Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 50, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 April 1895 — Page 1

VOL. XXV PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1895, NO. 50,

6 '*• U the enry of every lady. To accomplish this you muit use good Lining*, and yon know we are the only atore in fcowu that handles a city stock of Linings. We have all the Grass Cloth, SUeaiiaa, Canvas, Fiber, Chamois, Duck Ac. Why not- I Take time by the forelock and buy your Carpets- now, and finish house-cleaning ere hot weather. Bring the measure of your room and let ub show you how little it costs for a nice Carpet. 25c per yard for a good honest Carpet. 85c per yard for .Star Ingrains; new patterns, 50c per yard for good All-Wool Ingrains. 50c per yard for Brussalls, in pretty patterns. Lace-Curtains, from 49c per pair up to 112.00. You can’t mention anything In the Carpet er Curtain line but what we can supply. ♦ ♦ Sl?ee at)d SMpper flargaitjs, ♦ ♦- Infants’Shoes,solid leather .... .. 19c Infants’ Shoes, better grades ...... . 25c Ladles’ soft Slippers, with tip ... j 60c Ladies’good easy Slippers .. 75c Ladies’ Tan Slippers, with bow .......... . II 00 Ladles’ Stribley Slippers . ..'. ... |1 50 * All the new toes. You know Stribley makes nothing but glovefitting Slippers, that will cure up all those corns. Ladles’ Kid Shoes, patent tip. . 98c Ladies’ genuine Dongola Kid, new toes.*.. SI 48 Ladies’ Razor Toes, Needle ^oes... |2 25 Come where they handle nothing but good Shoes, Rhoes that you will W proud of, > W* V Har§r@ve $ G@ THE PEOPLES* STORE.

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Of this young man now? If you had seen him a few hours ago when he eame in with one of those cheap “hand - me- down" suits, bought of one of those “mixed stores” that sell anything from bologna to grindstones, you would have laughed. You couldn’t help it. But since we fixed him up with one of those new Spring '* Suits we are freod e| |4itj) And Mr. Reader, let us fix you up and we will be proud of you. We have thousands of new Spring Tailor-Made Suits that are beauties, and cost no mors than trash. Look at our Cutaways, Prince Regents, Prince Alberts, Round and Square Cut Sacks: 500 Men’s All-Wool Suits, beauties .*Tto|10 00 250 Boy’8 Summer Suits, well made’ .. 76c 800 pairs Men’s Working Pants, 49c 250 Men’s full else Shirts . 24c 165 pairs Men’s business Shoes, 98c We are agents for the celebrated W. L. Douglass Shoes. When you want a nice stylish outfit from head to foot, try us.

Star® Clothing® House THE TEMPLE OF FASHION.

A Jut Ruling. The following important decision has last been rendered by the secretary of the interior. It will be of general interest to readers of The Courier throughout the first congressional district, in which there are a number of worthy cases of the class in whose behalf the decision was made: A decision has been rendered by the secretary of the interior Involving the right to pension in claims filed by persons after attaining their sixteenth year, for or, on account of whom no claim had been made during the period of their pensionable minority as children of a soldier who had died from causes originating in the service and line of dnty. The secretary, in his decison holds that the clause “children under sixteen years of age” descriptive of a class of claims, the title of which accrues to the claims, the title of which to the claimant by reason of being under the age of sixteen at the death of the father from causes originating in the service and in the line of dutv; and that claims of that class are excepted from the limitation act of March 3,1879, aud are not forfeited by neglect to file the application during the period of pensionable minority- . . , f . Although the decisions of the courts before which this question has been brought were against him, thej Hon. Arthur H. Taylor during his | term in congress labored incessantly to bring about this interpretation of the law by the secretary ot the interior. There were instances among his constituents that would be favorably affected by 6uch a ruling and both in justice and in law Mr. Taylor was convinced it would be right. To his individual labors more than to another influence this class of minor pensiou claimants owe their gratitude for this long delayed act of justice.

