SHDGERT& STARR
Sacoeaeora to HcFarltnd, Smith A Co. , J
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALERS IN
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
COR.. SPRING k FRANKLIN STS.,
TITUSV.IiLE, PA.
Have pat In ana of the flnast inorimenti oj
UL01H8& CASSIMERES
ENGLISH,
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY VESTINGS.
Bvw offered.la tie Oil Region.
TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS SC CAPS,
All th Latest and Nobbiest Stylet.
A F0IA LINK OF
Gents' Famishing Goods, &c.
Petroleum Centre Daily Record,
fet 'Ventre, Pa., Saturday Jane 15.
UlTlne Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service every Sabbath at II A. M. and
1)4 P. M. Sabbath School at UX P. M.
eata free. A eordlal invitation extend
ed to all.
Kir. P. W. Scorn u, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at II o'clock A, M., and 7U
O'clock P. M.
D. PATTON, Paetor.
Petroleum Centre Lodge, So.
TltJ, I. O. of O. F.
RetU'er meeting nigbti Friday, at 8
o'clock. 8lgD"".
ALBERT GLENN, N. G.
E. O'Fi.ahkui r, A Sec'y.
IWPlncenf meeting, llatn St., opposite
MeUliotoek House.
A. O. of U. XV.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. or U. W.,
use la evnry Monday evenlog at 8 o'clock,
in Odd Fellow' Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Penn'a.
A. Glcv, M. W.
S. H. Kooker, R.
Gold at 1 p. m. 113
W Rev. A. M. Chapln, orSpartinaburg,
will fill the pulpit of the Presbyterian
Church oftbli place, on Sunday next, fore
noon and evening. Tbe pnbllo are invited
to attend.
tdi eauor oi tne c ranKiiu umzen pro.
roses starling daily paper la that city
providing tb oitizen will extend a itifflci
nt patronage. We hope be may mcoeed.
Franklin propose! to celebrate tbe Glor
ious Fourth In a becoming manner.
Forty band-organs made day hideous
Oil City during Barnum't show.
There are said to be more cases of bydra,
phobia In tbe country than ever known be!
fere. Kill off lb worthiest cur and look
to tbos considered valuable.
t .
AD. White baa resinned bis position as
i ou reporter ror me rrocuoeri' Associa-i
1 lion.
Corry will celebrate tbe Fourth ef Jul
In a becoming manner.
Tb Foxburgb and St. Petersburg Turn
pit Company bave bad their route surveyed
to lb borough limit. Tb following com
prise tbe Company: A. 8. Palmar, President;
J. D. Sergeant, Joel Fink, Barney Vessel,
Lewi Collner, D. Bhoup, Andrew TIprey,
Jobs Fertlg. John PorterBeld.
. On Monday night, Deputy SboriffWIlllam
Hatfield was stabbed and killed by Ambrose
Lynsb, alia Bruiser Lynch, at tbe bouie o
Lyooh's litter, Mr. Teet In Allegheny
elty. Lynch allege that be discovered
Hatfield Id bed with hi (later, and that he
tabbed him while in bed. Mrs. Teets denies
tb criminal Intimaoy, but states Ibat tbe
thrriff wis tbslr on business connected with
ber husband, who bad left tbe city to avoid
prosecution lor tome offenrt.
John Haggerty, an employee of the OH
Creek and Allegheny Rivor Railroad, at
Corry, bad two lib fraotured oa Sunday
last by railing through a culvert near tbe
railroad shops.
Two hundred unstamped orj misdirected
letter go U tbe dead-letter office from San
Frmclico ever wi-ok.
Bum's Doings!
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ON
THE PEARSON FARM!
RICHARD BURKE ATTEMPT3 TO
snoot nis wifei
FAILING IN THE ATTEMPT HE
SHOOTS AND KILLS HIMSELF!
ITPARTICULARS OF THE TRAG
EDY!
Between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening, our
cltiznni wore startled by a rumor to tbe ef
feet that man bad shot and killed himself,
oo tbe Pearson Farm. At first tbe report
was discredited, but m a abort time a per
son rode Into town on horseback at a rapid
rate anxiously Inquiring for a physician to
attend Richard Burke, who the man elated
bad shot himself and was In a dying condl
tloa, and then tbe rumor became a painful
certainty. A near a we can learn In tbe ex.
cltement prevalent on tbe Farm, the particu
lars ot this terrible tragedy are as follow!
