Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 5, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 June 1898 — Page 1

- m VOL. XXIX. _± PETERSBURG, IND., FRIDAY. JUNE 10, 1898. NO. 5

Keep. .Cool --In one of ouricool—^«OORSET80« Did you know that we had the sale for this entire H county of the world famous f • G. D. Corsets?! These are the Corsets that ace sold in all the great cities. Yon will see them advertised in the ladies' Home Journal and other leading magazines. Jf you see this famous line in the different | styles m - long waists for slendqr people, short waists for stout people, in black, white aud drab, if you sue ’em you’ll buy.

•■•■•■•■•■•■•■•■•■•■•an 500 Ladies- Cool Summer Corsets, 39 cent kind, 25 cents. 175 Ladies’ Cool Pansy Corsets. 75 cent kind, 50 cents. 100 Childrens’ Corsets, perfect fitting, 49 cents. 106 Ladies’ Famous G. D. Chicago Waists, $uoo. Don't, buy a Cor«t without seeing the new novelties we show. HT Agents for Standard Patterns. Send us your name and we wjii mail you the new fashion plates. W. V, Hargrove & Co., THE PEOPLES* STORJE, * ^PETERSBURG, INDIANA<5IMUimHnnHNnNItnNHItHNMIMMtlMil?

* t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 f 4 4 4 4 4 I 4 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hot Weather Specials. 4 ° 4 4 4 \ We have pjai-.'d on sale the greatest line of Men’s Hot Weather Suits. Coats 0 and Vests anti odd ('oats that ever carte to Petersburg. We can lit - a 4 THE LONG LEAN MAN, THE SHORT MAN, THE MIDDLE SIZED MAN, OR THE POLITICIAN, An? and all can be suited for a song. We have Pongees. Tow Linens. Sierges, Alpaccas and l.u#tres. Don’t fume and sweat when a few dollars left with ns will relieve you. ^SEE WHAT We OFFERS 4 4 4 4 4 4 \ i Men’s Unfinished Worsted Coats and Vests, at... $4 75 ^ Men’s Klondike Tow Linen Suits, at ..... 3 50 ^ Men’s Gray Flannel Coats and N ests, at .. ...., 3 25 0 Men's Black Serge Coats and N ests, at.. 3 25 ^ Mea’s Alpacca Coats and Vests, at...I...... 2 00 4 Extra Long Minister Alpacca Coats, at ..... 2 25 \ Men’s Regular Length Alpacca Coats, at............ 1. .. 1 00 J Men’s Alpacca Vests, at .., . .. 98 0 Men’s Tow Linen Pants, at..... 1 00 0 .Quid’s Tow Linen Suits, age 4 to 8 years, at.. 1 48 4 We art* the leader^ of Low Prices, the friend to economical buyers and our goods bear inspection. \ «Star Clothing Houses * 4 u 4 & PETERSBURG, INDIANA. tWOpen until 10 o’clock Saturday Nights.

How It Is Dear. The publie minted eiUxeu* of Petersburg are asking how to induce capitalists to] locate factories here. There is one war and only one, conditions all considered, offer a bonus. Towns and cities haring •▼vry possible commercial advantage vie ] with each other for manufactories. The • following dipped from an Eastern paper < shows what a town of 34100 people have) done to boom their town: W. C. Me K wen, of the firm of McEwen 4b Smith, ohe of New Bethlehem'* leading mercantile firms, was among our welcome business callers last Monday. Mr. McKwen informs us that his town is just now entering upon what seems to be a substantial boom, the town having just closed a contract with the Canton Hollow Tile Co. of Canton, Ohio, to locate their plant in New Bethlehem, the constderaUoo being a bonus of $3,000 subscribed by the citizen- of our sister town. Key uolilsville and East Brady were also bidders for the enterprise, but owing to the much lower rate at w hich gas ooukl be secured at Near Bethlehem ste the works, which will commence

