Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 35, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 January 1899 — Page 1

PETERSBURG, IND.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 6, 1899 VOL. XXIX.

LOCAL HAPPEHINGS! Gathered on the Fly by The Democrat’s Reporters, ' News Items From Here, There and | ( Everywhere. Coirt, City aid Personal Items In an Abreyiated Form. Yon bill Flub Then All Huber ThU Heading.

Reduced prices on boots and shoes at the New York Store. 34-2 v Mrs. Frank Osbou of Washington,visited her parents here last week. \ ---- ! . While the New York Store has done an immense business |n overcoats, there are atili a few left which will be sold at a song. 34-2 Misses Lottie Doane and Emma Cassidy, who are teaching school in Madison town ship, visited their parents at Jasper during the holidays. Subscribe for the Democrat and get all the news. Send in your name and the cash and the paper will be mailed regularly to your address. Quinoria is guaranteed to cure chills, fever and all malarial disorders. No cure, no pay. For sale by Paul Bros, and Ber1 gen and Qliphant. 3fi-tf On the fourth page of this issue will be found the rate of taxation for state, county, ijtown and township taxes tor 1898. The rate is lower in several townships than it -was last year. . S. Beach and J. W. McCord are buying tobacco at Augusta. They made their first ,carload shipment' last Saturday ' to the market. The firm will do a big business the coining year. A son of Henry McGiiluw, living near Hostner, died Tuesday of consumption. The young man was about twenty years old. The funeral took place Wednesday and interment at the old family cemetery. The Demorest medal contest will be held on Friday evening, January 13th at the M. E. church. Everybody come; the music will be fine and every one will enjoy the addresses of the young ladies. Admission free. ?

Announcement—The firm of ,M. Frank & Son succeeded Moses Frank Iasi Monday, January 2, 1899, and the new firm extends to ail friends and patrons an invitation to call and see them. Goods as cheap as ever. 85-2 M. Frank & Son. George B. Ashby returned from St. Louis laSt Friday, where he bought a carload of cattle which he shipped to his stock farm bear Winslow. George has a fine farm, which he is getting in fine condition and besides stocking it up he has one of the finest peach orchards in the county.) Word was received here this week from ' Rev. James B. Thomas announcing that be and his family would leave for India at once to take up missionary work. THe reverend returned from there some two years ago where he had been engaged in the work for'Several years and was very successful. He will remain eight years. An exchange thinks it is funny that when farmers wish to retire they move to town. Town people when they wish to retire move to the country. A farmer has poor health and he moves to town to rest up and get Well, where he will not be bothered with hard work. The town man when he has poor health will go to the country -with his tent and pitch it under some shady tree, where he may enjoy the country air and rusticate in the enjoyment of a perpetual picnic. _ | 1 The miners of the state held their anuual meeting at Terre Haute Saturday to instruct their delegates t«j the national convention, which is to meet at Pittsburg January 10. Some of the meetings were of local lodges and others were mass meetings of men from several mines. The miners are in favor of trying to get an advance from 06 cent* a ton in the bituminous mines and from 76 cents in the Clay county block field, but at the same time it seems the belief that an increase cau be secured only after a bitter Struggle. Delegates will be instructed lo make a demand for an increase of IQ cents

Mrs. A) Brazzletou visited relatives at Evansville last week. (to to B. H. Tisiow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 2S* Thomas Small of Washington, was in the city Tuesday on business. Peter Prof transacted business at Indianapolis last week returning Friday. John Bilderback and David Corn are vis-; iting old friends and relatives at Augusta this week. v Charles Skinuer visited friends here over Sunday returning to Oakland City Tuesday where he is attending college. Bromoline will ciire a cold while you sleep. No cure, no pay. 25 cents. For sale by Paul,Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. j 36-t£ Jeff Abbott of near Otwell, transacted business in town Tuesday and handed the editor a big silver dollar for the biggest paper in the county. The New York /Store will commence its annual invoice January 20th. Until that date we sell all goods at reduced prices in order to close out all winter goods. 34-2

