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FPU Centre, 'JaoMlay. Fob, 1.
AltKlT.tl. AND EPABTi;ilF. OF
TUAIMSJON O. C. 4c A. K. II.
PVITII.
K. 2, Pssscnirer -Leave Curry 11.20 n.
m : TitRt villi', 12.50 p. in. i Fetroloim Ci-n.
ire, 1.40 . m.; Oil City, 2 22 p. in.; Ir
Tineton, 5 10 p. m.
No 4, Paesenger Leave Corry 6.10 s. m.
Titusville, 7.3. a.m.; Petroleum Centre.
KM a m; Oil City, 8 69 m ) arrive at lr
vineton 11.40 a m.
No. 6. Passenger Leave Ci'rry 6 05 p m;
TitdCtille,' 7 50 p n; Petroleum Centre,
,38 p id; arrive at Oil Olty 9,20 r bi.
koiitu
No. I. Pusseneer Leave Irvlnelon 7.15
ft m; Oil City. 10,10 n; Petroleum Cen
Ite, 11, OS a mi Tltusvilie, II, SO a in; arrive
at Corry 1.40 p Pi.
No. 3, Passner Leave Irvlnetnn, 12.
1)6 p mvj Oil Cily 2.67 p in; -Petroleum Con
Ire, 8.36 p m; Titusville, 4,20 p m; arrive
ut Curry fi.45 p m.
No. 6, Passenger Leave Oil CHy 7,00 a
m: Petroleum Centre. 7.43 a tn; Tituvill',
t,S0 a m; arrive at Corry 10,10 a m.
ttlvlne Horvicra. .
PRESBYTERIAN CIIUSCJI.
' Preaching nt 11 o'clock A. 11. and 7
oHilock P. M O
KT. J. T. Ostobt, Pastor.
KSTHODIST EPISCOPAL CIICRCn.
HervlcesaWry Sabbath at 11 A M. and
i.'i P. XI. Sabbath School at 12a' P. XI.
aUfrea. A cordial Invitation extend
ed to all.
Fbt. C. M. IlKARti, Pustor
TS. PETER AND PAUL'S (Catkolie)
CHURCH.
Mats at 10J n. m. .
. V.'ipur and Bene-JIcjUa or the Blciacd
Sacrament at 4 p. in. .
Cattehisui at 2 p. m.
, JAME3 DUNK, Pastor.
i-Xield to lay 121 i j.
Thoeomioj concert -to be given by tee
Colnmbl Cornet Hind promise to be a
' irrand affair. Among tr novelties tn be
Introduced will be the Anvil Ohorjs,"
from II Troyatore, in wbicli three anvils
-will be brought into me. A side-splitting
fare will also bo playet.. The vocal and
Instrumental part of the cone-rt will le
decidedly the finest musical lieat ever
brought before Petroli'iun Cenire nudienhe
A num'.K'r of the l ent amateur singers In
the oil regions have volunteered- their ser
rices jnr the ocoation. A the concert is
being gotten ug lor the benefit oftbelmnd
tho ol'j-ct being, Jo enable them to purchase
now nn'firm, w hope our citizens will
give them a liberal aupi'ort.
Owin to the atormy weather lest even
. lnu there waa not so large an audience ia
itlendnc at the theatre as the niuht be
Tire. The play ol -I.eli. the Forsnken"
waa well rendered In nil Its purta. Mr. J.
. Bherry aa Rudolphe had a lino opportun
ity or displaying hii talent and wna loudly
pplandd. A floe acting ai wn have erer
wilnened waa that by Mrs. Blake n Leah.
The scene In which she curses Rudolphe
end Ihn dying scene at,lhe last were liran
tiriilly tendered. Mrs. Pike as Madeleaa
wad Mr. Ferris as Natbsn acted out their
characters true to life.
To-night will be presented, by request,
4 he charming drama ot ''East Lynne, or
The Elopuraent." Mr. J. F. Shorty will np
pear as Archibald fiarlylej Mrs.' Julia
Blake aa Lady Ittbel, and the balance or
the company in the caste. This is one or
the finest dramas ever written, utid we hope
. 1o see a crowded house to witness It. The
lertainment will conclude with the very
laughable face of "A Kiss in the pa'rk."
The storehouse connected with the Rialto
Il'staurant was broken imo about ten
neluck last evening, and about stxty dol
lars worth or provisiora and Honors stolen
The thieves were four in nnmhc, and were
llrat discuvored by a neijlibor who gnve the
alarm. They were tracked lor some dis
tant by Mr. Topliff, but Hnnlly undo good
their escape. Query Where were tho po
lic j t .
