shugert&staSr
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Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALS riB IN
Gents' Famishing Goods,
COR.t,SPRING & FRANKLIN STS.,.
TITCSVL.IiE, PA.
Bate pat is ma of the finest assortment oj I
CL01H8& CASSIMERES
ENGLISH,
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
. STRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY YESTINGS.
Ever offered .In the Oil Regloa.
TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Sc CAPS,
Ali the Latest and Nobbiest Styles.
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Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pet. Centre, Pa., Saturday July 27.
Itlrlne Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
i P. M. Sabbath School at 12 P. M.
eats free. A cordial invitation extend
ed to all.
Rev. P. W. Scofibld, Pastor.
Presbyterian CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M., and 1
e'olock P. M.
D. PATTON, Psitor.
Petroleum Centre Lodge,
No.
Tiff, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday,
at 8
o ciock. signed.
ALBERT GLENN, N. G.
E. O'FiADKitTT, A Sec'y.
tPUce of meeting, Main St., opposite
McUlintock House. '
A. O. ol U. XV.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
meets every Monday evening at 8 o'clock,
In Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre,
P.nn'a.
A. M. Kleckner, M. W.
J. n. MERRILL, R.
Gold at 1 p. m.
NOTICE.
A meeting of Grant & Wilson club of Pet
roleum Centre will be beld at the office ol
Esq. Reynolds this evening at 8 o'clock.,
W. W. JOHNSTON,
Secretary of Club.
jy2TU
((What
tbe Ilecord
Knows
About lit"
Tbe St. Petersburg Progress, In an article
beaded as above, goes Into a long and means
Ingless double-leaded harangue over some
remarks we made In a recent issue criticiz
ing Its gross exaggeration of tbe product of
that district. Our observations were bared
on the statements of a gentleman, himself a
producer there, and worthy of entire belief,
and attested since by others from there.with
ample opportunities of knowing, and by tbe
Progress Itself conceding In Its last effort at
n oil report that there was not more tbao
dozen wells in tbe district yielding CO
barrels dally, the smaller fry doing 3, 6 and
7 barrels, and dry boles-be is silent on. -He
boasts of bit superiority over the Ti
tusville Herald and, Courier In the accuracy
of bis reports, and denies that be bas ever
knocked the bottom out of tbe market. Tbe
denial was altogether unnecessary. Lot tbe
markets go up or dowo, certainly he of all
others wilt escape censure. Neither bulj
nor bear will look to blm for tho difference
as be never makes any anyhow.
We would just say to a novloe Ilka bim
Stick to tbe truth; be modest and not too
pretention; avoid slang phrases and sensa
tional items, and above all da not let your
angry passions rise when discussing a fair
question. Thy will you keep wit bin tbe
" "ioiuiejuuruaiism and be happy.
At Chicago, during the great fire, a po
Jicemio Impressed IntoJ sorvlca an expresa
ki, attuning near tue worts Side. Po-
lloo Station, to save a woman wbo wis bad-
ly burned, as tbe flames were threatening
tbe bulldiog used as tbe station bouse. The
$uu wiu me cny lor pay
wont for its ae, and the Commissioners
have decided that be shall receive uo com
pensation fr bis -SBLicle, as it was used (or
hospital service.
4
l'LUMEK.
