Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 25, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 October 1898 — Page 1

WAKUIKG'rOM LCTTEB. Ojir IKcfMlar Correspondent Head* ^ iu a Batck •* S«w«. The republican bosses are hot after the republican officeholders in Washington, both voters and non-voters. The voters have all been given to understand that if they do not go home and vote they will be blacklisted, and to remove their last excuse the republican congressional committee is offering to furnish them with transportation when they say they are unable to pay for it themselves. But this transportation is not to be a gift. Every voter who avails himself of the committee’s offer is told that he must make a “voluntary’’ contribution, within a given time to the committee, of an amount equal to the cost of his railroad ticket, or take the consequences. Boss Quay’s man is sending Setters to Washington to bulldoze the Pennsylvanian office-' holders- iuto not only going home to vote but contributing $15 each to the campaign fund. In his letter asking for the money he says, “unless a vigorous and aggressive campaign is waged, we may lose thro, or four districts," Unless the repotts made to ex-Representative Kerr, secretary >f the democratic congressional campaign committee, are wrong, the republicans will lose those congressional districts in Pennsylvania, regardless of what sort of a oamjMkign they wage, and they stand .to lose many district in other, states as well. - It is a little bit puzzling why the-admin-istration allows time to be wasted by the peace commission at Paris, iu discussing various propositions of tlte Spanish commissioners concerning our {laying or guaranteeing the payment of any portion of the Spanish bonds, charged against (’uba, if it be true, as has la-eu claimed right along, that the American commissioners had pos. itive instruction# before they left Washington, to the effect that this government would under no circumstances either pay ■or guarantee the payment of one dollar ot Spanish bonded indebtedness of any kind. It seems as though even Spaniards could* have been made to clearly understand that position without wasting nearly four weeks discussing it, if that really be the position of the administration.

lining "Jim manic, who or iuc praw of pall holds a captain’s commission in the volunteer service, ha? gall, if he has nothing «lte. 'lhe whole oounfYy knows tliat he was ordered koine from Manila, whither he Went as a staff officer, because he was fonder X>f intoxicants than of duty, and the opiukm I ha* been frankly fxptv-sed by officers thst hi* ought lo be i*ourt martiJileU and diahon* oral ly dismissed from the army in the intercut of discipline. That beiag the situ-: •lion, it was thought that favoritism of the rankest kind was shown wheu the war! dejiariment ordered that Capt. Jaiue> G. Blaine should be honorably discharged because there was “no further need for his ] services,” and that “Jim” would jump at the chance of being let down so easily. Not1 he. As soon as he arrived in Washington, he succeeded in having the order of the &*ar department held up uwil ho could see Mr. McKinley and try to have it withdrawn anti rely. Great as,'Jim’s" pull undoubtedly is, it is doubtful whether Mr. McKinley will consent to his remaining in the army.

Col. Ike Hill, whose long connection with ] tire IIuuh! has made his judgment good on j congressional polities, said: “We have; got the republicans sure. Nothing short of a miracle can save them. Why, I believe; that we will gain four congressmen right in j the president’s own stave." Col. Hill says’ that Ueneral Grosrenor’s recent offer to bet $10,000 that the democrats would not gain, a congressional district in Ohio was only a bluff, and that lie will gladly undertake to make General Grosveoor a present of $1,000 ] if he will put up the money to back his \ ^XeT. There is a wide gulf between the civil •ervice commission and Perry Heath, first1 assistant postmaster general. Perry issued | a notice the other day to all federal officeholders that there was nothing in the civil service law to prevent their jumping in and whooping up things for republican camii- * dates, and that the administration expected 1 them to do it, or words to that effect. The; civil service commission has issued a circular to the seven hundred boards of exam-' iners throughout the country, warning them against “pernicious political activity,*' under penalty of removal from the boards. Inasmuch *s the members of these e.\amm- j ing boards are, in almost every instance, federal officeholders and that their removal from the boards would not affect their offices, their penalty is not a severe one by any means. Mr. McKinley knows the correct thing wheu he sees it, even if he doesn't always do it. He is said to havs done some very vigorous kicking about the eastern political tour th*tlk*>s Ihinua has arranged for him, beginning with his appearance at l£e , Philadelphia peace jubilee ceremonies, and ' extending to >«■ York city, and possibly ! Boston. It is creditable to Mr. McKinley ; that be should have kicked at being used! for such a purpose, but the credit he will i get wiit drop to sero if he makes the trip i after all, and it is the understanding in Washington that be will. It wilt show that he dare not refuse to do what Hanna i direels him to do, even when he knows it is i ak

