Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 January 1895 — Page 1

Jatjaarq Cheap Sale We Invoice February 1st That's Why We Have this Sale. It’s bettfer to sell goods below cost than carry then over. So they are your* at almost your own prices. Winter has just begun, so prepare for the dlining snow and the wintry blast. We have $sro stores chuck full of goods* just the kind you need, and at.prices you can't resist them. Foil Size Bel Blankets, 75c per pair. t Large Heavy Bed Comforts, 98c a piece. Pare All-Wool Twilled Flannel, 19c per yard. Good Jeans; 15c per yard. | 8,000 lards Good Prints, Past Colors, 4c per yard. Ladies’ Cloaks, 75c, $1.50, $2.75 and np. 10 Pieces Dress Goods, now 25c; was Cbeap at 40c. ***” " f rj""1 . _r j | See Qar ^epderfal Jet) Cei)t CeaijLer §*©0’* Boots, good nnd solid, $1.25 per pair. Men’s Solid Congress Shoes, 98c per pair. | # 1 Men’syJean Pan^s, well made* TCc. Men’s Jean Pants, full lined. 98c. Bojr’s Suits, nice patterns, 9Sc a sulk i * J .(*>■’! -n’s suits, nil new fall patterns, perfect beauties, regular taiior made goods, at 18.00,4:0.00and mm, that are beauties. These can’*rtwrtoucbtd.by city prices at go.00 per suit more. 98 Men* Overcoats, perfect beauties, at S2.00 to $6.00 less than regular price. When you want bargains we are your “huckelberries.” So try us during this Cheap Sale. We carry a lull line of Piece Goods and will make your Clothing to nicasu re. i JUir Agents lor Crescent Laundry. W* V* H0r§reve 14 , * -PROPRIETORS OfPEOPLES’ DRY GOODS STORE ut STIR CL0THIRG HOUSE. * PETEaSStJSGl-, X2STX)X^.iT^..

-=afes Oor liot! of Honor. The followin«f persons have paid iheir subscript ions to The Democrat dnrinjr the pns'l month* In this connection we de«i|re to return oui most since tha iks to our patrons :

A. W . 1 tlOntpaOU, George Goodrid, E. T. Fowler. S. A I). 8tewart, W. E. Chappell, Peter 1. Brenton, Mrs. Sarah Ash, Columbus Burkhart, William Bell, Joseph Ashby, J. R. Criswell, Emmet M. Smith, Will G. Beiaent, 8 M. Holton, L. II. Hargrave, Henry Ault, John B. Blaise, J. D. Holldb, James L. Bass, George D. Martin, Levi Lockhart, Henry R. Cassidy, R. E. Gladish, * Lewis Rumble.

Li. J. JLHiniUng. II. H. Oracle. M. L. Catt, M. W. Chappell. Johu Nichols, M. L Heatbmab, James R. Chew, Mrs. Morris Tucker, I. R. Lett, Conrad Reed, R. L. fjibmani Issue Weathers, E. K. King, Henrj* Cox, J. J. Bowman, Riley Lane, Mrs. Emma Williams. Mary E. cad well. Adam Martin, W. L. Hargrave, Samuel Amos, Enos Loveless, D. M. Shuwhan. D. M. .Frame.

Pension* Granted. ’ The following pension* have been granted iu this section of the State daring the past week, and include •original, restoration, Increase aud widows and orphans; Ross Anderson, Vincennes Cutter 8. Dobbins. Shoals. William J. McCarty, Owensburg. John M. Alsmon, Pleasautville. Juliette Harrow, MU Vernon. Daniel Patrick, Leavenworth. ’ John Halsley, E vansvilie. Andrew D. Carey, Princeton. William Dooley, English. William McMillrn, Princeton. Christian Behmuu, Huntingburg. Jetb C. Burris, AU’o'dsville. John A. Weaver, Seymour.’ ■ Henry Campbel I, Evansville. George W. Mills, Marengo. William H. Jackson, Ireland. -v Naucy J. Cox, Kelvin De Witt’s Witch Hazel salve cared J. G. (Gorrell of the worst oose of eczema ever known in the state of Indian;'.. It cures scalds, burns, indolent sores and uever fails to cure piles. Adams <fc Sou. §>r. Price’s C ream Bakins Po wder Watt's Pair Highest Award.

