The Petroleum Centre daily record. (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, April 21, 1870, Image 2

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ptrolr-um Centre Daily Record'
Cel. Ceutre, 1 bui-selny. April 21.
AUI'IV.lL, MNDg DEPARTURE CF
TlJAIiNfJO.W. C. & A. It. It,
boitic.
No. 2, Pnssenccr. LeaveCorry 11 a. 20
M. : Til'vilie, 12.69 p. in.: Petroleum Cen.
re, n. m.; Oil City, 2.22 p. in.: Ir-
vinetop, .10 p. m.
No. 4 PasseppT Leave Corry (5.10 a. id;
Tltiisvlllp. 7,35 b. m. ; Petroleum Centre
14 am; Oil City, 8.69 a m ; arrive atlr-
viL'-ion 11.49 a m.
No. 6 Paengor Leave Corry 6.05 p m;
mnsTine, cou p m: reiioienm Uentre,
8,33 p m; arrive at Oil City 9,20 p m.
KOKTR.
No. 1, Passenger Lea vo Irvtnetoii 7.15
,a m; Oil City, 10,10 a ra; Petroleum Cen
tre, 11,05 a ui; Titusviiie, 11,50 a m; arrive
k KjUI :J II.
No. 3, Passenger Leave Irvlnetoa, 12,
5pm; Oil City 2.57 n m: Petroleum Con
tr, 3.S6 pai; Tilusvillc, 4,20 p iu; arrive
kt Corry 5.45 p m.
No. 4, Passenj-er Leave Oil City 7,03 a
to, r roieitm centre, l,i.S a m; TitusvillP,
,8 am; arrive at Corry 19,10 a m.
VlTlne Service.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
aching at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7
t P. M.
fODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Icea every Sabbath, at 11 A. M. and
Jf. Sabbath School at 12 P. M.
en.
L
A corJIttlluvitatioQ exteod-
Ksv. C. X. Heard, Pastor.
ITiuR AND PAUL'S (Catbolle)
CHURCH. ;
10 a. m.
and Benedict!, ef (be Blessed
at 4 p. m.
n at.JJp. m.
AMES DUNN, Pastor.
rtbern District Convention o
ilars la now in session at Water
jotnty. Largo delegations are
o Petroleum Centre, Pleasant
burgh, Oil City, Reusevllie and
j In tbe oil regions. Tbe session
jo very Interesting one.
fras struck en tbe Columbia
jew aays since, wnicn ts
-re Is per day. It is lo
V f
im Lake is open.
lo tbe (list trip
oa Saturday
ween a par
up street,
s-
o
o
40 remit of
Q'b a' nose and
aed. Tbe caie of the
a enomy ef mankind"3 wliis-
row
V
Tbe posts of tbe Grand Army of tbe Re
public on Oil Creek, are making piepara
tions to clebrate tbe 20th of May nest as
Decoratioa Day. It Is proposed to hold the
celebration at either Franklin or Mead
ville. Tbnre will be a meeting of those Inter
ested in forming a Young Men's Christian
Association, at tne M. E. Church, to-morrow
Friday) evening, April 22d, for the
purpose of organizing.
Rev. Wm. P. Bignall, pastor of tbe M. E.
Cburch at Titurviile, will occupy tlie pulpit
at tbe M. E. Cburcb ia Ibis place, next
tsLbath
Attention is called to tbe advertisement
ol Feltor, Fenneri Co., grocery dealers,
In tbe building adjoining tbe Record office.
These gentlemon are just starting in busi
Di; are young mi'n of sterling integrity,
hud should receive a liberal share of
tbe public patronage, Tbey propoie to
kcup constantly 011 hand a complete assort
ment of everything usually kept in a well
regulated grocery stole, which will be sold
cheap lor cash. Glvi Ilium a call before
purchasing elsewhere.
Tbe five hundred barrel well at Scrub
grtss, which has occusioaed much excite
ment among operators, lias dwindled down
to between thirty and forty barrtls per
day.
