The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

Orr people woro greatly onFe)o9 -
Tuesday Lass when the 0sg1ooi - ~
mOrninR Southern erain brooGAs ebo -
neus % ne sodden death % ~. Emsl
PIckharde. The highly esteemed editor q
The Huneinghurg Si8nai-
NJ. Psckhardt Vas generally acQusiae-
I'D with every man IN Jasper. . -
many 81 q So lin IN appsrentiy good
health only last Saturday. and ~ good
spirits. II wss h>ri 20 ~rrsiize lhss o. had
,sssed from labor Ia rruaui "a suddenly
HE cheerful presence will b. grestiy
missed % our STREETS. for he re wont
10 visit Jasper frequently on bosIaess-
He Was : general fsvorite here. and his
honesty o. character had drawn % him
many warm friends.
A. editor Of the Huntinghug Signal.
NJ. Pickhards had achieved : succes~
seldom allotted 70 one not raised or prac-
|tieed in she business Of pubIishings and
In I'll HE intercourse and business TeIa-
lions With The fraternity IN THE county.
he uss uniformly courteous and fair,
never ovesstepping. In the competition
Tor businees. that KeniismsnIy conduct
always indicative Of high minded honor
The publishing fraternity Of this county
Win sadly miss him.
His funeral occurred Thuuday a.
Hunlingburg. and their heauIifnl cem-
esery Will now have another attraction.
- containing The body OF one Who had
shed ho0o- ON the entire county, and
= hote spirie will vet watch from that
-'home Of the soulr the interests he 90
dearly loved ia life. A large number OIL
friends gathered sadly around The bier.
70 pay : last tribute Of respect 20 bis
eetimable character
We are indebted I o the HuntingburG
Argus for The following personal account
Of the departed editor:
"Aitho0gh Il Was well known that
Mr.. Pickhardt Was afiicted with heart
disease. yet his nearest friends did n0s
expect bis death to occur q this time, ~
he seemed TO be In better health o the
past few days than usual On Monday
be was about and attending to his editor
i'll duties - usual After SUPPER he went
town. visited several friends, and
seemed unusually cheerful Al 9o'clock
be returned home and resumed HE edi-
IorIal work until IL o'clock when he re-
Tired. On Tuesday morning while The
we're at breakfast, he aroee and
vent out in the yard ; = short time AFTER
ward Mrs. Pickhardt called him and re-
no response, went out 10 look for
him and found him sitting with his head
bent down. Speaking 10 him and receiv-
inc no reply, she realized that something
wrong and calling some members OF
he family they Immediately carried him
INTO The house and summoned DR.. G. P.I
" iIIisms, bat life Was extinct before be-
mi. Ernst Pickhsrdt. editor and pro-
Of the Hunsingburg Signal, The
'niy German paper il Dubois county.
born in Heuckeswagen. Rhine Pro-
Tince, Germany. August p. 1854. being
second Of : family Of nine children born
D William and wilhelmina ue,erll
Pickhardt, both natives Of the same couus
~. The deceased was raised in his na-
i've country, receiving : fair education
: HE native Ienguage-. He learned the
'abinet makers Trade % his father q the
lge Of twelve years He cam % the
United States With his parents and work.
a q his trade until 1854, then e;erked :
rear In : store q Evansville. In 1856 be
anne 70 H~unlineburg. and in partnership
With his brother in-Isw. Chas. Heyden,
il : general merchandise bufi-
lees, continuing until 1873 IN 1861 he.
y company with . cousin. Mr. Emil
started The Huntingburg
Signal. In ISIS be assumed complete
Of the paper and has managed g.
yer since. meeting With extncrdiDarv
rood success. September "a, 1854, h.
Elizabeth weisheimer. : native
,f Hesse Darmstsdt. They have seven
living: Edmund, Ernst w.,
Louisa. John. AmaIia, Anna and Clara
Re was : Democrat ID politics. but con-
1ucted his paper on the independent
principle. He Wa On A. - & a. Mason
He Was . member Of the German Evan
Eelical Lutheran Reformed Church. He
held various local Offices Of trust
Iuch . township trustee, and member
81 Town and school board
Through his death the family Loses -
l~Eeciionaie husband and father, and the
one Of IL most euterprising
md energetic citizens. one Who Was a.
foremost il every enterprise which
was calculated 70 promote The interest
and growth Of the town, and the news
paper csafs also loses IN honorable and