The publication of the laws in the county papers is a matter that should engage the attention of the coming legislature. Several states have sijch laws, and find them a good investment ot pubilo money. As it is gt present in this state, the great majority" of the people to be governed have no knowledge whatever of what the Jaws are, and but little opportunity to make themselves acquainted with the law’s provisions. Publish them in the county paper at a fair rate of ,.co<ri pensation, and every man, woman and child will have a chance to know the nature of every law they are required to obey. tylack snow is said to have fallen during the late storm at mauy points in Indiana. Gan it be* that Providence has sent this black snow as a manifestation of its disapproval of rei:gn of republicanism and an admonition df the people lor allowing themselves to be led out of the path of light and purity into that of darkness and corruption ? The Democrat office has been crowded with job printing for the past month, compelling us to djr^r great deal of work at nights. Come on we are s’ill doing the neatest work and using the best of materia). Dr. I. H. Lamar returned from Columbus last Monday. He will leave next week in the interest of the Indianapolis surgical institute with which he recently accepted a position. Judge Thurman was confined to his home. Last Saturday he slipped and fell very heayily severely wrenching his back. Headache is the direct result of indigestion and stomach disorders. Remedy these by using De Witt's little £arlv Risers, and year headache disappears. The favorj^e lit tie pills everywhere, Adams & Son.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! \ Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat's Reporters. News Items From Heret Ti ers and Everywhere. " f -- Court, City sad Personal Ileus la as t Abreyiated Fora. , I ' lou Will. l inO Them AH Coder Tht* Headiof. Mrs. R. R. Harily is serioosly ill. Will Duty was at Washington last Monday. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Alden Heuriug, ofWinslow, was in the city over Sunday visiliug frieuds. Miss Gorda Chamberlain, of Hazel* tou, is visiting the family of N. M. Berry this week. Patronize Will Braden. He will sell you furniture 15 percent cheaper than any place in the country. 34-4 Briggs Kepley, foreman of the Enterprise office, Oakland City, was in the city this week visiting his mother.

The well uniters at the court bonse are getting along verv nicely. The well is now down to depth of about 175 feet and still going down. The county jail is nearing completion. It is expected the contractor will be ready to turn the jail over *o the commissioners by the first of March.; 4 Whiskers that are prematurely gray or laded should be colored to prevent the look of age, and Buckingham’s Dye excels all others lu coloring brown or bUofej Representative Coats of this comity Is allowed for 340 miles of fraver to and front Indianapolis. He/will get $68 for th*. purpose of paying his railroad fare to and from that city. Excursion tickets are offered by the E. & 1. railroad to Cleveland, Cincinatl, Louisville, St. Louis and New York during January and February, Call on Agent (runkle for fall particulars. At Coal City last Friday night, the assistant agent of the E. & I. railroad was ordered at the point of the revolver to turn over the cash. The cash was turned over and the agent escaped with hiis life.

The county ofacers of Indians are making; a big fight at this session of the legislature for better and larger fees. Each county officer has been assessed $43, which he is expected to remit for the* use of the lobbyists. A number of frieuds of Mrs. Mary Miley living east of the city made her an agreeable surprise on her sixtieth birthday anniversary last Saturday. A splendid time was had and a bountiful dinner was spread for the occasiou. On an i aside page of today’s paper will be found Governor Matthews address to the legislature. It is a i strong and masterly paper and fu^l of good suggestions, which the legislators might profit by in adopting some of the measurers advanced. The election laws of the state are *o be overhauled by the ^republican legislature. If the change is made it will be a practical demonstration of the old style methods known to Indiana voters some years ago. The voters will take the ticket into the booth and put it in an envelope. Girls are of few days and foil of mischief, and whoever is deceived by them is not wise. When the fair girl cheweth her gam with much haste and stain peth her pretty foot, then look out. She cometh forth in the evening in low neck aud short sleeves but in the morning she lieth in the bed while her mother hwtteih.

