Petroloum Centre Daily Record.
Pet, Centre, Fridar, march 19.
Trmo of Cloalna mall.
F. O., PinoLVPH Cuants, P., )
Jult 7n, 106. i
BeHI farther aetloe the mail wtH arrive at and
dtp art from Oil office a follow :
ananri.
Beath ant Bant, via. Irrtattoa, M M A. M.
ftowtn aad Wart, " Meadrille, lit P. M.
Maria and Bart, Corr.t Ja
DIMM.
Booth and Wart, t it A. M.
Bnan( East said West, ISO P.
Ronb,SEiMt and Wart, 10.00 A. M.
B. I. BLACK HON, P. If.
DlTlne Services.
PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCII.
Preashlns; at 11 o'clock A. H., aod TJf
'lock P. M.
Rit. J. T. Oxronr, Pastor.
M. X. CHURCH,
ftereloes rery Salibatb at 11 A. M. and
7 P. U. Sabbath School ot twelve o'clock
It. Bests Free. A eorUial Invitation
Mtandad to all.
Rit. C. If. HitRit. Paitor.
T8. PETER AND PAUL'S (CATHOLIC)
CHURCH.
Max at W a. m.
Vespers and Benadlellon of tbe Blessed
Sacrament at 4 p. m.
Cateeblsn at I p. m.
JAMES DUNX , Paitor.
raXIOHTFUt, TORPEDO EXPLO
SION. The TIfusvllle Herald of this morning,
aye:
The most terribly fatal accident we bare
been sailed upoa to record, took place en
Cbnrcb Rua jesterdsT afternoon, resulting
in the Inataat death ol A. D. Griffin, W.
H. Todd and Wm. Bills, and the fatal in
jury of Col. P. DaTlilaon. The accident oc
curred at about four and a half o'clock, at
the office of Col. Darldsoa on tbe territory
leased by him on Chnreh Run, about one
mil from tbe city. So far as tbe facts can
be ascertained, tbe parties were engsged In
prepariof a torpedo, Mr one of the well.
As Col. Davidson subsequently explained,
they were all inside tbe bouse, aid while
Grlfflo, Todd and Bills were standing about
tbe torpedo, jarring down tbe charge, be
(Col. 1). ) was about walking toward the
deor. It Is thought that tbe charge con
tained about seven pounds of fulminating
powder, (his own invention,) while about
twenty MdMomt pvawA wftnt lylna Mr.
The explosion resulted from percussion, and
tbe shock was precrptlbly fell all over tbe
city. The building was of course blown
Into fragments, and its inmates, wUb tbe
exception of Col. D., were Ineiantly kil.ed.
Tboir clothing was almost entirely stripped
from their bodies, which were shockingly
lacerated In every part. A crowd of men
was speedily gathered from tliH vicinity.
Cot. Davidson was found to bn conscious,
but utterly helpless and experiencing the
intensest pain. His right thigh was severed
to tbe bone, a though laid open by an axe,
and his chest, back, arms and besd were
sovetod with ghastly burns, his race burned
to a crisp, and the sight of one eye destroy
ed. His first inquiries were concerning the
fate of bis companions, whom be feared
were more severely hurt, aud desired that
tbey should be attended to. A litter was
constructed upon which as speedily as pos
sible he wss boron to tbe Hush House aod
placed nnder medical attention. The re
main of Griftlo, Todd and Bills were con
veyed to the city, and placed In charge of
the acting coroner, Justlco Strouse, and an
inquest was In progress last evening.
This terrible visitation easts a melancholy
gloom over the entire region, and Buds no
parallel in anything that has precednd it.
I'. S. Col. Davidson expired at 11:05 last
night.
(jt'iTi an lilt-resting time was bad at tbe
meeting of the Tio-ioer Literary Society, at
Ploueer, night before last. The meeting
was called to order by roll call, after which
tbe reports of commit toes wore listened ' to.
The committee appointed at a previous
meeting en prisio essays, reported that they
linil awarded the first prize to Mrs. W. K.
Thorp, and the second to Mrs. Northrup.
