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Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pet. Centre Monday, Jau. 11.
Tim of Closing nail.
P. o.,fmoLitr rsxTHs, Pa ,
JULT S7sT, MM. 5
CntU farther notice ths malls will arrive at snd
d)Mrt frost this office h folio wi:
AnmiTi.
BonlB and Ft, via. irvlnotoo, 10.2 A. 31.
South ud WnI, " Meadvllle, S.1I P. M.
North ami Inst, " tony. 1 3 '
Impart.
isooth and Wait, S.tt A. M.
StmiM loot and West, J. M. - V
Kurth, East and West, 10.00 A. M. '
11. K. BLACKMOT", P. M.
' Dlvliie Servlcee.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaehlnt: at 11 o'clock A. M., and
o'eleek P. M.
Rt. J. T. Oxtot, Pastor.
, M. E CHCRCiT.
Service, every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
7V& P. M. ; Sabbath School nt twelve o'clock
M. Softs' (Free. A cordial Invitation
extended' to all.
, Kit. C. M. Hiakii. Pastor.
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ST8. PETER AND PAUL'S (CATHOLIC)
f CUITRCII.
Mux at 10V4 a. m.
Vespers and Benediction of tbe Blessed
Sacrament at 4 p. tn. ''
Catechism at J p. m.
r ' ' ' JAMES DUNN, Pastor.
That In a country like ours there should
he any occasfon for dlspnto between capital
and labor, la much to lit regretted. The
whole land is teaming with plenty. There
Is enough for all, and Jt there are casrB re
extreme destitution within otir borders,
and there are frequent strikes of laborer
against what they allege to be the Injustice
of their Jcmployere. Fometlmes these
strikes are mado upua principles of right,
and too frequently there is nothing at issue
except what could be amicably adjusted.
We bare always, deprecated this system or
strikes. , We believe .itt to be iletrlmentnl
1o the very best ; interests ol the working
classes. " .The friio principle npoa which
labor should resist the encroachments or ex
actions of cap! taj, is that f co-operation,
and we are glad to notice that co-operative
societies in must all branches f businea
are sprinting into existence la all our large
cities. The cities ol the country are where
these institutions can live and flourish best.
Jn the rural districts Idem Is iw, especial
need for them. These societies have worked
wonders for the working people In the large
manufacturing towns of England, and the
principle works well wherever it lias been
applied in this country.
' Tuk people of this community hare rea
son to fee) encouiagud at the business pros
pects, before thoui. The coming season I
bids fair to be far more lively tlian any pre.
vioiis "one.'- Stores and residences are' in
active demand, and much of this kind uf
property is now changing bands, at
very Rood prices. ' A large, amount ol
iinilevologed,bit. .territory lies. In our in me
diate vicinity, whioh during the coming
spring and summer will be thoroughly test
ed, thus living employment to hundreds of
men, who will naturally siend their monoy
at this point. ' This will of course tend t
make all branches of business good here.
It is our opluion thai Petroleum Centro'bas
years ol healthy business growth and pros
perity before it.
TiUltn is among a certain portion of this
community . a ' reprehensible carelessness
manifested in the carrying nnd use of fire
arms. Oo Friday night last several parties
were giving . specimens of their skill as
good i-hots at the upper end ef the town.
8ncJi exhibitions Of lawlessness should be
put a stop to at once, or somebody may get
seriously If uot fatally Injured. There is
no reason why such rough rowdyism should
lie loleruled here, even if it is in the oil re
gion. ,
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Til is UK is disposition manifested in rer
lain quarters to brinj an undue influence to
liear' ilfiBrf "fbo fnComing administration
and tu suggest a line or policy Tor uenersl
Grant to pursue.'' Although we do not mix
in politics, we venture 'tlie assertion that
Grant's administration will lie characterized
by good sound stHleaiiutnahip and common
ruhsei'. Ills course, wil'l be such as to merit
. uud receive llio approval of the candid
thinking., conservative men of all parties,
both North and South.'. '
riZKtts are very plenty in eur woods, and
are daily brought into llia biatket.. Other
kinds of game is also quite plentiful, and
the hnti'ers too are n 'amorous. We expect
every ' day that Brother Convert of the
Forest Press, will shoulder his rille, and
cooti! through, 'h'" wools,' lo see
us, s. toot
ing a d.i'-r or l on the way. snd bring us
iu sog.'u.vvuisoii,,t'Vle wss heavy on Uie
Itiini Hi days g,Msn-b.y..v.lle lins 410 1 di'oij
eried, W''. Iin-er ' '' .' .
