Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 5, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 June 1896 — Page 8

Financial Report*. The following are the financial reports at like high school commencement end the senior comedy, whkh were held a few Weeks since,; JWAXlIAL RFJfORT OF SI’XIOR CVHSVy KMcuts. Door receipts...$62 10 Received for advertising8 50 Total....... 65 W DISBURSEMENTS. Printing...*. 8 00 .Church...... 5 00 Canvass..*.. 6 00 Irou rods.... 56 Comedv books.. 2 85 notes.... ...u.-. 150 Total..19 25 Balance.. .. 46 35 FINANCIAL Hi:PORT OF HIUH SCHOOL OOMM EXCEMENT. Door receipts...$42 25 Received from sale of programs.... 4 20 Total .. 46 45 DISBURSEMENTS. Dr. Joseph Swain. 7 20 Diplomas........ . 11 90 Church.....■».... 5 00 Piano.5 00 Music ....... —. 6 25 Violinist .. 2 00 Class programs... 14 00 Programs for door .............. 1 25 Tickets. 1 00 Ribbou........ 85 Total. 53 ft? Deficit... 9 50 Balance in treasury. 86 t<5

Augusta Urns. Thomas Benjamin and family, who have ohm visiting relatives near Hartwell, re1 unnxi to their home at Oakland City Tuetlay. H. Hollenberg and M. Orisbe, lumbermen, were here Saturday. Ida Swann is ho ne from Petersburg this week for a short visit. Walter Uarey, w no has been working in Illinois since the 1st of March, returned home Saturday last. Nearly all the w ieat in this vicinity will he harvested this week. Wheat is rathe light this year. Old farmers say it is the earliest ever known iu these parts. Several from this place attended the dedication service* at Stendal last Sunday. All report a very large crowd and a pleasant time. No trace has as yet been found of the robbers w ho visited our tow n last w eek. William Ringer has moved to the farm which he traded from Prank McCord. ■ Unde Frank Biiderlaa k’s horse became frightened last Monday evening w hile coining home from Winslow and narrowly espied a serious accident. His buggy wa? slightly datnaged and he had his leg hurt pretty bad. Uncle Sam Strutt died Friday, June 5th, at the advanced age of'eight v-one years. He was one of the old pioneers of this county, having lived here for the past fifty years on the same farm in the south j<art of this coiinty. His funeral took place Sat unlay, the services being conducted by Rev. Crain of the Regular Baptist church, of which the deceased had been a promiuent member for many years. Several friends and relative* from this place were present, j Cure for Headache. Aa a remedy for all forms of headache Electric Bitters has proved to he ihe very best. It effect* h permanent cure and the moat-dreaded habitual sk\k. headaches y teid to its influence. We urgw all who are afflicted to procure a bottlC and give this remedy a fair tiial. In cases of habitual poaatipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed toue to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Trv it once. Large bottles only fifty cents at J. U. Adams A Son’s drug store. Hosiuer Items. I Wheat hits a golden hue. Jde Framv and a number of others went fishing last Tuesday. Mote Alexander attended Children's day at the Congregational church of this place last Sunday. Maben Smith of near Petersburg.attended Children* day at the Congregational church . here last Sunday. Rev. T. Smith, went to Oakland City last Monday. Rev. Richard Smith will preach every night this week at they Ccngregarional church and give some goes! selections on the cornet. Next Sunday night, June 14, the Rev. Richard Smith of Chicago, will preach to the old soldiers at the Congregational church of this place. The night will be entirely given to the benefit of the old soldier. Let every old comrade attend.

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Base Ball. Last Friday the famous Stockmans of Princeton, fresh from a siting of seven straight victories and ready to take the local team into camp put in their appearauce. The? were in good sh?pe and are credited with being the best amateur team in this section of the state. The? were counting on au easy walkaway, but their hopes were not realized, and they went home feeling that they need practice before tackling a firstclass team. The local team played all round them at- every point. Greene, the home twirler, put the sphere over the plate like a rifle shot and the Princetons were only able to make short hits to the fielders. This was Greene's first regular game and he was out of practice, but for all that he had them at his mercy. The locals werfc iu the game at all points and made several double plays, Miller completing a double play without assistance. Higgins was the hitter of the game, his percentage being 1,000. McCarthy was a veritable wall and uothing got away from him. The following table shows the game as it was played: i Princeton R H O A j McGregor, 3d b. . 1.0 0 Moore, c .....2 1 Jiatick, 2d b. 1 2 Turpin, 1st b 1 2 6 | Williams,p....0 1 | Bell. rf....... . 0 1 Jones, of. 0 1 Davis, ss..*,■.0 1 eDavis, If..... 0 2 Totals. Petersburg ............. R II Miller. 1st b. .... 3 1 McCarthy, c. 1. 0 Blair, 3d b.. 1 2 Akridge, 2d b ...2 Greene, p... 2 Lory, ss..0 Higgins, ef. 1 Robinson. If. J Battles, rf.. 0 0 0 0 1 1 o a o i 4 11 24 12 14 O 10 6 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1

