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L"8.c SIMMONS' COLUMN.
ROBERTS' PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
WIN50R BUOS. COLUMN.
1,
i. .
WasMngton-St;.
T20LEII31 CXSTRE.
Tin Largest and. Sect Selected
ctock of Goods iii Western
Pennsylvania, and
sold at
OF
fcc., or Mediciual Purpose;!..,
mm, t HiM'iix if.,
.?irss and nasi class,
Paint,
and Dy Stuff,
PAitiTSRS'iaMTSfilAlS
and Brushes.
IMPORTED
mis
TOILET
. ; ARTICLES !
Tflartj9ertinenlVver;tefora c'Jered on
Oil Cr-jeU.
WALL PAPERS '
AND WINB9W- SHADES !
Uasi7iii!Mi;ior;bM!it7 and orii'lna "
... ili-oigui, cbeapnaa aud durability ' '
irUs,
House Plants, &c.
THS CHOICEST BRANDS.
ALL KINDS
f
PATEOT MEfllCINES.
TBESCRIPTION3 ARE PUNCTUALLY
COMPOUNDED AT ALL HOURS.
BTICE COOL SODA WATER FRESn
MOM TIIE FOUNTAIN; .
At SIMXO.YK'.
XT' W-.Wa.aii
TORPEDOES.
Till: KOIIEUTS
,FmOLEUM JORrEBO ca.
Office at ibe
Red Plam.vg !?Iill,
iCarocr ! Pine and Second street.,
i (Near ilte Hutlrond,)
ITtJSVILLE, PA.
Owta tn the larco nd incrrnsluz aVmflnd'for the.
Fobtirts' ToriM"e. and tht? lto declaim of thn
Commissioner of Pvnnt in nfu ttiij tn Wm. Ku'd
jent and th dWW m ofJuJirc if. U Giimm
tftinaif tli Unb.rtV piteat tUey.Uv JLOWEUKD
tb once of tlivlr Torpedo
rwaxrir per cent.
o that CTry Operator cm fcJonJto try ; Torpedo
before aiMndoMng M1.
The followta In the dislon rendered by JnoVe
(triPfon the twentv-frerourt dv nf fp-'temlvr,
IS', J i the UnittdVutw Oirrnit tonrt nf Pli.lrtilel-
?hi. The ramt watt arvned three ditvi hv Olnwius
I. KtlWof New York, B If I.U((Mund t. A. fur-
ri.UKw of Pittahurfh, for d?f ndants, nnd Ownr.e
Hardin of Ht.i!'Jtlpb, aud ioryc II- Christy, o
I'Uitfburgh, for plivut'fi',
OPINION OP JC1X?E GUI EH.
AO write with dlffleiiltv I can onlv r:te the con
cltHi.itu to whfh niv mind had cooie af.er a cj.ro.n-
xminTion of thii'cane. I
Tfle com tlaiaiut 1ms cxhtmted a nfttoit d:itd
aTith of April, ltt. Th! it pr nm fakt'vHencH of
ft Hood titie, and put on the respondent the hnr
aeu or proi .sum tne psnm it vmu or worthies.
I tuJ ti'rt rt'pi'At iuv tenvirk in rho f:i of (imJ
iww. lavti HH, O. i hut now
adopt them a atTordin a rti'e ot tlecUiou which np
plie cinrlv to ttie p-e?nt ctae.
Aa me imnnjrm'nt or trie parent n a imiitrHi,
the only quMttiu will be ft to the validity ot com
pUlnwnia patent of April 9i,lH.s.
Itwaafr-T pociil.U'on htd heon reduced to
practii-e " aud attrr iepfAted exporimciit?, tint the
complainant mcrmlitt in rivurt-otnfn'he nrtjmlir-
and Unoranceof tin? pop'i on the (iibjtvt, nnd
ptninainit the public that hi. invention rine ul;
aitr he nnd et?iUhd it riet ir.lMtv mid T ilue,
aud uwben hie ireiru and patirnt pcisevtMiiiu'e, in
pile of imcer nml ecotV," were completely mc-ceei-ful,
Ifat Heed, who had before tu:ule etp 'rt-
meat on the vime etihie t. nnd wn uiiiicceciitl.
