EauaEBT&STABB
3n?e5orsto McFarland, Smith & Co.,
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALEUS IN
tsi'utV l;iin.ls.iijjg Woods,
(..Oil. SPRING & FRANKLIN STS.,
TITl'SV.t.L.E, PA.
Iliv.r -, In one .of the finest assor.mcntB oj !
CL01US& CASSIMERES
FNGLI3H,
FRENCHeAND
AMERICAN
COAT IIST G-S,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
; FANCY VESTING5.
liver offered In the OH Regloa.
TWKNTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Sz CAPS,
Ali She Latest aud Nobbiest Styles.
A FULL LINK OF
Gents' Furnishing
Goods, &c.
etioleum Centre Daily Record.
l'el. 4 en ire Pa, HuiurJav MarcU Id
Itlvliie service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
fervices every Salibatb at 11 A. M. and
i.4 P. M. Subbatn School at 12 P.M.
, eata tree. A oordiar invitation extend
ed to ul!e
Kkv. P. W. Scoiheld, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CnURCH.
Preaching at li o'clock A. M., and 7W,
o'clock P. M.
D. FATTON, Pastor.
XTctroIentn Cuiitie lod, No.
TlS, I. O. of U. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday, at 7
o'clock. Stgoe.l.
J. E. t'OYLES, N. G.
W. A. Kei.i.ki:, A. Sec y.
tWPlc "1 Hfetinj;, iiain St., opposite
MoUliotock House.
A. . 0f 1. Y.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A O. of IT. W.,
meets everv M.m lay evening at 7 o'clock,
in Odd Fellow's Full, IViroleuui Centre,
Penn'a.
. A. Gi.cv, M. W.
S. II. Kooker. R.
Gold at I p. a;, litiLi
Thu Ninth tiUlrici.
Pursuant to tl.e iqulremeiiis uf Section
Fecondof the- Producers- Union, tbe pro
ducers ot Ibe 9th district met at tbe Rynd
Farm yesterday, and proceeded lo busiuess
by calling Mr. J. C. Powers to the chair,
aud electing Mr. Charles Dow, Sicretay.
Mr. Painter offered trie following resolu
tion, which Wis unanimously adopted:
Kesolved That the district bo divided
into five siih-disiricis, uud tbat each sub.
district elect its own coiiirniueemau, none
but produoers being allowed to vote.
Tbe district was thsu subdivided as fol
lows: '
Ko. 1, Blond and Tarr farm. '
No. 2, Rynd farm, Weikle and Hays
runs.
No. 3, Brown, McAlwee, Metropolitan,
Lake and Sutley faYms, acd all lolervc uin,
and minor adjacent tracis.
4tb, Black, Dempsey, M.llury and
Harper.
6th, all rrduoinj territory above the
Dempsey line, and not included.
Tbe following committeemen were elect
ed:
First District H. Byrom.
Second Mr. Walmer.
Third Capt. A. G Oliver.
Fuurm Mr. Barret
Filth William Saunders
Tbe meeting then adjourned.
TUiuvllLo.
Tub municipal elecilou which came off
yesterday, resulted lu Ibe choice of Dr.
W. B. Rourta as Mayor by a majority of
17l. Dr. Roberts is an active, enterpris
ing inau, aud was Ibe choice ol those who
lavor publio Improvements, and are for
railroad to Buffalo. We congratulate him
ou his triumphant election, and think tbat
YllvsvlUe bas done right io electing him.
Natb .niel Ferguson, of Detroit, a colored
sailor, bu It a Bra with kerosene oil, lo coo-iM-qu.-use
of which be -'slipped his cable
aud wut aloft " Next!
The nlbces ol the General Manager of tbe
O. 0. Jfc jk. IX. U. Lave be. n leuu.ved from
CsYry to : 1 Ui'.y. The fli'-i-s of Suporin-
JwDAY!
SHUTTING DOWN ON SU
Kane Citt. March IB, 1ST 2.
We understand from very good authority,
that Mr. Murs'.on, of the firm ot Mars ton ,fc
Sbreve, proprietors of the Dig Tank Farm,
near Katie City, was very anxious to get
signers to tbs pledge agreoiug to Blint down
wells oi Sunday. Now we don't consider
it tiny cf our business who flints down on
Sunday, tint would like to ask Mr. M. why
be is ao anxious to get other people to abut
down and at tbe same time run all the wells
under bis control on the Dig Tank Farm on
tbe Sabbath. "Oh! consistency thou art"
where?
