Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 July 1893 — Page 1

KUT.:. PRICES! During July in Wash Dress Goods. If you will take a look at the many pretty fabrics that would make you a nice dress, tha't is soft and cool, for this hot weather OUR KUT PRICES Will be sure to catch you Grand assortment of Embroidered White Dresses, with all the narrow embroideries to match. Three Specials Ladies’ Jersey Silk Hitts, 10c. Ladies’ Button Kid Gloves. 50c. Lndies’GeuUine Foster Look Uloves,75 ««K00L FOOT WERR>* See our easy, hand-sewed Slippers. We'have the daintiest Slippers in pink, blue, cream, tan, red, wine, pray and black you ever saw. See our Ladies’ Slippers at oSc. tftribley’s Floes for ladies are without doubt the most perfect tit/Shoes made. Try’em and you will wear no other.the lovely presents we have lor you you eve hue Ho tinrtfsh St/the W. V. Hargrove & Co. —-The People’s Store—

Miss jCliristena Stillwell has taken charge of the postoffice of Sieudal. The marshal of Oakland Cily was jn the pity Monday attending' court. Soda water, the refreshing summer dyiuk, is now on sale ot the City drug store. * BiUy Brock, Squire Cook and others of. Veipen, were in the city this week. •The circuit court is grinding away .this week. The state docket seems to have the first pull. . William 1. Scraper and family, of Jefferson township, visited Johu Lee and family last week. Misses gerepta and Thnrsa Dean left last gatipday to wituess the worlds’ fair at Chicago. The basket picnic at the White church near the county farm last Sunday was largely attended. Soda and all its popular flavors at. Bergen, Oliphaut & Co’s. The only place iu .the city for a cool, refreshing drink. * Prof. John Griffith, who has been teaching at Griswold, Iowa, during the past year returned home last Sat-, lirday. John VJThite, Isaac Lane, E. Johnson and Smith Osborn and theiiyfamilies were at the White Sulphur Springs last Sunday. Shiloh’s Care, the great cough and croup c.ure is for sale by ail druggists. Pocket siae contains twenty-five doses, only 25 cents. Children Love it. 35* The O’Brien Brothers, lately with the Barnum 6how, are now one of the big feature8 in LaPearl’s show. Don’t miss seeing them Friday, July 21st. Thomas Banks, formerly of this city diea at Washington, Ind. on the 29th and jvas brought here Tuesday and . juried in Walnut Hills cemetery. Mr. Banks was 88 years of age.

) L Sasser Sullivan, of Survant, was in the city the forepart of the week attending court. Mr. Sullivan is cue of the old pioneer residents of the county and a veteran of two wars. Coal—4- B. Borer, at his coal bank on Vincennes avenue, has nleuty of first*cla88 coal for threshers and other purposes. Call and see him before buying your coal for threshing pur* poses. ••■••r . 5r4 Lewis Traylor, of Long Branch, was in the city last Saturday. The y pew postoffice to be called Ivy will happened up in a few weeks. It will be a great convenience to the people 'of that section. By a new ruling in the postal service your letters will be held thirty days instead of leu unless printed direct* ing their return in a specified time, iiet your envelopes printed at tho peuocRAT office.

Whey iu the city visit Liibs for lunch. y-4 Druggist Dillon, of Otweil, was iu the city Tuesday on business. Joe Patterson went to the White Sulphur Springs last Sunday. Mrs. Jerome Evans, of Washington, visited jiicnds here last week. Charles D. Davis 5nnd Miss Alice Wolfe were married at Pikeville last Sunday, Rev. Green B. Campbell officiating. There will be an ice cream supper at the J. M. Smith sugar grove, one mile west of this city, Saturday evening, July 22. A big time is expected. All communications must reach this office not later than Wednesday to insure publication that week. Send in the news froiy every part of the county. Melol has no equal as a cathartic for the children. It contains no poison, leaves no bad effect and is pleasant to take. For sale by your druggist. Get a bottle. Isaac Andersotrs saw mill at Algiers was partially destroyed by fire last Saturday morning. The loss is small. The carrier aud track was damaged considerably. The incandescent lights were turned on last Saturday evening. They are giving good satisfaction to the business men. The plant is now practically completed and will be run every night from now on. Re^. Wright, of the Christian church, Winslow, was in the city Monday and made this office a pleasant call. The reverend gentleman will preach a series of sermons iu this city within a fetv weeks. A dog belonging to George W. Selby, living near the county tarm, weut mad last Wednesday. The dog bit fifteen or twenty head of hogs before being killed >Thursday morning by Samuel H. Fettinger.