Total*......11 8 27 8 5 Ipnings.. 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9;1 Petersburg. 4 0 0 0 8 1 2 1 *-11 Princeton.. 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0—4 Bases on balls—by Williams, 5;~ by Greene, 1.. Hit by Williams, 3. Wild pitch, Williams. Struck out by Williams, 5; by Greene, 5. Double plays, Petersburg, 8. Three-base hit, Mauek. Left on bases, Princeton,6: Petersburg, 4. Umpire,Land of Princeton. The Loogootee ball club played here Sunday and only saved a shutout through the generosity of Umpire Minks. Acton and Hall constituted the battery for the visitors, while Blair and McCarthy officiated for the home team, The score by innings was as follows: Innings.. 1 2 8 4 58 789 Petersburg. 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 *-12 Loogootee. . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 Saturday the Acme club went to Oakland City and played the college nine and won by a score of 104© 7. The kid time and the Hosmer club played a game Saturday, the former club whining by a score of 19 to 10. The greatest game of the season and far th** most amusing was that played by the Red Men and the K. of P's. Tuesday afteruoon at the |*ark. It was decidedly amusing to see those who played ball in their younger days or who had never been on the diamond limber up and swat the air, and sometimes they would float far out into field where the fleet-footed boys, nit, would grab and then give chase after Spaulding's best $1.50 ball.' But it was fun the boys were after ami they had it | Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday morning it j wasn't so funny: they were tired and would I rather have taken an elevator than climb [the stairs to thrir offices. Greene. Miley | and Miley acted as a battery for the Red ; Men, while Reass and llisgen acted in a | like capucity for the Knights. The A. 0. j U. W’s have challenged the w inners and a hot game may be* looked for. The score | was as follows: Innings..1 234 5 6789 Knights ...1 3 8 1 2 4 1 3 *-23 Rod Men.. .0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1—7 Town Trustees* Meeting. The town trustees met in regular session | last Thursday night with all members present. . i The auditing committee made report on I the treasurer's annual report which was | accepted. 6 Joseph Vincent was hired as uightwatehj man for another month. There were numerous requests forside- ; walks, which were referred to the sidewalk i committee. The contract of Alei Hoskins for clean- | ing the old cemetery having been completed | at a price of $23, the board ordered that he | be allowed $20. The treasurer was ordered to buy caucell ing stamp and licenses. | The claim of the fire compauy for attendi ing fire was cut from $36 to $18. The following claims were allowed by the j board at this session: ’ Alex Hoskins, cleaning cemetery...$ 20 00 | Henry Marsee.clerk.8 38 i Williams A Tit-low, repairing 11 15 | Electric Light Co., lighting.. 187 50 Jesse Battles, killing dogs. 8 75 j David Dustin, rent and work.,_ 14 25 ! H. M. Hits*, urecompany.... 22 00 V. R. Greene, attorney .__ 8 33 | Joseph Kiutnan, marshal... 40 00 j D. S. Osborn, rent ...... ....... 3 00 Joseph Vincent, night watchman... 9 00 Fire department.*.... 18 00 W. A. Oliphant, orders bought- 90 85 Total $436 16

The Mt. Vern«>n town will plea.se take t note that Princeton is in the shutout bu>i- \ Bess this Tear, too.The Wm>kur t* am administered a like dose to Petersburg. ! Draw your conclusions.—Princeton Democrat. .. And the Way the Petersburg boys walloped your team last Friday shows that they are also playing ball. Draw again.

Pike County Clays! A$ REPORTED BY W. 8, BLATCULY, The State Geologist*--for the Year 1395. Pike county is riek in undeveloped resources. The thickest veins of coal found in Indiana lie within its hounds. Vast beas of shale and clay cover and underlie these coals, bringing thus in close proximity the materials for tire-proof products aud the fuel to manufacture them. Great beds of saudstone outcrop in the southeastern fourth, furnishing, with little labor, excellent materials for foundations and wails. The soils of the western aud uorthern parts of the county produce good crops of wheat, oats, corn nnd grass. Pike county comprises 338 square I miles. Daviess aud Kuox counties, I to the north, are separated from it by the East Fork of White River and by W'hite River proper. Patoka River flows west through the center of its area and furnishes the principal drainage outlet. In the vicinity of Petersburg, the county seat, numerous mines have been opened, mostly by slope shafts. A few days before my visit au excavation for a reservoir had been made 50 feet south of the £. & 1. station in the western part of the town. At a depth of 37 feet a veiu of excellent coal was encountered, which will be hereafter mined. Careful measurement resulted in the following section :