■ . ai) ; the erection of their buildings within two | weeks and be ready to turn out their first kiki of tile in September. The works will j employ 40 to.50 men. Mr. McEwen informs us that they bare also, through a bonus of I $150, secured the location there of a new mirror factory, formerly located at Ford j City, and that, altogether, the prospects for prosperity being realized in hew Bethlehem now are decidedly good. We cannot hold hack and expect papital to locate here voluntarily so long as towns hold out such inducements to business men, The town spoken of above contains about one half dw wealth that Petersburg possesses. A Word to Physicians. Do you know that many broad minded physicians are using Foley's Honey and Tar cough syrup in their practice. They have found no remedy that gave as satisfactory results for all throat and lung complaints as tins great cough medicine. J. R. Adams A Son. j Remember that the hew York Store b selling the Jackson summer corsets at S3 cents, aud *5 cool ones for 43 cents, 3-3 '

LOCAL HAPPENINGS 1 r Gathered oil the Fly by The Democrat's Reporters. Mews Items From Here, There and Everywhere. Court, City and Personal Items In an Abreriated Farm. . l’«U Will Find The* All IMider B TJhU UraaiMf. I Jadge Ely returned Tuesday to Jasper to hoid circuit court. Mrs. Jacob E. Schurz is seriously ill at home on Poplar street. <?o to H. H. Taslow for all kinds of watch and (dock repairs. 2t>* Mahlon Brown of near Surrant, was in towu Wednesday on business.

Jerome Borer, the Union cotd,dealer, was in town ov« Sunday visiting friends. Jacob Montgomery was granted a liquor I license yesterday by the county commissioner?. WHliam E. Hayes and son of Jefferson township, were caliers at this otBce yesterday ^lorning. 8. M. Stewart, one of Clay township's {prosperous farmers, made us a substantial eall Wednesday. Jacob Brady of Maakey Station, was here last Friday on business and shaking hands with old friends. Pr. W. H. Link returned Monday from Nebraska where he liad been visiting relatives for a few weeks. Noah Hurt, living in Monroe township, died last Sunday. The funeral servk*es were held Monday afternoon. Mrs. E. P. Richardson and* Miss Ruth Stocks left yesterday forTerre Haute where they will visit with friends several days. Senorefs cure chronic constipation, kidney and liver complaint. Price 23 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 36-tf * Quinona positively cures cbiils and fever when other remedies fail. No'cur?, no pay. For sale by Paul liras, and Bergen and Oiiph&nt. 36-ti . If you are looking for a nice summer straw hat, call at Max Bikxer’s New York Store. Prtoes extremely iovr and large stock to make selections from, 3-3 Harvesting twine is already being hauled from town in large quantities, in preparation tor harvesting the fine wheat crop. Tba clover crop is also sfdendtd. There is but very little old wheat in this locality at the preseut, it having nearly all beea marketed during thf May excitement in wheat. Leiter did a good act for the farmers of this loealitj for a short tune. Tuesday, May 24. i^ueen Victoria was T9 years old. On the 20th of June she will have reigned 61 years. She has 56 descendants. A granddaughter of hers is Czarina of Russia; a daughter is dowager empress of Germany, and a grandson Emperor of Germany. Five of her grandchildren wear crowns. She is the queen bee in the hive of royalty.

The postoffioe deportment will issue stamps, commemorative *>l the TransMtssis>ippi exposition, which has opened at Omaha. The stamps will be engraved as follows: One cent, “Father Marquette on the Mississippi:" 3 cent, “Mississippi river bridge;*! 4 cent, ‘'Indian hunting buffalo;" Scent. ‘'Fremont on Rocky mountarns;” 8 cent, ‘‘Troops guarding emigrant train;** 10 cent. u Hardships of Emigration;” 50 cent, “A Western mining inspector;** $1, “Western cattle in the storm;" $2, “Harvesting in the West.” 1 was seriously afflicted with a cough for several years, and last fall had a more severe cough than ever before. I have used many remedies without receiving much relief, and being recommended to try a bottle of Chamberlains Cough remedy by a friend, who, knowing me to be a poor widow, gave it to me, 1 tried it, and with the most gratifying results. The first bottle relieved me very much, and the second bottle has absolutely cured me. I have not had as i good health for twenty years. Respectfully, Mrs. Mary A. Beard, Claremore, Arkansas. ; Sold by J. R. Adams A Son, j

