.1! SHUOEBT & STARR tBaosessors to McFarlant, Smith A Co.,) Merchant Tailors ! Gents' (Furnishing , Hoods, COR-LSPRIflQ & FRANKLIN 8TS., TIVVflVifcLE, PJt. Bttt w;of tb .to ftMor.mlfiU.qj- C101HS& CASSIMERES ENGLISH, FRENCH AND , , AMERICAN COATINGS, MUCH) AND' STRIFED EUrftNGS, trn tBtni iaf the Oil Regie. TTVRKTY DIFFERENT STTLES OF HATS tSe CAPS, All the Latest lad Nobbiest style. A POLL L1N1 OF Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c. Petroleum Centre Daily Record fet. Centra Tkarsday, march TV Ulvlne Service. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every Sabbatb at 11 A. M. and t P. M. Sabbath 8chool at 12U P. 11. eats free. A eordial Invitation extend' d to alii Rf r. P. W. SeoftELS, Paitor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Preaobiaw at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7U, elock Pi II. D. FATTON, Pastor. FetroirKrit'Ceutre Lodge, No. Tlfts lVO.-of O. F. Regular meeting nigbls Friday, at 7 v ciooa. oiguea. J. E. B0YLE8, N. G. W. A. Ratine, A. Sec'y. .Cs7Pl"ce f meeting, Main St., opposite McUilotoek Bouse. ' ... A, O. Ot V. V. Liberty Lnetge Nn. 7j A O. i.f IT. W., Heel evnrv ofnnday vvenlog at 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellow's Hall, Feiroleuui Ceulre, Penn'a. ' M A. Gi kk, M. W. S. H. Konxta, R. dold at 1 p. m. IK' j S 1., a m MASS MEETING! Let every oil producer, every oil refiner, and every business man, atteud tbe mass meeting, at Oil City, to-morrow. We must 'put our shoulders to the wheel" In uni ted effort to crush out tba hydra-headed monopoly tbat threatens to overwhelm "A VAtl ttcntlon Company I! Turn Out!! be new Odd Fellows Hall at Ronaeville waa dedicated on Moudny, with Imposing ceremonies,. A large delegation of the brethren from this place were prete'nt. Wa are sorry ta learo of tbe serious II Iness of our townamaa, Mr. M. C. Martin, wbo i, eonfined to bit bed, at Foxburg. At one time It waa feared be woold aot recover, but t present ba is slowly mending. A few daya ago Mr. John Rhodes; of Pio neer, was quite severely bitrned, at bis well on tbe Saermen Flats. Ha went' Into tbe derrick' wf lb a lighted derrick lamp, - and in trying to bang It up on a nail, it slipped from bishenda end fall, throwing lbs burn. Ing oil aver bis persoo, burning bis face aod neck In severe manner! He is slowly re covering.' . The extreme cold weather does not freeze out tbe kxcitemeot against tbe great menop ly. Let tbe oil producers put no faith In tbe mild colt soapy words and1 promises of Watson, Lockbart and others. Tbe truth Is sal in tbem. Tbey are "blowing tbeir bu gles" only for eftVet. The lecture delivered before tbe Colombia Library Association, on Moodsy evening last, by Capt. W. W. Gray, of -Tituaville, was largely atteoded and gave universal eatlafaetion to allv- The next lecture or tbe aiurse will be delivered by Rev. J. J.- lis Illyer, of Pittsburgh, on tbe 2 1st Inst. That Leap 'Year Party comes off at tbe Oil Exchange Hotel, this evening. There will be lets of sport, and tho.e who t.ke delight in "tripping tbe light fantastic lo" will he sure In atlenj. H. P. Sweelzer, at tie A. A G. W. Rail way, fays "Tba oil men htTO neither the bsekboos to bold out against tba 6. I. Co. H. P. 8. will discover tbat It will mora tbtn bit tlimblelul of brains, backed by the So. Im. Co. to. "ran" tbe oil meu. Tbe A. A G. W. will be glad to etll for assistance tram tire produeert wben tba rotten monop oly I Carted out of tbe region OTer the still ore rotten raili aod dilapidated ties of tbe MeClellao corporation. Let the oil men re al amber tba blusteriogs of thla self Impor- tadf Individual. A man from Pioneer was found asleep on (be ice In Oil Creek, a night or two since, Where ha had laid down while intoxicated. A Chart time looger and be would hare beea candidate for a little bed under tbe sod, and a head beard