Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 4, Petersburg, Pike County, 4 June 1897 — Page 4

And why not as well as a coffee-pusher ? It s far more necessary. Do you suffer with dyspepsia ? Ayer’s Cathartic Pills will cure you. Taken PILL AFTER PIE.

fkf fik* ®mratg grewcot B) n. McC. STOOPS# On« Tear, tu advance.j. — *1 to 8ix Mouths, in advance..—.. to Entered *t the poetofflce in Petersburg fpr transmission through the mails as aceoudclass matter. FRIDAY, JUNE 4,1897. «-U——— Tag following is a new recipe for a confidence pudding which has been handed us by a Madison township farmer: Three gallons of confidence; One peck of international agreement; One quart of gold standard times; One pound of protection; Two quarts of republican sound money theory, haked in a Mark Hanna oven until 1900. and then serve with a little coercion and intimidation while hot. John E. Johnson, late president and acting cashier of the State national bank of Logans[iott, was sentenced to teiv years' imprisonment in the Ohio state penitentiary Friday morning by Judge Raker of the United States court for the district of Indiana. There was no sensation and Johnson received the words of the judge without a tremor, aud Mrs. Johnson, who was present in the court room, listened to the sentence without emotion. By counting off pood time, Johnson will have to sene about seven years.

Tiik subscription list of the Democrat is on the boom. Not h week passes now but what from ten to twenty, new names has been added to our already large list. The Democrat is read eaph week by more people than all Pike county papers combined. Hundreds of copies are sent away each week by our patrons to friends at a distance and who in return send them to friends. So that the Democrat is bn the go all the time. It gives complete ami full accounts each week of the discovery of natural gas, nature's greatest fuel, which makes it the leading local i«a|«er of Petersburg. If you want all the news of the new Gas City of the South send in your names accompanied by the cash and the Democrat will be sent to your address. Subscribe now and get the latest news. The newsjvipor fraternity of Southern Indiana are somewhat interested in the development of the new gas territory. Last Thursday evening the following pencil, shovers were in the citv representing their paj*>rs; I N. Morrison. Worthington Sun; j George Danitel, Kvansville Economist; J, W. Cockrum. Oakland City Journal; Will Carleton,Evansville Courier; Louie Seefrit, Washington Gazette; Henry Backus. Washington Democrat; Clint Gorman, Prince-j ton Democrat, and Dr. Burton) .of Prim eton, $j*ecial correspondent of the metroj'olitan press. They wen* all pleased with the wouderful exhibition of Jumbo, the greatest gas well of the world. Of course our newsjafwr friends wanted to take the gas well home with them, but some of the Petersburg people objected, and they will now see that the people of their mties commence drilling at once for gas. The glorious 4th of July will beoelebrateu in grand style in Petersburg this year. Ten of Petersburg's business men have guaranteed $300 to make the affair a go. Tuesday a committee solicited funds and the paper show? a fund of nearly $400, which will be increased to $500. Excursions will be run in from Loubnlle. St. Louis. Evansville, Cincinnati, Terre Haute and other points. The fair grounds will be used for the occasion and there will be shaking, foot and horse taces, balloon ascension* and other sports, during the day and at night old Jumbo, the wonder gas well, will be turned on at frequent intervals. By that time two other gas wells will be drilled in and everything will be in a blaze of glory. Petersburg is the one city jin Southern Indiana that will celebrate the 4th. Lend your time and assistance in making it the grandest day ever known in the history of Southern Indiana. It is expected that fuliy 30,000 visitors will be attracted to the new gas belt on th^t day. The 4th coming on Sunday this year the jubilee will take place on Sat unlay. Let Vr go.