A man named John Newcomer fell from
the lop or an iron tank to the ground, a
di.Unoe or twenty feet, at the Plory Farm,
yesterday, suslaininu quite sevete injuii"s.
He ut somewhat better lo-doy and'hia pl.y
siclan thinks will soon bo out nua'n,
By a copy ol' the 1'eorU, Daily Trsn
ecript we lrn ol the narrow escape from
I'elng poisoned to datti or Mr. Ranney the
mating t. and Mr. Ed. Foster (he operator,
o' the W. U. Telegraph OrTtce ut tltat place.
iri -. . . ,
i u. (iiiisouing wua acci'leutal aud was caut-
od by sonic one pourinj nitric acid into thu
water pitcft'-r by mistake and they dtinking
nui of it. Mr. K. ia a brolh.-r of 'Mr. Chus.
rosier, n. Ij. ieiejrapli oporator ut ti.is
plies. '
uriliiog bus coiiiinenced on the new well
1c ited near tho top of the hill on the
McCmv birm. No doubt wbca coiej lot d
n gooii w,.t w,u ue tlje remit.
Tn Pktkoi.ei')i is tub Caucasus One
or the most remarkable deposilsof petroleum
known, exists In the resion of the Caucasus.
On the east coist of the Caspian Sea there
are no leM than twenty thousand petroleum
welli. Although they have been known
for generation,- It la only within the last
few jears that they have been worked i:pon
a large stale. Tbey are generally of a
alight depth. and are frequently found beside
icb other. A new source was recently dif
covered Onlde an old ono which for cen
turies bus daily produced 3400 pounda
of petroleum, and which i not in the
slightest degree affected by the vicioity el
the oew ao irce, which d.iily produces forty
thousand pounds. ..The American system
has lately boon applied to them; the sources
rising Irotn a depth of two hundred and
firty feerj Irrcpieotly oveifiow their orifice
and uscend above then in great jta owr
the height of fifty to fixrv-five feet. It if
rculrulned that the dittrtct of the Caurupus
yields annually nlnotien uiilllert poundsol
(elrolenin. and two bundled thournud
ponnda of parnllne ot aspt alt.
Capt. Von Scbelika aud Liiut. Von
Dltttnar, lieth of the Pruss o army, und
the latter the inventor of the explosive
known na Dual In. have been giving a prac
tical test ol its quality at the lloosue tunnel,
which has proved very anccestful. The ex
periments Included trials of its power upon
rck, limply placing a few ounces on the
lurface and cu'rerin it will) dirt. upon a
boulder in tbo open field, the hole being
drilled in the usual way nud tfle Dual in
lightly "tamped' iu, and in the regnlnr
work ot the tuonelfat the west nnd reniral
shafn. In every initauothe explosive did
all that i claimed for it and prored itself a
powerful agent for Irraking tlilngi. Lieut
Dittmar brought over with hiei from Cer
many, one hundred pounds ofDunliu inn
carpet bag, and we are mire he wutild not
have treated eitro-glrcerine in that confi
dential manner. There have alreudy been
nunii-roua fatal accidents from lycrine, nt
tho tuuncl, and any explosive that will be
equally effectual, nnd yet lafe to handle,
will a real boon to the woikmen, it to
no one elso 1
Experiments have been madj in Trussm,
at the tug. Blion of the MmTati r. of W'.r, to
teat the protecting powers of etroleum
against the ravages ol moths. The Alllita
Wocbenhbitt announces the-coneJitsion at
which tbecommilteeot' inquiry bavenrrived.
It is round that impregnailoii with reclin
ed, natural petroleum, ireients moths from
depositing their ejigs in stnll and is eunse-qu-ntty
a pioteciion ssainat rauth-eaiing
l ut this presi rration seeina lo be I'H'. flimi
only to lonj as thee i lotbea or other ol j-cts
distinctly reiulti the otlor of petroleum, - It
is therefore n-com mended lo inclose
the impregnated articln in (iulit-clos-inentsor
boxes, nnd to renew the iin
presnntion with petroleun) every spring, or
peruups more tnqueiiily.
One or two old wells have recently been
started up on the 1'iiiikvllle fluls and ate
pumping a little oil.. It will be remember
el that Funkvillii was the scene of active
operations in oil developing dm in? the
years lsU4 oa. The probnbility is that
should oil con li tine at tho same lipure other
old wells will be started up In tkat vicinity
rrotrjciil tneelin,
a aro being held at
A number have join.
