! i DAME, SMITH A CP 'S AD. IMPROVED Sezieca Falls GAS ' T With Steel Packing 60 Sold In Last 30 Dayi. Jc .Exclusive Ageuta Tor the Oil Regltn D131S, StflTII & Co., SticcMtort to F. (IT. AMES, ITU3 VlMiB, PA. -Wood Work FOR BUILDERS. JD GROWTH SPOKES, CuNT FELLOES, !5 iED FELLOES, ..HUBS, SHAFTS, POLES, WHIFFLETREES, AXLES, FIFTH WIIEELS, frECKiOKES, HUB BANDS, MALLEABLES. AiH tbe Bnt Carrlasa Bolt in Markt DAME, SMITH 3k CO., Successor! to F. W. AME3. Hew 7-30Gold Loan. SiFE! PROHTABLEl PERMANENT! JAY COOKE & GO. Offur for Sale at Par and Accrued Interest tun HMortoeLaiitatGoliEoiids OF THE Northern Pacific R. R. Co. rhwe bonds are secured, jtr(, by a F'rat Mort jngn on the Raiiroad itself, its roiling stock, and all equipmenta; second, by a Fi'st Mortgaae on ita entire Land Irani, being more than Twenty Two "housand Acres of Land to each mile of rloed. "" 0 lovis are free from Unitea States Tax ; the Pr ru-.pal and Interest sre payable in Gold the r . ci.al at 'ho end of Thirty vears, and the Iti ..i et Kinl-snnually, at the rate of BKVtiN AND '.. .IKKB-TKNlUS PER CKNT. per nnnra. i'inv are iemiid '11 denominations ot 100, $500, TM,- tB.QUOaiid 1 10.000. i .i T utea under tbe Mortgage are Mmsrs Jay Civ , ni Plttlsdtlphia, and .1. Kdgar Thompson. Present ot the tf nusylvanla Central Wiilioaj COlllli.llV. T.ksb Northern Pacific T 80 Ponds will a all time lierora maturilv. ho receivable AT TBU . CUNT. PREMIUM (or 1, 0), in exchange for tli t'wiipnny'e land, at their lowest cash price. In a id dou to their absolute safety, those Bonds yield rn tncoms larger, we believe, tban any other .'.rrt-einsa seenrity. Persons holding United 8tae fi-2-l's enn. bv convertioir them Into Knithem Pa. cif:.. increase their yearly Income ont third, and still Imve a po-fectly reliable investment. HOW TO GaJ'P Til KM. Your nearest Bank or -Vinlter will .imply these Bonds la any deelreu in.u,.l and of any need' d denomination. Persons wi-lii.'g t" oxchaii.'e stocks or other cud. for in.- can no ao witn any 01 our Agents, who will B :iv, mt. micursi ciiriem price lor AI.U MAn&Bl ABV r-KlX'rUT Ks. Those living in localities remote from Bonks, miy , miu tuonf.. , ur ntcr ho,ds. directly 10 ns by ex prs, and we will sna hack Northern PociAc i.,iius i' our own nsK and without oust to the tn vector. Fur Ulither tiifnrnistli.il. nifiiiiilil. ts. mini. :, , i ll on or address the uudemlgned, nr any of tuu piiuK- or vuuaerff oinmyi!a 10 sen tnia loan, nut sals nv James V. Bradv & Co.. Hart, Canirhey Co., Ma ."nic jiirins llank, Western Savingn Hank, 8. Wc an s, Co., Bsukers, General AgeuU, litis O'aD'h, I a. riv UF.n. H. BIWKLI, & CO., Local Hvuu, rtinueeni uvuire, artt ma), im. W.R DECLARED On High Prices! l OKI Stand of J. S. Prthpr, MAIN MKBM, by the Dew flrm, . V. B. FISHER, . I iiiumls kiwpieg np a heavy stock of : OttaiESSw ROYISIONS . 'oUR, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, ud in fact every kind of goods usually kept In ell fc, pointed OOCEllY STORE. .!'"?w.t';'!la on ,h" ,0,d n will deirv'M Unoit j... 4 C. HAlldli. 