The Stock Law Woes Into Effect. At the December session of the board of county commissioners that body by an order which was spread of record set May 1, 1895, as the day on which the stock law would go into for«*e in Pike county. Next Wednesday being the first day of May farmers who have stock wiil proceed at once to gather up thejr stock from the highways and hedges and put them within enclosed pasture lands. It was thought for a time that the law would never be euforced In this county, as during the campaigns it was frequently discussed and the candidates were forninst enforcing the law. The election is over now and the law will gointo force next Wednes* dav as stated above. There seems 1 to be considerable kicking over the matter in many localities of the conn- j ty and it has been said that petitions would be sent to the couuty commissioners asking them to repeal the order. High School Commencement* The Petersburg public schools will close on June 14th and the commencement exercises will be held at the M. E. church on the following Mouday evening. The following young ladies and gentlemen will graduate: Misses Emma Hunter* Bernice Frank, Mary Weaver,.Gertrude Brady, and Jodie Veeck, and Messrs. Walter Coleman, Will Read and Louie George. The class is an exceptionally strong one. No flowers or presents will be given the graduates on commencement night from the audience. Those who desire to give presents or boquets, will leave them in the choir room of the cbnrch at the side entrance. Hon. F. B. Posey’s Lecture. r As previously announced, Hon. F. B. Posey of Evansville, gave his lecture entitled, “Thirty Cities Give Yon Warning: See that Your Walls Are Strong/’ at the M. E. church Monday evening. A good sized audience greeted the lecturer. The lecture was one of Mr. Posey's greatest efforts and is a master-piece from beginning to end. Mr. Posey held the strictest attention of his audience throughout. The lecture was given by the ladies of the W. R. C. Head Quarters—for real estate, farm and city property for sale on reasonable terms at the reliable realestat* agency of W. H. H. Thomas, the leading real estate agency in the county. 38-5

D* They Wut sJBrtfg*! A* the board of county commissioners hare recently passed an order proposing to build a bridge at Harryman’s ferry In Jefferson township, across White river, providing the Daviess county commissioners were willing to join in and pay their share, it is nothing more than right that the people should know whether or not it would benefit that part of the county. It might possibly be a disadvantage to the merchants of Otwell and Algiers, as a great deal of their u*de would be drawn to Washington. We understand that there are some cititensof the township who object to building of the bridge. Some of the reasons given is that the bridge would be only within a mile and a half of the Dnbois county line and would be of as great benefit to the people in that neighborhood in Dubois county as it would be to the people living several miles distaut from the ferry in Jefferson township. Another is that it would be of benefit to only about one-third of the citizens of the township. This is a matter that interests every 'citizen of the township, and before the matter has gone too far an expression should be had from the voters. Harde Tymes Soshul. You air axed to a doing us folks air a going to hav at the Presbyterian church, Monday evenin, Aprile 29: RULES AND REOULASHUN8. Chapter 1. Every woman who hums must ware a kaliksr dress and' apern, or somethin ek&ly approperate, and leve their pougbdle dorg to hum. Chapter 2. Every gent most ware (bare old close and flaanll shirts. No gent with a bilod shirt and dude kollerwill bealloud to kum onless he pays a fine of 5 cento. A VOTE OV THANKS Will be given to the man or woman hevin the woret-lookln rig in ithe rume These rules will be inforced to the letter. A kompetent komitee will irrterduce strangers and look arter bashful fellers. EXTRA KAUGHPHT AND WRINGERS Will be et from ate to ten o’cloek. Admishun to git in will be ten cts This takes in the supper and the hull thing ^riNES VUR LADIES. No aprun, 1 cent; ear rings (plane), 1 cent; ear rings (diinundj, 2 cents; wool dress (old), 2 cents; trimmed apurn, 2 cents; gold fraim glasses, 2 cents; finger rings (plane), 2 cents; finger rings (dlmund), S cents; wool dress (new) 5 cents; bokey (korsaige), 5 cents; bokey (hand),$1.00. VINES VUR HEN. lied hare er wacksed mustasb, 1 cent; blacked botes, 1 cent; slgars in pocket, 1 cent each sigar; pipes exemt; watches (not Waterbuiy,, 1 cent; stove-pipe hat, 1 cent; choIng gum, 1 cent; brocade ties, 1 cent; klerical ties, l cent; kerrying a kaoe, 1 cent; stand-up kollars,2 cents; patent lether abuse, 2cento; died mustash, 3 cents; buttonhole bokey. 5 cents. For gent or boy with curled hare. 1 cent. Kommitty.