• E. H. Goslin made a lusiness trip to Washington Monday. R. C. Burba, of OaklaindCity, was here on business'"‘Tuesda y _ Wheat is nrorth 46 cet.s, and corn 35 cents in the Petersburg: market. Her. W. A. Richardboi preached to the M. E. congregation at Princeton lastj^unday. The Ladies aid society will meet at the borne of Mr*. Na nnie Smith, Wednesday, January 30t ti. Mrs. George Parker left for Missouri last Friday, being called there by the serious Illness of her mot heir. - Pike county has .eleven inmates in the insane asylum at Evansville. There are 136 inmates at .the institute. Money to Loan.—On five years* time on real estate mortgage; low rates of interest. W. H H. Thomas. 1-tf. Mrs. Perry Blaize, of ^Madison township died Monday and was buried Tuesday at the Catt cemetery in Clay township. She was 25 years of age/ Guy Franks of Petersburg, was in the city the guest of Oi tis Crawford yesterday. He left for a visit at Fair, field, Illinoisdast night.— Washington Gazette. You can buy undertaker's supplies 25 percent cheaper than any place at Braden's. Best hearse; bf st attention; practical embalmer. Dout forget that he will not be undersold. 214-4 The delinquent list of Pike county is the smallest ever published in Pike county.. There are only 236 descriptions this year. Dubois county still leads with the smallest in the state. Isaac Higgins returned from Indianapolis last Saturday, where he had been several days. He was an applicant for a position, but there were not enough places to go round among the faithful.

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 (he countv. 38-5 , Daniel Richey (colored) died Wednesday morning of paralysis. His fuueral tpok place yesterday afternoon conducted by Mo^rggn post of which he was a member Interment at Walnut Hills cemetery. W. L. Hargrove, Indian agent at Shoshone, Nevada, has had his salary increased by a resent action of the house of representatives. Mr. Hargrove is a resident of Oakland City and has held the position for nearly two years. On Monday evening a large number of the friends pf Mrs. Henry Read gathered at her home and gave her a yery pleasant surprise on her birthday. /The evening was spent In games and amusements. Elegant refreshments frere seryefit. . <3> Joshua Marvel, the new governor of Delaware, inbeing inductud into office made at> inaugaration speech. He can neither read nor writ®, hence the inaugural address was left out. He is a republican and probably the first man ever elected to a high position who had no education.

The H. Fox handle works Is a new industry for Petersburg. The firm will make all hand work of hickory handles, such as axe, mau l, pick, coal pick, adz and hammer. The company will employ several hand*! in the work and all goods sold will be warranted hand shaved. If yon need anything of the kind call and see them. Is there to be no reform at this session of the legislature. A resolution to reduce the sails‘lea of clerks and doorkeepers has bee;i knocked In the head. Eighty-six sets of law books was ordered for the senate at a costs of $1290. Such extravagance has never been kuown before. And all this by republicans Is this the reform proposed for the aeople with a big R. It is estimated that thu jost of an acre of raspberries the first year omitting the fertilizers, b about $35, while about twenty-five l ushels, at $9 per bushel, is estimated a the results, the expenses of crates, at .. balancing the outlay and receipts. The second year howeyer, the expe ses will be greatly reduced, whihi the yield should be doubled. Tit cost of th$ fertilizers, the season^ %-id the cond^ tion of the marmot, hot reader any estimates uijtveUab!; , ^

Will Braden is at New York City on important business. Fred Maith has been at Evansville this week visiting his aged mother. H. H. Tislow jewelry and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guarteed. * / 28* Jamea S. McCoy Was at Vincennes this week; looking after business interests. V , Rev. 8. F.^nderson will begin a series of revival meetings at the M. E. church next Sunday evening. George Elkins was fined |3.00 and costs by Squire Thurman Tuesday for carrying concealed weapons. M^a-Fredrick Frank was at Cincinnati this week to see her sister" who is seriously ill. She returned home Wednesday. St. Elmo Wilson and Miss Harriet Kreig, daughter of Henry Kreig, of Logan township, were married by Rev. J. W. Elder last Tuesday. The G. A R. and W. R. C. meets at Mttncie on March 25:h to 28th. The E- & I railroad will sell round trip tickets at one fare for the round trip.- * • William Burton, who runs a restaurant opposite the court house, was fined $5.00 and costs for assault and battery on his daughter. Wednesday. The amount was stayed. The Democrat carries in stock a line of high grade and fancy envelopes, folders, wedding and mourning goods, and cards and envelopes suitable for fashionable parties. Call and see them. The Presbyterian Y. P. 8. C. E. will give a social in the church ou the evening of Febuary 14th. The “Floral "Love Tale” will be one feature of the evening’s entertainment. All are cordially invited to attend, '

‘•McGHIigans Hardships” will beat the opera house sometime in February. See bills and lithographs for dates and prices. Tickets will be on sale at S. P. Hammond’s jewelry store. This company is strictly firstclass. Miss Fannie Alexander, aged 35 years, died at the home of her parents Joseph £jnd Mrs. Alexander, southeast of the city, Wednesday, after a lingering illness of consumption. The fnueral.took place yesterday at the White church. /' * The board of commissioners are having the ceilings of the various county offices in the court house remodeled. Patent corrugated iron will be used and the old plastering taken off. As soou as the weather will permit the walls will be repapered and the woodwork, repainted. The legislature should abolish the office of county assessor. The office is a great expense on the people, particularly iu «ome counties. Under the old system, the board of equalization attended to all matters of that kind, \pd the expenses were about one-twentieth of what it is nuder the present system. Abolish the act.

