ROBERTS' PETROLEUM TORPErO.
WINSOU BROS. COLUMN.
ROBSON'S
M. S. SIMMONS' COLUMN.
SIMMONS'
Drug & Fancy
Goods ! House
Washington-St.
PETUOIXltt CEMKE.
The Latest and Best Selected
stock of Goods in Western
Pennsylvania, aud
sold at
N. Y. PRICES
THfi PUREST
OF-'
WINES, LIQUORS
&c, for Medicinal Purposes.
PURE AND FIRST CLASS.
Faints,
Varnishes
and Dye Stuffs,
PAINTERS MATERIALS
and Brushes.
IMPORTED
PBRFUMS3S
TOILET
' ARTICLES!
Tbt flneft s4ortment ever before offered on
Oil Creek.
WALLPAPERS
AND WINDOW SHADES !
UnsnrptniPd for beauty and originality of
dceigus, choapneas and durability.
Canary Birds,
House Plants,' &c.
okcf0 mitt Cigaw,
THE CHOICEST BRANDS.
ALL KINDS
PATENT MEBICINES.
PRESCRIPTIONS ARE PUNCTUALLY
COMPOUNDED AT ALL HOURS.
Eff- ICE COOL SODA WATER FRESn
niOil THE FOUNTAIN,
At SIMMONS?.
X3" Give rot -eaU.
TORPEDOES.
THE RUBEltTS
PETROIEDM TDRP22Q CO.
Office at I ho
It cd Pl axing Mill,
Corner ot Pine and second Street,
I Wear the UaWrond,)
ITTJSVILLE, PA.
Owtn to ike laree ami increaeinc: demand for the
nolx-Ds' Torpedoes, aud the tale decision of tint
Commissioner of Patent tn refiflii" to Wm. Reed
a patent, and the deeistnn of iAx if. C. Grior sus-
the pneo of their Torpedoes
TWENTf PER C ENT.
no that every Operator can alTordto try a.; Torpedo
before abanuonin'? a tu.
iho followlnu Is tho decisionjrrndcrcd by .Ttulio
Crier on tlie tweiitv-second day of September,
18K9, In the United :-tates Circuit Court nt Philadel
phia. The cflso was flnrnod throe dnvs bv Charles
M. Keller of New York. U F. I.ncaa mid . A. Pun
viance of Pittsburgh, for defendants, nnd George
Harding or I'hlinueipnia, anu ueurge u. .nrieiy, o
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPIN10N"OF JUDGE GRIER.
As I write with difficulty I ran only Mate tho con
elusions to whleh my mind has come after a carelu.
examination of this ease. 1
The ctim.ilaintnt tint exniniten a patent dated
23th of April, 1I5. Thi. is prima farie evidence of
a (rood title, and put. on the respondents the bur
dt.u of proof that the patent is Told or worthies.
1 uee;l not repeat mv remark in the case of Good
war vs. Dav (2 Wall, C. C. Hep; S-.fl.) but now
adopt them as affording a rule ol decision which ap
plies clean v to tne present esse.
A. the Infringement of the patent l admit ted,
the onlv question will be r to the validity of com
nlniiianta nntelit of Aniil 23.1S.V.
It was after speculation had been reduced to
practice." aud alter repeated experiments, mat the
cotnp'.iiinaut succeeded in overcoming Mie prejudice
and ignorance of tne people on-the subject, nnd
persuading the public that his invention wisaseiul;
after he hud established its great utility and vilue,
and "when his genius and patient perseverance, In
pits of sneers and scoffs' were lompletely suc
cessful, (hat Heed, who had before made export
men! on the same subject, and was unsuccessful,
Im.iHned that ho had the Dent riuht totheiuvcnilon,
at d after p'.iixu:i.iug one or more mniplAi nam's tor
pedooa, he aiulied on the 1st of November. 1K:7,
for a patent fr ntut.ttitilly the anme, cotnhina
tii.ns of device. n.a liiiio contained in romulam-
ant's patent. On the 151 h of the same month the
respondent formed themselves into a company or
corporation called "The Reed Torjiedo Company,"
for the uuronse of pirating the complainant's 'in
vention, and .uoportinz the expense of litiirfltion,
and thus uetranu uim oi tne iniits. -iney nave pe.
severed, even 'ifter the preliminary Injunction very
nrooerlv cranted he the District Judas.