Not a few of the McKmivy supwrters are confident, after too late, that they voted contrarv to their he*t iutere-ii last November. They now see their mistake. Remember, bo vs. there's no use to grieve over apt!led mtlk. The people of these United State* have simply * dropped their wax,’’ and the only remedy is to pick it up attain at the first opportunity anu at the ballot box make a free man'' will of vour suffrage and correct your recent error. What means these lockout* to labor? Is it confidence? How about those .promised good times under a gold standard adiuini*; ration anyway? Our gold standard friends told us (trior to November that overproduction was the trouble. Whv overproduction and people starving! They claimed w« needed

protection to stimulate trade and create a foreign market for grain and other farm produce. Why do we need a foreign mar* ket until the demands at home are satisfied? They also claimed that lack of confidence was hindering business and that McKinley’s election would restore that condition. It has now been six months since the election. Have our officials failed to ascertain the ; fact that McKinley was really elected in November? We as liberty loving Americans are becoming desirous of improvement in governmental affairs and would like to see the chances of a livelihood a little more evident as well as substantial. Now if the present incumbents can improve matters, all is well, and the sooner the better. Relieve suffering humanity of •their present distress. Now is the time for improvement. “Today is the day of salvation.” Unless gold standard times are improved br the present gold standard officials, after the next campaign we will try free silver times by free silver officials. This condition is inevitable and self evident. _ Every business man in Petersburg should lend his assistance to the Indust rial association which has been organized to boom the town ami let the outside world know what is going on here aud what we have. The association is in receipt of several propositions to locate factories ami they may be put in here with the proper effort on the l>art of the citizens of Petersburg. It will take wbrk and hnstle to get things in proper working order and it is to be hoped that every citizen and business man will put his shoulder to the wheel and do something that will encourage manufacturers to locate with us. Put aside your fancied grievance and put ou the harness of a hustler and aid in the work. Don't stand back and sulk and throw cold water on the enterprise. That doesn’t show the right kind of a spirit and people who come Ijere are liable to form an opinion that they are not wanted. Join the association and help along the work of locating factories which will increase your trade as well as that of others. Factories will give employment to every idle laborer in Petersburg and to others who will locate here. That is what the rnerchantsof Petersburg want. Fall iu and do your share of the work.

The school supply ageut has had a new field opened up for his benefit by the recent order lor sterilizers, which are not alone confined to drinking water. He is sailing over the country uow with a bake oven aud some uiay see no use for a bake oven in a school room, but pens and pencils must lie sterilized daily and to this end he has j equipped himself with a Russia sheet iron I oven heated by gas, gasoline or alcohol. In these ovens are placed the pens and pencils of the school each day aud a 275 degree heat applied. Each school room is to have its bake oven and teachers are supposed to know when the germicides, baeiili, bacteria, p to mains and other foolishness is burned or baked out. The new filter which is a part of the school paraphernalia discharges by a touch exactly one gill and a half of water, and under this cup is another that holds precisely one gill, the half gill having beeu wasted to dense the edge of the cup from the drinker preoeeding. It is estimated that $1,000 will be demanded to place the contrivances in the various school rooms of Pike county. James A. Spradlin died of consumption last Saturday at the Jeffersonville reformatory. Two or three years ago Spradlin got iuto an altercation with a man named Mitchell, at Pikeville, and pulled hisrev, n or and shot him aud also a boy named Curley Mitchell. The senior Mitchell was not seriously hurt, but the boy died shortly afterward. Spradlin was tried in the circuit court, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for seventeen years. His mother was present when he died and brought the remains home for burial. “For three years we have never been without Chamberlains Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy fh the house,’’snys A.H. Patter, with E. C. Atkins & Co. Indianapolis, Ind., “and my wile would as soon think of being without flour as a bottle of this remedy in the summer season. We have used it with all three of our children and it has never failed to cure—not simply stop pain, but cure absolutely. It is all right, and anyone who tries it will find it so.” For sale by J. R. Adams A Son. j The Democrat job office has been pushed to its utmost capacity during the past several weeks with orders for commercial printing of all grades. Our work is highly complimented for its neatness of typography and the class of stock used. All work u superintended by the “boss” and is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Call aud see and examine stock and prices. This office is headquarters for natural gas or oil printing of every description. At the recent meeting of the Evansville district Epworth League, G. J. Nichols of this city was elected as its president for the coming year. No better selection could have been made as Mr. Nichols is thoroughly posted in the work and for the past year has been acting as vice-president and filling the duties of president since ReT. Halstead went to Lincoln, Nebraska. The honor was worthily bestowed. Mr. Clarence Starr will lecture on how to do away with the saloon on Frida?, June 4, at the Baptist church; all are welcome, j The time and place of the lecture for ladies only on how to do away with whiskey, by Mr. Clarence Starr will be announced t from the pulpit on Sunday morning.

