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SHUGERT & STAKEff
8gonaon 10 HerrUod, Bmtlh Co ,
Merchant Tailors!
AKD.nEALsns nr
Gents' FuriiMiing (vmhIs,
COR.SPRING & FRANKLIN 8T5.,
'T1TISV.1.LE, PA.
Dave put la onejof th flnMt atsor.manta o; 1
UL01I1S& CASSIMEMES
ENGLISH,
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY VESTINGS.
Uni-oHei in the Oil Region.
TtVRNTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Sc CAPS,
At tbe Latest and Nobbiest Btjles.
A FULL UNI OF
Gents' loroishing Goods, &c.
etroleum Centre Daily Record.
I Pec Ceutre Pa 'tboreday April 13
IMviua ervtce.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
a P. M Sabbath School at Wtf P.M.
eats) ire. A cordial Invitation extend'
ed to all. ,
Kit. P. W. Scofield, Pastor.
fresbytkrIan CHURCH.
Preaching ot 11 o'clock A. 11.. und 7(,
ociocg r. at.
P. PATTON, Pitator.
Pdirotenm Centre Lodge, Ao.
Tl, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meetln; nlgbts Friday, at 7
o olook. Signed.
ALBERT GLENN, N. J.
E. O'Fi.aup.btv. Sec'y.
CSPPUce nl'meeting, Main St., opposite
A. IK. Of I'. W.
Liberty Lodge N. 7, A O. of IT. VT
meets every Monday evening at 7 o'clock,
id via teiiows Hull, fetroleutu (Jmit
im Cxiitre. ll
f M. W.
J'eao'a.
A. Gi.kn
S. II. Koousr, R.
Gold at 1 p. m. II I.
A CHECK ON h. I. C. CO.TfPAMXS.
Some davs sgi we alluded to the fact that
IIou. G. W. Seofleld had Introduced a bill
to prohibit railroad companies from discrlm
lotting amongbippers io shipping facilities
and freightage. At the liuw of it Intro
ductino, (be excitement relative to the
Southern Improvement Company irai ran.
Ding high and tba bill was doubtless aimed
directly at tbla organization. By the
xprompt l-peal of the charter of tbe com
'pany, tbe Stale Legislature forestalled tbe
object of tbe measure, to far a it related io
that organization; but Judge Ecbafleld't bill
supplies a want long felt by abippera Io
general, wbo bare suffdred'from ibe extor
tions of transportation companies, and iti
Wioctmant la exceedingly desirable. We
append, III full, IheblbV which has been
le read and referred to the Committee
n Commerce:
B it enacted, etc, thai in al cases where
good, wares, and merchandise are trans
ferred from one Stat to another, II bal
not be lawful for any railroad, canal, trans
portation, or slack water Improvement com
pany. or their several lessees, to make aoy
discrimination, directly or Indirectly, be
tween shippers, neither in freightage, char
ges, drawbacks, nor sliowancH. nor iu
shipping facilities of asy bitd whatever.
Any such company offending egaiost tbla
provision shall bt liable to pay tt tbe par
ty aggrieved double tba amotibt of o.iinages
thereby sustained.
Skctiox 2. That the president, vie-,
( resident, aoy director, superintendent,
aeent, or othar officer of any aucb company,
who Kbttli willfully Violate the provision o(
the lorngniog amotion, shall be guilty of a
Misdemeanor, and upon eonvlction thereof
lalt, at tie discretion of the court, he irn
pria med uot exceeding one year, uml pay a
flu nut exceeding live tbousaod dollars.
The Purest city Circus will appear In Ibis
rrt'ioeamn. Their performance la blgbly
spoken of by our exchange. .
Caroline Kuiuing Meruard appears at O'l
tbla evening, fijieolal iralnjvlil run
uu tire t'.rv'k all'.f the peilormance.
Amoog tba derrick) blown down during
tbe heavy wind alarm ol Saturday lant, waa
tbat over the old Fox well, In Wild Cat
Hollow, Central Petroleum Co'a Farm. Thi
well waa drilled by band In tbe year 1861,
Sjiring poles being used In lieu of steam
power which waa unknown In the history of
oiloVm at that early dale. Tho well we
put down in this primitive lasbion hv Mr,
Kdaid Fi'X, of Titusville, who was Suuer-
mtetirient of tlm C. P. Company at tha,
lime, and waa the first one drilled in Petro
leum Centre. Tbe welt did not ahow un
very good at first, but alterwarJs, by tbeus
ol improved machinery Wat sunk deeper,
and proved a good investment, pumping olj
in goodly quantities lor a number of years
The destruction ot tola old-time relio of 'be
yaat, naturally awakens reroiuUcences of tbe
days gone bv. At tbat tint-, tbe land on
wbiob Petroleum Centra now stands w
almost a howling wilderness, and tbe clear.
