Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 28, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 November 1898 — Page 1

BLACKDIAMOND ROAD Sir Thomas Tancred of Loudon Here Saturday. Expert Engineers Complete Their Investigation of the Road. The TlReeinN Branch the L»t 1 ine (Jone Oter bj the Party* Highly IMeuac* Willi Ifcta McU»n •f thrCeumry. Sat unlay about noon t be i itspeetiea par* v now going over the mute of the proposed Black Diamond railroad, drove into this city ami stopped at the Pike hotel for dinner, and were hem for about an honr. The party was composed of Sir Thomas Tanered. capitalist and civil engineer, of Loudon, Kiiglaud; Hon. T. C. Dickinson, financial agent, Washington, l>. C.; Hon. William Kirkby, pivsident of the Black

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Diamond system, Toledo, Ohio; W. B. Crenshaw, chief engineer of the Black Diamond road, Knoxville, Teunesse,; E. E. Watts,chief engineer of the Indiana branch, Vincennes; lion, Edward Watson, presideul of the Indiana brain it, aud HourJames S. McCoy, vice-president, of this place. The inspecting party was not expected until Monday, cousequeutly {reparations were not fully made lo receive them, but soon after their arrival a number of citizens called on the distinguished {>arty at the Bike hotel. The gentlemen >penk ill the highest terms of the factions of the country through whu^i the road passes and esjwcially of this county with its vast field of coal deposits, its natural gas and uii possibilities. The editor interviewed the several gen tiemen connected with the Black Diamond, ami they are confident that the road will he computed within tin next two years and trams running. The surveys of the main line.and ail the branches have now been completed, ami all that is now necessary is to secure the capital, which no douU wilt be fo,lbooming. Sir Thomas is here as the special agent of capitalists of Londou. lie is (Hie of the most noted civil engineers and ex {arts in the world. He was sent here to mspect the line and then give his views upon the feasibility of the proposed line. Upon his decision the aid of London capital depends. If he rv|>orts favorably the money will be forthcoming. If hie report should be unfavorable it would then be impossible to further interest the capitalists whom he represents in this road. He has been decidedly uon-oommittal. as a matter of course, ami has never dropped a hint as to what his decision will be, nor does he expect to fully reach a decision until lie has beeu over the entire line and seen every inch of the route. He has, however, frequently expressed himself aa favorably impresari with the countrv through which he has passed and of the people h^ has met. While Sir Thomas has never made any promisee or given a single hint as to what his decision will be, it is generally expected that his report wiU be favorable and that his decision will bring all the capital necessary for the omeiructiou of the Black Dia

monel railway. November 2d. Sir Thomas will sail for London, England, for the purp***) of tank* in*: report to Ike English syndicate for whom he hoe made the tour of inspection. y Ait data, profiles, map* and chart* wiU be placed in hts bands,and within a few short weeks it will be known whether or not the capitalist* across the water will be willing to pot their money into the Black Diamond railway, of which project they seem to look on with much favor. \ About one o'clock carriages were secured and the party started on their way to Jasper aad lroiu there on to New Albany and Vevay,4he terminal of the Indiana branch. The eitiseus of Washington and Jefferson townships an greatly interested in this line of railroad as it would be of great benefit to the people of this sec! km. The proposed line is »"t of the biggest railroad projects

muter eon temptation for many years and extends through to the seaboard, giving a splendid outlet for the productions of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Our citizens should interest themselves in this tnatter &nd help to secure tins line through the county. Free Bills. Send your ail dress to II. K. Bncklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action e and are particularly effective in the cure of constipation and! sick headache. For malaria and liver treu- j blee they have been proved invaluable, j The^ are guaranteed to be perfectly free | from every deleterious substance and to be j purely vegetable. They do not weaken by j their action, but by giving tone to stomach j and t*>wels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 23c. per box. Sold by J. R. Adams & Son, druggists. The Black Diamond Railroad. Two railroad projects which have already been hinted at iu these columns, says the St. liouis Republic, appears to be booming in the southeast and southwest. One is the! line pro|H»ed to be constructed by au English syndicate, of which Albert K. Boone is the chief promoter, and the other by the Sabine pass and Northwestern railroad eoni|iany. latest re{)orls are to the effect that Mr. Boone and others interested have been examining the harbor faculties along the Atlantic coast. They have already visited Port Royal and Charleston. S. C., and expect eoon to visit the harbor at Savannah, Georgia. The promoters are now so sanguine as to make the statement that' the line will extend north .and south through the United States. The projector's route is said to be as follows: Starting either at Fargo, N. D., or Moorhead, Minn., the line will run thence 10 Muscatine. Iowa, thence to Peoria and Mouticello, Illinois; thence to Vincennes

