Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 January 1899 — Page 8

olcHest man in house. Captain Sasser Sullivan of Pike County Hears that Distinction. The oldest member of the general assembly ispre eminent us a level-headed, honest, conscientious, consistent and capable lawmaker. Those who visit the house of representatives are attracted by the appearance of a firm-looking, white-haired member, who occupies a front seat at the left of the chamber. His mustache and small goatee are as white as his hair. His is a well-knit, erect frame, without a pound of superfluous flesh. He always wears a black suit of J;he Prince Albert style and is wedded to a silk hat of a pattern that was in vogue several decades ago. This man is Captain Sasser Sullivan, the .oldest member of the legislature. No one ' would judge that on next Sunday he will be seveuty-one years old. Everybody calls biin “captian," but his proper title would be “lieutenant,” if he were called by hjs army title. His given name of Sasser, which naturally attracts a good deal of comment, is an'old family name. Sasser Sullivan was, born on a farm in North Carolina, January 29, 1828, and it is a matter in which he takes a great deal of pride that he has spent all of his life on a farm. “I was a natural-born farmer,” he says. Ilis father moved to Laurel county, Kentucky when Sasser was very young, and there it was that be grew up to manh'K>d. ■ /”} - He evinced a taste for military life early in his career, and before he was of age he enjisted in the Third Kentucky“as a private injjthe“Mexican w£r. The regiment was transported by boat from Louisville to the guff, and by ship thence to the Mexican border. General Scott had taken the Mexican capital,, before the regiment to which Mr. Sullivan belonged reached that objective point, and the hardest service he saw during that war was in |he line of skfrmishiug. He remained on garrison duty in the city of Mexico from Dec-ember 16, 1847, until January 1 1848, and then came home with his regiment.

The regiment was discharged at Louisville. Mr. Sullivan recalls very vividly the way he reached home from that point. It was the day when railroads were almost unknown, and he rode in a hack all the way from Louisville to Frankfort., In September, 1848, he married a daughter of Lieutenant John Bock of his company, and came with his young wife to Pike county, Ihdiana, where he has lived for fifty years fourteen miles from Petersburg, and near the Dubois county line. He has a farm of ninety-three acres which he has earned and improved by hard knocks. During the civil war he performed valiant service for his country. His i first enlistment was in the Forty-eight Indiana as a private. It was not long before he was promoted to second lieutenant, but he and the captain did not get along well together, s> he left the company, came home and recruited a company for the Eightieth Indiana regiment. & ' ' Because of some differences of opinion between him and Governor Morton he was never commissioned, but went to the front anyhow, and it is a remarkable fact that without authority of any kind except his own indomitable will and the affection his men bore for; him arid confidence they reposed in him he commanded not only his company but his regiment through the fierce battle of Perryville, Kentucky. After being in the service for one month and three days withoiift commission or authority even as a private, for which time he never received a cent of pay, he came home and enlisted as a private in the same company. He was transferred to the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Indiana and mastered ittt with that regiment m September, 1865. i*se who were with him in the war say never knew a better or braver soldier. ^E|-?)uring the war he lost his first wife. x#o years later he was married to Miss Lavra B. Richardson of Pike county. There have been sixteen births in Capt. Sullivan’s family. Of the first marriage four children are alive, all married. There are six surviving children of the second marriage, four ot whom are unmarried and living with their parents at home.

i^api. ouuivan can nave anything he wants in the way of a political office in Pike county. He was assessor of Marion township four terras, real estate appraiser of Pike county two terms, township trustee two terras aud is now serving his second term in the house of representatives. He boasts o^ but one tiling, and that is that he has for fifty years voted the straight democratic ticket without a scratch. “I believe in stability,” he says, “and I don’t go much on those fellows who change their politics every change of the moon and say their party has left them.” Two years ago he was elected to represent Pike county over a combined republican and populist majority of 600 votes. The redistricting of the state joined Pike with the strong county of Dubois, and Capt. Sullivan might have a cinch on the office as long as he lives if he chose, but he says that this I term is his last and that when it ends he intends to draw out and give some young man a chance. He is a complete stranger to sickness, never having been sick in his life. “I believe I could stand the army life today as well as any of your young men,” he says. Capt. Sullivan acquires his vitality quite naturally. His mother died only three years ago at the age of ninetythree, and his father only a few years ago at the age of eighty-four. Capt. Sullivan has been a life-long friend of Senator Turpie and made the closing speech nominating him the other day, while the opening speech was made by Representative McCarty, the youngest member of the assembly.' Capt. Sullivan’s voice is not heard often in the legislature, but hf is listened to attentively when he speaks, because he always talks good, hard horse sense.— Indianapolis Sentinel.

