Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 51, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 April 1899 — Page 4

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ii ar gikt t£ouutjj democrat Br n. Mel'. STOOFS. One Year, hi arivanpe .■... $1 (X >lx Mw*ihx,tn advance .. ,... . 5< Entered at the taw? office In Peterabttrjs foi transmission through »Utje malt* ax secondclan* matter. FIJI DAY, APIUL. 28, 1809. Democratic Ticket. For Marshal. JOHN C. BACHES. For Clerk, I’EISRY A CH|AFt’ELU For Treason r, JOHN H. V1EHE. . For T. u«tef—First Ward, GARDNER T. KIMK. For Trustee—Second Want, ELIJAH M1LF.Y. For Trustee*--Fourth Ward, DAVID DUSTER. For Trustee—Fifth \V: rd JOHN O. SI I LEY.

\ r> A' The town election occurs next Monday wheji the voters of the city will choose tween the men on the two tickets who will best serve the intere its of the tax-payers and the future growth and welfrte of the city of Petersburg. The town has for years run in the same old rut until, last spring when the votersconcluded that a change was necessary. Did the change amount to anything? Well, yes. It had the effect of reducing the tax levy 38 cents, and a general reduction in the expenditures. A further change would greatly benefit the town, and the voter** should see that it is made next Monday. Don't let these ward politicians claim that they carry your votes around in their vest pockets. But give them to understand that your vote counts just as much as theirs. Vote for the best i iterests of the city and the whole people. Cooney Backes. the next marshal, was born and raised in this city and is known to every citizen as an energetic and hard-working young man. He is competent in everj- way to fill the office. He will not nose around and pry into people’s private affairs, but will attend strictly to the duties which will be required of .him. fie is deservedly popular among the laboring classes, being a laborer himself. Vote for Cooney. It is reported that Cooney Backes proposes to appoint William Berridge as his -deputy. Don't be in such a hurry, Cooney, you will not have the opportunity of appointing a deputy marshal this year.---Press. Cooney Backes is not reported as favoring any person for deputy. The above report only originated in the Press office. Cooney Backes is capable of transacting the business of the marshal's office without the aid of a deputy. _ Good roads meetings are being held in nearly every town in Southern Indiana. The people are aroused in this work and feel that they should go ahead and not be behind the northern part of the state. This is a move in the right direction. Good roads is one of the necessary thing's in thi$ part of the state. Boom up ^ood roads.

I s* ICitizens of Petersburg- have a chance to help develop this gas field. A subscription paj>er is now in the hands of a committee who will wait on you. Now is the time to do a little something- to show that you have the’ right spirit. Don’t stand back. Gardner Kime, Elijah Miley, David Duster and John O. Miley would make splendid councilmen for the people to tie to, and are in favor of making substantial improvements. They favor the building of good streets. SENATOR Quay of Pennsylvania, was acquitted of the charge of using the state’s funds, failed to be elected by the legislature as United States senator and was finally appointed by th^governor. John H. Virile will make the city an excellent treasurer. He is a good p business man and a tax-payer of the city, and in favor of all substantial improvements. Vote for Viehe for treasurer. . Perry A. Chappell will be the next town clerk. Perry is c mpetent i,a every way to make A firstclass clerk to the board of trustees, i’ote for Perry. ;g One man rule in Petersburg has got the town terribly in debt,- and what is there to show for it? Vote for a change. . . h J , *• ■

Vj^an lington Letter. Major L^e. who has been the personal represe itative of General Miles before the court of-inquiry, made a speech Bumm i ng up the evidence taken during thtf inquiry that any lawyer might havi; biren proud of. He showed that every{ a legation made'’by Gen. Miles has |>een fully sustained by good evidence, but* if the Algerites are correct injthi ir outline of the report, which the> court will make in a few days, probably this wreek, the evidence is to be igr >red. Alger and Eagan whitewashed and General Miles and the officers wio dared to tell the truth about the beef furnished the army, censured, i Iif that sort of a report is submitted,] a wave of indignation is likely to sweep over this country that when compared with that which followed the [whitewashing of Alger by the war commission, will be as a tornado to a sur: mer zephyr. The people of this country have decided this case on the evidence, and if Mr. McKinley is unwise ©nc jgh to allow his friendship for Alge *ism and his dislike for General Mile • to cause him to use his official influence to get a report contrary to the evidence, so much the worse for Mr. McKinley. The country has been [disposed, through all the dirty mess, to believe in the personal [integrity of Mr. McKinley, and that he was the! victim of his political, Obligations to Alger, but public opinion cannot be made to stand too great a