Onb who Bklikves in- a Mas Practic
ing What he Preacuks.
Bitnuuj is soon to atart out a uew Show,
a combination of Museum, Menagerie, Cara
van, Hippodrome, Polytechnic Institute
and International Zoological Garden.
Among other things be bas a Sea Lion, and
three Fiilan cannibals. He promises to
bring bis great ahuw lo Petroleum Centre
this Spring or sarly In tbe Summer. lie
has invested one million 1 this eulerpnse,
The Oilman' Juurnur says a gang Of
thieves la operating lu tbe Parker District,
and hopes tbey will lie ..arrested. It lays
further:
Thete suspicions ebaracters travel at times
as representatives of different branches -of
business hoping t hero by to gain an en
Iraoca to business boures and private fam-
ilies, when tbey .can view tbesurrouudings
and obtain a knowledge of tbe contents.
Some persons representing themselves as
ageuts tor foreign printing establishments
may belong to tbis"Elass. It might be well
for our citizens to scrutinize such characters
close ly.
Tbe Southern Improvement Company
have beyond all doubt perfected tbeir plans,
and are already commencing to work. We
i can only say at present, that this monopoly
nave so arranged, tbat tby have a check
upon every banel of oil chipped, and that
ou every barrel tbey, by virtue ot tbeir con
tracts with tbe railroads, are receiving a
drawback per centuge. Also, that tbe
Southern Improvement Company, and not
tbe railroads, have established tbe present
rate of freights. Tbe above we bava good
reason to btlieve, and hope to furnish full
particulars at au eatly date. Oil City
Roister.
Let our oil producers be on the watch for
ibe li.st muvemeut in tbe game. We can
aud will succeed la checkmating tbe moo.
opuly. Do not cease iu the good Work or
all will be lost.
RiiiiovEii. Mr. C. Williams has moved
from bis resideucrf en Rynd farm, to the
John Brown furoi where he intends lu run
a first class boarding house. Mr. W. is a
straight forward honorable geullemau, and
we heartily wish bim success. May be keep
tbe FAlMfiti well supplied with lam and
eggs left they become ferocious.
Personal. Lieut. W. C. Plummer.
editor of the Titusville Daily Courier, Was
town. The "old man" is looking full as
well as be did when acting as Buigeis of
Pithole, or later when acting as edilar of
tbe Record, in fact be is flourishing like
unto a green bay tree, aud tbe Titusville
election bas not disturbed tbe equanimity
of bis periphery of bis concave elliptic bi
section. Come again, Warren, the latch
siring is always out.
Tbe Erie Diepalch sta es that work on
tbe Pennsylvania Petroleum Railroad has
commenced in tbat city.
Query Why dou't tbe Tidioute Daily
Journal come to Ibis office. Have you foi
gotten us, Major?
Scarlet Fever. Tbe scarlet fever a
disease taut parents dread mure than almost
any other tbat children can be afflicted with
is raging to a fearful extent In several
couutiesof tbe State, aud has again appear
ed in Ibis vicinity. An emiuent physician
claim to rob scarlet fever of many ot its
lorrois by prescribing for tbe patient warm
lemonade with a little mucilage, as often as
desired, nd the application of warmth to
tbe stomact:. lie directs that a cloth be
wrung out of tiot water and laid on tbe
siomacb, renewing it as often as it cools.
With this treatment, be guarantees tbat
not one out of a hundred cases will prove
tatul.
Swindlers tried to sediice a Western man
on a tallioad train Into betting tbat be
could not opeu a patent padJcck which they
carried about. He took tbe bat and opened
the lock with a sledge hammer.
A fellow iu Illinois bas been eugaged in
the lucrative busiuess of filling empty llos
tetter bitter bottles with an economical ad
mixture ol mean whiskey aud WabaD
water.
Tbe Western editors are all in love with
Mrs. Moiilton ber singing and express
tlicir ftdiLii iiioa id j-icne scl j onry j-y we
Tbe fd'lowlug Is the text of the Freo Pipe
hill before the amendment was affixed In ll:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &., That Ibe
provisions f an act re atiug to corporations
for mecliantcal, manufacturing, niioiag and
quarrying purposes, approved lh eight
eenth day of July, one thousand eight hun
dred aod sixty-three, aud the supplenionls
thereto be, and the same an- hereby extend
ed to the transportation and storage ot pet-.
rolnum in the counties of Venungo, War
ren, Forest, Armetiong, Clarion, Butler,
Crawford and Erie, and Unit any company
organized for such purposes under the pro
visions of said oot shall have the right to
transport, store, insure and ship petroleum
and tor that purpose to lay down, construct
and maintain pipes, tubing, tank, (flioes.