Abijah Beatty of Winslow, was in town yesterday on business. He is one of the proprietors of the new coal mine at that place which will soon be in operation. The semi-weekly issue of the Press made its appearanoe Tuesday in six-eolumn folio form and made a splendid showing. The Democrat wishes the venture success. ^ illiam Liibs has purchased the property now occupied by the gas office of William Limp. Mr. Liibs now owns forty foot front and will probably erect a brick block next sPri»g-_, The W. G. T. U. meeting at the M. E. parsonage Saturday was wel| attended. Mrs. Mosier and daughter were present. Miss Georgians gave us a very interesting talk on the work. The week of prayer uuion services at the several churches have been well attended. The services for the rest of the week will be held at the Presbyterian church Thursday and Friday evenings and at the M. E. ehuich Saturday and Sunday evenings. M. M. Gowen of Clay township, and John T. Rumble of Madison township, were appointed appraisers of school lands by the commissioners Tuesday. The ^elections are good, as they'are men who are well acquainted with the value of lands. The Electric light company elected the following officers and directors Wednesday evening: Gustoff Frank, president ; C. A. Burger,vice-presideut; Sol Frank, treasurer: George E. King, secretary and manager; Clay Lemmon, W. V. Hargrove and Moses Frank.

I The Knights of Pythias of Iudi&na are talking of contributing one dollar each to a fund for releasing their real estate in Indianapolis from debt. This would yield $&$,000, and would set the property free and insure the erection of the $150,00© building contemplated. The following officers were installed by the Odd Fellows’ lodge Monday evening last: Noble grand, W. G. Adams. Vice grand, Johu Wilier. Treasurer, S. G. Coon rod. 1 <, j’ Permanent secretary, J. D. Colvin. Recording secretary, A. W. Selby. C. Li. Holcomb and W. D. Crow have formed a law partnership and begun business with the new year. They are both young men and well known throughout the county. Mr. Holcomb served as couuty attorney last year. Mr. Crow is the ex-edrtor of the Press which he successfully conducted for more than two years. Success.

1 he construction of the Vincentes division of the Black Diamond railroad|system is undoubtedly a sure ihing, and by May 1, 1899, our people may expect to see the work on the road actually begun. A special meeting of the board of directors of the Vineemies, Vevay & South Atlantic railway, (the Vincennes division of i the Black Diamond system) has been called , t<» meet in this city at the office of President j Edward Watson, on Thursday, January 12, 11899, at 3 p. m., for the purpose of awardI «*g the contract for the construction of the) ro^d. W ork will begin as soon as possible ! after the contract is let—Vincennes Com- | mercial. I . ----- With the beginning of the new year a change occurred in business circles in this city, Moses Frank having taken into partnership his son Gustoff. . The name of the new firm will be M. Frank & Son. Mr. Frahk has been engaged in the merchandise trade in this city for the past thirty-five i years, and is one of Petersburg’s successful ! business men. He has also engaged in stock buying for a number of years. The junior member of the new firm has been a clerk in the store for several years and is thoroughly posted in all the details of the , merchandise business, and knows the wants I of the people, having made the business a study. The Democrat extends its best I wishes to? the new firm and that it raay.be ; as successful in all its undertakings as the .old management. ....

$1. Gray transacffla business in Jefferson i township this week. Rottimel & Morgan will hold their first stock sale in this city Saturday. I have several tons of good clover hay for sale at my farm. 84-2 Thomas Read. William Dean of Minnesota, arrived here Tnesday%nd will visit his parents, Joshua Dean and wife. A jjoifnd party was tendered Rev. and Mrs. Darling on last Monday evening by the members of the Presbyterian church. Bromoiine will positively cure a cold in 24 hoars. No core, no pay, 25 ?ents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen afnd Oiiphant. ~~~~T 86-tf The lagrippe is beaded this .way and is due to arrive about the first of February. It is time to prepare for the disease, t’he disease is epidemic in the East. William Smith of this city, carried off first premium on his Indian games at the poultry show at Oakland City last week. He so|d the premium birds to John Chappell of that city. • ' The regular meeting of the Ladies’ Rocking Chair club was held last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Florence Tracj*. The visitors present were Mrs. Mosier, Miss Byers and Miss Mosier. Mrs. Blanche Morgan entertained friends last Monday evening. The guests of honor being Mrs. Mosier and daughter of Loogootee. The evening was pleasantly spent in games and conversation. The box supper given at Gladish chapel last Saturday night was a big success. Something over $42 was cleared to apply on the building of the new church at Wi » liarns. The entertainment is highly spoken of by those in attendance.

