Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 January 1899 — Page 1

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LOC A BREVITIES. The News (fathered From yarloui Par,* of the County. Ladies, caiT at this office for youi * ' visiting cards. Walter Ursery of Augusta, was ir town Monday on business.' Mell Catt of Clay township, transacted business here Saturday. Elias Grace of Clark’s Station, was in town Wednesday on business. The Illinois Central railroad has bought the Southern Indiana route. I?. M: Berry returned Tuesday evening from a visit to Princeton friends. H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watch- . maker, Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 28* Frank and Mrs.' Heuring of Winslow were the guests of friends here Monday last. 5 Trustee Thomas Nelson of Marion township, was in town last Friday on business. ^ Jacob A. Shrodes and William Lindsey of Union, were in town Monday on business. Samuel Renner of Clay township; was in town Monday afternoon on business matters. R. L. Burba pf Oakland City, was in town last Saturday looking after business interests. Daniel Davidson of Clay township, was looking after business affairs in the city Monday last. L. Trayler, trustee of Jefferson township, was in town last Saturday transacting*, business. J. L. Capehart, the hotel map of stOtwell, was transacting business in - this place last Saturday.

Miss Loll Reuss returned Monday from Queen City, Missouri, where she has been for several months. Mrs. Hehry Drof left for Buffalo, New York, in response to the news of the serious illness of her sister. Daniel Davis, one of the old time and influential democrats of Lockhart £- township transacted business here Monday. Mrs. Malinda Hawkins, who has been visiting friends at Winslow for sometime past, returned home the first of the week. There are several cases of diphtheria at Otwell at present. Precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Albert Wade was acquitted iq the United States court at Evansville Saturday for complicity in the wrecking of the Mt. Vernon bank in 1895. The mumps is the prevailing disease in Madison township at the present time. Two of the district schools have beea dismissed until the contagion is over. George1 West and wife have returned from Boonville, where George has bgeh receiving treatment for nearly two years past. He is not much improved at this time. The miners meeting at Pittsburg has agreed upor^an eight-hour day and 66 cents per ton for mining coal. A strike has been averted by the operators accepting the proposal.

The Democrat is the largest paper published in Pike county; contains more local news and all at the same price of papers half its size. Sub- \ scribe now and get the big local Paper,__ S. C. Wyatt, one of the prominent farmers living a few miles south of town, is seriously ill. He returned Saturday from Salem, Illinois, where he attended a stock sale and was taken ill upon his return. The Rockport Journal of last week published a very creditable special edition giving numerous half-tone enkgravings of prominent citizens and public buildings and much valuable information concerning that city. Alfred Arnold, a young man living five nfiles northeast of Petersburg, met with quite a mishap Monday afternoon of last week. While loading a gun it if as accidentally disi charged, the bullet entering the fleshy part of the leg. Dr. R. W. Harris was $ called and dressed the wound. Last Sunday evening at Otwell Clyde Demsey and George Alford engaged in a scrap which came near terminating seriously. Demsey slashed Alford in the right thigh with a knife, whereupon the latter pulled out a revolver and shot at Demsey the bullet missing the mark but went Closeenough to p as i through his coat

The altercation ended at that, tic 'i arrests. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds oi watch and clock repairs. 28* Isaac Sorgius of Algiers, was in town last Friday on business. Patrick McCarty of Washington, was in town Wednesday on business. William and Sylvester Wallace of Monroe township, were in town Wednesday. - | Sol Frank and Clark Whitman were business visitors at Evansville last Saturday. The Ladies’ aid society will meet at Mrs. Laura Whitaker’s Wednesday, February 1st. I Fred and Charles Smi^h were at Evansville Wednesday /Visiting Mr. Smith’s mother. Jesse Crow and wife returned home last Saturday. Mrs. Crow has recovered from her recent illness. Andy Hayes, who h^s been living at Washington fpr sometime past, removed his family to this place this week. ->-■ Miss Mattie Gilchrist returned Wednesday from Poseyville, where she has been visiting friends for several weeks. W. A. Oliphant returned Wednesday from Danville, Illinois, where he had been looking after business interests for three weeks. . Richard Pride returned to his home at Otwell last week after a several peeks’ visit to a son in Texas. He is well satisfied with Pike county. The Patricola concert company will give the first entertainment of the High school lecture course at the M. E- church this (Tharsday) evening.

