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Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pet. Centre, Friday. Jan. as.
Tim of Cloning Ma 11a.
t. O., PmtoLRtn evirrar. Pi.,
July S7st, 1S08. j
rM farther mMn the mails win arrive at aud
Apart troaa tlila efflee u follows:
ajouvs.
tototi and But, via. Irvineton, 10.5 A. M.
tooth and Vfeet, Meadvllle, &.18 P. IL
Reita aod Boat, Corry, BSe "
cariin.
Booth and Wast, MS A. M.
Bootl, Boot and West, SO P. St.
Morto, ael and Wait, 10.09 A. M.
H. . BLACKHO, t.JM.
Divine Services.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
fVeethlof al 11 o'clock A.M., and 7
o'slosk P. H.
Ret. J. T. Oxtobt, Paster.
V. E. CHURCH.
Services everv Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
1 P. V. Sabbath School at twelve o'clock
If. SmIi Free. A oordlal Invitation
ztoodtd to all.
Kir. C. M. Uiad. Pastor. -
8T8. PETER AND PAUL'S (CATHOLIC)
CHURCH.
Mom at 10fc a. n.
Vespers aad Benadlatloa of tbe Blessed
8icranitnt at 4 a, d, -Catstblsm
at 1 p. m.
JAMES DUNN, Paator.
THE PETROLEUM TRADE.
Tbe Erie Dispatch, of yesterday publishes
tbe following article upon the petroleum
trade:
Various influeates combine to create the
new interest tbnt now centres on the petio
Iriim trade. It is not possible that such a
power In the commercial world as tbe oil
market should remaia notoucbed by the
vast fluctuations that are now, like the
storm-swells of tbe sea, sweeping over linan
clal America, tiling up eld business chan
nels and drifting out new. It Is something
to this northwest nook, and to nil interr
ed that these commercial upbeavinga, as in
tbe ease of tbe other essential interests,
have brought petroleum palpably to the
surface; and as 'oil" bos a repugnancy to
"mixing" generally, it Is Indicated that
kerosene will be king "while the lamp holds
out to burn."
Three points obtain prominence In this
connection: supply, reserve' and demand.
The question of supply is simply the ques
tion of nature's productiveness; the demand
will be satisfied as far as enterprise bits to
do In that direction. Tbe fears of exhaus
tion st flrsl entertalaed by a very naturally
inereduloni public seem, from subsequent
developments, not to have been well found
ed. Strikes are tbo order of the day as
mush now as ever, though they mny not
discover themselves in thu shape of
Shermans" and "Grants," with their 800
te 1.5U0 barrels per day. Striking ilu"
has become a legitimate, staid, old-fashioned
and nnn sensntioiiul businesH now, robbed
of thai "vaulting ambition which o'erleaps
itself," According to the latest and most
reliable accounts, the average production of
an toe wens in the Venango region Is about
ten thousand barrels per day. which, we be
lieve, Is fully up to tbo production at the
same time In 168 And more tbsn this
tbe comparatively high prices which have
prevailed tor somo time Unit resuscitated
and stimulated development, so that the'
nunioer oi weua ooiug put nown, it IS Sam,
is almost unprecedented in the history of
tbe trsdo.
As lor. the stock the reserve on band,
it is net so easy a matter to arrive at any
definite estimate, nor Is it, per In p. so de
sirable. Nevertheless., this consideration
has much to do with tbe present condition
ul tbe oil market. It has been stated re
cently that the stoeks in the warld at tbe
beginning of 1869, were one million barre s
lets than at the beginning of lSl'.S, while,
on tbe ether band it has been ligured up
that the stock on hand now is fully up to
wbut it was Inst year at this time. Here is
a discrepancy of a million barrels, nearly
equal to one-third of tbe year'a production,
mid bow is it to Iw reconcile IT Tbe great
difficulty In gelling at the point in queslior,
lies in tbe fact there are no lull, saln.fi.cior
ami reliable statistics, by which to deter
mine, with any degree of accuracy, the
slocks on band; and while we admit that
there are some planes where the lecords of
receipts and shipments ean have been kept
eerreotly, there are others, where they have
not, S i that in order to make nut a full state
ment, tbe statistician In corai.lilnn hia fitr
tires has, in many cases, to estimate or miess
at it as best be can. In the long run, bur .
ever, tuts question or reserve is nothing as
regards tbe two other euds of the trade.
