WIKMJR BftO J. COLUMN.
WSWSCR BROS.,
STORIB.
ECTABUSHEO JFS59.-
.Winsor j (Bros.8
HAt ITBEBT,
PBTfeOLEDll CENTRE,
(HEALERS 15 01. WELLJ
TuBINS AND CASING I
ALcTO,'
WORKING BARRELS YALTEtX '
atTCmNQ BOXES,
" LA UTS, TONG3,
INNI9 SUCKER RODS,
RIVETED JOINT SUCKER ROD
BOILER PUMPS,
CISTERN A WELL PUMPS,
rn7 Deserlptisn supplies aw
WLHJLLjffiKS JND
aaEFU.ERIE&
GOODS,
STEAM & GAS FITTINGS
BELTING, PACKING AND HOS?
KIRBT'S COMPRESSED BUNGd,
H -A. WA RE,
Jtoese Trimmings,
Carpenters' Tools,
Drililag tad Plain Laid Rope,
Oakum, Nallt, Axen,
Table and ?oekel Oatlerr,
f arantUog ft lk Hardware
Lisa, ,
Ootid, Famishing Goods,
VEKTTILATOR
AND
Morning Orloi
BASE BIRNEHS.
On COMANION,
IRON GATE, tnl
WHEAT 6HEAF
Cook Stoves.
Idtm., Kiiinterni A Ctflmneya,
No. 1 Winter trained .
Lard OH,
KO. 1 REFINED OIL. m
r
CUAHPIO.l CLOTHES WBIXGEttS
NanifeetBreri sf
tiS.rsHSET mini & copper
: ' , WAKE.
SMOKE STACKS,
ef all Vlndi done with inlnaa j m.
at'. Especial attention given to
Stem end Gas Fittings
TeiaAaeltit with cash enlr, our facilities for fnr
(man averytliltif 'a our Hn. are anperlor anv
ther sstaU.itunsat la the OU Region. Wt hive a
TIM AND REPAIR SHOP
ROBERTS' PETRLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THG ROBERTS
PETaOLEUM T0a?ED0 GO.
Office at lbs j
ttlBft PLAKISG 91 ILL,
ffMi of Mae and Reeond Mtrocfa,
1 ar the Railroad,)
TIXUSV1ILE, PA. J
Owtai In tb litiye and IncretHlng demand fbr the
RotwrW Turywl'iei, mid tiiu iMu Uocinim of ilitt
CummiMioaer of Pawnu lit roluMULf, to vViu. Ktftl
ftmitdiot. and tliu docieiou of JuJbV. C ui'.oriii
lai'iiiig the Kobrte' pjlvoi wejr iukve LOWAWtlii)
ttw priott of their Xmpwiote
i before abandoning a Well.
The following Is the drislon rendered by Judye
Orlcr on the twentyecrond (ttt) day of Kentenibcr,
10, in i lie United States circuit Court at I'L ladel-
Stna. The cose was aivued three days by Charles
I. Keller of Now York, U f. Lii'iu and 0. A. i'ur
vianee of Pittohiiricti, tor defendants, and 1,'eoree
Harding of Philadelphia, and Ueotvo 11. Chrlsly, ul'
rtuabaiih, for pi.'iiui.
opinion op jrjuaa crier.
Aj I write with dlflletilty I can only Plata the eon
clti'lone tn which my mibd baa cume after a cart;u
axaniiuation of thia caae. (
The coni;ilaiu iut bu exhibited a patent dattd
afitb of April, ltni6. Tbl. ia prima facie evlrienm of
a good titie, aud put. on the respondents the bur-di-'u
of prvf that Uio patent is TuiU or worthless.
I noeu not repest my isniarks in the case ul Uood
yearn. Day (a Wall, U. U. Kept kS9,) hut now
adopt them as all'ordinir a rule ol decision which, ap
plies clearly to the piesnnt cue.
