Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 December 1899 — Page 1

li Pthe County Democrat. t~ 111 PETERSBURG, IND.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899. NO. 32

LOGAC brevities. The News (fathered From Various l'arts of the County. $2.50 cloth capes for $1.00 at Moses Frank’s. 2w Buy your Christmas candies at Marion Kime’s. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* Hon, A. H. Taylor transacted business at Evansville yesterday. Mens 50 cent, 75 cent and $1.00 hats for 25 cents aCMoses Frank’s. 2w j Newitt Bass of Lockhart township, was in the city Monday on business. Mrs. Sylvester Thompson and son are visiting her father in Monroe township this week.

Send in your items from Stendal, Velpen, Augusta, Arthur, and other sections of the county. Hon. S. G. Allen and B. F. Hatfield of Washington, were in the city yes’terdav attending court. r C. G. Ward will sell from December 18th to December 23rd, good mixed candy at five cents per pound cash. Elmer Davidson and family -have moved to this city from near Monroe City, and live on Vincennes avenue. P. K. Heuring attended the national meeting of the American federation of labor at Detroit, Michigan.the past week. __ Charles Preston, who recently re- ' turned from the 'Philippines, will enlist again in Uncle Sara’s service. He will leave next week. Mrs. Louie A. Gladish returned Wednesday from Loogootee, where she has been visiting her father and sister for the past month. • John Hartke, Louis Erwin, Rufus Bass, J. L. Bass, Otto Hendricks and Dr. Clifford of Lockhart township, were in town Monday last. Chapped hands, cracked lips and roughness of the skin cured quickly by Banner Salve, the most healing oint-* ment in the world. 85 cents. J. R. ' Adams & Son. d

F. Kime & Son have opened up a stock of groceries in the room formerly occupied by Miss Ruth Stocks on the corner of Main arfd Ninth streets. Call and see them. James Greene, a former employe of this office, is now making runs between Washington and St. Louis as fireman on tluough freights and made his first run a week ago Saturday. His headquarters will be at Washington. The republican party of the First congressional district has plenty of good congressional timber but there are none more eminently fitted to represent the people in the halls of congress than Virgil R. Green of Petersburg.—Oakland City Enterprise. The jury in the case of William Survant vs John Miller for the seduction of his daughter and $10,000 damages, brought in a verdict Friday evening. The jury awarded Survant $100. The jury was out about four hours. The parties to the suit live in Marion township. Friend, loan your Democrat to your neighbor and ask him to subscribe. We want to increase our subscription list to eighteen hundred and if you will assist us a little in this matter we will be able to accomplish it during the next few months. The price of subscription is only one dollar per year for the largest paper in the -county. Cash E, Craig, aged J4 years, one of the prominent young citizens of Jefferson township, living near Otwell, died last Friday morning of typhoid and pneumonian. For several years past he has been engaged in drilling deep water wells and was well known in the county. The funeral was conducted Sunday last at the family residence by Rev. Keeling and interment at the Craig cemetery. The county commissioners while in session Tuesday declared the office of county coroner vacant and appointed Allen fumble of Logan township, to that position.' Dr. Wilson McGrew of Ayrshire, was elected at the last election but several months ago moved to Linton, where he has taken up the practice of medicine. Mr. Rumble was the candidate against McGrew and was defeated by only a small majority. He will make a good official, and the Democrat joins his hosts of friends in wishing for him success. He will fill his bond this week and as soon as his commission arrives from Indianapolis will be ready for business.

