7/1/1891
Oakland City Record: It is said that Senator Wiggs has the finest crop of
wheat in Pike county.
Isaac Higgins has purchased a lot on Lower Walnut Street and will erect a
handsome residence thereon.
Only the colored folks of Petersburg are patriotic enough to take the lead
in celebrating the nation's birthday.
The Petersburg base ball team went to Rumble last Sunday and played the
base ball cranks of that vicinity. The Petersburg boys chased each other
around the diamond until forty-nine points were placed to their credit,
when they quit scoring from sheer exhaustion. The Rumbles were
magnanimously allowed to make three tallies, and our boys were generously
allowed to get their dinners as best they could. They are not hankering
after any more games in the hospitable rural districts. The Mullen Hill
team went to Otwell the same day and won a game by a score of twenty to
eleven. The Mullen Hill boys fared better than the professional team, and
are loud in their praises of the hospitable and gentlemanly treatment
received at the hands of the Otwell base ballists.
Dick Mitchell and family moved to Stendal, Monday, where he will keep a
restaurant.
Henry Coleman, Otwell, sends a subscription for James E. Brittian, Lacy,
Oklahoma.
J. E. Osborn, W. A. McKinney, and Henry Arnold, of Monroe township, were
callers at this office Monday.
Logan township - A new church will be built on the Allen Loveless farm,
near Simpson school-house. It is to be known as a Baptist Church.
Fred Droste, son of a well-to-do Pike county farmer who resides near the
Warrick county line, in the vicinity of Lynnville, was brought to this city
last Saturday evening and lodged in jail. He is twenty-six years old, and
has gone "daft" on religion, imagining that he is a specially favored son
of Divinity and has a fight to go naked as Adam did, a notion which he
carries out while in confinement. he has been "off" only a little more than
a week, but in that time has made things interesting for his relatives who
thought to keep him a home in the hopes that he would soon regain his
mental equillibrium, or, failing in that until he could be taken directly
to the asylum. But last Saturday, after suffering an imaginary wrong at the
hands of his father, he climbed to the top of the house and demolished the
top of the flue and chimneys and tore off most of the roof. He was finally
captured by his brothers and brought to town for confinement until a
vacancy can be found for him
Johney Kirby, of high Banks, is doing penance in the Pike county jail.
Johney is only twelve years old, and is charged with stealing six dollars
from Jacob Shandy. The boy's mother is said to be in the hopes that he will
be sent to the reform school, and there is but little doubt that her wish
will be granted.
Charley Schaefer, who is a patient at the Evansville Insane asylum, has
made but little, if any, improvement, and Asabel Whitman is as much a
paralytle as when he went there for treatment.
J. G. Scott and wife, of the White Sulphur Springs, near Velpen, spent the
Fourth in Petersburg. Mr. Scott has made great improvements in the springs
since he became proprietor.
Arthur Thompson, of Pike county, shipped 200 head of sheep and a lot of
hogs to Chicago on Wednesday morning, from this point.
7/8/1891
Three of the prisoners in the Pike county jail made a hole in the wall
yesterday and in a few minutes longer would have been at liberty, but were
detected by the sheriff in time to avert the delivery. Coomer, Howe and
Smith were the breakers, and are now in the "cage" where they can't dig at
the bricks. This is the second attempt Coomer has made to get outside the
jail through illegitimate holes.
Mrs. Louisa Campbell, who was adjudged insane three or four weeks ago, as
stated in these columns, was taken to the asylum at Evansville last Monday.
the unfortunate lady is 83 years old and is connected with the best
families of Petersburg.
7/15/1891
The old M. E. church is being town down. Some of the material will be used
in building a new parsonage.
City Council Meeting - A petition signed by Mrs. Addie N. Fields, Mrs. Anna
L. Bowman, Mrs. Maggie Z. Osborn and Miss Mary Glezen, in behalf of the
W.C.T.U., prayed council to pass ordinances prohibiting base ball playing
on Sunday, closing all business houses on Sunday, and compelling
saloon-keepers to remove all screens, painted windows or anything that will
obstruct a full view of the interior of liquor saloons from the outside.
