Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 August 1893 — Page 1

Of course the wild waves hasn’t anything to do with the Lovely, Cool Summer Press (ioods that Hargrove displays. Honestly our line of wash goods is grand, soft, ,coo), gauzy patterns, not too loud nor too duU, just exactly what you are lookiug for. Why will you -4SEW AND SWEAT THIS HOT WEATHER!* When you can buy r'Mdy made Cambric Underwear at tli6e prices? You had better-pull weeds in the garden early in the morning. , See the Starvation Prices— Ladies’ Chemise, worth 40c, .... J8e. Ladies’ Chemise, choice 70c, 75c and 85c goods,..4....... 48b. Ladies’ Pants, worth 40c, .. .|8e. Ladies’Gowns, $1.00 and $1.25 grade ..'..tele. Infant’s”dresses,worth 40c .i.■.. 18c. Infant’s Presses, worth 75c .;.j:.&5e. Ladies’white Aprons..I.'joe. • —-« A. CORSET BAEGAIN. Five-Hundred Corsets in black, old gold, drab and white, cheap at 75c, only *8»eents. ---—'

V Lace Curtain Bargain— 200 sample Lace Curtains used by .drummer* to sell from, lovely designs some of them worth as high as $5 a pair. Choice Ibr (wo weeks . . .. 2Do.

u Shoe Bargain— 500 pairs of ladies’ fine Button Shoes, with patent tip, stylish fitting, elegant goods, regular price $t.9S, for two weeks only... .$1.38.

lO c:EILTT COUITTEE Js here asaia. You can aflford to travel 60 miles lor the bargains on this counter. See the Lovely Presents for those that Trade with Us. W. V. HARGROVE St CO., '-The People's Store-,

And now you have it. Subscribe for The Democrat ^pd secure all the news of»the county. Martin Fleener and family are in attendance at the world's fair this week. For a nice refreshing summer drink try “Coca-cola” at Bergen, Oliphant & Co’s. '* Gibson county fair September 11th Jo 16th. Round trip tickets via Oakland City, 90 cents. There will be an.election of three trustees by the I. 0. O. F. lodge on Monday evening, September 21st. Samuel Raney and Mrs. Lillian AtT nold, of itear Pleasautville, were married in tills city Tuesday morning by Squire Chappel. The conference of the M. E. church will be held at New Albany, September 13th to 19th. The E. & I. will sell tickets at one and one-third-fare. All the talk in the world will not convince you so quickly as one trial pf DeWitt’s Witch Haael Salve, lor scalds, burns, bruises, skiu affections and piles. B. O. & Co. 34* Head Quarters—for real estate, farm and city property for sale on reasonable teems at the reliable realpstate ageucv of W. II. II. Thomas, the leading real,estate agency in the pouuty. 3S-5 The doctors of Pike county took charge of the city last Monday, that being the day on which the board of county commissioners opened bids for pauper practice of the various townships. Pay Ur.—We have been very patient with our customers but we upw insist on our pay. Notes and accounts must be paid and this notice is to all who owe us.

11-3 J. B. Young & Co. By order of the city council tho electric light company have placed a Jight at the corner of Main and Sixth ■streets. This will make twenty-five arc 1 ights on the circuit. With a tew more additions and changes Petersburg will be well lighted. County Auditor McDonald, Jop Me pary and the county commissioners were here last Friday. The commissioners met with the Pike comity commissioners at the Dongola bridge ,to receive or reject the new work that had been completed. The matter. was amicably adjusted.—Oakland Pity Enterprise. A negro named Robert Burns was killed by an IS. & T. H. passenger train Suudsy at Patoba- Burns was lying on the tract when the train struck him. It is not known whether he was drunk and had gone to sleep, or that he had been killed aud bis body placed there by some other colored men who had been driukiug fad carpusing ucar the spot.

All kinds of brick at reduced prices at Read’s factory. I. II. Lamar is at the White Sulphur Springs this week. M. II. Thomas,the Union merchant, was in the city last Saturday. Soda water, the refreshing summer drink, is now on sale ot the City drug store. * * Dr. J. W. Bergen was called to Plcasantville, Kentucky, by the illness of his father. Daniel C. Ashby and daughter Fannie are visiting relatives near Augusta this week. Rev. Davis, a former pastor of the M. E. Church of this city, but now iu charge at Mt. Vernon, was here last week visiting old friends. Shiloh’s Cure, the great cough and croup cure is for sale by ail druggists. Pocket size contains twenty-five dose®, only 25 eents. Children Love it. 35* The two year old girl ot Charles Bolling died at the residence of James Bolling,last|Fridav. The funeral occured on Saturday afternoon at the Flat Creek chilrch. Notice.—Persons knowing themselves indebted to me, please call and settle by August 15 or 25, 1893. I need money. 11-2 J. Thos. Kime, M. D. J. E. Barr, of Westfield, Illinois, w>il deliver his famous lecture, “The Modern Bov,” at the M. E. church, Thursday evening, August 17th. Admission 25 cents; children, 15 cents. P All knowing themselves indebted to the estate of George W. Pinney will please come and settle immediately. Theptiooks will be at Brumfield & Dparing’s furniture store, 9-3 Mary Pinney.