The reading of Hie cssuys followed, which
proved very interesting. After recess a
musical biulusiiiie created considerable
nuiuseineiit. Tii exorcists of the evening
were intercepted with some wry fine vocal
and instrumental music. Tbe meeting ad
ji'tirned at about 10 o'clock, each Member
no doubt feeling benefitted by attending.
V are requested by Mr. Darrow to
state tbut to-morrow afternoon Indie will
be admitted free to his Velocipede School
at Hie Opera House. A rare cnanoo isotier
! ti the ladies to Irani to tide tbu Veloci
pede
Two more victims uf the fever ship James
Foster. Jr., died nt I hu PeatO'in's Ueta'&t,
New Yoik,, on Tuesday.
LITE IN THE MR WEST.
A correspondent ol tbe Omaha Republican
writing Irom Helena, Montana, referring to
tbe gambling bells of that place, says :
It's no disgrace, so considered here, to
visit these dens, for there it is you find your
most intimate friends judges, lawyers,
doctors everybody in fact. Hut now try
and intaglio yourself at my elbow, and this
accomptisneu, we win awing arouna me
circle'' just fsr enough to get a glimpse of
the kind or lite one is able to una la these
bell-holes of chandellered crime. Here is a
long, low, roagb-appcariig Irani structure,
with port-boled windows along the sides,
double doors in front, just outside of which
a band of screeching horns are poisoniag
tne air wun uucoauny aounas.
We enter the hall, brilliant with rows of
burning candles for remember it is night
snd jsmmed with drunken miners, tbe re
spectable of the community, others who at
cut-throats, some who are professionally
nothing more lor less than handy tools for
any and all villainous purposes, livery
man, wo were carelul to observe, bad a Bus
looking pistol buckled to bis side never
used, wo understand, only when it becomes
actually necessary to shoot a friend.
There are twenty-three tables in the room
or ball, which is, perhaps, 200 feet in length;
some of these tables are large, while others
art small. This, however, is all the same,
for the superintendent! oi each are alike
contemptible to tbe eye ef a decent man.
There is a came or " raro" around which
Is assembled tbe friends of both winner and
loser. Five thousand dollars In gold-dust
is lying in a sack npen tbe table. Tbe un
fortunate loser is fired with " gambling
rage," and is just now cursing a song by
note ; the lucky "dealer," and his infamous
"cappers,'' are alive with tbe exultant
spirits.
Here, again, is a " keno ' stand, seem
ingly well patronized ; there a " tbree-cird
monte" trap, at wnicu a lcnman-nosed Jew
Is operating the tricks ; here one thing,
there another, all and each a baited net to
string the unwary foot, it is safe to say
that one thousand men bare returned poorer
for tbe visit, others have been fed on a
baited hoek, that tbey may be the more
easily oatigbt hereafter. Probably $20,000
have changed bands in tbis one place to
night, and there are dozens of such sinks in
Iowa.
Thk Wickedest Men in Petroleum Centra
uto Sunday Comfort, which can be bad only
atGaffhey's. 2t
Col. Stockton's statement contradicts tbe
official reports received from Havana la the
most positive manner. No one particular
ol the various accounts published by the
Government Is confirmed. The Colonel
gives tbe most encouraging accounts of tbe
prospects and future of tbo rebels. The
trito saying, " One side of a tale ts always
good until tbe other stde Is heard," may be
applied to the official account of Gen.
Lesea'l advance to Puerto Principe. Three
several times did the doughty General at
tempt ma passage, ana on eauti occasion ne
was frustrated by the rebels. Tbis single
fact will warrant us in disciediting every
report published by the authorities beie
alter. S. C. Rowland, alias Jersey Sharp, wl o
was committed by Justice Uoleman yester
day, for larceny while being conveyed to
jsil by H. H. Curtis, Deputy Sheriff, under
the above commllmeat and also a commit
ment issued some time ago, for keeping
and maintaining a disorderly bouse.
made Ids escapo by jumping out
of tho car window, about a mile be
low Titueville. Sheriff Curtis offers $23.00
reward for his arrest. Tbis is the second
time, we believe, tbnt this individual ha
succeeded la escaping from justice. l'leas
aniville Evening News.