Rlobard Burke, tbe victim of self-destruo.
tlon, is an engineer in tbe employ of tbe
Western Pennsylvania Oil Company, ol
wbtcb Mr. John Reynolds is Superintendent
and in whose employ he bad been since last
October, engaged in running tbe morning
tour. Yesterday afternoon he came to town
with two or three resident of tbe farm, but
soon left them and went to Smith's Saloon,
with whom it appear he had some business
in regard to buying some oil property at
some point down tbe Creek. While in tbe
saloon be drank two or three glasses of ale
or lager. Leaving there he went Into other
saloons and drank several glasses of ale, and
it is repotted some whiskey, although this
is oot positively known. About six o'clock
in company with Mr. Reynolds, And aooth-
er neighbor, be started up tbe Frotbingbam
path towards home, conversing pleasantly
with them, neither one of whom took
particular notice that 'Dick," as be was
familiarly called, was very much under the
influence of liquor, nor bad tbe least idea of
tbe terrible drama that was soon to beenao-
ted, by which a tellow being was to be hur
ried Into eternity by bis own hard.
TUB TBAOtiDY. ,
Arriving at bis bouse be bade hiscom-
paclons good o'gbt, aod disappeared Into
tbe house, going strait through and out tbe
back door, be proceeded to bis engine
bouse aod secured a double barrel shot gun
owned by Mr. Brewster, and went out. As
be bad frequently been In tbe habit ol tak
ing the guu lor tbe purpose ol shooting rab
bits, Mr. Brewster, who was on tour at the
lime, took oo notice of this except to ask
blm which direction be was going or words
to that effect He made some reply in an
inaudible voice, and immediately lett, goin
In tbe direction of his own bouse. He en
tered the bouse, it seema, pointed tbe gun
at bis wife and threatened to shoot ber. It
doe bot appear be bad any conversation or
quarrel with ber at tbi time further tban
making ths threat. Becoming alaimed, bit
wife with her babe In ber arm, ran out of
tbe bouse Into tbe residence of Wm. Lepper
the next door ueigbnor, going up stair for
safety. Burke immediately followed with
tbe gun in hi hand in a threatening man
ner. Stepping in tbe dosr be pointed tbe
gun at hi wife, who stood at tbe bead of
tbe atair, makiog tbe remark '-I am go
ing to (boot my wife!" Mr. L. laid "You
can do no tucb tbiog in my house 1" and af
ter a abort struggle, aided by a man named
McDowell, wrested tbe implement of deatb
from bis hand. After reasoning with blm
a short time, singular as it may appear,
they gave him back tbe gun. He immedi
ately went out to bit own bouse, sat down
on tbe porch, deliberately pulled off bis
boot, went round tbe bouse to the baok end
of tbe lot, rested th butt end of tbe gun on
tbe ground and tbe muzzle against his right
side, aod with bis foot snapped tbe triggers
of both barrels, neitberol which done any
damage except to crack tbe caps. Holding
to gun in bis band, be ran into tbe bouse,
recapped tbe gun, ran out, placed tbe gun
in tbe same position, pulled tbe trigger wltb
bis foot in an instant, dlssharging tbe con
tent or the loaded barrel, tbi time with
fatal effect, into hla right aide, infliollog t
terrible and ghastly wound. He iaimedi
ately cried ouWio bis agony, calling oo God,
for bis mother, wire and children. He then
staggered towards the house a short dis
tance and fell to the ground from exhaust'
I 1 I 1.1 . ,1 TT - . .
uu iuu iubb in viuuu. uo waa plotted 00
by Messrs. Reynolds, Brewster, and another
neighbor, removed into tbe bouse and laid
on tbe lounge. Drs. J. U. Christie and
Reeling were called immediately, and did
everything In their power to relieve bim,
but from tbe Erst it wa apparent to them
that the wound would prove fatal. Tbe
poor man lingered in great agony until II
o'clock, when b expired, hi last hours be-
log onsolod by the presence of Rev. Falb
er Dann, wbo administered to bim the law
rament peculiar to tbe Catholio Church.
rat WOUND.
