Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 4, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 June 1893 — Page 1

County Clerk Morgan is at Indianapolis this week. Miss Bertha Martin, of Geutryvillc, is visiting friends in the city. , Hon. William' J. Bethell, of Winslow, was in the city last Monday. Mrs. Daniel Wiggs, of Oakland City, visited friends in this city last week. ,• Trustee Silas Kirk, of Logan township, was in the city Tuesday on Business. The C. P. parsonage tea was held at the residence ot Mrs. Alexander last evening. A number of I. O. O. F. members attended the decoration day services at Monroe City Sunday. General McDowell has closed out his saloon business and will now devote his entire time to the livery stable. . Emory Butler, the painter, has been adjudged insane and will be taken to Evansville as soon as the necessary papers arrive. o - Miss Flora Ileuston, who has been ,„yisiting Mrs. Blanch Morgan for the past (wo months,returned to her home in Washington, Pennsylvania, last Monday. Captain Lamb and Lieut. Lamar are in attendance at Evansville at a meeting of the Iv. of P. division U. R. They elected officers lor the division Wednesday night. J

Notice the change of advertisement of VV. V. Hargrove & Co, This firm is offering some rare bargains in goods(for the summer season, Don t tail to call and see them. Judge Ely delivered an address at Mon roe City last Sunday, the occasion being the decoration day services of the I. O. O. F. lodge of that city. The address is highly spoken of. The numerous dog fights about 12 , o’clock Tuesday night would indicate that there were at least 555 dogs in the corporate limits of Petersburg instead of thirty-two as returned by the assessor. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures pilps. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures burus. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures sores. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cure ulcers. Bergen, Oliphant^Co. 34» William T. Lory and Miss Nellie B. Chappell were married at the bride’s home in this city last Monday evening in the presence of the relatives of the bride and groom, llev. I. N. Yokley officiatedMrs. A'bert Loveless killed a blacksnake, Wednesday measuring^nearlv five feet in length. His snakeship had a stinger in the end of his tail, ard was the first of the species killed here for sometime. Dunning & Williams have received a large invoice of pine and cypress dimension shingles, which they are selling at prices to suit the times. They also manufacture poplar shingles. See them before buying 4-4 The commissioner* have had the fence taken from around the court house square. It h«s been an cye-eore-'for a long time and the board deserves nothing but praise iu the removal of this public nuisance

Bergen, Oliphant & Co., have a few words to say to their many customers In to-day’s paper. By readiug this ad you will notice that they are still doing business at the old stand, and have a large stock of wall paper, curtains and fixtures. The following gentlemen were appointed as the medical examining board for Pike county by the powers that be at Washington City: Drs. DeTar, Hatfield and Corn. The selections were made last Tuesday. Or- The selections were well made. r The attention of the town trustees y is called to the fact that there should be on electric light jat the corner of Main and Sixth streets. It is needed. The business houses in that section are without a light and the members ot the couucil should attend to the matter before it is too late. Leah Vansickle orders The Demochat seut to him at Wilkinson,^Kansas, and Robert Clem also wants the news from his old home* He is at present a member of Co. II. 7th infantry, Leavenworth, Kansas. The Democrat will keep them informed on the happenings of Pike county each week during the coming year.

Mrs. George Finney is vishimg her sister, Mrs. Muir at Evansville. Miss Clevie Bates, of Bowman, visited friends in the city last week. Louis Cook, a real estate agent at Washington, was iu the city this week. > Mrs. Dan C. Ashby and daughter : Fannie'are visiting friends at Mt. Vernon this week. % A wedding is-to 6ccnr in the near future which will be of a surprising nature. Wait a week. Rev. W. A. Richardson returned toWhite Cloud last Friday to—take charge of his ministef'ial work. Strawberries are a thing of the past. Our friends in Northern Indiana are just now* relishing the delicious dish. The merchants’ carnival will take place this evening at the opera house. It was advertised for last Monday uight, but waS postponed. Vincennes is at present wrapped up in a divorce case, being tried, iu the circuit court. It is Gwynn vs. Gwynn, the,"husband being the applicant. Mrs. M. McC. Stoops is visiting with relatives in northeastern Indiana. During the absence of his better half the editor will keep batchelor’s hall. Mullens’ ten and twenty cent show made their appearance here on Wednesday evening. The redeeming feature of the show was the par-ex-cellence ot the music. The new U. B. church, Fairview, five miles south of Petersburg, will be dedicated the fourth Sunday in June by Bishop Becker. All are cordially invited to attend. ,