OIL CITV COItUElsrONDEnCE.
Oil Cur, Jan. 11.
The Sacred Concert given by the Musical
Association on Wednesday evening at St.
Joseph's church was a grand success. The
best talent of the a"tlvo membership was
in attendance in the choir, and the singing
wss superb. Selections were given from
classical composers including the Cbem
bini and our own talented Farmer. Seine
sf the finest gems of musical compos
ition were comprised in the programme.
The patient labor of I'rof. N. E. Skinner,
the Musical Director, and the careful
study of the members have resulted in thor
ough efficiency.
The strsets and sidewalks are very sloppy
and disugreenble.
The river and creek are rising from the
recent rains.
The loundry of Cummings Brothers, on
Seneca St., is n home institution, of which
Oil City may be proud. Castings are
turned out here of very superior workman
ship, and at Pittsburgh prices.
At the M. E. Church, there is being held
a series of protracted meetings whiiii are
causing much interest. There is preaching
every evening. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Car
rutrers, is an earnest zealous man, who is
interested in his work.
At the Catbolio Church a mission com
menced yesterday which will Inst ten day".
The A. & G. W. Railway, now run by
the Erie, 1ms changed its time-table, and
passengers experience some inconvenience
in regard to connections with the O. C. &
A. II. Railroad.
The lattrr road is doing as immens'tiusi
ness in passengers nnd Ireighis, mid is a
monument to the ability of the uMu Super
intendent, II. I'. Swectser, K.-q.
. Jl'jkX.
Anna Starcy, of Hamilton inwuslilp, V.m
Buren connty, Michigan, has a anions his
tory. A year ago last spring she entered
tie township attired in a man's clothes,
bought forty acres of land, with a house
partly renstructed, oompleied the house
with her own hands, grubljed nut. by hand
fourteen acres of benvy oak. and titled the
soil lor the plow; chopped tier own weod,
split her own rails, and has the best fence
in the township. She lias eight acres in
wheat, has a ditch in one side of her land
regarded ss a superior afl'iiir, made first
class lion-sled (she dug up trees, and sawed
the runners out by hand), and his managed
to supply her neighbors with ax helves nnd
splint baskets. After she had put her house
to rights she put on women's clothes and
called herself 'Ann Starcy. The account
adds that she lives alone. He wsuld be a
courageous man who could think ol mutch
ing that
Ok the originally known Joint Brown
party who captured Harper's Ferry nnd set
up a provisional Government for Vlrginie,
but two are now living Owen Brown, who
resides in Western Pennsylvania, And Os.
borne 1. Anderson, a colored man living in I
Canada. Realf, Lnke, Parsons. Gill,' and
others associated with it, directiv ami in
directly, each won some distinction dining
the war, and are now living. Geo. P. Tidd,
one of those who escaped, died at tiio tak
ing df Roanoke Island. Sergeaat of a New
York Rvgioient. Barclay Coppic, then a
Lieutenant in a Kansas Regiment, was kill
ed at Platte Bridge, Mo., through the de
struction of a ra'lrnad train by guerrillas.
So says the Worcester Spy.
The Charley Una territory is coming into
notice rapidly, A new well was strack on
this run day or two stnev. wluuh is now
doing seventy barrels. The well ia owned
by Captain Hssson and others.
On the Foster farm, near Oil City, a
new well was struck uear the race course, I
and is now being tested, with an excellent
show.