Sam Gladish is here from Indianapolis to visit his parents. J. L. Bass and wife of Stendal, were in town Tuesday visiting. Sheriff Ridgway made a business trip to Augusta Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Kitue of Union, was in towp last Saturday visiting friends. Main Catt of Clay township, was in town Wednesday morning on business. Strawberries in this market is a thing of the past. Raspberries will be due to arrive this week. J. It. Arnold and John M. Davis of Monroe towuship, were in town Tuesday on business. Charles Carlisle of near Algiers, was in town Saturday and ordered the Democrat to his address. Halford White of Evansville, visited his sister Mrs. Isaac Ijane over Sunday, returning home Tuesday. Elias Garrett, one of Marion township’s old reliable democrats, was in town last Saturday on business. For Sale Cheap.—Hot air pumping engine: can be run by one gas jet or lamp. J. L. Ingle heart, Evansville. Ind. 8tf Brotnoline will cure a cold while yon sleep. No cure, no pay. 25 cents. For s:Ue by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. _ _ SO—tf If you want a watch or clock see Hammond & Kitite: watches from fl.$0 up; clocks from 90 cents up; all new styles and warranted. 4-8

tyiinoria is guaranteed to core chills, fever and all malarial disorders. \o cure, no pay. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergeu and Oliphant. 36-tf Miss 1^1 la McGowan returned last Friday from Evansvile, where she has been employed for several months in the. Southern Indiana asylum. Misses Flora Brumfield and Grace Stuckey returned from GreencastleTuesday where they had been taking instructions in music during the past Tear. The county board of review will meet at the auditor's office Monday. June 30th. and will remain in session several days to tr&nsj act such business as may come before it. I Emery Whitman hail a horse stolen last Wednesday night. It was taken from a rack in Spurgeon where he had hitched it. It was a small yellow horse.—Winslow1 i Dispatch. ~_ E. T. Warner was at Xoblesville this week to secure a set of jars to use in drilling | at the gas well. Work has been suspended for uearlv two weeks for the lack of this necessary piece of machinery. Sol Smith left Tuesday for Evansville where he has accepted a position at the Southern Indiana asylum. Sol is a very intelligent young man, a graduate of the high schools and will make an excellent employe. The I. G. O. F. lodge of this city will hold their annual memorial services next Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. The order will march from their hall on Main street to Walnut Hills cemetery where appropriate services will be held and the graves of deceased pembers will be strewn with flowers. -rHammocks will be a part of the outfit of every soldier who campaigns in Cuba, as the great multitude of bugs and creeping things makes it very uncomfortable for the boys to bivouac upon the ground as. is the custom in other than tropical latitudes.! The hammock makers will have a great run of business until the army is supplied. As a starter the government has ordered 10,000 to be completed, at once.

The-e is one carious fact respecting the ; animal creation with which you will never! I become acquainted if you depend on your , ; text book for information. It is this: No ; 1 living representative of the animal kingdom i his more than five toes, digits or claws to ■ each foot, hand or limb. The horse is the j ! type of one-toed creation, the came! of the ! ] two-toed and the hypopotamusof the four- j i toed animal life. The elephant and huu- j ' dreds of other animals belonging to differ- j ent orders belong to the great five-toed j tribe. _ Bad management keeps more people in; ' poor circumstances than any other one (cause. To be successful one must look] ahead and plan ahead so that when a favorable opportunity presents itself he is ready to take advantage of it. A little forethought will also save much expense ami valuable time. A prudent and careful loan will keep a bottle of Chamberlain’s . Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy in the house, the shiftless fellow will wait until necessity comjwls it and then ruin hi* best torse going tor a doctor and have a big doctor bill to pay besides; one pays out 33 cents, the other is out a hundred dollars, land then wonders why his neighbor is getting richer while he is getting poorer. Fbr sale bf J. R. Adams A Son, j. »