Let a'd-rcree be entered-forcomnluln-int for a per
petual Injunction, and a Master appointed to take
ttU HCCUUUb aCCUlUlUU lO HIV innju 1,1 lilt, mil.
v t nniL'i) f...iM
Kotb. The eassnc'S referred to bv .Tudire Grter in
his former decion. H Wallnce, p. StU), adopted ae
applicable to tins case was as ionows: -'It
is li-u illv the case, when any valuable diseov.
ery Is made, or ny new machine of ureal uil.lty is
invemea, lain iiieaiieuiiuu oi me iuuiie ims oeen
turned to that subjeet previously, and that many
persona htivo been making renearchea and experi
ments. ' Philosophers anu mechanicians may have
lnsomo mmuriiuiiticipitid in their speculations
tne possibility or probability of Mien discovery or
invention; many experiments have been successful
ly tiled, coining very near, yet fuHin:; short oj the
desired remit. They have produced noihiti" liene
flcial. The inveiuion whet, perfected may truly le
siu io oo mo ciiiiuiii.iiiii. iiin in iiinnv expen
ntAn lint onlv bv the inveutor. hnr bv nintiv ..th.
ors. tie may hav protlted indirectly hv the unsuc
cessful exDeiinient und failures of nllieri. hut it
jives tlioui no rlL'ht to cla m a share of the henor of
I he prollt of the autcesttul Inventor It Is when
speculation litis Iteen reduced to practice, when ex
periment ha-rmultcd In discovery, nnd when tl.at
discovery lias been pei-fected by patient and contin
ued experiments, when some new compound, art,
nmniilactiue. or machine has hewn ihn produced
which i useful to the public, thai the party making it
beeomes atmblic benHacbir and entitled to a uatent.
Aud yel wlien genius and patient nemeverance
have at length succeeded, in siie of sneers and
scoffs, gome valuable invention or nisco-ery, how
seldom is il followed by reward I Envy robs him
of the honor, while speculators, swindlets, and pl
rat. rob him of the nrotlts. Every uiiKnecessriil
exa.'rinu'Uter who did or did or did not come very
near making a discovery now claims H. Every ona
who can luvriii au improvement or vary us form.
claims a rl .-In to idraie the orlirinnl diaeovery. We
ni-wl not .mininous .worse, or lilanehaid. or Wood
worth to prove that (his is the usual history of evo.
ry irri-at uiscovery or invention.
"The present case au.ls nnotlier chapter to this
Ion? una uniform history." 2 Wallace, C. C He.
ports p. au.
Thn'pnblle lrcautioned snalnt cmnloyin! any
but the rejulerly authorized Agents of the Compa
ni, since the Itobcvts Patent cover tho use of the
inrpeao ami an explosive mnteri.iis lor oil wells.
anu tub ue oi su.-n materials oy other parties is t
direct InfiiinremeDt of their ri'dits. Anv tianis i.
Mneini; any or the KOBEItTS PATENTS will he
dealt wilh ttceording to law, nnd as acting willfully
and knowingly iu defiance of law and the decisions
of the Courts
The Company have re nrgnnlted their lrgins9
with a view to accommodate Oil Men in ovcry pan
of the Oil lleinn. They have employed the most
efficient A.'enis and Assi-lnNs that can be procmcd
for the business. Each Torpedo Is labullod with
date af mlents, together wlih the nrlco of tlin Tor
pedo, (led iin d by an olfioer of the Company, so
every Operator wishing a Torpido ttiay know its
price nnd whether it came from our oillcj.
(ipeiators will ennfer a favor by reporting to this
voice uny nenilenco ill Aeenrs,
The following named nerfcoria have been nnnolnt.
ed Agents and Assistant Arrents fur the Oil lupous
oi rennsyivauia ami w est liginlt.
IilST OP AGEA'TS.
TiTTsviu.K, cnuRcn IttJN AND VICINI
TY STKI'llKX ..mv. otlice. Hamilton', uiimi
Htoro. addri.ni Titusville, Pa, Asaisutut, Jo'.iu Van
rcuvor.
ti iTsviu.R. onrncii run and vicin
MY II. II THO.MAH. OUica and address, Mau-
Mon riousu, - liusvnte, t'a
MIA.MIIUltrt AND VICINITY r.EOKOB TH.