1:nir.iited that he hid the bent iiirht totbe invention,
a d after purrfaaatiiKyne o more ot.nplftinafit': lor
pVdoe4. he apnlied on the lt of Nov uibvr, lt7,
for a jjiTnt for nhsuittilly the n:vno combina
tion of devices and (:, liinncontAtnedtn complain
ant'e patent. On the 16th of the triune month tit1
re-ipondeuU formed thnrotelve into a company or
corporatiini caUtd "The Keed Toi-pcdo C'omp inv,"
for the purpose of pinttiu this coniptatmn 's in
vention, aul eupprtin tne expanse or limiition,
and thit9 di fraud him of th lruit. Thev hive per
severed, even fttT the pre ;nui;try injunction very
property g.-Hnted hv the District Ituitco.
xJet d 'orea he en u-red nr complainant fr a piT
Duttial iiiiuiieiion. and a Miiter. iiiifMtnifd to take
an aocouui according to the pnym- of rhe till.
None. The pa'npe referred to liv .Ttidse Hrler in
his former dvC'on, 3 Wallace, p. W adopted hi
appiicabte to thio crte w f(ilow:
Ir i? u-iiilly thec.ife, when uiiy.vt.limlile dicv
ery is wade, or any new mac'.itne of frmit ml liv 1
invented, thai tbeattenlion of the public ha hef-n
tnmed to th mbjwt prvv ouMy, nnd tliut niary
p-rou have been making reearche ai d exp-ri-mtuts.
l'hiloeiptu'n and mechanicians inny have
itnome mtfiioire nniicipntfd in thtir p cii'iitlonp
the pwibhity or piolmbihty of men discovery or
inveiitiou; tnnny experiments have hroit ucces-'fii!-ly
t lied, com tn very twtir. yet failfn; short ot the
dlred result. They have produced nothing tuMte
fiL'ial. The invention vlw, perfected may tru'y he
tt'd to be the cniiiinaii); point of man v exjVri
men , n.t on'v by the inventor, but by many oth-or.-.
He may h iv proHted Indirectly hv the unuc
est: ful expeiiinentAUud failure of other, hnt ,it
tve them no rii'lit to eta m a i-h'Uu of the hctior of
the protit of the eiiiesful inventor It ! when
rfpecutation has Iteen rtduc- d to practice, when ex
peri men t ha- reu'.tt-d In discovery nnd when tlmi
di-covery ha Ihhii perfeeted by patif-nt ant contin
ued cxp(-rinieut. when aume new compound, art.
uianullctiue, or maehine ha- hen thu prt ditc.'f
waieh it uaefnl to theptiblic that tlie party maUinirit
beeoniet a public b m factor and cntitlfdto a ;n:p.t.
14 Aud yet when gifipu- Ond pmluit pcrevcramv
baveut lgth vuetcd"d, in ,die ofnr and
toff:f i'tnie v;i I liable inventtt-n or tifeo ery, how
st-ldom is it followed by rwnrd 1 Envy ioi him
of tfie honor, white apeculttore, awindle-e. aud pi
rat ee rob him of the pmtlu. Kvory uusnecemul
ex;erimenter who did or did or did not come vt ry
Dtir inkiuiE a u1covi-y now claims it. K' trv ous
wno can invent au iinprocmeut or vary Ha form,
claim a riicht to niraie the original diseovery. We
nved not suBimon Mow, or Blanehard. or Wofid
worth to prove that thl 1 the ueual history of eve
ry 'r at ciscovcry or Invention.
The preent caae add another chapter to this
lone anu uniforin history. Wallace. C. C. lie-
ports p. 2.
CAtTIOAT.
The'publlc i cnitHon' d asnlnt employing any
bat the regularly authorized AueutH .f the Com pa
Pi. elitfe the ItoberU Patent cover the 110 of t'.e
T rpedfi and all pjtpioeive matri;U for oil weil.
ana tue u-eol au-ti maierm.A hv other parties a
(Mrjct intfnenuMit of their riht. Any prtitri in
Mtiinir any of the UOIiKHTS PATEN TS will )h
dealt with according to law, and rh actlm "wiin'nlly
and knnwlnelv In d.liiuicc of law uud the decirdoiia
of the ''ourt
IhflC'ompinv have reoran'zed their lnsinen
with aview loaerotn'nodale Oil Men in overv nart
of the Oil KefHon. Thev have emploved the nnM
eiuetent Airents ana AHst'inrt that can he proem eu
for (he bnsine-a. Kah Tornedo i labelled with
date af patent, to net lie r wiih the pric of the Tor
p(;do, and signed by an ofiictr of the Couipuny, o
cry Operator winhing a Torpedo may k now Us
price and wherhcr it came from our oftic .
Opeiator wid confer a lavor by reporting to this
Office auv DfliiEence of AuenN.
