' Nolls' HO-BSOIST'S SIMMONS' COLUMN. ROBERTS' PETROLEUM TORPEDO. WINSOR BROS. COLUMN. , I - . T . II. B. EMMONS' V Drug & Fancy Goods House "Washington-St. PETROLEUM CEXTKE. The Largest and Best Selected stock ot (roods m Western Pennsylvania, and sold at W. 7. PRICES THE PUREST OF esa WINES, LIQUORS &c, for Medicinal Purposes. mm, (BHICILS, kU PURE AND FIRST CLASS. Paints, Varnishes, and Dye Stuff s, MISTERS' MATERIALS and Bruslies. gm IMPORTED . TOILET ARTICLES ! Tfceflneat Msortment'eTer before otTered on Oil Creek. WALL PAPERS AND WINDOW SHADES TD!UTsj(d for beaut? anr originality of i I M I .... Canary Birds, House Plants, &c. Sataro ami THE CHOICEST BRANDS. ALL KINDS LATENT MEDICINES. INSCRIPTIONS ARE PUNCTUALLY CO.VIT UNDED AT ALL HOURS. ZW CE COOL SODA WATER FRESH yiioM tueTountain, TORPEDOES. Tlltt ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO. Office at Ike Red Plamg Mill, .Corner of Pine and Second Streets, ((Near the Kallroad,) ITUSVILLE, FA. Owtoie to the larce nnd increaslm: demand for the Roberts' Torpedoes, mid the late decision of the Commissioner of Patent in refusing to Win. Reed patent, and the decislin of .1 udire tt. C. Oiler siis- taiutiiL' the Huberts' patent tbcyjluive 1AJW EKED the price of their Torpcdoie TWENTf PGR CENT. no that every Ope rntor can affordiu try a Torpedo before abandoning a Well l he following is the decision rendered br Judre oner on tuc iweury-seconn -a) any oj pememiicr, !). in the United Statu Circuit Court at Pin adal. phia. The case was arirned three dnvs by Charles M. Keller of New York, 1) V Lucas and S. A. Pnr-j .-lance or IMttsnurgn, lor aeienunnis, ana George Harding of Philadelphia, and tieorgo U. Christy, o Pittsburgh, for plaintiff. OPINIOSJOP JUDGE GKIEK." An I write with difficulty I can only male the con elusions to which my mind has come after a carelu- xamlnatton of this cue, 1 Th. com. , lain nit lias exhlblted'atnatcritedatrd AVIi of April, ItWo. This is prima facie evidonee of a food title, and put" on tue respondents the bur den of proof that the patent is Told or worthless. 1 need not repeat my remarks in the com of (jood year vs. Day (2 Wall, c. u. Kere .) hut now adopt them as affording a rule of decision which ap plies cieariv to me present cue. As the infringement of the patent is admit ted, the only question will be as to the validity of coin nlainan'ta natent of Anrii .l!i5H. practice,'' and atler roneated experiments, that the complainant succeeded in overcoming 'he prejudice and ignorance of the people on the subject, and l was mier wvuirtnnii u.u won reuucea 10 persuading tho public that bis invention wasnset'ul; ailer ne nua esiaonsiieu us gieui ir.iiuy anu Tame, and "when bis genius nnd patient perseverance, in spite of sneers and scon's," were completely suc cessful, that Peed, who had before made exnerl. meat on the same subject, and was unsuccessful, imagined that he hail the best right to the invention, arid alter pnrcoasing one or more complainant sror pedocs. be apulied on the 1st of November, 18o7. for a piitent for substantially tho same combina tions of devices and a.ai hino contained in complain ant's patent. On the 16th or the same month the respondents formed themselves