Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 July 1898 — Page 1

Grand Clearance Sale for July.

JULY is one of the hottest months of the year. You must not worry, drink iee water or work. To aroid worry attend ottr grand July Clearance Sale. We hare thousands of yards of Remnants in Wash Goode, Prints, ('halites, Muslins. Embroideries, Ginghams, etc. fluiidreds of |>airs of Shoes and Slippers on our tiargain counter at half price. Odd sizes in Comets, odd pairs bf Kid Gloves, short

hugth* hi m everything in our store goes Ht a cur price during this sale. This is to be a elean up sale, cost not considered, and if you don't take udvautage of it you will miss the chance of a lifetime. See the July Bargains. 50 cent Shirt Waists, for July, 25c. 75 cent Shirt Waists, for July, 63c. 39 cent Summer Corsets, nice and cool, 25c. v.' Silk Mitts, all pure silk, goes at 15c per pair. White Silk Parasols, pure silk, $1.00. Boy’s Waist6, made with ruffle, 50c kind, 39c. 500 yards dark ground Figured Silks, 50c kind. 25c a yard. Silk Face Veiling, in red, blue, purple and tan, 9c a yard. Ladies' Cool Summer Vesfs, 5c. Ladies’ Slippers in tan and black, 50c. Ladies* Kid Shoes, button or lace, 94c. This sale will be for July only. Take advantage of these bargains, they are for you. Make our store your heaityuarters. Plenty of fans and ice vrater. HT Agent* for Standard Pattern*. Send us your name and we will mail you the n*«r fashion plates.

W. V. Hargrove & Co.,s PETERSBURG'S BARGAIN STORE, ^PETERSBURG, INDIANA^ INMatMMMHUMIIHIHIHmtlHtNNNM

4 ♦ Shirt Talk. ^ 41 Men's Colored Percale Shirts with 2 Collars detached, ail sites. ▼ Sold at <&*. Sale pace...\.. ... ^ 30 Men's Nobby Check Percale Shirts, no Collar. 1 pair Cuffs, all siaes. 0 Sold at 85c. Sale price. ... ...... 63 Men’s plain and falser figured Percale Shirts, Collars and Cuffs ▼ attached, ..'I sizes. Sold at Me. Sale jriee... 0 0? Men's fancy plaid and striped woven Madras Skirts, no Collar, one 0 pair Cuffs, warranted not to fade, duett, Coon 4 Co’s, leader. * * Sold at #1.34. Sale price. t 4 A Shirt Sale is what we are having. Shirts of all descriptions. Imported 4 4 Madras, Cioth.JCheviots and’ Percales io Urge Plaids, small Cheeks and Stripes. 4 Just the tiling to keep you oool during this hot weather. Here is a few of the 4 man? bargains we offer: 4 ' 4 d 75 Men’s white band, no collar, soft Percale and Cheviot Shirts, sizes QQ- 4 0 14, 144, W and 164- Sold at 50 and 75c. Sale price . ... Ol/C \ 50c 4 69c ; 47c ! 98c ! t This sale will close in two weeks; take advantage of it and supply yourself in hot weather Shirts. Each one sold as advertised. 5 * «Star Clothing Houses* PETERSBURG, INDIANA. gfTOpto until 10 o'clock Saturday Nights. 4 fcfTOpen until 10 o’doc

Jilal Representative Caarnllta. Notice is hereby given that the democrats of Dubois and Pike counties will meet at Sweet Sulphur Springs, Pike couuty, Indiana, on Friday, July 15,1896, at 1 o’clock p. m., in delegate convention for the purpose of Qomiualing a candidate for joint representative for said counties, to be voted for at the November election, 1888. In said convention, the county of Duho» :« entitled to fifteen delegate votes and the county of Pike to thirteen delegate rotes as fixed by the democratic state central committee. Said convention shall have full power to adopt rules governing its deliberations. Geomk R. Wilsox, Chairman Dubois County. W. J. Rimianeox, * Chairman Pike County. JohX E. McFau., Secretary Dubois County. M. llcC. Sroors, Pike County.

Judicial Convention' Notice is hereby given that the democrat* j of Dubois and Pike counties will meet at I Sweet Sulphur Springe, Pike county, IndiI ana, ou Friday, July 15,1898, at 10 o’clock i a. ro., in delegate convention for the purj poee of nominating a candidate for prose* j cuting attorney for the 37th judicial circuit, ; composed of the counties of Dubois and Pike, to be voted for at the November election, 1898. In said convention the county of Dnboi* is entitled to fifteen delegate votes and the county of Pike to thirteen delegate votes, a* fixed by the democratic state central committee. Said convention shall have foil power to adopt rules governing its deliberations. Gbokae K. Wilsojc, Chairman Dubois County. W. J. Rxthaadsox, Chairman Pike County. Jons E. McPall. Secretary Dubois County. E. McC. Shoots, Secretary Pike County.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered oil the Fly by The Democrat's Reporters. News Items From Here, There and Everywhere. Coart, City aid Personal Items In an Abreylated Form.

