Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 January 1895 — Page 4

Saved Mis Life BY xrsxvo /Iyer’S Cherry pectoral

' “When iar adopted son «u seven j eers of age, he had as severe a cough Is i ever Knew any* one to suffer from. Me coughed inees- , siantly, sad spit up idwxLIttiedeverjrIthing I cdold think of, bat he constantly grew worse, and It fnsred the poor ooooocoeoooo ooooo

little ieiloir would smrely «tte. At la«, i w gave him Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, being j yecommen Jed to do so by the physician, o This medicine gave the child speedy re- © lief and elected a ftermaneat cure.'*— q Mrs. M. E. Dkuyt. Liberty. Texas. o H IO Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Received Highest Awards AT THE WORLD'S FAIR AOOOO >000000000000000000 8J)u g ikt flSaunhj ^rmoaxt isr n. Sec. stoops. (S*Tli Pike Veeaty Democrat has the tar» gfffetrcwlattoit et say newspaper •■blishe4 la Advert! *ers will aai* a aete ef .. elrealatioa et say ae FlfcaCaaaiyl jUitsfaet! One Year, Id advance. ...^ ...\.91 IS plx Montba, in advance ... - —..— #5 Entered at the posooffice la Petersburg for transmit ion throngii the mails as sceoodClass mat ter. FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1895. . Want the Low Changed The township trustees of Indiana poet at Indianapolis during the holidays ant] passed resolutions demanding the repeal of the preseut law ^rhich compells school officers to i,efurii to the state treasury all surplus funds over $100. They recommend the passing of a law which will present the attorney general from gelling large fees for the collection of pnejtpentJed school revenues. Trustees say that they are row compelled to return local lunds as well as genra.1 funds, which results in the taxation of a community. |The trustees • also recommended that the. office ot road supervisor be abolished, the trustee being made the custodian of public highways. They asked for an amendment to the road law so that trustees may levy as much as 20 cents on $100 for additional road tax. A law is sought compelling the registry of dogs, allowing the trustee a fee for issuing licenses, and providing for the killing of unregistered dogs. A resolution was introduced, indorsing the school hook law and asked that it }>e amended*o as to place the books in the hands of the dealers for distribution.

TV# Reform This Session. The Indianapolis News in its report pi the doings of the legislature has jbe following; “The bill against passes, introduced in the Senate Friday by Senator Wray, did not interfere with the demand for passes. There W|8 a scramble for then) all flay yesterday, worse, if possible than fyp years ago, and in many instance# fhey were secured. The doorkeepers fnd assistants Were after passes for fhp members and employes of both Eppses. Some of the members, not sftisged with session parses, asked foy annuals,7' |He Enumeration of Veters. Township trustees will have a task iQ perform this year which they are required to do once every 6ix years. £t is that of enumerating the voters jn the various townships. This work pan be done any time between now and the first of July, and will show |he name and age^of all male persons pver the age of twenty-one. This %s done to be used for re-districting the gtfte for legislative purposes. It will pqt be completed in time to be of any service to the present legislature. Paries* is All Right. o Daviess county went whole hog or pope ft the present session of the legislature. The members Just waded |t| anti 'polled ont three plums from* the podding. C. G. SefrH is assistant .clerk, Jf. D. Me Huff recording clerk and Peter Clark assistant doorkeeper. Pike copnty got on# place, Senator Ifethell securing a place for George West, of this city. Steamer Goes Down. The steamer “Belmont” plying While river wa* sunk at Blackburn last Friday morning. A heavy {loot of ice str uck her tearing a large bolf in (he hull. As soon as the river gope down she will be raised and put |n good coudi tionC The boat is owned §|r parties at Washington.

