Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 16, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 August 1899 — Page 8

THE DROWNED RECOVERED. Ore of the Kad«Ie»l Funeral* Occurring In this section of the state. Last Frida}- afternoon occurred one of the saddest funerals that has ever been witnessed in this part of Indiana. The particulars of the frightful . drowning of live members of the IXitnsel family and little Alice Dillon was noted in our last issue. At the time only three of the bodies had been refcgvered, the two children the same evening and Mrs. Himsel’-s body Thursmorning. Friday the three remaining bodies were found, one in the forenoon and the body of the youngest child about one o'clock* and the body of the Dillon girl was found about three o’clock nearly three miles down the river from where she was drowned, having lloated down and lodged against some driftwood. The funeral services of the Himsel family were held at the |,utheran cemetery in Dubois county, near the Himsel residence Friday' afternoon. The five bodies were placed in metallic coffins, and four hearses used to convey the bodies from the family residence to the cemetery. The bodies were placed side by side in the five graves, the mother first and the tiny child of two years last. The scene was a heartrending one as the father

mourned the fate of his companion and four children whose lives vanished from him in the twinkling* of an eye. Services were conducted by Rev. Rundy, pastor of the Lutheran v ’.urch, who preached a very touching sermon in German. The pastor of! the M. E. church at Kellers ville, conducted the English services. The -funeral was one of the largest ever held in Dubois county and the large concourse^ of people were moved to tears by the sadness of fhe occasion. . The funeral of little Alice Dillon took place Friday night about nine o’clock at tlu^Lebanon church near Otwell and was largely attended. She was an orphan and had been living with Mrs. Potts, who escaped drowning by jumping from the wagon and wading out to the shore, she having thrown the baby on the shore before leaping into the water. The funeral was in charge bf N. Harris & Son, the Otwell undertakers, who embalmed the bodies as fast as they were recovered from the water. The Press has resumed its old kick about the management of the jail, - and says the people are kicking. That was one of the chief kicks made by Thompson in the last campaign about Sheriff Ridgway, but it amounted to nothing and no one now pays any attention to his inouthings. The Press, makes some complaint about „ persons who are put in jail to lay out fines for petty infractions of the law, being made trusties. Why, Mr. Press editor.don’t you kick the management ' of ., the north and south ^prisons for making trusties of murderers, etc? Give Governor Mount a« kick for allowing such things to occur. The Pike county jail is as well managed as any in the state. The Press says it is a pleasure resort. Well, if it is such a pleasure resort as the Press would have it appear, why don’t the marshal take the prisoners out and work them on the streets. Or the town board might erect a calaboose and let the town take care of the prisoners that the marshal arrests. The Press is becoming known as a chronic kicker.

Dr. Hunter and wife, Matt Frank aud wife, Mrs. ('rill Adams and sons, Mrs. William-Labs, Miss Nellie Lingo . - J. H. Viehe and wife, forastus Johnson and Isaac Lane left Tuesday on an excursion trip to Niagara Falls for a few days sight-seeing.

ONE MAN KILLED. Another HaiUy Injured by a Failing i liuildlng. | Monday afternoon, near (’ato, while j i Robert and John Anderson were tear- j ; in" down the old Tate school house ! the side walls spread out and the roof j fell in on them killing iiobert instantly and seriously injuring John. , liobert Anderson had bought the old school building and was going to move it onto his farm near Otwell, there to be used as a residence by him. The brothers went to work about noon and commenced taking off i the ceiling, which was of tongue and ! grooved lumber, and it is supposed j that when the ceiling was taken off | that there was not much left to brace ! the building, it being very cheaply constructed. When it fell cannot be learned at this time, as John Anderson, the injured man, has been unable to talk and most of the time teas unconscious. It is supposed that the accident occurred sometime lhte in the afternoon. A farmer in the neighborhood in passing noticed that the building was down and hearing John Anderson hollow gave the alarm and soon several persons were on the scene and begun the work of rescuing the men. Robert Anderson was taken

out first. He was dead. He was struck on theforehead by a joist or the plate i of the building, the skull crushed and j the neck broken, also his back. Hist body was taken to the residence of ( Jack Miley, his father-in-law. John Anderson was se^m after taken from the wreck in an unconscious condition and taken to his home, where he lies in a very precarious condition, having received internal injuries and | it is doubtful if he recovers. Dr. Bethell of Winslow, was called and dressed the injuries of the wounded man. The deputy coroner held an inquest Tuesday morning and will render a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The funeral of Robert Anderson took place Tuesday afternoon and burial at the Bethell cemetery near Otwell. He was a married man and; leaves a wife and" one child to mourn 1 his sudden death. H. L. Griffith, one of Petersburg’s, highly respected citizens, died at his! home on West Walnut street Monday > morning last. He was taken ill a week previous with flux, and on Friday before his death was attacked with persistent hiccoughing. He rapidly grew worse until Sunday when he became unconscious and remained so until death. Mr. Griffith was aged 07 years, .*> months and IB days. He was born in Ohio, but came to Indiana when a young man. A few years after coming to Indiana he moved to Knox county where he was married in 18f>2, to this union was born five children, two sons of whom are living. His first wife died in 1891, and in 1893 he was again united in marriage to her who now survives him. He moved to this city some six years ago. He was one of the prominent farmers of Knox county and for years has operated h coal mine on his farm. Of late years he has lived a rather retired life and while a resident of this city made many friends. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev. W. S. Rader, assisted by Revs. Elder, Probert and Darling. The remains were laid to rest in Walnut Hills cemetery.