and such other machinery, devices or ai-
raugetneuts as may.be necessary, and to en
ter upon, use uud occupy such lands as may
be requisite for tho purpose of thecoinpuny,
and lor rights of entry upon rights of ..) .
and tbe use of materials necessary lo the
construction, maintenance und operation o
said lines of pipes and fixtures as alorusaid,
Uey shall be entitled lo ail the rights aud
privileges and be subj-ct to all the limita
tions und restrictions of railroad companies,
approved February nineteenlh, one thous
and eight hundred and forty- nine, and the
supplements thereto; provided, however'
that nothing heroin continued shall be con
sttucted to authorize tbe toustiuction of
any railroad.
Sec. 2 Tbat any company organized un
der tbe provisions ol this act may at any
time change tbe location ot tbe whole or
any part of tbeir pipes, or construct
branch or branches from any point or points
on the main Hoe to any poiut or place
within tbe counties (.foresaid, but belore
doing so a majority of the directors ot said
company shall make or cause to be made a
certilicato in writing setting forth lb
proposed change, particularly settiug forth
tte routes and termini, - have tbe - same ac
knowledged before a notary public and re
corded lu the same manner as sball be prc-
vided in Ibe original articles of tbe associa
tion.
Capt. C. W. Oweton, of tbe firm ol O-ws
ton & Sowers, oil brotter of this city, -was
offered tbe posit ion of buyer for tbe South
ern Improvement Company, at a salary of
$5,00 for the liist three months, commenc
log April 1st. Mr. Ovvston euipbatbiolly
declined tbe tempiiug oiler. All honor to
Mr. Owsion, aud may every dealer provo bs
slauicu and true to our ioteictts. Oil City
Register.
The dam of the l.uious ticitiu;? liorse
Goldsmith Maid is doing duly in a miU
waaon, near Port Jervis, Kew York, while
be; daughter is q-Men of Ihu till 1 IU Anion
0.,
It will be seen by dispatches published
elsewhere thut tbe New York ri-Oners bave
declined to act wilb the Soutb Improvement
Company und that Buffalo has determined
in favor of tbe proposed road to tbe cil
recions.
Powerful as tbe South Improvement Com
pany is, it bas now to ontend wilb an or
ganizttiou tbat (leaving railroad companies
aside) has more capital, as much ability
and as determined a will as it cab possibly
bave.
There is no child's play io this coatest.
Pittsburgh Chronicle, 11th.
An eccentric Parui.u capitalist, recently
deceased by throwing himself out of
fourth story window, has left bis enti
property to the first poison who shall at
tempt ae if-d-struction unsuccessfully. -
A new style opera cloak is ot white cloth
completely covered with embroidery iu gold
r silver britid, or both combined. Tbe el
ect by gaslight Is dnzzliug; aud it might Le
added tbat when toe bill is brought in
papa tbe effect is sluuoln:.-.
U. G. writes to a Berks county man thus
1 "hear tbat in yoar vicinity you raise a
small fruit called pretzels: which are said
to be good when cooked. PleaBe sear me
few seed; and I will set them out iu Ibe
spring."
The robins, blue-biids, meadow-lurks and
other feathered visitors from the Soutb, who
were merry la tbeir songs of greeting, on lb
28th, evidently bad overlooked tbe fact tba
this Is leap year, and February able to put
is ooe more day, about tbe worst day, to, of
tbe season.
A Boston girl is so acaeut-mindel tbat
she kisses any of ber male acquaintances
sbe may happen to meet, unda tbe im
pressioo that the aforesaid are tbe dearest
female intimates. Tbe practice is rendered
all the more unaccotiutable lioui the fact
tbat tbe mistake seldom or never occurs ex
cept when tbe recipient iof the affectionate
salutation is young and good looking.
I here are now a hundred and thirty par
sons serving out sentences of imprisonment
ia SloeiiACtusttu fr P.'iarseM:..
Tomly Don's Sto.iv. Iu crossing the
luli.s lu lfi2, Tummy Dod was gobbled up
by the Gorhoot Indians, aod iome months
remained a oapllvo among them. He says
amoni other plunder obtained by the In
diana when they took bis train, was a band
orgau which au niivenrmoiii Italian was
hrim-iiii out to Caliiornia. J iiey eu
bacou around the old ltaltino and fried him
in It, but the organ ihey carried away with
hem, as the sounds it gave out wnen me
ir.uk was turned delighted tbeir mutdering
icaris. For It is tine, us Conguvo says in
the opening lines to h.B tragedy or me
Moruiug Brick;" that
ilusio hath cbuims to sootn tue savoge
lrast,
To softeu rocks, or bend tbe knottrn Ouk.
