Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 27, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 November 1894 — Page 5

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tEtwfifc* PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. SUBSCRIPTION TKRMSlv fr£Sh..\v; f Ttar** months. 41 M INVARIABLY IN ADVANON. ADVKKTISUTG RATBSi A liberal redaction made on ad' tanning three, sis and twelve months, ^jn^alaad transient advertisements most he 41 Ot SO Hogs are bringing four cents in this market. W. V. Hargrove was at Evansville Wednesday on business. Hats that cost $2 for 50 cents at Patterson & Alexander's. 27-4 Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Recorder Sumner made a business trip to Evansville Wednesday. J. O. Davis, cashier of the Pike county bank Sundayed, in Washington. Hon. Frank Posey, of Evansville, w*8 in the city this week attending court. Dr. J. II. Barnett,,of Monroe City, was in the city Wednesday transacting business. Mrs. Gustoff Frank was at Evansville yesterday attending the chrisanthemum show. * Nobody escapes at Patterson & Alexander’s. Price no object. Every thing must go. 27-4 Asa Mason, one of the prosporous farmers of Monroe township, was in the city Tuesday on business. The old reliable family paper, The Democrat, is still in tho front rank. Send in your name and the cash. J. L. Harrison, of Madison township, was an early morning caller at this office yesiorday. Call again. J. W. Gaddis, ot Vincennes, was here Wednesday and Thursday looking after the work on the new jail.

C. A. Rnmblo, one of the reliable democrats of Logan township, was a welcome caller at this office Tuesday last. Mrs. George D. Martin went to Winslow vesterdav morning to see her neice, Mrs. Bel'e llinger, who is seriously ill. Rabbits are ou tho market at ten cents each. The woods are full of ’em and the boys are bringing them in bv the wagon load. Mrs. Jane Frost, living near Littles> died 8»»ndav and was buried at the Walnut Hills cemetery Tuesday. She was 51 years of age". Don’t watt until Saturday to buy your goods, but call any week day at Patterson & Alexander’s. Prices no object. The goods must be sold 27-4 The Pike circuit court is in session this week with Judge Welborn, of Princeton, on the bench. There are not very many important cases to come up at this term. The Ladies aid sociolv will meet at Mrs. Lory’s, Wednesday, Nov. 21. They also wish to announce that they will have a sale of fancy articles in connection with their Thanksgiving dinner. Tho infant son of Joint , and Mrs. Watson, of this city, died last Saturday and was buried Sunday at Walnut Hills cemetery. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. Lloyd Thompson, the energetic farmer living east of the city, has our thanks for a fine lot of potatoes of the very best variety. And by the way he also thought the .editor would enjoy a squash pie now and then, The iury in the case of the State of Indiana vs. William Stinson, for shooting with attempt to kill, disagreed Thursday mottling and were discharged after being out frororTuesday afternoon deliberating on a verdict.

Our correspondents from the various townships will please send In thr news from their various localities. The campaign is now over and we have lots of room for news items. Letters must reach us by Tuesday ol each week. In another column of today’s paper you will find the advertisement of S. P. Hammond, the jeweler. He 1* placing in stotik the finest line ol goods ever brought here tor the holiday season. Call on Salem and sec his splendid line of jewelry and silverware. Nick Spillman, editor of the Oakland City Enterprise, died Wednesday morning of typhoid fever. The funeral will take place this (Friday' morning at 10 o’oldck under the aus pices of the F. & A. M. lodge of tha —^elty. Mr. Spillman is one of the bes known newspaper men in Souther* Indiana. The family have the syra patbv of their many friends i» then #ftd aflMctioq,

