Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 August 1895 — Page 1

VOL. XXVI. PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1895. NO. U,

August Shoe Sale! To boom Shoes through August we have made a special sale of our entire stock or Shoes m ‘both stores for the month of August only. It requires a great deal of nerve to slaughter Shoes now with the big advance of nearly 50 percent on top of them. Buy now; it’s money In your pocket. Every day you wait they will post yon more. The price of Shoes Is going clear out of sight. !t„

98 X*adies’.Kl0 Button 3Uoes, all sizes... ‘Ladies’ Kid Buttou Shots, patent tif opera toe — . —.1125 L.vjies’ Kid Button Shoes, pure Dongola common sense, opera or needle toe 1 48 Ladies’^Ine Dongola Button; all the new toes, now only .2 00 Ladies’ fine Kid Button, Stribley’s make new toes and last, worth $S —. 250 Ladies’ Winter Shoes of every kind. finest oil grain— .. .t— ...125 Infaftt’s Shoes .. .. 15 Infant's Shoes, patent tips ..... ........ 25 We have hundreds of pairs of Shoes and 81ippers on our bargain counter at almost your own price.

Ladies’ Kid Slippers. . 58 | I « Ladies’ White shippers ...1 48 Men’s $1.75 Shoes In congress or lace. 1 25 Men’s Satin Calf, congress or lace, worth $2.00....‘....'1 50 Men’s $2.50 fine Calf or Cordovan.2 00 Men’s genuine Douglass Shoes, congress • or lace . . . .2 00 Men’s Calf, Viol Kid or Cordovan Shoes. $3.00 grade. . . .. 2 50 ! :■ I Men’s hand-sewed Kangaroo or Calf. .. S 00 Hundreds of pairs of Men’s sample Shoes in every grade on oar .bargain counters at your owtn price.

Buy your Shoos now. If you put it off you’ll pay double. This opportunity may never come again. We have the largest shoe stock in town. W. V. Hargrove & Co KRQckers of High Prices in Petersburg. in Object oi leant; is Flem| ta the Eje if ■’ A garment that is serviceable and comfortable always give8rihe nearer satisfaction.!

,' The reason why this young man is so attractive is because he has a pleasing smile i bn his face, and that is caused by being com--:Stjlisb Hats, Nobby Suits:And a pair Of Douglass Shoes. We sold him the whole outfit. He also has his Laundry work done by the Cresceut Steam Laundry (Of which we have th$ agency). That is another reason why he is so attractive. We can make you just as attractive, for we carry | a full line of the latest styles in I portable and at his ease in one of our I Clothing, • Hats, Shoes • and Furnishing Goods jMgf We will convince you if you will call on us. We will oonvinoe you if

Star Clothing House Temple of Fashion, ^ Petersburg, Ind. WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST BE S0WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS |§ THAT THE DEMOCRAT IS THE BEST PAPER Only $1.23.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat's Reporters, News Items From Here, There and Everywhere. Coarj;, City and Personal Items la an Abrogated Form. ¥•» Will Find Them All Under This Headiuf. Pay up your delinquent subscript tion account. Ed Read of Oakland City, was here last Friday on business. Byron Breuton was at Winslow, Wednesday, ou business. Miss Mary Rodgers of Evansville, visited friends here over Stiuday. George B. Ashby made a business trip to Sulphur Springs Tuesday. The Sunday school convention will convene tomorrow at the Presbyterian church. Logan Robling, the Winslow merchant, was here on business last Friday. The “Blue Front” grocery store is the best place iu town for cheap groceries. 11 The board of county commissioners will convene Monday for a session of several days. The board of review adjourned lapt Saturday after being in sessiou tor several weeks.

John M. Davis, trustee-elect of Monroe township, was in the city Tuesday ou business. Virgil Green of Jasper, was in the city yesterday and pitched the game of ball against Vincennes. >Ve recommend Empress baking powder to those who desire a strictly pure aud Wholesome powder. 42* Henry Dearing and Miss Opha F. Smith were married at Winslow Saturday, by Rev. Grant Ferguson. Frederick Frank and family removed to Baltimore, Maryland, Wednesday, where they will reside in th$ future. Charles Wanderlick and Miss Virgie Moore ot Evansville, spent Sunday as the guests of Miss Etta Coon rod. Another change of time in trains on the E. & I. railroad went into effect Monday morning. See time table on another page. Smith & Laverty of this place were the lucky bidders on the brick work of the uew C. P. church at Mottyoe City last Monday. They will commence work next week. Th,e people of Knox county are kicking against the commissioners disposing of the poor children of that county at $50 each. The contract is similar to that of Pike county. The Democrat carries in stock a Hue of high grade and fancy envelopes, folders, wedding and mourning goods, and cards aud envelopes suitable for fashionable parties. Call gnd sefthem. Thomas Smith and family will move to Princeton next week. Mr. j Smith has rented a boarding house at that place and will engage in that business. Mr, Smith has long beeu a resident ot Petersburg and has been a splendid citizen. His .many friends here will wish him abundant success in his new home. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Me Ate© drove over in Pike last Saturday, having 'received word that his mother had received a severe paralytic stroke. Mrs. McAtee is 83 years old, and has lost the entire use of the right side, and her extreme age makes her recovery doubtful. Mr. McAtee returned Sunday leaving hi* wife to administer to the wants of hisj pio’hsr.—Oakland City Enterprise, j

