Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 February 1897 — Page 1

% . <K NO. 39 VOL. XXVII. PETERSBURG, IND.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1897.

FEBRUARY® REMNANT * SALE Wo have just finis nod invoicing and find thousands of remnants in \ Wash Goods, Dress Goods, Flannels, Muslin, Satteen, etc., etc. We have piled these all on a center counter and marked the _ prices at less than half their worth. Mothers, this is a grand opportunity to clothe the little ones out of a very lean purse. A few cents buys a dress, a dollar all you can carry. We have included also in this Great Remnant Sale all of our odd lots of Men’s Underwear, Men’s Glovea. Caps, odd Pants and odd Suits.1 in the Star Clothing House. You know after three months of rushing business there is alwas lots of odds left, and these we are not only willing to lose money on, but cut the cost in half. You have no idea what a few'dollars will do. Bring in the cash and let’s trade. j. W' V* Har9r0ve 4 @Wp0f)q -proprietorsPeoples’ Dry Goods and Star Clothing Honse PETERSBURG, INDIANA.

Nfws at the Coart House. Items of news of a general nature gathered from the various offices at the court house* C'lrralt t'wwri. The following cases have been disposed of id the circuit court: STATE CASES. State vs. Lafayette llershman, assault and battery: fined |25 and co^U. State vg. Homer Nichols, disturbing religious meeting; fined $5 and eost^ State vs. Elliot Usery, assault and battery; fined $1 and costs. State vs. Edward Ihiwson, assault and battery; fined f l and costs. - State vs. Frank Brenner, assault and battery; fined |*o and costs. State vs. James Deizieofi, assault and battery; fined |5 and costs. The trial of W. W. Tucker for murder, is set for trial on March'd. The defendent is represented by Richardson a Taylor of this place, and Jerry Suddarth of English. civil ca^es. William Omelyeua vs. Salem H. Lybyer, note and mortgage: dismissed. John T. Kitne vs. Mary A. Barker, attachment; <wutmudr It. C. Ashby vs. M. C. Dans et al., attachment; continued. * Ashby & Coffey vs. Alice B. Johnson et al., foreclose lieu; continued. !trw t George B Ashby and Charles A. Coffey P vs Alice B. Johnson et al., foreclose lien;' Ashby & Coffey, attorneys for plaiutiffs. Mary E. Brock vs. Elmer S. Brock, divorce. Dillon & Greene, attorneys for plaint iff. narriagr Liceatet. The following marriage licenses have been issued since oar last report; . An Aim* and Mattie Walk. William F. Kahte and Amelia Holie. Stephen L. Maiott and Ueathy Skelton. Heal Estate Transfer*. ■Robert Deffendall to Charles Deffeodall, pt sw qr ue qr se» 5. town 1 south, range 8 west. Matthew Burton and wife to Ruth Fleming et al., sw pt lot SC Alford. Arthur Woolsey and wife to Lafayette Pride, pt sw qr sw qr Vwc 22, town I south, range $ west, 24 acres. Salem H. Lybyer to James P. Martin. Patten location, town 1 north, tange 7 west, 396 acres. i ry Appartiauaieut. The following is the apportionment of school funds to the various corporations: No. * Children. Drawn. Jefferw.u . m ..»l Ju* *8 a ashmgton Msdlan Clay ...... Patofca .... Hon roe ..... loam Dock hart ... Marlon Petersburg Winslow. ... XM m a» $3? «s *e Cfc «t eis 35 l d>7 0* l.lSs to «se ..i....... «u»» sh .MOT «& we . an xi m .. «5S4 aw _.... saw Totals •.711 H.0MM A measure has been introduced in the legislature to license pharmacists. The provisions of the law are very stringent, nod requires that every drug store must & Si

