Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 January 1898 — Page 2

$Ju gilt* Counts ffmorrat Ml ICeC. STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG. « - INDIANA. Noticks of a ten-per-cent reduction, to take place January 17, were posted, on the 6th, in the Pittsfield (N. Y.) mills. The plant employs 25# operatives. The department of state has been informed that the governments of Rua aia and Japan have formally recognized the imperial title of the femperor Ooforea. ▲ fbosochced innovation is likely to be introduced at Harvard, within the near future, in the shape of a prescribed course of physical training for freshmen. * It was reported in London, on the 4th, that negotiations for a -Chinese loan of £16,008,000, guaranteed by the British government, had been practically concluded. Ladt Henry Somebbst has again tendered her resignation of the presidency of the British Woman's Tern once association, on account of longed ill-health. A dispatch from Pekin, on the 6th, aside "Germany has taken a lease of Kiao-CUaa for 50 years. Reports are also current that a French occupation of Hai-Xan island is imminent.” The Madrid correspondent of the London Times says! "Although the > supreme council has decided not to prosecute Gen. Weyler, it is not expected that the government will allow the matter to end there.” Foe a members of the council of Valletta, Island of Malta, have cabled to the marquis of Salisbury renewing their offer to assist in the military requirements of Egypt by raising 1;O0C Maltese for general military service. The fund which is being collecteu at the department of stale for4.be relief of the suffering Cubans was increased, on ‘the 5th, by the receipt of #681, the sum of the collections made up to that date by the Washington Star. John D. Rockkkjcclick has giveuan other $240,000 to the University of Chicago, "to enable the university to swell its income for the year beginning July 1, 1S83, to S'JJ.OJP, the sum •'needed to carry out its work as piauued." Joseph Leites is said to have closed contracts for the greater part, if not all, of his S;750,lK>0 bushels of wheal in the Chicago elevators. The buyers are among the heaviest exporters of wheat in this country, and the price is said to be satisfactory to Lei ter. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Standard Oil Co., held in New York, ou the 4th, resulted iu the re-election of the old board of direotors. as follows: Win. Rockcfeiler.Johu 1). Rockefeller, 1L M. Flagler, J. B. Arch bold, 11. U. Rogers, W. 11. Tilford, A. M. McGregor, Paul Babcock and C. ML Piatt. •

▲ Fjot» correspondent says: “No lady in Parisian society duriug the last decade received so many brilliant offers of marriage as the iate Mrs. Dr. Ayer. She was constantly proposed to by princes, dukes, marquises and other noblemen. She gave largely to charity, and liked to encourage struggling women of talent.” La the Ohio legislature, on the 3d, the iiauua forces received a black eye in . the first rouud. ^ The ant.-Iiauua candidate for speaker in the house was chosen by a majority of three and the other house officials by a like vote. The senate was organized by the democrats, Senator Burke ^rep. j, of Cleveland, being absent. Ax imperial irade issued, on the 4th, directs that the projected contracts for guns inteuded for trie Turkish navy shall be giveu to the krupps, and that the contracts for the proposed four new Turkish trouclads be given to the Armstrongs. It appears doubtful, however. whether eiluer guus or shipa will be ordered in the near future. AcTisg Secretiur Roosevelt, on the 6th. approved the proceedings of the court-martial'which, at Mare Is.aud. found Lieut. Frederick Lafaver, the executive offeer of the gunboat Wheeling. guilty of the charge of drunkenness on duty, but acquitted him of the charge of scandalous conduct. The sentence of the court was that he lose four numbers on the iisl^of lieutenants. Tux secretary of the treasury sent to cougress. on the &th, deficieney estimates of appropriations for the current fiscal year to be inserted iu the deficiency bill, as follows: Salaries and contingent expenses in the office of surveyor general of Alaska, 83.2J9; examination of public land surveys, $30,000; bureau of Atnericau republics, $41,972; geological survey, 864,319, and „ Indian service, $20.60. Coxscl-De-xersl Lee’s representative in iisvaoa proviuce. Seuor A mads Baares, says that, according to bis investigations, there had been enrolled iu that city, up to the 5lh. 531 womeu and 13.504 children, who had been attended by the various charitable associations. in addition to 150 families, including 6T5 persous, who had had relief through other channels. The weekly statement of the Bank jtt Ragland. i*suedQon the 6th, showed the following changes, as compared with the previous account: Total reserve, decrease. £31,000; circulation, iu- ; creased £700,000; bullion increased, £7<»>,559; other securities increased £352,000; other deposits increased £1,199,000; public deposits decreased, £313, • •00; note reserve increased £42.000; government securities increased £999,ooa