1. hurt ace soil ana blue, jnueKy clay 16 feet. 2. Blue argillaceous shale 6 feet 8 inches. 1 3. Blue limestone (fossiliferous) 10 ft?et 4 in. 4. Clack shale, with numerous “kidneys"of iron carbonate 3 ft. 10 in. 5. Coal 7 feet 1 in. . Oue aud one-fourth miles northwest of the Court House is a mine operated by Jerome B. Borer. A stratum of under-clay four feet thick is found beueath the worked seam of coal. In the past many tons of this clay have been mined aud hauled to Petersburg. There it has been made into strong and durable refractory bricks aud flooring for kilns, grates etc. Some of the brick have been used by the maker in the flue-of clamp kiln- for twelve years aud others in the sides of a Eureka tile kiln for nine years, yet, to-day, they appear as good as new. The clay was delivered at the brick plant in town for So cents a tou. The brick made from it have sold at from $18 to $2o per thousand. But few have been made in the past three years, as the local demand for them has diminished, and no efforts have been made to work up an outside market. The lower half of this vein of fire clay contains too many dodules of kidney, iron ore to be of value. At Sand Hill(N. >, Sec. 22. Tp. 1 X.. It. 8 W ), two miles north of Petersburg, the following section is ex-j posed: I 1. Soil and sand 16 feet. 2. Gray arenaceous shale 7 feet. 3. Coal 2 teet 4 in. '* 4. Fire clay 3 feet 6 in. a. Blue argillaceous shale “soapstone’’ 8 feet. 6. Gray arenaceous shale 6 feet 8 inches. 7. Dark limestone, fossiliferous, 2 feet 4 inches. 8. Bituminous shale, containing I nodules of pvrites Lfoot 8 in, 9. Coal 2‘feet 10 in. • j 10. Eire clay 8 feet. j The two tire clays (Nos. 4 and 10) i and the blue shale (No. 5) comprise! together almost twenty feet of the best of material for manufacturing j street brick, terre cotta, and many kinds of refractory products. East of this, at Blackburn, Ou the E. & I. K. It., the tire day beneath the seam of worked coal is hard and dark colored, with too many nodules of iron carbonate to be of usd The shale above is in thin layers and full of mica, rendering it almost worthless. This bed of micaceous shale outcrops along the railway to the southward for one-half ftiile or more, being overtopped for the greater part of this distance with a massive gray sandstone. It may be laid down as a general rule that when the shale splits, as this does, into layers or laminae less than oue-half an iuch thick it is unfit for muuufacturiug purposes. At the Smith mine (Sec. 13, Tp. 1 X., 11. 8 \V.) on land ow ned by Alexander Kiilion, Plaiuville, Daviess county, Indiana, the strata exposed are as follows: 1. Soil and yellow day 8 feet. 2. Saudstoue, micaceous, shaly 10 feet.

3. Blue compact shale 14 feet. 4. Coat 10 feet 2 inches. 5. Fireclay ?? The seam ot coal at this point is the5 thickest I have seen in the slate. Standing on the lower uuworked part iof the seam, one foot six inches in thickness, i could just reach with a miner’s pick the roof at the top of the worked portion, the clear, unbroken seam of the latter being 8 feet 8 inches thick. If the mouth of the shaft had been made wide enough au ordinary two-horse wagon could have beeu driven into the mine and loaded directly from the vein. Although the seam of coal ranks among the best bituminous it is at present worked only to supply the local trade, the nearest railway switch being threefourths of a mile distant. Only the upper part of shale 3 of the secjtiou given is Ot for manufacturing, the lower sis feet containing too much bitumen. Southwest of Petersburg, on the land of Hosea Alexander a new shaft had just been tinUhed at the time of my visit. It was located one-half mile from the E. & I. Bailway, and less than live feet south of the base line, in the N. E. 3% Sec. 4, Tp. I S., R. 8. W. The strata here found were as follows: l. Soil and surface clay 10 feet.

2. Shalv sandstone 6 feet. 3. Blue arenaceous shale 4 feet. 4. Coal 4 feet 6 in. 1 5. Fire clay with numerous stigmaria 3 feet 4'iu. j . The tire clay found here is practically the same as that found at the Borer mine above mentioned. It has been/tested by Mr. Reed, the brickmaker at Petersburg, and found to make a good grade of refractory brick. Along the “Air Liue" Railway in the southeastern part of Pike county are many out crops of the subearboniferous coal “A.” These for the most part occur in ravines running back from the Patoka River aud its larger tributaries. The tire clay beneath this coal is from 4 to 6 feet in thickness, light gray, silicipur and suitable for the making of lire brick and terra cotta. Iu numerous^localities a bed of soft gray shale 12 to 15 feet iu thickness separates the coal from the overlying saudstoue. This shale is locally known as “soapstone," and combined with the fire clay beneath the coal will make vitrified street brick of a superior grade. Such deposits of shale are found in the $* E. ?4 of Sec. 16 and the X. E. % Sec. 23, Tp. 2. S., R. 7 W. The report of the State Inspector of coal mines for ludiana, for the year 1835. shows that there was only oue accident iu the Pike couutv mines during that time—a most excellent showing. The following report is also taken concerning Pike county coal mines: j ’ ,

