Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 September 1897 — Page 5

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters. Hews Items From Here, There and E?ery where. Coart, City and Personal Item* in an Ahreyiated Form. I'cn W ill Find Thciu All « nder '■ hi. Heading. i

Calvin R. Stone of Pikeville, was it town | Tuesday on business. >Irs. W. C. Holloway of Ligonier, wilt | visit relatives hen* this week. Blake Lamb and Isaac Krauk went to Princeton Wednesday on their wheels. You will find a full line of dry goods, groceries, Ivoots and shoes at 0. T. K iuic s. Vinson France and John M. Davis -of Monroe township, were in tow n Tuesday on business. _ N. M. Berry and Kurl Lemmon are attending the Princeton fair tins week with some flue horses. Mrs.. Clara hovers and /, a llollnu of Winslow, wore the guests of Mi>s Maude Corn Sunday last. l^aPearie's show ts at Oakland City today, The show wdi prwtmbly make this jdnee later tn the year. Clover Seed Wasted —1 will pay the highest price in cash for clover seed. 10-1 ‘ Gvs Fraxk. W. 1). Curii has moved dm law office into the rooms over the Citizens Slate Iwuik. fo merly occupied by t he natural gas company. A noth T wire lias been added to the long distance telephone service, lhe lin*-nieu will mh«ii commence to string the wire to Jasper and other points. Bring the babies to Edwards* studio ami have their photos made'in the latest style and finish and at the most reasonable jun-es. sStinvssnr to Kii hanlsuii. 17*2 All the towns in this part of the state are jealous bemuse Petersburg lias the highest g«s pressure well in the I'nited States, and that the citizens v.ilj burn natural gas as a fuel this winter. But;geld. Id., Aug. 14. 18W5. N*1 am subject to crainjus and colic, and have used many remedies. hut find Foley's (V»!ic Cure beats them all.” W. L. \ eats. Bergen & Olipbant > This office hies turned out me excellent job printing ties week for Petersburg business firms." Tney ki * w where to get the beat, that’s why our iob department is always busy. Send in y*ur orders. Telephone No 22. •

The following ««- ejjK'ndfJ by the various township* fur the relief of |«x,r during the fa-t ijuaitcr: J'atoka, #?0: Jsogan, #1,5'*; flay, #52.50; Washington, #1V^G3j toxkharl #11.42; Marion. #45; J< flersou #25. Vm. 11. tirvene and wife of Ireland, and Prof, Charles tire«ue ami wife of :nui Fran-Vh-o, Cm)., were the guests of T. 11. Dillon ami family a few tla\> last week. Prof, (ireeue is a member of the facility of th ■ .la-land Stantoru university of California. S*i Frank has a new ad in this i>sue'calling attention to the large hue of dry goods-, clothing and notions in the prevailing style?* for fall and winter wear which has jiu-t been received at the big store. He is oftoriug some big bargains to U»e buying public. _ Tht annual election of officers of the Pike county orphan home association will be held in the C. P church on Tuesday, September 14, at 8 o'clock p. tn. Eleven director* are to be elected, and a full attetidance is deatred. Sarah It. Uewiss. Secy. The following physicians have taken out license since our last report: S. B. Chumbley. Arthur. Wilson Mctirew, Ayrshire. Andrew J. Rhode-. Pikeville. William II. Smith, CHesen. tieorge J. Ht-dden, Velpcn. William T. Blythe, Gleren. The Waatiington township Sunday school Convention will be held at the White church, near the county poor farm uext Thursday. It will be an all day session and the public will be expected to go with Iatskets well filled with the goods things to eat. At the evening session there will be a contest for a medal. The Robinson-Franklin show ww wrecked about ten miles south of this city last Sunday morning. The trucks from under oiic ol the flat cars containing several cages of lions, slipped out and the car dropped down on the tracks. It was a narrow escape for several of the employes who were slipping under the cages. The animals were aroused mud set up a mighty roar which was heard *!les around.

