Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 1, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 May 1894 — Page 8

PAL HAPPENINGS! pothered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters. £Iew8 Items From Here, There and Everywhere. fourt, City aid Personal Items In an Abreyiated Form. ym will FinO Them All Da^w Thl* Heading. ANNO UNCEMENTS. , FOR SHERIFF. Ed. Democrat.—Please announce mj name as a candidate for sheriff of Pike "bounty, subject to the decision of the Demo- ? 'cratlc primary election. The support of all *ls cordially solicited. T. J Scales. Wanted.—Second-hand bookcase, pall at this office. A child of Alex Barnes,’ living al JHosmer, was buried Sunday. M. Grey, Jefterson township, was in the city Monday on business. Fred Parrott and wife, of Mitchell, are the guests of friends in the city. Squire Edtnoudsou and wife, ol near Otwell, were in the city <J*yVinson France, of Monroe township, was in the city Wednesday or jbusiness. A. II. Poe, representing the Couriei Journal, Louisville, was in the city this week. The Ladies’Aid Society will meel at Mrs. W. C. Adams’ next Wetlues'day, May 23. Mrs. Louisa Collins, living in Lockhart township, died last .week ol consumption. The Epworth League of the M. E, church celebrated its fifth anniversary last Sunday eveuing. P. C. Billmeyer has moved his tinshop to the room on upper Main street, formerly occupied by Ashby & Chappell. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the ' Presbyterian church Friday afteri noon at 3 o’clock. Everybody invited, young aud old. The moruing train going sooth on the E. & I. road has changed time and passes this station at 7:20, a hall fiour later than before. To Breeders—I have six thoroughbred Southdown and Shropshire spring (buck) lambs for sale at $5.00 each. 1-2 Goodlet Morgan. John Sullivan, who was severely „ injured several mouths ago while working in a saw mill in Illinois: djed at his home near Dutchtowu last week. Our friend, the editor of the News, has May cherries on the brain. There ► are not enough ripe cherries lu Indiana to .make a five-cent pie at the present time. The six-months-old child of Qrin Jtoee died from the effects of whooping cough last Sunday. The funeral occurred Monday, interment taking place at Walnut Hills cemetery. William Gladish, Wash Carlisle and Peloss Hadlock, county commissioners, were in the city Tuesday viewing the progress of the work of the new jaii'and in consultation with the architect. The First district republican committeemen met at Evansville yesterday for the purpose of fixing a time aud place for the reconvening of the congressional convention. Dr. W. p. Link was delegated by chairman TlVilson to represent Pike county. -- -- ■ ■„ ,

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Petersburg is to have a new bank. It is a sure go. The farmers will finish planting corn next week. Lecture at the M. E. church to* night by Rev. Dr. Halstead. Home grown strawberries are in market at twenty cents a quart Attorney Wilson is transacting business in Oklahoma this wiek. Subscribe for Thk Democrat and secure the news of your county. J. W. Ashby, of Patoka township, was in the city yesterday on business. New styles in furniture received every week at Braden’s fnrniture store. Dr. £. S Imel, of Algiers, was in the city Tuepday and left his order for The Democrat. Ed O’Brian, the grocery clerk, was feeling very proud, Tuesday morning—bouncing big boy. Mis^Etta Coonrod has opened up an ice cream parlor in the room for* inerly occupied py F. Baker as a barber shop. County Commissioner Gladish is building a new barn. When com* pleted it will be one of the finest in Madison township. Gustoff Frank was at Princeton this week looking after his store interests there. His son Sol who has been there for several weeks, is at home for a few days. All members of theU. R. K. of P. are requested to meet at the armory next Monday evening. Business of importance demands that you attend. Leslie Lamb, Captain. Harrison H. Woblsey. of Monroe township, and Miss Mollie Barrett, of Lockhart township, were united in marriage at the clerk’s office in this city by Squire Chappell yesterday morning. You should have a connty paper in your homes to inform you each week of the happenings. You can secure Yhe Democrat six months for 65 cents, or one year for $1.25. Send in your names and the money. The Pil^e County Democrat has just passed its 24 mile stone, and still is strong, and hqalthy. The Post wishes it many more years of success and feels warranted in sayiug that as long as McC. is holding the helm it will succeed.—Vincennes Post.

