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UrfAK LAM), SHIT2I & Co.
(i?i:cctte to J. A. Ioic?,)
Merchant Tailors !
AJU lAtEl IN ! '
READV-MAItELOTiiiNS,
BESTS' ?JSEII2SI?rS BS23S,'
HATS, CTS, AC., .
for. Sp and FrasMin Streets,
TITVsViLLE, PA.
.An axtanslve sawrtiuetrtor SPIiIN'0 AXD SUM
Xkll KITTLES o.'.CLoTns, C'ASSlMEtli.3
i.d Ti.STl.SGS, loth Foreign A Domestic.
A FlKST-CliASiS Cl'TTR.
I CLOSING OUT SALE OS"
Ready-Made Clothing
AT COST.
1 etrolcum Centre .Dai I y Record
Vet. Ceatre, Tneailay. . may 3
Gold 1H?4'.
tSTI'he tim. table or tbe O. C. A A. It.
B. will be found under tbe market?.
Philadelphia Is taking foremost rank in
the foreign fruit trade, yesseli goiug for
ward to Mediterranean "ports with petro
leum, teccive return cirgoes In tbe shape
of fruit, for which remunerative rates are
obtained. . Some idea of the extent of this
business Citu be formed from the fuct (bat
during the past week seven vessels arrived
i.t Ihtit poit frojn Mei-ema arxi Falernio,
bringing in all about 30,000 boxes of orongea
COO hall Luxes ditto, and 9,802 bests of
jtmous.
It will be seen by re fereuce to the ndver
llHotirut published elsewhere that lir. Geo.
W. King, Sr., bus got established In bis
new uid couituodious meat market, and is
prepared tofiiraislt fresh and Bait meals of
all kinds to bis customers. Mr. K. has
been in ft.e meat ' business la this place for
many years, and has i bii established reputa
tion lor honesty and fiir dealing, and also
for tbe r xrellent quality of his good3. Give
llltu a call. , '
Ou Wednesday evening there is to be a
grand juvckflio Cqnceir, or Eobel's llall,
under the direction of Miss. M. n. Ilendef.
B..o. An' excellent programme Las been
selected, consisting ofscngS) choruses,
fcle s, A. ' Tiano lorte accompaniment by
Mrs. M. II. Carman. No doubt the bonne
vrill be crowded with the little ones and
their paren'l a and friends.
Jamestown ia excited over the robbery of
Tier. Aos.-l Eroftne, cf Tioga County, N.
Y., wawaa met Ou tho highway by two
nieu, gagged and almost entirely stripped
f his clothing, bC8Mea bii watch and chain,
S-i'J lu money and other article.. Tho
morals of that town must bo l.rproviu.
A cow was tun ever Ly the car on Ifcy
Juirn, I '.ft evening. I.t was the property of
a liy. i.nrn -d Morgan, upon whom' the loss
filli heavily, as ho had worked hard forsev.
rl mouths and had it nearly paid for when
1 tiled. The railroad ooiop-iny, In a case oj
tljit U'.ad, should remuneraie the loser. ,
Tbe ice mm are busy delivering that coin
inodlty these warm dys. '.. : ' , '
-r-l . , : . t ,
A man Ditmud JatueB Elliott, lull off the
ropeller St. Albans, In Lake Eiiu,- ou
'J liui'udiy Ust, aid was drowned. lie ro
tid. d la Caradi. -. ', ' V.'
The mau Tlioropsoo, whe was to badly
X I'ljurtd ht the tirteentb aujendnient celebra
tion at Corry, is recovering. Ila will lose
liir. e linger on one haod, ' '
We publish lo-d:iy tho anuuuncewent ol
' Ufii. J. I). McJunkin us a candidate forre
uleciion lo the Legislature, suljoct t tbe
ii.'a.es ol tho Republican parly. Mr. McJ.
baH dune g iod setvic for his parly aud will
undoubtedly scuro a le-noiuinnlior.. . ,
A new crokt-Wtt'k bus been laid in front
of Fuller, Funner & Co 's grocery eiore. It
. is a tfecl'iej Improvement.
If you oul 1 not hot i cu.iii riiit you i
tAi", liilen -aI i-j.-c to whut it Itaca. .
Venango County Court Ilecord.
Franklix April 30.
Com. vs. Michael McGowon, for larceny
not guilly. . r
Coin. v. K. J. Hull, Indicted for assault
and batlery, tried and verdict of guilty"
Com. vs. Joliu Fisher, indicted lor soiling
liquor on Sunday, verdict of guilty and sen
tenced to pay a II a j ol $10 and ten days
init iio!i tit.-nt.
