Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 7, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 June 1895 — Page 1

► ► ► ► ► ► t. ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► i ► ’ ► ► ► Lucky Friday Bargain Day. To avoid the rush and jam of Saturday, and that our customers may be properly waited upon, we have appointed Friday Bargain Day ! » I Remember, these prices can be obtained only on Friday of each week. We cau’t ufford to sell below cost only cnc day In each week. Notice these prices aud compare with “mixed stores.” ! ■ i J SEE • THE • PEICES: Genuine indigo Blue Prints ..... 4c , Choice of any Calico in house Friday .......'. 4c Choice of all Staple Ginghams . ....5c j Yard Wide Percales, best grade . 10c Silkaline for Drapery___ . ... 12'ic One-fifth Off ar.y Parasol in house Friday, All-Wool Carpets.;...49c StalrCarpets ..... ...... 11c Ladies’Summer Vests .. 5c Large Pearl Button Kid Gloves ... ... 75c PureSilk Mitts.. ...j,. 19c One-Fifth off all Embroideries Friday. One-Fifth off all Laces lor Friday. One-Fifth oft all Shoes and Slippers Friday. Aud so on through our°great stock.

We have the only “straight” Dry Goods store; you can always find just what you ivnut.^ind the prices you know are always the lowest. ► You Caa Afford to Trafel 50 Miles for Oar Friday Bargains T COOL STORE. PLENTY CLERKS. [U MW COMM fr I • • ' ■ -4 ■ i i ► THE PEOPTES’ STOEE. i' 4

f ell the Price 1. Douglass, $2.50. •

In Rood large figures, that lie who runs may read. You can talk for hours about this or that Shoe,but the most interesting part is the price. There is where the Douglass 92.50 Shoe leads all. Popular price; neatly made, and its durability is unsurpassed; evefy pair warranted. Better Save that Doctor Bill Is the motto of everyone. It’s an easy task when you are wearing a Soft Negligee Shirt. They are regular “summer -coolers.” We have them in all colors. We will give you one-fourth off of the price of any Light Weight Suit In the house for the next Sixty Days, as we desire to close out all Summer Goods before placing our order for Fall Stock. Come and secure the bargain of a lifetime. Star Clothing House Qpefi Until 10:30 O’Clock Saturday Evenings, You'ask how? It’s simple enough. Buy One of our Silk Lustre or Alpacca Coats and Vests and avoid being overheat. .TO ZEEF COOl*

LOCAL HAPPENINGS I Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters. News Items From Here, There and * Everywhere. Court, City and Personal Items in an Abrogated Form. « Yon Will Fine Them All Under Thin Heading.

Dr. Bethell of Wluslow, was in the city Wednesday. Bacon and lard 10 cents per pound at Ike Whitaker's. - 5-3 Mrs. S. J. Haines visited triends in Evansville Wednesday. Goto H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Mrs. Rev. Anderson, who has been sick for sometime past, is recovering. Wheat cutting is about over. The crop will be about one-third less than last year. Empress baking powder has been thoroughly tested and pronounced superior to all others. 42* Frank & Malott shipped two car loads ot stock to the Cincinnati market during the week. Ladies, The Democrat office has just received a new line ot visiting cards. Call and see them. The town board meets in regular session next Thursday night to look after the business oTlhe corporation.1 Rev. J. E. Roach of Auburn, Illinois, father-in-law of Rev. Elder, will preach at the C. P. church next Sunday morning at 10.30. The round trip excursion rate to Indian Springs this season will be $2 25; tickets good for 6ixty days, final limit of November 1st. Rev. A. A. Arman, presiding elder of the Columbus district of the; U. B. church, was in the city Friday while on his way to hold quarterly meetings below town. A. Drybrough of Crothersville,was here Wednesday on business matters. He has been sick ever since leaving here, but has sufficiently recovered as to be arouud a portion of the time. He will return here this fall.

Jasper wilt have a big time on the 4th of July. Pay up your delinquent subscription account. One hundred pounds of bacon at Whitaker’s for $9.00. 5-3 Scott Mitchell transacted business at £vansville Wednesday. Wheat is worth 75 cents, and corn 45 cents in the Petersburg market. /. John Lee and daughter Della, visited relatives at Winslow last week. Thomas Nelson of Marion township, was here Wednesday on business. Edmund Frank and Frank White have returned home to spend the college vacation. . The work on the new county barn is progressing and the framework Will be raised this week. Empress baking powder is made by a home company and guaranteed to be the best on the market. 42* For Sale.—-A span of good mules; 15>£ hands high. Will be sold for cash or on time. J. P. Martin. Come to Petersburg on the 4th and while here visit the merchants and get some of the bargains now' being offered. Read the advertisements in Tiif Democrat this week for bargains. The merchants are wideawake wbe advertise.

i The old |ail and all other dilapidated buildings on the public square should be removed. The people are desirous of seeing it done^ Wanted.—To exchange traction engine, separator and clover huller for a small farm. Will pay the difference if any in cash. W. A. Oliphant A sunrise prayer meeting will be held at the M. E. church this (Friday) morning at five o’clock. The various young peoples’ societies are invited to attend and take part in the exercises. Com. Robert Cromwell post G. A. R., at Winslow, passed very appropriate resolutions on the death of their comrade and brother, Hiram Williams, who died very suddenly last Saturday night of heart failure. Sherman Wopdry, who has twice before escaped jail at Stoddard county, Missouri, cut his wav out again Mouday. He was arrested uear here a few weeks ago after being shot down by the Missouri sheriff'.—Oakland City Journal. The national educational society meeting will take place at Denver, Colorado, July 5th to 12th. The rate from Petersburg and return will be $31.50. Tickets will be sold July 3d, 4th and 5th, good returning to July 15th. This is an excellent opportunity for persons to visit the great state with its many interesting sights. See E. & I. agents for further particulars.

