. MacVeagh takes up the tariff, of which he says:

McKinley bill, and the unreasonable system of protection It represents are of less Importance to my mind than the moral evils which follow m their wake. In deciding for. what purposes the masses of the people may properly be taxed it paust not be forgotten that taxes have a wonderful capacity for filtering through all intervening obstacles till they reaoh the bowed back of toil and resting there, and therefore the giving of bounties, under any form of taxation, Is mainly the giving away of the wages of labor. The sad truth that the curse of the poor is their povprty (s illustrated tu nothing more clearly than in the undue share they suffer of the burdensof taxation. But even such inequality and injustice are the least of its evils, for while such a system endures political corruption is absolutely sure to increase, as such a system not only invites, but it requires the corrupt use of money both at the polls and in congress. The republican party ought to be an honest money party and it would be if it could; but while it demanded Increased bounties for its favorite manufacturers It could not refuse increased bounties to the silver producers, as the votes they control were probably necessary to the passage of the McKinley bill. Thelpotson of a debased currency is making itself more and more felt ia every channel of buslim&s and finance, and it Is Inevitably driving gold out of the country and leading us to all the evi is of a fluctuating and therefore dishonest currency based upon silver alone. If congress was to levy taxes upon the people, to confer bounties upon certain classes of manufacturers, it was very natural that the pension agents Bhould also join hands to increase their ftees by an indiscriminate granting of pensions. The result is that nearly a generation after the close of the war there is a steady increase of the vast sums passing through the pension agents’ hands, until the total amount staggers belief and has become of itself a very serious burden upon the treasury. Surely there is neither reason or Justice In legislation which destroys all distinction between the discharge of duty and the shirking of it, between loyal service and desertion of the colors, between wounds received in battle and diseases contracted in the pursuits of peace. There is still another great and Increasing evil chiefly traceable to the maintenance of an excessive tariff since the war, and the constant meddling with it to make It higher, and that i« the bringing to our shores of those vast swarms of undesirable immigrants. Just as the duties upon imported merchandise have been increased, so has the grade of imported labor been lowered. As the republican party is now definitely committed to the policy of taxing the people for the purpose of giving bounties to such persons or interests as can secure the necessary votes in congress, so the democratic party is now as definitely committed to the policy of restricting taxation to the needs of the government for public purposes alone. Gen. MaeVeagh is convinced that the old cause in which he ia interested cannot hope for succeas until the avowed policy of the republican party on this subject ia overthrown, or until then the right of each state to control elections within its borders will not bo secure; there is no prospect of the United States enjoying the single and stable standard of value which other civilized and commercial nations possess; there is no hope of placing either our pension System or the regulation of immigration upon just and proper basis; the purification of politics would continue “the iridescent dream” which high republican authority has declared it must always remain, and any pretended reform of the civil service prove a delusion and a snare. The letter says that even ballot reform must share the same fate of betrayal in the house of its pretended frieuds. Ali these good causes are, in the very nature of tilings, the relentless foes of a system of government by bounties to favored interests, and snch a Bystem is their releutless foe. What Chase thinks of Democrats. Governor Chase at Union City. April 21,1892 Democrats are imps of hell. If I had a mind"to swear, I’d say God d£Miu them to hell. They ought to be dead and mouldering in the dust of the earth, and the dost be scattered to the four, winds of heaven that they might be completely obliterated from the memory of man. Union City Eagle, Republican Organ of Ban. dolpb county. April 23. 1892. We submit the question whether Governor Chase’s speech was as courteous, discreet, patriotic and manly as the resolution claims it to be, Was it disbreet or courteous for a minister of the church of God, a follower of the lowly Nazaroue aud a teacher of his word, with its lessons of mercy toward “even the least of those” to speak of human beings, even the vilest as “imps of hell,” and express the wish that <‘God would damn them to bell,” thereby violating His command, “Thou shait not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ?” Was it disoreet, courteous, patriotic or manly t We leave the questeon with onr readers. Ir the editor of the Press has an opinion at to who ia the candidate for representative on the republican ticket now is theHime to spit it out. Are you supfgu'ting the nominee of that convention^#* the nominee of the “rwnp” convention f

,fOfd Si.” Visits the €ity and Attends the Hennion. Has a Splendid Time and Meets Many of His Old Gomrads, He has Something to Say About County Polities and Other Things in general. —- Glm the County Bnri • Little Lift anA Bouti a Few Ottopro Gently

