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BlcFAULAA i), SMITH & Co.
liOwoBltvck., Titnv.Ile,Pa.,
Merchant Tailors!
FaH and Winter Styles!
F4liliaV & AJ1EIMCAX
tmitlugs,
Coatings,
Testings,
CLOTHS ami UASSIJIERES,
WiUi trarqimRcd v tl'rlce for msklmj than p
lu tlx u.ii approved mamier.
Hats and Caps.
ilk ilH Mmlo to Order.
Perfect Matin! action Always -Vnuraiitecd.
r etroleum Centre Daily Record.
Vet. Centre, Friday, Not. 25.
AUUIV.il. AND DEPARTCKE OF
TUAINS ON O. V. & A. K. K.
On nl after Monday, May 30tb. 1S70,
trains will run as follows:
KORTH 0. 4. SCO. 3. SO. 1.
Lsts frvinn. MAS a m. 5,00 p it
leave Oil City 7,00 a M. 2,4. P M. 7.47 P u
k, Pet.Ceu7.3g 3,23 " 28
" Tilusv. 8,2.1 4,14 " 9,1 A
Arrive Corry, V,34 " a,45 10,35
SOtTTH. xn. 1 xo. 4. mo. .
Leav.Corry, 11,20 am. 6.00ax. 6,0S p n
" Titnav. 12,46 p u. 7.40 " 7.45
1. Cen. 1,25 8.17 S35 "
Arrive O. City 2,1)5 " B.55 9,10
IrviDe. 4,50 1L35
SW No. 5 and 6 ran no Sunday.
FREIGHT TRAINS NORTH.
2eTtonnty.s.3SA.M. .s0a.i. jn,asA. S.rtipa
. P. Ceo, 10.60 8,; - IS.lom. 4,lo
Arrive THuv, 14.01 p. m. 9,46 1,54 " t,M u
FKE1CUT TIUIXS SOUTH.
Vht( Tltner, ,T5a X I" ,85 a.m. 11 00a.m. ( f.-.TM
" f Cen, (UT " 11,5? " 13,25 p.m. M.ai '
Awlvt O. titj,9,SJ ' 1,1,4 p t a,05 7.S0 '
I II City and Petroleum Centre freight, lenvos Oil
City 11,(0 a. m., arrives at i'ntroletim C'eMrit 1 .25 p.
m. leaven Peuuleuia Centra at 4,00 p to., arrives
at 1 11 Citjr 6,20 p. m.
SP.VKn PALACl ST.rEFlSO CAS.
I "'"mt fro'" 1'hUidi.loliia vitbout change.
Jjlroct to Philadelphia without cImim;.
?" 'Direct from Plithnrh without rlianij'3.
A o Direct to Html) area without cbaiuw.
aim.'. ii.d q.i iwt
Gold at 1 p. m., Ill Ji
Thanksgiving day wn quite generally ob
served by out cilivns, sod with one or two
exceptions the day passed off quietly.
Business was nearly suspended by !1 o'clock
and moat of our business men enjoyed tbe
balance of tbe day with tboir families sod
friends, consequently I be kingdom of tur
key suffered fearfully, and niimerom pump
kin pie, ic, were demolished. In tbe
evening the Rev. David Palton, or the Pres
byterian Church, delivered s very able and
lquent thanksgiving sermon. Duriug the
day s very disgraceful shooting affair tock
dacs on tbe street, several shots being fir
ed, one'ot which very neatly bit a email
boy who wea standing In M. Greentbs' 'a
store st tbe time. Tbe shots were fired in'o
the crowd, and it la almost a miracle that
no one was shot. Tbe most asloulahiog pari
ol the affair is that no arrests bavo been
made aa yet. If we remember rightly there
Is heavy penalty attached to acts of this
kind, and the law should be rigidly enforc
ed. It Is disgraceful Instances ot this na
ture that give our town tbe name ot being
tbe worst place In tbe region, and it is slso
apparent to the most careless observer that
there Is s large number ot meu In Ibis plsee
who have no visible means of support snd
do not hesitate tor a mc men t to carry out
any sod every scheme of rascality thst mny
enter iheirliead. Just so long as tbey are
allowed to commit crime with impunity will
slrsogers give the town s wide berth.
