Pike County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 50, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 May 1893 — Page 1

inmi.HjiinnTjH mi. nmiTrnnTroirmi Lucky Friday! Grand CORSET Sale ! For Friday, May 12, 1893. Corsets on Corsets,immense stock. low prices, big sales. We handle nearly all the leading makes and are sole agents for the celebrated G. D. Corsets, the finest form fitting corsets made. HERE ARE THE PRICES. She regular price 89c $1.00 “ SSc *1.00 1.00 1.25 1.00 Dr. Warner's Caroline Corsets, Dr. Warner’s Four-in-Hand, Dr. Warner’s Health, Dr. Warner’s Corset Waists, Genuine G. D. eorsetsG. D. Health Corset. Climax Corsets; white and cream. Six dozen ladies’ Corsets in white, cream, tan, old gold and black at 48o w e have Corsets in black, old gold, white, cream, tan and drab front size 16 to 40 inches. Can fit uud please you. Remember this sale is for 1.25 57c 1.50 75 65 FRIDAY ONLY ■And owing to the immense rush we beg of von to come as early as possible. Everything exactly as advertised. We will'continue these special sales on Tuesdays aud Fridays of each week. Watch this paper for next sale. W. V. HARGROVE 4. CO. THE PEOPEE’S STORE. inmtmiiDitnQioioiniaini mmmti :ann

Call at this office amt examine our fine line of business stationary. For a nice refreshing summer drink try “Coca-cola” at Bergen, 01 i pliant & Co’s. * Wall Street failed to cut her usual j figure in the running of the secretary j of the treasury. We have the finest mixedvpaint made strictly pure and guaranteed. 50 4 StfAWHAX & Boonshot. The G. A. li. Post has commenced drilling for its content with the U. R. -of K. P. The event' takes place on old settlers day during the fair. Indianapolis has a new daily paper in the Record, the first issue ot which came out Tuesday morning. It is small but brimful) of spicy news. Karl’s Clover Root, the new bided purifier, gives freshness and clearness to the complexion and cures constipation. 25'cents, 50 cents and ^1.00. 35' See Harry JUmofe before you let your contract for painting or paper hanging. Harry has a large force of workmen this spring and can finish up your work in a day’s time. i Dr. T. R. Rice is visiting his old home at Dale, Spencer county'. Besides visiting his home folks the doc- i lor will visit some other friends whom he has known fojr a long time. William Liibs, the baker has swung a beautiful sign to the breeze hearing the words “City Bakery” in black ' and gold. The old boss is still on top and has one of the finest bakers in Indiana. The bridge across , Mud creek, ' Washington township, was washed \ lout by the recent heavy rains. The board of commissioners met last week and ordered a new one tor that of the ' old one. Mesdames J. W. Bergen and Emily Thornton leave tomorrow for Nashville, Tennessee, where they will attend tlie presbytery of tlie C. P. church as delegates from the church of this ci*v. It has again leaked out that a new hank is about to be started in Petersburg. The capital stock has been placed at 125,000, nearly all of which has been taken. It is said that it is a sure go this time. The most intelligent people of our , community recognize in DeWitt’s Lit- ] • tie Early Risers pills of unequaled i merit for dyspepsia, headache and constipation. Very small, perfect in action. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34* j The spirit of improvement is upon < us and now let every property owner - do something towards improving his i property. Above all look well to the i sanitary condition ot your premises, i a Rake up, clean up and burn up, until c cholera genus haye uo lodging place, t

