Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 March 1895 — Page 1

VOL. XXV. PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY. MARCH 1, 1895. NO. 42.

la always pleased to see his wife and daughters well dressed. It makes the burden of life easier and adds years of happiness to them. It is easy tm see their winter dress has ■ i ' I : GIVEN AWAY ' And you should take the hint and have them call at the Peoples’ Stork at once. A few dollars spent there will make them young again. They have an elegant line and take the greatest pains WITH EVERY Customer, and always make the lowest prices. You will always find the newest things in Dress Goods and Trimmings, as well as la every other line. A few minutes spent in looking over our Dress Goods will cause you to buy a i . ■ m ■ : i : . . . ■ -r: : ¥ :. NEW DRESS. You can’t help It. You will only do as others have done. The styles are grand. The selections good, and the prices are "way down. ” ManyA GOOD WIFE Would; be pleased to see her hubby don a new suit of clothes, so that she might "be proud of him.” Notice that winter’s suit. See how faded and ugly. It’s entirely

GIVEN AWAY Don’t let him rest; life la too short. Have him call at the Star Clothing House at once and fit himself out in one of their elegant tailor made suite at flO; they are beauties and would be cheap at 115. I WITH EVERY Man’s suit we. always Include a pair of elegant Suspenders. Perhaps he will need a new Hat, one of the latest spring 1895 shapes, and a new pair of the very latest shapes in Shoes to match that SUIT OF CLOTHES We can take your measure and you suit made in five days, if you are hard to fit and not cost a “whole farm” either. We are always up to date in everything new. If you look our stocks over you’ll buy,. W- V- Har§reve 4 Ceftp&oq --PROPRIETORS OFPEOPLES' DRY GOODS STORE sod STAR CLOTHUG HOUSE, nmiAw *

Obituary. Edith Myrtle McCoy, daughter of Hon. James $. and Mrs. McCoy, was born in Knox county, Mat £, 1883, and departed this life February 19, 1895, aged 11 years, 9 mouths and 11 ^ days. The funeral services were held 'wN at Walnut Grove chuirch, Knox countv, conducted by Rev. Hurt sock. The attendance at the funeral was unusually large attesting to the favor in which little Edith was held by all who knew her. Physically she was never strougand robust, though her spirit was always brigbt ami cheerful ^scattering beams pf sunshine” every* where she went. For seven long tedious months she was a sufferer of

me acutest form ot spinal trouble. She endured with patience all the pain and disappointments ot that disease. On Sunday before her death, when the family were so sorrowful j for her, she replied sweetly, “Don’t! mind, I’ll get my reward in heaven.” The body uow sleeps in the Walnut Grove cemetery in Knox county in the shadow of the monument of Goyernor Williams. That place being selected by herself. She arranged all the details for her funeral and tallied as calmly of her departure as though 4t were a visit of only a few days. She is absent from the home yet the blessed ways of her life will be * . sweetly cherished. Msy the God of her faith sustain those who mourn her departure. Representative Coats was in the city last Saturday, having come home from Indianapolis to visit his family at Uniou. He returned Mouday. He is foroinst the legislative apportionment and in favor ot the Nicholson bill. William Thomas, of Oakland City) was here the forepart of the week on fcUSfflPM made a pleasant call.

The “Pemidn Relief Fund. The donations to the “pound” fund for the relief of the needy has not met with that hearty response that the cause demanded. Those who responded to the call have done so liberally, and The Democrat returns its thanks for the liberal donations. All donations have been promptly turned over to the Ladies’ aid society for distribution- The following is a list of the givers since our last issue: Mrs. Morris Tucker, 50 pounds of flour. J. H. Viehe & Co., 100 pounds of potatoes. Miss Mary Glezen, tea and meal. Mrs. Belle Brenton, bushel of potatoes and beans. Mrs. W. A. Oliphant. one and a half gallons of molasses. Mrs. Jacob Schurz, eight pounds of baoon. Mrs. Mary Hisgen, ten pounds of meal. W. A. Oliphant, 100 pounds of floor. Gas Frank, five yards of flannel.