Representative Coats has introduced two more bills luto the lower house of the legislature. One is to aminend the commou school act, aud the other to elect county superintend* ents by the board of commissioners. The latter is * verv unreasonable measure unless the public schools of the county are taken out of the hands ot the trustees and pliced under the jurisdiction of the commissioners. The walls of the room occupied by Bergen & Oliphant are being beautifully decorated. Landscapes'1 are painted ou the wall aboye the shelving, while the ground work is made up of handsome work with paper. The work is being done by Gip Traylor, the artist and decorator. He is an expert in the business and this latest production is I he finest in the city. You sh^Ud not failvto see the Hon. £. Richardson’s home was on fire Wednesday night. Upon going home that night about ten o’clock he noticed that there was, considerable smoke in the house and concluded that (here must be fire some* where and grabbed up a bucket of water. ' Coal from the grate in the sitting room h%d fallen to the floor and set the carpet and timber a fire. Theatre was put out and the scans was over- The loss was light and fully insured. An hour more and the bee u beyond control.

A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Three Business Booms Con* snmed Thursday. • /. “ v-- - ■ fin Originated in Jamea Kelley’s "Turf” Saloon. < The Fin Sieppeeed to Hire Sees if IndeeAlary Origin, L—m*m Wifi Ke»ek Nearly §6,000laearaace About Half. Thursday morning about three o’e»ock the al&rm'of Are was given by Orian Bose anil George Tucker, the latter being the first on the scene, he living oh the tame square. The fire was discovered to be confined to the saloon building owned by Pat McCar» ty, of Washington, and Occupied by J. W. Kelley. When first seen the rear part of the building was all on fire and probably had been burning tor sometime. The .fire company responded promptly, but the engine was frozen up, and it was sometime before it could be put in operation, and nothing could be done to save the adjoining building owned by E. R. King and occupied by Fred Smith as

a furniture store. The contents on the lower floor were nearly all removed, but coinpf naively nothing on the second floor was saved, which consisted olf coffins and caskets and small articles of furniture. The next building was owned by Osborn Bros, and occupied by Lawrence Masters and Frank Battles as a barber shop. To save the other store buildings this frame building was torn down, which stopped the further progress of the Are. The roof of the stable in the rear of the saloon was slightly burned. ’ All of the goods in the barber shop were saved, but nothing in the saloon building could be taken out. The electric light company was damaged to the extent of $75 by the burning of wires.and polls. The losses are approximated as foi? lows: Fat McCarty, on building, $1,000; J. W. Kelley, saloon fixtures, $1,30(1; E. R. King, building, $1,500; Fred Smith, furniture and fixtures, $1,300; Osborn Bros., building, $600. The iusurauce held was as follows: Pst McCarty, on bnilding, $1,000; J. W. Kellev, on saloon fixtures, $500; Fred Smith, on furniture, $1,400. King and Osborn Bros, carried no insurance. '

Sftet (■ the Arm Last Saturday evening about five o’clock George Elkins and Balph>< Smith 'engaged in a quarrel over % a game of dice for the driuks in Smiser’s saloon on upper Main street, Elkins went out of ^the saloon and started down Main street, Smith following him. Smith then went\ back to the saioou and gut an ice pick and Started after Elkina again, Elkins by this time was on the oppo* site side of the street in front of the court house. Elkins told Smith several times to stay away, bat being followed up he pulled a revolver fron|_ his pocket and fired at Smith. The latter then grappled with Elkins and they fell to the ground, when Elkins fired a second shot. Bmitb then took the revolver away from Elkins. He began snapping it at Elkins but there were no more cartridges in it. Smith’s wound is not dangerous and merely went under the flesh of the left arm plowing a furrow about six inches long. Elkins was arrested by 4 Marshal Bead and taken before Squire White, who bound him over to the circuit court in the sura of $500. Bail was secured and the prisoner released. Elkins is a farmer and lives east of the city. Smith after the excitement had somewhat subsided was taken to the office of Dr. Link, wher$ his wound ws^» pressed.