__ At Horn, Oct. 10,1892. To mi Dere Frends at Large: As 1 sed in mi letter last weke I wud attend the reunion of mi old comrads. I wns unable to make mi obscrvashun trip to klay township, and in konsequence I will have to give you a little ackount of what I lerned at the lair ground and around tbe bounty seat. I hed sum right smart talks with the ole boys in blue who were with me in times when peace wasn’t very plenty, but cold led wuz. Ez I sed we bovs hed sum right smart talks bout the politix of our elfc bounty Pike, and I tell you ipi frends, we eumtimes waxed purty warm. We talked a gud deel bout what our commlsshuners dun when they raised our county levy and the townships. Just tu think of it, raisin more money than what we need. How air they goin to spend it? What du they want tu raze $20,000 more than they have use for? We had a gud board of commisshuners, but bekause it wuz nearly all composed of dimmikrats we thought it wuzn’t gud enuff, and so we made it republican, and now you see what we get fer it. The first time they get a chance at us, they hit our pocketbooks hard—that iz, they raised our taxes nearly half. Iz thet what we old-time republicans have been preechin fer nigh outer thurty years? No, we hav bin saying that “democracy wuz a tax,” but we now find thet our reliable republican board is a tax, en it lies made it purty stiff tu. We air just goin tu wipe that board out and make her once agin dimmicratic so thet our taxes will be lower. I paid intu the kounty bank more than $20 less this yere than I did the time be4, and why wuz it? Jest simply thisi thet we hed a lower rate than we hed for yeres and it wu? done hi the dimmikrats. We kant holler any more, “The dimmikrats is a tax,” bekause we wud be lying like h—1 as bruther Chase, guvenur of our state wud say. ■* ' Thet jest puts me in mind of it, 1 didn’t bleve all these yere stories bout “Parson” Chase swaring the way he does, until I herd him at our reunion. He can rip ’er out bout cz well ez enybody I ever herd, and I’ll bet mi ole Nancy horse thet if he ever gits mad he cud make the air blue fer miles around. But ov kourse he being on our ticket it iz not so bad. When he wuz “knocked down” to the congregasliun as our guvenur I cud hardly believe my eyes. I spected tu see a man with a massive brane and gud intelleck, but 1 wuz mistaken. He aint the man I thought he wuz, en I don’t think thar is much in him. I hed a gud time mixin with the ole boys. We hed sum gud stories to tell eche other and hed sum splendid speeches. A big number ov our republican kandyda^es got tu speak en show themselves. We no, yu no, how tu do it. Seel Our big reunion wuz well managed and wuz a success ez far ez I no, en I hope the next wun will be grander and better’n ever be4. I herd a little feller make a speech in the middle ov the street Friday nite. He wuz talkin bout penshuns eu all this en that en how he wuz workiu fer the guvernment, and wuz now in Indiana neglecting his business, en I suppose he only gets bout eight dollars a day fer teilin the people how the boys git $2, $4 and $6 a month. He hed better be at his post of duty lookin over his 500 claims, en givin the boys what belongs to ’em then skouting round tryin tu fix things hout the crookidness in the penshun department. Thar iz a skrew loose sumwhere, eu I herd as how he en all the re6t of them eight dollar a day men who live in Unkle Sam’s house, are out eleckshuneering and makin speeches fur our grand ole party. We air bound tu spend the surplus, en this iz wun way we hev ov duing it. See! Lots ov Logen fellers were in last weke, en thar will be more ov them at the eleckshun next month. We had our korkus wuu nite the forepart of this last weke, en we settled onto sum facts, en I wuz selected as the main guy who should conneck with the kouuty chairman, Jim Brumfield. I never did hav much hankering after Jim, but then I had tu see him. Well, I laid our korkus open tu him and let him luk intu the prospecks of the thing. Of kourse it didn’t luk gud tu him, ez he is expecting to fill t wo posishuua—deputy sheriff and deputy recorder. Yn see neither wun of the offices can afford an extra mau en he is lookin fer both. Yu no Jim wuz sheriff onct and ever since he hex hed a hankering after offis. En let me say thet ho hez never-left the kourt house fer a minit since he went out of offis. Y"u see when he herd from Logen hiz under jaw went in a foot. It wuz a hard blow to Jim. We are just goin tu knock sum of these offis seekers out. Us country people air gittin