The supply must ho the greatest possible,
bicautt
Tbe demand is immense nml on the in
crease. Tbe shipments to foreign markets
in lbtitt were unprecedented In the history
oi me i r auc, neing nearly uonuie., we bit
lleve, what tbey were in IboT, and if the
Vrusent can b taken as a criterion of the
fulHre, it is probable lout the consumption
oi on in ikiu win ne much larger than it
whs in IStiS. New markets sr.- being opened
up every year, and, in consequence at Its
rueaunets, mere is no other article thni can
succeeifiilly compete with It. The point of
auxiety now only is tbe extent of tbo great
subterranean basin Irom which this source
of wealth Hows. Petroleum has t'0 me u
universal necesiy. There is no danger,
therefore, of Its production ever becoming
se great as to swamp the demand. Tbo
real danz"r Is, if there is any in the muter,
that a doerease in lti finply iiisy occur,
and thus pUott au tx.ir Jli .ui ptiu tut Hie
o oumnd. ty. ' Even aa it if the pri lucem-
i'liet, h'gtit but lh.ro i' plenty of mar
gin vi, teline any oil joN ean ial,a pUao.
The tena.nav at' present is upward, uiui
will be nntll spring, wbeo some roodifleatlon
will lake place; though no oiatcrial retro
grade; for the petroleum trade la es much
an Inatlliition of our commerce now a tbe
coal or iron trade.
OIL. CITI CORRESPONDENCE.
Oil Citt, Jan. 29.
On Tuesday night between twelve and
one o'clock, a tar at ill at a refinery on tbe
flata exploded, causing quilo a scare la that
neighborhood by tbe report and concussion,
but fortunately no one waa injured.
Mueh reeling is manifested by tbe prop
erty boldera ea Main street, In consequence
of the rumors of a projeet te permit tbe
Franklin and Jamestown Railroad a rlgbt
of way up that street te tbe tnoatn of tbe
creek. Tbey ooatend that such a course
would depreciate to a great degree tbe
value of their real estate.
Miss Kate Fisbpr appeared last evening
at Bascom'i Hall in the French Spy and
Margery In tbe "Rough Diamond," to a full
bouse.
Tbe oil market contiuuee firm at $7.00
here. Juan.
COURT RECORD.
FtuNiCLiN, Jan. 27, 1869.
Alexander Gordon Indictment, aggra
vated assault and battery, en oath of Sam
uel Johnson, Defendant plead guilty and
sentenced te pay a fine of five dollirsvand
costs of prosecution, and undergo imprison
ment in county jail for one week.
George F. Moody Indictment, larceny,
on oath of A. B. Martin. Tried verdict
not guilty.
E. Hutchinson Indictment. selling liquor
without license, on oath of Henry Ueirman.
Tried verdict not guilty and prosecutor te
pay costs..
George Geiger and Jacob Sheppard In
dictment, robbery on trial. This is the
case of the great Beauinghoff robbery, and
will occupy tbe Court a day or more. Con
siderable Interest is felt by tbe public and
tbe attendance spectators is quite lurge.
Carrtino tub Jukb too Fir. Last
evening a young man of this place, who is
food of sport, took a hog off a countryman's
sled, aod bid it, by way of a joke The
Countryman couldn't see tbe juke, got out a
warrant, and bad tbo yonng man anested
for larceny. He was examined before Jus
l!u Denaghy, and held in tbe sum of $200.
Aa tbe thing was done only in sport, we
would adviso tbe countryman cot to be se
vere in the matter, but to withdraw the
suit. To tbe young man we would say, be
ware of practical joking.
Wx notice a communication la the Ve
nango Republican, which lakes our Oil City
correspondent to task In relation to a letter
published in this paper some timo since.
We have no doubt that our correspondent
can, should he feel, reply satisfactorily to
it. But tbe postcript contains an assertion
which we cannot endorse. Tbe writer seut
us a letter differing la some respects from
tbe one published in the Republican. It
contained statements and personal allusions
not calculated to do credit to tbe writer.