Wratten Murder. * The Washington Gazette is «peeking of the famous butchery of the Written family which occurred In Darles* county soni* time ago, and the circumstances attending which are still fresh in the minds of our,citizesa, says: The murder of the Wratten family still continues to lie a topic of conversation when other subjects grow weary. A suggest jipn made by a gentleman well acquainted with the particulars of the case the other night is a remarkable strong argument In i support of the theory that 8tone had ! help In the commission of the appall- [ ing crime. ,1 It will he remembered. that Stone said he killed Mrs. Ada Written first, and that the first blow was s'rack when she came aud opened the door to admit him to the house, in auswey to the request for some toothache mediciue. Wbeu Mrs. Wratten was killed she had on nothing but a sort of a chemise, cut low so that her bosom ^waa exposed, without arms, and so short that it oddly fefi tp a point just below the knees. What respectable woman would go to her door to admit a neighbor man when she was clad in such a garment ? It is entirely unreasonable. The more plausible theory is that the person first killed was Denson Wratten, who evently died without a struggle, and that bis wife, trying to escape from her husband’s murderer, was intercepted at the door by a confederate and slain on the threshold where her mutilated body was found. The man who began the bloody work was ip the house as a friend, the object of hfi$ murderous fury was the man oflthe house, Denson WrattCn. By tby way, It is not oeyond the range of possibility that certain circumstances, now but suspicious, may develop before long that will put a new light on the famous butchery.

W. t. T. U. I(«tlar for 1895. The following is the program tor the W. C, T U. meetings for the year 1893, with dates of meeting, subjects, where held and the leader: February 1—Subject: “The White Ribbon Home.** C. P. parsonage; Mrs. Elder. March 1—Subject: “Let your Women keep' Silence in the Church.** Mrs. Link’s retddence; Mrs. Link. April 5—Subject: “Prohibition: Is it a violation of Persona] Liberty *’ Mrs. Osborne’s residence: Mrs. Law. May 3—Subject: “Why Should I Sign the Pledge?” Miss Lida Martin’s. Mrs. Sarah Ash. ’ * June 7—Subject. ‘‘Children In tbe Church.” M. E. church; Mrs. Anderson. Juily 5—Subject: **How Shal 1 We Celebrate Our Rational Day.** Presbyterian church; Mrs. Crouch. Augusta—Subject: “Danger Signals.” C. P. church; Mrs Bergen. September 6—Subject: “Leaving the Home Nest.” M. E. church; Mrs Hewlns. October 4—Subject: “Pants are Made tor Boys, not Boys for Pants.” Presbyterian church; Mrs. Bowman, November 1—Subject:' “Harvest Home.” Baptist church; Mrs.Omelvena. December 6—Subject: “Orphans.” C. P. church; Mrs. Thornton. COMMITTSB. Some Chare b Statistics. Some statistical individual has figured out that the Methodist is the most numerous off all the protgstant denominations, as according to the IJuited States census reports its communicants ftumber over tour millions and a half, which is nearly tour times as manv as the Presbyterian or Lutheran church possesses, eight tiiness more thau the Episcopalians or Congrvgationaliste, and about one third more than the Baptistg have. In the ppsspssipu of dhurch property it is considerable richer than any other religjo(f9 body, having over one hundred and thirty-two million dollars’ worth to the ninety-four millions owned by the Presbyteriau church, thirty-five by the Lutheran, eightytwo by the Episcopal, forty-three by the Congregatioualist, and one-hun-dred and sixteen by the Baptist.

Sharpers are al Work. .Fast now the east part of the state seeius to be over-run with swindler* of all sizes, ages and descriptions, who are after the seemingly every gullible farmer. There is but one safeguard and that is to have no dealings with traveling agents. I)o not sign your name to a contract or any ot|yer kind of a. paper presented by them as you are liable to discover to late that yon have signed a note. Another good protection is to so bscribe and pay for your county paper and then read it. State Statistics. The state statistician reports the value of thp wheat iu Indiana in 1894 at 125.386,310j of corn, 43,882,053; of oats, $11,470,806; of barley, $153,080; of rye, $63,873; of buckwheat, $136,704; of flaxseed, $36,940; of clover hay, $8,362,765; of timothy hay, $11,511,563; of Irish potatoes, $3,539,805; of sweet potatoes, $106,513 ;of tobacco, $536,121. - The average yield of an acre ot wheat this vear was 19.56, an increase of about five busbies over th« yield of the previous year.

