Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 August 1894 — Page 1

VOL. XXV. NO. 12 -P PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1894

-A-X XT -A.a-_A.I3iT Friday Bargain Day! —To avoid the rush of Saturday we have made—— • 7 Friday ❖ Oar ❖ Slaughtering; ♦ Day Ol each week. Wc do this that you may make your purchases on Friday while wh haye time to properly wait upon you. Remember these bargains are for Friday only. We always sell cheaper than other stores, everybody knows that, but at the following prices it beats finding gold dollars. You can aftord to travel fifty miles to trade with us. SEE 0(/R FRIDAY PRICER Every yard Calico in the house {none reserved) fop Friday. 4}4 cents yard Best LL Muslin for sheets, extra heavy... 5 cents yard 500 yards Shirting . 4 cents yard 475 yar is Dress Gingham. beautiful patterns. 8^ cents yard 289 yards French Ginghams,25cent quality.. . .. 19 cents vard 459 yards best Apron Gingham,7’£ qOallty .;. . 5 cents yard Thousands of yards Summer Dress goods . Half orice Turkey red Table Linen . 19 cents yard Berlin for eurtaias .. ... .... . 5 cents yard Good Toweling .. 3* cents yard r lannelette for Shirts and Waists ... .. 6 cents yard Bed Ticking, full wid»h . .... 10 cents yard £. Lace Curtains.2>* yards long ...... .... .. 48 cents pair Genuine Bur Ingrain CarpetB.'.. 35 cents vard Brussells Carpets . ..... 50 cents Vard Window Shades, spring fixtures coinpleUt.. . 19 cents eaeh Ladies’ Silk Mitts, Scent quality.. .... 19 cents pair Ladies’Kid Gloves, Tan only .... . . 45 cents pair Ladies’ Foster hook Kid Gloves...;. ... 83 cents pair All dollar Corsets for Friday ... .,_ ... 89 cents each 10) pairs sample Towels.. .... Half price Pearl Buttons . ..v. 5 cents doz 3 papers genuine brass pins. 10 cents Ladies’Y. B. F. seamless Hose.... .... 12U cents pair Infants button Kid Shoes ... 19 ceuts pair Ladies’ l^d button Shoes . ...^ ... 1I8 cents pair Ladies’ genuine Dongola Kid, 31.90 quality.1.24 pair Ladies’ 1272 Stribley’s fine Kid Shoes . .. .... 2 29 pair Ladles’ *3.00 Plants ..... 2.48 pair Ladies’ Slippers,76cent quality ... ... . . 59 cents pair Ladles’Slippers. $2.25 quality. |... . .... .... 98 cents pair Ladles’ fine hand-sewed Slippers % off. Slothing charged. Everything sold for cash. These price can only be obtained on each Friday. Bring this advertisement anil compare prices. W. V. Hargrove & Co JZm^TEE PEOPLES’ STORE. Only Bargain Store in Petersburg.

THE; GOLD MINE HERE WE ARE! ' Too Busy to Write an Ad WHAT'S THE RUSH? ■ LOW FISIOEIS. Did You Ever Have a Fit? In a pair of Shoes. James Means’Shoes are made right: they fit right too, and they cost no more than the ordinary kinds sold by other stores, it is acknowledged that we carry the best line of lootwear in town, aud the prices are right to. Did you know that we almost Give Away Goods in August. Such is the Case Think of a Man’s Suit of Clothes for — M<m’s Wool Light Suits. $7.25, were $1000. Men’s Suits now $10 50- that were $15.00l $ 2 50

SEE OPR AUGUST PRICES^®--4 Boy’s Suits, well made .“...... Boy’s Suits, worth 81.50, now . Men’s Suits at one-third off. Men’s Shirts ... Men’s Suspenders, good Quality. Men’s Work Pants ... .. ... Men’s Overalls .. Men’s Work Jackets . Men’s Unlauudri<Hl White ShirtsMen’s Congress Shoes .... .. ... 140 pairs Men’s Fine Shoes . 161 pairs Men’s 12.50 Shoes for August Men’s Summer Coats and Vests _ Men’s Seamless Socks, per pair. . 4S . 98 . IS . 10 . 58 38 . 25 . 48 . ‘98 $1 48 . I 95 . I 25 5 Thousands of other goods equally as oheab. Remembsr if you waqt the oorrect styles we, are the place, see us during AugustStar Clothing House, PETERSBURG, INDIANA,