No more highway robberies committed in
Petroleum Centre eiuce people have gona to
GafTney's for their liquors. He keeps tbe
genuine artlcK t
Tbo other evening a couple of young men
were exhibiting a intent churn in Canton,
Illinois, when a liiimoreomo eld lady
averred that tbe machine was a humbug.
To disprove tbe assertion, they offered to
make butter witbin ten minutes. Tbo old
lady filled the eburn, the patent right heroes
set to work, and speut two hours in perspir
ing and relieving each other, to no purpose,
before the jocular matron informed tbem
that tbey were churning buttermilk.
A fog whistle, recently erected on Cnpe
Fourcher, larmoutb Harbor, Nova Scotia,
Is said to bo the most powerful signal in
North America, and can be beard fifteen
miles in calm weather ; in stormy weather,
five to eight miles ; with the wind twenty-
flvo miles ; against tbe wind, five to eight
miles. It has been heard inland with the
wind twenty-five to thirty miles. The light
bouse at Cape Fourcher eentains a reooiv
ing light 133 feet above the sea level.
Don't ruin yourself soul aud body by
drinking poor whisky from Titusville. but
send to GafTney's, and get a bottle of Sun
day Comfort. 2t
A suouu Hah, on the coast, recently ran
bis weapon, several feet Ion if. through the
'-skull hole." at the stern ol a fishing limit.
One of the lisiiora ae'.eil the sword, aud get
ting HHtiiite of it. held it firmly. Meantime,
the lisli, by the action ol his tail used a n
propeller, urged the boat forward tit a nood
rstii el' speed until she ranched the ves
sel to which sue belni.god, her head fortu
natuiy luting in that direction when she made
I the attack.
THE HEWS).
Wisconsin is building a wooden railroad
Tho Csnadiaa Parliament meet oa the
3d of April.
Pottugal has abolished slavery in her Co-
lonles.
Boston has fennded two new publlo libra
rles for tbe German working classes.
Tbe latest from Paris is that Edmund
Abont weighs 276 pounds.
Ex-Gov. Bullock, of Mass... has started on
a tour to Europe,
Seven hundred trains dally now run over
tho London underground railway.
A new English poetess, Menella Bale
Smedley, is highly praised by the critics.
Jeff. Davis dsnies that he has heart dis
ease, and says be was never better.
The defalcation of the City Treasurer cf
Lowell Massachusetts, amounts to over $G2,
000. The present Secretary of War, General
Rawlins, began bis career as a charooal hurt
sr.
Tbo Vicksbnrg Herald has a '-Grecian
Bend Bureau" for paragraphs relative to tbo
fair sex.
One Will ism Williams, of Chicago, who
Is announced as a bankrupt, is therefore
called a deficiency bill.
Though the sewing machine is not a reap
er at all, yet it is a fact that as you sow you
shall reap.
Tbe, best barbers in tho world, according
to European tourists hero, are to be found
In the U. S.
Tbe heirs of Sir Benjamin Gulnnes had to
pay $83,500 legacy duty before they could
handle his wealth.
Victor Emanuel jis getting famous for sub.
scribing large sums for charitable objects,
and not paying up.
A man in Connecticut recently got a
neighbor to help him to dig a grave "for a
joke," and thes killed himself.
Senator Doolittle denies the report that
he is about to practice law ia New York.
He returns to Wisconsin.
In Japan, It is said, tbe periecntioi of
Christians by tbo Government continues
with unabated ferocity.
John Brougham Is to go to California in
Juno for a three months'' engagement, for
which bo receives $20,000 in gold.
Franklin county, Virginia, not to be out
done by ether parts of the country, announ
ces the death of aa eld lady at tne age or
125.
The English dramatic authors now con
template having their plays performed first
in tbe U. S., In order to procure a copyright.
At Pompeii there have just been discovered
two marble busts one of Pompey and the
other of Brutus. They are both of fine exe
cution. In New York last week, a man was boat-
en and robbed by gamblers, because he had
won $1,100 at a taro bank, and refused to
give it up.
