SHTJGERT & STARR
(Successors 10 SIcFarland; Smith & Co.,)
Merchant Tailors!
Cents' Furiilri3ff tioods,
COB. SPRING FRANKLIN STf ,
jTI'i'l'ST.LLIi, FA-
Have pnlo oneof thi" Coast sasor mart '.
C L 02 JIS & CASSIMERES
ENGLI8H FRENCHeAND.
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
EANCY YESTINGS.
Ivsr offersd Jn the;Oll Bsgton.
TrVENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Ss CAPS,
All tha Latntand Nobbiest Style
A FULL 1IN1 OF
Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c.
etroleum Centre Daily Record,
Fet. Centra Mtondav, February 5
Divine Service.'
1IETH0DIST EPISCOPAL' CHURCH
services every Sabbath at 11 A: M. and
,i P. M. Sabbath School at 12 P. M,
eats free. A cordial Invitation extend-
ed to alL -
Bit. P. W. Sconeld, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at ,11 o'clock A. It., and V
o'clock P. M. . ' .
D. PATTON, Pastor.'
Gold at 1 p. m. 109
Work 00 the Warred Veuaogo Rail
road coDttDoec In tbic vicinity. A large
lorce of itoDe cutten are at work on the
Egbert form quarrying ou- tone-' tor the
piers or tbe bridge across Oil Creek.
M annuo January 21 tb. 1872, at Hor
Bsllsviile, N.YVby Rv. W. C Mention,
Mr. L. H. Collomi' and Mice- A'.lie JS.
Artmen, bulb or Petrolenm Centre, Pa.
And no tbey leave tbe Benedict crew and
Join tbe good eblp.Uetri.mpny- but " 'twee
ever so frtMB childhood's .hour," and it li
with pleasure that we record tbe fuct that
our friend Callom bai "gone and done like
wise. Tbrougb alt the -coming; years, ae
tbey journey together up tbe bill ot Hie, we
with tbeut all the beppluess possible lor two
lovtog hearts to-anjay, and on the down
ward dope wbenths din abadowc begin to
geiaer nod me drawsle a cloar, In tbe
coMClMCoeea of a useful career may tbelr
bark be wai led sate ly Into the haven ef rect.
We tender tbe bappy couple our eongretu
lellons 00 tblc most auspicious event.
' "I eaw two olouda at morning,
ungea wnn ine riling mo;
And in tbe dawn tbey floated oa '
And mingled Into ooe."
Our townsman, Mr. Porter W. ' Hill, has
cecured the ageecy tor tbe rale of a Life ol
James Fish, Jri, in the counties of Clarion,
Crawlord and Teaaage. Te work la insu
red in pamphlet torn by Firm & Company,
ol Philadelphia, and It aeldat the remark
ably low price or 69 eenu per copy. The
book abould meet with a ready sale. Mr.H
will call on our cltlxeai In tbe next lew daya
and all ihould secure a copy.-
1
Tbe wrecking gang were engaged yeater
A ay In clearing up tbe debrla ef tbe late
emaah up near Gregg's Sietieb, cn tkc 0 C
A ARB.
Tdo masquerade 00 Ibe ice, Saturday eve
niog last, wai quite largely attended, and
muck sport was occasioned.
On Wednesday next tbe "biggest thing
,00 ioe"omes off 00 Oil Crock, oonslsting
of borae lacing, a skating toarnameet, -0,
Liberal piMniuma will be offered, and great
port is anticipated. See bills of the day.
(A. large number or sympathising friends
attended tbe funeral of Mr. Owen Gaffoey's
infant child, yesterday. Tbe remains were
temporarily buried.ar Plumer. Eventually
they will bo removed to ibo family burying
Wuad al.Forestvll)e,.N. Y., for final inter
inenL Soliday aod-others, odColumbia farm,
struck a 60 barrel . well in tbo Petersburg
district, 00 Friday night last.
The New Orleans Minstrel Urate Band
discoursed sweet music, on tbe Rochester
Hoirse parch, this afternoon.
P.Hodilog currency la a rruiilul.agency for
the spread ol tuiall-pox. That's why su lew
ptiiiieie suffer fiom tUe UUeisv.-.
The J A K. Uailroad Company are ex
lending their road to tun extreme lower end
or (be oily for the purpus ol . connecting
wilb a pipe line now being Uid rrorb Pren.
tice, Crawlord, Barbour & Co'a Wells on
Bully Ilill. Tbia pipe line la- to be extend
ed from Bully Bill to Foster and tbeoce to
the Mount Hope District, forming a com
plete line from that point to this city. A
hartal por'itoo of tbe oil produced at Mouot
Elope will bo brought to tbla nine line and
tbe advantages to tbe Jamestown & Fraok-
41n Road will bo 'greali Venango Citizen.
Pleasure lovera should bear In mind tbtl
the New Orleaut Minstrels perform at
Sobel's Opera House tbia evening, Tbey
are spoken of in overy piece where tbey
performed as beiog first-claM in every re
spect. Their programme is. new and origi
nal and comprises soma of tbe finest selec.
lions oralnging, dancing, negro eccentrici
ties, fco. Give tbetn a crowded bose.
Tbo New York Commercial Advertiser
asks, "Is there another woman in the world
so faithful to tbo memory of her departed
spouse as Lady Frank lint She has spent
tbouaands of pound la vain fforts to re
cover tbo boon of tbo illustrious navigator;
she baa been as true as tbo needle to tbe
Pole, although that Polo waa ber husband's
worst enemy, and now she wants somebody
to accept $10,000 aod bring ber In return
the records of tbo expaditien In which Sir
John lost bis life. Verllv, irdiieabodied
spirit cau be conscious ol what traospirea
on this 'shoal bank of Time,' mint uot &ir
John's contemplation of the devotion ol
sucb a wife add a new ebarm to the pleaa
uiool Paradise?"
Beautiful Photograph Albums at Nicbol
son's.
A very praieeworlby custom bas been
inaugurated in several of cur neighboring
cities .Tbe plan is to place a small box in
saloons aod restaurants, into which the
patrons ol these places may drop what
money tbey please. Tbe box will be open
ed eace a week, and tbe contents given In
to tbo bands of some prominent citizen, In
whom all bavo confidence, to beexpooded
by.blm as be may Ibink best for tbe relief
of tbo poor. It is often claimed that tbo
most generous hearted men are those who
love an "occasional glaea " It would be a
matter of curiosity as well as ol 00m mend 0
ble charity to have a demonstration of tbe
truth or lalslty of tbla asset tion made in our
own village.
QTbere Is a very general popular idea ' In
Utloa, New York, aod thereabout, that be
cause tbe ball fired by Mrs. MeCarty at Mr
Thompson, killed another man, therefore
she cannot be convicted ol murder. To
constitute a murder It is not necessary that
the ball should kill tbe man tbe pistol waa
aimed at. II there wai tbe Intent of mar
der when the pistol wat discbargedj'-it mat
ters not tbat tbo ball did not reach tbe ln
tended victim; if it kilted it was murder, no
matter whether tbe object sought, or a to
taV stranger to tbo murder.
Tbe ancient penkeife hunters ol Concord,
If . H., are bsppy over tbe dtioovery of
knife tint baa done duty for five genera
tions, having been In use a hundred and
twenty-five years.
Daily and weekly newspapers oontainta '
be latest1 news. at Nicholson's.
A Connecticut court bas recently bad an
Interesting caso- of survivorship before It
A man and bis only daughter wero drown
ed at the aama time, and tbo question wss
which died first. If tbo maa died first tls
property would bavo passed to the daughter
and thence to ber heir, wbo is ber mother,
but wbo bas been divorced Irom tbo latber.
If Ibe daughter died first -then the properly
goes to a half sister of tbo father. Tbe
settled rule It,' undoubtedly, tbat 'In such
eases tbo malea survive ' tbo hardships
longer than-females, - aod' adults more-than
minors.
Tbo hardest thing out tbe times.
Universal want want of money.
Tbo Valentino trade
der.
will aeon be la Or-'
Before tbe snow
tbin'end bare; -
tbo grain fields looked
The Income
lloor Many
now-1
tax baa expired by limlta
peoplo will brealbo freer
Tbo next' holiday la Easter most too
tnougn to vgur to save up eggs,
boys.
Tbo average salaries of 'male teaebers In
this Slate per month Is $0.tJ2; females
$31.12.
ontbly Magazines at Nioholsoo's.
fiA keg of nltro-glycerioe Is said to be tbe
only pessibla quietus for tbe Aoneke Jans
belra wbo are In a aeaslooi at Philadelphia;
but n ot possession.
"TVe dilJS areelcepitW)' tO'.igJV.
. NUTHfc OF Till! DAY.
THE UNFINISHED PRAYER
"Now I lay me" say it Darling,
Lay me'" Hoped the Hoy lips
Ol my daughter, kneeling, bending
O'er bet folded finger lips.
"Down to sleep" 'To sleep' she mur
mured, Aod ber enrly bead dropped low,
'I pray tbe Lord," I gently added
'You can say It all, I know."
"Pray tbo Lord" -tbe words came
(alnly;
Fainter still, "My sonl to keep"
Then tbe tired beap fairly nodded,
And tbo child was fast asleep.
But tbe dewy eyes half opened,
Woen I clasped ber to my breast;
And then tbe dear voice soltly whis
pered -
'Mamma, God knows all tbe rest!"
One of tbe night engineers In'tbe New York
Central Yards at Suapenaion Bridge exper
ienced two radically different sensations In
a very brief period or lime one night last
week. While running bis engine boob-
served a man on the track In tbe Immediate
front of bis engine, but too late to give tbe
signal of warning before pasting tbe spot
The ponderous macoioa was slopped as soon
as possible and tbe trembliog engineer look
tbe back track with gloomy for boding" to
look up tbe corpse. His feelings can proba
bly be better imagined than expressed wben
be met tbe olject ot his aeatch comiog to
meet bim with lists doubled up, and other
indications not favorable to tbe bodily eom-
forl of ye engineer. A speedily executed
rlgbt about face movement was made, and
the eogioeer out distancing his wrathful
pursuer, reached his engine aud fled iu-
glorioualy from tbe scene. Niagara Falls
Gizetle.
Tbe best Gold Feus in use are those
made by Faircblld'f, and lor salo at Nichol
sons Newsroom.
V,
About ten days ago Conemaugb, one 0
tbe principal depots 00 the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad, was the scene of an alarm.
ing conflagration. It appears thai two crude
oil tanks were wreefeed, wbieh flooded the
ground for a ' cocalderable diitance in the
viciuitr of tbe track1 under a Ireigbt traiu
aud aeverat paisenger care. A cinder from
a pawing loflitjoilve ignited tbe oil, which
set fire to several parts of tbe train. Up
ward of one hundred cars, with their con
tents, were consumed, and the losa to the
company was very heavy. - Tbe towo. aod
a large quantity ol coal aod lumber were
saved with difficulty.
A
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Tbe Treasury Department at Washington
have just adopted a new flag for tbe revenue
service. It dispenses with tbe blue field
and stairs, and substitutes tbe Imperial
eagle ol Rome, while tbe stripes are turned
up horizontally.
1 Bibles abd Prayer Books sttitabe for all
d nominations at Nicholson's.
The woman engaged in pasting counter
feit tweoty dollar notes at Milwaukee bas
been arrested. A large amount of counter'
ten money was round In ber possession.
She goes by tbe name of Madame DeGrose,
aod has two male accomplices who bave
not been arrested.
Ai Birmingham, Englaod. Ilerr Holtum,
Tbe King ol ike Cknnen Bails," aatcbes a
twenty pound sauoon ball in bia baud,
wben it is fired from a field piece weighing
1,500 pounds, and na peril is incuned by
anybody,
A Philadelphia paper states tnat tbe sav
Ings banks tbat failed in that city did it iu
such manner tbat nobody was paid, and
Ibe result was so disastrous thatjit bas been
difficult ever since to obtain publio oontt
denoe.
' It Is said that Laura Da Force Gordaa
wbo was a candidato for tbe California Sen
ate;, will be uomlneted 'for Vice President
00 tbe Woodnull Presidential ticket. Her
aaras Is probably tea only force she will
give- to the movement.
Tbe moral censor of plays in England al
lows the actor to "curse" as freely as be
pieties, but be may not "damn" uodCr any
prorocatioo. He may say "Heaven for
bid," but be may not say "Lord forbid. " '
The operators ol tbe diamond drill at
Kanssi City, Mo'.:' discovered an Immense
body or water al a depth of eight hundred
feet. ' An investigation ' Is proposed, wilb a
vlsw to supplying tbe city tiferefrom.
The' original manuscrip or "Home
Sweet Home;" which' was 'written by John
Howard Payne, was given by the aurtbor
to the late George M. Keim, and is now In
possession of his son, Henry M. K"im, at
Reading Pi.
Local Notice.
S. M. lcttcnjilll Co.
Fark.t'ow, New 101H. una neo. 1-. noweii
Advertising Audits, are the eole agents for the Te,
trolcnm Centre Dauvr llacoan In that city. Ad
vertisers In that city arc reqnestm to leave uww
a vora wttb either of Ine above homes
Ilare iliaiice.
300 ACRES OF LAND TO BE LEAS
ED AT MOST REASONABLE HATKs.
I will give M Interest In 300 acres or land
situated In tbe Enterprise oil dislriot, to
any parly who will put down a test wen
througn large casing. 1 imnti wr
wood for putting down any number of wells
furnished, suttject to the followingterms:'. 50
acres In Tee, and 260 acres at i royalty.
Parties putting down tbe Hist well will
bave all the production ol said well.
D. O. FISHER.
Petrol elm Centre, Jan. 31. 1872.
jau 3l-tr.
For Sale or Kent.
The building lately occupied by A. M.
Sbults as a Bakery and Grocary Store. En
quire of
H U. C. JARVIS.
Petroleum Centre, Pa. jan 30-lf.
1IOO LOST.
Lost from tbe Opera Honse Saloon, 00
Tuesday Inst a small shaggy Dog, answers
to tbe name or "Dash." Whoever returns
tbo same will be liberally rewarded.
j293t Doc. Swift.
SEWIK
MACHINE NOTICE !
I hve a few or the IMPROVED HOWE
SKWI.NG MACHINES, lor sale at manu
facturers prices. Now is your time to get
the BEST MACHINE MADE, at very
cheap prices.
Tbe 70 on machines I will sell for 50 00
85 00 " ' ' ' 64 00
yg-CalUt OPERA HOUSE MUSIC
STORE. TITUbVILLE, PA.
Jaol5tr. R. 11. SARGENT.
3P Children's Likenesses taken between
he Hours of 10 a m and 2 p m, ai Hempsted
t Co's Daguerrean Gallery. janl3tl.
Llfe-sizA Rembrandt pictures taken at
Qeiupsted & Co's Gallery.
r3f Now is the lime to pnrcbtsw Winter
uiuining cheap, end a. Auutivo is ine
place. jsnlSlf.
Pictures colored in fbdla Ink and 'oil, at
Hempated JcUu i Gallery. jan. 15.
"Secure the Shadow ere the substance
fades." by going le Hempsted A Co's Da
guerrean Gallery, Petroleum Centre, Pa.
Frcfth h'.cgn and SUPERIOR BUTTER
cor. n asMngloo A second streets, mid tt.
MrT GAFFNE Y keeps constantly on
baud Scotch Ale and London Potter, espec
ally lor family use.
tf Go to tbe Jamestown Clothing Store
for your Clothing of all kinds. ' They are
selling goods "dirt cheap."
jy Beautilul and fashionable Scarfs and
rteCttTles, at ALU1-.IV3
A Dlea! A sviileo! .
Just received one bnndred barrels or Itose
nine APPLES irom the farm, and twenty
barrels of our best CIDER the best thai
ever came to tbia town. - Call and see lor
yourselves.
Nov 7 If H. H. WARNER,
LIVE AND LET LIVE I
Jnsl received at Mease' t Armstrong's
Flur and Feed Store, 1.100 bttsbels extra
WHITE OATS,, which will be sold at low.
eel casb prices! o29-tf.
Talte IVame.
Now is the Hire to buy your Apples, as I
am selling them off at prices tbat will as
toelsh ton, Irom ond dollar a barrel aod up.
wards, or anything else in tbe store, as Mr.
Brings la going to close out about tbe first
of Ibe month. Call and see for yourselves
E. Tr Bbiuoi.
Per H. H. Wabkbb, Clerk.
dec 21-tf.
fySplendid winter cured HAMS a
bacon, at schemerhorn a ten.
EYCK'S, cor. Waabiogton aod 2d sis. j 19
W. XV. JOHASTOJV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PETROLEUM CENTRE, TA.
Ofllca on Washington ttreet, opposite
nolds Office.
Esq.' Key
jUitf. Emel' Zedwich.
("LITTLE JOE.")
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Has been established In Petrqlenn) Csntre for tbe
i.ok uiiuo jcara aiia ana tne name 01
Making- the Bi tt Fll and Finest
jsoo 1 in tba oil Regions.
Ha Is constantly renewing ' ordsrs'from other sfec-'
nous or Ilia Oil Regions.
Ha constantly keeps on band ''
ICeady-made Boots & Shoes,
LADIES' ANDtHILDREN'S
SHOES AND GAIT'eRS.
CACL. AND SifF Hin.
EMZIZEDW1CH.
AMUSEMENTS.
iw Orleans Ifilnstrck
SOBEL.S OPKKA HOUSE
MONDAY t TUESDAY, Feb. 6 4 fi
Conspicuous amongst the talent of this
organization may be lound
IfllsH Ulauil Stanley
The Great Prima Donna
MISS LETITIA STANLEY,
The Unrivaled Contralto
MRS. NETTIE GORTON,
The Accomplished Pianlit
MR. HANK GOODMAN,
The Prince of Ethioiienn CoDedUna
MP.. JOHN K.UGAN.
The celebrated lavorile actor aod End nia
Tbe Lion Banjnlit
MR. DICK GORMAN.
The popular German Comedian, and 800c
.li n.n.u a .it..
MR. WM. CONVERSE,
The Eminent Interlocutor
MR. FRANK WEST,
Tbe Power I11I Basso
MR. WALTER WENTWORTR,
America's Greatest Coolnrtlooiit
MR. L. P. BENJAMIN,
Tbe only soloist In the world wbo sis-
executes passages on tbe E Fist Cornit
reaching tbe third and fourth added tin
above the tribble stair Assisted by Prof.
Gorton's splendid Silver Cornel Dtnd com
posed or both ladles and gentlemen.
Admission ou cts. ueservea semi oti
Tickets can be secured at P. O. Newirton.
j315t.
SAVE YOUR J10VEY
1
And buy your Boots, aud Shoes at
Geo. Magrane's
ONE PRICE
BOOT & SHOE STORE
I keep a very lanre stock of all kinds on hand,
and sell as che.pasany other limine In tbo 01b
1JSU10.N. Connected with my Store Is a
Custom Department !
And I Kiiaraatoo ape'tecl fit In sll
Reixirini! anally dune. Kelt door to WolU
Jewlty Hlnre.
Petroleum Centre, Pa.
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