Sixes tne holidays those of our business
men, who went away le eujoy them, are re
turning, and we notice many old familiar
fact's on our streets. Thene meu have en
joyed a soason of rest and are now ready for
business. We are glad to see them coming
back, for It betokens livelier times in ibis
community. . ' . 1
Tun weather has undergone semewbat of
a change since Saturday. Early this morn
ing it began le snow bard, and according
lo present indications wo shall have, good
sleighing soon, . This will make business
lively fir u-jiit MjDmald and S.uawley,
Tuk stiffening up in tbe oil market, is, we
are inclined lo believe, eutireiy due lo the
small amount of petroleum on band, both
here and at the outside. . Tlie producers are
now in a condition to control tho market efv
' Ir ia repot ted that a 1U0 binel well was
struck en the Pierson Farms last Saturday,
but we ctnuot tr ice the rumor to any re
liable sunrce, " ' . ' -
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. Pkkkoxai.. Ye notice tht" Caplaih H
- - , LI lieriut, a
I to d iy.
rill' of the county is in town
t '1IIK NEWS,
Sewell's morocco factory, in Cliurlestown
Massachusetts, burned last Monday night,
with a stock of morocco and machinery.
Loss 920,000, partially insured.
A dispatch from Princess Ann, Md , states
that Rouad, Wilson and Wells, (be Chesa
peake parties, have bei n respited until
March fith, to await the trial of their com
panion, Varley, which will commence this
week. .
A minority report has been adopiod In the
Council of the Montana Legislature In re
move the Territorial Capital lrora Virginia
City to Deer Lodge City. A resolute strug
gle in favor of Helena will be made in the
House. '
The Bluff Brewery in Qnlncy, Illlnois.was
destroyed by fire last Monday. Loss twelvo
thousand, and no insurance.
At the railroad depot in Fon du Lac, Wis.,
Monday afternoon, a young man named
Cbapmm, while passing a gate leading into
tlm var.l, wos accosted by n stranger. Stop.
ping withln'tne gate Chapman wns first struck
pnn the head with a slung-shot, then stab
bed In the throat with a dirk, after which a
slash was made at the pocket of his punts
that contained one hundred dollars. The
victim was left unconscious, while the mur
derer escaped on tie train going north.
Severol of the Michigan legis'ntors have
arr ved at Laming. The United Stat.-a A-n.
ntorlal question is the absorbing topic. '
Chandler s chances lur re-election are good.
His rivals nre Congressmen Blair, e.-f!nv.
Terry, and Hon. ChaiUs S. Mat. ex-Lieutenant
Governor. A caucus was held on
Tuesday.
The schooner Sny wns wrecked oil' Nurlh
lint, near Milwaukee, Tuesday UunrniDg-.,
She struck a rck and filled .immediately. .
No lives were lobt.
Tbe destitution in the Red River Territo
ry is increasing. Only two pounds or food
is granted to each person er week.
General Young seized 121 barrels of whis
ky at Cincinnati Tucsdsy, for violation n'
the law.
R. M. Brimmer wns robhed of one thous
and dollars, ut noon Tuesday, while stand
ing at the door of tbe first National Bank
or Cincinnati. The Mbher. named Lewis,
was arrusted, and the money recovered.
Twa pr'zi fljs hum been awarded In
the townships ol Northampton nnd NV.vlou,
Pennsylvania, the former giving the largest j
Democratic majority In October over that of
IStil. and the latter the largest I. Hi,. I ite
Presidential, election, ia the vote on the
October State ticset.
Two deer parks in England are reported
to contain twenty-one thousand deer.
A man and wife In New York lay c1 aim
is the championship on the strength of bar
ing thirty-one children.
Antelope rlesli from Omaha is selling at
six cents per poiiud in Chicago. Send some
of inhere. .
JostSo The intimation that it is prob
able that an effort will be made toabilish
the franking privilege; in fact, it has inau
gurated a i'ruiK incense among thorn.