mtm i n i m t m > itt JANUARY—1898. Sun. 16 Mon. 17 24 31 Tut. 11 * 18 25 Vod. 12 19 26 T -Ft * Thar. 13 20 27 PH. 14 21 28 Sat 8 22 29 CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS 1H BBIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Is the senate, on the 5th, the presentation of replies of the members of the cabinet to the resolution calling for information as to the application of the civil service law to the various departments, of the government, together with the consideration of the bill establishing a bureau for the twelfth census'precipitated a sharp civil service debate, which occupied al1 the entire day's session,-... I* the house a debaVe on the civil service, based on the item in the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for the maintenance of the comnusion.was begun and gave promise of continuing for several days. Ik the senate, on the «tbl no business was transacted beyond the passage of a few bills, among them two piovidiiig for the erection of public buildings at Fergus Fails, Minn., and Kewport News, Va . and, a measure to protect the name and insignia of the Red Cross society ....In the house the discussion of the civil service law was continued, and several exhaustive speeches were male on both sides of the question, Crowded galleries indicating the great public iaterest taken in the matter. In the senate, oh, the 7th, the reply of the attorney general to the senate resolution calling upon the members of the ’cabinet to inform the senate what, if any. changes should be made in the administration of the civil service law. was read. Objection was made that these reports should be made to the president :In the house the civil service uebate was taken up and continued throughout the day. All efforts to hx a term for its term'nation failed. The debate, which was participated in by several members, was W.tit it marked incident. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. George Baker and his wife, who lived about three miles west of Fairbnry, Neb., were murdered on the 4th. They were^fbuhd lying- dead in the dicing n,K*rto-of their home. Each had received a charge of birdshot in the head. The shot had been fired through a window as the couple sat at breakfast. Lady Anne Coventry, third daughter of the earl of Coventry, was married in London, on the 4th. to Prince Dhuiep Singh, sou of thejate maharajah of Lahore. Among the American missionary societies there is a feeling that the plaim. of the United States against Turkey,' for damages growing out of tfie de-^ struction of the mission buildings at llarpoot, in 1S9R. should be enforced, if necessary, i>v the seizure of a Turkish port. ' A msPATqli from Thomasville, Ga., on the 4th, ant&unced that lion. Benjamin Butter worth, commissioner of patents, bad grown so much worse that hi* recovery was considered impossible. Since the- agitation concerning the publication of the list of pensioners has commenced. Commissioner Evans has received several letters from pensioners requesting the cancellation of their

peusions. lr is intimated that it may be found necessary to put forward a compromise republican candidate for the Ohio sen- : atorship, in which case the name of Assistant Secretary of State Day it | mentioned. Ignatiys Donnelly, the well-known : populist leader, who is now 60 years of age, is engaged to be married, at St, Paul, Miun.. to Miss Marian liansen, his stenographer, aged 20, a few weeks hence. 6 Persons who have been closely con - I nected with the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central litigation and are acquainted with enterprises in which John D. Rockefeller has been concerned. credit that geu^-em^n with being back of a movement to secure control of the Wisconsin Central properties. The schoolhouse at Yeddo, lad., was burned on the 5th. Report* from the | scene said that it was feared that two children ufere in the fire. Two were thrown trom a second story window and badly injured. The building cost *4.000> There has been an alarming spread of malarial fever at Puerto Principe. : Cuba, both among the inhabitant* of the city and in the garrison. No fewer i than '2,500 persons have been syffected j by the disorder. \ James E. McBride, a member of the Populist national committee, and prom- | inent in Michigan populist circles, was | arrested in Grand Rapids, on the 5 th, on the charge of embezzling 9300 from a client. ' The cane fields belonging to Simon Milan, at the colony of Palenque, near j Guinea, province of Havana, Cuba, j' were burned on the 5th. It is believed | that the fire was of incendiary origin. The New Bedford (Mass.) Spinners’ i union, on the 5th, unanimously voted j tostrike against the reduction of wages, subject to the approval of the National Spinners' union. The Columbia theater, on Powell and Market streets, the smallest hat most popular play house in San Francisco, j, was gutted by fire on the 6th. The fiames caused about S 12.000 damage to the interior wails, ceilings and the fnruitnre, but the damage from water i before the fire was extinguished con- ; aiderably increases this sum. The amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance, on the 6th. was £530,000. Nicola Tesla, the Servian electrical wizard, announces that he lias perfected vacuum-tabes of such high illuminating power that they may serve the greatest lighthouses of the future, piercing even the densest fog, wh ill night will be made as daylight to the photographer

The mammoth Icehouses in course of erection at Whitmore Lake, near Ham* burg, Mich., collapsed on the 6th. Two hundred men were at work on the buildings, of whom two are known to have been killed and possibly four. A do?en or more were injured. The senate committee on military affairs ordered a favorable report on the bill increasing the military force of the country to the -extent of two regiments of artillery. The purpose of the bill is to afford a sufficient number of men to protect the new guns and mortars which are being placed in the coast defenses. Pension Commissioner Evans is receiving plenty of support from the Q. A. R. in his efforts to bring about reforms in the pension roll. He has had a number of letters from commanders of the G. A. R. posts commending his stand. ' * The bubonic plague returns at Bombay for the 63 hours ended the night of the 6th recorded 162 new cases and 52 deaths. There is a general exodus of the population,. and a suspension of business is threatened. The sum of 65,532 and five Sl.600 bonds of the Consumers Gas Co. of Chicago were stolen from the American Jgxpre ss Co. at N’ew York. A clerk in the employ of the express company, who is missing, is ac used of the theft. Justice or the Peace John McCowan, of Bedford, Pa., went to the home of his wife, at eight o'clock on the evening of the 7th, shot her four times and tted. The woman died instantly. The couple separated for the third time about two weeks before. They had twice been divorced and three times married. They had foui children. The partial eclipse of thtx moou was photographed at the Harvard Observatory on the 7th. Six plates were made with the big 11-inch telescope, part of them on the usual plates aud the others through perforated paper. The chief purpose in taking the photographs was to get some accurate idea of the extent of the moon's penumbra.1 B. D. Mills, of Lincoln, Neb.,, late president of a defunct national bank in Harlan county, was, on the 7th, taken to the penitentiary to serve a sentence of five years. Mills is an aged ex-soldier, aud was once wealthy. He was eonvieted, with Ezra Whitney, treasurer of Harlan county, of embezxling §11,000eouutyTunds. William Henry Theodore Durrant died on the gallows at San Queutiu, Cal., on the 7th, for the murder of ^Blanche Lament His coolness and nerve to the last was in keeping with the courage with which he maintained his long tight for life. He died forgiving his enemies aud declaring his innocence. Paul Anstie, a bookkeeper for the New York Yacht club, committed suicide in the Grand Union hbu*l, in New York city, on the 7th. He had been a sufferer from asthma for several years, and lately liver trouble increased his physical rfilments. It is believed he was temporarily insane when he ended his life. Representatives of the Ada^s fexpress Co., opened an ill-smelling box t Chariton, la., on the 7th, and fouud the remains of a human body cut into bits. The box had stood several days in the express office.- Detectives were at once put to work. The body of a man about 60 years of* age, was found in the North tiver, at New York, on the 7th. It was taken to the morgue, where it was identified as that of Harvey Eagelke, of Louisiana, by the clerk of the West Shore hotel.