As the iifihiKement of the patent Is admitted,
the only autption will be as to the validity of com'
plainauia psteut or April 1!j,1km.
It was after specaUtlon bad been rednced to
practice," and alter repeated exerinients, that the
complainant suci-oedui in overcoming he prejudice
andlKiioranceof thepeopla on the subject, and
persuadlns; the public that his Invention Wiwn'eiii1;
alter be had esubliahod its great utility end value,
and "wheu bis ireuim nd putient perseverance, in
spite ol sneers aud scoffs, " were completely sue
cosful, that Heed, who had Before mndo exnrrt
menis on the same subject, und wns tm.iicce.smi.
Imagined that lie had the beat right totheluvenilou
and alter purchasing one or more coiuplHlnaut'stor
pedoes. be applied on the 1st of November, 18117
for a patent tor substantially the same coiuliina'
tlons or devices and n achiue contained in comuiain
aut's patent. Un tbe litu of the same month the
respondents formed themselves into a company or
eoiporation called "The Hoed Torpedo C'oiiip,.ny."
for the purpose of pirating the coniplninaui'e In
ntlon,a4ulsupportlnith:e expense ol litiKatlou,
aud thus defraud him of ta fruits. They have tie
severed, even liter the preliminary Injunction verr
properly granted by the District udk-e.
Let a decree be entered fur complainant for a per
petnal injunctlou. and a Muster appointed to take
an account according to taeprarerof the bill.
,Jit, j, & C. 0H1KK, Judge.
rJora The passage referred to br Judge Grier In
his runner decls'ou, Wallace, p. sua adopted na
app icsbie to this case was as follows:'
'It Is nsaally the case, when uuy valnaMe dlscov
ery la made, or any new machine of mat uii.itv is
Inveated, that tlieailentlon of the publio has be.-n
turned to that subjeet previously, aud that many
persons have been making researches and experi
ments. I'hilosopiiers auu mechaniclana iiuiv have
in some measure anticipated In their speculations
ine possiouiiy orproiKiiiinty or sueh ducovery or
Inventiooi many experiments have beeu ttccessfiil
ly U led, coiiilnu veiy near, yet falling short ol the
de-lrud result. Thev have nn..ln,i nn,i,i v
Hcial. lbu lnveiitluuwhep,.riectfcdinay truly be
e.ld to be the cn initiating point or mauv experl
men s, not only by the inventor, but by many oth
ors. tie may ltavt untllod indirnriu h. ,i...
cental experiment and luilures of other, but It
gives them no rlalit to claim a share ol tbe henor of
" p"' suiimssiiu inventor 11 is when
neculatlon bas been rtKlnert II (atari on i.v
perluient has resulted in discovery, and 'when tliat
""T'J " periecica oy patient ana couun
ned experiments, when some new compound, art.
manutuciuie. or maunine has been tlm. produced
which is useful to the public, that the party niaklnir it
. . .. r. . . . r . n
. j , -'". w, auu cimuea w a pateuc,
-uu jov "i xeuius ana pain nt uersererance
nave ai leusin succeeauo, la spue or sneers and
scoffs, soma valuable Invention or dlsco-ery, how
seldom is It followed by reward I Envy robs bini
of the honor, while speculators, swindle;., and pi
rates rob him of the profits. Everv nn....ri
experimenter who did or did or did not come very
near making a discovery now claims It. livery out
who cuii ipvmi an improvement or vary Its form
claims a right to plraie the original dis&mry. We
. 11 uw. nwwiB so, i,i uiuncnaro, or n ooa
worth to prove tliat this Is the usual history of eve
ry trrent discovery or Invention.
'Hie present caso aada another chapter to this
lone und uuifurm bistorv." a Wallace. C. i!
puns p.