The county commissioners meet today (Friday) to open the bids for the poor practice of the county infirmary and for the furnishing of coal for the court house and jail. The plans for the proposed rock roads in Washington township will also be received. i

If you havn’t attended .%> * v c ' ' i . The Big August Sale or, Sol Frank’s Big Sale, you have made a mistake. While some items have been entirely closed out, we yet have plenty of reliable items that are going at about half price. Remember,we must clean out all Summer stuff to make room for new Fall Goods. So if you havn’t visited the Big Store during this sale come now. We may save you dollars. - SOL FRANK’S BIG STORE.

!' * IC2Z2 lCT^3 BIG WRECKS* AT THE STORE I The whole shelving in oup* store commenced falling at 3:00 o’clock Wednesday morning and damaged a large part of our stock of Shoes and Dry Goods. ■ Our store will be closed from Wednesday, August 30th, 6 o’clock p.m. until Thursday, August 31st, at 12 o’clock noon. This will give|us time t6 mark our goods down to Sacrifice Prices. If jyouwant Fa 1 Footwear it will pay you to Visit our store at once, as $5,000 worth of Shoes will be closed out atj the Sacrifice Sale. Remember the day when the store will be closed. gp life Look for advertisements in the papers next week. MAX "'sSIb ■ <" -♦ |gi as ITZER k. & 1 Proprietor New York Store, Petersburg, Ind. sm

SEPTEMBER FORECAST. liov. lrl II ii ks of st. Louis, Predicts T1 Weather for Next Month. The first storm period for Septem- f her lies be teen the 2nd and Tth. New , moon falls on the 4th, the central day j of the period, and mopn will be on the ! celestial equator on the 5th. During ; the first part of this period a very j warm wave will move out from western parts of the continent, the barometer will fall in same sections, and from about the 4th to Tth, progressively from west to east, storms of wind, rain and thunder will visit most! parts of the country. If these dis-1 turbances are purely continelfftal^-) that is, confined in their origin and j progress to inland, warm weather will j continue after the storms. If equatorial storms are prevalent along our southern coasts and seas, there will be a marked change to cooler weather, with probability of frost iri regions to northward, immediately behind storm areas over the states. Weather bureau reports ought to show all sections, in good time, whether equatorial storms are to be expeted southward. In all fundamental explanations of our theory, found in our Almanac, and running from time to time in the columns of Word and Works, we lay down the fact that our globe is at a magnifieient and electrical crisis from about the 9th to the loth of September, This is a special perturbation, within the regular equinoctial period, arising from the fact that Earth's equator is presented to the Sun’s pole, being only a few days before the passage of the sun over our equator. We therefore predict that magnetic and electrical phenomena, out of the normal order, will very probably result in many parts of the globe, during the time of the reactionary storm period, the 9th to 13th. All the above extremes are probable during and immediately following the vulcan storm period running from the 15th to 19th. As may be seen by the storm diagram, moon is in perigee on the 17th on the celestial equator on the 18th, and full on the 19th. Severe and dangerous equinoctial storms are not inevitable, but, very

probable. Look for the great warmth to end suddenly in chinge to much cooler-even to danger of frost over much of our north side. A reactionary storm period is central on the 22nd, the day Earth's equator cuts the center of the sun. Marked storm conditions will develop between the 20th and 24th, and dangerous gales and storms are very probable on land and sea, but none the more so than at other periods before and after this central disturbance in our

