Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 30 June 1893 — Page 1

AT IT A6AIN! Prices that equalizes wheat at foe bushel. Lucky Friday bargains for you In order to avoid the jam aud rush ou Saturday, we have made Friday Slaughtering Day of each week. We do, this that you may make your purchases Friday while we have time to properly wait on you. Remember these bargains are for Friday of each week only A Pew Eye Openers. Ladies black Hose 5c. Ladies’ summer Vests 8c. Ladies Silk Mitts 15c. N Five Palm fans 5c. ^ Pearl buttons 5c doz. « Ladies’silk Waists $2. Ladies’ ready made traveling dresses $4,25. Tnree pair genuine brass pins 10c. Ladies’ Kid gloves 58c. Ladies' tan Slippers OSe. Ladies’ Slippers cloth top $1.25. Ladies’ Kid Slippers 58c. Ladies’ Kid Shoe.’1 pat tip 9Sc. Ladies’ genuine Kid shoes $1,25. > Bleach Muslin 5c Apron Uingbams 5c Prints Fast colors 5c. Carpet warp, white 15c, colored 17c. Cotton Batting 8c roll. Brussels carpet cut and made 67e. Ingrain carpet 22c, 35c. and 50c. These bargains for Friday of each week and thousands of others. See what lovely presents we are giving away. W. V. Hargrove & Co. v-The People's Store-,

Fresh bread, pies and cakes every day at Llibs’ bakery. 5-4 Eliner Brock, of Noxid, was iu the city Monday on business. Mrs. Will A. Loetzerich, of Evansville, js the gues^of Mrs. Will Liibs. Soda water, the refreshing summer drink, is now on sale ot the City drug store. * . o a. The family of James O’Brian spent the week with relatives in Daviess county. Auditor Frank Bilderbaek is building a very neat residence on his farm, near the city. Prosecu tor Hufl, of Martin county, was in the city the forepart of the week on legal business. “B.unyon's Pilgrim’' will be continued at the Methodist church next Sunday evening, at 7:30. All are invited to attend. Charles Seefrit, editor of the Washington Gazette, was in the city last Thursday. Charlie is not stuck on Petersburg journalism. The miners of Littles gave au ice cream supper and dance last Saturday evening. A big time was had and everything parsed off very pleasantly. Ten or twelve head of very fast horses have arrived for the fourth of July races. They are very fast and some exciting races may be looked for. The Washington, papers are all riled up over the expenses of the Hawes trial. The Gazette defends the action of the board of commissioners in allowing the bills. One word prescribes it—“perfection.” We refer to DeWitt’s Witch llazel Salve cures obstinate sores, burns, skin diseases and is a wellknown cure for piles. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34"'

One of the celestial sons was in the city last Monday looking up a location for a laundry. Several of the boys about town thought he ought to be encouraged and took an active interest in looking after his welfare. The town council meets next Thursday pruning. A petition for an electric light at the corner of Sixth and Main streets will be presented to the council for action.There should be a light at that place but what action the council will take remains to be seen. We have concluded to postpone opening the “Kickers’ Column” for a lew weeks. Numerous “kicks” have! been received, but they were for the most part from those not subscribers' to this paper. The Democrat makes it a rule never to “kick” for those who are uot in some way patrons of the paper. To patrons the columns P|W

Milk-shakes, lemonade and pop at Ltibs’ bakery. 5 4 Cad at this office and examine our fine line of business stationary. Mrs. Frank Posey, of Evansville, visited relatives in this city over Sunday. Washington Strickland, of Mackey, was in the city Wednesday last on business. t> Daniel Ashby is hard at work in the auditor’s office helping make up the tax duplicate. Mrs. E. P. Richardson and Miss Fannie Bates are visiting friends‘at Terre Haute this week. Alex Borer left Wednesday morning for New Mexico, where he will remain tor several mouths taking in the sights. A festival will be given at Alford next Thursday evening, Julv 6th, for the benefit of the new M. E. church. Lef all attend. Mrs. Mary Dawson, of Marion township, was granted a pension last week of $8 00 per month. She also received back pay for sometime. The W. C, T. IT. will meet this evening at the home of Mrs: Dr. Link. Subject: “Tobacco,” conducted by Mrs. Link. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Hon. A. H. Taylor returned from Washington City last Thursday. lie will remain at home until sometime in September, when it is thought an extra session will bo called. Coal—J. B. Borer, at his coal bank on Vincennes avenue, has Plenty of first-class coal for threshers and other purposes. Call and see him before buying your coal for threshing purposes. 5-4