ed portloo of It was Doled fur nothing in
particular exc-pt the raising of an exceed
ingly pour quality of buckwheat, corn and
wheat, the sustenance derived I rout wbicb
being barely sufficient to keep life io the
few families residing in tbe vicinity. At
that early date the only buildings iu tbe
place was what is now known as a portion
ot tbe McCliotocK House, occupied by Ibe
McCllotock family as a komeatead; an old
building standing nearly vn tbe spot now
occupied by Freeman's bsrdware store and
tbe Cberrytree pipe ilne office, and a shanty
on tbe bank of tbe Creek near tbe Egbert
f arm brl ge. Tbese buildings composed
tbe town, and witb tba exception ot some
unfortunate stranger occasionally losiog bis
way and stopping atMcCliotock's to rest his
weary bones, partake ol tbeir hospitality,
and go on bis way njoicing, and tbe rafting
season in tbe spring of the year, it resem
bled Sunday all tbe ;r r round.
Tbat old derrick bad witnessed tbe rise
and downfall of many oil excitements. Tbe
Fuukville, Beonebuff Run, Steveoeoo, Ben-
ninghoff Hill, Great Western Run, Pioneer,
Bull Ruu, Foster Hill, Woods Farm, Hyde
It Egbert and McCray Hill oil futores bare
come up and gone down In Its day, and yet
tbe old derrick stood faithful monitor over
all. keeping its bead erect In Ibe air,
withstanding alike the storms of winter and
winds of summer, op to Saturday last, when
it finally succumbed to tbe pressure and fell
but yet lived long enough to ate the down
fall of tba So. Imp Co.
If the oid derrick could speak, what a ro
mance it would weave. Of hopes and fiars
and bitter struggles against tbe fickle god
dess Fortune; of money lost In striving to
grasp tbe oily god, and goodness, what a
teeord of ''dry boles," and liberal sprink
ling of "cues words" in consequence ttoreif.
Jflt
To be continued tba next rainy day,
We daily besr complaints about tbe
wielcbeil condition of tbe sidewalks la var
ious parts ot tbe village, and have severs'
mes been rrquested to blow" somebody
concerning tbe walk on Wild Cat street.
We refrain, however, but think it would
bs a good idea for Ibose concerned to pay a
little attention to sidewwlks as soon as pos
sible.
Our friend, Jobn Lammers, proprietor 0
tbe Titusville One Prise Clolblog Store, Is
Iu town to-dsy. His advertisement will
appear to-morrow. Look out for it.
Accm.tNT. About 4 o'clock yesterday
elternoon, a portion of tbe embankment, a,
tbe foot ot JlcCray Hill, where a gang of
men are at work grading for tbe Warren &
Venango Railroad, caved io, on Its down
ward course striking and partially burying
Andy Shay, one of tbe laborers. Sbca was
immediately reeoued from bis.perilous posi
tion by tbe other laborer, and upon exam,
ioatioo it was found that one of bis ankles
waa quite badly sprained and one shoulder
considerably bruised. ' ile will be out again
io a lew days.
Specie payment will be resumed at Kcbou
blom'a upper grocery store, litis afternoon
At considerable expense and trouble Mr
Schonblom bas Becuied a considerable sum
of gold and silver, '-wbicb tbe me" be
proposes to give out as change this day.
Those who desire to secure lelius ol' other
days, should be on baad and make their
puichasea of groceries at bis store.
All lat week tbe oil rigs . on "Stump
Creek" Island seemed' to be ready to sail
down tbe Allegheny, as tbe water entirely
covered tho Island and rose part way up tbe
sides of the engine bouses. It waa a sin
gular sight from tbe railroad, tba ceaslere
motion of Ibe walklng-beami, wben, to all
appearances, tbo propelling power, was
submerged in water.
PorleiQold and Treat tubed a seventy
barret well oeur St. Petersburg, about one
week ago. Several strikes of smaller cal
ibre b a va been made in tbat vioinity re
cently. Brio Dispatch.
A New York waddiug eke weighed forty
pound. It was io tha form of a tbrsa
st.ry bvi, witb a aii;ar brtds and groom
s imln; or at tb fwr.l Anar.
gtslatlou In Melnilon to Venango
county
Tbo following acls were pssaed by Ibe
Legislature just adjourned:
' An act to Incorporate the Franklin Sav
Inge Bank.