Thepobllela autloned aeainsl emplo'lne any
tit the raonlark amhnrl.Ml A, mm u ..r ,hu ri..m..a
ii, sinro the Roberts Patent cover the nseofthe
I nrpeao ana nu explosive materials for oil wells.
anu me uw ui sncii maiermis ny other parties la a
direct Infringement of their riehts. Any parties In
fringing anyol the UOBEUTa PATENTS will be
loalt with accordiuir to law. and as actl nv nHllfiillv
and knowingly in defence of lnvi and tbe decisions
of the Courts.
Tiiimpsnv nave re organised their bnaincas
with a view to accommodate Oil Men In every part
of the Oil Region. They have employed the moat
efficient Agents and assiftart that can be procured
tor Liw vuciiii-na. wn lurpenii is labelled- wltn
date af patents, together with the price of the Tor
pedo, and sluuod by an oiHcor of the Company, so
every Operator wishing s Torpedo may know tta
price and whotherit came from our offlci
peiaiors win comer a ravor oy reporting to Uua
Office any negligence of Agents,
The following named persons I
named perwns have been appotnt-
ed Agents and Assistant Agents fur tbe Oil Ittsdons
of I snuavlvanla aud West VlrginU.
IslST OF AGENTS.
TITnSVTT.LE, CntTRCH RCN AND VICINI
TY STKPHW .vO()F. Otllco, Ilainillon'.Cipir
More, address TUusvllle, Pa Assistant John Van
Scttvei.
TirrsviLLs, onuRcn run and viowi.
TY 11. H THOMAS. Office and address, Man
lnn House. 'IliuAvllle, Pa.
HIIAMIfURO AND VICINITY GEOHOB III.
VIN. Olllco, Shambiirgj residence, TUusvllle, Pa.
As'lsiaut. A A. Went.
KS TKltl-ltlSE ILKASANTVIILE, BEAN
FAHM AND PITIIGLK W. OKO. AN
VLIKT. Offlre and address. Cnnse House, Pleas
amvllle. Assistant, II. O. Huntimton.
T1DIOUT ANU WgST HICKORT CIIAS.
CLAHR. OMIce nndaildress. Exp e Office Tidl
onto. Pa. Awlslant, K. ('. Beanlsley.
PETROLEUM CRNTHIt A Nl VICINITY
LBVI MASON OIBceandaddreee, Petroleum Cen
tre, Pa Asltant, Charles Bl icltford.
TARR AND BLOOD FA KMS and District, lvlng
on Oil Orevk and Cherry Run, from Story Faint to
McClintockvllle .IA iK8SArjNDKKH. Ad-iress
I arr Farm, Pa. Asslslants. Luther B. Saunders.
Charles H. Cochran and Wl liam Hnyt.
MoOLlNTOCKVILLE, OIL CITY AND Ri BO
A. 8. WV8T. Address, Oil Uty or Kcnoj Pa
Assiainvt, . Mead
fltAlSWIN, ALONG TRK AT.LFGITKNY PTV
ER Z vv iLBKR Offleo and addrow, Franklln.Pa
SCItrBQ ASH. Fi'STEll FARM ft PA.fKK'CH
LANDINil-HIl lURD W. RBDFIBLD. Office
and S'ldr-ss 8eriibras., Ia Assistant, H. W. Por
turfleld, address I mlenton, Pa.
WKT VIUi)IMA-C 1). ANGEL, and T. V.
OQOK- AdlfreM. Parkiirabnr. W..I VtiH.1,,1
TaViVtrta Pvlreya TonxUo Co
TltXJdVILLE ADVER'-'ISEMENTA
$1Q, $10, $10
BUYS A
BUYS A
Cooklhg3tov3
CookingStove
WITH FOt'R J. .
WITH rorn
u3 "1
BOILER
BC1LER
HOLES
HOLES
AND A
AND A
Large Uven.
Large Oven.
Call and we'll Show it
Call and we'll Sell it
FOR TEX DOLLAl.s
AtAmes'.
TITVSVIIiTsBf'.PA.
