V Petroleum Centre Dai ly Record Veulre, Fa. Satnrday, July 19 Ulvlue Service. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CntTRCH Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. ami (ii p. M. Sabbath School at 12J P.M. nts free. A cordial Invitation extend ed to nil; ' Kkv. G. Moorb, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCn. Preachini? at 11 o'clock A. M.. ami' 7 o'clock P. M., by the Pastor, W. C. Btmcit aih. Sabbath Soliool at 12), directly al rer lorenoon service. Prayer Meeting and Sabbath School Teacher's Meeting Tuesday evenings ol each week. Petrolcnm Centre Lodge, No. T1S, I. U. of O.K. Regular meeting nights Friday, at 7 o'sloek. Signed. V. U. MONTGOMERY,' N. G. C. 11. Bailkt, A Sec'y. CfTPUce of meeting, Main St., opposite McClintock House. Ai O. Of IT. W. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of TJ. W., rneRtn every Monday evening at 7 o'clock, n Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre, Penn'a. James Wilson, M.W. t JlMKS S. Whitb, U. I. O. Of K. M. Minnekiunee Tribe No. 18:1, I. O. R. M of Petroleum Centre, meets every Thursday evening in Good Templar's Ua'l. Council Urea Dented at 7 o'clock. U. HOWE, Sacbem. C. U JUKES, Cbiel ol Records. Gold at 1 p. m. 110 30" Tbo Post Office Newsroom Soda Fountain Is now running In full blast. Call and trv ft ulass of ice cool soda wa ter lMcken'a Boz" Just issued in paper cover by the Fctor iflos. Price 25 cents, and for sale at the Post Office Newsroom. Pouch. Last night a queer old ose ol domestlo Infelicity oarae up before Justice Reynolds for trial. The pat ties tbeieto u.e a man and wife named Triixetl aud o Charles Parsons, all residents of Pioneer. Truxell, it appears, is an booest bard work. ing man. For a long time past he baa been at work at some of Ibe wells on Triumph Jim, near Tluloute, Mrs. Truxell uieao time residing at Pioueer. Coming borne yesterday for the purpose of removing bis ftinilyto that point, be discovered the man Parsons 3 in possesion of not pnly bis bouse furnitue, Ao, tut of bis wife In tbe bargain He at once commenced to remove bis bouse. b'jld goods, whan tbe woman put la an ap pearance with bo axu a ud oommenoed Ibe work or demolishing tbe furniture, before being stopped. succeeding la breaking tbe oover of a valuable organ and demolishing number ol chair and other furniture As soon as this-"motion" ceased, with Cheek BDd effrontery unparalled almost, tbe scoun drel Parsons, after being guilty of the moot ulatnou of crime, that of ruining a lellow man's domestio peaoe, appeared and actu ally claimed the fuwiituro as his own. In etuad of taking the law into bia own bands as he should hae done, and administered to him good aound beating,. Truxell cam to Ibe Centra ud swore out warrants for tbe arrest of tbe precious pair of ducks. Constable Burgess made a flying visit to Pioneer, yestorday afternoon, and arrested Iba woman, bnt Parsons got wind of tbe af fair and "skipped ouf This is about tbe way tbe affair stands at present. As soon as tbe trial oome off undoubtedly there will be eaough scandal brought to tbe sur face to satisfy all, as nearly ball tbe popi: lation of Pioueer are retained as witnesses We may add that publio sympathy la entire ly with Truxell in the affair, axd there was even some talk of giving the guilty puir now suit composed of tor and feathers. As yet Parsons ba not been arrested, al though Ibe oflicera are on the watch for him and will undoubtodly sucoeed iu capturing biiu. There was war In tbe lava beds at a late hour last night. Two squaws bad a regular set-to in regard to a "love of big lnju n, whom both claimed as "lovyer. " Tboy fought one good solid round,' and than mutual consent adopted Jeff. Davis' pollr "All X axes Is lur taa alone." Tbe relics of war is a damaged rice patch on one, and a noau on too otuer about the else of gormandizer's body, bosldes sundry' piece ot bair, waterfall, bustles, &c. Kuuiure continue to bo rlfo witb regard to the elosiug up of the railroau staiiou'i at Pioneer, Columbia, Terr and Kynd Parma. -i 1 Tue oil market remains quint nod dull. It is aiiggvated thai persons who go about With lliuir Cashmere tbuwl turned inside out to abow tbat tbey aro genuine should adopt lb. custom of walking bu their bead' w toon ma. tpeic doom are soled.