Com. vs. Henry Wirlz, lor bastardy, guil
ty, nnd sentenced to enter in $S!!U Loads
iur aitppurt of ohild. .' (,
The coifrt , sentenced Edward Hoys, for
laioeny, lor three; months.
Tbos. Qulnn) tame olIeDse, s -ntenced to
pay u fine of $1 und costs, and imprison
ment in Western renitentlary fur one year.
Wasliingiqn A. llalef ftrrupe, sentenced
to pay tiue oT $1 aud costs, and imprison
ment la Western Penitentiary for seven
yeurs. ,
Win. Young,' for stabbing, sentenced to
pay a fine of $1 and costSj and imprison
ment (or three years la Weslera Fenilentia.
Edward Msgher, attempted rape, senlene
ed to pay a tint) ol $1 and costs, and three
years imprisonment. ' .
V ' . FLOWUiS.
A writer Id the Beekeeper's Journal gives
the following anecdote: '
An old Englishman of our acquaint ance
spends hours ofeVcry 'summer dayumoni:
the flowers and vines. Said a neighbor," as
he locked over tho fence, when he was busy
at work, "I can,t see what good your flow
ers do you Mr. II , you can neither cat
or wear them." ..r.Trui), inip," replied thn
61d man, as he tenderly trained a flowering
vine, "that is Irue, but the good Lord knew
It w hen ho made them."
IIaxuixo! a Max fob Comfort. The
Austin (Texas) Journal relates tlie follow
ing: In IS37 or 133S, tho county of 1-
haa just been organized, and the first dis
trict court was held in a small room that
had been used for'-'a" grocery. It wos the
fall tern, a serore norther wis blowiu-A rirtd
there was no fire.place or stove in the room,
A despurado was on trial for. one out of
many murdors hi-bad committed, arid' the
judge and jury were impulU'tit to end.' t'je
case. Tho cyunty was .sparingly Ssottled,
and oonseqiiently tod poor to niaaiil(-iuMe
arrangements for tbe(cotnfort of'isT; crs;
so, when the jury brought in a verdict ol
guilty, the "judge In prcnounclnij sentence
upoc the culprit, said : "Bob Jones, yob
bare had a lair trial: you have beou found
guilty, aud the court adjudges that you be
hanged. by the neck until you Lo dead; but
as the county is just oraniz.d aad niTro's
no convenienci) to lodgo a prisoner with any
degree of cotn.'ort there being no' suitable
buHding nor bedding, ' aot even blank"t'.
the court do bevoiyj'in consideration of li's
personul conifort', order that the piitoncr
be taken, to the) nearest tree and there uiog.
ed until be is dead, end may tbe Lo:d have'
mercy op u!s soul. Tbe sheriff then bor
rowed a lariat's from a jbystnnder, put H
over the culprit's ticck, and ted him out to a.
tre a few feet from the-court bouse, throw
It over a limb, and suspended the prisoner
till life was extinct. , . . .,
Thefollowln; 'floater" may be relief on
as a correct statement:, , ; .
w right smarts, make a heap. 0
i heaps mal.9 a pile. t :l .
3 piles make a lot. '
4 lots make one gobl '
8 gobs make-one ootl lo,. . . .
6 oodles make a dead load. . '.
2 dead loads make mjro'n a mule cin car-
rJ-... ; '
Two New Orleans girls fought a filched
battle in a fashionable restaurant tliH oth, r
evening, for the ownership of a ulce youug
jaun wbj "weurs . bis hair perfumed in
cutis rrd cultivutrs a LlnOI; and tun miis
tu'jhe Willi prayerful solicitude."
' 'A con&ciJjrHlous reporter stales in a Taris
paper, "At t.'"t t'per ball we noll iei that
many of IbeUJIcj tad locn v.tcclnaltd
ahoia the knee."
Miss; Muttie Joliu'ion, tlie youn r lady
brought Into painful no' oriety ihrough tl.e
oiopeiuont with t lie llev. j?ornc Cook somo
mon tbe ago, has been uiurrie I to a young
gentleman cf New York. ,
The bead waiter of a Now York r'slnu.
rant so far forgot his position as to go u'own
to tbo kitchen and give orders to the conk,
who promptly resented by placing the head
wailur'iu the oven, und fastening the door.
lie wa.'u't much use to 'unybody when trier
found him. . .
rut c!l' tepeutai;i) uiilil lu. morrow and
you have a day mora to repeut of,' ts,-id a
d iy los to renent in. '
fir ililudo Is tbo niualu of the lm l,' when
lis chords aie u.vcjit ly i.u Un-za oi kind
ness. I.fteuiep. ee.. u.;i.t . x eruil thirg
Can Lave but li.lle jo.v.r lo a-u:'. u.'.
