Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 9, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 July 1897 — Page 1

Orion Rose Injured. Last Saturday evening, Orion Roee, an .engineer at the Wooiley eoai mines, while descending a ladder in the air shaft tut-sed .his footing and fell about t*eaty-five feet to the bottom of the shaft. JHe had been talking to a young man while going down and he soon become aware that he was not being answered and could not see the lamp which Rose had been carrying, and for a time supposed that he had reached the bottom and gone into the rniue proper. vHe soon heard groans and concluded that ' an accident had happened. Everett Richardson happened to be passing at the time and he was told of the affair. He descended into the mine and got Rose to one side so . that the cage could be let down in ord^ .that lie could be brought to the t >p. The cage was lowered and Rose placed in it ami j he was brought to the surface bleeding from several cuts and his right leg broken. The alarm was given and a crowd soba gathered. He was laid on a cot and carried to his home near the depot and medical aid summoned. Dr. Burg> r went at once and after a cartful examination found that both bones of the right leg hail l»een broken about midway between the ankle and knee, that he had received a severe cut behind the right ear, another under the chin, and a bad bruise on the left leg and a severe burn on the right arm from coming ip contact vwith the steam pipe. The doctor thinks that he did not sustain any internal injuries. The wounds were dressed and the fran ure of the leg reduced and the patient made as comfortable as possible.. The doctor reports that Rose is getting along as well as could be expected. It mill very narrow escape for Rose from instant death and probably hail it not been for the several platforms which he struck during his fall he would have been killed. These platforms helped.to break (!he force of his fab to a large extent. Old People. Old people who require medicine to resrtt* late the bowels aril kidneys wilt find the true remedy u> Electric Hitters, This Dwtieike does not stimulate and contains to* whiskey m*r other intoxicant, but vets as a t-uiic and alterative. It acts mildly on tin, atom icb and bowels, addin;; strength ! and giving tone to the organs, thereby atdire nature in the performance at the functions. Electric Hitters is an excellent appetiger and aids indigestion. Okl people find it just exactly what they need; l'tice ' fifty cents per bottle at J. E. Adams A son's .drug: store.

CAKE TO PETERSBURG To Hear and See Hie Great Jumbo Gas Well. The Largest Assemblage £vei Seen in Southern Indiana* fbe E. k 4. Kaiiml Taxed tails lb «<Mt I© Carry People. Tie 1M Sea« Parol* t Jilf F«*t<n of th< Never in the history of Petersburg o probably of *ny count; s*Jt town ic South »,rn Indian^Vas there such h Urge assent biage of gathered as visited this cit; last Saturday u> enjoy the fourth of Jul; Celebration and to see and hear tie flame and the rostr produced by Jumbo. the high est pressure pw we!I tn the world. The committee having its charge the ee! t brat ion, spared neither time nor money t< advertise the celebration and to $oeur attractions to amuse the people on thi evasion. They succeeded in tbeir effort to please the people during the aftcrncoi »t the fairgrounds with a very good pro gram of mces. The t rains of Friday brought in a larg number of strangers, and Sat unlay ever; rain on the E. & 1. was crowded to thei utmost capacity with people fr>.ui ever; town along the line ali coming to Peters burg to enjoy .he celebration. It is esii .jnated that-ttmre were fatty 19,000 peopl here Saturday. 4.000 of whom had neve teen the city > adore. They had heard, o the wonderful Jumbo gas well and man; Of them had coroe a hue*-! red miles in orde that the statements that thev had bean might be verified That they were pleam

I 1 t { l * % ( { I { 500 Gas Wells' Alituroed loose at cnee at night would cans* more jwopfc to re- ; pent than 1!MW sermons one hour ami a half long. ">00 yards of < pretty, *•*■» ! IMmitiw,nice patterns, some light. some dark, not < to loud nor to dull, but. just right for that cool dress youfcave ^ been talking about, at 9e, that is worth ltJle the world over, is a < caution. i , • i COOL ORGANDIES^? - < 1 lu all the pretty colorings, just the dress for comfort 4 the ;t> kiiidroniy -V a yard. ] l.bOU yards cool Challtes, soft and thin, nice, bright {•atterns, just right for hot weather, 4c a yard. Why will you , 4 ' 1 Sew and Sweat this Hot Weather * When you can buy Ready-Made Garment* at such ^ “bust-up prices,” latter pull weeds iu the gar- 1 den. See the prices— ^ Ladies' Gowns, nicely made, go<vl muslin __ 5Sh' ^ ladies" Gowns, fine mustin. eleg&utiy made.9be 4 Ladies' Wrappers, nicely made, full size. .. 65c ^ Ladies Wrappers, empire back, best goods. < 5c t 1