Jimm Hoffman, of San Francisco, re
cently soulenced the first nnd second ollicers
or the Americau ship Sanleo to two years
imprisonment in tho S'aW prisou for cruelty
to three apprentices, mere boys. One of the
biys tcstilied that he wss whipped several
times during the voyage probably forty
times; that the defendant frequently com
pelled bitn to drink salt water, and upon
one occssiou be forced him to eat a piece of
tobacco as long ns a man's lingei ; il made
him very sick, causing him to vomit and
to strain a great deal; be had to drink silt
water a number of limes, and each time
that It was lo'.- 4 upon biin the male de
clared that it "Would strengthen his lungs
and give tlie ship a good name." Another
lad lestiiled that he hud been out from New
York only a few days when the mate began
to multreat him, frequently striking him
with a rope's end because be could not re
member the names of the ropes. Sometimes
be would make him draw a bucket of water
from the sea and drink of it until he could
bold nv more; on one occasion be made him
drink four cupful almost a gallon it
puffed out hisstomsch until it looked like a
tond's; he was very lick after It but received
no pity from either if the mates; he was
kept sawing wood for a month, and was
struck once with a heavy piece of wood;
the stuwiyd said that he had beoti going to
sea for thirty seven years aud hud neve;
seen anybody so badly treats J as the ac
cused treated the boys.
The penully upon the broUl officers who
biiftVled nnd tortured these poor boys was
none loo sovcre. As a goneral rule Ameri
can sailors urn not cruel to apprentices.
Still tho worst ernes seldom come before
the coutls. The autiou of Jude Hoffman
Will, produce a trumiuilizing eETeet upon
1 111 "in than onu Amrft iciii vesiel.
, THE SNOW.
Oh t the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth bolow;
Over the house-tops, over the streets,
Over the heads If the people you meet,. '
lncing,
Flirting,
r'kiimning along r
Beautirul snow; it ran do no wrong,
Firing to kiss a fair lady's cheek.
Clinging to lips in n frolicsome freak.
Beautiful snow from the Heaven above,
Pure as on nngel, gentle ai lovel
Oht the snow, the beautiful snow,
How the flakes gathei and laugh as they ge
Whirling about in the mnddnnlng fun,' v
It plays lu its glee with everyone, " -"Chasing,
Laughing. .
Hurrying by;
It lights on the face and it sparkles the eyel
And even the do with s bark and a bound
Snap at the crysials that eddy around: ' "
The town is alive, and its heart in a glow.
To welcome the coming ol bountiful snowt
.How the wild crowd goes swaying along.
Hailing each other with humor and sunn!
How thegny sledges, like meteors, flash by,
Bright for the moment then lost to the eye;
Ringing,
Swiuging,
Dashing they go, , ;
Over the crust of the beautiful snow;
Snow so pure when it falls from ttie sky.
To be trim pled in Bind by the crowd rush-
iiii by.
To I"' trampled ami tracked by the Ihou-
saoiU of feel.
Till it liieiiiN wilu the tilth in tliu horrible
streets.
linee t wjs pu iti snow !
Fell like tin, siHMV tl ikes IVniu beaveri to
. hell;
Kelt in lie mm pled as fi'th of the tr.st ; -Fell
io lie sciil'.il. to lie i.plt n;l and be.il ;
l'ie.ilin. .
.Luis IliT. , . ..
llleild!:iU '" diV
.'ellinj my. suit! i.i w hoover woutd liny,
Iv.i!iti;i in (.hanei I'of n morsel of liread,
il itillkf III' U itlT anil e'Hliuit llie dfnil:
Mere. ImI G.ul! tune i fill.-n In ?
And vol 1 w s once like lite beautiful snow.
Onee I wns fair ns ihe lien it 1 i Til I snow.
With iin eve like li i rytal, a l.e.trt like it?
elow :
Once 1 was lov.'d Inr tuy iniin,.iit jtrce
Fi.ilter d and sofglii lir ihe uluuiii of my
l.ice !
Fa i In f.
.Mntlier.
, Sis: ITS ul.
(ind. iwnl nivto.f. I lime liwt by i:iy fli;
The veriest wreicll that goes shiverintt by.
