Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 35, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 January 1896 — Page 1

L VOL. XXVI. PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1896. 35. Vi J V—T

January i Cloak § Sale We have left about 906 Cloaks, most all this season's styles, in all colors ami length*, good, warm, up-to-dale garments. We can make money by turning these Into cash now at less than cost, rather than carry them over, so they are yours at a mere song. ^Whiter has jiust commenced, so take advantage of this almost give-away? sale.

♦dSfeE THE PRICES** iMtlie*' Jacket* . Indies’ Jacket*. serviceable Ladles' Jackets, nice aud warm J I jnlleV Jackets, beantle* . ,£ A t.*di«*' Jacket*, stylish am! warm * 50; wasfj 1%); whs i 3 25; whs 6 4 #5; whs 7 7 30; was 10 And hundreds ot others equally as cheap. Full line of Children’* JyCUaiksMt yourown prices. It will pay you in buy now even If you -l5 don't iced them till next whiter. It's only "once In h lifetime’' you - run apro** such chances. Storms Would Be Unknown to Vou If you fit yourself .rut in one of our Men's All-Vir'ool Suits at *7.50. that w. sold a: SI s a pair of Wool s..x for IV; if pair of W. L. IV>u|I«W> #2.25* Shoes, and a good warn. Cap. Special reductions in all kinds of men's g »oa* during January If you see ’em you’ll buy. / W, V. Hargrove & Co -PKOHKIE1 HK^or THEPeoples’ Dry Goods Store and Star Clothing House FXTEESETBS, XST35Z^3S\A3 S g S s'

Democrats Meet Pursuant to notice given by tin* chair uia n of I he county democracy a number of gentlemen met at the court j house last Saturday tor the • purpose ! of selecting delegates to the convention which was held at Evansville! Wednesday tor the purpose of elect-! itig a chairman for the First congressional district. The delegates selected j for that convention from the various! townships were as follows : Washington—A. H. Taylor and P. Q. ('lukppetl. M lull son—J. t*. Barker. Mounx-—J. A. HhefianL ^ Ixickhart-rMonme KetUager. Marion—T. C. Nelson. J. rt. PKiii—Johu Ui Braden. The time for holding the township meetings to select a chairman of the township find aUo delegates to the state,,cotigressional and judical conventions was act for Saturday, feb\ruary lo-h. At which time all democrats are requested to meet and •elect a member of the couuty central committee. The time for electing ft chftinnftn ftnd other officers of the county comih+Uee was set for Saturday, February 22, at Winslow. The democrats are getting on the move early in the campaign of 1896, and are very eajter tor the campaign to opm iu Pike county. Further notice ot the township meetings will be given later. Q U»i. 4. fl. Taylsr n Probability. A Washington City correspondent z of the Indianapolis News snvs: Sou thern Indiana will come to the , front wijh a candidate for governor. This candidate will in alt probability, be Arthur 11. Taylor, of Petersburg, the last represented ye In congress from the First Indiana district. There has been considerable talk the past six months of *4Gil” Shauklin, bat jge indications at present are that he flay—Awl Kim*. Ix»it*n— John B. BUiw. I'muJii-ll. J. wit**.

*r H*e (hat both will not be candidates. A letter written recently by Sbauklin intimated that he would not be a candidate. and, acting upon this assn nip- j Jinn, Iriends of Taylor have brought | forward his name quite prominently | in the last two,weeks. The First district has a large number of representatives in office here, who grc all Tay-: lor men. . Ex-Congressman^ Taylor was here this week, for a few days, Uc admitted that be had given some consideration to the subject of his gubernatorial candidacy, hot was yet not prepared to announce it as a settled fact. He was prompt to sav that if Shanklin entered the race he would remain oobof it and give the Evansville man his hearty support. - ‘‘The prospects for carrying the |State for the democracy are much better than has generally been supj posed,” said Mr. Taylor. **I think there is no doubt whatever ; that,’ if the apportionment Is dej dared unconstitutional, the dernoi crats will carry the legislature. The | unpopularity of the Nicholson law is I the great factor. As it is the demoj crats have a fighting ehauce* even if j the republican apportionment stands. Senator Voorhees’ friends are already in the field in Indiana, working to his interest, believing that there is a show to carry the State.” ' " ; Mr. Tavior waa a citizen of Indi- ' anapolis for three years in the early ! part of his professional career, and • Mrs. Taylor,,was reared In the me- , tropoli»Qf Indiana. j The Misses Nora and Carrie Poet- | her entertained a number of their } friends at the parental residence on I Geiger street last week Thursday, in [honor of their friend, Mist Nellie Lingo, of Petersburg—Hun tingbnrg News,