Grand army posts throughout the state are making big preparations and three hundred thousaud veterans are expected to attend lhe; grand encampment to be held at ^ndianapolis this summer. A fund of $150,000 has been raised to defray expenses of this great gathering. ^ ' Mrs. Flora Morgan, neice of Goodlet Morgan, while on her way to this citv. met with a severe shock in a wreck near Rugby, North Dakota, last Tuesday. The train was wrecked and three cars turned upside down. It was a miraculous escape for her. She arrived hero Monday evening. The Sunday Sun, the vile publication printed at Chicago, is sold at the postoffiee. The postmaster should not allow su^h a publication to he sold in the bulidlng.Unless the sale is stopped immediately, it is said, charges may be preferred against the incum.bent. The sale of such a paper should be suppressed by the postal 4U«1 town authorities.

When in the city: visit Liibs for lunch. 5-4 Dr. McGowen, of Oakland City,was in the city Wednesday on business. M. Grey, of Jefferson township was in the city Tuesday for a short time. The fourth of July next Tuesday in Petersburg will be a big day. Come to town. Mrs. John Loetzerieh, of|PIne Bluff, Kansas, is visiting her parents, Abe and Mrs. Case. Misses Ruth and Lulu McCoy, of Knox county, visited their sister, Mrs. Will Doty, last Sunday. There will be a special song service at the C. P. churob nest Sunday evening, instead of the regular sermon. Fishing parties have been nnmer* ousduring the last several days. They range from one to three each day. W. L. Brock, L. B. Cook, J. P. Batman and Jonas Kemp, of Velpen, were iu the city, Wednesday on business.

It is missionorv day in the Methodist Sunday school next Sabbath. All the members of the school will please take notice and come prepared. Shiloh’s Cure, the great cough and croup cure is for sale by ail druggists. Pocket size contains twenty-five doses, oaly 25 cents. Children Love it. 35* Mothers if you would have your children to be hearty give them Melol, sweet as honey and the greatest health preserver known. For sale by all druggists-, Fleming & O’Brian have purchased a fine two-hundred-dollar carriage from Hatfield & Palmer, of Washington. It is about the finest ever brought here. , The funeral of Mrs: A. B. Farmer, late of Pleasantviile, will be delivered by Elder W. S. Brown, at the White church, near the county infirmary, one week from next Sunday. The incandescent lights were turned on for a short time Monday evening. They did very well for a starter, but the v.olum^ of light will be greatly increased as the machinery is put iu order. Ignorance of the merits of DeWitt’s Little Early liisers is a misfortune. These little pills regulate the liver, cure headache, dyspepsia, bad breath, constipation and billiousuess. Bergen, Oliphaut & Co. 34* Cards are out announcing the marliage of Miss Nellie Williams, of Evansville, to Mr. Williams, of Terre Haute. Miss Williams is well-known here, haying visited relatives here during the past several years. The ladies of theBaplist church will give an ice cream festival at the court house lawn on next Friday evening. The proceeds of the evening will go toward paying on the new church buildiilg which isiu course of erection. Let all attend and help the ladies out iu raising the fuuds. What do you want, gas, oil or mineral water? Say the word and The Democrat will commence to drill a hole in due time. Money is no object iu accomplishing the work, wind and talk will do it at once. Persons who wish to engage in a firstclass workjfor the town should circulate a petition for stock subscriptions. The work of drilling hasn’t commenced yet.

Capt. John J. Eigtman, of Rockport, was in the city Monday. This is the captain’s first visit here for twenty-seven years, when he was in this county looking for parties who robbed a store at his place and carried away considerable money. After resorting to rope methods the money was forthcoming. He is a very pleasaut gentleman and The Democrat scribe was pleased to make his acquaintance. It is now positively asserted that Petersburg will have another bank in the v$ry near future. The capital stock which it is understrod will be ?50,00U, is nearly, if not quite all, taken, and just as soon as the last share of stock as subscribed a meeting will be called for the purpose of organizing, The gentlemen interested in the uew bank are farmers and business men who are of the'opinion that another bank will,pay. There is certainly- room for another in Petersburg.

All Alone Lives the Hermit of Logan Township, This County. His Abode on the Banks of the Baling Patoka Biver. A Fishing Party Finds Him at His Home last Friday, Converses Very Freely and is Perfectly Contented With Mis Cot.