roe Dasement story or me new jan will be completed next week. The iron work will then be commenced and a big force of workmen will be on hands. The residence portion will be commenced sometime next month when the corner stone will be laid. Invitatious are being sent out this week by the graduating class of the Petersburg high school for the commencement exercises to be held in the M. £. church, May 28th. The graduates are Misses Fanny Ashby and Delia McGowan and Goethe Link. The invitations are the finest ever sent out by the schools aud were furnished by The Democrat job office. George W. Smith, of Monroe City, and Mrs. Susan Dillon of this city were married yesterday morning by Rev. S. F. Anderson at the M. E. parsonage. Mr. Smith is a very prominent and wealthy farmer of Knox county, while Mrs. Dillon is one of the well known residents of Petersburg. After the ceremony they left for Mr. Smith’s home and after a short visit with friends in Knox county will return to this city, where they will reside in the future. The Democrat extends its best wishes to Mr. and Mr$. Smith. Joe Newkirk, Dan Ashby and Joe Vincent are neighbors in this city. They have small garden patches and Newkirk has a horse. An agreement was eutered into that the three should plant potatoes. Newkirk was to do the plowing and Ashby and Vincent to do the hoeing. Newkirk has complied with his part of the contract and has made the second plowing of the potatoes. Ashby aud Vincent have hoed their own respective potatoes but have forgotten all abou^ New* kirk’s garden spot and the latter is about to rue the bargain. Or. S. F. Scott, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., Mo., says; “For whooping oough Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is excellent." By using it {teely the disease is deprived ot all dangerous consequences. There is no danger in giving the remedy to babies, as it contains nothing injurious. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by J, R. Adams A Son, Petersburg, E. Dillon, Otwell. * Cure for Headache. As a speedy remedy for all forms of headache Electric Bitters has proven to be the very best It effects a permanent cure and' the most dreaded habitual headaches yield to its influence. We urge all whom, are afflicted to procure a bottle and give this remedy a fair trial, In cases ofbibitual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long rdsist the use of this medicine Try at onee. Large, bottles only 50 cents at J. R. A^lams A Son's drug store.

PIKE COUNTY ITEMS. __________________ News Gathered by Our Correspondents from Various Parts of Pike County for the Democrat’s Readers. x% fovr Friends, Where and What thej Are Dot ua at Present. Brief Hew* ltwu Graphically PortrayH-SeaS la loar lteais. Telpen Items. Cat worms are playing havoc with most everything in this vicinity. Harve Tisdale and family visited Lee Howard Sunday. The reverend Carr visited his fathei^at Survant a few days ago Elias Garrett visited Survant. Saturday. Mr. G. is oneot Marion township’s staunchest democrats Betty Miller, daughter of John Miller, who so mysteriously disappeared from home a few days ago has turned up in Arkansas hale and hearty. It was thought at first that she had met with foul play as ail her clothing was left hehind On closer investigation she had put on male attire to disguise herself. Blanche Risley, daughter of Jackaon Risley, is laying dangerously low with consumption. There is a good deal of complaint about the fly being in the growing wheat. Fields that looked promising a few days ago wont make over half a crop. Our Sunday school at this place la still in progress. Rev. Burch will occupy the pulpit next Saturday and Sunday. The populists of Marion township will meet at the Spraggins sohool house next Saturday to nominate a. full county ticket to be voted for next November. The republicans are bustling around in this township trying to find men that will defeat the whole democratic ticket next November. < Will the republicans please tell us why they defeated two as good men as the county affords: Leroy Broadwell and Calvin Stone? James Willis, of near here, had an old fashioned log rolling and quilting a few days ago. There were about sixty men and women besides a host of children. If we were to say that we have men in this place who try to be prominent and to carry out their own selfish purposes will persist in tiding to throw reproach on the character of others by circulating things that they know are false. We are sorry to say that such is the case at this place. There is a large*corn crop being planted in this vicinity. There will Iso 100' acres planted in Patoka bottoms, all new ground if the weather is good. ^ i Rev. E. A. Woods and wife returned from Princeton a few days ago, where they were to visit their daughter. Jake Risley, of near here, is dangerously ill at this writing. There are two families by the name of Baker, moving in the James Survant property. The people of Survant are making preparations to have a big time on memorial day. They expect to celebrate the day with a big basket dinner. Nelson Miller, son of Felix Miller, who got his arm broke some time ago, we are glad to learn is getting better.

