,-,;:! s M. a. SIMMONS' COLUMN. SIMMONS' c Brug & Fancy Goods Bouse Tashington-St. PETKOLEin CENTRE. The Largest and Best Selected 'stock of Goods in Western Pennsylvania, and sold at' 1T. Y. PHXCES THE PUREST, t OF WINES, LIQUORS fee., for Medicinal Purposes. DRUBS, tBEMlOALS, PUR AND FIBST CLASS. Faints, Varnishes, and Dye Stuffs, PAINTERS' MATERIALS arid Brrhes. IMPORTED TOILET ARTICLES ! Tbe ttieat assortment vr before offered op Oil Creuk. - WALL PAPERS AND WINDOW SHADES. ! Unm-passed lor beauty and originality of deaigoa, cheapness and durability. Canary Birds, House Plants, &c. TUB CHOICEST BRANDS. ALL KINDS PATENT LIEDICINES. rRESCRIPTIONS ARB PUNCTUALLY COMPOUNDED AT ALL HOURS. tW CE COOL SODA WATER FRESH FROM TUB FOUNTAIN, At gltfUOXS?. J3T Give me ;coU KMBERT-S' PETROLEUM TORPEDO. TORPEDOES. TIIK HUBERTS PETROLEUH TORPEDO GO. Office at fke ' Red Planing Mill, .Corner of Pine and Soeond Streets, I (Near the Kaliroad,) II3VILLB,.PA.. , Owtng to tb targe and Increasing demand fbr the Roberts' Torpedo., and the late decision of tbe Commissioner of Patents In refusing to Wm. Reed a patent, lid the decision or Judge If. C. GrtcT sus taining the Roberts' patent theyibave LOWliKED the price of their Torpedoes TWENTf PBU CENT. mi that crer? Operator can afford to try a torpedo oeiore aoanaoning a welt. The following ia the decision rendered by Judge Grler on the twenty-second (42) day of September, Its In the United State. Circuit Conrt at Philad.l. phi. The case was anroed three days, by Charles m. Aener 01 new iotk, v. w. i,a-as ana . A. rur-i Tianee of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and George Herding of Philadelphia, and George II. Christy, o Pllttbnrgb, far plainuff. OPINION; OF JUDGE GRIER. As I write with difficulty I can only state the con elusions in which my mind has come after a carefu examination of this case. ) Tbe complain mt hut exhibited' atpatcntTdatcd SfSth of April, imy This is prima fade evidence of a good title, and pnts on the respondents the bur den of proof that tbe patent ia void or worthless. I need not repeat my remarks in tbe ease of Good year vs. Day ( Wail. O. C. Kept SM.) but now adopt them as affording a rule of decision which ap plies clearly to the present eise. As the Infringement of the patent is admit ted, the only question will be as to the validity of com plainants patent of April 5,18W. "It was after speculation had been reduced to practice " and alter repeated experiments, that the complainant succeeded in overcoming'he prejudice and ignorance of the people on the subject, and persuading the public that his Invention was useful; after ho had established its great utility and Talue, and "when bis genius and patient perseverance, in spite of sneers and scoffs," were completely suc cessful, that Peed, who had before made experi ments on the seme subject, and was unsucceet-fttl, imagined that he had the best right to the Invention, and after purchasing one or more complainant's tor pedoe. he spoiled on the 1t of November, 1867, for a patent for substantially the same combina tions of devices and machine contained In complain ant's patent. On the 16th of the enme month the respondents formed themselves Into a company or corporation called "The Reed Torpedo Com pro v," for the purpose of pirating the complainant's In vention, and supporting the expense of litttration, end thus defraud him of the fruit. Thcv have ne.