Blank deed*, real estate and chattle mortgages, nicely printed on first-eiass paper, (or sale at this office Also receipts for guardians and administrators. Call and lay in a supply.

Hicks* Forecasts for Jaae. The storm conditions passing ffom west to east dating the last days of May will be subsiding to the eastern parts of the conn-! try the first day or two of June. Pleasant weather generally will prevail during the first week of the month, the greatest tendency to storm conditions falling about the 4th to 6th. On these dates the temperature will rise, the barometer will fall and showers will occur in various parts of the country. Cool nights and pleasaut days will continue up to about the 8th in most parts of our continent. ; A Vulcan storm period is central on the 10th, as shown by the storm diagram, extending from the 8th to 12th. During this period the moon passes from the first quarter on the equator, to the extreme south declination and full on the 14th, passing her perigee, or nearest approach to the earth, on the 18th. This period is also coincident with the regular magnetic disturbance, central always about the 11th of i June. It dfill be natural, therefore, to expect much electrical display, many showeis and sudden gusts, breaking into violent thunder and with storms in many sections, I from about the 10th to 23th of June is the annual summer solstice crisis, during which we reach in the northern hemisphere, our longest days and shortest nights and the earth begins to turu downward and back to the west. Showery threatening weather will most likely continue during the reactionary disturbances central on the 13th and 16th,-by the end of which time we will have entered the Mercury period, shown by the storm diagram to extend from the 16th to 23th. Much tendency to cloudiness and rain will prevail all through this Mercury period, but the most geueral aud heavy rains and storms may be looked for m the Vulcan period about Monday, the 21st. to Friday, 23th.

Patoka Pointers. Farmers finishing corn planting. Cool weather quite unfavorable to growing crops. Work at the Ayrshire mines quite dull. E. V. Gray of Beekville, visited the family of E. M. Selby Sunday last. Cornelius Gray of Arvshire, made a vi-n to Bloomington Monday to look after his interests in real estate in that locality. Rev. A. C. West delivered an address to the people last Sunday morning. The1 sermon was listened -to very attentively. The Jackson ball team played the Augusta team last Sunday. The game consisted of seven innings and resulted in a score of 18 to 13 in favor of the former. : Memorial exercises were conducted at Mt. Zion church Saturday. Rev. Kerr, j Prof’s. S. Thompson and P. Dcariug ami others delivered addresses appropriate to the occasion. Kent L'vtatf Transfer*.. • W. A. Oliphant to Capitola K. Rice pt lot 53, Petersburg. E. L». Ashby to Cyntha A. Ashby, lot 32, Winslow. E. L. Ashby to Cyntha A. Ashby lot 61, Winslow. James P. Martin to Eliza Martin pt lot 79, Petersburg. John Davis to Alonzo G. Davis, pt se qr se qr see 11, town 2 south, range 8 west, 2 acres. ■ Frank Hale to Philip Meyers und onethird of w hf sw qr no qr sec 26, town 1 south, range 8 west. 20 acres. E. P. Richardson et al to Charles F. Ross, s hf ue qr se qr sec 18, town 3 south 20 acres. Obed Stephens to Florence N. I-ance, nw qr nw qr see 17, town 3 south, range 7 went, 40 acres. Lafayette Hayes to Laura Jackson, lot 1, Otwell. For Sule—Ueal Estate. Nine lots from $100 up, dwelling house of 5 rooms, $900. Dwelling house, 7 ro* ms, $1,000. Dwelling house, neai depot. $1,300. Two houses and lots, near depot, $300 and $400. House of two rooms, plenty of fruit, $400. 364 feet front opposite court house. House and lot, upper Maiu street, $1,300. House and lot, near Maiu street, $2,000. * House and lot. Eighth street, $2,500. 120 acres of White river bottom land. 80 acres, oue mile from gas well, $30 per acre. Two acres in corporation. $2,000. For further information call on or address O. O. Pa&kes. Real Estate Agent, Petersburg, 1ml. Buys, sells and trades city and farm property. There are several species of greens now ; at large in this city. For instance, there is the sweet-sixteen-and-never-been-kissed maid from school who is too utterly nice for anything: then there is the old maid: the dude, especially the bicycle dude; the business man who grabs at every advertis- j ing fake that comes along: the good boust wife who buys her groceries of some firm out of the city and pay's two priees for inferior goods; the sick person who doctors with a quack doctor and pays him cash while he gives the good old reliable doctor a stand-off for three or four years. All these and many more go to make up the valuable collection of greens. But there is the other kind that should be mentioned, , including the festive little dandelion, docks, etc., that appear in early springtime along the highways and byways. These have; made their appearance and arc being eagerly sought by many people. They make a delicious, delicate, dainty dish that is relished by many.

