Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 April 1900 — Page 1

' Owing to the inclement weather we have postponed our opening until ^ SATURDAY, APRIL |4,1900 Of French Pattern Hats, Walking and Street Hats, Turbans, Sailors, etc. Our entire line of Millinery ( will be displayed. \ S3TA special discount of ten perf cent will be given on every Hat sold dhring the day. tsiTA pretty Souvenir for the Ladies. * 1 5 i

! W. V. Hargrove & Co., 1 '■ ' i JL The People’s Store, . hK ^PETERSBURG, IND« a A Talk on Ready-Made Garments by the | BIG STOEE i . 4

This neatly made Wrapper, made from good blue Calico, collar ed^etl with feather stetch braid, waist lined with good bleached muslin, and • fully worth 90 cents, Special price on this , | j Another good thing in the Wrapper Department is a black and white Prints made with a yoke edged with two rows of (h A f\f\ braid, at..,__ <P1*UU An Indigo Blue Wrapper, made also with a yoke, but has a ruffle as a finish to the yoke of A plain blue Print; 1«\/U this Wrapper is.. *'* 1 One more bargain for you. A Simpson Black Print Wrapper made with a square yoke effect with narrow black and white braid trim- I DC tning. at..

t i Talk about tailor-made Suits, we haveone of ihe greatest bargains ever made._A handsomely made Suit. The Jacket lined'with Mercerized bilk, and daits and seams are trimmed in narrow bands of Satin. The Skirt has only one large pleat in back and front seams are satin piped. Other houses have no better for $10.00; our price on the handsome suit only ..... Another Suit comes in brown or blue. Jacket is lined throughout with silk. This Suit we offer at.,........ Separate Skirfs, a good Skirt, black satin, applique front. In the style now so popular, at.7. Crcpon Skirts, both in the new effects, plain or you can find them here elegantly trimmed at.. Lovely separate Silk Skirts in new* designs* stylishly made, we let go at..... We have a Brocade Worsted Skirt in black only in a big line of , patterns; every Skirt perfectly made, at.0. $6.00 9.00 3.00 5.00 5.00 1.50

Shirt Waists. f them. We know we can please you. All’we can say is come in and see i At $4.00 we show yon one of the neatest silk Waists ever put out for that money. Our $5.00 Waists is one of the handsomest garments you have seen. We \invite comparisonson these goods. ^Micoats in silk, satin or perci silk in new colors. , MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. W’e have as large a line of these good as ?«n be found anywhere. Our FIFTY CENT GOWN is the best to be found anywhere. The Drawers are all nicely made with plain tucking or embroidery

* .. , .U n. Cl I .. n,Uf>n- ur,! yon would rather make A these goods, the Dig btore has the material. Come in. THEM SRO WL

LOCAL BREVITIES. The News Gathered From Various Parts of the County. Buy your Easter eggs at the New York Store. Democratic city cqnvention next Monday night. W. L. Barrett made a business trip to Evansville Tuesday. L. V. Colvin buys all of the union made goods that can be had. 4*t William Nieman and Fred Guthrie have returned from Joplin, Missouri. H. H. Tislow, jeweler and watc|£| maker, Petersburg. All work guaranteed. 28* Dr. T. It. ltice and family are visiting friends in Spencer county this w’eek. Rev. C. D. Darling attended .the Presbyterian presbytery at Vincennes this week. Before housecleaning see the big *^$ock of wall paper and paints at the Oliphant drug company. 48-4