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Action' has been taken in Portland, Ore., looking to a union of all the free silver forces at the coming state election iu June. The state central committee of the democrats aud the free silver republicans decided to hold state con ventions in that city on March 23, and it”is understood that the populists and the union party will also call their state conventions in that city for the same date. The Norton line steamer Miramer, which arrived at New York, on the kth, from the River Plata and Brazil ports, brought three packages of yellow fever serum, forwarded by Dr. J. Saranelli. of the Institute de Hygiene Experimentale, at Montevideo. Two packages were addressed to tsurgeonUeneral Wyman of the Marine Hospital service, and the other to Health Officer A. H. Doty. It is the general opinion of the sealing men iu Victoria, B. C., that there will be no pelagic sealing in the Behring sea during the coming season. Only One schooner, the Director, will go to the Japanese coast. All the sealing there is done will be carried on along the California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia coasts. Tub steamer Lamberts Point, Capt. Humphreys, which had beeu lyiug at St. Johns, N. F., for some days with her eottou cargo on tire, sailed for Liverpool on the 9th, with the deck load of cotton still afire. The crew refused to sail in her until compelled by the poliee. If the fire became serious it was intended to jettison the eottou. Tub Creek council, in spite of the message of Secretary Bliss, through Indian Agent Wisdom, warning them not to do sot has passed an act appropriating 5*21.000 to be used in employing attorneys'to fight the constitutionality of the act of congress giviug the Lulled States courts full jurisdiction after January 1. ! The weekly statement of the associated banks of New York eity for the week ended ou the Sth showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, increase. $>. 473, S23; loans, increase, ,'->35S00;specie.increase. 51,857, NUO;legal leaders. increase, $7,250, 100; deposits, increase. $ i 0,528,aoo; circulation, increase, 564.700. A dispatch from Cairo, Egypt, on the 9th, said: “The Dervishes continue massing their forces at Metemmeh and Sbendy. between eighty aad ninety miles below Khartoum and Dmdurinan; and ’here is great activity .it Omdurman, with forwarding o! supplies at that point.* - i

INDIANA STATE NEWS. STARTLING TRAGEDY. A Farmer’! Daughter and a Saloonkeeper Shot -Jealousy Probably Caused the Girt to Do the Act. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 4—Michael Miller, a saloonkeeper at Monroeville, thjs county, and Viola Marquandt, the young and beautiful daughter of one of the wealthiest farmer in this county, were found Monday morning in Miller’s room at the rear of the saloon both shot through the head. To all appearances the girl did the work. Miller lay on the bed and the girl on the floor with a revolver by her aide. Both were fully dressed. Miller has beeD in Ft. Wayne two weeks, and it is supposed that the girl, who was infatuated with him, was jealous. Two letters, one purporting to be from Viola and the.other from young Miller, were found. In each it was the declaration that they wanted to die together and be buried together. The coroner reports that it would have !; been impossible for Miller to have i moved after receiving the fatal shot. The letters tend to prove a double suicide, but the re volver by the girl's hand ! can not be accounted for except that | by the theory that she died after her ; lover._-f FARMERS SWINDLED.1 Signed Their Xsmes to Contracts, and Now ■ Find Themselves Liable for Trees, Wabash. Ind.. Ja^i. 3.—A large nmn- : j ber of Fulton county farmers Friday j I discovered they had been fooled by! j fruit tree men in sums ranging from I 850 to $100. , ! Last spring agents secured the name i of each to a contract for an acre of : ground upon which an eastern nursery j company wanted to plant large and | small fruits, take care of it themselves { for five years and then turn it over to j 1 the land owner as his. ’ This was done to advertise the nur- j 1 sery. the agent said, but those who signed the contracts are notified that | their fruit trees are in Rochester and | to come and get them at prices rang--, ing from Sot) to §100. Fourteen of 20 I farmers have paid 8100 each, but air others will stand suit. BILL DRAFTED | Which Embodies the Recommendations of the Monetary Commission on the Moue- J tary Question. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 3.—The j I sub-committee of the monetary commission, headed by Chas. F. Fairchild, I has completed the work of drafting a bill which embodies the reeommenda- ) tions of the commission upon the ( monetary question and the reformation f of the currency. This bill will be inj troduced in congress after it convenes by congressman Overstreet, of this j city, who has been .in close touch with j the commission with its work from th«? j time the work lx-gan.