Elias Grace and wife of Clark V Station, visited friends at Washington last week.

SAVED THE COUNTRY McKinley Elected by the Foreign Born Vote. OHLY NATIVES WERE POE BRYAN. American Anarchist! Prevented From RuInins the Nation—Illiterates Rallied to the Support of Gold—Noble Uprising of Imported Citizens. The country is indebted to that distinguished Anglo-American, R L. Godkin of the New York Evening Post, for the discovery that this country was saved from the anarchists in November last by the aid of the foreign bom vote. The highly educated additions made to our population in recent years by the importation of panpexs and criminals from Italy, Austria-Hungary and other European countries could not bear the thought of haVing the creditors of the United States or of its corporations or citizens paid in anything but gold coin. Mr. Godkin demonstrated to his own satisfaction that if the prisons and pesthouses of Europe had not vomited upon our shores a large proportion of their inmates the United States would have gone to the “demnition bowwowa ” American dishonesty was crushed out by this noble uprising of the honest men imported in the steerages of steamships at #15 per head. He proved this to be true by showing that McKiu1 ley carried the states which are inhabited by these more recent contributions to our population.

The natural and steady flow of genuine voluntary immigration has brought to our country, as a rule, a desirable class of citizens, mainly from the British islands and the countries on the North sea. But the human cattle who^e coming hither has been the result partly of expelling forces in their own countries and partly of the united cupidity of those who wanted their labor at starvation wages and the transportation companies which made a profit on their passage are simply a disease in our body politic. In view of the liberal prices at which votes art' quoted in the last campaign, we think Mr. Gotlkin is entirely correct in the assumption that this class of newly fledged citizens, or bogus citizens, voted for McKinley and “sound money.” Wo are willing to concede his chum that their votes were controlling. There is another class of citizens who voted for McKinley, although their votes are not sufficiently numerous tt> control electoral votes in any state. We refer, to the negro vote in the south, which constitutes the main body of the Republican party in that section of the country. Through perfectly natural causes the fact is recognized that their vote is mainly illiterate. In estimating the plurality of votes in the fruited States for Major McKinley these colored illiterates, of course, cut a very large figure. Major McKinley’s plurality over Bryan was 600,000. If from his vote should be deducted that of the native black illiterates and the undesirable sort of white voters we have herein described, it cannot be doubted that the plurality would be largely in Bryan's favor. This would be true after deducting all the white illiterates from the vote given j for Mr. Bryiin. What satisfaction the “sound money” writers can find in arraying such facts as these is beyond our comprehefkion. In Godkin’s case it was evidently to gratify his hatred of the American pcoSle. But the sooner Americans cease welling on the ugly facts above 6tated the better it will bo for the good name of our people. ELECTION OF PENROSE. Another Illustration of the Rottenness 01 the Republican Party. The election of State Senator Boies Penrose of Philadelphia to sueceed Don Cameron as senator from Pennsylvania ends disastrously another attempt to down Quay. John Wanamaker of bargain counter and Harrison administration notoriety was the opposition candidate. Having contributed heavily to the Republican campaign fund, he expected, as in a former case, to get a generous return for his money. The whole affair shows the foulness of the Republican party. Matthew Quay is a genial man. with unassuming manners, and in shrewdness unsurpassed by any man in public life. Quay's political power, however, is not conducive to statesmanship or even good government With Maehiuvelian cynicism he rules Pennsylvania by a system of contracts which is a direct violation of the law. The distribution of offices and honors is conducted as if it were entirely a matter of business— which indeed it is, so far as the contracting parties are concerned. In spite of this Quay is at least as good as the opposition, for it is headed by a lot of hypxx ritical “silk stockings, ” who only want office to wipe out tho memory of their own pasts and to get a chance to loot the treasury. The very fact that the fight was confined to Quay and the trusts, the selection made between Penrose and Wanamuker, shows the helpless corruption of Pennsylvania Republicanism.—Kansas City Times. Republican Method*. It is foolish for Republican organs to say that the Republics policy is not now prevailing. The Sherman methods have been closely followed by * he present administration, and we sfil have high tariff rates. Everything is Republican except that the Chinese wall is not so high as many intended Republicans desire to see it built.