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters, News Items From Here, There and Everywhere. Court, City and Personal Items in an Abreyiated Form. You Will Find Them All tinder This Heading. Soda water at Bergen & Olyphant's. Postmaster Phillips, of Oakland City was iu the city Monday last, Vinson France, of Monroe township, was in the city last Monday. The infant child of Jack Richardson, Madison township, died Tuesday. Auditor Tomey, of Washington, was in the city last Friday on business. Trustee Barrett, of Lockhart township, was iu the city last Saturday on business matters. John Survant, of Survant, was in the city Tuesday on business, and also called on the editor. Threshers—Get your steam coal at the Posey mines for two cents, per bushel. Ckarespe Parker. John M. Davis, democratic nominee for trustee of Monroe township, was in the city last Saturday on busi

ness. Rev. Charles Wei born, of the C. P. church, at Evansville, has resigned his pastorate and will accept a call from Logansport, W. A. Braden has the largest stock of furniture and undertaking supplies ever parried iu Petersburg, and he says he wants it distinctly understood that he will not be undersold. 'I he populists of this couuty will hold a mass convention at Winslow, Saturday. August 11th. Capt. Powers, of Terre Haute, aud Prof. Boyce, of Princeton, will make addresses on that day. W- W. Suryant, democratic nominee for assessor of Marion township,* was in the pity last Tuesday on business. He is a solid democrat and will be elected by a large majority at the November election. t G. J. and Mrs. Nichols entertained the members of tho Reading Club at their pleasant borne on East Main street Tuesday eveutng. A very pleasant evening was spent by the members and Invited friends. Col. C. C. Matson, ot Greencastle, was in the city this week on legal matters. The colonel was the democratic nominee for governor in 1888 and made an excellent canvass, although he was defeated by a small vote.

The colored pamp meeting is over, and from & financial standpoint was a great success, but from a religions standpoint it is difficult to see what results, if any, were accomplished. The meeting drew large crowds of curious people who went to see what was going on and how. colored people held meetings. It was the greatest money-making scheme here tor a : long time. John L. Gentry, of Warrick county 1 a convict in the prison south, was pardoned by the Governor last week. Gentry was sentenced for life in 1886 ■ on the charge of murdering C. J. Agee. The crime grew out of a ; quarrpl in a saloon. Agee was a i candidate for office. Gentry declined to, drink with him, claiming Agee wasavebel. The murder was committed with a knife. As Agee fell a | four pound weight dropped out of his hand. The claim was made that Gentry acted in self-defense, and on this, tljte pardon was issued.

Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of walen and clock repairs. 28* Moses Frank shipped two car loads of stock to Cincinnati, Tuesday. Lon Trontner and wife, of Oakland City, were In the city last Sunday. Charles E. Jones, of Paoli, is in the city the guest of William and Mrs. Braden. A special venire of thirty jurors were drawn in the white cap case Tuesday last. Jerome Evans and family, of Washington, were the guests of Ed Guuckle and wife Sunday. For a nice cool, refreshing drink of any of the summer beverages go to the City drug store. * Crill Adams and wife and Miss Bertha Frank visited friends in Princeton yesterday. Rev. Richardson, of Georgetown, arrived home Wednesday to remain several days with his family. The old reliable family paper, Thk Democrat, is still in the front rank. Send in your name and the cash. Leave orders for coal at Hisgeo’s butcher shop. Coal delivered at any lime. 2tf Clarence Parker. William Rodimel is now sole owner of the Star livery stable having bought out the interst of George Wilder.

