Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 November 1899 — Page 1

VOL. XXX. PETERSBURG, IND.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1899.

BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS. Short Paragraphs Items Briefly ToldConcernltiK the People. We sell Gregg's fresh roasted coffees. G. T. Kime. * Mrs. S. J. Haines visited relatives at Washington last week. Janies O’Brian of Washington, was in town Tuesday on business. Henry .1. Wiggs of Sophia, was in the city yesterday on business. —--—-aMiss Emma VanNada is quite ill at her home on Vincennes avenue. Miss Estella Frank is visiting her sister and friends at Mt. Vernon. Isaac Lane and wife visited with friend^ at Princeton over Sunday. George Dearing of near Velpen. was cin the city last Friday on business. If you want to buy anything in footwear visit Max Blitzer; prices very low. _ , Pat Beatty, near Arthur, was in town last Friday attending to business matters. John Clifford of Monroe township, raised the .frame-work for a large barn last week. Dr. C. Abbott and J. L. Capehart of Otwell, were in the city Wednesday. They report Otwell booming. Bring in your old ifon while it is high. My place of business is at C. Veeck’s blacksmith shop, Petersburg. 29-2 Phelix Brittingham. Rev. H. W. Carpenter of Otwell, was in the city Friday last on business^ He ordered the Democrat sent to the address of his brother at Fort Crook. Nebraska, where he is now stationed. John Hammond, secretary of the Home and Gas City building and loan associations, has moved his office to the^oom occupied by Jackson & Patterson, implement dealers, on lower Main street. Stockholders will now find him at the latter place.

J. V. Chaille of Otwell, was in town Saturday attending court. We make a specialty of high grade j roasted coffee. G. T. Kime. * _»__ James Vaughn of Sugar Ridge, was in town Wednesday on business. Rev. J. 'W. Elder was at Oakland' City Monday afternoon on business. Mrs. W. M. Ridgway and children visited with friends at Winslow this i week. - ° 4---*—.— If you are looking for nice dress goods and trimmings, call at the New York Store. Mrs. Vonnie Ddfiihan of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, is visiting her parents, T. K. Fleming and wife. Mrs. Sylvester Thompson and son are visiting Dr. George Grim at Portersville this week. ---- W. S. Corn and S. Beach of Augusta, were in the city last Saturday looking after business affairs. John C. Billheimer of Washington, ex-minister to Zanzibar, was in the city Monday attending circuit court. S. C. Wyatt, the stock dealer living south of town, attended a sale of fine stock in Illinois last week, purchasing several head of Poland China swine. Papers were filed with the county clerk*Wednesday to have John A.Gray of Jefferson township accepted at the Southern Indiana asylum at Evansville. ! v / , . Alex L. Stofk of Knox county, and Miss Anna D. Breidenbaugh, living north of town, were married at the home of the bride Sunday evening last, the Rev. Joseph Adams performing the wedding ceremony. The teachers of the city schools drove to Washington last Friday, where they put in the day visiting the public schools of that city. Prof. Foreman and his able corps of assistants are using their best efforts to advance the school system of this city.

r\)Dfc ^.aoe S>\ T. ' WE means the Big Store, for we have put a cut into our Cloak stock. We nave sold almost 500 Wraps and the season but half over, and we want to make it 1,000, so we have begun to cut prices. Those Plush Capos, with fancy linings, that were $2.00; now are cut to.... Good long Capes, genuine silk plush, others asked $8.00 early in the season; our price is just. .....;... * " M Fine Plush Capes, embroidered in both jet and braid,g&rments fully worth $12.50; we offer you now at.\. .... Then at $10.00, $13.50 and $15.00 we show you as stylish a line as can be found anywhere. Don’t forget our line of Jackets in all the popular colorings, such as Royal, Navy, Castor, Brown, Tan and Black. Stylish Garments, every one a fashion plate so perfectly are they modeled, sold everywhere at $20.00; here but...... Another line, nicely tailored, in all the nobby $15.00; but here sold for.. $1.50 5.00 7.50 Next comes a beautiful line of Kersey Jackets, pretty and stv tlish, worth $10.00; noware. 12.50 J shades, worth JQ QQ r 8.0Of Hundreds of Garments at $5.00, $4.00, $8,00 and down as low as $1.50. Children's Cloaks; we have over 75 little Jackets* in most any color you wantlpretty little garments worth $7 to $7.50; all now are marked ... ...s; Then we have the cheaper qualities to suit those who are look • ing for low priced goods. 5.00