Dr. L. II. Ilillsipeyer, of Stendal, left this week for Chicago to take a special course in the study of the e.Ve, ear and nose at the Post Graduate school ot medicine and surgery. ; We are under obligations to Mrs. Albert Loveless for the nicest lot of lettuce wo have seen this spring. They were the largest bunches that been raised iu this .section. have 1 Many thanks. Little vegetable health producers: DeWitt's Little Early Risers cure malarious disorders and regulate the stomach and bowels, which prevents headache and dizziness. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34* Charles Krebs, the good-natured editor of the Press, turned carpenter last Monday, and put down a firstclass sidewalk. The editor took the hottest day of the season, but he bore up patiently under the work. The Columbian Day exercises at tne M. E. church last Sunday evening given by the Suno® school were well attended and vervNjftertaining. Especial pai ns ''had been 1 taken by Mrs. Lida Parker to drill the little folks iu their respective parts, and each one did remarkably well. The foundation for the new Baptist church is being laid. The church is to be erected on the corner of Cherry and Eighth streets. It will be a magnificent structure of the latest design and, costs when completed, about 47.000. Much credit is due Rev. Law for the work he is accomplishing in this citv.

One of our republican friends in speaking to' us on the subjectjof politics the other day wanted to know why The Democrat was still keeping up the campaign. Well dear friends we believe in letting the people know just what is going on in nation, state, county, city and township at any and all times. The people must know these things in order to vote intelligently. j The Ntvcs editor is inclined sometimes to get real funny and shoots off his mouth aj: random. His latest effusion is that the editor of The Democrat should make war for or against the jail. Well, isn't that funny. The Democrat is not the couuty board of commissioners, and if it were then this funny business would be jn order. It simply lays with the board of commissioners whether or not there will be a jail built. They are the people the iVews editor should question and not The Democrat. They tyere elected to serve the people, and-ttye iTews editor sligpld see them at once.

Mrs. Fannie Johnson, of Washington, is the guest of friends here. Trustee Grim, of Monroe township, was in the city on business last Monday. George D. Martin and wife are visiting friends and relatives iu Spencer county. Mrs. K. A. Ely is visiting relatives in Spencer comity. She will be absent several weeks. Our neighboring (own of Iluntingburg is going to have water works in the near future. That’s to the point. Several couples from this city attended a pally at Littles last, Friday evening given by Clark Whitman and wife. W. S. Mitchell has put his new business room in excellent shape, having repapered and painted the same, lie opened lip to trade last week. The Misses Posey entertained a number of friends at their home last Friday evening. The evening was most delightfully passed iu social amusements and games. Supt. Blaizc will make a settlement with the. trustees of the south part of the county at Winslow next Monday, and with the trustees of the north part on Tuesday at Petersburg. The committee visiting Bedford for the purpose of securing-stone to place about the court house, have made their report. The commissioners have found out that it comes too high. It cost $340 to assess Washington township this year for county revenue. It looks a little stiff in price, but proliablv it is all right. We hope no one has made a mistake in cai