- I " THE oils situation. We copy the following Interesting article on tbe present aspect of the oil business from the Venango Spectator. It is worthy a careful perusal: The present unsettled ooodition of the oil market, with a tendoncy to Btlll lower prices mv wnll pxnltn.the alarm of oroducers, and j , businoB8 men generally, lor we ore all in on0 boot together. There is a remedy, but that remedy is nunUalnoble. It is to bring down Ibo production until it Is no greater than tbe demand. It is unattainable, be. cause tbero can be do concert of action among so many produters, nearly all ol whom are forced to pump to meet tbe ue- mands against .them. But, aside from tbe natural tendency to low prices which an ex cess of any article always produces upon ibe market, there aro speculators whose in terest it is to keep up the present depres sloo. If they can ruin the business or the producers they can buy up large portions oj territory at a small figure. Tbe producer ie Iberefore between two fires; one caused by over-productioo, and another by specula tors, representing a large capital, who bear the market eod create panics. . Tbe end of Ibis nitiBt come coon. Pro duction must stop, either by concert of ac ion, by prices becoming so low that none but the lew larger wells can be kept work' Ing, or by a general smash up and saleB by tbe Sheriff. Ooe or tbe or, tbe other of these things must happen, or a new outle for oil must be lound that will make tbe de mand at loist equal to tbe supply. A meeting of producers wis held la tbo lower oil region last week to consult upon the oondition ot attain and seelt lor reme dies. An able and exhaustive speech wa. made by gentleman called Captain But er. His remarks read well and are plausi - bla. He states that petroleum can be used tor manufacturing gas in largo cities. He argeit tbat It is cheaper for that purpose at seven dollars a barrel than o oal, sad that gas made trout oil is superior to tbat now in general use. HI statements do not appear to be made at random, nor based upon the theory nlooet He was about to complete negotiations for lighting ooo of tbe largos' cities in Ine West with gas made from pe troleuin, and other large cities would follow tbe example. Iu tbis connection Captain Butler said, the cost of refitting existing gas works to adopt them to "so petroleum in stead ef coal, would not be more than two per centum on tbe original cost of the works. These statements are given with the air oljone who understands what Le is talking about, and they should receive coosldera lion in a practical way; not by resolu. tions," but by a test. If a tawn can be lighted by gas made from petroleum, cbeap. er than witb tbat made from coal, and if oil gas is purer, and has greater llluminatin power, let it be done at ooce, and done here at borne, among the wells. ItFrauk Ha', Oil City, Titnsville, Meadville and! Erie were thus lighted, tbe figures could b made to show that tbe light furnished w belter ana Cheaper, the nays of coal pui would be over while oil could be procured at evea ten dollars pet barrel, Bnt it seems up bill business to ask St. Louis or Chi cago to try petroleum gas before re try it ourselves at borne. Here in Franklin ie a good plaoe to test Capt. Butler's statements) w o frill nui oa jr tuvuij, iu ua mibo- w fact and experi moots. Tbe ruluout condition of tbe oil market to day demands a prompt remedy, if an? remedy can be found. Tbe production is 111 . ..... t I... Kb I.IL. now estimaled,la round numbers, at 25,00 barrels daily. If this oil could be sold for $2 per barrel, which is above present rates, it would make tba gross receipts irom oil $50,000 per day. It leealiinated that tbere are 4,-100 