-. severed, even after the preliminary Injunction very property grauieu uj nv .nt-.nv. uiiukv Let a 'decree be entered forcomDlainant for a nor. petnal Injunction, and a Master appointed to take sa account according to the prayer of the bill. a. v. utujitt, judge. Not. The passage referred to by Judge Grier in his former dccVon, a Wallace, p. 299, adopted as applicable to this esse wss ss follows: "U is usually uro vara, nu.w ij vwunuie aircov ery Is stade, or any new machine of great utility is invented, that tbe attention of tho pnblio bos been turned to that subject previously, and that many persons have been making researches and experi ments. Philosophers and mechanicians may have in some measure anticipated in their speculations the possibility or probability of sneh discovery or invention; many experiments have been successful ly tiled, coming very near, yet falling short ot tha desired result. They have produced nothing bene flolal. The Invention when perfected may truly he iwld to be the culminating point or manv expert mon s, not only by the inventor, bnt by many ctb ors. tie may have profited indirectly by the unsuc cessful experiments and failures of other, but It gives them no rlsht to claim a share or the he nor of tho prottt of the successful Inventor It is when speculation has-been reduced to practice, when ex periment has resulted In discovery, and when that discuvery has been perfected by patient and contin ued experiments, when some new compound, art, manufacture, or machine has bean thus nrodnced .which is usefulto the piihlicthat the party making It bseomes a public benefactor and entitled to a patent MAua yet wnen genius sna paiiem perseverance have at length succeeded, In spits or sneers and scoffs, some valuable Invention or disco-ery, how seldom ia it followed by reward 1 Envy robs him of the honor, white specolstors.swlndlers. and pi rates rob him of the profits. Every unsuccessful experimenter who did or did or did not come very near making a discovery now claims It. Kvery ons who can luvent an improvement or vary its form, clatnia a right to pirate tho original discovery. We need not summons Morse, or Blanchard. or Wood worth to prove that this Is tha usual history of eve ry great discovery or Invention. "The present case aods another chapter to this long and nniform history ."a Wallace. O. C iie purta p. m. CAUTION. Tho'public ."eautloned against employing any but the regularly authorised Agents of the Compa ny since the Huberts Patent cover the use of the Torpedo and all explosive msterlals for oil wells, and tbe aw of each materials by other parties la a direct, infringement of their rights. Any patties In fringing any of the ROBERTS PATENTS will be dealt with according to law, and aa acting willfully and knowingly in defiance ot law and the decisions of the Conrta The Company havo re organised their business with a view to accommodate Oil Men in every part of the Oil Region. Tbev have employed the most efficient Asents and Assistants that can be procured forth, business. Each Torpedo Is labelled with date af patents, together with the price of the Tor -pedo, and sUned by an officer of the Company, so every Operator wlshlmr a Torpedo may know its price and wliother it came from our office. 'perators win comer a is-vor oy reporting io mis Office anv negligence of Agents. Tbe following named persons have been appoint- e1 Agents and Assistant Agents for the Oil Heltons oi reonsyivanie ana west Virginia. JLIST OF AGENTS. TiTTJSVIU.K, CHURCH RUN AND VICINI TY STKPHBN AOOr. Office, Hamilton-. Cigar More, address Titus villa, Pa. AssiataA, John Van Hcrlves. TITrUVIIXK, CHURCH RUN AND VIC1NI MY H. II THOMAS. Office and address, Man Ion House. 