To Stop the Waste of Natural Gas. Indian Arons, In«l.. Jan. 1.—The ! state of Indiana, by the attorney gen- j eral and the attorneys of counsel, in a j long brief, laid .before the supreme ! court Friday, its argument in support j | of the application of the state for an j ! injunction to stop the waste of natural j | gas. The brief is in the suit of the j state of Indiana against the Ohio Oil j company, asking that that company be j enjoined from wasting gas. It is the j first case of the kind ever brought in j Indiana. The lower court held that ! an injunction would not lie. Waste of Gas at Gaaton. Muncie. Ind., Jan. 1.—Snate Natural j Gas Supervisor Leach, of Kokomo, j came here and filed suits against the j Allegheny Oil Co., the only one oper- j ating in Delaware county, charging j I waste of natural gas. The only wells < producing oil in this county are near ■ Gaston, northwest of Muncie. Two of ; them produce 100 barrels a day and j more than four million feet of gas is going to waste. The suits are the re- j suits of steps taken by Muncie manufacturers at'a recent meeting.., Accidentally Shot and Killed Hi* Father. | I C ha w ford s v ille, IncL. I)ec. 31.— j Thursday morning, at Linden, Oren i Stingley, a prominent eitizen, aeci- j dentally shot and killed his aged j father, John Stingley. Mr. Stingley | had started to leave the house with a ! rifle and in passing through a door the j weapon was struck against the casing and discharged, the load entering the • back of his father's head as he sat between his daughter and grand- I daughter. _ Fireman Strangely Missing. Indianapolis, Inth. Jan. 4.—Albert M. Kenyon, a member of the Indianapolis fire department, in full uniform, started home for dinner last Friday, apparently in the best of spirits with himself and sufroundiugs. lie failed to report at home and since then has been on tbegnissing list. He had no bad habits, his family relations were pleasant and his strange absence excites apprehension of foul play, j Miner* Strike. Brazil. IoiL, Jan. 5.—Two hundred miners employed at No. 3 Brazil I Block Coal company mine, inaugurated a Strike Tuesday because the bank boss allowed three drivers to work who had Npot settled their dues in the miners’or/ganization for the last month. , Curfew Law at Muncie. Muncik, Ind.-, Jan. 5.—By a vote of seven to five the city council passed a curfew ordinance, to take effect next month. The ordinance is the same a/ was introduced at Indianapolis. Drunk Prussic Acid. Cnotrx Point, Ind.. Jan. L—Gilbert A. Eddy, one of the best-known run-ning-horse trainers in the state, committed, suicide here by drinking prussic acid. . He was employed by Hankins. oTChieago. at the suburban stock farm at Hurlburt. Infant’* Remains Found. Kokomo. Ind., Jan. a—Harry Hethcote discovered the body of a child in a hollow stump. Coroner Arnett and Health Officer R. H. Smith conducted an examination, revealing that the infant had lived a week or more and had been killed and the body secreted.

