Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 February 1897 — Page 1

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f ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► To oar special Shoe Sale during the month of March. We hare concluded to offer the Shoe stocks of both oar stores at cat prices for this month and this sale only. Remember, bat two pairs of Meu's or ladies’ Shoes sold to one customer at one time. With the sharp advance in leather Ada la a great rhuoe to obtain year Shoes for almost nothing. Don't wait for better roads or better times— buy now, this chance will not happen again. You hare two big stores to select from and will be treated right. ' I ■■ . floi) year Eqe flowi) tips List of frices. Infants' Soft Sole Shoes, nice and easy.. —. 9c Intents' Shoes with Patent Tip. IXmgota Kid. 2 to 5----- 24c Children’s Shoes iu Kk*. Goat Heel ami Spring Heel, 5 to 8- 49e Misses' £itd Button Shoes. Spring Beet, Patent Tip, 12 to 2 .... 08c Ladles' Patent Tip Button, nice, fresh goods, $1.23 grade--- 96c Ladies' Patent Tip Button. Red Dongola Kid. Soft Soles $1.73 Ladies' Dong*'la Kid, new Coin Toe with Tip.1 46 Ladle*’ fine Vki KkI. in Button or Lace. Cota Toe, Chocolate or Black, elegant goods. $2.59 grade........ . 1 96 Ladies’ fine Hand Sewed French Kid. $4.09 grade, this sale ,. 2 96 Mecj's goes! and stoat Veal Lace Shoes.. The Men’s Congress Plow Shoes..... .... . 79c Men's nice Soft Satin Calf. Lace or Congress, $1.75 grade.1 25 Men's genuine German Calf, Congress or Lace, new Coin Toe. . 1 50 50 pairs Men's Sample Shoes in $, 64, 7 and 7|, worth $31-00 to _. $3.50 choke....., 2 06

jlieo’a Ox blood. Clucolate, Tans, Viei La aii the very iatesgJVs. r and offer you the sane cut price mn them. Don't forget to sjee>hc ^ McKinley and Harm* Toes. Every pair of Shoe* guaranteed i>ot to ^ rip. no matter the eoet, wo re-sow free of charge. ^ Start in the new year right, buy for cash and change your luck. ► W. V. Hargrove & Co., ► Peoples' Dry Goods Store and Star Glotiiing House ► 4 ► PETERSBURG, INDIANA.

► ] F Postmaster fume of l nion, was iu town; Jlou.iay on bukness, W. $. ^inuis. trustee of Barton town-j ship, Gibson county, was here last Friday j on business. -—fThe E.4 I. railroad offers a rate of one ( oent per mde to Richmond, Indiana, May i 10, It and 12, p»od returning May 14thl>. M. Swan of OatsvtJie. wifi attend ! medical eotteg# at Louisville this spring: and prepare himself fur the practice of; - medicine. The town of! Jasper pays its marshal $25 j per "month. The town is out of debt. Petersburg pays its guardian of thfe peace . $b) per mooth and is in debt thousands of! dollars. The member* of the Junior Epworth j l»-ague gave a pleasant social at the home, of l»r. and Mrs. Basinger on Ninth street ] U>t Friday eiening. A delightful time vis had by altprvrsent. Joseph Coiegate of Pikevilk. called Thursday. He was on bis way home from * Buonrilkh where he had been called to the bedside of ius daughter, who is d*wn with • the measles.—tHuntiBglmrg Independent, j Oat m the Kansas legislature a hid has1 been presented to pay the wives of members $3 per day. It should be modified so as to |«ay each member of the family a per diem j f«»r 300 days. One is just about as reasonable as the other..

Probably th* youngest of the twelve remaining peiKi.«rs of the war of IM2 reside# in l»gansport. Her name is Elizabeth Winch. She is the widow of Georg* Wirick and i* now $4 tears o f age. When she became the wife of W trick he was her senior by *) years. IVtersburg has some sidewalks that are about as bad as there is iu the state, and a chroma shook! be given any loam that has any more dilapidated ones than can he Seen on some of the main thoroughfares of the town. You can either take to the mud or get your shins cracked. Give us son* new walks or take up what is U ft of the old X town has no more right to depend wholly for success units natural advantages than a man has a nght to depend on bis wife's relation to get to heaven. It is the harmony of the whole people on the progressive plan, that lifts a town out of the nuts, and puts it on the road to unalloyed success. Xo town on earth can prosper with the citizens pulling different ways. A long pull auu a strung pull altogether **■‘"-*- • ■ el!:

T1 The school^ of Clay township dosed las* week for the winter term. Vinson Fraiiee and John M. Dari* of Monroe township, were in town last Friday on business matters. General Harrison, ez-president. is papa. The little girl baby arrived Sunday morning. Weight. Sf pounds. All doing well. David Corn, who has been teaching school in Clay township for the past whiter, was in town Monday while on his way home to Augusta. Mrs. Mary Oberst, living northeast of Algiers, will sell a lot of stock, farming implements and other articles at public auction on Thursday, March 11th. The steamer George T. Frank passed here early Saturday enroute for McCoy's ferry. It took the ferry boat there which was caught here while the ice was running. —Hazel ton Herald. "rr Round trip tickets will be sold to Washington City for the purpose of attending the presidential inauguration Match l, 2 and 3 by the K. & 1. railroad, good returning not later than March 8th. The 1% Nicdringhaus sheet iron mills in North St. Louis give employee notice that the mills will close unless a reduction of 30 per cent is accepted. The Niedringhaus mills were were the center of McKinley parade*.

The board of County commissioners meet in regular session next Monday. There is but one applicant at this term for liquor license. Martin Barker has made application for 1 incense to sell in Petersburg. There will be th« usual number of road cases and a large number of claims to adjust. >___ Joshua Jordon, son of Thomas Jordan, a prominent farmer of Monroe township. Pike county, died at Ins fathers home Tuesday night. Mr. Jordan eras veil and favorably known here, having graduated in the teacher's course at Oakland City College. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. P. Dealing at Blackfoot church Wednesday morning.— Oakland City Journal. Easter this year comes late. April 18. Indeed it can never come bat seven days later. April 35, aud the earliest it can come is March 23. Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon at or after the ; vernal equinox, March £1., which is the jtegnniuc of the ecclesiastical year. In 1836 Easter fell on April 15. which it will | not do again until 1918. while ns to the | earliest date, March, it will not fall oo that either in this or the inf <mlnry.

Mose Skinner and family, near Arthur, were in town Tuesday. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 38* James Thomas of\ Winslow, was in town Tuesday on business Watters. Mrs. Ellen Wright is confined to her room this week with la grippe. Mrs. Elmer Eagan has returned home after a Tisit to her parents at Oakland City. Mrs. J. R. Adams is confined to her home by illness. At this time she is some better. The Christian church at Washington was j dedicated Sunday. The structure is one of the finest in that cky. Sol Frank returned from Chicago Wed- j uesdav, where he had been for a week buying spring and summer goods. Will Bradeu and a force of men returned ! Saturday from Vanderburg county, where Mr. Braden erected & large iron bridge. M. T. Berry has sold the Oakland City j eoal mine to Mr. Dodd, of Littles. Mr. Dodd will take possession Monday.—Oak-1 land Cky Enterprise. The teachers of Washington township held their last institute for this school year j at the eity school building last Saturday with the teachers all present.

The ladies of the M. E. church will give anentertainment in the near future. A splendid musical program will be one of the features of the entertainment. W. V. Hargrove leaves Saturday evening for Philadelphia and New York for a two weeks sojourn among the great dry goods house# there and will buy a large spring! stock. Grant Preston, living east of town, while eutting sassafras root one day last weeki ent the second finger of the left hand so ! badly that it had to be amputated. Drs. Rice and Lamar performed the operation. Samuel H. Stuckey and wife left last evening for Ravenswood, West Virginia, to visit relatives. While absent Mr. Stuckey will witness the presidential inauguration nest Thursday. They will be absent several days. The Democrat will furnish you with one hundred best quality tty white envelopes; with your name, adftese and business neat- j ly printed on the upper left hand corner ■ for fifty cents. All kinds of other job j printing at equally low prices. We return our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends for their kind assist- j anee during our Aunt Margaret Pancake's illness aud death. J. L. a xd Emma McBat. Jacob Moxtoomery. Lvcy M. Gray. Jacob Rkkrieh, a pioneer merchant of Lynnvilfe, died at the Marine hospital at Evansville last Friday, where he was undergoing treatment.. The funeral ser- | vices were held Sunday at LyttnviUe. The 1 deceased was a brother of Henry Rickrieh of this city, who was called to attend. the j fuueral. W. L, Barrett, successor to S. G. Barrett & Son, invites you in another column to read his ad aud to take advantage of the I bargains he has for you. Remember that new goods are arriving now almost daily I and that he has the latest spring styles in i dress goods, notions, ladies* and gents shoes. GivehimacaiL -----£_ A little.push and energy on the part of Petersburg's business men and capitalists would probably locate one or two factories here during the coming year. The town has splendid facilities for manufacturers and an effort should be made to have them locate here. It would be a great benefit to every laboring man and merchant to have ! a dozen or fifteen factories running every day in the week. Work it up. j Sunday morning the members of Spartan | Lodge Knights of Pythias, marehed^Nn a body to the M. E. church, whens^ey | listened to a most excellent serniob delivered by Bro. W. S. Rader, pastor of itfcatekurdi. The reversed gentleman had j prepared a sermon for this occasion, ami it was one among the ablest that he hsa preached here this year. Special music had been arranged by the choir. The service* were very impressive.