The following named pertwna hive been appoint
ed A sent ft and AMtftant A.'cntn the Oil l.t-iuiu
of Pennsylvania and West Viigini i.
IilST OF AGENTS.
TITTSVITK. CnnRCTI HVS ANT VICINI
TY STKPH EN t.OfV. office, Hamilton'- Clar
btore, adtk-t-aa Tltnsvllle, Pa. Asmetuut, John Van
TITfTflVIIXK, cnUUC'If TlUN AND VKJINL
MY H. it THOMAH. OiBco and address, Uun
Mon Ilini-.'. '1 ini-vilie, V.v
hltAMHUHO AND VICINITY GF.OUOB IH-
l.N. Office, Hhanibnrg; residence, luuavill.;, Pa
Atdlaiit, A A. ywt.
KNTKHPHISK, PLEA H A NT V I LLK. BRAN
FARM AM PlTfiOLK OKolUJK ' W. VAN
VLIET. Office and address. Chnaii House. Pliuu.
antville. Aaietant. H. Huntin'jton.
TIDIOUT- ANI WKST II U'KOHY-CI? AH.
CLAltK. Offlcandaddre, Exn ei Ottke Tidi-
oiite. Pa. A-Hitnt. K. C. Ueanhlev.
PKTUOLEtTM CENT MS AND VICINITY
LEVI MASON. Oflicenndnddrna, Petrok-um C'eu
tre, Pa. Aitilftant, Chftrlun Bl -iel;fnrd.
TAUU AND BLOOD b'AiiMHand DUtrlnt lyinv
onOUCrofk and ' herry Ban. ffnrn Mory Kami to
Mef llntockville .I.Vil.S HAUNIiKuS. AdtreM
arr Farm, Pa. AfflrtanN. I.uther B. Saundtrd,
Charlea K. Cnchrnn and WlU'a n lloyt.
Mc'-'LlNTtioKVILLB, OIL CPlY AND U-NO
A. 8. WrST. Address, Oil tltv or Keuo, Pa
Assintnnt, N. Mead
f ANKLIN, ALONG XMR ALIiFQHENY HIV.
EU-35 WtLBKIt onicf; and nddruiw, Frwiklin.Pa
CHrRO.tASS, FDSTEK PA HM As PA.tKKtrS
LANDING tiiril A RD V. HKDFJKLl). Ofh
and addnis HttrubrMs, la AaUum, It. W. lor
tetfifld, addrest Kmlenton, Pa.
WKST ViHaNlA-(!. D. ANfiKT.. anil. T. TC
CfOOK- Ad rlres. Phi kerstxirir. W'm Virginia.
Kob.rfi reirol'nm Torpedo Co.
a.-y .-cily.
WINSOR BFiOS.,
STOEE.
ESTABLISHED 1859.
Winsor 13 ros.'
MAIN '.STREET,
rETI5ttLEl'31J CEXTUE,
dealers in oil well
TUBING AND CASING!
ALSO,
WORKING BARRELS & VALVES,:;
STUFFIXO- ROXES,
.CLAMPS, TOSG.S,
1NNIS SUCKER RODS,
. RIVET KD JOINT SL'CKKR ROD
BOILER TUMI'S,
CISTERN Jfc WELL PUlirS,
very Description of supi!ic tot
OIL WELL IMS MD
j . REl'INERIES.,
nr. vss goods
STEAM & GAS FITTINGS
BELTING, PACKING AND HOa?
KIRBT'S COMPRESSED BUNGS,
HARD -W J BS,
Houe Trimmlnjfs
CarpHolors' Too!?,
Drilling anil Plain Laid Rope,
Oaknui, Nails, Axi'f,
Tabluaud Pockt-l Cutlery,
A fall asMrtment tf evo-vtliinj in '.tho Ilardwarc
. Liuu.
House Furnishing Geo;!,
VENTILATOH
AND
Alornino; G-lory
V BASEBi'RXEKS.
HOME COMPANION.
IRON GATE, and
WHEAT SHEAF
Cools, Stoves.
fjauip, Tiuntcrns & Chimneys,
No. 1 Winter Htrniniid
VnvA Oil,
NO, 1 REFINED OIL.
CJIA5IP10. CLOTHES WKIXGI US
Munuraclurers of
TIN. SHEET IRON 4 CDFPSR
WARS.