The engine bouse at well No. 2, McCray
& Thompson, lease, McCray form, was de
stroyed by firs night before list. The wal'
be gnii connection! w.lth the Wm. MoCray
w II located further back on tho hilt, and
the lire was occasioned by an explosion o
4nstne at the latter well, the flame oom.
musieatlng by menis of the pipe ai d set
ting fire to "lbs engine bona. The loss was
mall. '
Snvsral new d-rnct s are guiui; up on (He
Vtttraptftilsa.fitiitl, (.Aetry'rrtf li'M
Oil. IN PKNNSTI.VANIA.
We copy the following 'correspondence
from the N. Y. Sunday UornlJ as being of
Intrrest; The writer la tnlatnkrii In regard
to the first well put down tiy Mr. Jonathnn
Wotfon. It was locite.l on tbe Da'zcll
firm sdjolning the McCray:
TSTROLKI M Cbxthb, Pa , Nov. 18, J870.
It nmy be Interesting to many who Invest
ed in oil stocks anil oil territory to know
6t a fnrm recently developed in tlto heart of
the oil region of lVunsy Ivaniu which has,
during the pst fivn rn.inti'i, jielded such
largo quantities of oil as to aluu'St'frvive
arsons pn ducers and operators an excite
ment like that of 1S63-C1.
On tbe east side of 1'elrolenm Centre a
town that was well named, us really prov
ing to bo tbe ventre of tb oil district li a
a ridgo ol uills, on whoso topis a fnrm of
1G0 acres, owtiod by Mr. Jainus MoCray
Wbilo tbe Coquette well was flowing 1,090
barrels a day at the foot o f these bills, the
Empite and the Noblo each yiildlug equal
ly large quantities, ..surrounded by 4be.
BenDcboff, the Stereuson, t io Blood, Story
and Tarr farms, Mr. McCray was operating
with small leases of oil lanus, and by indus
try and perseverance accumulated $75,000.
in blissful) iguoraoca ot the stream of
wealth lying Beneath the biy and oats he
prudently cultivated on bis own farm, Ilut
nutil hat April, when Mr.Juanthan Wat
sou drilled a well, wblcb proved a success,
pumping 400 barrels a duy, except la an
agrienlttiral view tho McCray farm was but
liltlu kuowoj but (his well of Mr. Watson's
in those days, when 100 barrels is consider
ed a great yield, gavo an isiportanee to this
property, attracting crowds to obtain lease.,
and has given to tbe fortunate owner an in
come which is now survly $7,000 a day a
revenue for a prince which must, if it con
tinues a yesr longer or more (as now seems
probable), make bim oue of the wealthiest
Capitalists in Pennsylvania.
A recent visit to tbis locality gives tbe
writer the conCdenco ofau eye-witnees.
Tbere sre thirty we. Is pumping from liliy to
300 barrels a day eccti..'Tho experience,
ustural shrewdoess andbtisiness tuct of Mr.
McCrsy are proved by the leases ho has
given demanding half tbo oil as roysl'y,
and in some Instances receiving $1,000 and
(1,500 sa tcre benusbesides.
Scene at Ibe tipper end of tbe town Bad
whisky; high words; blows; four meu pu!l
revidvers st each other; tableau; all afraid
to fire for fear of hurting one another.
Don't be backward nexttime, toys, for no
one will mourn for yon if you do get linew
pockets in. your vests.
Tbe dance at the Oil Kxchango Hottl,
last evening, wss a decided rurees. A
large number were in attendance, and danc
ing was kept up to a late hour. M in host
Johnson is winning an enviable reputation
for tbe excellent manner in which Ibe social
gatherings at bis nousi are conduced, and
our eilizens will be pleased to learn it is bis
Intention to keep tbem up through tbe winter.
There was a rumor in town yesterday that
s white man had been stabbed by a eftro
tbe night before and severely Injured. We
could trace Ibe rumor to no definite source,
and it was doubtless a hoax.
A.corregpondent, writing from Parker's
Landing on Mondsy, says:
"Tbe Douglas well, st lbs head of Stump
Island, coramencd pninping to-day at the
rate of one hundred barrels. It is owned by
Messrs. Shannon, Widel, Sullivan, Wasba
bangb. Mason, Porterlirld, McComb, and
others. Tbe Ilatry well on tbe same ia'acd
is now down about fivs hundred feet.
Other good strl kes may be expected here."
