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SHUGERT&ST.
SnccMcon la lIcFutand, Bmitk Co.,
Merchant Tailors)
ANDlDEiLSRS IJ.
Sents' FiHnlshing food's,
cos-tpring 4 frankliu 6ts.,
titusvl.ei pa.
Bat pat la ocejof tba Imk aeaanmoit qf
CL01B8& CA88IMERE8
ENGLISH,
FRENCHeAND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY TESTINGS.
vet offend In the.Otl Begton.
TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES 01
HATS Sc OAFS,
All the Latest and KobMeet Style.
'a roix LINl of
Gents' Furniahine Goods, Ae.
Petr.pleum Centre Daily Record.
rat. Ccntr Sacotday, March' 9
Divine service: -
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath .at 11 A. M. and
i P. M. Sabbath 3bc Bt 1$ P.M.
eats free. A cordial IdVlthtlbn extend'
ed to all. , .
Bcr. P. W. Scorixta-, Paitor.
" PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at' ll'o'cloca A. M., and T),
O'cioox r. m. . .
D. PATTON, Pattor.
Hi Hi n
Pctroleaun Centre liOder No
T1S, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday, at 7
o'clock.' Signed.
, J. E. BOYLES, N. G.
W. A. Kbllcb, A. Sec'y.
QfTPliee of meeting, Main St., opposite
JIOUIIDIOCK HOD.
A. O. Of I'. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of V. W.,
meets every Monday evening at 7 o'clock,
la Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centra,
Pino'a. , '
A. Gut, H. W.
8. H. Kookeb, R.
Gold at I pi m. W
Acting upon tbe suggestion offered at tbe
lass meeting In' Oil City, yesterday, to
shut down the pomping 'wells on Sundays
bereafter,' In order te reduce the produstlon
m maeh' as poetibirvwe understand tbe 68
pumping wells oa toe Columbia Farm will
be shut down to-morrow. Nearly If not all
tbe walls an tie MoCray rarms will be sbnt
down; also, toe wetls of the Big Tank Oil
Co. and tbeae en ire Brawn Farm, Cherry
tree Run, will brstcpaedt The probabill
ties are that' nine tenths cf the pumping
walls In tblsvleknily wilt be abut down oa
Sundsye-bereafterv Ttls-wlll be a redac
tion of between 5,000 and 7,000 bsrrols psr
month in tbe- Petroleum Cedtre"1 district
alone.' Let all the pradusers uulta In this
movement, sod tbe rotten carcass of tbe
Soutb Improvement Company wl 1 toon bo
buried forever from sight Let the' good
work go on.
Elsewhere we publish tbe propositi
Ions
brought before tbe mats meeting, yesterday.
and aotsdjipon. . As we predicted tbe mo
nopoly begins to "weaken in tbe joints" and
in many oases to deoy all complicity with
tbe movement, pretending even to know
aathieg or Its existence. It won't wash
and' no faltb should bs 'put In their state
ments;' Let tbe enemy not break our ranks
and we shall crush out forever all rings snd
monopolies as far as tbe bit region is con
cerned. A rvive!Udr religion has been in progress
at tbo M. E. Cburcb, for some day past,
and many souls bava bean saved.' Tbe good
work yet goes en.
Our old Titusvilla trlvnd, Wn. H. Sink,
wbo was recently burned eat of tons and
borne by tbe destruction of tbe Sherman
Hoote, bas purchased tbe hotel on Spring
Street, formerly reoupted by P.' Goodwin,
and again tesumrd business. ' Tbe bouse
bas twcniy or thirty elegantly ' furnished
sleeping r.m, and is a desirable stopping
place tr traveler. The away friend of
Mr. Siuk in lblavloity will be pleated to
letru that re Is again In Utlntn.
The following ara tbe several propotltton.
brought befoje tba Uss Meeting of Oil Clt,
yesterday, for tba relief of the region
agalast lb machination ot tba ratee!
competing tba Soutb Improvement Com
pany. They ara sound and bave tba riog o
tba true metal. Wbo dsreesay tba man at
toe oil region can ba controlled by a vll-
laiooiii monopoly after reading them:
Tba undetilgncd committee of producers,
appointed at tba meeting of Tuesday last,
to atcertaia what Immediate action may bo
taken by tba producer tbemselvesor in eon'
Junction with retoerf of tbe oil region to re-
ui aoa aereal tba threatened menopoiy
known as tba ''South) Improvement Com
pany," begeavo retpeoifully ' to report:
Owing to tba great depreulon of tba oil
trada at tba preaeot time caused by tba great
monopoly known at tba Southern Improve
ment Company and tba aver produatioa of
oil for tbe present wants of tba trada, wa
would rtoommend at follow:
Flnt. To sUrt no walla far sixty days.