■* The nun of Sunday night was the heaviest that has fell here for many years. The streets were flooded and the creeks and ravines filled to overflowing. The little '[ creek running along the railroad overflowed and water was forced into the Mieeenhelter coal mine near the depot. Water flooded one or two rooms in Walter Watsons homo * on Fourth street. The mills along the railroad suffered some damage from the water. One of the com cribs at Haines' warehouse was not high enough by several inches and j water covered the floor for a few inches. | Damages by water are reported from ; various other localities about town. Pride’s creek is on a rampage and the bottoms are | coveted by water.

* William Henspeter of Evansville, was in j town this week on business. Mrs. Fannie Patterson is visiting her j daughter, Mrs. Een Walker, at Rockport. j Dr. Russell has returned from Arkansas, j and will reside in Petersburg in the future.! Monday was George Washington's birth- ; day. It was observed by the schools in | many places in the state. Vincennes is to have a new distillery. 1 Work will be commenced at once on the \ buildings. August Bouvy, one of Vincennes* big merchants, failed last week and made an ; assignment. Gaines Farmer returned home last Fri- j day after a month's absence in the interests of the McCormick harvesting company. A small son of McClellan Tisdale,Madison township, died of pneumonia and was j buried at the Williams eemetry last Satur- j day. Columbus Burton will sell at public auc- j tion at bis residence on upper Main street, j Saturday, a lot of household and kitchen | furniture. Paducah, Kentucky, has a female burglar, who relieves persons of filthy lucre while they sleep. She's a lulu and ought to be in the pen doing time. An infaut child of Dr. and Mrs. Churnbly, Arthur, died Monday. The remains were brought here and interred in Walnut | Hills cemetery Tuesday. — Foa Sale.—Match team of bay horses:! 16 hands high: well broke; 3 and 4 years i old, full brothers; terms reasonable. En- ’ quire of John K. Patteuson. * The case of W. A. Oiiph&nt. guardian of j Maude Harrell, vs P. W. Chappell former j guardian, was compromised in court Tues- j day and settled by the bondsmen paying j $$03.75. Friends, if you are in need of job printing | of any description call in and see us at j once. The Dlxocsat does all classes ol work in the latest styles. Call and see us j before going elsewhere.

The Indiana University glee club will j give an entertainment in this city under j the auspices of the h»gh school, Friday: evening, March 26th. The club is highly | spoken of and our citizens will have a chance of enjoying a pleasing entertainment. A giddy, giggling girl, who by her silly actions disturbs a religious meeting, should be ordered from the building at the earliest: possible moment. She is entitled to no more dousideration than a disorderly boy. Ladies.ami gentlemen do not disturb any kind of meetings. The union missionary meeting will not he held this afternoon as announced. The officers' have received information that they will have with them on March 5th a returned missionary, Hence the postponement to that date. The meeting will be hehl at the Presbyterian church commencing at 2 o'clock p. m. * Sheriff Ridgway and Thomas Mount, house bailiff, are the recipients of mauy compliments from the members of the bar and those who attend coart for the manner in which the court house is kept. Each day after the adjournment of court the room and halls are thoroughly cleaned and dusted, something that has not been done for a number of years. A few months ago, Mr. Byron Every of Woodstock, Michigan, was badly afflicted with rheumatism. His right leg was swollen the full length, eausiug him great suffering. He was advised to try Chamberlain** Pain Balm. The first bottle of it helped him considerably and the second bottle effected a cure. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by J. R. Adams & Son. f Division Mo 40. Uniform Rank K. of P. met Tuesday evening at the armory and : elected the following officers; the installation will occur next‘Thursday night at the Patterson building: Captain—John O. Davis. Lieutenant—William Liibs. Herald—Dr. T. R. Rice. 5 Recorder—8. P. Hammond. Treasurer—R. E. Gladish. Guard—L. L. Dealing • Sentinel—W. E.