Punning & Williams have received a large invoice of piue and cypress dimension shingles, which ihey are selling all prices to suit ihe tunes. They also manufacture poplar shingles. See them before buying 4-4 The contract for the building of the new jail at Jasper was awarded last Friday. The immense structure will cost in the neighborhood of $4,QOQ, and will hold all of the prisoners of the county, as they generally have 'on# or two each year. M. B. Thomas, ex-connty superintendent of schools, has purchased a half interest in the dry goofts st^y& of Gardener Kime at Union, the changehaving taken place a few weeks ago. The Democrat wishes the new firm of hustlers after trade success. Don’t tail to.csll and 6ce them wheu wanting anything in their line of trade.

Milk-shakes, lemonade and pop at Liibs’ bakery. 5-4 Read s brick factory is the place to buy brick this season. 8-3 G. B.a Campbell, of Pikeville, was in the city this week attending court. There will be an ice cream supper at llighbauks Saturday evening, July 29th. — For a nice refreshing summer drink try “Coca-cola” at Bergen, Oliphant & Co’s. j William Tucker, and wife, of Newberry visited friends iu the city over Sunday. Read declares that he is going' to sell brick to correspond with the low prices on wheat. 8-3 Joseph Ferguson, assessor of Monroe township, was in the city this week on business. For Sale or Trade.—Team of five-year-old mules. Will lake a good horse or mare in exchange. W. S. Mitchell. Dr. Rice, of Petersburg, and Dr. Higgins, of Bar Harbor, Maine, were guests of Dr. W. II. Williams last Sunday.—Princeton Leader.

Tlie strike or the bunch and machine hands at Evansville after tieing on for. several weeks, was declared off last Saturday and the hadds went back to work Monday. Head Quarters—for real estate, farm sand city property for sale on reasonable terms at the reliable realestate agency of W. II. II. Thomas, the leading realestate ageucy in the county. , ' 38-a' The fourth was celebrated here in grand style. Hon. A. Drybrough, of Petersburg, delivered a spicy speech. It was a deviation from the old “spread-eagle*’ style and to the point. All enjoyed it.—Monroe City Star. The threshers of the county are very busy at the present time. The crop will fall off a third from that of last year. The price remains unchanged from that of riast week. The latest quotation is fifty cents per bushel. When yon want job printing of any kind don’t fail to call at The Democrat office and seeTstyles and learn prices. We have on band a splendid lino of all kinds of business stationery and at prices in keeping with the times. On the eighth page of to-day’s Democrat you will find the advertisement of Thomas Bead, the brick and tile manufacturer. lie manufacturers a fine grade of goods in his line and it ^rill pay you to see him before making your contracts. The city council has ordered an electric light placed at the corner of Main and Sixth streets. This is a good move on the part of the council as there should have been a light placed on that business corner. The business men ot that section are now satisfied. The Democrat would deem it a great favor if someone In each township would take it upon himself to send In the news from their respective neighborhoods. Don’t be backward about the matter, but send in the neavs. It will be appreciated by the editor and by the people. When Baby was aide, we gave her Cantoris. When the was a Child, she cried-for Castoris. When »he became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When aba bad Children, she save them. Castoria.

To enliven thiugs up in general two or three Clay township bova ot ■nature age proceeded to booze up on spring water, last Tuesday, and then to indulge in a scrapping match in one of the Main street resorts. Before much damage had been occasioned they were separated and started home. An exchange says: “If we were to put a two line local in the most obscure corner of the paper,which stated that a certain business man charged morefor goods and kept a poo rer grade than his competitors, that man would employ a bull headed slugger to come around and kill us the next moruiug. But if !wp were to ask the same rtvjjm for an adverti seffidktof ^hiwwMrHsi'-lio would say, “No, I don’t believe ia advertising; no one leads advertise,; n^ents.”

—.—t--—— --)- Fresh bread, pies and cakes every day at L'ibs’ bakery., 5-4 The first (food circus of the year will be LaPearl s, Friday, July 21st. W. V. Hargrove and wife are in attendance at the worid’s fair this week. Prof. Crouch returned from his Pennsylvania visit last Monday looking hale and hearty. Dr. Higgins, of Pueblo, Colorado, is visiting here, the guest of his old classmate, Dr. Itice. Judge Gardiner and J. W. Ogdon, of Washington, were in the city Monday on legal business. “Full size litlck and low prices,” is our motto this season. 8-3 Thomas Read. Charles Martin and Maud Fettinger of Winslow, were married last Friday at the above named place by Squire Atkerson. Sidney Chappcl, who joined tire IF. S. army sometime since at Columbus. Ohio, is now stationed at Fort Cauby, Washington.