1 ltusville, Pa. HIIAMKURO AND VICINITY GROROB IR. IN. Office, Shiimhtirg; residence, Titusvllle, Pa, Assistant, A A. West. ENTERPRISE. l'I.EA8ANTVII,LE, BKAN FARM AND P1TH0LB OEORGE W. VAN VL1ET. Office and address. Chase House, Ploas antville. Assistant, 11. I'. Huntington. TIOIOUT"! AND WEST HICKORY CHAH. CLARK. Office and address, Express Office, Tidi onte. Pa, Assistant. K. C. Beardsley. PKTROLEVM CENTRE AND VICINITY I.KVI MASON. Office and address, Petroleum Cen tre, Pa. AsslstrfUt, Charles Blackford. TARR AND HLOOD FA RMS and District lying on Oil Creak and Cherry Rnn. from Ktory farm to Mef.llntockvllle JAiE8 HAUNDEKH. Address 'i arr Farm, Pa. Assistants. Luther B. Saunders, Charles K. Cochran aud WHHani ilnyt. MoCLIWTOCKVILLB, OIL CITY AND RENO A. 8. WfBT. Adaies, Oil city or Reno, Pa. Assistant. N. Mend V ANKLIN, ALONG TnRALLFOnKNYRIV. EH'. WILRKU ORiee nd address, Crnnklin.l'a HCK"BG ASH, tisTEH FARM 4 PA.tRKiCS LANUINU HItMIARD W. RKDVIBLD. Office and addn ss Hrrnh?raw, I a Assistant, H. W. for terflold, addn.s hnilenton, Pa. W'-NT V1R.14NIA-C D. ANOFL. and T. T. CO 'K Ati',ress. I'arkeent.nrg. w et Vlrulnin. Uobvrts 1'otroleuiii Tttrpodu Co. juuy'.'-Ulv. WINSOR BROS. COLUMN. WINSOR BROS., HARDWARE. STORE. ESTABLISHED 1859. "Winsor . IB ros.' i MAIN .STREET j PETROLELMJ : CEMltE, i DEALERS IN OIL WELL TUBING AND ' CASING I ALSO, WORKING BARRELS Jfc.VALTES, STUFFING BOXES, CLAMPS, TONGS, INN13 SUCKER RODS, RIVETED JOINT SUCKER ROD BOILER PUMPS, CISTERN & WELL TUMPS, Every Description of supplies for OIL WELL TASKS MD REFINERIES.! BRASS GOODS. STEAM k GAS FITTINGS BELTING, PACKING AND UOSZ SORB Y'S COMPRESSED BUNGd, HARD J RE, House TrlrotnlDgK, Carpenten' Tool, Drilling and Plain Laid Rope, Oaknm, Nails, Axes, I Table and Pocket Cutlery, A fall assortment ef everything u;the Hardware Line. House Furnishing Goods, VENTILATOR AND Morning Q-lory BASE BlRXEJLtS. HOME; COMPANION. IRON GATE, and . WHEAT SHEAF Cook Stoves. Isam.pt:. Lantern. 4c Chimneys, No. 1 Winter .trained , Lard OH, NO. 1 REFINED OIL. CIIAMPIOX CLOTHES WBIKGERS Uanufaeturcnjof - UN. SHEET IRON & COFFER WARE. SMOKE, STACKS, Repairing of all kinds dona with neatness and die patch. .Especial attention given to Steam and Gas Fittings Purchasing with cash only, our facilities for fnr mailing everything In our tin. are superior tt tny other establishment In the Oil Region. We ave a first class. I - TIN AND BEPAIfl SHOP Thanking our frloiidsfor tl.elr litx-ral putroim in the ist, wc shall uxoux bi4t efiorts iio merit is csulUiuauui. . Marsh I'll. ROBSON'S Oil efek Vmr Works. CJIAKLES IlonsON At C. Corner of Scnrcn & 'ciitro ruj., Knt aide Oil CJroek, Oil t it), ' Dealers in Morris, Tasker A Co's OIL WELL TUBING AND CAS1NUM I auo, WORKINO BARRELS AND VALVES, BTUlfriNU BOXKH. OLAMl'B, TONUS, HICKER RODS, c Kachinery for Oil Weill & Refiiieriei BORINO TOOLS, PRIVINO PH'K. . . . OIL PUMPS, COLD WATER TV Ml d( Every dcecriptlon of SUPPLIES FOR OIL WELLS AND R FINERIES, Also, STOVES, TINWARE, BRASS GOODS, STKAM AIM t)iS FTTTIXG8. BEL TJ.a, tA VKUta, anihOUt HARDWARE, HOUSE TKIMMINtM, Carpenters' Tools, Rope, Onknm, Nails, Axes, Coffee Millr, . Table A Pocket CnUnrj; t Fall Assortment of Everything In the HARDWARE ZZA5. Jiuse Tnnlshing Ooods, Lamps, Ciilntnevs, No. 1 Winter Strained Lard Oil, No. 1 Hetlned Oil, Stair KikIs, Table an dDol Stbt tliamjiion Clothes Wrini rs Mannfactnrcrs of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Wrtrr. 