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to VcForlaad; Smith Co.,'
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALERS IN
Gents' Furnbbing tioods,
COIt, SPRING ft FRANKLIN STS.,
titijsvle, pa.
Her put la one of lb finest awments o;
VL02HS& CASSIAIERES
ENGLISH,
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COSTINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
FASKJY VESTINGS.
Kverlcfilrred.la the.Oil Ksgkui.
$ TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS SC CAPS,
All the Latestssd Nobbiest Ny'.tt.
, . A JVLL LIKE UF
(Jents' Furnishing . Goods, Ac.
ttroieum Centre-Daily Record.
feb Jeutre. Thursday January 18.
Divine Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL , CHURCH
bervices every Sabbath. at 11 A. M. and
iy, P. M. Sabbath-School si 12& P.M.
eats free. A cordial Inflation extend
ed to all.
, Ret. P.Wi ScojiBLB.Pastor
PRE3BYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7W.
oYlo P. M.
. - . D. FATTONv Pastor.
Gold at 1 p. m. 108
Oil, Naws. Another big wU baa bean
buck on Bully HihY Wf In arc that a well
en the Prentice, Crawford, Barbour ft Co'i
tract, wi completed yelterday and itarted
iti at the rata of ISO barrel! per day. The
-well la owned by tba a bete bailed parties,
asd. u drilled by our townsman, Mr N B
Paiker.-
A new well wsi C'mtletel on tha Tarr
Run territory, yesterday, ahich started up
at the r it of trine barrels per day aod In
creasing. Will pTiiably prove a IS or 20
barrel well. Owaed y Mr. Lyman Stewart
of TUnsvtre.
Emery Brother nf.TJIueville. completed
a wail oo tba mm tent wry. yetrday. and
letting ii to have commenced to-day.
Indention good for a paying well.
Appearaocei indicate that ail develop
ment will be lively io that vicinity the
coming ipriug. Well Informed ooeritori
are of tba opinion that a vast extant of rood
territory .exist on Terr and. upper Benne
boff Runs, and In tba event o( two; or, three
more good wella being struck, tbe ' business
interfile of Petroleom Centre aod Titiwvllle
will be advaoaed materially.
t . i . . i , .
Grading fur tbe -new railroad it being
pushed rapidly ahead. Tbe contractor lor
doing tbe stone aqd Ireitle werk, Mr. Reed,
waa to town yesterday, making the necs
aary preparations for commencing bia work.
It li understood that tbe trestle work Is to
begin at tbe point of the bluS en tbe Mo
Cray farm, and run thence aaresa tbat farm,
bridging Oil Creek at tbe lower end, aod
crossing tbe Oil Creek Railroad oo tbe Col
uetblafirm, lb trestle work bslng.tlnsteen
feet above the latter track.
On tbe Egbert farm tba work ra tempo
frly eotpeoded, dey before yesterday, by
be Maple Shade Qli Company, wbo. de
manaea an agreement or guarantee of some
idu awiore allowing It to proceed. '
Martin, the ventriloquist, continue! to
draw erowded houses.
Howe ft Cook are telling large quantlti
oi secpna nano on wen tuppliet.
The Newark, Ohio, tolling mill. Is offer
for tel again.
A grtzter n Summer county, Kiaiatbai
61,00) bead Of oattla.,,-
Tha great 'plaint of Texas ton tain on
bijndred and fitly two milloo aoret,
Fish are io plentiful In the Coon river,
Iowa, tbat they, clog tbe mill wheels. .
The home of tbe laie Jobu C. Calhoun,
In Soulb Caroline. . bat beta sold to Col
Clemtun ler $15,000. .
Piad baking it juat uow ibe molt plltt
ant and picBt.ble bntiotH aloog Ibe St.
Join river, to Florida.
"Whackerup" is tbe latent coinage in the
Oil regions, tor p.ylng ch.
H'fN Totucco tnluwuai tbe Post
OMc
VoolejS Umd fent at me l'Bt UlTicn.
The question, will saltpctet explode? wai
raised at the time r the great Are in New
York, and bat never been sallsfactorilv an.
twered. And now comes the question, Will
s.acxed lime explode? It seems brewer
purify their beer barielt bv tbe uae of slack
ed lime aod hot wa'er, a disinfecting ga
being generated, and tbe op-ration bat
been deemed ee-aef iiraole. beine- mere
ly tbe agitating or tbe mixture io tbe bar
rel. Tbe other day in New York, while"
man waa rolling a. beer barrel containinir
tlaoked lime aod water, an explosion occur
red, biowiug out tbe bead of tbe barrel and
literally severing the man'a head from kia
Shoulders. A man Daesina waa tlmen
ome twelve feet, and being stunned and ly
ng insensible for half an hour. Tbe barrel
bead, after cutting off the man's bead, flew
to tbe ceiling, which waa Din leet blab,
struck a beam aod split It Into fragments,
and., made, bole iq tbe floor above. We
knew beer, would take a man off bit feet,
bnt this is tbe first lostaooe wherein a beer
barrel, bat, taken a man off bit head. Se
naitber beer nor barrel is entirely safe to
handle. -
H. k J. W. King's celebrated cutlery at
the Past Office.
By reference to tbe advertisement publish
ed elsewhere, it will be seen that the firm o.
Winsor Brothers, dealers in hardware aod
oil well fittings, bas been dissolved, Messrs,
John W. and James H Wiusor retiring.
Toe busluets will h-ralter be conducted by
Mr. George W. Winior, who will continue
to keep en bacaV.a complete atortaeot ot oil
well fittings aod tuppliet and general bard
ware, which be will continue to tell at as
low rates at they can.be purcb a ted at any
point io lb oil coatitry. Of tbe old-time
reliability aud sterling reputation of tbit
firm we need lay nothing. They are too
well known to need any recommeojl from .it
aod the only advice we can give our eitizent
and oil operators Is to call la and "see bow
it is themselves."
A check lor ighthundred and twenty
four dollars from Hong Koog completes tbe
circuit ot tbe worlds charity for Chic age.
At Cairo last evening four tenement
bouses were destroyed by fire, originating
from tbe upsettiag of a keroeeoe lamp. A
woman was burned to death, and four oMI
dren were missing supposed to have met
witb like late.
A Chicagoan latt week killed hlmielfbv
blolog out hi braint witb a gun loaded
wllb water. Tbit should be av warning to
temperance advocates tbat even water mav
go to a man'i bead aod produce at teriout
reinlti alcoholic liquor
The Chicago Jon-oal of Commerce ciree
the following ttecido remedy for small pox-
a piece oi nitre the tize of a common white
bean crutbed and taken in a teaapoonful of
cold water, aid two cr three timet repeat
ed, if tike o early In tbe first ati?a r ih
disease, will effeot a speedy cure '
A sttirieal bill was Introduced in tbe
LsgisUtiire of Washington ten i lory, at the
late session to prevent aod punish, lotteries
ind gambling at church lairt.
A.number of ay Tayeite, Iowa, yeutbt or
respectable families, who started out with
ligbt heirts aaa 'mioslrel troupe" receetly
have returned witb lighter pocket.
Diaries for 1872 at Ibe Pott Office.
A North Carolina baby was born with
bolet in Itaears, as if pierced for rings.
Tbe doctrine of original sin may be un
sound, but tbit child certainly bas so a er
ring nature.
A Pennsylvanlaa has a weo en the side
of bis bead to near tbe tlze ot bis noddle
that be frequently puts bis bat on it by mis
take aod walks witb bis bedy ul an angle
of forty-five degrees.
Tbe Toledo BMe reports .tbe birth of
twin under remarkable eircnmitanor, on
an emigrant train bound to Chicagj, re
cently, one of tha new comen being burn
In Indiana and the other In Michigan.
A candy boy, pasalog t .rough a car,
tainted a ereti old iientlemao, witb f Pop
corn, pop corn "Hain't got any teeth,''
angrily replied tbe man. '-Gusa-dropa!
gnm-dropt!" pertittid tbe enterprising
youth.
Tit for Tat. Medford aod New Bedford,
although their names rhyme, don't quite
harmonize, aa witness the following. Tbe
Medford editor perpetrates thui:.
But he smelt so ol oil
That his suit it did tpoil.
Tkli Oleagioiii chap of New Bedford.
To which a New B-dford editor responds:
But the smell so of ruoi,
lie was quit overcomti,
Tbit proUiblory chap of New Bedford.
.Circulatinit Libary $1,25 fur three niontlt
reodiuu. exchunge books n you ploate, at
IVtt Officei
A KANSAS POEM
The writer of the following linet It a
batchelor, and retidet In K neat, where, be
tart, every other home It a bachelor'! bal
Ton It an' invitation for our marriageable
women to go, But listen to the siaglon:
Come maidt and widowi listen. to, me
While I a itory tell.
1 aoow you are fond ol stories,
And Iblsltoiokwlll amuse you welL
I am all the way from Kansas;
My name I will aot tell,
Tb t much I'll say, however,
1 am a single man.
I have taken you to pic-nict,
To funerals aud to balls,
I have talked to you io school room!
While Ibe boyt were playing b.ll.
Ladles, If you want employment
Kaiaas it the State;
For Kanaai wtnii ten tboutaud
Maidt aod widow.
To supply tbe bachelors mates.
Perhaps you think I am joking
About our wild prairie hointt;
But in Kaoeas you will find plenty
A liviog all alone.
After this tcticbing appeal, who that can,
will Defuse to lend a helping band?
Now li tbe time to subscribe for New
York Dailys an Stoke't trial it commvooing(
They sen be ted at the Post Office.
A fair baired, love tick youth ol a neigh
boring county presented bit "girl" witb
pair of those new tangled meiuljc garter
en Christmas. II thought the'y were the
latest thing In braclett, and be only discov
ered bit mistake upon requettlcg.her "lo
try tbem on." Ho doet not aajl. there my
more. Zaueavilie Courier.
The BluutniOKtoo Leader it responsible
fer the loliowjng iccount of an incident
during tbe late gale: "An empty Ireinut
car Handing on the track at Arruwsmitb,
on tbe Lafayette and Bloomingtou Kaiiroad,
wai blown to Saybrook, a distance of six
miles. While in tbe timber, just this side
of Sayb'ook, a maojumped aboard and put
oo tbe breaks. Wulte on tbe prairie it is
taid to have run at a Tearful rate, but the
limber cut off Ibe force of the wind to a cer-ta.s-exleot,
and when stopped it was not
moviug rapidly."
The Iudia Gazette eayt that lb aggregate
number ofdeatbl by wild heasit throughout
tbe proviocee ol Madras, Bombay, IJr-ngal,
tbe Northwestern province!, Punjauli, Oude
Ceotral provinces, C mrge, Hyderabad and j
British Burmab, tor threo years, auiuuuts
lo 12,554. Tbe dealhi from make bites over
tbe tame are1 number 24,611. making a
total of 33,28.
Mr. li. 3. Citt is y riting poetry to Nilssoi
in Ciocinuatl. Mr. Gist mitil be 15U ears
Id by this time.
A youog lady waicaughl up by a gal in
Pennsylvania,, transported 460 yards, aod
deposited lu an apple tree.
The more iotignifisant Communists
baried through Ibeir trials at the average
rate ol forty-one per diem.
J ne improved means of reaching the
Yosemite will, render it more accessible to
valley lad mariana Boston Pott.
A Ceooeoticut woman bas suicided with
kerosene not in tbe ordinary way, by kind
ling tires, but by driukine a lumhl. r
ull.
Wettenbolm Kolves
Pott office.
aod Razors at tbe
Rogers . Sen's Knives and Scissors at
tbe Post Office,
Petroleum Centra bas one manufactory
tbat is not talked or to any great extent but
yet It dolnir a large business. We allude to
the Valve Cup manufactory of Mr. A Leg
gelt, on Main itreet, oppoeite the Rkcoud
Office. The valve cups made by him have
attained a wide aod deserved reputation
throughout tbe entire oil roglna by tbe dur
able manner io which tbey are made, and
tbe excellence of lb material Heed. Mr L
ii dally in teceipt of orden trom Parker
Landing Ti utville, Petersburg, Pithole
and other points In the oil region. Those
t our oil men desiring a very superior qual
Ity of valve cup, warraoted to eiv
satisfaction in every respect, should pay Dim
a sail.
WAJT V PUCH,
Dave bought out tb ,
LdEll IJIJEJ MAM)!
or J. U. I tONUACHKR,
On Wsihlnjlnn Street. They will make it a ra lnt
to pay puruculal alieollon In Ilia wan'a ol ihcirrua-niw-
and will Keep CKHsll I.AIif.U ana A1K
layon tap. Drop in aud bco tie lu our new
'.ieU'r n,-tf.
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!, til
Xo!T.
(. M. lcllnill tc Co. Xt
fark I'ow, he 'Yoik, and Geo. P. Howoll A On
Adverttttag Asanta, are tbe tot agents for the !,
trolrnm Oaatr Dtn.T Kacoan la that dry. A1
eertlaere la that cHy are rsqneeted te leave their
a vor witb either of Mc aove bnneni
MACHINE NOTICE!
I have a few of the IMPROVED HOWE
SEWING MACHINES, for sale at ruanu
facitirert pricee. Now it your time to get
the BEST MACHINE MADK, at very
cbeap prices.
Call at OPERA HOUSE' MUSIC
STOKE. TITUbVILLE, PA.
JaniStf. R. H. SARGENT.
J-gTChilclreo'l Likeoeai taken between
the i rs or to a m and 2 p m, at Qeroptted
&. Cot Daguei rein Gallery. . jinlSlt.
Life-fze Kembrandt piolurM taken at
Uempsted A Co's Gallery.
New ttook of Winter Clothing
at ALDEN'S
Pictures colored in India Ink and oil, at
Hempstea A Co't Gallery. jao. 15.
ty Go lo GAFFNET'afor fine CIGARS
ana cbeap ler etib.
WANTED.
A ntsart active hoy to learn tbe business
of Photographing. Enquire at Hemptted
& Co't Gallery, Petroleum Centre, Pa,
For Sale or. Kent.
The building lately occupied hy A.
'.(hol'a at a Bakery and Grocery Store. 1
quire of
H. C. JARYIS,
Petroleum Centre, Pa. . deo 9-In
"Secure tbe (Shadow eie the tubatance
fades," by going In Hem piled A Co' Da
puerreao Gallery, Petroleum! Centra, Pa.
Frfll ausHandSUPEkloRJiUTTER
.ClUCMtRHORN ft TEN KYCK'S
cor. Washington A Second Street. m23 tt.
XT' GAFFNEY keeps conttaotly on
hanu Scoicb Ale and London Potter, eipeo
ally tor fumily use.
ElegantSilk Hate all style, at
ALDEN'8.
fj Go to the Jamestown Clotbingtore
for yur Clothing of alt kinds. They are
selling goods "dirt cheap,"
Beainitul and fatbkinable Scarfaand
Nec Ties, at ALDEN'S.
NOTICE !.
All parties knowing themselve Indebted
to T. McDonald will pleaee call and letlle
by the loin day January, 1872.
dec27tf T McDoieiLn..
Aupleat- Apples!
Just revived one hnndied barrel of those
nice APPLES tram the. farm, and tweniv
barrels . ol our heat CIDER tbe - best tbat
ever cime to tbia town. Gall and tee for
yoartelves.
Nov 7 tf , H, H. WARNER.
UIHIs WANTED.
A Girl wanted lo de general boutework
Apply to
'Mm. Owbx Gafvt.t. ,
Egbert Farm.
jStf
LIVH AND LET LIVE!
Just received at Meat ft Armstrong'
riouranq r.eu a ore. l.two hushela extra
WIIITKOATS, whicBiwillbeeoidil low.
eat catb prices! c2!)-tf.
Tnke !oti.
Now !. the time to buy your Apple. I
am seninj mem off at , price tbat will it
loeiah 'no, from ond dollar a barrel and nn
war.ls. or anvthina elaa in the atore. aa Km
Bnug is coIiik mioe out about the Ami
of the mouth. Call and-sea for yourselves
t, Tr BIOi-
Per n. n. Warner, Clerk.
dee. ll-lf.
t5Tlileiidid winter cured HAMS and
;u:!, at MJHKMtKUORN ft TEN
EVCK'S. cor Washington and 2d ill j 19
DlfsSOLVTION. NOTICE.
Petroleum Centre, Pa , Jan I, 187?.
evYt,- n . e yn: ... n . .
r un u, ... ,. iti.,tf xrnoart retro m
wruun, , mia uav aietoivea li. m., .. i
.n.. "Pi. ..
u...... i .,r kcu'jiu. mr ana against the
late firm will b settled by George W Win
tor. who will continue the butiuess at the
uiu aiauu.
JOHN W WINPOR.
f AMRR H. WINKOR
. GEORGE W. WINSOR
(Emel Zedwich.
("LITTLE JOE.")
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Has been established tn Petroleum Centre for the
pastthruo )ean,andaaa tbe name of
Making thoB it PH and Finest
Hoot in tbOil Rtffloiia.
Da Is constantly recelring nrder. from other SCO
tious of lha Oil Rcgiqus.
Ila constantly keeps on haad
Kcady-iuade Boots. & Shoes,
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
SHOES AND GAITERS.
CALL and wr m.n.
J,t,"f HMKLzBetnnt.
AMirsEMKNTS
OPERA HOUSE
SIX NIGHTS ONLY. COMMENCING
Monday Kfft't?. Jan. 15,
wtzmio
1M efiEHK
California Favorite lilu.ionisl and Vn(.;.
qnit, asaitted by Miss CLARA HaRTIN
ber marvelous myateiy of "Seconil
and the onlv eenuine ITALIAN Mariov
IWTD Dnl'Il' ,ki-.lj. ... "nIU!
r. 1 ci inviii luninii 01 toe t.utODfi
Continent. r
v.i ci iiij.vni.u I'HtSK.NTS win i,
pr tented eaeh evening to the sndi-tiw.
Change of programme every evening,
Admi.rion. Parquelle (two ent.lnru.v
oenu' Rear part of the Hall, (one wt-Li
9 eaiil. "I
Matinee, Saturday, at 2 p, at.
Admission 20 cent. Every child reaeireX
m piTO-u. jail IO-IW.
FIRST AXMAL
cr TUB
Yon Mi's
OF PETBOLIl'A Cextbe.
The nnderipnH T.eetnre rnvtmittM of the T,
M V. A., of -fefrulemn Centre, have tha humr ;i
unm nnre lliefollowtug list of Lrcturcifor tbee..
saine season :
'Ihe Cfinim;tlewfll yiinrlv the e-.il.iarte si.il t
datea, where they are noliv.n helow, si mob ti
they ran oe di-ritiitely accertaii,. d.
PETHOl.Kt M V. NABY. "The Vii-ion r
tikinanovh." Nov imh.
Her w M B CPLUHS Apreimnm N
Jl'DSON KII.I-ATHICK', llctf fflj, "Shennlt:
Jlnii'h to the ."
JOSU IIIIXING3 Pee U
Hon. U SI. fAKSONM.
a- Cnrrepondet:c l helnjh.M wlthnnRAfT;
OKKKLKY, KNDKi 1, f II M.I.I I'S. HlhU t)(Jl.
L.AH5, MAKK TWAIN, andotliera.
By Order of Lucta'e A'on'iolitee.
JNO. w. TiloMRMX
octU tf Cliaii man cr Comtnlu.
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ESTIIAY COW. ,.
Taken no on the nreml.es of the ""
her In Oakland Townshin. Venacgo C0J' ,
P, on or about Nov 16, 1871. i"uc,
nearly white, about one half f"'1 ''..
off, is rat ber poor In fletb, glekt whet t
ing Also on Red Bull, honl-lj'f' '
a little white on belly aod a I'rip
oo eaen nind quarter. Te "; ,rt
questedtfl come forward prove prop" , .
pay ebar-et else tbey will b dlip,"
the law require! 1
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