Mrs. Lemuel Jackson of Glendale, Dubois county, was the guest of Mrs. Dan C. Ashby last week. Miss Davis arrived Monday and is now ready to trim your Easter hats. 48*2 Mrs. Richardson. S. M. Jones of Marion township,died Monday night. The funeral was held Wednesday and, interment at Winslow. Ladies, don’t fail to attend Hargrove & Co’s, millinery opening Saturday, April 14, 1900. Souvenirs for thfe ladies. The Clifton and K & B special stiff hat in all colors and shapes. , A fine . aluminum brush given with every hat L. V. Colvins. 471 L. R. Hargrave, justice of the peace has moved his office from the Parker block to the Hisgen building, opposite the court house. Special April carpet sale. Nearly 100 rolls to select from. Buy now and save advance in prices. 49-2 Hargrove & Co. Lit will pay you to visit the New York store for your spring carpets. All our carpets are brand new, and have not carried any natterns over from last season. Prices very low. The Democrat’s job presses have been kept busy during the week. Business men who want first class work always patronize this office. At the Presbyterian church Sunday morning Rev. Darling will preach an Easter sermon. In the evening the Sunday school will have appropriate Easter services. James Townsend, living pear Sulphur Springs, died last Friday. The funeral took place Sunday. He was about fifty years old and born and raised in that locality. You have no excuse to make for using poor coffee when we tell you that G. T. Kime carries a full line of the Famous A. I. C. high grade coffees, which please the most critical. Peter Drof has a car load of Acme plastering, also lime, hair and cement. We have a fine quality of sand. Pay spot cash for old iron, rubber, metal, bones, etc. Call at office near E. & I. railroad. Phone 92. 47-4

George B. Sachs, who forged the bCheck which Gustoff Frank, jr., endorsed, was released on bail last Saturday. His brother arrived here from Cincinnati and made his bond good, and he immediately left. He was also wanted in Kentucky. John K. Black of Logan township, was in the city Wednesday. He will leave in a few days for Raymondsville, Missouri, where he will make his future^home. He is the tallest man in Logan township, being six feet four and a half inches in his stocking feet and weighing 2<i0 pounds. “No family can afford to be without One Minute Cough Cure. It will stop a cough and cure a cold quicker than any other medicine,” writes C. W. Williams, Sterling Run, Pa. It cures croup, bronchitis and all throat and king troubles and prevents consumption. Pleasant and harmless. Harvard Stearnes Drug Co. a Several hundred miners visited Washington Monday for the purpose of inducing the men employed in the Cabel & Kauffman mines to join the union. The visit resulted in nearly all the men joining the union and the company signing the agreement. The men all went to work again Thursday morning. A large number of miners from Petersburg, | Ayrshire, Littles and Blackburn were there.

John O. Davis was at Washington Wednesday. Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 28* James Stilwell of Pikeviile, was in town Monday on business. The Oliphant drug company carries a big stock of paints and oils. 48*4 G. M. McClure of Monroe township, was in town last Tuesday on business. Harvard Stearnes, the druggist, has opened a branch store at Iola, Kansas. i Bicycle fon sale, $17 cash, wheel reliable and in good condition. Inquire at this office. L. V. Colvin handles the Geo. P. Ide make of sh Lrts, collars and cuffs; best brand on earth. 47t

Howard Morgan of New York City, is here this week visiting his uncle, Hon. Goodlet Morgan. Jasper N. Kinman is home from Tennessee. He is a candidate for the republican nomination for sheriff. Don’t fail to attend the grand spring opening April 12th. 48- 2 * Mils. Richardson. D. C. Barrett, one of the prominent citizens and farmers living near Arthur, was in the city last Friday on business._ The ladies of the aid society will meet at the residence of Mrs. Carl Chambers, Wednesday afternoon, April 18th. -.1. W. S. Hunter, the Jasper attorney, has been appointed postmaster at that place. He is a brother of Dr. Wm. Hunter of this city. Ladies, buy your spring hats of us: we will save you one-half and match your suit and gloves to it perfectly. 49- 2 Hargrove & Co. The New York Store has received a large line of Jackson corsets and corset waists, also the Cresco corset, one that cannot brea k at the waist line. Attend Hargrove & Co’s, grand millinery of stylish pattern hats Saturday, April 14,1900. A special discount of ten per cent on each hat during the day. N. F. Hoffman of Evansville, has accepted a clerkship in Sol B'rank’s big store. Mr. Hoffman will move to this city and occupy the George King residence on East Main street. Sheriff Ridgway returned last Saturday from Alabama, where he has been for the past three months on business. He has greatly improved in health during his absence. Attend our carpet sale. Every-day carpets, 10c: Sea’Island carpets, 25c; all-wool carpets, 39c, and Brus&ells carpets, 45c. 49-2 W. V. Aargrove & Co. A. R. Bass of Morgantown, Indiana, had to get up ten or twelve times in the night, and had severe backache and pains in the kidneys. Was cured by Foley’s Kidney Cure. Jt’s guaranteed. J. R. Adams & Son. a In this issue will be found the advertisement of E. V. Cooper & Co.; hardware and implement dealers of Otwell. This firm carries an immense stock of goods and have a large trade. Read their ad and call and see them when in Otwell.