Spurgeon Items. * B. F. Ferguson and wife visited friends at Petersburg this week. The Woodmen began hauling lumber this week for their new hall at this place. Elder F. M. Cato is confined to his home with a severe attack of grip. Herman Gissleman, whose skull was fractured by a falling tree, is now fast recovering. Trustee J. M. Davis has been confined several days at his home with the grip. There were a large number of people here Monday from Gibsoh county Monday attending Mrs. Parks’funeral. Lace Kemper of Sommerville, has been here this week canvassing for the McCormick machine company. Trustee Davis has been having street crossings put in on Church street this week. A much needed improvement. A stock company was organized here last week with fourteen members to build a home telephone from here to Somerville. The line will be put up at once. Our town is now improving very fast. The price of property is advancing rapidly. In a short time there will be a movement to have the town incorporated. Trustee Davis informs us that Monroe township will have one hundred and five days of school. We hope to see a revenue sufficient to have at least six months .school. Selia Parks, wife of Robert Parks, formerly of Monroe township, died at her home near McCullough chapel in Gibson county ,of that dread disease, consumption, and was brought here Monday for burial. She was the daughter of Wm. Mason. She leaves a kind husband, father, nine brothers and sisters and a large number of relatives and friends to mourn her death. She was about 28 years old. Elder M.'Burch conducted the funeral services from the M. E, church here.

The Ravages of Death. That modern scourge, the Grip, poisons the air with its fatal germs, so that no home is safe from its ravages, but multitudes have found a sure protection against this dangerous malady in Dr. King’s New Discovery. When you feel a soreness in your bones and muscles,, have chills fever with sore throat, pain in the back of the head, catarrhal symptoms and a stubborn cough you may know you have the Grip, and that you need Dr. King’s New Discovery. It will promptly cure the worst Cough, heal the inflamed membranes, kill the disease germs and prevent the dreaded after effects of the malady. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Money back if not cured. A trial bottle free at J. R. Adams & Son. 37-3 Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the county recorder’s office during the past week: Edward Hollon to T. C. Nelson, sw qr sw qr sec 22, and se qr se qr, and nw qr se qr, and pt ne qr se qr sec 21, town 1 south, range 7 west, 150 acres. Charles S. Chandler to Elizabeth McGillum, ne cor w hf ne qr sec 30, town 1 south, range 8 west. Emily Brenton to Martha F. Marsee, pt sw qr ne qr sec 26, town 1 north, range 8 west. Mary A. Blackburn to Fannie E. Mount, pt se qr sw qr sec 25, town 1 north, range 8 west. William W. Kendall to Martha F. Marsee, pt se qr ne qr sec 36, town 1 north ran<re 8 wevst.

A. W. Vaughn to Daniel Gerner, pt nw cor se qr ne qr sec t>, and sw qr ne qr sec 6, town 2 south, range t> west, 46± acres. Angeline Teague to Commodore P. Wallace* pt se qr se qr sec 28, town 1 north, range 6 west. Perry H. Owens to Joel H. Owens, und pt se qr sw qr sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 2 acres. Warren D. Owen to Daniel Grubb, und pt se qr sw sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 8 acres. William B. Owen to David Grubb, und pt se qr sw qr sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 2 acres. Felix Brittingham to David Grubb, und pt se qr sw qr sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 2 acres. Fisher Owen et al? by guardian, to Felix Brfttingham, und pt se qr sw qr sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 2 acres. Joel L. Owen to David Grubb, und pt se qr sw qr sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 8 acres. J. P. Martin to Reason F. Krick, pt n hf ne qr sw qr sec 13, town 1 north, range 8 west, 8 acres. Reason F. Krick to Joseph W. McGregor, pt n hf ne qr sw qr sec 13, town 1 north, range 8 west, 8} acres. William J. Ropp to Martha C, Ropp, pt ne qr ne qr sec 'll, town 1 south, range 9 west. To The Public. ' We are authorized to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and if not satisfactory to refund the money to the purchaser. There is no better medicine made for la grippe, colds and whooping cough. Price, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Try it. J. R. Adams & Son. j §1