The organ was a big thing otiioug the
Indians utter tbey bad reached tbeir vliluge
The chiol had a man lo sit iu Iront ol hi,
but uud grlud It every night, it was set to
nluv '-Yankee Doodle,"' and "Yankee
Doodle," it played eveiy night, week lu and
week out, without "variation.'' One Digbt
in looliug with Ibe (."maabine" tLe Indian
grinder shifted the slop, and when be rt
euuied the crank, out came "Pop Goes the
Weasel." Tbe old chief listened a moment,
nd supposing tbe machine was spoiled,
seized bis tomahawk, leaped from tbe door
of bis hut, aud witbaticrcu yell, bralued
the discoverer ol the new luue upon tbe
spot. Virginia Enterprise.
It will interest those who bave pug noses,
"growing puggi r aud pugger every day,1'
to learn that a machine has been invented
which will gtvo tnem the uuest Roman
loim.
It's unkind in peopio who live in the Sun
ny South to be seudiug to their Noriberu
friends orange bliS.-ouis in lelteis. It's nut
only iiuktud but exasperating to those who
receive them.
Wbile some idealities boast of spring bar
binders, sucti ps robins, blue-birds, aud
grusi hoppers, Qoiucy brags ot a cowslip
last week. Tho cow slipped of tbe bai
into the water.
Itaoy one bas been lu doubt as to wheth
er cider would intoxicate, he can now lay
susb doubt aside, as tbe Legislature tf
Maine has decided tbe question by an
amendment lo the rohibitory law, which
includes all cider and wine among mtox. ea
ting drinks.
liOs-.iil .t l:ta.
iU. l'ltttllill .V Co. .'C7
I'arlc Kow, w York, aid t'.eo. V. Lowell A Oo
AdverlUiiK A'xei.ts, me the .uta aenlii lur the. 10,
Uolcuui Centre IU1I.Y llKCuau to (b it city. Ad
vei tlseis in that ciljaie i;iei-teU to leave Uuir
avors wi. b eillier of tie above house.
Pictures colore' in India
Ilempste.i t Cu's Gallery.
Ink and oil,
jau. 15.
at
Ji?" Tl,e liuest Slock of lashionalle H its
tbe laten styles ever brought to towu
just received at AId-'.
tW The Duke Alexis. Crown Trlnce of
Rueoia ordered one ot tte Nobby Hats at
ALDEN'd.
Cb ildren's Likenesses taken between
the Hours of Hi a m and 2 p a, ai lleuipsled
& Co's Dagoeireau Gallery, jau!3lt.
I'tiv or Eeiii-
Tl-e building lulely occupied by A. M.
Sliolm as a Bakery and Grociry Store. Eu
qulre of
H. C. JARVI3.
Petroleum Centre, Pa. ju 3U-U'.
tf" Cat I und examine those fashionable
Hutu and C'ips just received at
leb. 2-tt A. ALDEN'S.
LIVK AND LET LIVE!
Just received at Mease St Armstrong's
Flour and SWrt S!ore, 1.S0S bushels extra
WHITE OATS, which will be sold at low
est cash prices! o29-tf.
Just from New York.
A SPLENDID STOCK OF
SPRING OVERCOATS.
To the Citizens of Petroleum
Centre and vicinity.
I have just received tbe largest stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER
Now in the Oil Country, and ean and will
soil cheaper than any other man io town.
to :MT5r raiEisriDS
I ask you to call and see before purchas
ing el Few he re, as it is for your beuetit I am
doing this. Don't be led astray, but stop and
examine my slock before going to any oiber
pluce. I have tbe
LARGEST STOCK OF HATS
Ever before offered in tbe Oil Country.
Also, tbe finest slock of
Cunts' Furnishing Goods
l the country.
e. SOB Eli.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT'S
Vaiiiif.icttireiBand Dealtrna ''
LOOKING GLASSES
Fine llnutel m.d Tier Ioo';lneOhum
1-r.une n Ficciillv. 1,tlli
rcn'"1-!:ftrCOl'1'',,Sl,nfB".'..
141
IU tire ti
M.
IS. C'K'IIISAT
lTTMlUKOII, pA..