Second. Stop as' many a bars already
been started as possible.
Third. Redo a our production as much ac
pomlble by tbaMing down wells oa Sunday,
oeesio tba use of torpedoes and elber
meaneoflncreaalog the production.
Fourth, bold as much oil as passible from
tba market for sixty Ays.
Fifth. Sell as much .oil as possible to
parties storing tba same la tba oil regions or
otbor points.
Sixth. Use all effort lo oar power la sue
talnlag tke refining Interest of tba oil region
and elsewbore wbo are not connected wllb
be Soutb Im provement Company.
Seventb. To prevent as muck oil as poaal
ble from being skipped en lbs railroads con
nected with tke monopoly by skipping by
he Allegheny River and by other means-
ef transport.
Eigbtb. Tbita committee of live of oat
skinners be annotated to confer wllb the
officers of tbo Empire Line, New Tork Can
tral. Atlantic & Great Western and Erie
Railroad, for tbe purpose of making an or-
rangement far skipping . all of our oil with
one or twe cf said companies.
J. J. Fiihbr, Ckalrmao.
v
In tha ranld Droosis ef Americanizing
tbsr Instltn tioas, tbe Eoglisb have at last
Introduced tbe American oyster in the
shell Into England, and, as thsir experience
is la all other similsr experiments, tbey
Ilka II. An advertisement la tbe Pall Mall
Gazette informs the British publls that a
Liverpool. firm will receive orders for any
quantity, delivered anywhere from tri-week.
ly arrivals. Tkese oysters are taken Jtom
tbelr native beds only tbe day before ship
ment; they .ere packed "a advised by an
eminent naturalist,'' and delivery may be
made from relays In English waters if pre
ferred. Tba Liverpudlians describe these
Amerlsan oysters as 'fresh, fat.sodjluaciou;
belter raw and very much better cooked
tbsn English oysters; twice the meat of na
Uvea, and lea than half price."
An Eogliekman, wbo formerly landed bar
for Uncle Ben Bovee, at the) Alplae Houm,
was beaten la a shocking manner, about 12
o'clock last night, by one Mickey Mike, as
ba staled. Tbe dificnlty arose about a wo.
man. We kepe our efflolent officers of tke
low, Justice Reynolds sad ooastable Wal
ters, will take It upon tbemaelves to rid the
town of snob men as this Mickey Mike
Almost every night we bear ef some depre
dations' committed by this man, either en a
drunken man or defenceless woman. It is
high time tbe strong ana ef tbe law should
put a quietus upon blm. A few meotbs res
(dense in the Bsstlle at Franklin weuld Un
doubtedly prove an effectual onto.
These ol out citlseos desiring t purchsss
good books cheap, shoaid pay tbe book auc
tion, at Sbult's old staud, a visit at once.
This is positively tbe last day ol tbe sale,
and another such opportunity to any books
cheap, will not soon be presented.
E. E. Giappr Eiq., ol President bas struck
a new well on the Henderson Vnm, which
product over one hundred barrela per day.
Mr; Glspp bsS'been very fortunate in pro
ducing oil, and wa sirppetc will soon
develop bis President property, which it Is
claimed bas never been propf rly tented.
Forest Republican.
BA jovial huaband aud ' wife . in Rntlasd'
v u, naa a race the other day, In e Derate
turnouts, tbrdugb tbe principal streets.
Tbe lady came in a chignon ahead.'
Everyone foretelb-' tremendous floods 'In
tbe Missouri Valley tbls prlng. Tbe snow
Is heavier at lbs sources tbsn for many yeare
pest; aad when the flood comes it will be a
grand one.
A soldier was sealeaoed for deserting 'to
have bit ear cut off. After undergoing the
brutal ordeal be was escorted out of the
court-yard to the tunc of tbe "Rogue',
March." He then turned, and, in mock
dignity, thus e&drstted the musicians.
