Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 January 1896 — Page 1

, i . PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY. JANUARY 17. 18%. I NO. %. , * * * VOL. XXVI.

v We hare left about :i*> Cloaks, mos' all this season’s stales, In ill colors and lengths, good. warm, up-to-date garments. We can t 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., Winter has Just commenced, so take advantage of this almost give-away sale.

-4SEE THE PRICES^* tidin' JwkHi . - f tmSW panties'Jacket*. «• rvleeahle 1 Si); was 4 <10 lilies'Jacket*, nice and warm , * 25; »» 6 00 Cadies'JacEet*. b» a iiu”> . 4 ‘.i'n; was 7 30 tiadie** Jacket*, stylish amt Warm 7 5u; was 10 tW And huruir>sK of others equally as cheap. Fu I! Ilm* of (children's Cloaks at yoqrown pr • s It will pay yi.u to buy now ejven if you 'don’t need th< a t ii< next w inter. It's uuly “once In a lifetime” you run •cros ?ucl» chance*. ' i . Storms Would Be Unknown to /ou ;• If you fit yourself «*ut in one o/ our Men's AM;* Woo! Suits at $7.50. I that w«* sold at |I0; a pair of Wool Sox for IV: a pair of W. L. lK>u- ! did $_• ■si.'H-s, and a . - ' hv inv Cap. special, reductions iu all kinds of no t.'s good* durtut: January If you sec ’ejm you'll buy,. W. V. HaYgrove & Co —-PKuPKl KT'.tK* OK TIPS- , ‘ Peoples’ Dry Snoods Store and Star Clothing House

Jam*** >. living below town,' I* on the Kick. 1 i-1. W. A, Oiiphmt is at Danville,] Illinois, Uiis w<‘»k on business. II II Ti»low jewelry and watch*, i tnaket Petersburg. All work guar- • teed. 2S*_ Pike county was one am png the Iasi Counties to settle u ith the |tate | We’re rather slow. J* We recommend Km pres- baking |*owder to those who dc*ire a strictly pure and wholesome powder.. A man over In Gibson county ^waallied #500 tor renting a rooib where gambling was allowed. Pretty stiff-' fitie. * j Freeland ia holding a revival: meeting ai Ituller chapel, Clay lowu-J ship The interest is good and the attendance large. The town has been full of tramp* during the past week * Wednesday a number of suspicious characters w et t on the streets. A Special.ton police were detailed to patrol the streets. » Sain Fetlingcr, superintendent of the County infirmary, wa* in town Tuesday, lie inform« u* that? the county commissioners are making some Improvements at the asyipm grounds. >. Ci W) •!; *•.. } to Ctcd5«h 1 .Jodesj, Tuesday, ten hog<* that weigh*: ed ! is* is the tiocs bur.. - -c ; V- - to \ ■ . •. .. it- :: ' -* ' • • -y ' • ' to the t<• t .»• •. . . i . 5 i a;-f r. - ■ * , Tjhe 4i ii'.ru ■!,; : -i c,; i'... ,.:>n;. •rill be published this week, -it with show that ti e. .• aic only lb J p« l-on* delinquent or, taxes tor she past, year and their Ian.K ad^erti-ed. 11 - - a very small .list compared w ith the total amount of ia\e* returi ed delinquent. which amounted to o\y*r *-*/••- %

Sol Frank was at Princeton this week on business. ' X. S. Selby has sold his interest in the Princeton Leader to his partner, Hugh Carlisle. j li. It. Hartley and son have removed from Vincennes avenue to the Ash farm south of town. A fight occurred at Darnell's saloon ia't tSattirtl»v, in which.one of the participants had nis optics discolored to some extent. i Pike county has received *9,380.39 from thl* state school fund. This amount will be apportioned Jo the various school computations of the Muuty. The News clanies that only thirtyone republicans attended the grand mass convention in Petersburg last Saturday. Another report is that th«*sc present were all prospective ■ an I id a Vs. The new fire company organized Tuesday evening" by electing I)'. S. < 'b«'Fn, chief, and II. M. , Hic^j .secretary; The company i- composed oi.god.incu who will take au interest in the work “ It has been rather quiet*iu Petersburg and vicinity the past week, and in consequence of which local uews matter is somevr bat short, but the ,»ck of it i~ made up from news from v! parts of the county. Corresponditem all parts ot the county are d. bend ip Che uews * .>«•_• she past week The Pemq- . - : «»•.I out a handsome lot • »i jop pri nt log for several business Vat.- .t - p •*. When it comes to f ic; ; printing The Democrat leads, : :ivi:<tp expertes; e in the busiuess \r one of the essentials when it cunit> to uoing fti"stelass work. The •Jot ;• department is prepared -to do ail classes of work, antf it you are needing anything in that line call and ‘set us before leaving an order with «om« foreign tirwi. - - * v - /\