A well upon the R. L. Shaw farm, owned
by F. V. Mitchell, was torpedoed Tuesday
last, and was pumping yestrrdny at the
rate of 150 barrels per day. Ileforo being
torpedoed It was doing shout 20 barrels
daily. Ilerall. .
A wild romance In a 1st. Louis paper
comes to this sad conclusion: "At noon
she was dying, when t lie door bell was sav
agely rung, tbe aervant hurried up three
steps at a time, entered the room witbont
asking permission, and dropped exhausted
in front of ber bed, banded her a sealed tin
box. Tbe mother rapidly opened it; It was
tbe chignon, She took it in ber pale band
a curl of ber light brown hair tbe same of
which a part was cut and sent 19 New York
os a sample to match the oolor of the ohlg
ucn hung over the shoulder; she hung tbe
cbicnoo near the eutl, and whispered, "It
is exadly the shade,' and then she dropped
it and was dead."
Two young penpla of Macon, Ga., of
whom It was prophesied that Ibeir married
lile would prcvo one of continued mis for
tunes if unite d In the light uf day, recently
r.roii;cd a magistral after midnight and had
th aefcctMMiy jjetforaicd ly .hmp'HgbX
Tho fact that national tastes In drink
provoking fluids are widely different, is
rytnthmlcally expressed .In the follow.
Is .
"The Riiss loves brandy; Dutchman
beer; '
The Indian Rum most mlphly;
The Wtlcbman sweet tnylhegliu quaff.
The IrlsVaquavitae;
fTI Prench extol tho Orleans grape;
The Spaniard tipples sherry J
Tho Yankees none of these essape,
For they with all make tuetry."
All of us relisi a bit of really tine willing
now ulid then, and this, from a Santa Fe
paper, Is peculiarly good: 'I)eath,(wllh
tlsn'e-s knucklh", rapped at the door nf Mrs,
J. N. R.' soul, and ohe.llent to the Inex;
orahle call, the spirit of tbot loved woman
floated up to Its Creator, lesvlna her hus
band, children anrfjfriends to mourn over
tbemortsl cnkel." Such an obituary as
teat robs death of its terrors.
Tbe Newpott News sj.vs a woman in that
city, who bad ber hulnnd put in the watcb
house for brutality toward herself, carried
him his pipe and totice, styin thatisho
wanted him to take us much comfort as pos
sible during n!a confinement.
Tbe New Orleans Picayune says: "An
eld gentleman, arraigned for some triviel
offense before the Recorder, yesterday, beg
ged earnestly that the tine may be very lew
es he didn't have much money. Tbe court,
in consideration of tbe old man's etntmra-s-ment,
'fined him only a dollar. Adoilar,
your Honor.' 'Yes, only a d dlr.' 'But,
yjur Honor, I htvei.'t that much, but if M lie
matter of tea cents would da you any good'
it is needless to say be wis suffered 10 go is
peree."
A you 11; Poitland woman recently maj
ried received from geutlrman friend a
larKcorn broom as a wedding present,
accompanied by thtt following:
'This trifling gilt acceps from me,
I;'s ue I'd recommend ;
In sunshine usa the brushy part,
In storms the other end."
Fexai.it por Opening. Lettkrs At
DRESskii To Another. Many ;eole seu
lni letters advertised are in the habit ol
(7iiitA:ii thera most be a mistake in tbe
nddrees and S.ill fur and open letters be
louglng to other partirs. There nr also
letters that rccasi rnaliy, through hae-te or
mistake, yet inlo the v.-roni; Wxes and are
opened by parlies to ahora they da sot be.
loop, It would be es well to let our read
ers knew that tbe penalty for nr-y persm
opening! a letter not sddresed to himwlt
voiles frrm a fine not exceeding $500 to
ImpriS' ntneul for ten years, (Si-o. 309, laws
186G. ) One half the pecuniary penally shall
b for the usd of tho inlormer (aeo. 318,
laws 18G6). The complaint should be made
before a United States Judgt or Commis
sioner, it possible; If not possible, then be
fore a justice of the peace, See. 485, Reg.
1S&G). And when a criminal is appreh ml.
ed the attorney for the United Slates lor
tbe district in which the offense was com
milled shall be notilied, (Sec. 4 fit), Uy).