Mrs. Frank Davenport, living' near Cato, died of consumption on Wednesday of last week. Interment at Flatcreek cemetery on Friday following. Elder J. W. Richardson of Madison township, returned Monday from Providertce, Gibson county* where he had been conducting services over Sunday. You should know that Foley’s Honey and Tar is absolutely the best remedy for all diseases of the throat, chest or lungs. Dealers are authorized to guarantee it to give satisfaction in all cases. J. R. Adams & Son. Pike county got a good many of Daviess county's good round dollars a few years ago when the court house cases were being tried at Petersburg. Bqt we're going to get a few of them back through the Siple case.—Washington Gazette. “Conquests and Conquerors,” second and last sermon in hre series at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. Third and last lecture on “Character” in the evening, Particular subject, “Character the Eternal Standard.” All are cordially invited. The Vincennes Star has changed hands and is now the property of Signor & Marsee as editors and proprietors. Col. Sam Marsee, the junior member of the firm, was bprn and raised in this city and learned the printer’s trade in this office. The Democrat wishes the boys success and may the Star twinkle until the end of

James A. Shepard, J. J. Langford and John Seales of Spurgeon, were callers at this office last Friday while in town on busine.ss. The gentlemen are true-blue democrats and always take an active part in the campaigns. They took a squint at our new power press and were delighted with its magnificent work and the neat appearance of the Democrat. Speaker Richardson of Lockhart township, while working in one of the small local coal mines near Augusta, met with a very bad accident last Thursday while mining coal. A large piece of slate fell on him bruising and mashing him very badly. A fellow workhaan removed the slate off his body and he was taken home and medical aid sent fojr. At this time he is much better. At the late election the voters of Pike county had an opportunity to give the Press or Democrat about $800 worth of legal printing per year, and of course the Democrat got all of it. Last week Bro~ Stoops added a fine power press to * is office, and we congratulate Me on the same. By | the way the Democrat office is turning'out some of the finest job work in I the state—being especially well pre- ! pared to execute the finest grades of job printing.—Petersburg News.

BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS. Short Paragraphs Items Briefly Told— Concerning the People. For fine repair work go to Hammond & Kime. 37-3 Clay Lemmons transacted business at Huntingburg last week,?? Hon. A. H. Taylor made a business trip to Evansville Monday last. Bring us your job printing. Good work at prices to suit the times. Frank Thomas of Winslow, Was in town over Sunday visiting friends. Ralph and Mrs. Smith are the proud parents of a bouncing big baby girl. S. Beach, the Augusta merchant, was in town last Saturday on business. Ed R. King is building a brick addition to his livery stable on Fifth street. Malott & Brenton shipped a carload of hogs to the Indianapolis market Monday* * Florian Bartl, ex-postmaster of Otwell, was ip town Tuesday afternoon on business?. George B. Ashby went to Winslow Monday afternoon to look after his cattle ranch. J. L. Sumner was at Evansville this week in the interest of the Osborne machine company. Wilson & Tyner have opened a collecting agency in the Parker block, opposite the court house. Mrs* Clark Whitman and Miss Ella McGowan tisited friends at Oakland City and Winslow this week. W. M. Hillman, one of the pioneer residents of Clay township, is seriously ill with but little hopes of recovery. * Representative Sullivan has introduced House bill No. 313 authorizing county commissioners to employ expert accountants. »

Milton McLaughlin, one of the prosperous f armers of Jefferson township, was in town Monday attending to business matters. Mell Goweri, Robert Hyneman and Hannigan Reedy, solid farmers and democrats of Clay township, were in town Monday last on business. —-£- 1 Call and see that nice line of belt buckles, cyrano or bead chains,friendship hearts and bracelets in sterling filled and plate at Hammond & Kime’s. 37-3 Henry Coleman of Jefferson township, and Mell Gowens of Clay township, served on the United States petit jury that tried Wade at Evansville last week. j The February term of the circuit court will convene one week from next Monday. The docket no doubt will be quite light. There will be a session of the grand jury at this term. Rev. A. J. Willis of the Regular Baptist church, has purchased the property recently occupied by Capt. Ashmead on Union street, and will locate in this city.—Oakland City Journal.