The U. ri- Commissioners still continue
to lake evidence iu tbo steol-liued j.ir case,
and will not finish their labors before tbe
end of tbe week. So far Fisher, Norris &
Co. have bad no dilllcully iu establishing
tbe tact that stool-lined jars were used in
pulling down oil wells iu this region live or
six years before the patent was granted to
KeasCman.
A youug laay lulNew Yoik receirod re
cently hs uUilopoeou present a glove box
containing two doiwn three-button giovrs,
and underneath the gNires ws a um.-'e il
lii.xlwbich played twelve liiilia- J'tecusi
of ibis little pieseut, u id said, was three
Petroleum Items frmu nil Sources
D'spatcbes to the Pittsburgh Commercial
of yesterday nre as follows:
ScmimnAsfl, April 1!), 1870,
Lock at this for high. A live hundred
barrel well was struck at Scrnbijrass to-day,
on tbe Philadelphia and Boston property.
lease number forty eight, and is flowing
through seven inch casing, and still incites
Ing.
CiNNixoiiAM, Ta., April 19, 1S70.
The Armstrong oil well, near this place,
is Certainly the largest Mowing well yet dis
covered in the oil regi ons. It is owned by
Jennings, Brown, Flndluy, Staclt and
others.
A young ' German -American 'from this
country, who gave bis name an Stuttgart,
has Uen playing '-Yankee" at the expense
of the unsopbistecated in Wurtemburg,
Germany. lie advertised that be was agent
of a great petroleum refinery in the United
States, and that be desired to engagu sixty
or seventy coopers to make petroleum bar
rels and ft number o drivers and fiiemen.
He offered ta pay oue-balf of the expenses
ol their nassazo. but required every one
who engaged himself tol.depoait with nini
ten dollars as security that they would keep
their promises to appear at Mannheim on
the Sih of March, wticnco they would be
started to the United States. Upwardsol
one laudred and twenty young men engag
ed themselves, paying the required ten dol
lars each, when tbe police getting wind of
tbe "swindle'' served a summons on him,
an hour after receiving which, be became
nonesl inventus,
Tbe Mitchell well upon tbo R. L.Shaw
farm, Btruck about tbe 1st inst, and quoted
at 20 barrels, has been flowing since Satur
day last at tbe rate ofseventy barrels per
day. Tbis farm is now producing nearly
300 barrels of oil daily, and tbe present
owners congratulate themselves on their re
cent pure h ise.
Tub Bio VTkli. upon Armstrong Run,
near Brady's Bend, which has teen agita
ting petroleum ciroles for the past few days
has at last settled into a more steady gait,
and the Ere is sufficiently subdued to form a
Correct idea of its production. From relia
ble parties wbo lelt Brady's Bend yesterday
we are inlormed that it is flowing at the
rate of two hundred barrels per day.
Tbe well caught lire at 9 o'clock, p. M,,
tbe tools and rope remaining In the well;
a slrong vein ol'gas was struck In tbe sec
ond sand and the second vein that occa
sioned tbe fire was reached at a dtptn ol
1, 2023a feet or JZ leei in the third sand.
Tbe well has boen drilling since last Sep-
ember, and was put down with- larue cas
ing to a d- pth ot 500 feet. Four men were
severely but not tatally burned by the ex
plosion ol the ga?, WU030 names are Jacob
L. Meldren, Edward Swan, Baron Swan and
C. Clark. Herald.
Tbe latest advices from tbe M; well at
Brady's Bend, estimate tbe production at
200 barrels per day. We have tbis from a
reliable geutlert),in wbo h i seun the well.
A Card. I desiro to return ray sincere
thanks to Justice Reynolds and Constable
Lawrenc, fur their ctfurta in raising the
money duo me for building tbe lock-up in
tbis place, aa it is mainly through theoa that
the money was raised.
Ceo. l Wir,so.v.
Petroleum Centre, April 21, 1870.
Fauucl Harris of Bristol, Pa., had a bro
ther in the battle of Gettysburg nuo was
reported killed. He fou.id and buried the
body. A few weeks ao he was very much
surprised by his brother walking imo hi
borne alive and well.
