Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 44, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 March 1899 — Page 8

CIRCUIT COURT. Business Before the February Tern* Disposed of. The following cases in court have been disposed of during- the past week: ”* State vs George Leslie, assault and battery with intent; discharged. State vs George Leslie, surety of the peace; discharged. Samuel Hobson, admr, vs Ellen M. Y. Dedman, petition tosell; continued. Albert Pancake et al vs J. L. McBay et; al; commissioner reported sale of land. Alvin Powers, admr, vs Humphrey »j et al, to sell real estate: continued. J. L. McBay vs P.W. Chappell et al, receiver; continued. J. L. McBay vs Grace Miller et al, receiver: continued. Ellen Miley vs John Mlley, divorce: continued. Emma Miller vs John A. Miller, divorce; granted. - George C. Cooper vs W. W. Cooper et al, foreclosure: judgment for plaintiff.

Putnam Richardson, admr, vs Hurt et al, ]>etition for partition: report .accepted. William Richardson, executor, vs Annie Th«rp et al, petition to t*ell: sale confirmed. General McDowell vs O. O. Parker, damages; finding for defendant. Lusetta J. Gourley vs Sarah E. Beatty, petition for partition; continued. The Government building and loan association vs Buskirk et al, note and mortgage; continued. The Government building and loan association vs Snyder et al, noteand mortgage; continued. '•-/ MaryE.English vs Harrison English, divorce: granted. Mary S.Harrell vs Sylvester Harrell, divorce; granted. Paris Trayler et al ys Robert E. Chappell, to revive judgment; judgment for plantiffs. Annie Hall vs Wilber A, Hall, j divorce: granted. Sarah E. Atkinsorr^vs M. J. Atkinson et al, note; judgment for plaintiff. \ J. M. Alexander vs S. Amos Medcalf. note and mortgage: continued. Margaret J. Mason et al vs Lucy B. Kays, petition for partition: William Shy, Joseph Ashby and James A. Shepard appointed commissioners.

.p. Council Proceedings. The city council met in regular session at the sheriff's office last Thursday evening’. The minutes of the previous meet-ing-were read and approved. The marshal was ordered to place the sewrer on the Jasper road in proper condition, it having been washed out during the heavy rains. The committee on sidewalks reported nothing done since last meeting. The attorney reported that the proper notices had been written for posting to sell out certain sidewalks. M. W. Hargrave agreed to put the new fire bell in the court house tower for $40. His proposition was taken under a advisement. i No definite action was taken in the matter of water works. Permission w as granted Dr.T.R.Rice to cut down the alley next to his residence and refill the same with gravel. W. G. Finney and Clint Malott were appointed to tonfer with the commissioners regarding the placing of the fire bell in the court house tower. The following claims were read and allowed: William Lilbs. lime eliecka.. $ 5 8a J- Electric Light Co., lightning. 1ST 50 Shawhan A Boonsbot, fire bell.. 73 63 A. A. Lory, marshal... .. 30 00 V. E. Greene, attorney. . . 8 33 Paul Bros., stationery..... 1 00 D. C. Maloti, services trustee.. . 8 5*i P. 6. Smith, services trustee. 5 76 A. W. Selby, clerk .. 8 33 The marshal’s report for the month Svas accepted. The secretary of the fire department made his report containing a list of the members as follows: H. H. Tislow, W. E. Williams, D. 5. Osborn, Lyman Ficklin, P. O. Smith, Carl Lemasters, Will Moore. Charles Moore, Eugene King, DiclrPatterson, Charles Adams, Harry Fleming, Silas Spillman, Charles Berridge, Fletch Coonrod, Claude Martin, Ed C'att, Hugh Wilson, Frank Battles, George Kiefer, James Higgins ana J. C. Backes. There being no further business the council adjourned. Samuel Marsee, editor of the Vincennes Star, and Miss Ada Jackson of Oakland City, tfere married at the latter place Wednesday morning, the Rev. .Pitts officiating. Sam and his wife arrived here on the noon train, and a reception was given at his mother’s home. His many friends here extend congratulations. • Under the new reform laws Judge Ely will appoint 34 new officers for Pike county, which will ^probably be done at the June term of court. There will be seven members of the county advisory board and three members of each township. There are now 41,000 soldiers at Manilla, besides the large naval force. It is costing lots of money to give the Filipinos liberty and a free government. __r An automatic public pay station has been placed in the E. & I. depot for the convenience of the public. Five cents for each connection.,

