it ! ft HcFARL&Ki;, saisii & ( o. (tticewon to J. A. Ite, 1 I r'' ' ' ' ' Merchaht Tailors EXTENSIVE AND ELEGANT ASSORT ' MENT OF Spring and Summer Style- 'UttMuw AiVD.. DOMESTIC CLOTHS -" M tlw, mnV. up ,o or. . Jr on fUG&T-fNOTICK. superior lo 1 YLJi auu WOKXMASSHIP. --- I- Perfect Matlafaptlon Alwaya (aarauteed. ... DUy KewMii; ll u,o Sovelilui? In ims' ruEKisHigjg bscbs, HAISCAPS, ' ' Cor. 3pUg Fraukllu sc., FetroleumrCsntr Oly 8cord "! IEF4KiIttE OF -V l. c A A. It. r On aa.i ft.r Wcnrl-y. .Day SUtb, 18 trains will rim us follow "Ktii m. 6. Learn livinv' l.eiv Oil Cl'v 7.0f) A w ... " rot.Ce'i " Tittisv. i.?:t . Arrive Curry, S,S enuTH.' . ' .'2. Iws-J-Vry, il,Mi')!, " Tilimv. 1 2 -!5 r m. v " f. On. Arrive I), coy 2,;ifl ,.t 8 No. 1. n,d:A M S.Oll l 2,42 M. 7,47 P ! ',M 8 28 i 4.1 9.15 6,45 lo,3a " ! Kb.' 4. ko (!.' B I") A M. fi.liffp J.UI 7;J3 8.17 n.ar, 9,10 " . ivviii'. 4.6! 11. M5 . riv ft fv 5 fin' nn Stindiy, " 1' C. ArrlT 'I'lin : ; - " ' e 4.10 i-.u p . ..r, iSt .. s .. , ' J ' ci..ur 1P.AI.V8 -SOUTH. Invf IMin. fi - - . . h.:jo 7.90 rttv i- ' " :,'i"rHfie!..lir, la-To Oil ' I- "I'VB". r,LAC U.TKVftn ... S.r i " 'I,.rr'' -rish without rhmiL-8. ji....a;.v, MV,r3-" im" "" "i,li0I,t Gold at I p. U5? ...nur,Hi5 LJAKUK8 LOOKING UP! tV . in ivcsipi f the following dig " " w m Uourereoce meetlne .lor H;i i trim: C-, i 1 J V ; '- , . S.'oneboro', P . , , Angus 1 20. 2 p. m. ' Up In last nlirbt tbo Conrresiiiiiiil r...n ,.fnruc-maj.. 240 biilloU with no result. , let B'JjtHiriiPd i J . nl. thIg moraing ' ' nin on Tiii'tiH; nxt. ! :tbcon(ft ; belwu GilUllan n-iiig... and Actr ol Mvrcor. of Vc ntf nive bwii rrowu a 8prcliniti ofnnd. rnts itom Hie Ll.'jt Curlnth wpII, J S il. t r ... . .... 1 : iMiu.wuicu mm unfit fiiecimen of no " evr mi, It will be a ma-, tnirl Wi.n , 0f t,a jirst warn n..,ix c..ii..l, trd ilrn luols w. ro lost, iu una i10, i,4V,, not bei.n (ak(jJ : ' out ulttHiiidh wnrkuj at couniilrralily. R is .'cuu lbiw.ll will bu cumplKted and r-mly In l,t nil Tu.-Mlay next. We look lr n.nuar big Wtf,, r s.tl loolg were t.iki-ti nut yrati-rday. Ti. 0". KuiW uuiubH ut th imir Odd Fellow.' Hal!, Mt oodIk, u a complete H.iceK.. In cvry Mepot, and tile dtqcing w,;. kK.t up t t(,e '-wee 8in' our!(, Tle . only tiling that oc.arre.1 to diit.ub the qn.iiiimHy o lire ciccaioD took place be tween 12 aud 1 o'clock, and wag occasioned by party of Oil City and Story farm rrj.;b coming Into the ball and uodertak f"i? to rut. tblnga t,j suit ttemslv8F, in wbltfh ibj were uiintak.-n, aa it took Geo IV.lfon, 0..pt. Hull, Ed. Myera, and oue ur twooHcra, not ovur thr-e minnt.-a to put tU.:n on tbe "retired list." (j-u.Twie the 1-any m kii ric-eilin-ly p,.Bsant aifalr. R!l'otlll,w wo;i N). j, Uruwn i .m.j.r.-a una, wa. rccmly torpedoed, . H.uji)cuva lucreus. U la 12 barrels. A grlculture. T!ip monthly report of tbe Department e Agicultiira tor July, contain, notne inter ealitig infnrmuliou, Tbn reports of tbe whoiU crop render it certnin that the crop of this year will be considerably lesa than t!at of 16C!), the Uecreane being estimated at 48,000,000 bnsliili. This lo is princl pally Ku."talned by tbe Middle and Southern States. - Dry weather feemfto have been Ibu Cause producing this result. Tbe corn crop la paid to promise an increase, which will take the place of the decrease in wheat The cotton crop promises to yield, from I:. if a million to a million bales more thun last rear. This will do much towards placing tbe Southern Stales on a safe foot ing. The general proapect for fruit is good although in Ibis and in neighboring States tbote will not be a full yield. . We also learu that tbe importations ol wheal into Great Britain for Ave months of the present year, show that the United States expnrtalions are almost twice who tbey were during tbe same period of lat years. England Is threatened with n failure of crops, on account of the drought, and this will create an increased demand upon tin) Atner!can