Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 25, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 November 1893 — Page 1

YOL. XXIV. PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1893. NO. 25. __i__:___•

Ml Sffl FB! ■The saw is largo and the jeeth are deep, and the * Prices we will make you will show that the Saw Cats Deep aid tottae Cote Times are close but the mill must run, and we propose to give you firstclass geods for less money than any house in the State. Our stock of

Buggies and Carriages Wagons and Surreys is to large lor the season. It will pay you to buy now. Our stock pt Heating and Cook Stoyes Is the largest everbrousrht to this place am} we must sell. Our stock of t HARDWARE .Can’t bp excelled and we must reduce it. Our stock of Hand* Made® Harness And Saddles is the largest by far that was ever kept in the city. We are going to close them out. Our stocjt of

Net Home “Sewing” Machines Pianos and Organs Is too large for the room and they must go. This immense stock must go -within the |J K j NeztTMrtyDays Don’t fail to take advantage of the low prices. Call aud see us. Patterson & Alexander.

The W. C. T. U. meets in the C. P. church at 2:30 p. in. next Friday. Will Doty returned on Monday from Nebraska where he has been visiting his sister a few weeks. Joseph Newkirk moved into bis residence on upper Main street, which be recently purchased of J. W. Wilson. The £. & I. railroad will sell excursion tickets to Evansville, at 11.25, November 10th on kccouut of the Catholic church fair. Halloween has come and stone. Likewise several gates are goue and other things too numerous to mention. Things loose Were gathered up aud exchanges made. J. H. Barrett, of Spurgeon, was in the city Wednesday and made a call at this’office. Mr. Barret! is a hustling farmer and one of the good citizens of Mouroe township. Hub Tislow has opened, up a jewelry shop in the room occupied by Miss Brazzleton as a millinery store. Hub is a good workman and will no doubt ; secure a share of the trade. Next Monday is the last day for payiug the fall installment of taxes. The treasurer and his deputy have been very busy the past few days taking in the rents of the people. Miss Blanche Anderson, of Sullivan, ylsited her parents, ltev. aud Mrs. Anderson, last Sunday. Miss Anderson is engaged as one of the teachers in the public schools of that city. Thk Dxmorat is under obligations to James E, Brittain, of Lacy, Oklahoma, for copies of late papers of that territory. They show the growth of the towns in which they are published and are very interesting. The ladies of the Aid* society will hold their annual fair ou December 21st. All members interested will please lend their assistance, and those in arrears for dues please settle up.

Next meeting at Mrs. Gullick s, October Till. Buyers should not fail to read the advertisements in Tmo Democrat, and buy of those who want vour trade. Tell them that you saw their advertisement in the various county papers. It pays to trade with those who advertise, and don’t yon forget it. The following pensions have been granted jn the first congressional district during the past week, and include original, restoration and increase of pension: > Margaret West full, Boonvllle. Margaret Finch, Grandview. William Grubbs, Poseyvllle. George Haughland, Boonville. Cora Ellis, Evansville. Carl Lemastcrs, the blacksmith, has been doing some very fine work in his line of trade this week. He is a very fine workman, and on Tuegday last became so excited that he forgot all about his work and rushed home, book in hand, and commenced to learn the latest songs which lie sings to his ten-pound soil during the wee sma’ hours of night. )¥e don't mind to have a few cats around, but when some person makes an exchange with us after night he should leavfe something equivalent to that taken. One night last week some sneaking cuss without the loye of some good woman stole several of our chickens and left in their placo several half-grown cats. Now we don’t care anything for the cats, but we did hate to lose those chickens. It is not generally known, but nevertheless true, that Petersburg is one of the best towns in Southern Indiana. While some of the citizens may sit back and not d<? much in the way

ui iui|jru%iiig ur uei^iug aiuug a "uuu cause, the business men are in a good shape financially. They have a plenty and keep their stocks up in good shape. There is a time coining, and it is not far distant, when Petersburg will taitf a big boom. Let ’er come. The Linconian debating society, of this place will meet the Winslow debating society in joint discussion at the court house jn Petersburg next Friday evening, November 10. The subject chosen for debate is Resolved, “That the Soul of Mau is Immortal.” The affirmative will be supported by Will Carleton and Everett Wiggs, of this place. George B. DeTar and Calvin Weeks, of Winslow, will take the negative. Good music will be furnished for the occasion and the pqhlip is cordially invited to attend

The Third Confession is Made by Murderer Stone. Hb Appeared Before the Daviess Grand Jury Tuesday. And Implicates Two Others With HftTlug a Hand la the KilUn?. (fmei T His S^aerasi Confessions Becoming KslUer Cktsunllf.