J. C. Gibbons, aged 49 years, of Madison township, died of consumption last Thursday. The funeral serices were conducted Friday by Elder J. W. Richardson and interment at the Poplar Grove cemetery. Louis Summers, aged 16 years, son of Thomas and Mrs. Summers, living near Littles, died last Saturday of pneumonia. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. Wicks. Interment at the Martin cemetery. Erastus Johnson, trustee, is having crushed stone put on a portion of the Washington road near Lan Shandy’s. There is no question but that it will make a valuable improvement to that part of the road and will give the farmers a chance to see what a good road stone will make. - ; Prof. W. S. Corn, county superintendent, was in the city Saturday attending the Washington township teachers’* institute. He visited the schools of Marion and a portion of the schools in Washington township last week and reports them in a flourishing condition and the teachers doing most excellent work. John A. Byers and Miss Julia T. Evans 5f this place were married | Tuesday evening at the M. E. parsonj age by Rev. W. S. Rader. Mr. Byers ' is the son of the late Dr. A* R. Byers ai|| is well known in the city. Miss , Evans recently came here from Ken- . tucky and conducts the Millinery Fair in the McAtee block on Lower Main

street. The Democrat extends congratulations. Mrs. Jacob Williams visited relatives at Huntingburg last week. C. A. Rumble of Logan township, was in town Tuesday doing business. W. H. McClure and wife of near Algiers, were fn town Tuesday shopping. _ Redin and Polk Corn of Lockhart (township, were in town Wednesday on I business. Ira Stevens, electrician at the electric light plant, is building a cottage on West Sycamore street Sheriff Bowman of Washington, was here Tuesday hunting up witnesses who failed to attend the Siples trial. A three-months-old child of George Willis, living near Hosmer, died Wednesday. Funeral and interment Thursday. - Business men, your attention! See our fine styles of type for all classes of work. All new anfi of the latest designs. If you wapt a county paper that gives all the news, subscribe for the Democrat, the largest paper published in the county. James S. Ridge, one of the Democrat’s substantial young friends of Marion township, was in town Tuesday looking after business interests. Mrs. Robert Parks, daughter of William Mason, died at her home ne<y: Spurgeon last Sunday. Funeral services and interment Monday afternoon. The M. E. church male quartetba, rendered some most excellent music at the morning and evening services last Sunday. The quartette is composed of W. H. Foreman, A. W. Selby, Fred Guthrie and L. E. Woolsey.

The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons this week: Samuel E. White and Cora A. Hawkins. John A. Byers and Julia T. Evans. Henry Geiselman and Bertha McKinney. Mrs. George Parker swore out a peace warrant against her husband, the gas well driller, and Wednesday he plead guilty before Squire Brady who recognized him to court in the sum of $400. Failing to give bond he went to jail. Frank B. Seeley of Juneau, Alaska, was here this we^ visiting A. H. Taylor and H. IC Snyder and other friends. Mr. Seelgy has been the foreman of the Jualin gold mines and is an experienced man in mining. He left Wednesday for his home at Boonville, where he will visit until spring when he will return to Alaska. * Our job printing department has been crowded with work during the past two weeks. The reputation of the Democrat office for fine printing is second to none in Southern Indiana, and with its new type and improved machinery is in better condition to cater to the demands of those in need of printed matter of any description. Call and see us.