Sterdal Items. Roads axe rough and weather mild. Subscribe for the Democrat. Alfred Niehaus of Holland, was in town Sunday . Rev. Hennings, who has been on the sick list for sometime, is speedily recovering. j. William Meyerholtz is proud over the arrival of a bouncing baby. The schools are in a splendid condition. H. O. Brewster will probably teach a spring term of school here next spring. There will probably be over a hundred days of school in this (Lockhart) township this year, the longest term known for a long time. The schools of this township are advancing every year. Some nice school houses have been erected of late years. Died, at his home two miles south of here, E. Butke, aged 72 years. He was a well known and well-to-do citizen. He leases a family and many! friends to mourn his death. Rev. j Hennings being ill Rev. Loewenstein ! performed the burial ceremonies. Henry Schlothman's seventy-sixth birthday was celebrated at his home ! Sunday with many friends and rela-1 tives present, and a pleasant time was had. A ministerial .meeting will be held at this place next Sunday. Miss Mary Poetker of Huntingburg, visited relatives in this vicinity last week. The next teachers’ institute of the Lockhart township teachers will be I held at the Schumacker school house j on February 11th. ;'j LaGrippe Successfully Treated. j “I have just recovered from the! second attack of la grippe this year,” j says Mr. James A. Jones, publisher of j the Leader, Mexia, Texas. “In the latter case I used Chamberlain’s! cough remedy, and I think with con- ] siderable success, only being in bed aj

little over two days against ten days for the former attack.. The second attack I am satisfied would have been equally as bad as the first but for the use of this remedy as I had to go to bed in six hours after being ‘struck’ with it, while in the first case I was able to attend to business about two days before getting ‘down.’ For sale by J. R. Adams & Son. ' Why I Like the Democrat. In the first place, its morals are good. I do not see any profanity used in its columns. It does not indulge in ! harsh and abusive language, but presents the truth in kind and reasonable arguments. It presumes that enlightened people can read between lines. Because it doesn’t go to extremes on any question is why I accept it as being true. It is a paper that not only the party may feel proud of but the county as well. As the photograph tells how the physical person looks, so does the autograph tell in lines too plain to be mistaken how the moral, intellectual and spiritual person looks. Abusive words are tyrant’s weapons, profane words are indicative of a coarse nature and a hardened heart. The Democrat believes in and practices freedom of. speech and of the press. Moral and Christian people, if you are a friend to the truth, and claim to encourage pure literature and extend the work of reformation, subscribe and pay for the Democrat. A Reader.

United States Postoffice. Luther, Mich., Feb. 24, 1893, Dr. C. D. Warner, Cold water, Mich. Dear Sir:—I was afflicted with that common scdurage—“LaGrippe,” and had violent paroxisms of coughing from which I could get no relief until upon the recommendation of Rev. E. L. Odle I bought a 25 cent bottle of your “White Wine of Tar,” which afforded immediate relief. I have taken two bottles and now consider myself cured, and I always recommend it to all my friends who are similarly afflicted, for I know it to be good. Very truly yours, &c., j Ernest Nicholson, P. M. Sold by Paul Bros. How to Prevent Pneumonia. You are perhaps aware that pneumonia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases resulted in pneumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that disease when Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was used. It counteracts any tendency of a cold or la grippe to result in that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and ij grippe. Every bottle warranted. For sale by J. R. Adams, & Son. Two Wellknown Statesmen Talked for months from a front porch and rear end of a car. Perhaps the use of Foley’s Honey and Tar will explain why they could do this without injury to their vocal organs. It is largely used by speakers and singers. J. R. Adams & Son. j Another Good Man Gone Wrong. He failed to use Foley’s Kidney Cure for his kidney complaint, J. R, j Adams & Son. j |

107 YEARS OLD. Uncle Isaac Loveless, the Oldest CIO zen of Indiana. L«*c Lovess, living in Madison towiashi| > life miles from Petersbnrg, is the ohles; citiiten of Pike county, if not in Indians. He was bum in North Carolina in the yes1 1791. being almost as old as our constitutional government. Thongh past 107 years of age he has yet much strength and may live till the end of the present century. His memory, for one so old, is excellent. He can call to mind many of his boyhood incidents and adventures almost a hundred years ago. His grandfather was bom and reared in England, but when a young man emigrated to Maryland, then a colony. Here he probably married, afterward moving to North Carolina, where he reared a family.! I*aae, the father of our subject, married iu Ids native state, but later moved to Pike county. To him and his wife were bom the old time remarkable number of seventeen children. Of this large,, number of children all grew to manhood and womanhood and reared families. When this family came to Indiana Isaac was then a young man. In bis own language he was; just old enough “to go with the girls.” He j remembers and tells with enthusiasm many 1 things which happened on their long journey from North Carolina to Indiana. Just before starting on the trip he says that h* went among his neighbors and secured thirteen dogs to bring to the new country to Ihnnt with. They were all of the sam;r color—yellow. He reached the new country with but one dog, twelve deserting him on the way. 4 That the movers might not get lost from each other they put bells op their horses. By that means members of the party could take short hunting excursions into the forest along the road and regain the wagons with ease. At that early day many Indians were to be met with in the forest on their route. However, they were never molested by the red men, and always met them as friends. On their arrival in Pike county they found three or four settlements already in existence. One of those being at Petersburg and vicinity. Petersburg itself then consisting of only one dwelling and a saloon. The saloon building was painted red.