Gas Well Dowu 826 Feet. Drilling at the gas well was stopped Wednesday afternoon in order to ease off j the salt water and sand that was struck at | a depth of 677 feet. From that depth on 'down to 826 feet more or less salt bearing sand stone was struck and heavy viens of ! the salt water struck, which is now flowing | from the well at the rate of about 3-> gallons jwr minute. In striking salt water at -thaPdepth it shows a great upheaval in the rock at this point, which is a strong in- \ dicat ion of gas. At Vincennes salt water! was struck at over 1.8U0 feet, and at Evansville at about 1,100 feet. Gas in a I ! small quantity was struck at about 800 feet, and oil has been found at two points I iu the drilling, but not of any consequence, j It is now pmlicted that gas or oil will be found at between 1,300 atul 1,400 feet, although the state geologists claim that gas! or oil will not be encountered under 1,700 feet. Manager Nichols of the drilling | ooippanv, Wednesday evening gave our ret orter the following log of the drilling, shoriud just what kind of rock and other substances has been passed through: ! Clay, sa .d aud clay. 1 to 37 feel. Blue and yellow lune-urnc, 37 to 46, Slate and coal, 4t> to 61. Mmle. 61 to lid Hard rock. IIU To 111. « tael. Ill to 115 ilSn. Uj. t’asl, U5 to 117. 1 Shale. HT to 170. Hard sandstone. 17l> to ITS. I Sai-.dy sliale. 173 to 1SU. I Common tdiate. Jw> to 215. Cannei coal or slate with streak* of fire clay. 5S15 to 235. shatg. to a»i l imestone. to 2$S H ard sandy shale. 'JSS to 90S. .streak* ot limestone and shale, 3U0to 315. SJniie. 3L5 to JT5. K»xk and coal. S74 to 3K>. . } i Dark and light shale, SSU to 424. ! Streak- <>! limestone. t>l totfcjo. I *unuy liffiettou*. 136 to 677. White Kiimlstone. bearing salt, 677 to 706. [ Sliale. 7«s to 7Id i White sands!one. 716 to761. | B'.ack sliale. 7t>l to 7S5 White stale, tsi lu Htti I Black shale. *05 to | Hard limestone,iC2 to A3. Settled With the Trnstee. ! Sometime ago various trustees of the | county bought maps of Gibson and Pike | counties from the Indiana map company. I Among the number was L. E. Traylor of f Jefferson township. The agent wanted #10 per map but Traylor would not pay that ! much, Anally the agent, Guy Bowman, gave Traylor a receipt and agreed to let | him have the tuap for #100. When thi | majis were delivered the collector wanted : #300, and would not honor the receipt held j by Traylor. Traylor theu refused to pay or accept the maps anti consulted attorneys The matter was settled last week as the following letter and receipt will t how : Vincennes, ind., Jan. 16, 1887. Lewis E. Travlor. Ira, Ind. Dear Sir—I have taken the liberty of drawing on yon for #100.00, the amonnt which you claim you are morally bound to pay. While 1 don’t feel that this is fair or just, yet to avoid the trouble and expense of a lawsuit, hare decided to accept a settlement at those figures. Please attend to this at once and avoid further trouble. Very Truly, F. C. fiUuucas. Ira. Ind., Jan. 36, 1007. Received of L. E. Traylor, trustee of Jefferson township, Pike county, and state cf lu(Lana, the sum of One Hundred Dollars and -ceuts out of the special school fund for 30 maps of Pike and Gibson counties, being in full of all demands of Indiana Map Company. F. C. Haedacm, Agent. James Durham, living west of town, was arrested last Saturday on • charge of petit larceny. Gave bond Monday for hts appearance for trial at this term of court. * .. 46. ’' -

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters, News Items From Here, There and E?erywhere. Oort, City nod Personal Items In an Abreriated Form. ¥•« Will Find Them All l n<«r ThU Heading.

