n SHTJGERT & ST. 1 10 lUftTUad, Smith 4 Co , ; Merchant Tailors! 4XB.DE4I.IBS Iff Gents rurnhing iiwils, COR.j,SPRIXG 4 FRANKLIN STS., ITITDSV.LLE, PA. Bart yat la one of the flnMt aMortments cf I ' VLQII1S& CASHMERES ......... i- JENGLISH, FRENCH-AND . .... AMERICAN CO'ATINGS, MIXED AND STRIPED SUITINGS, FANCY VESTINGS. Xrer o&ered.tn the Oil Region. T1VBNTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS Sc CAPS, Aii the Latest and Nobbiest Styles. A FULL LINE OF ' Gents' Furnishing Goods, &C. etroleum Centre Daily Record. ft Hel. I n I re Pa Tuesday April .'23 ijlvlne fcervlce. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. ana iH P. M. Sabbatn School at 12 P.M. eats free. A cordial invitation extend ed to all Kit. P. W. Scofield, Pastor. v PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Preaching at U o'clock A. M., and 7k, 'clock P. M. ,D. PATTON, Pastor. . Petroleum Centre Lodge, Xo. T15, I. O.OIU. F. Regular meeting nighU Friday, at 7 'clock. Signed. ...... ... ALBERT GLENN, N. G. B. 0'FL4HnTT. A Sec'y. f9Plice nf meeting, Mala St., opposite McOtintock House. A. O. of U. W. Libert; Lodge No. 7, A. O. -f U. W, meet ever Monday evening at 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellow's Hull, Petroleum Centre, Peon'o. . A. Glkn, M. W. S. II. Kooker, R. Gold at I p. in. 111?; Pbtrolkcii Itkms. At preaeot there are five aew wells g.iing down oo tbe Gebrlng farm, between tbii place and Cberryiree Tbere is no doubt but tbat a Urge extent of good territory exists in tbat neighborhood, and these wells will undoubtedly teat tbe J matter lultj. Should they prove paying In vestments. Petroleum Ceutra will be great ly benefitted thereby. A large Dumber of leases have beeu taken up, and tbe 'parlies art only holding off until one or all el tbe above wells are completed.' Mr. Edward Fox and It. P. Bradetreet, of Tituaviile. have secured a 25-acre lease of tbe Curry (arm, on tba Terr Run territory, and are about to sinks well. Tbis firm joint tbe property of tbe Emery Bros., oc wbicb Is located tbe SObarrel well struck a week or two since. ' We ere informed on gocd authority tbat Ihe new well between tbis place aod Titus iille, on tbeTarr Run territory, is yielding ally 60 barrels per day. Old operators are of tbe opinion tbat tbe Tarr Bun oil belt connects at ibis plaoe or some poiot to tbe Immediate vicinity, witb the jugular vela of tbe Cberryiree belt. Iu the other direction it connects with tbe Church Bun territory, near TiJusvilie. Tbe new territory tbat wilt be opebed out is nearly ten miles long, and bow wide It will prove Is pot known as yet. The present anriac aad luiaoiei. we predict, will wit ness act!" dsyelgptneota , 'a)l along tbe line,- ' , ' They got up a "donation" patty io Petro MiatC,eolip the other day, for tbe benefit f tba Be?. Mr. Scuueld, Methodist minister at tbat place. People turned out well, aod a baedsome purse was secured, wbicb tbe Trustees very generously charged up as a fart of Mr. 6ooflld's salary. Queer world, ifcls.-iPiiihnrgb .Commercial. To est at fast items like the above, why de not tbe donation committee, uuder tbeir ewa signature, explalo the matter to tbe satisfaction at the public. It seems to us It is a duty they owe themselves and tba church to set tba question right to tba pub lic : ; Lpaat matters an searce tbis day. A DLTi fUU.li Varre Island Near Tioiieta Tbe following Is tbe bl.lory of the island referred, to which we olip from the Forest Pres.: ) 'The third inland of (be group below Tlone.ts i known by all river men asVarn ImIhiicI. but few .etbips know the orluin cif its iimne. Tlel.worlh heard Uncle George Stgtlna explain it a few dy,ai!ti, about follow: About the year 1825 Mr. De Varre an rducited Frenchman, came to Hickory Town, where be taught school awhile, but bis health Falling he concluded, In February to tiavel southward, and after crossing the river and obtaining a bottle of whisky, Into which be put sumc yellow dork root and dandelion seed, be constructed a dog-raft and Mailed down the ylver. Some three days later bis rafi wltb tbe boltt- was found moored at tbe bead of tbis island hy T H. j Pratber and other, aod the body of the un fortunate man frozen stiff a little ways from the shore, where it was buried, and where it will remain a part ol the Island to whicb it gave a same until the wasting waves or the Allegheny wear it away with other land marks of the pa.tftir Gibr lie's trump thai) sound the last grand reveille lo call us all to account o i toe Resurrection Morn. But that's Ibe wsy Varre Island got Its name from tbe lone waudering, unfortunate French voyager, Dr. De