¥m Will riN4 Them All (<«4er TbU Heading. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kind* of watch and clock repairs. 28* We just received new crash hats this week at Star Clothing house. 8-2 William Nixon of Clay township, was in town Wednesday on business. Mel Gowens of Clay township, was in town Wednesday on business. J. L. Capehart, the hotel man of Otwell, was in town Momiay on business. Straw hats, crash hats and Alpine hats new shapes at Star Clothing House. 8-2 AUlen Heuring of the Winslow Dispatch, was in town Wednesday on business. The county clerk has is$ue<l but one marriage license in the past two weeks. The rain of Sunday was of great benefit to the growing corn throughout the county. Mrs. C. E. Dobbs of Washington, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. C, Probert, this week. The New York Store has received a large stock of negligee shirts this week, from 25 cents up. 7-2 Miss Amy Minor of Dale, Spencer county, is the guest of her uncle Dr. Hunter and family this week. Sam Mar see, who is employed on the Viueennes Star, was in the city Monday, visiting his home folks. W. G. Bottoms of Arthur, was in town Monday. He has been quite ill for sometime past, but is now improving. Elmo Young, one of the hustling business men of Winslow, was in town Monday morning looking after business affairs. Miss Ethel Smith is visiting friends in Terre Haute.- She will spend the summer in that city and Petersburg.—Mt. Vernon News. Quinoria is guaranteed to core chills, fever and ah malarial disorders. No, an re, no pay. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 8ft-tf The Ladies Aid society will hold their next regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. A. K. Sheffield,comer Seventh and Sycamore streets, on Wednesday, July 6. Hon. M. L. Heathman of Glezen, was in town Monday on business. He informs us that the people of that vioinity will properly observe the fourth of July with a big basket picnic.

S. J. Haines, the grain buyer, has moved ! his place of business to the Hargrave eleva- | tor, near the K. & I. depot, where he will be pleased to meet all bis old patrons and friends. He will par the highest market j price for wheat Call and see him. 7-2 The wheat crop has all been harvested in ! Pike county. The yield promises jo be good and of a splendid quality. If the i price should go up to one dollar a bushel ; the fanner would be happy and contented. I A large number of farmers will hold their | wheat until the price advances. Otwell will celebrate the fourth of July ' in grand style. A big parade will be one < i the features of the morning. In the j afternoon there will be speeches at Hope's j grove. There will be many npvel features j introduced in the afternoon. The Georgia > plantation minstrels will furnish music for ! the occasion and in the evening will give I an entertainment at Clark’s ball. The editor is in receipt of hn invitation to the commencement exercises of the Kentucky School of Medicine held at Louisville, Wednesday evening. Among the large number of graduates was Clarence Abbott of Otwell, who has been attending that college for the past several years. Mr. Abbott is well known in the county, having been a successful teacher ia the district schools for a number of years. The Dx»ocm.’.T extends its best wishes to Dr. Abbott.

Buy your linen crash suits at $2.50 at the New York Store. 7-2 Mell Catt of Ciav township, was in town Tuesday on business. E. A. Bell of near Otwell, was in town Wednesday on business. Hon. A. H. Taylor transacted business at Evansville Monday last. Mrs. Cal Agee, living at Augusta, is quite seriously ill at preseut. See those new Alpine hats received this week at Star Clothing House. 8-2 William and J. Z. Bell, near Cato, were in town Tuesday on business. Squire Powers of Monroe township, was in town yesterday on business. Miss Sadie Sessel of Bunker Hill, Illinois, is the guest of Miss Bernice Frank. Judge E. A. Ely and wife are visiting relatives in Spencer county this week. David Hillman of uear Union, is here this week visiting friends and relatives. rv_n mil_ _i t » n at ra u

»» uc^'u auu tfv/iiu cj» auui nil of'Jasper, were in the city Tuesday last. Nobby styles, new shapes are the hats received this week at the Star Clothing House. __ 8*2 C. W. Young, the furniture dealer at Winslow, was in town Tuesday morning on business. Miss Estella Frank and brother Isaac returned Monday evening from a visit to Mf. Vernon friends. George W. Grim and wife of Monroe township, were the guests of relatives here the first of the week. Fob Salk Cheap.—Hot air pumping engine; can be run by one gas jet or lamp. J. L. Ingleheart, Evansville. Ind. 8tf Housebreakers made a raid on Oakland City residents last Friday ni£ht and secured a number of watches ond some cold cash. New subscribers to the Democrat are becoming numerous. Ask your friend to subscribe. Only oue dollar a year in advance. __ Senorets cure chronic constipation, kidney and liver complaint. Price 25 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and ,OHphant. _ 86-tf Quinoria positively cures chills aud fever when other remedies fail. No cure, no pay. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Olipbant. 36-tf H. H. Grable, living near town, brought to this office Monday morning a lot of very fine peaches. They are of a very early variety and the first brought to town this year. _j The quarterly communion services of the C. P. church will be held Sunday. Rev. Elder, the pastor, will conduct the services and preach at the morning and evening hours. The sir-weeks-old child of William and Mrs. Bleutkgr died Sunday. Funeral services were conducted at the residence Monday, by Rev. Rader and interment at Walnut Hills cemetery.