AxxouncEMExr-The firm of M. Frank & Sod succeeded Moses Frauk last Monday, January 2, 181)9, and the new firm extends to all friends and patrons an invitation to call and see them. Goods as cheap as ever. 35~2 M. Frank & Sox. Remember that the Democrat office is headquarters for all classes of printing. We make a .specialty of all classes of stationary for business men and have the newest and latest designs of type to, select your, work from. We have a firstelass grade of stock. Business men fjjtl use our line of goods. ^CalJ and see samples of work. H‘My friends^ exclaimed the eloquent minister of a neighboring town, “were the averaVe man tojturn and look himself square!^ in thg^eyes, aud as^ himself wbat he reall£~needed most, what would be the first reply suggested to the mind?” “A rubber neck 1” shouted the precocious boy in the rear of the room; and in the confusion which followed, the good man lost his place in his manuscript aud began over again. There is one tbwnship in the state that is entirely without schools. This distinction falls to Center township, Noble county. It is a small towuship and the town of Albion which it iucludes, contains the only schools there are to the township and they are entirely divorced from the township management. The school duties of the trustee of that township are light.. He merely collects the taxes afid turns them over to the school corporation of Albion! where all the pupils of the township attend the school. On motion of the defendant Judge Houghton ordered a special venire of fifty men drawn to make ifp the jury in the Siple murder ease to be called in the Daviess circuit court two weeks from next Monday. The ease was venued from Pike county. Frank Siple is charged with murdering a man named Smith at Petersburg several months ago. He is alleged to have drugged the man and theu robbed him. Siple has been in jail here awaiting trial for several weeks. Gardiner & Gardiner and Virgil Greene will represent Siple. Prosecutor Mears and Ogden & Inman will appear for the state. It i3 expected that the trial will take up several days and possibly a full week.—Washington Gazette. '

Indiana is fast forging to "the front in almost every line. In manufactures it takes the lead. It now manufacturers more than one-fourth of all the canned goods made in this country, and is the first state in the union in making glass. In literature it stands at the head. The two. great novels of the centnty—“Ben Hur” and “When Knighthood was in Flower,” are both Indiana productions. In histoq|, John Clark Ridpatb, Jacob P, Dun, Edward Eggleston and William H. English stand near the head of African history. In poetry James Whitcomb Riley and many others. In music, Margaret Reed, Birdice Blye. In oratory, John L. Griffith, John W. Kern and Albert Beveridge are in constant demand. In statecraft, Benjamin Harrison and John W. Foster stand at the head. In setenee, Prof. Wiley, John/W. Coulter are known in this country and Europe. In resources of natural wealth no state can compare with Indiana. Great is the Hoosier state. * j \

E. M. Walker made a Evansville Tuesday afternoon. ler and business trip to H. H. Tislow. jeweler and watchmaker Petersburg. All work guaranteed. !»• Calvin and Mrs. Arnold, Madison township, are rejoicing oyer a fine little daughter. Taylor Dear in g. who is engaged in the timber trade in Tennessee, was here last week visiting friends. J. S. Newkirk left Tuesday morning for Trenton,! Tennessee, where he will bay stock for shipment to this place. Senorets cure chronic constipation, kidj ney and liver complaint. Price 25 cents. For sale by Paul* Bios. awl. Bergen and. Oliphant. ^ f ' gfi-tf