James W. Brumfield is on the sick list this week. The teachers institute will convene Monday morning next. Goto H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Judge Duncan of Princeton, was iu town Monday on legal business. Uanhigan Reedy and daughter of Clay township, were in town last Saturday. V ‘ The Ladies' aid society will meet at Mrs. Josie Frank's, Wednesday, August 7th. Empress baking powder stands at head of the list for purity and leaven* ing qualities. ' 41* John McConnell and John Thomas of Winslow, were in town Monday morning on business. Every can of Empress baking powder warranted. If not satisfactory the price will be refunded. 42* Get ready for our collector, and when he calls crack down the spondulix and let him jfoon his way rejoicing. Bolen Userr and wife of Augusta, were in the city last Friday shopping and made The Democrat office a pleasaut call. An infant child of Will and Mrs. Goodrid died Saturday and was buried Sunday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. G. Law. Lack of vitality and color matter in the bulbs causes the hair to fall out and turn gray. We recommend Hall’s Hair Renewer to prevent baldness and gray ness. Judge McCray, judge of the criminal court of Indianapolis, has held that persons other than a saloon keepers family cannot enier a saloon on legal holidays or Sundays. Prof. W. H. Foreman, who is attending school at Bloomington, was in the city Wednesday, being on his way to Greentown where he will visit two week8.—Kokomo Dispatch. Rev. H. Henuigs and wife of Stendal,* were in the city Monday. The reverend gentlemap is pastor of the German Lutheran church at that place aud is very popular with his people.

There will be a picnic ui the grove n$ar the Logan cemetery in Jefferson township, Wednesday, August 7th, There will be preaching services both morning and %fteruoon. The public invited to attend. Oatsville may be a small place out in the woods, but that does not signify ; when it comes to playing ball the boys are strictly “in it” and had it not been for incompetent pitching in the first inning would have won Sunday’s game.—Patoka item. At the conclusion of the services at the M. E. church Tuesday evening, C. C. Adkinson aud Mrs. Sarah E. Miller were joined in marriage by Rev. S. F. Anderson. It was rather a surprise to the many present, and the couple received the hearty congratulations of all. On the seventh page of todav’s paper will be found an article on the advance of wages. It gives the name of each factory that has increased wages during the past several months. It is not confined to any particular section but shows that wages has b*en increased all over the countrv. The panio is waning and good old times are being restored. It is a big thing to say but nevertheless true, that a great multitude of people have crowned Simmon’s Liver Regulator, the “Ring of Liver Medicines.” There is nothing like it for malaria, rheumatism, chills and fever constipation, biliousness, sick headache, Indigestion and all troubles arising from a sluggish or diseased liver. Simmons Liver Regulator is the prevention and core for these ailments. A smooth gentleman was in the city Wednesday noon between trains, lie didn’t take time to eat dinner but proceeded to do up a number of business menx>n the change racket. He would purchase from five to fifteen omits worth of something aud throw down a five dollar bill, asking for the change. Before receiving the change he would switch the five for a one dollar bill* and would generally be ahead $3.9$ or $3 95 as the case might be. How njiany were taken in is not known.

Rev. Hale of Winslow, was in the city Wednesday. Mies Ida Basinger risited friends at Union the first of the week. Wheat is worth 60 cents, and corn 45 cents in the Petersburg market. Alfred Mauck of Princeton, is visiting his daughter. Mrs. W. V. Hargrove. Supt. Blaise held a teachers’examination at the central school building last Saturday. Empress baking powder has been thoroughly tested and pronounced superior to all others. 42* Ladies, The Democrat office has just received a new line ot visiting, cards. Call and see them. There will be an ice cream and pie social at Night’s ohapel in Logan township ou Saturday evening, August 10th. Call at The Democrat office for your job printing. The best job printer in the city. See us before leaving your order. ' ^ Frank Kime ot Union, was in the city yesterday. Frank is still traveling for the1^*rey safe company and is doing a good business. The revival meetings at the M. E. church are growing in interest each evening and are very well attended. They will continue for several days. Oliver Gray of near Otwell, was doing business in Petersburg last Saturday, and called at this office and exchanged coin for the best paper in Pike county. The county assessor is still in session hearing the complaints of those who have mortgages and notes ou hands. He will hold forth for sometime yet. For Rent.—I am going to erect two business rooms on my lot on Main street, Petersburg. Any person wanting to rent them apply to P. A. McCarty, Washington, Ind. 13-3 Dr. N. Corn of Augusta, was iti town last Saturday on business. The doctor is oue of the best known menj in the southern part of the county and enjoys a splendid practice in his profession.