ELECTION RETURNS. Full Kesult of Election in Old Pike Count}’. County Officers Divided ’Alf and 'Alf—Four and Four. Harrises Snles Poll* Through and So Does Kobiusou. The Vate Im Detail far f acta Candidate tay fm-incu. * i

The Pkmocsat feels very well, thank you, over the result of the election in Pike

819: W. M. Ridgway, 843; W. N. MeGrew, 77; Silas Bren ton. 59; Joseph L. Robinson, 41; Thomas Whitman, 118. The county weut republican by 105 as against 114 democratic in 1896. The democrats will now go to work to redeem themselves in 1900 by rolling up 400 majority in ■ tiiat campaign. Now go to work, cease 1 the tittle township bickerings and come | together and show that old Marion and | Jefferson are solidly democratic by large majorities. A Sore Sign of I'roap. Hoarseness in a child that is subject to croup is a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the eroupy cough has appeared, it will prevent the attack. Many mothers who have eroupy i children always keep this remedy at hand and find that it saves them much trouble and worry. It can always be deluded upon and is pleasant to take. For sale by J. R. Adams & Son. n Some Election Figaros. There are many who make a st udy of j polities aud the votes as cast in the several j townships of the county, and for their I ■Jbeuefit we give the majorities on the state ! officers for 1896 aud 1898. Had Marion j aud Jefferson cast half their usual majorities the county would have been democratic. Here are the figures^ lUKMOCKATIC MAjOKITl K*. MSB. Jefferson M ad i son Monroe . Logan Lockhart Marion MB 12 112 1M 522 KEl'VBUCAS MAJORITIES. 1SSW. Washington Clay Pal Aka .... Logan . 2W w t7 5 ■ms 1S8S. j SI ; ml so, u» et »i 252 ’ IKK : 21S! 84 « S5?

LOCAL HAPPENINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters, News Items From Here, There and Everywhere, i'eurt, City and Personal Items In an Abreyiated Form. Von Will Find Them All I'uder ThU Heading* (louse to rent. Or. W. II. Link. Waiter Ursery of Augusta, transacted j busiuess here Monday. William Bottoms of Patoka township, was in town Monday on business. Mrs. Riley Lane returned last Saturday from & week’s visit with friends at Evansville. __ W. J. Richardson of Rumble, chairman of the democratic county committee, was in town Mouday on business. Quiaoria positively cures chills aud fever when other remedies fail. No cure, no pay. For sale by Paul Pros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 3t»-tf

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I and Vevay. Indians; thence to Ghent,, iCynlhuuia ami Baibourville, Kentucky;! | thence to 1* Pollute, Knoxville and Mary- i | ville, Tennessee; thence to Bushneil aud j j Franklin, North Carolina; thence to K&buu j I Gap and Clayton Georgia; thence to Wal- ! halls, Anderson, Abbeville, Edgefield, { | Aken, Barnwell, Beaufort and on to Port j t Royal. South Carolina, on the aenooet. i i The total distance is 1,906 miles. The Sabine Pass project is to begin with | the construction of a liue from the gulf to Bonham, Texas. W. H. Brooker of San Antonio, Texas, is the chief promoter of j this enterprise, ami in an interview says: ! “We propose to construct first fromtide- | water to the Red river ou the north, a distance of but little more than 900 mile*. When this trunk line is completed through ' I Texas we propose to reach out for the j j northwest territory, traversing the Indian! I and Oklahoma territories, Kausas, Nebraska j and the two Dakotas, thereby reaching into j the northwest and the Missouri valley. We | prop*** to build and equip in first-clase style, with *0 pound steel rails under bonds of 112,500 to the mile.” -1From New Zealand. j . Rxarrox, New Zealand, Nov. 38,1896. lam very pleased to state that since I took the agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the Cough Remedy. In two years 1 have | sold more of this particular remedy than of all other makes fur the previous five years. As to efficacy, 1 have been informed by | scores of persons of the good results they | have received from it, and know its value jfrom the use of it in/my own household. It j is so pleasant jgurifo that we have to place | the bottle beyomfthe teach of the children. E. J. SCAXTUmt'KY. For sale by J. R. Adams & Son. n j George W. Grim of Monroe township, I was in town Monday oa buiincm