1 RepairiUK of all kinds done with ncatrcss an. dispatch. Especial attcniiun giveu to STEAM AND GAS FITTING. Vfenave endeavored to merit the rati, At i the public, aud shall use every exertion toiusm. it continuance. Our facilities for furnishing oteryttun. In oo line, having been greatly increased, In the eriMioi of our New Ruildinir. arc in. SUPKKIOK TO ANY OTHER KTABLISILM liN'l augl-Sm. IN THE OIL KSG10N. t Enumerating slew of the particles te be found at . L. M. STERNBTJRG'S LumberYard Wasliisin-ton-St., Petroleum Centre, l'a. Friends and patrons, one and all. Your" attention to my "III" I would call! Times are dull an money tight. But In these times I'm looking for light; To those who are building tigs wlthont number, I would Inform this Is the place to buy Lumbar; My motto Is this : -Hluick Sales and fmall rrnflt," For business is bealtby and I think much of It; In quality my Lumber Is second to none, And as for Shingles, I keep No. 1 ; Some may not look at It in the light I do, And for .Lose I have a quality No. 2; And to those who are particular as some may be, I still have another quality called No I have good seasoned Lnmher. Dressed np nico, Which I will sell at a low cash price; 8uch as Flooring, Cellini and Biding, both Konnh and Dressed, Lath, Battens and Surfaced Lumber, all of the best; I also have Rtg'Lnmbsrof all kinds,. At prlcos to compare with oil and hard limes; All kinds of Timber kept constantly on hand, And a box of Cigars of a very good brand; My facilities for selling are snrely without number I always keep good teams to deliver good Lumlrar ; So If you want Lumber, Rough, .Dressed, Soft or nam, Yon will find Just what yon want at L II B'a Lum ber Yard. fchH-tf The New York Meat Market! HA W. PARKER have fitted up a new build . lng on On Main afreet, Onposiltc the AlcCliutwck liotiae, And intend keenln? what PAtw,ij,iim fen,. h ong needed, a ftrst-e:nss Moat fl'urkut. Only tli CHOICESTAND BEST ME A 7 will he kept. It will linnr aim to serve our r.us mors with promptness aud U thuir ouliru anil Cliun - Eeptlotf. JJ. & yy. PARKE 11- It 112 RAILWAY." " ' " a 1400 MILKS CNDBK HO. MILKS WITHOUT ONE MANAGEMENT. OlIANOKo COACH Kg The Broad Gauge, Double Track Route BETWEEN TUB . ATLANTIC fITIES aim TBI . ' ' WEST' AND SOUTH-WESTr THIS RAILWAY EXTENDS FROM Cincinnati to New York 800;'lflile8. Cleveland to New York 625 Milet,'" Dunkirk to New York 469 Mifts ' Buffalo to Hew York 423 Miles, Rochester to New York 385 Milet, am m raejsj tSS"22 TO 27 MILES THE 8H0RCEST KOUTRja""" New and Improved Coaches are mn from Clndn natt, Dayton, Urbaim, Marlon, (Ailll'm, Mansfield Aslihind, Akron, Cleveland, Warren. Headvill Ouuairk, Buffalo and KoUtter to ' . New York Vlthont Change. ONLY ONE CHANGE TO BOSTON. n snd after Monday, May Mi 1HTO, ttalna will loavo Mead111s at tbe following hours, vli: FRANKLIN BUANCIIUoIug outh. Lsavs : Meadvtllo, 6 45 a, av, 11 i8 A , t.40 r. , ,,45 A w Amuva: 4 i rrflnlllln. 7 Aa II t Ml IS i. a.. .. Oil City, 8,!M I'ts- jj . FRANKLIN BHAnCiI-IoIiik Norths Laava : Oil cty, 10.19 a at , 9.00 a, at., S.l r. m., o.fl . -. Kraiiklln,n W ,4U 4.U0 " ,,J AaatTii Mtalr)lll.,SOt. It, J1.S3 A. s,u. at. n,te GOING WEST. i Q in a. m. Air rvnum. excepted, forl'l.v.innd, t'icnlni.atl and tho Wtt and South. Connects nt Clarksvllle. ?undnva .j.iru. mi nnrwii nrwcnsiie aim fittsiiurKh- Mt f .envLttaliM.n r.. VAn. l-i . . ..' ' iT i r"i t. .1 "? Maroo: at Ueve-- '""J"''!1 Shore Railway, fnr the West end- li.no 7"' "'ynoa.uounysraceptMl. lur Al- .... . ..,,,.r,-.,.u1i, vruniia. witn 1'ttts- bntyh, 4'lticinnsti and ht. Isiuls hallway tor Indlsn. apolis, and at Cincinnati with tbe Ohio r,,.,., web iMuu sua tne south and South-w tt. Sleeping loarhrs-sro sttached to this tialn at HornelLriit.. runultitl.,h ... il.....i-.. : changes --.