Definite action on the petition was postponed, though the city attorney was
instructed to draft an ordinance requiring saloon-keepers to remove blinds,
screens, etc., from the fronts of saloons on Sundays and between the hours
of 11:00 p. m. and 5:00 a.m. on weekdays , and to have it ready by the next
meeting.
Marshall Smith was instructed to order E. B. King to put down a sidewalk
along the lot on which his planer is located; E. M. Smith to put down a
sidewalk along his premises on Upper Main street; Frank Weaver to put down
sidewalk along his vacant lot on East Main Street.
Lincoln Falls, of Union, was in town Saturday. he had with him a cane made
from timbers that enclosed Andersonville prison. He secured it while on a
visit to the site of the old prison.
Abe Case, Sr. will soon have completed his new residence on Walnut street.
The Leslie Lamb property on Main street is being moved to the center of the
lot, which is being graded, and Dr. Adams has about done repairing his
handsome main street residence.
Mr. McCrillus Gray, Sr., of Jefferson township, called at this office last
Saturday and requested us to announce that the McCrillus Gray whose name
appeared as bondsman for a saloonkeeper at Algiers is another man. Mr. Gray
said, "That McCrillus Gray is my nephew, and I want it understood that I do
not go on saloon keepers bonds. I'm on the other side. I think the
publishing of the bondsman's names is a good idea; and I don't want to be
considered a helper in the infamous whiskey selling business.
Abram Seebren has been granted an increase of pension from $12 to $17 a
month, and the following are original pensions for Pike county parties: Wm.
W. Colvin, $12 a month from July 17, 1890; Maria Scales, $8 a month from
July 5, 1890, and $3 a month for each of her children from same date; Otho
Sparks, $12 a month from July 16, 1890; C. J. Timmey, $3 a month from
December 31, 1885, and $8 a month from February 19, 1891. these pensions
were secured through J. M. White's Petersburg agency since our last report.
A case against Thomas Minks and Walter Mitchell for rioting last Saturday
night is set for August 8th in Squire Reed's court. Two or three coal
miners from Rogers were concerned in the riot, but they got away from
Marshall Smith and at last accounts had not been apprehended.
7/22/1891
Petersburg has a basket factory. It turns out fine willow work.
State against Maggie Sanders, for certain ill conduct, she being out of
jail on her good behavior, resulted in a fine of $10 and cost and twenty
days in the county jail.
The old case of the State against Geo. Whitman, for embezzlement, was
nollied. For the benefit of those who were not here at the time we may
explain that several years ago Mr. Whitman was treasurer of Pike county,
and, being short in his settlements, he was indicted by the grand jury. A
petition was sometime ago circulated and signed by a large per cent of the
taxpayers of every township in the county. It was signed by men of all
political faiths, and was presented to the prosecuting attorney, asking him
to move a nollie. This he did with the above result.
George B. Collins, who has been railroading in Iowa and Dakota for the
passed two years, returned to this place Thursday.
Henry Bryant, living south of this place, died Wednesday afternoon and was
buried at this place Thursday.
7/29/1891
Otwell Doings - William Garland has moved into the Hope property.
Sheriff Stillwell took John Kirby to the reform school at Plainfield last
Monday. The boy had been sentenced to that place for having taken a small
amount of money from Jacob Shandy several weeks ago.
Died at her home near Le Masterville, on the 20, Mrs. Sarah N. Mason, age
33 years. Mrs. Mason was the wife of Mr. James mason. the deceased leaves a
husband and four children, three boys and one girl, the youngest being an
infant.
Court- A case against George McCormick for disturbing religious meeting was
nollied, and a case was nollied against Elsworth Mitchell.
Suit of Mary A. Johnson vs. John W. Stillwell et al, claiming $600 00 which
she says she claimed in the absence of her husband while his property was
under execution and being sold, was continued at the plaintiff's cost.
Mary A. McKinney was divorced from her husband, Chas. McKinney, and was
given judgement for cost and also for their only child.
Matilda Hawthorn got judgement against Frank Scott and wife for $1874.60,
and costs without relief.
Jackson Corn was pronounced of unsoundness of mind and a guardian will be
appointed to take charge of his business.
Albert A. Battles was given $752.35 and cost on Frank Scott and wife and
Matilda Hawthorn.