Will Tislow is quite ill at this writing. George Frank made a business trip tc Huntingburg last Friday. P. F. Thomas, near Otweli, was in town Wednesday on business matters. H. H. Tisiow, jeweler and watohniakei Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 28* John M. Davis, trustee of Monroe town ship, was in towu last Sot unlay on business Lee Fisher, a prominent lawyer of Hunt ingburg, was in tile city Tuesday atteudin| court. ___ Rev. Francis Wood of Arthur, was hen Monday attending to some business in th* circuit court. Deeds, mortgages and chattel mortgages for sale at this office. They are printed ir fiue style and on good paper. Jesse Crow has been quite ill at the Read hotel for the past week. Mrs. Crow is hen from Princeton waiting on her husband. Good business lot on lower Main street: good location: lot joins White’s grocery. Address Philip Schlemmer, Cannelton. Indiana. S5m3 President-elect McKinley was 54 years old last Friday. Van Buren and Hayes were each 54 years old upon taking the oath of president of the United States. Our northern Indiana exchanges reported good sleighing last week and the mercury pulling on the downward stretch as low as 21 below aero. That was weather to talk about. George E. King and Sol Frank went to Owensville Monday to look after electrical bu'iness. The town is talking of using street lights and they are there for the purpose of looking after the contract. Perry Millar of Logan township, was in town Tuesday. Perry had a mishap one day last week j while engaged in work. A stick of timber bounced up and struck him over the right eye making a very bad wound. ---*- The delinquent sale of lands and lots as advertised by the auditor will take place next Monday, the sale being made by the county treasurer. A number of persons Who were delinquent, have paid their taxes, ami their lands will not be sold, Washington (tapers are again talking baseball league. It is dollars to doughnutthat they will never inveigle another elufc from Petersburg to play in that city foi wind and then pay the park policemen ticket sellers and gate keepers. Once is enough. Fire was discovered in the residence ol Ras Johnson last Saturday afternoon. Th* fire department was on hand early, but th* fire was put out before their arrival. Th< grate mantel caught fire and was burning rapidly when discovered. The damage ii light and fully covered by insurance. Tramps are becoming alarmingly nurner ous hereabouts, but they have no disposi tion so far to steal or molest anything.bein; content to ask for “hand oftts” and ok clothes, at wh;eh some are adepts. Sonu of the “Willies of the Road” have beet here several times during the past year, am seem to think Petersburg people the moe generous on ea$h. I have given Chamberlain's Cougl Remedy a fair test and consider it one o the very best remedies for croup that have ever found. One dose has always beet | sufficient, although I use it freely. An] i cold my children contract yields >er ; readily to this medicine. 1 can conscien > tiously recommend it for croup and colds it children.—George R Wolff, clerk of th | circuit court, Pernandia, Florida. Sold b i J. R. Adams ft Son.

.Hugh, son of Mrs. Maggie Osborn, is quite ill. John O. Miley was at Washington Tuesday on business. Lewis Willis, near Cato, was in town Wednesday on business. * Go to H. II. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Bioe Kellutns of Mullieu Bill, has a fine big girl baby at his home. Charles Wesley, ex-marshal of Winslow, was in town last Monday on business. W. V. Hargrove is on the sick list this week, being unable to leave hi< home. John Taylor. Pikeville, was granted a reissue of pension by Uncle Sam’s officers last week. * Fred Chappell, one of the hustling young silver democrats of Iva, was in town last Saturday on business. Increases of pensions were granted last week to Louis F. Schwedtfeger, Petersburg. and Jacob Norrick, Winslow. Grant Faith, who practiced law here previous to the election, was here last Friday from Washington looking after business affairs. Farmers, if you want a good farm journal call in and subscribe for the Farm, Field and Fireside. You can get this paper and the Democrat, one year, for #1.85. Tuesday was ground-hog day, and if the old prophets sayings ^re true, the people may look out for another six weeks spell of weather. His royal highness failed to see his shadow. While handling some timber last Friday morning John Malcomb by an accident mashed the index huger of the left hand. A portion of the finger was amputated by Dr. Burger. Nineteen dollars round trip from Oakland City via the Air Line to Washington City. Tickets on sale March 1st, 2d and 3d, good returning until March 8th. J. T. Hcrt. Agent.

The Democrat will furnish you with one ! hundred best quality 6£ white envelopes with your name, address and business neatly printed on the upper left hand corner for fifty 'cents. All kinds of other job printing at equally low prices. Thomas Hatchett, colored, confined in the county jail on the charge of adultery, is quite a singer, and duriug the campaign was one of the McKinley itftnlee singers : from Ayrshire, who made several visits to I this'city and amused the goidites. The district meeting of the Knights of ! Pythias was held at Rock|»ort last week. ' William Liibs, Keller llenring, Sol Frank, ! Joe Patterson and Eb Walker attended 1 from this city. The next meeting will be j held at Tell City, Petersburg being outvoted. Joe Cook and William Dearing were brought here last Saturday morning by a constable of Marion township and placed in jail to lay out a fine and costs. They were tried by Squire Capehart on a charge of riot, found guilty and fined 1(12.00 and costs, a total of $6.30 each. The citizens who meet at English chapel, ; Pike county, in their beautiful church house for worship or for other public meetings, mean business when it comes to keeping order and punishiug disturbers, judging | from the way they turned out at "Squire ! Powers’ court. They handled the Sorner- | viile boys without gloves.—Oakland City J Enterprise. The present terra of the city schools will close on the 26th of March, making hi all a i seveu months’ term, being two months less than in former years. This is caused by : the non-payment of taxes for the past few ; years. And in connection with the half- | day system in some departments of the school, many of the children will oulv get three and one-half months’ schooling for ! the present school year. Hundreds of people visited the Woolley , j mines Sunday and inspected the machinery . which is being used to drill for gas or oil, . | Last Friday salt water was struck at a j j depth of 687 feet, ami Saturday night al j midnight the drill was down731 feet." Th« flow of salt water had materially increased, and on Sunday it run out over the casing i in a large stream. A number of person; ■ took bottles with them and got a supply ol ; the water and declare it a fine remedy, ■ The drill is still going down. | Now is the time for the business men am] t all others who are interested in the futun growth and welfare of Petersburg to gel a hump on themselves and do something i toward securing factories or other enter l prises to locate here and open up business. [ All the town needs is something that wil i j give employment to labor the year round r j Methods should be dev bed whereby fee r lories could be located here. Any wood ■ j working establishment could locate here i [ and do well as timber ean be hadalwr^ i moderate prices. A meeting should h r i called of the business men and capitalist