county, bat of course would have felt in mudh bettor spirits bad tbe entire democratic ticket been elected. The county went republican on the state ticket but through the voters of the county the local officers were divided, the democrats securing the auditor, sheriff, treasurer and one commissioner, while the republicans secured the county clerk, coroner, surveyor and | one commissioner. The election yeas a I most peculiar one in many respects, and it would take a New York politician or some other kind to tell just bow it was and how it was not done. The race, for auditor between Scale* and Hilsmeyer was in doubt until the canvass* ] ing board met and counted the vote. The j race on several of the other officers was close but the figure* showed who were elected. The vote by preemts will tie found in this issue and you cau compare the figure* and see just where the democrats lost and gained and where the republicans lost and gained, it was without doubt the most peculiar election ever held in the county. Marion township always democratie cast a majority for Hemenway for congress, white Logan cast its majurity for Duncan. But why waste words, the election is over ami the result of the voters must be accepted. The gentlemen elected in Pike county are as follows; Harrison Scales, auditor. James Brumfield, clerk. Owen Smith, treasurer. W. M. Etdgwav. -hcriff. Dr. W. H. McGrew, coroner. Silas Brenton, surveyor. Joseph L. Robinson, commissioner. Thomas Whitman, commissioner. Tbe majorities of the several candidate*; |ln Pike county were as follows: Union B. j Bunt, 10ft;Jam** A. Hemenway. 8?; John E. Norman. 301: Edward P. Richardson, 16; James A. Coats, 71; James W. Brumfield. Ml; W. H. Scales, 8; Owen Smith,

Dubois and l*iko. Captain Sasser Sullivan, democratic candidate for representative of Dubois and Pike counties, aud Kerr Traylor, demo- j eratic candidate for prosecuting attorney for the same counties, were elected by large j majorities. The vote for representative was | as follows: Suit!van. Coats. I DuboU .. 23* «?4 Pike *2130 *2221 Total 44* 3135 Sullivan's majority, tfflS. For prosecuting attorney the vote in the two counties was as follows: Traylor. Norman- j Dubois.. *2154 lice Pike .... 2017 ToUU 43)1 - V 555 Traylor’s majority. 751. For Joiut-Seuator. The vote for joint-senator in the counties I of Pike. Warrick and Vanderburgh was sett let) by the latter county rolling up aj big republican majority. Hon. K. P. Richardson made a splendid race with such I great odds against him. The majorities by I counties was as follows: Richardson. Legemau. Pike .. I* Warrick . II * Vsadcrburg ...-- 1020 Total . m wau; Legeman's maj ->rtty,l|H. ll Is Congressman Hemenway. The majorities for Heiuenway and Duncan in the several counties is as follows, which ! elects llemeuway by a larger majority than two years ago: - Gibson. Pike Poesy - . . Warrick ... «»encrr.. \ anderbur* Duncan. I 34* AS Hemenway.; non was; Total .. m IW Hemenway*s majority MM. Richard Baas of Stand*!, was in town'

Mrs. John H. Viehe visited with friends at Evansville this week. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 2$* John Survant and Pleasant Luttruli of Marion township, were in town last Friday on business. Uncle Lowery Oladish, one of the old residents of Madison township, was in terwn Monday on business. Asa Mason, one of the prominent eitiiens of Mouroe township living near Coe, was in town last Saturday transacting business. Bromoline will positively cure a ©old in 34 hours. No cure, uo pay, 35 rents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. ____ SB—tf Bring your job printing to the Democrat office. Latest styles in type and printers that know bow to use if. Firstciass stock used in all work. Qninoria is guaranteed to cnre chills, fever and all malarial disorders. No cure, no pay. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 36—tf John B. Blaise and Joseph Willis of Logan township, were callers last Friday while in town on business. They are jubilant oTer the result of the election in their township, and well they may be. Miluskry—Closing out of fall and winter up-to-date styles in hats and all fancy trimmings, at a great reduction in prices. Call and see the new styles. 97-4 Mrs. H. H. Smith. Uncle George Rollon, one of the oldest democrats of Marion township, was in town Monday on business. Uncle George has reached his nearly four score years, and although in feeble health, always makes his semi-annual trip to Petersburg about taxpaying time. May ha live many more yews, ..