Perry Weston and £mbree Hoard, and Mij-ses Sadie Woodrufl and Daisy Weston, of Oakland City, were visiting friends here last Sunday. Head Quarters—for real estate, farm and city property for sale on reasonable terms at the reliable realestate agency of W. H. H. Thomas, the leading real estate agency in the county. 38-5 Mayor John H. Spencer, of Washington, was in the city Sunday attending the* colored camp meeting. The mayor thought kindly of haying one open up in that city during the next few months. Dr. J. R Duncan, a former practitioner iu this city, but for sometime past living at Bedford, is here on a visit to friends. His health has greatly improved by the change, be having been in the south for several mouths. Dr. T. W. Basinger attended the meeting of the Mitchell district medical society at West Baden Springs last week. The doctor read a paper before the society relative to the diseases of children. The paper was highly spoken of. i The countv teachers’ institute con- ; veues in this city next Monday morn- | ing for a session of five days. The instructors for the session, Prof. Craig, of Lafayette, and Prof. Boyce, of Princeton, come highly recommended. Lecture each evening. On Thursday evening Miss Clyde Shoptaugh, of Princeton, will give an elocutionary entertainment. David Horton and Mrs. Mary Colemau met with quite an accident last Sunday. While near Alford the buggy in which they were riding was upset by another horse running against it, throwing them out. Mrs. Coleman suffered a broken arm, while Mr. Horton was considerably bruised up. The horse came on to the city, and in turning into the alley tote the buggy almost to pieces.

Herman Fulcher, the farmer who lives in Madison township on the river road,undoubtedly had the biggest yield of wheat of auv farmer iu Pike county from the same number of acres. He threshed 0.304 bushels of wheat, an average of 26)£ bushels to the acre. Ten acres of the above made an average of 49}^ by machine measure, aud 52*4 bushels per acre by weight. William Doty threshed the wheat and 600 bushels of oats in five and one-half days. The letters “ss” are to be found at ! beginning of acknowledgments and all other legal documents, but not one in a dozen can tell what the cabalistic “ss’*is tor—even some lawyers ean't. The abbreviation is a contraction of the latin word “sillicit” which is also a contraction, having originally been written scirelicate, neither of which yon will notice has more than one ‘*s.w The word entire or in its abbreviated state U equivalent to the old English “to-wii,” still widely used, the design of both beiug simply to call attention to what follows^

All the latest summer drinks at the City drug store. * Dr, J. W. Bergen made & business trip to Louisville Wednesday. Dr. Knapp, of Washington, was in the city this week on business. O. M. Kolb, postmaster of Princeton, was in the city Wednesday. FI. H. Tislow jewelry and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guarteed. p Miss Sadie Sollman, of Nash Illinois, is visitiug her aunt, Mrs. John Ilamtuond. Y The infant child of Ralph Freeland, living ovor the river* in Knox county, died Sunday. Money to Loan.—On five years’ lime on real estate mortgage; low rates of interest. W. H. H. Thomas. 1 tf Robinson & Co., and Gladish & Jones each shipped a car load of stock to the Cincinnati market list Tuesday. F. D. Wallace, of Wheatland, has purchased the hardware department of The Joe Patterson Co. The invoice was co/nmeuced yesterday morning.

The incandescent machine at the electric light plant was broken Tuesday night and in consequence the business men are compelled to use the old coal oil Iamp9. Walter Garten, of Oden, was in the city this week with a view of locating here and engaging in the poultry business. This isjust what the town needs and he should be encouraged to locate at once. W. H. Robling, one of the substantial farmers of Madison township, was a caller on The Democrat editor Tuesday and deposited some of the precious metal that tickles the palm of the country editor's hand. Hallard McCormack, John Anderson and Bud Anderson were before Squire Chambers at Winslow last Monday charged with running their horses on the public highway. The squire fined them each $5 and costs. A portion of the iron for the new jail arrived Tuesday. Work will now progress very rapidly and the stone work will be finished by the middle of September. The delay in the iron has paused a suspension Of work lor nearly a month. Have you come to see us yet ? It not, come as soon as possible. We are needing every cent due us on subscriptions. Many have come in and settled for two years back subscription, but there are others who are in arrears to the same amount who should do likewise. The following marriage licenses ! have been issued by the county clerk during the past week : John S. McCain and Kate Drake. James E. Bowman and Hattie Mitchell. Columbus Houcliins and Flora Martin. Leonard Farmer and Ida F. McKinney. John P. Brewster and Flora E. Heaeock. Samuel D. Amoss and Mable Wilson. We want to know who is the oldest man and the oldest woman in Pike county, and also who is the largest man and the largest woman, in weight; and the tallest man and the tallest woman. Please send the age weight and height to The Democrat office, and the names shall appear, so that it shall be known to whom the honor belongs.