Fresh oysters by the quart or dish at Kime’s bakery. $1.00 shirts for 50 cents at Moses Frank’s closing out sale. 2w August Meyerholtz of Holland, was here Mouday attending court. 36 cents for 50 cent bottles, any patent medicine, at Adams’ drug store. IJ. H. Tislow, jeweler and w atchmaker, Petersburg. All work guaranteed. _28* For the benefit of our readers of all parties we publish the president’s message in full this week. Samuel H. Stuckey, living near the city, was granted a pension last week by Uncle Sam of $8 per month. ■

S. W. Thomas of Terre Haute, will visit Dr. W. T. Blythe of Hosmer, and friends in this city next Saturday. Fancy china is the thing for a Christmas present, and C. G. Ward, has the best selected stock in Petersburg. * 32-2 Trade with the Democrat's advertisers all, the time. They will treat you right at all times and under all circumstances. . Miss Bessie Berridge, who is employed as chief operator in the telephone exchange at New Albany, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Backes, of this city. 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 The high school oratorical contest will take place at the C. P. church this (Friday) evening. Admission, 10 cents; children, 5 cents. The public cordially invited to attend. The Boers and British are still fighting jt out. The former won a great battle last Sunday capturing nearly TOO British. Up to this time the British have been getting the worst of the war.

George ('amp of Texas City, Indiana, passed through here this morning en route to Hosiner to see his mother, Mrs. Ben Cox, who was stricken with paralysis yesterday.—Oakland City Enterprise. Rev. William Chesser of - Winslow, is conducting a series of meetings at the General Baptist church in the South End. The meeting is growing in interest, *and the prospects are good for a grand revival.—Princeton Democrat. Noah Loveless, living near Glezen, had the misfortune last week of meeting with an accident which will lay him up for sometime. The horse he was riding fell throwing him to the ground and breaking his collar bone. Dr. Smith of Glezen reduced the fracture. Election Notice.—Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of the Home building and loan association that an election will be held at the secretary’s office on Friday, December 22, 1899, for the purpose of electing ten directors to serve for the ensuing year. John Hammond, Sec. Mr. J. L. Dunning of Petersburg, contemplates locating at English with a factory that will work up the second growth hickory and all the poplar that will do for shingles. To the Democrat he said he did not ask any bonus from the town. If he could find the timber he would soon move his factory. The factory will work from 10 to 25 hands. —English Democrat. The democrats of the First congressional district will meet in this city Tuesday, January 9, 1900, for the purpose of selecting a district chairman. There will be a large number of the leading democrats present on this occasion to perfect a complete ; organization. Let as many democrats ; of the county as possible be present at this meeting. Further particulars j next week. Those who have dropped their cash I contributions on subscription in our j new cash box during the past several days are as follows and who have our thanks: Dr. C. Abbott, John R. Henke, Drs. Cook & Camp, Charles Pipes, Sherman Mason, William Hurt, Lewis Beck, D. T. Hall, Abe Cole, Jacob Shrode, Alexander Beatty, Warren Wiggs, W. S. Corn, Mrs. Emma Williams, Henry Cassidy, Mrs. Laura Sprinkles, Mrs. Abbie Vandever, Jesse Crow, E, F. Corn, Barnett Powers, F. M.Cato, Mel Gowen,Ephriam Roberts, J. M. Townsend, James W. Kantz, Mrs. Kate Arnold, William H. Taylor and Newitt Bass.

See C. G. Ward’s display of fancy china and lamps. 32-2 Any necktie in the house for 15 cents at Moses Frank’s. 2w See those fine candies at Kime's bakery for the holidays. Any patent medicine^ cents for $1.00 size, at Adajns’ drug store. Lewis Dougan of Monroe township, was in the city Monday on business. David Corn and Charles Skinner, who are attending college at Oakland City, were here over Sunday. Purchase your Xmas presents from Hammond & Kime. They will en grave all goods they sell free. 31-3 C. G. Ward will sell from December 18th to December 23rd, good mixed candy at five cents per pound cash.