dilating. Notice—Pike Lodge No. 121, F. & A. M. will have a called meeting on Tuesday, June 20th, for the purpose of working in the Third degree. A full attendance is desired. .Milton Mitchell, Secretary. McCrillus Adams and Warner Barrett were appointed a committee, "b\ the board of commissioners’ to visit Bedford and secure prices on stone with which to build a sidewalk and curbing around the court house square. The board of commissioners of Daviess county were in the city last week visiting the orphan’s home and taking notes. A lady ot that dbunty has donated a home for similar purposes and they were here looking up the methods under which the Thornton home is ruled. Mrs. Jane Coan, living near the Arnold church, died last Sunday of consumption. The funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon by elder J. W. Richardson in the presence of a large concourse of people. Site was 62 years of age. The interment took place at the Arnold cemetery. Governor McKinley, he of the infamous tarift laws, has been renominated by the republicans of Ohio to make the hopeless race for re-elec-tion this fall. The Ohio voters spoke their little piece at the election last fall, and at the November election this year will snow the republicans so deep that they will never be able to get out of the mire. We would advise our farmer friends in putting out their fall crops to thiuk over the subject of sowing barley instead of so iiiucFi wheat. Barley commands a better price in the market today. There are millions of bushels imported into this country every year, whereas there is little, if any, exported. Don’t forget this when you go to do your seeding this

tali. The last session of the legislature passed a law regulating the levying of taxes to pay for electric lighting. Heretofore the levy in Petersburg has been 20 cents on the $100. but the new law makes a limit of'15 cents on the $100. The following is the section, comments at this time being unnecessary, as the town council is a representative body and were reelected at the last town election t Section 1. In all cases when the Board of Trustees of any incorporated town in this State shall contract with any individual or corporation for the lighting ol any Qf the streets or public places of sale town with electric light, such Board of Trustees is. hereby nuthonied to levy and collect a special tax for such purpose of not exceeding fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars of the taxable property within such incorporated’ town, to be levied and collected as other corporation taxes are now levied and collected. Section 2. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, therefore tho same shall be in force irons'and after itt passage. . 1

The Cure As Administered by tl)e Lincoln Institute/ It is Not an Experiment, But Cures are Being Effected. The Institute Has no Connection Whatever With the Keeley Institutes, ISO Physical Wrecks—Every (.radiiale Completes the Cure in the i Mest of Health. A representative of The Democrat has upon several occasions visited the Lincoln institute ofthis city with a view of learning something in regard to this famous dure for the liquor, opium and tobacco habits, lie took especial notice of the several patients taking treatment for the liquor, habit, and was soon convinced that there was such a thing as a curelor those men who could no* govern their appetite for strong-drink. In speaking to manager Drvbrough on the subject of drunkenness lie said: “The first stage ot‘sdrunkenness is when the young mau takes a social drink. It is not because he wants or has an appetite for it, hut j ust for the social pleasure of'1 being with the hoys and having a good time, The social part grows on him until it is very necessary to disguise the taste of alcohol in order that lie may drink it; he therefore has it made up in smashes, cocktails, punches, etc.

These lie generally drinks in the evening, and for the time being is able to get out with the boys once a week and be ready for work the next day. But the appetite grows until he is unable to go to work-in the morning without first taking a drink—an appetizer. It is not long then before he is aware that his nerves are a little shaky, and he must have something to q.uiet them, and the first thing that comes to his mind is •drink.’ Up to this point a man of determination may overcome this appetite for strong drink; but if he does not he soon feels that he must have a stimulant, and can not get along without it. lie increases the dose daily. Ihe young man is a drunkard} in all these stages, but ip the latter it has become so fastened on him that he is unable to break away from it, and his only hope then is to take the treatment. Usually the mind of a man who drinks to excess has become diseased, and it is neurit* impossible to impress- him with the tact that he needs the treatment. Men who are habitual drinkers will tell you of others who are in need of the treatment, while, possibly,ou inquiry you will find that the party referred to is only a worse drinker from the simple fact thaj he h^s not the .money to enable him to lay at home or somewhere else in bed until his drunk wears off, but is compelled to work every day. You often hear men say they only drink a few drinks

each day, and are therefore not drunkards, but that if they took from twelve to fifteen drinks per day they would then be considered so. 1 have taken the treatment myself and understand all the methods pertaining thereto. I have also seen all the experiences in strong drink. I conld give you many experiences in my life with strong drink, but think it is not necessary. Every person who reads a newspaper knows the effects of the liquor habit.” Dr. Hayward, of the institute was approached. The doctor is a very pleasant gentleman and converses ■very freely on the subject of (be new1 improved cure with which he treats the patients at the institute. He claims, and! justly so, that he has an improved method; of treatment over the Keeley and alj. other similar in-.