Notice i Notice I Having succeeded the Joe Patterson Company we desire to state that we will coutlnqe the business at the olcbstand on Depot street, with a full line of larm implements. And most cordially invite all in need ot anything in our line from a sewing ma- | chine needle up to a threshing machine, to give us a call. We haye an immense stock gnd are going to 6ei! it at prices to salt the times. Petersburg Implement Co. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report. Perry D. Shantr end Martha De Brule r. John 8tilwell and Rachael Carlisle. John D. Phillips and Dora Bybee. Edward A. Ashby and Carrie V. Farmer. Marvin A. Fair and Lisgie J. Hotter. George H. Gordon and Jolla A. O’Neal. William E. Bu tler and Francis E. Kays. Lanrentus L. Bearing and Bertie R.8ickles. A. 0. Kime has been appointed postmaster at Union, vice G. T. Kime resigned. Mr. Kitne h«s already taken charge of affairs,

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the My by The Democrat’s Reporters, News Items From Eerey There and Everywhere. Coart, City aid Personal Items in an Abreyiated Form. ¥•■ Will Finn Them All Cutler Thtw Heuliuf. The city council meets next Thursday evening. * AH the styles in ladies shoes kept by Barrett & Son. Lawrence LL sheeting 4 cents per yard at Barrett & Son’s. Will Braden was at Washington last Friday on business. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Remember that Barrett & Son have a fine line of men’s shoes. Ladies, you will find a nice line of wrappers at Barrett & Son’s. A splendid line of hats at Barrett & Son’s. The b^jft on the market A bargain. Hope bleached muslin only 5 cents per yard at Barrett & Son’s.

Barrett & Son are now selling Lawreuce.LL sheeting at 4 cents per yard. Barrett & Son are headquarters for the latest stjles 19 dry goods and notions. Sam Taylor, of Vincennes*, wgs here the first of the week visitiug relatives and friends. Empress baking powder stands at head of the list for purity and leavening qualities. ^ 41* E. A. Ely returned from Princeton last Saturday where he had been engaged in court. Clothing—Why, yes! Barrett & Son have the latest styles, for spiring and summer wear. Empress baking powder has been thoroughly tested and pronounced superior to all others. 42* Logan Robling and A. Beatty, of Winslow, were here Monday looking after business matters. Contractor Lori of the new jail was at Jasper this week Visitifig his mother who is very ill. Monet to Loan.—On five years’ time on real estate mortgage; low rates of interest. W. H. H. Thomas. 1-tf. Mr. Gus Frank, o( Petersburg, father of our hustling “Sig” was in the city yesterday.—Princetou Democrat.

Until further notice I will sell (rood screened coal at the mine for 4% cents or 6 cents delivered in Petersburg. 42-3 J. B. Borkr. Charles Schaefer, proprietor ef the Pike hotel, has been granted a reissue and increase of pension. Mr. Schaefer is an old resident of Petersburg and was a faithful soldier. The lecture of Will Cumback for last Tuesday evening has been postponed until the 26th of March. The postponement was made on account of the revival meetings at the M. E. church. Frank Kime moved to a farm near Union, Tuesday. Frank will take up farm life and make the dirt fly. He is not a new hand at the business, for before he went into the mercantile husiuess he was a tiller of the soil. Sheriff &ininan arrested Dr. Clifford, of Lockhart township last week for assault and battery with intent to kill one Young at Oakland City a few weeks ago. The sheriff took the doctor to Princeton, where he was placed under $500 bond for his appearance at court in that county,

Rev. Hile^ of Wiuslow, *u in Petersburg Monday. Barrett it $on have un elegant line of clothing at their store. ' Men's shoes sold at rock bottom prices at Barrett Sc Son’s. Warner Barrett made a business trip to Cincinnati this week. . Barrett Sc Son keep the latest styles in hats for this season’s wear. Barrett Sc Son are selling Hope bleached muslin at Scents per yard. Wheat is worth 46 cents, and corn 35 cents in the Petersburg market. Barrett & Son are selling clothing cheaper than auy other bouse in the city. ‘ Radios, call and see the fine line of shoes for spring wear at Barrett & Son’s.

