Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 November 1896 — Page 8

We have a dandy Black Cloth Cape, trimmed ia Fur, worth $1^50, we sell it for 98e. A nice Tan Color Cape, storm collar, worth $3.00; our price is $1.50. Fancy Capas, in plain or rough Cloth. The prettiett line of Jackets for Ladies and Misses you ever saw. Come in and see them and post yourself on the styles. 50 Men’s Overcoats, worth $4.50, for $3.25. A fine Beaver Coat, well made, in either blue or black, sold everywhere as a bargain at $10.00; our prioe $6.50. A dandy Storm Coat, worth $9.00, for $6 00. A Boy's Cape Coat, worth $2.50, for $1.98. Men’s Mackintoshes, the $4 grade, for $2.75.

Do you need Winter Goods? We have the largest stock of everything in' town. 'i Sol Frank, Succee&or to Gut Frank, THE BIG STORE. PETERSBURG, IND

Moses Frank made a business trip to Evansville Monday. Jackson Powers of near Winslow, was in town Monday on business. Hon. Jasper !>»' idson of Princeton, was •iu town Monday on business. E. T. Pershing of Washington was in town Wednesday ou business. Solomon Stilwell of Lockhart township, was in town Monday on business. Ladies’ and gents’ gold watches and jewelry a specialty at Henry Kickrich's. Lon Smith has opened up a l*arber shop at Littles and commenced work this week. I>id you eat turkey yesterday ? That was the great dish among the people on Thanksgiving __ Louis Dartull, living iu the east part of town, rejoices over a bouncing little girl at his home Fred Corn, Daniel Davis and Kedin Com Of Lockhart township, were in town Monday on business. Don’t fail to see the new nobby Boulcte Cloth Jac kets for ladies in two lone effect at Hargrove k. Co.’s. ‘JN-2 There will be a number of gt>xl papers read l>efore the Pike county farmer's institute by citfcwiis of the county. The talliesnf the IVaptist church served Thanksgiving dinner at the Patterson ball yesterday. Th> y were very well patronised. Daniel Taylor, living on south Seventh street. was stricken with partial paralysis last Tuesday. At this time he is some better. The Winslow Era has come out in a five column folio. The people of that place should give the Era good support and em courage it in every way.

w . w. Jackson. east ot lown leu j«fsday for Indianapolis with two car loads of cattle. Before rvtcrnitic Mr. Jackson will visit his si-ter at Kokomo for a few days. The K. A l. railroad ha* U*en ordered sold by the Daviess circuit court to satisfy a judgement |2,709,G:iu held by the formers’ loan aud tnist company of New York. _ The Pike county medical society will meet in this city at the office of Drs. Adams ft Burlingame, Thursday morning, December 3rd, at 10:80 o’clock. Business of importance will come up before llie meeting Simeon Mason of Monroe township, was is town Wednesday on business and made tjie DaaocaiT office a pleasant call, lie is one among the oldest subscribers of this paper and Hays he could ’ hartlly keep house without it. KrwoaTU Lkauil Usioji.—The Pike oouuty union of the Epwdrth league will hold its first meeting at Otwell Ion Friday evening, November ;*?, beginning at 1 o’clock p, in. Let each chapter be repreagUed. G. J. Nichols, 1st Vice President, Awarded Highest Hooora—World's Fair. mMOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Frw |pm Ammohia, Alum or any other adulterant 49 Yam tbt Staatotf. S|A

Lawrence llornbrook was at Washington Tuesday on business. Uo to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock re|>airs. 28* A daughter of Lewis Malott, Madison township, died last„week, I>r. R. W. Harris of Algiers transacted business in town Monday. John Budd and wife of Jefferson township, were in town Monday shopping. A. P. Osgalhorpe of Jefferson township, j was in town last Saturday on business. Handsome Feather Boa given wifh every Cloak or Cape from $5 up at Hargrove & Co.’s. ,_ 3S-2 Fred Butler and Robert Wade of Monroe township, were in town Tuesday on business. j John Ijee is manipulating the razor and shears at Winslow. John is a fir§tt-la»s workman. A large number of people from various j>arts of the county were in town Monday on business. - ---ISee Henry Rick rich for your Christinas and holiday presents. He has an immense line of goods. 39tf Uncle John Ross of Monroe township, is seriously ill at this writing with but little hopes of bis recovers. _:_ r M. Spegv! can furnish you suits from fH.ftO up and pants frora^ $4.00 up. Call and See him8at Lee’s barber shop. Union Thanksgiving services were held at the Baptist church yesterday morning. Rev. Elder of the C. P. church, preached an able sermon. . % --- i They say Hargrove A; - t 'o. have received nearly IJQO Ladies* Jackets and Capes in the last week. They show a very nobby and stylish lino. 38-3

