Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 46, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 March 1897 — Page 1

r «GREAT FIRE SALEs> o-Of Hundreds of Dollars Worth ofCARPETS!

Curtains, Rug* and Mattings from the great fire of Lourey & Goebel, Cincinnati, where $70,000 worth of new goods were slightly damaged by smoke and water three weeks.ago. We were lucky enough to secure au immense stock of these goods and offer them at almost half their real value as long as they last. While we have Almost a carload they can’t last long at these unheard of prices:

$2.09 IOC **r y 10c v STRAW MATTING, per room. 20 yard cut. ST AIK CARPET, ant Cheap at 15c. HEMP CARPET. anl. Always sold at 15c. 17C >■" ^ COTTAGE CARPET, er sold less than 15c. 19c >"r vanl. /RAG CARPET. Cheap at 30c. 19c ***y INGRAIN CARPETS, anl. Th» 35c grade.

INGRAIN CARPET. QQn AliL WOOL UOU P**1 >anlv *A ortii 55e per yard. QAn BR0SSELL 0% LS CARPETS. The 5oe quality. inA T-ft WIN DOW SHADES. I Hi. with Future aud Spring Fixtures.

Don't wait for house cleaning The ln*st things go first. Bring the measure of your room. Bur now and keep until you need |t. Every day counts—don't delay. W. V. Hargrove & Co PETERSBURG’S CARPET HOUSE, ' V ’ ■ •••’; t ; • '•••■'.• . . PETERSBURG, - - INDIANA.

H. sToNfcClPHKK, Dental Surgeon. of?W in mntnati and 7 in t'arpenter build* In*. Petersburg. Indiana. Operations first cl***. AII work warranted Anrestbet(>■* uhsI for pnlnkwa extraction of teeth. r ' V. MURPHY. Dental Surgeon. 1'lrtotN in the Carpenter’ building. Peters - burg, tatliim. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. A!! w-oris rmntiitrrti ?.* .-iv-- satisfaction X’t'TD E s h* r« ! y given to ail parties *ni > terewtvd that 1 will attend at nijr office iu fslemtrtl, SVM\ SATURDAY, To traii9H< f business couueeteti with tjhp cfflvf of trusie* ui Lockhart township. All pers* His having bu»»n « with bait! udka Wjlli picas** take notice. J. L- HAgs, Trustee; NOTICE Ja hereby given t.o all parties inter* -nd that 1 will att* od *a my office -ut my residouce EVERY MONDAY. To transact business c*>utuvtad with tjhe 'o:fir. ot trust*. <>t Man n t Ail l« ,wn* tiaring business with -aid office will please take not h—,* T. C. N KENON, Trustee, utlc , i ire«ss: Winslow. 1 N TH k *s hereby given to alt. partu-* e»»nt< :C**i H.;»t t will attend at b » residetjkw K Y K H V VV K D N K S DAY. To transact business connected with the €*n * »•« f trustee of Madison township. Positively uo business iraesacted exception Olfimlms J. fl. BAKKI U. Trustetj. Postoffice address: Pelei share. iild. NOTICE i* hereby given load parties eda* certt.t**i that f w Ml Ire at niv residt new EVERY TUESDAY To attend to (xuiiteu connect *d with the office of trustee r»t Mounv tnwr »htp. J. M. DAVjijs. Trustee. I’ostollii-c ad.irvsa: .Spurgeon. V* OT1CE is heu-by given to all person* opawruttl that I wl;l attend at mv office t VERY MONDAY transact business connr!’]r<l with the. office ot trust**** of Jefferson township "N 1. K. TH VYU'R, Trustee. PosU*<?!. d'lree J\ *.-!• i. \V ANTED—FAITH FU L II K S or WOM AN ** to travel for reapona ' bouse ;n itidiatia Salary #7*.' and *\ts*n».*s. Ftadti.m perniaiK c!. Reference. Anclos* w i fsaddr. ssjnI st a m ped en velop*.. The X athru > . >:.»r Iiisnr.ui. c Hu bring, Chicago.