Favors a Doable Standard. Governor Matthews was interviewed last week on the money question aud expressed himself as follows: “We are a debtor nation and by far the larger part of onr citizens belong to the debtor class. It will bo demontrated that beyond doubt the business of this country can not be conducted upou the single standard, be that either gold or silver. To do this would be unjust, perilous and destructive. We need the double stand* ard of value, an honest and sincere bimetalism, gold and silver of equal and interchangeable values. To talk bimetalism and all the time adopting a policy Jthat further puts the equal value in the dim future, as many do, is not acting in good faith. To say that we must have a parity between gold and silver, and by our acts, our policy toward ourselves as a people aud in a faint-hearted dealing with other nations constantly creating a greater disparity, is neither just, sincere nor honest.H Want ter be teteior. The following names are mentioned in connection with the republican nomination for governor: Will Curaback, of Greensburg; James T. Johnson, of Rockville; Warren G. Sayre, of Wabash; George W. Steele, of Marion; Smiley N. Chambers, of Indianapolis; J. N. Huston, of Conuersville; S. E. Everett, of Pt. Wayne; Charles Griffin, of Hammond; Charles L. Henry, of Anderson; Joseph B. Cheadle, of Frankfort; Ira J. Chase, of Danville; John L. Griffiths, of Indianapolis; Frank Posey, of Evansville ; James A. Mount, of Crawfordsville; William D. Owen, of Logansport; Robert J. Tracewelle, of Corydon; James S. Dodge, of Elkhart; Theodore Shockney, of Uuion City, and Lew Wallace, of Crawfordsville.

Oil in Soatkera Indiana. There Is somewhat of sn oil boom In this section of the state. Over in Perry county there are positive indications that there are large deposits in various parts of the county, and especially is this so in Oil township. The indications points very strongly that the belt includes Dubois and Crawford. Iu various pans of Pike county the same indications exist as those in the three counties named, and it would not be bad policy to explore the bowdls of the earth ahd see #bat is in store for us. It might be possible that we are right in the center of a great oil field. Now that the oil operators are scouring the country for new fields, it would not be a bad idea to take some steps in the matter. A correspondent to the Evansville Courier from Cannelton writes very encouragingly of the oil outlook in that section, and says the geologist with whom he has conversed claim that this country will be a great oil and gas country whenever developed. Pensions Granted. The following pensions have been granted in this section of the State daring the past week, and include original, restoration, Increase and widows and orphans: William T. Marsh, Leavenworth. James t>. Thompson. Seymour. John F. McCormack, Oakland. Isaac Bledsoe, Shoals. * Thotaaas J. Vanhoy, Shoals. Maryfield M. Coleman, Oakland City. David L. Gilchrist, Orleans. Alfred C. Kidwell, Vincennes. Calvin Kasor, Rockford. Arthur M. Green, Fort Branch. Thomas Oliphant, Petersburg. John T. Simpson, Brueeville. James Kellams, Birdseye. Abraham Perkins, Washington. William Westfall, Hazelton. Peter N. Lemond, Duff. £ B. Williams, Cortland. Albert Strand, Evansville. John R. Carnahan, Washington. Benjamin F. Taylor, Princeton. Joseph H. Sartin, Evansville. John W. McLlnn, Blcknell. Lewis Fields, Monroe City. Joseph Corn, Augusta.

