Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 23, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 October 1895 — Page 4

fltfikr County §tmmt „,. 7 -* _.;-i-:-Br M. McC. STOOPS. IBT Tin Pike I'uitjf Ofeornl !•» the Ur* «>it circulation ot ii| newspaper published la ike Coastj! Adrertleers will a*kt a aote of la fart! One Tear. In advance..$1 85 Six Months, in advance. .itt Entered at the postoffice In Petersburg for transmission through the mails as aceoudq^ass matter. FUIDAyToCTOBER 18, 1895. Fob Sale Cheap. A job lot of reform. Enquire at heal^uarters of the republican party.

The Press has changed us tune irom bridges and jails to the poor of the county. Don't county officials also come high? There are auy nuiuoer of republicans in Pike county who refuse to indorse the present republican administration of county affairs. Judge Stubbs, of the Indianapolis court, held that the “rostauraut” section of the Nicholson law is invalid. The case will be appealed to the supreme court. __ The Democrat from week to week contains more local news than any other paper published in Pikecouuty. If you doubt this statement compare the papers from week to week. The taxes ot Pike couuty should be raised another notch in order to get some oil to grease up the wiudmill at the court house square. It has the squeaks and has them badly. In another column will be found a decision of the supreme court which was appealed from the lluqtington circuit court. It might be well for dountv commissioners to read and profit thereby. Open up all drainage for the winter that as much refuse as possible ma\ be carried away before spring comes. Ditches should be cleaned of dead grass, weeds, etc., aud there will be little more to do. Pulling together never hurt any eotnmunity but dissensions, jealousies and persoual spite have injured more than one. Hence if ‘pulling together has dope some good then let us pull more together ard accomplish much sfoore good. ' The editor of the News does not get his information from democrats. He can get all the news from the riug that l£ necessary. -'Democrats kuow nothing of what is going on, only when the republicans fall out among themselves. It is stated that the republican leaders of the state will go to the next republican convention loaded for bear or something else. A great eflort will be made to put a plauk m the platform denouncing the Nicholson temperance law. Hon. Cicero Buchanan, Evansville, well known in Petersburg, died fast Thursday, after an illness of several months, lie was prominent in the politics of the First district, and lit 1888 was the candidate for presidential elector of the district. ■

For a criminal that has served his sentence in tho State penitentiary be taken to the CQurt house door and tamed loose without either good Clothes or a cent of money is little short ot a crime in itself. But it is another law of that famous legislature of 1895. The Press lets oil a yelp now and. then because the democratic trustees raised their levies a few cents on the $100 to build up their roads, school hoqses and to put things in splendid condition. Well, well, give us a few pointers on the new jail and the! bridges of the county. Quite a number of the country editors of Indiana attended the Atlanta exposition last week, and no doubt, had a royal good time. The editor of this paper was detained at home waiting on several of our delinquent subscribers who had promised to come in ^and settle up 'heir back dues. They failed to come up Co the captain’s office during working hours—4 a, m. until 11 p. m. Hon. Thomas Taggart, who achieved a great victory last week in his election to the mayoralty is spoken of as the next democratic candidate for governor. There is no more popular man among the people of Indiana^han genial Thomas Taggart, and who, if nominated, would undoubtedly win by a large margin. With a common everyday majority of oYer 3,000 against him be was •lefcted mayor by more than 3,600 tsffir . J