tired aiul we don’t propose to cleekt such men epy more. We air for wurkers, but not place workers. I got tu talk sura politix with a gud meny ole Trends front ail parts of the kouuty, en in their talk it seams tu me thet there is gdin to be a genets) shaking up of dry bones. The ole boys and lots of the joung wuns air gittin tired of bavin tu er three fellers run the hole republican party iu this kounty. We du the wurk and thbv git the pay and fat offis. See | | Supt of our boys hinted tn me thet our kandydate fer sheriff wuz settin ’em up purty lively, en thet he bed sold off everything except the ole nag. He is thinking he is goin tu be elected, and we think he will be—tu stay tp home. We airontu him down in this sexion, and I herd thet thar are sum other sexions which will know him in a few days. J heard sum miuers talkin last Friday evening en what they were talkin bout woddent be gud news tn him. 1 But, Mr. Edytur, I will have tu konklude this now and finish next weke what I wanted tu say. I hev taken up tu much of yer space already , eu hopin thet we will meat iu the nere future, I remaue, i Yours in gud belth. Si Slocum. Once Moke.—Mi ole woman was j with me and she says It heats , thunder how the parson can swear, i But she got mightily stuck on Cole, our kaudydate fer prosekuting attor- 1 uey. Si. ' Agix—Have you sane that nice , yung man to paste up mi picturs and , handbills? I will kommence leckturing bout trismus times and already have gud dates made iu Nox kounty at several skool houses, to ‘ SI

For Sale. 40 acres of land within one-half i mile of the town of Winslow 32 aores under cultivation, price $800. Also 80 acres 1)4 miles Bouth of Winslow 33 acres under cultivation price $800. , Also 80 acres 2>g miles south of i Winslow, all in woods, will make a splendid farm, price $1,000. All oi the above on easy terras. Enquirer or write, G. B. Asubt, Petersburg, Iud. A nice line of visitihg cards jnst received at this office. Ladies call and see them. The following marriagg^^renses have been issued the past week: CorneliuB Taylor to Loq^a Huffman, W. A. Radcliff to Annie A. Chappell. Fred A. Stewart to Effie I. Anderson, George Martin, county recorder, was out in the wilds of Knox county last Wednesday, where the weeds are fifteen feet high and the roads run through corn and wheat fields. At one time George got scared and thought he heard the scream of the Daviess county panther, but it was all a mistake. If ever George makes another trip into that section he will take an armed squad with him. County Treasurer Owen Smith did not coipe over to town yesteruay morning, but instead sent the keys over and had his deputy open up the office and cash box. There was wonder and surprise why Oweu did not appear at the office, but it was soon learned that a young man had made his appearance at the Smith home and will cast his first presidental vote in 1916. All doing nicely. The truth hurts wheu it is put in cold type audthien read by the masses in Pike county about the republican board of commissioners raising the tax levy of the oouiity and townships. These gentleman are elected by the people to look after their interests, and not to attend the meetings and bump heads together and do nothing. They are paid by the people to look after their interest and to make the burdens of the people as light as possible. Have they done it ? No. The Press yesterday says the Indianapolis News is out for Harrison, and that it formerly leaned toward democracy. The News has been a republican paper from its infancy and has always supported the republican party and its candidates. The News is owned by Clark W. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis, who is a dyed-in-the wool republican, and who is billed to speak here at a future date. Does that look as if the News was au independent democrat organ? Well hardly. Strength and Health. It you are not feeliug strong and healthy, try Electric Bitters. If la grippe has left you weak and weary, use Electric Bitters, i This remedy acts directly on liver, stomach , and kidneys, gently aiding those organs to ■ perform their functions. If yon are afflicted with sick headache, you will find speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy vou need. Large bottles only IIOc Tit J. B. Adams A Sons drug store, A Republican Sheet. The American Farmer is the title of a neatly printed, profusely illustrated periodical published in Washington by Mr. . Baum’s financial friend, Pension Solicitor Lemon. While published ostensibly for the advancement of agriculture, a glance at the pages will readily convince even a wayfaring farmer tjjat its object is to influence and control his political action rather than teach him what Pension Solicitor Lemon “knows about fanning.” The trick would be shrewd if not so transparent, and Mr. Lemon and his party will find that bat few of the honest, unsuspecting farmers will be enticed through its deception inttf Little Ben's parlor,—National Demo cmit. Concerning the elevation of John Wanamaker to the head of the postoffice department, William Dudley Foulke, of Indiana, says: “In this appointment we have reached thelowwuter mark of American politics.” Mr. Foulke describes himself as a lifelong' Republican and says he supported Har- , rison in 1888, bat pithily remarks that i he thinks his state will go Democratic j this fall. The impression gains ground i that the president made a bad bargain when he sold the postoffloa department j to John Wanamaker for $100,000.—Chi- ■ \ e*ao Tina* ■ i V *■*') •;‘^v - .. “ft* • *4.; - V- - '■K.

Democratic Meetings!