market. Tbe European war will prevent all rxportntions from France and Prussia, and will thus raise tbe price of grain to a figure tbat cannot but be beuefic- Ul lo tbe United States. Franklin Oil Mattkhh. The following new wells In this vicinity have commenced pumpiug since our last issue: Egbert & Miller SO barrels Grant & Slackey , 20 Robinson, Epley & Co. 3 Mackey. Taylor & Co., torpedoed an old well on Wednesday, which bad formerly yielded three barrels per day, and a'e now testing. McCray, Goelino & Cn., on Hnge Island torpedoed their new well on Thursday. This well Is 265 feet deep and presents good indiaations. tjiuere is consmeranie activity among operators in the way ofmew developments in this city, wbicb, if successful will stimu late others to co and do likewise. So far be failures are few, although many of the wells are of small production. Veuanco Spectator. . Newspapers, etc.. ore forwarded from tbn United States to Franco only by means of the direct line of steamers, leaving New Turk ou every alternate Saturday. Tbe ladies of Wyoming Territory, lif Convention assembled, have re.lved "to Kiipport fur Delegate to Congress the cindi. date who' is possiwwd of good moral char acter, and is favorable to woman's fianchlse irrespective of bis political proclivities." Tbe production of tbe Canada oil regions is estimated at 1,000 barrels per day. There will be preaching In the H. E Church, lo. morrow morning, by Ujv. Mr. Robinson, r.t the iihiiuI hour. There was a refreshing shower last even ing. Tbe tbriving village of Union Mills Is to have a newspaper as well ns a railroad. Mr. W. U. Gardner, the gentlemanly agent for Campbell's Mammoth Menagerie nj Circus, Is in town to-day engaged in Ming the place for tbat mammoth show, which Is lo exhibit here Sept. 3d. Their advertisement will appear soon. A religious paper sura "three things should be thought of by tbe Christian every day; hia daily cross, daily duty, and daily privileges." It might have added "and hie ally paper," which would have made four things. A trotting mare lull and was injured tbe other day, and the event is mentioned in every paper in the country, wilh comments expressive ol groat sorrow for the horse A woman and ber babe died of starvation in a neighboring city about the same time, nd scarcely a line is afforded to ber terrible fate. "Come over to our bouse and sea the bilious fever," i. tbe Indiana salutation. Tbe veseel in which Dr. Kane made b Is famous voyage to tbe north pole now lies at Bowens wharf, Newport. She is owned by Captain Hopkins ol tbat city, her name having been changed to the United States. In Lima, a Roman Catholic- Bishop lately exootntuunicated bis flock and closed all the churches la bis diocese. The govern ment ordered him to re-open thein which be refused to do. The prelate is now tuedi ta ng over the matter in prison. We And tbe following pnragrapti In, an exchange: "As a train from Albany was entering a bridge, a pawiinger put his head t of the car window, but when he took it in it wasn't there. Surprise sri.cd he was buried thu next dny. low is lioiiti j nil we!,.-), Latest uiitl Blost Important War -flews. WPOIJOV DEL1EYED TO BE DEAD. London, Aug. 20, Tbo report that the Emperor Napoleon Is dead gains ground here and is genorally be lieved. ' Lute-dispatchesjsay his death was caused by apoplexy, while at army beadquarteis, on tbe IStb, and alter tbe but tie.) f Mar. la Tour. The Star claims to have nows that Na poleon is alive and well, wbilo all tbo oth er newspapers give particular, of bis death. New York, August 19. A dispatch dated London, August 19 It :3() a. m, nays; The Daily News of this morning contains a dispatch Iroin Brussels, which says: Napoloun euffors from lebrile monomania. He cries out tbat bo has been betrayed. !New York, August 19. Tho Telegram's special Irom Csrlsruhe says: Tbe detnandt of tbe King of Prussia are stated to be: First, that he be declar ed Emperor of