SHUQERT & STARR
(Successors 10 atiTarlaud, Smith & Co.,
Merchant Tailors!
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Gents' Furnishing (jnods,
COR.t,SrRING 4 FRANKLIN STS.,
TITIJJV.L.LE, PA.
Have pnt In one.of the floest assortments o; ;
VL01US& CA88IMERES
ENGLISH,
FRENCIIeAND
AMERICAN
coatings;
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY VESTINGS.
Ever oflVred In the Oil Region.
TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Sc CAPS,
All (he Latest and Nobbiest Style.
A FULL LINH OF
Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c,
r'etroleum Centre Daily Record
Feu Centre, Pa., Tuesday, May 8.
Divine Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
services every Sabbntb at 11 A. M. ana
1 P. M. Sabbath School at HJtf P. M
eats free. A cordiul invitation extend'
d to all.
Kev. P. W. Scofield, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching; at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7,
o ciock i . M.
D. PATTON Pastor.
Petroleum Centre ljodge,
No,
719, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday,
at 7
ociock. signeii.
ALBERT GLENN, N. G.
E 'Fi.uektz,'A Sec'ji.
' ESFl'lice if meeting, Main St., opposite
jauuiimoca: uuusn.
A. (K of V. W.
k Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. 0. of U. W.,
meets evi-rv Monday evening at T o'clock,
In Odd Fellow's Hull, 1'elrolaiiui ' Centre.
Penn'a.
A. Gi.xv, M. W.
S. II. Kooker, R.
Gold at
1 p. in. lit-,
By reference to tbe proceedings of the
meeting, published elsewhere, It will 'be
een tbat Rev. D Patton, pastor of tbe
Presbyterian Society of this place, on ac
count of continued. Ill hoalib.nas been com
pmiea to to sever bli connection with tbe
soolety. We understand be hag reoelved a
Call from tbe church at Pine Valley, Butler
County, tod the labor being much lighter
'nteods accepting it. Duriug bli sojonrn in
our town the Rev. gentleman baa worked
' earnestly for. tbe building up of tbe church
and the good of., tbe Master's cause, and it
ia with feelings of sincere regret that on,
citizens learn of bia. leaving,. In common
wita bis many frlonds we trust tbe change
will result in bis. complete restoration to
health and a long lire 0r usefulness in tbe
good cause rf Christianity.
Tbe impression prevails that railroad- en
gineers, from tbe constant excitement aad
peril .tbey are subjected to, become harden
ed and desperate, aod do not care for any
thing, not even giving a pasting thought to
tbe unfortunate ludividual tbat happens to
get run over and crushed to dealt by the
pouderoui wheels of the locomotive. Snob
is not tbe fact, however, as a case will II,
lustrale. When tbe urfortiioate man was
run over noar Greg's Switch, on Sunday
last, engineer Klddr who bas bad charge of
an engine on tbe Oil Creek, Railroad lor
over five yeats, aod is as-good an englueer
probably as ever bandied tbe lever and
urun s valve, ueames pavipg a "heart as
big as au ox," to use an old . pUrase, after
assisting la gather up the mutilated form,
aat down and wept like a child not croco
dile tears, but geuuiue tears of sorrow over
the thought tbat probably bis engine bad
I a n tbe weaa ol cutting short the lifo or a
humao belug, ami we verily believe .be
would have given up bia own Hie rather
than see ibe poor tuan injured.
Last month there weie shipped from Oil
vuy, t.y the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway, 88,145 barrels of crude oil, and
4.800 barrels tf relined. By tbe Atlantic
& Great Western, 13,725 crude aud 1,063
relined. ,
At a meeting or tbe congregation of the
Presbyterian Church of toll plaee, called
by the pastor, Rev. D. Pattoo, Wednesday
evening, May let, 1872, after devotional ex
ensile, tbe meeting; wai called to order and
Mr. Woi. Miller chosen Chairman, and C.
N. Payne chosen Secretary.
Mr. Pntlon aroso and stated tbat ba bad
received a call from auother church, and
(bat in order to prolong bia labora In tbe
cauae of Cbrtat, and discharge bis duties to
bli family, he deemed It necessary to leek a
lighter and mote healthful field of labor.
After tbli statement be left It tor tbe con
gregation to decide whether they would al
low tbe Presbytery to sever tbe relation now
existing, between them.
Moved and seconded tbat we acquiesce In
Mr. Patton'i petitioning the Presbytery to
dissolve bia relation to this congregation,
bia own bealtb aud welfare seeming to re-
quire this action. Carried.