Contracts With Poor Asjlnn Superintendents. Any contract which make* it to the interest of the poor asylum superintendent to stint the amount of food and clothing of the inmates is unwise and almost certain to lead to abuses. Any contract also which places the interestsof the superintendent against those of the .county is unwise, aud the county is practically certain to be a loser in the end. Where the superintendent receives a certain amount of money for the support of each inmate, he very quickly sees that by cutting down the quantity and quality of food and clothing, he can reduce the cost of keeping the inmates and thus have a larger profit for himself. Even though a superintendent is honorable and nicans^to be upright in his dealings, this constant temptation ever before his eyes is likely to cause him to sacrifice the welfare of the iuiuates to a greater or less degree. Fortunately this kind of contract has almost disappeared from Judiana. although there are probably three or four counties yet using it. Another form of contract which is in use In a very limited exteut gives the superintendent the proceeds ot the poor farm as his pay for caring forihe inmates while the supplies for their food and clothing are purchased at the county's expense. This contract varies in form somewhat in different places but is substantially as here stated. The result of the practical working of this contract is that the superintendent finds it to his interest to work the farm “for all it is worth.'* It is not to his interest to bring the land up by clover or fertiliser, lie can not afford to rest certain fields, or to plant out orchards or to leave groves of timber standing In order to make gs much as possible during the lew years of his stay, he must raise as many bushels of wheat and corn, atjd as many tons of hay as the farm can be forced to produce. These products are not consumed upon the- place, thereby leaving a large amount of fertilizing material upon the farm, but are hauled away and the soil becomes poorer every'

year. Tbe contract between the commits-1 toners and the poor a^vlum superintendent should be ^ such that the county’s Interests and the welfare of j the imitates will also be to the interest j and welfare of the superintendent, j He should be paid a salary w hich will J enable him to give bis whole time and energy to the best management of the asylum and farm. Just as i certainly as his interests and those of the county orii.mates come Into conflict, he will have to choose between them. What his choice must be it is not difficult to foresee.—Extract from Indiana llulietin of Charities and Corrections. On tbe Winter Protection of Lire Stock. PurUue University Agricultural Experiment station Newspaper Bulletin No. 18. January 4. WB8.) A common winter sight, is a herd of cattle exposed to severest kind of weatWjh-, browsing in corn fields or standing humped up in chilling winds; Food is fuel to fhe animal body. It

requires more fu*y to keep up steap. in a boiler, when the west heir is intensely cold, than it does when it is inild. In tlietftfame manner, other, things being equal, it requires more | food to sustain an animid /reely ex- ' posed to the chilling blas&of winter," than it does for ope given protection, j In experimeutji .conducted at the Indiana Agricudttiral Experiment Station, milch cows exposed to all sorts of weather in winter but provided with night shelter, made a very unfavorable showing as compared with those given the shelter of the stable, excepting for a brief airing when the weather was suitable. The exposed cows ate the most food, lost slightly in weighted also in milk yield. The sheltered ones gained in weight, and otherwise made a better showing thau the exposed lot. At the Kansas Experiment Station, hogs kept in conditions of winter exposure did not produce pork so economically as those given reasonable shelter, although the same kipd of food was fed Ho each lot. In reporting t|ie feeding experiments with steers 'Mt the snmf station, Prof. Georgeson says that steers to give the best returns when being fed for beef should be provided with shelter. Warm, low. open sbpds ip the teed

lot give comfortable shelter to st^rs. While live stock should be protected from the iuclemency of the weather* it is important that the stablp should be well ventilated and not too warm. Disease propagates easiest where the. air is stagnant and impure, hence special efforts should be made to keep the stable air pure. Without doubt, tuberculosis is more prevalent among cattle closely confined in stables where the ventilatiou is bad, than it is where the air is good. | Live stock should certainly be allowed outdoor exercise prheu the weather is mild and comfortable* but if it snows or rains and the air is chilling, the animals should be given stable protection. . r-' it is also Important that the stable should not be too warm in winter. A temperature of forty degrees is a very satisfactory one. Wheu it is as high as 60 degrees in the barn, stock ' turned from this into a* freezing atmosphere to water, are very apt to be severely chilled aud take cold. When the stable is at 50 degrees animals are not so easily chilled when turned from the stable. Every stable should have a thermometer to guide one in keeping the temperature of the room as uniform as possible. C. S. Plusjb, Director. A New Years’ Wedding. | At high noon, Wednesday, January 11st, Miss May Cockrutn was married I to prof. W. P. Dearing at the home | of the bride’s parents on the west | side. The immediate relatives and a | few friends were present to witness | the ceremony which was performed ! by Kev. J. B. Pilant, of the Geueral Baptist church. Following the ceremony an elegant dinner was served. The house was prettily decorated rwith paints aud evergreens and lighted caudles. The btide was attired in a reception costume of tan novelty cloth with trimmings of golden brown velvet .and Egyptian lace. These young people are too well known in Oakland City to need any