S\>edaVs- -'R.eaA *5Vvettv. i 250 pairs 50 cent Co^on Blankets; while they last, per pair., i..,. 35c 150 pairs extra size Cotton Blankets, with neat and attractive bor- P“ _ ders, 65c grades; now are.I... ... QUC A special bargain, is a nice heavy fleeced Union Suit, a regular 50 cent garment; with us. .. A good heavy grade white, double faced Storm Flannel, nicely fleeced on both sides, at per yard ..'. 25c 5c \ ri i,\« i M M Bear in mind the fact that at all times we display an VAOV\\\.l\.\W up-to-date line of Suits and Overcoats at prices we w w guarantee to be right. A leader with us is a strictly up-to-date well tailored, all wool SoV5vauVtsR\$S\OTt ^PETERSBURG, INID<? 20 dozen Fascinators, in all colors, made of best quality wool OCT yarns, cheap at 40c; here sell for.7. .. _ O C Beaver Overcoat, sold by others at $7.50;’here they areT. $5.00 Come in and see us, learn our prices and then know where to buy. and that is at <h

Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Clarence Dayton of Arthur, is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Joseph Willis of Logan township, was in town Tuesday on business. Blythe Hendricks returned to his home at Union City Monday evening. Miss Lida Stuckey of Washington, visited friends, in the city over Sunday. __ Jason Miller of Logan township, was in town last Saturday transacting i business. Low prices on men’s and boys’ | leather, rubber and felt boots at the New York Store. W. A. Battles, principal of the Hosmer schools, was in the city last Saturday on business. William Liibs and wife were called to Princeton Sunday last by the serious illness of the former's aunt. We are distributors for C. D. Gregg Teav& Coffee company’s celebrated brands of roasted coffee of St.‘ Louis. Missouri. Try them. G. T. Kime. * Thomas Winning at Otwell last week had the index linger of the right hand mashed off at the Clark planing mill while investigating the machinery. _ Governor Mount is being boomed by a few persons for the republican nomination for the vice-presidency since the death of Vice-President Hobart, which occurred Tuesday morning. William Liibs, the baker and confectioner, has placed new shelving iu his business room and also put in sliding ladders to the shelving. He is now able to display his large line of goods to better advantage. The work was done by E. H. Goslin & Co. The large fly wheel in tfie planing mill of Clark & Company at Otwell, bursted one day last week, and the pieces went flying through the air. Happily no one was injured. The accident was caused by the governor belt flying off causing the engine to run off.

Wednesday evening- occurred the j marriage of Oscar E. Hadlock of Jgf-! ferson township, and Miss Mary Welton, daughter of W. W. Welton, excounty commissioner, at the bride's home, Rev. J. W. Elder of this city, officiating. The Democrat extends best wishes. David H. Byers of Knox county,and Miss Mary C. Weaver, daughter of Frank Weaver, living on East Main street, were married at the bride’s home Wednesday evening, Rev. T. C. Probert officiating. The newly married couple will live near Wheatland. Their many friends extend best wishes. Rev. T. C. Probert is conducting a series of revival meetings at £he Baptist church. The meetings are being very well attended and the interest good. The reverend is a strong and capable pulpit orator and his evening talks are to the point and very interesting. The meeting will be continued for some time. C. A. Snow & Co., patent lawyers, opposite the United States patent office, Washington, D. C., who have actual clients in every city and town of the United States and Canada, report that] never before in their 25 years practice has the work of the office been so well up to date. They claim that patents can now be procured in less than half the time formerly required. 28-m3

In honor of her fiftieth birthday ] anniversary, the many lady friends of * Mrs. F. H. Poetker tendered Her a j surprise party at her residence on Geiger street Thursday afternoon. A large number of ladies were present, and a most delightful time was had by all. A splendid supper was served, and the guests all left happy that] they had been there. The Independ- j ent joins Mrs. Poetker’s friends in wishing her happy returns of the day. —Huntingburg Independent. Secretary Hurty of the state board of health, has compiled the mortality statistics of the state for October. The total number of deaths was 3,009, giving an annual rate of 13.4 per 1,000 for the whole state. The highest death rate for any single county was 20 per cent and the lowest 5.1. The number of deaths under one year of age was almost 16 per cent of the whole, the exact figures being 480. The cities of over 50,000 population, which includes Indianapolis and Evansville, had 266 deaths, equivalent to an annual death rate of 16.3 per 1,000. Cities from 25,000 to 50,000, which includes Fort Wayne, had 131 deaths, a death ra,te of 13.4. >