pumping wells in tbe entire. re gion. which cost $G oaolt daily, for labor an J contingencies, aud tbat tbere are eight wells going down daily, ut an average cost of SG.Oim each. From these statistics, which aro as accurate as tbe nature of ' tbe business will permit,. it is easy to seo that the prodtioor as a mass are daily losing ground. AIMbta over-production is caused by tbe orazy operation in tbe lower district. It i said tbat a fifty barrel well at oue time In tbe Butter region was couetdered but little butter than a dry bole, and that Ibe unfortuuate bolder of such were anxious to roll at cost. It wa lueb s oondition o1 things as tbat which sent the market down and gave tbe bear lalereet a bold wblob is uut yet broken. Tbe Venango County Medical Society held its aonual meeting in DllCity onTues day. Dm. J. II. Christie and U. Jackson- were admitted .to membership, and Die Ulaloe, ol TionunU, Peck, of Tarr Farm, aud Deviuoy, of South Oil City, were pre seated for membership. Drs. KilcUcy, Welh and Dillu were appointed to prepare dissertation, lor tbe next meeting. The So. ciety adjourned to rncjt in Emlenton on tbe tbitd Tuesiay.ol October, 173 A Nkw Swl.vnt.li- The latest cheating oil ire we have heard of is tbat practicud by rrten who travel through tbo country In wagons, slopping at hrm bouses and in vil lages, offering to exchango new feathers for old. They represent, so thoy sy, a firm In St. Lo.lls, that wants a largo quan titv of old feathers to work up into railroad nd steamboat cushions. They lako the old feathers from people credulous enough to give their property to strangers, and promise to rotiirn and bring new leathers When they loitve that is the last seen ol tue rascals. They hive been operating pretty extensivoly in Frenchcreek and Sandyeteek ( townships, and are supposed to have oome brough Mercer oounty Into Venango. "Good bye, I'm going to- a better world,' were tbe last words of James Brown, who perished lat Friday at Suffolk, Va. James was a colored man and bad been convicted of murdoring two ladles. The occasion of bis death was a notable one In several re- pects. "While Brown was expiring, " says an account in tbe Horald, "a negro, who was in the tipper branches of an adjoining ree, and stooping eagerly forward to to tbe suspended man, lost his bullauce and wes precipitated to tbe ground witb. such orco as to break h'g ueck, and he was car ried homo a corn?, The execution was witnessed by a eon of Mrs. Dozler, one of tbe murdered ladies and by t ho condemned man's wile. Tbe day wound up with a good deal of drunkenncss.several flghls,two runaway boMei smashing buggies, and oth er incidents." But Jomes Brown bad gone to a better world. A new Masonic Order, "Tbe Knights of (be Red Cross of Constant Ine, tbe Invincible Order of tbe Holy Sepulchre and St, John Of Jerusalem," 5a just been Institute ! in Springfield, Massachusetts. Tho charter comes from the Grand Body In huland. and tbe name selected is "Unity Conclave,' Only Knlgnts Templar ore eligible to the degrees. Unity Conclave is the socouU In stituted in Massachusetts, and the first hav ing been started In Worcester. The dofensj in tho Goodrich murder case will bo emotional insanity no doubt. Tbe New York Corouieio'al Advertiser says: A wan lite-weary, miserable, bunted down woman has been lodged in Brooklyn jail for tbo murder of Charles Goodrich. She admits she killed him, but her wordi and actions bear only too sad evidence tbat Ibo frenzy verging on maduess which led to tbe deed, still possesses br. What wonder tbat she seeks oblivion of bar wretched ex- Istenco in suicldj? The truth of her awtu1 story is not all ont yet, but enough Is known to stamp tbe memory ot her betrayer witb infamy and to stir in tbe public breasts at much pity for tbe poor crtzed murderer as there is loathing for ber hourt lets uud bru tal victim. r Mr. S. U. Bowman, of Pitlauiiratl. ha prepare d lor speedy putilicatloo "A history of Petroleum and Its development with Bi- ograpbical