IN. Onice. Mhanitinrg: residence. Tltusvllle. Pa.
Assl tnnt, A A. V est.
KNTiCKPHlSR, l'LT!A9ANTVtT,LE, BKAN
FA KM ANi PlTnoi.K OI'OKOIJ W. VAN
VLir.T. Otnre and address. Clinsn House. Pleas
aniville. Asaistnnt, II. (J. Huntington.
TIOIODT' AND WBST HICKORY CI! AS.
CI.AHK. Ofllco and aadrusa, Kxp ess Olllce Tidl
onte. Pa. A-sstauf. E. C. Iieaidsley.
PKTUll.KUH CBSTUE AND VICINITY
l.K I MASON. Olllce and address, Petroleum Con
tru, Pa. A'si-laiit, Charles lllacKI'ord.
TAHU AND HI,!)OU l-'AU.Mdund District lying
on Oil Creek and Chcrry ltiin. from Story Farm to
MoClintiM-kville JAihS HAU.N'DRiiS, adiress
i air farm, Pa. AsslsianN. Lulher B. bauudera.
Charles K. Corhmn and Vt i 1 inn Hoyt.
MuCLINmoKVIIXR, Oil, CI I'Y AND H' NO
A. S. Wl ST. Address, Oil city or Jtcno, I'
Assistant, N. Mead
y ANKMN, ALONG THB AU.FQnTOYriv
Elt-4 M'iLUKk Oiilc and address. Franklin, Pa
SO into At-i, I-..STEK FAIIM Pa.UIbWS
LAN I I VH-ltlCIIARD W. IIKHPIUM). om,.e
iu d nUili-M Sernh-ra, I a Aasistant, It. W. l-br-Uill.ild,
address Kmlenton, Pa. . .
W.-.'r VlU-.ilM.,-C. D. ANHP.L. and T. F.
COtJlv AddriKs. Parkeihurg. V h-i vir"inla
Uoberu 1'ctrolouiit 'i'oiPudo Co.
I ny3-Uly.
Wfi&MSOR BROS.,
STORE.
ESTABLISHED .2153.
"Winsor 15 ros.5
MAIN .STREET.
1TR0LELU CEXT11E,
DEALERS IN OIL WELL
TUBING AND CASING!
ALSO,
WORKING BARRELS & VALVES,
STUFFIKG BOXES,
CLAMPS, TONGS,
1NNIS SUCKER RODS,
RIVETED JOINT SUCKER ROD
BOILER PUMPS,
CISTERN 4 WELL PUMPS,
Every Description of supplies for
OIL WELL TfflS m
REFINERIES. .
brass coons,
STEAM & GAS FITTINGS
BELTING, PACKING .AND TIOSZ
. KIRBY'S COMPRESSED BUNGS,
KC J 51 3D W -A. TR 33,
House Trimmiiis,
Carpenter.' Tools,
Drilling and Plain Laid Rope,
Oaknm, Nails, Axes,
. Table aud Pocket Cutlery,
A fall assortment f everything la ;tho Hardware
Vtuas 1.1 uu.
House -Furnishing Goods,
AND
Morning; Grlory
BASE IStttSEHS.
HOME COMPANION,
IRON GATE, and
" WHEAT SHEAF
3ool Stoves.
Iin.mp, Tjnntcrn & Chimneys,
JVo. 1 AVintcr fttrainvd
Lard Gil,
NO. 1 REFINED OIL.
CHAMPIO.V CLOTHES WHIXCEKS
JtanufacturcrJof
TIN. SHEET IRON 4 C3PP2H
WARE.
SMOKE, STACKS,
ltcpalrlnp of all kinds done with nentnosa and din
patch. Especial attention given to
tfteam anil Gas fiithjos
Purchasing with cash only, onr facilities for fnr
nisliing everything in our lln are sunerlor I- my
other esiablishmeut in the Oil tit"ioa. Wo ' ave a
Brat claaa.
TIN AND REPAIR ShOP
tlini kingour rrenls rortl.elr liberal patronage
Iu the at, wa shall uso our bmt, efl'otts no merit
is coniuiuauoo, llar:i 1'tf.