The gun was loaded with one drachm of
powder, an ounce ol shot, aod tbe usual
wadding. An examination showed that
tbe muzzle of tbe gun had rested against
his watch, heavy silver one. The charge
struck tbe watcb, bent it nearly double and
smssbed tbe works to atoms. It tbea glanc
ed off and entered the right side passing
into abdominal cavity, severing the bowel
and mntlliatiog the lower part of tbe liver,
tbe Intestines and liver protruding from the
wound. But for tb watcb tbe charge wo'd
probably have passed upwards Into tbe
heart aud death would have been Instantan
eous. TBI CACSI.
The cause of tbe shooting appears to be
troubles of a domestlo character, which led
tbe unfortunate man to drinking. Tbe
neighbors state that be bad oot spoken to
ber for tbree weeks previous to tht tragedy,
aod during tbat time bad been drinking
bard, frequently threatening to kill bis wife
by shooting. She is represented as being a
quiet, inoffensive woman.
Mr. Reynolds Informs lis tbat Burke) was
as good a workman as be ever bad in his
employ, and be bad never known of bis be
ing on a spree with one exception.
Deceased was about 34 years of age, - aod
leaves a wife aod three children to moarn
bis untimely end.
An inquest is being held tbit aiternoon
by Justice Reynolds.
A Reverend in New York last Suns
day preached upon tbe proper wsy to pas
Saturday night in order to be fitted ror tbe
duties of Sunday. He spoke or tbe evil re
suiting to tbe laboring classes fiom late
hours oo Saturday night spent In shopping
and buying supplies. He recommended
tbat tbe afternoon and evening ot Saturday
be spent at Central Park, or other natural
place ef amusement, at a good preparation
ror Sunday, aud be recited Burn't '-Cotter
Saturday Nigbt" a a lesson for a cbtistian
family.
What nonsense la a clergyman to talk
about people spending Sunday recreation
wben it requires six day labor to provide
tbe necessaries of life, and only Saturday
nigbt Is left in which to lay In stores for
Sunday aod the coming week. It Is very
well lor schoolboy to 'speak" poetic pieces
on declamation day and at school exhibi
tions, but that New York clergyman bad
better study tbe prose of lite, and be may
had that tbe last word of ooe line does not
always rhyme with tbe one proceding It.
How easy it is to talk yea to preach, wben
such Bluff Is called preaching.
California stage drivers seem to bave a
peculiar way of halloing passengers from
their vehicles. This is wbat Grace Green
wood ba to say oi Clarke Foes, beside
whom, on tbe box, she rode over tbe moun
tains: Tbe build of tbe man is magnificent,
and his muscular power I extraordinary..
Why, Instead of assisting your correspondent
from the box, wben, on our return, we stop
ped for a little rest at hi ranob, be grasped
ber waist with both bands and lifted ber,
not immediately to tbe ground, bot held at
arms' length moment and Irreverently
book her shook 160 pounds of womanbood
as though it bad been a dusty shawl.
It is annouoced tbat tbe recent hurricane
at Zanzibar, which destroyed so many ves
sels, wrecked tbe rebel privateer Shenandoah
which was such a terror to our merchantmen
during tbe war. This vessel disappeared
after tbe close of tbe struggle, and very few
persons knew wbat bad become of ber. It
turns out tbat aba was aold to tbe Sultan of
Zanzibar, In whose service she did duty, uo
der a strange-sounding Turkish name, until
ber loss as aforesaid.
Tbe Courier Journal gives Rev. George
Harding of Illinois a column and a half of
sffeotlooate reproof, and closes by urging
blm to die, promising to drape Its columns
la black oa tbat sad occasion. It closes
tbus: '-Will not Mr. Hardiog oblige us?
Will be, tbat Is t say, can be, refuse to
curl np and quit? He will never get a bet.
wr opportunity, to world is weary or
Uardlug. Tbe grave 'smiles wltb 'open
lips' to reoeive bis noble form. And there
are about sixteen expectant editor ranged
round tbe church door, every mother's ion
or whom will not only take sugar in theirs,
but sing and awing tbeir feet like fouraod
twenty Sunday schools all in a row I We
are dying to write 'the late Harding.' "
The titiobuei, (uooo ) sentinel says:
Tbe prlee or bay In many towns Is no long'
er quoted, because there Is no longer any
hay. Hundreds or cattle are living entire
ly on tbe dead grass and bushes.