Tarri ng the front door of a rival estab.
liebnieut in tbe lavoiite manner of revenge
among a certain class of pec pie in Cincin
nati. Some one of aststlsl!cal turn of mind has
estimated that the corn made into whisky iu
a single revenue district in Kentucky would
tattoo 200,000 kogs.
John Thomas was murdered at Big Beth
el, Virginia, on Saturday, by three negroes.
whom be surprised while robbing bis premi
ses. Several Important nominations bare been
agreed upon Id Cublnet meetings, but it is
now positively asserted that the President
will make no further important nominations
until tbe teuure-o!-sf&ce matter is disposed
of by tbe Senate.
St. Patrick's Dry was generally celebrated
by Irish citizens iu all tbe larger cities.
In a quarrel in an auction store in Chica
go on Weduesday, ouo vf the salesmen drew
a revolver and fired at a man named Carmo.
dy. The ball missed Its aim, aad passed
tbrotijb tbe luagsof Hans Kibertsou, a
young Norwegian. Indicting a mortal wound.
Jacobs, the man who did thesuoollng, made
bis escape. '
Gen. Wm. Barstow, formerly on the staff
of Gen Dix, died in IS'ew ioik Tiiesduy
night.
The afternoon express train from Button
for New York, via Springfield, bad a narrow
escape from a serious accident iu cousequence
uf a broken rail, while running at lull speed,
one mile oast of Palmer. The engine passed
iu safeiy, but two burgage and four passen
ger cars wore thrown off and dragged some
20 rods. Oue of the bagjage cars was turn
ed botto n side up. Foi'tiiuatuly of the 250
persons in the train uo one was seriously in
jured. Tbo rail was broken by a largo rock
which fell on it fix" m a ledge above., then
bouudfd to the other sid of the roiii.
Local Noticei.
Velocipede School.
Mr. R. J. DAKUOW, ha opened a schoM for In
structions In learnlna- ts ride on the velocipede, at
the Opera House, He will be assisted by Prof. Por
ter, who will give lessons. Admission, 90 cts. Use
of veloclpode per hour, 60 cts. Hall opoa from I
a m. to 10 p. m. The public are invited.
March 1ft.
POMEROY'S DEMOCRAT. M. M. or
" Brick" Pohsrot's new paper already exceeds la
circulation every other polltltal paper In the world.
It Is "red not," and of uansnal interest Bond for
earopla copies. I'rinling Bonn Squart, Iftw Tork
Citf. mchU.
POMEROY'S DEMOCRAT. This lew
paper hss a wonderful circulation. Ia nearly every
town In the country tbe democrats and werklng
men are guttlag op elabs far It. It Is the boldest,
sharpsst paper published, and walks Into Congress
and tbe Bondholder regardless of retail. The
paper hs over Arty thousand subscriber In tbe
Hut nf New York alone. 3end for sample cop
ies, which ar ent free, and see it for youraclves.
Address M. M. Fmtrty, Printing Houl$ Squart,
Jfem York City. lachlJ.
WINDOW GLASS!
A large assortment, all sizes, at A.
Miller 4 Co.'s.
D.
BUILDING FOR SALE INKAR
LAKE.SHOKE HOUSB.
TUB
Inquire at the Jamestown Clothing Store.
ftlitl.tr.
WALL PiPEUI
Jntt received a large stock of Spring patterns, at
1. C. JAItVIS' FURNITURE HTOKE. m3.
GREAT BARGAINS !
OFFERED TO THE
Citizens of Petroleum Centre !
In tho way at
Blank Books,
Stationery,
Fancy Goods,
Worsted!,
Bird Cases,
School Books,
Ac, 4c, at
ESLER'S VARSCTY Store,
35. SPRING STREET,
TITPSVILI.E, PA
SS-PAIMT, WALL, W'HI'l'U WASH A SHOE
DKl'SHKt, large stock just;;rcccicd at A. D.
MlI.LEit CO8.
CANARY BlUDK. mala and female, new e:ock
juit received, at A. D. M ILLEK ft CO.'S.
IiOst !