Tuesday was a big shipping day from the stock yards. Seven loads of hogs were shipped to the Indianapolis market. Gladish & Jones loaded four, Moses Frank one and Selby & Brenton two. S. H. Fettinger, superintendent of the county-asylum, was in town Monday. He reports that there are eighteen inmates at the asylum at the present time, aud that the j health of the inmates is good. A big bicycle meet will be held here on j Thursday, July 21. A 25 mile race for the j championship of Pike county will be one of j the-main attractions. An 1898 model of an up-to-date wheel will be the firet prize. “I ha Ye used Chamberlain’s Cough rem- ! edy in my family for years and always with j good results,” tays Mr. W. B. Cooper of El I Rio,-Cal. “Per small children we find it, especially effective.” For sale by J. R. j Adams A Son. j A surprise w is given John Paul Monday j evening by a large number of the ladies 1 and gentlemen of this city. The hall over; Paul Bros, druj; store was used for the ec-H icasion and about 60 were present. The' | evening was pleasantly spent in music, 1 games and other amusements. Rev. W. S. B rown of Winslow, will con-1 duct services at the White church, near the ! county farm, Sunday, July 16th. The text iirom which the discourse will be preached jis “I am the fasrurection and the life.” . There will be a I aske| dinner in the grove near by. The p ublic cordially invited to j j attend. The south bojpd E. & I. local freight, | No 46. was derail cd at Thomas’ six miles , south of this city Friday morning. Five I cars loaded with machinery were thrown ; from the track. The track was completely blocked until ab:>ut 6:46 Friday evening, when the north bmnd passenger train doe here 7:25 came tl irougfa. It arrived here about thirty minutes late. The noon! passenger transferred at the wreck.— Washington Gazette.

Sheriff Itidgway and family visited relatives at Wiuslow Sunday. Thomas H. Dillon made a business trip to Indianapolis this week. Florian Bartl of Otwell, transacted business in town Monday last. H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchrifaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 38* Hats jn new shades, Ecru, Otter, Amber, Alpine style at Star Clothing House. 8-3 Mrs. F. E. Tracy and children are visiting relatives at Louisville, Kentucky. jSflwett Bass and wife of Lockhart township, were in the city Wednesday shopping. If you are looking for shoes and slippers call at the New York Store. Prices are very low. _ 7-2 S. 6. Barrett and wife went to the Martinsville springs Tuesday for a two weeks stay. J. E. Miller of Worthington, was here Monday and Tuesday visiting his friend, S. J. Haines.

If you are needing envelopes call and see us. We have a large stock of the best grade which were received this week. Broinoline will cure a cold while you sleep. No cure, no pay. 25 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. ___36-tf Mrs. Lou Giadish returned from Loogootee Tuesday where she had been for several weeks waiting on her sister, who was seriously sick. M. J. Woods and sister, Miss Jennie, and Misses Elizabeth and Estella McClurkin of Princeton, were the guests of J. B. McClurkin and family Tuesday. Circuit court convenes^aeain^tacfr- Tuesday morning after a vacSttonift/MYeral days in order that the farmers wou^/ have time to take care of the wheat crop. John and Ralph Chappell who have been attending the Viucennes university during the past year, returned to their home at Algiers Tuesday to spend the summer vacation. _ William Hart of Indianapolis, candidate for the republican nomination for auditor of state, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Hart was a former resident of Petersburg and worked on the Reporter thirty years ago. While here he met many old friends. The Georgia plantation minstrels gave two entertainments at the court house last Thursday and Friday evenings, which pleased their audiences very much. They will make another visit here later in the season. The band concerts on the streets were good._ Byron English, Winslow, died last Saturday morning from blood poisoning. A few weeks ago he fell from a moving train and was badly injured, but his injuries were not considered fata). Friday last the injured leg was amputated above the knee. The funeral services were conducted Sunday. _ David Corn, one’of the pioneer residents of Lockhart township, living near Augusta, died last Monday of infirmities incident to old age. i He was in his eightieth year. The funeral services took place Tuesday and interment at the I. 0. 0. F. cemetery at Augusta. Mr. Corn was probably the oldest resident of that township and of the oountv.