For that and other proper reasons wo de
clined to publish the letter.
Accident Mr. M. Seutag, met with a
painful accident Ibis morning, at about 11
o'clock, while engaged in removing an old
Sampson post at one of Maj. New Ion's wells
on Beuniogboff Hill. Mr. Sontag's foot
caught, add he fell, tbe weight of the pod
coming down on tbe lower part of bis Isft
leg, crushing It badly, and making very
painful wound. Fortunately uo bonus wero
broken.
A OKI HllNUKKO AND FIFTY BARREL
Well OK this I'uuson F.utu. A well be.
lunging to a Mr. Klinebause.r, and which
baa; hue o doing but 4 barrels per day, was
torpedoed yesterday morning. To-day, at
1 o'clock, it was producing at the rato oj
150 barrels.
TBI demand for the Great Yoieniite
Stomach Bitters, manufactured at this place
by J. W. Downer it Co., Is constantly in
creasing. A large quautily was this day
whipped from their manufactory to different
I ails of tbe oil region.
Mr. Piukering, of New York, bas just
finished a velocipede for Mies Carrie A.
Uuoiu, who is engaged to 'exhibit ibat mode
of locomotion in the West. Tbe wheels are
of the ordinary height, but tbe reach con
necting them is made somewhat lower, nud
ths saddle is differently arranged.
The Rev. John A. Sfoott, of West Virgil
in, bas invented a camera for taking photo
graphs of the earth's surface from any de
sired height. U Is sent up by a balloon, with
a cloek woik to open and shut at the right
elevation, and when it is pulled down the
photographic impression is done. It Is
tlioi.glil that It will he of great use in war.
There have been paid 12.909 of soldiers'
bounty rlitluis presented from Michigan,
drawing from the United Slates Treasury
fl.Wn.bti).
THE NEWS.
Ex-Governor Pickens died In Idgefield,
South Carolina, Monday.
Henry Landla committed suicide at Ir
viogton, N. 8.. last Monday night,
John P. Gotigh leetured to crowded
bouses at Detroit on Monday and Tuesday
evenings.
Tbe premium tor the best vineyard in tbe
Slate of Miabigan has been awarded to Pont
de Pearoo Jt Co. over six competitors. Die
drich & Breisacb, of Detroit, were awarded
tbe second premium.
General Klapka, who played an impor
tant part in the Hungarian insurrection or
1848, has published a letter ln relation lo
the Eastern question, in which be ehows
himself favorable to Turkey.
Withom Block, in Columbia, Tennessee,
was destroyed by Bra Monday nigbt. A
young lady named McLean, while endeav
oring to escape from tbe burning building,
jumped into cistern in an adjoining yard
and was drowned.
Victor Ilago bsi written a letter, ia which
be says that tbe cause of Crete is the cause
of Greece, and the cause of Greece is tbe
cause or Europe. Ho calls diplomacy a ruse
or principles against God's logic, "but at
given time God is right."
Tbe recent convention of railroad presi
dents, held at Atlanta, Georgia, resolved to
reduce tbe fare of all persons going south
to prospect or examine tbe country to two
cents a mile, and all immigrants are allowed
to travel for one cent par mile.
A bar of pure merchantable tin, weighing
eighty-five onnds. bas been turned out in
San Frnneisco from ore from a tin mine at
Temeseal, Sun Diego county, California.
A gentleman oi Houston, Texis, was
awakened by strange sound the other night
and going out to bis garden, fiund three
negroes busily engaged, two In digging aud
the third in reading aloud from the Bible.
They were after the pirate LafUte'n g"M.
JSfLorgo stock ot. Gents' Fiirirdrng
Goods, just reoe.vo I nt Liimm'Te & Aldeii's
Clothing SIom. jiS-2i.
A drove of 260 sheep sold In Jefferson
county, Iowa, en thu 17th, lor$l a head.
. Horace Wilfov., of the RiiIIii K.vprpss has
been elected Slain printer ti M'onii.