Will Carleton, city editor of the Evansville Courier, visited friends here this week. Will has been on the sick list for the past month. j If a gentleman and lady are in love j .with each other,that is their business, if the gentleman wants an engagement ring that is our business. Hammond & Kime. 31-3 Circuit court will adjourn Saturday. The term has been a very busy one and much business has been accomplished. The grand jury returned 57 indictments. The Petersburg chapter No. 82, O. E. S., will hold its regular election of officers Tuesday night, December 19th. All members are requested to be present. Florence Capehart, Sec. We failed in our issue of last week to compliment the Press force for the very neat appearance of the Thanksgiving edition of that paper. It was tastily arranged and a credit to the printers. The ladies of the M. E. church at Otwell will give a musical entertainment at Clark’s hall Christmas night. There will also be a Christmas tree for the children. The public cordially invited to attend. Proceeds for the benefit of the new church building. Mrs. Gus Kuno, living a mile southwest of the city, died Wednesday morning of pneumonia. The funeaal services were conducted yesterday morning and burial at Walnut Hills cemetery. The deceased was 41 years old and leaves a husband and three children. * -——— -- Why do you buy glasses of any traveling optician when you can buy of some one that is permanently located? You can save from one-third to onehalf by buying of us, and you can have your glasses exchanged without extra charge if they are not satisfactory. Hammond & Kime. 31-3

Oliver Bement, living near Cato, was thrown from a horse last Saturday and sustained a fracture of the collar bone. Dr. David DeTar of Winslow, was called and reduced the fracture. Mr. Bement is getting along as well as could be expected under the circumstances. We desire to call the attention of the buying public to the advertisements in this issue. They are worth your reading as they contain prices that will pay you to travel many miles to secure the goods. The merchants advertising in the Democrat are wide awake and will treat you right when you call at their stores. Remember, always trade with our advertisers. Vitapathy—The science of treating all diseases through nature’s higher forces, including water, heat, light, electricity and vital magnetism, electro thermal baths, and poison extracting processes for removing all poisons and impurities from the human body. Dr. J, W. Cook, a graduate of this system of practice, has located in this city. See card in another column. __ Dame justice has been kept busy for the past few days with the case of Joseph R. Phillips, and that individual is still in doubt of his fate. Twice this week he has been tried for embezzlement and both times the jury found him guilty. Then Judge Shaw set aside the verdict of the first jury; and immediately thereafter the at- i torney for the defendant filed a mo- j tion that the verdict of the second | jury be set aside likewise. Judge Shaw took the matter under advisement. Many believe that the vei^ict of the second jury will share the same fate as that of the first. Phillips is charged with embezzling wheat a$d was twice indicted by the grand jufy for that crime.—Vincennes Commercial.

brief local items. Short Paragraph* Item* Briefly Told— Concerning the People. The latest thing in lamps vou can titid at C. G. Ward’s._ * 32-2 65 cents for $i bottle patent medicine, Adams’ drug store. $1.35 for a plush cape at Moses Frank’s closing out sale. 2w Don't forget to call at Kime's Star bakery and restaurant when in town. William H. Taylor of Vincennes, was in the city over Sunday visiting relatives._; Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, the great stomach remedy, is now sold by the Oliphant Drug Co. d Andy‘Lory is opening up a billiard parlor in the Hisgen block, opposite the court hose. Andy proposes to run it in first'Class shape. J. W. Peyton, ex-manager of the telephone exchange, left Monday for Nashville, Tennessee, where he will report at the general offices of the Cumberland telephone company. - The New York Store will remain open each evening during the holiday buying season until nine o'clock and on Saturday nights until eleven o’clock. The buying public will please take notice.

The revival meetings at the M. E. church are still in progress with many conversions during the past week. Kev. Biddle is a very successful revivalist and will continue the meetings for sometime. H. J.' Tiptoxr of Owensville, was in the city Wednesday. He is district organizer of the Modern Woodmen and will institute a lodge at Otwell next Wednesday night. The Ireland lodge will conduct the degree work. Several from this place will attend. The Democrat would make an excellent Christmas present for your friend. It will keep their family posted on the events happening in Pike county and be better than any letter that you could write. Send in a dollar and let us add the name to our list. The war in the Philippines still continues. The insurgents have split their forces up into small bands and are carrying on a guerrilla warfare, in a manner like that which the Indians carried on for half a century. No big battles have been fought for several days. A great many of the American soldiers are sick. The Leading Grocery is headquarters for celery, cranberries, mince meat, sweet potatoes, cabbage, all kinds of canned goods, dressed turkeys and chickens, banannas, oranges, apples, nuts, candies and in fact everything that goes into a first-class Christmas dinner. 32-2 - _C, G. Ward, Prop. A few days ago George Tucker and S. D. Barker of Pike county, filed an affidavit against Ed Mahany, Dow B. Woodall and William F. McDougal, charging them with cruelty to animels. The case was set for trial before Squire Kellums and upon failure of the prosecuting witnesses to put in an appearance the defendants were dismissed.—Washington Democrat.