into a company or corporation called "The lteed Torpedo Company," for the nuninse of pirating the comiiluinant's 'in vention, and stiiipnritni tiio expense or migration. and thna defraud him of the rruit. They have per severed, een after the preliminary Injunction very properly granted hv the District Judue. Lei a atrcree e umereu tor cuiiioiiun-ini lor a nr. netual injunction, and a Muster appointed to take an account according iu iue innjcr oi me on i. n. v. biiiAK, uadge, Note. The passage referred to bv .TndL-e Rrior in his former dec.s'ou. allace, D. 2911 adonled i applicable to this casa was as follows: "it is uiuauy uie ciumj, uwi nuy vaitinoie aiscov. ery Is nade, or any new machine of ernt u'i ity i tnventca. Hint ineuueiiuuii ui mu paunc nas been turned to tluit snojeei previously, and mat ninny persons hnvo been making researches nnd experi ments. Philnsoplitrs and mechanicians mav have in some mi astire auticiniited in ttieir sni'cti'nriniis tlie possibility or probability of suth discovery or invention; ninny i-Aiwiiuieius nve oeen successnil ly ttied, coming very near, yet fulling short ot the npslreil result. Tiu'.v liuve produced noibinir bene ficial. The invention when perfected may truly be s.ld to be the culminating point or ninuy expert mou s, hot only by tlie inventor, hut by ninny otli- ors. rte may nnvi proiucu mutt-ccuy nv the nn-uc ressful oxoel'llneuts iiliu tililuieH of others, hut It gives them no right to c a m n share ot the lienor of the protit ot tlie siiccpssiui inventor It is when rw.riii.tion has been reduced to nractice. when pr. periiucnt has resulted in discovery and when that discovery lias been perfected by patient and contin ued experiments, when some new compound, art, manufacture, or machine has ben thu. produced WHICH is useiil! i liicynniicueu lliepan.v maKllliCll beeomes apuniic ocncincior auu entmeato a par out. "Aua yet wnen unius una pain nt pereeveranc have ut length succeeded, in spite of sneers and scon's, some valuable invention or dlsco-ery, how seldom is It followed ny reward, I Jiuvy robs hlra of the honor, while speculators, swindleis. nnd nl- rates rob him of the profits. Every umiiccessiul exieriineuter who did or did or did not come very near making a discovery now claims it, Kvery one wtio can invent au improvement or vary Its form, claims a right to nirate ihe original discovery. We need not summon .Morse, or lilanchnrd. or Wood worth to prove mat this is the usual history of eve rv ereat discovery or invention. 'The present case auds another chapter to this ions and linilurm history." 2 Wallace, C. C. ite- pjils p. sa.. C'AUTJiOT. Thepnbllr Is' caittloned asninsi emnloyin any but the reinilarlv authoriwd Auents of the tmni. ny . siure the Huberts Patent cover the use of the t rrpetio ana an explosive materials lor oil wells, nnd the use of su'.