Stamps are Counterfeits. There is little doubt that the scheme for distributing United States postage stamps at a rate below their face value, which has its headquarters at Hamilton, Out., is a part of one of the greatest enterprises of its kiud that has been unearthed of late years. The officials of the treasury secret seryice will work on the case until they have discovered, If possible, where the work of counterfeiting is carried on and have apprehended the principals in the plot. The report that the stamps which have been 6oId were part of those which were printed by the bureau of printiug and engraving when it first undertook the work and which were rejected by the postoffice department proved to be erroneous. Close examination of the stamps disposed of iu Chicago shows that they are counterfeits. Selecting Juries. One of the laws passed by the last legislature requires juries to be drawn in public. The manner of drawing will be the same. p?be jury commissioners put the names in the box and the clerk of the court draws them out in the presence of the commissioners and anyone who cares to be present. The commissioner of opposite politics to the clerk will carry the key to the box and he must always be present when it is opened. This is a good law and will do away with any intimation of unfairuess in selecting the juries. ttoods Stolen. ' Alex Willis of Cato, runs a kuckBter wagon. On last Monday he stayed over night at the home of Baz Selby’s, southeast of here, aud left his wagon standing in front of Mr.Selby’s residence. Duriug the night some one unlocked the wagon and took goods to the amount of $15 from It. There is no clew to the robbery. Mr. Willis was in town Tuesday and informed a Democrat reporter that he intends to do all in his power to run down the guilty parties. * Notice.—Having bought the interest of John Crow in the Montgomery flouring mill I will in the future buy aud sell all kinds ofgrain. Extensive repairs are being made in the mill and I ask a share of the custom work of the people. Call and see meT 49*3 John Bate.

Dent Like Ike Met* The opposition to the county com* miss loners in disposing of the uofortunste children which have become charges to the county, seems to ooms from every part of the county. Not alone is this opposition here in this city bat many of the leading men in the country seriously object to this method of disposing of the poor. They claim that they pay their taxes for this purpose and that the county has a poor asylum and an orphan's home, both well regulated and under competent management, and that the children should be kept here and placed in bomes in the couuty, thus saving the money paid out for the purpose of securing homes in other counties. As stated in this paper sometime since the society with which the commissioners contracted agree to furnish homes for the children at $50 each and to look after them until they become a certain age. The society has secured seven children from this county, and the agent was here one day last week to secure a few more, but it is understood that the board of managers of the Thornton orphan’s home refused to release any of the children from that institution. „ The Coal Seale Hay he Reduced. There may be more trouble among the coal operators and miners in the next few weeks. The agreement under which Iudiana miners have beeu working for several months past' terminates next Tuesday, and it seems that the wages of each state Will be fixed independent of the old inter-state 1 agreement. President McBride, of the American federation of labor, says there is much dissatisfaction. At the present time tho miners of the state are getting sixty cents per ton for mining coal. The operators m the Pittsbnrg district will offer bat sixty-uine cents per ton. To this the Indiana operators will insist ou a reduction of nine cents, or making the price fifty-one cents. Most Indiana operators have suggested that it would be a good policy for operators and miners to co-operate in a fight against the Pittsburg district by reducing the price of both wages and coal. Strikes are cot paying ventures at best to the laborer or the operators and it is to be hoped that these troubles will be amicably settled to the mutual benefit of all parties interested.

“Birthday Social.” The ladies of the C. P. church gave a -birthday social” at Fleming’s hall last Thursday night. Each person, who came had previously been presented with a small cheese-cloth sack in which he brought as many cents as he was.years old. This admitted him and entitled him to a fine supper, which was served in the best of style. The novelty of the affair brought out a large crowd of people. During the eveniug so me very fine vocal and instrumental music was renoered by home talent. The social was a grand success in every particular. About |70 was cleared. Fine Printing. J Tub Democrat excells any other office in this section when it comes to the point of job printing. We are prepared to execute all classes of work equal to any city office. The printing is done under the super- * visou of one versed in the art and that way gives to Its patrons the best to be bad. The office keeps in stock nothing but firstclase goods, and has just received another large invoice of firstclass stationery. Give us a call when needing work of a firstclass order. Harrow Escape. Miss Lora Farmer, of Monroe City, met with a very narrow escape last Tuesday morning. She was on her way to Winslow, this county, and wtien a short distance on this side of / Stork's ferry the horse she was ing became unmanageable and she was thrown from the bnggy. The buggy was completely demolished. Miss Farmer escaped with slight injuries. The Democrat carries in stock a line of high grade aud fancy envelopes, folders, wedding and mourning goods, and cards aud envelopes suitable. for fashionable parties. CaU and see them.