Captain Sasser Sullivan, of Marion towj.ship, representative of Dubois and Pile counties* was in the city a few hoars last Friday while on his way to Indianapolis. The Epworth League will hold its cabinet meeting on next Tuesday evening. The meeting will heging at 6:30 and will be addressed by Dr. Talbot the presiding elder. Everybody invited. Read the advertisement of the Cumberland telephone exchange in this issue. If you are thinking of putting in~a phone call find see the manager. It is very convenient and will pay for itself in a month. Miss Bettie Patterson left Monday for Cleveland, Ohio, where she has accepted a position m a hospital. She is'a graduate of the Evansville sanitarium, where site hits been employed for the past three years. Notice—Owiug to the qhange in the lirm, all persons knowing themselves nvdebted will please call and settle by cash or note, as our books must be squared up at once. 35-2 Moses Frank. The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons during tiepast week: Denzle M. Thompson and Rose E. R. Snyder. Ernst A. Powers and Julia W. Barrett. John F. Hornback and Ada L. Snyder.

I nomas Barker left yesterday for Pear- | sail, Texas, for the benefit of his health, j For sometime past he has been soffering from lung trouble and on the advioe'bf his I physician he sought a chauge of eliraate. i He was accompanied by Neff Coates who will remain with him. Tom’s many friends wish him a speedy and safe recovery. —------i,. * Election Notice.--Annual meeting of t he stockholders of the Guarantee building loan and savings association of Petersburg, held at the office of the secretary on Tuesday, January 10, 1899, for the purpose of electing eight directors to serve for the ensuing year. 34-2 Mart M. Glezen, Sec. Last Thursday at Vincennes occurred the marriage of Miss Estella Weaver of this place and Mr. Luther L. Byers of Harrison township, Knox county. The news of the marriage was quite a surprise to the young lady’s friends in this city. For the past two years she has heen employed at Mrs. KichardsohV millinery store; and is heid in the highest esteem by all who know her. The groom is a prominent young farmer of Knox county and is well known. A fruit dealer said it waj very probable that the price of oranges would be down the first of the year, for it was reported! that the erop this year is better than it has been since the freeze three years ago. He! said that nearly all of the oranges used in this country since that cold snap have been grown in California. Some large shipments have been received from abroad but the California fruit has come into more gcnerai( use. This year, however, the orange crop on the lower coast of Louisiana, owing to the early frosts, is rapidly ripening and the fruit is being picked and shipped to New Orleans and Chicago. The erop is estimated to be 300.060 boxes.

A few evenings ago at the office of Dr. T. it. Rice, Harley R. Snyder met the Petersburg stockholders of the Alaska Gold mining company, of which he is treasurer and general, manager. Mr. Snyder returned from Alaska a few days ago,''where he has been since last March superintending the erection of buildings and development work on the mines in which many of our citizens are heavily interested. Mr. Snyder*gave his audience a very detailed account of his work, and was rery much pleased with the property, and with the aid of a blackboard he drew a very beautiful sketch of the mountains and the ledges as developed, j his travels, the location of buildings, ete. | The holders of stock in this particular; mine are very jubilant and confident of tie i ultimate success of the property. The owners of .stock in the Meilen and ! Jualin mines are in good spirits, and take ! it all in all our little town has laid ler money down in Alaska in the lucky places, j as all are now considered the best mines in ; Southern Alaska. Mr. Snyder will return and superintend j the property the coming year, and by t.bej ; 1st of August he expects, to produce oiS j first gold brick and sepd it to the sto;k-' [holders. e V * * n

Frank Thomas of Winslow, visited here last week. John W. Sal well of Stendal, was in the city Tuesday on business. Jufd|te Ely is holding court at Jasper this week, the term beginning last Monday. Jack Richardson of Ix>gan township, was in town Tuesday looking after business interests. - _ W. S. Corn, county superintendent, was in town Monday and Tuesday on business connected with iu» office. Senorets purify the blood mid beautify the complexion. Cure constipation. 25 centi,. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergen and Oliphant. r~ 36-tf Hodimel & Morgan have bought the Patterson property on Depot street. They will soon commence the erection of a brick livery stable on that part Of the lot next Cherry street. The membewof the Methodist church took occasion on New Year’s eve to surprise their pastor, Rev. Rader and family, with a pound party. It was a pleasant gatheriftg and fully appreciated. Notice—Owing to the change 1 in the firm, all persons knowing themselves indebted will please call and settle by cash or note, as our books millk.be squared up at once. * 35-2 ^PMoses Frank. The Red Men will install officers this (Friday) evening. After the public installatioodrover r banquet will be spread and a general good time will be indulged in byAfae members aud their families and invited guests. V - ,