Washington is having her experience with tramps. They are entirely too numerous in some localities, but Petersburg don’t •‘eem to catch m»uy of them. They don’t like the place. A freight train on the E. ft 1. railroad »»' wrecked near Blackburn Tuesday noon. Two car loads of salt was dumped over. The passenger trains were delayed for several hours. Calvin GUlispie,Oakland City, committed suicide Monday afternoon. He was about I 40 years bf age. Klder W. J. Richardson was called on to preach the funeral, which took place Wednesday. He leaves a wife and six children. Oil has been struck at HawesviUe, Kentucky, at a depth of 1470 feet. The well is a gusher and the citizens here interested in the gas and oil question feel very much encouraged. Another oil field in thi* state has been developed south of Indianapolis. Alba Hey wood, the impersonator, and his company of artists, apj-eared at tKe Patterson hall Wednesday evening. To say that the audience was pleased hardly expresses it. It was by far the best intertamment given in this city for many years and the audience should have been much larger. Mr. Hey wood always pleases. “The worst oold 1 ever had in my life was cored by Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy," writes W. H. Norton of Sutter Creek, Cal. “This cold left me with a cough and I was expectorating all. the time. The Remedy cured me, and 1 want all of ray friends when troubled with a cough or cold to use it, for it will do them good." Sold by J. R. Adams ft Son. n Mr. LePage, representing the firm of Caldwell ft Co., of Louisville, was in the city yesterday The gentleman was here looking arouud with a view of establishing a system of water works, having been here sometime ago upon a similar mission. Several parties have been taking an active interest in this matter and it may be possible that our town will have a system of | water works.

[ „ , 5 ■ • I Harmon Smith of Madison township, is on the sick list. Dick Alexander visited friends in Evansville over Sunday. Editor Crow of the Press visited at Boonville over Sunday. F. Hard, postmaster at Otwell, was in town Monday on business, Henry Rickrieh is offering big bargains in jewelry for the holidays. 29tf . Editor Harrell of the News transacted business at Evansville Monday. Congressman Hemenway of Boonville, left for Washington City Monday. - J. W. Gaddis the architect of Vincennes, was in town last Friday ou business. H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 28* Mell Gowensand Mell Thomas of Union, were in town Monday on business matters. John W. Stillwell, ex-sheriff, of Lockhart township, was in town Tuesday on business. Mr. John Greener and Miss Kate Gutgsell of JasjKjr, were the guests of Mis* Mary Kiefer last week. Frank Lewis, aged 50 years, living near Ayrshire, died Sunday of pueumonia. The funeral occurred Monday. Dr. J. W. Bergen left last Sat onlay for San Francisco, California, where he will visit with friends for sometime. Hargrove & Co. sold 39 Ladies’ Wraps last Friday. We advise the ladies to see the pretty Jackets and Capes they carry. 28 2 Gold has been found near Bryantsville, this state. It is said that the dirt is rich and many prospectors are seeking the new fields. - Mrs. Emma Kinnamau, living near town, died la>t Friday afternoon. The funeial services were held at the Baptist church Saturday.

John Carey of Ayrshire, one of the hustling democrats of Patoka township, was in town Monday on business and made this office a call. Miss Kemper, a returned missionary from India, ketured at the M. E. church Monday evening. The lecture was very interesting to those who attended. The board of county commissioners were in session Monday approving the bonds of ti»e new county officials and allowing bills for expeuse of holding the election. Winslow is to have a new livery stable, Bryant and Beardsley are building a large stable on Main street and will soon have it completed Aud be ready for business. Pr. J. R. Adams and wife, D. C. Ashby, M. J. Brady and Capt. W. E. ChappelLgttended the reunion of the 58th regiment at Oakland City Tuesday and Wednesday. Prof, and Mrs. Thompson left yesterday for Monroe township, to visit relatives for a few days. They will eat turkey with Mrs. Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Grim. ^ M. Spegel, the tailor and dyer, has a tine line of samples to select suits and pant^ from. lie makes a specialty of cleaning, patching and dyeing clothes. Call and see him at Lee's Ixarlter shop. Married—at the home of the officiating minister. Rev. Pilant, last Thursday, Albert Heacock, of Winslow, to Miss Lottie Thompson, of this city. They will make their future home at Winslow. Kx-Sheriff’J. N. Kinman will leave this week for Tennessee, where he is engaged in the timber business and will nuw devote his entire time to that line of trade. He turned the sheriffs office to his successor, Mr. Ridgwav Tuesday morning. The following marriage licenses have been issued,since our last report: George W. Hollowed and KttioRobinson. Bernhard Sundermau and Minnie Geiselman. Floyd G. Luttrelland Isa M. Toolev.