HonaiBLI Ami. On Wednesday
morning lent as Amos hfcKloley, aged about
18, son ot S. A. McKinloy, wss on bl way
from home, nssr Waterloo, to school, be
was met by a roan named Pat Tracy who
a Hacked blm and commenced abuaing blm
in a shameful manner. McKinley fought
for a tew moments but was Boally knocked
down with a club which Trscy bad with
blm. McKlnfry was resdered Inesoslble by
tbe blow, and while be was In this- condi t
on Trscy took out a knile and performed a
kerrtble and uomentlovable outrage upon
kirn. From wbat wa can learn or tbe anlr
It seams that Tracy ned yoi-ag McKialey
were rivals lor tbe favor ef tbe ssme woman
and that they bad a serious qusrrelfooce be
fore. Up to oar latest sdvlsss Tracy bad
not been arrested, although a Urge force of
men Wss In pifranit of blm. Toung McKin
ley it In a precarious eenditien, but It Is
thought be will recover Irooi Ihe horrible
revenge of Tracy. Trscy used to bs em
ployed as a workman at tke County Poor
Hon. Venango Spectator.
The City of the Veiled Womn, In Slam,
I e city numbering nine thousand lo habi
tants, all ef wbem are womeo. One tbons
snd of these are considered royal, and tbe
remainder are tbelr servitors. Women
blacksmiths, jewelers, merchants and mam
faotuiwre are spoken of, and also women
sentinels, soldier, judge and executioner.
The young plince, wbo was under tbe edu
cational Influence end training ol an English
teacher for six years, is now "Supreme
Klot ofSlam " He has recently decreed
tbe abelitloa arsis very throughout the em
pire, tboMbf emancipating fneeo millions
of slaves, nearly four times Ihe number set
free by onr late war.
VEUVE CLIQUOT.
Beware ef tbe widows! tbo sages have 'said
Tbey toy with tbe heart and tbey fool with
head I
But of all the gay widows a youngster may
know,
Letblmsbun, most ef all, sparkling Wid
ow Cllquot ! .
M Tkat kead-drsss of silver neck slsndsr aod
and
Tkat tbroat whence out-guskes a ipirit ef
divine I
How she testes her bead! It Is queenly!
But 01
Tou bad better beware of, tbe Widow Cli
quotl
Sbe will dsnce like a bubble in ember and
besda!
In gutbing tbe's rsady at popping sbe
leads!
with mlrtb and gty .laughing sba'il ever
o'erflow I
Then Beware! O! bewate of thr Widow
Cllquot!
When she's mirrored lo crystal, 'lis brighter
for bert
And ber kltses are sweet ss tke coy virgin'
were!
Wkile sbe toys wllb yonr heart, to your
bead sbe will go!
Then beware of tbe widow! tbe Widow
Cllquot!
Boston Transcript.
Wilbur K. Parker of Meriden, Connecti
cut, ba three eyelet fish taken fiera tba
stream in Mammoth Cave. Tbey are alive
qulok ss lightning snd almost white in color
Tbe speolmens are about two inches in length
though the nth frequently reach ilx aod
tight inches. In shape they are something
tike a "bull bead." Mr. Parker alao louod
specimens ol ersw flib looking like
white lobalei. These are ale blind, and
white in color.
Mlt Maggie Cunningham of Terre Haute,
Ind , determined to take advantage of tba
privilege supposed to belong to leap year
aod invited her friends to her wedding be'
fore tbe consulted the youog man wboi(
name she bad concluded to take. Th
wedding party proceeded to lbs residencs of
the gentle youth and found him In bed, bu
be, recognising tbe sitaalion, gathered ble
raiment about blm snd silently etole away
Tba red of tbe girls are dltooursged.
An elderly lady, Mr. Murpby, died did
denly of heart dieses, at Flthole, eo Satur.
day last.
A speeimeo ol water-worn flint, aodislin-
guiibable from cfcalk flint, bas been found
near tbe tup of Mouot Keiehdla.- This
would seam lo prove that tbe tbieknete ol
the lee tbeet woieb broke tip til the surfave
of New England to great depths could out
have been lets tbsn 8,000 feet
STbe Hudson Bay Company are putting
on twe (learners above Wlnnepeg, Manitoba,
which, connecting with the Bed river ter
minus, will give through coontetion to tbe
Rocky Mountains.
A Memphis lawyer contempted tbe Court
Tbe Court Used blm $10. The lawyer taw
him sod so did tbe Cowl agklo, and It
1
NOTES OP THIS AY.
John H. Surratt Is teaching School Itf
BreokVille, Md.
a nn.tli!ut farmer hs named a prise
rooster Robinson became be crew sol
A BL Leais man never drank watar.
here we have several men wbo never driok
It either. . ,
A Tom Seolt presidential club has been
organised In Memphis. Tbey are lend of
Old Tom oiri there.