LOCAL BREVITIES. The News Gathered. From Various Parts of the County. Low prices on corsets at Max BUtzer’s. Vinson France of Monroe township, was in the city Wednesday. Fred Smith visited friends at Evansville and Boonville this week. The grand jury is still in session inveatigatingthe violators of the law. D. Q. Chappell of Evansville, was in the city over Sunday visiting friends. Ephriam Roberts, living near Arthur, was in the city Monday on business. ._ James Lett and wife of Sumner, Illinois, visited relatives here the past week. Dr. McGowen and Silas Kirk of Oakland City, were in the city yesterday attending court. John O. Miley went to Loogootee Monday in the interests of the Champion machine company. Mrs. P. N. Hoover of Boonville, who has been visiting Mrs. G. D, Martin, returned home Wednesday. ' Leroy Robinson, one of the old residents of Pike county living^hear Velpen, was in the city Tuesday on business. Ben Ehrlich, who has been operating a cigar factory here for several months, pulled jup stakes and left last Friday night for St. Louis. 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. 10-4 Miss Della Chappell was employed Tuesday by the school trustees a* assistant teacher in the first grade. There are now twelve teachers employed in the schools. .The attendance is now over 500. The friends and relatives of Mrs. Anderson Woodall, living near Algiers, to the number of about fifty, gave her a birthday surprise last Friday. At the noon hour a splendid dinner was served, and altogether it was an enjoyable occasion.

Petersburg Camp Modern Woodmen of America will give a smoker at the A. O. U. W. hall on Saturday evening, November 25th. All members are requested to be present. Light refreshments will be served at the hall. Visiting neighbors invited. V. R. Greene, V. C. * W. D. Goad, Clerk. Several of the members of the I. O. O. F. lodge of this city were at OfWell last Thursday evening attending lodge and conferred the first and second degree work in a most sati^actory manner. The team work of the local lodge is said to be very fine and has received the highest words of praise from the grand lodge officers of the state. _ The editor and wife returns thanks to Mrs. J. A. Smith for a fine boquet of chrysanthemums from the large collection which took the first premium at the show last w^ek. Mrs. Smith has taken the first premium on collection for the past three years. The collection consisted of all the new varieties which she has successfully grown. One of which in particular was a pure white and pink blossoms grown on the same stalk.

Quite a number of the stockholders of the Pike county farmers' insurance company met at Winslow a few weeks ago and adopted a resolution that the association be abandoned. The insurance company was organized about nine years ago and prospered for a time, but of late years the number of policy holders has decreased. There were at the last meeting thirty policies in force. The company has been well managed. S. W. Chappell, Levi Thompson and Frank Bilderback were members of the board of managers. Work at the Woolley coal mines is assuming shape once more. The pumps are at work pumping out the water and men are at work laying the tracks which were taken up during the strike. Tuesday evening the mine workers committee waited upon Mr. Woolley, who, without any parleying signed the Chicago-Pittsburg agreement and the scale price for labor will be paid. All former employes will be given the preference. Mr. Woolley expects to have the mines in fulLworking order by the last of next week and will give employment to a large number of men. All mines in the county are now employing union men with the exception of one, and which will no doubt do so. /

Low prices on all kinds of underwear at the New York Store. G. M. McLaughlin, near Otwell, was in the city Tuesday on business. William Sorgius, near Winslow, was in town last Saturday on business. Mrs. S. G. Barrett is quite sick at the home of her daughter at Oakland Cit*/ __ H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watch maker, Petersburg. All work guaranteed. . __- 28* •lames P. Gamble, ex-mayor of Princeton, was in the, city Monday attending circuit court. E. M. Naney and wife left Monday for Rockport, where they will visit friends for several weeks. Rev. T. B. Brashears and wife were at Vincennes over Sunday, where the reverend lectured at the Presbyterian church on missionary work in Persia. 1 James Taylor of Rockport, was in the city Tuesday attending court. He formerly resided at Spurgeon, this county, where he was engaged in business. __ The com crop in Pike county will be about a two-thirds crop. One farmer who said he expected to have about TO bushels per acre realized an average of 43 bushels. Gregg’s new double roast process retains the strength, flavor and aroma of their coffees which are roasted daily, and insure^ to the consumer fresh goods at all times. For sale by G. T. Kime. * On Thursday afternoon of last week fire was discovered in the Martin planing mill near the railroad. How the fire originated is a mystery, but it is supposed to be of incendiary origin, as there has been no fire at the plant for sometime past. Link Ferguson, aged 34 years, died at the home of his brother, Monroe Ferguson, at Spurgeon, last Saturday, after a long illness of consumption. He had been a cripple during his life. The funeral was held Monday conducted by Rev. Sims.

Mrs. Beck, wife of Lewis Beck, sr., living near Rumble, died Tuesday morning of typhoid fever.' She was 68 years of age and a lady highly re? spected by all who knew her. The funeral services were held at the family residence Wednesday, being conducted by Elder J. W. Richardson, and interment at the Gillum cemetery. The jury in the case of the state vs James Nicely, charged with assault and battery with intent to rape little Minnie Lory, the five-year-old daughter of Andy Lory, brought in a verdict last Saturday afternoon of guilty as to assault and battery and assessed the punishment at seventeen days in jail and a fine of $88,331. Nicely is now serving out the sentence in the county jail. A new hearing was granted in the Vincent-Trayler damage case last week by Judge Houghton. It will be remembered that the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendent. T. H. Dillon, attorney for the plaintiff, made a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence The court ruled in favor of the imotion. The case will come up for trial at the next term of the Daviess circuit court.