Moved and seconded tbat C. N. Payne be
a commissioner to Presbytery. Carried.
Moved to adjourn. Carried.
AOI'ES OF THE WAY.
A lady in Iowa recently drew $30,000 on
tbe death of her second husband, having
drawn $20,000 from the same company when
her Hist husband died.
Madam Raobei, tbe London enameller,
who professed to make people 'beautiful
forever," having served her term of imprisv
onment, bas been set at liberty.
Tbe raspberry aod blackberry crop In
Connecticut is said to have been destroyed
by tbe continued cold weather of March.
wone me strawberry crop will ba very
small.
The march of improvement In Japan Is
shown by tbe formation of tbe Yokohama
and Tokio Gas Company, for tbe pnrposo o
lighting tbe principal city aod chief com
mercial town of tbe country with gas.
- There are twenty-six students in the sen
lor and junior classes of Muhlenberg Col
lege, wbo are preparing themselves for tbe
Lutheran ministry. Out of these about
fourteen will be able to preach ia both Eng.
lisb and German.
a taoy converted gentleman to the fe.
male suffrage doctrine the other day. lie
met her in tbe street during a storm and
lent her bis umbrella; she baa not rettiroed
It, and he believes now that women should
have just the same privileges aa men, and
no more.
A. D. Doming, Park .City, Kansas, will
pay tbe highest price lor engins and hollers.
and other machinery. See h i advertisement
elsewhere.
Pickpockets have become so plenty In
Sunbury that the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad Company baveJound it necessary
to atalioo a policeman at their depot there
to protect their passengers.
V
A terrible lire occurred Marob ltllh offthe
coast of Bermuda, by .which tbe bar Nira
rod, bound from St. Johns, N. B , to toe
West Iodies, with part of a cargo or Petro
leum and tbe rest of Ssb, was burned to tbe
I water's edge and ten live lost, Including
me captain, his wire ni daughter. It is
not known bow tbe fire originated, the first
notice the crew received being a-loud report
of an explosion followed by lue bunting out
of tbe flames.
Messe & Armstrong have just reoelved
several car loads ol tbe celebrated Garnet
Potatoes, by far tbe nicest potetoe ever lav
troduced In this market. A trial will con
vince tbe most skeptical.
Tbe schooner Russel Dart, while being
towed Into Port Colburn, Ont., on Saturday
was cut down by the ice aod gunk. '
Tbe-late train going north, last evening,
waa delayed a abort time by a land slide on
tbe Columbia Farm.
General A, R MoCalmont, of Franklin,
will probably, be tbe Democratic candidate
for Goverour at tbe coming eleotion.
Ibe uochesler House dining room has
recently been closed, and hereafter tbe res
taurant will be conducted on tbe European
plan, and kept up in tbe best of style.
Strangers and others desiring a' good square
meal will do well to give Charlie Blackmoo
a call. Tbe restaurant bas been fitted up
newly throughout and presents a neat eud
homelike appearance.
Tbe New Castle Gazette says: We under
stand tbat a company is being organized in
this city for tbe erection of car works, or at
I 4 - ... I - . . -. -
ivuBk n cuiupuujr una onoreu io nulla a Car
manufactory here it $10,000 can be raised,
aod a paper circulated lor tbe latter pur
pose has about $8,UU0 subscribed at tbe
present time.
Tbe Good .Templar of the Northwestern
District of Pennsylvania, bold a convention
at Masonic IUU, Oil City, to-day a nd to
morrow. About sixty lodges will be repre
sented and questious of importance respect
ing tiie welfare of the order will be discuss-,
ed.
Letters from the People.
Noti. Tbe manager of this journal,
without endorsing tho sentiments of con
tributors, desires to offer the w'desl possible
latitude for free Ocusston. It is merely
stipulated tbat communications sball con
Cern matters of publio Interest, be put in
decent language and accompanied with the
name of the writer, not for publication,
but as guarantee of good faith.
John Brown Farm Ite m.
Cukrrttrkr Oil Belt, May 7th, 1872.
Mr. Editor: Some very important
Changes, together with not a few Improve
ments, have reoently brought tbe Brown
farm, more partlculaaly to tbe notice of the
public. It has for some time been consider
ed one of those places where a man could
invest bis money, feeling confident be would
get a paying well. It bas been tried thirty
one limes, aod bas been proved a complete
success in every instance. A few ol tbe op
eratorson the farm complained that, otie
quarter royalty was too bigb, notwithstand
ing the wells averaged over five barrels per
day, and the land owners were paying the
one fourth ol all torpedoes aod benzine used
in tbe wells, and giving from 500 to l.Ono
barrels of oil free for any new well, in con
sequence ef which tbe generous land owner,
Messrs. Painter, Lelgbtty and Shupe, hav
ing lor tbelr motto, "live and let live,"
abolished the free oil system, aod reduced
tbe royally to Ibree sixteenths.