'mri1!ll"'''ril,',tr,a!n4 " examination te' my s-ock. Cllve me a call. Peirle imCimlre, Pa , Jul, L' B FISHBH- M poicismr r Knamerattng few ef ih Article, to k bund at L. M. STERNBURG'S Lumber Yard Near Railroad, Petroleum Centre, Pa. Friends and patrons, on and all ' Your attention to 1117 "bii" 1 woola call Tlmrs ire dull an money right. Bat til these timet I'm looking for light ; To thoee who art building rigs without number, ' I would Inform this la the place to buy Lnmber; My motto I this : -"Quick Sale and Small Profit." For business la healthy and 1 think much of it; tn qnllty my Lnmber ta second to none, Aud aa for Shingle, I keep No. 1 ; Some may not look at It In tbe light I da, And for boe I have a quality Mo. I; And to thorn who are particular tome may be, I mill have another quality calladj No 8 have good seasoned Lumber. Dressed np nice, Which I will it'll at a low caah price; 8uch aa Flooring, Ceiling and Biding, both Rough and Dressed, Lath, Battena and Surfaced Lnmber, all of the beat; I alto have Rig Lnmber of a'l klnda, At prlcea to compare with oil and bard times; All kinds of Timber kept constantly on hand, And a box of Cigars of a very good brand; My facilities for serin are rarely wlthont nnmher I el way j keep good teams to deliver good Lumber go If yon want Lumber, Rough, Dressed, Soft or Hurt, You will llnd Inst what yon want at L H 8 Lorn per laid. fcbl-tf MEASE & AIUISTKOXU, iiC?. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Flour & Feed Merchants. mHESnhscrlbers having bought the old stand of J H- U. V ariier, intena enisnrmie ui dumuph and will keep always always on hand the beat the maraet anoraji. we win an a n iiuuwaiin am ttiiTAlL trade In the fol tawing products! FLOUR. FEED, JIAV and GRAIN of all kinds. We also have a very large s'ock of nne ArrLKB. j Invite a share off nnhlle natrnnam. feellnff confident we can give satisfaction In prices and quality 01 goous. Petroleum Centre, Pa. Nov. 9. 18T0. tf .Iieggett, (Sncccssor to A. T. Leeget'.j M lunf io;urer and I)ealer,ln HARNESS Seed Bags, Valve Cups, &c Experienced workmen are employed, and Rai nes, of all kinds kept constantly on hand and made to order. FINE NEW HARNESS, DOUBLE AND SINGLE. on hand at reasonable rates. P. V. Heinz' Pat. Seed-Bag i- or Wale. FANCY AND nORHB BLANKETS IN LAKQI ((CANTU'lEn There is no auperior VALVE CUP Mflifcthan the one made Inmv shop, and they will bo sold at I );! per hundred or SO cents a ei. Malu-Btt below the lWecllntock Honee. PutrolenuiCentre, Pa , .Nov.,T,-f. v 05 3 r? .5 mivsLi7r- wa: aui ai 1 -sr iar.iir' I Wr V ' Jf fv 1 Tue ImproTed Seneca Falls GAS PUMP ! With Steel SpringPacking superior in all respects to any other pump manufactured. sold n WINSOR BROS., Agents for the Oil Rpgions Vla-U. T. M'Donald. LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLES ! At the Depot, opposite the Central House, PETROLEUM CENTRE PA UOKBbS on the Creek, are to be found at M'Donald' lilrery. CAMIABES& CUTTERS TO B LET AT ALL TIMES. HORSES FED Ac BOARDED on Reasonable Terms. TEAMING or all kinds promptly attended to. Also, connected with tbe Livery Stable h 1 1I. K A It F. Parties In wan: of Hi CKDOAKDS and WAO ONs of all kinds, will dn ell to call .u me, as I have the agency for -onie of the btst manntucinrle. In the