r tro'eu-n Centre Daily Record. Pee. Centre, Pa., sjatnrday. may SI IMvltte ftervlee. WKTOODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH sjervioes every Sabbath at 11 A. H. and i4 P. M. mbbath School at 12)tf P. M. ealafree. A cordial In vl tat loo extend ed t all. Hit. O. Moono, Potior. PRK8BYTFPIAN CHURCH. Preaching at tl o'clock A. M.. an 7 ovjook P. M , by tbe Paitor, W. C. Bcech aid. 8ahblo Softool at 12, directly aflr tort noon servlo. Prayer Meeting aid 8ahbatb School Tesetier'e Meettog fistsd-y wantage ot each w?ils. Petroleum Ontra L,ode, So. 1. O. of O.F. - Regular meeting ntgbti Friday, at 7 'clock. Fwuoert. " W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. 6. C. H. Ba i.kt, A Sec'y. rPI"f '"""''g, Main St., opposite JtoClintock Horn. A. O. of IT. VV. LIlKTty Lo Ige No. 7, A. O. of 0. W., meets every Monday evening at 7 o'clock, in Odd Follow'n Uall, Petroleum Centra, . A. Glim, M. W. A. If. KutCKMna, R. . I. O. ofR. M. MI-ioekaaiiM 'I N t No. 183, L O. R. M of Petroleum Centre, matte every Tburadey evening lu G Jod Templar't Hull. IW Counoll fine lighted at 7 o'clock. n r tttb-.., 11 HOWE. Seebem. C. L JUK.E3, Cblel ol Reco-ds. Cold st p. m. 1)8 Old Dr. Thayer, with bli renowned com pauy of artist, arrived In town tbH mora log. (jroourse everybody will attend Ibe clri u Uiit evening, sccempanled with ble wire and wlfe't titter. Lay aelde joking tbe Dr. bai a elrong company and all wbo gJ will be amply repaid for tbeir time cl money by attending tbe'Olvmplo, and we triiKt the Dr. will receive full houtee. Tble forenoon, our townsmen, Dr. R. i layfort, win stricken down with an apo flexile flt, 'n front of gobei's clothln. Hum. on Washington etreet. At the lime ha wan eirtcieu down, be wee engaged In eoover . wit'i Mr. Tbouni Curlin, of Sbimj burg, and dropped dowo eo suddenly th.. tbe bystsndert thought bim dead tor mo. mmi. lie tame too, however, in a short tma, and at present writing bai nearly re wuvvrm. Tbe primary eleotlon ol tba Republiein party lebelog held today. Tbe vote Is light, tbe contest belog maiaiy ceDflaed to tbe Treesurersbip. Bolb candidates Bisb op at. J Mickey are good men. For our part, from a long and person! acquaint noe wilb Ml. fiistiop, and taking into cor. sweratloo she met that be bis run for the office before and wet debated, we tblok blu justly entitled to tbe position, and hope be will receive liberal support at Ibe bands oroiir Repcblctn fcltLda. Politics we don't go a Mot on, especially In local offleee, but we believe lu upholding good men for oounty pffloei, and consider no bet ter selection could be made for tbe office ol County Treasurer than Mr. Bishop. There came near being a Ore at the up per end ef Iowa tble morn tog. A cblmney flue in tbe -building tdjoiuldg Weidersob's eboe shop, get Are la (he roof sod when die rred w.. burning el a lively rte. But r Ibe rierflout of tbe neighbors, wbo car fled wetcr from the Creek and extinguish d lUe flames, an extensive conlligrallon ronul have taken place. G. Tbeie le natural eurlotlly to be -en at Denny's gas well In Butler wnnty, 8 Jllet distant from tbls piece, on Rongb run, which empties Its waters In'o Buffalo week, and from tbenoe Into tbe Allegheny river at heeporl. In boring for oil they truck a gis vein which took Ore, and tbe flickering light caa be seen Irora this place wry night, It . Mid u illuminates the netghborliood for miies around. We think there niu.l be a lava bed there as It shoots out wltb terrible fotoe and e hissing noise -beware or lojnps. It Is said that a pin cm ,e plokaj n p at Sl.te Lick, a distance ! five miles.