i, II -'", i & STARR iMOMton to UtftoUnd, Smltk A Co., llerchant Tailors! AND DEALERS IH ' Gents' Furnishing Woods, 'COR. SPRING & FRANKLIN 8T3., TITrsV.IiliE, PA. Bto put la one of the floest tssoriment oi 'iJLOim& CASSIMERES ENGLISH, J FRENCH AND . AMERICAN C OAT INGS. GHBGERT j STRIPED' SUITINGS, FANdlT YESTIJiXJS. ver offeredpn the Oil Region.' TWRHTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS Sc CAPS, Ali the Latfrtand Nobbiest Stylos. . A FULL LINK OF Gents' t arnishing Goods, fcc, Petroleum Centre Daily Record f ' Ceutre, Pa., Saturday Jam 80 Dtvtne service. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and i P. M. Sabbath School at UK P. M eali free.' A cordial iavitation extend- ed to all. Ksv. P. W. Scofibld, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7 ooiock r. ja. D. FATTON, Pastor. Petroleum Centre Lodge, No Tl, I. O. of O. F. Regular meeting oigbti Friday, at 8 o'clock. Signed. ALBERT GLENN, St. G. E. Q'Flabbbtt, A Sec'y. tJTPlace of meeting, Main Si., opposite MoCliotock Honae. A. O. Of IT. VV. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W., meets every Mjmday evening at 8 o'clock, In Odd Fellow Hall, Peiroleuin Centre, Peno'a. A. Gibs, M. W. S. H: Hooker, R. Gold at 1p.m. I13& "Drying- Up." A gentleman largely ' Interested in tbe Petersburg oil Seldj. in forms us Ibat no less than ten dry boles have been the mult of aa many finished welle, ia bis Immediate locality, w-itbin tba last two weeks. This la of coarse only from one portion of tbe locality; there are many more not reported. One Informant i an experienced operator, and gives it as bis opinion that, tbe lower territory, is play ing out very rapidly. Oil City Regis ter. Lateat advices from tbe Cash-Up oil d's triot report oil matters as exoeeding dull. Tbe famous McLaughlin well has ceased producing. Ninety wells pumping are producing less than 160 barrels daily. Tbe Hon. Eliza Pert, arrived from Frank. Ho, this morning. Sbe has been ruatioats lag there for tbe laat thirty days, boardlog at Sheriff Mark's Hotel. Tbe Pstrolia Club are getting tber hands full. Yesterday they received a challenge tromtbe St. Petersburg Base Ball Club. Tbe challenge will probably be accepted. The matoo game of baseball, yesterday afternoon, between tbe first and second nines of the Eetrolia club, resulted, as fol lows: Pstroliic: Picked. Nine. K: O. R O. Mages, 0,. . 8 1 Miller, c, 4 3 Gordon, p, 6 6" Croy, c f, 4 2 Gorbam, ii, 6 2 Holland, 1st b, 1 Regan, 3d b, IT Shields, p, 1 3 Kieeknsr, 1st b, 7 0 Pefler, s ,. 43 Sbeasr, r f, 2 6 Robb 3d b, 3 4 Flsber, If, 6 1 Prloe, 2d b, ' J Bovee, 2d b, 4 3 McEallp, r f, V 8 Mallory, e t; It S - Sollver, 1 f, 2 8 Total, 42 27 Total, 29 27 Tbe P.irolla Base Bail Club of this place Kit for T.ltuevllle, on tbe 10:20 a. m. train, to play a match game or ball witb the Eagle Club of that olty. TO dai U'tbe laat da fair ni.vlni Ih mi r. eu tile licences at tba County. Treasuei'i vui sv, at tsraomo. . Oil Niws. Four new wells are going down on tbe Brown farm, Cberrytree Run. Capt. Oliver is drilling one. S. Elliott Sr., one. Fieber i Son, one. Powers & Grif fith, one. On tblBIg Tank farm, Meraton it Sb reeve, of Oil City, are sinking a new well. On Kane Run, Mr. T. O'Donnell, bas one well nearly completed. Mr. Davis Is etnkiug a well on the Demp sey farm. A new well was completed on Kane Run, day or two einee. Yesterday, it was tor. pedoed by Mr. Tbos. Roach, or this place and is making a good show for oil. Will pro bably prove a good small well. Ovroed bv William .Aruol-K On the McElwee Farm, the