I 1 i i i l i ( s i A CORSET BARGAINS \ 4 500 Summer Corset*, {utig waist, full boned, elegaut fitters the 50e kind ,..39c i 4 A SHIRT WAIST QAFRC3AlK*f=4 300 ladies' Shirt Waists, pretty colors, pleated front, stylish collars each waift complete with collar 1 button. 3 shirt studs and pair link cuff buttons. 4 49e, worth Toe. aJ . 1 A 8).LK MITT BAF*GAIISJ«Hr ' ' ' ; ' ' 1 275 jeiirs ladies' Silk Mitts, stitched backs, pure * silk, worth 3Se,foe 15c per pair. t We arc bargain givers and money savers. i W. V. Hargrove & Co j ;aa>||Vv ■ ■ ' • 1 THE PEOPLES’ STORE. * OTAgency for Standard Patterns. %

with their trip goes without saving. Upon the arrival of the traiu from the : sopth at eleven o'clock the visitors were met at the depot by the Wyoming tribe of 1 Red Men and the Citizens' band. The Oakland City band arrived on this train,1 and upon the arrival of the train from the north the Red Men’s tribe of Washington, headed by the band, got off the train. The i parade was then formedoa Depot street by j Hou. S. G. Davenport, grand marshal of the day. The Red Men of Petersburg pre- ; sented a fine appearance in their Indian ! uniforms of gay colors and feathered headdress ami many were the comments of the j people.on this new order in Petersburg and | their magnificent appearance as they trailed j along the line of march in single file. The i parade was formed as follows: Grand marshal in Indian uniform.

Oakland l it y Band. Petersburg Red Men in full uniform. Algiers Red Men. Oakland City Red Mtai. Ireland Red Men. Washington Band. Washington Red Me*. Petersburg Blind. ■ Citizens on foot and hi carriages. The parade was grand and imposing and with the soul-inspiring niusie of tfce three b&nds as they marched through the streets fired the American heart with patriotism. \ The citizens were in a splendid humor and • i they vied with each other in giving the ■ I visitors to Petersburg a grand welcome. ■; The parade, after passing down Main street. '} wheeled int© Sixth street and marched theme to the fair grounds, where dinner • j was served fret to the visiting Red Men. • In the early morning “old nigger” was placed on Muilou Hill and under the super- ■ vision of Artilleryman Coleman, a number > of shots were set off from the big cannon. ‘ This was not sufficient to rouse the people - and Contractor Warner of the gas well No. ' 2, placed a steam whistle in position near 1 j the fair grounds and -turned on a few • • pounds pressure from old Jumbo. It hlowed and Flowed until everybody realized • i that something was .going on. r; After the dinner hour the judges of the r racing events entered the stand and called ■ ; toe half mile running race. Three horses • j were entered and it was a race from start • to finish «.nd required t.hrce heats to detcrf j mine which horse would-be the winner, and fas won by T. K. Fleming's War Whoop • as follows: War Whoop ..,. . git 1 MamieC . .... .. ... t 2 2 ' Western' Black ... ... SSS Tltoe—o!. -s>, 34, The next event was the one mile amateur bicycle race with five starters, and was won j by Uoethe Link of this place. It was a great j race, but Link had too much speed for his i computers, whom he clearly outclassed. The race stood as fallows: Holler ... I.Ink _ H !*!»g .... Alton . Y*‘lton Time—2:3$. 2 0 1 1 3 2 t i 3 e The boys* btcvele race wasdeclaml off as the parties who had entered were over the age limit. The next race was the mile running rata', open to all. It was by all odds the hottest race of the day, as the horses were all thoroughbreds and have ruu uianv a nota-1 ble race throughout the country. Judge Wtv.d, owned by Wtscaver, won in straight beats. The race by heats was as follows: Judge Wood .4 , . i i (talon Kruun .: _ ..._ 2 2 Joseph T ... 33, Time—1:47, 1:4s. Several of the other events did not fill J and were declared off. The day's <{>orts wound up by the climbing of (he gregsal! pole. which was successfully accomplished by Willie Higgins and Edgar Veeek, the ! boys raking m the #2.00 that was pinned ; j on the top.