Flnmcr was a place once, and proud Is
"ye oldest citizens" ol tbe fact, consequent
ly they never grow tired of talking over the
days of '65, when the quiet little village ol
to-day was a scene of activity and lite that
many of tbe larger towns of Pennsylvania
could not boast of. A correspondent has
been engaged In "interviewing" one of tbe
"natives" and gives an account of what tbe
old man said, as follows: ''Yes sir'ee,
young man," and the egtd veteran sighed
mournfully, as bo helped himself to a huge
pinob ot Scotch sntiff, "this used to be a
place once, when the steam boss used to
greet us daily with his shrill whistle; when
our streets were crowded with adventurers
worshipping at tlio shrine of tbe oily god;
when derricks emild be counted by tbe thou
sand almost, and Alden, ol tbe Spencer
House, bad bis bands so full of business in
attending to the wants of bis customers that
many bad to be turned away fur want of
room. A fow wells were down, a great
many more going down, and many in con
templation. You Inquire did any of tbe
multitude win the oily prize, to which I an
swer yes. There was a good well on the
Lamb'farin, which y elded about forty bar
rols daily, and many other walls gave prom
ise of producing largely. But about this
time tbe largest well In olldom was struck
at Pitholo, and lo those days if a well did
not prove to be a big one it was immediate
ly abandonod, the owner pulling up stakes
and leaving fer 'greener fluids and pastures
new,' consequently tbe bubble burst and in
tbe excitement incident to tbe striking Of
the United Slates well, the busy crowds of
Plumcr were sirloken witb 'thousand barrel
wells on tbe brain,' and swarmed at once
for the more lucrative fields of Pitbole,
leaving Plumer to look out lor itself. . Then
we were a thriving people. Our stores,
banks, refineries, tc, were crowded witb
people, and we bad everything conducive to
the prosporlty and growth ot a live town. 0
You can see and note tbe sequel in tbe emp
ty buildings to be seen on all sides, and
other evidences of decay," and the old man
left us witb a sad suggestive shake of tbe
head, and mayhap a tear was in bis eye, as
be leaned over tbe bar at the Plumer House
and in broken accents requested mine bost
Alden to mix blm up a Utile "whiskey and
tansy, yon know."
What tbe old man said, our correspondent
adds, is too true. Plumer is indeed but a
wreck of its former greatness, as a glance
at tbe ruins of our colossal refineries will
convince an observing eye. The largest
these was tbe Humboldt Oil Works, which
cover over many acres of ground, and co.-t
balf a million dollars. It was a losing cou
cern Irom tbe first, and most of tbe proper
ty bas passed into tbo bands uf a trustee.
Connected witb tbe works are two residences
One a large and costly edifice and the otber
a neat little cottage. Among the lesser re
fineries were tbe Mohawk, owned ana run
by Wolt & MoCorkle, tbe Osceola and Wan.
ren'e and Wynkoop's. Tbe First National
Bank was removed to Sharon about three
years ago. Of ber seven or eight hotels on
ly one Is in operation now. The machine
shops wore all taken down and moved long
sinco, and tbe busy bum of machinery is
no more beard. Of ber many si ores only
three romalo, and this is a brief outline of
what Plumer has been. Wbat It may be
again we cannot tell, but we do believe that
good oil territory oxists In that vii)inity,and
that some time in tbe not very distant fu
ture, sbe will "rise again" and take rank
with ber sister oil towns.
Allexder Run. The MuGrory farm,
Alleoder Bun, owned by J. M. Kepler of
our town, has a well doing 6 or 7 barrels
per day.
Not far from this well, on the Copeland
farm, is a well yielding 3 barrels daily.
There Is just a probability of a new oil
field being found bere.
Liberty Is sweet, but tbe means used to
recurejiberly are not always sweet scented.
Two convicts in Sing Sing secreted them
selves in swill barrels, and were driven out
of the prison yard into tbo Btreet. Wbeo
tbe driver entered a store oo an errand one
of tbe prisoners jumped out of tbe barrel and
put the horses under tbe whip, but being
ignorant of tbe localities, and perhaps some:
wbat blinded by the BWill, be drove directly
back towards tbe prison, and tbe two recap1
lured. Jack FulslafTs condition in. a buck
basket was bad enough, but getting secreted
in a swill barrel beats that.
Caru Up. Our correspondent writes
tbat Stewart Bros. &, i'inor, of Titusville,
have recently purchased Ibe Mi'Laugblin it
Meagher Lease, Cash Vo. There aro 14
wells oo tbe lease.
Tbe pipe line books show a daily produc
tion of 174 barrels lor this d strict.
'I' be wells here bsve touched bottom some
lime ago, and are improriu,; la production
considerably.
All have gu enough tc tu uod coal Tare
do no buslaec.
Tito CJrocn.Eyod Monster In F.rltlNli
Columbia.
