Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 September 1897 — Page 8

John MeClearjr died «o last Friday wonting, Srpt. 17ih. iU was one of oar most pn—jia ill titans He was born in Warrick comity, Bear Bootmlie, February 14(h, 1890, was married August 17th, 1852. to EUttheth Housroan. He came to Pike aoanty in the spring of 1854 and entered the land where he died. He was one of oar meet prosperous fanners and always made it a rule to never owe any one a dollar bat what he eoukl not pay for or done without. lie was the father of eight children, six girls and two hoys, one of his hoys died iu infancy. His children now Using are Mr?. J. A. Shepard, Mrs. James Koad, Mrs. K. N. Shepard. Mrs. Joel Taylor, Mrs. John Clifford, Mrs. J. R. Arnold and Mr. Willard McCleary. All were at Ids bedside when he died except Mrs. Reed, who lives in Missouri. His wife is still living. I have known him personally for fortyfoor years and knew him to be a kind father, a loving husband and an ideal citiseo, and for the past twenty-five years have never heard him use an angry word. lie was very devoted to his family and his home, seldom ever leaving his home eicept |o visit his children. He was buried in the Pleasantville cemetery on last Saturday. Elder J. W. Richardson preached his funeral. He had always been a strong friend of Elder Richardson from boyhood. He was only sick a short time, having been attacked with dysentery on Monday and grew rapidly worse until his death. His death has cast a gloom over our neighborhood. We all agree with Elder Richardson, who said he considered him one of the noblest of God's creation—an honest man. A Frik.nd. Your Boy Hoot Lire a Mouth. «o Mr. (liman Hr»w n, of S4 Mill st. South Gardner, Mass., was told by the doctor*. Hie son had lung trouble, following typhoid malaria, and he spent 53T5 with doctors, Who finally give him up, saying; “Your boy wont live a month.” He tried L>r. King’s New Discovery and a few bottles restored him to health mod enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes bis present good health to use .of pr. King’s New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in the world for lung trouble. Trial boulee free at J. K. Adams A Sou's drug store. „

Thomas-C'happel. On last Sunday afternoon as the sun was about sinking to rest in the golden West and tike vespus were singing the la>t lullaby ©f the dedimug day, the rights of matrimony were solemtaed between Perry F. Chappell of Algiers and >liss Hath T^homas of Union, ElderJ. M. Richardson officiating. The wedding took place the residence of the bride's j>arcuts near Union and is said to have been a very pretty affair. As there was yet some light of day, the rooms were darkened and then lighted by lamplight. This gave a pretty effect, especially when, as the hands of the clock poiuled to a quarter of sir, the bride Mid groom appeared beneath the soft and shaded rays of the lamp, where were gathered a small number of friends and acquaintances, and Elder Kiclutrdson at once proceeded to read the-words that made them husband and wife. The happy couple were the recipients of several very valuable and costly presents. They left Monday for a few day’s visit to friends at Patoka and Evansville, and on their return will settle down to quiet life near Algiers, this county. In the spring they will return to the groom’s home iu the sunny land of Arkansas. May their lives be one of i»eaee, happiness and prosperity with just enough of darkness that they may appreciate the sunlight.

Mrs. I,uU Harrison, uw Borer, and children, of Washington, D. C., arrived here Wednesday to visa tier father J. B. Borer and other relatives. Her husband is employed in the government printing office. The preliminary trial of Perry Enley, who was charged with 'hooting at Harry Klin ore, was tried before inquire Thnriuau Monday at the circuit court room. The judge after hearing the evidence acquitted Enley. 11. H. Smith and family are moving to the city this wic*. Mr. Smith's wife will open a millinery and dress-making shop in the building being erected on lower Main Street. There will be excursion rates on the E. A 1. to Terre Haute, October 4th, 5th and 6th; and to Oakland City, October Id. 14 and 15th onaocount of the Soldiers' reunion. An infant daughter of John Catt, Clay township, died Wednesday of summer complaint. The funeral took place yesterday and interment at the Burkhart cemetery. The small eon of Mark White, living west Of town mar the Madison township line dj*d Tuesday and wa* buried Wednesday at Walnut Hills cemetery.. Benjamin F. Hatfield of Union, and T. B. Rice of Petersburg, have taken out physician's licenses under the new law suite our last report. Mrs. J. C. Backees is visiting at BransTille this week. She is also one of the judges in the floral hall at the Tri-dale fair. The six-month-old child of John Battles, Hoarser, died Tuesday and was buried at the White church cemetry Wednesday. There will be services at St. Peters Catholic Church Sunday morning and evening. The public pu.dially invited to attend. W. F. Hisgvn and Mark Knight and their families are at French Lick Springs this week visiting relatives. A large number of Petersburg people Vent to Evansville yesterday morning to jtlttd the fair,