Germany; eeooml, that the province of Alsace, together with the city of Strasbourg, be given to the Grand Duchy of Baden; third, that Bavaria receive full money compensation in consideration of ber service, and expenses In tho war; fourth, that Napoleon III be de posed and tbat an Orleans prinuti be placed cn the throne. Tnu I wiling la England and Germnuy is universal in favor of these conditions. Paris, August 19. . Le Parlement nswrU the siege of Stras bourg is abandoned, but the statement is not confirmed. London, August 19. Telegrams to-day from Brussels report the Emperor quite ill, with symptoms of intense cerebral excitement, n is said lo chaiue bis misadventures to treason. This story is forwarded as one of tbe rumors of tbe war, but Is generally discredited. Londob, August 19. The following Is tbe latest from tbo seat of War: There was fighting all day Thurs day neor Mars la tour. The latest Fiench dispatches; are full or expressioL. of confi dence of victory. , The following additional fracts of Tues day', conflict have been received: A bat talions of tbe 73 French regiment of tbe liny ilestroyed a regi.uunt of German laucers, capturing their colors. There wore sever al brilliant charges by the French in one of which Gen. Legrand Was killed. It 1- re ported that Prince Albert, commandinir the Prussian cavalry, was killed, but this is not confirmed. After a close conflict the French occupied (ho Prussian frontier. 1 1 is said the French force engaged numbered 150,000. There was sevoro fighting on the 17th near Gravellolte. Tbe Eiuncror is still at Rhelms. Tho crounil botween Met and Verdun baa been tbe scece of constant carnaga sinco Sunday. Paris, August 19, mere la intense excitement and'entbus- asmattbe newsfof the repeated French victories, mo creel, are lull of rroces- slon. and crowds of people are roaring tho Marseillaise. Notwithstanding meat r. o itement there has boen no disorder. A (turkey's account ol a sermon: ''Well sab, do sermon was upon do miricle ol de loaves and fishes. Dj miois'er said bow do ,000 loaves and de 6,000 fishes woe divided between de twelve apostle.; to' do miracle was, oat they didn't bust." The following is said to bo the definition of "eat:" "To insert nutrltous riftltiiliim . into tuo deotriculated orifice below the nasai proiuoeraoce, which (tbe pabulum) ui n.g luaaucoieu, peregrinates the carlila. glous cavitie. of tbe larnyx, and I. Anally domiciled in tbe receptacle for digested par tides." . - It seems tliat tbe California fig crop Is being lost on account of ignorance of bow to dry and pock it. Tbe leaves, however, may be usefully employed, as Lydia;Thomrson and bor blondes and another troupe or simi. ar nature uro in San Francisco. A Jersey widow, finding her charm, fad ing, applied "magical balm," a few night, ago, and woke next morning to find her hair all falling off, and blotches as largo as ginger cookie, all over ber face. She wants to interview the balm man, Tbo Sons of Temperance, in Trenton. N. J., bad a can of ice water prepared fat a meeting on a recent hot evening. Some unrenenerate member added a bottle o whisky, and they drank it all up. They never noticed any unusual taslo till it wa8 all gone. Mike McOoole is recovering tuo usa of his wounded arm for j.lalu work, but cat for 'I'vip)'' ptiipuses. Juvenile oai'erness and inntetiml Kullei tudo aro skillfully blended In the following lines: Mndder, may I s Schwiininln wont?" "Nix, my gro.va dotta; I bet twice more as foofly con, Dot you get drowned iu votter." A Richmond Jenkins is about to Filicide becaiiiu) udemiiition printer put an h' into the "black Jsklrt" ol a White Sulphur' belle. An eastern Jboy who went to tho Buffalo races and who promised to call on a liocbei- ter friend on bis way borne, railed to get off the train as it passed through the cily, but mauaued lo' throw off an envelope ad dressed to his friend, whicJi contained tbe following ode : With sorrow, friend, I