Philip D~ Album, died at his home in Yelpeo, last Friday, after a lingering illness j of several months of consumption. He was ' born in Harrison county, October 31,1884, and in 1861 he enlisted in the defense of [ his country in company K. 54th Indiana | infantry, but was discharged at New MadI rid, Missouri, April 23, 1863, on account of j his health,and returned to Harrison county. ; In 1868 he became a resident of Pike county I and in December of that year he was marI tied to Martha Risky. To this union was | bom nine children, seven of whom survive I him, together with his wife. The community has lost a good citiien, a kind neighbor and the family a loving husband and father. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire cotamunity,

Joseph Patterson was at Washington Monday transacting business. Joseph Fettinger of near Winslow, was in town Wednesday on business. , W. V. Hargrove leaves Saturday for Philadelphia and New York to lav in a large stock of spring goods. Fred Smith, the furniture dealer, was at i Evansville, Monday, visiting his aged 1 mother and attending to business matters. Good business lot on lower Main street; , good location; lot joins White’s grocery. Address Philip Schlemmer, Canuehon, In- , diana. 35mS In this issue will be found the statement of the condition of the Pike county state bank. The report shows an increase in business over the last report. 1

County Treasurer Smith reports the collection of taxes very slow for this time of the year. The delinquencies of last year 1 were the largest ever known in the county. ] T. C. Nelson shipped two ear loads of fine hogs, Tuesday. One load went to Craw- ( fordsville and one to Plainfield. He has shipped oyer 500 hogs to that section of the ^ state during the past two weeks. The man who took his pail and sat down | in the middle of a field on a rock and waited ] for the cow to back up to be milked, was | first cousin to the man who would not advertise but expected the public to hunt him up and buv his wares. __ .. 1 Miss Margaret Pancake, aged 68 years, died at the home of J. L. McBay on East * Main street, Monday night of consumption, j The funeral services were eoudueted at the ■ residence Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. W. Elder, aud burial at the Ashby cemetery in Patoka township. The town board of trustees meet in regular session next Thursday night for the purpose of transacting the business of the past month. The board should take some action ou the sidewalk question. New walks are needed in many parts of the city, and the matter should be looked after at once. Buiid new walks. The ladies’ aid society will give a charity bafi at the Patterson building, Thursday evening, March 4th. The ladies have been doiug a noble work the past winter in relieving the needy of this city, and have adopted this means of raising funds to re- ' plenish the treasury. If you enjoy a dance or like to look on attend and aid the ladies in their mission work. The home talent company will render ‘‘Hickory Farm,” a comedy drama in three acts, at the Patterson hall, Tuesday uight, March 2d. The comedy is of a high grade and will greatly interest and amuse those who attend. The company presented with good effect sometime ago the drama ‘‘Ten Nights in a Bar Room.” Give the company a large audience. Admission, 10 and 20 cents. _ The fourth lecture will be given at the Baptist church this t Friday) evening, Feb., 26, at 8 o’clock. The subject is, “The Great Teacher.” Mr. Hutuke is learned and pleasing as all who attend will know. He is a Christian gentleman and is deserving of a good hearing. Money not the object but culture is. Come and be entertained and instructed. Admission ten cents. 4 Cos.

I hare given Chamberlain's Coughj Remedy a fair test anti consider it one of j the very best remedies for crimp that l j have ever found. One dose has always been j sufficient, although I use it freely. Any i cold my children contract yields very j readily to this medicine. 1 can conscien- ] tiouslr recommend it for croup and coUls in ] children.—George E. Wolff, clerk of the' circuit court, Femaadi*, Florida. Sold by j J. R. Adams & Son. ■ f It is a fact that without money it is impossible to pay the small debts which may aceure, or for that matter the large ones j that have been contracted. To make a long story short, there are a few subscribers J to the Dkwocsat w;m> are >©mewhat in 1 arrears for the past few years. If they will j come to the front and send in a few dollars j that they are owing it will help us to pay j our debts. Don’t delay this matter but send in a dollar or two and have your account credited. You will receive our thanks, j Lafe Uershmau was tried in the circuit i court last week for assault and battery with j intent before a jury. A large number of witnesses were examined and the case given ; to the jury Friday afternoon. After being out until Tuesday noon and the jury failing > to agree they were discharged. The case will now come up in the circuit court at the next term. Joseph HodoweU, who was with Uershmau at the time, was also tried for the same offense. The trial was begun Saturday morning and the case given to the jury Saturday evening. The jury returned a verdict Monday night of guilty and fixed his punishment at two years in the penitentiary. Upon hearing the verdict Hollo well broke down and cried bitterly and made a very passionate plea for a new trial His attorneys, Wooisey and Holcomb, will file 4 eey trial. .

