Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 14, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 August 1899 — Page 1

L j fl©Wt) C©«7>e! We held our Stock of Men’s Fine Cassimere and Cheivot Suits at $7.50, $8.00 and $8.5Q. These prices were |>ositively the very lowest ever marked on such High Grade Suits. The season has passed and we find our stock larger than - it should be. Our only remedy, Reduce the Prices. In order to make a clean sweep we have taken all our Suits at the above prices and marked them down to One Price Don't hesitate about coming to this sale. Make up your mind quick or others will get the best of the selection. ^

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* ■ i x Petersburg, Indiana. x •4FRED SMITHS ; : ; , ; . r Dealer in all kinda of FURNITURE!

! Funeral Supplies a Specially. We keep on hand at all times the finest hue of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found In the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suite a Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets, Shrouds, etc., of the best make. N. Harris & Son DEALERS IN . ■£>FURNITURES .

Funeral Supplies of all kinds Hearse Free to all Funerals. We keep a full line of white and black caskets, robes, slippers, and all funeral supplies. Embalming and taking care of the dead a specialty, We save you from 15 to 20 percent on all undertaking goods. Call and see us for anything lu our line oi business. Cumberland Telephone lu office. OTWELL, INDIANA. iafc, is yife

BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS. Staor ; Paragraphi Items Briefly Told— ( oncernlnu the People., Charles Paul made a business trip to E\ ansville Monday. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* William Hurt of Monroe township, was : n town last Saturday. Jet.se Thomas, near Algiers, was in the city Saturday on business. Mrs. Ben Ehrlich and children return ed from St. Louis last Sunday. Master Hugh Osborne visited with friends in Madison township last week. Misses Merl and Bessie Parker visited relatives at Monroe City over Sunday. I Dr. W. H. Smith of Hosmer. was in town last Saturday on professional business. I Joseph Cassidy of Clay township, transacted business in the city Monday last. Isaac Sorgius, pear Algiers, was looking after business matters in the the city Saturday. Frank Thomas, one of the prosperous farmers of Jefferson township, was in town Monday.

N. Harris and George Scanland* I merchants of Otwell, were in town ! Monday on business. Dr. Wilson McGrew of Ayrshire, county coroner, was in town Monday on professional business.' Mrs. C. A. Coffey and son left Monday for Spencer, where she will visit with her parents for a few weeks. Leslie Lamb and wife left Wednesday for Atlantic City, New Jersey, and other eastern cities. They will be absent several weeks. When in town stop at the Patterson House. You will find first class ac commodations. 50* Joe Patterson, Prop. Jacob Brady while returning from the Berry sale west of town, lost his coat from the buggy somewhere on the road. Finder return to this office. I Dr. Gorby of Washington, will preach at the Presbyterian church in in this city next Sunday morning and evening# Rev. Darling will preach at Washington. Prof. Newton Johnson and family, who have been visiting relatives in the west part of the county for the past month, returned to their home at Franklin Tuesday. Peter Drof has just received a large supply of barrel and bulk lime. Portland and Louisville cement, Acme plaster, hair, etc. He buys old junk of every description. 1(M N. M. McAtee was the victim of an accident at the handle factory Tuesday morning, getting his right hand mangled by a saw and compelling him to visit Dr. E. E. Gengelbach fcfr re-pairs.-*Huntingburg Argus. Do you want building material?— We have placed a saw mill on the laui of Dick Anderson, in Jefferson township, and can furbish you all kinds of lumber at the lowest 'prices for cash or on time. Call and see us at the above place or at our mill at Otwell. Bowers & Son. There never was a better prospect for a large corn crop than is now to be seen everywhere. The early part of the season was favorable for planting and cultivating, and the recent rains have come at just the right time to insure a good earing time. The only thing now necessary is for frost to stay off until about the usual time.