LOCAL HAPPEMHGS! Gathered on the Flv bv The! V • j Democrat s Reporters, News Items From Here, There and Everywhere, I Co art, CMy am! Personal Items In an Abreyiated Form. ¥•« Will I'iHd Then All tndee Till* Mradiu(. I Peter. Drof will pay spot cash for hides j and tallow. &i-4 i Work was commenced yesterday on the additiou^to the Osborn store building. J. H. Barrett of Monroe township, was - in town Wednesday morning on business. ] Indies’ dont forget .Hargrove & Go’s. ' grand cloak opening Thursday, November 3rd. 24-2 Hou. Frank Hanley spoke at the court house last Saturday afternoon to forty or lifty of the g. o. p. 1 Mrs. W. S. Rader and Mrs. John Brenton | attended the district meeting of the Mis-’ I sionary society at H-okport last week. Bromoline will positively cure a cold in ! 24 hours. No cure, no pay, 2o cents. Rar sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen aiid j . Oliphnnt. U(Mf j

I nth? James Myi-oiineh of near Arthur, was in town Monday on business. He is one of the old residents of that section of the county. • Qitinona j>osibveiy cures chilis and fever when other remedies fail. No cure, no pay. For sale by Paul Pros, and Bergen and OHpbant. 36-tf Work on the Parker block opposite the j court house is progressing rapidiy anti the I brick masons will complete their work the first of next week. Dr. E. J. Harris and wife, John Watson and wife and Master Salem visited the family of J. C. Wise of 611 Perry sweet, Sunday.-r-Vincemves Star. Thomas Fowler of Madison towuship, accidentally cut his left foot last week with an axe. The ga>h is sojue four inches long and cut clear through the foot. He will be laid up several weeks from the result of the wound.

The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons during the past week: Alexander Black and Lucy Luttrull. William F. Fkher ami Bessie Chapman. \ Charles Luttrull and Sarah E. Seacock. j Wheat has been on the upgrade during ( the past week and is 86 eents at Chicago, j Thompson.the republican t-h&irman.blowed long and load when it reached $t.8* in the Chicago market. But now that ttie price is low and the farmer has bis crop to sell, he is as mum as an oyster. Uncle Lewis Loveless, who was billed to ' make several republican speeches in tbej county last week did uot fill the dates, but! Chairman Thompson filled the appoint-. ment at Butler Chapel. A good audieuce was out to bear Loveless, but when Thompson began the and ience began to move. Hon. Thomas Duncan, democratic can- j didate for congress, will speak to the voters of Madison township next Monday after- j noon at the Bowman school house, and in J the evening will speak at Littles. The ■ voters at each place should turn out and j hear bun on the issues of the campaign. j We are needing a few dollars to pay some j of our existing obligations and if those of' our subscribers who owe us will send usI what they owe we will be enabled to pay I them off. There are several subscribers who live in other states that owe from one to four yean who must send in their amounts at once or they will be left with attorneys for collection. --| Hon. Hugh Dougherty, democratic can- j didate for state treasurer, was in the city . yesterday (Thursday) making the sequain- j tance of our citizens. Mr. Dougherty is one of the best known men in the state and stands in the highest esteem by all who have known him for years. He was a veteran of the civil war and npde an excellent soldier. While in the city he made many new friends.