Roufteville at prosent.
vd I he church.
We received a call yesterday from M r
W. C. Anderson, the gentlemanly aent of
tho Arlington M-instrels. which troupe is
soon to sppear her". Cunneoted with the
troupe are some of the best peifonoet's in
the burnt cork profession. With sueh names
as Arlington, Price, Lomlmtd, &o , they
cannot help but draw a crowded house.
So advert isomenl.
The Plessantviilo paper ptiiuislus a high
Havered article relating to the adveutuies
and miaiortiuies of ono Jacob Uvjer, who it
is alleged was robbed or sundry articles in
a fast house at this place. As nenr ns we
can learn Jacob got "olifuMicaled," want
ed tit carve up in'o s mull pieces aeyerHl
parties, and finally received a benllng which
was perfectly right. It va alio rumored
that be gut a large portion of bis bt n
.r.luo"Jin Pleasantville befoiu ariiving at the
Centre. No whisky being sold (!?) in that
moral town, this rumor ia doubtless untrue.
The Tilusville lieiald b.i, 8 llmi tho Ukc
onn published the wronj bill, ai d that t,e
New .County bill now before the Senate ia
different in name, boundaries, conditbms,
c. The bill published by us cinm direct
from (ho Senator representing this d's-
trtct, and if wrong the error is dun to bitu.
The new county bill passed the Senate
yesterday by a Vole of S'Xleell to thirteen.
Ii now :oes lo the IIone.
We are enjoying payable slwlghiii!! l
present. To enj iy a sleigh-ride to the full
est xte it it is necessary to have good waim
bufTilo robes, U.inl.eti, ileiua bel!, ,t3., ill)
A whidt cm boouud tt McOrn u'i in
T'-
tusvillo.
SNOW.
The present open weather. las reminded
us ol the following singular and ingenious
piece, which orignally appeared in a Troy
paper of 1803. and w.,s republished in the
Ontario Jlcposilory of 1807, and it is now
quite appropriate fur the present January of
1870.
This is Janu irv twoitv.
When we should have aloighir plenty;
I am tired altqgeiber
Or such sour unpleasant wealtcr, '
Easy 'lis to rain aud blow, ,
'-Why is it so bard tonow.'
Pre the Farmer, wet and weary.
Stalking o'er the plain, so dreary;
Olt he upwards turns his peepers,
.Iliiaklnu like a chimney sweeper';
tfl he crba enraged with wue,
Why in tutinder, don't it snow!"
' Pee the Merchant, sorry Tellow,
With a lace us pule as lullow
Sick with grief, and quite bed-ridden
All becnuau there is iioaiedd'n,
llenr him cy, in accents slow,
O je go'ds! Why don't (it suowf
Fee the chop full'n Tavern keeper,
Yuluularily a weeper t
See bis bar-room, oueu ro cheery,
Now fuisuk' U co d aud (treaty
Hear him cry witu spirit low,
"Curae ine luck, why don't It snow."
Hear the.ange Piognosticator, i
Blame lUesa alip'ry ttickaof nature; '
Sue so oft his judgement botheis,
That lie ktioa no mure than oiher-i'
Hear him roir. with wriunled tiro.
'Oiirae my sara! why don't Itsnow?
Folks in every land and station,
Jo,u in rreilul ixclanuit.on;
Tuilois, tinkers, patsuiis, pedlere,
' Sawyers, ifamsteis, sinittia und tiddlers,
Uivti or pool? I.iiili aud low,
Hup and swear Torwaai ol snow.
For myseir, though presfd with sorrow
Slill, in hopes, 'lwi'1 sn'ow lo-moirow,
To be patie.it, I em!e tvvr;
Piim! miu!) limes c.in't hwi forever;
Hear the stormy ooutli en si blow
May it waft us bids eranow
O! ye gods win rule the weather
Nepiuue Jove or liolh togetlier
l.-'iid. for once, mi ear proitliou4,
II 'aronr prayiTa ami grunt our wishes;
loiiynuv fioa'y IUv-hiii UH turow,
Cover smother us in snow.
A story is current iihoiil the son who was
born lo yMurk Sinilb.N our jolly c unedi.in
on tbejiisl ol last nioiitr. Maik has been
in HoKWe T-,r s-ime months pas', lint he
was djjteiinihej that his boa. Ihoiii-h horn
on ivtiglisli soil, should be n'"ankee in smne
degree; and to be draped tbu mnleninl couch
with the Ameiicaa Hug. Thus the little
fellow came into the world letieaib the
glorious folds or I he Mars nnd f;lri,Cj.