On Tlmrfdny, Fc. 251b, ISW, a smooth linllt rat
nnd tn pun. with rod collar. Whoever shall return
tile fame to the sulndiber will he liberal ly re
warded.
fvliMS-tf. N. II. I-AYNB
Carpel of ever? ipuiilty nrl clenerlptlon, at
nUYNOM).-., Hlt(M)llKD t'O'S, No, 11 Cent
Street, opposite the ! ()., Oil City, I'd.
SWEDISH LKEOiIeS, wliolemlo nl retail, at
A. I). Mil. 1, Kit A CO'S DltUQ 8TOKIS.
Aluaic liCNsions.
MItR. M. II. CARMAN, bavin returned to town
after a hrlef nbience is now prepared to sire Irs
eons on the Piaeo to those wishin the smuo. Por
terms and further particular enquire at thu OH jc
change Hotel.
Petroleum Centre, Feb. IB, lfa. lm.
rjrnntTON's tobacco antidote ;
DON'T CHEW, no antidote tor Tobacco, end )lt
JOHNSON'S AROMATIC ANTI-TOHACCD COM
l'OCN'l), for snlo at A. D. MILLER A CO'S.
Crockery for nil kinds'O to KETNOLDS,
BltOIHIEAD & CIVH, No. 1 Centre Street, oppo
site tbe lnt (ifflce, Oil City, Pu.
ITA. I). MILLER CO., Umgclsis, are
SRentf fur the culebrated 4II. H. Cigars, " manu
factured by the American Whip Co. Try them.
TUB best place is town to got a pair ef Boot
made of tbe host Stock, that will wear well, and
warranted tn fit, ia at J. A. I'lunte'e Fash
ionable Boot Hhtp, Washington Street, Petroleum
Contra, Pa. (iire bim a trial. seplO tf.
"Alisha." -It is not often tbut we luivo th time
to spare, or the incltnntim, to notice any of tbe
thousand and'one primmtlons soldhroubout the
country, neh, as it is claimed, heln n sovereign
cure for one ur more (if the ills that fleih Is beir to
Indaod, we have fretiuuntly wondered thit people
ever died at All, ortw old even, when, by a snuill
outlay tbojeonld furnish themselrea with some
thin;; which would keep dlsenaeat tay, and defy thu
assaulai of time I Concerning the efficacy nf ono of
those remedial preparation and one which has lis
come celebrated uf late we ran spent from per
soual experience, and conscientiously say it iigoiHl.
We refer to 'AlUtna." an article for restoring and
pnvei'vinu the hair, umiiiirnetured by MeaMra Sew
nnl A lletitler. ChemiitM nnd Drui!. No. 1S9
Main Htreot, lliifl'alo. Hn'CtloComiueic al Adv. No
slow ealei, lor tenant's CoilL'h Cure. A. 1). Mllv
I.UIl C'u., Whiileutle Al llelttil UrilgL-ists, A-eiitj
for Peiroieum t emre, I'a. fcblT.
Uardware-A largo assortment of which
being closed out at reduced rule at URTNOtDS,
llltODUEAU AJUVf; No. n Centre .St.", oppoiito
tho Pojt Office, Oil City. J1.
PAIMm AMD ENVELOPES at A B MlIITT
CO 'B. w'w
New Floor, Feed and Gn..
fitter.
J. . PICATIIKR.
At the OLD BANK BUILDING, ON iin...l
opposite the McCllntock Howe, has oa J j
urge and mat cla atoek of floor, Peed aail
Oroeerlea, which he Is sslling at a lew im! I
T..t .k t. ... "Kurt. I
A Company brake np. I
ortasent at REYNOLDS, BMDHRAD t Co?
1 1,I,,r WHS i Post. OSJes, 1
eaaeslu-. I
Huntainl it KRYKOMM ainnui . n . 'I
No.
Utjr, l'a.
Dry Good a large took at Ritsoiim '
BRODHEAD A TO'8, No. 11 Outre il
ak. tl.. AM., ntl U VaW r"r I
UJ I Uia Uiusjej, wiltVlltJi Tel.
trTcw best CIOAKS In tbo market irt tt .w
mm rnYnriis-n, msiiiuuiciiircx oj wi kir aft ft.