Oil Cbfkk Pipe Works.
C II A i: LEX KOIISOX V Co.,
Corner of Seneca V entr Stn.,
ktdo Oil CrooU, Oil tit), s-u.,
Dealera In Morris, T:tsl;er Co'
OIL WELL TUBING AND CAS1NU
At-ao
WORKING D.MMtKI.S AND VALVES,
bTl'fcINU t(Xi:s.
-CLA:dl'ii, TONGS,
8I.CSER KODS. U
Kachinery for "Oil Wells & HeSnen-'S
HOKING Tvil.,
I.U1YING vipt:,
COl.i) WATER TUMI -i,
OIL iX Jirs,
Every description of
SUPPLIES FOR OIL WELLS AND R !
FINERIES,
Also, STOVES, TINWARE,
1SKAKS GOODS,
STEAM ASD OAS FITTIXVS.
BEL Tjyti, tAlKl.yu, ana n.v : I
HARDWARE, U0V8B TRIMMlNti.S
Crpen tors' Tool",
Hope, oiKum, ,
Nails, Axea, CorTeo Mille.
Table 4 Pocket Ci'llciy;
Full Ajsorttnent of Everything in tho
HARD WA HE 7JML
iitlsc Fur tilling Ooods,
Lanips, Chimneis.
u. 1 Winter Strained Ijrd Oil,
No. 1 II. tilted (Ml,
Slnlr U'K
TaldeandDoi-i Vt.t
Mannfarturen of
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper trr.
Konalnnir of all kinds dune with neat! if. an.
dispatch. Espccftl attentiou srivt n to
STEAM AND GAS FITTINd'.
Wehnve cndortvorrtl to merit th T!h. iiflf i
thf r'Ho. and "iiall uc evry exfritAa to.uiu 11
cntintirtTcc.
Our f.Kilitio for riyrnilnnir icrytniP' lr or
In i. Im viiu iwwti (rrt'fitlv iU'Tt'i.sod, tu tfco irt'.iot
of "ir Nnw U'liiiliir'.'. nrt: nfw
iPKHK)U T AN Y orilKK KST1AI1IJ l L'N'l
'a-sil -8ra. IN T1IK OIL llKiih).
; V ; K i
' Enamcratipg .few of tht'artlcHa t" be
IoulJ at
L. M. STERNBURG'S
V ashinstsin -St., Pctroli uui
Centre, Pa.
Friands and pitron', one and all.
Your attention to my "hi.'' I would calij
Tlnirs are dull an money light,
Hut In Uiese limes I'm looking for lilit ; ,
To those who are liili'.uinp- riss without number,
1 would inronn this is tho place to buy Lumbor;
My motto Is this: -'Q'llcl; Hales and Small Profit,"
For business is healthy und I think much of II;
In q"ality my Lumber Is second to none,
And as for Shingles, 1 keep No. 1 ;
Some may not loek nt it In the Iteht I do,
And for il.o-e I havo a quality No. 2 ;
And to those who are particular ns some may be,
I still havo tmotjir qua lly called No
I havo rrood seasoned Lmnher, Dresd up nice,
Wliioli I will sell at a low cash price?
Sach as riv ring, t'ellinj and Siding, !oo:h Rour.'h
and Dressed,
Lath, llnttens aud Smraced Liunlier, all of the
besi ;
I'n'so have rilg'Lttmher of all klads,
At prices to compare with oil aud hard times;
All kinds of Timber kept constantly on hand,
And a box of Cigars of a very good brand;
My ficllities for Ml In; are purely without number
I ahvuyj keep good toauis to deliver good Lumber;
Bo If yon want LuraW'r, Rough, Dressed, Hofi or
Hird, 1 j.
You will And Just what you want at L M S's Lum
ber Yard.
fohlft-tf
The New York
Meat I Market!
II
k W. I'AKKTC.. hlVQ ttltud u.n a new hnlKL
iniron
Oil Slsiin Ktrent, Oppniite I lie
I'tlcCliutock lioiisu,
And Intend keeping what Pttiolenm Centre lia
iiii' needed , a flivi-c nss Meat J uiket. Only th
C HCKinf l l m mat
will tie kept. It wi'l lie oik aim to scrvoniir rua
toniui'd with promptuuss uud tu thsir entire hull
IicUou.
septl8tf. B. & W. PAUIiBlU
rphe nnd'Tlnne'l tiavliu- titled up a,nw .tore on
1 v aium; mn & m;c(nd mt.-s.,
IVtroloum Centre,
Is now prep.ireil to furulsh his rnstoutvra wltk c
eryihlng In the house lurnlaliliig line.