land Interest are drilling a well, aud Mr. James Perkins has a well neaily .towo. . m Theatre This evening tbe New York aud Western Theatrical Company, give one entertainment only at Sobel's Opera House. Tbe thrilling sensational drama entitled, 'Inshavogue, or, Tbe Fenian Chief of '93," will b produced, the youag and talented aotor, Mr. Felix A. Vincent, assuming tbt, character ol Brian Maguire,. in which be cannot be excelled.' Mr. Harry Gray as Ullck Burk; Geo. 0. Jordan as Harry Car ringtoo; Miss Dollie Pike as Kale O'Dwyer; Mini Marlon as Lsdy O'Dwyer, and tbe bal ance of the oompaoy in tbe canto.- We have not been favored with an eotertaio ment of this kind for a long period,, and we trust Mr. Blakeney and bis company will meet with a hearty reception. We Wave been acquainted witb tbe ladles anil gentle men oomposing this troupe for a long time, and know tbein to be not only talented ar tistes but blgb-mindod msn acd women in every respeol. Give tbem a full bouse. See here, Muggins, nave you beard the news! ''No! inform me." "Why they have just received at tbe Petroleum Ex change Hotel another lot ef tnose nice-fresh Shell Clams. A terrible burning acoldeot occurred' at 'he Louisa well, In the Canada oil rezlon. on tbe I4tb Inst , caused by a gas-explosion. A youag man named Brake- was- literally roasted by tbe dread iu I exp osion, and' lour other workmen were badly burned; A new paper it soon lo be siartedi at Rouseville. A poor investment. Stokes, the murderer of Coi Flek. is now being tried in New York city. A desiructlveHreoacured at PbiUdelnhia. yesterday. The Tltusville Courier failed lorenoh 11 yesterday, or any of tbe subscribers 10 tbat paper, lor that mailer. Wonder If "Plum"' bas got over that editorial excursion yet. A traveling fraud lectured on the aire.i last night, offering lor sale the great Asia- ucai raoucural, white wash Kn.n. good for whitening the character or clean ing tbe faoe of any person. SeaD of a hun dred ner cent batter niiaii,r ... i. .... . 1 J wm wv uivbmvu at Sobonblom's for lit els per bsr. Tbottixo at Shakon - On the 2d. Sd.nrf th of July, tbe Sharon Drlvlnu PArk a.. sooiation hold their seoond aooual meeting. The purses offered amount to $3,700, and are open. 10 all competitots. The purses offered amount to $1,600, and will no doubl draw many rant horses or note to tbe races. Under tbe new time table on the New York Central Railroad, an exDress train runs rrom Rochester to- Albany, 250 miles lo six hours and ten minutes, or over forty miles aa hour Inoludlog stops. ' The trotting race, mile beats, three In Ore, between the stallions Ajax and Alex ander, at' Oakland, California, for &2n , 000 a aide 00 Saturday, was won In three straight beats by Ajax. Best lime 2:29. Oil Creek'lake, about twentv miles above Titusville is to be stocked witb fish and have a good hotel put up on its banks, a'bd ! expected to rival Chautauqua as a summer Tbe grave of General E. I) R.k. in Lone Mountain Cemetery, near San Fran oiseo, has been sadly uegiected, and tbe Portland Oregonian calls upon the citizens of Oregon to raise funds toward the erection of a monument upon it. A narrow giunje railroad, 147 miles in leagtb, Isjbeing constructed from Str Louis to Cairo. One hundred miles of tbe ara ding will be finished by tbe 1st of July. It is estimated tbe coit rl! be below $15,006 permits. RTbe annual parade of the MeaUvilleFIrs Department take place tbia year 'on Thursday, August 1st. Tbe man with the iron jaw lives at Taun too,. Massachusetts. He tokos a thick, heavy flint glass tumbler and