- * •' t The Press in Its eagerness to exj plain the heavy expenditures of county mone$N»ays the democratic party is responsible for it. It even lays the poor ' expenses at the door of the democratic party. This is euough to give one the nightmare or something else, when one takes into consideration that the coynfy is absolutely in full control of the republican party | and has been for sometime past. I Duriug the past two yeais the board j of county commissioneis have been [composed of republicans. .The Press should be very slow about trying to make political capital out of thy poor people of Pike county. The I Press goes on in its article to give the expense of the poor for several years past shown by the reports. Supposing the reports to be all right* lit does not show that the whole of this poor expeusg was made by the democratic township trustees or the republican township trustees as far

as that is concerned. The trustees of the county hare made but a very small part of it. The Press claims that the poor expenses of Pike county for the year ending Juue 1,1895, was $10,273.92. The last aunual statement gives the whole amount under headings, but if the editor of the! Press will take the trouble to look j the matter up he will find that the orders issued by tjie township trustees amounts to less thau $2,000. Some of the townships issued orders ouly to the amount of $18 aud the highest Only something over $500. That does uot show thal all ine money was pulled out of the county treasury by the township trustees. The Press also says the superintendent of the county infirmary is a democrat. That cuts no figure whatever iu the case, lie was the lowest bidder and he was given the coutract for keeping the inmates at $100 each per week. The commissioners make frequent visits to that institution and know at all times how many inmates there are at that Institution. The allowances for the poor are published alter each term of court to those persons who, furnish support. And it would be a good idea for the auditor of Pike county to publish after each term of commissioners' court the names of those persous receiving support and from the towushiu to which they belong. It will then show just where and how much. each trustee orders paid oqt of the county treasury for the benefit of the poor of his township. A decision was handed down by the supreme cqurt last week which, had many of the trustees known that such would have been the case, entitled them Jo have taken their offices last November. The decision was written bv Chief Justice Howard, and after reviewing several statutes bearing upou the election of township trustees, 6ays: “From the foregoing provisions of law it is evident that when appellee, Wells, was elected in April of 1890 it was for a term ending in August, 1894, and that* after that date there would have been a vacancy but for the constitutional provision which allowed him to remain in office until his successor was elected aud qualified. The conclusion seems inevitable that Mr. Wilson, having been duly elected to fill the office, and having qualified, was entitled to it in Novembei, 1894. The judgment is reversed.”

Some months ago the Indiana supreme court held that the tee and salary laws of 1891 and 1893 were valid and that county officials serving under that law were not entitle^, to fees tinder the act of 1S79. At the timo The Democrat called the attention of the county commissioners to the fact. They have not acted ou the matter so far as the county records show. The board will meet again in December. It Is said that some of the county officials have overdrawn ade by the law. If such is a fact, tile commissioners of Pike county wyl be required, under recover the money who received it. That remains to be ti that declslou from the officia Will tlyey do it? seen. The spot cash system of doing business is being urged by some papers in the country, and they say it must come sooner or later. The public could be educated up to that method by plenty of argument, warning, etc,, and by setting a time in the hence sufficiently remote to give all a chance to put awav a dollar for the approaching rainy day. The peoplp of Petersburg would not bo the only ones benefitted by an iucrease of buildings and manufactured goods in their city, but those of the whole county, for every dollar added in real estate or personal property places that mych on the tax <|iip|icate to help pay the debt and running expenses of the county.

Matthew* at Chteaaaag*. We make the following copious ex* tract from the address of Governor Matthews, delivered on the occasion of the dedication of the Indiana mouuineuts. on the battlefield of Chicainauga. In referring to Indianans duty and pride, he said: /‘And above .he grevee of all who fell there arose again, with renewed life, the grand old song, to remain with us forever, with its sweet refrain “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” For us, who are citizens of Indiana, there is at this time a special duty and a special pride—a duty to dedicate here the monuments which a proud state erects to her brave sons wbo were participants in this battle, and reflected such glory upon her napae. Of the troops engaged upon the Uuion side Indiana was second iu the list of states in the number of military organizations in line of battle, having no less than twenty-six regiments of infantry, three'of mounted infantry,