VERY HARD TO SELL. Some U(ht On nn AU«e< d Baseball Dent —Why the Browns Havo Not Been Sola —Efforts to Brine Abase n Deni and Their Ultimate Fall nrs, and Why—A Badly Mortgaged and Ha .ndicapped Franchise. Indianapolis, Ind., Jas. 10.—Mr. John T. Brush being auked yesterday by a representative of the press if he., foaliis own account or his friends, had purchased the SL Louis baseball club, replied that “neither limself nor hi^ friends had bought that property.” Being asked if there was any prospect of such a purchase on Ihe part of himself or his friends, replied emphatically that there was 10L Being further asked to explain his recent visit to SL Louis, and Mr.' Von der Abe's visit to Indianapolis, h< said: “Early in December Mr. Von der Abe appealed to me for financial aid. Upon his statement anl showing 1 endeavored to handle a 1 oan that would, place him apou his feet again, but found it impossible and impracticable to do so. He then offeied the club for sale. I secured for bin a prospective purchaser in the firm c f Messrs. Dickson & Talbott, of this city, who were willing to buy his clut if it could be delivered to them free of inemnbrance at their price. Messrs. Dickson & Talbott, while having nc immediate interest in baseball, aie undoubtedly well qualified to succeed in this enterprise if they should engage in iL They are endowed with the dualrequisites, ability aud money. While it is true that a loc il syndicate has loug been organized in SL Louis ter purchase the fraud ise at figures which have been made public, Messrs. Dickson & TallofcL have in no sense been competitors in their negotiations. They have only entered the field when invited to do so, which has been “upotT several occasions, and have always retired when impracticable barriers arose Or conditions were imposed that rendered it impossible to continue* negotiations The financial affairs of the club h ■d in such Condition that it is going to be a very difficult matter for auy one to buy it aud get a clear aud unit cumbered title*. Suits, judgments, mortgages, claims (known' and unknovvj) makes it extremely hazardous to buy, and the refusal of Dickson & Talbott to longer consider the matter is due to this facL” | "You hre criticized n sometjuarters for your connection w ith this transaction upon the ground that you arebuying the club ou yotfr^wu account and that Dickson Talbot t do not represent the financial interest.'’ •’Yes, 1 know, but that makes nc difference to me, sine* it is wholly and absolutely untrue. I have an interest in thq welfare of the national league. My desire to foster and promote its best welfare may uo: be any greatei than that of my partners in other league cities, but 1 do feel that it s equally as greaL St. Louis has been the disappointment of the present organization. A ay change that will insure the restoration of SL Louis to its. proper place ia the front ranks of baseball cities ought to have the encouragement aud support of every magnate of - the national league. Anything that I may dc within the lines of egitiinacy to accomplish this, 1 will do regardless of the criticism of the fe w,whose stock in trade consists mainly of jealousies and revenge. The nation si ieague owes it to itself to furnish whatever assistance it may, consistent with the proprieties, in rcstoriig the SL Louis club to something lik j its former prestige on the baseball map. - “Mr. Von der Ahe rsked me for assistance. Messrs. Dickson & Talbott asked me to aid them. My efforts have simply been iu the interests of both, and ultimately for the general good of the national league.”

THE OBSTINA1E CREEKS Actioir Taken tn Defiance of the Warning of Secretar f Bliss. Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 10. —The Creek council, in spite of the message of Sec^ retary Bliss, through Indian Agent Wisdom, warning thorn not to do so, has passed an act appropriating $20,000 to be used in employing attorneys to tight the constitutionality of the j act of congress giving the United States eourts full jurisdiction. Agent Wisdom has notified .Secretary Bliss by wire of ths action of the council. All acts of the Indian coun- | cila after January 1, aiust^ia^approved by the president of the United States. Secretary Bliss has already said that he would not recommend such an act as the Creek pounc 1 passed to the president for,approval. THE WEYLER INQUIRY. All the Necessary Docs menu Received by the Captain-Genetal uf Madrid. Madrid. Jan. 10.—The captain-gen-eral of "’Madrid has already received all the documents necessary for proceed-, ing against Lieut-Geo. Weyler. A dispatch from M uirid, on Friday last, said the cabinet council had that dav decided to submit Gen. Weylerif conduct with reference to the protest against President Me ivin ley’s message and as to other - matters to a fresh inquiry. under the direction of the general commanding the first army corps, whose station iuclades Madrid (Lieut.- J Gen. Daban). and that there was a I possibility that a ministerial crista might thus be avoidetL Emile Zola says th it he has given op his former intention of entering French politics. At one time he thought of seeking an election to the house of deputies to advocate the measures of reform outlined in his books, but before doing so wished to 1 now his ability as S’public speaker. Therefore he sought every opportunity for speaking in publie, with the result t hat he found Mm•elf a failure. American knives, when Intended for ■ale in India, are usually made with rings in the handles. The natives carry them tied to their gi; dies.