George West, of Petersburg, was here Monday, returning home Tues3 ay.—Lynnville Chronicle. Piles or peonle have piles, but DeWitt’s Witeb Hazel Salve will cure them. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 31* C. Newkirk, of northern Nebraska, arrived here Wednesday to visit? his brothers, lie will retnaiu for several weeks. Soda and all its popular flavors at Bergen, Otipkant & Co’s. The only place in the city for a cool, refreshing Irfnk. *• The summer rate to Indian Springs will be $1.75 for Saturday sales; tick;ts sold daily at a rate of $2 25, limit:d to November, 1S93. Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what you need ’or dyspepsia torpid liver, yellow skin >r kidney trouble. It is guaranteed lo give you satisfaction. Price 75 tents. 35* Remember, that when you want taper hanging and painting done in in artisjtic manner, you should call an Harry Elmore. All orders for .vork will be promptly attended to. John M. White has added a stock >f groceries to his business, and says te can sell groceries cheaper than my other place in the city. The reason for all this is that he pays no rent. It is a truth in medic'ne that the smallest dose that performs a cure is j he best. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are the smallest pills, will perform he cures, and are the best. Bergen, Jiiphant & Co. 34* John R. Decker, who for several ncnths teamed tor Dunning & Wiliams, died at his home in this city ast Saturday. The funeral services vere conducted by Rev. Bain. The emains were interred in the Call remeterv in Clay township. F. M. Kiine assumed control of the Van Nada hotel last Tuesday. The lotel will be remodeled and given a 'eneral renovating and fixed up for he conveniences ot the tiaveling nblic. We bespeak for the new nanagemeut a liberal patronage. The natural gas well at the Air Jne shops at Princeton has been ■uincd by siiootingi The charge put n the well was so heavy that it literill V tore out the sides and bottom and here was such a fall of broken stone, :oal and earth into the cavity as to ilerally fill up the well. Three oth;r wells are to be drilled. W. W. Welton during the past nonth has sold 5,000 pounds ot milk o the Petersburg creamery from :ight cows. .This will give some of >ur farmer friends an idea of what bey can make out of the dairy busiless. It will pay any farmer to buy ip thirty or forty head of good milch ows and sell the mHfc to the creamr.'«

You get genuine Oliver repairs at Shawhan & Boonshot's. 50-4 Subscribe for The Democrat aucf secure all the news of the county. Hon. E. P. Richardson and George B. Ashby are at Jasper this week attending court. ForHale.—A thoroughbred Holstein bull, one year old in June. J#B. Young. Dr. I. H. Lamar will leave fcir Indianapolis next Tuesday, where he will attend a meeting of the state medical society. The Oakland City foundry was destroyed by lire last Saturday morning. The ioss will amount to $3,500 with $1,600 insurance. Lee Bros., the barbers, have had their* place ot business repapered and otherwise beautified. The boys are hustlers and good workmen. v Do you lack faith and love health ? Let us establish your faith and restore your health with DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34* Keep up the opera house project and not let it drop until the last cent is dowu and the building under roof. A substantial building of this kind is very much needed. Attention People—All whq want to buy or sell farms or town property, should piace it in the bauds of the J. B. Van Nada real estate agency. Office in the M. H. Frank building.41* George Finney who has been very ill for several months past, was out for a drive Tuesday. He is improving in health very fast which will be gratifying news to his many friends. William Selby moved from his farm southeast of the city to this place last Tuesday. He is now a fullfledged resident and ready to be initiated Into the mysteries of city life. Bad complexion indicates an unhealthy state of the system. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are pills that will correct this condition. They act on the stomach, they act on the bowels. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. , The store room occupied by Fred Smith as a furniture store is being remodeled and enlarged. Heretofore he has occupied two rooms, which is being thrown into one large room. This will give Mr. Smith more room in which display goods. John Hammond has just finished taking the school enumeration and finds that there are 558 children of school age in the city. They are divided as to sex and color as follows : White—264 males and 265 females: colored—12 males and 7 females. Advertisers who desire space in the premium list should notify us at once. Tin; allotted space is l>eing rapidly taken up and but little yet remains: This is a splendid opporlunity to get your business before the public and shrewd advertisers should avail themselves of the chance. John A. Swan has sold the Princeion Democrat to Claude Douglass. Mr. Dougla-, was formerly editor of the liockport Democrat and a brilliant writer. An independent daily ;alled the Reporter will be published from The same office. Our best wishes go with the old and the new mauigement.