Go to H. H. Tislow tor all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* The roads are iu a very bad condition owing to the recent rains. Virgil Greene, the attorney has a new twelve-pound girl at his home. Daniel Davidson of Clay township, transacted business in this city Monday. * Vote for the democratic county candidates. They are all worthy of your support. Buggy and harness for sale cheap; both in good condition. Enquire at this office. Mrs. Grubb, living in Madison township, dial the latter part of last week, of typhoid fever. The new Christian church at Velpen will be dedicated Sunday. The public cordially invited to attend the services. J. W. Parry of Fort Wayne, is visiting his daughters, Mesdames R. C. Hammond and M. McC. Stoops this week. There is not a stylish cloak made that will not be shown.'at Hargrove k Co’s, grand cloak opening Thursday November 3rd. ___ 24-2 Fovso—Physician's'knife. Owner can have same by'calling on Harrison Smith on lower Main street, and paying for this notice. Senorets cure chronic constipation, kidney and liver complaint. Price 25 cents. For sale by Phnl Bros, and Bergen ami Oliphant. ___ H6-tf II. S. Edwards weut te Washington yesterday to meet a salesman when he will buy a large stock of holiday goods for x\dams ii Son. Mrs. C. G. Ward and daughter will leave in a few weeks for California, where she will remain several months for the benefit of her health. Hon. K. P. Richardson, candidate for joint-senator of Pike, Vanderburg and Warrick counties, was at Evansville the first of the week. John McAfee of Oakland City,has opened up a grocery store in the Me A tee block on lower Main street. He has a complete new and fresh stock of goods.

Sim bmith, who has been serving on the police force at Washington City for the past three months, returned home last week to whoop things up for Hemem%av. Miss Ethel Smith, who has been visiting Mrs. Jog Patterson and other friends, returned to her home at Mt, Vernon yesterday accompanied by Miss Anna Alexander. Old fashion in dress may he revived, but no old;fashioned medicine can replace Chamberlain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale bv J. R. Adams & Son. TBe first snow of the season fell here Wednesday morning. It was very light and lasted hut a short time. Yes ten! ay morning the first ice of the season was1 formed. » It is currently reported that several thousands of dollars has been sent to this county bv the republican committee to he ^ped in the campaign. The boys art' looking for the fellow that is to do the distributing o* this boodle.

James l. i nomas, who enlisted in the service at the breaking out of the Cuban war and was stationed at Galveston, Texas, returned home Monday, having received bis discharge. Jim looks well and was well pleased with his soldier life. A republican meeting was held on Mullen Hill last Monday night. The meeting was addressed by tv»mraa\ Houchins. The attendance was large ana. after the speaking was over the contents of two kegs of beer rapidly disappeared. It was a hot time. Arbor and birthday will be appropriately observed in the city schools this (Friday) afternoon. A splendid program of recitations and songs has beeu arranged for the occasion. Prof. Foreman asks that the patrons of the schools be present at the exercises. Arbor Day falls this tear iu Indiana on Oetol»er 28th, by proclamation of Governor Mount. The governor urges its genera observance by the planting of forest trees on the farms and shade trees in the cities and towns. The day is to be specially observed by the schools in tree planting. It onght. as far as possible, in its fullest meaning. be observed by every citixeu of Indiana. One has onlv to read closely the reports of the doiogs of all the great trusts over this broad land to become convinced that auder the gold standard influence it will not be long until there will be a distinct line drawn between wealth ami labor. It is approaching and will become more apparent every day. Look, if yon please, at the condition of the coal miners of Illinois. They were ground down to almost starvation wages. Many of them could afford meat and coffee but once a day. Under such conditions they were met with a further cut in wages, and the nch mine owners bluntly told them to take what they offered them or starve. This is what America is .coming to.