Mrs. Mary Drain, aged 77 years, 5 months and 6 days, died at the home of her brother, James Shawhan, in this city Tuesday last of pneumonia. Mrs. Drain was born in Clay township, this county, but for the past twenty years has been living at Hazelton, where her husband died about a year ago. The funeral services were conducted at Union Thursday by Elder J. W, Richardson and interment in the Union cemetery. She had been a member of the Regular Baptist church for more than half a century, and was a lady highly respected by all who knew her. There will be an eclipse of the moon this (Thursday) evening, visible in all, or a large part of its duration, throughout the continents of the world. It will be, strictly speaking, a partial eclipse, although barely one edge, the southern link, will be left outside of the total shadow of the earth at the middle of the eclipse. The moon will rise a few minutes before the sun sets and enter the earth’s shadow at 5:45. The middle of the eclipse will be reached at 7:26, and the moon will leave the shadow at 9:07, thus making the whole duration 3:32, This eclipse is so nearly total that it may be utilized largely as such for purposes of Observation. Luna is certainly kind in having her show early in the evening so as not to keep us old folks up too late.

10c handkerchiefs for 6 cents at Moses Frank’s. 2w Liquid sinoke 30 cents per quart bottles, at Adams’ drug store. Alex. Whaley, near Algiers, was in the city Wednesday on business. A. J. Heuring and wife of Winslow, were in the city shopping last Satur- | day. __ Fresh bread, pies and cakes baked every day at Marion Kime's Star bakery. _ • A. J. Greenway, H. H. Meyer and J. L. Bass of Stendal, were in the city last Friday on business. C. G. Ward will sell from December 18th to December 23rd, good mixed candy at five cents per pound cash. Don’t fail to call at the Democrat office for your job printing. We do all classes of work in good style and at lowest prices. Call up telephone 22. M. L. Woolsey of near Arthur, was in the city Monday on business. He is spoken of as a probable candidate for office before the republican convention.

Parks Harrison of Indianapolis, is visiting friends in and near the city this week. He is in the employ of a live stock commission house in that city, and is here looking after their interests. Alice, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Herman Craig, near Otwell, died last Friday of typhoid fever. The funeral services were held Sunday conducted by Rev. Keeling and burial at the Craig cemetery. Look at that nice line of berry spoons, creajndadles, gravy ladles, butter knives,/sugar shells, jelly knives, cold meat forks and many other articles that are useful and appropriate for presents, just received by Hammond & Kime. 31-3 The county clerk has issued riage licenses to the following persons this week: Calvin Heacock and Myrtle Broils. Robert R. Boger and Cora Smith. Garrard Allen and Bertie Wade. ' Carl Grubb and Cora E. Kent. William F. Hisgen, the upper Main street butcher, has disposed of his shop to J. B. Davidson & Co. The company took charge Monday morning and is now waiting on the trade. The Democrat extends best wishes for success to the old and new management. W. E. Cox of Jasper, and Will D. Crow of this city, have formed a law partnership. Mr. Crow will look after the firm’s business in this county. Mr. Cox will not reside here but will remain at Jasper where he has a large practice, but will attend each term of court in this city.