The County Treasurer of Jiine ui county,
Wisconsin, loses $1,600 by a lule rubbery.
There was received at th Lnnd Office at
St. Paul. Minnesota, duiirg 1868, tbe sum
of $278,242.
Dubuque Is making efforts to secure the
con'truclien of a railroad from that place to
McGregor. J
Tbe gnld business of Denver, in 1863, was
$1,301,366, not including sums exported in
private hands.
Rodoll's mills, on Mill Creek, Riebland
county, Wisconsin, were destroyed tiy fire
on the 20ib. Loss upwards of $ 1 5,000.
A Mis. Loman, of the town of Bloom.
Richland county, Wisconsin, gave birth,
Isst week, to three children. Tbe mother
died.
On Sunday evening the grocery store of
Allen Marshall, nt Jeffersnnvlllp, Illinois,
was destroyed by fire. Causa unknown.
Loss $10,000.
Tbe Michigan CentraiRnilroad Company
is urged to build an air-lln'e from Ydsilunti
to Niles, saving twenty miles in distance.
Towns along the proposed route are voting
aid.
The State of Nebraska bas located 2.681.
070 acres o'f land, and ol tbis 7b0,000 acres
is to le disposed ol in seme way by tbe
present Legislature.
The aged parents of a young man who was
murdered in Columbus, Mississippi, both
died witbin forty-eight hours after they
beard of the tragedy.
Sunday morning, tbe large steam saw
niill of Samuel Bull, at Miiseoda, Wisconsin,
was entliely consumed by Ore. Tbe lots ia
estimated at $,000.
a winona i Minn,) farmer, who "squu-
ted there, has l,0O acres under improve.
meul, with extensive farm buildings, and
will this yearerest a costly residence.
V. 11. Talhott, and tbe widow or James
Costig.in, presented a claim for woik done
on thu northern penitentiary of Indiana,
amounting to $526,150, with Interest.
55" Hats and Capo, new styles, at Lain
meis it Alden's. , j28 21.
A girl up in Greene o i'inty, Iowa, hav
ing been jilied by a naughty fellow, didn't
aot the fool and lake poiaun, but took a
stick or wook aod belted him over the bead.
Seven thousand mora military bonds of
Mihxonri have been redeemed than could
have been issued by authority of law. Au
investigation has boon ordered.
A. F. 1 ipton, Poftmssier at L'lkador,
Inna, inherits $75,000 from a baoltelor
uncle who lost hi lib on the ill-ruled
steamer I'nilod States, burned near Cin
cinnati a short ','mc since.
Russia bas fit nsjon a new plan tor as
sisting tbe starving Inhabitants of Finland.
It assists them out of the country and sends
them to colonise the Ameor regions.
Each man who emigrates receives two hun
dred acres or ground, tools, and stock, all
except the land to be paid for in eight
years, tbe farm being a gift. They are be
sides to be wholly exempt from taxation for
twenty-four years, and thereafter taxed but
moderately. The offer is sld to be popu
lar and satisfactory, both to the Fiuns and
to Russia.
.
Tub Philadelphia Star says: Throughout
the couolry the recent rnins and storms have
damaged the trees to an extent previously
almost unknown. Trunks and limbs two
feet in circumference have been completely
broken off, and In many places tbe woods
look as if tbey had been ridden with shot
and shell. The loss of trees by breakage
this year is noticeable ss exceeding that of
any season for a long time past.
A wondering Yankee who bad put up fur
tbe night at a hotel In a western border
town, on entering the bar room next morn
ing, found the landlord sweeping up what
he supposed to Vw grapes. He said to him.
'You have pretty large grapes out here."
"drapes!" said the landlord, "them's eyes
that was gouged out hero last night!"
A geatlemnn connected with ono or tbe
largest business firms in St. Lents recently
called al a newspaper office and left a $1100
advertisement. He said that he had dreamed
tbe night before that he had done so, and
be felt as though he ought to follow out tbe
stlggeBtinrs of his dream.
J.y New assortment ol Clothing this day
received at Lnmmers A Alden's. j28-2t.
B. J. liiiudall, Po'tmuster at Portland,
Oregon, has been convicted of fjruhbing the
mails, and sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment.