Lum Houchins, xiear Augusta, who was shot by John Milburn at Hartwell during an altercation the day before Christmas is in a serious condition. The bullet entered the left leg near the hip, and last week doctors were called to extract the ball, but it was not found at that time. A portion of the clothing that had been carried into the wound was removed. It is! feared that blood poison will set in. Alva Corn, youngest son of County Recorder Corn, met with an accident Monday afternoon on Vincennes avenue, whi<Hi for a time was thought serious. While riding a horse the animal stumbled and fell on the boy. He was picked up unconscious and taken to his home by Howard Akridge, driver of Ward’s delivery wagon, but regained consciousness before arriving home. He was able Tuesday morning to resume his studies in school, although feeling quite sore. j The Sun is glad to, note the decided improved appearance of the Pike County Democrat, published at Petersburg, Indiana, by M. McC. Stoops, a former Decatur boy. The Democrat launched out last week in a bran new dress, looking as bright and handsome as a new silver dollar. It also put in a new power press and other machinery, placing it among the top-notchers of Indiana’s newspapers. The Democrat is an able exponent of the principles of the democratic party and has been Of excellent service to the party in Hike county.— Portland Sun. i

THE SIPLE MURDER CASE. The Case Commenced at Washington Monday Afternoon. The sensational poisoning case which has attracted a great deal of attention in which Franklin Pierce Smith lost his life and for which John Cline is now serving a life sentence and Frank Siple is now on trial at Washington. The readers of the Democrat are familiar with the facts in the case which happened April 2tfth of last year in Kelly’s saloon on Lower Main street, and pf the trial of Cline at the term of court following and his conviction and septence to the penitentiary for life. , The case was called Monday before Judge Houghten in the Daviess circuit court, the state being represented by Hon.W. E. Cox of Jasper,C. M. Mears, J. W. Ogden and Eph Inman of Washington, and the defendant by W. R. Gardiner and J. H. Spencer of Washington, and T. H. j Dillon and Y. R. Greene of this ci^r. The afternoon was taken up in making motions, Tuesday morning^he work of empaneling a jury was begun and at eleven o’clock the following gentlemen of Daviess county were selected to try the case:. John L. Ridgway, F. M. Ferguson, Gideon Iaenogle, Austin Hixon, Thomas Lamb, Charles Bair, Jesse Sum. Isaac N. Cassidy, John Groves, Sheridan Jackman, John A. Bair and William Riggins. Hon. W. E. Cox then proceeded to make the opening statement to the jury summarizing just what the state expected to prove by witnesses. He finished at noon and court adjourned until after dinner. The first; witness on the stand was Dr. J. T. Kime, excoroner who held the inquest. Drs. W. H. Link and T. R. Rice followed as witnesses, they having been called to attend Smith and afterward held a postmortem examination. The next witness was T. W. Smith of Indianapolis, a chemist, who made an examination of the stomach, liver, spleen and brain and found morphine poisoning. This finished the evidence Tuesday. -J 'a'»

Wednesday morning Mrs. Sarah C. Smith, wife of the murdered man, gave her testimony. She was followed by Robert D. Gowen, her son. Other witnesses Wednesday were Leslie Lamb, who cashed the check for Smith; Richard Chew, Mrs. Douglass Barker, Sylvester Thompson, Albert Hisgen, Harvard Stearnes, Edward May, from whom Siple purchased 10 cents’ worth of morphine; Jerome Borer, Thomas Minx, James W. Kelly, Jhcob Battles and John Cline, the latter being on the stand when court adjourned and his evidence was concluded Thursday morning. There are over one hundred witnesses in attendance from this city. A number have come home but will return to give their testimony today. It is likely that the case will take up a good portion of next week.

The Deadly Grip Is again abroad in the land. The air you breathe may be full of its fatal germs! Don’t neglect the “Grip” or you will open the door to Pneumonia and Consumption and invite death Its sure signs are chills with fever, headache, dull heavy pains, mucous discharges from the nose, sore throat and never-let-go cough. Don’t waste precious time treating this cough with troches, tablets or poor cheap syrups.Cure it at once with Dr. King’s New Discovery, ‘the infallible remedy for bronchial troubles. - It kills the disease germs; heals the lungs arid prevents the dreaded after effects from the malady. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Money back if not cured. A trial bottle free at J. R. Adams & Son. 37-3 I 4 RAILROAD BRIDGE SHOPS. The Ur idee Shops of the Black JMamond May beXocated Here. It is possible that the bridge shops of the Black Diamond railroad will be located in Petersburg, at least during the building of the road, and it might be a permanent fixture. It will take sometime to build the large bridge across White river and it will be necessary to have shops near where the bridge is being erected. Such repair men the year round and it will be of great benefit tp this city. The business men and bthers should interest themselves in this matter and if possible make sure that the shops be located here. Now is the time to put in a good word for them as work no doubt will commence at this point on the railroad sometime during the coming year. shops will employ &