James Stone, the self-confessed murderer of the Wratten family near Gleudale, Daviess county, was again before the grand jury at Washington, Tuesday morning at one o’clock. He made a third confession before that body, on the strength of which two other parties, Charles S. MdCafferty, a brother-in-law of the murdered man, aud Robert Swanegan, were arrested. Stone was brought on the night traiu from Jeffersonville to Washington aud takeu back on the six o’clock train, so mysterious and quiet were the officers about the return of Stoho that tew people knew anything of it until the murderer was on his way back to the penitentiary in charge of Sheriff Leming. Some niiuers who happened to be on the train finding out that Stone was aboard, were about to take hint from the train and hang him, but their plans were frustrated by the sheriff. Just what the last confession contains is a mystery, as the lawyers in charge of the prosecution refuse to divulge any of the proceedings, and the newspaper reports sent out are simply guesswork. But. enough has been learned that Stone has not yet told the truth aud nothing but the truth as regards the wholesale murder of the Wratten family. Very little credence is now placed in any of the confessions made by Stone. He has pow implicated eight persons besides himself in the murder. Many of the citizens of the neighborhood of the crime do not believe that that number were engnged in the horrible affair, and set Stone down as an unmitigated and colossal liar. McCafferty married a daughter of Mrs. Wratten, and by the murder of the family his wife became the sole heir. After the murder McCafferty and wife offered a reward of $1,000 for the capture and conviction of the murderers. Neither of the parties have ever beeu suspicioned of the crime before, and a new feeling is again being worked tip. The air in and around Washington is rife with stories of the crime and it is impossible to get a straight story from any one. Had the presence of

Stone become known Tuesday morning it is safe to say that he would have been, torn to pieces in less time than }t takes to-tell it. The citizens are worked up over the affair, and Stone’s confessions adds more fuel to the indignation. The officers are doing all in their power to clear up the affair satisfactory and to arrest all connected the murder. The question now Is: when will Stone make another confession? Gus frank occupies space on this page of today’s paper to announce that he is still in business and that next week he will qupte some big bargains for the people’s consideration. * Head the ad this week and don’t fail to take a squint at the new one next week. Joe Crouch returned to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Monday, where he is employed by the American Press Association as telegraph editor. He has a very responsible position and has given'eminent satisfaction to his eir,; ployers. Ilis wife will remain in the city several weeks, the guest of Prqf. and Mrs. Crouch.

Persimmons are ripe. The pucker having been taken but by the late frosts. W. H. Taylor, of Vincennes, waJ in the city last week visiting his mother, who has been ill for sometime past. Sixth street is receiving more attention. That part betweeu Cherry and the railroad is being raised some three feet. * Squire Chappell has removed his office to the front room over Kime’s grocery, where justice will be meted out to the evil doers. Shiloh’s Vitalizer lb what you need for dyspepsia torpid liver, yellow skin or kidney trouble. It is guaranteed to give you satisfaction. Price 75 cents, 35* Walnuts are only worth fifty cents per bushel while hickory nuts being sixty cents and pecans $2.00 per bushel. The crop this year is very large. Vfc Thb A. O. U. W. state convention last Friday, at Evansville drew 182 people from this city and vicinity. The ipembersof the order report as having a good time while there. The entertainment at the M. E. church last Thursday by the McManuis sisters, assisted by home talent, was very well rendered. Each and all acquitted ^themselves very creditably. \ We could not improve the quality if paid double the price. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the best salve that experience can produce, or that money can buy. Bergen, Oliphant

& CO. 34* We would deem it a favor if a few good democrats would tkke it on themselves to send in the news from Velpen, Arthur, Winslow, Stendal and other points in the cotjnty where The Democrat has no correspondent, The editor of the News has given it out that Sheriff Kinman and Treasurer Beach will not he candidates for a re-nomination at the coming primary election. Wait 'til the roses bloom next spring aud a new song may be sung. Jacob Rickrieh, of.Lynnyille, Indiana, through his attorney, Abe Cole of Oakland . City, has instituted suit in the Gibson circuit court for 110.000 damages against the £■ &. I. Railway for injuries received while crossing the track at Oakland City. Benton V. Parker, one of the old reliablo democrats of Jefferson township has enrolled for The Democrat during the coming year. No demo- ! crat in Pike county should Jbe without his paper, and The Democrat is the only one published in the county. The Southern Indiana editorial association meets at Washington next Tuesday !f.fl,ernoon. The press of this section of the state should be fully represented and prompt action taken in regard to the several matters of importance that may come before that body. Patterson & Alexander, the hardware and implement men, have an advertisement for the buying people to read in another column. They mean business and mean just exactly what they say. Their stock is large and has been very carefully selected for the trade of this county. It will be dollars in your pocket to call and see them before you make any purchases in the line of5 goods which they hapdle. .. While at Chicago a few weeks ago, the proprietor of this paper bought a large number of new faces and styles of type for the job department of this office. They consist of tha very latest styles and are suitable for all classes of stationery for business men.