R. M. Craig of Qtwell, comes to the front this week bwning a hog that weighs 735 pounds and which he is still fattening and expects to make it weigh over 800 pounds. This beats the weight of the hog sold by Mel Gowen of Clay township, by 90 pounds. Report your big porkers. Next. .The Baptist Sunday school will have their Christmas exercises and treat the children at the church, Saturday evening, December 23rd, at 7 o’clock. The exercises will be both new and novel, and cannot fail to please. By special arrangement Santa (Clause will be present. Admission 10 cents. 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 A series of successful experiments in the line of wireless telegraphy have been performed at Jasper college. Rev. Father Eugene, professor of physics, with the aid of a student, Fred Meyer of Evansville, showed that wireless telegraphy is not only a possibility but that it can be performed with ordinary instruments and at a low cost. The signals were not only transmitted through walls, but from one building to another a distance away. A 110-volt dynamo furnished the current, while an ordinary telegraph key was used as a trans£ mitter. A telephone receiver served as the receiving instrument. Various Other parts of the system are held secret. In signaling the Morse code was used. In the near future the experiment will be renewed between the towns of Jasper and Huntingburg.

— The State's Birthday. Indiana became a state December 11, 181»—eighty-three years ago last Wednesday. The census taken to ahcertain if the territory contained the ♦10,000 inhabitants which the ordinance creating the territory? of Indiana required before the people could be granted statehood showed a population of H3.KOT, of which 12.112 were voters. Congress parsed the enabling act April lb. ISM, Authorizing the election of delegates to a convention to form a constitution, That enabling act was drawn by friends of the territory who looked out “for the interests of the people, securing. among other things, one section o£ the thirty-six in each township for the building up of a public system- The election of delegates was held the first Monday in May. and the convention met in Corvdon,June 10. 1816. Thequalitication of voters for d&letrat«s w£* citizenship, one year's residence and the payment of a couhfj* or territorial tax. The . first sta^l^gislature met on November 4.1 Sin, ami on December 11 following l*resideh£ Madison signed the resolutions whl^h recognized Indi

ana as a statev:|||||grawth of Indiana, all things con^dered/has been most remarkablei^R was a country covered with hn^iietrahle forests, and, uulike the prairie states to the west, on which the soil was awaiting the immigrant, Indiana had to be dragged out of the! forests and-the (swamps. Today, more than any other state of the Northwest, it is a witness to what years of toil, hardship and courage on the p^it-of a people can ! do. At the outset its growth was slow because of the many obstacles, which included Indians, trackless forests and the difficulty of communication. As a state it is one of the creations of the century whichj|ill close with 19CQ. Indeed, if is not tt^ much to say that it is one of the miracles which the perseverance of lapin, urged by his necessities, has worsted out. What are now the more populous portions of the state were forests and swamps when Indiana became a state eighty-three yearn,ago. The territory covered by Indianapolis was. a swamp covered with trees and underbrush. « Its site was arbitrary, but as we see the city today its selection was fortunate. And so of other portions of the state now the mo^f-populous and fertile, Other stated have acquired a larger population in fewer years, lut no one of them has today a better form of state government, a better system of public instruction, more general intelligence or more diversified interests thaf|§jd to make it sut- J tain a population*' Indiana has few men of great but it can be said that it has fewer hopeless poor. It is a state in'irj^feh no person who will work need go hungry. This is a * great thing ^i|s^y for any state.— Indiana{H>lis^Journal.

Lincoln On Expansion, No man is good enough to govern another man without that otheiV consent. When th<£ white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also another man. that is more than selfgovernment—th%t is despotism. Cur reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us: our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of $11 men in all lands, everywhere. who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God canrot long retain it. Abkaham Lincoln. Many have 1c as well as healt been told their curable. Foley'* guaranteed aged and dist & Son. Sg confidence and hope because they have iuey disease was inKidney Cure is a for the discourlate. J. Tt. Adams d ure Course. “Old Times in At. ves. “The Reign of February 26th. High Scl Col. H. W. J, Dixie,” J John Tern; the Demagogm John R. Clark. “Hits and Misses.** March 15th. Lyric Ladies*inarch 22nd. Season tickets, four numbers, entitling holder to reserved seats, $1.00. Entertainments to be held at C. P. church. Tickets on sale at Adams’ drug store. wMwS: imp Cons ion Cure. Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup the best cough remedy on earth, cures a cold in one day if taken in time. 25 and 50 cents. J. R. Adams A Son. * Read the Dkjjoorat at all times and get the news. The largest paper in the county and the subscription price is only one dollar per year.