Tbe natural gas plant » now in full operation and is as fine as silk. Those who have been using the gas for the pest week are more than delighted with it. There is no dirt and the bouse-wife can hardly express herself when it comes to washing up the cooking utensils, not having to encounter the soot from the soft coat. The plumbers axe kept busy putting in the service to the residences and business houses. A number of business men will use gas for lighting purposes, using the patent burner, which gives a soft mellow light. Property owners who rent business rooms and residences should pipe the same for the benefit of their renters, and not ask their renters, to do it. It is not the custom nowhere in the Central Indiana gas belt. Rent is high in this city and property owners should be a little liberal with their tenants. Of course it is natural with some property owners to want to do nothing, while some keep their property up in the best of style with all the latest improvements. Pipe your properties with gas and save tbe extra cost of papering your rooms every two or three years ami the dirt that necessarily accompanies the burning of wood or coal. Indiana crop report, for week ending Monday night, says: “No raiu fell anywhere in Indiana during the week. The nights were cool, but the days very hot. Com ripened and dried fast; most is safe from frost now; early planted corn is being cut aud put in shock; because of so much dry ami warm weather just when rain was 1 needed, laU Unted corn will yield a light crop; cutting has begun in the central portion; in some fields it did uot fill well on aecouut of the hot dry weather. Millet is being cut and threshed. Beans are beginning to ripen aud are in fair condition. Potatoes are poor, little and few in a hill. Sweet potatoes are ip good conditlou. Tomatoes are ripening, but the crop is not so good or abundant as last year. Cabbage* are drying up, and worms injured them much. Garden truck is drying up. Turnips are coming up badly. Plowing is much delayed; the ground is too hard and dry, and but little seeding has been done. Pasturage is dry and stock water scarce, and stock is being fed on many farms.”

lhursuay evening, about o ooelocK. a cutting scrape took place at the rear of McNellis’ saloon. From what we could learn, a man uaraed W. Jennings, from Ayrshire, drew a knife on Will Crain, from Princeton, and cut him above the right eye, in the left shoulder, and in the right side. It is said that the cutting was done without any provocation. Frank Kilian. who attempted to take Jennings off, was cut iu the left arm .feriow the elbow, one of the arteries being severed. No arrests were made, but Jenniugs was chased out of town by a gang of boys.—iluntingburg Independent, Dr. W. 0. Russell and Bob Milev. who are charged with highway robbery, now iu jail at Princeton, had their preliminary hearing before Squire Sprowl Monday and Tuesday at that piace and were bound over to the circuit court,bond being fixed at $700 each. From the reports in the newspapers the evidence at the preliminary was very weak on the {art of the state. Russell's friends here do not believe him guilty as he was here on the day that the supposed robbery is said to have occurred, lie will give bail and return home, To Otm Cosroar:as.—We wish to thank yon for your kindness and patience given us since our misfortune and assure you we are using every effort to get our plant in operation as soon as possible. We are putting in two engines, a 200 horse power boiler and larger dynatnoes and intend to give au all night service, so we will be in condition to give our customers better satisfaction than ever. Again thanking you we are yours respectfully, 20-2 Petkksbcru Electric Light Co.

The following is the rat# of taxation in the several townships and corporations for I8#7: J efferaon \Va«hiagton Mudisou eia>. Hautka. Monroe.. , Logan. i Lockhart Marion.. tVtensbur*.. Wiusiow. 1100 «t so t as l to l to 1 tw l St 1 46 1 50 1 70 2 S4 1 Si on Poll ... »so 2 50 2 50 2 50 2 SO 2 SO 2 50 2 50 l 50 3 00 3 00 E. T. Warner, the uld reliable gas fitter and plumber, is prepared to plumb your house with natural gas fixtures. He has a large supply of ga.- fixtures for stoves, grates and for lighting purposes. He employes first#laws experienced workmen aud guarantees all work for one year. Work done on the shortest possible notice. Call at bis shop two doors west of the postoffice. Sunday morning at Indianapolis, Mrs. | Mct'rillus Adams, while riding t bicycle j met with a very serious accident, in riding j on the bicycle path a flat iron plate had to crossed. In going over this the wheel slipped throwing her in such a manner as to break her right limb just below the knee. The fracture was reduced and she was brought home Monday afternoon by her husband. M. A. Bowman has been appointed postmaster at Bowman, rice W. J. Richardson, resigned. Mr. Richardson, who has served for the past four yean sent in his resignation a few weeks ago and the appointment | was made Tuesday. The surviving members of Co. G. 65th j Indiana, held their annual reunion at the borne of 6, W. Me A tee in Clay township, Wednesday. There was a large attendance and a good time generally. Dr. Thomas Kune of Petersburg, was . viewing the sights in the city Thursday. The doctor is among the leading physicians of Petersburg and an anient free silver advocate.—Vincennes Sun.

