6/10/1891
Petersburg's late municipal election cost $143.50
The wife who is not treated as a slave, but as an equal, is always the
husband's best friend.
An attempt to poison a frail sister living on Mullein Hill is creating
considerable excitement in that location.
Five hundred dollars reward has been offered by the county authorities for
the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who stole the indictment
record from the courthouse during last term of court.
Herchel Richardson went to Princeton last Monday to work in a photography
gallery.
Mr. J. L. Mount, who has been confined to his bed for more that five weeks,
is rapidly improving and will soon be able to take his post as editor and
commander-in-chief of this paper. His many friends will
gladly hear that he will certainly and speedily recover,
and welcome again his searching and forceful pen.
While coming to town last Saturday Mr. E. G. Carlisle, who lives about
seven miles east of here, on the Washington road, lost a letter containing
eighty dollars. The finder will be liberally rewarded upon return to him.
The following are the names of the saloon-keepers who have been granted
license in Pike county:
General McDowell, Petersburg, at March term of commissioners' court.
Bondsmen - John Meisenholtzer, P. C. Tislow, Isaac Whitaker, Arthur Hutchens.
Francis E. Mitchell, Petersburg, at June term. Bondsmen - Jacob McGillium,
Henry Hollon.
Alex Moore, Petersburg, at June term. Bondsmen - Johnathan Loveless, John
Meisenholtzer.
Joseph Vincent, Petersburg, at June term. Bondsmen - Sylvester McAtee,
George Elkins, Jacob Loveless, John Meisenholtzer.
Timothy Shea, Petersburg, at June term. Bondsmen - John McCarty, P. A.
McCarty, John Meisenholtzer, E. B. King.
Benjamin McClellan, Union, at June term. Bondsmen - W. O. Lindsay, Daniel
Lindsay.
John Alstatt, Winslow, at June term. Bondsmen - W. J. Bethell, Logan
Robling, John J. Collins.
Martin Punner, Algiers, at June term. Bondsmen - Lewis A. Schell, James M.
Russell, McCrillis Gray, Wm. H. Miley, Wayne A. Rhoades, John M. Robinson.
Logan Township - Scarlet Fever abounds in Logan township. Perry Miller lost
his infant child by its ravages.
Decoration Day was observed at Mount Pleasant. Speeches were made by
Comrades Lewis Loveless and Wm. Richardson and the pastor of the M. E.
church at Mt. Pleasant.
6/17/1891
The Osborn tenement houses, corner of Poplar and Eighth, are undergoing
repairs that will convert them into real handsome and desirable residences.
"Uncle" Alf. Edwards, a well-known pioneer of Pike county, died on the 7th
inst., at his residence in Monroe City, where he had lived during the past
several years. He was about 80 years old.
New potatoes, home grown, are appearing in the Petersburg market. Mrs.
Elizabeth Green, Vincennes Ave., has been dining on luscious tubers of her
own culture three or four weeks.
The Democrat is requested to publicly thank Messrs. Will Hisgen, Press
Church, Joseph Kinman and Fred Ashby for excellent orchestra music at the
Y.P.S.C.E. lawn party last Thursday night.
Allen Rumble, a son of the postmaster at Rumble, suffered the loss of his
stable and its contents by fire last Saturday night. Two horses perished in
the flames. The loss is small, about $300 but there was no insurance.
Mrs. AcAtee, wife of James L. McAtee, former superintendent of the poor
farm, is dead. She was an estimable lady.
The Messrs. Dearing, of Anderson, Ind., are preparing to put in a mammoth
saw-mill at Petersburg. The mill will have a capacity of 50,000 feet of
lumber per day. Its site will be on the corporation grounds, near the place
where the stave factory was located.
Complaints are coming from different quarters of town to the effect that
owners of stock are not complying with the ordinance making it illegal to
allow hogs, horses, cattle, etc. to run at large. The Marshall should do
his duty.
Monday night sneak thieves broke into the closed saloon of the late F. E.
Mitchell and took there from considerable quantities of liquors. this is
the second time that saloon has been raided by thieves in the past few weeks.
Spurgeon - Mrs. J. A. McKinney is reported on being seriously ill.
The friends and relatives of Mr. Charley West, made him a birthday dinner
Saturday. It was a happy affair.
White Sulphur Springs - Prof. J. G. Scott spent several days at Louisville
and New Albany last week making purchases for the Springs Hotel.
Commissioners' Court:
Fox Scalps - Perry A. Corn, $1; John Conder, $1; Press Morton, $3; Wm.
Abbott, $1; Perry McCain, $1; Wyatt Corn, $4; Clark Chandler, $5.
6/24/1891
Velpen Items - A wedding occurred here last week. Mr. John H. Black and
Miss Maggie Black were the "united" couple.
C. L. Jones of Servant, attended the festival here last Saturday night.
Something warmer that ice cream and ---than strawberries must have been
the attraction.
Flat Creek Floaters - A. B. Farmer has moved his shingle factory to the
farm of Joseph Chew.
Sylvester Kinman is the happy father of a ten-pound boy.
Mrs. Lillian Arnold who has been visiting her father, Mr. Geo Kinman, has
returned to her home.
Mr. Burrell Kinman and family will move west soon.
Otwell Doings - E. W. Harris, trustee of Jefferson township, let the
building of six new houses on last Wednesday the 17th. The following are
the luck bidders. Geo. Scraper, two small houses at $330.00 each, the one
at Algiers at $1,200.00, Wm. Abbott two at $_23 each, Wm. Hunnelty one at
$330.00.
Mrs. Minerva Miller, of Oatsville, this county, has been granted a pension
of $3 a month from Dec. 12, 1870, to Feb. 29, 1874, since when she will get
no pension, having re-married at that time. She will draw $151.20.
Will Crow, of the Indiana University, Bloomington, is at home for the vacation.
Mrs. W. S. Hurst, wife of a former well-known Petersburg attorney, is dead,
the sad event occurring at her home in Evansville on the 15th inst. She was
41 years of age, and moved from this city to Evansville eight years ago.
Mrs. Hurst leaves a husband and two children, Mattie and Oscar, to mourn
her death, and numerous old friends here will hear it in deep regret.
John M. White is having a brick foundation put under his two story
residence on lower Walnut street, is having a cellar put in, a back porch
added, and is otherwise improving the appearance of his home.
The safe in L. R. Hargrave & Co's mill was "cracked" last Thursday
night.
The knob of the safe was broken off in such a way as to leave a hole in
which to insert powder, which was done and the safe door blown loose from
its connections, leaving the safe easy of access. The thieves were
evidently expert safe blowers, but they were poorly rewarded for their
skillful work. The safe contained only two revolvers, of the Smith & Wesson
make, and a counterfeit dollar. The revolvers were taken, but the "queer"
coin was left. The damage done to the safe will be easily and cheaply repaired.
Squire Reed's Court - Monday Zack Dyson was fined and costed $19.50 for
assault and battery on his seven-year-old daughter.
Walter Mitchell was fined and costed $20.45, Monday, for assault and
battery on Isaac M. Johnson 11:00 o'clock Saturday night.
Squire Chappell's Court - Albert Hisgen was fined and costed $10.50 for a
plain drunk Monday.