Many of the people from the country ■ remained for the evening when old Jumbo : would l$? turned loose. At eight o’clock 1 : the thousands of people were treated to the, grandest sight ever witnessed, that of a! burning gas well. The pressure was turned ! on about one-third and the flames shot high into the air and the roar was almost deafening. The people $tood in amazement at the wonderful sight, and many were afraid ’that thee$rth would be torn up and that j thev stood on daugerous ground and moved 1 to other quarters, but not so far off but | what they might hear and.see the shooting j flames ami the screeching and mighty roar- i ing of the gas. It was a grand sight anti < no less than 7.000 or $,0u0 people were . crowded about the well -b eager were they {to get a good view. They were treated to | a splendid exhibition through t he courtesies \ of the Petersburg mining anti mauufaeturj ing association, owners <»f the welt The f visitors were greitlv please*! wfth the exhibition. and were loud in their praise of the j hospitality shown them while in the city, i When the trains pulled out about all one! j could hear was the talk of the Jumbo gas \ ! well and Petersburg. That Petersburg is now talked about goes without saying, as the people were royaliv 1 entertained while hew: everything w*s< free at the fair grounds and a splendid exhibition given by the committee. The crowd was peaceable, there being no * drunkenness or disturbances to mar ches ' pleasure of the day. The police had no , trouble whatever, there being but one drunk j

mao on the streets ami he was promptly ran in and put out of harm's way for the day. It will be a day long to be remetu- j bered by the people of Petersburg and Pike county and the visitors who were attracted to the new gas city of Indiana. On the fair grounds the people were well supplied with circus lemonade, and there were the usual number of side shows and the midway dancers “for men only." The | peanut boy was on hand as was the hokey ! pokey uian, and the grouuds presented the regular okl-fashioued county fair day with- | out the usual swing. It was a great day for Petersburg. From a Pike County Boy. Plymoitu, Neb., June 2Tth. Editor Democrat: ^ay 1 have sufficient sp$ee to inform the readers of your valuable paper of some of the doings of the pew pie of the so-called western state of Nebraska? In Beatrice, a city of 23.000 inhabitants, there has been held during the

past two weeks a meeting similar to a fair in many respects, called ehatauqua. thU is a religious institution, and is a sort! of school which convenes annually, the ei* {tenses being defrayed as in county fairs. THe managers are thorough business men; their speakers are ^ell paid and are the best to be obtained. The program this year was under the supervision of Pr. W. I*. Davidson. a very able man, who has control of a great many chatauquas in this state. There are now many branches of this organisation throughout the West, and we predict that ere long chatauquas will not be unknown in the east. This ehatauqua was furnished with music by the famous Meiueuderf orchestra, the ijlayton jubilee singers, also a choir of at«out 150 singers picked out of the audience and trained by a famous vocalist. l>r. T. DeWitt Talmage addressed the I ehatauqua on the 50th. About 30,000 |>eoide were fortunate to hear this famous preacher, lie took for his text Esther 5-8, *‘What wilt thou, Queen Esther':*’ Before introducing him Pr. Davidson made a brief talk, lie said: '‘The sermon to which you will listen will tomorrow be published in thousands of newsjwpers and will next week be read by ten millions of people in this country. In every civil died nation .will the people read the same words that you will soon hear. It wi* not only be read by the common people but by the heads of nations, among which Victoria will be one of the first.’* Do you wonder that cheers greeted him as he mounted the pulpit? Dr. Talmage is not possessed of a good voice, owiug to his age, but he still retains the power of holding an audience'spell-bound with his marvelous power. A great many people are under the impression that Pr. Talmage is a withered, undersized man with a slow delivery. He is quite the reverse: noue of his portraits give him the appearance that he really presents. We will not say anything concerning his sermon, as you may have read that in last week’s papers. One of the greatest reformers of today, Pr. M. M. Park hurst, addressed the assembly on more than one occasion during this ehatauqua. also like Talmage. he lias been here on previous occasions. He is a good