A number of new wells will now be drill
ad as men can no longer say tbe royalty is
too bigb. Mr. E. D. Fisber, of Tlinsviile,
has commenced work on a new rig. Cow
era & Griffith Intend sinking three wells.
Oliver, Markle A Co., will soon commence
work, and loveral other firms are shaping to
put down wells. Mr. James Elliott bas
bought out bis partner and will put down
one well immediately.
Tbe object of the Co , bas always been to
have one well drilled on each acre, opera
tors being at liberty to drill as many more
as tbey choose. About 25 acres of this farm
is still in tbe bands of the Co., aod will be
leased on tbe terms above mentioned.
About 15 acres of this has been avoided on
account of its depth, which is not over 1,000
feet at tbe highest point and from that down
to 800. There la a well defined belt running
from tbe Big Tank farm through tbe Brown
farm to tbe oluff, and if it ends there would
be the first Instance where a rise of ground
bad ai) thing to do with our ill bell, at least
to our knowledge.
Capt. A. G. Oliver hsi gone ahead of
the development and is sinking a well on
tbe McElwee farm. We consider this a raio
opportunity for persons to avail themselves
ol a lease on sure territory at a low royulty.
Mr J. 11. Painter is the oipt-riutendent of
tbe fa i tn and can be found then or fre
quently at the McCray House in Petroleum
Centre. Aside from its being an excellent
ell furra, we think it ranks second to none
as a beautiful and healthful location for
private residences &c, a large portion of
it-being a Cite plateau overlooking Kaon
City, Allemagoozelum, Rouseville- and Oil
Creek. One of the most important attrac
tioos Is the pure cold spring water which
flows from four apriegs on tbe farm, three of
which are near tbo summit, consequently
not liable to be injured by tbe sinking ol
we 11.
Quite a number of residences already
adorn tbe farm, among the most prominent
of which oro tbe new dwelling bouses of
Mr. Daniel Markle, late superintendent ol
the farm, and Mr. H. H. Markle and James
Oliver, allot Westmoreland County, Pa.
Tbe Co., have also a largo bouse, and a
neat and comfortable office. The house is
now occupied as a boarding house by Mr.
M. C. Williams whose knowledge ol' the bus
iness, coupled with the aid of Mrs. W., who
is not excelled by many iu the art or cooks
Ing and housekeeping, makes tbo boarding
bouse rank among. tbe first. Ilouorublti
mention should also be made of tbe hoarders
which at present number ten. Tbey are
certainly very well behaved and gentiem.ii
ly, and we should say ratber intellectually
inclined, judging from the Important topics
frequently Indulged in.
Mr. Griffith, of the firm of Powers and
Griffith, bas all tbe conveniences necessary
lu comfort.
Mr. Ed. Fisher has a cozy little residence
near bia eight barrel well. Mr. Stephen
Elliott, Sr., bas a fine bouse aod lives very
nicely.
Altogether tbe Brown farm Is fully up to
tbe times in every Important particular, and
is bound to be claused among those places
where people want to live right, as well as
make money. We regret to say tbal a few
of tbe operators persist In Sunday pumping,
but we hope ere long to be.nble.. to report
every well shut dawn on Sunday.,
Another Saxd Rock.
Tbe election.
Ed. Record: Yesterday, the School
Directors mat pursuant to law in conven
tion, at the county seat, Frankliu, to elect
a County School Superintendent to im
the nut three years. Judge Trunkey cour
teously adjourned Court tbat Ibe Conven
tion might have the use of tba court room,
At nue o'clock p m tbe meetiog organized
by choosing Mr. Cox, of Oil City, as Chair
man, aud Mr. Gibson, of Rouaovllle, Secy.
The first thing In order was the salary,
which was fixed at $1,500 yearly.
Nvxi the nomination or candidates. Dale,
Mc-Clure, Zu linger, Palm, Kinkald and
Buwman were each named, and their diplo
mas aod certificates presented, with a kind
word for each by the parly naming him.
Ballotling proceeded, and on tbe seventh
bajlot, McClure wus elected by a vote of 62
necessary to a choice 56. On motion of
Cbas. II. Duncan, Esq., the vote was made
unanimous, which was very generous In
deed, and took away every susplclou of par-
tizsu politics. The meeting was conducted
witb great decorum and business despatch.