Varre, a boss bones lie moulderiog tbere." Parkei'l Landing has a store bouse built in 1822. It stands at Ibe mouth of Thorn's Run, surrounded by oil derricks. Liltle did Its inhabitants dream ''When the old house was new," of seeing oil flow from the ground as freely as tbe water tbat run io tbe brook. The Streets atPurker's Landing present a lively appearance. Tbe pavements are crowded with people some on business, some hunting busines, and a great many witb no business except as loafers. Tbe stores are geuerally Oiled witb customers, and customers are filliog themselves at tbe saloons. ., Oue-balf tba doors open Into whisky shops and gambling saloons. A large pro portion of the remainder are 'Tobacco, Ci gars, anil cheap Cloiug" stores. Very few ot tba business bouses are closed oo Sunday. A number of new buildings are iioiug up in Lawrenceburg, and in Parker's Landing. Houses are eattly rented at high rates. Although tbe production of oil Is not so great as before, In tbis vicinity, there is little danger of tbe town playing out, judging Irom tbe building gone on. LClrlon Democrat. Tikis a Chair. A Chicago lover went lo visit bis girl one evening recently, but for some reason, possibly that tbe fire bad materially changed bis condition in life, she received and treated tlm coolly. He re mained standing in tba parlor a few mo ments, but finally made a move toward tbe door, remarking that "be guessed he'd go." "Oh," said she, starting from a beautilul condition of asm I unconsciousness,, won't yon lake take a chair?" "Well Idos'l care if I do,'' was bis reply, and be took Ibe obalr, thanking ber kindly, and carried it home, fie taya it is a good obair, made of walnut, witb stuffing and covered witb green just what be warned. But be is down on the girl, ami d-olares that he wnuldti't marry tbe girl not If ber father owned n brewery. Important to Supervisors. Trie Super viors ol lowjsblps, recently elect-d, should bear io mind Ibat tbeir duties require them lo keep the roads in perfect repair. As snou as tbe frost Is out of Ibe ground, work bould commenc. Tbe Brat repairing should be the filling up the boles and deep rule, aod opening the gutters, and tbe roads should receive a complete overhauling. No lalse idea of economy should prevent Ibe Supervisors from attending to lb s much needed precaution. Tbe Township Super visors are' responslMe for any accident to man or beast, and tbe courts are never chary io inflicting exemplary damagesupon officers neglecting tbis duty, Judge junkin, io Perry county, recently awarded twenty, five dollars dnmages against tbe Supervisor ol Miller township, incurred In contqueeuce of Ibe bad cod it loo of tbe road. Constable Alcorn bas appointed Mr R.J.5 Alwell as bl Deputy in this place, vood ee.'eotlou. Renumber the lecture at Columbia farm, to-morrow evening. ' Read Johnson & Morris' new advertise ment. . The derricks receully blown down on tbe McCray farm bve been rebuilt. Tbe Volcano Lubricator, organ of tbe Weal Virginia fill field, closed its first vol umo last wek. Tbe Lubricator is ao able expouent ol tbe Interests of that region, aod we are pleased to learn is receiving a lib eral support. . Lng may It wave. A goose io Maine has produced an egg a foot lo circumlereoce, aod tba proprietor prr-pajee to retlra that goose at balMsy. West ViButMA Oil Items The well owned by J. P. KirtgoV on tbe Voloanlc Ridge is uow pumping about 90 bbl". per day. Marhtiry & Jackson had Ibelr nw well torpedoed on Saturday and II Is now pump log about 10 bbl. per day. Well No. 2 owned by V. O & 0. Co , A Gibson iCbiibhuch struck this week, is bow pumplittf about 4 hole, per day. Tbe Gibson Oil Co., had their well No 9-i U on Volcanic Ridge torpedoed on Satur day last aod il is now pumping about 6 bbls. per day. The amount of oil shipped from tba E. L. Gale tract for the week ending April IS 1872 amounted to 1312 bbls. all gravities. Wm. B-ll bas commenced drll.log well No I, on Lease 29 B on Voloanlo Ridge, Suowalier it Ccmpbell contractors. Wellington Backus bad bis new well oa the O R P Co., tract. E L Gale territory torpedoed oo Saturday, it is now pumping about 20 bbls per day. Stewart St Gould have commenced drill ing another well at their No. 1 derrick, lbs contractors unfortunately lost their tools in tbe first well aud bad to abandon it. Upson & Rose have named tbeir Oil com pany the "Dully Vardeo." This firm will soon be ready to commence drilling wall No. 1. They have an 8 acre lease oa Vol- cunio Ridge Tbe old Ford well at Sand Hill on lb Ruckman farm wblch was torpedoed last week is now pumping 20 bbls. per dsy. Tbe