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat's Reporters. News Items From Here, There and » Everywhere. ■ ■ ( . ' j Court, City and Personal Items in an Abrogated Form. You Wilt Find Them All I'n4er ThU Heading. IJ. C. Davis ami son of Washington, were iu town Monday. ‘ Hon. M. D Heathman transacted business in town Tuesday. Fred Poetker of JIuntingburg, was in town Wednesday on business. Gtadish & Jones shipped a carload of hogs to Indianapolis Wednesday. John (). Davis and wife were at Washington over Sunday visiting friends. Ilex Brazzletpn entertained a iiutimber of his young friends last Monday evening. Empress baking powder stands at head of the list for ^jaunty and leavening qualities. • 41* ' II^lw. Snyder and D. Q Chappell were at Monroe City last Friday and Saturday on business. Kverv can of; Empress baking powder warranted. It not satisfactory the price will be refunded. 4:i* J. P. Martin and sister Miss Lvda, j returned Mon lay from Spencer, I where they had beeu for several ! daVg, • !: : V. R. Green, of Petersburg, spent Sunday in our town and seemed to enjoy meeting his many friends.— i Ireland item.

The Good Citizens’ League will i meet at the M- E. church this (Friday) evening at the close of church services. The public cordially invited to attend, There was a meeting at Indianapolis,, Wednesday of the Indiasa Good Citizens” league. The meeting was iaigely attended. Ilev. J. W. Elder and I C. Higgins attended the meeting as delegates. The republicans of the First district ‘meet at Evansville next Tuesday to elect a member of the state central ! committee. There are several candij dates for the position and a big wrangle will be the outcome. It is now Governor Bnshuell of | Ohio. McKinlev passed over the [reigns of government” Monday, and | he will now turn his attention to the republican presidential domination ‘which is bothering so many prominent republicans. . When you want job printing remember that The Democrat office is | the only place in town where a full ; Hue of paper i~ kept in -tock. We )do ail kinds of job printing frofn the Mact tpat our artists are up-to-date printers and every job turned out is guaranteed to give satistaction. For ! fbe best, call at this office, Sometime ago Commissioi.er Carlisle let out a contract to build a levy near Rogers and which has become so badly w ashed that a bridge ^has to be placed there. The tiling placet! there to carry off the water w a* eutirely too small. The levy cost ' about f 100 at near as can be found out. Thie bridge will cost |£0 which includes The approaches. * Postmaster Fleming received from the department a few days, ago a report of his official duties for the i quarter ending January 1st. It show's a clean record in the matter of handling mail, not a mistake having beeu charged against the office for I three months. This is a splendid record when one takes into eouslderai lion the thousands of pieces of mail that is handled during three months. -■ hi ^ a*,* —i. .. a*.- . 4- r

Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repai rs. 28* E. Crosson of Washington was in town Monday on business. Miss Mary Rogers of Evansville, visited friendsjiere over Sunday. Mel Goweu ot Clay township, was in town Tuesday morning on business. Miss Tabitha Harrison is suffering with an aggravated form of chickenpox. ' John M. Davis, trustee of Monroe township, was in towu Saturday on business. . Empress baking powder has been thoroughly tested and pronounced superior to all others. 42* Major J. G. Winfrey and wife of Evansville, were the guests of A. H. Taylor and wife this week. Moline, Btrdsell and Tennessee wagons for sale at less than tirs| cost. 33-2 Petersburg Iiapleui4nt Co. Mr. aud Mrs. J. C. Backes entertained a few o; their friends Friday evening in houor of Messrs. George aud Tom Hisgeo. Henry Arensnian returned last j week from Petersburg, where he has been engaged during the, past four weeks, in the .Erection of a church.— Huutingbu'rg Argus, Miss Lou Penny, who formerly resided here, was married last evening at her home in Harrison, Ohio', to Frank A. Oyler. Her many friends in Petersburg extend congratulations. F P. Robling, Madison township, has our thanks for a line lot of Ben Davis apples. Mr. Robling is one1 of the enterprising farmers of that township, and never forgets the printer Once a year. A series of revival meetings com- j meuced at the M. E. church Monday night and will he continued for some-j time. Rev. Anderson is putting forth extra efforts to make this the biggest revival every held here. George B. Ashbyihas been employed by the board of county commissioners as their attorney. The selection of Mr. Asl: by is an excellent \ one. and his appointment will meet the general approva of all. A parssenger traili was wrecked on the Air Li tie, a lew miles west of Winslow, Sunday. The fireipan was instantly killed, while the, engineer and several others were badly injured. The wreck was caused py a defective switch! The directors Of the pike countv state hank met Monday and elected the following officers for the ensuing