oterm ft.inman.and William Selby have purchased the Star liverv stable of Geueral McDowell and took possession of the same last Saturday. The newproprietors ara well-known in the county and will seek their share of the trade. The Democrat would deem it a great favor if someone In each township .would take it upon himself to send in the uews from their respectiye neighborhoods. Don’t be backward about the matter, but send in the news. It will be appreciated by the editor and by the people.The Oakland City Enterprise complains#ery bitterly of the officers of that town for allowing assignation houses to be thrown open. More than that the editor so states that some of tjie high-kickers of the town are frequenters of the houses in question. Nick, you will do your whole duty when you get after the boys with a short stick, and give the officers of the town a prod or two. Make your officers do their duty or step down and out.

Milch cows for sale. 10-2 J. B. Young. Mrs. Emma S. Richardson is visiting her husband at White Cloud this week. Grant Hartley, west of town, re-1 joices over the advent of a,J>oy at his hone. Willis Retfsnvder, the clgav manufacturer, made a business trip to Portersville last week. The township trustees have made their Seal settlement with the county comrauioners for the current year. A number of citizens from here were summoued as witnesses in the white cap cases at Jasper this week. The fourth quarterly meeting of the White river circuit will convene at the G4adi*h chapel tomorrow and continue over Sabbath. There will be an election of directors, for the Thornton orphans’ home at the C. P. church on next Friday afternoon at two o’clock. _ i

On Saturday last there was not a single person in the county jail, the first time tu eighteen months. The people seem to be getting better. The best summer drink is Ilo-fco and Lemon Sour Soda Pop manufactured by A. J. Dant, Washington, Indiana, and for sale by James Kelly. Try it. 11-5 Lloyd Thompson is at Sulphur Springs this week. He is resting up over a hard summer’s work, preparatory to turning the soil for a big wheat crop. The G. A. R. boys have put incandescent lights in their lodge room. The boys are proud ot the fact that it was the first lodgo in the city to adopt the new lights. If you can afford to be annoyed by sick headache and constipation, don’t use DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for these little pills will cure them. Bergen, Oliphant & Co. 34* The national encampment G. A. R at Indianapolis, 4th to 6th. Round trip tickets will be sold by the E.& I railroad at $2.75 for the round trip, good returning until the 16th. Paving Bkick Bargain.—I will fill all orders tor first class paving brick delivered in corporation for $5.50 per 1QJ0 from August 10th to August 20lh. Thos. Read. Why do mothers worry and fret about the health of their childreu at this season of the year? Melo) prevents all diseases that eudanger the life of children these hot days. For sale by all druggists. Don’t fail to spend a,few weeks during the hot weather at the Pike county Sulphur Springs. If you are not feeling well this famous resort will give you new life. The springs is just the place for all invalids. 9-4 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 in keeping with the times. In another column will be found a notice of the Electric light company warning people from hitching to or defacing the electric light poles. The poles are the property of the company and citizens should treat them as they would other property. The citizens doff their hats to Un cle Jesse Battles, city marshal, tor the magnificent manner in which he has cleaned up the streets and alleys of the city. The council and Uncle Jesse mean business lrom ubw on and don’t you forget it. j • r

Iluntiugburg was visited by a conflagration Tuesday morning. Brownell & Co. furniture store, Yuuker’e dry goods store and Mrs. Henning, milliner, were burned out. These were among the largest stores of the town. The' loss will amount to upwards of 110,000. An exchange says that the bicjcle has produced a new disease which rejoices in tba remarkable uame-'of Kyphosis Bicyclistarum. lu plain language this is angular deformity of the spine, due to the confirmed stoops which tt^e bicyclist must adopt to ride rapidly. The young bicyclist whose muscles are not fully formed, must take escercise to counteract his stoop, for if pot, he will contract spinal curvature with all the ijls that {ollpw iti its train.

Gtwell One of the Busy Little Towns of the County. Something of Her Business and of Her People. A Generally Prosperous Little Inland Town of Activity. PheniX Like She Gomes to Front Aft&r Lack Conflagration.