A fishing party from this city visited the Patoka river at Hedding station last Fridav for a day of reerea- ! tiou and sport. They selected a spot abput a quarter of a mile from the railroad station, and the gentlemen at once began preparing a comfortable place for the ladies and children. After looking to the ladies comfort they begau to get ready for the sports of fishing and hunting. The gentlemen diyided themselves up into parties, some going to the river to look after the finny tribe, while others took to the woods lookiug after squirrel and other game. While thus engaged one of the party seen the curling of smoke coming from a thick undergrowth, and heard the noise as if some one were building. He at once began an exploring trip, and coming into a path followed it until he merged into a small cleared space, probably fifty feet square, and found a manat work erecting a cabin. The gentleman talked to him for sometime, asking him several questions. In the afternoon the reporter of The Democrat and several others joined the fishing party, and were made aware that a man was living near the camping place. The reporter was glided to the place by one ot the discoverers. On reaching the hermitage the-reporter saw a rudely constructed shed. There were four posts set in thjj© ground with cross pieces nailed j to each, and several boards thrown across the top. A floor was laid of pieces of boards, and on the west side was the hermit’s bed which consisted of a piece of carpet laid over some other rags and straw, with the back ot a chair for a pillow. A big fire was blazing *in the cookstove at the time, while oh top was a black coflee pot, the fumes from which indicated that the man was preparing his meal. Presently the brush began to crack

ana on tooKtng arouna tne man was seen approaching with a pan in his hand, and when he reached us it was seen that he was mixing up a hatch of dough for biscuit. He set the pan dhwu on the floor and began the kneading process. It looked very white and clean, ana after a while he placed it in a skillet and put it on the siove. In response to questions put him he said,his name was Cox; that he had relatives in the county; was a single man and thirty-seven years old. He seemed very contented with life in his very humble way. He says for a living he works a little, Ashes a part of the time and rests the remainder of the time. lie was very poorly dressed and from the surroundings, one would be led to believe that ail the clothes he possessed was on his back, which were well’ worn and rather greasy. He is a tall, slim man of rather good physique and strong enough to earn a good livelihood, but says A main reason for not working very hard is that wages are small and a man never can do much anyhow, therefore his retirement from society'. At the dinner hour several ladies visited hi $ abode and foutid him replining on his couch. They had taken tt> him a fine lot of refreshments for the inner man, and asking him if he

would receive ihem replied that he would, but felt himself too comfortably ensconced to get up and receive them, and the ladies laid the refreshments on the floor and departed. He was formerly living in a tum-ble-down log cabin close bV, but people in the vicinity tore it down a few wefeks ago, and he has erected the present shed. When asked what he done when it rained, he said he “got wet and then dried out in the sun.” lie is said to have been a hardworking fellow at one time, but from some cause or other a few years ago, adopted his preseut mode of living. He bothers no one and no one bothers him. He is a recluse and has retired from the society of the people, probably In brdcr to avoid the tempfations of the world. The above can be vouched for by a number of ladies and gentlemen, who visited him on that day. It may seem a little strange that a man in this day and age of the world, when work is plenty, will take upon himself the mode of life that this man is living, but he seems to enjoy it and is happy and contented, and so let him live if it be his desire. Be Careful,

The above represents Petersburg journalism at the present time. Comments unnecessary. At Liibs’ bakery you will find the best ice cream m the city. 5-4 Miss Helen King, of Petersburg, is the guest of Miss Mary Walters this week.— Washington Gazette. Mrs. A. Zuckriegel, wife of the popular election booth manufacturer, of Tell City, is visiting her sister, Mrs. P. Schlemmer. Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what you need for dyspepsia torpid liver, yellow skin or kidney trouble. It is guaranteed to give you satisfaction. Price, 75 cents. - 35* The members of the Senior Epworth League will give a social at the borne of Mrs. Lulie Gladish, Thursday evening, July 6. A cordial invitation is extended to all* Little vegetable health producers: DeWill's Little Early Kisers cure malarious disorders and regulate the stomach and bowels, which prevents headache and dizziness. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34* At an election of officers Monday evening by the I. O. O. F. lodge the following gentlemau wero elected: P. O. Smith, N. G.; W. L. Barrett, V. G.; Fred Ashby, secretary ; Erastus Johnson; treasurer; J. B. Young, George Tucker and Granville Carlisle, trustees.