bites large pieces out of it with perfect ease, acd chews them to powder. He does cot swallow them, however, lor foar of having a pane in bit stomach. Goldsmith Maid'a Fast Time. Yesterday tbe great trotting event of the season came off at t be Prospect Park Fair Grounds, between Goldsmith Maid, Lucy, and Henry, for a purse of $5,000. Over tert thousand persons were present. The weath er was favorable, the rain of tbe previous night baving laid the dual left tbe track in excellent condition. Much disappointment was manifested when tbe announcement was mtde tbat American Girl would not trot on accnunt ot lameness. Sbe was brought 00 tbe track for ioRpecticy by the judges, and was at onoe surrounded by an exoited crowd who had backed her for tbe second place in the race. It was found tbat she bad bit ber knee wbile exercising, and hnr leg being much swollen, ber owner was given permis sion to withdraw her. lu toe pool selling tiolusmttti Maid was virtually ignored, ber success being a fore gone conclusion. Lucy had tbe call forseo ond place at $230 lo $40. The Judges were Messrs. C- Kerner, J. Uarker, and W Turnbnll. Budd Doble diove tbe Maid, Jobn Murphy bandied the reins over Henry, and O. A. Hlckock piloted Lucy. The hor ses were in noe condition when they made their appearauoe 00 tbe track. Tbe excite ment (w as iutense. Sl'MUART. Prospect Park Course, L. I. Purso $5. 000; mile beats, best 3 in 5, In Earoess. $2,250 to tbe first burse; $1,250 to the sec ond horse; $I,0uV to third; and $500 to fourth horse. B. Doble's b. m. Goldsmith Maid, 1 1 1 O. A. Hickok's b m Lucy, 2 2 2 J Murpby's b g Henrv, 3 3 3 B Mace's b m American Girl, dr. Ti.MK. Three Quarter. Half. Quarters. M K First heat, 34 1:08 U 1:41 2:17j Second heat, Third beat, 34 31 1:U8.U 1:08 1 :42 1:43 2:19 Oil Newi. Tbe Mason well on tbe Hea ter farm Turkey run commenced pumping on Monday and is doing about 15 barrels per day. Tbe Aogell well 00 tbe Ilowe farm about one-half mile east ot Fairview is good lor 25 lo 30 barrels a day. This well opens up a large amount of territory lying very cloe to tbe village of Fairview, and considerably west of tbe supposed belt. Tbe M'CIyuionds well south-east of Fair- view is doing about 85 barrels a day. This well is tbe farthest south of any yet com pleted, b:it there are 8 or 10 wells in opera tion four to live miles further south-west. Lambing is starting two east of Millerstown uooegm towneuip; 11 luese snoum prove a success they would lead us to believe that the greater part of southern Butler county Is underlaid with tbe fiery flunl. Tbe well on the William Campbell farm west of Fairview, which bas been tested io tbe second and or "Mllford rook" is not pumping much oil, but has been troubb-d considerably with salt water. Tbey in' tend drilling it deeper to find the third sand. Up tbe creek from Marllmburgh there are several new towns oeing built up one of which is oamed Eetrolia on the iGiuptj norm of tbe Blany veil one-half mile Emjenton Friend. A Nevada paper, speaking of tbe atmos phere at Virginia City, says tbat ballet don cere tre frequently nnable to go through their parts, and encores are impossible. Persons arriving front places near the level of the sea, who are at borne rapid walkers,. soon find themselves brought up with a round turn, and either spit ' blood or bleed at tbe nose. Little brisk walking is ever seen in the city. People do not seem so active at Ihey really are, for tbe reason tbat tbey have been compelled to adopt a gait whlob, It not lazy. It at least rather leisurely. Hot weather is felt