Mrs. Elmer Eageu visited her parents at Oakland City last week. H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 28* Mrs.W.'L. Brewer of Evansville, is visiting her sister Mrs. George West this week. Bickhell had a big fire last week destroying nearly the entire business part of the town. The| red headed girl can don a white dress and blue sash and be as patriotic as the best of them. ' , Charles F. Boonshot has had built this week a fine concrete walk about his residence property on East Main street. Brotnoline will positively cure a cold in 34 hours. No cure, no pay. 35 oents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 36-tf Senorets purify the blood and beautify the, complexion. Cure constipation. 25 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 3t>-tf Why pay other opticians two or three times the amount that Hammond & Kirne will charge for the same spectacles. They guarantee satisfaction. 4-3 Hopes of finding gas in the well at this place have beeu abandoned, although the drill was still pounding away yesterday.— Oakland City Enterprise. The employes of the Singer sewing machine works at South Bend are out on a strike for an increase of wages. They waut some of the prosperity that is beiug shoveled out.

The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons during the past week: Daniel 6. Simpson and Sarah J. Simpson. Alfred Potts and Mary Stewart. Remember that the New York Store this season is selling more clothing than any other house in the county. Do you know why? Prices are very low and the best stocks to select from. Go and see Max. Mr. P. Ketcham of Pike Gitv, California, says: “During my brother's late sickness from sciatic rheumatism, Chamberlain's Pain Balm was the only remedy that gave tyiru any relief.” Many others have testified to the prompt relief from pain which this liniment affords. For sale by J. R. Adams A Son. j The postoffiee department asks the press to give this notice an insertion or two: “Friends and relatives of soldiers in the held, in addressing letters to them, should mark plaiuiv the company aud regiment to which they belong, as by doing so the distribution of the mail will be facilitated. This applies to both the regular troops and the militia volunteers.” Uncle Billy Morton, one of the old residents of Pat oka towns!) ip, has been seriously ill for several months with bladder trouble, and on last Saturday morning underwent a surgical operation. Dr. McMahon of fluntingburg, assisted by Dr. DeTarof Winslow, performed the operation, which was a very successful one and it is altogether probable that Mr. Mortou will recover. He is 81 years of age yet he withstood the operation very well. The new school board met last Saturday and organized by electing Dr. W. M. Hunter president, Leslie Lamb treasurer, and S. J. Haines secretary. Tuesday evening the board met aud selected the remainder of the teachers for the coming school year. The corps of teachers will be as follows: Prof. W. H. , Foreman, Prof. Wellman Thrush. Prof. J. H. Risley. and Misses Frank R. Taylor, Kate Coates, Sarepta Dean. Sallie Catt, Nellie Lingo, Daisy Anderson and Ida Basinger.

The towuship assessors of the several townships made their returns to the county auditor Monday. From the returns we gather the following figures: Valuation, roll*. Dos* Jefferson .. « TSt.Ott SM 23T, Washington . *>4.3(1 :u» 1at Madtsou . .. lol *t Clay. 213 13> Ism: an .. n&o.Ttin 23» Pat oka :. VX4V. ses <5 Monroe ...1. 4tfR.73T» 4>« i42 Lockhart /.. 53S.4W 41S 2» Marion . 2SCJW6 3U4 )« Petersburg ....... . 73B.4S7 331 29 Winslow . 7S.S4U S7 Total .4... I5.3M.47S 3, »l 1.2S5 In l'atoka township and Winslow the assessor has not jet reported the number of dogs. t^uite a number of our subscribers have come to our relief during the past few weeks and renewed their subscriptions for another year. Our roll is as follows: ILL. Thomas. J. F. Geddes, Richard Baas. John H. Grey* Barnett Powers, John H. Holley, Sol Stilwell, I. X. Barrett, Mrs. S. E. Butler. Bias Garrett, Lewis Loveless, 0.0. Smith, John Meisenhelter, Alva Pougan, W. H. Robliug, H. Rickrich, M. Grey, E. IT. Reedy. Jabez Woolley, James E, Brittain, Henry Coleman, J. W. Bergen, H. L. Egbert; Henry Ault, D. S. Osborne. J. H. Viehe, J. W. Brumfield, C. A, Burger, H. W. Burger, Martin Corn, Robert Dorsey, James S. Wilson, Frank Bilderback, J, L. Grabla and John B. i MvKiuney.