When you want job printing remember, that The Democrat, office is the only place j in town where a full line of paper is kept in i stock. We do all kinds of job printing j from the fac t that our artists are up-to- j date printers and every job turned out is guaranteed to give satisfaction. For the best, call at this office. Joseph D. Barker of Madison township, while hunting near Mt. Carmel, Illinois,j last Friday with a party of hunters killed a | golden eagle. The eagle measured seven , feet eleven inches from tip to tip and is a fine specimen. He brought it home with j him. and will have it shaped up by a taxidermist and will keep it as a remembrance of 1 the occasion. * H. H. Richardson and Emil Kalioffen this week purchased the bakery and restaurant of A. L. Medea If and took charge of the same Wednesday, Rev. | Medealf will move to Algiers, Pike county, where he has accepted a charge, and will j devote hb time to ministerial work in the! future. He has many warm friends here who join the Enterprise in wishiug for him j success.—Oakland City Enterprise. George C. Baker of Indianapolis, was ! killed in a railroad wreck near that placej last Saturday evening. He had been eu-1 gaged in the railroad business for 29 years. I The train of which he was conductor, was! doing some switching, when the brakeinan failing to turn the switch he was caught < between the cars and mashed in a terrible ! manner, killing him instantly. Be was a, brother-in-law of Smith Osborn of this city, who attended the funeral which was held at Indianapolis Tuesday. He was 53 yeait of age and was veil kuown here, j

Vertlht of Six Tears. Hugh McCain charged with man* slaughter, was given a sentence of six years in the penitentiary. Several months ago McCain and Frank Ficklin engaged in a fight one night at the Needmore school i house, when McCain stabbed Fickiin, from the effects of which he died in a few days. McCain was arrested and after a preliminary examination was bound over to the circuit court. At the last session of the grand jury a bill for manslaughter was found against McCain. His trial come up Monday and lasted until Wednesday noon when it went to the jury after arguments by the attorneys in the case. Thursday morning about ten o’clock the jury brought in a verdict as above stated. The defense was ably represented by Richardson & Taylor and Posey & Chappell and the State bv W. R. Cox and P, A. Chappell. The attorneys for McCain wiff make a motion for a new trial. Spurgeon Ileus. Election excitement over. Not much “confidence” here yet, but hope for a shipment soon. Our schools are progressing fine with a large attendance. J. A. Shepard and wife visited the family of Trustee Taylor iu Warrick county, last week. While two of John Julian's small children were playing ouo cut two of the other one's fingers off with an ax. Dr. t)sbom dressed the wound. James McNeely and Curtis Baize, two boys about 1? years old, were huuting on the farm of W. L. McKinney, near here, last Tuesday| scared up a rabbit and the boys started after it, and while climbing a fence Baize's gun was discharged, striking the McNeely boy in the side of the face and eye, tearing the eye out and a portion of the bone above the eye exposing the brain. McKinney brought him home and Drs. Osborn and Harrison dressed the wound and pronounced the injury fatal.

The City Markets. Egg—15 cents. Butter—15 cents. Onions—New, 50c }>er bu. Potatoes—New, 30e per bu. lemons—80 cents per doz. , Oranges—30 cents per doz. Banannas—30 cents per doz. Chickens—Chicks 5|c, hens 6c, Turkeys—Hen turks 6c*. young 7. Cider—15 cents per gallon. | Nary Beans—$1 to $1.30 per bu:. Prunes—10@15 cents. _ Sides—9c. Lard—9 cents per lb. j Pork—Hams, smoked, 12 cents. Wheat—75 ceuts per bushel. Corn—17 cents j>er bushel. Oats—10 cents [>er bushel. Hye—38 cents per bushel. Clover Seed—$8.25 }>er bushel. Salt—$1.00 per bhl. • J Flaxseed—90 cents. Cincinnati Markets. ! Wednesday, Nov 25, 1896. Wheat, 89 to 90^c; corn, 21 to 214c; oats, 16 ‘to ,24c; rye, 83 to 87c: hay, $8.50 to ■ $11.25; cattle, heavy, $-1.50 to^4.25; hogs. | good shippers, $3.00 to $3.40; sheep. $2.75 to $3.25. Notice of Election of Officers. Morgan post No. 15, G. A. R. department of Indiana, will at its regular meeting on Saturday evening. December 5th, 1896, proceed to elect officers. All the members are requested to be present. By order of S. H. Stuckey, Com. The three-year-old boy of J. A. Johnson of Lynn Center, Illinois, is subject to attacks of camp. Mr. Johnson says' he is satisfied that the timely use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, during a severe attack, saved his little boy’s life. He is in the drug business, a member .of the firm of Johnsou Bros, of that place; and they handle a great many patent medicines for throat and lung diseases. Re had all these' to chose from, and skilled physicians ready to respond to his call, but selected this remedy for use in his own family at a time, when his child’s life was in danger, because he knew it to be superior to any other, and famous the country over for its cures of of croup.- Mr. Johnson says this is the best selling cough medicine they handle, and that it gives splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold by J. R. Adams & Sou. n