Tbe following is the ''nub" of a yarn
which is told about a big, wbiskey-guEzliog
fellow who came borne drunk one niht, and
sat d own by the fire to v arm bis feet, wblcb
were regular "worm-killers," says tbo le.
Send. After dozing souio time, he awoke
chilly; the embers were -enllroly bid from
view, and seeing bis feet, he mistook them
for bis little boy, when, witb a mnjestio side
wave of tbe band, be said: "Stand aside my
little son, and let your poor father warm
blmseir.
Local ftolWos.
fit. M. PotlrnsiH Ac o., AT
IVtfk '", New York, an. Pco. P. Vowoll A Ov
AdvortliltiR Axe-ite, are the sole acenta for the Po,
triileiini fentre Put.T Uttroan In that city. Ad
vertlsnrs In Oat city are reetirstid tolvava Uictr
'A vers with either of tn'e above honse
pirie tor 187 1 for siii at
nev2"-tf NicHni.xoK Bnmt.
A splendid assortment of Diaries for 1871
Nicholson Bros.
at
Call Mid look at Nicholson Bros. Diaries
for 1871. 1
Mr. Mather, of TiHisvlile, the pioneer
photographer of the oil regions, has estab
lished a branch in this place, where a com
petent operator t In charge, and prepared
ih execute all kinds of work. Charges
r'nonibte.
Keeps constantly on hand view of tbe
Oil lleitiot'H. Targe and small views made
to order of any point deaired at ehnrt no
tlce. nov!4-lW.
Millers Cough Honey, best In town. Per
sale at Grifkhs liROS.
Miller's unrivalled Worm Confections,
warranted at Grivfks Bbob.
Miller's Campboe Ice, the best In the
market, at Grifkes Bros.
novl9-lra.
Ilsvln? added to my largn stock. I am
now ready to supi'lv eotch Whisky, Jamal
e Hum and all other Imported gsods at
New York prices.
II0V12 (f- OWM GPK!tT.
Gaffney tr.i a Urg-a lot of scotch sle snd
London porter especially or family use, by
tbo bottle or case
Goods warranted and prices lower than
ever offered in Petroleum Centre, at
GirtKET'S.
WAt I. PA PUIS
it Griffks Bros.
Universal, Monitor and Sherman Wring
ers, at Nicholson A Blartmon's.
liinrifi lor 1871 st
Grip F8t Bros.
We defy 4'ompellllon In Bnek
skin Gloves ! We knuiv what we say when
wo nTt that we can an t do sell the best
"I Ituck fkin Gloves cheaper than any other
place iu town. LAMMKKS 1 ALDKN.
ORIENTAL HOT BLAST t PARLOR
STOVES) are in such great demand that
Nicholson t ljlacktnon cannot supply tbe
home trade. ocCll.
4 VI
Jnst received iresb tub Oyslj-re and shell
Clunn at 1. Voucher's. eep!7.
Buy tbe '-Red Hot" Saildle. manufactured
In Tinnvillo expressly far the oil country
adopted to all kinds of weather, at J. R
Kroti'a. al2-tf
Now is the best time to lay In a winter
supply of hard coal. Codington A Corn-
well are tho men to buy from. June 2811.
WILL I'APtlt
st Grippes Bros.
We find the following in the Noble coun
ty (O. ) Rep nblicsn : A Mr. Tibbitts, ol
Marietta, struck a One vein of oil near
South Olive, on Saturday last, at a depth ol
between ninety and one hundred foet.
The prospect is flattering for a big yield.
Death baa entered a Chicago boarding,
house, and the pupor that bss the fun eral
notice has ahj the advertisement of the
boarding houa keeper: "A furnished
room to rent just vacated."
A Coroner near St. Joseph, Missouri,
summoned a jury and took them three miles
at midnight to sit on tbe bodies of two men
found dead. After lbs jury bad "sal" a
spell, and got about to report, one of the
corpses roiled over aod roachod for a bottle.
Tbe verdict was not rendered.
Lost -By a small boy residing on I he
Kgbert farm, a purse containing four $5
bills. Tbe purse was lost ul souio point in
the town. Tbe Under will be rewarded by
leaving tbe same at this office 5 3t
BIRDS. The 0. st hu.jiing ai d cheapest
Canary Birds in the oil regions are to be
bad at
mv7-tf. J. W. BETTY'3.