three or cavalry* and eight of batteries—forty in all. Of the little more than ten thousand Indiana sol; uiers who, on those two eventful dava faced the enemy, more than three thousand (ihirty-three per* cent.) fell before the deadly shot and shell. Fully one-fifth of those who filled the long, sad list ot killed and wounded on the Union side were sons of Indiana. Where the smoke of battle hung thickest on the mountain or rested in the valley, where death dealt its heaviest blows and, brave men fell like leaves in autumn, wherever there was a cry for help and succor needed, thefe could be seen carried aloft the banners of Indiana, still pressing to the front, it was her call to bear the brunt of battle and her sons never quailed or faltered nor wavered in the trust. Look where you may upon this field, and around about you, everywhere, are the footprints of her sons, and the soil made a deeper red bjjMheir blood, * * * Here is giving* strong .rebuke to the narrow sfrtns which would yet prate of dissension or sectional strife and hate. The lesson set forth to the world from this battlefield will be that forgiving, but not forgetting the great cause of strife, the American people, whether from th9 north or from the south, are brothers in sympathy and heart and purpose, marching steadily on, hand in hand, to achieve that greater destiny which awaits us a nation the future, as one people, of one country, and under one flag.” It May'Do as ityneh for You, Mr. Fred Miller, Irvirig, III., writes that he had a severe Sidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that his bladder was affected. He tried many so called kidney cures but without any good result. About a year ago be began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric BittepsJs especially adapted to cure of all kidney atid liver troubles and often gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50c. for large bottle. At J. R. Adams ,t Son’s drug store.

Ad Important Case. The Huntington county circuit court was reversed in the case of the board of commissioners against Israel Ileaston by the supreme court yesterday. This was an action brought bv the board of commissioners, of the county against the auditor to recover $7,221.90 which the board had allowed him in violation of the law. The auditor had in violation of the law appropriated to his own use fees taken in by him as auditor for the use of the qouuty in highway cases, gravel road matters and ditch proceedings. He admitted that he had received the money as charged in the complaint, but presented the amounts as claims to the board of commissioners duly itemized and the board had allowed them. In other words, he claimed that the board could net sue to recover the amount, though illegally ta^en, for the reason that it had allowed the identical sums. The lower court overruled a demurrer to this defense and this action formed the chief point claimed as error. The supreme court holds that a board of county commissioners is a dual body; it is both administrative and juuicial. The allowance of the ^illegal claims by the board was not in effect a payment, and the lower court erred in overruling the depiurrer to the defense set up. The case is regarded as a very imnortant one and the decision as one £f( the most important handed down for some time. —Indianapolis Sentinel, i The Darlington Wis., Journal says editorially of a popular patent ipedioine: “We know from experience that Chamberlapi’s colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy is all that is claimed for it, as on two occasions it stopped excruciating pains and possibly saved us from an untimely grave. We wopld not rest easy over night without it in the house.” The remedy undoubtedly saves more pain and suffering than any other medicine in the world. Every farpily should keep it in the house, tor it is surf to be needed sooner or later. For sale by J. R. Adams A Sod. ‘i ■ o

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N OTICE Is hereby given to all parties in- ' ^teresteU that I will attend at my office In Steudal, EVERY SATURDAY, To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Lockhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice, J. L. BASS, Trustee. VJ'OTICE is hereby given to all parties in- ^ - teresied that I will attend In my office at my residence EVERY MONDAY, To'transattf business connected with the office of trustee of Marion township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. T. C- NELSON. Trustee. Postofflce address: Winslow. ■VJ'OTICE is hereby given to all parties concerned that I will be at my residence EVERY TUESDAY To attend to business connected with the office of trustee of Monroe township. 4 J. M. DAVIS. Trustee. Postofflce address: Spurgeoc. TYJOTICE is hereby given to all persons oencerned that I will attend at my office EVERY MONDAY To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Jefferson township. L. E. TRAYLOR. Trustee. Postofflce address: Iva, Ind. VTOTICE is hereby given to all parties c«n4-' cerned that I will attend at my residence EVERY WEDNESDAY To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Madison township. Positively no business transacted except on Office days. ‘J. D BARKER, Trustee. Postofflce addreu: Petersburg, lnd. “ '

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