Barrett & Son are in the lead with Hope bleached muslin at 5 cents per yard. Hon. Frank B. Posey, of Evansville was' in the city this week on legal business. Miss Mabel Mauck, of Princeton, is visiting her sister Mrs. Will Hargrove this week6. J. Nichols and E. A. Ely trans acted business at Oakland Monday afternoon. Fred Butler, of Monroe township, was here Monday looking after business matters. The only big bargain in town. LL sheeting only 4 cents per yard at Barret; & Son’s The Ladies’ aid society "will meo> Wednesday, March 6th, at the home of Mrs. YVilliam Liibs. The latest styles and patterns of dry goods and notions tor the spring trade at Barrett & Son’s. Empress baking powder is made by a home company and guaranteed to be the best on the market. 42* Mrs. Theodore Johnson, of Washington, was here Wednesday as the guest of Mrs. R. R. Hartly. T. W. Hurst, ot near Winslow, was in the city Monday and made The Democrat office a pleasant call. Jacob Tbeiring and his good wife, of Spurgeon, were shoppiug here Tuesday!.—L5'nnville Chronicle. A. Traylor, near Cato, was in the city Monday and ordered The Democrat to make weekly visits at his home. The county* commissioners have advertised to seil the old county jail building. The sale will take place on the 4»h of May. The E. & I. railroad offer excursion rates to North Vernon April 4th to 6th on account of Southern Indiana teachers’ association.

Thomas Sholders, of Monroe, township, will remove to this city next week and become a full fledged resident of the capitol ot Pike. Will Hargrove has been at Cincinnati the past week laying in a large stock Of goods for the spring and summer trade. He will return home today. Quarterly meeting services will be held at the M. E. church Sunday. Dr. Halstead, presiding elder of this district, will occupy the pulpit at the morning and evening services. T. M. Catt will have a sale of per* 8onai property at his residence in Madison township, Satuj*dav, March 16th. The sale will consist of horses, cattle, hogs and farming implements. The youug people in the vicinity of Alford will giye an entertainment, at that place, on the night of March the 6th, f<*r the benefit of the M. E church. Songs, dialogues, declamations, and orations wiil be rendered. Admission ten cents. Pacific lodge I. O. O. F. will celebrate its anniversary on the 11th of March. The Odd Fellows lodge ot this city was- organized here about forty years ago and Is one of the solid secret societies of this city* A splendid program will be made out for the occasion and a banquet served, Ellas Garrett, of Marion township a staunch friend of Thb Democrat, was in town Tuesday on business and made this office a pleasant oall. Mr, Garrett says that the people In his section are not in favor of the stock law being enforced, and that a petition will be sent to the board of commissioners to reconsider their action, Jt is numerously signed.

Peb Hammond is at Cincinnati this week on business. Hope bleached muslin at 5cents per yard at Barrett & Son’s. * When you want a boy’s suit of clothes call at Barrett & Son’s. Mrs. S. P. Hammond and children are among the sick this week. The finest lioe of ladies and misses shoes are kept by Barrett & Son. » H. Hi Tislow jewelry and watchmaker Petersburg. All work gnarteed. / . 28* When you want a flue pair of shoes for Sunday wear call at Barrett & Sons. Sol Frank leaves for the east today to buy spring goods for the Mammoth storer What d’ye think! Barrett & Son are selling LL sheeting at 4 ceuts per yard. W. F. Cassiday, of Hazelton, was doing business in Petersburg the first of the week. If you want the latest style of hat for spring or summer wear call at Barrett & Son’s. ■ Barrett & Son have a splendid line of ladies’ wrappers, made from the very best materials. * M. B. Thwmas, of Union, was in town last Saturday on business pertaining to the schools. Milt Mitchell, of Washington, was m the city Monday shaking hands

with his nnmerous friendsTy_j Every can of Empress baking powder warranted. If not satisfactory the price will be refunded. 42* The Pike circuit court convenes one week from next Monday. The docket for the term will be rather small. « Charles Burger the merchant tailor has recovered sufficiently from his recent illness to be at his place of busiuess. Dr. J. T. Kime and Nelson &one have leased the Posey coal mines and will go to work at once and place the same in operation. Misses Rose Older and Ida Soloman retarned to their homes in Princeton, Monday after visiting Mrs. William Liibs for a week. To Trade.—A 28-inch wheel cycle gear 63 or 68, weighs 28 pounds; will trade for a toting horse. 42 Will Mitchell. Allen & Billheimer, of Washington, have secured the contract from the county commissioners to furnish the tile for the jail sewer. The price to be paid is fourteen cents per foot. The person who took the door bell from the new tail will please return the same at once and save trouble. Martin Lori. William Frick. 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 agfency in the county. 38-5 Mrs. William Liibs entertained a number of young people at her home last. Thursday evening in honor of Misses Rose Ohler and Ida Solomon, of Princeton. Refreshments were served and a splendid evening was enjoyed by the guests. The normal at Otwell will be postponed until March 18th. Persons destring to attend school are requested to give it a trial. All fees will be refunded to any person dissatisfied with the instruction. J, H. Risley.