Gardener Kime took charge of the Union postoffice last Saturday, and is now licking postage stamps to the satisfaction ot the people. Dr. Fullenwider, of Mt. Vernon, has been in the city a few days visit' fug old friends. The doctor is well pleased with his new location. Thomas J. Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio, visited his brother A. II. Taylor and sisters here last week. He. is connected with the Columbus buggy company. One word prescribes it—“perfection.'’ Wb refer to DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures obstinate sores, burner skin diseases and is a wellknown cure for piles, Bergen, Oliphaul & Co. , j 34* lion. J. T. Beasley, of Indianapolis, passed through the city on his way to Petersburg this morning and stopped over a few hours in this city vviih his brother, Ves Beasley.— Princeton Reporter. Thanks.—To the citizens ot Algiers tor their prompt action in saving our satv mill from total destruction by lire on the mornfng of July 8th, while we were a number of miles away. Anderson Mill Co. Mitlks fob Sale.—Two span of mules, one span 16 hands high and seveu years old ; the other 1C>4 hands high and eight ye^s old ; both spans are in good flesh smd splendid workers. Will be sold ou good terms, feall at this office. Ed Kiug and Harley Snyder are having concrete walks put down in front of their business rooms on Main street. This is the first job of the kind put down in Petersburg, and a number of the property owners are lakiug an interest in the new walk. Some mischievous per. on or persons appropriated the new sign of Max Blitzer last Friday night. The sign had not yet been placed in position and was in the yard back of the store when takeu. Some think it ! a joke but Max has concluded that it has gone far enough and that it could be brought back to save expense. Notice.—There will be a Sunday school picnic at Old Bethleham grove, two miles northwest of Union, ou Saturday, July 29, 1893. An old fashioned barbecue table will be spread. Music will be furnished bv the Union cornet band and by the Sunday schools ot the county. The following speakers will address the

people oil this occasion : liev. J. VV. Bain, D. D., Petersburg; liev. M. E. Chappell, Fredonia,'Kentucky ; Hon. ; M. \V. Fields, Princeton, Indiaua. No pains will b^spared to make it pleasant for all. By Order of committee. A well informed physician say9: “T^le idea of opening a window from the top is an exploded one. The carbonic acid ol the breath must be carried awav from some point below the pillow of the sleeper. Those who stand will not see the ellect of impure air as soon as those who sit or decline, because carbonic acid is heavier than air and tills the room from the floor up. Windows should be opened at the bottom, and windows should be built as near the floor as possible—at least below the level of beds or couohes in the room which has not a stove fire burning constantly to draw away impurities by its force,”

At Liibs’ bakery you will find the best ice cream m the city. 5 4 « '$! Subscribe for The Democrat and secure all the uews of the coumy. The W. C. T. U. meets this afternoou at 3 o’clock at the C. P. church. Subject “The Press”. Deader Mrs. Anna Bowman. Squire Chappel at his office Tuesbay evening married James Bnssel.of Jefffersou township, and Lillie D. Drew, of Clay township. Prof. Sampson, agent of the Collier book compauy, Louisville, is in the city calling on patrons. The professor is a jolly good fellow and knows a good town when he strikes it. Some person or, persons who were In need of meat visited the smoke house of Wifi Tislow, near Alford, a few days ago in broad day light and appropriated a lot of hams.

Ignorance of the meritsofDeWitt s Little Early Risers is a misfortune. These little pills regulate the liver, cure headache, dyspepsia, had breath, constipation and billiousness. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34* The county board of review is fin session this week. The board is coftiposed of the county assessor, auditor and treasurer. There is considerable business to^bme up before the board, and in justice to all they should look very closely alter all taxable property assess and return it for taxation.A large number of persons drawing pensions under the dependent pension act have been notified by the pension bureau'that.payment of their pensions will de suspended for sixty days during which time they are requested to show by competent evidence why they should contine to draw pensions. Uncle Paf McKnab, the jolly Irishman of Jefferson township informed us last Saturday that he undoubtedly had the heaviest piece of wheat Ih Pike county. The binder used nearly 100 pounds of twine on twenty acres, or nearly five pounds to the acre. The yield he reports Will be fair. The fourth was observed at the prison north in a general good time. Work was suspended and the AmesUnion and treated the inmates to some of its finest music in the morning. At dinner the following amount of eatables were provided: 600 pounds of pork, lObushels of potatoes,150 gallons of lemonade, 500 pounds of bread, 300 pies and 4,000 cakes. A. W. Withington, deputy U. S. marshal of Illinois, was in the city this week and summoned Peter Fair and Mrs.Jlay Frederick to appear at bprinfield, Illinois, to testify in a case wherein William Newby, alias Daniel Benton, is on trial for detrauding the pension department. Newby was at one lime an inmate of the county infirmary. James Bolling went along to look after the witnesses. County Clerk Morgan has been doing a laud oflice business during the past week in the marriage business, he having issued six permits during that time. The following are the names of the parties who secured the necessary papers: Charles Davis and Alice Wolf. Charles Martin and Maud FettiDger. John Henry Willis and Lillie V, Dejernett. Henry H. Miley and Rebecca Holding. William T. Stanfield and Mollie Graham. James M. Russell to Lillie D. Drew. The Democrat wishes the newly married people success on their trip across the matrimonial sea and that they may live long and be happy. 1