The raius are noW coming semi-oc-casional. J. N. Jackson of Princeton, was in town last week. Eleven pounds of lard for $1, at Ike Whitaker’s market. 5-3 H. H. Tislow jewelry and watchmaker Petersburg. - All work guarteed. 28* Charles W. Armstrongs of Boonville, Sundayed in this citv visiting his parents. j Miss Maude Brentom of Winslow, visited Byron Brenton and family over Sunday. Mrs. D. Q. Chappell was in Evansville the first of the week visiting with friends. Misses Cappatola Ring end Ella McGowan were at Evansville shopping Wednesday. The supreme court will not pass on the superintendent law until sometime in September. Mrs- Anna Hammond left for Illinois, Wednesday, to spend the Summer wiih her mother and sister. We recommend Empress baking * powder to those who desire a strictly pure and wholesome powder, 42* I

I have 5,000 bushels ot coal mined for threshing purposes at 4% cents! per bushel at the miue. J. B. Borer. The ladies' sewing society of the M. E. church will bold an ice cream festival at the court houso square Saturday evening. Call at The Democrat office for your job printing. The best job printer in the city. Se$ us before leaving your order. John O. Davis, cashier of the Pike countv state bank, while in Kentucky a few Weeks since, purchased a very fine standard bred light harness mare. Dandruff is an exudation from the pores of the skin that spreads and dries, forming scrut and causing the hair to fall out. Hall’s Hair Renewer cures it. The new M. E. church at Massey’s grove, Pataka township, will be dedicated Sunday. Dr. W. II. Halstead will preach the dedication sermon. The public is cordially invited to attend. A basket dinner will also be held. i. James Kelly and Walter Mitchell returned from Indianapolis last Saturday night. They were taken there one dav last week to auswer before the U. S, court charged with violating the revenue laws. They were fined $53 each. The Petersburg ball club has about decided not to play ball again on Sunday. They have not won a Sunday game and concluded that the fates are against them. Last Sunday was the same old story. The Oatsvilie dub downed them by a score of 2S to 13. Try a game on some other day of the week.

A small show raked in a few dollars here Monday. Lard and bacon 10 cents per pound, at Whitaker’s meat market. Mrs. Sarah Cooper of Jasper, visited Dr. Hunter and family last week. Empress baking powder stands at head of the list for purity and leaven* - ing qualities. 41* - J. B. Borer has returned from bias4 visit to Washington City. He reports a splendid time. The “Ben Hurv reading club will meet at the home of Miss Etta David* so#Saturday evening. Every can of Empress baking powder warranted. If not satisfactory the price will be refunded. 42* Twenty-two persons went from here on the excursion to Worthington last Saturday to see Barnum’s circus. Dr. E. G. Burlingame ot Jasper, will hang out his shingle at Union. He is a recent graduate of the Louisville medical college. There will be a festival at Grange Hall Saturday night for the benefit ot the Sunday school. AH kinds of refreshments will be-served.

The £. & I. railroad will sell excursion tickets for the 4th of July to all points ^ithiu a radius of 200 miles at one fare for the round trip. Mrs. Grustofl' Frank and son Isaac have arrived safe at Mandel, Germany, the birthplace of the former, where they will visit with friends for several weeks. D. L. Bonner, assistant state superintendent of Sunday schools, ” will hold a union meeting at the M. E. church Sunday afternoon, July 7th. All Sunday school workers are requested to be present. The Ladies of the Baptist church will serve ice cream cako and supper at the court house y ard on the afternoon and evening of the fourth of July. Come everybody and get cool, and enjoy yourself in eating good things. The owners of White Sulphur Springs, in Pike county have had built this spring, a ujee two story house, 35x90 feet, with halls and large diniug room, and 25 bed rooms. They expect to opeu the new building for the accommodation of guests next Monday, and it is urgently needed, too, as the old quarters are constantly crowded.—Jasper Courier. A public installation of officers of Uuity, lodge No. 77. A. O. U. W. will occur at the court house July 1st at 7 o’clock. The public cordially invited. All lodges in Pike county are especially requested to be present, At the close of the installation ceremonies refreshments will bcserved at the opera house'for the members of the order and their families. A good time is anticipated. Committee.

teen’s SkiirtBm«tmMn«M1Mmvilllvumvtvl1 t> ■ Hot a cheap grade at a cheap price, but firstclass goods at way-down prices. We bought a big lot of Working Shirts in Domet and Cheviot. These Shirts were made to retail at 65 cents,. To sell them quick we offer them as long as they last at 40 CENTS. Another lot closed out were finely Laundried Percale Shirts, collars Attached. Your choice for Worth more. See them in our show window this week, , Lovely line of Fancy Suspenders, light and nice colei’s. Just the thing when you don’t wear your coat and want something neat on. New shapes in Straw Hats; a dandy for 50c. The largest and nobbiest line of Clothing in town. . , , . ' ■ ' , * Gus ® Frank’s * Mammoth * Store