Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 22, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 October 1897 — Page 1

■SBH &t)e pike Countn Democrat. VOL. XXVIII. PETERSBURG, IND.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1897. NO. 22

The Great October Sale

Oik September sale was beyond our expectations. People came in buggies, wagons and on foot. The prices captured them. They bought and went away happy. We had intended to close this great^ sale September 3°*h, but owing to the vast crowds and our great success, will continue it until N<5vember ist. Now take advantage of these cut prices and lay in your winter’s supply while the prices are so low. With two stores chuck full ci goods, it's’unreasonable to think others can sell as cheap. RUN YOUR EYES DOWN THESE PRICES.

Nios Prints for Comforts, pretty jau terns, 8p‘ per yard Nice soft Mfsiiu, yard wide:.. ,4c per yard Ileary Muslin for Sheets, yard wide.5c per yard Good Patterns m Flannelette for Dresses .. .5e per yard Heavy Twilled Red or Gray Fiannel .... 15c jtee yard Ladies’ Cloth, all wool, cheap at 40c .per yard ft Nice Bed Blankets, worth $1.00 .... 49c per pair IQUO Rolls of -Cotton for Comforts..5c per 111 latdics' Capes. KmjKre hock, trimmed in beads, worth $4.00..$2.9* each Infants' Shoes, soft soles... . 9c per pair

Children's Shoes. , «•... .39c per pair Ladies' heavy Calf Buxton Shves, ribbet seams.....'. ,98e Bov’s Heavy Winter Suits, good and stout.9$c Bov’s Pants, good and heavy.... ....24e Men’s Lined Jeans Pants, the ?3e kind ...59c Men's Heavy Cassimer Suits, finely made, worth ♦7.50..... .. .for $4.50 Men’s Genuine Tailor-maik Saits, cheap at $12. at $7.50 Men’s Heavy Winter Boots, $2.00 kind ..at $1.48 Men’s Winter Shoes, good aud heavy ..at 98e Men’s Winter Underskirts, wont fade.25c e$eh

Put this ad in your pocket, bring; your wife and behold with your own eyes these great bargains. It will pay you to travel 50 miles to trade with us. See the elegant presents given away, W. V. HARGROVE & CO., Peoples’ Dry Goods Store and Star Clothing House, PETERSBURG, - - - .» INDIANA.

■ Just glance h! the Weis bach Natural Ga* Lights in the reeuiem.es of T. H. DiMon, G. J. Nichols, Morris F^ank, James Shawhan, C. F. Boonshot and Wm. Liibs, The Cigar Store of H. Stearnes, The Grocery Store-of J. H. Viehe & Co, The o»Tice of the Petersburg M. & M. Co., v And our own Store, An«i you will know what light to use. The Welsbach Burner Makes the Bright Light. Shawhan, Boonshot & Co., PETERSBURG. HARDWARE.

The Petersburg mining and manufacturing association will drill another well for natural gas. The exact location of the' well has not Tet been made known, but will be in a few days. The dim-tors will issue mote ?:«vk fur this pur|«use and citizens! who are interested in the future develop-; awxt of this territory will be asked to take stuck; in the association. The shares of stock are $10 each and enough should be taken in the next few days to drill another well and finish it within the next two months. The directors of the association have spent a great deal of money in expert- | meat lag for natural gas aud piping the towu, and feel that the citizens who will der ve some benefit from the development of this terriu ry should help in the matter. Every property holder can help the move along if it is only for one share. It will j take borne capital to develop the new tern- • tor/, as it baa been demonstrated that for* j eign capital will not do it. Home capital will have to make the move and develop the field before manufacturers can be in-; duced to locate. Factory tuen are watching j Petersburg and the development of the j natural gas field, and will locate here ^ ■soon as more gas is fouud. The business! men’s association is in receipt of latter* 1 from parties who are desirous of locating, 1 but for the present can offer no indu.-ements to enterprises to locate in Petersburg. If the business men and citizens of this com- j rounity want to improve the situation they i should help along in the work and take stock for the purpose of securing more gas I and developing the natural gas field in finuthern Indiana.

