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INTENSIVE AND ELEGANT ASSORT
t i MENT OF
Spring and Sumnter Styles.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CLOTIIS
ard CAPSIMEKEH, which titer make up to or.
dor on SHORT (NOTICE, superior iu
BITLE bnd WOKKJIAKeHIP.
ITorfcct Mattefnctlon Always
Guaranteed
: Daily Kectiving kit Um Novelties In
BENTS' FUROTSHINS BOOBS,
HATS, CAPS, AC.
McFAIiLAXD, 4MITII& Co.,
Car. ftprlag 4c Franklin St,
Titnsvll'c, Pn.
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Centre, Wednesday. Aail 8
AIIKIVAL AND DEPAR1TRE OF
T11AI.1S ON O. V. & A. . It,' "
tOa and after Monday, May 30tb, 1870,
ralai will run at foltowi: '
y- rTH iro. 8. xn. 3. mo. 1.
Leave Irvine. 11,4ft a si. 6.00 p u
Leave Oil City 7.00 a M. 2,41 p m. 7,47 p u
PAl.Cen7.38 3,13 " 8.28 "
" Tilutf. 8.2.1 - 4.14 " 9,15
Arrive Corry, 8,35 " 6,45 " 10,35 "
bob, ko, 2. ko. 4. ko. 6.
Leave Corry, 11,20 a m. 6.00 a m. 6,05 p u
" Titusv. 12.46 p m. 7.40 7,45
" P. Ctm. 1.25 8.17 " 8.35 '
ArriveO. City 2.05 8,55 " 0.10
" Irvine. 4,60 " 11.35
t3F" No. 5 and 6 run on Sunday.
FREIGHT TRAINS NORTH.
(fflCitj. D.aSA H. f, 30 A.M. M,85a . ICfiFM
P. CX, 10.60 " Ml - IS. 10 I'M. 4,10 '
Arrive TUimv, 12,01 r at. 9,46 Ifis -f 'M "
. FltKlGHT TKAI5S BOUTn. '
LaaTsTitutr, 8.10 a m 1,35 a m. 11 00 a.m. 6 S5rM
' P o. H.I7 " 11,61 11 f.m. .30 "
Arrive O. C1ty,0.U l,i tM , i,06 " J.30."
11 City find Petrolenm Centre frulcht, learos Oil
" 11,80 a. in , arrive t I'etrolmiu Contrel,23 p.
i. Iaaviu Petrolenia Centra at 4,00 p m- atiivua
l Oil City 6, p. iih
lavkK rALAoa uhbtiko caw.
Wo. 4 Direct from I'hllaiWohla witboot fliuiga.
No. 3 Direct to Pliildlphia without chango.
no. 5 Direct frmn PllUbumh wttiiont change.
No U-Wrjctt.i Pittsburgh without chr.K.
Mundny, liny SIX 1870.
Could yo come back to dip, Doulu.-t, Oottg
la, In tho old likcno'3 I hut I know,
I would bo to faithful, to levin Dougln?,
Douglap, Dongla', trndvr and true.
Never a scornful word should grieve yon,
I'd smile oo ye sweet as tin angels do
Sweeta8your smile oo rue, sticue ever,
Dottijlus, Douglus. tender and trim.
0 to call back the days that are not !
. My eyes were blinded, your worda were
lew;
Do you know the trutti now, up in Heaven,
Douglua, Douglas, tender and true.
1 never was worthy of yon, Douglas,
Not half woitby the like of you;
Now all men besfde me seem to mo like
shadows
, I love you, Douglass, tender aod true.
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Stretch out your band to me Douglas,
Douglas,
Drop forgiveness from Heaven like dew;
As I lay my heart ou your dead heart,
Douglas,
Douglas, Douglas, tender and trno.
AXOTHttll lilCJ WEIiI !
PHILLIPS & BOYLES WELL, JAS. S.
McCliAY FARM, PUMPING 225 BaR
I ; , RELS PER DAY I
THE BEST TERRITORY IN THE OIL
REGION 1
Gold at 1 p. m., 12l.i
El.ECTIQN IS CoitSPI-AXTER TOlTKXniP.