- rFreeport New Era. Avenersblj notogeoerlan of Cbentngo ounty, New York, hd d ffloullles wltb bis family, and on Saturda lut ..... ... .... ...uuvimi p,g ptirp :e or putting an end to bis miseries by suic 4. Tba old fellow procured a rope and went to an outbuilding, bie Section ate relatives looking en and expressing tba bop the! be woo d miCieod In tbe job He did eiicoeed, and bis relatives ciieerfully a1 teuded the poor old fellow's rrmslus to tba grav vanl utter the coroner's jury bad go thfiinh the umiHl form or declsrlpg bim leuipfmrl'y lustre. Eleotrlelly Is a wonderful Invention, and Prof. Morse may be ranked among tbe pub. lie benefactors of tbe nineteenth century. Unrortttnaiely bit media bss fsllen on tbe shoulders ol some persons wbo are unworthy to wear It. We are in formed tbat Inst eve ning one of these representatives belp the mark of electricity got on tbe wat path, and talked Ions: and loud aealnsl tbe editor of tbls paper, In feet be Imagined himself Sbeck Nasty Jim of IbeModocs, and at first sight ol a Ricord renorler. would kill, skin quarter and baog tbe unfortunate Bobemien up to dry, and be best tbe air In Imaginary efforts to get et tbe editor. Come and see us, old elecgaatty, tbe devil bse a ten pound sick ot the poorest quality ol flour waiting for you, end two ehlps to oirry you out an. Ob, do come. Put oo your war paint and strike tbe trail at once, We lorgot to men tion tbst tbe devil has a new leather gun ad tin bluoderbuss. The loss by Ibe recent great Hre in Bos ton amounted to over $3,000,000. Three moo lbs since, tba Re E. E. Hale stepped Into Ibe Boston Pub I In Liurar,v to. look up soma matter for tbe next number of uia end New, or to be worked up la bis next sermon. Preparatory to delving in Ibe literary quarries for bis building mater ial, Mr. Hale took off bis Oft v . dollar over coal and carefully laid it down, when, at tbe conclusion of bit work be proceeded to invest bimseir in bis outer carmen!, he foood it not, some rsscsl whose bent was test towards literature than Isrceny, having made off wild It. Mr. Hale consoled him self as best be might, concluded tbe world is not wholly regenerate, and bought at other overcoat. Tbo otber day be received tbe rol lowing note not on postal csrd: Nw Xohk City, May 22, 1873. Rcr. Edward Evsritt Halc. Oi.n ano New: My Dear sir Htvlnn lust Been re. leased from a Short period of Confiaemoot, 1 drop you tblt to Ialorm you if you waal mat otoe eveicoat (S5O.00) wbicb was nra- lesclooalif, abstracted from that noble; Edi fice tbe Boston Publio Library last Feb'y you can find It at tbe first Woodblinery', on Broadway lo that part of the "Hub' known as So. Boston, when it la nn th. Spout" lor tbe trifling sum of $7.00 Jual eaougo to enable me lo rescb my home la "Amalrca't great Metropolis," where tbey "wanted'' me for 3 months. Just got out. Prey for me. -m ktropolitax." Mr. Hale proceeded to the spot referred to,.luund bis overcoat, look It down tbe "spout'' and went home wltb bis bersb opinion or tbe larcenlous portion ef human, ny somewhat modified. Tbe . Chicago cUlooo Keepers' Union found tbey reckoned without tbeir host wbsn they calculated tbat a general deter mination lo violate Ibe Sunday law would embarrass tbe tutboiiliee and secure pub no sentiment on tbe side of the offenders Tbe police mad arrests by ttie score, and tbe opponents or tbe Sunday law wbo did not tell liquor, Informed tbe Saloon Keen era' Union they bad gone great way too far. Tbe resolution to defy tbe law bas, tneierore, been unanimously resoioded, and the saloon keepert have agreed lo submit. for tbe present, in tba hop of having tbeir own way at tee polls. A cirous lo in old graveysrd made West Cueater, Pa , sad tbe otber dsy. , A Wiscooalo man was fined $5 for cut tlDg off a oat 't ears wilb a jack-knife. tW Sacrament or tbe Lord'e Supper will bo administered la the Presbyterian Cuurcb tt tbe morning service on next Sabbath. Tbe wicked Motmooil Do not some of tbe Geotiles sby rocks at tbem from Inside glased domioits? ll it deemed sufficient eontvqueooe lo telegraph from tba setting sua to the rising moon, that lo a law suit in Utah the faot was developed Ibat