J. 11. Hedturkin, manager of the tele* phone exchange informs us t hat he now has al»oui seventy-five patrons of the exchange 'and that t here are others desirous of having phones in'their resiliences aud business houses. He is workiug hard to supply the demand and will receive more supplies in a few days that all mar have the use of phones. A new card will be out in a few days giving the names of all the subscribers ami their numbers. He expects to have an even hundred phones in by the first of December, which will s|«ak well for a town the sue of Petersburg. Some months ago a petition was circulated in this city asking that a star route be established between this city and Petersburg. the old route was from Hazleton to Petersburg it seems and is a fact that the post office department at Washington City, has tn 'it the change and has also established a near pentoflke midway between this city and Union, on the Heury Gieskie farm, known as the Trippet postoffiee. Mr. Henry Gieskie has been appointed postmaster.—Priuceton Democrat. The No. 8 well on the Onielvena land is down nearly 1,600 feet. The work was suspended Tuesday owing to the losing of the bailer. A fishing tool was sent for aad in a few days wprk wilt again be commenced. Th/pempaqr will drill the well 8,000 feet defc// Hie Jewish aajt-ef^ktoneraent, Yow Kipper. commenced at six o'clock Tuesday evening and ended at the same hour Wednesday evening. All the Jewish stores of IVtersburg wer* closed to do honor to the holiday.

, John B. Blaise of Logan township,, was in town Tuesday on Business. Ed ReU'-s the printer, is now employed on the Oakland C**ity Enterprise. A,. Fleming was at Vinoennes last Friday taking in th# sights at the fair. Fok Sale Cheap.—Hot air pumping engine; can be run by one gas jet or lamp. j«f. L. Inglcheart, Evansville, ind. 8tf W. F. Myers, living near the city, dropped one twenty-five into our strong box last Saturday to renew his subscription for another year. To heal the broken and diseased tissues, to sooth the irritated surfaces, to instantly relieve and to permanently cure is live mission of PeWitPs Witch Ha*ol Salve. J. R. Adams & S»>n. A religious denominate calling them'elves the Evening Lights, have commenced a series of meetings iu a grove east of Algiers. A large teat is used in which to hold the meetings. Read the advertisements of the Petersburg merchants in this issue. They are offering some big bargains for the lali and waiter trade. No use to go to otlier towns when you can buy so cheap at home, and . besides that you know who you are trading i with.

j Small precautions often prevent great i i mischiefs. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers i are very smalLjiills in size, hut are most; 1 effective in preventing the most serious forms of Uver and stomach troubles. They ! cure constipation and headache and regulate , thf bowels. J. R. Adams & Son. Will Nietuau and Will Hughes have; bought a well drilling outfit and will com- ■ tuenee work at Fort Branch in a few days, | where they have secured several contracts j to drill wells for citizens of that community. They went there Monday to commence | work. Hughes will have charge of the J ' drilling apparatus. ) -;- The dedication of the new M. E. church at Augusta took place last Sunday. Rev. J. H. Ward of Vincennes, preached the , dedicatory sermon. The attendance was very large and enough money was raised that day to pay off all claims and leave a surplus of something over $360. The new j edifice is a larfe frame building built in the latest improved style and is nicely I ?eated and furnished. Contractors Jaynes & Huffman informed j as yesterday that the gas well had reached | (a depth of nearly 500 feet, and said they would be at a depth of over 500 feet by this j morning, barring accidents. They are now j i making good headway considering that the substance through which they are drilling is very sticky, which makes it slow work, i Almost the entire depth has been through | hard soapstone, but think will strike limestone farther down, and then the drilling will be much easier. Everything is working nicely.—Oakland City Enterprise. [