T. K. Fleming is attending the fair at Carmi, Illinois, this week. See what a nice line of boots and shoes 6. T. Kime has for winter. 18-8 H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 38* Dick Bass of Lockhart township, was in the city transacting business Tuesday. Why do you trade at Kime’s? Because he buys tuy produce and has what I want. Johu Evans of Winslow, was here Wednesday visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. M. Ridgway. T. C.• Nelson and Dr. Hilsmeyer of Marion township, were in the city Tuesday ou business. A small child of Harry and Mrs.Coonrod, living in the east part of the city, died Thursday morning. Mrs. Collie Fergusou and children of Spencer county, are visiung Fred Smith and family this week. The Air Line railroad will run a special excursitm train from Oakland City on the mornings of the iTuntingburg fair at 7:40. Make an engagement and have your photos made at night by flash light at Ed wards' studio. Successor to Kichardson. .. 17-2 Dr. W.II. Link has moved his office from the Frank building on Lower Mam street to the rooms m front of the Dsmocuat office.

W. S. Brown, who has been in tile general merchandise business at Winslow for several years, has sold out to a Mr. Spurlock, who lias assumed charge. The Central Union telephone company will extend their long distance telephone line from Washington to this eitv. Work will l»e conuucnml not later tiiau the first of October. To heal the broken and diseased tissues, to so!>th the irritated surfaces, to instantly relieve and to permanently cure is the mi-sion of lH*Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. J. H. Adams & Son. y Ik courts keep on granting injunctions without regard to the far-reaching effects u(ton the down trodden and oppressed of humanity, “government by injunction” will be a •‘live wire” in the'next campaign. W. L. Barrett, the dry goods man, comes to tli** front this week with a large ad on the eighth page inviting the public u> call and examine his large steak of fail and winter goods which have just bean received. K (», M* ov, Edward P. Bland, T. F# WU.-m and W. A. Baldwin of Monroe-City, were here Wednesday liight to attend the railroad meeting. The citizens of thai locality are greatly interested in having the new r:.Ur- a*l built through at om-e. The slate tuir will offer big attractions this year and baa arranged a splendid |iro--grani. Four big days are assured • Tuesday being Children’s and Old Soldiers' day. Wednesday Indianapolis da). Thursday br. Pernors day and Friday Military day. ls«w railroad rates have been secured for tin week. Tut: auditor of state iia- issued notices uo the county auditors, giving the tax levy tor state purpose* for 1M*T. For the general fundt be rate is# cents on each and 50 cents mi each {Hill. A levy of 5 cents is to be ma<le for the benevolent fund and 3 cents ter the siuie debt sinking fund. The levy for educational purposes is 1J ocuts, and U cents and a puli tax of 50 cents f jr school revenues. Mvises Frank left Wednesday night tor New York, where he meets hi» wife, wiio has Is-en in Europe for tlu! }>ast three months. Before returning Ms. Frank wiH purchase the largest stock of clothing, dry goods, notions, furnishing gi-ods, boots and shoes, hats and caps ever brought here.! Kemembv r la- buy s from first hands only, j and he will be bettet prepared this failtban ever to give big bargains to ins customers. ' Last Monday evening sometime afier: dark some persons stopped at the residence ' of Harry Elmore, who lives three miles south of town, and called him out. As! soou as Harry marie his appoint nee fire was ' opened on him. Elmore grabbed a gnu ! near and opened fire on tie intruders, bur ! without > ffe< t. The bloodhounds of Wins j low were sect for and put. on the scent. ; Two or thre** parties have been arrested and the preliminary, trials will eouve up before Sjurre Thurman next week.

The trustee* of the varioustownshipsand corjwratioos made their levies to the board ! of eomau-sumers this week. In the main ; they are about the same as last fear ami ! are as follows: Lockhart 7<k\ Washington I | 7 *c, Marion 90c, Monroe 71c, I*>gan 05c, i j Clay 85c. Jefferson 80c, Madison 90c, ! Pa.* ok a 85c, Winslow $1.20, Petersburg $1.47. Add to these the state tax of 29§c and the county tax which will possibly be 1 the same as last year, 45$c. ami you have I Hie total rate you will be called on to pay ! for each $100 valuation. | • -—— The Robinson-Franklin shows exhibited i here last Saturday. The parade in the j morning was ope of the Quest seen here, [aud the exhibitions m the afternoon and i evening where splendid and attended by very large audiences, and were universally enjoyed by ail. There was' one thing that j was led allowed by the management and | for which they are commended. They | allow no fakirs to accompany their show. [ Sot a fakir was to be seen on the grounds, s The show drew the iargest crowd to the city | that has been here for sometime. The horses was one of the features of the show. They were all large fine looking animals ami were well groomed and made a fine appearance in the parade.

BLACK DIAMOND R. R. . . ■:' ‘ v- . _ An Enthusiastic Meeting | Wednesday Night. Col. Albert £. Boone, the Path’ finder, Makes an Address. The People Should Lend their Aid and Encourage the Project.