The recent rams has been a great drawback to the threshers of this part of the state, and the damage to wheat in consequence has been very great. Many farmers report that the wheat is sprouting in thecshock caused by the wet weather: Capt. H. S- Edwards and Lientenants S. P. Hammond and William Liibs and Adjutant I. H. Lamar went to Washington, Monday, Jo attend a meeting ot the sixth regiment of the XT* R. K. of P- At the meeting Hon. A. H. Taylor was re-elected lieuteu-am-coloue! of the regiment. Notice.—The members of the Pleasant Grove church will meet in the M. E. church at Survant, Ind., on Saturday before the third Sunday in August for the purpose of electing trustees for the said church. Bv order of the church. Millie Sullivan, Clerk. The Washington ball club went down to Petersburg to play. They were hogged, made to walk home, and didn’t-even get their expenses paid. It’s what they get for r»ing to a ‘.‘Jay” town.—Mt. Vernon Democrat. Such is not the case whatever. The boys received their railroad fare in advance and were given breakfast and dinner, and but for the kicking af the umpire and manager of the club would have been fed for a week. Madame Rumor circulates it as a fact, that when the October sun paints the auturnu leaves into variegated hoes, there will take place in one of the Walnut street churches of this city a pretty double wedding. The fortunate genderaen to this compact reside in Petersburg while the bonny brides to-be, are well and favorably known young ladies, whose homes are iu this city.—Washington Democrat. “On Board The Ark” is the title of a serial story hy Albert Lee which will be published in Harper’s Round Table, beginning in the issue dated August 6th. The same nnmher will contain au account of “The Son of Alexander the Great,” this being the first of a series of articles on “Great Men’s Sans” contributed lathe Round Table by El bridge S. Brocks. “The Son of Charlemagne,” “The Son of Martin Luther,’1 and “The Son of Napoleon” will be the subjects of p.tbctr articles \n \h$ series.

M. Gray of Jefferson towuship, was in the city Monday on business. C. E. Doone and Robert Hunter of Jasper, visited trie ml* here last week. H. H. Tisiow jewelry and watchmaker Petersburg. . All work guarteed. 28* Mrs. John Dejoprnet of Dexter, Missouri, is visiting relatives in Logan township. Empress baking powder is made by a home company and guaranteed to be the best on the market. 42* Read the inside pages of ted a r’9 paper. There is much interesting reading contained therein. Call at the “Blue Front” grocery store and see the fine line of queensware and glassware just received. A C. C. Stone and sister Mrs. Lucinda Rice of Dale, Spencer county, visited Dr. T. R. Rice and Mrs. W. H. Link last week. Rev. and Mrs. I. N.. Yokley left Monday tor three or four weeks visit to their homes in Tennessee.-— Bloomfield Democrat. The W. C. T. U. will meet at theC. P. church Friday, August 2nd, at 3 o’clock. Subject: “Danger Signals.” Mrs. Viola Bergen, leader. AH invited. Ed Smith, formerly a prominent attorney of this place, was here this week looking over the records id the county offices. He is working for the attorney general. Wanted.—To exchange traction engine, separator and clover huller for a small farm. Will pay the difference if any iu cash. W. A. Oliphant The general store of J. D. Levi at Uuion was burglarized Tuesday night. The thieves secured a lot of knives, razors, boots and shoes and notions. There is no clew to the perpetrators. Rev. Fergnson and family loft Monday morning for Winslow where Mrs. F. will remain with her parents, while Mr. Ferguson attends the district conference at. Rockport.—• Patoka item.

Lewis Klotz desires the person Qr persons who appropriated seven sacks Oiled with wheat to return the sacks at once as he has need for them. No questions will be asked regarding the wheat. The theft of the grain took place ou the night of the 14th of July, To points in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky the E. & I. will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip on August 7th, September 4th and October 2nd, limited to return twenty days from date of sale. “Woman,” shouted the orator. •‘Woman has had a long struggle in the raoe with man for equality, but she is grining every day. She is getting | closer—*o close in fact that he can almost hear her pauts as she breathlessly struggles along.'’ The foregoing remarks are possibly the origin of the report that plaid bloomers and | clocked hose are coming iulo vogue soon. The caseot Edward Harris vs. W. U. Telegraph Company, went to the jury yesterday morning composed as follows: Monroe Kev* J. H. Lemon, Gus Lagow, Samuel Archer. Charles Wheeler, Milton Muuford, Casper Gram, Charles Palmer, Dan Kendle, James Woods, Frank Cregby, C. W. Benton, and after being out until six o'clock last evening a verdict was arrived at which gave the defendant, Harris, damages amounting to ISO. Special Judge A. fi. Twinehatn, presided duriug the case.—Princeton Democrat. Township trustees have a law to observe that imposes a great deal of work. It h*s just gone into effect and specifies that trustees must keep three sets of poor-order books and a complete raster of all those to whom they afford relief. One set is to be turned oyer to the auditor, the second to the hoard of state charities and the third is for the trustee himself. Every quarter the trustee will he required to publish the names of all person^ assisted, the intention of this being to prevent imposition upon the township. In addition to the name he will have to publish a full description* giymg stature, complection, color of eyes and special marks of eYeqf person thus assisted.