strain. The republican managers are trying to get Mr. Hobart to announce that, owing to hi is health, he will not be a candidate j foe renominaXion, but he j has so far dec ined to do so, although his health tion. Bosd s really in a serious condiPlatt and some other New York republicans think that “Teddy” Roosevelt would be effectually shelved tail of the McKinley r. McKinley, who is a if#, made the ticket, ami J little bit a fra id of Teddy as a rival for the first [dace, is said not to be averse to the dea. provided that Hobart, whom he really likes, can be persuaded \ oluntarily take himself out of the way. Politician reading thti j> have no difficulty in ay made by Governor Stone of Pennsylvania, when he appointed Quay senator, immediately following his acquittal by a Philadelphia jury oi: the charge of conspiracy to rob the state. That appointment was not made with any expectation that the accompanying credentials would ^ever bt used in Washington. Governor Sltone and Mr. Quay both know that the Senate has repeatedly, wfthin the las ; few years, denied the right of a go', ernor to fill a vacancy in the Senate which the legislature of the\>tate lias failed to fill;, after having had an opportunity to' do so. The appointment was made for its moral effect upon the republicans of the Pennsylvania legislature, which is likely to be called in extra session, Nominally for other reasons, but in reality solely I i or the purpose of giving Quay another chance for getting himself re-elej ted. , Admiral Schley is understood to contemplate asking an investigation of the implied charges and inuendoes made against him by the Sampson clique in the N avy department. If he will not ask i|t of the Navy department, but wil . go direct to congress and ask that a thorough investigation hi made by a r, m-partisan committee. The Hannn -McKinley men are already beginning to see that the retirement of < 'zar Reed doesn't call for as much rejoicing on their part, as: they thought it did when it was

first made pul: lie. It will remove a powerful enen y from the scramble from the path' ay of the administration,there is danger that thescramble for the speakership, which has already started, may create a number of smaller enemies who may be able to do more damage to administration plans and 'polit cs than one big enemy like Mr. Reed. Boss Hanna is not in any doubt abou t his success in naming the next speat er, but he is growing very much afraid of the sore spots that will be left among the disappointed, when known. A p his choice becomes ominent republican senator, discussing this matter with a friend, said: bitterly regre t Reed before thi fairly used tc shall miss my guess if Hanna and McKinley do not both the retirement of new speaker has got the position.” Mr. Payne of New York, notwithstanding that Mr. Shem an of the same state was to be the eastern candidate for speaker, has shied his castor in the ring and declare 11 himself a candidate. There will be lots of fun, and possibly some good political capital for the democrats in the coming fight over the speakershij Owing to a call of the German Ambassador at :he'state department. Captain Coghla i of the Raleigh, has ■ Y*. :hYYYr",jj. ■■

received a strong official hint not to repeat the story he told at a New York banquet about the way in which Admiral Dewey humbled the German naval commander in Manila bay, last year, when the Germans tried to get a little uppish. It is denied that the German Ambassador made any complaint about Captain Coghlan’s diplomacy to deny anything and everything whenever it is deemed policy to do so.

The Soy Bean as a Farm Crop. (Purdue University Agricultural Experiment station. Newspaper Bulletin No. 73, £prll 19. 1*W.) A comparatively new and promising leguminous crop for Indiana farmers is the Soy bean. This plant has been successfully grown in different parts of the state and at several points farther north in the United States. It thrives in good corn soil, and will grow wherever corn can be successfully produced. Being a quick maturing annual, it will prove especially helpful to those who cannot grow clover. A crop of soy beans can produced between the spring and autumn frosts anywhere in the state. The soy bean may be grown for pasture, green forage (soiling), for hay or silage, or for seed. It will yield nine to twelve tons of green fodder, li to 24 tons of hay, and 10 to 40 bushels of seed according to variety,' condition of soil, etc. Varieties.—If seed is desired, the earlier varieties, only should be grown in northern Indiana. The medium early varieties will doubtless mature in most parts of the state; and are to be preferred owing to their greater yield. The later variety might be grow for soil renewal or soiling, but they would hardly mature seed. Culture.—The soil mipy be prepared as for corn. If impoverished by prevvious cropping the soil should be well supplied with lime, potash and phosphoric acid. • Nitrogenous manures have also, proved beneficial in New England. The seed may be sown broadcast with the wheat drill, in rows 16 to 24 inches apart, or with the corn drill to be cultivated as corn. The earlier varieties of soy bean may follow a crop of rye or barley or be sown in the standing corn at the time of the last cultivation, if the weather is seasonable. If sown in corn put in two rows of soy beans between each two rows corn. Sow about two pecks to the acre in rows, like corn, and cultivate, if seed is desired. For pasture, soiling or hay, sow four or five pecks to the acre. _ Food Value—Soy bean hay compares favorably with clover hay in chemical composition. The seed is very rich iii protein and can therefore be fed advantageously with corn. The seed should be ground before feeding, fhe seed is readily eaten. Stock, as a rule, do not relish the stems and lea-ves at first, but soon take kindly to this forage. Soy beans and sorghum supplement each other as soiling crops. Corn and soy beans together are said to make good silage. Harvesting—Begin cutting at the time of early bloom, for soiling. Cut for hay when in full bloom, and as soon as the pods have formed, for silage. Cost of Seed—Seedsmen offer soy bean seed at $2.50 to $5.00 per bushel. This makes the cost far too great to justify growing soy beans as a general crop. Farmers are advised to try soy beans in a small way as a special crop, and then grow their own seed if the crop gives promise of being valuable. W. C. Latta, Agriculturist.