much more severely, and la much more debilitating than at the sea level. When the thermom eter marks.80 degrees in Ibis elevated re gion the all is of much less value than it is at the sea. level undor tbe same beat. Pig eons tbat fly very strongly in California are almost like unfledged birds when brought here. Lots of pigeont brought from Cali fornia for pigeon shooting ma'chea are often almost worthless, as upon being sprung from tbe trap they will flutter and oome to tbe grouod;belore going two rods. At last, from an exchange paper, wa bave ,ouud why Butler county is known at the "soap mines." Whether tbe story "will wash" or not, we don't know, but give it fcr what it is worth: "Many years ago, in bor ing a well for salt water, near Fairview, a vein of what la-known at petroleum wst struok, and the owners and drillers of. tbe well, not knowing wbat it was, pronouneed It sort soap, and baving no chemical knowl edge to guide tbem adopted this conclusion, and tbe word baving gone abroad or this discovery, the name was ever aUer applied to the county." London is fuller than it bas been lor tnaoy years, and fan extraordinary demand lor bouse room U the result,. SOBEL & AUERHAIm 1872. NEWGOQDS! 1872. Tnqwrtant to our Patrons ami flw jnillio at large I SOBEL & AUERHAIM, Hailng jiut returneilwrom Sew Yok we aro now opening out the LARGEST UTCCK of Swing ft ronmer Ever broagbt to Petroleum Centre, comprising the Intent eiylcs of DRES3 0O0D3, DOLLY VARDB1M Casmeres BLACK, COLORED AND STRIPED SILKS. IRISH POPLINS, Japanese Silks, Shawls, HOMcry, uiov Also, a very Cir Please call early and examiue fur declfttn The Oldest Established' Dpr Two Names. BY JXAN FLOYD, Tbero were two who stood on the sea shore, As tbe tide began to flow; One traced bis name on ilia rock above, And one on tbe sand below. One idly glanced at tbe rising wave,- Aud tbe sunaet skies aflame, And one spoke low ' l will have a place Oa the shining rolls of Famel'' Faster and faster tbe tide came in, Like a liviug thing unchained, And the name on the Baud was washed away But tbe name on tbe rock remained. Years passed away ; and a gray.'balred man Came back to the loue sea shore. His place was bright on the rolls of Fame, But tbe strength of voulb was o'er. And when, to tbe well remembered placo( At last, tbe wanderer came, Though marked with tbe wear of sea and sturiu, Tbe rock still held his name. The name on the sand is gone," be laid, 'And tbe name on tbe rock is dim. Wbat umtier my laurels, when at last I sleep in the dust witb bim!" The local editor of Erie Dispatch visited the oil region v, lib the editorial excursion party and writes as follows of tbe Columbia farm: Tbe train stopped at tbe Columbia Farm platform and there a band or fourteen piec es were drawn op ready to give the guests a lilting reception. Tbe members of tbe band are all employed ou tbe oil '-farm," but dis course none tbe les excellent muslo on that account, tad tbey were bigbly compliment ed, deservedly so. for tbelr performance. Messrs. George Bonlton, and Jobn P. Bar- oroft, managers, were on band to tbow tbe visitors the sights n I all marcb-d up tbe bill, vistlng some or the pumping wells and witnessing ins wotting or a well In process of drilling. The Columbia rarra is perhaps tbe richest and best managed or any in tbei oil regions. Tbe owners are in no haste to' .... sink new wells to as to exhaust tbe terri tory, but keep up a daily production of about 400 barrols. On tbat Jfarra Ibere seems to be no peradventive at to flndiqfj on. 