siitutions. Alt patients are not given the same treatment, but their eases are treated as their systems require it, thws doing away with all bad after results. In many institutes patients are given tl e same treatment, which produce results even worse than the disease. T ie doctor is careful in the diagnosis o his patients when commencing the treatment, and therefore knows at a glance wliep giving the “shot” to et ch patient how he is getting along. To the question “as to whether ti e remedies were detrimental to the general health,” the doctor said “When a patient enters the institut' whOj has been addicted to the whiskey or other habits for treatment, in the course of three or four days t ie stimulus that he has been pnder is-taken away, and naturally there Would be some loss of vitality to the system ; but as the treatment Is given from day to day a di-. reel change is apparent in the patient. The brain soon becomes clear and the general condition of health improves very -rapidly, and the patient will remark that he has not telt so well for many years. This shows very distinctly that the vigor of life has not been impaired, and all patients who have been uuder my care here and elsewhere will bear me out in the assertion that their general health has been greatly improved by the treatment, and that it has not impaired their health.” A number of busieess and .representative men of the city have been interviewed on the results accomplished by the Lincoln Institute, and if as by one voice they exclaim “It is wonderful.” The citizens of this city know those who have graduated from the institute, aud those who are stili taking treatment, and see tile results every day. f The reporter also interviewed some of those whosfhavej taken treatment at the institute, among them being Joseph Vincent, Thomas Kelly and Cal Atkins. There are several others who have graduated from the institute but the reporter was unable to see them.

Joseph Vincent is yet taking treatment, but said, “you cannot say too much for the institute and what it done for me. My general health is improving with the treatment. Although I am still a little weak. The treatment is a good thing for me.” Mr. Vincent has resided here for years'and is well kuown throughout the county. Tommy Kelly, a coal miner, who has graduated from the institute was next seen by the reporter. In substance he said : “The Lincoln institute lias been a God’s blessing to ine. I have been a constant drinker for sixteen years, and now for the first time in all these years I can say that I am a sober man, I have no desire for liquor, and the very thoughts of it will set me harder against it. I have suffered no inconvenience from the treatment, and my general health is better than it has been for years, It is a splendid thing to know that^t am my own master.” Cal Atkinson was next interviewed. He said, “you can tell the people that I am a sober man and intend to-re-main so. The treatment has enred me of the appetite for strong drink. I had become so addicted to liquor that I was ashamed of myself, but now I feel like another man, and at least several years younger.” Mr, Atkinson has worked for many years as a section baud on the railroad.. He served in the late war and was a good

soldier. lie seems greatly pleased over his cure for drink and speaks in the highest terms of the institute aud managers. Walter Mitchell, who graduated from the Lincoln institute, could not be seen, having secured a position with the Indiana Bridge co.mpany, of Mancie, and left for Oakland City Monday to go to work. Columns could be written ort the subject and what it is doing for those taking the treatment and those who have been cured, but this must suffice for the time being., The institute has our best wishes for its future success. Besides the building boom, bank boom and other bposps why not have a manufacturing booni ?• That would work far better than any other to further the busipees interests of Petersburg. Coruc, this is just as good a time to commence as nest winter.