Chris Thomas is a happy man—girl—11 pounds. Frank Heuring and daughter of Wiuslow, were here last Saturday. R. W. Horton of near .Algiers, was in town Wednesday on business. William Ropp of Logan township, was in town Wednesday transacting business. George E. Houchins of Lockhart township, was in town last Saturday on business. Prof. C. P. Barrett, principal of the Stendal sehools, was in town Saturday on business. Columbus Burkhart of Madison township, was in town Tuesday ou business and was a caller at this office. John N. Kimnan dropped one twentyfire in the Democrat's strong box Saturday afternoon, aud will read the county news. W. A. Oliphaut returned last Friday from Danville. Illinois, where he had been for two weeks looking after his flouring mill interests. The senatorial deadlock in Utah was bjoken Wednesday and Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins, demand, was elected to the United States senate. The town bonds which were issued last month were sold to the Pike county state bank for $2,006.35, the first towu bonds sold that brought any premium. The lower branch of the legislature has passed an act to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to miuors. The senate will do well to let it become a law and receive the signature of the governor.

The republican caucus committee has agreed upon an apportionment law for legislative purposes. If it becomes the law Dubois and Pike will elect a representative to the lower house, and Vanderburg, Pike and Warrick a member to the npper house. The Democrat office has bee* crowded with job printing for the past few weeks for the Petersburg merchants, who recognize the fact that this office does the best. Bring in your orders and have yoar printing done with new type ami on the best quality of paper. The figure 9 dropped into the calendar January, 1889, and will stay there 111 years from that date, or until December 31.1999. ! No other figure has had such a consecutive I run, and the 9 itself has* only once before been in the race which lasted over a century in which it continually figured. Sheriff Ridgway went to Evansville last Satunlay and brought back with him Frank Brenner, who was indicted by the grand jury for assault and battery. Brenner lives at Ayrshire. Being unable to give bond he will board at the county bastile until his trial eomes up in the circuit court. The steamer Peankishaw. plying the Ohio river, was sunk near the mouth of Greene river Wednesday night of last week. The engineer of the vessel was drowned. Seventeen persons of the crew got on board of a barge which was in tow and were afterwards rescued below Evansville, after a hard tussel to keep from freezing to death. A few months ago, Mr. Byron Every of Woodstock, Michigan, was badly afflicted with rheumatism. His right leg was swollen the full length, causing him great suffering. He was advised to try Chamber- ! Iain’s Pain Balm. The first bottle of it ‘ he!pad him considerably and the second I bottle effected a cure. The 35 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by J. R. Adams & Son. f A newly married young man. having a desire to eo'mpliment his mother-in-law’s culinary accomplishments took this manner of doing it: 4*I send you by express to day { one of my wife’s first biscuits that yon tnay note the effec ts of your culinary instruction. ; I would send it by mail, but the postal regulation prohibit the transmission of articles weighing more than four poaads | through the mails.” Frank Siple was before Squire Thurman Monday for assault and battery on Mrs. j Mahala Freeman; fined and eeeted $17.50. Tuesday; Sip!e was fined and costed $6.95 for contempt of court. Wednesday he was ; again arrested for assault ami battery on Mrs. Freeman and fined, the fine ami {trimmings amounting to Mrs. j Freeman also swore out a peace warrant ! and Siple was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of $109. Asa Madison was tried before Squire Capehart at Veipen last Monday on a charge of bigamy ami bound over to the | circuit court in the sum of $350. Being ; i unable to give bond he was brought here (Tuesday by Constable John Morgan and j placed in jail. Madison is 65 years old and an old veteran, drawing a pension of $34 per month. Several months ago he mar- - tied a Mrs. Eisley at Veipen. It is said that he has a wife living in Itlinoia, from , which state he came to Veipen sometime • ago. He says he has a divorced wife in i Kentucky, but has no wife in Illinois, His y trial will likely come yp at the present term of eourt.