Inscribed "Drank Fro- tan." Col. H. B. Laeols, tbe well known mu- slo dealer af TituiTllle, was In town yester day, Tor tba purpose oi settiog op one o Marshall 4 Wendell's celebrated Pianos, recently purchased af him by Mr. Green- wail. Tba Cal. Is ages for tbe sale ot all tba well known- Pianos, Melodeons and Or gans manufactured In this country. Our citizens contemplating purchasing musical instruments would do well to purchase el Messrs. Loomis & Co. Tbe traditionary wood chuck ground hog some call bim was sound in bis bead tbisyear. February bad a battendloit tbat would do credit to tba North Pole.-"-And tba sky lor many days was cloudless, and the sun smiled sweetly, but it was cold enough tor tbe Esqurmatrx. Aod March, so tar, has settled permanently in tbe "lap of iprlng," and will not be unseated. We know a lady who visited the bank of the Lake on Sammlt street twa days sines. Sbe has a powerful imagination aod she Im agined navigation would soon open, and vessels be I lldlog In and out. and sbe in- dnlged ber imagination, and froze ber ears, and concluded It would require an uncom mon amount of,"etberial mildness" to liquify Are lea. Mr. T. II. Griffes, long engaged In tbe drug bualness in tbis place, has been engag ed as prescription elerk by lbs drug firm of Crane t Francis, at Tituaville. Tommy is a thorough druggist aod cao mix anything Irom a bread pill to a bottle of bane lini ment. We wish bim sucsess in bis new poeltlood Our citizens will be favored to-morrow and Eatiliday evenings Wltb'a' flrst-blasa theatri eel performance. Those old favor ite, Messre. Alcnlfoid. Blake & R'altoa, to gether witb the member oT Sherry's New York Theater, are to appear at Sobel'a Opera House. Their names alose are eufBcieot gnarantee of what tba peoform- eace will be, and also of crowded bouses. Levers of tbe legitimate drama will take notice. Aontber curae against the So. Ia'. Co. of raeeats. Fisber, Netrli & Co., on Monday next, will discbarge a number of tbelr work men, and only work tbe belanoo elgbt hour. a nay. uniting wens abut down and no more tools warned lor tbe next' sixty days. Tbe men unite in saying "D n tbe mo nopoly 1" They have a smart rogue down in Maiden Massketiueette; For some time be baa beau sending out oirculars offering to send a book In a sealsd package for tbe aum of eighty five cents. Tba language ol the circular conveyed tba impreaiton, without diaiinetly stating it, tbat It was an obscene publica tion, and ao the boek vender bad a large and conataat demand for bia sealed pack ages. At last tbe police came on tbe trick of the book vender, captured a sealed pack age, and found a new Teaiimenll Tbe price of tbe book is about filteen cents at re. tall, so tbis novel method of colporteuring proved Very profitable, A pbyician waa called io preaoribe for a somewbat illiterate old lady, and as cod liver oil, io bis opinion, was tbe remedy for her coinilalrji; ba wrote 'a prescription for 'be apothecary to put up, witb tbe Letio formula, "Ola. Joe. Aw." being an abbrevi ation ol Ol enm Jecorls Asselll, or In plain cognsn, cea liver oil. The medicine wss procured, taken, end in a fsw weeks tbe old 'ady completely recovered ber bfeltb. A neighbor paid ber a visit alter ber recovery, and 1 expressing surprise at ber' improved condilien, inquired tbe secret of ber restor' atlou. "Why," said ;tbe old" lady, "it wa tbat beautiful medicine, the Oil ot Jaekaas, tbat brugbt me to my feet again:' Tbe lighting of Rochester, N Y., witb natural gas ' from tbe BloorutWld wells is likely -to prove a success, A poverty 'Stickeo -look log man wbo picks old paper iu the streets of Boston, owns half a-dozen brick buildings at tbe south' end, and ao old apple woman on Kilby' street paji taxes ou a $10,000 hous.i. The (.alive Cbioch bug has reappeared Io llllmo.s. Jennie Johnson, the courtesan who was stabbed