Tbe tools of reed vegetation or tbe Call
fornla swamp i land bas been round to yield
50 or 60 per cent, or paper pulp equal to
tbat obtained from ootton.
A Wltccnsio pigeon roost is three ml!s
In length.
SOBEL k AUEBHAIM
1872. 1MEWCOODSI 1872.
Important to our Patrons and the pubUc at large I
SOBEL AU E R H A I Til,
Dating jnst returned from New York wa are now opening eat tht LARGEST BTCCK of
bring Summer grrj 00)15 !
Brer brought to retrolenm Centra, comprising the latest styles (of OREBt GOODS,
DOLLY VARDBN Casmeres
BLACK, COLORED AND STBIPED SILKS- HUSH POPLINS,
Japanese Silks, Shawls, Gimpure Laces,
Hosiery, Gloves, Ready-Made Linen Suits.
Alao, a very fine selection of
MILLINERY GOODS ! Mil WINERY GOODs
IiAUIE and CENTO FURNISHING GOODS,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Trunks, Valises, Satchels, &c., &c.
car Please call early aod examine for joursalvee.
decile SOU-EL it AUERIIAISf.
The Oldest Established Dry Goods Honse on Oil Creek.
Oil Items. Wm. Bell will bave bit
Lionets well torpedoed to-day.
Ludlum, Gates & Co., will have their No.
2 well torpedoed to-day.
Tbe Defiance well oa tb Wilson lease
will be torpedoed to-day.
Jackson & Marbury struck a 25 barrel
well on tbe Twin Lick this week.'1
J. J. Tbibeadeau has a rig nearly com
pleted on lease 25, Sec. I. Y. A C. Co.,
tract.
Tbe well en tbe W. Ye. O. & O. L. Co.
tract, owned by Carver 4 Covell will be
torpedoed this week.
Tbe shipments of oil from the Gal ;iraol
for tbe week ending June 1st, 1872, amount
ed to 1,013 barrel!.
Tbe Hinsdale Oil Company will com
mence drilling the ' Clara" well oo lease
60, Sec. B. Volcanic Ridge, tbii week.
We understand tbat W. C. Stiles, Jr., has
a good show of oil In bis well No. 67, we
hope It will be a 100 barrel well.
Wm. Bell bas completed hla Lioness Well
snd It Is now waiting a torpedo. Well on
tbe V. O. & C. Co. tract.
R. Gilchrist, struck a 30 barrel well c 'I
tbe Twin Lick this week. Tbe oil Is about
30 gravity and promises to hold out.
Tbe Star well owned by Gatton and ott ¬
ers will commence drilling next week, tht
well Is on tbe V. O. & C. Co. tract.
Oil items are scarce this week, owing to
tbe fact tbat E. C. Palmer is absent, and
we bave very lew report or torpedoes ex
ploded. Charter Oak No. 2, on V. O. & C. Co
tract bave commenced drilling well No. i
This company Is composed of tb Gatton
Bros., and others.
Tbe Hinsdale Sncceas Co., struck five
barrel well last week. They bave oolbar
rig nearly completed. This company are
operatiug on tbe Gale tract.
Tbe completion or the Angell Co'i. well
64 H, isretarded by tbe tool being loat in
tbe well. We nnderatand, however, tbat
drilling will be commenced tbi week.
Ludlum Gatea & Co., attempted to ex
plode a torpedo In tbelr well No. 2 tble
week but tbe line broke and let tbe torpedo
fall to tb bottom or tbe well where it now
lies.
The "Horace Greeley" well on tb Rucki
man tract, owned by our friends Col. Bene,
diet, True and Williamson Is down to tbe
depth of 400 feet, and, we understand ha a
good show or oil. Volcano Lubricator.
Many case bave been reoorded of lives
saved by Bibles carried in the pocket,
which bave Intercepted bullets, towle knives
and such like Instruments or deatb. Or
course tbe proper Inference from tbete eyes
is tbat it la a good and commendable thing
to carry a Bible in the breast pocket, a In
deed It Is. But a man in Florida, wbo was
oot base slave enough to pay hi bills, al
lowed them to accumulate in bis pocket until
there was quite a thick buodle or them. A
few days ago a ruffian tried to stab him, and
tbls bundle of nnpald bills Intercepted tbe
unite and saved bis lire- What la tbe in
ference case?