A supplement Io the Charter nf Oil City.
Acta relative to sewers, streets and gas
and waler In Oil City.
An act In relative to the manner of colleo
lug t tie poor tJiio Venango county. This
aut Bills the couutv Dour tax on the same
footing as other eounty taxes.
A bill prohibiting the taking offish, witb
seines, ' spars or flsb baskets la huv - tivnr,
creek, run or stream Is Venango county,
uuder penalty of five dollars for first oli'ence.
twenty dollars lor second, one-half to go to
tbe informer, and the other half to the
hool fund of tbe township In which tbe
offence is committed.
A bill extending tbe limits of Utlca bor
ough.
Bills to incorporate Safe Deposit Company
and Safe Deposit Insurance and Trust Com
puny, both of Oil City. There are no
banking privileges granted to tbea acts.
An act to establish a ferry across tbe Al
legheny river, at East Sindy.
An act fixing tbe price of board for pris
oners in the county jail at 40 cents each per
day.
An act allowing school directors of Pleat-
antvilie to borrow money.
An act to provide for the redemption of
certain bond issued by tbe County Com
missioners.
An set reviving charter for a ferry over
tha Allegheny river at Horse creek.
An act providing for tbe appointment ol
Patbmaalers la Rockland township by the
Road Commlsiionet s.
Supplement to tbe act incorporating tbe
city ofFraukiin. This supplement cnang
es tbe title of Justice uf tbe Peace Io Alder
man, and allows the Mayor lo bold a court
of bis own. Tbe original charter allowed
tbe Mayor to bold court only in conjunction
with a Jt ce.
A further supplement to the act creating
tbe Vuoango Water Company. This sup
plement allows tba Water Company to in
crease Its capital slock in order to proceed
with Its improvements.
An act repealing an act ot April, 1870,
reut og Io cb ,i s of avenue in Lancaate ,
Veuaogo and Berks couuliee.
An act Incorporating tbe Franklin Min
ing Company.
An act authorizing Hopper and others to
convey lands ot tbe Passaic Oil Company
free from liability to escheat.
Leap Vkar A bashful youth was pay
Ing bia addresses to a gay lass ol too c uo-
y, wbo bad long despaired of bringing
things to a cris a. He came one clay wben
Bhe was alone. Alter settling lbs merits ol
tbe weather, tbe girl said, loukiug shyly
into bit f.ce:
'I dreamed nf yon last night."
"Did yout Wny now"
"Yes, I dreamed tbat you kissed me."
'Why now what did you dream your
motber said?"
"O, I dreamed that she wasn't at borne."
A light dawned upon the youth' intellect,
a singular sound broke tbe stillness, and Iu
less than lour months tbey were married.
Some California juuruuis are auvocating
tbe propriety ol making tbe office of State
School Superintendent eligible to woman.
Manate, the rich Australian is dead; be
once aenl to L jndon an order tor a too of
books to fit up a library at his colouial
home.
A trial of strength was bad at Port Row
an, on Wednesday, to decide a bet, lb. t
tweuly uhu, or even ten, could bold Ibe
steam tug Watchman twenty -four borre
power and tbat twenty-five men could
stop ber when She had a full headway, the
men to bave 100 feet or coil to get under
way.' The trial ol strength took place, and
the men won.
A suit for breach of contract of a rather
novel character is now pending in one of the
Vermont courts. In effect, a gentle maid
en sues a man for promising Io buy ber and
then relusing to lulBII bis eontraot. It
seems tbat tbe lady bad a farm wbicb tbe
mau wanted to purchase. She offered tbe
ptopetly and herself for $20,000. aod refus
ed to cell separately. He accepted tbe
terms, paid Ibe money, obtained tbe title
deeds ol the lands, and was so we. I satisfied
witb bia bargain tbat be insisted no ber
keeping the rest of tbe purebaae herself.
She did not appreciate bis magnanimity,
and insisted on bio marrying her. He de
dined, and now she bas sued bltn for a
bieach of contract.
In a recent bull-tight at Bilboa, Spain, a
velocipede was substituted fur a horse by
on of Iba picadors, witb ibe most triumph
ant results. Not once, we are gleelully
told, was this enterprising performer forced
to dismount, sod both steed and rider oume
nut of ibe cmbit quite unteratebed.
NOTF8 OF TUB DAY.
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of
bis children a dr
Tilly Ward, colored, came off viator at a
Minnesota spelling contest.
An Indianapolis oredltnr served papers
upon tho widow oi bis debtor while las
funeral was ill progress. ,
hucklng eggs for tbe championship It the
way la which the rivalry ol manhood devel
ops itsell in Tennessee. Tbe beat score
thus far is thirty at a sitting.