A PNlMth» Aifanrat The manufacturers who are catting down the wages of employee* are not doing this because it is demanded by the conditions, bat tor the reason that they believe it will furnish an armament in favor of high protective duties. —Peoria Herald.

An Eye Opener I Parties Intending to Buy will do well to Call and £>- amine Our Stock Before Making their Purchases. MEN’S CLOT MINGO? We have left 50 Men's Suits in all the newest and popular shades in Plaids, Checks, Scotch Effects, etc., for $6.34. There is not a Suit in the whole collection worth less than $13.00. 50 Men's Suits left that sells for $4.00 and $5.00, that will go for $3.54. BOV’© CLOTHING Or In all of the popular shades and designs in Clay Worsteds, Cheviots, Scotch Plaids, etc., for $2.34 and up. Boy's Knee Pant Suits in Cheviots, Scotch Plaids, very dressy double-breasted styles, age 5 to 15 years. Just think of a Boy's Knee Pants Suit for 44c. LADIES’ WAISTSOr In Percales, Ijawns, Linens and Mulls, in all of the different figures, made iu the"very latest styles with detachable Collars and Cuffs. SUMMER UNDERWEAR^ Indies’ Ribbed Summer Vests, for ..'.... 5c Indies’ Balbriggau Vests, for... ... 10c Ladies’ French Balbriggan Vests, for.. 15c Novelties in Ladies' Neckwear. Men’s Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, worth 50c, for.. 25c Men's French Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, wort h $1.00, for......... 50c Men’s Percale and Fancy Shirts a specialty in all of the newest Stripes, Chocks and Plaids, with detachable Collars and Cuffs. whole To tell of all the Bargains We have for You would take a Newspaper. We can give a hint only of the vast assortment. W. L. BARRETT, PETERSBURG, INDIANA.

«<FRED SMITHS \ Dealer in all klntls of . FURNITURE!

Funeral Supplies a Specially. We keep on hand at nil times the finest lin» of Parlor and Household Furniture to In found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suit* a Specialty. In funeral supplies \re keep Caskets Shrouds, etc., ol the best make.

Grist Mill Corn Meal. Graham Flour ami Ground Feed Of alt kinds kept on band for sale or exchange. Cash paid for Coro, Oats, Barley and Rye. You will find us located at the Petersburg Brick and Tile Factory. «Thomas Read.

>ome large broad backed, square hammed, all around good Pigs, ot both sexes, for sale at reasonable prices. Come aud see them. 1 know you wil like them. M. t_. HEATH MAN, 3-Xesasa.. Snatana.

W. L. DOUGLAS

$0.00 SHOE TIm Style, Fit and Wear could rot be improved for | Double the Price. "

Merchant*, Bankers, Lawyers, Physicians anti all economical men wear Shoes because they are the best. For sals by

V. L. Douglas *150, $4.00 and $5J» Shoe* are the productions of skilled workman from the best mar teriai possible to put into shoes sold at these prices. We make aho$450and $425 shoes for mem and $450, $2.00 and $1.75 far hoys, and theW.L. Douglas $450 Police shoe, very suitable far lettcr-carrktt, policemen and others having much walking to do.

We are constantly adding new styles to our already large variety, and there la no reason why von cannot be suited, so insist on having W. L. Psagios Shoes ftone your denier. __

We w only the beet Calf. Russia Calf (all colors). Preach Patent Calf. French Enamel. Viet Kid, etc., graded to correspond with prices of the shoes. b If dealer cannot supply you, vTl DOUGLAS, Brocktoo, Nats. Catalogua Puke.

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