At a “church hugging bee” in Alabama the other evening a man, while blindfolded, hugged his own wife for several minutes, and when he learned the fact got mad and demanded his money back. This made his wife mad and she demanded double rates for her part in the transaction. The State Board of Health adopted new rules relative to throwing rubbish in.streets or allow.iug it to accumulate on premises. It empowered health officers to enter any place to investigate. It is also made unlawful for a burial to be made without a permit from the secretary of a county board oybpalth. A penalty is fixed for violates of the rules. The August number of Harper's Magazine will contain a large amount of fiction. Besides a story by Richard Harding Davis, called “His Bad Angel,"and a one scene play by Mr. W. D. Howells entitled “Bride Roses” there will be styort stories by Herbert Ward, F. Mary Wilson, and Mrs. E. Levi Brown. The last-named writer who is the wife of a colored minister in the south, has constructed a tale of nuusual power out of the superstitions of her race It presents a view of the southern negro trom the standpoint of a more intimate and sympathetic knowledge than lias belonged to previous writers in this field.

AT TEE WORLDS’ FAIR. How Charley Lost His Fair and Lot* Tbey were from Oakland C itjr and went to See tbe Sights. A certain young bachelor of Oakland City has saved up his ducat| for the past six months, and with this snug sum concluded to take iis best girl, whom lie loved very dearly, up to Chicago and see the World's Fair. They took an Air Line tra n from that city last Friday and whan they reached the ground were ap jarently happy n util Charley kept c ow iing closer and closer to his lady love and soon in an excited moment the said rather gruffly: “Stand over there and don't muss my hair.” 1 hey had backed against a huge bedding with tho softened beams of the sun playing cinch with her Uibson county features, she gazed up into th $ mobile log Clara.

cotntenance ot Charley. But a few short weeks had these happy souls knowu the sweet community! of each others company, but already he knew that Clara was foud ot pieplant pie. For years he had drifted through, life alons, with no kindred spirit to niendhis suspenders, no sympathetic heart to ache when he lost his little all at Sell’s Bro's, circus. Bi t now a new light had dawned upon him, his soul expanded beneath its cheering and he pressed- her close ag-itttn his ; four dollar rest with never a thought of the shirt bosom which was so fast becoming a ruin. As they stood there before the water fountain, with the faint sot g of the night birds mellowed by distance floating to their ears from (he fairy like wooded island the great white palaces earing their massive domes above them, the silvery mooulight shimmering over all and Charley's new shoes sjeming to become tighter and tighter the beauty and poetry of the scene it undated his soul till it overflowed with rapture and he took a fresh chew of plug. “Clara” said he, iu soft persuasive tones which echoes! in the senses of the young jirl like the sweet crooning of the old lullaby, “Clara, does not the love which i hare declared for you awaken a svmpatethic chord within your breast? Are you happy—perfectly happy— here in my arms ?” Light v,touching her waist with one tiny hind and shoving his nerk-tieup into his raven leeks with the other, the girl hf.lt coyly, with maidenly modestly, which caused her cheeks to flame took a half Comstock-West hold on Cha rley and bestowed on him one rapturous, embrace that set his heart string to fluttering modify and burst asunder his two for a quarter collar. ‘Here could I rest contented forever* she sighed as she tangled ai 8 cent hair-pit in his necktie.

Suddenly tlie grirl started, a wild, hunted loolTflashed iDto her ’awnlika eyes and she madly threw bask (Charley’s coat, while she gazed in terror at his vest. There upon his manly breast glittered a golden pin with an eagle rampant in its center. The peachy bloom tied from her cheeks as she asked in strained, almost filtered tones: * What can this mean Charles i why do yotii wear thisethblem 5 jau it be— P”aod her voice trembed'twix hope and awful tear, which clutched her heart with an icy grasp. “Can it be that you are a sucker lbr some jewelry peddler?” He started, a straight flush on snfiused his face as he answered in a low voice “Alas, yes Clara, 1 am.” “Then all is over between us,’ she replied coldly, as she shrunk from his arms. Do not date to speak to me again. ‘I could have forgiven you with your clay pipe and saying , evether and neytlier, but this is too much—00 much.” The ham ou the farm ojf Jesse Mitchell, near llighbanks, was burned last Friday-night. Thirteen head of mu es were burned and con-’ siderable other property destroyed, - Loss, £>,000. No insurance. Mr, * Mitchel lives at tlcdford,