The Lovelesses took their first meal in the county with a settler by the name of Henry Brenton, one-half mile west 'of Petersburg. Their dwelling in the new country for the first year was a rude structure, a combination of wigwaming and tent. A short time after the Loveless family came to this state our subject married Miss Phoebe Young, who was also a native of North Carolina, but with her family moved to Indiana sometime later than the Loveless family. These young people began their wedded life in a log hut near where Mr. Loveless j§t lives. Though the people in those tiroes had none of the modem conveniences it took less effort to make a living then than now. Oame in abundance was everywhere, to be found. All the settlers hads to do to fill their larders was to take down their guns from the rack over the door, go into the woods and shoot deer, turkey, ^squirrels and other game to their hearts’ content. _For clothes the skins of animals well nigh supplied the men. The women wore coarse homespun stuff which cost them nothing more than their labor. Society demanded little if anything of the backwoods settlers. Their social occasions were corn huskings, wood choppiags, log rollings and dances. At all of these meetings a demijohn of whisky was one of the necessary things, as they thought, though never drinking to excess. „ “Uncle Doc,” as all call him, likes to take a dram pretty well yet. When he first came to this county there were no churches or schools. There were no mills or markets. Each settler made his own meal by pounding the meal in a mortar with a maul something after the manner that druggist^ compound medicines. The settler’s mortar was a concave place burned in the top of a stump of a tree. They fattened their hogs on the mast, acorns and nuts. “Uncle Doc” once cribbed a hundred bushels or^corns to feed his hogs. In those times^ he says, wild hogs were numerous and hunting them was great sport, though accompanied with some clanger. Ferocious boars would often put to flight men and dogs.

Mr. Loveless in his younger days was a veterinary surgeon of much skill. Thus the origin of his title doctor. His services were in great demand by people who had sick horses, coming for him far and near. This remarkable old man is the father of eleven children, has forty-five grandchildren, eighty-seven great grandchildren and his great great grandchildren’s children number thirteen, a grand total of one hundred and fifty-six descendants. The old gentleman is a very interesting person to talk to and greatly enjoys the calls of any one interested in his history. May he live at least to seethe dawn of the 20th century. A Whole Family. Rev. L. A. Dunlap of Mount Vernon, Mo., says: . “My children were afflicted with a cough resulting from measles, my wife with a cough that had prevented her from sleeping, more or less for five years, and your White Wine of Tar Syrup has cured them all.” Sold by Paul Bros. j Foley’s Honey and Tar Gough Syrup wherever introduced is considered the rilost pleasant and effective remedy for all throat and lung cpmplaints. It is the only prominent cough medicine that contain* :no opiates, and that can safely ba given to Children. J. R. Adams & Son. j

Odd Suit Clearance i Salt! The clearing up period is here. Low Price is the Imp' and quickest outlet we hare at this time of the season. While invoicing we found a great many odd Suit;., They have been placed on-a separate counter and will be sold at the remarkable low figure of j - ||i§|t

One-Half Regular Price a | These Spits are not old shop-worn garments; they are Fall and Winter J weights, Sack and Frock styles. Many are French faced and satin piped. I * ! This is the Way We Price Them Men’s fine -French Worsted Suits in taney check, round cut sack. Sold at.$16.00. Cut one ha)^..... .. .. Men’s heavy all-Wool Cassimere Suits, well trimmed and good patterns. Sold at #14.00. Cut to.....^.. Men’s fine Black Clay Worsted Suits, all Wool, won't fade. These Suits are great values at $13.30. Cut one half A few Suits that are great bargains, in plaih and square out sacks. We solid them at $6.30 and $7.50. Cut. one half.• .v-V;-1 ?1S§11 Remember, these Suits are on a special* counter, marked in plain If you can secure a fit out of this lot you will save many dollars on a purchase. This sale lasts until February 1st. The best go first, so corned <sStar Clothing House PETERSBURG, INDIANA.