-wiiou. n.30'A. HI. VVBUVV Ulll . sxeepted, for I lovelanhnd the West and Virt'ii-- eat. Cmmicts at ClarksWIle for hsron, Nvwiw L? ""E I '.'""'"'J'.'K .'.'"M Cleveland with Lsk.- atlOr. UailWnv fur the Wnl nnri K..l. U . .. wily, lor the West and North W..i: and at Clnrlti. e.ii n i.h , ne. t oho .iiississippi Kailway forst Ijouia and tlie South and Hiiiili. West. ..A Sleeping Conch Is attached to this train at N.W 1 ork, running through to C incinnati. 11. 1t a. 1W-- arv.nuunr. .mM. excepted, ror lavtrt.bttr ud Way Stations, con necting for on igjtom. it.njt I. 1r. vunan. m.m . MUN, daily. .:."Z 7 VVU""UUA- celtid? ' WAY FilEIGH7 Butxlays ex;. GOING EAST. 1 I. slf1!' - A..!W. l.Tnilfviiin vni.t.n V... .".as i ii i.m av. i n r.rv CiftMVa . ro, a-rto? .i K,.,..X: i. """'"r- ." fnrWiHiMinirporu H.rrWmrjr. I'tUlndelphlannd Hal- and cit73 1M"wo ",1U - A HUfTlltlW Pdfas, fa ntlnnhnJ al I. s . r.. . , K ...... lr. lf 1 1 sa iriiin mi til.- eiunntl running through to New iotk. R. CM B. nar. fTVervviT. r-r-T,,.. .. .'. e , - - . ..-.io,. n..v.-nnr-.soany Sttndnys excepted, c .nneting at lliNglinnipto'i for Albany and the celebrated summer resort, Sharon if i i i.T " ur" wr """"ni and sll .Now bntjimirL cities. A KIa.I. . f t. I- ... . . ..... . , . 1 " "",; ! nuacnwi minis tram at Uuidville running through to New York. 2.30 A. III. NKVT TOTfir TtAT .vnrjv.. d. i y, Mindnys excepted. Cunneetsat (ireat BenJ with J).laaie, Ijijkuwanpa A Wwtern Railway ror Scranton, and at New York wtth Miduleht Ex press iruiu of Now Jersey Railroad for Pblladel. phlii A Sleeping Coach l attached to this train at Cleveland, running throiiL'b to ilori ellsvllle, bom nesting with train having n.w and Itnproved Draw ing Itoom Coaches attached, running through t 1.40 P. ML, ACCOMVnnATinw u,t . excepted ' ' 3.40 A. in. Arrmturmifriiv cscepttd. (5,4 S A. in. WAY FRSinnT. I.'.,, ' copied. .. . ... Uootort Snd New Pnclanit Pmhhmmb' n-ltl. ihml Rari;ai'tt. are traii.fj.rr.4l kvituu nw iiAumvi.. Kew York. 1 lie beat ventilated and most luxurious Sleetilnir coach, tar i THE WOKLD-m accounianv ail night iraias on this Railway. 1 sr The Erie RnKwny Company has opened a ew ferry from thUii- .u,r.evfM,tt iia,w, ti... r.,i ol ld St., Nuw YorK.thas enahlfiigc passenuers to' re ich the npsor portion ot the ujty without Hie ex--pense aud auuoyanae of a street caret an omnibus transfer. SS . Tile scenery alon. th .ntlrn wnnte id Ih. ICrln . Haihvtkv is of t ho most nictiirosoua anil lnnutlfiil char 'or Admirers of Natttie's beauties, in a. diiyllsrht Journey over this Line, wIM And its ever- cnatiKini: iniiasraiHia sul)jecta or continual, admira tiou and iuterest. f BaeifaKo Checked Through i And fure always as low as by any other Route, ASK FOR TICKlflS Y1A ER1B RAILWAY tThlnti -nnn lw n.l..ln.A .a uli Ik. D.I...I...I fnl.l.t. .... mn m .lutnuim ui ran inn riUUiIHtl Omcett tu the U'.at uutjfeoinb WrV. f, 50 Ft n' ,onT EXCESS, dnllv.ror t lew.an, Cincinnati and the West and ou'tit (orrtieetsat LeavUisbure. Sitndms exevntil. for lnttUL'stowni at Cleveland with I'u- m,!,,., uu iVU, H. IMKlf, h D. KU'L.KK, tiv'l l'tw0Aa,, Gtu 1 kSup'i. j.a K), lKTU.
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