Sielliogs and Ketcham. Agent* for sowing machine* WHITE NEW HOME •ad other's r*t-c!aw machines. IW grades and lowest prices. PROM $25.00 TJF. Expert Sewing machine rvpalrtttjt door and mnuyimn guaranteed.

j^MCH ARDMQN A TAYLOR,. Attorneys at Law. i X. ill Pel rompt attention given to all business. A ary in the office. Office arpcnter building, Eighth and Maiu-sns., prsburg, lrut. A sll BY & COFFEY, G. K. Ashby. C. A. Cottey. tioii tic Bai i Vf'tH. practice In alt courts. Special attcntfiven to alt civil business. Notary put>Sou*taotiy tiv the office. Collections made 1 prouip!!v remitted. Office over S. G. rett & J$ou < store, Petersburg. lad. Attorneys at Law, s g. davenport. Attorney at Law. 01? t irompt attention given to all business. vet J. K. Adam* A Sen’s drug More, ersburg, Indiana. D ILLON A GREENE. T. H. Iltiloii * V. It. Greene Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Sit*1; Co 1 >r.<i-t!.-e In I’ike amt Hdj-dtdng cm:nCareiut attention given toall business. i|tections giv.-u pmmtH aUrnttou Notary itc alvv ays in office. Office over CUisttis’ • Rank. Petersburg. Indiana ’U L* S M. A O. L. HOLCOMB, Attorneys at Law. HI practice in at: courts. Prompt atten>jn g»v.--i to a! I business. Office In < arpenter ok. ttrst iiicfun Eighth-si, Petersburg OX A ELY. W*. E. COX llOKACE ELY Attorneys at Law, IVlit practice >n the Pike Circuit Court and adjffiuiug rouuties. Prompt attention dven ail civil bastentrusted to their u !■' over J- it. Auams A son's drug store, p«j> t e rebury1 ad ti» u%.

? K. WOOLSRY, Attorney at Law. All business promptly attended to. Colletsi*promptly matte and remitted Abstracts rule a sj’ectalty. Office in Snyder’s build* g. opposite Democrat office, lVtersbur. t. K KICK, / Physician and Surgeon, Chronic Disease# a specialty * otic, over CiUrens’ State Bank. Pettrsitr^. Indiana. II VNTER * BASlNuEK, Physicians and Surgeons. Office in the Careenter budding, find tloor, opposite court bouse. tV*ersburg,In«i. Ail calls promptly answered. p E. HiUiiKYEH. Physician and Surgeon. Office on Third-sL, next door to postoffice. Ye) oeo. Indiana. •i >.*tlce boar*—7 to 9 am. I to 3 pm, $ to $ pin. All calls urompUy answered.

James W. Kantz of Arthur, was in town Wednesday on business. (Jo to 1IS H. Tislow for ail kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Rav. D. T. Pierson of Washington, was here Vhis week on business. Mrs. E. B. Guuekle returned from a visit to friends at Washington Wednesday. — “The blow almost kilted father* when he got a Cuban flat for 50 cents at Star Clothing House. 46-2 T. W. Shoulders, Seth Burch and James Heyden of Arthur, were in town Tuesday on business. The E. & R. railroad was sold at sheriffs’ sale last Tuesday by the sheriff of Daviess county for $ 1,418,712.80. Mrs. Orville Hale, near Alford, died Monday of appoplexv. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon. Miss Pearl Stuckey entertained the B. B. J B. club Wednesday evening. - A delightful j time was had bv the guests present. Judge Ely, who is holding court at Jasper, wasat home over Sunday returning Monday afternoon to resume his duties. Monday morning a heavy storm passed through Logan township. A barn belougiug to West Kirk was partially demolished. Attend the millinery' opening at Mrs. Emma S. Richardson’s March 25, 26 and 27. An elegant line of goods to select from. .1 Henry Marsee Kts opened a fish market in the Ilisgen building opposite “the court house. Fresh river fish every evening aud morning.

One Minute is ail the time necessary to decide from personal experience that One Minute Cough Cure does what its name implies. J. li. Adams Son. Horsemen, reuieudier that the Democrat office prints horse photographs. The latest styles of cuts, and nice clean bills. Call ! and see us be lore sending away for your work. The Pike county medical society will meet in this city at the office of Prs. Adams' Burlingame. April 1st. Officers for the coming year will be elected and other business transacted. Foley’s lloney and Tar Cough medicine is unquestionably the best remedy for the throat and lungs. Pleasant to take and is guaranteed. Bergen & Gliphant. ; A number of the convicts sent up from j Pike county will be renloved to the Michigan City penitentiary when the new law j goes into effect m .king the Southern Indiana prison a reformatory. The pomps have been set to work at the i Blackburn mine to pump out the water. The mine is lull which covers an area of J about twenty acres and will average six feet deep. It will take several weeks to i pump the water out. I ^ ---— E. E. Turner of Compton, Missouri, writes us that aft«r suffering from piles for seventeen years, he completely cured them by using three boxes of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It cures ecsraea and Severn skm diseases. J. R. Adams A: Son. Trains on the E. & I. are now running over the White River bridge in safety. The j water has gone down, so that the damage to the pier can lie seen and is now thought to lie safe. The bridge is being watched and every precaution taken to prevent an accident. This office has just received another in- j voice of stationery, and business men and others in need of anything in the printing j Hue .should call. The job department is kept busy Siting orders for high grade work for which this office is noted. Bring in your work and have it done at once before the rush comes on. !