6. J. and lira. Nichols were al Evausville yesterday. B. Dillon, of Ireland, was in the city Monday on business. Patterson Sc Alexander still have a lew of those cheap cloaks left. 27-4 Ed and Mra. Bowman visited friends at Louisville last Su nday. Joe France, weighmaster at the Lit* ties mines, was in the city vestesday. E. A. Crosson, of Washington, transacted buisiness in the city Tuesday. Sol Frank is at Cincinnati this week buying another installment of winter goods. j % The infant child of George Peed, Clay township, oied on Wednesday of last week.! Mrs. John Watson of this ctly is seriously ill with but little hopes of her recovery* The Hon. A. G. Thurman, the “Old Roman,” of Ohio, celebrated bis 81st birthday Tuesday. Squire Robert;Edmondson, of Jefferson township, was in the city yesterday on busiuess. Dress goods of all kinds sold cheaper than any house in Petersburg at Pattersou & Alexander’s. 27-4 W. E. Cox, of Jasper, prosecuting attorney for this district, is in the city attending to his official duties. Senator Wiggs, of Arthur, was in the city last Tuesday, and while here made The Democrat office a call.

George M. Swain, special pension examiner, returned from his home at Bloomfield, Iowa, yesterday rooming. We want that wood you promised us sometime ago. It must be splft fine for kitchen use. Bring it in at once. Hczekiah Cox, of Logan township, was a caller at The Democrat office Wednesday morning and dropped the chink in our strong box. The official bonds of vthe recently elected county officers were approved yesterday by the board/of commissioners who met for that purpose. Winter is here tor a dead certainty. If you are without a winter overcoat call on the Petersburg merchant, who will supply you at rock bottom ptici*9. William Davidson was reminded very pleasantly last Friday evening •bathe was fdrty-five years old by a number of fiiriends who gathered at his home. It was an enjoyable occasion. i Mr. F. Horn brook, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was the guest over Sunday of J. F. Kime and family. Mr. H unkrook travels in the interest of tlie Corrugated iron works of Wheeling. There are about 170.0C0 women in Connecticut, and at the recent elections less than two per een*. voted. Ladies do not desire to vote and it Is about time that effeminate men quit bowling for “woman’s suffrage.” George West, while at Vincennes, Wednesday, had a runaway. His horse, which is a very quiet animal, become scared at some object and made a wild dash down the streets of that city. George escaped injury.

The Daughters of Rebecca will hold a social at tneir hall next Tuesday evening. All members and their families are earnestly requested to be present. A good time is looked for as i his is the first social event of the season for that order. Morgan post G. A. R. has bought another camion, the “old nigger” having been ttsed'up on a recent occasion. The one just received was purchased from the post at Jasper and is a ten-pound Rodman, and cost $75. The firing squad have nicnanted it “Whistling Dick” and are proud of their new field piece. *' William H. Gladish commissioner for the Second district retires from official duties after this week’s term of that oourt, and W. W. Welton assumes his duties at the December session. Mr. Gladish retires from office with the good will of all. In all our relations with him in a business way he has been courteous at all times and has onr best wishes for the future. He has made a splendid official and done his duty as he seen it to the people of the county. f Here is the quail law in full, taken from the statute book : “Be it enacted by the geueral assembly of the state of Indiana, that section 168 of “an act concerning public offences and thety punishment, and approved April 14th, 1891, be and is hereby amended to read /ks follows: “Whoever shoots or destroys or pursues for i the purpose of destroying. or has fn i his possession any quails during the . period from the first day of January ; of any year to the tenth day of No» vember of the same year, shall be fined in the sum of $2 tor each quail so killed, and the sum of $1 for each quail so pursued pr hid itl his posses, slop. i

•‘Fast Mail" at the opera house. See lithographs aud posters. The federal grand jury is in session at Indianapolis this week. Clothing sold at Patterson Alexander’s for less than half the cost.' 27-4 Dr. Parker, of near Calmuck, was in the city yesterday on business. Tom Wester, marshal of Oakland City, was here Wednesday on business. Look to your interests and buy vour good8 at Patterson & Alexander’s. 27-4 < Mrs. George Ashby and children have returned from a visit to Princeton friends. Chris Lemasters, of Evansville, ' was in the cilfy this week visiting his 1 son Carl and family. i Mrs. Kate Crow and daughter Stella, visited Pike county friends last week.—Oakland City Journal. i Have vou called at Pattersons & , Alexander’s and learned their prices i on dry goods. If not call at once, i 27-4 Mesdaraes H. S. Edwards and M. , MeC. Stoops were at Evansville, | Wednesday, attending the chrysan- , themum show, i Call at The Democrat office for ! your job printing. The best job printer in the city. See us before < leaving your order. 1