Our baby has beeu continually troubled with colic and cholera infantum since his birth, and all that we could do for him did not seem to give more than temporary relief, until we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy. Since giviug that remedy he has not been troubled. We want to give you this testimonial as an eridence of our gratitude, not that you need it to advertise your meritorious remedy.—G. M. Law. Keokuk, Iowa. For sale by J. R. Adams k Son. j Services at the Presbyterian church next Sunday, July 3d, will be of special interest. At the morning service the music will be appropriate to the theme, the text of which h “MyGod, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” In the evening there will be a patriotic service in anticipation of the Fourth which will be of interest to all church going people, especially all military organizations of the community. Everything will be in harmony with the spirit of the Fourth of July. Everybody cordially invited to all of the services. A startling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: *‘I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite—gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying Electric Bitters, and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim.” No one should foil to try them. Only 50 cents per' bottle at J. R. Adams and Son’s drug store.

Only three prisoners in the county jail at present. Rev. Joseph Jacobs of Evansville, visited friends here this week. Buy your straw hats at the New York Store at 83$ per cent off. 7-2 _ Dr. Imel of Algiers, was in town yesterday morning on business. A small chlid of Clarence Waltz, Madison township, died yesterday morning. Miss Luey George left Monday for Cambridge, Ohio, where she will visit relatives. The town board meets next Thursday evening to transact the business^ for the past month. Theodore Riekrich and family of Lynnville, visited Henry Riekrich and family over Sunday. Wheat threshing has begun. The yield is good and the quality will grade No. 2. The price is about 63 cents. Bromoline will positively cure a cold in 24 hours. No cure, no pay, 25 cents. 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. 38-tf During the past month several new and substantial walks have been built in the residence part of the city. There are others that need the attention of the town board. Petersburg will not celebrate the fourth this year. Many of the people will go to Otwell, Stendal, Winslow and Glezen to celebrate and attend the big old fashioned picnics. _ Miss Elizabeth Stone of Oakland City, is the day operator at the Cumberland telephone exchange. Miss Stone for several years was day operator at the Evansville telephone exchange.

Dr. W. H. Link of this city, has been appointed a member of the board of trustees of the Central college of physicians and surgeons at Indianapolis to serve for three years. The selection of the doctor is a splendid one. Everett Fleming and John Manee left Tuesday morning for Sullivan where they will attend the races. They will handle the following horses during the racing season: Galen Brown, Judge Wood. Doretta, Joseph T and Echo. They are splendid horses and last season won several good races. The chairmen and secretaries of the democratic committees of Dubois and Pike counties met in this city Tuesday afternoon and set the time for the holding of the representative and judicial conventions. The conventions will be held at the Sulphur Springs, in this county, Friday, July 15th. The calls for the conventions will be found in another column of this issue. The Red Men’s lodge will install officers th|s (Friday) evening. The officers are as follows: Prophet—Perry A. Chappell. Sacnem—A. A. Lory. Senior Sagmore—John Robling. Junior Sagamore—George K. King. Chief of Records—C. L. Holcomb. Reoresentative—S. G. Davennort.

The semi-annual distribution of funds to the several townships and corporations has been made by the county auditor. The | following is the total amounts of all funds: Jefferson township . .S 3.364 58 Washington township .. 3,747 99 I Madison township ...__ 1,725 41 Clay township .. . 1.756 83 Put ok a township . . . 2.7.51 15 Monroe township . — .I.' . 1,761 87 ; Logan township. —.... ...... 1,120 99 Lockhart township ... 1,915 73 Marion township . 1.779 85 Town of Petersburg ... ....'. 7,056 65 | Town of Winstow . . 969 20 Total_9 28.440 65 --—--—- Troops are being moved to Santiago and the Philippines at a rapid; rate. Last Fri'day a skirmish took place between General Wheeler’s regulars and rough riders and i the Spaniards near Santiago in which a number of soldiers on each side were killed and wounded. The Spaniards were routed and the United States gained good fighting points within three miles of Santiago. A tug battle is expected at any time now. Cervera’s fleet is still “bottled up’’ by Sampson at Santiago. = Another call for volunteers is expected < uring the coming week. ■' /: Persons troubled with diarrhoea wiil be interested in the experience of Mr. W. M. Bush, clerk of Hotel Do ranee, Providence, R. 1. He says: “For everal years I have been almost a constant sufferer from diarrhoea, the frequent i.Hacks completely prostrating me and rendering me unfit for my duties at this hotel About two years ago a traveling salesmai kindly gave me a small bottle of Chamber ain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy. Much to thy surprise and delight its effects were immediate. Whenever I felt symptons of the disease J would fortify myself gainst the attack with a few doses of thi; valuable remedy. The result has been ve y satisfactory and almost complete relief : rom the affliction,’*’ For sale by J, R. Adan • & Son. ||