Kkmarkadlk Falls. Tbo Suu Francisco
Cbrouicleof the 7:h twt: We nre inform
ed by a gentleman connected with i!,o Mit
veying party of the Memphis, El Pato and
Pacific Railroad, that be receutly visited
remarkable waterfall, known as the "Truns.
it Fallb,'' en tbo head wators of San Diego
river. Ua describes tbeiu fulls os being
two hundred and twenty-five fet in per
pendicular height; tlie stream as it dashes
over the precipice, being about ten feet In
width. The water falls the whole distance
at a tiriglu leap, and presents a magnilicent
scene. Above the tails the stream tuns for
some distance through a beautilul vailny,
Tbe scenery of that region is describe ! by
our informant as equaling In grandeur and
beauty anything hu had ever Seen, except
only thatof peerless YW-mitu,
Rb-Uniojj OK NoiirltWKSTEItX I'exxsti.
VAXiA VtTitltAXS. It If dually decided that
the re-mil on of members of t!ie 831, lllth,
aud 145th Pennsylvania rngiinenls infantry
and liultury -B," ah vil bo held In this city
on Friday, the 2'Jth of June next. The
programme proposed, th appointments lor
coiuuiiflous, und the goueral arrangements
for the ticoaion will be announced ia a few
Cjy. tiie Dispatch
A Ne v Yoiker an.J a i'liiiaieli'Uian are
pl ;:inj; vus'utt by tel graph.
SEWS ITESlSi.
A young lady in Iiliinnis' recenl'y killed
a skunk with a butcher knirp. She sajs
the battle Is not always to the strong.
A Montreal maid sat upon hei sick
brother-in-law, and the coroner was called
to sit upon him soon t.fterwnrds.
The colored pcptilatlon of Richmond Is
rapidly decreasing, thruiijh using kerosene
to light fires.
That tbo ruling pntsion Is strong In death.
if Dhow u when a Rambler sbuflies off his
mortal coll.
A paper in St. Joseph, Mo., reports the
finding of a small white lady's pair of kid
gloves.
The lat California Legislature is known
there, from its recklessness, as the "mild
volcano of 1SCD-70."
A temperance lecturer was asked, ''If
water rots the soles of your boo's, what
effect must it havo on the coat of your
-t.,. ..i, r
It is advertised that "An Olrl Fashiortlt
Gill" can be, bad at all thn respectable
book stores, price $1.50. Unmarried man
should invest.
A country editor backs bis rooster as the
fcost crow-momoter in the neighborhood
He has never bad to set it since It ba- bees
in bis possession.
There is a flourishing town of Mormons
opposed to polygamy In Piano, Illinois, a
point somo fifty miles west of Chicago, on
the Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Thuo
Mormons are controlled by Joiej h Smith,
Jr. Tbey mingle freely with tbe other re
sidents of the towa, and bavo no prejudices
against Gentiles. They cime to Piano
about a yer before the troubles at Nauvoo,
which resulted in the death of "Jo" Smith'
and herethey hnve never been persecuted"
Aiexanuer emiiu. tne Lrottjer of the pro
phet, is a resident of Piano. He tns re
cently been to Utah, where it is believed
tbe Mormons would tally to him, but he
remains away. Tbe Piano people believe
that the rule of Brighatn Young must soon
come to a tumble; and that when the prac
tice of polygamy is fioally squelched, it will
be all the better Tor tbo monpgamic branch
ot tbo church, the plurality of the w ives
doctrine being the only difference existing
in their sect.
Twenty years ago, Thomas Snee, a native
of Pittsburg b, left for California., 1 then
about as wild a country a could be found.
Alter a short lime, his friends censed to
bear from bim, and from that time forward
nil trace of bim was lost. Theotber even
ing, without preparatory word, ho made
bis uppeaiance at the bouse of bis sister,
Mrs. Rettingan, on Grant street. For four
teen years past bo has been engaged in the
gold mining business, and has realized a
handfome sum. Pittsburgh, to which he
returns, is a widely different placo from the
Pittsburgh he left more than a score of years
ago.
In a bank in St. Joseph, Mo., on Thurt-
day. several hundred dollars, in an old en
velope, were found behind tho snfo by work
men removing it.
e
Two young ladiesot-Peoria lately threw
a young man into tbo gutter, pounded him
and pull bis nico curly Hair, and then walk
ed uway without teiling what it was for.