There is to be an election hvld. In ttis
township on the 20th of this mouth to de
cide oaths expediency of Sliding it up
luto two or moro elcctton districts. The
dividing of the district will undoubtedly be
a groat convenience la ttgnrd to election
matters, bs well v, on other points. It is 1
nuwu mor mat inis lowntihip contain:
nearly one-quarter o f the entire population
of Venango county. At the State election
in J809 the tela! vota in round numbers was
7,000, of which Completer township polled
nearly 1,700. Ia 18G5 6 7 and 8 she paid
nearly one-third of the county taxes, or
would have done so bad it been possible to
collect the levy, no collector as yet having
been able to do so wltbin tba time allotted
by law. At the same time a large quaniity
ol land In the township has never been as
sessed since the commencement ot tho oi'l
excitement, while otbtr lands have boen
assented in seme Inaianoes as many as four
times. As matter of course Ibis becomes
n hardship on those who puy tuxes. It re
mains to he seen whether a division of the
election districts would remedy theeo evils
or Increase thorn. t our opinion
divhion of the township into two or wore
townships, instead of eleetion districts,
. wbuld be the better plau. ,
la this pluco the election will bo bold at
( the School House oa the bill, and in Plum-
i-r at the regular place of holding elections.
' '- Tbo BUckfoot base ball club will have a
practice game of base ball, on the hill near
the churches, to-morrow afternoon. The
members are requested to attend.
Milwaukee tried female barbers, and a
Incal paper says that, "Out ol Dvo women
who bird to get a living by shaving, tbno
omiglit tho itch from customer, one got
married and the other didn't, but sue
should have undergone thut ceremony
Proprietors of shops say they don't want
oy more irmale stums around them."
EXCITEMENT ON THE INCREASE!
The Phillips & Boyles well No. 1, Jas. S.
McCray farm, was tubed yesterday and
pumping commenced about 5 o'clock p. m.
Oil was struck almost Immediately and the
well Is now pumping 225 barrels per day.
This well had 42 feet of third or oil bear
ing sand-rock; has a powerful volume of
gas, and bids fair to become one of the best
welts oa tbe bill.
There has been a large crowd of visi ors
at tbe well to-day and much excitement ia
manifested.
Cady & Thompson well No. 1, same
farm, is being tubed to-day, and umpidg
will commence this afternoon. TSe well is
located a short distance from, Ihu Phillips A
Boyles well, and bas a good show. Tbe
gas is almost as strong as 'jot In tbe former
well. Another big well is anticipated.
Hon. G. W. ScNjtVld was renominated
to Congress rum tbe Erie District, at Ridge.
way, yesfwday.
The large iron tank, located near tbe
chinches, was purchased yesterday by Mr.
Jls. S. McCray, from tbe Central Petroleum
Co. He Intends connecting it with the
veils oa his farm by a pipe line. Tbo ca
pacity of the tank la 15,000 barrels.
JoHii nilliuaje at Loug Umuch.
Tbe biggest thing they hav got hero for
tbe preeeot z tho pool ot water in front of
tbe hotels. Tbe pool is sed, bi good judges
tew be 3,000 miles in lt-rgtb, and iu time
places, 5 mites In thicknete.
Into this pool, every dny, at i0 o'clock,
tbe folks all retire malts and females, and
wilder, promiskups. '
They dress in n fUnnel attiro, ov menny
colors, and look as near like, when they are
in tho pool iz a flock of ducks und drakes
The water in this pool Iihs stood to long ii
has got salty, and ou;;ht tew be changed.
Tba Llnck-wuito-aod-rcd llatc ot the
North German Bund will during the coin
ing campaign, bo waved for tba Crjtjtiiue
over the Hold of battle, the livid of victory
or of defeat. The ll ig U but four years old,
having been adopted by tho North German
parliament wbun tho present Bund was es
tablished, ufter tho war upon Austria.
Tne congregation of the Preatyttrian
Society are requested to attend tho meeting
for the election of a pa3tor, at the Church,
at 8 o clook this evening.
At a fi'ueral In Cedar Rapid?, lows, the
ofQ ciatlug clergyman gave utterauco lo the
following plain truths; "Tbo Biblo Day
tin ihn harrlttntn,. nrna tha ..m.l t.
word was with God, and the word was God )
but to suit the preaent case I will para
phrase it a little, and say, 'In thu begln-
ni&ff wu.1 thn dittr!!. ami thn iImvM w
whlfcky, aod 'whisky wa's tbe cause of this
man s death. '
Latest ami Jiost liiiiuii'taiit
War Tic;,vs.