Fechter's theatre Is to be illuminated by
a ealicium light In tbe ceiling of tbe audi,
torium, which will not onnfutt the aotors
nor dazzle tbe audience.
Tbe slag from blast furnaces Is now large
ly used for street paving In European cities.
It is said to surpass tbe best natural atones
In strength.
Nicaragua has a whole lake of mlneraj
water, which only cures cutaneous disease,
but takes away all appetite for liquor.
"Guas aod pistols repaired, cofilos made
to order." is the sign oi a combination firm
la Alabama.
DRY GOODS, AO.
Acocst FlBiT Cilbbration. Amaelioi
of tbe colored citizens of this cennty, wis
bald at tb African Church, Fraokllo,
on Thursday. Mow Hall, of Oil City, was
tailed to tbe chair, and Rev. Jas. Lawira
aod A. Sims, Vice Presidents. Th object
or tbe meeting wat to make arranemeol;
fir tbe celebration oi the ratification ol the
Fifteenth Amendment. It was decided to
hold the celebration on August lil, at Oil
City.
On motion Rev. J at. Henry wm iltctei
President or tbe day, R. H. Msdd, Vice
Presidents; Rev. J. Laweoa, Cbaplaiet
Chat. Sweeney, Chief Marshal, and ,Wb
Brown and M. Hall, Aids,
A series or resolution wait tftred by r.
Miles Green, endorsing tba ooalastioa oi
Grant, and complimentary te gamier adept,
ed and tbe meeting edjoot aed.
Two bnndred aod seventy-two miser
were killed, and 722 wonted in lbs Penh,
ylvanl antbraolte coal region laat year,
making 200 wlbowa aod MO or (00 orpsati
""STeeley bat and Gretley piss an all the
rage at present.
liontal Notice.
For Sale or Ken t.
A desirable residence located no the El
bert Farm, a abort distance Irom town. Fr
particular apply lo
OWEN GAFFNET. :
Petroleum Centre, Juoe 14, 1872.
jl4-tl.
SCALED PKOrOSALtt
Will be received by tbe Board of Dlreetsr
or Cornplanter, notll June 22nd, at 12
o'clock, lot BUILDING THREE SCBOOL
HOUSES In aald Township, one atSiftrs
lyville, on at Colombia Farm, and at
Kane City. Separate proposals mast be
made for each bniMing.
Tbe Board reserve the rights lo reject say
or all ef tbe bids.
Plans and Speclgcatlont maybe bad an
application to Geo. H. Dihonp. Secretary
or tbe Board, Oil City, Pa. Office at Fox'
Planiog; mill. P. O. Box 1,682.
J 11-td. .
For Sale Cheap.
Two Weill and riga complete on tbe Bu
chanan Farm, west ol Columbia OH Com
pany. Two Woodbury Engines No. th
sod 3. Ooe do Boiler No. 4. l.&OOreel
Tubing, 700 leet one Inch Pipe, 700 feel i)i
caslceT. Zlfi feet fi eaains. APPiy
CHARLES E. 1
."etroleum Centre, June 8. 1872.
j 8-lw.
ART.
Girl Wanted.
A girl wanted to do beusewwk la nw
family. Enquire of
MRS. H. C. JARVIi
Petroleum Centre, Pa, Juno 3, 187?.
( t-1w
For Sale
15.000 to 20,000 feet or SECOND-HANp
TUBING, at from 26 to 35 cist Vtv
Tbe Tubing Is In first class order and an
ready fitted.
April 23. tf. H. H. WARNER.
New JSoodS!
L. GKAFOWITCII,
Merchant Tailor I
Baa Joel retimed from New York wl th the Inert
irtmnt at WCKV.IUH ANR DOMlBTlv
Cloths,
tassimeres,
anil V'Stintfe
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Petroleum Centre. Also, a roll Una of
GENTS' FUBNISHING GQVva.
nnaiviM wnmr nrnmntW it tended to, and foot
fltTiK,n!2.nti!fl!i thta nlu anil TieJnltT n ber bet'
ier Clothing of me, and SS VBH tiNTni
CK man in i murine, uu vi
Give me a call. ..,
Next Door to Smith' alaloon, Wort-