Tho following paragraph in Gen. Wood
ford's oration on Gen. Thomas, nt Trov.
would servo as a fitting inscription on the
latler's tomb: "lie was a gentleman with
out cfCeminacy. He was ft patriot, without
aetintof defeat or a spot ol dishonor. In a
word, he was all that should bo held up as
tne highest standard nnd oxamplo of man
hood that manhood whoso chiefest glor..
was in duty well done."
A country exchase, in its fashion report,
ays that the richest dreed ludy at a n-
ceni lasDiouaiim party was tho wiloof iM
man who has owed the editor thirteen dul
Jars for seven years.
A Vermont man put up bis" ipe, which
he bad just finished smoking, into tho same
pocket with a flaak of powder. Tho pro
cession at bis funeral was over half a mile
long.
An Illiuois grave-digger. who' buried a
mn named Button, sent a bill to his wido
as follows: "To making oue Button-bole,
$2,50."
r"'v.'"".Ji-;-" . -i
ODD FELLOWS! ATTENTION!
Theie will bu a meeting of Odd Fellows
at Good Templars' Hull, on Friday Even
ing, April 22d, J870. W. A. Thompson,
Deputy Graud Master of this District, will
be pr. sent.- A general attendance is de
s'.re 1. Jjy order.
niii'uti 10 01s per cuq at teller, r-enner
tu. a a"l-tf.
I .Ol "
The lamest lot or Birds, Canaries and
nt her spe cies, ever lrniiihl to the oil regions
bus just been re ceived at M. S. Suninon s.
Inlrhige riciit JVotiro.
Tho subscriber has learned that a certain
Drill In Titnsville, known us "Bryan. Dd
liughnm it Co.," have commenced the nian
ntacture of Sucker Rods willi Socket .tennis'
This is a Direct Iiiliingement on his Rights,
as his claim ia "connecting two sections of
rod by means ol' wedges, wedging sockets,
nnd eionblo cempling bo't." Ho does not
specify any particular shaped wedg". nor eif
what mateiial it shall be made. All roils
mBile as above elesatibed outside of his man
ut'actory, nre eliiect . infringe metils. This,
berelnre' is to
CAUTION OIL OPERATORS,
and all otlieis, ngaint buying or using any
rods so made, except those of his manufac
ture, as by so lining they will lay tl 1-
selves liable', aud will be dealt with accord
ing to law.
Yi'M. J. INSIS.
PioxKEn, April 9th, 1870.
Siikrifks Sai.k 18 Closed. Nicholson A
Wlai kmon having bought him ut at this
place and Katie City. w.
Tho New Gas Tump fur sale at Nichelson
& Bluckmem's. tf.
The largest and best nsortment of Table
Cutlery, ever brought Into the country at
Niccholson .t Bla,ckmon s. tt.
Coi.n is a word which Ce dincion A Cum
well prnpnso render nbselele. For tirufu
operandi call and see them. ninrchlOtf.
ITnrse Shoo Nails, wholesale
at Nicholson A lilaekmon's.
and retail,
23-lf.
Carriage Bolls, wholesale and; retail, a
Nicholson A Backcion's 2.'l-tf.
Fine assortment of wall paper at GiiiTes
Bros.
Wo would call the attention of our bus!-'
ness men to the superior styles of job print
ing. both plain and fancy, at present being
tinned oiit XsVn this ollice. We are prepar
ed to ejJurnfVJob printing of every descrip
tion Irekriraln'est and most f.isliionnble stylo
of tbe art, and at reasonable rates. tf!
Sash. Glass. Donr. Putty Ac. Lsrge
stock very cheap at tho Furniture Store.
. mlO-tf
All styles licht harnisa. cheaper than the
chi'apest, made from Modai's oak slock, and
warranted, nt J R. Kron's.
Buy the Red Hot" Saddle manufactured
in Titnsville erpres-ly for the oil cimrtrv,
adapted ton binds of vveniher. at J. R.