Miss Serepta Kean is visiting ,( friends in Miunesotu. . Mrs. Cornie Katt ;rjohn, of Boon- ji ville, is the guest of Mrs. I. II. Lamar. ;>. W. A. Oliphant and family are ft takiug iu the ssghls at the world’s jj fair. t) George Frank has returned from p Chicago, where he took in the sights of.the world’s fair. i Jefferson Jones died Monday of li infatuation of the. appendix of the bowels. The funeral services were conductedJjy Rev. Bam. jj Pike county has a new postoffiro jj called Iva. Lewis Traylor .is the jj postmaster. This will be a great jj convenience to the people living iu jj the vicinity of Long Branch. jj Ignorance of the ineritsof DeWitt’s Littie Early Risers is a misfortune. These little pills regulate the liver, jj cure headache, dyspepsia, had breath, constipation and billiousness. Bcr- (L gun, Oliphant & Co. 34* jj The Democrat Icing progressive j lias published full accounts of all | transpiring events. Xoinews cseapps ! the eagle eye of ihe reporters on its stall'. If you want the news in a jj newspaper subscribe lor The Demo- jj crat. ) Judge Edgar A. Brown, of Indian- jj apolis, has declared the fee and salary -ji law to be unconstitutional and void, jj The case was brought by James W. jj Stout, sheriff of Vigo county, vs. J, jj O. Henderson, statj auditor. The case will be taken u > to the supremo jj court for action. Sheriff Kinman ht.s a force at work fi giving the court house a thorough gleaning. The lawn wilL also receive j! attention from the workmen. The • jj board of commissioners’ should hire a ! janitor and have th > public pro per tv j taken care of as it should ji

De. inis would, nc ft wise move. j The binder machine men are just ■[] now having a little war of their own tj ou prices tor binder twine, and the farmer stands back md takes ad'vaut- fj age of the cut prices. The price start- ij ed at 12 cents per pound and Anally ij come down to 9 cents a few weeks j ago. Tuesday the bottom fell out and the price went down to S cents or a |j little below cost. " fj At Winslow tomorrow there will be a meeting of citizens who are opposed to the building of a new county jail. The call for tao meeting is as follows: WnEREAS, The Horn rable Board of Commissioners of like county, Indiana, haveadvertised to receive bids for the erection of a new jail and sheriff’s residence in the town of Petersburg, Indiana, on I he 13th da;, of July 1893. Therefore, the citizens of said Pike county, Indiana, are hereby noti led and requested to meet at Winslow, on Saturday, the 17th day of June. 1888, to take the necessary steps is* express to the said board of commissioners their disapproval of their action. Man y Citizens. Squire Thomas Teed is assisting County Assessor Colvin in ferreting out the unsatisfied mortgages in Pike county. ' They are making a clean sweep of everything and when done will add them to the assessment. The selection of Mr. Reed is a very good one as he has been connected with the recorder’s office for sometime and knows right where to commence work. It is but jus that all persons should pay iife taxoa op just what property they possess and no more, A large number oi mortgages are filed each vear on which nothing whatever is paid, and in this manner the assessor brings them to light. Whether the list will be made public or not we are rot at liberty to say.

Harper, s Weekly for June 1/th will devote live pages to Edwin Booth. fj The text will incln.de au intimate ac- ji count of the tragedian’s lifebv his. j! friend Laurence Hut on, and will bo .fj embelished by several portraits a>utt |j by itlusj lotions of the actor ia his ji favorite roles and of lis home at the, ij Players’ Club, which he fbunded, .A ft page of drawings will be be voted, to Jj the illustrations of the Campania, the j; queen of ocean racers. The Phila- i| delphia open-air horse-show and the jf 2tew York horse-show at Manhatten \\ field will be amply illustrated. i) Another of “The Adventures of Slier- [' lock Holmes,” “The Iteigate Puzzle,” ' by Dr. A. Conan Doy e, and addition- !' al chapters of‘-The Cliff Dwellers,”- j, will be printed in this number, which. K will also contain a pi go' illustration, ■Tn and about the Midway Piaisancq’N at tfie Qhica-'o expos liou.