Gabriel Adkerson of Winslow, was in town Monday, on business. Peter Drof sells barrel or bulk lime, cement of all kinds, hair and acme plaster. Mrs. Amanda Walker left Tuesday for Rockport where she will spend the winter with her son and family. Mrs. W. H. Link and Mrs. Clark Whitman attended the missionary meeting of the Presbyterian church at Littles yesterday. Bromoline will cure a cold while you sleep. No cure, no pay. 25 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. __8tt-tf The eight-months-old child of James Lewis, Knox county, died Monday evening and was buried at the Williams cemetry Tuesday. SenoreU purify the blood and beautify the complexion. Cure constipation. 25 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen aud Oliphant. 36—t f Charles Schaefer and wife, Joseph Lory and wife and John M. White weut to Mt. Vernon yesterday to attend the district meeting of the A. O. U. W. Dr. O. A. Lett has returned from Petersburg where he was tailed to the bedside ot his sister, who is seriously ill and no hopes for her recovery.—Xewlnirg leader. Milks >x>r Sale.—1 have a sjam of three-year-old mules for sale; in good shape anti good workers. Call at the flouring mill. 24-2 Georuk T. Frank. Myrtle Wyatt, aged 13 years, daughter of Emanuel Wyatt, living in Patokatownship, died last Saturday of typhoid fever. The funeral services were conducted Sun- ! day by Rev. Birth and burial at the Martin ! cemetery. The ladies’ aid society will serve dinner | on Thanksgiving day. They are making arrangements to have a big dinner and an excellent program in the evening. The j next regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Patterson next Wednesday afternoon. Only a few more days until the election is over and the result will be known of the will of the voters ami who shall serve them j in county office for the next few years. ; The democrats present a splendid ticket of inen who are above reproach in every j>articuiar. Vote for them at the polls on election day.

I - Mrs. PerDue has added to the Millinery Fair dressmaking and ladies’ tailoring department, and has a firstclas# dressmaker of ludianapolis in charge as forelady. Mrs. PerDue is a designer of rare ability with years of experience in cutting and fitting for the l>est trade. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices right and books now open for orders. At the election next month the voter will cast throe ballots, one each for the state, county and township ticket. The state ballots will be printed on red paper, the county ballots on white paper and the township ballots on yellow paper. Three ballot boxes will lie provided, one for each ticket, and painted the same color as the ballots it contains.

Hon. Thomas H. Dillon, addressed the voters of Patoka township at Winslow last j Saturday on the issues of the day. Ills | speech on the silver question was logiea* and to the point. Editor Knloe of the Louisville Dispatch, was expected but owing to illness was not able to be present, and Mr. Dillon was pressed mto service for the afternoon meeting. The audience was large and well pleased. The next session of the Pike connty j farmers' institute will be held at Winslow,! Monday and Tuesdav, November 38th at.d 39th lion. M. L. Deathman, the presi-; dent, has secured the services as institutej workers, of Mrs. W. M. Stevens of Salem, j and Waldo S. Brown of Ohio. They have i been engaged in the work for several years j and the farmers of Pike county should hear i them. Further announcements will be! made of the meeting. Miss Myrtle Lett, daughter of Mr. and j Mrs. L. E. Lett, living near Algiers, died i Sunday morning last after a lingering ill- 1 ness of consumption. She was aged 36; years. Miss Lett was for a number of j years one of the successful teachers in! the schools of Jefferson township and was j a lady held id the highest esteem by all i who knew her for her many good deeds and acts of kindness. She was an accomplished young woman whose future was very bright; but was taken away by death in the bright j est day* of her life. Her life work will be j long remembered by the people of that t neighborhood who mourn with the relatives I in their sad bereavement. The funeral serv- .j ices were held at the family residence Monday noon conducted by Rev. W. S. Rader, pastor of the M. E. church at this city, aud interment in the McClure cemetery. She was an honored member of the Eastern! Star lodge of this city, which order con-| ducted the burial services at the cemetery, j The family have the deepest sympathy of | their many fneiuls in their bereavement 1 jmm} loss of a beloved daughter.