One of the great works accomplished by the town trustees was that of putting in a culvert near Frank & Hargrave’s elevator. The culvert is below low water mark and is not sufficient to carry*ofT the immense volume of water which must necessarily go through it. It is about eleven times too small. Water is backed up into the elevator during every heavy rain. The council should remedy this matter before they are compelled to back up a suit at law. « For the benefit of soinetof the small hoys of Petersburg we will say that the hunting and killing of the following birds in this state at any time, is punishable by a fine of live dollars: Robin, martin, whipoorwill, cuckoo, woodpecker, bluebird, swallow, catbird,, thrush, redbird. dove, goldfinch, lark, cherrvbird and yellowliird. Robbing their nests is also prohibited, You will uotlcq that English sparrows are not included in the above list and anyone who wishes to go a “gunning” for them should receive encouragement. English sparrows are the natural enemy ot all other birds aud should be annihilated.

Sheriff Kiuir.an made a business trip to Oakland City last Monday. Soda water, the refreshing summer drink, is now on sale ot the City drug store. | * Our harness and horse collars are the best at lowest prices at Sbawhan & Boonshot’s. 50-4 County Auditor Bilderback is making up the settlement sheets to make an accounting to the auditor of state. The infant child of Filmore Jerrell, near Clark’s station, died last Friday and was buried at Walnut Hills cemetery Saturday, Shiloh’s Cure, the great congh and I croup cure is for sale by ail druggists. Pocket size contains twenty-live doses, only 25 cents. Children Love it. 35* Farms and town property, also western lands and Kentucky timber lands for jsiale at the J. B. Nada Real Estate Agency, Petersburg, Indiana. ■> 41* Madison Farmer, of Pike county, aged 73 years and Ella Bilderback, of this county, aged about 65, went to Boonville Monday to get married.— Lynnville Chronicle. There has Been considerable r—n during the past week or mouth as you choose to have it. The farmers have been kept busy draining it off and getting ready tor corn plowing. Harry Elmore gives bond for all work done in his line. He employs skilled workmen and when you want painting or paper-hanging done in an artistic manner don’t fail to call on him. ' “There is a salve for every wound.” We refer to DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, cures burns, bruit.es, cuts, indolent sores, as a local application in the nostrils it cures catarrh, and always cures piles. B. O. & Co. 34* When you want job printing of any kind don’t fail to call at. The Democrat office and see styles and learn prices. We have on hand a splendid line of all kinds of business stationery and at prices iii keeping with the times.

Bvivesier aicAiee nas just reasons for being mad at the horse traders. While walking oast their camp southwest of town Wednesday evening a vicious dog belonging to the camp rushed at and bit him severely on the left leg. The gang should be prosecuted for harboring vicious dogs. Tuesday morning last a man might have been seen north of the electric light works with an elder pop-gun and plenty of paper in his pockets. Every once in a while there would be a terrible report and the game would fall all about hint, and to see him fill his game-sack was" wonderful to behold. He is a splendid shot, is Em Harrell, editor ot the Wdww. A valuable colt belonging to Isaac Lett, of Jefferson township, was stung to death by honey bees. Jast' Thursday. The colt got into the lot where there were several stands of bees and in some; juanner upset one of the hives, tlje bees then made war upon tho colt. The colt in attempting to get away endeavored to jump a picket fence and was caught by the pickets, and before assistance could be rendered was stung to death. The way to get factories at Petersburg is to organize and bid for them like other towns. People who embark in manufacturing enterprises want bonus and bonus makes the mare go in other places. The principal ot giving a man a start in business is not probably correct but as other towns have adopteiP'the system wp must keep step with the caravan or get left. We have had enough wind work and now lets have factories. The foundations for a large sized boom have been carefully laid now let ’er boom. * i Sunday last, Marshal „ Sam Smith took a quiet stroll along the railroad lor his health. When lo, and behold, there was a great commotion within a certain box car standing on the sidetrack. There were arms, legs, men and boys, colored and white, of all sizes and descriptions, flying through the air like so much chaff. It was only a little quiet game ^ttf “sebe* come leben.” There was a cool hundred—-cents wagered on the rcsult-of the throw, but when sortie fellow yelled that the marshal was in sight the air whistled through the boys’ hair as thev flew out of the reach of the tuiuiou of the law.