-h inutiTials by other parties is a direct infiiugcnient of their Yiirhts. Any part in In- rrinitina any of the KOBKUT8 PATENTS will be dealt with accordion to law, and as acting willfully and knowinuly in defiuuee of law and the decision of the Courts Tlie Comniuv hnvo re organized their business wirn a view to accommodate Oil Men in every part of the Oil Itegion. Thv have employed the most efficient Agents and Assitnrts that can bn procured fortlie business. Each Torpedo I labelled with dale af patents, touetlior with the price of tlie Tor pedo, and siiiied by an officer of the Company, so ev.;ry Operator wishing a Torpedo may know its price and whother it came from our offlca. Opeiators will confer a favor by reporting to this Office any negligence of Agents. Tlie following named persons have been appoint ed Agents and Assistant Arwita for the Oil Kc-ious LIST OF AGENTS. TiTrsviT.T.w, cnrn.cn run and vtcini. TYSTKP1IKV OOt. OBIce, Hamilton's cigar Store, address Titusviile, Pa. Assistant, John Van ti rrsvn.i.K. cnuucii run and vicivt. MY II. H THOMAS. Olllco and address, Muu- rillAMKURO AND VICINITY CKOIIOE TH. IN. Office, Sliamhiirgj residence, Titusviile, Pa. AsM -lant. A A. West. ENTKIM'IIISK, I'LEAaANTVfM.E, BKA FAHM ANl PlTHOI.K-OHtmOE W. VAN Vlili-.r. uniee nilfl aoaress. i -rinse lloi.sn. Mint antvillc. Assistant, H..C. Huntington. TIMOTJT AND WEST HIBKOKY CIUS. CI.AHK. Office and address, Exp ess Office Tidl oute. Pa. Assistant, E- C. Utianlsley. PKTliOl.KUM CENTIiR AN l VICINITY i.n i maih). Dince annaimress. Petroleum Ccn tru, pa. Assistant. Charles Jll irkl'onl TAHR AND III.OOD FA It MS anil District lvinrr on "II I'rnek nnd ' herrv Hun. mini story Paim to McCllntockvllie JAiES SArNDBIiH. Adlress mix rniiu, i-n, Assisinnis. Ltiiuer u. baunders Charles K. Cix liran nnd Wi I'nm llnyt. MOCLINIUCKVILL 5. Oil, CITY ANT) Hi Vn n, o. vyrnr. Auuress, uu citv or Iteno. Pn Assistant, N. Mead V ANKLIN, ALONG TIIR AT-LrOHPINYPIV EH-Z WII.I1KH. Ofllee end iidiln-ss. Franklin, Pa SCHCHO ASS, FfSTEH FAHM PA.tRKtt'8 LANPINiJ KICIIAKU W. ItKltPIRI.n. iini and tt'ldri ss Hrruhzrass, la Assistant, It. W. Per. tet field, nililnss hiuleiiton, Pa. 'T Vllt.ilM-C J). A:OFL. sort T v CtJOK Atlrlrens. Hsrkerlirf. Wi st VirL'illia. Hoberta JPctroloiiiu Torpedo Co, WBIMSOR BROS., HARDWARE STORE. ESTABLISHED 1859. Winsor 1 B ros.5 MAIN STREET, PETkOLEUM CENTRE, DEALERS IN Olu WELL TUBING AND CASING 1 ALSO, WORKING BARRELS 4JVALVE3,". r STUFFING BOXES, CLAMPS, TONGS, INN1S SUCKER RODS, RIVETED JOINT SUCKER ROD BOILER PUMPS, CISTERN t WELL PUMP; Every Description o' supplies for ',. OIL WELL mU lD REF1NERIES. BRASS GOODS, STEAM & GAS FITTINGS BELTING, PACKING AND HOSI KIRBY'S COMPRESSED BUNGS, H -A. K D W ARE, House Trimming",' Carpenters' Tools, Drilling and Plain Laid Rope, XJaknm, Nails, Axes, Table and Pocket Cutlery, A run assortment f evervthlnB ra the TJarchvare 1.1 ne. House Furnisliins Ooods "VElSTTIXiATOIli AND Mornins: Q-lory BASE HIKXFHS. HOME COMPANION. IRON GATE, and WHEAT SHEAF Cook Stoves. L.ampi, Iianternt Ac Chimncyi, Woe 1 Winter strained Lard Oil, NO. 1 REFINED OIL. CIIAJIPIOV CLOTHES WBIXGEBS nnfacturcrsjof TIN. SHEET IRON WARE. & COFFER SMOKE STACKS, Repairing or all kinds don,e Willi nentnosa anil die patch. Especial attention given to Ste,am ana (Jas Fittings Pnrchnalnff with cash onlv. m. foniniiA. rr n. ntshlng everything '11 our Hn are superior U my other eslalilishmeiit In the Oil itegion. We 1 live a first class. TIN AND REPAIR ShOP I Thanking our friends for their liberal pntrona" m 'ii. part, we Khali tuivour bcW