'ine taoKS now contain about eevcn-i teen thousand barrels olj crude oil. Alter spending about an -hour there, tbe party got aboaid again, tbe Columbia band ac companying ibetn,; and sped along tbe oreek. The visitors1 were delighted witb tbe grandeur of tbe mountain scenery along the line of tbe road, made famous at It is by being tbe richest and most valuable tr' ritory.ln tbe world. All along the creek, there is a wilderness or derricks, and on tbe bill side and mouutaln tops they bristle up, sometimes almost indistinguishable among tbe trees, and at otbert looking like a forest of derricks alone. An- attempt was recently made to get up i fresh exollement at Niagata Fall, In tbe formora buffalo bunt, for which purpose oraers wore sent to - Nebraska lor a supply of tbe animals. Tbey didu't know that a manin Milwau kee was insane till be begun the "construct ion of a tix-bladed borso- aud a leather frying pan, aud then tbey took bim lo a lunatic asylum. Chief Uukkwujjene bas just vrived In London from India. He is a veritable man otihedeseit, but he Is to be christianized by tbe Church of Kngland Missionary So ciety, and sent tack to. convert bis people MILLINERY GOODS ! MILLINERY GOODs .LADIES and F..Ts FUKIVISIIINO UOOD9, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Trunks, Valises, Satchels, &e., &c, DRY GOODS, AO. Ginipure Laces, jcrany-jiaue unen Salts.. fine selection of " yourselves. eOIsEfj & AVRRIIAI1T. Goods House on Oil Creek. lioeal Xotlcet. NOTICE, The Tax Payors of Cornpl-int-er Township are hereby noti fied that John F. - Alcorn is the only authorized collector of Road and Poor Tax for said' Township. Also, No persons have power to employ pei-sops. tojpork on roads except the lioad Commissiou ers. J. R FETTERER, Sect Board. THOS. McIIUGH, Road Commissioner. Pet Centre, -June 17, 182' To Mkkciianth All mercantile UcsntN ' mun be paid before the first day or Jul; lo t ho County Treasurer, at Franklin, ortbij' will he sued--' and-per centage and cost addAl. , N. R. Riddlk, , County Treasurer. j4-4t. A fine lot ol Imported Wine and Liquors " just received -ami for sale by GAFi KEY. Tbe best Pittsburgh Lager at CUTSET'S, For Sale or Kent. A desirable residence located n the Rf bert(Farm. a short distance Irouj'toarn. For ' partioulart apply to . ' OWES G'AFFNET. J . Petroleum Centre, June 141872. jl-t!. FVir Sale 15.000 to 30.000 feet of SECOND-HAND ' TUBING, at from 25 to 35 els. per root. Tbe Tubing is in Drat clast order and all' ready lilted. April 23. tr. H. H. WARNER. GAFFFRY'd Wines and Liquors fortrtd leal use. Tbe best and cheapest. . Take Notice. AfYartles knowing themselves Indebted' to' tbo firm ol Scbeimerborn A Ten Eyes, flour and reed dealers, are requested toesll at their store, tm Washington Street, sod settle tbe same Immediately, as tbey Intend1 o close out tbelr business. . . ScHKKUERliOR & Tli ETC!' Petroleum Centre, May 21, 1872. If Gaffnoy sells Lager OPERA HOUSE S' PETROLEUM CENTRE, PA. 1 ONLT'l' Saturday Ev'g, June 29th.' New York and Western THEATRE' BRASS BANDAND ORCHESTRA. Leader of Oroliratra,- 7 PHM PEKIUOb The manig-ment takes great pleasure in JD"04 Ing to rtiecttlswm of Petroleum Centre , ity, aii iKKni.iit witb tue bvotll Cemealan au Character Actor, FELIX A. VINCENT I Who will appear In eonnectiou with "id supporw" , by tna abovu ucellanl coiapaay. Saturday EveTg, June 29th : Will Uprwen ted tbe Thrilling and Peua- tlnnitl Tirasmn ill 4 Act. INSHAV0GUE: OH, THE FENIAN CHIEF OF '98. Brian Maguire, (Insbavogne), F. A.Vmu tS Admission as usual. fl"t' r
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