If ihe man who trunks by stopping his paper he will paralyze the whole institution, wants to get the projier circumference of his influence he should stick bis finger in a bucket of water, withdraw it gently, and then look for the hole. Having done this, and watebedcaref uiiy the result, he ought j to be in a position to take a tumble to himself. Along the E. «k T. jl. railroad, between Terre Haute and Vtneennes, there are forty-two coal shafts filled with water ami the protects are not good for the sjieedy ; resumption of business. The same condition prevails ail along the. Eastern Illinois railroad, and a shortage of coal imminent in Chicago, St, Louis and Indianapolis.— Washington Advertiser. j Every man ought to pay his debts—if be j ' can. Every man ought to help his | neighbor—if fee tun. Every man and ; woman should get married—if they can. Every man should do his work to suit his : customers—if he can. Every man should please his wife—if he out. Every wife j should phase her husband—if she can. ; Every wife should sometimes bold her ‘ tongue—if she can.

H.O. Brewster of Augusta, is attending college at Quincy, Illinois. Indies, call at Mrs. Richardson's millinery opening, March 25, 36 and 27. Rev. W. S. Rader left for Greencastle Tuesday to visit friends for a few days. Easter Kid Gloves in all the new shades, think of a real kid glove 75c. Every pair fitted, Hargrove & Co. 46-2 P. C. Miley of Logan township, was a jailer at this office Wednesday while in town transacting business. Recorder Corn visited his family at Augusta a few days this week. The doctor will move here in a few weeks. J. W. Parry^and wife of Fort Wayne, are visiting their daughters, Mrs. R. C. Hammond and Mrs. M. MeC. Stoops, this week. Good busiuess lot on lower Main street: good location; lor joins White’s grocery. Address Philip Schlemmer, Cannelton. Indiana. 35mS March 25, 26 and 27, Mrs. Richardson, the milliner, will show a fine hue of millinery goods for spring and summer. Call: | on those dates. #1.25 buys a lady’s ready made dress | skirt. $5.50 for a brocaded satin, why J fume and sweat about your clothes.j Largest line in town, Hargrove & Co. 46-2 Henry Ayres of Evansville, who has been ! confined to his room for three months with j heart trouble, is visiting his sister, Mary A. [ Milburn. and taking treatment of Dr. Link. ,-—- George Me A tee of OalsviUe, Fred Koerj ner and Arthur Bryant of Oakland City, left yesterday for Evansville whore they will join the regular army.—Oakland City Enterprise. Torturing, itching, scaly skin eruptions? burns and scalds are soothed at once and promptly healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, the best known cure for piles. J.K. Adams & Son.

Business in Petersburg this week has been very quiet. The farmers are all uo busy looking after the damages done to their lands by the flood and getting ready for their spring work. Friends, if you are in need of job printing of ,any description call in and see us at once. The Democrat does all classes of work in the latest styles. Call and see us before going elsewhere. ----- This .-vet i at was visited.by a regular old “northern** this week. The boys were alt hunting their overcoats, and some of them are not able, financially, to take them out of “hock.’’ Dar i times these. The Democrat will furnish you with one hundred best quality 6+ white envelopes with your name, address and business neatly printed qu the upper, left hand corner for fifty cents. AH kinds of other job printing at equally low prices. They are so small that the most sensitive persons take them, they are so effective; that the must obstinate cases of headache j and torpid liver yield to them. That is whv> DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are known as the famous iutie pills. J. R. Adams & Son. The fight, for the senator-ship in Ken- j tueky is still hanging fire. Several votes j have been taken. Dr. Hunter has only; lacked two votes of election, but six republicans hold out'and say they never wild vote for him. It is more than likely thatr Gov-j er.mr Bradley may be elected. The steamer George T. Frank returned ' from her venture to the mouth of the Wa-ba.-n Thursday morning, bringing the barge: back with them this time. The crew will j be good enter tamers for a while until our * siiurt sketch artist tells a whopper. They ; report a pleasant trip.—Hazleton Herald. |