From tbe treat disturbance which has
been sauted by tbe "American ease," one
woald suppose there must be a lady In It
An Iowa preacher charged only three aoi
Isrs for praying at a pauper's grave. The
pay was poor, but tbe preach was poor, toe
A neor little leilow in Quinoy, ill mis
took a bottle ofear-acbe medicine for some
thing good la driok, aod it killed blm la
half au hour.
It Is rumored that one of tbe beautiful
ooaotry seat of Norwalk, Conn., bas been
taken bv tba exEmperor and Empress- ol
of the French, and will be occupied by them
next Summer. ...
"Good morning, gsntlsmso," says a brus
que eolpurteur oa ea taring a railway car.
No one responded. "Beg pardon in nave
said too much. 1 withdraw the last expres
,IOB."
IiOal Nollcee.
8. M. Peitemglll Ac CO. T
Park now, New Terk, tut Geo. P. Rawell Oo
Adtertltini Aetata, are tbe tot agent for the Pa,
trolenm Centre SaiLT Haooan in that city. Ad-
Tartlaera la that city are requested to teat their
a vore with either of toe above hornet
Picture colored in lodla Ink end oil, at
Hempeted A Co's Gallery. Jan. la.
LIVE AND LET LIVE!
Jntt received at Meete Arirxtrone'e
Flour and Feed Store. 1.800 butbals extra
WHITE OATS, which will be told at low.
est cub prloee! ; , osv-tr.
OT Now is the time to buy Hats aod
Cans cbeap at the Jamestown Clothing
Stoic.
Tnkei Notlwu
Now I Ibe time lo buy your Applet, a I
Ibi telling them off at prices that will en
toeisb ion, I rum ond dollar a barrel aod up
wards, or anything else lo the More, as Mr.
Brlec I going to slate eat about the Drat
of the month. Call and efor yonrtelvet
1 E. Tr Baious.
Per H. U. Warner, Clerk.
dec. J nr.
Life'ds Rembrandt piolirrtn taken at
Hempeted Co' Gallery.
Now I the lime lo nnrcharv Witter
Cluibing chrap, and Ai ALDEN'S" If th
place. jtnlS'tf.
JfT L'atett tiylet or New York, Pbrledel.
plus and Boston liatt aod Cap jaat receiv
ed at A. Aldeo' Jimeatowo Clothing Store.
tF GAFFNET beep eonvunily on
baud Scotch Ale and'IendOB Porter, eipee
any lor uraiiy ne.
Qsy Go io the Jtroeatowa Clothing Store
lor your Clotbiog of all kinds. They ar
telling goods "dirt cheep."
"A lot or old papers for tale at tbi
ofliiw. , if
Cal I aud rxaniloe I hoe laabieoabl
Hal and Cpa jut received at
leb. 21-tl A. ALDEN'S.
XW The floeet Block of fashionable Hilt
the latest styles ever brought to town
just received at Aide'.
Tbe Duke Alexit, Crown Prince el
Riiwia ordered one of tke ;fobhy Hi at
ALDEN'd;
9 Children's L'lkenetaes taken' between
Ibe Uflur ef IV n and 2-p my al Hempated
X Uo uaguetreao Ualfery. jsnistt. .
For Hale or Kent.
The building lately occupied bv A. Tt.
Sbult a Bakery -and Grocery Store. - Un-
umra vr
r H. C. JXRVI3.
rvtroleiim Centre, Pa. . jan 30-11'.
OPERA-HOUSE!
OE NIGHT O-cXY.
Tuesday, March 5th.
Tbe World Renowned
Brothers,
AND PhOF. FAY,.
Will appear alter a moit extraordinary and
snooeaalnl career of 19 years flv of wblcb
have been spent in Europe InTlberr unique
end
Startlinr Wonders !
Their wonderful asances have' been given
tn tbe pretence of tbe Crowned Head end
Nobility of Europe, end .before van and In
telligent aiiemblages throughout Ibe civil
lied world, aitoottbtns end-confounding the
wett of all countries. Tbey must be seen
iu oe appreciates;.
tT-NO EXTRA CHARGE WILL BE
MADE foe Prof. FAY'S DABE SEANCE.
Adiulttloo, 6cis. Bvserved Stat, 75o.
NEW ADVERTldBMENTi
Agents Wanted
THE LIFE OF JftMESFlSK,
.T - "" w- a lurOreuiM...:
iUBD9 V McCOLLl'M.
Emel Zedwich-
("LITTLE JOE. )
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER.
not tmn eetehllahed la Petroleum- Ontr.