•EiL ESTATE THAN STEMS. KecarU •( tk« Cku|*i that k»»* Rods Scales to A. W. Vaughn pt se qr and sw qr ne qr sec 6, town 3 south, range 6 west, 90 acres. Hester A. Shandy to i. H. Alexander, lot 161, Petersburg. A. W. Vaughn to S. S. Black, se qr ne qr and sw qr ne qr sec 6, town 2 south, range 6 west, 46 acres. Franklin F. U os tetter to Mrs. D, A. Hostetter, w hf sw qr sw qr sec 20, town 1 south, range 6 west. Thomas J. Richardson to Louis Robling, sw qr nw qr sec 32, town 1 south, range 8 west, 40 acres. Francis Matthias to Maty L. Baker, pt lot 160, Petersburg. Richard Selby to Archie Gray, w hi se qr ne qr sec 11, town 1 south, range 8 west, 20 acres. M. L. Woolsey to Minnie Thompson, n hf ne qr ne qr sec 25, town 2 south, range 8 west, 20 acres. Elizabeth Jones to Clarence Hadlock lot 7, Cass add to Otwell. Wiiiiam White to Sarah M. Harrell, pt lot 137, Petersburg. Sarah E. Chappell to Rachael C. Timme, pt lot 162, Petersburg John A Carress to Edward Arnold pt se qr sw qr sec 28, town 1 north, range 7 west. Commodore P. Brewster to Benjamin F. i Brewster, pt ne qr ne qr, and se qr ne qr | and uw qr se qr sec 33, town 2 south, range J 7 west, 88 acres. Sian Willis to Albert A. Battles, pt sw qr sw qr sec 22, town 1 south, range 8 west, 3 acres. Emma Foster to George C. Chamberlain, lots 1 and 2 block 2, and tots 1, 2, 3, 4 and S 5, block 43, Alford. Mary C. Mason to James Crowder lot 1173, Winslow. Heury F. Glassbriner to Jackson Twitty. | pt e hf sw qr sec 22, town 1 north, range 1 j west, 1 acre. Byron Brenton to M. L. Woolsey, sw qr ! nw qr, and se qr ne qr, aud pt uw qr se qr, and pt nw qr se qr sec 24, town 2 south, | range 8 west, 120 acres. Joseph H. Loveless to Stephen Shepard, pt n hf sw qr.nw qr see 28, towu 1 south, range 8 west, 13 acres. Michael Kiiue to Nancy E. Kime, pt ne qr nw qr sec 26, town 1 south, Range 9 west. 15 acres. Jesse J. Wells to Henry W. Kararaan pt ne qr ne qr sec 4, town 3 south, range 6 west, 4 acres.

Reeves & to. to Jesse J. W ells, ne qr ne qr see 4, town 8 south, range 6 west 40 acres. James Lance to Charles W. Butler, lot 1, Pleasant vale. * Goodlet M. Mount to Albert A. Battles, pt sc qr sec 23, town 1 north,|ange $ west, 3 acres. ^ t Eliza Griffith to Patsev Stiles et al pt ne qr sec 30, town 1 north, range 6 west. A Cure for Bilfons Colic. Resource. Screven Co., Ga.—I have beeu subject to attacks of bilious colic for several years. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy is the only sure relief. It acts like a charm. One dose of it gives relief when all otiier remedies fail.—U. 1>. Suarp. For sale by J. R. Ailams a Son. s A Medical 8o?lclj Meeting. The White River District Medical Society held its second semi annual meeting on the 16th at Vincennes. There was a pood attendance, several interesting papers were presented as follows: A plea for the English Language in Medical Literature, Dr. W. W. Blair, Princeton. Typhoid Fever, Dr. J. L. Moore, Washiogton. Obstetrical Statistics, Dr. John Dukate, Monroe City. Some Cases of Poisoning, Dr. T. W. Basinger. Petersburg. Sermon in Tuberculosis, Dr. M. G. Moore. Vincennes. The Female Generative Organs, Their Medical and Legal Relations, Dr. L. B. Staley, Bit-knell. These papers were ably discussed by the members of the society. The meeting was a verv pleasant, as well as a profitable one. The Vincenues physicians know how to entertain a Medical Society, and they spare no labor or means in doing so. The next meeting of the society will be held at Washington in May 1698. Do Biot Be Imposed On. Always insist on getting Foley's Honey and Tar, as it is positively, absolutely anjL unqualifiedly the best cough mediciije. Accept no substitute. Bergeu & -Oiiphant. s