The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report. Thomas O'Neal and Nellie Welch. Ellis Thurman and Minnie Amos. „ , Thomas Bolin and Nancy A. Edina. Knox county has a tie vote for 1 prosecuting attorney between Jonathan Keith, republican, and John F. Goodman, democrat. The governor has been called upon to decide the 1 vote. Pat McCarty and several other nim- ; I rods of Washington, come over Wedj nesday and with others from this city took to the woods for a day's sport. 1 They were successful in bagging ; quite a good bunch of game. George W. and Mrs. West entertained a number of their friends at their pleasant homo on Upper Main street last Monday ovening. Games was the principal amusements of the evening. Light refreshments were served. Only five more weeks until Christmas. The little ones are saving up their pennies for that day, and there are some older ones who are saving their dimes with which to purchase presents for their families. Dealers in holidav goods advertise in The Democrat. See their announcment during the next several weeks. Mrs. Thomas Williams, near Monroe City, met a horrible death, Tuesday, by burning, She was subiect to fits and when seized by one fell into the open grate, and when found her head was burned beyond recognition. Fler husband and son found her some time after the accident. She was a middle aged lady and highly connected. The recently elected couiitv officers will assupie their respective official positions as follows: "> James W. Brumfield, clerk. April 11,1895. Marcus L. Woolsey, auditor, December 1. 1894. Sylvester Beach, treasurer, November 26. 1894. Jasper N. Kinman, sheriff, November, 1894. Council B. Wilder,coroner. November, 1894.' David Horton, surveyor, November, 1894. W. W. Welton, commissioner, second district, December, 1894. - Thomas Whitman, commissioner,jthlrd dis- I triot 1895.

A few friends met at the residence of Henry Johnson last Saturday evening it beiug the birthdav evening of Mrs. Johnson. It was a complete suprise to Mrs. Joh-nsQu. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Johnson furnTshed^some nice refreshments, and she was the recipient' of a number of lovely presents. An en]ovable evening was spent, and all present seemed to enjoy themselves hugely. It was quite a late hour when all returned to their homes wishing Mrs. Johnson many happy returns of the day. The 58th Indiana Regimental Association will hold the fourth aunual reunion at Petersburg, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22d and 23d, 1894. The first session will be held at three o’clock in the afternoon of the 22nd at which time the preliminary business will be attended to. In the evening a camp fire will be held, at which there will be a formal welcome address by a citizen of Petersburg selected by the local committee, and a respouse by the president of the association, or someone representing him. There will be several addresses and historical papers presented, and also enough impromptu »alks and music to make an entertainment iuterestiug to all. Friday morning the 23rd, the business session of the association will be resumed, °\ , | -- / i Or* Price’s Cream Baking Powder | WorM’a Pair HUrbwt Award,