talker, ttnu ii«> uunt? it grew urat ui jwhi toward the cause of Christianity. On the day that Talmage preached a baby, disgusted with tiie oppressive iieat and tfie loud voice of the speaker, began to veil as only babies can. Its mother wanted to hear the sermon and determined to sacrifice the pleasure of others rather than miss the sermon. A lady who hail often heard Talmage kindly took the child outside the tabernacle. Dr. Parkhiirst saw the act, and he went out and relieved the Christian lady of her charge, and in the shade of the trees sung luliabvs—that i«erehance his mother had sung to him—and the little child drifted off to the laud oi Nod. William J. Bryan spoke yesterday to about 23,000 people on the subject. “The Cause of Free Silver.” It rained almost incessantly all day. thus preventing a large crowd from being present. There would not have been less than 73.000 hail it not rained. He spoke uearly two hours, and after speaking he and Mrs. Bryan shook hands with the crowd for an hour a**d a half. Mr. Bryan was cheered quite often. lie- was introduced by Mr. Davidson, who said: “lam uot of Mr. Bryan’s politics, but I say, as thou?ands of republicans alv sayiug, that if times do not change in four years that he will be our nest president, and I hope he will." This is true, too. I can find hundreds of repentant gold bugs in this county. I must pass further remarks concerning the greatest man in the world.and leil you of a famous lecturer. Rey. Sap Small delivered his great lecture. ‘‘Fronrttie Bar-room to the Pulpit,” last night. One wlio has never beard or read this lecture would be surprised at the wonderful effect it has upon an audience. Part of the time the audience was weeping bitterly and the uext moment was laughing immoderately. Such » the power of >am Jones' great compatriot and convert, Sam Saudi, whom the liquor dealers find to be a formidable enemy to their business. Cfwcs a*bott.

GRAND OPPORTUNITY In the Natural Gas City of Southern lutliana. The Methods of the Peoples' Industrial Association is to Build up and Maintain the City of Petersburg atul Pike County. Opportunities far Immediate and Profitable lnmtm«Ht».

That the opportunity is now at hand for immediate ami profitable building investments is beyond question, as the constant and increasing influx of a settled and permanent population in this city emphasizes the necessity for more homes and business quarters. TltK far the demand outstrips : the ace oiu mod afters, and since the dis- | coyery of natural gas here, and with the ! immense veins of coal underlying the whole ' county which has an average thickness of ' from four to eleven feet, the city of IVters- : burg being built on a nine foot yein, that is lieing worked at a depth of fifty feet and ; less, aud is being mined at a very small cost to the operators. Hundreds of ears are being shipped from the coal mines now in oja'rat iou in and around Petersburg. It is now that manufacturing imlnstrie will profit immensely by operating in , Petersburg, as the cheap fuel of this region gives it an unequaled advantage over any | other place in America, ami has already attracted the attention of numerous i manufacturers of an approved class, who are desirous of securing a location at this point in the near future. The Secretary of the Peoples* industrial association is receiving almost daily inquiries from manufacturers as to tin/prospects of securing locations amt to learn of the inducements that are being offered by the citizens of Petersburg. The manufacturing districts are rapidly realizing the Important value of our unlimited supply of the peerless fuel of natural gas and coal combined, which gives them a double assurance of being able to secure cheap fuel for all time to eotne. Another important feature is Petersburg's location for health. The city is beautifully located, high and dry and has perfect natural drainage. The city is beautifully laid out, and compares favorably with any I little city of Indiana.

I lK*rr I> MUt ttUMUilT ttN'UlilllVT UHU Petersburg has. ami that is in behalf of her manufacturing interests is that the Petersburg mining ami mauufaeturing association control thousands of acres of territory itutuedialely surrounding ami adjacent to the city, every acre of which is eapecially reserved aud guarded for the sole purpose of protecting the city and her manufacturing industries instead of allowing other cities and towns to come in ami pipe this valuable fuel away atid from under us. The Democrat has endeavored to give you from tune to time iuforiuatiou in every way reliable; every statement has been carefully -crutitnzed, and .we believe nothing untruthful has beeu allowed to enter the columns of this paja-r since the discovery of natural gas. On the other baud much has been omitted tluit we would gladly have inserted had space permitted to do so. It would take columns to give a detailed description of every item of interest to investor* and manufacturers but suffice to say that every visitor to Petersburg has* beeu amply repaid f°r his time and trouble. They have been made fully awaieof the womlerful resources of Pike county by a personal inspection ami with one accord say the “half has not yet been told.'* In a word it is just the place for manufacturers and business men to locate. They will meet with a cordial welcome front the citixens and be made to feel that they are at home in the new natural gas city. Any information regarding the city and countv will be cheerfully furnished by addressing the president or secretary of the Peoples' industrial association or any of the officials of the city or county. Visit dur city and make a personal inspection of the cheap fuel center of the world. _ quirk Relief for Asthma. Foley’s Honey and Tar is guaranteed to givt prompt*relief in all casco of asthma. Do not class this with other medicines that have failed to give relief. Give it a tn*i. Bergen A Oliphant, j