IVtnocratio meetings will be held it the following plaees and addressed jy those advertisedi HON. W. E COX, Stendal, Saturday, October 15, at! i'clock p. m. Vclpen, Saturday, October 15, at 7 iVlock p. m, V Little Girl’s Experience in a Light* Lease. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are keepers if the Government lighthouse at Sand teach, Michigan, and are blessed with a laughter, four years old. Last April sho vas taken down with measles, followed nth a dreadful cough and turning into a Cver. Doctors at homo and at Detroit rented her, but in vain, she grew worse apidly, until she was a mere “handful of (ones”—Then she tried Dr. King’s New >iscovery and alter the use of two and a islf hottle6, waa completely cured. They iay Dr. King’s New Discovery is worth its veight in gold, yet you may get a trial mule free at J. B. Adams & Sons’ drug i tore.

0. K. Shaving Parlor. Only first-otass barber shop in town. All hose wishing a nice, dean and easy shave should give me a call. 0 - I make a specialty of hair cutting, {one but flrsUclass tonsorial artists em>ioyed by me. Shop on Eighth Street beween Main and Walnut. A. F. Baker, Prop., Petersburg, jtnd. A Sew Method >f regulating the liver, etomach and bowfls through the nerves. A new discovery. Dr. Miles Nerve and &iver Pills speedily sure billiousness, Dad taste, torpid liver, [lilts, constipasion. 17uequaled ftir men, vomen and children. Smallest, mildest, mrest! 60 doses 23 ets. Samples free at I. B. Adams & Sons. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Election Mice. Set. State of Indiana, ) Pike Connty, i ro the Sheriff of said county greeting: I, Goodiet Morgan, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said bounty and State io hereby certify, that at a general election to be in said county on the first Tuesday alter Ihe first Mouday in November, 1892, towit: On the eighth day of said month and year, [.here is to be voted for and elected the following named officers towit: Two electors at large, and thirteen district alectors to cast the 15; electoral votes, of the State of Indiana for President and Vice President. Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of Stute. Auditor of State. Treasurer of State. Attorney General. Reporter of Supreme Court. Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Statician. Judge of Supreme Court 2nd District. Judge of Supreme Court 3d District. Judge of Supreme Court 5lh District. Judge of Appellate Court 1st District. Judge of Appellate Court 2nd District. J udge of Appellate Court 3d District. J udge of Appel late Court 4th District. J udge of Appellate Court 5th District. Representative tor Congress 1st District. Representative to the Legislature for Pike County, Indiana. _ „ , , . Prosecuting Attorney for the Ilth Judicial Circuit Court. Sheriff, Treasurer. Assessor. Surveyor. Recorder. Coroner. _ Commissioner fcr the 1st District. > Commissioner for the 3d District. State of Indiana, I , Pike Connty, f I, Goodiet Morgan, Cierk of IJw Pike County Circuit Court- of Indiana, Jlo hereby certify that the above and foregoing list contains a full and complete list of tbe Afflcers to be elected at the time before named above. In witness whereof, I hereto * subscribe my name and affix Jskai.S the seal of said Court at Peters- < ) burg this 13th day Of October, 1832. _ GoosmcT Morgak, # Clerk. the voters of Pike Connty. Indiana: , John W. Stilwell, Sheriff in and for said mty, do hereby certify the "above to be a ,e and correct copy oj the original eertifle or election. . .Ions W. Stii/wem,, Sheriff of Pike County, Indiana. Notice to Non-Residents. The State of Indiana, Pike county, ss. In the Pike circuit court, November term Harriet A. Curtisy vs 5 Complaint No. 2075. Salem Curtis. > Now comes the plaintiff, by Ely* Daveniort, her attorneys, and files her complaint lerein, together with an|affidav!t, that the defendant Salem Curtis is not a resident of the itate of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant, that uuless he be and appear on the twentieth day of the next term of the said :ourt to be holdeu on the second Monday of November A. D. 1892, at the court house in Petersburg in said county and state, and ansveror demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in his absence. In witness whereof.I hereunto set- my hand ind affix the seal at said court at Petersburg his 7th day of October A. I>. 1892. 11-4 GOODLET MORGAN, Clerk.

Sheriff's, Sale. By virtue of an execution to me directed turn the Clerk ortho Pike circuit court-1 will sxpose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 39,1892, let ween the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 /clock p. m„ of said day, at the door of the :ourt house in Pike county, Indiana, the rents ind prollts fof a term nob exceeding seven rears the following described real estate, to- ' The northeast quarter of the southwest quar:er of section six (6!, township two (2) south, ■angesix (it) west, in Pike county, Indiana, tnd containing thirty-three (S3) acres more or *Aud on failure to realize the ful! tmount of Judgement., interest and eosts, I will at the same time and place expose to jubllc sale the fee simple of said real estate. Taken as the property of James Posey, at ;he suit of the State of Indiana. Said sale •rill be made without any relief whatever Tom valuation or appraisement laws. John W. Stii/weh* Sheris' Pike County. Thomas H. Dillon, attorney for plaintiff. notice of Final Settlement of Estate. In the mattter of the estate of William October 1st, A. ». 1393. d place aforesaid, to appear and or thelr heirship Or claim to any ^•redw.utloerm^. an-2 *t. 3rd 1893. Executor

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Two Bottles Cared Her. Tt CtBROti, low*. July, 388*. I wi goffering 10 year* tram shook* in my hood. 30 much so that at times I didn’t aspect to tuoover. 'I took medicine* from many doctors, bnt didn’t get any relief until I took Pastor Koenig’s Karra Tonic; the second dose relieved tnoftnd 3 bottles oured me. g. W. PECK, ends Id to Many. Betmocr, Ind., Oct. l, 1 My daughter became epileptic about dee years ago through a fright, AO physicians' treatment availed nothing, until I used Pastor Koenig’s Nerve Tonic,-which at once dispelled the at, teeka It is the best remedy I ever used and I have recommended it to many of such as are suOaring from this dread disease. : mabtha zicklkb. FREE! aud poor patients can also obfe this medicine (Tea of charge. Jdrees. obtain KOENIG MED. CO.. Chicago, III. 8dM by Mrnggists at «1 per Bottle. « for S3, Curie Size, *1.75. 6 Bottles for N9. DO YOU Gough don’t delay Evansville & Indianapolis R. R NORTH-BOUND. STATIONS. 1 No. 33. | No. S3. | Frgt. Evansville 9:25a.m. 4:30 p m. 5;l5a. m, Petersburg 11:27 •* 8:18 p. m. 4:45a. m, Washington 12:13 •* 7:15 p, m.10:00a. m, Worthington 3:10 « ... Terre Haute 4:05 p. n». 80”TH-B0UND. STATIONS 1 No. 81. - I No. S3. | Frgt. Terre Haute .-.8:10 a. m. 6:80 a. ns Worthington .10:OQ •* H;00 a.ffi Washington 6:00 a. m. 12:16 p. m.. Petersburg 6:M 2:17 “ 12:20 Evansville 8:55 ■* 4:00 « . The above Is leaving time only. For lowest possible rates on freight and tickets, call on or address E. B. Guncke), Agents Petersburg, Ind. Notice to Non-Resident. The State of Indiana, Pike County. In the Pike Circuit Court November Term-* 1892. William Thornton > vs \ Complaint No. ElminaThoruton. 1 Now comes the plaintiff by George B. Ashby, his attorney, and flies his complaint herein, together with an affidavit, that the residence of the defendant Elmina Thornton Is unknown, and that diligent inquiry lias been made to ascertain, the residence el said, defendant, but that said inquiry has not dlsclosed the residence of said defendant. Notice is therefore hereby given said defend dant, that unless she be and appear on the first, day of the next term of the Circuit Court to be Uolden on the second Monday of November, A. 1>. 1892, at the Court House in Petersburg Ir. said county and state, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will he heard and determined lu her absence in witness whereof 1 hereunto se„ my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Petersburg this 15th day of Sqpt. mber-A. D. 1892. 113-3 tiooDhET Mokoan, Clerk.

.,1 Complaint No. Notice t<| Non-Residents. The State of Indiana. Pike County. In the Pike Circuit court,Novem’r term,189^ Nathaniel Corn, Administrator of the estate of Kebeca Crooks,deceased, V8 James II. Crooks, Sarah Murphy, James D. Stubb, Louisa Caroline Fletcher Mary Jane Butler. Now comes the plaintiff, by T. H. Dillon, his attorney, and files bis complaint here.lu, together with an affidavit, that the defendants Sarah Murpliey and James D. Stubb are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless theybe and appear on the. first day of the next term of the Pike Circuit Court to be holdeu on the 2nd Monday of No-, vember A. D. IS02, at the Court House in Petersburg In said county and state, and answer or demur to said complalot, the same will be heard and determined In their absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal ot said Court at Petersburg this 1st day of October A. I>. 1892. 20-S GOODL.ET MORGAN, Clerk, Thomas H. Dillon, plaintiff’s attorney. Notice of Administration, Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the circuit court of Pike county, state of I ndiana, administrator of the estate of SetaMcRob-. erts, late of Pike county, deceased. Said estate Is supposed to be solvent. “ FELIX BRITT1NGHAM, October 12, 1892. 21-3 Administrator. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE cenVleWn.

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