The uisil liy the lUiuuionia arrived; all
tbo Amerio.in slaiupa were t feu led as worth
less, and payment of Toll postage was requir
ed by the Fieiic;) nllice. Il is well" for cor
respondents to hear this in mind Th-v
CJiinot, by uny iiui'iiiit of jrtuiups. fully pie
pay their letters !o .l;r Ihlcti.-li France.
Four cents prepaid is all Ih.t is ne.'i.-suy
or of any avail ivon French letters via
Etmland, nnd ten ceniaen letters dire-t to
France. It is belter to pay luur ens
only.
In ChicHgo on Fridaj r.lght n i'.ol!cemar(
named. Feebler, in tusking eu at rest, wui
shot by Daiqui, nil Iulian. 1 he po licemon
then shut l:H'ii In thebeait, liom the
effect of which he died In a few minutes.
Daiqui was a noied desperado, ami his death
is a sut jct of c ;i)gritjltion. Officer
Feebler ia in a critleal condition, but it it
hoped he may recover.
V
. Monroe, Michignrt, bus a hard cass 61
breach of promise to marry, the lair plaintiff
of fifty-seven suing a youth i f twenty, who
promised tn marry her il sho would buy hiiu
a suit of clothes. The suit lind tint desired
effect, nnd they wore married by tl o Jusllc
hefoie whom llio ca.H was brought, the
bride excin-ing her impoiliinity l.y saying
rho mi led soinel oily to saw her WO'id.
A newly uiuuied lady in Clucugu com
plained lo her ma, that on her reception
day her card basket wua overrun with c r
culuis Iruin lawyen, untioiiiicing lei ins for
divorce. "So ubsurd, you know, m i, b
lore our honeymoon ia over." 'vl'me, 1 . ur,"
leplied ma (who bud been twice divotceu)
'but I'd .ut them in asufe pluce; you may
llnd tbiin very ni-eful in a yeuror two."
Major Henry Wetter, formerly bf Clarion
county, now of riant 4 Fe, New Mexico, has
heen appointed Secivtuiy of that territory
by the President.
Bev. Horace Cook, the eloping pastor,
ha surrendered Ins ordination piirchmen'
to Presiding Elder Pease, of 5,'ew York,
with tho request that bin IlilUiu may bp
"Wotted from the records of thu Conl'ereuce
and consigned to infamy."
Calico bulm nrn the vg in our eastern
towns, l.i one plteo we read of, they have
calico bulls and "Tom and Jerry Festival!"
whatever they may to.
TI:o stociiliohinrs of tho Fiist National
Bulk of Gionivillo have decided to increuse
the cipital Meo;,- cl ihe In.titutloa 'iwentv-
five per cent.
liOrill
Ilinries ut Cost at Grilles Bros
Horse Shoe Nnilx, wholesale
at Nicholson & Blnckvnnn's.
and retail,
2tf.
THE CIIBAPKST and beat place
to buy liquors tor cash is at
jD4tf p OAFFN EY'S
The New Gaa Pump lor sale at Nicholson
Se UUckmon'a. f.
Tlll3 MKANS BlSINKSH -
of goods is offered at ciat.
IV-e C If.
-Iy entire stuck
A. P. F.tTit.
. The New Gas 1 ump lor sale at Nicholson
A Blackmon's. if-
SitmiiKFi (SaKK l! Cl.osKi). NiPholsorWi
Blarkmoii huving bought him out at this
place nnd Kane Cily. " If.
Reduced Prices nt Lummers & Aldcn's.
nnv.22tl.
Underclrftbing iu large quantities at Lam
me is & Alden'a.
Kin (ii.OARc A
Latueis & Alden's.
large assortment, at
The largest and best assortment of Table
riutlrry, ever brought into the country tl
Niccholson ,t Blackmon's. tl.
Fine Dtiijs at
27ib tf. GrilVes Bro's.
Patent Medicines at
!7;h tf.
Criff.-s Bro'i.
Would you believe It, the best
to be bad at Griffes Bro's.
ciiins nre
27th tf.
; The best of everything iu the
at Griffes Bros
drug line
27th tf.
IlIT rfillJl are only S p-r ctse at
jm24if. GAFFNEY'S
Lnmm' is & Alden's is the only store to
quy good, dur-ib1 and cheap clothing.
Lummers & Alden's is the only white
mans, kloihing stole in Ike Centre.
Griffes Bn.s.
keep Wheeling Stogies, 3 for
5 cts.