“ ---——1-^ BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS. Short Paragraphs Items Briefly To! d— Concerning the People. The Ashing season will close \ ay Arst for sixty days. Paint .ydur house. Call and see rhej Oliphant drug company. 48-1 — Dr. Hoover of Boonville, was in the city last Friday on business Before buying wall paper and pain ts. ! call at the Oliphant drug company’s store. t . 48-t’ The state board of health is afte* physicians for not reporting c<n-: tagious diseases. Buy a pain, of the Four Hundr ed brand of pants regular tailor made at at L. V. Colvins. 471

Oakland City and Columbia township will vote on the question of ro<;k roads April 30th. ' J, The Porto Rican tariff bill passes the house by a majority of eigit votes. Rather close call. If you are looking for Easter dre $s goods, silks or trimmings it will pj y you to visit the New York Store. Major Sam Marsee, editor of tile Oaktown Record, and wife, were the guests of relatives jn the city ov, r Sunday. Hargrove & Co. are the carpet people. They will save you money cn every carpet, and vop will alway s get the latest. ’ 49-21 --a--Jfi. The trial of Frank Purcell for the murder of Rufo Ross last January near Augusta, comes up in the Gibson circuit court next Monday. Don’t fail to call at the Democrat office for your job printing. We dp all classes of work in good style anl at lowest prices. Call up telephone Sylvester Beach of Augusta, will be a candidate for the republican nom - nation for treasurer. Joe Patterson of this place, is being urged for recorder by his republican friends. See Hargrove & Co's. window display hof ladies’ pretty spring hats, toques, sailors, etc. Buy of uS and get something out of the ordinaristyle and save one-half the cost. 49-2 Fred J. Corn, democratic candidate for trustee of Lockhart township, was in town Monday on business. Fred is one of the popular men of his town ship, a good manage!* and will makt an economical and first-class trustee. What I Buy and Ship.—Pouitry, eggs, butter, feathers, wool hides, medicinal roots, iron, copper, brass, rubber and zinc. My man John always makes the change. L. Hurbaugh, Main street, Petersburg, Ind. The republicans are beginning to! fry the “fat”out of the trusts for the; coming campaign. The trusts are: asked to put up $0,200,OOOfor the presidential election. This is^-a very mod- f est sum in exchange fo# the protection I to the “infant industries.” The steel? trust only puts up $1,500,000. The farmers will foot the bills in the end. | W. W. Mayhew, Merton, Wis., says, “I consider One Minute Cough Cure' \ a most wonderful medicine, quick afire, safe.” It is the only harmless reme- \ dy that gives immediate results. It: cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe, whooping cough, pneumonia; and all throat and lung diseases. Its early use prevents consumption. Children always like it and mothers endorse it. Harvard ’Stearnes Drug; Co. a

The Home insurance company of I Lockhart township, held its annual I meeting last week. The company is very successful and well managed.: There are now 150 members representing a total of insurance of about $170,000 in force. The following officers were elected: President, D'r. L. E. Hilsmeyer.* Vice-president, John W. Stilwell. j Secretary, 3. 8. Barrett. Treasnrer. William Harmeyer. Appraisers, John H. Sollman. John K. Henke and Thomas Nally. Last Thursday evening at Baptist parsonage occurred the marriage of Harley Kinman and Miss Lula Miller, Rev. T. C. Probert officiating. They are both well ^nown young people of this city and have many Triends. The groom is the son of ex-sheriff Kinman and holds a position with the L. & N. railroad as foreman in one of their large saw milling plants. The bride is an estimable young lady and for several years has been prominently identified in church work ki the Baptist church of this city, The young couple left Friday for their home in Tennessee amid the best] fclsb-s of friends. ‘ .f