Eerlin, August 2.
No news of nny movement or engage
ment of importance received, but advices
show skirmif'.ies ore becoming nioro fre
quent, though eo far they hnvo been of nn
InsigniOcunt character. The Pnifelnn com.
manders rigorousHy exclude foreign corres
pondents from thc'.r lines.
Roma, Augiut 2.
The French Chasseurs Iclt Civiti Vcc
ceia yestcriiay. Italy ia concentrating
iroops on tho Roman frontier.
Berlin, August 2.
The Doutpcho Bank of this city offers to
receive and disb:irso doo.atioua made In
Ainetlca for tho benefit of tbo wounded sol
diers. Copenhagen, August 2.
There is entire harmony between Den
mark and Sweden in, this in iter of the
French and Prussian war.
London, August 2.
Advices from Prussian sources uieution
tbe prevalence throughout Germany of tin
unwavering assurance of ultimate victory.
Vienna. August 2.
'Austria is mobiUitlng 20,000 men to watch
tbe Bohemian frontier.
JJiussels, August 2 12m.
A correspondent of the Independence
Beige, writing from Met., asserts that tbe
Gratgreat battle will be fought on Saturday
or Sunday next, or Monday at the1 farthest,
lie underscore tho sentence following, viz:
"This is sure.''
Pari. August 2 Evening.
An cfflcial dispatch from Metz announces
that to-day at 11 o'clock in the morning
the Freuch bad a serious engagement with
the Prussians. Our army took the offen
sive, crossed the frontier aud invaded tbe
territory of Prussia, aod in spite of num.
bers and position of the enemy a lew of uur
battalions wru suCicieot to carry tbe
heights whka overlook Saarbruck and our
artillery ,ero not slow to diive tbe enemy
from tho tswn. Our losses were slipht.
Tbe engagement commenced at eleven
o'clock aod ended at one. TbeEtnpetor
nsslited at the operations, and tbe Prince
T;jperial, who accompanied him rvery-
wbcr, received on Ibe first Hold ot b-attle
his baptism of fire. His presence of mind
and sangfroid in danger were worthy o'
the nme he bears. Tbe Emperor returned
to Melz at 4 a. m.
Tbe women of France are Bending Im
mense quantities of bedding and hospital
lurniture to the army. Nine hundred suc
gical students bave gone to the front
A.I'aiisiAU sheet iu describlag the rapidi
ty with which cities spring iuto boing on
tbo American prairies, relates that a trav
eler arriving late one night at Chicago fall,
rd to Bnd hotel accommodation, and laid
himself down in an open Cold. Ia tbe
morning ho found himself in a collar, with
a Hie story dwollluj Louso erected over
him.
CKCDB AMD REUSED.
It is valerianic ether sprinkled inside tb e
boxes that gives) Yankee eigart tbe fine
Havana flavor .
Tbo Central Pacific people plead that the
Pullman cars were so verminy and mean,
with all their gilt and tinsel, that they were
sent off tbeir road, to be replaced with their
own coaches.
Brooklyn is now using 30,000,000 gallons
ct water daily, while tbe works supply but
20,000,W)9.
In the regtitln at Yoltohamn, Japan, on
Qtioeu Victoria's birthday, tbo crow fro.o
tbe United States steamers Idaho and Dela
ware won over all the foreign boats ia every
race.
Brighton, England, is busy constructing
a gigantic aquarium, a bundled feet wide
by several hundred Ion;;, from which it ex
pects a yearly dividend of over twonty-Gve
per coot, on an outlay of 00,000.
Secretary Cox cm riidered that hereafter
all promotions in the vurioiiii Bureaus of
tho Interior Dcpartrannt shall be based upon
the results of competitfvo examinations.
Pulverized charcoal misl with hr 1 ia
said tojbe an itilalliLlo roinedy for the bite
of a dog. It must be immediately applied
to the injured pot and kept tbero until the
poison has been completely drawn out.
Tbo'Marino Corps la to bo supplied with
t'je Remington ii!W
EIoux city, Iowa, has 3,411 population,
:,o increase ot 2,331 since lo(7.