G, J. Nichols ami wife visited with friends at Evansville over Sunday. H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 23* Moses Frank attended the funeral of his friend, Isaac Rothschild of Logansport last Sunday. Kerr Zimmerman a prominent young man of Lynnyille, was the guest of friends here over Sunday. Dr. S. F. Teaford, a prominent young physician of .Pleasant ville, was here Mon* day the guest of Charles Jones. Next Monday night is llollow’een. The boy. that is the yoqng American, will be out in all his glory and have a big time. Poets dreams will be shown in lovely cloaks at Hargrove & Co’s, grand cloak opening Thursday. November 3rd. You are invited. 24-2 Mrs. Martha Hoover of near Union, and Mrs. Charles Jones left yesterday for a two weeks visit with relatives and friends at Noble. Illinois. I Quinoria is guaranteed to cure chills, jfever and all malarial disorders. No cure, jno pay. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphaut. 36—tf Thad Coleinaa is at home at Union on a furlough. He is a member of the 5th regular infantry ami was in' the battle at Santiago. He eulisted hist April. He will return in a few weeks to rejoin his regiment. Owing to illness, Hon. John W. Kern, who was to deliver a speech here last Friday night, did not arrive. It was quite a disappointment to quite a number of citizens who bad a desire to hear the famous orator on the political issues from the silver point of view. As a large uutnber of quail are now being killed we call attention to the law which should beeuforced. It is unlawful to kill the birds until November 10th, to sell or remove them from the state. The fine is #2 for each killed and #1 for each that it is attempted to kill and one for each bird sold or shipped out of the state.

Rev. W. D. Northcott of Oakland City, will preach at the M. E. church next Sunday morning and evening. Rey. Northcott is an excellent preacher and a full attendance of all the members should be present to hear him. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to be present. Rev. Rader will have charge of the services at the same time in Rev. Northoott’a church. The Ladies’ aid society will open an exchange at Whittaker’s meat market, Saturday, November 5th, and continue every other Saturday. They will have on sale bread, pies, cakes, pickles and all other eatables. The funds from the sale of these goods will be used to take care of the needy of this city during the coining winter. Patronize the aid society in this matter as the object is a worthy one. The next was William Coffee vs. Mary Coffee for divorce. Coffee has had a varied experience. He was white-capped near Ellsworth, this county, several years ago. He drifted around to Petersburg aud was sent to the penitentiary for theft, and last .summer was arrested by a U. S. marshal and taken to Indianapolis for triaf for sending obscene matter through the mails but came clear. He now lives near Ireland aud it is understood that one of Ireland's fair ones will become his bride immediately after securing his divorce.—Jasper item.

The democratic party favored the extension and perpetuating of slavery in the United States, but its cause died on a hundred battlefields from Ft. Sumpter to Appomattox. The democratic party favored secession, but the bullets of northers patriots placed in a timely grave that ugly and damnable policy that cost so much treasure, both in blood and iu money, that caused many northern heroes to lie in rebel prison pens, dying after a most wretched, miserable imprisonment and that caused inanv a voting man to leave home in the vigor of manhood that his bones might enrich the soil of southern fields. The above article appeared in the Petersburg Press several weeks ago and was promptly answered by this paper to which the Press never made reply. Thousands of democrats went to the front from the north to put down slavery, and thousands of them returned from the war and are still democrats. The editor of the Press is the son of a soldier and a good citizen and be is a democrat, went in the war a democrat and come home a democrat and is still a democrat. The war was not one of politics and neither was the war between the United States and Spain, but a war to relieve a suffering people who were in slavery as it were. In times of war the democrats of the Nation are just as loyal as any class of people. To ihem it is country first and politics afterward, it being secondary consideration. The last war is practically over and many of the brave boys who went to the front for their country’s cause are now being mustered oat and are going back to their places in the workshops, to the offices and to the farm. A**/ with such rotas the above.