' And now the State of Iowa, which voted
dowu negro miffing' in 1357, sends colored
man, Alexander Clark of Muscatine, as
delegate at large to tbe Philadelphia Con
vention. Tbe commission tor tbe Improvement of
Ibe working classes has reeoived to found a
popular theater at Moscow as a meana of
removing from tbe working classes tbe
temptation to speud their eveoings In drink
ing. Tbe Omaha spiritual'slsars disappointed.
It was announced by a departed spirit that
tbe world was to come to an end on tbe 31st
nil. Tbat was a prediction, tbey thought,
that would make a sensation, when fulfilled;
and so it would.
Brownsville, Texas, was recently swept
by a tornado, wbicb demolished many
buildings and Injured a number of persons.
One negro cabin turned teveral somersaults
through Ibe street, when 11 finally came Io
a stand still, and a duzn negroes crawled
out unhurt.
An exchange says a New Hampshire man
committed suicide last week, at the aga of
threescore and ten, for tbe reason that be
could not reform bis dissipated habile, and
fell sure tbat tbey would blast bis career in
life should Ibey become rooted by many
more years' ind'ilaene.
A maiden lady, who bad once been jilted,
wrote her own epitapb, as follows;
"Here lies the body of one
Wbo died of constancy alone.
Strangrl Advance with Steps coura
geous, For this disease is nnt contagious!"
Collins' history of Keuluclry, at a cost of
fnur dollars per copy, mutt be placed In all
tbe public schools of Kentucky, by order of
tbe Legislature. ''And now, by-all means,''
aays a Louisville paper, "let Ibe Legislature,
at it next session; order the L'ltrtirille
directory into lb pultiid schools. Ode is
about sa necess.iry a the other."
The tfiw harbingers of spring bave arriv
ed at Niagara Fall. They are a peculiarity
of that (lace, and are recognized by- white
veils, brr.n new clothes, squeaky bm.re, dell.
caie nustacbes, and plenty of money and
Allen lion la called to tba new advertise
ment of Sobel A Auerhalin. ' Read It.
The Democratic Ci'imiy Committee meet
at Franklin, tn-morraw.
George Loornis, D. D , of Mead-ill, F.
M. Eaton, D. D., of Franklin, and Judge
Trunkey, of Mercer, bave oeen appointed
tbe examining board, by Congressman Grif
fith, to meet at Franklin, May 6lb, aod ex
amine applicants for appointment le West
Point aod Annapolis.
There ere over sixty thousand miles ot
railroad in this country, aod ef this aggre
gate nearly one tenth was built during la,t
year.
Another orgau of woman's rights has been
eat .bliahed In Chicago, uuder tbe title of
tbe Balance; perhaps to indicate that
where them's a will there's a weigh.
While standing in the rotunda of one o
the Memphis hotels between showers, tbe
other day, a reporter ef one of tbe local
papers was Introduced to twenty-three Col
onels, four Generals, two Majors, and one
civilian.
Another foolhardy voyage across tbe At
lantic is contemplated. A boat twelve leet
long, rigged as a schooner, Is io sail for
Europe, carrying a crew of one man. Hu
mane persons will be glad to know tbat tbe
dog will be left at borne this lime.
It is said tbat womanly despair for l he
loss of a lover endures three moctbs In tbe
winter and twu tu tbe summer. The second
month a lady become Interested In tbe i ew
stylo of hair-dressing; tbe tbird, sbe burn
ber love latter. Twelve months after the.
bears of ber former lover's marriage, and
wondera ''how she could bave loved a man
witb a red- moustache."
Io India a fan of ri'peee is wealth; here, a
lick of dollora Is poverty.
Tbe New York Triouoe admits a great
Incressn 0f pauperism in tbat city.
Land bat riseo twenty lo twenty-five per
cent, io value In Chicago, ainos tbe fire.
Ambitious nobodies io New Yolk re con
sulting Hie rUrall's Co'lege Iu tbat city.
Jjal Notices.
8. M. Pettcnvlli XTT
Huk.t'n. V ....... . VO,
Adv.rtl.liii Agent, are th. .,. ' . Hw" 4
troleum Oeo.r. Ban. H. .T1 01
fv.itls.rs In that c,lrt J .
a Vora with elih.mr ""'
maun
hb balk:
On An demon a.... . -..
Be.,rer,uth.klicb.;:M
Girl W tinted..