STARS AlfD STRIPES Proudly Float Over the Fort Santiago de Cuba. Lieut. Hobson and Seven Other Brave Heroes Captured After They Hat! Mink the Merrimac i» the Channel. ' ... ^ The SpaiiUh Are Routed iu Ererr El(hl lu the W«r.

News from the sent of war is very gratifying to every American heart. From the time that Dewey won his magnificent victory at Manilla down to the present the Spaniards have been whipped in every engagement and it remains but a short time until that nation will have received the worst whipping any aation ever got at the hands of another in warfare. Last Friday Commodores Schley and Sampson decided to sink the collier Merrirnae in the channel at Santiago ami thus shut in the Spanish fleet which was there in the bay. Seven men were called for to do the work and 4,000 brave seamen responded, hut only seven were selected, and I another brave hero slipped in. The eight men under the command of Hobson at once proceeded to carry out the orders of their superior officers and started up the channel. The batteries from the Spanish forts ponred a steady stream of fire at the Merrituac but the Zeroes kept right on until .their destinattmTSms reached when they dynamited their ship and swam ashore under the r»pid fire from the Spanish guns. They were captured b% the Spanish and made prisoners of war. Admiral Cervera having witnessed the wonderful bravery of these men the nest morning, under a flag of truce, sent ! an officer to Admiral Sauqison, telling him I of the capture of the men and that they | would be exchanged at once for Spanish prisoners. Hobson and his associates were uninjured. The dispatches of Wednesday report a | big battle at Santiago and that Uncle Sam won a grand victory and planted the stars and stripes over the f nrts. Land farces were landed and they de ne excellent servica aided by the Cubans. During the week several gunboats and crosiers have been captured from the Spanish. Dewey still hokls the Philippine Islands, and as soon as the sole iers arrive he will demand the surrender of Manilla. The insurgents are working under the orders of Dewey and are hemming the Spanish soldiers in at every point. Troops leave Tampa, Florida, Wednesday for Santiago and it is expected that they will land uext Sumiay when another engagement is expected Troops will be sent to the front as soon as possible. The army has not yet been supplied with all the munitions of war and it will be fully a month l«efore it is fully equipped for a long siege of war.

BKU. KSTATt TltAMSTFEBSt Bt«*ri •( tk* Cba4i(«> that han Hr cm Kerarlail. Herman Zecker to Charles Fisher, Sr., und hf «w qr sw qr sec 33, town 1 south, range 6 west. ^ Ueorg* W. UeBruler, by commissioner, to Mariah J. DeBriiler, n pt ne qr se qr see 9, town 2 south, range 7 west, 25 acres. Jesse Agee to Sylvester Beach, lot 118, Augusta. Samuel G. Coomod to J P. Martin, lot | 57, Hawthorne's add. Petersburg. William P. Willis to Maiala Willis, pt lot No. 1 frac sec- 23, town 1 north, range 9 i west.' France Mathias to A. H. Kiumau, lot 4, Petersburg. Martha J. Lynch to John Tajlor, lots 40 and 47. Velpeo. A shooting is reported to have taken place near Haxletou, Sunday night. It is alleged that during a drunken brawl, „un Mo Kin ley shot George W. Call, the ball penetrating f the fleshy portion of his hnek near the shoulder. The wound is not serious. McKinley is still at liberty. j Prof. W. H. Foreman left Wednesday ,for Terra Haute, where he will remain 1 sometime. He will also visit relatives at Greentown, Kokomo and other points »n£ will be gone about two months