Democratic Pension Legislation. Republican stump speakers .aud small bore papers have be^yelling that the democrats are hostile to the old veterans, that | they are traitors, Spaniards, rebels, ete^,. 1 but when you take time to investigate .the records you will find that all the impoitant legislation now on the statutes on pensions were passed by a democratic congress. For the benefit of the readers .of the Democrat we give briefly the following legislation which was passed in the house of representatives when the democrats had a majority •Of the house, towit: The act of August 15, 1876, providing for the issuance of artificial limbs or commutation therefor and providing also for the transportation of those who were compelled to travel to the place where the limbs could be properly fitted. The act of February 28,1877, increasing the pension of soldiers and seamen who lost both an arm and a leg. The act of March 2, 1878, granting pension on account of the war of 1812. The act of June 17, 1878, increasing to $72 per month the pension of those who lost both hands, both feet or the sight of both eyes in the service. The act of June 16, 1880, giving $73 per month to all those who were totally helpless from any cause iucident to the service. The act of March 31, 1879, increasing to $37.50 all peusious on account of amputation at hip joint. The act oi June 35 and March 8, 1879, granting arrears of pensions to over 225,060 pensioners. This one act brought about an increase in pension expenditures of over $32,000,000. | The act of June 21, 1879, for the protection of pensioners and the abolition of the | odious biennial medical examinations. The act of February 26, 1881, for the -'dief of the inmates of the soldiers’ homes. The aid of April 14, 1884, making it a felony for any person to falsely and fraudulently represent himself to be an officer of the United States. The act bf July 14, 1892, establishing an [ intermediate rate between $30 and $72 per j month, of $50 for those who required frej queut and periodical, though uot constant personal aid and attention. The act of August 5, 1892, granting pensions to army nurses.

lhe act of December 31, 1883, declaring [ a pension to be a vested right. It was also shown that a democratic ! president signed the following important (bills:* The act of August 4, 1886,i increasing nearly 80,000 widows and dependent f relatives as well as tens of thousands who i have since been pensioned. The act of May 17, 1886, amending the war department records and granting certificates of honorable discharge to the members of the Missouri home guards. The act of January 39, 1887, benefiting about 30,000 survivors and soldiers' widows of the Mexican war. The act of January 39, 1887, for the | relief of the survivors of the United States ' steamer Ash uelot. I The act of June 7, 1888, granting arrears j of pensions to widows from date of their | husband's death. The act of August 14, 1886, for the j relief of certaineulisted or appointed men , in the navy or marine corps. The act of August 37, 1888, increasing J pensious in case of deafness. The act of February 12, 1889, removing certain-technical charges' in the records of the war department and placing in an honorable light many volunteers and regular soldiers of the Mexican and civil wars. from #8 to $13 per month

The act of December 21, 1603, which made a pension a vested right U> the extent that it should uot be witheid or suspended, uuless alter due nonce and proper hearing. The farther fact was also brought oat that during the four years that General John C. Black was pension commissioner more pensions were allowed than had ever been previously allowed by any other administration. From these facts it is apparent that the claims of the republican party to be the special guardian of the interests of the veterans are absolutely false and that the old soldiers have found their truest friends in the democratic party. flight In It. That’s where Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepeis is. The greatest remedy for the stomach that was ever put together. Absolutely vegetable with the exception of the PepsinAre you constipated? Then try Syrup Pepsin. Have you indigestion or sick head* ache? Then use Syrup Pepsin. Spent! 10b j for a trial Iwttle and you will be convinced. Large sixes nOc and $1.00. A true family remedy. At Bergeu & Oliphant’a. o „ ..- - _ • -.1 It Is Strange S That some people who say they never ! patent medicine advert tscmettf* will } found lugging home every now and ; bottle of some favorite remedy of We don’t bother you with much | but just »sk you to try a 10c trial . Dr. Laid weirs Syrup Pepsin for | tiou, in-.iigwrtiuu ami stomach [ »»d $1.00 sizes*. At Bergen &