The coroner of Pike county is hunting! with a loaded shot gun for the person who sent out the news of the killing cf the colored man at Carbon mines last Monday. Just the same there seems to be some! foundation for the report, as an eye witness to the shooting has since told us. There' is no doubt but that the deed charged in the reports sent to the various dailies was committed and that the man wits shot, but it is J supposed that he was only wounded and j boarded the train at Winslow for New | Albany.—Oakland City Enterprise. The Indiana supreme court has defined the powers, of township trustees. Thej decision relegates them to the class of sub- j officials. The decision came on appeal j from Tippecanoe county, where a school I huuse had been arbitrarily moved by a] trustee. The court does not approve the action of the trustee, it being held that a school cannot be changed without the consent of the patrons. Mrs. Andrew Hargrove died at her home in Ayrshire Monday morning at the age of TO yean of heart failure. She was an estimable lady and well known in Pike county. She was a sister of Senator Wiggs. * The funeral took place Tuesday and was very largely attended. Or* Price’s Cream Baking Powder WsrlTf Fair IttdMst Awar*

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Dan C. Ashby returned last Saturday from a week's visit in the south part of the county. I>att reports that he had great 1 success in hunting, having bagged a fine lot of game. The jury in the ease of William Coffee, charged with perjury, after being out from Saturday morning until Monday morning, failed to agree and were discharged. Coffee ^will remain in jail until the next term of court. Thursday, while Carl Cooper was felling a tree, a flying limb struck him on the : head, inflicting a serious wound. At first it was thought he hail been killed; but he regained consciousness and appeared to have chances for recovery. —Winslow Era. People who handle paper money will still do well to scan their ten dollar bills carefully. A dangerous counterfeit of that denomination is yet afloat and may deceive the unwary, as the job is well done.» With careful scrutiny the bogus bill can lie detected. __ _ _ Correspondents will please send in the news from their localities. For several weeks past the columns of this paper have been very much crowded and the items had to be cut down, but we now have plenty of room and they will receive better attention in the future. The lecture.of Prof. Parsons, president of the state normal school at Terre Haute, in this place at the Baptist church last Friday night on Shakespeare was a great treat for Petersburg literary people. The professor is a student ot Shakespeare and delighted his large audience with his lecture on that great writer.

Samuel Harbin, who was convicted of setting tire to the Daviess county court house, and who was sentenced to the petti-1 tentiarv for seventeen years, has had his sentence commuted and tils term will expire next July. Lavelle and Hawes, whoso trials were conducted in this county ami sentenced for eight years eaoh, will undoubtedly serve out their sentences. Iatvelle's term expires in about a ytar. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect Mads Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given., that the undersigned hrts been appointed by the Clerk of itie Circuit Cou-t of Pike County, State of Indiana, administrator of the estate of Betsey Skinner, laieof Pike county, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. CIIAKI.KS K. SKIXSKK, Nov. 21, 1896. Administrator. Notice of Final Settlement of Estate. In the matter of the estate of George Shepard, deceased. In the Pike circuit court, November term, j 1896 Notice Is heyeby given that the undersigned as administrator of the estate of George ■ Shepard, deceased,has presented amt tiled his ; account and vouchers in rt-nal settlement of said estate, and that thepame will come up I for the examination and action of said clr-; cult court on theSth day of December, 1SWS. j at which time-all persons interested in said ' estate are required t>> appear tn said court, j and show cause. If any there be, why said accounts and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate, and all others interested therein, are also hereby required,! at the time aud place aforesaid, to appear j and make proof or their heirship or elahu to j any part of said estate Tuomal Siiki>akd. Nov. 7th, IS*. Administrator, j Richardsoo A Taylor, attorneys. 27-3 1 [•IKKMI1.1 m 1 ■■wiEiOuasrFftjtaBB k Cough Syrup. Taste# Good. Use | ■ in time. Sold by druggists. wr-EtaEKSiiaa

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