Great Eeduction !
IN
STOVES' AND TORE,
AT
AMES'.
THE
"PEERLESS "
IS STILL
IVIthont a Rival
In the Move Market.
CsTW"abavc reduced:the urlce of th-s favorite
love ten per cant., bringing It within the reach of
all.
We have aim on hand twenti Ih diftVrer t varla.
ties of
COOKINO trt oves.
Towhich we Invtie the attention ofpurchaaera,
ifur pneui, v in im lonna lower uiau over.
Kvery a. five warranted.
Call and tea ns.
octu-tr. At Ames'.
C. E WILLIAMS,
SIALIR Ja,
Of ALL KINPS.
OEBce and Yard r.t end
Boyd Farm Bridge.
of
FREE PASSAGE' TO TEAMS OVER
TllE E3IDGS.'
a. wilmahii,
ISHAM-& CO,
Tltoavllle, Pa.
NEW
ANI BEAUTIFUL
STVLES OF
I
Watches
ol Jewelry,
9
0
0
-p
H
U American, Erg Ish and Snlaa make.)
Bterungr Silver Ware,
Bilwer Plated War,
Of all gra.lcs, nnlqne di-elgni In 8IL
VER. especia l) adopted tbi presjuis
bOLIDOLD CHAINS,
JJSM'M.nY,
PIHTOL-,
KKVOLVRRK,
FISHING TACKLE,
HaUL R1NOH .sc., c.
Particular attention given U repair
ing lino wntrhes and Jewelry bi a
conii!tent workman.
Th - firm have also a store ntTI
TUBVILLE Cprlm,' street.
REMEMBER THE PLACE,
Centre street, nex'd.mrwem or the
P & A. Tehgraph Offlce, Oil City, Po
CD
CD
Pa
4
a
E,Uuving sdrlod to niy large stock, i; am
now ready to supply Scotch Whisky, Jutnai
Fu n and all other imported seods at
New York priors.
HanO'lMf- OwKIf Ga-FFKEY.
Office, 720
illcox & GI"b"b
Chestnut
Silent
Btreet, A
EWIFI6 IGHIIEK
(Philadelphia. W
"I cive my lieartr preference to the
Willcox & GiblM Silent Sewing; Machine."
Fanny Ferk.
" The wciglit of reliablo evidence licing
overwlielming for tlmt of tlieWillcox & Gibba
Silent .Sewing Machine, I deviJud upon it,
procured it, alio! am more than tatitfied."
GllACE GltEENWOOD,
" I hare the Whceh r & Wilson, the Orover
& Baker, and the YA ilkox A Gi'nbs r-'ewing
Machines in my family. I use the 'N'iUcox
dVGibbs most frequently, thinking it far
aupcrior to either ot ihe olhcra."
MKS. llENKY AVAKD BEECnER.
" My wife would not accept a Sewing
Machine of any other patent as a gift, if phe
must receive it on condition of giving up the
Willcox&Gibh," BKVi0LlvERCRA!(.e
Carboiidale, Pa,
The Willeox & Gibbs Is the only Sewing
Machine whose working is so mire and simple
that I could venture to introduce it into
Syria." Rev. A. T. Trait,
Missionary American Board.
" We have used various Sewing Machines
within our family, but it ia the unanimous
opinion of the household, that the vuilcox
& Gibbs is the best of them all."
KEV. J. S. ITOLMB.
Brooklyn, NT.
" For simplicity and mechanical accuracy
of construction, I have seen no Sewing
Machine equal to the V mcox x oiuw. '
Of the Pennsylvania Central sill
A correspondence on the tuhfeci
of Sewing Machines ia' respectful'
ly solicited,
J. S. EWIXG,
720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Kecu nimutled and KnUorscd by over
Mot-eii lliiudrrd Ustctorat'
BR. LikWREISTGE'S
tOXPOUND FLUID tXTKACT 0
KOSKOO!