7J1U " A1 Ml) V
A. P. MILLER A pp.
A GREAT SUCCESS.1' Brick" P..,.
BOT' new Daily la New York City I oat of n,
greatest and most ucreisful nowapsptr BurprlM
of the country, HI new weeklv "Amuroy', fa,,
oerat" is Increasing In elreulatloa a thonssnd tof.
In nor day. Bend for sample cnnl to JT Jr jw
erev, Printing Himh Square, Xtm rrk at).
"vail
NEW ADVEKTISKM ENTS.
Pianos! Pianos!!
! Organs !
r-irtET'Tiirms y
EMERSON'S UNRIVALLED FIAN03 !
SMITH'S CELEBRATED AMER
ICAN ORGANS 1
NOTIC E .
The UD'le -timed liarlnc bv spocUl eoatnicti with
W. P. KMERSON, Km, aad S. D. and 11. W.
ralin, been duly aoiwlnted ny them role Aiefit
f r tho nnle if their I'EI.KHNATki) INSTKt-
MKNTSIn U'arren, Forest, Veiisimo, llarlon mi
Jerlerson counties, hereby rantloa the citin of
Mild t onntlfl a?lBt necotlatlne; with anv othir
neraon t-laiiuhie to bo the A'-etns oi either oftiie
li.)ve nameu nruit, a an sucu arei-ni-uviviu.
N. E3 SKINNER,
Dealer in
PIANOS. 0RBANS. MELOHE0U3
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
of every description. PIANO 8T0OLM, fPKEAIS'
c, o:c.
C'eiitre.St., Oil. CITY, Pa.
Oil City, Sept. 14, IMiS.-tf.
FOItSALE.
rpilB ASfKltlCAN HOTRL AI l'i
1 trolenm Cetilro.
I Ills well known bonse, enntaintlirr SO reo-1
with fnrtiitnre I now ofTured fnrsrtlo nl a lnw pnrs.
II not Hold ny in It or April, :t wi I be rur rsm
Inquire on the premises, ef
J. U BAltSn
Pftroltnm Centre, March 16.
AMERICAN
4
AND
Sewing Machine!
Thl Machine I warrnnliil to execute In tb
preaieit degree nf perrirtion, all kind mid rsrlitM
of Sewing. I onilinir. Kellleir, Cuniinu. Tncin s,
llraidliiL'. Gniiiorlna and tewm on. ljiii!tlu. c
that In nr t Mii lie done by any other uiscltluii now
iH'lore the nuh'lc.
Till Miiehli e stnn'is tn-dav wltbunt rlvsl. In
r
lie eetelirste.1 OvnuenmliiK Milch. KnihmWeniif'
the Kdve, mid HutKm Hole and Kyclet Hole msklns V
iu aiiKiiiusorrniirics.
"W"n uf theo Machines run be seen t
room over A. O. Miller A Co.'s Dnii; Mors
J U. COI A'IS.
mebtS. r.i't.
A.
fli nd place o Ri t tin' o th ef rnr inoner Is st tj
NKW FLOUIt ANO MUD kTiiKH NI
llUlt VAItl) of 1,. S I'liKMlUtt"
CO., where there is alwayi a
MA.TST
te idv o show their euitomem their larire stock
r'LtiriL HAV. end all kinds of IKIOi, to
place also wbi-re ratty lie
fotj:nx
A 1'irtr assortment of flrrt claw Rorall AN"
DHIWbKD LUMHEIt, LATH, HHINilLKA
M the veiy lowest eaah price. Those who are not
DEAD
To their own Interest, and wish to deal with ""'S
who do lujlnese on the square, will Hint it .1 "V
liiteivsttii give a a rail helure purchatiat '
wlwre, aud k what wu urn do for you
ITST
our linn nf kosineiw. fy" All Older and tn""'1)?
prwnptly areailed Do not n;et the pl
I'liSH'K TIIK KOL'llEbTEU HUhK, W-BU
1NOTON BTKEKT,
Petroleum Centre, Pa.
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