XKWS ITEMS
On the 2i!tli nil, near A.?:twamun, Va'
a woman named Ellen limiting kiljeil nu,
Idioi unmed Win, Onley, with whom she
had been drinking In hrr husbands grog-Rpry-
...
, iiernh Colburn, an English engincci:, for
meily editor ol I bo London Eugiieer, cem
milied micidu at ilelmoiit, Massachusetts,
oa Monday Inst.
Tho receipts of tho city of Chicago for
Ibe year ending April 1st were $ 10.(130,000,
and the expenditure a $10,440,010. The
city debt Is $11,302,720.
During a riot between circus, men und
citizens at Elklon, Md., lat week, Will
iam llaudolph was fatally stabbed by a ne
gro. The Missouri River, Fort Seott nnd Gal
veston llailroiid was completed to tho Miss
ouri Stale line aluiday, it being t he first
road to ' reach Indian territory. Uegulur
trains coiiiiui'iiced rutioingon Sutanlay.
, Col. Van Horn, meinler of Congre.-s lioan
Mifjonrl, has purcliiised tl.e interest of tbe
late Col. Vt'ilder iu the Kansas City Jourrni
01 Ccmmerce.
The negroes of Now Orleans lind lheir
Filltiulb Amcudmeiit xelebtution attu-
day. . ..
Several frame tenements on Molnr.cliton
slteet, Cincinnati, werj luriied Saturday.
Lots i'5,0C0. , '
Win. Osmann, enslaver to a C'ncinna
jewelry establishment, committed suicide in;
Coviugton Satmday uight, whilo luboritijj
under temporary insanity,
John U.'iiedici'i) sl-.-aai suv mil!, nn l the
depot of tho Eecsielter ai:d Earaloga Kail-
road, ut Saratoga, with Us cotiteuU an 1
three freight cars, were burned Saturday.
bece.lici s losi is y.io. ihki. im lusttiancti. .
The depot was valued at $d,00u. nnd the
goods ut C-30,000. The latter ksa is divid.
ed between the railroad und pio;,eily Loid-r
ers.
Joe Coburo, Mika Jft-Coo'e, nnd Hilly
Citrroll lefk St. Louis for New Orleans Sat
urday, to arrange the preliciiiiaii.fi uf the
dpproachiu; fight between' Alleu mid Mace
Carroll will re;, lest tit Allen, and lleeuan
will act tor M'ico. Tho si'Cud of Allen
are CoViurn and Tm ' K -Hey.,, Those of
Mace, lleeuua and Jim Cusick.
" Thirty woodeii 'buildings wu're barne.l lo
Lvostmi sat,urUuy, reuderiuz ouo buuuted
families homeless. '. ,
ma torero lucioryoMi. Hall, at
IioanoLe, KLiidulpb Couuty, '!i.uuri, con
laiaing ouu LiiDared und eighty Ibousind
pound i ol leaf tobacco, was bur n, d April
2A : Loas about' 5?2J,U00; insured for $U..
uoo..
M LorKle & Tweeu ; planing mill nnd
five dwellings, la Enahsville. were; burned
Saturday night. Loss J-W,0CO, artially
'usuied. - ,
A shoddy young Jady i.irprised her mlh
er, (jib. returning lVom a dauco. by saying
(hat site eojojed the "Imging set to music
most bully-ly," Siiehad reierenw to waltz'
fng, and why Ua't that a good name for
it!
A nine year old bo7 at the school in Lin
coln, California, was a.-Led what pur.isli
ment was given to Adam and Eve lor eat-
ingme tirOHMeu luutjn the garden ol
Eden? II replied -They wore stamped
ed Ob; the ranch e. '
Jfr The Well at Bkauv
VI F:AUi of Nati-ke.' Tl
s IIexd Pthaxce
The vell at JJrudy's
I?and, which bos caused so much excite
ment during I ho jmrt two weeks, is acting
very s.ngular, ir reports r true. Tin
tools are still in the hole, and the r (vision
al How of gas mf.-rs lliem a number ef feet
when tbey fall back with great force, each
time iucieaslng the depth of t!i8 hole, fly
Mils process t!io weil ban drilled Itself up-
waiusoi liny lent wi,ili:u the fast two
weeks. Tbo tools uro (ieliTrulried to make
China their destination, allot their own
accord, and wo fear tbe oil, on the arrival
of tho tools to tbo land beneath m, will all
run the other way. The-ijuo-tlon if, which
end ol'tiiH hole Is it best lo 1ako slock in?
yto giv.i inu suit. 'nu ni as it was tulil lo us
by one who liaslieen nt die v.oll for levenil
diys, Liifin niir opinion It hnus very largo
earmaikst: Tlje well is now pumping about
lony barrels daily, -oil CUv Times.