at St. Louis by Nellie Smith, on Monday, died in tbe hospital on Tbursdsy. Nellie was arrested aod will be tried far murder. The ship Suuex, Irom London, was wreck. ad offBarwak Heads, Australia, on theSlst of January. Seven of the crew were drowned. An intelligent store cat in Boston Im proves every favorable opportunity loan street a Ova cent nickle from tbe money drawer, and, carrying It In bis month io a butcher's shop near by, purchases a "square meal," just like anybody. Tbe Cincinnati Gazette solemnly ssys: "Tbe disposition upon the part of a large percentage of tbe human family to commem orate tbe birtb of tbe Saviour by drinking wbiaky waa manifested in a most extraord inary degree in tbis city yesterday." Tbey have a policeman In Springfield. Meat., wto captured a highwayman and then refuted a reward of $500, which bad been offered by tbe city for bis capture, remarkiog that be simply did bis daty. He will probaby be acquitted on tbe plea of insanity. Two dwellers upon Cape Cod discovered a whale In ahsllow water last week, and by strenuous urgings with jack-knives and bos bandies drove bim into a spot where tbe retreating tide left bim entirely In tbelr poseesaion. The creature was thin, but tbe capturers realized aliout $160. Messrs. Barefoot aod Shoemaker hap pened to get on the same jury in Pennsyl vania. Bolts was choked in tbe same elotbes be wore when Mr. Halstead met with thatilUlo acoideot. TSe Naahvllle Banner aays: "It is men tionea as a significant reol tbat tbe young lady meat admired by the Grand Duke at the recent ball in Memphis, wore a ten del lar dress. The "Japs'' will tbink tbe snow of Amer ica owes tbem a grudge. The Embassy was sbnt up at Salt Lake City for many day, owing to the snow embargo, and new tbe dsy after tbelr arrival io Washington, tbe biggest snow storm of tbe last decade bag buried tbat city under a fleecy maotle of a foot or mora of snow. Cool reception surely for tboae who come from tbe next door ol the' "Flowery Kingdom." A young lad named Allen aged thirteen waa drowued in the Alleghany laat Thurs day, lie was skating and broke tbroi gli tbe icn. A yet, bta bcay Una not been re covered. Hie parenla reside on the oppna'te aide of the river ftom here. fEaat Brady Independent. Pocket Dictionary. We have received from tbe pu t habere, 138 and 140 Grand Street, a copy of Webster's Pocket Diction ary,whtcb ia a great improvement over all previous editions and all simular works. Io tba first place It Io neatly printed and bound in morocco, with gilt edges. Then It contains ZUI) pictorial illustrations, which give a mucn clearer Idea ot the meaning of many woraa man couia noasioiy be convev ed by tbe usual definition. Tbe little vol time, wnne being no larger than aa ordin ary pocket-book, embranea in lie vocabularv a carelul selection of over 18,000 of the moat important words of the ianiiiiai e, with detin Itlons sufficiently clear, tbuugb rtecenarilv brief, to meet tbe ordinary wunta ot any one requiring its use. Prefixed to the work aie tables or money, weight and meaauro, ab breviatlona, works snd phrases Irom foreign angiiHgea, rules lot spelling, explanations. etc. It is in ract a moat valuable little honk, and ia doubly wu'th the dollar' it coats. The fuDllaheis; Iviaon, Iliakeman laylnr i Co., 1J8 and 140 Grand Street, few lork, will forward it by mail on re ceipt ot uae uoiiar, or it can bo bought at aiiauat any duo a store. A Ualllorhla paper tella ol a dnce which took place recently In a wine tank. It saya "A large party or ladles and gentlemen, in vited to tbe dedicatory ceremony of danclug in one ol tbe largest vals in tba United States, were in attendsnea snd participate ed in tbe hospitality or ooe nf the moat en terpnalng vintners in California. The monater tank was lit up; tbe musicians an nounced 'take partners lor a quadrille, acd dancing