Ac additional pension has bees grunted to Joseph Ballard, who lives at Velpen. W. V. Hargrove & Co. hare a change of ad this week. Look it op and read the bargains that are being offered. Mrs. Dr. Williams of Dale, Spencer county, who has been visiting Dr* Harm and family the past week, returned to her home Wednesday. Farmers, if yon want a good farm journal call in and subscribe for the Farm, Field and Fir&side. You c^n get this paper and the Democrat, one year, for $1.85. The "White and Patoka rivers are on a rampage this week and spread out over the low bottom lands in every direction. The rivers rose rapidly Sunday night and during Monday and Tuesday.

The Hon. Frank B. Posey will defirer the address before the graduating class at the high school commencement April 5th. The class sermon will be delivered by Rev. Rader on Sunday, April 4th, at the M. E. church. _____ In t<xky s issue will be found an advertisement of G. T. Kirne, proprietor of the general store in the Snyder building. Ha keeps a splendid line of dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, groceries, etc. See him for bargains. ~_■ C. W. Wellman, who was the democratic nominee for secretary of state in 1894, is in the city this week. He is now engaged with Mr. Fleener of this city making examinations of the affairs of various counties. Mr, Wellman is ah old newspaper man and for many years was the editor of the Sullivan Times. Mrs. Kingsley, who has been the matron at the orphans’ home for the past year, left for her home in Ohio last week. Miss Davenport of Olney, Illinois, succeeding her as matron. Mrs. Kingsley made many friends here during her short stay, who will wish her success in her new field of labor. She had splendid control over the children at the home and was universally liked bj the children and by all who knew ner. Mrs. William Shaw, living near Winslow, died suddenly Wednesday morning of heart disease at the church bouse where meeting was being held. Her husband was hem attending court as m member of the regular panel of the petit jurr^nd word was brought to him and he immediately left for his heme. Mrs. Shaw had been in her usual health when Mr. Shaw left home and the sudden death of his loving wife was a great shock to him.. He has the sympathy of all th his sad bereavement. Mr. Wan! L. Smith of Fredericksiown, Missouri, was troubled with chronic diarrhoea for over thirty years. He had become fully satisfied that it was only a question of a short tune until he would have to give up. He had been treated by some of the best physicians in Europe and America but got no permanent relief. One day he picked up a newspaper and chanced to read i an advertisement of Chamber* Iain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy. He got a bottle of it, the first dose helped him ami its continued use cured bun. For sale by J. R. ^dams & Son. f

Last Sunday morning Constable Stone and Marshal Kin man arrested Ed Stutsman and Margaret Soloman at the home of Lige Watson's on Mullein Hill on * warrant charging them with adoitry. They were given a hearing before Squire Thurman, who bound them over to the circuit court in the stun of #300 each, and failing to give bond were confined in jail. They both reside in Da bob county and ■ have families. The case is set down for trial on next Tuesday. While in Squire Thurman's court a charge of carrying eon- ; cealed weapons was preferred against ; Stutsman and the Squire fined him #10 and costs. On last Friday evening Spartan lodge Kuights of Pythias celebrated the thirty- [ third anniversary of that order at Castle ball: A number gf the members and their families were present to enjoy the splendid program that had bee* prepared by Urn committee. Dr. L U. Lamar was master of ceremonies. After an instrumental sol* by Mrs. J. W. Qtalbh, fienr.'W. A. Rich* ardson offered prayer. Prof. Bremoa’a | orchestra rendered a very pleasing overture. | The next'od the program was a piano solo, | “Last Hope," by Mrs. E. M, Walker,which ! was followed by vocal solas by Miss Lou j Harris and Her. W. S. Rader. At various | rimes during the evening the master of ceremonies imposed fines on the various members present for imaginary offenae* | which was enjoyed by the audience. M i the t-onelusiou of another overture by Prof. * Brecton's orchestra, Hon. F. B. Posey, a j member of the local lodge, delivered a* appropriate and very interesting address on | Damon ami Pythias, which was dlmfcratod | by storeoprieem views. This was jyeatly , enjoyed by all, and was one amqqg the best addressee delivered in Petersburg. The evening was well spent wad the.emertain- : meat thoroughly enjoyed by the members