Move mill Tin ware.
Iiaulorni,
1'aiu'y Artitiloii,
siampla 1'rpnRPd
niiTl .la pi lined Ware.
Almi u liitrvt (sttick of
llrnx .V I kmi i'lllltiUH
OUM. PIST.iN AND I'KMP PACfCINO. I.Af'B
LKATIIrTH. rt.-, T1IK CHAMPION AND
NnvKI .TV CLOl'IIKS WIMMIHIW,
W.Tl:i! COI'I, bl.fi ofall SI.HS.
All Jul Work promptly atton
tied to with neatness und dis
patch. I'ai-tieiilai attention paid
to (.as and Stfin. Fitting, havo
inr a Via l1ittni Alaohino not
excelled in tho Oil Kegion for
euttirif' (3as Pipe.
JAMES RUTHERFORD.
Jiv: ir.i jttj
Dealers in
Fine 'Wratch.it?r
Diamond and (I old Jewelry,
Ciiirka,
Mtirlinj; Silver Ware,
l ilt! Arin, Ac.
ALL K XDOF rtill.in .IMVIXHY M DH Tl
vi.ii'i.ii.
J- l!eM!ilrllli.. Plnmvlll". .e , v IM i.
nicnia'e aiteatluu by expert wo.-Umcn.
NO. IO I'UINO SiTIIEKT,
TnTSVIIXR, TA. d-'Iv
A. T. J, EGG KIT,
MiiDU'ttcturiu M.d Donlor in
Seed Bags,
1
Valve Gups, &jl
E.vpi rier.ced workmcr- are employed, nnd lli.r
nss of nil kiuds Rnrt n-.fiintly on tiund at.u miiile
l. C. Ilfiii?' Pal. it'f.l -lt:c
Tor Sale-
Uepairing Done at. all Tinier !
Cull and ex-iuiiiie our stoA r.ud prices,
IaitiSt., tielow lie Met I it
t!Ci lIlMUC.
o rnm (Vntre pi., ,?uii fin, -tl .
C. IS. V1LLSA32M, '
tiEAi.ru it
COAL I
r II A VH-opened a Cenl Yard lit tlin end or the
Howl Firm Hrlde, where will beconsiuiitiy !.ep.
all kinds of
STEAM AND STOVE t'OAU
Teams comli.j to my yard for Coal, will havej J
Free l'assas'i Over Ilso CrtioK
llriile.
03P33 J? A.T OBS
Woald do well to enquire at Hie oi h e, nnd wl,
find it to theli adnintii;:e to dealw ihmo.
BOOTS & SHUHS
fna mitmcMhor tlninVri1 Tor ihe vimt IDmthI pnt1
1 ron?Lii' lin t..t n- x'endt (i tolilni, uto-it re--
tuiu I) auutunccjj thai liu Um uu Uiind a iJrgj
ElitST CLSS Gm)I)t
comprlri'tny nil JoflciijiUcn uf
LIGHT FANGY BOATS
And Siloes oi every t j l, f ot
Men aud Iio).
The Custom ih'jmrtnii'nt
KKCKIVI'H SPECIAL ATTI'.NT'ON
nt t'm hinds of ebmpetent workmi'ii' S.'t!i:nutio
guaranteed iu style uud eiidiirunce.
llrancb tnro at Uoitc vlllc.
Next door lo Wo'f's .lewi '-y store, W.nslei v
Htreet, I'ttildeuiu Cell'jf , I'n. f l'jt;lf
Bl'FKALO, CUltUV AV5if
flllS lll'itt.il lt1S,IOAi'-
CROSS-CUT.
Trains IciaTo Corry.
Kxpri'Bs, 11:15 a. r,i.
Muil, ' 1 :35 p. tn,
Aocom'du, i:u'Jp ai.
Tr'.ipa ar. ft Cony
Mail. 10-10 n m
Exiiie: !!, i:lf p u