Advices from Victoria, dated June 28tb,
give tbe following particulars of an aiioc
lous murder at Nanalmo: Geo. Bell, a coul
miner, having beaten bis wile, an Indian
woman, until sbe confessed that a man
named Dalson bad enticed her to a bullae ol
improper purposes, gave Datson twenty-lour
boura to leave tbe town; if beremainded be
would kill blm. Datson immediately went
to Departure Bay and went to wort there.
Four days after Bell made bis will, procur
ed a doublesbarreled shot-gun, revolver and
bowie knife., and proceeded In search of
Datson. On lludiug him, be lired both bar
rels of tbe gun and five shots of tbe revolv
er. None of tbe tbots appeared to have
struck him, and Bell finally plunged the
kuife into bis neck, inflicting a frightful1
gasb. Datson (ell, and Bell threw bimsel
upon blm, and cut and backed blm la the
lace, bead, neck and body, and then beat
tbe bead almost into a jelly with tbe re
volver stock. Twenty cuts and stabs were
found alter death." Tbe murderer was dis
covered by Messrs. Alport and Bt-ck, of the
Vancouver Coal Company, who Immediate
ly arrested bim aud lodged him in jail
at Nanairno. Tbe body ot the murdered
man was also brought down, and an inquest
bbld. Tbe jury, witb hardly any delibera
tion, brought in a verdict of willful murder
gainst George Bell.
An old bachelor, wbo bad become melan
choly and poetical, wrote some verses for
the village paper, In which he expressed tie
hope that the time would soon come when
he should
'Rest calmly with a shroud,
Witb a weeping willow by my side."
but to bis inexpressible borror it came out
in print:
"When I shall rest calmly with shawl;
Witb a whopping widow by my side."
D. A. James, Esqs , truck a well on one
of tbe forks ot tbe Burning Springs Run, a
few days ago, which Is producing now about
80 barrels of oil per day. Tbe well showed
no signs, not even a smell of oil, until a
crevice was struck at tbe depth ol 890 feet
when sbe belcbed forth tbe "oleagenous
fluid." Truly the Burning Springs country
is not dead yet, nor destitute of oil. We
have always entertained tbe opinio a that it
was the best light oil territory in the cotio
try, and we still bold to tbe same opinion
Time t'alone, will .d'sclose and verfy the
prediction.. Parkersu'urg, JWest Vs.,
Times and Gazette.
Tbfl well on Ibe Pierce farm, owned by
Messrs. Woods, Irwin and Egbert, was com
pleted on Thursday, and proved to be a dry
hole. Drver than a gnawed bono. "The
well bad 39 feet of au interior sand rock,
New Well. A new well was completed
on tbe Phillips Bros, trsct, opposite Rouee
ville, on Oil Creek, last night, which is
making a line show for oil. Hod 700 feet ol
oil in the bole when completed.
Johnson, tbe druggist, bas just received
something new and novel in the line of
lamp cbimnie.i. known as Blackman & Co's
Patent Glass Base Mica Lamp Chimney.
Tbe beauty of this ohimney is that it will
not break, and throws out a blight clear
light, just the thing to read by. We would
advise our ludy friends to try it.
Tbe latest prodigy is a Tennessee, child of
six month!?, having two well developed
beads, witb disli ct shoulders and upper ex
tremitiesbut nhitlng latero-anteriorily a
little above tbe middle of their cheat, form
ing one body with two well formed inferior
extremities, corresponding to each child.
Tbe Grand Jury of St. Louis have report,
cd on the affairs of Ibe House of Refuge of
that city, and have found that boys have
been terribly whipped and shut up dark
dungeons lor trival offences, kept for two or
three days without food, and otherwise
abused aud maltreated. If these reports or
cruelty In publlo institutions are true, it is
time that the whole system was overhaul
ed. The horse which Gen. Buell rode during
his military service In the l ite war died ut
Paradise, on Groan river, Ky., a few weeks
since. The general was greatly grieved
over tbe loss of bis favorite steed, and bad
bim buried in style and a fuerral oration
delivered over his grave.
It is whispered that Joaquin Miller bee
shown the bar keepers of Sau Francisoo the
means of adding a new Zrst to a cobbler, by
using some Ingredients from tho despleed
sage bush.