THE Gil BAT
Health Hestor'r
Not a Secret Quack medicine For.
mala Around tbe aJotue,
PREPARED SOLELY BY
Dr. J. X Lawiencr, O.gnio Chemist
KOSKOO
Strikes at tlie Iloot of Disease
BY
Purifying The Blood,
HE"TOHINO Tni? L1VRR AND KIDNEY TO
A HEALTHY ACTION", AND INVlOoUAT
INO THK NKKVOl H SVSIKM.
Tblslalbo Secret oflia tVondeitul
hnceima lu cnrlntt
CONSUMPTION IN ITC FAIILY 8TAOK8.
, kCuul'ni.A, SYI'IIILI", DYSPF.PHIA, LIV
ER -OMI'LAlNr, PHHUMU IIHKUMA
TIM, Nr.rH 'LOIA, N'HVdlN
AFFHOTIKN, KHPITIOVX OF TUB 8RJN,
BUM '1-8 'OMS iV V'Olllt. O'HKASKi OTt
rUH K1DNET8 AND ULADUKK,
AP ALL
leeaaee s?aand by Bad State ot
- lb Uiood.
It thoroughly rradlcstes everv kind of Ilumor
and Bid luint, nnd re .tores the entire syntem to a
lienlihv coudiiion
insboyoiid iiuestlon the FINBoT TONIC IN
Tliomnuils nave bee'- ehanied liv Ihe ne of this
Medicine In. m uenk siik'y, .nlfeiin" cr niiuos to
striitr, I talfhy. and h.ippy men and women.
Invalid- ciillot hi S'lnte t., give it a trial.
bo M- il elne In', ulitaiiml sneh n treat repntitlon
as this Jiittli e brnted c pom d
FOR Tki.-TIMONIAIS"
From Phvsiei-ins. Kii-linnt Divines Eilto. Dr tp-gl-l.
il-rc:uidta, ic, soo KOatiOt) ALMANAC
tor this year.
PltfCE ONE BnLLAU PER BOTTLE
run SAit bt
TI1B PRINCIPAL ni UOOIS' 8 IN THK UNITED
bTAl'ES ANDUlil'lISH AMhiilt'A.
Pp. LAWRBNCB'a Woman's Fkthnb Cur
nil 'Discuses peculiar to Females,
dcdi-ly.
A. 3 Smith baa just rctarned I mm the
Eust with a liirga stock of Siim-s and the
latest styles of Opera Toe Ladies shoes.
oclft-tf.
Nicholson A Bluckmon ore selliag Cook
ing gtnves with iroa wave at twelve dollars.
f Catl sad e ibtm. dectOtt.
OWKN GAPFNEY'8 COLUMsT
The Old Estiblisuld
Li
iq,uorriouse
SO. 25 WASHIHllTOI? LTaHET,
OWEN BAFFNEY, PROP'S,
Fall Stock
-Oi-
LIQUOES!
i-
TBB EKAViKST ETER OFFERED F01
3ALB ON OIL CREEK.
PricesSiOwer
THAN EYBR OFFIKKD !
Goods Sold at
New York Prices,
and "WARRANT
ED PURE !
Cash Prices
ON ALL GOODS.
Buy for Cash
AND SAYB MONET.
Hennessey Brandy,
Maitelle Prandy,
wr
RLin Wine,
'Mumm Wine,
Brocton Wine,
Sparkling Catawba Wine,
Hammondaporjt Wine,J
All by the ase.
ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE STOCI
. . OF
SUNDAY COMFORT
TO BE HAD AT ALL TIMES'.
f
XW Do not fail to give f
si rtrtll oriil T7AU WOllt tO W.
for cash, make me an offer W
fore ordeiing elsewhera
OWEN OAFFMEt
IVa. aik TVaahlnsrfon ttT'1
Ktro arssisaitiVPa,, Ao 1. Is"
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