a much married "cuss"' bst a mother and bt-r daughter to wile. Tbe Mormons are not muob ahead on that, for tbere are cases, ex- C-ptlonal Ibank Heaveu, where Id this Christian land tba daughter suoceeda ttte mother as wife of tbeskame mao and wltb tbe motber't content. We koaw tbat raUk-maids ouuld burn tbeir way right through fellow, but never knew until now that milk pans were ever guilty ol arson. But a dairy men in Oneida county, New York, bss maids so neat tuat tbey scour the tin paos lo brightness tbat concentrate tbe sun's rays even to tbe burn log point. Tbe focus ol tbe sun's rsys from a row of bright paos sst Ibe pile oo fire. lit prompt ditcovery preveiled s conflagra tion. Dairy men wbo bave sluttish milk maidt need b&vo no fear, nor keep a fire extioguitber bandy. Only tidy glils 'are daogerous as lucend lanes. As a rion and pretentions sooddylta was looking at some paintings whiob e pro posed to buy tbe dealer pointed to a floe one and raid: "There Is a dog after Landeer." "Is It, realty! ' exclaimed tbe pretender. 'What Is tbst dog after, him. for!" PAKKR OIL FIE1D. VICISITT OP PAItEBR CITT. W. D. Robinson, Mr Buflloglon and olb ers bsve tbe timber on tbe ground, and will commence drilling a well In a short Mm" oo tbs John M Turner 'arm, two miles and a half West of Parker City. These parties have fifty arces leased or Mr Turner. Thos McConnell, of Parker City, base twenty-five sere lease on tbe same (arm, sod contemplates putting dowa a well at an early day. VICINITY Or JtlLLXRSTOWN. i A pipe line bas been laid from Karns City 10 tbe Stewart well and a large amount ol 011 has been run. About thirty rigs are now in different stages of completion in the valley above towa. Two wells ere drilling on tbe John Hemp bill fsrm. W. F. Messlmer's welloa the Simon Barn hart farm, near Millerstown is dulag be tween 18 and 25 barrels per day. We were in error last week when we repotted tl at 10 barrels. Tba welloa Ibe John McUehan farm some four and a half milet West of Parker City It being drilled by Litbgow & Preston instead ol Litbgow dc Dougherty ae pre. viously stated by us. We understand tbe well is now about 1100 feet deep. 1200 feet it tbe depth tbat it it to be drilled, and il will be but a tbort time uollljwe know what tuccess it to attend tbe gentlemen, who bave labored to uotiring,y to develop this new field of operations. Tbe well owned by Kells, Tssb ft Co., on tbe Gibson fsrm two miles West of Parker City, commenced to drill on Thursday of last week. MISCELLANEOUS. Tbe Ktms well at Karns City continues to do ovet 200 barrels per day. Geo. A Anderson, J A MoCitlloob, Esq. , or Freeport, and L' B. Anderson, of ,Pelro lia, bave eommeooed a new well on tbe Jas. Wilson farm, above Petrolia, Tbey call It tbe Modoc. Cooper Bros, recently msde a good strike on tbe Riddle latin, above Karns Cty. We bsve not learned how much tbe well It doing. Tbe Trontmao well Is holding lit own bravely, Lest week tbe Kev Norton pur coated a fourth interest In the well lor $26, 000. Mr. Norton bat also purchased a six teenth Interest in tbe J. B. Campbell farm for $20,000. B.ickin,4 Morrison struck a new well at Greece City on Friday or Saturday of lisi week, which bas been flowing ever since, end is reported as beiDg a Trry Urge wel1 CLARION COUXTT. 8mttb Cook Las a well on tlie Hutnme, farm that it doing 90 brrelt per d y. A five barrel well baa been struck on tbe W. Sboup farm. kOilmu's Jourml. Mr. Norman McLeon, agent for J. Wig. gins & Co., Direotoiiea is now Oinvusning Petro eum Centre for a Busiuers Directory, lo accompany tbeir Directory of Tinnvllie. Tbe names of all tbe business firms will be published in Ibis directory under tbeir re. speetlve heeding. We bespeak for tbls firm a liberal- patronage by ojr business England's "national sport," lor wblcb Parliament annually ttopt it business, bas ibis year been more tban usually