The Petersburg schools close today for! the present term. The commencement exercises will be held one week from Monday evening at the M. E. church. The exercises will be a departure from the old custom. A splendid procram has been prei«m.'J for the evening and will conclude with an address by lion. F. B. Posey of j Evansville. Rev. James Thomas and family returned from India, yesterday morning, and will j visit relatives here for sometime. The1 revereud has been in India for the past eight years as a missionary, being sent there by the general conference of the M. church. He is well pleased with his work, and at some future time will deliver an address at the M. E. church telling of the customs and habits in India. W. L. Truitt, former editor and proprietor of the Winslow Era. goes this week to Rcxrkport, Indiana, where he will take charge of the Tri-Weekly Era. Mr. Truitt is a thorough newspaper man, and if the citizens of Rockport will give him a little encouragement, in the right direction, he will give them a newspaper they will ever be proud of and will eTer stand as a monument of enterprise and industry.—Winslow Era.

Sheriff Ridgway and family Sundayetl with relatives at Winslow. William Slntw of near Winslow, was in town Tuesday on business. H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 2S* The county auditor sold several pieces of land Monday that had been mortgaged for school funds. $5.00 is only a small amount yet it buys a gents' nice stylish all wool suit at Star Clothing House. 46-2 P. C. Barrett of near Arthur, was a caller at the Democrat office Tuesday while iu town on business. Miss Lillie Coonrod returned from Bed- ! ford Wednesday, where she has been visiti ing her sister for several weeks.

-Mrs. Fannie Smith of Petersburg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Creek, south of this city.—Oakland City Journal. All trains on the E. & I. road arc no- : ing on schedule time, and is about the only ; road in Southern Indiana that is so ; fortunate. 1 Dr. Frank Osbon is now ready to castrate your horses. He makes ridgling castration a specialty. Calljind see lam at Flemings’ I livery stable. John McKinney, assessor of Tike county, and a citizen of Petersburg, was in Lynn-, vilie several days this week on legal business.—Lynnville item. A little urchin on Mullin Hill was asked the other day who was the first lady of the land, and he quickly replied, “Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons.” Bright boy, that. The Baptist Sunday school convention of Southern Indiana will meet at Washington, April 5th and 6th. Rev. W. G. Law of this place, is the president of the association. ^ Tuesday morning lightning struck the house of Joe Higgins. Clay township, doing considerable damage. None of the occupants were injured, although they were stunned somewhat. 1 Blank deeds, real estate and ehattle mortgages, nicely printed on first-class .paper, for sale at this office. Also receipts for guardians and administrators. Call and lay in a supply. If you are going to build or make any improvements.this spring sec Peter Drof for lime, hair, cement and other supplies. He handles oils and gasoline and buys hifics and old junk. See him. 45-4 On Tuesday at noon, the report from the washout above town, was that a channel 48 feet deep had been cut out, and that no piling on hands was long enough to be of much use in retiring the break.—Hazleton Herald.

It is surprising what a “wee bit of a thing” can accomplish. Sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia, sour stomach, dizziness. are quickly banished by DeWitt’s Little-Early Risers. Small pill. Safe pill. ®est pill. J. 11. Adams & Son. ------ Joe Robinson is proving to be one of the J best commissioners Pike county has ever had from the fact that he is using his good ] business talent m economically overseeing | the county's affairs. That was clearly demonstrated at the last commissioners j court.—Winslow Era. - ! John X. Miley,uue4 nearly 75 years,die< 1 Tuesday of pneumonia. He was one of tin. pi»>ueer citizen-1 of Pike county and well known. The funeral services were* conducted at the resilience of J. D. Selby, three miles southeast of town Weilnesilay morning by Rev. Hale of Winslow.. The remains were iuterred at Walnut Hills cemetery. Died on last/ Sunday. Mrs. Herman Katter. Mrs. Katter was a member of the Herman II. E. lor a number of years. She was a true Christian in the full sense of the word. She was a goal and loving wife and mother. Our sympathies are with the bereaved. Interment was made Tuesday at Zoars M. E. church, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Kaletsch. —Stendal item. A portion of the wreck at Hazleton was raised Tuesday and a quantity of the mail from the baggage car sent to its destination Wednesday. .The bodies of the men who went down in the wreck have not been disjpfevered and it may be sometime before they are found. The smoking car is badly demolished anti it is thought that the bodies h«|ve beeu washed down the stream unh may be covered by the sand and mud. Petersburg will have a base ball club this year. Mart Barker will be the general manager. He has already bought the material for new uniforms and is getting players in line for the season’s work. MeCartv, the catcher, Ilostetter. third baseman and all round player, and Blair, pitcher and shortstop, will likely arrive here in a few weeks. “Daddy” Miller yrill resume first base unless he sigu$ fUi1 ?,ne of the jaterr state dubs.