commenced after tbe old Ba vanoo style. While one set danced, ttere waa plenty of room for twenty spectators aod tbe musicians." Tbe vats have a ca pacity of 60,000 gallons. TbeTidioute Journal is soon to be issued as a daily paper. We wish you success, Major, but hardly think Tidloule can sup port two dailies. The laal circumlocution tor youug- ladies wbo don't want to "obey" in the marriage ceremony is to repeat in indisCioct tones and rapid manner, "love, honor aud 'go sy- Let every body sigu tbe ptttilieu for tbe paaageof a free pipe bill. It will help to squelch out racali and robbers wbo would ruin ui, and beggar our fjmiltPi. What the Prosnpter Told Him. A noble tragedian being engaged to play Macbeth at a country theatre, at the latest moment the man who was to represent the mettrngar In tbe fifth scene of tba last aot fell 111. The prompter, however, was eqaal to the occasion. He got br Idol super,' an Irishman, whom be bad drilled te ro ped the few ill omened lines, and Instruct ed him bow to deliver tbem. When Mas. both was ready lor bim, on went the Irish man bravely through bis task - "As I did stand my watch npon tba bill, I looked toward Birgam, and, anon, me thought Tbe wood began to move." "Liar! slave!" cried tbe great tragedian, Avion upon tba terrified "saper," and grasplug bis throat. Down on bin knee, dropped tbe messenger, gasping in hit ag ony : "On my sowl, sir, that's exactly wbal tba prompter towld me to say." "Martha, my dear" s.id a loving husband to bis spouse, who waa several years bll junior, "what do you ssy to moving to tba far weit?" "Ob! I'm delighted With lb Idea! You recollect wben Mr. Morgan mov' ed ont there, be was as poor aa wa are; and in three years be died, leaving bis widow wortb a hundred tnoueand dollars." A Wisconsin editor waa called ont of bed one night to receive a subssriptloo. After that he tat up nights for a week, but tba offence wasn't repeated. Local Notices. St. JI. I'etttnglll 4c Co. 8T Fare How, K.w Tfotk, and Geo. P. Kowell A Co Advertising Agents, are the sola agente tor the Pa, troleum Centre Daily Keoobd to laat city. Ad- vtrtlsera la that city are raqneated td leave their a vora witb either of tne above houses' Fur Male. Five Rigs, Four Stationary Engines; rjne 5 Horse Power, two 10 Horse Power, two Portable Boilers and Eogines, 10 Horse Power, one Stationary Boiler 23 Horse Pow er, 1.500 feet 5fi inch Casing, 4U0O teet wo lnc Tubing, lOOu feet ik inct) Steam Pipe, 6000 feet loch Pipe, 3000 feet Sucker Koda two uaa I'limis, three 400 barre Tanks, one 200 barrel Tank, four small Tanks, also a lotol Fitting'. JAMES UE V LIN. McCliotock Hi.U' Petroleum Centre, P , marun e-iw. Take IVottaf). Now ia the litre to buy your Apples, am selling tbem off at prices that will as- loeicrn i on, Ironi onu dollar a barrel aod up wards, or anything else In the store, ae Mr, UriitgH is going to close ant about the first oftbemoutc. Call and aee for vouroelvee E. Tr Bhiouh. Por II. n. Wars-sr, Clerk. dec. iUt. Pictures' colored In India Ink and oil. at Heinpsted Co a Gallery. jao. IS, tr$ Cal I and examine those taablooeble Ilats and Cps just received at leb. Zl-ll A. ALUEK'S. tW The fiuest Stock of fashionable Hals tbe latest styles ever brought to town just received at Alde". VF Tbe Duke Alexis. Crown Prince ot Russia ordered ooe of tba Nobby Hata at ALUEN S. E4V Children's Likenesses taken between the uours of III a m and 2 p m, ai flempeled li Co s Jjagueireao Uallery. janiail. For Sale or Kent The building lately occupied by A. M Sbults as a 3ukery and Grocery Store. En quire of II. C. J Arms. Petroleum Centre, Pa. jan 30-tf. OPERA HOUSE TWO NIGHTS ONIiV. FRIDAY As SATURDAY, March 8th and 9th. Tbe great ai d only New York Theatre Co., The most powerful and complete DRAMATIC ' ORGANIZATION Now 'oa the road. 2$ FIRST CLASS ARTISTS, Producing tba latest and moat pordlar NOVELTIES OF THE DAY. Blake, Ralton& Montford, Prop'rs. n, M. WIIITIIETt Agent. PRICES OF ADMISSION AS USUAL, rto Knrly and Meoure'yonr fSnaia. AI. H. COCHRAN.' PITTSBUMOn, PA., Dealer In Iron and Woo working UlANlFAflDBEBa' hUPPLIES. Use cons'antly nn handacomoleto stock ofXmiih'e bask and Door Machinery, Jud.on Guv.rnors, 'fapa and Dies, fc.ui.ry Wheels st.ilitne. facklng, 4c. woodwonh's rtalaer e ,r..