eulogies from the Journal. The brule, who is instructor or the piano iu the music department of the Oakland City college, is a favorite among a If who know her. She is an accomplished musician, a refined lady aud possesses all the qualifications to make a happy home. Prof. Dearing, Is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. T: Dearing one of the most prominent and prosperous families in Pike county. He is a rouug man with a brilliant future, a well read, scholarly Christian gentleman who has chosen the ministry as his calling. He is Dean of the Oakland City college aud is one ot the coming educators of this state. Prof, and Mr*. Dearing will commence housekeeping at once in their handsome new residence on College Hill opposite the college campus, where they wBkJgppL home to their fHends after Janulllr z5,(lS96. They were the reclpems of many beautiful and_va!ytable presents «ud congratulatory telegrams and letters. —Oakland City Journal.

SecirUrr'i) Report Ladies' lid Soeiety.; To the President, Officers and Mem hers abrihe-1 Ladies' Aid Society of Petenburg: 1 take pleasure in. submitting the following report of the disbursements and receipts for the year eudiug Jan-; uary 1,1896: „ . msr.tU3Kitr.xTS Amount paid for dry goods —.. 1 © 74 u Amount paid for groceries — ....... 45 4V Amount paid for coal . . .... 14 37 Amount paid for drugs ........ » 30 j Amount paid for p» in*ing . . t 00 I Amount paid in cash ... «... odfti Amount paid out m'scelianeously. • ft* | Total .. . .tseoi ■ EKCKiri'S. | A mount on band last report . .... 1215'JO 1 A mount received from dues iliW I Amount revri % ed from com fan tacking 0 25 | Amount received from toronu . 1 30 Antoaut reeefved from bouuata . . ' . 4 IS Amount received- from table covers ... lft) Amount received t«a donations . ....... 2 37 Amount received thanksgiving dinner, 31 » Amount received as thank offering — 7 75 Amount received Arnold enieilaipm:, 12 tiO Amount received miscellaneous1? .... 13 K» Total receipts ... .. 42 ! Disbursements . . .. .3» *1 Balance In treasury. .4115 41 Hattie T. Gu click, Sec. Marriage {dseuses. The following marrimge lice uses nave been issued since ou r last report i Jesse Poe and Laura A. Doriett- , George K. Brea ton and Eramia B. Cos. \ W U Ham Hockey and Annie Shrodee

Washington Letter. 4 From oar regular correspondent.) Washington, Jan. 6, 1896. President Cleveland is likely to get much more satisfaction out of the Venezuelan/ boundary commission, which is toeing highly commended by everybody, than out of the result of the political scheming that is now being doufe by republican senators. Instead of trying o help the national finances out of the hole into which they have beeu put by the adherence | on the part of tt u administration to laws enacted by previous republican ; congresses, the I'epublican senators are spending all leir time trying to put President Cle eland aud Secretary Carlisle into a h< e, regardless of its effect upon the business of the country or the finance of the government. This ia playing with fire with a vengeance, but it is none the less true. There isn't the s'ighlest probability that the senate will offer the administration any financial legislation that President Cleveland could consistently accept, and while pretending to the contrary republican senators are purposely delaying action showing wbat their intentions are, hopibg that President Cleveland will become impatient and issue more bonds under that bid law. Then they wilt swear that if Mr. Cleveland had waited they would have legislated so as to have saved the people's money, and more of the same sort of | rot. And they• expect this sort of thiug to go down with the intelligent people of the country.* It is possible to admire an open and honorable opponent, but not such trickery as is now being indulged in by the opponents of the administration. From the fir»t, President CicytHand has been open aud above board iy bis dealings with congress and the country on this .subject. He told them plainly th^t unless congress provided some othfr way to inaiutaiu the public credit, he would do so by issuing more fronds. But he will qot issue those-bonds until he considers the danger line to have been reached! »