11TTM1UKOII, PA.,
Dealer In Iron anrt Wood Mi
. :ui liiiicr, anrt otut
nuixmn i'itr,it m ipi.if,
ITis roii.'aiit'y on l ainl a com' leto tv,2 .
M....,l Uoor Machinery. J,,,,,, (iovn "i'-h''
Slid Me.. I-Hl'TV V lieeln. UHii,,,, ,"5"- '!
woiulwonli'a laliii-ra a li
lur C'reulsrs and 1'rices.
a siwciuiij.
iMrit
Verandah Saloon,
WAIT A; ITCH, Proprietors.
WASHINGTON ST.. PET. CE.nTUE.
rnrtlculnr nttenilnn pnld rotho wsntsnf ihelrn-.
toiners, and will keep Hie lint-sl sinck of
I'UUSII l.AGIllt A.M ALE
('OUR CJIiAR!i. f. 1
Prori In and sen us In onr ne quartc.,. ,
PETHULM EXCHAffiE El
WASHINGTON ST.
PETROLEUM CBNTEE,
PENN'A.
W. I. IIOIMTJK, Proprietor,
Keel constaally en hai.d li s chokiit hnt.it t
Wines, Liquors & lijjars,
of ol liuuj.
Waim Mels ut all Hoiin.
W1I.U (JAM 12 IN ITS SEASON.
OYSTEP.S
Bi-eelved dniljr rind senreil up In an; slyle trn!
f ff If you wimr lo gi-i n .ou llmle ntenl f n
of I iger lo a.-.h it down, and a ii.ee Uysr mount
a call.
W. B. Dl'IWt
fptroleuni Centre, Jlsrch 15. lxi u
Agents Wanted
FOR
THE LIFE CF JAMES FISK,
.lr. Kinhrnt'li n pWo Hip-nj-hlcal Mci'tchp ari Por
trni'? of Ml Mimllfl'L Sitiiv. drew, VaiiilrS Y
lii'iild, Tueni and oihcr. Ont-t.il nt: Uoi?
1 ne nit.nat, oer 500 j-aa. tci.d lur eirculariaid
tunitt io
lOiIJ5t A- I-CtI-M'M,
1 ut'll-li r. TllLsViLLt,Pl.
I .b. lni.
Em el Zedwicb
(LITTLEtJOE. )
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Uud iMun p-tHhISln.l 'in Vnlt'im Oi tnft-rlU
pacttlirtu iciirs ai;ii ill' liamocf
SaKiBs-thtf tti t C 1 siihI Flnet
lioot in Hi
lie U Coi.alai:tlv rprntvlnj inVn f-MO utberrto
tittllft uflllli'. 11 KtlOL.
lie cunt-tan;,') Wo- ps o;i lu'.nd
IU'it(!)-iiiu!e Etots & Slisfs
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
SHOES AND GAITERi
C A JL1. A X M Mi V U I M .
ifitr KVKLK.rnvicii.
U. WillTUOlIt, TIIOS. 11 eiU I KIAUi
c. li. wvirr, wax u cutioiT. .
mm woiir, Ls!i5 4 ft.
l.MI'OitTElt AND UEAI.EKS I A
TTnTH wn,
.,. oTi&i A..vTlt VV.r50 W .odSI.
f llirec iloon ..li- ve .t. Clmrl.- Mi'tfl,!
I'll ivisi t5I PKSJI. Klv
Invito the aileiitioi. of Line s to lliur Sjirlrc N1
which, In seluctlou nud pace, Is uusiiriiassta 10
coimtrv.
iheysrs Ajrelilafor Amerlenn Wf ''":
iiai yVcelelnnii-d s-'lleod P .?,,
3un kKivorlli.ll. Illxoo :'
Meet, fiiobiirun Meel, I.lii
t-la, Ac. told ai muiuriaciim-r .r'ces.
II-' YOU WAST A
GOU PAIR (fl BMS'
VIM. PAIK l? KTS'
STI LISH PAIR OF BOOT
i
GOTO J. A. PIiATB'
Washlntugion tt, Tctrolciim Centre
BOOTS BENT C. O. D. to any r''c J'.
Regions w -
IhcOll
MACHINISTS
GENERAL
r,,l Dnalsrsln all kinds of
Necossary Irr potting down
Wells. In connection with onr MA""
e havBaiargu'and convculeu
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
0-..fscllltlesfor MANrFACTORJN "
exeeilod by any Shop to tho Oil K t i.
New stock of.Winter WMAhVtf S
t
I
(1
.i4 notour itlu taiU alLur.-y i
liiiifjl.