Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 2, Petersburg, Pike County, 21 May 1897 — Page 5

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ALL ABOUT PETERSBURG. What Newspapers and People Think of the Sow Territory. **TOU» TCKT SO.* Who over dreamed that Pike county was in the strongest gas basin in the world. The finger on the dial of the gauge says so. Pressure 575 pounds, see.—Winslow Era. STILL A BOOM 1X6. The new gas company this afternoon decided to sink a second gas well near Petersburg and the first work will commence next Tuesday* The Jumbo well is still a booming.—Washington Gaxette.

WILL BE SETTLE* 8HOHTLY. If another flow of gas could be struck in Pike county equal to Jumbo, they would furnish heat and light for the First con* gressional district of Indiana.—Winslow Bra, WILL BAKE PETERSBURG. The monster gas well of the state is the one recently drilled at Petersburg. It will be the 41‘making" of our sister city, and the News is pleased to note tlie fact that old Southern Indiana is keeping right in the front rank.—Bloomfield News; 43AS BOSK THAT. The Petersburg Democrat is so elated over its gas well that it prints a picture showing a derrick, shanty and gas flam beaus in red ink on the first page of the paper each week.—Uuutingburg News. OOJNB TO UXCOR* rr. It is not human nature to be satisfied with a good thing. Petersburg, according tai t hour ports, already has gas enough for I two or thru* towns. Yet. pig-like, they are going to drill aindher hole and empty the earth as fast as possible.-— Rcckport Bra. THE BOOM HAS BEG I'M. Petersburg will not hold an ordinary comity fair this year. The grounds are to be platted and said to boomers. A county fair is not ‘ in it" compared with their Jumbo gas well. Petersburg will no doubt now proceed to spread itself all over Pike county. Consent.- -Humingburg News. OH, WEIJL BUST FOR IT. The burning question of the hour is, shall we pipe our gas from Pike county, or shall we go straight d»wtt and tap our own reservoir under.this very town? Vince urn-s was here before fVtrtiburg and we ought to have more gas and oil than the latter place, lad us delve.—ViLcennes Sun. CORRECTLY STATED. The pres.-uiv of the gss well in Pi'.e county, near Petersburg, is on the increase. Many invtsitors are rushing in to get leases on i.-icd ami-hotels as well as private .houses are filled to overflowing, t he enterpraKtug c.tizi-is have organuted an association to look after the landing of factories.—Wash • itigtat Democrat. " attracted this w ay. Hundreds of speculators are crowding into Petersburg, attracted by the groat gas; well, ami the hotels and private residences are ta\ed for accommodations. Monday a business assueiat on was formed headed by i iTof. W. 11. Fcrauui as president, M j MeC. Stoops ns secretary. Offers have been j received for the location of factories, ami! the tow n is taking on a boom.—Washing- j tou Advertiser. must take hoed ax'd push. The gas well at Petersburg is a “hummer.' and is going to make that town one of the busiest pluos in the state. The gas j has a pressure of 575 pounds, w hich is 233 j f»un s greater than any well yet sunk in Indiana. Petersburg has a bright future, but her citixeus must take hold of matters and push them ami not leave every thing to the gas well and the excellent newspapers of that town.—Uuutingburg Independent. vest c .ever work. The big ga-ser at Petersburg, which is n>»w receiving the attention of the press in j ad parts of tin* state, is a Jumbo, sure j enough. It measures 4,000,000 feet in' twenty-four hours, and has a pressure of. 5».» if mads. It is a rw-ord breaker anil will '■‘pen a new field in Southern Indiana. M. ktC. Stoops i» dotug some clever newspaper work ia behalf of Petersburg, which is surely appreciated by the people there irre- ! spectae of race or color or previous condition*,— Decatur Democrat.