The total mortgage exemptions in Pike county for this year are $148,614. Not many understood the law and it is4safe to say that not more than onethird took advantage of it. The j j following is the exemptions by townI ships: Jefferson, $23,505: Washington, ($22,439; Madison, $7,205; Clay, $4,295; Patoka, $13,765; Monroe, $19,155, Logan, $6,470; Lockhart, $7,829; Marion, I $6,165; Petersburg, $37,850. '- There are nov; in the State soldiers’ home near Lafayette, 554 inmates; about one-third of them are wives and widows of old soldiers. The htome is located, on a farm of 240 acres, on the Wabash river, extending back from the rivgr bank to a height of 150 feet. When the site was selected it was an unbroken forest. A large part of the (forest trees are still standing though j about 4,000 of them have been cut ! down. This became necessary in the been cut except where they stood in the way of something else.. operations. No trees have

Miss Nellie Coonrod visited relatives at Monroe City last week. Dr. W. T. Blythe of Hosmer transacted business in the city Monday. B. A. Humphrey of Monroe township, was in town Monday on business. H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watchmaker, Petersburg1. All work guaranteed. _28* Nick Collins and Mack Miller of Pikeville transancted business in the city last Saturday. S. W. Chappell and Robert Stephens of Algiers, were in town Monday morning on business. Will Patterson and daughter of Indianapolis, visited with relatives in this city over Sunday.

George Monroe of Pikeville, was in town Monday on business. He is the postmaster at that place. Mrs. Paul, mother of the Paul Bros., druggists, lefrMonday for Erie, Pennsylvania. for a visit among relatives. Mrs. Lizzie Thomas of this place, and Miss Lizzie Farquher of' Hamburg, Iowa, left Monday for a visit with friends at Huntingburg. Charles Scraper, one of the successful young farmers of Jefferson township, living near Algiers, was looking after business interests in town Monday morning. ^_ Big ills, as well as little ills of the kidneys, cannot resist the' curative power of Dr. Sawyer’s Ukatine. It not only quiets and relieves, but positively cures. Paul Bros. a E. P. Richardson and wife, Will Nieman and wife, J. W. Brumfield and Misses Flora Brumfield and Adda Oliphant left Monday for Niagara Falls' and other eastern points of interest. In this issue appears the financial j statement of the Pike county state bank. The affairs of the bank are carefully managed by competent officers, and is one of the safe financial institutions in this part of the state. William It. Snyder, living a mile east of town, has so fiar recovered from his recent illness that he was able to drive to town last Friday. He asks us td return his most sincere thanks to his many friends for their frequent visits during his illness. The Princeton Democrat is claiming that Gibson county has the oldest citizen in the state. ^JMniel Ward of that county will celebrate his 100th birthday August 15th. Pike county without doubt has the oldest citizen in Uncle Isaac Loveless of Logan township, who is 107 years old. Joe Patterson has rented the Arlington Hotel and has refurnished it from top to bottom. New house, new furniture, and is prepared to extend first class accommodations at reasonable rates. The house will hereafter be known as the Patterson House, on south side of Main street, between Fifth and Sixth. 50* A refrigerator very, very seldom should require any cleaning wha\ever. Keep it clean by care in using, not by a periodical washing which renders the ice box unfit for refrigerating purposes for, several days. Keep the ice chamber always full of ice, and put nothing else in it. Place the most perishable articles, such as meat,milk, butter, ^tc., on the lowest shelf, which is the coldest, for cold air falls.