Simeon Haines made a business trip to Evansville Tuesday. ■ It will be of some interest to farmers to price binder twine at Shawhau & Boonshot's. 50-4 Fine job printing is one of the specialties ot The Democr at offiee. Call and se^our tin ; of new goods. Harrison Ashby, of Augusta, was in the city last Friday. He has partially recovered from his recent illness. A little ill, then a little pill. The ill is all gone, the pills hare won. DeWitt’s Little Early llisers the pills that cure great ills. B. O. & Co. 34* Fleming & O’Brian have several good teams ot mules and horses for sale. If you want |»- team for your summer’s work you should not fail to see them. .. 49-4 Head Quarters-?—for real estate, farm and city property for sale on reasonable terms at the reliable realestate agency of W. H. H. Thomas, the leading realestate agency in the county. 38-5 The baud boys have hired Charles Hutchinson to iustrnct them during the coming year. ‘-Hutyh” is a splendid musician and will bring the boys out of the kinks in a short time and place them^n the frbut rank as musicians. The breaking up of the winter is the signal for the breaking .up of the s}stem.' Nature is opening up the pores and throwing off refuse. DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla is of unquestiouab e assistance in this operation. Bergen, Oliphant & Co.. 34* Invitations have been received h re announcing the coming marriage 0 ' H. B. Evans and Miss Ida Woodman see, of Atlanta, Georgia. The v\ edding will take place next Wednesday. . The groom -was a former resident of Petersburg and at one time eijlor of the Press. The Democrat extends congratulations. Winslow held an election Monday. There was but one ticket in the field a id fifty-four voles cast. It is said that there was considerable scratching done. The new officers elected v ere: C. W. Young, Joseph B, 1 ichardson and George W. Kinman, t ustecs»; D. C. Thomas, clei4; Samt el Fettir.ger, treasurer, and Charles Wesley, marshal. On the first Monday In June the t rustees of the several townships will elect a superintendent of the county schools for a term of two years. Those who have announced them- • Ives as candidates are, J. B. Blaize, ^ogaii township; M. L. Heathman, Washington; George B. Grim, Monoe; Robert B. Willis, Jefferson, and Joseph F. Shrode, Lockhart. This will be an election in which democrats will take part- and a democrat elected.

John W. Arnold, living near Augusta, ;met with quite an accident last Monday while felling trees. lie had felled a large tree and after trimming it up set down on the butt qf the tree which still rested on the stump, when it rolled off in such a way as to throw him under it and breaking one of his legs. No one was near at the time and he began to dig the dirt away and from under the leg which was broken. lu this way he extricated himself. He was afterwards fohnd and taken to his home where medical aid was summoned and the injured member reduced. The town election is over and the result of the paper ballots are as follows, cednnients on the election beiug unneessary, but it is safe to say that the voters are in favor of high taxation and the extravagant uses to which the city funds are expended: Trustee, 2d Ward• Win. B- Laverty, Trustee, 3d I Yard, [saae C- Higgins, Trustee, Uth Ward. Erastns Jolinson, I'liomas S. Smith, Trustee, 5th Ward. Fletcher A. Shandy, Daniel P. Darnell, Treasurer. W. a. Oliphant, Jeorge J. Nichols, Clerk John B. VanNada, Marshal. Jesse T. Battles, Eliram Gentry, C.H. Bead. JXxon. M 70 114 63 247 69 106 64 238 63 88 52 78 31 66 28 62 91 53 65 68 41 47 74 55 2 53 84 37 6S 112 62 242 02 93 52 57 39 68 43 The newly elected town officers were conducted into office last evening. They are now ready for business, and all the people have to do is :o make known their wants and they will be attended to—sometime.