Presides t—G ustotf F ran k. V ice-Preside nr—H. IT Snyder. Cashier—Joint O. Davis. Assistant Cashier—be site Lainb. An American firm ha^entered ir>to a contract to furnish 40,000 pounds of I dried apples tor use in the Gerinau ! armv. The emperor is determined to tiave something to brace up his troops. If their bosoms can’t swell ! with pride, their stomachs can with dried apples. Rodimel & Milov have opened tip a real estate and loett office in the Read hotel building. The gentlemen are; well known in Pike county and have | had considerable experience in thi§ I line of work. If jjrou want to buy or I rent a farpi or resideuce property call | and see them. /I For several weeks past The Demockat has l*een ut able to supph the demand for extra papers. New subscriber^ ,at the rale of three ami four , per week denotes that The Democrat I is the best local paper in the county.! I^-your neighbor Is’nt a subscriber tp this paper, put in a good word for us, • aud thus help ut atoug to the 2000 | mark. ' • . * I The records in the auditors office fshow a delinquency in the collection ’ i of taxes to the amount of $28,529.2$. The total amount dropped at the December settlement amounted to-over $7,000. This shows a very poor state \ of affairs. If these taxes were collected it would verv maleriallv rejduce the debt of the county aud lower the rate of tu xstion. The lecture given bv Prof. C. N. Peak ou “America s Big Four,” last Friday evening was an enjoyable attair. It was both interesting and, instructive. We are glad that the, course so far is a success and we > promise you th it the four lectures yet i to come will n >t be inferior to those ; given. We an very thankful to the j Presbvteriati |»eop3e fpr the use of 1 their church In Ming. Committee. I

Dr. Harris of Algiers, was in town Saturday transacting business. Wayne Selby is helping Recorder S umner during the rush of business. L. E. Traylor, trustee of Jefferson township, was in town last Saturday transacting business. Empress bakiug powder is made by ) home company and guaranteed to tie the best ou the market. 42* Mrs. Jack Martin aud Miss Rose WHliams of Oakland City, are the g'iiests of Harrison Smith and family. Call sat The Democrat office for your job printing. The best job priuter in the city. See us before leaving your order. James O’Brtan, who was in grocery business here a few years was in town Tuesday-on He now resides at Washington; v Rev, Ephriam Thomas died at Oaklayd City last week. He was well known to a large number of Pike county people. He was a veteran of the late war. The young men’s geueral culture club wishes to tender their thanks to the people of the Presbyterian church for the use of their churgh Friday evening, January 10th. At the council meeting January 2bd, it was’decided to appeal the case, w her in the Electrie light company secured a verdict against the towu for damages, to the supreme court. A western editor, in answer to a complaint of a subscriber that he did not give new’s enough, advised , him wheu news were scarce to read the Bible which he had no doubt, would be news to him. W F. Rodimel, who owns the Read hotel property, will build an addition to that hostelry just a9 soon as ?h# weather will permit. The additiou will contain four foorns, the lower floor will bo occupied by Rodimel & Miley as a real estate office. Mr. Lin^lev, of near Velpin, came here Tuesday evening for treatment, having had the bones of his left harid cut on a chopping block iu a heading factory. Dr. Lukemeyer dressed the wound and thinksUhe hand may be saved though the cut is a bad one.— tluniipgburg Argus. At a mqjeting of the directors of the Home building and loan association last Friday evening fho following officers were elecl^d for the coming tear;