S. C. Wyatt, proprietor of the Conger’s Creek herd of Poland, China swine, returned last Monday from Illinois, where he purchased one of the finest male pigs ever brought to Pike county. He was sired by' Ramsey’s Perfection, the -great yearling, which carried off the honors at the Indiana and Illinois state fairs. He has been in the stock breeding business for the past twenty years and now claims to have the finest herd of Poland China swine ever shown in Pike county. He invites inspection of his herd. Call af the farm, three miles southwest of Petersburg. Rev. W. S. Biddle, pastor of the M. E. church, is conducting a series of meetings which are being well attended. Sunday night he used as a text: “Is the Young Man Safe.” The audience was one of the largest seen for some time and was principally made up Of young people. He pointed out in very forceful language the errors into which the youth of the land are led astray and made a strong plea to the parents to see and know where their children were and what they were doing. The sermon was one among the ablest delivered in the city for sometime and was timely and to the point. The meetings will be continued afternoon and evening for sometime.

J. W. Ridge erf' Noxid. was in the city last Saturday. Big money saving in boots and shoes at the New York Store. Mrs. Sarah Harrell visited friends at Oakland City over Sunday. Miss Ethel, Abram of Winslow, visited friends in the city this week. Sol Johnson of Logan township, was in the citj^Wednesday transacting business. v. J. W. Wiggs, who is teaching the Oatsville schools, was in the city last Saturday on business. Gregg’s standard or combination Java and Mocha coffee drinks fine in the cup. Try a pound and be convinced. Sold by G.T. Kime. Dr. S. U. Clark of Otwell, and W. J. Adams and Elijah Miley of this city, are representatives to the I. O. O. P. grand lodge meeting at Indianapolis this week. V ,, ; James N. Bennett and family have returned from West Virginia, and 1 will again take up their residence at Blackburn, where Mr. Bennett isem\ ployed in the minesThe Neipert-Hehning damage case comes up for trfal in the circuit court today. The parties to the suit live in Monroe township. There will be & large number nf witnesses present during the trial. 1 Sunday evening, at Winslow, George Barnett and Miss Renda Sims were joined in marriage by Rev. E. M. Hale. They are well known young people of Patoka township; and their friends wish for them happy life. v-.x many long and And now astronomers are claiming that the time for the meteoric display will occur in November, 1900, the dates getting mixed up. However, it was not all a mistake, as quite a number of falling meteors were observed last week at different points of observation.

The Democrat is doing business at the same old stand, and the people are cordially invited to call and see us when convenient, T^hen in town call and see us and if you need printing of any description let us knew your wants. If you want the largest paper in the county to visit your home for a year plunk down a silver dollar A lodge of Modern Woodmen was instituted at Winslow Monday night. The Petersburg and Arthur lodges . conferred the degree work. The hew lodge has 15 charter members. Those attending from this place were P. A. Chappell, T. H. I^IIon, W. D. Goad, W. A. Fleming, V. R. Greene, Will Jones, William Uibs. W. E. Williams, I. N. Walker, Art Edwards. O. M. Colvin, James Stewart, Jesse Watson and Guy Frank. The boys report having a pleasant time. ||1 On Monday last a large number of the friends and relatives made their annual visit to the home of Mrs. Harriett A.Fettinger of Patoka township, to join with her in celebrating her 80th birthday. There were nearly 150 persons present and at the noon hour a sumptuous dihher was served. Short addresses were made by Uncle Jeff Richardson and Rev. Crane. Mrs. . Fettinger has resided in Pike county for seventy-four years, and is conversant with all the early pioneer incidents of this section of the country. See is loved by ail who know her, who wish her many such happy and pleasant occasions as that of Monday last.

The chrysanthemum entertainment given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church last Thursday and Friday in the Hisgen block whs a complete success in every particular. A program consisting of vocal and instrumental music and recitations were given each evening, and all the delicacies of the season yrere also served. On Friday a dinner was served in the upper room. In the lower room were displayed the chrysanthemums, frhich were the finest ever on exhibition in the city. A Persian booth was also one of the prominent features, where were displayed many articles which were very interesting to look at, being brought here by Rey. Brashears and wife, returned missionaries from Persia. Premiums awarded on chrysanthe- . mums were as follows: For largest collection, first premium, Mrs. J. A. Smith; second, Mrs. Peter Drof. Largest single blossom, first, Miss Mary Glezen; second, Mrs. J. A.Smith., The attendance each evening was very large and the ladies netted $79 clear of all expenses. This was one of the pleasing entertainments season. . . ■.... of the