The following is the corrected list of assessments of real estate and personal property in the several townships and corporations: Jefferson, $824,460: Washington, $913,665; Madison, $360,250: Clay, $374,495: Patoka, $528,017; Monroe, $509,785; Lockhart, $501,295: Logan, $330,040; Marion, $326,020: Petersburg, $781,772; Winslow, $85,334, total, $5,535,133. There are 3,301 -polls in the county. The above totals include the mortgage exemptions. .* . Fishermen who desire a seine license can receive It as follows: Write the commissioner at Columbus, Indiana, for a blank bond. Fill out accurately. Spell all names properly. Procure sureties that are worth $500 more than the encumbrance upon their real estate and all exemption. Place a fifty-cent revenue stamp upon it. Enclose bond and one dollar to the commissioned, who will issue license if bond is accepted. Seine cannot be* longer than 100 feet, nor wider than 8 feet widest place, nor less than one and one-half inch mesh. License good for five years to be used only from July 1st to September 30th of each year. A trap net is a hoop without wing. A separate bond must be given for each trap net or seine.

TOWN BOARD MEETS. Water Works Franchise Granted to Frank shefold of New Albany. The regular meeting of the town trustees was held at the office of Lawyer Greene last Thursday night. The minutes of the previous meetings were read and approved. It was ordered that the street committee look after the cutting down of Upper Main street. Also that the committee proceed to have the weeds along the streets cut down. E. E. Watts, civil engineer of the proposed rock roads in Washington township, asked the board to pass an ordinance granting the privilege of graveling the streets in connection with the roads as contemplated. Taken under advisement. Motion mat^e and seconded that a franchise be granted to Frank Shefold to lay mains and pipes and necessary machinery for water works plant. Smith and Finney voted for and Patterson against. The town attorney was instructed to prepare such ordinance. fThe following claims were read and allowed: David Dustin,rent and blacksmithing I 13 43 A< W. Selby, street work . X It 1>. W. Horton, surveying. . out' V. R. Greene, attorney. 8 .A Fleming Bros., street work... 0 0t> Fleming Bros., street work . Ill 00 W. G. Finney, trustee.. in otl Than Burton, night police ....... .. 9 00 S. Thompson, nrintlng .. 13 5) Electric light company, lighting . 187 30 I. C. Higgins, marshal ....*. . 40 tm A. W. Selby, clerk ..... 10 (’ll E. J. Harris,trustee _ ., 4 10 Frank Wilson, policeman .*.! 1 J. N Kinmun, policeman. 12 00 Total . $441 JS

To the Public. On and after September 1st, 1899, our two stores will do a strictly cash business. Every one, rich or poor, will be treated exactly alike—no credit to anybody. It is not right for you that pay cash to pay for the^debts these that never pay, make. We intend to sell goods from twenty to thirty per cent cheaper than ever before, which we can easily do, as no credit hoi st dare compete with those that buy am selk for cash. So strict will be our policy that we offer $5.00 reward to any one that will buy goods at either of our stores on credit. You can afford to borrow money at 20 per cent and pay cash and be independent. We thank you kindly for your past trade and hope to double our business with you in the future by selling you goods away below long time Credit stores. Those indebted please settle by cash or note at once. ’ W. V. Hargrove & Co., Star Clothing House and People’s Dry Goods Store, Petersburg’s only cash Stores. Washington Notes. There is to be more whipping of the devil around the stump. That is the sum and substance of the semi-official leaking as to the intention of the administration in tbe Philippines. Gen. Otis is not to be either recalled or humiliated. Oh no! not for wo Ids! The administration has such absolute confidence in him, that it intends to let him sit in his office at Manila, and worry over the ten-cent details oi; the government of such portions of the Philippines, as recognize our .authority. But another man is to be pi t in command of the army which is to do the fighting. . That would be so thoroughly characteristic of the McKinley administration that it is generally

accepted to be true of present intentions. Of course, those intentions, like many others have been, may be changed before being carried out. Statements differ as to the man who is to command the fighting branch of the Philippine army, some saying that | it will be Lawton and others that it will be Miles. General Miles has indicated to Secretary Root his willingness to take command of the Philippine campaign, but there are several reasons why he is not likely to go. The first and most important of which is the evident intention of the administration to leave the supreme command nominally in the hands of Gen. Otis. General Miles could not serve under a subordinate officer. The new secretary of war has been asked to pass upon a question of law, but he has not said that he will do so, notwithstanding all the talk about that being what he was taken int o the cabinet to do. The question involved is whether the secretary of war has a right to authorize officers who are his favorites, to draw specified sums, in addition to their salary and regular allowances, to be used to “maintain the dignity of their positions.” During Alger’s recent visit to Cuba, he authorized General Brooke to draw $7,500 a year in addition to his regular pay as major general; General Ludlow, who made a break last week