Perry Chappell was at Evansville Monday on business matters. Richard Lee of Lockhart township, was in towu Monday on business. For Sale—100 bushels fine Early Rose seed potatoes. 40-3 Thomas Read. Attend the concert at the M. E. church to-night by the Indiana university glee club. './■ , : ~ The latest styles of millinery goods will be shown March 25, 26 and 27 at Mis. Richardson's millinery storfc. Henry Puwsou returned from Eight ■ Mile, Arkansas, Wednesday, where he has j been teaching school the past winter.

Chocolate, oxblood, black and tan shoes in the very latest. Toes to be a sure dresser buy your shoes at Star Clothing House. 46-3 Work at the gas well is progressing slowly. The well has been reamed out and the casing put in to check the caring in of the soft shale. See Frank Osbon, the veterinary surgeon, before you have your riuglings castrated. Heeau be found at his office in Fleming’s •: livery stable. Daniel Gregg of Danville, Illinois, has been here this week looking afterins inter- ! ests. He boughCtheOiipnant farm iuday ! township a few years ago. Spencer and W. il. Barrett of Lockhart township, were in town Tuesday onbusiness. They report a heavy rain there Monday night, which filled the creeks to overflowing. Capt. Sallivan'fe home from Indianapolis. The captain was the oldest member in the Indiana legislature and made one of the best representatives Pike county has ever had.—WinsloW Era. J. H.Horubrook, a miner at the Woolley mines, was caught last Friday by failing slate and his left Collar bone broken. He received other injuries. This is the first accident at the mines since they were ; ojteued up. ‘

Don’t allow the lungs to be impaired by I the continuous irritation bf a cough. It is easier to prevent consumption than to cure it. One Minute Cough Cure taken early will ward off any fatal lung trouble. J.R. Adams & Son. The Democrat is pleased to note that Unde Noah Burkhart of Madison township, who was stricken with paralysis a few weeks since is slowly recovering and is now able to walk about Die house. This will be good news to his many friends in Pike county.. -Sebastian Anderson has been recommended by Senator Fairbanks for postmaster of Jasper. Anderson was chairman of the republican committee of Dubois county and moved from , Ireland a month or so ago. Who knows but what someone from Winslow may be appointed postmaster for Petersburg. Water is backed up lick creek for several miles; This is caused by the drift which has formed at the culvert under the E. & I. railroad near Blackburn. Several of the roads leading to town is overflowed by the backwater ami fanners are compelled to go several miles out of their way in ordejr to get to town. George Miller, called '“Daddy” for short during the base ball season, will more than likely join some minor league club this season and play first base. His work last season was tine and far outclassed any piayer that was seen here hist year in that position. H<* is a good ail round player and would be able to hold his own with any of the minor league clubs. The concert given at the M. E. church last Friday evening by the ladies’ sewing society, was one of the finest entertainments given in this city. Each number on the program was well rendered and elicited applause from tiie audience. The vocal and instrumental music and the readings were of a high class. It is more than likely that the program will be repeated at an early date.

Miss Hattie Craig closet! her school at the Thomas school house last Friday. About uoon the patrous beguu coming in and the house was soon filleti with the fathers ant) mothers of the children, carrying boxe^ and baskets of good things to eat. Ah excellent dinner was spread to which all did ample justice, t hus prewiring them for a program in the afternoon that did credit to teacher ami pupils alike.—Otwell item. Wednesday night a number of the friends* of Prof. W. H. ami -Mrs. foreman gave them a pleasant surprise* and to bid them, farewell before they leave fW their new borne at Kokomo, where the professor will engage in the practiceof law* The evening was pleasantly spent in games and social chat. After refreshments had been served Rev. Richardson on behalf of the surprises presented Mrs. foreman with a set of silver spoons. At a late hour all departed fof their homes, wishiiig the professor and family succe&s iu thfihr new home,