■ REPUBL CAN PRIMARY. CJmt ItiaMtli »ctlon Over the Result Of Tb -sday's Work. The republic ins of this city held a primary elect! n Tuesday to nominate f candidates for town offices to be voted i for at the Ma election. The candidates were mi aerous and during the day several f ictions developed and worked again*" each other to a finish and will coni nue to exist. A very bad feeling w: $ worked up and there is much talk o an independent republican ticket being, put in the field. The several candidates for marshal were conftden of receiving the nomination, but w< re all at sea as to who the bosses we e pulling for. Several of the finisher were very close, especially that of e arshal, clerk and councilman in th second ward. As to whether the t :ket is a strong Or weak one will be etermined at the May election. Th following is the vote, the first nami 1 person being the nominee for the p isition named: -For marsh 1 —Isaac Higgins 84, Gtforge Huds eth 32, Will Posey 48, Lem Stapletc :i 5, Tom Minks 41, Jasper Kinman -I Than Burton 75. For treasu er—P. K. Heuring 144, Charles Scha> Eer 105, J. M. Alexander »1. For clerk - \. W. Selby 175, Frank Thomas 101. For trustee 1st ward—E. J. Harris 124, W. H. b ;onecipher 03, Norman MoOre 50, Doc Tislow 80. For trustee 2nd ward—Joe Patterson 139, J. D. 'olvin 134.-W. C. Adams 00. For trustee 4th ward—George Martin 239, Willi; m Hillman 93. For trustee, 5th ward—W. G. Finney 215, W. K. Da isson 125.

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Real state Transfers. The follow ag transfers of real estate have be- n recorded in the county recorder’s of ce during the past week: William S. Johnson to John Taylor, lot 48 and pa t 4T. Velpen. John N. Lt ton to Sarah A. Ferguson, pt north side ne qr nw qr sec 14, town 3 south range 8 west, 10 acres. Eya Parke to Ida M. Lewis, pt lot 5, Hawthorn ; add, Petersburg. Lewis J. E rnell to Jennie and T. N. Mount, lot : i. Morgan’s add, Petersburg. Mary E. A ;Grew to Harrison Hall, lots 12 and 1 Pikeville. Benjamin McCord to Nannie McCord, pt loti r)3 and 04, Augusta. Newton i Farmer to William H. Walker, pt outh side se qr ne qr sec 36, town 2 sc ith, range 8 west.' Alfred Ca ry to Sarah E. Davis, pt ne qr ne qr s ;c 16, town 2 south, range 8 west. S. W. Chaj iell to W. A. Radcliff, lot 7, Chappell’ add, Algiers. William . . Richardson to Charles M. Chappeli pt sw cor ne qr sec 31, town 1 nortl range 8 west, 2 acres. Fred Risk / to William Brown, pt w hf nw qr sec 28, town 1 south, range 6 west, 7 acre . William iappenfield to Charles Stubblefield n pt ne qr sec 23, town 1 north, rang 9 west, 20 acres. Alonzo D ring et al to Lucinda H. Battles, se f lot 30, Snyder's enlargement, Pete sburg. Zora Fra ce to Anna F. Watt, pt nw qr sw qr *ec 13, town 3 south, range 8 west. Pacific L idge, I. ,0. O. F., to A. S. Selby, lot 1 division C, Walnut Hills cemetery. A. J. Joh son of Fort Wayne, was in town ye ;terday. He has bought the eighty- ere farm of R.E.Chappell of Jeffersoi township. Hfe will move here at one ; and engage in farming and stock r ising. He is a well %nown citizen of . lien county and comes to our county lighly recommended. The cour ;y clerk has issued marriage licen is to the following persons this week: Harrison Spraggins and Cora E. Hayden. ■ Monroe 1 obling and Emma Jones. Circuit c urt will adjourn Saturday. The grand ury will also adjourn this week. Ab ut 100 indictments, it is thought, w 11 be returned. R. E. G1 dish returned Wednesday from Trer ;on, Tennessee, where he has been i >r the past three months engaged ii buying cattle. Daniel E irrLson. agent of the E. & 1. railroac at Glezen, was in town Wednesda on business. Andrew Evans of Winslow, was granted 1 [uor license yesterday by the county commissioners. Wheat 1 is taken a drop in the Chicago marl it of four cents during the i past week * j