Will lake a wide sweep lest 1 wander too
nigh;
For all that is n:i or uWore ill know.
Tin ie is nothing us pure us the beautiful
mow.
Uow sMune it should be that Ibis hi-autiM
snow
Slinii 1.1 fall on a sinner wit'i nowhere to go!
tl'nv strange it should lie, when the night
;'.ihs attain.
If tlie an..w aim ..- j,. struck tny di-pei ate
tir iin, ' - -
Failllillgj,
Fieizing,
Dying alone.
Too wiek-tl fir a prayer, too weak fur a
tiioan.
To be he.,td in tho streets of tbe crazy
town.
Gone mud in the joy ol tho snow coming
duwn,
To lie. uud so die In my terrible woe,
With it brd and a shroud ol the beuiilifn
snow.
SuiiluiY is Cojiixti: Sherry's troupe will
oen heie on Thursday evening,' On that
i ccAiion will be brought out the great play
ontitled the '-Lancashire L'iss."
jtftalr I11 Paragnay.
A correspondent siys the allies are pre
pining for another Hank movement on Lc
prz. Marquis Cax'as is only waiting until
tbe time tui'ives to follow up Lopi -t with
light artillery. There appears to be insur
mountable dinicullies In the wy, however.
Tho Paraguayans hold a battery In a nar
row pass in 1 be river called Angostura,
which gives much trouble. It has been se
verely bombarded by the Brazilian squadron
but has not yet been silenced. 80m Iron.
dads have sucoeeded la passing it, snd re-
maiu uliove until the division in the dis
co arrives. No important move by tbe
squadron will be mnde,wiiig to the iocleu -oncy
uf Iho weatbor ami the Immense hard
ships endured by the troops. There has of
late been mucti sickness in the nrmyr and
for fully 11 week oholera committed great
ravages; but the weaiher having improved
and nnnitary measures having been more
attended lo, the health ef the army is now
reported gnud, uud cholera has completely
left the camp. . There. is uot the slightest
prospect of a speedy termination to the cam
paign, and no one attempis 'to put 'a'llntit
to its duration. Ten thousand recruits arc
shortly expected from Brazil; but it is im
probable that any further' recruits from tbe
Argentine or Oriental republics will be or
dered, notwithstanding the Very urgent ne
cissity that exists Tor .the measure..
'l'HU following-. pM-soug wgl aaa'ie apnlldatian
I fjr Mceuse at tlie Jaaaary leiia of the Uoart
ei Q.uarti' eeasisns:
Sa-iuiol Uli B. I'ionor. Wholatale.
J. It. McCewn, Curnplaoter tn., Krilanrant.
J. a. SUI t'H, Clerk.
UY tho E. Howard American Watch, the bast
X midc, ot inilnM a cu.
jTitLEIi
X CO 's
HirlMV ro-A largo assortment of which It
hslng closed out at reduced rates at KKYNOLDS,
nttoOIlEAD CO'9, No. 11 Contra St., opposite
Hit PostOmca, Oil City, Pa.
Alisma. This is a newly dlscovend article to be
used for a hair drawing, which Is said to bs superi
or to anything af Ills kind yet placed before the pub
lic. It renders thn hair ssft and glossy, snd will, It
is said, cause the hnlr to urow on scalps which have
Ions; lacked such a covering. It Is not properly a
hair dye, and vet If will so operate on the rents of
me same wuen appueu as in n-sMro u lo lis origin
al color and luxuriance In a very brlf iiiriod of
time, it Is beyond question, a very superior thing,
and will mere titan till the expectations of soy on
wlio may nurrhiwe 't Syracuse I'aner. Trv Sew
ard's CniU'b u e. It is the beat. A. O. MUXRII A
O" , Wholesale and Remit Druggists, Agnnls fur
Petroleum Centre, Pa. V oevll-liu.