BIRTH ©r A .NEW GA* BELT. Indiana *iil kn> a new ga* belt unless ok! men are greatly deceived. A well j with 313 |*ounds rock pressure and giving ; mo;e than ten million feet of gas a cay has i been drilled in hi Petersburg, a town of j 2,500 jieopie in Pike county, forty milt’s j north of Kvansrdle. Mayor Vonliehren. \ W. B. Dodd*. Thad Butler, Turner Overman and lieue PrrraiUt visited Petersburg j this week, returning Tuesday. They are confident that a great gas field has been ' dr-coreml. and as the territory has the! natural advantages of prolific soil and a: posit ton that will enable it to secure South- «« trade, they j*red»ct great prosperity for j it. Oil is found with,the gas, and prospectors from a!! points of the Indiaua.Onio. Pentisviyania and West Virginia fields are! flecking to Petersburg as fa-t as trains trill i carry them. Mr. Dodds was enthusiastic ; over the field. lie said: “You kn*»w I have been interested in the Indiana gas field from its first discovery and that I've seen a great many gas wells and among them the very best in the field.

Therefore, when I say this Petersburg well which they opened up for as exceeds both in pressure and volume, as far as I could judge by appearances, for we had no go age with us, any I have ever seen you will know it is a wonderful welt As to the extent of the field I e& say nothing for but one well has been drilled, although preparations ate being made to dull others in the near future, but the pressure of one sueh monster well is an almost certain guarantee that others will be found. The town of Petersburg is the county seat of Pike county in the center of a very rich agricultural country, all of which is underlaid with a good quality of bituminous coal. Under the town of Petersburg the vein is some seven

feet thick and about forty feet below the surface with a good “roof’ over it. There is a coal shaft within 300 feet of the gas well which is surely a strong combination for factory purposes. The town is a handsome one with active and hustling businessmen, who have formed an association for the promotion of the interests of the community. and everything seems at hand for the making of a lively manufacturing town, | except the fact there is but one railroad. But it is claimed another will be built through there from Vincennes to Owensboro. My visit remimled me most forcibly, I as it also did Thad Butler and Mr. Overman, of the earliest boom days of Marion. | There were the same hustling business and | professional citizens who were anxious to a-sist in building up the town, and on the I other hand there were the same moss backs ; and barnacles who would do nothing but sit at ill and wait for some one to come iu and pay them fabulous prices for farm l lands. Indiana natural gas history will j probably repeat itself."—Marion Daily Xets. Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas. of Junction City. ; 111 . whs told bv her doctors she had coa- ! sumption aad that there was to hope tor her, but two bottles of L>r. Kina's Sew BisI covery completely cured her and saved | her hfe. Mr. Th E^m. Florid * Si. : "an Francisco, suffered from a dreadful | cold. appioHchins: &*bsumg»tio«t, tried with1 out result ev^fytbiiur else then tsmcht «>ne i bottle of Hr Kiiur’s New tWsenverv and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thank ltd. It is -m b resul s, *d w hich these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in c<utchs and c*dd*. Free trial Is .tries at J. U. Adams <t Sou's drus: store. Regular size &)e. and fl.Ot). Weather Predictions. F ster says the next storm wave will cross the continent from May 15th to 19th, followed by one about the 2*>th to cross the west of Hookies country by close of 21st, great central valleys 23d to 24th, eastern s att-s 25th. The warm wave will cross the west of Rockies country about >Iay 20th. great central v.-dievs 22*1. eastern states 24th. The cold wave will tress the west of Rockies country 23d. great central valleyMay 25th. ca-t« rn states May 27th. The e tli-turkinees will cover « ne of the hot j*e riods of the month and will be followed by one of the greatest falls in temperature that will occur in May. Verve x>I weather may be expected immediately .preceding this storm wave. The storms will develop increased energy not far from May 23d and 24. and the weather aliout this time will go to extremes, hot usual for this generally quiet month. Tenijs-rature of the week ending May 15th will average below the raiiifali above normal. This applies to the entire country as an average. In drouth districts temperature will be above and rainfall below normal, while in the rainbelts, tempeiature will be much below and ram above the normal. The !?e-t Remedy for Rheumatism. Frem the Fairhavcn (X. Y.) Hegister: j Mr Janus Rowland of this village, -tate< that fur twenty-five years his wife has been a -ufferer from rheumatism. A few nights ago she was iu such pain that she was nearly crazy. She sent Mr. Rowland for the doctor, but he had read of ('handier- ; Iain's Pam Ba'ni and instead of going for j the physician he went to the store and se- I cored a bottle of it. His wife did not approve of Mr. Rowland's purchase at first, I but nevertheless applied the balm thorougidy and in an hour's time was able to ] go to sleep. She now applies it when- I ever she feels an ache or a pa*n ami limb that it always gives relief, lie says that no ineilicme which slie hat! used ever j did her astnneit good. The 25 and 50 cent j sizes for sale by J. It. Adams & Son. m j