SMOKE. STACKS,
Bepairinj; of all kinds d'in vith nentnea nod dia
uatch. Esjeclal atlcLtion given to
Steam Qi:d Cas Fittings
rurrhmlni! with cssh only, our fitdllllin tar (nr
nlHhiiiK Kvprytlilni? In our lln lire uiorlir my
ntliiT nhilil;n!ment In the Oil ht'gluu. We 1 uvo u
illHtCllU8.
TiN AND REPAIR ShOP
Tlmiiklug onr frlcivl fur tl.nlr lilioniljjutroiin-o
iu th. .-I. wn t:, t-nr iv turuii imr.l
t i'n-ir.nr.to- 1 if.
BOBSOl'S
ton (kfj'Iv Pipe
iiAi:iii:s iibii!io. .v Co.,
Corner of Soiiccn I'cntrn SI.., !: t
atiio Oil Crock, Oil UJ, i'a., ,
Di'alcre In Morrl, Tufki-t Co'a .
OIL WELL TUBING. AND CASlNi;
AL90,
wor.Kixn n.MM!!?!. ami valvks,
bTL'r'HN" IH'XKi.
UI.AMl'S, TOVC.K,
machinery for Oil Wells & Hefineu i
HODINO TOOLS,
OIL I'LMl'S,
1I11IVINI1 I'U'F,
t ul.U WATBll l'U Ml -
Kvcry dwcripiion of
SUPPLIES FOR OIL WELLS AND l .
FI.Nl-.KlE.S
Alio, STOVES, ' ' TINWARE,
1SKASS OOODB,
srsjtM axd oa.s riTristix,
BtLTLSO, l-ALKlXa, ani 7i.'.' ;
UAIilHVAlIK, "UOl'SH Ilil.MMlNti.-,
CitrpiMlters' TonH . '
liujie, Oakum,
Hails, A.iop, Cnfrce Slillf.
Titbit- i l ooki't Cml'ny ;
Fn!l Assortment of Everythin In the
11 A 111) 1 V. 1 UK IJL A. ;
limit1 Viir Mlrtm Oiwds,
lUtn.M, t'tlttillli'V,
). 1 WntterStriinH Lard Oil,
No. 1 IfH'l.r! o'l.
Si air Ko-is
TablvandUo-N t.t
Cliampion Clntnra Wrlnii r
?.1annfacturiri of
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper 7rrr.
Itopnlrinfc of nil Kind dno with ceati ar
J!)atcH. Especial aiten'".on given to
STKAM AKD GAS KITTINK.
' W"p t avf rndertvnrrd tonier:tl!m pati t,n-,i i
'be public, and -ball n.-ir fry -.eiiion to 11 1 1 it
coiiiimiaii-1.
Our t'ii?illtloi f'T fnniUbtnc prythin It 01
iiMe, havipihwn irr4tiy inerea.ed, in the .rr,
if ur New ;.iiM;"". are ww
kUPE!iloK TO ANY OTJIKK OTABI.I tl KN'i
Miu-.M IN THE OIL KKi.lOX.
4i POECSHY I "
Snumeratiii; a S .of the J:icle. to; fc
L. M. STERNBURG'S
ZiumberYard
Washinstcn-Sf., Petroleum
t'rntro, Pa.
FrlcrtU nr.'l pitronn, on. nndnll,
V;iir attention to my ' Liz" I would cali;
Tim' nre dull an mcwy t'silit,
I'ut in Illume time I'm looking for Htrlit;
To thr;i wiio nre lnlldlnx rirs vltl:onl nnmlior,
I wutlld inform thU 1h tie place V Lwty .timber;
Vy motto U llil?' -'Q ilck SiiIm and Sinnll TroCt,"
For hu'ncH Id healthy mid I think natch of it;
In (c'ulity my I.umhfr la ipcond to none,' ' ,
Aud as for S!iinglet I kv?p No. 1 ;
Somi may not lo It at It in tlio llirtit I do,
Aiid for .l.oe I hKve a qtm ity No. S ;
And to tluiiiQ who nre jjarttctilnr ns inmo may b.,1
I tiill l:nve niiot'ii f q:ia l!y CrtlUt No
I iiao coo.1 fiytaoncd I.umlter, Dressed up nico,
Wliich I Mill .ill at a low caau price;
Such as Hi-rltis, Celling and Siding, Jooth Bough
and Dreiised,
Ijttli, Iliittiits and Siirfnccd Lun.hcr, ail of the
heal ;
I also havo Hie I.nmbf r of all klm's,
At price to compare with oil and hard ilmea;
All klndu of Timlier ket contUntly on hand,
And a bor of Cigars of a very good bland;
Vy ficilitlrs forl ini; are Ktirtdy w'.lliont niunhrr
I uhvay.i kw:i -ood te.uu. to deliver fjuod L'.imlwr;
So if yon want Lumber, Iioneh, Dressed, rofi or
H.ird,
You will And jut what you want at L JI S s Lnni
her Yaid.
f"b1.T
The 2Sew York
M e at Marke t !