H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 38* George Skinner and Dr. Chutabley of Arthur, were in town Saturday on business. William R Langford of Monroe township, transacted business in the city last Saturday. The Evansville street fair is on this week. A large number from this place hare been in attendance. Simeon Mason, one of the hustling democrats of Monroe township, was in towu last Friday. Henry Thomas, who is employed in the E. & I. yards at Evansville, was at home a few days last week. James Shepard, one of the leading merchants of Spurgeon, was in town last Saturday on business. Dr. Hiisntever ot Stendal, was in town last Friday. He was the republican candidate for county auditor. W. W. Survant, one of Marion township’s prominent citizens and farmers, was in town last Saturday on business. Riley Masters and Will Ropp, loyal democrats of Logan township, were in town last Thursday on business. John B. Blaize, George Loveless, Eli Rumble and John Helsley of Logan township, were in town Monday on business. “Senorets eure^hronie constipation, kidney aiul liver complaint. Price 35 cents.! For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphanr. 88-tf

Senorets"purify the blood and beautify the complexion. Cure constipation. 35 cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. 36-tf VV. F. Brock of Velpen, was in town last Thursday afternoon on business. Billy has sold out his livery stable at Oakland City and moved back to Velpen. D. of R. will give an entertainment at the I. O. O. F. hall for the benefit of the Odd Fellows* home. Admission, 15 cents. All are cordially invited. Com. W. F. Brown"of Ohio, anTldrs. W. W. Stevens of Washington eouuty, two of the best instructors in the country, will be at the Pike county farmers’ institute this year. John Carey of Winslow, was In town last Friday. Be has bis new coal mine at W inslow in running order and will soon be ready to supply the people with a firstelas# grade of fuel. John W. Wilson, formerly in the practice of law in this city, has returned and will again take up the practice. He offers his services to the public in a legal way and is now ready to take all court business. 37*4 Thursday, November 34th, is the time set for our annual natioual Thanksgiving. At that time a union service of all the churches will be conducted in the M. E. church at this place at 10:30 a. in. Rev. Probert of the Baptist church, will preach the sermon. All are invited to attend. Ora Kant* and Miss Delta M. Whitman, daughter of Thomas Whitman of Pike county, were joiued in marriage at the | home of the officiating minister, Rev. E. M. Bale, in Winslow, last Monday. They will reside on his farm-near Augusta.— I Oakland City Enterprise.

Harrison Scale?, auditor elect of the | county, was in town last Saturday shaking | hands with his numerous friends. He wu) I return next week and go to work in the | auditor's office and take notes on the work I of that office which he will assume the first [of December. The Deuoout predicts that he will make a capable and efficient officer. Mrs. Charlotte Craig died last week at j the residence of her son, O. L. Craig of old | age, being 80 years old. She was one of [ the pioneers of this community coming | here in 1831. Her husband made the first [shingles lor the first residence in Otwell. [She raised a large family. Her remains | were laid to rest in the Craig cemetery. Re*. I Winn conducting the funeral services.— Otwell item. That there was some peculiar voting done j here on election day is only necessary to • [give the majorities of the several eandiI dates in Washington township. Hunt, I republican candidate for secretary of state I received 228; Hemeuway. r, 160: Norm an, | r. 229; Legeman, r, 133; Coatee, r, 811; Brumfield, r, 228; Hilsmeyer, r, lfil; . | Smith, d, 46; Ridgwav, d. 31 i McGrew, r„ y 1171; Brenton, r, 190; Capehart, r, 141} Whitman, r, 300. It has been arranged by the different churches to hold a union revival meeting this year. The time set for this meeting to begin is Sunday night, November 27th. will not ba in charge of any but will be couducted by pastors, each having charge of in regular rotation. A week% Services will be condncted bf societies of t ho >