Algiers Items. Mrs. Jsunes Payne is on the sick list. Nath Evans is building a new barn. Mrs. Margaret Hadlock is quite ill. Sickness is increasing in this local* ity. Mrs. Poll}' Cox is very ill with the grippe. Jacob Sorgius is still sick with the grippe. L. E. Traylor has purchased E. S. Miley’s lots here. The sifiall child of William Element is dangerously ill. D. D. Mount visited W. 1 Abbott's family last Sunday. Albert Chamness is numbered among the sick at present. Mrs. Albert Scraper, living at Cato, is very ill with pneumonia. Rev. Pitts will preach at the C. P. church next Sunday morning. Rev. Winn will preach at the M. E. church next Sunday afternoon. Miss Sibyl Jackson is still improving from her severe spell of typhoid fever. John Chew is going to improve his farm by building a new barn. Henry Stewart builder. John Davis will leave in a few days for Wayne City. Illinois, where he will work during the summer. James R. Chew, I. R. Lett and L. E. Lett will have telephones placed in their farm residences in the near future.

><o one is too poor that he cannot carry a $2,000 life insurance policy. The Home Forum is a good benefit order. See W. T. Loveless, the solicitor, and take out a policy. Parents should see that their children attend the several Sunday schools in tjws township. This is the place foi^the child to mould its character for future life. If a child goes on the down grade when grown up |he parents are responsible. Send your children to Sunday school, or better, go with them. Last Friday was the 35th anniversary of Isaac Sorgius and that evening a large number of his friends and neighbors gathered at his home and gave him quite a surprise. He was not at home at the time but came in soon after the company had arrived and he was most agreeably surprised to see his friends present. A sumptuous repast was served and an enjoyable time had by the surprisers. The string band was present and furnished music for the occasion.

Arthur Items. The la grippe is still spreading. W. A. Spencer is reported sick. Fred Butler, the cattle buyer, is sick. John Wheeler is'very low with lagrippe. Uncle Joe Ross was in our town ojn Tuesday. A with lagrippe. James Roberts was a caller in our city on Saturday last. Morton Grimes made a business trip to Winslow on Tuesday. The wife of Walter Powers is just recovering from the grippe. Joseph Chapman of this place, is going to move to Oakland City in a few days. The wife of Hezekiah Cox, who has been very low with spotted fever, is now some better. The infant child of Daniel Nelson died on Thursday and was buried on Friday at Winslow. People of this place are praying for better weather and good roads, for y Rev. Mart Burch of this place, has just closed a series of meetings at Augusta with good results. Miss Eva Burchfield has returned from Huntingburg.where she has been visiting friends and relatives. P. G. Davis and J. A. Burchfield of this place, made a business trip to Oakland City on Saturday last. Mr. Spradling and daughter of near Petersburg, visited Ephriam Roberts and family on Wednesday last. T. J. Fleencfr and Henry Thompson have returned from Owensville, where they have been for the past few days. Subscribe for the Democrat, the largest and best paper published in Pike county. It comes at the same price of small papers. We democrats of Patoka township believe in the words uttered by William J. Bryan a few days ago at! Springfield, Illinois. That if our na-1 tion departs from the traditions of j our forefathers and has colonies and rules them by military rule, that in the near future we ourselves will be ruled that way, and the only way to evade this is to vote for William J. Bryan, free silver and the non-expan-sion of territory. This should be given careful consideration. A Given up by Four Doctors. Beaver Dam, Ohio—My daughter, after being treated by four doctors, and being given up for lost, a neighbor recommended Foley’s Kidney Cure. Today she is able to walk several miles without fatigue. I feel we would have lost her if it was not for your medicine. Respectfully, Mrs. J. M. Bailey. J. R. Adams & Son. m ley are all out of coal. i