Kron's. rtli-f t
STheNew Gas Pump lor sale at Nicholson
it Blackmon s. tf.
Fine assortment of Paper nnd Cloth Win
dow r-hades and Fixtures, iosi ree'd at
mStf. Guifkks Bu.o.1.
Just received a largo nnd well eortod
stock of shelf huidwure at J. Rutherlurd'a.
tf.
Ttir ?viil!iw 1 1 r n 1 1 l.-n.l 1 il ivml- nrifnf
GodingiO'i ACornweli's yard nre perfectly
wonuerlul. mareniuir.
N E W ADVf.R T IS E M 1-1 N TS.
THE OLD SIASI) WMS
oipo;?iTi3 nrncK i:a?'k,
WITH A
8,'0,000 stock of choice and well
assorted
Bought since the heavy decline
in gold, which will Ik
sold at
AUTOS 1 3 II 1XO L Y
IjOW Prices.
Give nt a c:iH nnl wo will lu
jou sol.
rELTEK, I & CO.
iij-tl.
Kl9t & IlVJUaiUM,
Would invlti.tlicif'old pntrufla and the publlogen
biuliy III Tilusvillo and Vi lnty
To call and cxatnlno tin Ir splondid stock of
JJ'urniture I
Ol' At I. K1MIS
Parlnr Snlta, Chan-.tier Sets,
Book 1 'ihiw, b.ite Ho irils.
Lounges, ,'li:uiio!s,
tint Itscka, Spring Iteids,
Muttiesjies,
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MIRRORS,
And ovirjr description of furniture, plain and or
iiameuiai.
1'S1)F!KTAK1S'; !
in all Its krui:lies. A laive stock of
i!n'(ss axa iiiKi'Ai i.10 rts;:B
rtow on hand. aprlit-tf.
FOK
lloiiso
i lii'o : rniiniH, n-ntnvTi r. Kt.atuio i:t Kv-.
iitn Wji.jii uhi ('ufiiiiijf tliojs I otrult'UT i'unti,
Billw.
VMNSOK BROS. COLIIMN?
WSSOR BROS.,
STORE.
ESTABLJSJ1EO 2359.
"Win sor 13 r os. :
MAIS 8TUEET,
DEALERS IN OIL WELL
TUBING AND CASING !
v ALSO,
WORKING BARRELS TALTL3,
STUFFING BOXES,
CLAMPS, TONGS,
1NN13 PUCKER RODS,
RIVETED JOINT SUCKER ROD
BOILER PUMPS,
CISTERN A WELL TUMPS,
Kvtry Djrcrlptkn ef supplici for
6!L WELL T,iKS nil
REFINERIES.
BRASS GOODS,
STEAM & GAS FITTINGS
BELTINR, PACKING AND HOSE J
KIRBY'S COMPRESSED BUNGS,
H A. "JR X -A. XI E,
H jus" Trimmings,
Carpe iteis' Tools,
l)rillir,(r and Plain Laid Rope,
Oaknm, Nails, Axes,
Table and Picket Cutlery,
A fall as oiliajni of eve-v hinf la da ilinilirirs
lino
.Souse Ft!rn!h!iig iUmlt
and "
jVlornin: Glory
HOME COMPANION,
IRON GATE, and
WnEAT SHEAF
Cook' Stoves.
lj:iRip, Iianern A CIiimncS
.o. 1 Winter slrahied
Lard Oil)
.-VO. 1 IIRFIIVEU OIL.
CimiMOS CLOTHES WSHGEalS
Jlannraelurers of
TIN) SHEET IRON C0PP2H
WARE.
SMOKE STACKS,
ltepali ini: of all lipids dnno n llh nentness sail H
pauli. i.peclal atteutieu fivoa to
Steam aa$l (Jas FittW
Purcbaalnr with cash only,: our faelltlirs JW I '
nishina evervthlim m onr tin- nr snpernir '
ollur unit)i:'slinioiit in tlis Oil Hegloii.
flistciluiri.
TIN ND REPAIR SHOP
' Thankirg o ir friends ft.ril.f'r lihernl Vffi
In tl.. past, shall ut ur lft lTo'iV.a l'U.