Buy your wiuter’s supply at Hargrove & Co’s, big October sale. 21-2 William Survant of Marion township, was in town Tuesday on business. John O' Davis and wife visited with friends at Washington last Sunday. Jerry .Selby, near town, ^sited his son and family at Oakland City last Sunday. Mrs. Henry left last Friday for a visit with friends at Wheatland, Knox county. Mrs. Eil R. King, who has been visiting her aged parents at Elberfield, returned home last Saturday. O. V. Eaton of San Francisco, California, and Will Eaton of Trafalgar, are visiting their aunt Mrs. J. W. Bergen, this week. The subject of Rev. Raders discourse next Sunday morning will l* “Christian Perfection.” lu the evening “Laborers Together With God.” Judge Ely goes to Jasper next Monday where he will open court for a four weeks term. There is a large number of cases docketed in that county to be tried at this term. William Liihs will receive several car loads of potatoes from Michigan next week. I .ay in your winter's supply at 70 cents per bushel in live bushel lots or more. Call early before they an* all gone. 22-2 The four-year-old son of Alfred Thompson of Patoka township, died Monday morning of croup. The funeral services were conducted Monday evening by Elder J. W. Richardson and burial at the Winslow cemetery.

The1 'Bicyclist's Best Friend*’ is a familiar name for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, always ready for emergencies. While a specific for piles, it also instantly relieves and cures cuts, bruises, salt rheum, eczema and all affections of the skin. It never fails. J. R. Adams & Son. Anxoi NCEJtK.vr.—Mrs. H. 11. Smith will open her full liue of milline 17 goods on next Monday. October 11th. Her stock of goods is complete and ail of them new. The public is cordially invited to call at her place of business on Lower Main street and examine her stock of goods. II. S.'Edwards of this city has bought the drug store of Dr. S. R. Clark at Otwell. Ralph Davidson has been installed as clerk. Mr. Edwards will still remain with Adams & Son of this city, aud will make occasional trips to Otwell to look after the business, lie will keep a full liue of drugs, patent medicines, paints and wall paper. Right uow is the period when decaying vegetable matter of all kinds should be promptly disposed of and disinfectants freely used. Attention should l>e freely given to the food and drink, so that only that which is pure and wholesome is used. With the necessary precautions the season can be passed with immunity from the ravages of the diseases peculiar to it. The attendance at the schools this year is the largest in the history of Petersburg. The enrollment has now reached 450, being thirty-five above that of last year, and Prof. Foreman thinks that a few more weeks when the weather becomes cooler that the enrollment will reach 475. The various departments are getting Along nicely, and the children show a disposition to make good use of time given to study. The electric light company are expecting their 2UO-hor>e power boiler and 1,500 incandescent light dynamo at any time time now, and just as soon as they arrive they will be placed in position anti the lights turned on. The other machinery at the plant has been overhauled and placed in excellent condition aud good service may be expected. The company have cut the price of incandescent lights and will give an all-night service when the plant is started up again.

The weather prophet, who makes his predictions from the goose bone, corn shuck and bees, may always.be relied upon. A local prophet, whose modesty forbids the use of his name, is shaking hands with himself over his predictions^. Over a month ago fie said September wouM be hot, dry and dusty with very littleghhi and a killing frost. He hit the nail squaMvon the head. Sow he says that the eorWNiuck plainly foretells of a long, hard awl severe winter, with many blizzards. He says this will be the coldest winter we’re had for years. Talk up your town and its interests. At the present time there are several things . that should interest every citizen of the; town and county. A few of these might be mentioned with a view to taking action on the matter. One among these is the development of the natural gas field. An- | other is the development of the vast coal i fields. Still another is the new proposed railroad. And still another is the securing! of manufacturing enterprises for this local*-! ity. Another important item that should not be. overlooked is a system of water j works. That is a necessity to any growing j city. Ollier great enterprises will follow these rf they are looked after. It would be j be well for the people to talk these matters up when they have leisure moments.

X. Lorton, postmaster at Spurgeon, was in town Monday on business. _ ____c--->_ . A. D. Blacketer of Ayrshire, was in town Wednesday evening on business. Dr. George B. Grimm of Portersville, was in town last week on business. H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 28* Charles Fiekin and Lou Dunning transacted business at Oakland City last Friday. W. G. and Ethel Phillippe of Bicknell, were the guests of C. E. Joues and wife this week. The board of county commissioners meet Monday to audit the accounts of the township trustees for the past month. Next week a soldiers’ reunion will be held a't Oakland City and the week following the reunion will be held in this city. George Moorehead of Greenfield, one of the contractors doing the drilling ou the Omelvena land, is iu the city this week- on busiuess. _ Blank deeds, real estate aud chattle mortgages, nicely printed on first-class paper, for sale at this office Also receipts for guardians and administrators. Call and lay in a supply.