M. L. Garrigus, the Kokomo correspondent of the Chicago Sunday Sun the vile publication which circulated here a few weeks, came very near beI ing treated to a coat ot tar and feather a week or so ago. Last Tuesday L. II. Strohm, went to Kokomo and annouced himself as the attorney for the paper. He was unable to get any person to sell the papers on the streets H. E. Henderson editor of the Dispatch, and others taking it upon themselves to suppress the sale. The paper had a scurrilous article printed in it reflecting upon the mayor, the editor and others. The attorney distributed some of the papers about the city and was immediately arrested tor criminal libel. It is safe to say that the sale of the paper will be stopped in that city, as it has been done in this. It is a little queer that neither one of the other papers iu Petersbu.ig has said a word about the vile sheet circulating m this'city. But then the sale has been, stopped just the same.

Don’t forget the date of I.aPeail'a circus, it is Frida;,1, July 21st. The best circus oh the road comes to Petersburg Frida;?, July 21st. Go to Thomas Head’s factory tor good brick and loiv prices. 8-3 The pension examining board of Pike county ipet in this city Wednesday. Trade in Petersburg during the past week has been rather dull. The farmers are too busy to come to to.wu to do their trading. William Clem has been appointee! postmaster at Oauivifle. The appointment was made last Friday, and the new officer will utke charge just as. soon as his commission arrives. Notice to*Dei.ixquents.—All delinquent tax-papers wifi save costs by paying before A ugust 15, 1893, as I. expect to send out collectors at that time. Remember nothing is exempt, Sylvester Beach, Treasurer Pike County. 8-3

“The Gospel as illustrated iu the Life of Martin Luther,” will he the subject at the Methodist church next Sunday evening, a: 7:30 o’clock. This is an interesting topic to all admirers of the character of the Great Reform-: er. A cordial invitation to everyone. The Otwell mill team started home without a driver Tuesday afternoon but were halted near Walnut street. One of the four horses felt at the crossing of Main and Ninth street^ ami was dragged for fully a square and a. half. No damage resulted from the runaway. Iu another column is a notice to the effect that the Winslow Leader is dead., Such is not the fact. A young felloty l>y the name of Weeks, Iron. Oakland City, has taken it upon himself to dish up to the people of lha : city a lively little paper. The Demochat wishes the young man success, and hopes the people and merchants will give the paper the support it merits. Levi Lockhart, who was arrested sometime ago on the charge of gram larceny and who escaped from the county jail last February, had hit trial in the circuit court Tuesday. Tin evidence and pleading took up the. most of the day. Wednesday morning the judge instructed the jury, which after an hour's deliberation returned a verdict of not guilty. The hardware and implement firm of Patterson, Peuny & Co. was dissolved last Friday. Patterson & Alex - ander is the style of the new ilrri having bought out the interest of 1;,. S. Penny. The firm has an immense stock of goods, and is considered cue of the largest stores in Its line in Sou then: Indiana. Mr. Penny will remain, hero for sometime and settle up business. We wish all success. A grand barbecue was had at the Smaker school-house, Lockhart tOwi> ship, on the fourth. It was one of those old-fashioned celebrations’ iu which a beef, hog and sheep weie roasted on the grounds. There were over 300 present and they were ac - dressed by Gains Fisher, of Warrick county, and James Powell. It was a grand day for hose in attendance, and as Garret ytdwell says, “It was the best time we bad had lor many years.” ""T

Tuesday nigh t about nine o’clo<k Fred Ashby, a compositor on Ti e Democrat, couie to the office to pm away his bass ham after baud pra> tico. After he had deposited the bo -n in its accustomed placn^ ho heard a slight noise in the east corner of the room and on Jooking around saw some party climbing out of the wia? dow. Fred didn't have time to suv “how-dye-do” or anything else, bit made a bee-line down the street hunting for the officers of the law. It m^y have been a spook or «om ?- thing else, as.the strong box containing the office towel and the editorial shears and the paste-pot were undisturbed when the editor opened up the aforesaid strong box of oir patent-applied for safe. Pamea who desire *o runltatge around through the office will phase take notice th»t the windows are liable to dvbp ojt and become demolished- and make i n unnecessary expe nse, aud io save th s, the key can be had by calling at the office any time between 7 t. m. am 11, p.m. of any working day. Bear this ® mind.