Matthew McMurray, the jolly old Irishman of Washington township, will start about the 20th of this month for the scenes of his child* hood days in County Darrey, Ireland. He has not made the trip before In forty-three years. His broth :erin Cincinnati and Andrew Diybrough ot this city will likely accompany him. Drybrough will go to his old home in Scotland with a view of restoring his health. The Democrat wishes all a safe journey. The Indianapolis Sentinel of last Friday contains the following: The Pike county state bank of Indiana with a capital stock of $25,000. The following are the stockholders: Gus Frank, fifty; James S. McCoy, ten; Leslie Lamb, ten: E. P. Richardson, ten; J. W. Stilwell, ten; William Liibs, five; Read & Limp* four; L. J. Dunning, ten ; H. R. Snyier, ten; J. S. Newkirk, ten; Moses Frank, ten: Frank R. Bilderbaek, six, all of Petersburg, and Richard C. Davisa, ninety-five shares, and John O. Davis • ten shares, both of Washington.”

R. C. Davis, ot Washington, is in the city on business. I have 4,(XX) bushels of coal at the bank. 8-4 - J. B. Borer. Sheriff Gentry, of Princeton, was in the city last Tuesday on business. Judge Duncan, Of Bloomington, is In the city this week on legal matters. . > ; ’ ■ Cherry-phosphate, the nicest summer driuk in the city, at Bergen & Oliphant’s. * James Thomas and Deice, Lucy , Whitman, of Winslow, were In the citv jesterday. Misses Jennie and THHe Spencer, of Washington, are visiting the family ot M. Mitchell. Josiah Hayes, on old veteran, of near this city, has been granted an increase ot pension. Johu Stork, of Knox county, brought the first watermelons and muskmelons to the market. He came over Tue:-day morning. James E. Bowman and Miss Hattie Mitchell, daughter of W. S. and Mrs. Mitchell, were married at the bride's home last Saturday evening by Rev. I. N. yukley. •• i On August 14th a festival wilt be given at the C. B. parsonage, three miles west ot the city, for the benefit of the church. Refreshments will be served and good tnusic will be ren-r dered. Read the change, of ads in this issue of The Democrat. The Star clothing house, Bergen & Oliphant and Max Blitzer have something »o say of interest to buyers this week. Read them over carefully. Austin Cabel and family, G. W. Waiters and family, E. G. BouDurant and family and" J. B. Etans and family attended a ‘‘house warming” p^rty at E. B. Gunckei’s, Petersburg, ** Sunday.—Washington Gazette.

The board of commissioners meet In the city next week to make annual settlements with the township trustees, to let a contract for tabi^f care of the poor of the county and for receiving bids; for medical practice in the various townships. For Sale.—50,000. feet of seasoned i walnut, ash, maple, sweet gum and ! elm lumber; also 2,000 bushels ofs corn; also 137 shares of the capital stock of the Hazleton milling company. Address me at Hazleton, Indiana. 10-4 J. E. Davidson. Lloyd Thompson, one of the solid democrats of Dutchtown, called on The Democrat late Saturday even-* lug and craclyi?d down enough collateral to keep the poor, lean ami hungry editor from want.- Lloyd is a prosperous young farmer and The Democrat wishes him well. The 26th session of the Indiana district conference of the M. E. church will convene in Warnock Chapel, this city, next Wednesday, continuing over Sunday. Rev. E% W. & Harfnmond, D. D , editor of the Southwestern Christain Advocate, will be in attendance. also Bishop D. A. Goodsel), D. D., L. L. D., of'California.—Princeton Leader. The following pensions have been granted in this sectioujjf the State during the past week; and include original, restoration, increase and widows and orphans: John F. Coffee, Bloomfield. Rosa Freidman, Jasper. Harriett Selby. Evansville. S Nancy E. Barker, Martinsville. Minor of Andrew Pfohl, Princeton. Ruth Overton, Griffin. Josiah Hayes, Petersburg. Mark Taylor, Dltney. Sarah E. DeBruler, Evansville.

The best way to build up a town is to stand by every man in the place who does right. Whenever a man is doing well do not tear him down. All residents should be partners, not opponents. In all livlihdbds the more business your rival does the more you will do. Eyery business man who treats his customers honestIv, courteously and tairly will get his shares / and the more business that can lie secured by the united efforts the better it will be Cor all. When a town ceases to grow it begins to die, and the more people try to kit) each other ie their business, the more readily will utter ruin come to all, Stand t<i get her Cor the advancement of every citizen. If a man shows ability tot j prosper don't pull hijm bach through [jealousy .or weight him dow^ | through cold indifferences.