pass this place, But fate would have it bo; I lost my money en, tbe five mile f aC, So borne I've g ot to go. But then again I shall come West, Tlieru's something tells me so; I'll try and bu your bumble guest, Butd ro tbnt Bnlfalo. A duel occurred yesterday tliu 19lh, be tween Uicbard Aiken and Ludlow Xiibu, two well known citizens of .Snvanuah. Tbey exchanged five rounds, when the lat ter was mortally wounded. Aikuu was un hurt. Tbe De'.roit Post leurus "on excellent authority that tbe Londou stockholders of the Erie railroad who are trying to get con trol of their properly have made General Sickles, our Minister to Madrid, a brilliant offer to return to .his country and Oght FIsk and Gould. howil iiti:e. IVOT1CE. As the undersigned intends being absent for some weeks, he has authorized Mr. S-'II. Kouker and Mr. E. A. Kelley lo attend to his lute bushiest .luring bis absence and col lect all outstanding accounts, at bis oAiCu in Petroleum Ceutre. j)30.tf. J. M. Siuhp. Soda Water aud Ice Cream at J. W. Boat ty's. i'luekbon-y Kruudy. A very superior article of Blackberry Brandy, for summer complaints, cholera morbus, Ac, at GntFFES Bros. Klssengen and Vichey Water on draught t GltlFFKS Buns. Klssengen and Vichey Water at GrtiFFKs Bros. Vichey, Ki.ugen and Soda Water a the Artie Soda Fountain of jl8-if. Ghifpfs Bnos. Soda VutiTimd Ice Cream at J. W. Beat ty's Fine assortment of Paper and Cloth Win dow Shades aud FUluies, just reed at ni8tr. , Guiffbs Buna. Just received a large and well assorted stock of shelf hardware at J. Euthertord's. If. Buy the "Keit Hut" Saddle, manufactured In Titnscille expressly rur the oil country adnuted to all kii.ala nf noh.r u. 1 r; rKron'a, al2-tt ' ' Soda Water and Ice Cream at J. W. Beat ty s. tiaRli, Glass, Doors Putty Ac. Large oivua ioiji vueap ai me rurnuure More. Bil0-tr Sparkllug mou's. Soda Water ut M. S m4lf. Sim- Vichey, Kistenxeo and, Soda Water the Anio Soda Fountain or Oriffbs Bros. at Soda Wutor and Ice Crtaln at J. W. Beat- All styles liijlil httrru-sit. nheaper tlinn the cueapesr, mane irom .Mount's Oak Slock, aud tvuwuuu-ii, in j it. jvron s. ' Goda Water and Ice Cream at J. W. Beat ty's. N h '.V A D VE KTISEM EN TS. A Itonrdlnsf rionne. e'liitftiniti- mironn n,n... fllrllltUt'O. will Ijt; Kold ut Tiriv,itn H.tl,. M. ...... i.ui.to is uoinic a "nood i,u-iik-i nuw, hnvlm 8 ooaiui.ri, anil i vuii MomuM. -j ne llniL-o, Kurni ture bud ji-.m! wl.l will ha mild nt a hargnlii. Jin qulro on Uie preiuL-ea In tho Lnlto bhiw lllock. . 1'OVALLE. Petrolcnm Ceutre, Pj., August lS-lw iAViisio.., Would invite their old pat.ons aud the public gnn j In Titiixville and Vicinity, , To call and examine their splendid ntuik or .Fiirniture ! OV Al I. KINDH Parlor Hult, L'liamticr Sets, uook i;aw, Bide Hmnts, lounniw, Whatnots, n lint ltooks, t-jiriUij Dcd, Mattresses, CARPETS, OIL CLOTnS, MIRRORS And every description or Furniture, plain and or uamonial. 1TNIEUTAKI.2 ! all IU bran ilioi. A lar'u slock of Clll'FlNS AND I'lEMlLU! CASLS Nuw ou hard- anna tr. OWEN GAFKNliVS COLUMN". lilt: 4rlD ESTABLISH!!) Liquor House NO. 23 WASHINGTON STREET, PTHOLEUMGENTiE OWEN BAFFNEY, PROP'R, BOURBON WHISKIES I From S T. Hi.lt A To.'.. B. p. Chaw Co . and J W. Dunn Co., all ol Loalsvillt, gj. Bye Whisky Domestic Good8 - .-V . RUMS. GINS, AND BS.iKDIE?. n.E-LIXE of IMPORTED jamaica rum. st csoix rum. hennessey rrandv. ' co:j:ac brnhy, HoLIi'ND GIN. FRENCM KIUMELr All direct Iron the Cantom Uuoic . Wines- Port and Sherry warranted pare for medk-lnalitiFe. NATIVE WllMp. 8WKRT CATAWBA, I)RT WINH;. KUIXB wrNB, HAMMOND' J fOKV WISH, mid UJUE WINS. C'liqiiot. IMumnif Heidslck, Diamond fVeddinr Carte Illaacbe, eiontli Slioro & Numerous other hraudV. CIGARS. A. large stock constant' oh Hand. 1 always oh hand a large stock of . ?;, , . SUNDAY COMFORT I TO BE IIAD AT ALL TIMES. t-GIVE ME A CALL. OWEN GAFFWEY. r.eiroU'um Centre, ra j Aug. 19. WO
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