Randall's cjerk was arrest-
ed on the same charge.
iT" Overcoats selling remarkably cheap
al Lamuiers & Alden's. j2S-2t.
A CARD.
We desire to express our thanks to eur
friends in Petroleum Centre and Pioneer
for their generous donation last evening:
t' M'. Cross, the gentlemanly proprietor of
tVC'ii'rai House, for tbe liee use of bis
moms: to Mr. Weaver lor bis kindness in
aitisling the managers: to the young ladies
who made the tea aod cotfu?: and In all for
e ich and every expression of kindness. We
i' ere highly delighted with the pleasant ac
quaintances we were privileged to form, at d
b pe that tbey may all ripen into an exnlb d
Christian Iriendf liip, the bonds of which
can never be broken. C. M. Ukarii,
L. C. He a ill).
Petroleum Centre, Jan. 29, 1869.
Loal JVollims.
GREAT BARGAINS
OFFERED TO THE
Citizen tf Petroleum Centre
In tli way of
Blank Book,
Stationery,
Fancy Goods,
Worsteds,
Bird Cages,
Pcliool Uoeks,
Ac, ate, at
ESeaEIi'S VAMETI Store,
35 SPRING STREET,
TITV8TILI.B, PA.
JauSl lm.
Revolvers. A aplendid
lebam's.
aaaortmsnt
Janil-tr.
lata, C!nr". Boole aud Shoes. A large
aortnient at REYNOLDS, BKODI1EAD A CO S,
No. II Centre Street, opposite the. Post Ofllco, Oil
City, Pa.
Riiltar String. A large lot or the bevt
Ouitar Strings tbo market affords, Juet recelrel at
Irham'a. JnuDI-tf-
llardwurc .V large assortment r which Is
being cloned out at rodutted rutea at KKVNOLI H,
BltOIMIKAD A.CO'S, So. 11 Centra St., oppoelie
tbe Poat Office. Oil City, Pa.
Ausaa. This la a newly discover d article ,to be
need for a hair dri-asinn, which Is aaid to ba superi
or to anything of the kind yet placed before the pub
He. It rendere the hair soft aud trlosiy, and will, It
is said, cause the hnlr lo tirow on sculps which hive
Inuz lacked uch a oovrliur. It ia nut nmnerlv a
hair dye, and vet It w.ll so operate ou the root of
mo saino wtieu appneu as to restore It to its origin
al color and luxuriance in u very brief period of
time, it ia buvoud question, a very s.ijierior th:ng,
and will inoro I Inn till the expectation of any one
who mnv purcliaso .ft Syracuse Puptr. Try Pew
aid a Co'uirh Cn e. It l the boat. A. I). Mil. I, Eli &
t'U., Wholesale and Kotall Lrugcists, Agenm tor
Petroleum Centre, Pa. novJS-lm.
CIGARS AInD TOBACCO t A. 0. M IM.lt K A
C(.)."S.
BeaoUfnl Slipper fattens st A. B. Smith's Boot
8bea Store. desIS-tf.
CT FANCY GOODS, stl dascriptlons, whole
sale ana retail, fee Tlallday Presents, at
A. D. MILIEK A GO. "9.
Crockery Fur all kinds go to KETMOLD8
BRODHKAD A CO, No. U Centra titrast, oppo'
site the Post Office, Oil (Kty, Pa.
Dry Good, a large steak at JlITNOtDS
OltontlRAD A Com, No. 11 Csatra Bt, oppoiue
the Post Office, Oil CUr, Pa .
CJr" LADIES wlshlsg te make aa appreprtale
present, will find baanliful SLIPPER PATTKKNS
at A. 8. S.MITITS Boot A Shoo Stire declStf.
BIRD CAUKS, wbolnala and retail.
Thirty-
fonr different at) las to arrive this week, at
A. V. MILLER CO.tL
i
1.500 rolls WALL PAPER received tale aa at
A. D. MILLER A CD'S.
.ew Flour, Feed anal Grocery
More t
J. S. I'KATHER,
AtthsOLD BANK BHlLPlNO, OX MsINIIT.
opposite tbo McCUntock How, has oa band a
larce and lltit class stock of Flour, Feed stud
ftrororlea, which ha Is sailing at a low Igure.