Rev, Bottoms of Velpen, was La town Mondayon business. Miss Florence Pierson is visiting friends at Washington this week. John Vandever of Oakland City, was here Tuesday attending court. Mrs. Wilson Barrett. Logan township. has been very iH with la grippe. # James G. Suns of Pat oka township, j*r»s in town Monday transacting business. The teachers of Washington township will hold an institute in this place Saturday.., See the Cuban soft hat ami the Broadway Stiff hat, the very latest swell hat at the Star clothing house. James W. O'Brian of Washington, was in town Wednesday and made this office a call. He is engaged in the livery business. W. F. Meyers, liviug southeast of town, made his annual visit to the editor’s saneI turn last Saturday ami left one twenty-five in the 16 to 1 metal box. Cennty Superintendent Blaise held us examination of teachers at the city school building last .Saturday. There were quite a number of applicants for license. Read the clubbing offers made in the Democrat. If you desire a good magazine or paper take advantage of these offers while they last, which will only be a few weeks longer.

The revival services at the Baptist church are being largely attended. Rev. Ogle of Indianapolis, i« assisting Rev. Law during the series of meetings. He is a splendid sermonizer and an able speaker. The young people have been enjoying themselves hugely during the e<dd snap skating on the various ponds near town. Nearly every night last week there were skating parties. l^his week they are not indulging in that pleasant pastime. The olde folkes eoneerte tonight at the Presbyterian church. The entertainment was given sometime since and was voted a grand success. The program tonight (Friday) will be varied somewhat from the former one, many new songs being added. Go and enjoy yourself. Pet 'sburg will not have an iae famine nexj year, the dealers having harvested a largp crop during the heavy freeze. Several of t he ice men wo - ked forces of men Saturday night and Sunday.. The thaw commenced Monday morning. The ice is clear and about six inches in thickness. This office has received the annual report of the Indiana school for feeble minded youth located at Fort Wayne. At present there are 558 children in that institution, j This county is represented in that institution bv four boys, and an application madia for another which has not been accepted. Last Saturday, Dr. Osbon, the veterinary surgeon, removed seven tumors from a | horse belonging to E. R. King. The operation was a very successful oae and the j animal is rapidly recovering. The doctor i has been very successful hi his practice here • and is building up a krge and paying j business. The supreme coart of the United States, by a bare majority, has sustained the state laws of Ohio and Indiana for taxing railroad, express and telegraph companies. | The express companies appealed in Ohio, I and the Western Union telegraph ocstpaay ! in Indiana. There are three distinct forms j of taxation in Ohio and to this objection ; wasraised. William Tucker of Pika county, the party | who killed a roan by the name of McMurray ; a few weeks ago, was in oar town last Friday. From the information we hare, Mr. i Tucker was justified in what he did. He employed Jerry L. Suddarth in his defense. One thing tie can he sure of, he will be ably and eloquently defended.—English Demo* jerat. __k - - Prof. Churchill, superintendent of tha j Oakland City schools, delivered a splendid | lecture at the BaptRt church last Friday : evening. The subject of which was | “Stories of Lincoln.'* The professor is a splendid story teller, and his audience was both instructed and amused. His readings from Reilly was thoroughly enjoyed. Mr, Gip Traylor rendered several violin solos, accompanied by Mrs. J. W, Uladish op the j organ. • ' AD persons who are interested in organ? iriug a library association in Petersburg are requested to meet at the lav office of Richardson & Taylor thj§ (Friday) evening, This is a movement which shoohl be looked | after by all. There are a number of books belonging to the various library associations of the county which could be gathered in and made a splendid library of, Tim meet? ing Monday night was not attended by those who should take more than a passing ■ interest in such an enterprise, pod R is hoped that alt who are interested in ednea* tioo and further development of the educetjonal facilities of this community will ala lead this meeting, % ilpi