■ l ■ ----= The City Markets. | Eggs—Lliients. Butter—124 cents. Onionfcr75 Cents per bu. Potatoes—50 cents per bu. Chickens-^Chicks Tc, hens 5c. Turkeys—Hen turks Tc. Navy Beans—$1.75 per bu. Shoulders—5c. * ’» Sides—9c. | Lard—9 cents per lb. Pork—Hams, smoked, 124 cents. Wheat—60 cents per bushel. Corn—26 cents per bushel. Oats—30 cents per bushel. Rye—40 cents per bushel.; Clover Seed—$2.25 per Jmshel: Salt—85 per bbl. Hog's—$3.10 to $3.15 per 100. Cattle—$2.00 to $4.00 per 1.00, Sheep—$3.00 to $4.00 per 100. Cincinnati Markets. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1899. Wheat, 68c, to 714c: corn, 34 to 354c: oats, 26 to 29c; rye..54 to“37c; cattle, heavy, $2.50 to $4.85; hogs, good shippers, $3.10 to $3.70; sheep, $2.25 to

Weak . Lungs U you have coughed and coughed until the lining membrane of your throat and lungs is inflamed, Scott’s Emulsion of God-liver Oil will soothe, strengthen and probably cure. The cod-liver oil feeds and strengthens the weakened tissues. The glycerine soothes and heals them. The hypophosphites of lime and soda impart tone and vigor. Don't neglect these coughs. One bottle of the Emulsion may do more for you now than ten can do later on. Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. An druggists; 50c. and Si.oo. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. . •'. _ - <* r '■ E€00€«€«€«€€€«<

M. L. * L. E. WOOLSEY, Lawyers, AJI business receives promt ^attention. Collections made and remitted, ^Settlements of estates a specialty. f' . Office over Citizens’ bank, Pet TO$Bdr*, Ind. Notice of Sale of Reel Estate Tbe undersigned administrator of the estate of Ludwig Weber, deceased, t-erqbjf gives notice that by virtue of an order >f tire Dubois circuit cou^t, be will at the hour of one o'clock P in. on W. Saturday, the 25th day of February, A. <D. ilarly on the it rods northot said -two Offer for sale at public auction, cn the prem-1 ises the undivided two-thirds psrtof the fol-' lowing described real estate situate ia Jefferson township. Pike county, Inti aua, to-wit: The southeast quarter of the nor .hwest quarter of section number tblrty-o »e; township number one north, range number six west, 40 acres; part of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 31, In said township and range, describe^: Ms follows: Commencing at the northeast c iroerof said northeast quarter of the soutbvest quarter, thence west ten chains, them 3. chains, thence east ten chains. I ten chains to the place of beginc i iug ten acres, more or less, and southeast quarter of said section in said township and range, more i described as follows: Com mer e hglf-mile line at a point thirty north of the southwest corner of west quarter of the southeast qu s „ section thirty-one, thence north. _ rods, thence east on the haif-; file line one hundred rods, thence due sots h fifty-four rods to the Portersvitle road as at this date.; theuce bearing north to the plrie of beginning, containing thirty acres, s tore or less, containing in all eighty acres, ne >re or less. Said sale will Oe made subject'^ the approval of said court, for not ie « than twothirds of the appraised value of said real estate, and upou the followin, terms and conditions: o-V One-third of the purchase m >ney cash in hand, the balance in two equal' installments, payable In nine and eighteen Months, evidenced by notes of the purchase :r beating six percentum interest from date, v alving relief of valuation laws, and with g >od freehold sureties to the approval of the administrator. JOHN WEBER, Administrator. P. S.—At the same time and ;da£0, and on the same terms, the undersigns Weber, widow of said decedent Interest in and to tbe above cl estate, the ^arue being the uru third part thereof. : ELIZABETH WEB’ R, Widow, Jan.20,1800 37 4 ^§3$*: Traylor* Hunter attys. for administrator.

Skin Diseases. For the speedy and perm? nent cure of tetter, salt rhenm and ecseiha, Chamberlain’s Eye and Skin Jintment is without an equal. It relieves the itehing and smarting almost iistantly and its continued use effects impermanent cure. It also cures itch, barber’s itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic core eyes mad granulated lids. Dr. CadT*s Condition Seders for horses are the best tonic, blbbd purifier and-ermifuge. Price, 35c mi*. Soldh*" nd T»evrfUit SeliMi, Indte ptito SutaM VJnirenritr- Whets Block. Kleva ;r. 0!de*t, larsost and boat equipped. Individual int ruction by expert reporters. Book-keeping, Penmaiiii tip, English, 03ks Training, etc., free. 0»ap he lintteg, tuition, eav iMynwata CimUIoc* imnd bf our gradua tes. Beautiful illustrated C tahagusand Paper