autumnal equinoctial period. Both the regular Vulcan storm period and the Venus disturbance are central on the 27th. and a Mercury disturbance cuts into the same period, the two or three last days, of the month—alf these combined within only a few days of the center of Earth's equinox. Moon is near her greatest north declination, and at apogee on the 29th, There are no reasonable grounds for foolish foreboding or fear as to what will happen at this time; but all sensible, practical people, having interests likely to be alfected by storms and rough weather, on water and land, will keep their weather eyes open and note all incipient indications. Frank Zeigler, a prominent young farmer living near Alford, was stricken with paralysis Monday forenoonf He had started to a neighbor’s onj some business and took a short cut! across the fields, and near the Morrison cemetery was stricken with) paralysis of the left side. His no returning home for supper that even ingdidnot alarm his wife, as he w engaged in the stock business and wa often away from home until late i the evening. His wife became alarme about midnight and informed th neighbors who instituted a search an at five o’clock Tuesday morning h was found at the place as above stat Dr. Imel of Algiers;*and Dr. Kime this city, were called and rende medical service. He lingered in th condition until Wednesday evening seven o'clock when he died. He w about 30 years old and leaves a wife and one child. The funeral will held Friday morning at ten o'clock at the Alford Church and interment at the Morrison cemetery. He was a member of the Masonic and Red Men lodges of this city. F. P. Thomas and daughter, ERichardson, Roy Black, Mrs. Fannie Borders, Rev. F. M. Kerr. George Johnson, George Selby, Lloyd Thompson, H. N. Kinmau, Rev. H.-W.Carpen-ter and about thirty others, delegates from the various churches of the county, left yesterday for Worthington to attend the annual association of the Regular Baptist church.

Prof. G, B. DeTar and family Removed to Marengo, yesterday, wh^re the professor will have charge of the public school the coming winter. Their many friends here wish them unbounded success in their new home and field of labor.™jt’orydon Democrat. 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. |

Otwell Items. j John Braden, the harness dea er at Petersburg, was at home over Sunday visiting his family. He reports trade good. > Charles Paxton of Evansville, is visiting relatives at Otwell this week. Attend the silver medal contest at the hall Saturday night. A good program has been prepared for the occasion. L. E. Trayle'r has bought the Gilharn farm near Otwell and moved onto it this week. The Saints camp meeting is in progress at the Scraper grove this week and will be held for several days. A large number of people are in attendance. Garland & Rhodes have their new business room cofhpleted and are now ready for tradb in their line. We wish the boys success. Otto Hudson is attending the fair at Oakland City this week. The contract for the building of the M. E. church was let to Scraper & Co. They contracted to do the work on the building for $346.64. Work will be commenced at once. William McCormack is moving his stock of goods into his new milding and will be ready for business Saturday. i Craig & Co. are talking of erecting a line business room on. tht corner where they are now located. The Sunday school picnic ast Sat-; urday at the Craig grove was a big success. N. Harris & Son have commenced the erection of a two story building to be used by them as a furniture; store. Fred Chappell wasV at Petersburg Wednesday on business. The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons | this week: Warren Sorgius and Ollie J. Ward. Perves Grubb and Ella B. lelsley. Elijah M. Morton and Rachael Bement. - Claude Traylor and Mary McCoy. Rufus M. Coleman and Addle Davis.

There will be a silver medal contest at the M. E. churchy U nion, Friday evening, September 1st. Admission, five cents Miss Lelab Gray will recite several recitations after the contest. All are cordially invited. Ben Meyer of Lockhart township, was in town yesterday or business, and made this office a call. Mrs. Emily Lett of Evansville, is visiting her brother, Thomas Mount, and other relatives.

Bowman ltems|||||| J. R King- wefrt to Duboisia^t week, j R R Foust visited Washington Saturday and Sundays * Miss Nellie Drake of Otwell* visited 1 the family of R P. Snyder ^ Miss Alice Chadwick of Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting, Miss Bert this week. s, • Mrs. E. P. llSchardson Decker of Petersburg, vi at Bowman last Tuesday, Ernest Williams and fi to Decker Thursday. Harrison Smith and move to his farm next Carl and Miss Dora Jc church at Pleasant Hill ing. 'Will Burger and wife visited friends in our towpd The ice cream festival at i singer Dosha friends moved m wHi attended evenigusta, st week. • schooL house last Thursday night was a success. John Crow was among our callers Wednesday. ------—S' The Washington township Sunday school convention will be £&&! at the Union church, two miles southwest of town. Thursday, September 7th. A* good program has been prepared. The Dreyfus court martial in France is developing some very rotten work of the army officials. The trial is attracting attention from a|i parts of the world. The fighting in the Philippines darings the past week has been rather quiet. General Otis, it seems, is waiting for more troops to arrive. Miss Mary Liebrick of St. Louis, is visiting Joseph Lory and^family on lower Main street. deorge Willis of near acted business in the city morning. Michael and Isaac Sorg giers, were in town Wi business. to, transeduesday near Alay on

Thomas and Henry Headleft yesterday for Northern Indiana and Michigan* -- ' iiif• ■ Sirs. Lucretia Seebrendl Princeton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. N. Mount. > j Mmc Notice of Administration, Miss Freda Herboth of Queeq City, Missouri, is the guest of Mrs. William Limp. . Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the clerk of the circuit court of Pike county, state of Indiana, administrator of the estate Ol Joseph W. Bergen, late of Pike county, deceased. . . ~ > ARTHUR H. TAYLOR, July 29,1SS9. J&uiinitiUutor.