Rejv. Francis Woods of Arthur, was in town Monday on business. Mrs. Dan C. Ashby is visiting relatives in Dubois county this week. i If you need a traveling telescope, valise or trunk, call at Max Blitzer’s. The biggest stock of wall paper in the citj\ at the Oliphant drug coniPany. ______ 4S4 Bab, the voodoo woman. Don)6 fail to see her at the court house next Thursday night. ; f Free rum and taxed bread for Porto Rico is what the republicans will gi\e our new territory. Attorneys T. Dillon and V. R. Greene were at Washington^Wednesday attending court.

M. M. Ilice and Judge Thurman, Winslow attorneys, were in the city Monday attending courts Don't forget ladies, all my pretty hats will be out April 12th. 48-2 Mrs. Richardson. Rev. Harry Carpenter, James Russell, John Budd and John Traylor of Jefferson township, were in town Monday on business. ; ’ ; Cleanse the liver, purify the blood, invigorate the body by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These famous little pills always act promptly. I-Iai-vard Stearnes Drug Co. i a Leo H. Fisher of Huiitingburg, was in the city Tuesday andWednesday interviewing friends. Frans a candidate for prosecuting attorney for the fifty-seventh judicial circuit. If you are going to buy carpets, matting, window shades, and lace cur tains don’t miss our store. Prices arranged to suit everybody. Max Butzer. Prof. W. H. Foreman, Prof. Risley, Prof. Hinkle, Misses Sallie Catt, Kate Coates, Delia McGowan and Sarepta ^ Dean of the city schools, attended the teachers’ association at •Evansville last week. I Hargrove & Co. show the finest line of ladies’ fine hats, toques, sailors, etc. Buy your spring hats of us and get the very latest city stylesl We sell them at a dry goods profit. See window display. ( 49-2 John B. Minor of Indianapolis, was in the city lasst Friday on business. He was the democratic nominee for auditor of state in 1898 and made a very creditable race. He will more than likely be the nominee this fall for the same position. Lagrippe coughs often continue for months and sometimes lead to fatal results after the patient is supposed to have passed the danger point. Fotey’s^lotoey and Tar affords positive protection and security from these coug&s. .1. R. Adams & Son. a W» H. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn., under oath, says he suffered from dy;pepsia for twenty-five years. Doctors and dieting gave but little relief. Finally he used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and now eats what he likes and as much as he wants, and he feels like a new man. It digests what you eat. Harvard Stearnes Drug Co. a Napoleon B. Coffman, trustee of Boone township, and Dubois, county's largest stock dealer, met with a painful accident Wednesday 'morning. While ringing hogs he was bitten through the hand by one which he had just rung. The bite will doubtless make J. painful wound that may be serious in its effects.—Huntingburg News. <

Waterlog Ind., Feb. 11, 1897. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. Gentlemen:—I Mad been a great sufferer from indigestion and stomach trouble until about two years ago when I began using Syrup Pepsin. I have found it the only remedy to give me permanent relief and I cheerfully recommend its use to any one in need of such a remedy. Very respectfully, Edward W a reham. Sold by Oliphant Drug Co. a J. W. Thomas,-manager of the Cumberland telephone exchange, has ssued a new list for the use of subscribers and is delivering the same :his week. The list is gotten up in >amphlet form instead of the large sheets formerly used which will be much more convenient. The new KK>k contains the names of subscribers of the Petersburg and Otwell exchanges and shows over 240 phones in use. This is one of the largest exchanges in Southern Indiana according to population. The new book was printed by the job department of this office, and is a very neat piece of work. / -