Footways on tdtbor side of the railway
track, on tbs great Lnuisv.'llu bridge, will
Lo conpJotcd September 15.
In seven years lb tt debt of Canada ha
increased about 9lI,UC3,i00, white no final..
cial statement of the dominion for a single
yearjfris shown a deficit. Singular.
Theatres figure la the Frond; bud jot of
the next yoar to tbe tune of 1,000,000 francs
Tbo electors of Newark, N. J., voted In
favor of having borse-oars run on Sunday,
but the State law interferes.
Tbo "mad stone" will not cure hydropho
bia, as was conclusively proved in a recent
case at St. Louis.
A floating match Is the latest Long
Branch nodense. The; winnor lay on bis
back tbreo hoiirtt and forty minutes.
Weather tot lo-day. .
A contemporary nays: ' Wo have before
us n letter trom n yiui hero near the Col
orado line who write. to bis lather: 'I lell
ynu it ii totih to conio in worn mil with
the bard work of breaking praiii ", and have
to iro lo making bread and broiling bacon.
I can't etnn.l thi. I must go East and get
a cook that dnenn't wear trousers. "' '
Soila Water aud Ice. Cream &tj. lv
V lenev. Mi-, en ten ,,,1 e,,,,. .
in Artio Soda Fuuniaiu of ' ;
, fit-m ,,,
.Soda Walerund Ion CiA,..,.. 77,.
ty's
A wiso pltyuician once ujM: "1 observe
that every one wlsluta to go lo Heaven, but
I observe bIbo moiit people nra v. iltine to
tako a reat deal of very disngrceablo med
Icino first.''
A 'dtuaiano'' guutleuuu of .prlngflald.
Massachusetts, broke up a pri.o listen
Wednesday last by whipping tbe combatants
until their seconds threw up their sponges
and retired from thn scene ol tho conflict.
At Ccrtlandsville, N. Y., on Friday, when
a crowd cf "brave" cowards tuned and
feathered Mollis? Blyo, she begged some
nieiabeis of tho parly to spare her lire, and
opppalcd to them as friends tcho hml cumin
her intimately. Nobody atteuiptei' to harm
the man whose wife was made insane by
tbeir joint criminality.
Moses Lyman of Huntington, Massachu
setts, became indignant and profane at a
recent thunder shower, as he bad consider
able bay exposed. His hired man remons
trated with him, predicting that, IE lio per
sisted, the lightning would strike bis bouse,
and hardly bad the words been spoken
when tho propeecy was fulfilled. Fortu
nately, however, none ol the inmates were
injured.
Q A ruralist at Newport seeing a Indy driv
ing, aud her grnotn with folded arms be
hind, thought "that nigger must piy that
nice looking girl a pile lo drive his carriage
lor bitn."
An English poet gets off this "warning to
waiters by a frequent diner-out:
Ye, at tables small or great,
Who stand behind our chairs In state,
Ne'er be slow to change a plate,
Ne'er be heedful of our prate,
Never broathe upon oiir yvtv,
Learn to W or aud to icaif."
HKK !HKtTING.
There will be a practice meeting this
evening at 7 o'clock. All the members in
good standing em teqttcsted to attend and
help work tbo machine.
By order of Forman.
AOTICE.
As tbe undersigned Intends being absent
for some weeks, ho bus authorized Mr. S.'II.
Kooker and Mr. E. A. Kelley lo attend to
his late I'Ualncsn during bis absence and col
lect all outstanding accOinls, at bis iflice iu
Petroleum Centre.
jj30.tf. J. M. Sharp.
lackborrjr ttrandy.
A very superior article of Black herry
Brandy, for summer complaints, cholera
morbus, Ac, at
Gmrras Bros.
Now Is tbe best time to lay in n winter
supply of bard coal. Codington 4 Corn
well are tbe men to buy from. June 2Stt.
Cauta's Vctcnl xinio Llued lie frig
alor. Lined wllh Slato, havlne Air Chambers
witf.out Killing of any kind perlectly dry
nnd sweet they are believed to be uneiiuul-
led iiy nny other now in use, and are of
Mnrlornle f est.