A New York piper encourages tlie youn
ty tlie example ol a youth wno, with only
:i s two nanus anil acio vliu-, 'nend a ieiv
fry store, and now he is living in tt iarg,,
stare resilience in King Sing."
Aj'lifd swain cpitel.illy t,,,; t.jjVH
did n it i-.O'.v usciusU a her d unghtj'is of
ihu pinion day. Had . t iey bet-u hi ,r
place, insipi d ol i ein;; rtcci ivej tbey would
bare deceived the devil "
Flank IIoaij'. T.'iem is a lmivemeuj cn
foot to build a plank loud fio:n Sbambui"
to the half-way lmui. be I wi en I'leasanlvllli.
and Tilun'ill-. Th. ie is au u plaok ri ml
lo be lu'lt Ina Siswburgb t Mil'tr Farm.
lineal .tf Iitm-o
Tlie celebrated brand of flour Stone mills,
nt Feller, Fenner.ACu. ni3 tf.
Sodii Wntfr and Ice Creiiu i i. W. Eoat-
Tbe celi'liritii d brand of flour, Slt)0 mills,
at Feller, Fenner it Co,
Soda Water aud lea Croum nt J. W. IScat-
' .
To All Whonio It may Concern.
As a report has been Uidiistrioulr circus
laled I hut I employed uoriorlnipdeii mts
to ubtain pohsesKion of thu building 1 now
occupy, I tuku tins opportunity ofapiit.l"g
my lnend.4 mid ai.iiaint incs toul no
means wer- employi d I hut auy hotwMrtile
uian need be ashamed of. The piic suited
me and I bought tbo biaiiiiiig. .li'hal. wan
all. ery triiiv l ours
April 23 41. John J. f ki.t:r.
Soda Water and lceCieaui at J. W. Meat
ty's. ' up2T-l
Caxrnx llixrEK.-i Tlwse celeblalei Lil
leie nie lei'on'iui' inii d ly bjiciiiiif u? lar
tiierior tl) ny in use, They are piei-int
lo l!m tusle and coatiiln me.lieil iurrd."n-s,
placing I h. in ut Ite bead r,f nil billert m ui
iil.utiiii'il. Try a bottle, they are f ir salo
ut ll.e Mm;; Sl'i'e ol Gr!e!l Clos. u23 If.
The celebrated brand of Hoik, Stone mills,
at Felli r. Feiiner fc Co.
Cold i.-t a word which Coditigioii 4 Corn
Well pro" lender ob- lele. For o.fllj
operandi e ill and see them. marchlott.
All slyli-H lialit liarm-sn. cheaper thaa the
cheapest, mad.' from Vodat's oak stock, and
warranto I, ut J K. Kron's.
The largest lot of Uir.W. Cunnries and
1 1 f llt.r K.itl-il.4 I .rmj. Il t In Oi.l nil Ml.,l..na
has just beta iiceiwd ut it. S. Siiiiiiiou".
b'J-ll
Soda Water and Ice Cieumat J. W. Real
ty's Fine assortment of wall paper at CiilTes
Bros, -i.
Frisli. (Jlass, Doors Put ty &e. Largo
stock vety eheup ut the FurnitUfH Slon-.
min-ir
Soda Water aud Ice Cream at J. W. Heat
ly'g. I'-tvji:saiucnt Aoliee.
Ti e siiii.-c:iher 'h learned that a 'certain
firm m Tmivi!le, kuown a "Bryan, llil
liugliani i; Co.." have commenced Iheaian
utaciure of Sucker Hods Willi Socket Joints'
'I'tifs Is a Direct lull ingen'.ent on his liii:hts.
us his claim is "oii'nectiug two sections of
ro t by meaus of wedges, wedging sockets,
aud double c aipliag ho t," lie ilo. s not
sp. c'uy any pai lieti'ur shaped w edge, nor of
with, material it Hiall he made. All mils
made a above il. suribed nninido of his man
uta.'tory. nre Oiiect infringi menl.-i. This,
hereloie is to
CAUTION OIL OPERATORS,
and all others, atalit buying or using any
rods so made, except those of bis uiaiior.ii:'
lure, n by s doing they will ley them.
shIviih buble, aud will bo dealt wilb accord
ing to law.