{ Spurgeon Items. Roads almost impassable. W. B. Osborn was in Sdmervi !e Saturday. J. W. Lorton is able to be in t ie store again. Emery Lance is not expected to lire but a few days. Warren Wiggs of Coe, was here the first of the week. William Langford has moved on John Yeager’s farm. Trustee Davis is able to be in s» is office a part of the time. William Fisher and wife will move to Chicago, Illinois, soon. Sam Wheeler of Lane town. Wart ick county, was here Tuesday. Superintendent Corn visited :he schools in Monroe township this week. There will be several teachers from here attend the Oakland City college this spring. Teachers of Monroe will hold their last institute here Saturday. Superintendent Corn will attend. D. L. Her, one of the oldest citizen* of Monroe township, died last Saturn day, and was buried Sunday at Blackfoot. In his early life he was one of the best informed physicians in the county. Last Monday was one of the worst; winter days we have had. Our schools were without coal. We suppose that will not occur next winter as the advisory board will be called together and order a load hauled. * The Home telephone company have put wire west on Somerville road to the county line and found there was some misunderstanding with Somerville people and will now build the line from here to Oakland City which will be a great benefit both to our people and also to Oakland City. Nathianiel Perry died here on last J Tuesday morning, March 7th, of old ] age. He was born in Ireland in 1818, j and came to America when a small child and lived in Philadelphia. Penn-! sylvania, for a few years, and then! came to Indiana and locate! near! Evansville. He married Miss Mi rgaret j Ringer, and in 1852 he moved to Pike i county, and entered the land on which he died. In religion he was a Methodist, and in politics was a republican. He always took a very active interest in the welfare of his neighbors, his heart and hands were always open to the distressed and afflicted, never being to busy to go and visit the sick. Me was considered one of the best citizens the county had. He leaves a wi e and three sons with a host of frit nds to. mourn his lass. He was burie'l here ' Wednesday.

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Coe Items. John Yeager was in town Saturday. Mrs. Mary F. Griffith has been quite sick for some days.* Mrs. Thomas Steely is suffering from an attack of lagrippe. Aunt Jane Allman is still very low, with small qhance of recovery.' Samuel Chance contemplates moving to Oklahoma in the spring. - Warrick Mason and family , were visiting in our burg last Sunday. Much damage was done to roads and bridges by the recent heavy rains. James W. Kants is putting up 'a pair of wagon scales on his farm near here. John S. Greene and family were visiting with Joseph Ashby's last Sunday. Fred Butler is suffering from appendicitis. He is thinking of undergoing a surgical operation. Thomas Steele, our road boss, was repairing bridges and otherwise looking after the highways this wetu. , A gang of thieves are operating in the southwest part of this township. They seem to make a specialty of farm products, as wheat, clover seed, poultry, ejcc. A short time since they relieved Uncle Benjamin Mason of about thirteen bushels of clover seed. Daniel L.Iler one of Monroe's oldest citizens died last Saturday. Deceased had been in bad health for a long time and was nearly 81 years old. “Doc,” ashe was familiarly known, was a very eccentric old man and had some sterling qualities of heart and mind. The funeral services were held last Sabbath and burial at the Coleman cemetery. Jfords of Truth. undersigned druggists of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, unite in saying that Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup has no superior as a throat and lung- remedy. It has given entire satisfaction in this part of the country and is one of our very best sellers: Stafford Drug Co., Marquette, Michigan; H. J. Atkinson, Harbor Spring, Michigan: J. M. Perkins & Co,, Negaunee, Michigan; H. M. Powers, Ontonagon, Michigan; D. T. Macdonald, Calumet, Michigan; F. P. rillson, Ishpeming, Michigan; A. J. Scott, Hancock, Michigan; Rudell & Conway, Sault St. Marie, Michigan. £ For sale by Paul Bros. m ^ Presco Items. ^ John Stephens is seriously ill with lungtrouble. A./C. Hollis was at Washington last week on business. /Doc Mathena is all smiles, all on account of a baby girl. \ Mrs. Benton V. Parker is numbered ong the sick at present. k Parker says it is just what he a bouncing big boy. The little daughter of Elmer Teague is seriously ill with spinal meningitis. George Scanlin was at French Lick last week on business. He contemplates moving there this spring. W. D. C'apehart, aged 53 years, died last Sunday morning of consumption, after a long illness. He was a well cnown and highly respected citizen >f this locality. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon and was attended by a large concourse of popple. Interment at the Logan cemetery. He leaves a wife and seven thildren to mourn their loss. One hundred firstclass envelopes with rour name and address printed therem for 50 cents at the Democrat office, tfo cheap shoddy envelopes, but firsttlass goods. Send in your orders.