country, and will sell aa chain aa tbev can be hnd at the rannuutetorica. Give me a call. Petroleum Centre, Fell tTth, WT D0NAl'D- ISflAM & CO, TUmvllIe. Pa. HI 0 C3 H NEW ANl BEAUTIFUL 6TVLES OF Watches ani Jewelry, (American, Eng lsh aud Rwiss make.) Sterling Silver Ware, Silver Plated Ware, Of all grades, unique designs In SIL VER, especially adapted forpresauta SOLID HOLD CHAIN B, JK WRLKY, PISTOLS, RKVOLVKRB, FIHHINO TACRXB, BBAL KINGS Ac, Ae. Particular attention given Ui repair ing line watchsa and jewelry by a competent workman. Th firm have also a store atTI TUBVILLB, Bprlng street. HRMEMBEK TUB PLACE, Centre street, nexl dKr wial of the P & A. Telegraph OSce, Oil City, Pa DIAMONDS a P 0 CD CD s 1 4 nsimi & vointis, BENE . L MACHINISTS t d Dealer. In all kinds of WELL TOUIiS aV FIXTURES) li r Imttlnu Anmn nA AiiMih,. tut vell. tn connection with onr M ACHINK SHOP e kavea large aad convenient BLACKSMITn SHOP. Onr facilities for MANUFACTURING are not ex i-etleU by any Shop In the Oil Region Wtop- air'$t,opposit MeVlintock rouse yma WBHEB auioaais BOBERT8' PKTROLEUM TORI'DC TOEP EDGES, THE HUBERTS PETROLEUM T0RPEH0 GO. Office at the II aD Planing .TIili, Coraier of Pine and Heeond Btreete, (Near the Hatlroad,) T1TVSVILLE, PA. Owing tn the large and Increasing dcmeid for the Roberuv Torpedoes, and the late decision of the Commissioner of Paterts iu refusing to Vm. iteed a Mtent. and the decision or Jtidt r. C. Orier sus taining the Koberte' n?.tcnt they nave LOW IS HE I) the price of their Torpedoe: ;TWKNrf PKB CENT. so that every Operator can afford lu try a Torpedo before abandoning a Well, 't he following la the decision rendered by Jnil-e urler on the twenty-second (!12) day of Peptemlier, nun, lu 1 uv VU1H ouiiiv .in:illl 1.01111 St I 11, 1,10.1- 8hia. The case was a'giied three days hv Charles I. Keller of New York, B. V. Luras aud H. A. Pur-' viance of Pitlfhiirsh. for defendanbi. nnd i:e,,ru Harding of Philadelphia, and Ueorge U. C'hrlsly, of iiuiuuiu, lur umiuuii. OPINION OF JUDGE GUIER. As I write with difficulty I can only state the con i-iiiaioii. hi wiih'q my iniuu uaa come utter a oarufu exHinlnatlon of hl. case. , Ibe cuiui liiiii nit has exhibited a nntent HnieH 25tb of April, 1M1A. 'I'lils is prima faeiu evidence of a pjuu ime, auu puis on :d. responuents tlie bur den of pro'if that the putent is void or worthless. I neoa not roiient nij leniarks in the case of Xood. year vs. Day (i Wall, C. C. Hep; hut now adopt them aa atlordiun a rule ol decision which ap- Aa the infringement or the patent Is admit ied, the only question will be as to the validly of com plainanis patent of April 3.18SM. 'It wss after speculation had heen mlnrA practice," aud alter repeated expertnicnte, that the complainant succeeded in overeoni!m..he tir,.i,iHi,.a and ignorance of tbe people on the subject, and nersiladiiiK the nubile tiiul his Inventlnn ...n,i. afler he had established its great utility and value, and "when his genius and patient perseverance, In spite ol sneers and .colli." vera i nim,l,..iv ceeAful, that Iteed, who had uelhro made expert- uimis u iuv mws luiriwt, HHU WHS lin.UCC0.SlUl, Imagined tiiat be had the best right totheiuventiuu, ai d alter purchasing one or more complainant's lor pedoea. he auolied on the 1st of November, 18K7 tor a uatent for subatantlallv the m. . ,.,,,1.1... tluus ol' devices and achiuo contained In uinmiiilii. aut's patent. On the 1Mb or the same mouth the respondents formed themselves Into a company or corporation called "The Keed Torpedo Companv," veiition. and .nounrtiui; the exnnnRi, i,r litiimfi..,, 1 n mauui njmwi iiiriiimif 1110 eiinittinitiMiii 'a in. im huh ueirnuu uim in uie iruiis. Tliev have tier severed, even 'Iter the preliminary iiuuu'ction very properly granted by the District Judas. Let a d-rue be entered forconinliiltDint far nn. Denial 'inunction, and a Hester unnninied m iU. an 1U.-001U11 Becoming to we prayer ol the bill. n. v.. uitiCK, Judge. Not The passage referred to bv Judge Orler In his ronner deci.'ou, tf Wallace, p. ftj'j adopted aa app lentils to this case was us riillows: ' 'It Is ui-uully the case, when any valuable discov ery is nade, or auy m.'w machine of great uil.ltv Is Invented, tlitit theaitention of the public has been nirucd to that sulijeet previously, nnd that' many liersons have lieui mukiug researches and expert ments. 1'bilosopners ami mechaniclana mav liavr 111 some nuasnre anticipated in their aiiecu'iations iae possibility Or prolwbility of sueii discovery or invention; many experiments have been successful ly tiled, eouilng very near, yet falling short oi tbe desired result. They have produced notblug bene ficial. Jhe invention whei. perfected may truly be sid to be the culminating point 01 manv expert men e. not only by the inventor, hut by many oth ors. lie may hav. profited indirectly by the unsuc cessful experiments aud failure, or other., but it gives them do right to claim a share ol tbe henor or the profit or the successful inventor It Is when speculation has been reduced to practice, when ex periment Im- resulted in discovery, and when that discovery has boon perfected by patient era contin ued experiments, when some new compound, art, manufactnre, or machine has been thus produced winch is usefhl to the pu bile, that the party making it beeomea .public benefactor and entitled to a imtent. "And yet when genius and patitut perseverance have at length succeeded, in splie of sneers and svoffs, aome valuable iuveution or diKO"ery, how seldom is it followed by reward I Envy robs him of the honor, while apeculatora, swindlers, and pi rates rob him of the profits. Every unsuccessful xiisriraenter who did or did or did not come very near making a discovery now claims it. livery oat who can Invent an improvement or vary its form, claims a right to pirate tho orh'inal discovery. We iuuiiimiB.(niD,w jimiicnaru, or wood worth to prove tuat this Is the usual history of eve ry great discovery or invention. "The pres. nt case suds another chapter to this long 11ml iiulturm hlU)ry."-a Wallace, C. 0 Ite- r. - The public Is autioned spams! emplorvng any u tiiu ,CKumi 1.. aniuui leu neiiie III IDU COinpn- ii. since the Roberta Patent cover tho use of the '1 ... 1.. m,.A all ...... I. t ....... -!..!.. .. ipni-inin u, napHJW.D Miawinin IIV Oil WOIIS, and the use of anch maierlala by other parties la a uiiv:i inn uKuiui;i,b u, uicir riuuub Any MlTleS ln IM,.,.nnv..l lU WktlVUTd lilVuvi .., . n..niU ... w aini, ID Will DC lealt with according to law, and aa acting willfully bin mi'iwiii,!, iu ucuaiuuv 01 utw auu me aeciaioua of the Courts Tlie uompunv navo re organised their bnatacse Willi a ,m" it'ttwtvuiiiitfUHit, vii mm iu every part of the Oil Kegion. Tb.y have emploed the most eftlcicut Agents and Assif I arts that can be procured mrine wiiBiiiOTa. .h .,i,f.,u ,i inneiieil Willi daio ai patents, together with the price of the Tor pedo, and signed by an officer of the Company, ao every Operator wishing a Torpedo may know Ita prn e iiiiu wi,ui.iii-i unuiu iruiu uur omcj. .' reporung 10 IUIS Ofllce any neeligence of Agenta. in. lonuwiiig iiiuyea pursons nave neen appoint ed Agents nnd Assistant Agents for the Oil iieutons of 1'eunsylvania aud West Virginia. II8T OP AOEIVTS. TinrsviLLB, cnrBcn run an vtcini TY-BTBPHBN uOOP. Oftlce, Hamilton's Clgar btore, addreas Tltuaville, Pa- Assistant John Van Be river. TlTtTBVILLE, CnURCH HtJN AND VICINI-TY-II. II T1I0MAH. Office and address, Van ion House. 'I itnsville, Pa. SIIAMHUKG AND VICINITY OKOUGE IR. VIN. Ofiico.Khiimhiirgj residence, Tilueville, Pa. As'!slnnt. A A. West. KNTBHPRIiSB . n.KASANTVILLR, BEAN FARM ANn 1'ITIIOI.B W. C.BO. VAN VLIET. Olllce nnd addruas, Cnnse House, Ploaa an'vlllc. Assislant, II. C. Hnntiiigann. TIDIOCT AND WEST HICKORY CHAH. CI.AHK. Office aud address, Exp ess Office Tidl ute. I'a. A-siaiant, K. C Benrdsley. PKTROLEUM CBNTRK AND VICINITY LEVI MASON Offlceanduddress, Petroleum Cen re, Pa. Assistant, Charles Blnckrord. TARR AND BLOOD FARM 8 and District lying jnOil Creek nnd '"herry Hon, from tilory farm to icClintockville -IAiEasArjNDB:IH. AoMreas I arr Farm, Pa. Assistants. Lather B fUnndnra Charles K. Cochran and Wl'I'aui Hoyt M0OLIMIOCKVILLE, OIL CITY AND RI NO A. B. V-V8T. Address, OH City or Reno, Pa. Assisias'. .. Mead FltAN.JL,IN, ALONG TnF. AT.LFGH RNY IV. EH Z ILBI'H Offlrn and aildreas, Pranklhi.Pa SCKCBO AHS, Foster FAHM A PA.tKKK'a LANIIINi) I'ICIIARD W. RKIlPIKM'). Offira and addnss M riib;ras., I a Assistant, M. W. I'or terfleld, address Kinlenton, Pae WKS'P VIRlHNIA-C. D. AN0E7. aad T. F. 0OO K Address. Parkershurg, West Virginia. Koberta retroiennt Torpeda Co may.'Mly OWEN OAFFNEV'8 COICMlT"" Tue Old Established LiquorHouse NO. 25WASHINBT0N5TBEET, PETR0LEUMENTRE OWEN GAFFNEY, PROP'R, Fall Stock; OF LIQU0ES! THE HEAYIEST EVER OFFERED FOB SALR ON OIL CREEK. Prices Lower THAN EVER OFFERED ! Goods Sold at New York Prices, and WARRANT ED PURE ! Cash Prices ON ALL GOODS. Buy for Cash AND SAVE MONEY. Hennessey Brandy, Martelle Brandy Rhine Wine, Mumm Wine, Brocton Wrine, Sparkling Catawba Wine, Hammondsport Wine, All by the case. ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ST0C OF SUNDAY COMFORT! TO BE HAD AT ALL TIMES'- ta i r:i rrive a call, and if you want to Dg for cash, make me an oner fore ordering eJsewntic OWES GAFFSE Wo. 35 Wa.hnSo ,,ret P.1TO naictntre.ra-, 18- l8,fl. r . "cxt i 1 ' wW . ISIije, '"Riii Ain, lltli 1 , far ton. t'opl, pocii Jch
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