Story of a Slave. To be bound band and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D.Williams, of Manchester, Michigan, tells how such a slave was made free. He says: ‘“My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work.” This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cure's nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by J. R. Adams & Son druggists. -/_ . Came Here Alone to Jail. Amos C. Woodruff came to town from Oakland City last night and announced that he 4?as ready to begin a six months' sentence in the Marion county jail. Woodruff was a pension attorney and was convicted at Evansville of irregularities in the business, for which he was sentenced to one year and a day in the Ohio penitentiary. Judge Baker changed the sentence to six months in the Marion county jail and gave Woodruff fifteen days in which to arrange his business affairs. The fifteen days were up yesterdayv and the defendant came to t^is city alone to go to prison.—Indiinapolis News. ^George McNabb has moved his family from Otwell, Pike county, to has newly purchased farm in Barr township.—W ashingtou Gazette. -

WHEAT CROP. -— v . 1 State statistical! Says It vvlirix [ J*rcer | —A l>ry Season. State Statistical! Conner says concerning prospects for a gooei wheat crop in the state this year that so far as he reports, and he has received reports from all parts of the state, the wheat crop is not damaged and will be a large yield. Reports are coming in and in a few weeks- he will issue a bulletin. So far as the reports h^ve been received up to the present thkie. he says, the crop will be large. ! Mr. Conner says there will be a i arge | crop of apples unless the weather is too unpropitious. ‘"There will te no peaches in Indiana.” said he, except, probably in a few spots where the trees have been especially guarded or have been put on hinged roots and, ; covered with straw. Weather 18 or 20 degrees below zero nearly always kills the peaches. Cherries promise ! well, however, and all other fruits look favorable except peaches. ! Mr. Conner predicts that this will be an exceptionally dry season. “We are in the cycle of seasons this year,,” said ; he, “and I look for an unusual!} heavy I drought. There has been an unusual ’ rainfall since last summer ami there is about the same total fall every year. We have nearly had our share for the entire year. Then the winds promise to be from the northwest, blowing steady and it means dry weather. Everything points to an unusually dry season.”

A MOST WONDERFUL CL RE. Eminent Physicians Pronounced It Consumption. Dr. C. D. Warner. Coldwater. Mich-igan-Dear Sir: I have received great benefit from your White Wine of Tar Syrup. I had a cough and the doctors gave up ail hopes of my recovery and pronounced it consumption; I thought that it was death for me. I tried everything we could hear of. Finally one of my friends prevailed upon me to use your White Wine of Tar Syrup. I took 1| bottles and am cured entirely. Such medicine I can recommend to those who were afflicted as I was. Very respectfully yours, Joseph E. Underhill, Doland, South Dakota. Sold by Paul Bros. a Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the county j recorder's office during the past week: j George Haggemeyer to F.W.Haggemeyer, w hf nw qr se qr sec 12, town 3 south, range 8 west. '1 Harper Hiram to Charles W. Smith, pt se qr se qr sec 20, town 1 north, range T west, 0 acres. Mary A. Spraggins to Eva M. Davis, pt sec 32, town 1 south, range 7 west. John W. Anderson to Iva S. Miley,9 pt s hf sec 27, town 1 north, range 7 west, 2*» acres. John, Nelson to Nancy G. Kinman, ne qr ne qr sec 2, town 2 south, range 7 west, 40 acres. Jacob Spaw to Lucy Ursery, pt ne qr se qr sec 9, town 2 south, range 7 west, 15 acres. Mattie E. Sanders to John W. Bren-, ton, pt nw qr ne qr sec 15, town 1 south, range 8 west, 2 acres. William Demumbrum, by admr. to Francis McMurray, n pt nw qr se qr sec 19, town 1 north, range 7 west, 13