by suppres^pg a Cuban newspaper, $5,000 a year/ia addition to his pay as a brigadier general; Colonel Bliss, collector at Havana, $3,000 in addition to his salary as colonel, and Major Davis, sanitary officer at Havana, $2,500, in j addition to his salary as major. Alger directed that these allowances be made from the Cuban revenues. Only favorites of Alger were authorised to draw this extra money, no %uch authority being given to General Fitz Lee, General Leonard Wood and other officers who would seem to have quite as much dignity to maintain a$ the officers on duty at Havana. It has been pointed out to Secretary Root! that section 1269 of the revised stat-! utes, which fixes the pay of army officers, contains this positive language: “No allowances shall be made to officers in addition to their pay except as hereinafter provided/’ The provisions referred to are for the care of officers’ horses, the payment for quarters and for travel pay, but there is nowhere a word about allowance to “maintain dignity.” It is very clear that Alger exceeded his legal authority in making these allowances, but | whether Secretary Root will say so is a horse of quite another color. > Democrats hereabouts have paid very little attention to the attempt of a few anti-Bryan democrats ip New Jersey, to start a boom for Hon. Grover Cleveland as the democratic candidate next year, simply because they know that it is not worth any

attention. Even if Col. Bryan, the man whom ninety per cent of- the democratic party wishes to see nomi-, nated again, were to die before the nominating convention met, Mr. Cleveland's name would not be seriously considered. He has received all the honors he will ever get from the national democracy, with which he was never really in sympathy upon more than two or three of its principles, and even those he has a way of interpreting to sujit himself. Mr. Cleveland is art able man—one of the ablest who was ever president, but so self-opinionated as to be unfit to lead6 a party in a country where every man is theoretically, at least, the peer of every other man. One autocrat is an ample sufficiency for the democracy for a long time to come. The last time Mr. Cleveland was nominated, it was not because he was the choice of the majority of fhe party, but; because of the shrewdness of Hon. Wi C. Whitney. Against, the advice of experts, Secretary Alger gave a contract, last year for twenty-five Brown segmental wire wound guns. They are now ready for delivery, but will not be accepted, because when tested, one of them blew out the breech and fractured its jacket, under less than the required pressure. If they had been ready for delivery before Alger went out, they would have probably been accepted and paid for. The Most Fatal Disease. More adults die of kidney trouble than of any other disease. When The first symptoms of this disease appear, no time should bejost in taking Foley’s Kidney Cure, which is guaranteed or money refunded. 50 cents and $1.00. i J. R. Adams & Son. ! _ a

Soldiers Reunion. The old soldiers of Pike county held their annual meeting at the court house, on July 20th, at 2 o’clock p. m., and elected the following named comrades as officers for the com ingL term: Wm. E. Chappell, colonel. * S. H. Stuckey, quartermaster. M. J, Brady, adjutant. Rey. Kerr, chaplain. Da-. DeTar, surgeon. Comrades Thomas Owens, Charles Minehart and Jasper Kintnan were appointed a committee to see our business men as to the amount of subscription that can be had for a reunion at Petersburg and report at our next meeting. We say to you frankly that it will require very liberal donations to enable us to hold our 13th annual reunion, and it will depend largely on the report of our committee on subscription whether we can hav'e a reunion this year or not. Remember that our meeting is to decide whether we can raise funds enough to have a reunion or not. Everybody is cordially invited to attend the meeting at the court house, Saturday afternoon, August 12th, at 2 o’clock. We want a reunion. Come and help us. * - Wm. E. Chappell, Colonel. M. J. Brady, Adjutant. * Piles! Piles! * Why be bothered with this anpoying complaint when Banner Salve will curt: you. 25c. J. R. Adams & Son. a