bketcbes of Pioneer and From17 cent Operators in all tbe Oil Region TST Pennsylvania. Cocbrantown, Crawlord county; Jamsf- town and Sandy Lake, Mercr county; Pe trolia Butler oounty, and Petersburg, Clar ion county, are now money order offices, j Time wa lays tbe Chicago Journal when dancer aimed to excel In graceful evolu tion; when composer endeavored to charm the melody of productions; wbo'n musician sought to sooth or awoken tbe emotions of the listener. All Ibia Ib nowcbanged. Tbe ballet la a school of female coutortioniste; composer seem to study who can invont tbe most Intricate wranglo which shall te characterized by tbe most surprising sre- ceBsion of Incomprehensible noises; singers grow purple with their efforts to screech up and down the scale in some extravagant manner uover before attempted; Instrumen tal musicians hope to excite admlr ation solely by expecting "the most dlJlcutt pieces." To do something difficult, is tbe great achievement aimed a'.i Whore is public taste going to? A Dutchman and an irishman once met on a lonely highway. As they met each smiled thinking be knew the other. Pat on seeing bis mistake, remarked, '-Faith, an' I thought It was you, an' you. thougittlt was me an' it's naytber of us." A (hort time ago, Allen Ward, a negro, suspected of arson near Thompson Station, Tenn., was taken from custody by a band of armed men, who attempted to bang him He escaped was shot at and wounded, and afterwards nut seun until a lew days ago, when attention was called to bis wberea bouts by a flock of buzzards which were at work ou his corpso. His wife has sworn out a warrant against three men whom she suspects of committing the outrage. In a recent urtlcle on fair in tbis local ity, the editor of a Western paper says a brother editor took a valuable premium, but an uukind policeman nude him put it back wlitfia ho look it Iron). The storm which passed over Tldlout this (Thursday) morning did considerable damage to oil wells in this section. Tbe storm was short but very severe, and it let' I Its mark In several places. A II .vp li ot lrghtning at about nine o ciock seems to ha ve been the principal disturber of afTalrs. It struck the Gilsoa well, knock lag down Jerry Zink and bis little daugh ter who were standing near; and almost simultaneously a wooden tank or tte T id ion te Oil Pipe Co. near the moutb of Got. don run was ablaze. In close proximity stood two other wood- D tanks, the three containing 1,223 barrels ef oil. Before the lire bad got headway, six hundred barrels of oil were rnu from the tanks, tbus saving It, and averting a much larger conflagration. Two of tbe tank1 were covered with a wooden building and tbis was soon In flames. As tbe fire reached the tank tbe burning oil ran down the hill and threatened lb dumptank cf Fisbcr Bros., and tbe machine shops and houses on the run. Close by tbe burning tank were three boutei: two of which were Inhabited, the third being emp ty. These were In great dauger of burning, uuj wero soon cleaned of tbeir contents. The one located nearest tbe tank soon caught fire. The third bouse owned by Pa1 Mouroe was saved by pulling down tbe one1 between It tod tbe fire. The buruitg ol ran aero tbe road and down upon tbe fiats setting fire to a small stote bouse, belong-' Ing to tba company. Here tbe force of tbe oil spent iUell, and tbe fire in this direction was stopped. A smati tank standing near tbo others but contai n log no oil caught tire but did not burn down. Tie heavy rain which ' fell during the conflagration did much 'to keep tbe fire within bounds. The loss by this fire was COO barrels ol oil besides tbe houses, damage to lurnilure fcc, on which tbere wa no Insurance, amoun ting in all to about $1600. Tidioute Jour Uil. A VAi.t-.uir.is Propbrty Sold Tbe pub lic sale ol tbe McGlbeny farm In French- creek township, by A. A, Plumer, Itecelv er, took place aa advertired on Friday last The property was kuocked down to Col James Blakeley for