P.t three jc. and hu .Si Xl T
Maklnsj the Best Fll and Flnett
Moot m thj oil Regions,
He la coneuntlv receiving erden from 0thni
Mont af Ihe Oil Hi-giona. w
Ba coatUntlv keeps on hand
Rcady-niiVtle Boots.& Shoes
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
SHOtS AND GAITEBi
CAII AND KEF Hl.TI.
EMEL ZEDWICU.
a. wuiTBone, tbih. a ciue. r. hull
-flutm woic Lane 4 Ci.
IMfOKTEH AND 1)BaLKR8 1.1
SfChr o-s JrS'aO W Jod St.
Tlirce door, hnv . ('hHrlc llnttl.l
PirraavjRGH penn.
Invite th attention of bue a lo itaur priec !t-k,
which. In ae taction and price, It voeuruaiid la tin
country.
Xlieyara Agent for Amerlraa File 0m-
Knv'e celuhrated flleaand Haepi, Kubfeer
Btlnj an Parking, aad Wllmn,
HawkawarlhJEIItaou tJ Eiiallea
nsiwl, Pliiaburgn Mteel, Lwrlu, Miuv.
la sc. bold at manufacturer ircui. tMm
PIANO9.03OO. OROA, 144
No oa ahould he althont PIANO or 0liA.,
tiai. by tevtBK 1 3 or I S per week, yu ran ba
eneh Inrtrumeute aa Decker Jt Harnra' norltalial
lMmoa, Hallel, Pavle Jt (Ve and Bradford A Ou'i
rtnoiie, and the unequalled Tajlnr 4 Firlrj t't
lee Orgam. Old tuetruuienla laken In pun pti
meni for uew onee. Monthly payment tnkeu -r-pecial
rat en to Preacher, Ilitircht e, H. schroli
an if-Taelier. Hend fur circular or call na K. UAM
IL ION tt CO., M Fifth Ave.. l-IIUbu.,b, Pa
feoaaira.
A.Legsett,
(itacceeior to A. T. Leggetl,)
M anuractarer and Dealer iaf
HARNESS,
Seed Bags,
Valve Cups, &r
Experienced workmen ara employed, end H
neea of all kinds keut cuetntlr oa baud aadniaot
to order. . . . .....
FINE NEW HAKNKSS. UWliBi.15 ,AU
MMil.li,
rs hand at raatonable ratt-a. ',
ANCY AND HOKSR m.AXKVtS IN tKSGl
yfANTiriKs
Then- iu'uo iiirtor
VAT.VK C!TTP
MrtP.tfiin ttieone rde tnmv thop, ndtl?
willUj eoldat $13 per huudie or tiiceu'"
Maln'Bti. belot e MeCIlulock
ttowae.
Petro1enraCenre. Pa:. NiiviV f.
mX OUT! ! SEE IT !
BRIGGS & BROTHER'S
ILLL'STRATED
Cataleene of flow ana Yeieli
Seeds,
SlfMMBR FLOWBIilNG BULBS FOB
Now ready. Gooeittiog of rer 13 pap ,
00 row-tinted paper, with "pwiird."'1
teparate ctfte. and 8IX Meonl In
Col44 Plates! Cov.-r, " ''
de.lgn7lo color. The ricbett ct.
ever pNrbll.bed. Snd 25 oent. lor WW
notooa ball tbe value ol the colored pl
In Ibe Brat order, amounting to not ie
tbsn $1, ibe price of Catalogu. 2ae .,
b. ref.VndedPlu .dt. New c...io
placed oo tbe ..roe fooling with old. rr
to old cu.tomer. Quality ol "Kl
packet, prices and premium "JJ,
t to the Sdvantage of all to P"""",,
01 us. Sea Catalogues lor xirordiorf
Ioduoeroent .! our
Vou will mi It if yon do o0,,e,
Catalogue before ordering Heed ,
Eltberofour tv Bbwrno ""'S,,,,,
19x24-ono Bower pl.t o ' ""' o A
ever letued lo thie country. A '"P'pt
lor nrcmeot; m.iled, po. I f i
i ik. .lu, . on ooodltion sp8""'1
c-u,Tbioo" bbothe
-,....,..1. Ui i moebeater, v
oJBM7tBHBrW VT"J
Opera Bouse
. SALOON!
TYanl. J. Vonctir, Ytov'
WINES, AIM. -. "?Ah . frier 'ff1
'Gsmlemeo, I tbs! you, but I bivs non't
wasn't until tb ?i!e wt (ISO that the
VitTaa.
(DntiooM secured m advance st
for aiti;."
J Isv yci ekened.-
t'.a f. O. wsrc:o. UH v.
Uu1t4ut'