Other Mceilnik 11 III he Held In the Mcar Future. Tb* railroad meeting has been held ami the-people ol Petersburg and vicinity are talking more thae ever of the great railroad project <>f building the Black Diamond system. The people want another railroad to run east and west and give them an outlet to the South tor their products and manufactures. They are interested in the subject and are now actively at work all along the line of the great system, the franchises in several of the states have been perfected ami the franchise iu this state now ouly needs to be perfected in order that the great system may be complete. As advertised, the date of the meeting was set for Wednesday night at this place. Col. Boom, the promoter, and Gen. Williams of Knoxville, Tennessee, were present ahd addressed the meeting at the court house, which was very largely attended. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one, which plainly showed that the people are in favor of another railroad through Petersburg and Pike county. The speakers made plain the plan of building this magnificent system of railroad from the great Mates of Ohioj Indiana and Illinois through to Savannah, Georgia, the seaboard cutlet. Col. Boone is a great railroad builder, having had years of experience and thoroughly un lerstands every detail, and his address was confined’ strictly on that line of the

work. A meeting will be held at Vincennes this ■(Tnursday) night at which time it will l>e determined on just what manner and plan the road will be built, and to that end the Industrial association-held a meeting and sent a com tn iltiae corn posed of (1. J. Nichols, John 0. Davis. XI. 11.,Snyder and W. V. Hargrove to Vincennes to attend the meeting, uad will report back here the proceedings of that meeting. Other meetings will be held from time to time in the interest of tins great enterprise, and it is to be hoj>ed that every citizen will lend his assistance in the matter tdat the road uiay be built in the ness year or so. A small flow of gas aud oil was drilled into in the. No it well at Rogers Wednesday noon by the drillers, but not in paying quantities. The drill is still going down. Manager Cordon says the indications are very promising, at the present time foi' gas. Work on the well Was commenced Monday after a shut dow n of over a month, waiting for a new string of tools. The well will be completed soon as possible. It Saves the Croup) Children. SurriKW, Va—We have a splendid sale on Chamberlain's Couch Remedy, and our customers coming from far aud near, speak of it in the highest terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if CrmuiberhunV Cough Remedy had not been given.—Keixas- & Ovrrks. The 25 5U cent sizes for sale by J. R. Adams & Son. * The ( »tj Markets. Kggs—11 cents. Rutter—124 cents. Onions—60c |>er bu. Potatoes— TOc [kt bu. Letnotr—35 cents jwr doz. Oranges—50 cents )*•r dor. Ranauuas—15 cents per doz. Chickens—Chicks (k\ hens 6c. Turkeys—Heu tnrks 8c, young 7, Cider—15 cent- per gallon. Navy lh an*—$1.00 per bu. Prunes—9 cents. shoulder*—6 cent*. Sides—tfr. Iai.nl—8 cents per lb. Pork—Ilaius. smoked, 12} cent*. Wheat—65 cents }>er bushel. 1 Com—30 cents per bushel. Oat*—20 cent* j«er bushel. Eye—40 cents p r bushel. Clover Sees!—$3 25 per bushel. Salt—Me i*r bbl. Flaxseed—90 cents. Hogs—$4.00 per 100. Cattle—$3 to $4 per 100. Sheep—2-$c to 3$e per lb. - Cincinnati Market*. Wkoskhuy. Sept. 1,1897. Wheat, 91 to 95|e; com. 27 to 33c: oats, 15 to 20c: rye, 45 to 50c; hay, $7.50 to §9.50; cattle, heavy, $4.85 to $5.10; hogs, good shippers, $4 30 to $4.40; sheep, $3.60 to $3.75. Fonud, At Bergen & OlipfaanCs drug store, a marvelous cure for all kidney complaints^ uervous exhaustion and female weakness, it is Foley's Kidney Cure. a

GAGE'S SWEET WORDS. Says Prosperity Will Come If We Give It Time. PEOPLE MUST HAVE PATIEIOE. Merchants, Workingmen and Farmer* tori ted to Sniffer on In Silence—HI* Plan of Currency Reformed Continuation of the Cleveland Policy. Commenting on Secretary Gage's re-1 cent speech in Cincinnati, The Enquirer J of that city says that his speech in effeot j was an acknowledgment that the as-; huranee of an immediate bracing up in ! the channels of trade and agriculture ; as a result of the election of Major McKinley has been a prodigious failure. He pleaded for an extension of time and announced that, the faith cure having failed, the medical ingredients now in the mortar at Washington are sure to restore the patient to health and make him so strong that be will be able to work with facility and make up for lost time. This extract from the secretary’s speech should be carefully studied:

We have been passing through a period of great trial, and nobly we have endured the strain. The future is not dark with forebodings. It is illuminated with rational hope. The revival of industry is near, and with the establishment of a tevenue law sufficient to bring into the treasury an amount adequate to meet the reasonable needs of our government and with the establishment of our finances on a sound and enduring basis nothing now foreseen can delay the recovery of past losses and the inauguration of a new forward movement along the lines of material advancement and social progress, which we humbly trust is in the benevolent mind of God to bestow upon the American people. These are easy, flowing and. to some, alluring sentences, says The Enquirer. Th# secretary must be coiuplimeuted on the sweetness of his disposition, on his engaging rhetoric and not the least on the moral and trustful spirit of his remarks. Something more rugged might have been more satisfying to the farmers, despondent under the weight of mortgages, and to the idle or poorly paid workingmen of the cities, but as this is a time when the administration must feel its way rugged adventures in speech are dangerous. Mr. Gage’s prosperity formula embraces two propositions: J. A revenue law adequate to the reasonable needs of the government. 2. The establishment of onr finances on a sound and enduring basis. How is the establishment of sufficient revenue for the government going to help the people? The cry of the la9t campaign that the country must remain in distress while the government was not run on business principles was a part of the fustian and fallacy of polities. The government is not a business establishment, It earns no money, but is a matter of constant expense. It has no revenue of itself, but is supported by taxation. The policy of the present administration and congress is not to cut down expenses as a prudent business man would do under existing circumstances, but. to increase taxation to meet extravagant outlay. They have not availed themselves of “business principles,” even in so far as they are applicable to the publio establishment. The “relief” proposed for the farmers, for example, is to tax them higher without creating better prices or an enlarged demand for their products. Let ns pass to the next paragraph. What a happy phrase is “the establishment of our finauces ou a sound and en

during basis; but the people are not now enamored of phraseology—they want “words that burn,” in short, crisp sentences, full of meaning. What would be a “souyd and endur.ing basis?” The retirement of the noninterest bearing greenbacks, and the creation in their place of a bank currency based on interest bearing bonds? A continuation of the Cleveland policy of giving note holders the option as to the sort of coin they shall be paid in redemption? The issue of bonds in time of peace, to encourage brokers and speculators to demand gold for greenbacks, when the people are not demanding their redemption in anything? Is it expected to satisfy the people by persistence in the heresy that gold was born money, and that nothing else can be money? Are tlie manufacturers, merchants, workingmen and farmers to be invited ! to suffer oil in silence and humility for ; the sake of maintaining the doctrine that money most be a thing of intrinsic value and that gold is the only thing j that came upon or out of the world with i a fixed, enduring, unalterable and sacred worth? Is it believed that the public clamor for bimetallism can be stopped by sending Eddie Wolcott to Europe two or three times a year to talk money, horse and fashion? Is there hope that, through the sinuosity of language and prayerful appeals for supreme guidance, the plain, practi- ; cal principle that the basis of the United States notes is the vast property of the people of this tremendously rich I country can be blotted out? When is the administration going to ! be ready to announce its financial policy | in plain, easy terms—in words and senj tencgs that hit the nail on the head and ! that do not simply strike in graoeful ; lines through the circumambient at- ’ mosphere? The opponents of the adminI istratiou make a plain, simple, suffi- ' cient and striking announcement of their remedy. They demand enough money to meet the demands of business and to that end ask for the restoration of one of the original money metals to ; its proper function. They argue that money is a creature of legislation, and that vicious legislation has cut off the supply and made money dear, while the products of mind and labor are so cheap that the producer has a hard struggle for a living. And they cannot be1 answered or satisfied with the pious platI itudee of the gold speculators*

Ready to Wear Ladies’Skirts

We are showing a large line of Ladies' Skirts at all prices. Our $1.50 Skirt is a bargain. Tins is a tine Black Brocade, nicely made and a good fitting Skirt. Our $2.u0 grade is a world beater. Our liue ut ^Fine Dress Goodss* Is the finest and most elaborate stock ever shown here. New Trimmings to Match. Fancy Plaid Silks. & Fancy Roman Stripe Sil^ Fancy Basket Weave Silfe Black Silks in both Brocade aud Plain. WE HAVE A BIG LINE OF FANCY RIBBONS Two new numbers of the great W. O- O. CORSET, 440 AND -4-4-A One of the best One Dollar Corsets in the World, Our line of Fall Goods iu Shoes, Blankets, Comforts, &c Never were so Cheap. See the Big Store’s Goods before you buy.