wjorts no merit ' Is conlinuauCft. &Ua:a 1 tf Oil Crfek pipe CIIAKIiES ROI1SON As Co., Vomer of nenerB & "r "" r'" loo till sjrecu, BrolcTs in Morris, Taskcr Crfa OIL WELL TUBING AINU CAfinui ALSO, WOBK1NO TtARREl.S AND VALVES, BTUFF1NO HOXKS, . ....... .n. ,r,u 'tVftkfcH RODS. Machinery for Oil Wells & Refined it BORINO TOOLS, DIUVINO I'IPB, , , COLD WAT Kit Fll Ml o, OIL t'UUl-, Every description of SUPPLIES FOR OIL WELLS AND R 0 H.NlilUfcS, Alio, STOVES, TINWARE, BRASS fiOODS, STEAM AXD OAS FITT1.VOH. JikLTiUt rJlAl-iu, una r t HARDWARE, HOUSE TRIMMING, Carpenters' Toola, ttope. liaKiirn, Nails, Axes, Coffee Mill". Table Jt Pocket Ctitlnrj; 4 Fpll Assortment of Everything In the HARDWARE ZIA Jrase Fnriishine Ooods, Laiaps, Chlmne-s. No. I Winter Strained lard Oil, No. 1 Penned Oil, Stuir Hods, Table an dDooiytt Champion Clothes Wring. r Manufacturers of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Wnre. Repairing of all kind' done with neatness an. dispatch. Especial attention given to STEAM AND GAS FITTING. We have endeavored tomoritthe pati. iiau t the public, and shall use every exerlioo to insi i. It corttinnance. Our facilities for fro-nishtmr e ery thin u op line, having been greatly increased, in tho antioi of our New Bulldtii?. are now SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER ESTABLISH. liN'l augil -am. IN THE OIL HHOION. POECKRY Enumerating tfew nf the "articles tobe fouLitl at L. M.STERNBURG'S LumberYard H'ashinjiton-St., Petroleum tt'iitre, Pa. Friends and patrons, one and nil, Your attention to my "biz" I would call; Tlmf s aro dnll an money tight. But In these times I'm looking for light; To those who are building rips without nnmber, I would inform this is the place to buy Lumber; My motto Is this: Quick Sales and Small rrnfit," For business is healthy and I think much of It; ' In q "allly my Lumber Is second to none, And us, for Shingles, 1 keep No. 1 ; Some may not look at it in the light I do, And for those I have a quality No. S ; And to those who are particular as some may be, I stilt have Oholhtr quallly called No I have good seasoned Lumber, Pressed p nice, Which I will sill at a low cash prlci-. Such as Flooring, Celling and Siding, both Rough and Dressed, Lath, Pattens and Surfaced Lumber, all of the best; I also have Rig Lumber of all kinds. At prlcus to compare will) oil and hard times; All kinds of Timber kept constantly on hand, And a box of Clg.im of a very good brand; My facilities for sel'lng are surely without number 1 alwayj keep good teams to deliver good Lumber; So If you want Lumber, Hough, Dressed, Soft or Hard, Yon will find.inat what you wunl at L M 8's Lum ber lard. fohlD-tf GEO. w. KING, Sr., Has removed to Ills NEW STORK, adjoining So honb om Win,, (Ji,,., k. ishom , T TiiN-S'l'.. and Is now prepared to fiiiu'i'.i his .rionus and tho public generally with Fresh and Salt Meats Of flll kind-. Tluinkii rr niv rY.nn.1u Ins. .,,. r. liitpo to merit oon;ii.uunce ot hn k.iuo. .tv.. tneacsll S- KISO, t B xn o r O t3 o 3. Al- pli!I!t at Oil iVitv. Mniidav. July Knnm.villp 'I'lifsil.lV. J" Titusviile, Thursday, Jo v ' r'T'"!4!!! ,flr)TTrmmarriMreiisaiiii iim'T
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers