urn-' n ji V f : if! SHUGERT & STARR Merchant Tailors! Gents' rcrehtlDCj tiood, eok-iiranra rimruir Mi., TTT VITaLIsS, PA. CLOlESdb CA88IMERES ikxnchaxd ami-ricam XIXID A ITRIT1D SUITINGS, FAifCY TESTINGS. IJatht.OUbftaa. TWMTT BirriUMT 8TTL1I Off OKJkTS SC CAPS, An as latestsad Hoeblest laylae. A TOLL Una 0 CtaW Famishing Goods, fcc, Petroleum Centre Daily Record. Vat. CentreTHonday Febrwarr IV Divine sMi-tIc. MITHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ervUcs ew Sabbath at 11 A. If. and P. If. Sabbath 6ehool at lCtf P. If. ate free. A cordial Invitation exteud ! all. ,- KIT. P. W. BOOFHM, Pester, P1BSBTTBRIAN CHURCH. Preaching at 11 o'eloek A. If ., and 7X 'UekP. tf. D. PATTOIf, Pailar. fltll at l p. n. 109X At w predicted a day or two since, tb Warm et Tcssogo Railroad ha '(one up la ballon, boys, ap Id a balloon," taking with It tba boprt of Titusvlll and Oil Crk Ml tbat a sotnpettng Una of railroad sight b constructed In order to reduce freight aod express tariffs. Two or three gaigt f man at work In tbla vicinity were dlacbarftd and paid off tbia alternoon. It fa eadantotd tbat lb Oil Creak Railroad Company bave "put op" a liberal amount of 'collateral security,", and lb work la nelly euepeaded. Tb nwa caused a uni versal tooling of regret among our business man, and a general 'cussing" of railroad In temll and parllenlaily tb parties wbo "Mid cot" tba W. t V. followed. ' Capt. J. If. KepUr'e well, on tb Allen dei Farm, Allender Run. waa completed on Saturday and I being tubed today prepar atory to tasting, Tb Captain Inform n tbat tb wall baa twtnty-fir feat of aa pret ty eend rook aa b cm taw, eloaely reee in kling tb If eCray Hill reek; a lac, baa an abundant supply of gss. He lele eonSdeot of striking oil aod w bop be may. A double team end wagon belonging to Jama 8. KoCray, wbll craaing tb rail road track on Eacond street, oo Sstarday allaraooo laat, wa tan Into by tb awlteh ngln and tba wagon entirely demoliabed. Fortunately lb driver and borie escaped without Injury. Ont rpotd townsman, klr. J. v7. Ir win, baa been confined ta hie room at tb Central House, for ssvsral day paat, by a eovere at aok of neuralgia In tba bead. We are pleased to ate bim out oneo mora, and to learn tbat be la recovering. V bav rccaived Irom tb publisher tb Jamestown Daily Journal, a copy of the trial and conviolion of Cbarlea Marlow for lb murder of Wm. Bacbman, iaaued In a vary neat pamphlet of ovar CO page from tbat office. Tbe work i for aala at tbe lead ing New Rooms, aad will be sent hy mall post paid, from tbat office, upon receipt of twenty-fire sent and postage atamp. Tb cheapest and best plaaa la town to buy dry goods of all kinds, . ladies' and gaota' furnishing goods, Ac., Is at Eobel 4 Anerbaim's one prioe store. Tfcey bav tb most oompleto stock; tb finest quality of goods, and do not misrepresent tb artieles tbey l la order lo hurt other traders, but aat fair and honorable with all. Pay tbam a visit and be convinced for yourselves. Skating on Oil Creek continues good. Tboie bad llttl beys, wbo never break through tb lo and gat drowned, wer all oat skating yesterday. Had tbe good little boy bsea there tbe ice would bav broken, ' and an obituary notice would bav been tbe conerqiieuce. T'j Cleveland Coroner wears a g-.d i.'Mios oaa i, t br'aatt-ln.. little J, M. I i , V. , I other Important oil Salt. Now that tb Owstoa fc Bowers' oil suit baa ben finished, John H. Hampton Esq. , will bav aa opportunity to tnrn bio alien, lion to what promises to baa far more In tereating aaae then that against tb Railroad Company which be wa called npoa to de fend. It le the ease of McClurkan t al. vs Lockbart ft Frew, et Jal., and la one of tb many gaowiag oot ol tbe organization of tb Plltaburgh Petroleum Company, otherwise tbo fatnoae "Bull Ring" of 1869. Tbe amount Involved la Mid to be ovar $250,000 and lb ease which was on the list ten days ago, bad to be postponed, la consequence of Mr. Hampaon's attention being taken up with that referred to. It is expected it wl II be called op eooa, when some of the mys teries of tb "Bull Ring" are expeeted to com to light. Pittsburgh Mail. Tb Petroleum Centre Record says: "Tbe Emlen'.en Sua Is a good kind of a paper aod would b better If proper credit wer gtvento tb oil Items taken from this paper. Only tbla aad nothing more.' " Now Bro. Wicker, as far as wo are aware wa never failed I give you full credit ez Mpt la on slagl Instance aad then II wa not Intentional. W woald say that w vain yoar Items r we sboald not Insert them, but from tbe abov wa would judge tbat you Ml as high a valuation a your productions as is likely others will do. You will please remember tbat we are always ready to say our say, so, 'naff ced.' Em lent on Sun. "Wbleb tbe asms" Is correct and proper. Do so some more, Sua, and may you con. llnue lo sblne with undiminished bright, nets. A correspondent of tbe Eaat Brady Inde pendent writes m fellows under tbo date of Feb. lite: Tbe oil excitement at Petersbuig still In creases. S. Fowles 4 Brother are putting down a well on the D. RiK lot near St. Pe tersburg. Biggins BltneSerd completed a well one week ago, which is now producing 100 barrels per doy. Riehsrd Hull, tbe "Oil smeller" Is around locating wails. Providence Interfered In bebalf of a lady la tbe first ward last week, aod thereby saved ber life, but deprived lis of a first class local, bha did ber best to get a free ticket to eternity by nslng kerosene oil for startiaga fire en Wedoesiday morning; tbe can exploded as a consequence, but the la dy eseepsd with only slight injury. Let everybody else keep on lighting fires with oil. There's no danger, if you are careful, you know." New Caatie Gazette. In the Uuited States Senate Friday Mr. Cole, of California, Introduced a bill to re strict the killing of buffaloes on tbe public lands. Some legal reatrlctioa ebould be put upon tbe wholesale slsugbtarof these animals, as they furnleb food tor then set tlers and Indiaua of tbe lar west. It Is not an exhibition ol daring or skill in markuan abip to bunt dewn and kill these animals, il we are to .take as true tbe alleged re marks of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, that It is no more fun to bunt and shoot a buffalo than il Is to kill aa old cow. Senator Cole's bill, If) It meets the caw, should be ensoted Into a law, and tbe wanton drsliuetion ol tbe buffalo put a stop to, no matter if a dozen tilled chaps like Alexia would desire to en joy tbe eport, il It may be so dignified. On Saturday, a workman on tbe Warren t Venango Railroad, was quite Mverely In jured by the premature exp lesion of a blast. We did net learo bis name. Clevelaud may well be proud ol ber nine. A local paper ssys that tbey drink angle warm oil te limber tbelr joints, and can run on all fours faster than a horse can trot. So accomplished are they tbat circus men, after Meing ibem, die off like abeep, of envy. Dick D. Labrink, a German, baa been erreatel lor bigamy at Hartford. He denies all acquain lance with the woman claiming to be the first wife, but sbe puts in evidence bis photograph, a marriage license, and a pair ef twins, so that bsrs is a good ease. Tbey mix col oil with water in some places, and people do not praiae It Let them cbaage tbe combination to corn-juiee maybe it will last baiter. Ouo Important meane against cateblng celd Is te keep the mouth ssut. To many people not tbe ladies this would be Un fold worse than a cold. Lei Ihe young man wbo atauda with a glass of liquor la bis band cooaider wblcb be bad better tbrow away lb liquor or himself. We wonder hew many of those wbe turned over a new leaf at New Years, are stil1 reading It page, and not back on the old ones. A North 1'rovidenoe, Rhode Island, father demanded on day's wage a reparation from a youag wbo elsnd.red hit daughter, 'and got lt-t;.69. A Leap Year Story. A 8t. Joseph (Mlesmirl) paper of tbe 3d Inst., gives tbe following lesp year Inci dent: Tber was a nle littte party on Wednes day algbt at tb residsoceof one of tbe moot respectable families on South St. Jo seph, aod while tbe festivities were pro greeslag twa charming young ladles, sisters, took a pair of young men by tbe arm, to marking tbat m It wae leap year tbey pro posed to Insist oa tbelr prerogatives, and desired to at once b married. A squire wm called for, and on wm shortly found in the company, In lb person of r wor thy conservator of tbe peace, Gue Bailsman, When tbe official presented himself ready for tbe delicate holiness, one of tbe couplee lorn with "backed out;" but tbe other stood tbelr ground, aod the Sqalre proceeded with tbe o-remooy, asking the high contracting parties several times during Its progress il tbey were really in earnest, to which ques tion tbey gave each time an affirmative re ply. Tbey were tbereupoa pronounced man and wife. After tbe party commenced to break np to go borne, the Impromptu groom deimed bis bride In all earnestness, and insisted on taking ber home with him, but she1 demur red and tried to treat Ike whole matter aa a joke, bnt ee tbe young lady Is of full age, and tb marriage appeared le be bona fide to all tbe witnesses, tbey do say tbat this Isdy Is legally aod Irrevocably tbe young man's wire end tbe best of It is tbat tbe pa reats on both sides are willing to tbe match Tbe young man belongs to not only a good, bat a wealthy family, and tb young lady's people, though not so well off la a pecuniary point of view, ere comfortably so, however, and are of tbe highest respectability. How the affair, will "pan out" remains to be seso. On Monday afternoon about Dva o'clock tbe drill lo Capt. Boyle's gas well skusk a nsw vein of gas. Instantly a deep rum bling was beard, and tbe gas cam' rushing to tbe surface, throwing tte wster several fset above the tub and flooding tb der rick, which was also quickly filled with gas. Tba gas Ignitsdfrom tbe fire in the stove and Instantly all wss ablsxe. Tb Captain and bis workmen msn.ged to escape with ainged hair, eyebrows and whiskers, but not without some difficulty. Tbe wick of a kerosene lamp hanging some eix feet from tbe floor was Ucbted by tbe ess, but no damage ol any eonsequeoce resulted. In tbe water tbat was forord up by tbegss were numerous small particles of oil, Mew Brighton Press. Pkclifjc. We know of a couple in Free- bold township, Wsrren county, that rejoioe in foarteen children the eldest oot quite 17 years ef sge nine boys and five girls. Tbe fatber ia 47 yeais of age, and tbe mother 39. How Is tbat for number? Tidiouts Commercial. A little village In Kansas used to have the somewhat romantic and by n meana unpieaeant name of Graas hopper Falls, but, thinking tbe designation too commonplace. tbe ambitious people bad it cbaoged to Sauetrelle. The wicked aod preverse gen. oration tbatdwelt thereabout liked not Ibis outlandish appellation, and so called tbe little village "Sow Tall," until tbat came to be accepted ae its name; Hiving borne this humiliation as loon aa tbey can, tba people just appealed to tbe Legialatnra and got back their old name of Grasshopper Palls. An exchange remarks that tbia is tbe sea son of Ihe yeat when the domes! is sideboard glow with boarbound slings, beneset cock tails,, pink-root and senna smashes, and castor-oil juleps. n omen, girls and children voted at the election lor oity officeia at Salt Lake, on Monday, the Mormons, under tbe female suffrage law, having things all tbsir own way. Much disgust wss expressed at this disgrseelul abuse of tbe ballot privilege and citizens will, memorialize Congress oa the suijuet. Mr. Robert T. Lincoln is in Washington with bis wife, tbe daughter of Senalor Uar. Ian, whose guests tbey are.. Mr. Lincoln slightly resembles his lamented fatber per soaally, and is a brilliant conversationalist, ana witty. lie practiced law in Chicago or some years. CoN'FioaxcBD. Miobael Knox,ot Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania, was confidenced out of tiO by a couple of spruce-looking oosps at the Atlanlio and Great Western depot, Friday afternoon. One of tbe vll liana went by tbe name of J. H. Mason ana no Knows well bow to handle the trowel. Cleveland Herald. " iii. . .... . upnisa, AiBDsma, oas creeled a seosa II ou by tbe new leap year mod or eating pbllnpsoas la that plsce. Tbe young lady takes the almond between her teeth and tbe young mas bite it ot Ts pocess is elliptical. : - :. Local "Slotlfiea. at M. Petfenslll Co. 3T Far How, Maw ?ei, and Oeo. P. Howell A Co a a & im the. sola scents for tbePe, troleam Centre Dn. Hioano ta that dty. Ad- TCrtiaw. la tbat citj are requeeiee w w a von with either or toe above aomtes WANTED Second-Hand Engines, Saw & Grist 91111 Hachln. cry, In. good order.' Address with full discnption and price. II. M. DJiMINU, " Park City, Kansas. Rare Chance. n& trTS AT T.tNn TO Rl LB AS- (jXe v - ED AT MOST REASONABLE RATES. I will give M Interest In 300 acres or land altusted in tbe Enterprise oil distriot, to any party wbo will put down a ten well through large casiog. Timber tor rigs aod wood for putting down any number of welle furnished, simject to tbe followingterms:'.fi0 acre in Tee, and 20 scree at royally. ... . ... . I, fames putting uowu me uni wvu win bav all tbe production ol said well. D. O. FIsHKR. Petrolelm Csntre, Jsn. 31, 1871. jau 31-tr. t"GAFFNEY keeps constantly en hand Scotch Ale aod London Poiter, espec ally lor family uae. raa fin to the Jamestown Clotbinc 8 tore for vuur Clolhlnir of all kinds. Tbsv arc selling goods "dirt cheap." Apples! Apple! Just received one hundred barrels of tknse nice APPLES from the farm, aod twenty barrels of our best CIDER tbe beet that ever came to tbis town. Call aad see for yoarselves. piov i it n. n. n abb. LIVE AND LET LITE1 Jast received at Mease dc Armstrong's Flour end Feed Store, 1.800 bushels extra WHITE OATS, which will be sold at low. est cash prices! o29-tf. r"A lot or old papers for Mi at this office. tf WANTED! ' At the Oil Excbsnge Hotel; a Girl lo do General Housework, and a Boy about 16 years of age, to do Porter work. Good wa ges paid. Apply immediately. iebiz lw. s. juansu.t. WANTED. A girl wsnled to do general housework. Enquire at G. Gordon's Hardware Store. Gilskrt Gonnox. feh. :tf. Take Notice. Now is the time lo buy your Apples, as I am selling tbem off at prices tbat will as toeisb tou, from ond dollar a barrel and np. wards, or anything else in the store, as Mr. Briugs is going to close out about tbe first oftbemoaib. Call aod aeefor yourselves E. Tr Brious. Per H. H. Vumi, Clerk. dec. Xl-tf. If Beautiful end fashionable Scarfs and tzi-ck Ties, at ALDEN'S. 'Secure the Shadow ere lb aiihstance fades" bv oolnir In Hemnaled A Pn'i Dm. guerreaa Gallery, Petroleum Centre, Pa. adEF voiutvu Ulirurwi ttiro uriwrm the nmirs of 10 a m and 2 p m, al flrapated rv,'. n.i.u..M.n n.u-. ... n i i, Life-size Rembrandt pictures tsksa at Uempsted x Co s Gallery. Butter and cbesse are almost indispenal- bletartloles ol rood. Properly used, they are nutritions and besliby: but an inordl nate use of either esuses indigestion and dyapepsia. Uwen Gnfrnev'a Sunder Com. fort. Judiciously used will remove both of mere irouoies. - Girl Waatrd. A girl wantsd to do gsneral bouMwork Enquire of H. C. Jasy.is. f.b. (-tf. For Sale or Rent. The building lately occupied by A. M: Sbulte as a Bakery and Grooiry Store Kb. quire of H. C. JARVI3. Petroleum Centre, Pa. jao 30-lf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD PAIR OF BOOTS, FIXE PAIR OF BOOTS, STILISH PAIR OF BOOTs GOTO J. A. PliANTE, WMkialngtoa St, Pasrolsua Centos BOOTS SENT C. O. B. Refloat to any plsce Is the Oil aigvi-u Horace U. Day ta tb lateat candidate for President of tbe Vl'Mi State. Ht dsy has not yet com?. HEW ADTERTISEMENT8. Hour and Feed Store &ccod ctrects, tBlBQimn CDTTRS, At Flour, Grain AMD rUD; HAT aad STRAW, Fresh Eggs Butter, JHaun, Family Soaps, cheap. Also, a few crocks c nice Lard. Call and see ns. CHKBIHERHOMf TEN ETCE Brxtth-tf. SAVE YOllt MONEY ' And Say your Boats, and Vboes st Geo. Magrane's ONE PRICE BOOT & SHOE STORE I I keen verv larce stock of sll kind, on kiM and set II aa sue p at any other honse In the Oik. UtQlUN, Ceuneated with my blurt Is a Custom Department ! And I marantee a nerfect It Is all , mrV. Vf.Dalmiir natlv dona. Next ioor to Woir.. Jewelry biore. Petroieuam Ctmtre, Pa. febltf ' Emel Zedwicl ("LITTLE JOE."), BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Baa been established la Petroleam Ortse fur Ik pa.t three jeara, and aaa tbe nana of Making the Beat Fit and Finest Hoot in ita Oil Regions. Be la constantly receiving erders from ether sto- iiona ei me vu jwiiva.. Ht constantly keeps on band Iteady-maule Boots & Shoes, LADIES' AXO CHILDREN'S SHOW AND GAITERS. CAXIi AMBSBf J9tf IMKHEPWICH. risiiKii Mmitis, GENERAL MACHINISTS ssd Dealsrsla all kinds of WELL TOOLS cV FIXTURE! Necteeery h-r patting down aad Ir",,Sir iv ells, in eoanecttou with ear HAUBUtI sW a naves large and convenlea BLACKSMITH SHOP. .--ni jl.. mrv, riTTiTXfl are ee ti.'.led by any Bhop la the Oil Knlo ... mt rtBHB". A NORM 4HHIVAL AIs AUSPABTCBB TRAINS ON O. O. de A. On and after Sunday, Nor. ISth, . trains will run a follows: kortb no. 6. no- "J" Leae Irvine. ll'10' t'isJS Leaf Oil City 6,00 a m. J. r U. , '. C.nd.30 J, . " TIlUST. I.IW " .v. - a' so 10,90 Arrive Corry, 8,6 SOUTH. no. z. -n i. no. Lease Cony, 10,6oM. MJ ' Tlttisv. 12,29 P si. 7,80 ' T.w (( P. Cen. 1,26 8.20 "J irrWeO. City 2,05 ,? ' u m A If " Irln. 4,46 " n.ow ty No. 6 aad 6 run oa Sunday. Llite, Hydranlle Cement, uaiicsiiess -sw Of a anperlor quality, alwayai n J aedand red to any part of the oil region by leevm C, A. DCRFEY'S. Cor. Parr, and MeehsoWH.rMts pA, DISSOLUTION MOTICbT Petroleum Centre, Pa ,J' p' rol,nB Tbe arm of Wlnsor Brsthere rt , Centre. P... is tbla day consent. The aecouyts for ad W w w, l.t.arm "',rtfft2Sai sor. wbo will: contlou tb buaioes. im .i.nit . .trarR. JOHN W. "! soR . gjtfs.vas jaalTJw
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