-in. s.od i it (.'i.cnlurj and 1'itc- mr nil HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Agents Wanted FOR THE LIFE OF JAMES FISK it. Mnractnc also Mograpalcal bketches ana ft. oold, Tweed and others. Ohumu ..rCI? OnlaeJU n w?!'' tbe market, over GOO nana. bane for drcWe teraato IIVBH e meCOLLUltft Emei Zedlvicb ("LITTLE JOE. ) BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Baa beea eetaWlahed ia Patrolsam Ontra ft. ii pastUMse jeers, and aaa tbe naawef Jilaklng the Beet Fll Finest Be Is eaosUntlv reeetrmg erdsrs fraaa atkataN uooe si we mi luciees. Hseoaeuatlj keeps oa hand i ' Ready-made Boot 8,4 S hoc. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES AND GAITERS. OAIX AMBaXF Him. Jt KMKLXEDWICD. .X. wBTTHons, Tsoa. a um, cnia. v. run, c m. wem, jobs d. cnaaaT. wol Lane IMPORTER AND DEALERS let aHga JsenVotUoed M. i mm aoort nnnve bt. i narie noim,i vsiansisaian pv.sk. Ittrtte the altenttou nf bnveia to tkclr Snrles Rtrk. which, tn aclacilon and price, la aanrpoestd la i 'S'aierare Agents for Anerlcaa Pile Co- Dsnt't celebrated I'llee and HaesM. Ranker Belltnar ai4 Haeklsil, aaS Wlloea, HawkaworibJEIIIauta Coa Eugllsb Mbel. PlnaUurgn Krtel, Leeks, Hav els; Ac. bold at maoubctttrara prices. ov. IU4B PlANOrj.f 300. ORGANO, f 4t Nn mi ahonld be vithffift PIANO or OkGaV when, by saving 13 or f S'pcrWeek. yos eanbti sneh lastramanta aa Uecker at Barnes' aarlvsliel Ptaaoa, Hallei, Pavia crs ana uradiora un Pianos, and toe nneqoalled Taj lor Farley t lesioe Organs. Old luetrdaieDU taken In part fl mens for sew ones. Montbly payment ukeo - Bpeeiel raise to Preochen, laarcni a. . tkhooil id Teachers. Mend hr elrcular or call oa H. 11 AX ILTON CO , 61 Fifth Ave., rltubur.h, Pt leuxa-im. A.Lessett, (MaecoMor toA.T. taggett,; Mannfaetarar au' Dealer la HARNESS, Seed Bags, Valve Cups, &o Experienced workmen; are arnplrared, and ni nes of all kinds Kept c-ins'-aoiiy on'oand oad msor io nraer. KINK NEW HARNESS. DOUBLE .AND SINGLE, n hand at raketaabto rates: SAStY AND JlOHHR BLfcNRaTS IN UH0I yfANTlTlKs Tbera ta no superior VALVE CUP Made. then ths'one made A tny ahop , J'' wtllba sold at IU per b&dred or Moaais a Mln.ti, tfoloTr ttfe BlcCII-toek House. PotrolanmCent'rs, Pa.. Nov7,. h. BRIGGS & BROTHER'S ILLUSTRATED CaMoEie&fFioiuT ullwt' Seedte, ixn SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS FOB"" Now ready. Coosistlog oirver '"1-7-. on rose tinted paper, with wVlll design, in colors. Tbe richest catslcp" ever published. Send 25 cents for Wh not one ball tbe value ot toe coio.c- k In tbe first order, amounting to not iw than $1, tbe price of ' Catalogue. 2So , w be rerunded' in seeds. . New cu.lon.fti placed on tbe s4mo fooling ia ' , to old customers' duality ot packeta, pricek and premintoa off'', tt to tba advhnt.ge of all to V2. ot in. See Catalogues for extraordlaary lodiieenientg .ioee out v... iu mioi It if von do not see w Catalrfguo neforo ordering 8rtds Klther Ol our, two yureuj-- - -- 19x24lonaa flower plate o Balho" r ever laaued In tble Country. A aP" J lor nrhemeot; mailed. po f, ojfj of 7otf.j also free, on coodllloai cnewe Catalogue. Addfesa neft CMu.ll.Fial 184B. 1 , Opera House IionU J. VoMClieT, Under the Opera PJ-JjSliril FRK8U WO' BraeetveddaUyauB al drangM I.CNOH at all Kraads f WlrfEB, ALKK. c, and i the ntto OABHoooauntly op .b"", .Jri-T me,f?atl pnbllc are resttr.liy tu,"oA J. VfCiflS'1 & a-, I V
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