To Consumptives. As an honest remedy Foley's Honey anti Tar does not hold out false h* |»*> in advanced stage?-, but truth fully claims to uiv* comfort and relief iu the very w.-rst eases, | and in early case? to effect a cure. Bergen 1 & Oltphant. ni; To Atlanta From L>uUtille Without j Change. Commencing May 3d. the Southern rail- j way in connection with the t^ueen and: Crescent route, will exteud its presets i Louisville ami Chattanooga sleeping car I line through to Atlanta. Through sleeper , leaves Louisville i lady at 7:35 p. m„ arriving at Atlanta 11:40 a. in. Close connect tons u inn depot Chattanooga for Birmingham. Meridian ami New Orleans. Also at Atlanta for Georgia and Florida points. When traveling south or southwest, see that your tickets read via Louisville and Southern railway. All ticket agents sell them. 53-4 W*. H. Tatlok, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Louisville, Ky. “It is the Best On Earth.” That is what Edwards A Packer, merchants of Plains, Georgia, say of Chamberlain** Pain Balm, for rheumatism, lame Lark, deep seated and muscular pains, bold by J. U. Adams & Sou. in

SCIENTIFIC MONET. SUCCESSES THAT ACCOMPANIED CURRENCY MADE OF PAPER. It Bm Bron{lt Victory 1a War Md Prosperity la Fmw—What History, Ancient and Modern, Teaches Vs la This Respect. Will We Brer iMn Wbdtat