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MOT AFRAID OF DOGS. n«7 Kmw Jast Wh*t tm DoWlm • M| One Cam* After Them. I was standing on the railroad platform of a small country town • few evenings ago. There were four men grouped apart from where I was standing conversing among themselves. Jost beside the edge of the platform were the grounds of some private residence, fenced in by an iron fence only 8 feet high. Inside the fence, held by a heavy chain, was a dog of the deerhound breed. He was impatiently ohafing against the restraint imposed upon him and pulled and togged at his chain at a great rate. The four men were standing looking at him and making comments. “I don’t know why it is,’* said one, “that I never have the least sensation of fear of dogs. Why, if that dog was to break loose and jump the fence, it might be dangerous, but I'd be just as cool as I am now." “I’vehad several narrow escapes with ferocious dogs,” said another, “and I’ve trained myself to instantly crush them by looking them in the eye steadily. Notice my eye ?" The other three peered Into it “Well, gentlemen, that eye has ooweddogs that would take n logoff you at a bite." 4 The third man, who had beep for some time trying to interrupt No. 8 in order to get off his little tale, seised the opportunity and struck in. “1 simply kick ’em," he said. “I’ve had dogs come at me at lightning speed, gentlemen, jaws wide open and their eyes red with rage. All I’ve done is to calmly step aside and plant one tremendous kick in their ribs as they went by. It took oourage, but I was always there. I never had one to comeback at me yet." The fourth man was just opening bis mouth to tell his little lie when the deerhound over the fence got loose, and probably not thinking of the four men at all bounded over the fence to make good his liberty. I watched to see the man with the wonderful eye get in his work, and the kicker do his great kicking act, and the man with the iron nerve stand coolly with his arms folded, but none of them was doing his specialty that day. Instead the whole one horse quartet turned and jostled and bumped and trod on each other’s toes in a wild endeavor to get out of the way of that deerhound. The head of the iron nerved man bumped into the man with the mesmeric eye and jammed his hat down so that the luster of the eye was dim* jned, and I suppose that’s why it didn’t work. The man who always kicked vicious dogs did get in bis kick, but it was on my right shin accidentally, as he rushed by me to save his life. But the deerhound rushed over the fields without looking at any of the heroes.— Mount Holly Dispatch. She Was Dyspeptic* A rather sallow looking woman, well dressed and refined, was at a table in company with another lady, somewhat her junior in years. “ What do you want?" said the maid. “Oh, I don’t know. Sometimes it seems like I had dyspepsy. And I've done everything for it. Drank hot water in the morning and lived on milk diet exclusively for a month. Then I tried the raw beef system and took enough medicine to float a steamboat in. bidn’t do me no good, and I just quit thinking about myself and said if I was sick I was sick, and I’d just give my stomach something to think about. oSo I quit fooling, and now I just eat anything I please or want. Well, just order me a chicken salad, a piece of hot mince pie and a cup of chocolate With whipped cream. They won’t hurt me any more than crackers, beef tea or toast. If my stomach doesn’t last long, it will enjoy itself while it does last." —Cincinnati Tribune.

An Odd Verdict. We sometimes bear odd stories of fanny verdicts by country juries, bat it is not often we really come across one in the realms of fact. A Hawkhorst jury which sat on a poor old laborer provides as with a Kentish sample of sharp Wit. The surgeon who made the post mortem gave it as his opinion that death arose from a powerful irritant poison. The jary had their own ideas and gave a verdict that death was dae to the inclement weather! We have not heard whether the case has been placed in the hands of the county analyst, but it is certainly new that cold weather and irritant poison are synonymous.—Rochester and Chatham (England) Standard. An Interesting Region. In spite of the interest long felt in the cliff dwellers of the west there are still some fine example* of their work in eastern Utah as yet unexplored. The approach from this side is over the ranges and high mesas of western Colorado, a country most difficult to traverse and peopled chiefly by miners too eager for gold and silver to give much time or thought to ethnography. This may explain the fact that so Interesting a region remains neglected.—Chicago Herald. _ Negroes Speaking Irish. The Irish language still lingers in the RnframAM among the mixed descendants of the Hibernian slaves banished by Cromwell to the West Indies. One can occasionally hear, it is said, black sailors in the London docks, who cannot speak a word of English, talking Irish to the old Irish apple women whom they meet and thus making themselves intelligible without a knowledge of the Saxon tongue.—London Ulobe. The First Newspaper* The Acta Diurua of ancient Rome is the earliest approach to the newspaper of which we have any authentic record. The Acta appeared daily until the downfall of the empire, A. D. 476. It was published under the auspices of the government and posted in some public place, the contents consisting of a digest Of public dockets, a summary of daily occurrences and all news of a general Character.—Chicago Tribune.

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