Otwcll is situated about teu miles east of Petersburg in Jeflerson township, and is but one-half mile from the Dubois county line. It is without railroad or stream and purely an inland village, but not entirely cut off frdm the outside world, having a daily mail, aud the citizens are enabled to read the daily papers the same day published. The citizens are active and hustiiug, although being few in number. The only brick buildings in the town are those of Beadles & McCormick, the flouring mill and an elegant school building. The town is not closely built up and one not knowing the circumstances would call it “string town,” being stretched out along the main street of the town. The town is well shaded, beautiful shade trees lining the streets. It is one among the old towns of the county, and being situated as it is does a large trade among the people of that section of the county. The stores arc very well stocked for a village of its size, and the proprietors report business to be very good considering the stringency of the times. The town has been visited by numerous fires at different times, but always comes to the front with another building. The fires are nearly all ot incendiary N'igin, so that those building do not go to much expense in erecting fine business rooms or residences. The perpetrators have never been found out, aud* probably uever. will be. The editor of The Democrat on last Friday made a pleasaut trip to -Otwell and also made the acquaintance of a number of the citizens through the courtesy of postmaster Bai'tl and John Braden to whom we desire to return thanks. In looking over the little village we found it to contain a substantial brick school house where 'the young idea are taught their a b c’s and the older pupils the higher branches of study. The trustee of that township,Dr. Harris, provides the school with an excellent corps of teachers, who are capable of instructing the children for a higher course in college. There is but one church in the city, that being tile M. E. denomination. They have a very comfortable frame church building aud a frame parsonage on the east of it. The church is iu charge of Rev. J. D. Jeffrey, a very accomplished and polished gentleman. The cougregalion is very-large.

The flouring mill of Jesse Cliajllg & Sou, is one among the best in the county. It is a three-story brick structure and the machinery of the very latest style aud pattern. They have a very extensive trade in the neighboring towns and run up to their full capacity all the time. The following are the business enterprises of Otwell and the uatnes of the proprietors: Beadles & McCormick, dry goods, glass and queensware and gent's furnishings. Otweli flouring ihills. Jesse Chaille & Co. Miss Anna Hoskins, millinery. John M. Broqk, sewing machine agent, John Braden, harness dealer. Leyine & Xjevt, clothing, boots and shoes.

T. G. Hedrick, grocer. 1 David Phillips, blacksmith. Erastus Dillon, druggist. Currin Dillon, general dry goods. Sam Scott, livery and feed stable. Alex Haury, saloon. James T. Scaddlaud, hardware. F. Bart], postmaster. J. V. Chaille, insurance. - . Bowers saw and feed mill. Drs. S. It. Clark, W. M. DeMott and J. W. Godwin. -yL Chas. Ficken, of Petersburg, brother of Hy. Ficken, attended, the nuptials of his nephew, Geo. Ficken.— lluniingburg Neves. Now is the time for our citizens to build walks, while you can buy brick: at $5.50 per 1000 of Thos. Read. This is cheaper than plank walks. Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what you need for dyspepsia torpid liver, yellow skin or kidney trouble. It is guaranteed to stive you satisfaction. Price 75 cents, 35*

On account of the Elks’ big 6how and fire works at Evansville next Thursday, the E. & I. will sell round trip excursion tickets for 75 cents. James Hayes was arrested by Marshal Battles for having taken a a little sized jag on. Squire Chappell lined him one dollar aud. trimmings. Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San Diego, California, says: “Shiloh’s Catarrh remedy is the first medicine I have ever found that-would do me any good,” Price 50 ceuts. foo* The circus comes next Tuesday, and remember that when you come in don’t forget that The democrat otfice will be open all day to receive subscriptions. Come and see us. A merry party from Pike county spent Sunday iu this city. Misses Mertie and Esla Lee, of Algiers, and Messrs. G. B. DeTaraud T. C. Bryant Of Winslow. They drove through iu a carriage.— Washington Democrat. Estrayed.—One roan . heifer, oue* year-old. and marked with split in each ear. Finder will please take up and inform me and I will pay for all trouble. Address, Archiles Fett{xger, 9-2 Petersburg, lnd. The preliminary hearing of Thomas H* Dillon, charged with assault with intent to kill Willis Reifsnyder will take place tomorrow before squire O. C. Shaudy. Willis Reitsnyder arrested on a charge of similar offense o'u Thomas Dillon will have his preliminary hearing before Squire Chappel on next Thursday. On last Sundav, George Roth and wife, Simon Taylor, wife and daughter, W. E. McElderry and wife, Mrs. Jacob Gardner, Vance, May and Emma Gardner, George Floyd and Maggie Hatfield and Editor Bennett and tvife. went down to the mouth of Cypress, on the Ohio river and spent the day. The party report, they had an excellent time,—Boonville Enquirer. W. H- Hillman, of Madison township, has purchased an interest in the F. M. Kime grocery, the change taking place last week. The new firm are hustlers after trade. They have alreadv largely increased their stock of goods by adding a carload of groceries autl have ou the way largo shipments. They handle all kinds of family groceries, glass and queensware. They buy couuty produce of all kinds, pay casfi or trade. Don’t forget the new firm when you come to the city to do your trading. See their ad in today's paper.