The* countv commissioners will meet in regular session next week to transact the regular business of the county. The jail will probably be completed by the end of the session, if so it will be accepted bv the board and the contractor released. The sewer will also be let out oh that oocasion. John Zimmerman, of Clay township, celebrated his 90th birthday last Tuesday at the home of his daugh ter near Union. Mr. Zimmerman is a native born HoOsier and haf lived in Pike county nearly seventy years, and on the preseot farm for more than sixty-years. About a year ago hi* wife died, at the time of her death they had been married sixty-six years Be is still active for a man of bi« years and can tell many of the experienoes of the early day life in Pike county, * c

Death of Jum E. OartdMB. One by one the old pioneer residents of Pik9 county are passing to their home beyond. They have seen a vast wilderness cleared up and made into valuable farms and towns. They have seen the rapid advance in industry and civilization and have undergone the great privations of early pioneer life. Another one of these early pioneers has been tenderly laid away after a life of usefulness to the community in which he had lived all the days of his life. James E. Davidson wa« born in Pike county about 68 years ago and died on Thursday of last week after an illness of two weeks. While on his way to Princeton two weeks before his death he was stricken with paralysis. He was taken to the home of his brother, Jasper N. Davidson, in that city, and afterward conveyed to his home, but never rallied from the effects of the stroke. The funeral took place on last Saturday at his buiue in Clay township. Rov. Jetfkins, pastor of the C. P. ; church of Princeton, delivered the fuueral sermon, and under tho sol- ■■ emn and impressive rites of the Ma- ' sonic order he was laid at rest in the Davidson cemetery. The funeral was f one of the largest ever seen in that section of the county. Mr. Davidson was born and raised within a short distance of where he has resided for these many years. He i was a broad-minded man aud whose advice waftofteq sought in many business transactions by his friends and % neighbors. He was prosperous in life > and had gathered together a large .share of this world’s goods by thrift and industry, and was one of the

large land owners of the county. He was a charitably disposed mau and gave freely to every good cause. In early life be was active in politics and some thirty-five years ago was elected to the office ot county commissioner by the democratic party, which position he filled to the satisfaction of the people of the county. He was often sought after his term of office expired to serve in other official capacities, but refused the honors, hava preference for farm life in which he was very successful. He had one of the finest farms in the county, and his home was a model of country life. He was a man highly respected by all who knew him, and his acquaintance was very exteusive iu this and neigh-_y boring counties. - Be was a member of Pike Lodge No. 121, F. & A M., of this city and under whose riiearthe last tribute waa conducted, A number of the members of the lodge from this city attended the funeral. Mr. Davidson’s parents were born in Indiana and were among the early white settlers ot this section of the state. He leaves a wife and six children, two sons aud four daughters, to - mourn their loss of a kind and indulgeut husband and father. Resolutions of Condolence,

Hall of Pike Lodge, No. 121, F. * A. M.i Petersburg, lad., Feb. 26,1885. j Whsreas, It hi.8 please I an A1 wise Providence to remove from our midst and the field of usefulness our most esteemed brother and fellow laborer, Brother James £. David* son. ' K v . Whibias, If is meet that we should ex* press our sorrow for bis death and extend to bis afflicted family and relatives our condo* lence in this their sad bereavement. Therefore ■ - \ Resolved, That in the death of Brother James E. Davidson the community has sustained the loss of a valuable citizen, his associates a genial and cherished friend, his family an indulgent and kind husband and father, the oppressed from whatever cause, a most earnest sympathizer and friend, the fraternity one of Its warmest advocates ard most zealous members- Therefore Resolved, That his laithful and untiring efforts in the cause in which we are engaged were snch as to produce great good, not only to this community bat to the great interests of our common humanity. Resolved, That we will ever retain an a Affectionate regard for the memory of oqr departed brother, and that we hereby tender to his bereaved widow and family oqr most sincere sympathies in this their sore affliction, commending them to God who atone can give true consolation to the fatherless and (he widow.: Resolved. That the lodge room be appropriately draped in mourning for thirty days, that these resolutions be spread on the minutes, that a copy be furnished the family of the deceased brother, and that they be published in The Pike County Democrat and Petersburg Press, 8 SO KGB GOODRID.) kkrt Read, > Com. Lssiig Lamb, , > We recomead Empress baking ootvder to those who desire a strictly pure and wholesome powder. M.