Mrs. J.W. Bergen and Mrs. Mc€. Stoops entertained the members of the ^Rocking Chair club together with several young ladies on last Monday afternoon at the home of the forfner. The entertainment was unique and heartily entered iftto by all present. f Rev. C. D. Darling delivered his lecture, ^Mistakes of the Devil,”at the Presbyterian church last Tbutsday evening to, an appreciative audience. He is a very pleasant sfieaker, and at times carried hisaudience to laughter and again to very serious reflection. The lecture was one of the very best delivered in this city. Monte Alexander, aged twenty-six yearsT died Thursday morning of consumption at the he rue; of his father, Charles P. A esamier, - southwest of town. He tmt recent ly returned from Arkansas where he had be m for sometime for the beuefit of his healtU. The funeral services will be held at tfc ? family residence today (Friday) and inter nent at Walnut Hills cemetery. The following officers were elected ‘last Thursday light by the Knights of Pythias qf.this city: ' - 5 Master cf work, W. E. Williams. Chance lor commander. Will Lamb. Vice Cl nacellor, J. H. Risley. Prelate W. U. Foreman. Master a t arms. George Hoilon. Keeper c f reeor*ls, L. E. Woolsey. Master cf finance, W. M. Kime. Master cf exchequer. William Liibs. Inside gaard, Will Rend. 5 Outside guard, EL G. Burlingame. tReprese native, L, V. Colvin. Trustees, T. R. itice, three years; Leslie Lamb, cue year. The gramophone entertainment at the Baptist church last Friday evening was a grand success. The gramophone is one of Edison’s inventions and, has been in use but a few years, and this was its first introduction in this city. The productions were excellent and contained many of the very latest and some of the old familiar songs which never wear out. Rev. Probert is to be congratulated on the success of the entertainment. The eutertainment will be repeated Saturday afternoon for the beuefit of the school children and those who were unable to be present last Friday night. Children, 10 cents; adults, 15 cents. Those holding tickets for the former entertainment will also be admitted.

The folfowine^reselrdionswere adopted by the state township trustees association which met at Indianapolis last vreek. The i trustees will fight any effort to change the; laws at this session of the legislature: ] Resolved, That we favor the contin-! uance of our present plan of township government; ‘‘That we favor all legislation that pro- ! tects the rights of the people and gives! them a voice in managing our local affairs;! “That we favor Indiana’s compulsoryj education law; “That we are in favor of all public highways being under the supervision of township trustees; “That we favor cleaning all public ditches by contract, supervised T>y the trustee, and that the plan of cleaning by allotment bej abolished; “That we are in favor of a reduction in i the legal rate of all public advertising: ‘ That we approve of the stand taken by j all persous who have declared in favor of the continuance of our present plans of local; government, with any needed improvements to protect all public good—not abolishing! the township trustees office, but improving it." k . J

W. V. Hargij>ve made a bsssinesa trip to Evansville Monday last. '' ,'j ■ Charles Seebren and family oi Princeton, visited friends here this week* Miss Stella Malholiand home at Washington Monday. ! she was the guest of Miss Plot* L. E. Holman of near Monroe City, was jthe guest of friends here over Sunday. Ha was sergeant of the ISOtikregiment Indiana voluoteers. ■s