M. WOOLS BY, Attorney at Lata, All business promptly attended to. Coll**» tton*promptly made and remitted Abstract! of Title a specialty. Office In Snyder** building, opposite Democrat office. Petersburg,Ind B. RICK, Physician and Surgeon, Chronic Diseases a specialty. Office over Citizens’ State Bank, PilM>, ourg, Indiana. yyy H, STONECIPHER, Dental Surgeon. Office in rooms 6 and 7 in Carpenter bnlMK pig, Petersburg, Indiana. Operations first* Class. All work warranted Ansesthetica •jsed for painless extraction of teeth. Q C. MURPHY. Dental Surgeon. . Parlors in the Carpenter building, Petera. burg, Indiana. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. Alt work guaranteed to give satisfaction. RICHARDSON A TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law, Prompt attention given to all business. A Rotary Public constantly In the office. Offlc* In Carpenter building, Eighth and Matn-sta^ Petersburg, Ind. ^SHBY * COFFEY, O. B. Ashby, C. A. Coffey Attorneys at Law, Will practice, in all courts. Sneclal attention given to all civil business. Notary pub* lie constantly in the office. Collections mad* and promptly remitted. Office over 8. Q« Barrett A Son's store, Petersburg, Ind. -S. Q. DAVENPORT, * Attorney at Law, Prompt attention given to all bnalneen Office over J. R. Adams A Son’s drug stor% Petersburg, Indiana. g M. A O. L. HOLCOMB, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all courts. Prompt atten- . lion given to all business. Office InCarpenM* block, first floor on Eigbth-st, Petersburg N’OTICE is hereby given to all partita interested that I will attend at myoffica.in Stendal, ' ^ EVERY SATURDAY, To transact business connected with the oflSce of trustee of Lockhart township. All persons having business with said office wilt please take notice. J. L. BASS. Trustee. VfOTICE Is hereby gtven to all parties inIT terested that I will attend in thy office at my residence. EVERY MONDAY, To transact business connected with the sffice of trustee of Marion township. All persons having business with said office wyi Please take notice. T. C. NELSON, Trustee. Postoffice address:. Winslow. N’OTICE is hereby-given to all parties concerned that 1 will attend at my residence EVERY WEDNESDAY. To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Madison township. Positively no business transacted except on office davs. J. P. BARKER-. Trustee. Postofflce address: Petersburg. Ind. TRADff MARKS, DBOICNSy COPYRIGHTS A*s Anyone sending e sketrt ud description mm RUiefelj ascertain, free. whether an inreefion I SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, Sous as PaTJDrrs mu free. Address MUNN A CO., SOI Breadwai. Mew YerfcB. & 0. SW. RY. TXM4TB TABTAi. Train* leave Washington as follows M BAST No. 4_2:08 a. m* No. IS.8:17 a. m+ No. 4 ..... 7:17 a. m* No. 1...l:t» p. m* go. 8 .— 1:13 a. m+ No. 14. a it. 11:40 p. m+ “ Dally. WEST BOtJKB. No. 3 . - JffiS. A No. 13.1’vea 8:00 a. m No. 6...... 8:04 a. m No. 7 .12:40 p. m| No. I .... 1:42 p. m No. t.11:03 p. mf. ♦ Daily except Sunday. For detail 4 n formation regarding rate^ lime on connecting lines, sleeping, pari** ears, etc., address TH08. DONAHUE, Ticket Agent, B. A O. S-w. Ry.. * Washlagton, lilt J. M. CHE9BROUOH. General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, H*

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