A !t«i«ble LmMN an (he leaieiil HcuIb|[ bf Br. HartMn. Du ring the course of one of Dr. Jiartman’s latest lectures at tbe Surgical Hotel, he said: ‘'Good hearing Ip essential to health and safety. A continual roaring, cracking and bupsing in the bead, which Is alwaya produced by partial loss of bearing, is a constant irriation which will gradually undermine tbe strength. Besides thli, eyen a slight loss of bearing renders any one more liable to accidents, many persons being killed every year because of partial deafness. Many people think that a gradual loss of the sense ot bearing is inevitable^ and that every one most submit to it sooner or later, lienee they make a great mistake. Loss of hearing, either m the old or young people, is nearly always dne to chronic cattarrh of the bead or middle ear.7* Catarrhal deafness is due to catarrh of the tbrogt passing up through the Eustachian tubes to the middle ear, Tbe catarrh in rare cases originates in and remains confined to.the middle ear. The symptoms are: Roaring, cracking, buzzing in the ear. with i gradually increasing difficulty in hearing. If not cured the hearing will be entirely destroyed. When the ease baa not gone too far before thetreaimeiit is begun Pe-ru-na will corhovery case. It is only after catarrh baa destroyed portions of the middle ear that Pe-ru-na fails to cure. All such cases should write Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for further advice. A book .on ta grippft, coughs, colds, catarrh, etc,, will be sent free to any addresfby The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus, j Ohio.

a mice w am loaejr. In the pa«t week I have made $125 and have attended to my household duties. I think I will do better next week. It seems the more Dish Washers I sell, the more demand I bare for them. I think an? lady ofgentleman, anywhere, can make money in this business. It is something: every familv wants, and when thev can be bought so cheap, they buy them a**d the person who has enterprise enough to take ah agency is bound to make monev. I wish any of your readers that wish to make front $5 to $12 a day, would try this business and report their success. Any one cati get full particulars by addressing the Iron City Dish Washer Co., 12. E. Pittsburg, Pa. Such a chape* is rare —at least I have uever struck one. Maktha F. B. Wonder If it is True. ;[j The relation between preachers and printers is strikingly pictured by some newspaper that modestly hides its name, and the only credit that can be given js to ah unidentified exchange. It says: “A certain preacher said that no newspaper that told the truth could make a success. We say by way of returning, that the minister who will at all times and circumstances, tell the whole truth about bis flock, alive or dead, will not occupy thejpulpit more than one Sunday, and then he will find it necessary to leave town In a hurry. The press and the pulpit go hatid in hand, with whitewash brush and pleasant words magnifying little virtues into big ones.” ~

A New Ohingo'lMdaKtiy. Some of our readers may uol feel any better '6wKen they know that detectives are said to have discovered that there is a company of under* takers iu Chicaco who have men in several states, of which this is oue, who watch for newly made graves, open them some n ight and steal the coffius inside. The bodies are, then covered up, and the coffins are shipped to the headquartors in Chicago, where they are fixed over a little to make them appear new, and then sold over again^ i The “Cotton Tall.” A hunter says a curious thing about a rabbit is that if always laces the sun, tnruing around slowly all day in order to do it. In bunting them itr the field this fact snould be kept iu mind aud the ground gone over by the hunter with his back to the son. He can see the eyes of the rabbit in the grass and .they will glitter like big diamonds in the sunlight. Six far Teg Cents. A new game, culled “Onion Social,” has made its appearance and ought to be popular. It is played as follows: Six young ladies stand in a row oue of them bites a piece out of an onion and the gentlemen pay ten cents each to guess who bit it. The correct goesser kisses the other five girls, while the unsuccessful kiss the one that bit the onion. Dr. FWce’s Cream Baking Powder Worti*. pair maksst mow Dtptaws. . v*. * * .. ... ' .

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