Elmer Davidson and family will move from near Monroe City to this place next week. They will occupy the residence now occupied by Rev. W. G. Law who will more to Edwardsport next week. The eight-year-old daughter of George Groomer, living a few miles southwest of j town, died Monday night. The funeral j services were conducted Tuesday by Rev. VV. A. Richardson and intermenTiat*,*ilu} Butler cemetery. Hon. A.^H. Taylor returned last Thursday from a two months trip through the ; gold territory of Alaska. He visited several J of the most prominent places while absent. He has large interests in the gold fields and is the vice-president of the Jualin mining company. The fourth annual reunion of Co. I, 143d I regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, will ! be held at the home of W. 8. Chappell, at ; Algiers, on Saturday, October lfitb. All ; old veterans are invited to attend iand especially members of the company. White never fails to entertain the boys in royal style and makes them feebat home on such | occasions. An exchange says: It is funny bow ! people discover the real importance and i influence of a newspaper when they get into a scrape or do something they are ashamed of. They live for years without subscribing, and when asked to advertise say uit don't pay.'' but the minute they get iuto a scrape they rush to a uewspa{>er and request them not to say anything about it. Or, in case of trouble, in which their names happeu to be mentioned, they realize immediately that the paper lias a ! circulation aud they don't want their name ! spread all over creation.

- Jesse Thomas, near Algiers, was in tow* Saturday afternoon on business. Mrs. B. Mosessou and children are visiting Louisville relatives this week. Hargrove & Co's, big October sale attracts more attention than Robinson's circus. -21-£ A. A. Traylor and I*. B. Grim of Cat»\, were in town Monday morning on business. Mrs. F. M. Johnson and Mrs. R. R. Creek of Oakland City, visited Mrs. H. H. Smith this week. J. M. Alexander, the miller, was one among the happiest men in Petersburg last Tuesday. Girl and of the usual weight. It will pay those desiring seed potatoes for next year to call on Liibs at the City bakery and lay in a supply of the Michigan varieties. 22*2 W. L. Thurman of Marion township, who was sentenced to the Jeffersonville reformatory August 29. 1896, for assault and battery, was paroled by the board of managers last Tuesday. Dr. C. C. Murphy’s horse while hitched on Main street Wednesday evening was scared by something and ran away. The buggy was badly demolished. The horse I made a bee-line for the stable.

iso man or woman can enjoy me or accomplish much in this world while suffering from a torpid liver. D«Witt’s Little i Early ^Ijsers, the pills that cleanse that | organ, quickly. J. R. Adams & Son. The Democrat office makes all kinds of check, not,e and receipt, books. This is one of the specialties we make. Don’t send away for them. Bring or send in your job printing. No amateurs connected with this | office- -all printers. E. II. Goslin & Co. are erecting a large planing mill building at the foot of Main I street near the E. & 1. railroad. The buildi iug will be two stories high and arranged for a ftrstelass plant. A fine lot of machinery will be put in and all grades of work will be turned out. The stock book of the Gas City building and loan association is still open and shares can be taken at any time. It is a good investment aud if you want to build a horns you eaunot do it in any easier way than to go into a loan association. Sec John 11ammoud. the secretary, and secure yohr stock. The time for paying dues is each Thursday night. ____ That the Vincennes and New Albany 1 railroad is now an assured fact, shows what ! can be accomplished by a city when it goes i after industries and improvements. When I the proposed line was surveyed the cities it touched, lost no time in lending every aid | to the scheme, and that the road is soon to be built is due to the glad hand extended by Vincennes. New Albany, Petersburg, 1 Paoli and the other towns on the line. In | this day and age of the world a city must be on the lookout for everything that will aid it, to accomplish even self preservation.— Washington Herald.

NB2ZT * WBBK! Dry Goods, Clothing, Caps, Boots & Shoes. Remember that we are the only merchants in Pike County that bought their goods in New York City. MOSBSFRANK The Cheapest House in the County. Petersburg, Ind.