H W. I'AUKEIl huvo lined Ut a now build-
lll'OII
On Alain m roc t, OpposUo Hie
And intend keeiln-. what Pett oleum I'entro ha
011 needed, a fii-.ti-c na .Meur S aiktt. Duly til
CHOICESTAND EtST MEAT
will he kept. It wl'l be Mir aim to dervoour ni
tmmiM Willi iiroiiipv.iesK i.ul to tii.ir euliro eJ
i imivu.
m w rAiiusa-
' I 'I' '""'"knnl having tliJ np n'nm Mm .
Petroluuni Centre,
la now proi ird to furnish M cuatoman with
urythltiR in Hi. homo furul.htnK II no. M
Stovt-tund Tin ware,
Iianterni, '
Ftini'T Article,
Hfnmitd, trtMf
t and Jnpniit Ware.
AIo a IjHi-kh ?tik of "
Hratt A Iron rUlliici
UOM, I'lST N ANI IlKMI' PAC KINO. I Krm
LKATIIK't, .tc , THE I'H XMiM.tN I ANU
NttVKi.TY l-LOTHKd WKINtlltrls
WA I'Sk friOI.KKHnf.ll Ktvw '
All Job Work proiaptiy atten'
Ui'tl to with neatness and dis!
natch. Piuiicular attention nni.l
to Cir-s ami Stcnu Fitting, have
iuf-- a Gas Fitting Machine not
excelldi in the Oil Region for
cutting Gas Pips.
JAMES RUTHERFORD.
JllriflSHDJ.tr.
Oiai.r) la
Fine Watchos,
Diamond r.nd Gold Jewelry,
CIitcKs,
Jrer 1Vr,
l-'lro Aiih, Ac.
ALL K.NDSOS1 fOI.ID JKWELHY MAUK TO
ItrpatrlnR. Kr.xnt.fns. .., will rciye lm
meoia a a; lenttou jj exi-m-t woikL-u-a.
o. 10 iu inn tiieet,
,THTsvii.!.8. r. l. i.-uy
A. T. LEGGE1T,
Usuiitactnrsr &sJ IWiW la ,
Seed Bags,
Valve C ups, &c.
FxptTrrpJ work in or m I'mploywS. and ITht
uea of all kind kpt c tCjtALtl vu tuiutl iu,d maut
o oriti.
r. C. lleln?'s Pal. See4-Dac
For Sale-
Repairing Done at all Times!
Call uiHlxituiii our stock -iLil prices,.
:un-SC, h(Iov ti e McCIia
lo:k Morj.r
9 mm f Mrrl',, Jan. "tn. -tt .
(vn. waLLivias,
COAL I
rllWPoprneiln Coal Yard at the md nf th.
KomI Karm liiide, where will bucuiiftaotiykrii.
.-I kindd of
6TFAM AND STOVE COAL
Tcjm. coniltig to my yard for Coal, vrlil ha '
Fri!C VaKvacrn Over th Creek
lri4l,ii.
V.oa!,l eo well to enquire at th. oillce, and WlK
llnd il to tl.eir minimise to deal wilhinv.
BOOTS.i SE-20ES
tjn. .nlmo'lh.r thnnkfn!' for th. rery Illwral pat
1 miev.:eli.retof..r.eiteiided tohlui, moHt re-
emu ly announces thai he lim ou baud a ltg
Si ot
I15IST CLASS GOOD,
comprhtliis all deacrlpllont of
LIGHT ; FANCY: BOOTS
Aiut Shoes Qi eircrytlyle, loi
Msyi am. Hoy.
The Custom Department
liKCKIVlS SPECIAL ATTKTIOU
at the ham!, of competent workmen- BatUWtl
yuaiunteud in myl. and endurance.
lti-niiclk f tore at Kouelll
( ' 0. MAGKAS83
NcxtdorrloWoir. Jewelry Store, Wa'WojW
Klreet, I eliclenni ( eu'io, i'a. 1
Bl'FI,li, c;oiiv ANV
CK03S-CUT.
Tift'ns r. t Ooctj
Trains Innv. Corry.
Mail. li:40"'
M ail. 1 -J5 P- I Ho I
AccomMn, i:::i w. .Hum , v