the Democrats job room is well supplied with type to do the finest printing in Southern Indiaua. Give us a call and be convinced tfiat we do job priming in the best, of style and on firstclass stock. Hogan and Green, the policemen of Chicago, who were arrested charged with robbing Howard Adams of a diamond pin while he was being removed from the Arlington hotel to the city morgue, were acquitted last I Thursday of the charge. The case ; was a very peculiar one and from what could be learned from the evidence at this place it looks impossible for a judge to dismiss the proceedings without holding the accused to the higher courts. But ^Chicago courts are dilleruut (font those field |iu Indiana. 1 a

It isn’t a common sight to see our ad in this paper,but the readers always know we o mean dollars in their pockets when we do * come out in print'. It is a well-known and common saying,“Age before beauty.” We are one of the old and beyond doubt J The Most Reliable Firm in Town 9 And put it down we are here for keeps, and when we once qpote a price for an article it is not for an old or hard stock but for First Class Goods Every Time

Don’t look for these goods outside but come in and look over our immense line of goods in every department. We have such a variety our pavement hasn’t space enough. It’s no trouble to show you our goods whether you be lookers or buyers. We are going over our new _ Fall Stock of Reliable Goods And next week will fill this space with prices no competitor dare meer. In the meantime we are going to/-ofier such inducements that it will pay you to see us. We have the prettiest line of Stylish Capes and Jacket^ In town. Come in and see them. Watch this next week. .... ' ' f ■ ’ .v Giis Frank’s Mammoth Store

The jury commissioners meet next Monday for the purpose of selecting grand and petit jurors for the coming term of court which commences one week from Monday. The huuting party which left here a few weeks ago for Arkansas will return today. In all they have killed something like one hundred deer, rabbits and sich—mostly rabbits. ^The purchase clause ot the Sherman bill has been repealed by both branches of congress, and on Wednesday the president signed the bill. The fight lasted for thirteen weeks. Willis Reifsnyder, the cigar manufacturer, made some extra fine cigars, Tuesday, out of tobacco costing $4.50 per pound. This was done through great excitement. Cause—big boy at his home, who asked for au “Industry” the first thing. County Clerk Morgan has been doing a very large business during the past week. Besides the general work of the office he has issued the following marriage permits: W illiam White and Loo Bearing. Marshall Breswter and Jennie W eefcs. Nicholas Truckey amt Eliza B. Booker. John A. Thomas and Carrie A. Wiscaver. Ernst B. Harris and Emma P Hollon. William Bird and Sarah L. Hammond.

Yesterday Miss Sadie Siple, a young lady of Helphenstine’s addition was standing near a beating stove, when she fainted and fell on it, burning her severely. He face and arms were scorched pretty bad and she is in a serious, hut . not dangerous condition. It will take some time for the wounds to fully heal. Her many friends will regret to hear of the sad aceident.—Washington Gazette, Oct. 31. Joseph Newkirk and George West made a raid on this office yesterday morning about eleven o'clock and began to till their pockets with hickory nuts. These nqts were bought for the express purpose ot fooling a few of our friends. They were pulled very young, hav0\ no kernels aiid it takes a pile-driver jto crack them. The last seen ot them 4hey were "making their way to Charles Veeck’s blacksmith shop to borrow his sledge and anvil. With a grand total of 21,477,219 paid admissions, the world’s fair was officially closed Monday night. The total number of admissions on passes were 2.052.158, making a grand total of 23,529,400. After every debt of tho world's fair has been paid, there will remain at least $1,000,000, and perhaps more, to be distributed among the stockholders. Since its organization to Monday morning, the exposition ^company has paid out $30.558.849 01, or three times the amount the managers expected to spend when they commenced building the fair.

THE MODEL Mayi Ural Backes St Berridge, Props, w 4 Wo have just opened up a Bakery and Restaurant in the room formerly occupied by Frank Battles, on lower Main street, and where we invite all our friends-to call and see us. We will hake M Bread, h ai Cate Eveyy day. We also serve Lunch and W arm ileals at all hours of the day. GANDIES AND ICE CREAM 4=** We will make a specialty of the above this summer. Don’t fail to call and see us. Backes & Berridge. FRIO) SMITH Dealer in all kinds of , . , FURNITURE,

.Funeral Supplies ‘A Specialty, ' of Parlor and Household Furniture to wo found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Snitst a Specialty. *_ In funeral supplies we keep* Caskey Shrouds, etc., of the best make.