Good shoes at Pattersons & Alex* order’s al 25 and 50 cents per pair. 27-4 Daniel Davidson, or Clay township was in the city Wednesday transacting business. Wheat is worth 42 cents in this market. Corn is worth about 30 cents lor good grades. David Ingle, of Oakland City, and Heber Ingle, ot San Diego, California, were in the city Wednesday. A. P. Osgathorpe, of Jefferson township, was in the city on business Wednesday, and while here made the iditor happy. Next week will give to the readers >f The Democrat the; tabulated vote >f Pike county. The figures will thow the result of the election in the various voting precincts of the counv- -V Head Quarters—for real estate, 'arm and city property for sale on *easonable terms at the reliable realjstate agency of W. H. H. Thomas, he leading real estate agency in he county. 38-5 The Democrat this week presents o its readers full local pages. Local lappeniugs will be found from all jarts of the county of an interesting isture, as well as from all parts of he Uuiied States on the inside pages. rHE Democrat surpasses alt other :ounty publications when it comes to ocal news. The subscription price is inly $1.25 per year in advance. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect Made. sotice of Final Settlement of Estate. In the matter of the estate of James U Mount, deceased. In the Pike Circuit Court November term, ^Notice is hereby given that the undersign»d as administratrix of the estate of James I. Mount, deceased, has presented and tiled rer accounts and vouchers in final settlement >f said estate, and the same will come up or the examination and action of Sain 01 rsuit Court on the 30th day of November, ISM, at which time all persons interested in said estate are required to appear in said Jourt, and show cause, if any there be, why said accounts and vouchers should not oe approved. And the heirs of said estate, and ill others interested therein are also reluired. at the time and place aforesaid, to ippear and make proof of their heirship or :laim to any part of said estate. _ FANNIE E. MOUNT, November 13,1894. Administratrix.

Notice of Final Settlement of Estate. In the matter of the estate of William Mason. deceased. In the Pike circuit court, November term, Notice is hereby given that t he undersigned »s administrator of the‘estate ot William Mason, deceased, has presented and filed his recounts and vouchers in final settlement ot said estate, and that the same will come up tor the examination and action of said cirsuit court on the 30th day of November, 1894, it which time all persons interested in said estate are required to appear in said court, *nd show cause, if any there be, why said accounts and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate, and all others interested therein, are also hereby required, sit the time and place aforesaid, to appear of their heirship or claim to estate HENRY J. WIGGS, Nov. 13, 1884. 2w. Administrator. Richardson & Taylor, attorneys. i . Application for Liquor License. Notice is hereby given that John H. W. Egbert , a male inhabitant of the State of Inliana. over the age of twenty-one years, will apply to the Board of Commissioners of Pike county, Indiana, at their December term, 1894, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous tnd malt liquors in a less quantity than a mart at a time with the privilege of allowing t he same to be dranlcqn my premises for one year. — My place of business is in a one story frame building (known as the C J. Agee office) and fronts on Broadway street, In the town of Stendal, Pike county Indiana, Lockhart township, situated on part lot number one (1) more particularly described as commencing twenty (20) feet south of the nort heast corner r»f lot uumber one (1). thence south parallel with Broadway street twenty (20) feet, thence west one hundred and five (105) feet, thence twenty (20) feet north, thence one hundred and five (105) feet east to the place of beginning. All of which is situated in Lockhart township Pike county, Indiana. V JOHN H. W. EGBERT. Application tot Liquor License. . Notice is hereby given that the undersigned. A. C. Haury, a male inhabitant of tbe State of Indiana, over tbe age of twenty-one years, and not in the habit of oecoming intoxicated. will make application to the Board of Commissioneis of Pike county, Indiana, at their next regular session in December. 1894, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on tbe premises where sold for one year. My place of business wherein said liquors are to be sold and drank is a one-story frame building situated on the east part of lot eight, corner of Washington and Virgin streets, 50 feet front on Washington street and 106 feet on Virgin Rtreet in the original plat of Otwell, Jefferson township, Pike county, Indiana. A. C. Haury. *10 and *20 Genuine Confederate . Bills only five cents each; *100 and 9 *50 bills ten cents each. 25 and 50 cent shinplasters ten cents each. *1 and *2 bills 25 cents each. Sent seourely sealed on receipt of price. Address, CHAS. B. BARKER, West Atlanta, Ga. FRED SMITH Dealer in all kinds of * * * rnd make proof »uy part of said furniture,

Funeral Supplies A Specialty. Wo keep on hand at all times the finest line of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suits a Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets, Shrouds, etc,, of the best make.

Name? Our name Stands for one Of the oldest And best Known Mercantile houses Iu the County. Therefore When you Buy a Holiday or Wedding Present, And we Guarantee it. You have Something for Your money. Moral S. P. HAMMOND, The I&liable Jeweler.

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