Go to Bruce Fullers, Main rftrt for
your Una Boo's & Shoes, septl3-tf
WllirtPEK
st Ga:?m Bn!,
Oysters by the quart ai votieser a.
All styles light harness, cheaper than tbe
cheapest, made rrom MofTat's oak stock, and
warranted, at J. R. Kron's.
Call and see the extension top Dictator
with reservoir, at Nicholson ft Blackmon s,
agents for the same.
WALL. PAPI.lt
st Grift as Bros;
The largest nwortment of Parlor and
Cooking Stoves may be found st Nicholson
it Blackmon's,
I.nd Ire Oyoter ftaloon
Up stairs over Voucher's Restaurant, Wash
iugton St., Petroleum Centre, Pa. Ladies
are invited to cail. sept 28.
Oyster and Clam Stews, tboss old fssh
loned ones, at Voucher's.
A. 3. Smith has lust returned from the
Kst with a Urge atock of Shoes and the
latest styles or Opera Toe Ladies shoes.
re 1 5-1 f.
Just received a large sod well assorted
stock of shear hardware at J. Rutherford's.
If.
CODINGTON
FURNISH ALL
Very Lo
0-A.T-.Ij -A.IST2D 8EE
OLD S
Petroleum Centre, Fa., Oct. 31-if.
NEW AOVLRTtSEBKv
I
New Firm
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The nit ill ev.. ... ....a. j .
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silnsMsi. m il u II' 1
at rhi. .Id 4 -(!(,",,' J""V,
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GKOCEUIlOS&i'RovLsio
of all kluta, Torelga aad I)oai,
with our . tt
iBAKEKY
Which Is consimtly tun D. t . ,
IIIIHIW 1KB tHkr.f.,1- ...,a, --i
hakil to ..rile. o.,r moU. u .',"' 4
da. tSU and , ns. ----im
ov.lO-tf Washstdqya
Aii;ikjsi va 'i'3ii()yr I
3nior to II. H. Wr,W) If
WHOLESALE AXD RETah It
Flour . ?ee)S
Merchants,
'lMI?.,r.h"C? hMac 1 "frttthe rJ
1 il ' Wan r, lllli ud l"i,r,inf lot .
and will keen kiw-.m atwava nn he d tin J
market afF.rds. will do a W1Iolali'
lthTAll, uade In ths following prodaclr
FliOl'K,
ICED,
HAY itndGRi
of all U.nSf. tie also biro a tm lut
Una
tW" APILE?.
Ws tnsrlta tisipm rt mi... J
innuni weria giv sMUlIACUOO IQ jn
uiib nr ui Euua.s.
reiroicnai i Tnm-, ra., mjt. s, iu.-(
MiEOIIE.W VALLEY II
Naw tins to Br ITilo, thrisfii tU W Rk J
Jl'.NB a, lf7a, I
'o-i 1 an unt-m.
fitl City Frai kltn. nrkit',e,i
Van. 0,0am tutm lrnipn
Hay Hit, t'.K'o m l.ltpia 4Mpa !i
Niglit IH, S.'.O p m lt.G.1 p m Ul
ooimo sortr.
rittst.wc. Pa'kar's. KnckHt. er'
fly Fip. m 1 1.4s am Lfdjin HI
Nijht l-'i, V.'fi p m S,'0ini 5..VIIU t
MI.TKK PAI.ACK Bl.HKPINO !
Eipre-Mt trains both m bnwrrn ilinrrl
rrr.
J. 3. I WKEN"CB, BnH
TSOS M. K1SO, Ass t Jupt.
P1TB0I.FPM Centkk, Pa , Wahinii.:
St., near lUcreiter lions.
New York
CLOTH IN
Store
M. Orentlial has Jn-t retnrnftf ft" V'
witn a iarteannMni ui r,.
Ii.( and genu'i an.ishli.g GnoOf,
Hats and Caps
TRUNKS, VAUSIS
AND TRAVEL.I0 BlW
H of ths latest s'-yles, which will J
very low prie.. to which I re
if I'elrolsuui ieo -
J. C.BKEVr
rtltzen
hi w atiirk.
m.viT-tr
Visll Mullicr PlMHol'i
Jtooms, .
Main Street, Petroleum Centre, ""j
tbo shadow 'ere the lubslants W ,
GRADES OF
west Hates
THEM -A-T
TAWD.
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