In a republic every voter is a statesman, or ought to be. By his ballot he helps to make car destroy his country’s prosperity. He should study the histoiy of nations and discover the cankerworm that has from time to time destroyed the tree of liberty and caused the downfall of popular government To this end let us briefly examine the lesson so plainly taught in the world’s history for the past 8,000 years, that government paper money is the Aladdin’s lamp that gives victory in war and prosperity in peace to the nation that adopts it Allison, the great historian, statesman and philosopher, in his history of Europe, second series, volume 1* chapter ; 10, thus calls attention to the first clear demonstration of this economic truth: “The great contest between Rome and Carthage, which Hannibal and Scipio conducted and Livy has immor- | talized, was determined by a decree of ; the senate, induced by necessity, which j postponed the payment of all obligations j of the public treasury in specie to the | conclusion of the war, and thereby created tux inconvertible paper currency for the Roman empire. More even than the | slaughter on the Metaurus, the triumph j of Zama, this decree determined the ! fate of the ancient world, for it alone equipped the legions by whom those victories were gained. ” In other words, Romo issued green- j backs, and these gave her victory and i prosperity. But the learned author adds, i “Rome itself, saved in its utmost need by an expansion, sank in the end under a still greater contraction of the national currency.’* The next lesson is famished by Venice, whose government bonk received the people’s coin on deposit and gave them credit therefor on the books of the bank- Instead of issuing a paper money the same result was practically accomplished by transferring these credits on the bankbooks from one person to another in making payments and ex- ! changes. The coin, except subsidiary coin for small change, was used for foreign transactions, while these bank credits were the home money. This permanent, nontluctuating home money was the prime secret of the power and prosperity that Venice enjoyed for 6v’0 years. When Napoleon captured Venice and raided the bank for its supposed wealth cf gold and silver, he found only books cf accounts—wealth to them, but worthless to him. Nejt wo notice the assignats, the paper money cf the Trench revolution. Issued by the assembly—a mob of re volutionists—and in quantity that would seem excessive, yet this paper money overthrew tLd Fre nch monarchy, cut eff the heads of Louis XVI and the queen and the “young rooster’’ king, broke the power ard oppression cf the nobility, confiscated their vast landed estates, and, in fact, made the' revolution a success. Without it the revolution would i not have sue reeded. Then came Napoleon on tjhe scene, conquering and plundering the nations of their gold anti silver. He seemed a veritable apparition, indomitable, irresistible. As hi the case of Rome, necessity compelled the Bank of England to suspenel specie payments. A paper j money was issued guaranteed by the allied powers, and it circulated at par j from the seaboard to the Rhine. With j all his gold anti silver, this paper money overthrew Napoleon at Waterico. Our own Revolutionary war was j fought with paper money. Our fathers had no other kind. England, finding ! herself unable to conquer by other ! means, attempted to break down the j continental money by counterfeiting it. ] She flooded the colonies with the coon- I terfeit, bringing over at one time a shipload of it Thus made so plentiful, it j became very cheap, but it stUl circulated j and was the money cf man, cf. liberty and patriotism, and it finally whipped I her and drove her off the continent In cur late civil war both sides adopted ! paper money, and the contest became | one of numbers and other resources, j Had one adopted paper money and the ; other had not, the contest would have , been of shoe* duration. History also records that when the j war has ended the nation that is amply supplied with it sown paper money finds j its laborers s!l employed, and the hum I of peaceful industry, childhood’s merry i laugh and cheer of happy homes are : heard throughout the land. History also tells us that when tve j patriot soldier lays down his anus and returns to the peaceful walks of civil 1 life the goldbng ghouls and Shylccks get control cf tin* government, and the paper money that has given the country victory in war and prosperity in peace is retired, and the bouds and coupons cf gmd, of avarice and slavery are substituted. And this is what is being done in onr country now, and it is being argued that it is just the thing to do because it is what has been dene by others. Why should we travel this road that history so clearly says leads to the grave of liberty and the cemetery, cf dead nations? —John H. Cherry ip Jnieago Express.

--- That Kir—fd Mr. J. Pierpcnt Morgan aalGrOTCTClw land are getting cp a bond syndicate to bny the Union Pacific from Uncle Sam and by that means savetfce trouser mine ntal lines from beiilg compelled to neet the low rate a government road ronld be able to give overland business _rom ocean to ocean. If it is in the books, this blessed pair of pirates will win oat, for money will bay almost anything from the head cf the government down to the most insignificant “shaved tail” in the army-— Denver Road

Brown Cultivators p ~ ‘ - * ' ' ' , ' / " v 7Vj Save? yyu work and shortens your time in the cornfield, because j they are more easily handled than any other, ami the draft is also lighter, causing less work for the horses. Therefore you do more work in a given time with the BROWN [ The genuine Brown, the one yon want. Look out for imitations. There are some, and yon don't want them at anr price. Come, and we will show you the genuine. i lSbawl)0i), goepsbet $ Ce|J)p«J>q [ ! HARDWARE. PETERSBURG, IND.

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Funeral Supplies a Specialty. We keep on hand at all times the finest line of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found in t he city. Bedroemand l*ar!or Suits a specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets. Shrouds, etc., of the best make. Corn Meal. Graham Flour am! Ground Feet! Of all kinds kept on hand for sale or exchange. Cash paid for Coro, Oats, Barley and Rye: You will find us located at the Petersburg Brick and 'Idle Factory. ^Thomas Bead. Stellings and Ketcham. Agents for Sewing machines WHITE I HEW HONE . and oilier itrd-etns* machines. Best grades and lowest prices. PRO ML $25.00 TIP. i Expert Sewing machine repairing done and satisfaction guaraiihfed.

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