I. P. Cl Miley of Glezen. wan in yesterday on business. n Ca Agee of Somerville, was here;: Wed nesday on business. :>v. P. k. Heuring and wife s\are the hapjy parents of a tfcie girl baby of the i suat weight. Judge Ely has appointed Brenton and Dr. N. Corn iuryeommissioners for the coming year. William Hj Hart has asst dutit s as state auditor. He wj merly a resident of Petersburg and worked in the newspaper offices early in the sixties. ^ Judge H. W. Mellon oi^^|||fip|i Alas ra. manager of the Mellon gold mines, was in the city Wednesday the gues: of Hon. A. H. Taylor, a <iireetor of the company. , Mrs. Rosenbarger, who was of pt isoning her son at Princeto% was foun 1 guilty by Judge Welbom ToOsday and sentenced to the female reformatory for seven years. Clol Lamb, living near towgj yras stricken with paralysis of the left SC; side Monday. For a time he wag uncons rious and it was thought he could not recover. At this time he is some better. * — ■' -Sc M s. Alice Stoops received a telegram yesterday morning from Foil Wayne announcing the death of a niece. She left to-day to attend the funeral which occurs at Ric&nond Saturdav. A large number of Petersburg people are at Washington this week attending the Siples murder trial as wit leases. Over 100 witnesses hare bee a summoned and the number may be largely increased during the week.

The Petersburg high school has arranged for a lecture course of four entertainments with a lecture bureau. The first entertainment will be given this Thursday evening. Tickets for the course are selling for one dollar. Th met proceeds will go to the library fur d of the school. i Max Blitzer bought the? residence property of Arthur Lucas on South Se enth street Wednesday. Max is fix ng himself up and jvHl make Petersburg hisr future home. He will mcve in the next three In March he will move his"big store to the Osborne room where he will have a much larger room in which to do business. ' dany compliments have been passed during the past week on the Democrat’s clean and neat appearance ty jograpicaliy and otherwise by our many friends. It is our aim to give the people of Pike county a clean and readable paper up-to-date in all respects and the equal of any country ptper published in the state. Call ai d see us when in town. < The Press notes with pleasure that B other Stoops of the Pike County D iMOCRAT, has a new dress for his paper. The only thing that worries ut is to understand how the brother can wail|so much about Ms distress, hard tinges and calamity and at the same tiifie buy a new power press, a n< w dress of type, etc., for his paper. There is certainly something wrong. Brother Stoops, you are certainly not yourself any more.—Petersburg Press.

There is talk of4 a number of citizens gjing in and raising sufficient! money to drill a test gas well to the depth of 3.000 feet. This depth would surely d itermine whether or not gas is at a greater depth than that found in the J imbo well drilled in nearly two years ago. Those of our citizens who desire t > see the matter fully tested should not stand back and let a feW citizens put up all the money, but all should lend their aid in a financial way to help the matter along. Let the work commence as soon as possible and |finish the well to a,depth that will s arely strike a gusher. The following from the -Mt. Vernon Democrat will be*quite a shfprise to Charles Pauls many friends in this c it}'. Hiss Smith will be remembered £ s the young lady violinist who took 1 art in several /concerts in this city: ‘ At the residence of Ib\ and Mrs. Ellvood Smith Monday evening, the Rev. Dr. Ketchum officiating, occurred the marriage of Mr. Charles Paul and I fSis~Ethel Smith. The affair was very < uiet and did not become generally liriown until Tuesday evening. Mr, ] Jaul is an enterprising young druggist of Petersburg. His bride is the younger daughter of Dr,|j||.d Mrs. Smith. She is quite an accomplished young woman, We join in extending ;ongratulation9.” We add our congratulations. Hi mm