Beautiful Slipper I'altornsnt A. S. Smith's Doot
i. Shoo Sloro. . . . . deoU-tf... .,
(ST FANCY GOODS, all -Ascriptions, whole
sale and retail, for Holiday Presents, at
' A". D. MlI.I.EK A CO.-8 -
(Irorkery For all kinds go to REYNOLDS,
DKODHKAD A CD'S, No. 11 Centre Utrset, oppo,
site the Post Oft! re, Oil City, Pa.
.Call and exsndne the flue assirtmeut of
SI.UTKIt PATTKKNS at A. 8. Suiitli'a Boot A
Shoe Sioro. decl& If-
A lame asenrtniout of KISS 8KWU1) BOOTS at
A 8. Smith's Hoot A Hhoo S'ore. decli U.
DIARIES Tor 8tO at A. D MfM.KR A CO!).
Cnrpels, of every quality and dnrrlpiion, at
RKYNOI.n-, IIIMHHIRM) A t'O'H, No. II Cant
Strtct, oppoit the P . ()., Oil City, Ps.
Excrlsior llilliiii'd l'arlore.
To enjnv a dHlihtftil and tpilet irams nl nilllaidsr
got A Ksrnliaiu's lustiinintliie llllliaid Par
lors, on-WaainnL'tDU tfei, next d'Hir to t ties ItocU-"
fcsiev Houses Tlu.-s Par mi's nn wlrliln a short dis
tance of. uiost of Ilia principal hotuli in Petroleum
Cantro. ' may 0 If.
j. Til 8 bust place Is town ki get a pair of Boat
aiade Of the heat stnrlr. thn will wmr wall, sc. I
warranted te fit. ia at J. A. t'laiite'e Kash-
I, nnUe Bout Shop. Wu'i'nutoa Strci. Prtrolenm
Centre, Pa. Civ 1dm a 'rial seplv If.
CK1AKS AND TXU.fC ai A. D. KIl.Llin A
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NEW ADVKilTI'KM KNTA
LIVERY, St FEED
STAiBLES, '
ValliiiKtoil Stroi't, tti.iii
lilts Opera Mo lite,
PETROLEUM CKNTItE, PKN.VA.
I have put In a good . s'oe't r Riding and
I ) riving llort.'Si, whieli I will let on
reasonable li'rnis.
.4.lo, C'iitteir Wngitni, Spring
Wiigtsn, cVc.
UOKSUS boarded aud tWd and Itett at cure guar-
sutetst. - - 1 , ,
jtittf t A. SMAWI.KV..
United States
1
insurance
OF NKW YORK,
Establish?.! March 5, 1850.
t'sipUal & A tact, 8 :,:, ;(
E. J. RO.S9, Agent,
. . -.s. w. . .
lprolf u:n Centre, '
This Compaiiv,
Belns one of ths oldfst and most rellatile in 11
Ctiiir.dHtnttSf 'sn'orile ample atctir ry. not only ti'
Its isnra anvte, which on 'Jan nary 1st, 1S(W, were al
ready my3 million ovsr lis liahlllllos, lut also ly
the .. . , -r j i , 1 1 i .. .
PERSONAL! 'LIABILITY j OF TUB 5
STOCKHOLDERS TO MKE OOOD
ANY DF.FICIEN0Y,
a security n.i ollord il by any nthar Cash Comua'iy.
"i .
. : .' Im.;;i ' , f.i : . . . ,. ;
J)iciderul are Declared .Ann u
And may bs tisail to assist in palng I'rsm fcTO, ta
afford Iddlllonal Insaraus . m tot oeonra paid up
Polio s srer thsy have beeh la fsroo foi a number t
of years; ss explained hs-onr panipalet, or they may
acaninulateat cotnoutiad intwesl to ineriaae the.
sent taswiaaY I . . . !
EVERY FATSE1
stliowld secure s Policy ss early as nonible. as non
but hsalthy persons can be Inaurad. and it is. his
noral duty, to pmytdsjln the safust way for bis fam
I'y, which be csnaoi'do betur, than by a Ufo la
suranca. Muuey Invested In biwlbess may bring
iwiro iatorest for s whle, but It msj all bo lost,' salt
the ramily Is thus loft dcailtnls. , '
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