Nothing more manly bas been done upon the door of the senate for a long time than Senator Hill’s defense of Secretary Carlisle with being ♦‘incompetent or dishonest,” and other republican Senators joined in the abuse ot the secretary of the treasury. Senator Hill said: -Imbecile, incompetent, dishonest, is what we hear. John (ji Carlisle incompetent; one of the grtatest public men that this eountn^has ever produced. John G. Carlisle^ dishonest: And yet, thirty years in public life and a poor man today, living on his salary. Imbecile, dishonest, is what we hear hissed across the senate-” Senator Hill added force to his strong language by saying that ifanyone had suffered at the hauds of Secretary Carlisle it was himself and his colleague (Senator Murphy) They had been ignored in the federal appointments in their own state. But he added that he was thankfol that he was bioad minded enough to

recognise the unflagging paiiomstu; and dev.oiiou of Secretary Carlisle to I the country and his ability in meeting | the requirements ot the pccasious.1 And he closed by reminding the j senate that Secretary Carlisle was now seeking to act while his critics stood picking flaws on this thing and that and bickering in the face of an emergency* Senator Hill made many new friends by those few words. It is a natnrat American trait to admire manliness. It is a fortunate thing that many*of the bills introduced never get any farther |ban being printed, for instance,IjKepresenUthre Clark, of Iowa, baftini rod need a bill which, if enacted into a law, would in less than twenty-four hours put a premium on gold and bring on a money panic. This bill prohibits the farther redemption of greenbacks and treasury notes with gold until the gold reserve exceeds flflO,000,000, and also prohibits the reissqe of greenbacks except in exchange for gold. filon. Rnfus W- Peckhatn, of New York, made bis debut today as a full fledged associate Justice or the United States sngufpme court His coming out gown was of heavy black 4»l}rT made i«j the regulation mud he

wore it just as though wearing go whs had always been an everyday affair with him. Justice Peek ham is ho stranger to his colleagues on the i bench, who regard him as a decided acquisition, both on account of'liis great legal ability aud because of his ■ sterling qualities as a man. m It is difficult to see whaiexcuse the senate finance committee can offer for not reporting the btiis which have passed the house, in one way QF another, this week. « * | Gov. West got the pen with which President Cleveland signed the proclamation declaring Utih a state, and that is about all the democrats will get ont of the transaction for the. present, anyway. The two senators to be elected and the one member of the house already in his seat, will be republicans. / ' «•: ’ ’ ;"T- A.

8Km Settlements. The Indianapolis Jot-rnal says: “Sixteen counties hare-,not settled! with the State. They are Alien. LaPorte, DeKalb, St. Joseph, Boone, Lawrence, Vigo, Tippecanoe, Wash-v ingtan, Marshall, Ripley* Sullivan, Whjitfey, Gibson, Knox and Pike. It is uot likely that the penalty of 15 per cent, wilt be charged against the treasury of these counties. This is a law that has never1 been enforced, | although it does not say that it e|taU be optional with the State Audiuhs^ whether it is enforced. There have, at different limes, beeu unusual things | to cause delay, aud the habit has gradually become the regular thing for the Auditor to simply suspeud the law, which is mandatory. One great reason why this is done is the injustice of it to the treasurers. It seems that the intention of the law was not to punish the treasurers for the delay of the auditors, but to provide against the&iown delay on account of having money loaned out at the time it should be paid to the State. * The usual cause of the delinquency is the failure of the county auditors to prepare the settlement sheets, without which the treasurer can do nothing. The law, however, makes no provision to tine the auditor for his delay, but places agaiust the treasurer, who, in most cases, is simply waiting for the auditor to do bis duty. Of the six- _ teen counties that have not settled there is„not one case in which the auditor i has forwarded the sheet to the 'State Auditor. A cause of the dfclay on the part of the auditors is the fact that so ’many of them are new at the business, having taken charge of their offices last November. They did not rcabze the amount of work uecessary to make up a settle-? meat sheet and did not begin the work soon enough. & Grand Meeting,

Wednesday* over 200 district democrats of the First congressional metal Evansville for the purpose of electing a district chairman lor the coming campaign. It was one of the. most enthusiastic preliminary meetings ever held in the district and was the largest in point of number. The meeting was called to order by George Sbanklip who delivered a ringing address. On nominations for permanent chairman of the meeting Major Winfrey nominated Hon. A. H. Taylor of this city, the mention of •' whose name was warmly applauded. Mr. Taylor made a short speech to the large audience, which was frequently applauded. P. W. Itoche of Mt. Vernon was made secretary of the meeting. Upon calls for nominations for chairman of the district the names of John W. Spencer of Vender burg, and Thomas W. Lindsey of Warrick were presented, the,, result of which wiw the nomination of Mr. Spencer. Mr. 4 Lindsay was elected secretary without opposition. Mr. Spencer was formerly prosecuting attorney tor Posey and Vandcrburg coowtics and made a\ splendid official. As a campaigner im stands second to noi.e In the district. He is | a pUassht and affable gentleman, and ip bis work during the coming'eaiupaigu will no doubt prove equal to the emergency. The democracy of the First district are to be congratulated upon the selection of this able 'and talented gentleman as