AYRSHIRE MINE. Operated by David Ingle, Oakland City. This miue is ; located at. Ayrshire, six miles east of Oakland City, itj is operated by a shaft twenty feet deep. The coal is live feet thick and of excellent quality,! They employ about 150miners. When last inspected the miue was in fair condition, except ventilation, which was bad, due to badly.stopped break-throughs and use ot curtains instead of doors. I recoinmeuded putting in door and tixing up the break-throughs, which they readily agreed to do. I think the next inspection will hud the mine in good condition. BLACKBURN MINE. Owned and operated by S. W. Little. Located at Illackburn Station and operated by a slope. The coal is seven feet thick with considerable sulphur. The company has lately put iu the latest improved machinery for handling and sttreeniug the coai. They employ tweutv-seven miners. 'When last inspected the mine was in fair condition. HARTWELL MINE. Ow.ned and operated by Cable & Kauffman, Washington, I ml. Managed by Thomas Small. This mine is located near Augusta, on a branch of the Air Line K. 15. It was inspected on Dec. 21st, and found in excellent condition. The coal is four feet thick. When the mine was inspected they were working sixty-nine miners and two mules in the mine, and.five men on the out sidelittle's mine. Owned arnd operated by S. W. Little Co., Evansville. Indiana. Located at Little Station, on the K..& I. It. 11. The coal is six and a half 'feet thick, of fair quality, operated by a shaft’86 feet deep. They fmploy sixty-live miners. I inspected this mine December 23d. and found jt in good condition.

The out-put of the above mines| during the year wa* as follows: Ayr- j fshire, 129.771 bushels; Hartwell. 21.- ' 11*2; Littles, 09,31 L—total, 220.474! bushels. __ From the sixth report of the Board \ of Stale Charities, we take the follow-j iug concerning the Thornton Orphan I Home of this place; Number of boys 10; girls, 7; total, 17; orphans, 3; half orphans, 12; both parents living 2; transferred to Other institutions, none; returned to parents or relatives 7 : placed in new homes, 9; total cost, $2.4 bo. 4 0. e County Asylum!— Feeble-minded men, none: feeble-minded women, 7; insane, none; epileptic, 4; feeble-j senile, 2 ; blind, 3; deaf aud dumb, 1; crippled, 2; paralytic, 1, Expenditures for Poor—Total expeuse for 1895, $10.148.99; for 1894. $0,485.95:decrease. $3,603.04; Asylum j maintainance, for 1895, $1,987.04: for j 1894, $1,210.18; increase, $776.86; trustees and medical 1895, $5,378.20: for 1894. $3,246.48; increase $2,131.72; j for dependent children, 1S95, $2,783.- j 75; for 1894, $2.02d 29; increase, $754.- j 46. Cost of poor per Capita of Population—1895. .547; 1894. .349; iucrease, j .198: asylum maintainance 1895, .107 ;j 1894. .065; increase, .042; trustees aud | medical 1895. .290; 1894,7175 increase .115: orphans home 1895, .150; 1894, .109; increase. v04ij. _ From the report of the ijtate Geologist for 1895. on Brick and Drain Tile manufacturing plauts, we take the following concerning Petersburg : Owner. Thomas liead : capital invested. $10,000; how moulded, Pott’s machine ami KclTs Tile machine; how dried, sheds and pallets; out-put for 1895, 750,000 brick, and 8 kilns of frne tile: value $4,700; number of men employed. 18; aferage day wages, $1.25; number of months worked, 7. Dr. Price’s Crenin Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Medal sod Diploma Notice to Nr on-Resident. The States! Indiana, Pike connty In the Pike circuit conn, August term. IS8S. Mary M. .Stafford .> vs. \ Complaint No. 238. Albert B. Ktaftord. f> Now comes the plaintiff, by her attorneys, and flies her complaint herein, together with an affidavit, that the defendant, Albert B. Stafford, is not a resident of the slate of Indw ana. . j Notice Is therefore hereby givbn said defendant, that unleas he be and appear on the flr»t day of the next terra of the Pike cirei.it court to be holdeti bn the third Monday o! August. A D„ IK'S; at the court house in Petersburg in said; ebunty and state, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in bis abenee. In witness wbereor. I hereunto set my hand nd affix the seal of said court, at Petersunr. this idtli dhy of J .t»e. A. r>.. ItsSfi. 5-S J W. BKGMF|RVl>, t ier*. /

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