twenty-one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars, and wa' purchased for James Blakeley, Dr. A. G Cgoert, C. K. Tatt end Henry McElheny' to whom the deed wa made. Tba farm cou gists ef ono hundred and toventy-two auras, but derives it value principally from tbe deposits of coal. The McElbeny, oa' bank war is ended by this sale, eatltfaotor lly, we believe, to all parties. The new owners are gentlemen of enterprise and mxans and they will fully develops tbe property. Venango Spectator. The first bale of cotton of this years- crop was sold in New York Tuesday at thirty six cou is por pound. It was grown in Tex ra If Father Clareoco Walworth and' niece sailed for Europe yesterday. The Martinsburg (Weal Va.,) Statetman proposes Charles J. Faulkner, formerly totted Mates Senator Irom Virginia. MIn Ister to England and during tbe lrar" Con federate Minister to Franco, a the farmer' oandidate fcr President in 1873. Tbo Louur ville Ledger rather likes tbe Idea. Tue soccQSB of i tho batloon experiment, bow on tbe carpet, will prove whether not it i Wise to cross tbe Atlantic. Tbe dwelling of L. M. Siggin,uear Plea antvllle, was-struck by lightning on Monj day. Tbe bouse wa considerablp dam aged and a sewing macbloe near which' Mrs Siggins was sitting, Was torn lo pieces. Tbe lady was not seriously injured. A'vls itor, Mr. Lewis,' who was lying on lounge near a window, was prostrated by tbe knock but soon recovered. Tbe building I new and was supplied with a bigbryreeouMrien ded lightning rod which, proved worth less. Hero Is tha way Henry Watterson, of the Courier-Jonrnal, describe tbe Shah: "The boan nimsetr is en ugly ous. lie resem bios olosely tbe pictures of the more cruel of his forefathers, contained In tbe early editioet of the Arabian Nights. I due y he bas caused many a poor devil's bead' be chopped off on a notice or live rohtnte and it would not surprise me to' learn" tbat he ha a trick of making himself widower three or four time a month. A-fierce eyed tallow-vfaoged, cgly beast at ever wore uiamoou or carriea neelmeter; end bit grand vizier, who is along with bim, 1 on a tribe less brutal and vicious. If you meet either iu a dark alley you would tremble for your Hie. If Captain Jack has a worse coun'epanco be is no true Modoo; To the telegraphic announcement of railroad accident ajar Schenectady, recent ly, in wnicn ono man wa killed and seve ral wounded, is added tbis tmportaot state ment: "Tbe exprew train was deloved onlv one hour!" . Boston ladles put on clean atockingi u they have , their photographs taken, it philosopher la trying to study out tha t. ' ton. But tbe most Interesting point of k qniry It, how did .the reporter Icato tl, laot? I "Cannot something be done to prer(J youug ladies from being Insulted oa c,. streets at night?" aske a Cincinnati pap(. Tbere can. Just have tbe girl's motb,,! tuck ber iu ber little bed- at eight o'olaei in tbe evening and lock tbe door on her. Local Notice. I NEW GOODS NEW G000S.NEW GOODS NEW STOCK DRY GOODS 't i CARPETS, Oil Cloth, Motions, JTJBT KECBItEIAT M. SAMUELS DRY GOODS STORE Washington Strret, Petroleum Centre, The Largest and Cheapest stock ol CAMCOES I to 10 c per yard. BLEACHED MUSLINS om 11 to IS els. LA-NSDALE UNBLEACHED 1UISLI1 10 to 15 MS BEST UINGHAia ritlTWlV't to is Ctl CLARK'S ONT THREAD ' 4 spools for 33 cts. Dress Goods, Shawls, , lit iery, Corsets JJemcntlc Plccijdood, Ld'e Ties, llilih nonpitting tbe t-erjr ht qnntlty Drilling and Lii en. IMim and Net He, 6 eta per paper, .CarpuU uic lowest rates. Millinery Trimmings LA'CE'G(M)BS, i r And a complete stock of ladit ' Hats and Bonnets; t Ale, a Complete Stock of' BOOTS $ SHOE! bleb will be sold at : (leap- tlirt ffleajGst Commencing.' Atrguat1 1st, 1873 BlTGIve rae a call antf examine good and prices. , . M. SAMUELS. Pet. Centre, Jnlyl7tb; 1873. Go to W. A. 1AVAM 4th Strcct,ncar 11. U. track for jour BEMINE, dcliv ered at the welh for $1, per Barrel Petioleom Centre, Feb. 6th tf.
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