IHarrlag* Licenses. The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report: Gu'ta V. Hicks and Lillie Me Murray. P. G. Thomas and Mindi Gray. John W. Butrura and Martha Chandler. Perry F. Chappell and Ruth Thomas. James Newkirk and Mary J. Blair. Foand, At Bergen & Olipbant’s drug store, a marvelous cure for ail kidney complaints, nervous exhaustion and female weakness, it is Foley's Kidney Cure. s Notice to Non-Resident. The State af Indiana, Pike County: la tbe Pike Circuit Court, November term. tap;. Anna Simmons i v». > Complaint No. I5S. John B- Simmons.) Now comes tbe plaintiff, hjr Ashby A Coffey. her attorneys, and files ber complaint herein, together with an affidavit, tbat tbs residence of tbe detendant John B. Simmon* is unknown, and that diligent inquiry has been made to ascertain tbe residence or said defendant, but tbat said inquiry bas not disclosed tbe residence of said defendant. Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendant, tbat unless he be and appear <»n the twelfth day of the next term of tbe Pike Circuit Court, to be boiden on tbe second Monday of November, A. D. 1887. at tbe court boose. In Petersburg, in said county and male, and answer or demur to said complaint,the same will be beard and determined in bis absence. * In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Petersburg, this 23d day of September, A D. 1887. 30-3 J. W. BKUMFlSU). Clerk.

BIG STORE’S «FALL ANNOUNCEMENT* * There hasn’t been a time for years when it paid so well to buy Fall Goods early. Every mail brings to us notice of some advance in price of something—Muslins, Calicoes, Flannels, &c. Everything is going up in price. We bought early, long before the advances, and we propose to give our customers the benefit of our purchases. Not a cent advance do we put on our Fall Goods, and a visit to our store, which is jammed full of bargains, will convince you of our assertions. •■IHrailNINItHlinUMINMMMWHIMI

■=>F=F?irslTS<f5* We offer none but the very best brands of Prints, no cheap ‘“truck* which fades on sight, but all the uew patterns and colors, at READY TO WEAR SKIRTS A Beautiful Black Brocade Skirt, at $1.30. # A Good Heavy Mohair Figure Skirt, at $2.00. 5 A Handsome Novelty Goods, at $2.30. % Silk Effect Novelty Goods, ail Shades, at $3.50. * Lovelv Figured Mohair Skirts, at $3.00. New Figured All Silk Skirts, only $0.00. 2

^MUSLIN8<? A Good Yard Wide Muslin at 4c per yard. A GodiJ Heavy Yard Wide Sheeting at 5c per yard. Clean Soft Finish Bleached Muslin at 5c per yard. 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting at 14c per yard. Keady Made Sheets, 50 cents each. CANTON FLANNEL. Nice Soft Nappy Canton Flannel, 5c per yard. A No. 1 Heavy Grade, at 64c per vara. A Very Heavy and Wide Canton, sold everywhere for 10c, this sale Sic per yard.

Towelings and Table Linens.

Good Unbleached Cotton Crash, at 4c per yard. Good Heavy all Linen Toweling, 5c, 6c. Tc and 8c per yard. Heavy all Linen Tablecloth, 35c per yard.

Good Bleached Cotton Crash, only 4c per yard. Fast Color Red Tablecloth, 18e per yard. Two-yard Wide Linen, a bargain. 75u uer yard.

A Uig Hue oz tine loweangs, Towels aiul Table Linens. GOODS H^re is our fort- Our line is without doubt the largest ever shown in-Southern Indiana. I i « See our 23c line 36-ir.t h all Wool Goods in any Shade you want. At 35e we show Panov Novelties. These two items sold everywhere but here at 30c per yard. The biggest line of Drese Patterns, all exclusive designs, no two alike, to be found anywhere, can be seen on our counters. <U BIG LINE OF SILK WAIST PXTTERNSI» «CXjOTOKXiTGh* We carry a big line of Clothing, and we know a reliable one. Every garment sent out is guaranteed to be worth the price, or we refund the money. \ 9 Jeans Pants, if they rip we give you a new pair, at 73c. Wool Jeans, same guarantee, $1.23. Fine Black Jeans Pants, at $2.00. Oar all Wool Suits, at $5.00, $9.00 and upward, are special bargains.

Flannels, Skirts, Comforts and Blankets All Wool Red Twilled Flannel, at 15c per yard. Heavy Flannelette Skirts. 25c each. Extra Large $1.00 Cotton Blankets, at 5Qe each. Very large all Wool Blanket#, $2.50 per pair. Comforts, large enough for the biggest bed, 75c each. S Com fa < ■ a ■

■sBHDESNRemember, these are no “bankrupt” stuff, but elean, new, fresh goods. Ladies’ Fine Shoes, patent tip, $1.50 grade, for 96b. Ladies’ Soft Calf Shoes, lace or button, 96c. Ladies' $2.00 grade Kid, new Coin Toe, for $1.50. This is a nice, fine, soft custom shoe. i

Carpets, Rugs, Oilcloths, Lace Curtains at prices no house but us can offer you Don't buy before you see our goods. SOL FRANK, - The Big Store With Little Prices.