FOIS S'li'ltK und iiiiidu.lerated li-
qnujs mid witiu for medical uso go in
j.inMT. GAFFNEY'S
)i! .IH'MIUEI) empty liquor
casks for sale at
' j.r,24ir. GAFFNEY'S
Otdcis lukeu for suits und guaranteed,
ut L'imm 'rs it Alden's.
N F W A 1 1 V E K T I S E M E X TS.
SOBEL'S OPERA HOUSE
"V
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Tuesday, Feb. 8th.
THK (JlttiAT
Arlington Minstrls
OF CHICAGO.
wsi. a::jli.jto., pkoui.
Onni.Ii'tcly Sti uioaiiiid
P'tAXK IiMDAltD, of Chlaiiro and his flice
Cub.
EVERYTHING NEW !
ron't full to sro
CHANG!
TUB GRfcAr CillN'VSB OIAST HU!U.Kjrj6
Pno-s opn et 7 oV'o.Tk
Adalis.ion L0 Ceuls.
(' -mmeneea n t H oVo-U
I'esi rv, (I 3ems If tVuta
D. U IKiuUI S, Arnt.
f Ul 0;.
iif mii.i i io. aotici:.
.
rpiie co-psrtnrmliiii heron f,,re rxl-ilnij rndd-Jih
t film linillii ol VV. It. Vrl'onnlo A. Lu . istois
diy (iio',T!i l noitiiil cese'it. Tho hi:sD"M
will lie rmitlnnsil by tv.lt. WcC'oi m'c t ti old
" o.'l n n i ad sec uu:s ajninsc 'i.u lata C.iu uiil ha
sututd by i..iu.
' T. It MnliOOMICH.
u. F. S.J I i 'NHL i.M.
HoiHevl'tn. F' h. 1st 'ST1 tobl Ht.
HEW JEWELRY ST01E !
AT Ili CITY.
ISHAM & Co.
Have opsnpd a Jewetrv store on Outre street., noxt
duor west of the tJ ,'o A. 't'tlejjl'aph Olilce,
Oil t iiy, I.'rt.
Keep constantly on hand a Inrfo assortnietit ol
S5iai:!n.sSs & rinc Wistclies
( tnitrieiui, I'.nj I.h nnd Snins make.)
Solid SiJvci- tiiiil i'latcd V.'urr ,
SOLID r.OLU CHAINS,
JJJ.M'.I.hY,
llh'iMI.S
wivoi.vrnft,
1'lSUlXi.l TACKLK,
8;.AI. Ui.(ld Ac,
T'vtlru'ar alton'ioe siven lorepairlti( 3ni waicliej
a-idj.we'ry o. a eoinpe-ietuwurkm.-iii.
I li,l,i-i, hnvealj u sioru ut I I I'USVILLE 17
1' 'n; "rt majif.
T . . .
1 roprieior iuanagtr J A.M KS F pppipv
J.eauer or Hand FRANK .MOXTI'i, i , I
l.eu.l..r r . eno . ''.'Mill
JiiitKJlA.S
Fifth. Annual Tour
The Manager bees .,ve to anr-inr-tsi,
lite citizens of pet. Centre snd vicinin tint
he will open with a Ouupatiy toai,ri.'i(i
24 First-Class Artists,
Selected from the principal thentresnf
New York. Boston nd I'uiiadelphia lu
gether with a splendid
SILVER. CORNET BAND,
and a fn'.l and
Efficient Orchestra
, MsUnc the greatest eotnliin itiiti nfl):ara
alio a. id musical tuietii now I muling
I'Otnisi i(;jJioi nil;
UllLXf CO Mi1 AM.'
TUESDAY EVEH'G,
Feb. 1st, 1870,
(In which occasion will lv presented the
Powerful Pluy, in i''ive Acts, entitled
EASTLYME
OK, THK EliOPEMEXT.
Wr. .1. F. Shrrryas
ArihUwhlCaihlf.
I.TIrs. JulKi 8,1.1 as
Ladv Iwbpl. .
To conclude with the very laugh
able afterpiece of
A KISS IN THE DARK J
Admission,
Reserved Seats,
50 Cents.
7f Cents.
TICKETS
for sale at the Central
Uoioe
t9f" Doors open at 7
nn ce coinuienceH nt 8.
o'cloek. Pcrlurra-
J. 31. SIlEIillY, 'Agent.
W The Great Company will V
- ' . O - X . A. I ' . -,(
uive o uenormauees at iwu. a.
villi, f'oninifitir'.ino' 7i.li. 8th. SthSi
iFebntarry,-1870, . '"
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