prolific o disaster to man and beast. Lives were lost, and many persons injured on "Derby Dy," to say nothing of tbe poor animal tortur ed.. Tbe author of the saying "You must ! ways take a men at you Hud bim," wat a cooitab e. A California newspaper writer bat been bearing tba "Irogs croak in iht silent eth er blue. A Delsware judge fined a lawyer only one dollar for calling bim "a bloated old rbinoo eros." Das Moines sportsman reporl'-ducks with out end ." What then, do Det Moines ducks bave? la Ibe wreck of the NorthUeet, one mm wbo was saved wat beard by tbe oorrespon dent of tbe Loodou Standard saying :"Wheo I raw what was up I said, set I, I'm agoin' ladle, end damn it, I may at well do it st comfortable as I can, snd so I lit my pipe." Tbere wat eo feeling lo that man, but tbere wot en Infioit eapaolty loj discipline. Every few days we bear of some aggriev ed Individual looking after tbe editor lo oleao him. out, to to apeak We never ex perienced tbe sensation of belog cleaned out. We are at borne at all bours lor a o eaniog out "Wbodat bit me?" "Where's da t Ian tern?'' ware the exclamttiont of an aston ished Elnjira darkey, after being thrown something like a hundred feet by s, locomo tive. A while eloea Mlta BtMook, ta Chios go married bei f .toer'a otaobsao Tbomta Lyodoo. Tbere dot not appear to have been any very great sals-mallng about It Though tbe bride la now a rich man's daughter, It would teem tbe father onoe wat a poor man and wben the girl's mother was married, il was to a laboring mao. But money had changed tbe suolal ttatut of I be bride from that her parent! hsd once bad, and what some years since would not have been resented by fa'her or mother, was now resented by both when tbeir daughter did just what ber own mother did marry a man wbo worked for bis living For some ressoo tbe bride eooo after mar riage left ber husband and refused to ac knowledge bim as ber husband. He attrl buted ber conduct to compulstoo on lbs part of the parents, and, by writ Of habeas cor pus, brought b't wife before tba court erd demanded the be banded over to bim.' Oo examination, however, tbe bride declared tbat ber course wts voluntary and tbat her pareots were not controlling ber. She re 'used to live with ber husband, and Ibat was all tbere was or it. Tba court very properly held that It bad Ibe power to pro. nounce tbe marriage contract valid, which it did, but It bad no power to oompel the wile to live with tbe husband. Sba eould do so or not, sad, at tbe chose not, the waa discharged and the married coaoamto wbo wat not a busbsnd went to hit liable and tba to ber parlor. Chickasaw County, Iowa, bat just recelv ed Its first plsno, and one of the boyt de nounced It tt "ibe all-Srdest fiddle you ever lee." A Maseacbusetia man lately sold eeveniy" three dozeo patent medioine boltlet all of which bad heed emptied in bit own family. Tbe followlog notice wat recently fonod potted on Ibe Arkaosas Senate chamber: Job work executed with economy and dispatch."; There ere fifteen men In Peoria worth a trifle lese than $1,000,000, says the editor of the Review, end addi tbst modesty for bids bim to say "We are ooe of tbem." Tbe Vienna letter to tbe Chicago Journal ssys do smonnt of bolsterylng can tave the Exposition from being a failure, ibat tba dally expenaes are gtnater Ibat the daily receipts, aod tbat ibe day of great exbib- tlon in Europe Is pas', la a recently published work it Is ealcu luated that English II spokeu by 90,000.000 persons. Inhabiting (jieal Britain and Ire land, North Amerloa, tbe Bermudas, Js. malci, the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, Van Dleman's Land, NewfnuodraoetanJ tbe H ist ludiea; German by 65.000,000, Span lih by 55,000,000, and French by 45,000,- 000. "Reprove thy friend privately, commend him publicly, and eat Gnnther's candy." So says an advertisement lo Ioter-Osean. A Kentuckian wbo