A. J. HawLtr, Wll'Ci!
mirKli .l. ' '""UIJi
Ir
Yon
Want
To increase
Your buiitie-s,
Advertise In the
PxTROLKl'll CENTRB RtCOtlD
LIVK AND LET LIVE!
Just received at Mea & Armi,
Fl-urand I-.-ed Siore. 1.800 bunh-li .,
WHITE DATS, winch -in k.
est casb prices! o29-tf
t3FA lot of old papers tor silt tt J
Ofl'ifH. (j 1
ANNOlNlK.TIfcNTS.
COCSTY COMMISSIONER.
T"T. Rero-iD: I'lr.iM, announce II. R HITl
... . ...,M,,.,r. ...... B citnniunif fot(,j
ty fiMiiu.ts iuer, mhjt lo the iio 0f ,kl J
uubbcau uaily at the primary ilti-iioii.
MAM VOTIIts.
Pitr.Tn'NOTAnr.
J. ,1. IIAIOHT, of Plea-antvilie. pii,,t, y
of O miiany "It," tilth IVnn n Vhi. Vol Bf...
wilt be ii citnilluat. for the orilce f,f Hro-h,(Ui .
ui vt-ii-upu oimi'. -nnjrt-i io Hie a-ipfiflf
rr . tsaamr na - .. ..... .
r. w. i,h oi Frciimiin, m . tit'A
inr ,,, ouic" ,11 I ruinoiimory oi lwpiCm
atihject lo li e d-cisiou of tho Ki-puliiliuaapuh
p,:uoiry .loctlon. '
Xr. KniToe Plime antinnnca tha mjk
SA TEI, KhVSll.lS. (f P.1rol.nm I'mi., .
cnilM',fe for theOffieerf Hroilionomr ufT. J
eot'onntv. at the ensiiinr Keonhlfi-in nr.I
eleeilon We believe Mr It. waala fill ttit s
wicu cuurv ainiKciiu.j io ail.
Many To m
REGISTER AMI RECORDER.
CoaumXTsa March !M. BS
Eoitob Dan v Kac an Yon will pl.vt t
Dmwf-v mm u a .i i . rii-M mil De m:
date fo- re-nomination for th. oflV-e of Kivifftrr
necoruM at tn. enaning Ki-pilDiaan maw; 1
tioh.
.Mr. Sh-iw ws a private In ih Army of the fi
ifu and lo-t hii riL'lil arm in our nan Mara ttit
battle ol tie tf-burix lie fi Competent, nrmnptirJ
oblluiiiK. and tun, civ.n entir.- rttttfartiuo 10 tij
tttiainewi nubKc as an ofllcer. Iherefirclisiiorlw-i
doubled In 1I10 aerlcc of onr counirv, ktli
well t,iulllod tor .he po-ltinn. a d Imvini! tha
deric of the tU4inta4 turnilc an-l conntuiii t
Mrv'e a an ollicer. hi re-uomlnulion wiil beu-v
at onr frtniary Hicciion on lt. dvvf
ne( VtsAmMi (' rat.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MHBaoyiaiWii
ENGINEER, MACHINIST,
BLACKSMUH.
And maniifisclnrcr of Drilling
aiKt-Cisliinsf Tools,
KTinp rrTnn ppt FiRtf
V . ...... . 1. .
NEAR R R PEPOT,
PETKOf.KrM CENTHR. PA.
V All kit da or Jobbing and .Machine Kqai-
lug done to order. Otvoiueaall.
ajirti-tf. IVrtl. tit BUTT
KEMOVAL!
J. A. rtAXTE,
FRENCH BOO? MAKER
HAS REMOVED
BtmelPi Block, Tio. 31 Cm
tre-t., Oil CITY, lA
Where he wnn'd bep'nased Im hi old tttf
lenm i .nim irlenaa -na i.ui-ioinera. ,
atarl.ASl'. ultad for th. list and rewrrsi w
H (il l SENT C. O. . to any phw l w
aplO tm. . A. PLaNTE, Oil City,
Just from New York
A BPLENH1D STOCK OF
SPRING' OVERCOATS,
To the Citizens of Petroknm
Centre and vicinity.
I have just received the largest stbrt rf
SPRING AND SUMMUt
.. . . . and l
Now In the Oil country, " -- - .,,.
sell cheaper than any other mo .
TO MY FBIB-w-
I ask you lo ca!l and see 'UMV
Inn- elsewhere, as It I lor vour b wo'
doing this. Don't be led astray, """"hft
examine my slock before going
place, x nave me
r .nnral crnc.lt. OF HATS'
Ever before offered In the Oil Cou
Also, Ibe finest
Cents' FuniislilniS CooW
in the cououj - oBJSfj
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