Slato pnsnssc3 nn ockncwledged superi
ority over J5:nc for lininu purposes, being
free from smell, tasie aud corrosion, and
can be easily cleaned, preserving every ar
ticle in a sweet and pure state.
raTKor Bi at FREEMAN'S HARD
WARE fcTOUt;. 81-at.
Fino assortment of wall paper at Griffes
Bros.
All styles linht'.harness. oheoper than the
cheapest, inatld from Molfut's oak stock, and
ivarrauteu, t J Ic. r.ron e.
Soda Water and Ice Cream nt J. W. Beat-
ty's.
Nails wholesale aud retail at
if. Fkekmak's
Buy the "Red Hot" Saddlo. manufactured
in Ttltinvillo expressly for tbo oil country
adapted to all kiuds of wuatlrer, at J. R.
Kron's. al2-tf
Kibsengeu and Vichey Water on draught
at GKIKFb'H BKOij.
V.'o would call the attention of our busi
ness men to tbe superior styles of job print-
lug, both plain ana tsncy, at present nelnu
turned out from this ollioo. Wo are prepar
ed to cxeoute job printing of every descrip
tion In the latent und must fashionable style
of tho art, and at reasonable rates. tf.
KiBSongen and Vlchoy Water at
' GKif'FKH Bros.
Vichey, Klssengen nnd Soda Water a
the Artio feoda (fountain ot
jl8-tf. GitirrES Bnon.
Hon. V'ra. H. Seward is talked of ler
..... . - ..
dow .hade, and Ktatu ji
"''I'ns Duo,
.1 nut MnnlnA I .
- ai- s wU h ri'a nnri .xii
Mock ol shelf hardware at J. U,,,
tf.
The largest stock of Gas Pip in h
KlttEJS,.
Poda Water and Ice Cream it J. y
Soda Water and Ice Cream at 1 v p,j
ty a. t"
Sash, Glass, Doors. Putt, && ,J
stock very cheap at the FurnitureStor. i
NEW ADVKRTISSMENTa
TAKM I'pT
'n tbpremfeof Jsitim Imrh i- , I
'"Jar--My .11. A I1AY MaHK
iild. lkeownrrran have th i-m U'CJ
P. ..uwm. f,utib, pmptnj ammtii,.
Pl.r, Ta., Aliens 3 1T0-Su " UU"
WAR DECLARE!
On High Prim!
at the Old Stand of J. & l'fsjtisr, JfAll
w titBi', ny the new ora,
M. V. B. FtSHER,
Who Isttads keeptng up a hmvj itock f
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS
FLOUR, FRUIT, VEGETABLES,
nd In fact Mcr ktad of goeds BMUlr M!j
weHafpolnted
GKOCERY STORE.
1 hiwi team on the road and will e tor Ve.i
VHKB OF I IIAKIIK.
O- Alt I ask f a f ilr trlnl suS an n
ot my stock. OIe oi a call.
ii. v . run
Petfolrnm ( cnlre. Pa , Jnlj 29. -If
Think of This
Boots & Shoes
60 per cent Below Cost !
CHEAP ENOUGH FOR ill
JUST THINK ! r0 PER CIS
BULOW COST!
The snTwcriber has sold
fl,.. oiU .e A,,,i:l ami intfllJ
iuo rwi 'i iiuuni phi i
closintf out bis stock b)T 'Jl
fiate, anti to ho so na
Lis (Jowls 50 pr cent, bclotrt:
NO. 12 WASHING STBEE1
rrnwirnm ceiurn, m.,jywi"-
TAKE NOTICE.
......... n ww,n m P'T AH
rtj ticuiu luui.n
THIS DATK.
ns;ioi:sible parties wis' ingto hire te
n?r-AartimnrfsMMa at naMiuable rates-
jys a:a.
PETROLEUM IRONWOS
liryan. Uilllnfiliain f'
RSachinist
Iron and Brass lWfl
FORGERS,
aua-uAifVttl f)S
TOOLS, UL,T,,PtN(i Bl
. SA W MILLS, FUM"NUANI)
WALKING BKAM A'ffj
BAND WHEEL JKV'.."f S
AND ALL KINMW OF t-Ajp
WHOLESALE A RETAIL
CASlMi,
FOR OIL WELLS,
Titusvtlle.Nov astb.ll!-
Governor of Now Yoik