Buckeye n »werS are in the lea> Shawhan & iloonshot’s. 5( Bead the continued story on f at 4 the licau tuc ^uiiit'Uucu oiurj \jh r iuo inside page of to-day’s paper eutftled ■‘A Little Cetnedy of Errors.” J. T. Demumbrum, D. D., of Spencer county, lias accepted the inmtatiod of the G, A. R. post to del ver the memoria day, address. 1 Captain St reeney, U. S. A., San Diego, Calif >rttia, says: “Shiloh’s Catarrh rem ;<iy is the first medicine .. I have ever wind that would do me any good,” Price 50 cents. 35* The E. &. I. road will Sell r< und irip tickets tj the world’s fair from Petersburg 11 a rate of $12.35, rood going from April 25tb to. October 31st, with a i-eturn limit of November 5th. Ticket i not good for stopover. Thomas A bte, of Patoka town hip, sustained sei ious injuries the fust of the week by falling from a step ladder. He vva3 standing on the lalder fixing something and losing nis balance tell backward to the floor b<low. His condition is very precarious. The folio tving marriage lionises have been issued during the past , week: George Wise aver and Cora M. Gray. Madison Far ner and Ellen Bilderbae c. Elden Beasb y and Minnie Shrode. John Harris and (fancy Dixon. Bertice M. JJ eili-nit and Lou Thomas, Chairmai Lilly of the Indian? polis citizens’ executive board of th j national G- A. R. encampment, ha > appointed his committees for the several counties >f the state. Dr. David DeTar, Wit slow; W. A. Olrj bant, W. E. Chappell, Jackson Ferruson and D. C. I arretf are the members of the commit :ee from Pike count r, the former being chairman. An orate rio of the Rainbow will be rendered in the Presbvierian church on next Tuesday night (Mav 9tb) at 8 o’i lock, by the childre » and choir of the church. Adtnissioi only a dime, without distinction o age. Proceeds t< aid in meeting the c ost of grading, Isyingdewn sidewalks and other improvements at the manse. Comfortab e chairs—elocntioi and music—something lo see as well as to hear. -f To Pat: toss op the Van Nada Hotel.—The above named holgf<has changed bauds and hereafter Tail be in charge ot Mr. Frank Kime. I desire to thank you one and all for your' past favor.1: and let me furthc r say that any fnvors shown Mr. Kir ie will be duly appreciated by me. He is ably qualilied for the work and will do his utmost to run a firstclasr hotel. Again thanking you, I am Touts Respectfully. ■J. R. Vcsgcnc

The editor of the Mt. Verno^Democrat has onte out square-foot ed for republicanism. The colonel w as one of those fellows who were called “spoils democrats” and-when something gets away from them that they were never entitled to then *h y simply kick back over the traces and go back to tb eir first lovo. This same Sparks was postmaster for four years and proba bly was wrapped up iu the belief that he had a first mortgage on the postoliice and the democratic party. Uow quickly the gallant colonel has dropped the ‘‘Glorious Grover” business ; ml gone to the ‘‘Da l Beanies.” O dice is terrible. An ex :hange sings this doleful song: “Father, dear fat Iter come home with me now, for ina hi s some carpet to beat, she's got all tho furniture out in the yard from the front porch clear down to the street. The stove must come down and be put iu the shed, and the yard must bo cleaned of dead grass, for its hue to clean house and the devil’s tc pay— and the front windows need some new glass. Father, dear fath>ir,come home with me now, ami bring some bologna i nd cheese; it’s most twelve o’clock and there’s nothing to eat— I’m so hungry I'm weak in the knees. All the dinner we’ll have will be cold snaps hml we’ll have to cat standing up, too X< r the table and eh lira are alt out rn the yard—oh, I wish spring house cleaning was through. Father, dear father, come home with ne now, for mt is mad as a Turk. S he says, you’re a azv old thing and that she proposes to put you to work. There’s painting to do, and paper to hang, and windows and casings t> scrub^ for its house cleaning tin e, and, you've g >t to come home and revel iu, suds ami cold grub,”