WM. J. IN.SId!.
Floxi:En, April 0th, 1S70.
SPECIAL SiJIItT.
The largest and finest stock
of raiHily Groceries, ever
.I
brought to Pttroleum Centre, is
i
now lieing received and 'offered
at heavily rcilaccd prices
Those goods arc bought in New
Yoik at the pit-went, low prices
' ' ' ' '
for cash, and we' propose to let
our friends and patrons have
i
he benefit of low . prices.
Parties wishing to buy choice
groceries at very low ligures
will do well to- call on us before
purchasing elsewhere.
SCII0.!2L(U1 & m(.
ANMOJJ!S DJIII NTH
I'ltlMAUV UKlSTtXUH, KATOItDAT MAY 28,
Anaembly.
V.o nro antlioilved to nioHiipth,,nsi(.f n,.
NEW ADVUUTli-EMIiNTS.
i:o. IV. HI.VU, Sr.,
r-movcj to hln XKW SToiti;, a,..,,.-,,,.
t.t'i
mviiin ic i) mi: unit:nrv Mure, Vi'Hniv f
s r.,'i.il la now iirmiurMl to fiimlih iiii. ,i ,
;ue iHHIle geurrally with '"s. -Hauila
mi :
I
ii-sh antl Suit Meats
or all
I. !..!. e . .
I ho)
my menus lorpHit .,.,
K-oi iiiont uctimmuauco uf iliu amuia. JivJ
irai. v. KINO Sn.
Btrolmm t'. r.tre, Mnys, 1870 tf.
Facts are Pacs
. AND IT IS A FACT THAT
S)
d?m mm i
At tlie Corner of Wasiiln
ton & 1st Streets,
Fins the largest and best selected stock of
Fure. Drugs,
, Cl'Pmicals, Perfumeries,
TOILETftTICLES, "'&C,
NOW riil'LAYED ON OIL CF.EEK.
) ' "
IMTEXT Mi:JCIES
4
JUST RECKIVED IN LARGE QUANTI
TIES FUESII "FROM THE MANVFAC-
WiriesILiiquors
Of the purest brauuj no 1 f rao. from a lulteraiioa.
Ferffumeries,
ThoHr(Hf Mock of cmair luUla'i pwfrmcrie
oar uitcitxl tu the tuizimt f I't i-ioM n n r
ATTEfiyTIOM ALL
OU Crek In utitl leiuinin;.
An l i-iro th pnUft J W SllIXTS at tii
o ri ttiniif-l if M. X Snilf i rmiiifiitj iwhi withciu
t'niHT-. wUn iiyIuiii tkttir. nwiicyhf inaktuir
cond Imrvflin. If u:'d m't )ifii-v itjiiit coiao
aiid ncu the iiiflb ua wetl tt;c uice .flock ui -r
;s:oc.:s!iaS
..fall Kinds nlivajj in hand Also home aiaila
' URKAP, TIE?. CAKES,' Ac.
Fsiiw'nl nllfullon wdl a eivelt tn jnr IfR
CKkAII I'AIII Hi,', wM'liw'll lieuiiincd taetir-t
.Juof Mny iiert, ihte'f -hnM ho hnre-y to will
ou Hi -mi who urn fuvor nie wit i ilM- p-itr..Tiag.
jiN. U Absolutely no alii!i rn' fcun.!m-.
- , . . . alftta.
w rrnr innv
ElUE, IM.,
MASUFACTCREKS OP
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS
WELL RIGS it DRIVING FII'K.
V. H. We hnvo this dny aopnlu'e'l C. A VVH
VV , uf V .'troieini enlro, moIb nirent. of our mnn-u'neill'-e-.
for I'erro'eini C ulrr. nud l.)per Clou.
All nniers nildr lo h'ni, vr to Hi to L'ily Iron
Works will reeolve niDinpt nltuiitioa- -
Tiliinlllo, I'll , April 8, M7il. If.
usinist & iiuitis,
GENE, rAL "MACHINISTS
m d Dtuleu la all kinds or
WE fa TOOLS Si MX TI KE
Vt)-(tri(.rv if - linilinif down find oooni'Jng -t
nun. in cuimtjciiim wi;u mir ji.ivhii---
wc have u large Hui cohvi-uicitt -
blacksmith snor.
Celled by uuy Khop in tiiti Oil llei;IODS.
ii!Wtr FlSllElt AliHIM
n Vnr fl., Job Wi,.-k to 10 llw UE'VKl
vs 1 1 iist;
OttC.