said be never heard of Daniel Boooe was promptly sbot In tbe leg by an enthusiastic young nun. Attention may be called to any artleto in a newspaper bv a simple mark witbout sol - jecting it to letter postage. - , An Iowa merchant won't advertise in the papers, but paints on Ihe lenoet, "Go two Allen's for yer dri goods." Tbe Fort Valley Mirrow remarks that "some young ladies are ss bsrd to undei ttatjd at the new postal law. " NOTICE The branch store of O. F. Schonblom on Main St, will this day be closed. All par ties knowing themselves indeb ted will please settle their ac count. O. F. SCHONBLOM. Pet. Centre, May 31 1873. BENZINE Just received a fresh snpply ot lienzme, tne best ever brought to town, at J. A. TEN EYCKS. Petroleum Centre, May, 15, 1873- If IflSSUJLVTION. Tbe copartnership heretofore existing be tween rJchermerboro & Ten Ejck it dlssolv ed by mutual consent. - S. P. FchermeRhobv. J. A. Ten tlTCk. Ptrties indebted to the tbove firm mutt oall aod settle up aod save trouble. ' J A. T Ktck. Dated Petroleum Centre, April 8, 1873. VOK MALE. . One 15-borse Tift boiler in complete or der.yioat eY-bprse Vood tt, Mnn engine and bntwwiweatpieie oraer, tis ' tubing, ewn'heavy, 500 leel large looker rod Pump. ' Local N tinea. A desirable realdanna An tk. . . I Good water k.ndvT R.: L'"mr l.ne Wi t h. i .r" ' T,""". ... . ,.-., enquire ot OWEN GAFNET Petroleum Centre, My 7, 1873. J run &ALE CHEAP, Tbree wells all eased for sal. .t,... Two engine, two boilers, tubing, ati7j ery and all appliancea. Apnlv at HOWu u. vw. j, ""vimiu iiuuf, ra. mo-z. DISSOLUTION. Tbe copartnership heretofore eiiaii... noder the firm name of J. M. llenrv A R. 1 Is ibis dey dissolved bv mutual naniJT All persons knowing themselves indebted to1 idvoiu urn arti rrajuraieq is call ana settle tbe tame at aace. ... L. Pkkxins. J. HITTER. I, '. .. . 3. H. Hs-k.t V Dated Fajtroleiim Centre, May 21, 1b7J. tWWblps, at Marshall ft Riobards on. poeite Rbcord Office, Mala Street, Peiro- leumCentre, Pa. ray- Flue SINGLE HARNESS from 2S to $100 at Marshall k Klebards, opposite f Ibe Record office. THAYER'S ! Grand Olympic ! ! FROM BROADWAY, HEW TORE. fllreetnr. Dr. JAUEK I.. TRAVPC' Business Msnsisr, SAMUEL COLE I Business agent, x,. rr. tuuucit TEE Umm ATTBACTl I u Of tit Nineteen! Ceatnry, 4. Will szbibit st ' d 'c x ocftiTnc F ONE DAT ONLT. MWUIUUUIJ awwj wawi&i T jvvT. TnaVEH. In scale Imltlnr the- mlr.)re(re of tl.e public, ilMmi Ita duty to make known the fnct that hi part prrienre art anmee ent catere lies enabled bim to ruled and Kreem to hi nntron. dniioif th prerent eewoo a HIullTKK i.ALAXT OF OTAhS than hu er Before neeo rnni. aciM mm a eingi ronorroaucr. u . - i.ft. h. ilmnA AinrreeailMI of (onlona. eklll anil latent, will be lb leallj rur- prUlnf performance or t.ie gr at ZIG-ZAG TROUPE Pnn. In nnmlup whnM extftlnflrtT ftmOV perfomi- nos at th.- prlnclpiil theatres of New ?ork city have been a corn-unit tool ef eru'versa.loa. Among the r mas) original act will be bond tl e Which convulses hs sudlenct with langhtsr. Th iirm CLOUOCIIE DAKlfi orWnally danced by them- at the Cirque Impe rial, rtrfa The popular aod acreamtng FreacB Pantominesof VOL AU VENT, THE MAGIC TRUMPET, a-a .14... ThMA fit H Oil iinn rnirrrnw whit "",, - artt.ts will be leted by tbe -wintifu. UAy MUle. MAlf:! .IWR jl 1 1 ej nunsun"-! . wtluHea And an ead'ees eome e oiaie a '!' ""i7rinn ennitllatloa the ort lspttiBt CoabiMU""1 A Gorpis SW Can, SPLENDID BAND CHARIOT,' KD BRILUJM BRASS BIND Under II auMa I odersblp or Prof B 8 Bergen, ot New Yolk. Also, aonduotot ol the ., , . : Fairy Silver Cornet Band Which will dltcourie all the latett sad pp ulav melodies during Ihe Graod Streel r" rade, snd at tbe TWO DAILY PEBFOBMAKCES, At I In tbe afternoon and 1 leg. Regular Admission, 50 Centa. il . . 1 w ' ' Vrrt ; UH ft' It M Jlliu'l I, -..!
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