I The farmers of Pike county will do well to hold their wheat for better pi ices. At the present time the mar- [ ket in Petersburg is away down, much lower than it should be, from the fact that foreign markets should enable, grain dealers to pay better prices, j The crop reports from all over the country and published in the dailypapers from day to day show that the corn crop will be very short on account of the severe hot weather. Many of |the states are suffering from the drought. The wheat crop has been light in the northwest, and the coin crop will reach a one-half crop. Tbertris a possibility of wheat reaching 70 or 75 cents by the first of January. Any grain dealer will tell voti that the prices of grain will advance ! owing fo the shortage of the crops.

On next Tuesday the boys w.io are always looking for a snap wil! have another chanee to "get even. Ths boys with the shells^ the three cards, the soap and mauv-other gamts will be on hand jo entertain their fiends If you have a five or ten-dollar bill that you have no use for only to get ten-for-one, call on theni and the;' will see that vcu do not use it an:' more. These gentlemen of sharp practices simply make their living in that way and must necessaiily ho supported, “Here she is, and them she goes, and tea-forgone if you goi it.” That's a sp cndid song ar d generally gets from thirty to a htndred suckers in every town. If you lost thirty or forty dollars on that Same game several yerrs ago, tackle it once more with your hard-earuct. cash. You don’t need the money and the other fellow doet. A slick gatg gererally follows a big * sliow, but, the managers as ii general rule try to prohibit such i gang trom following after them, but it seems to be impossible. It would he wise for those w.ho think tl ey cannot keep from betting on the other mail’s gamo to have a guardian appointed at once to take chirge of them on show day. Once mere keep your hand on vour pockethook ai d let the oilier fellow’s game alone, for he will heat iu the end.

Congress cozened Monday in extra sesson at the call of 1'resident Clevclai d. Tiio president's, message has been the one chief topi: on the streets for several weeks, the citizens wondering what recommendations he wonld mak; in regard to ,he Sherman silyer bid. The message was read in the hills of the na ional assembly5 Tuesday and upon every Iiand i s the message praised for I he straighl forward manner in which he treats ihe money matters of tod+y. lie simplymakes one recommendation in his message and that is the repeal of the purchase clause of Ihe Sherman act. He oftersjio substitute, but simply lays before cong/css their duty, a duty that ihould be performed at once. The message is without doubt the finest s ate paper ever ft rnished to the genet al assambly of the United. States. It is ear dorsad "by the business metiand politchns all over the| country. The Demockat of next week" will contain the message in full. Wili-airi Alsop, who wai sent up from this county at flie November term of the circuit court for one year lor stealing cattle, escaped from the Jeffersonville penitentiary last Wednesday. He has seen service in the pen befere and was considered as a “trusty”. He had oily three mouths to serve his term out. After serving his last terra he tried to straighten up, when be was anested on an old charge while visiting his sick riiothet in Tike county, the only reason for his arrest being that some one wanted the Veward of f'2.j against tilni. He has a'wife who soflulian descent and ownsa large tract o'land and considerable money in the Indian territory. It is believed that he Has gone there. ~ Later— Alsop was captured at Mount Vernon, Illinois,.Monday, and Warden Patteu lias rejuc led 1 im to prison. He was headed fai the .uidian territory to join his wife. Hiram Hughes and his wife, Etta Hughes, have been having trouble for several months past. She left; him sometime last September amV since that time has not liven with him. They had trouble ft Washington a few weeks since aid later had (rouble at Evansville. Mond; y they again met when the woman assaulted him with a club. He swor: out .a, warrant for her arrest and she had a trial before Squire Chappell Tuesday. She was fined one dollar and costs.

Ihere seems to be a kick going ur among seme of. the people because the city council allowed the electric light company Ijfiijodor street lighting fron* June 21s'. to August 1st. Th:2 Democrat knows nothing about the agree- \ ment between the council and the company. If there fytd ’been no agreement the company wottld not have presented the bill. Ignorance of the merits of De>Vitt'a Litile^Jarly Kisers is a misfortune.These li tie pilfcs^reguh te the liver, cure headache, dyspepsia, bad breath, constipation and hiHiotisuess. Bergen, Qlipha'ut Cu. $4*