BLOW TO THE FAITH CUB Attorney General of Indian l‘rae|lee« are Illegal. Attorney General Taylor at the request of the state medical board, last Saturday delivered an opinion that it is illegal for faith eurists, Christain scientists, and other unlicensed persons who assume the title of doctor to minister to the sick, particularly where a fee is charged. His opinion follows: - ' l||§ ‘•It is my opinion that it is tion of the law for an unlicensed person assuming the title of a doctor to prescribe or pursue any practice for the cure or relief of diseases^injury or deformity, especially whence any fee is charged for such services.|| c “It is perfectly obvious that the non-treatment of a disease requiring treatment by an unqualified person may be as injurious as the administering of erroneous as the treatment or remedies,, and it ismy opinion that in enacting the statute of 188T the general assembly contemplated the protection of the public from the evil of non-treatment or non-action where necessary as fully as it did from wrong treatment. * j “In so far then, as Christian scientists, faith curist, mental healers and meta-physical medicators adyertbe themselves as physicians and accept fees for treating disease, by silent cr other forms of prayers, or by moral advice, or by profound thought, or by absolute non-action, they unquestionably in my opinion, violate the law. •On the other hand, if they abstain from claiming to be doctors and from advising treatment, but simply administer massage under another name, there is nothing in the lav which forbids them giving to their treatment what name they please, and there is nothing in the law which requires masseurs to be licensed,J^hether recommended by a physician or voluntarily sought by an attticted ]>erson, is at liberty to charge Jjjor his services whatever he deems them to be worth.*’ '}&■ ,

Bryan Is the Man. The Terre Haute Gazette* one of Indiana’s ablest democratic newspapers, albeit not partial at all to silver at 10 to 1, thus -speaks w relation to the next democratic nomination for the presidency: >} “Moreover, the democracy' i- not hunting for a presidential candidate. It has a candidate now. All the convention, when it assembles, will do will be to ratify a nomination already made. There is a man who. id talent and training, is pre-eiuinent|fr fitted for .the discharge of duties^! that high office. He is absolutely honest. He trusts the people, believes in them, consults them and is believed in and trusted by them. His life study has bednin those very pursuits-|puch tit a man to be president. He is a marvelously gifted man, clean in thought, in speech, in conduct and in life. He is an inveterate enemy of caste and of those who enjoy its privileges either through purchased legislation or the non-enforcement of laws by sworn officers of the law. He believes in the equality of all before the law, no privileges from favoring legislation and no exemptions the common burdens. He will smash the trusts and tax dodging, if elected president, as Dewey smashed the Spanish fleet, and such smashing will be a greater and more glorious victory for freedom and justice than that in Manila bay. He is thoroughly patriotic and will see to it that the flag floats only over freemen wherever it is and that it be an emblem of justice and right, of government of and by and for the people everywhere. The democratic nominee will be. nay, rather is, William Jennings Brvan.”

United States Postoffice. Luther, Michigan. February 24,1892. Dr. C’. D. Warner, C'old\vat<||£Michigan. Dear Sir—I %as afflicted with that common scourge—“La Grippe,” and had violent paroxisms of coughing from which I could get no relief until upon the recommendation Rev* E. L. Odle I bought a 2'> cent bottle of your White “Wine of Tar%J||hlch' afforded immediate relief. 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, etc., ^ • a Ernest Nichoson, P. M. Sold by Paul Bros. --Mij -—--£§& All persons interested in the Chappell cemetery, north of Dtweli. are requested to meet there Saturday, August 12th, for the purpose of cleaning up the cemetery at^: making necessary repairs. Trustees.