Washington Letter. (From our regular correspondent.) WaSHI>«STOX\ July o, 1»97. That evcrv good democrat is necessarily a good and patriotic eitizen is so well known that it seems almost superfluous to mention it. ,When, therefore, a large number of good democrats, together with the wives, mother^, daughters, sisters and sweet hearts, of many of them, get together to celebrate Independence day, as they did in Washington today, patriotic enthusiasm is bound to be plentiful. This gathering was not at the Capitol, although both branches of Congress were in session, but in a Washington theater. It was a combination democratic and patriotic celebration, and it was a regular three-eheers-aud-a-tiger success. ExRepresentative Sibley of Pennsylvania, presided, ami the principal address was delivered by Senator Daniel of Virginia, who did himself proud, both as a democrat and as a patriot. Each of the original thirteen states were represented by short speeches, and between times there was music, both vocal and instrumental. The ^celebration was under the joint auspices of i the National association of democratic clubs and the democracy of the District of Columbia. Senator Jones of Arkansas, and Teller, forced the republican senators to an iuirae- ! diate and abject surrender, by a few Arm \ words, when Senator Allison brought forj ward a tariff amendment hatched by the I republican steering committee to pay a ! bounty on beet sugar. This amendment was a complete surprise to the democrats and also to some republicans, and is believed i to have beeu a bit of political trickery. ' Senators Jones and Teller said that if the | republicans expectedsto pass the tariff bill, they must withdraw that amendment, and | Mr. Teller made his remarks more nagging j by adding that there had been reports that ; republican senators would be glad to see | the hilt defeated, and that this new propoj sition looked very much as though the j committee was not very anxious to pass the bill. This brought about a hurried conj sultatujn of republicans aud the announoe- ; inent that the committee would withdraw II he amendment: Then Senator Allen made an individual attempt to get the bounty for his constituents by offering the amendment himself, and Senator Kyle made a speech in favor of it, but its death was assured ; when the republicans withdrew their supIport. The tariff bill might easily have been disposed of last week bad the republicans been able to stop wrangling among themselves long enough to agree upon several j proposed amendments. About the only ; amendment they agreed upon that is dei serving of a good word was that taxing * stock certificates aud bonds. That is so sensible that it seemed almost useless to ; expect that it will be allowed to stick. The j bill will be passed this week, if the republi- : cans' desire it to pass. They can hang it I up indefinitely by proposing 'amendments | that they know the democrats will not allow i to be added.

Boss Hamm has not had much success m j bossing his party in "the Senate, but he made a success of his fight on the antitrust amendment to the tariff bill, and tompelwd the republican caucus, hurriedly called at the eleveuth hour, to decide that the antitrust amendment, which had been prepared and adoptetl by the repnblicao steering committee, should not he offered i in the Senate. That proposed amendment f has been introduced as a bill by Senator | Thurston, but there isn't the slightest 1 probability of its passing; if there was, j Hues Hanna would have another republican j caucus called to prevent it. It is now stated privately in administra- | tinn circles, that campaign promises made j by Boss Hanna makes it necessary for Mr, McKinky to send a sp«ciai message to | Congress asking for legislation for the appointment of a currency commission, , notwithstanding the notice-served upon Boss Hanna several weeks ago by the silver senators, that no such legislation should be acted uj*uu at this session of Congress. General Woodford, our new minister to 'Spain. has gone home, but he will return to Washington to attend a grand diuner to which lie was invited by the Spanish minister when he called oft that official personally — . last week, instead of merely seuding his card. in accordance with the usual diplcv marie etiquette. He will not sail for Kurope until July 2$»h. Mr. John R. McLean says the charge i that himself and Mr. Paul Sorg had instigated the,big coal strikes for the purpose of making political 'capital against Mr. llanna in Ohio is too ridiculous for serious discussion, and is, of course, without the slightest foundation.

Excursion to CiiirianiiU, Ohio, Sunday. July 11th, 1897. via B. & O, S-W. Ry, Special train. Bound trip ft.00 from Vincennes and Washington* Correspondingly low rates from intermediate stations, f^vro special trains. Train leaves Vincennes 6:00 a, in. Returning will leave Cincinnati 7:30 p. m. same day. Fof further information see small bills or con. Stilt agents B, & O, S-W. Ry.