I rtfp lue n i—*u. jut . ^iu up. Vice-President5—R-. C. Hammond. Treasurer—Byron Bren ton. M SectetAry—Jobn Hammond. . * Attorney—S. U. Davenport. Oa another page of today’s paper will be found an article front the pen of Mrs. Eugenia Chappell of Jefferson township, which was read before the farmers’ institute held at Algiers last mouth. The article treats on the education of the farmer aud his family aud is well written. ^Jt should be read by every reader of.this paper. The best regulator to. regulate a people, is Simmons Liver Regulator. It regulates the liver and tlie liver regulates the person. If the liver is regular then health is good,, but if sluggish or diseased then there is constant biliousness, indigestion, headache and ail the.disorders of the stomach that one hears otf. Try' The following shows the amount i of tax collected for the November in-1 stallment, 1895, for the various funds j for township aud corporation pur-* poses: Township tax .‘ 63 : Tuition tax • • l&Jl 87 j Specialschool tax ->■ -i0 l'* Dog tax — V>1041 Special road or bridge tax . 181S j Illumination tax. Petersburg . . 337 »t Corporation tax, Petersburg and Winslow - • •‘According, to human nature expressed,’’ says the Logansport Chronicle, the‘Sunday headache.’the regular stereotyped excuse for not attending church on SuBday morning, is not altogether an imaginary affliction instituted by the selfish propensities to^ppease the demands of conscience. It is, rather often, the result of au additional Sunday morning nap iii an ill, ventilated bedroom, where the oxygen has been completely exhausted during the night so that the t<^gt*glar hour’s rest* is really sp hour Boat! tax School house bond tax Petersburg Street bond tax, Petersburg j l >s la* * r.' t 25 337 91 537 91 Ik

BURNED TO DEATH! ' 'JR/’'. ' Serious Fire at little Yes? terday Morning. I‘he Tw^ Children of George Spragp gins Burned to Death.; The Parents of t&e Children Overcome With (Brief. Great Excitement Over the Sad Affair—The School Closed. Two children perish ip the flpmes. Yesterday morning at six o’clock the house of George Spraggins at Littles was burned to the ground ami his two children met a horribje death. The particulars as we learned then; from a message sent to us by J. W. Wiggs, who teaches the Littles schools ar»' about as follows: Mr. Spraggins works in the mines at Littles and had gone to work, while his wife had gone to the stable a short distance away to do some feedingl \\*hen she had finished the work and was returning to the house she uotieed the rtatnes issuing from the root of the house, Site started on a run to the house and had just opened the door when the roof fell in burying her two children trom her sight aud m a seething fiapie. The mother was almost overcome at the sight aud fought to gain posessiou of the children, but to no avail and they burned almost beyond recognition. The* children, a little girl aged three years and a boy one year old, all the children pf the family, were taken front the ruins about ten o’clock, charred and blackened. Mrs. Sprag- "•* gius was badly by ied, is was also Mrs. Adams, a neighbor, who hastened to the fire when the alarm was given. The mines were shut down as soon as the alarm was given and the man turned our to fight the fire and rescue the children, but it was too late. The school was dismissed until Monday so great is the excitement that has so suddenly bePn cast over the peoplo «»t that neighborhood in the sad'death of these children, Hundreds of peo- ■ pie have visited the scene of the fire. The parents have the sympathy of all people in their sad bereavement. The burial of the children took place in the afternoon:

At the January meeting of the ■» town trustees the following^ claims were allowed : ( -t . * William Garland, banting lumber . I :{ 00 William McCord, work on streets, tt 00 Janus Evans, filing saws * r... - 50 Jesse Watson, hauling lumber • 00, Petersburg Electric .Light t'o. — Sell Wyatt, hauling cinders V. .. - IS Sell WjjajU, hauling cinders...... ...... 1 25 Sell Wyatt, hauling cinders* . .. 3 75 Homer Miller, work on streettt.-.0 00 Jts.-e Hattie marshal. ...... t.. ... 10 00 G. B: Ashby. attorney • '. $ ® George Good rid, seviee* as t rustee :W 00 J. C. Nicely, sendees aa trustee .- 2s 00 William Flnpejtj sendees as trustee. 2H 00 ' W. 11. C.' Liu^o, services aa trustee 2S 00 PeiVr.Drofy services as trustee.,..- ... 2100 J,' R. Chew, service* a* clerk, twomonths, and for stationery furnished . 10 TO. During the excitement of the fire Saturday night John Cline fell from the Thurman residence. He fell »>u Andy Lory who was standing below, handling water in the brigade. Lory Was badly bruised o» the left shoulder and back. For a Jtftne it. was thought that he was seriously injured but after an examination by the doctors if was found that tft. bouts were broken. Had Lory been standing ta Vittie farther to the side he would uo doubt been seriously injured. Will ^iiliinan while breaking in a • window at the fire at th£ Thurmau re-.ience Saturday nignt'• had tjye V;:: ion of the right leg c»t in twain bv coming in contact with the glass. The wound was dressed by Dr*. Kime & Burger. '■ I* is a bad injury and will lay him u^ for several days,