Sol Frank’s Big Store, PETERSBURG-^

L) ILLOX A GREENE. T. H. Dillon V. K Greene Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Win practice in Pike and adjoining: counties Careful attention given to all business, collections given-prompt attention. Notary Public always in office. Office in the Burger, bloek, Petersburg, lnd. W. H. FOREMAN. Attorney at Law. Loan and Real Estate. office—Room 11. Carpenter building, Peler&burfr. Indiana. Special Announcement! Having purchased the Photographic outfit of Mr. fl. I>. Richardson, I beg leave to, announce that I am now ready fur business and cordially in vile the public to call and ! examine ntv line of

^PHOTOS<? Finished itt> Enamel and Mat Surface. Photos taken nipht or day. To introduce r.iv work. I offer ns an inducement 10 every j j»ers<m ordering One Dozen Photos, l will jw ihree absolutely free In other words uni will receive 15 Photos for 12. ■$>A. L.. EDWARDS^ Successor to II. D. Richardson. Wanted Lady Agrate 'T.1?. ability and some capita! to act ks local or geni ki-hI apron’s, to open school* and tench Mrs : PlesherV Ladles’ Tailor .System *>f Dresscwt- | jPrevious experience not necessary. Ageut* taught by mail free. Secure territory ( now while it may tie had A B. Wesker * t o., II* W 23d M.. X. I. Administrator's Sale of Real Estate. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned I administrator ot the estate of John S. Koss, deceased, will on Saturday, the 2d day Of October, 18U7, ! At 10 o’clock a. in., offer for sale at prii vate *»te to the highest bidder on the preiu- ! ises the following ry-al estate belonging to said . s ate, in Pike county, in ih« foment 1 Indiana, to-.vlt: The northeast quarter of ! the uor'benst quarter and nineteen and one third ,19 m acres «>tf the north aide of the southeast quarter of the northern*’ quarter of scetioo six it»;, town three (J; south. range seven ,T west, sixty -nine and one-tblrd acres. Said tracts will t>e offered separately and aNo together. Tkbms or Sai.e—One-third e«*h.the residue lr equal installments of nine and eighteen months the purchaser giving notes for the “ deferred payments bearing six per cent interest from dole, aud with good freehold surety asd without relief from valuation laws. VINSON FR ' NCR. Aug. 31, 18*7, 17-1. Administrator. Administrator's Sale of Personal Property

Notice U hereby given that the a tdersigned administrator of the estateof Jullett . lute or Pike County. Indian*, deceased, will ou Friday, September 24th, 1897, At the late residence of the deceased, in Madison township. offer for aale at public auction to the highest bidder all of the personal property of the decoasrtl. consisting of live head of hues, cow mix) culf. wheat in eranarr. b<»rs*-, buggy ami harness, corn fa the deni, bed and bidding and other articles too numerous to mention. TKKMtor tiAt,K—< 'n xll sums of five dot tars ami ovar a credit of nine months will be aiv**n, the purchas r giving note aifh approved surety, hearing she per cent lnteies; after maturity untit paid: and upon a'i aunts of lees than flve dollar* cash ou day of sa!e. bale to begin at nio« o'clock a in. i A- W. l*OTY. I Au* 2tf. 17-a Administrator.

«JFRED SMITHS Dealer iu all kinds of FURNITURE!

Funeral Supplies a Specialty.

1 We keep on hand at all time* the finest line of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found In t he city. Bedroom and Parlor Suita a Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets, Shrouds, etc., of the best make. «JERI DIMIO* Dry Goods, Boots aid Shoes, Pays lhe highest market puce for Coun> try Pnalnoe of all kinds. Keeps a general stock of merchandise. I i Give him a call. iHcsraex, Irxd.. I ____;_i_ DR. MENDENHALL’S > IMPROVED ! ULL il FETEB CDBL

GUARANTEED TO CURE CHILLS AND FEVER And Malaria in all Forms. Tasteless. Nona genuine without the above picture and the signature of J. C. Mendenhall. Price, 50 cents at all Dealers. PREPARED ONLY BY or. c. mendenhajLL» EVANSVILLE, IND*