LEGISLATIVE RECORD.- — ;» Xew mils that Have Bccoiac l^atws by Knaetment. The following are the new laws that have been enacted and received the endorsement of the governor since our last issue: House act No. 203 —Concerning the appointment, etc., of shorthand court reporters. v House act No. 334- To provide for the repair of free turn}ri& ydads. House act No. 248—Authorizing the burial of the body of any ex-Union soldier. ■. ^ House act Nb.332—Concerning highways and supervisors thereof. House act No. 208—Providing for the survey and sale of certain swamp lands. ; r~ ' ' ■: House act No. 188—With reference to the appointment of receivers. House act No. 232—To amend an act providing for the settlement and distribution of decedents' estates. Senate act No. 181—Appropriating money for the completion (if the work of the Indiana Chickaraauga park commission..' '• ' . • ''/■ Senate act No. 339—Providing for the reimbursement of school townships undey certain circumstances. Senate act No. 407—Legalizing the acts of the several departments, boards and officers of the city of Indianapolis. Wjl . Senate act No. 73—Concerning the common schools. > |||| f Senate act No. 463—Coricerning pro-’ ceedings in civil cases. ^ ' Senate act No. 273—To amend an act concerning taxation. |||| • Senate act No. 435—C oncerning the*, incorporation of 'the New Harmony working men’s institute for mutual instruction. - 5 Senate act No. 438—Concerning common schools in cities having a population of more than 100,000. The governor has deposited with the secretary of state, without his approval, Senate act No. 293, to reimburse the officers and soldiers of certain Indiana regiments and batteries for clothing and equipments charged against them by the state of Indiana. ' * - - , . The City M*rlt|i§| Eggs—15 cents. Butter—15 cents. Onions—81.20 per bu. Potatoes—80 cents per bu. Chickens—Checks 7c, hens 5c. Turkeys—Hen turks 7c. |||r ' Navy Beans—82.40 per Shoulders—7c. Sides—9c. Lard—0 cents per lb. Pork—Hams, smoked, 124 cents. Wheat—65 cents per bushel. Corn—27 cents per bushel. Oats—30 cents per bush|$fr Rye—10 cents per bushel^, Clover Seed—83.00 per bushel. Salt—90 per bbl. Hogs—83.10 to 83.15 per 100. Cattle—82.00 to 84.00 per 1.00 Sheep—83.00 to 84.00 per 100. Cincinnati Markets. Wednesday, March 8, 1899. Wheat,Q72c to 74c: corn, 34 to 36c; oats, 28 to 30c: rye, 60 to 6ic; cattle, heavy, 83.50 to $5.00: hogs, good shippers. 83.35 to 84.00: sheep, $2.25 to 84.25. _ jfgf An Oregon Minister, I received the bottle of thhite Wine Df Tar Syrup. One of my children was very sick with croup, and as your medicine was pleasant to take I gave it, and it gave almost immediate relief. I would not be without it, and I also recommend it as a medicine that should be at all times in every family. West Union, Oregon, Rev. H. Staup. For sale by Paul Bros.||fc ip