Not a disparaging word was -pokon of any
candidate.
Tbe voting was done viva voce, each
township was culled by tbe secretary In
alphabetical order. So far as ooul-d be
judged there waa no political bias shown
whatever. The late Incumbent has the re
st ect and good wishes of til. It is conced
ed II at be filled ibe position very worthily,
and that the length ol lime he bad tilled It
was tlien-ason lor changing.
The other aspirants eie all young men
who can u lt.it. 1 to wait and huvit plenty ol
time iu which to secure the coveted priz
We do not d ubt Prof. MvClurd wl.l ei -ler
on bis duties fully determined to f.iltli
the pledges ol hi friends and t tin expecta
tion of all, bringing to bear to this end,
that tact, industry, c itiiiuti and conrlessy
Wl iib has characterized biin in the school
rootr .
The direolors owe a duty to tbe superin
tendent, teachers and children. This is the
frequent visilatlun of the schools with rel
oronce to their progress, needs ami comfort,
for it stimulates and encouinges all concern
ed. Let us all, wilb fraternal regards, and
hearty co-operation, make Ibe uext term
one of progress.
Citizen.
A Dfi.kitfl i, Si Ki'insK, Ladies whoie
faces are clouded by supeifiobl discolora
tion, and wbo bava resolved to try Ilagan'a
Magtiolia linim as a reiu-iVy, h-ivu no idea
or the welcome surprise they will receive
Ironi their mirrors after u tow applications
of that healthful purifier of the complexion.
If at all excitable, they will scream witb
mpturo on beholding the change; whether
the blemish it Is diMir-"! In remove by sti
lownesa, blolehes, pimple, deckles, rough
ti"flS or un iiu'ialmul pailnr. H is bonn.i in
disaptear under the toniu uiiei-minn of this
mlertiil agenl. To iV tn-t Hie- blemish
disappear, does ro , however, convey any
iuu- ui riicut ihihiii:iu ny inis I'uieuril'eli
leMiitilier. I he unsightly tinge, whether
dill'ced over the whole iiuienanee or In
spots, or patches, Is leplaced l.y a nniloiui.
pearly bloom, to which no ditcripiion can
do justice.
The Graen Bay (Wisconsin) Gazeitn
contains the following unique advertise
ment:.
Whereas, my pel, my pretty toy,
My wire, my Lizzie J.,
Haj left my board, and my employ
With other men to stay'
I, therefore, take this to forewarn
Ydii not to trust her with a straw.
For Twill never pay her corn,
Uuless compelled by law.
Tbe 2nt) barrel well reported In have been
struck at Fagundas, is said to be yielding
four hariels dally, by a correspondent of the
Oil City Derrick, tjilile a railing off.
Willian II. Downing, of iSbainburg, has
beon granted a patent far a Device lor cut
ting off Tubing.
Another Yalmiblu Inven
tion. CATE S BACK-SUCTION PHXVENTOn FOK
01 L WELI.8, patented August 13, 1871, which m-
IioIt provoots the Inrens uf air li.oll wells, while
the tubing I. being drawn. It Is a well known lact
to oil operators, that upon wells, wbrt Gas lamps
are used ft Is uecessa y to preserve a nearly a per
fect vacuum as possible, ana, tht bo a should b
let Into the well, at any time, when It can possibly
be avoided ; consequently, whenever the tubing Is
drawn fr m a well it Is tho cause of grontanjury to
It, as the stuffing box, being then necessarily opto
ed, the air Immediately rusnbs back between the
tubing and casing, into the well going into the oil
rock and gas veins, fai coiaeqneutly casein. I ha
oil and gas to rush back to a great distance. Bo
much so, that it almost always takes several days
a: tor pumping Ib resumed for a well to be brought
back to its former condition, andvfifnbmn it takes
several weeks ;-.and quit freqncntlylWells have been
almost eonip'et?)y rulned-by, the air being thus let
In while drawing tubjog.
The BACK-SCCT(ON ntEVENTuR Is attached
tOjtlie stQtllifg box' and works in snob a way that It
cuinnletelvhilts no the snare hatwnpti thi ilnfflnir
box and tiibl&s so effectually that not a pnrticle of
air cau gci inrongn ai any lime wntie lue taniDg is
being drawn and replaced. It supplies a want long
felt, and is, without question, one of the most val.
uable invention of the day, to those engaged In th
oil business. No well should be without it, as It of
ten times eaves ten timet l.s cost by ones using.
TIT It it manufactured atthe FOUNDUY AND
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