acres. Frederick Lippoldt to John D. Lippoldt, w pt w hf sw qr se qr sec 15* town 3 south, range T west, 13$ acres. Mary A. Mitchell to Lottie Lewis, pt lot 37, Profit's add. Petersburg. Orman Trayler to Jasper Scraper, pt nw qr sec 15, town 1 south, range 7 west. 1 acre. Jeremiah Gladish to Columbus P. Gladish et al, s side s hf ne qr sec 25. town 1 north, range 9 west, 40 acres. Clara A, M. Biggs to Edwin G.Gratz, and int w hf «e qr, and e hf sw qr sec 28, town 2 south, range h west. Henry J. Wiggs to Everett Wiggs. pt sw qr se qr sec 11, town 2 south, range 8 west. 34 acres. * Elizabeth J. Dejournett to Jasper Willis,, und hf pt nw qr ne qr sec 15. town 1 south, range 8 west, Stella Thomas to Williand F. Corn, lots' 33, 34, 35, 3d, 55, 50, 57 and 58. Augusta. Warren Mount, by sheriff, to Byron Brenton, pt se qr ne qr sec 12, town 1 south, range 7 west, and pt se qr sec 22, town 1 north, range 8 west. Sarah A. Wilder to Frederick Patberg, sw qr se qr sec 21, town 3 south, range 7 west, 40 acres. Nancy V. Barker to Amos B. Catt, ne qr ne qr sec 15, town 1 north, range 19 west. 40 acres. Byron Brenton to Nancy V. Barker, ! pt nw qr sec 20, town 1 north, range 8 west. John Merchant to James Borders et al, pt e hf nw qr sec 4, town 1 south, range 9 west, 09 acres. James M. Buchanan to Isaac N. Vandike, pt ne qr sw qr sec 12, town 2 south, range 7 west, 5 acres. f Isaac N. Vandike to Benjamin F. Wheeler, pt ne qr sw qr sec 12, town 2 south, range 7 west, 5 acres. C. O. Crow to Sarah C. Smith, lot 25, Whitman’s add, Winslow. James Thomas et al to L. C. Thomas et al, lot 0, Proffit’s add, Petersburg. H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watchmaker. Petersburg. All work guaran- | teed. 2^1

j fa doting W ill i C i And that class is the highest =83= * \ t Everything has been done to make it the best Ready made f Clothing in the land, and there has been no failure in any par- # ticular. And what so correct can be found at Barrett’s at any V and all times. We have cut '» 5 * . J Regardless of Former Values f The shortest time is our object, and to effect that speedily ^ we have made prices^oat half what values say that they ought ^ to be, and those who nave waited can reap the harvest their 0 patience deserves. / ; * .j|p4 Each garment shows that care has been taken in jjfemak- $ ing. Nothing that would increase the ^dressiness, or finish has 1 been overlooked- » f > ■5>0ALL AND TAKE A LOOK^ ♦ - ■ Remember that on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Frida; closes at 6 o’clock; Monday at 8:30 and Saturday night at 10 o’cl I =83= :W. L. BARRE Ik ^PETERSBURG, INDIANA <5* _ *. . jlVcl

«<FRED SMITHS Dealer Ui nil kinds of FURNITURE! . #

Funeral Supplies a Specialty We keep on hand at all times the finest line of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found in t he city. Bedroom and Parlor Suits • Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets. Shrouds, etc., of the best makeSkin Diseases. For the speedy and permanent cure of tetter, salt rheum and eczema, Chamberlain's Eye and Skill Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itching and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands- chronic sore eves and granulated lids. Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders for horses are the best tonic, blood purifier and-ermifuge. Price, 25cents. Sold*"

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Time is Money : :: : Time Saved is Money Earned Don’t Travel,—Telephone! A Telephone in your Residence, Office or Store will save time and make you money. ' •, Our present Rates leave no excuse for being without this mod* ern necessity. Don’t “sponge” on your neighbor. Thirty days trial will convince you. Telephone connection means Comfort, Convenience and Economy. ' J. H. McCLURKIN, Manager