S- Don't forgut the rlssa where A, D. Cotton
A Company broke up. jaa2-tf.
.Call ami atamias the line Mnirtment of
SLIPPER PA PTEKN3 at A. 8. Smith's Bsot A
Shoe Store declt tf.
CANARY BIRDS, boat rman Imporud, whole
alaand retail, at A. D. Mil. LRU CO.'M.
A larg a-aortment of KINiJ.8tWiii B39T8 at
A. 8. Smith's Boot A Hhoe B'ore. itaell-ar.
DIARIKM for .801) at A. D. MILLER A (JO'S.
Carpet, or every quality and deai-riptlon, at
REYNOLD:, BKODIIRAD ft Cll'3, No, It Cautro
Street, opposite the P . O.. (Ill City, Pa.
F.xcciNior ltilliurd I'urlors.
To enjoy a d'-llphtnit and ipilel pamo ol Billlaids.
jroto A. O. Kiinilmm's t'tubionabie Itilllu'd Par
lor, on Waahiiiclon Street, anrt to the Roch
enter IIoum. The-a Parlors are within a ehort dii
ttnee of Brf or the principal hotels iu Petroleum
Centre .tf.
PAPER AND KNVKLOPESat A.
& CO 'S.
D MILLER
THE b.M phien la tovu to get a pair of Boeta
made of thu best Stock, that will mr well, and
warranted to At, ii nt J. A. Plante's Kl -loDUble
Boot Shop, W.uhlngtoa Street, Petroleum
Centre, Pa. Give Mm a trial. seplO tf
CAIilFOKIVIA.
WHEAT FIELDS AND STOCK RAN
CIIOS I have Ran'-ho or Faime for site, through
oat CALIFORNIA, In tracts nf One Ilnndrel
Antes up to Twenty Tlwiwuid. Terms to suit pur
chasers. Those lands will grow Thlit) five to Fifty
P.tiehels or Wheat to 'be Aere, with ordinary farm
ing, and a Volunteer Crop of Twenty-five buehele
per A ore.
arCorrespondcnae Solicited. Addrcas I1ENRY
McKENTY, Dealer In Real EUa.s. Office 304
Montgom' ry Street. San Frarclsen, Cel. jetif .
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. S. G-riswold,
Dealer ia
COAL.
Iff Oi drs ly the Car or To premptly
Mliea
Also, Ageat fbr the celebrates.
KMX. RIDGE COAL!
OFHCB oa Second Btrett, Dear R. H. Tracav
PETROLEUM CENTRE, PA.
Jana if.
A. T. LEGGEIT,
Manu'acturar uit Dealer la
HARNESS,
Seed Bags,
Valve Cups, &c.
RxptiT.c.-'t waikiaea ara einidoyed. and Hor
nets nf an Kindi kept constantly on sand and Bade
to order
P. V. Ileinz's Pat. Seed Bag
For Sate.
Uepaii-ing Done at all Times !
Call aud eivnlae eur stock and prices,
Main-StM below 'the ftfcClin
tock IIoue.
Petroleam Conue, Pa., Jan Tth, IS. tf.
Dissolution.
IWK co partnerahlp heretofore eilstlae aetwsas
t jy.h Kllnrtlpsmlih. H Kliaglnemlth aad
N H Ilofford, ia ibis day dissolved kj mutual eoa-
n H lionord relirea Irom the Bras and W RKIIag-
tiiemlth aud H Kiinainsmitk conllaue la tbe bast
s tbe nasi-
neas, and assume all bills 'or or against the lata
W H KLINOINSMnU,
n KI.INOIXHMITU, .
Potro'enm Centre. Jan, II, ts69. w
BUY thu K Howard Amariean Watch, aha east
mads, of lMHAit a Ct).
ULIIIOold J.me'ry, Ladies' He, tar KiwS
rios. rioeve nuitoua. e., at it'tia.w m w-
DIAMCNUtUaaudRI.Nt48,
st isBAM A CO'H.