well Is owned by J C Ford. Tbe St Ronain No 2 was torpedoed last week and Is now pumping about 15 bbls per day. Mr C K Leonard of Marietta Ohio bas purobased of W W Galea bis In teraal in tbe St Ronain Oil Company, the sale was made Match 1st. Tbe Cornfield Oil Co, bave commenced drilling well No 3. Their well No 1 is now pumping 50 bbls. Wm Bell has i interest, Jenkins Bros J3', Thomas & R t in tbis company, Wm Bell Sup't. This Company is located on the O R P Co, tract E L Gale's territory. Vo'cano Lubricator. . KOTKS OF THE DAY. Over six tbouaand new buildings were erected in Philadelphia last year. At Nassau, N. P., tew houses bave chim neys, fires being unnecessary, as the cook ing is done out of dcors. i Experiments have shown tbat the climate of tbe State of Missouri answers admirably for producing tobacco. Tbe population of tbe little State of Dela ware is les fbau one hundred and thirty thousand souls, black and white. Rhode Island is paying off her Stale debt rapidly, and owea to-day but half as much as she did a the close tf tbe civil war. Tbe census of 1870 gives the -cumber of blind people in the United Stales as vbeing over twenty thousand. In France ibe' pro portion is doirble tbis number. . Oyster Reels' In tbe neighborhood of New Orleans have bee,n destroyed hy the crevas ses from time to: time so Ibe bivalves area rarity tbere. and, expensive. It is represented tbat tbere era fifty tbont and children growing up in New York oily between tbe ages of eight and sixteen, in idleness aod vagabondage. , Tbe most stupendous canal la the world is one io China, wbicb passes over two thous and miles, and lo forty two cities; It was commenced as far back as the tenth eeotu ry- Tbe Saginaw Enterprise says If the ptre.es constituting tbe Michigan log crop for this year were placed end to end Ihey would girdle the earth at its largest circumfer encti and bava ten thousand miles to spare. Hartford Is a paradise for school leachers The scholars are going tbe rounds, giving them all presents. Tba principal of the b'gh school, Mr. b. M. Capron, received a silver oyster tureen from tbe graduating class, on Friday. The New Yotk Evening Maitsayj: Look out for pure Vermont Maph iygSK They bave been boiling a in It at Fairfield. This man was boil rig san la a fortv nllnn ... " - a keTVe banging on a pole, when ha struck "tie bead against tbe pole and fell Into the kettla. From what we know of tbe obarao ter oltboae Vermont - farmers, wa bava not tbe leafl Idle tbat they will tbiow away Inst mucb sp, simply because It bas a roan in It. Il will yet appear oo our tables la tbe farm of syrup, and if anybody finds but Ions in theirs, they will please return them lo Joseph Minor, Fairfield, Vt." Samuel Clark, oue ot Ibe oldest residents ol Warren oounty, died near Ttdioute re cently. He was one of ibe first settlers la that neighborhood. Tidiouta is agitating tbe question of gas works. Tbe Juurool thinks il will pay. "Owing lo tbe terrible nocdltloo ol tbe roads," Roasloo, Springer & Henderson's Mammoth Circus will not visit lfc oil re gion, m gtataf) soma lime sites. LAMMERS, TTIB ONE PRICE CLOTHIER. Another Combination Broken. THE DREE PRICE CLOTHIER OF 'J HE Oil, REGIONS 6 Spring St, Has broken tbe outrageous Street bas become demoralized. pur fvm WHKRE YOU CAN FIND ALL TDK IS AT THE GREAT y One Price Clothing Store! IS TaTUSVILliC. In !N"o"b"by Business Suits I My Stock contains COATS AND YESTS. I have a larger assortment than any house outside of New York 1 ity. Tbere U o doubt is ahead of anything in or FASHIONABLE HATS & CAPS! WHITE and CHEVIOT SHIRTS. I cannot le beat in this Department. MY Men's Furnishing Goods ! 13 COMPLETE. Parties GOOD CLOTHING, Can Save Monev, By coming to my Store where there is everything new, and where you can buy 10 Per Cent. Les3 than Elsewhere, And why. do you ask, because 1 have only i . 03STE . FJEtXCE. Goods are all marked in plain selling figures, and I sH ort Goods than any 10 stores combined. I sell every cimouier alike and throw NO Shirts, Suspenders or Collars, to make ao extra profit no Clothing. A child of five years tan buy as cheap as a man of fllty- -I cordiallv invite all VtJ U MO uuu v iviuiigr tu vuuic ouu jjuiwaao iucu - - a Store, PROMISING- BETTER GOODS I And Later Styles for Less Money I Than Any House in the Region. LAIWIWESRS, THE OSB PB1CE CUrTBIa TETUS VILIE, Clothing Monopoly. Chatham Shoddy Clothing is at a discount. The -Mas mm i every make of Goods. but that my Stock ol Ameiicp, either for quality style. LINE OF in want of mv old customers in Petroleum
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