Quinoria positively cures chili* and fever when other remedies JaiL ||So cure, no pay- For sale by Paol Brosand Bergen and Oliphant. ; 36-ti Dr. Jw T. Kime, Perry A. C-happeU, the attorney, C. C, Murphy, dentist, and Jack Bowersthe contractor, hare taken office room* in the Parker building opposite the court house. Mrs. C. D. Darling arrived lost Saturday from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to join her husband, the pastor of the 3*tesbyterian church. They are occupying the residence of William Davidson on East Main street. You should know that Foley** Honey and Ta :s absolutely the best remedy for all * diseases of the throat, chest or lungs. Dealers are authorized to guarantee it to give satisfaction in all caws. J. K. Adams & Son. ‘ ^|p?; ■ j AyxoCNcitnEvr—The fii£o||t M. Frank & Son succeeded Moses Frank last Monday* January 2, 1899, and the new firm extends to afl friends and patrons an invitation to call and see them. Goods as cheap as eve r,. ^ 85-2 M. Phase & So*.>' The several lodges are busy with wcik - now initiating new members. The William Goats have had a long rest and are quite frisky but the candidates seem to recover aftqvthe ordeal. Petersburg can boast of several as good lodges as there is in the state and they are in a flourishing condition.

Lon George, Frank an<l Earl Burger, Charles and Earl Lemmon, Goethe Link and El wood Grey and Misses Grace Stocky, Flora Brumfield, Hattie George, Daisy Dillon and Maude Harrell have returned to college to resume their? studies after spending the holiday va&ii|fti with the home folks. /'ards have been received here announcing the marriage of Mirs Kathryn Louise Smith of Mt. Vernon, and C. L. Pleasants of Poseyville. Miss Smith has visited in this city several times and was the guest ot County Ijgftasurer Smith’s fej&fty, and also * >k part in a number of will reside in Poseyville. They ...MSgE __ A new counterfeit one dollar silver certificate has been discovered. It is of the series of 1896, Bruce, register; Robert^ treasurer, and apparently printed from photo etched plates on heavy bond paper. So attempt has been made to imitate the silk fiber, and the treasury number has been traced with bine writing flu^gyrhich blurs when dampened, as docs the red coloring applied to the seal. The execution is poor and the work would deceive only the most careless handlers. Don’t get mad if .youfjffeitor’s name doesn’t appear in our columns. Perhaps you didn’t tell the reporter* he’s no min<^_ reader. Don’t get mad if your neighbor doings ar^-referred to more often than your own. Your neighbor mar gjtye the newspaper the infonnation. Your, modesty may be keeping you in the back ground. The newspaper is alwyrea glad to have news. Nothing pleases it so well except an advertisement or a new subscribe^ Tell the reporter whatyou know or what you want or telephone No. 33, and the Democrat will guarautedus inser^jon, unless; it should be of a Iputonful character. It is news the Democrat wants, and it Will be glad to. get it, -4—

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thomas gave a musicale last Thursday evening at their country residence in Jefferson township, in honor of their children. Miss May received their friends at the door aad’usfeered them into the parlors, that were beautifully decorated with palms and fqhas. Mr. Grant Case favored the company with some beautiful selections which were appreciated by all. Games of all kinds were participated in, but in the midst of their fun^the dining room was thrown open and all wire invited to partake of the sumptuous feast. Mrs. Thomas, assisted by Mrs. Kiamaa, presided;, at the table and all were well served. The ^ guests were: Misses Addjfe SuramerdaSe, ^ Bessie Dillon, Mona Link, Maud Harris, Allie Budd, Anna Thomas, Fannie Chew, May Thomas, Sallie HaittfeBeulah Capehart, Eilna Crow, Lola Thomas, Lula Thomas, Bertha Demott. Messrs. Elwood Gray, John Chappell, Grant Case, Thomas Gray, Rudolph Stone, C’ttis Thomas, Hartman Sehrefer, Thomas :stoue, Ralph Chappell, John Vandrier, Goethe Link, Dr. Logan, Fountie Carpenter, Wesley Coleman, Rhoine Thomas, Edward Logan, Mr, and Mt^ John ,Budd, Mr. and Mrs. KJa» man and Mrs. Clara Townsend* rjg