Tbe mother of the boy Schick, shot and
killed on suspicion of trespass by Rev. Sam
uel Browne, of Cincinnati, bas commenced
a civil suit against bim for $10,000, every
sent of wbich she will doubtless recover.
A flighty Micbigander claims to have in
vented a telegraphic railway, by means of
wbich persons and parcels aggregating fjr
teen hundred pounds welgbt ran bo trans
milted la a car suspended from a telegraph
j wire ut tbo rale of a mile minute.
sm;. i. tin io it j:vk.
A sunset glory lines the west
With streaks ol crimson. In the pine,
The ring dove nriruiurs on ker uesi;
And myriad golden scarlets shine.
Upon tbe fair, calm hpiir of night,
As she ber table veil lets lull.
rTbe swallows from the dizzy height
Ol Ified steeplo twittering call.
As twilight lades, and darkness growl
Upon the laudscapo, aud Ibe leaves
Ol dew tilled flowers slowly close,
And martins gather 'neutli the coves.
And on the breast ol silver stream
Tbe lillies quiver, while tbe sigh
Of rustling night breeze, like a dream,
Stirs their wbilo blooms, and passes by
The sleeping swans, witb ruffled wings,
And head reposing, slow drift on;
Tbe nigbtiugale melodious sings
The bosom laden bough upoo.
The plashing of tbe mill-wheel falls ,
Like music on tbe farm boy's ear;
Ab homeward trudging, blitb bo calif,
And whistles wben his cot is near.,
The lights go out in cotlago homes,
Tbe labors of tbe daytime cease,
Abroad tbe king of slumber roams,
And in bis trainee - Rest and peace.
All tbe Year Round.
For Sale. ,
Wishing to concentiate my
operations to my farm in Cran
berry township I offer FOR
SALE 3 producing wells on my
Central Farm lease without
Machinery ie. to say I will sell
the wells with casing and rig
"but not the Boilers, Engines,
tubing or other property on the
lease. GP.BDTTON.
N. B. For particulars ap
ply to Mr. John Holsapple.
On. News Tbe well on tbe Master farm
is looking a little like tbe "Laws Of Connecticut.'-
There ore three new wells being started
on tbe I Neely farm east of Turkey run.
The old Furnase well on Turkey run has
has been torpedoed and increased from 8 to
13 barrels per day.
Several wells will be completed within
Iwo weeks on tbo Dittman run, but we can
not expect any very big Btrikes in that lo
cality. Shirts, Faunce Sc Co., are pumping the
old Alum Rock well after sinking it abont
one hundred feet deeper than when tested
before and rumor says it is a good paying
well.
On Ibe Ely Ritz farm eaBt of Turkey mo
there are three wells in operation, one by
Ferlig & Hammond, one by M'CulIa and
others and one by Bowers of Titusville.
A new well was completed last week on
the Ely Ritz farm very close to the line of
the Ditlman farm which promises to he a
good well; it is now pumping at tbe rale of
twenty-live Barrels per day.
Birch, the tank builder, bas just got a
twenty-five barrel well on his lot near Pe
tersburg. This lot IQunderstand be leased
r.T the purpose of building on, and did no'
erect a dwelling bouse and tank shop, but
the owner of tbe land Mr. Chas. Ritz pro
poses to come In for a little royalty ques
tion. Below tbe moutb of Turkey run on tl e
Clarion river, operations are moving lively
Operators bere have measured the courses
and distances of tbe meandering "belt" and
have concluded tbat it will shortly appear
passing In an easterly direction from the
"Grass Fiats" and will terminate its course
at or near Deer creek Beaver Township.
Beau Creek.
Matters are about as usual from fbe Dutch
ess farm to Martlnsburg no new strikes of
any account. All tbe old wells are declio
lig a little in the production. Emlenton
Friend.
The Trinitarian Congregational churohe
of Boston In May last contributed $40,633 05
to the, American Board of Foreign Mis
sions. At the recent annual distribution of prlzea
at the Uuiver.Bily College, London, tbe first
prize for political economy was awarded to
a young lady.
The plentiful rains of the past three weeks
have caused the fields and trees to retain
their Irekh green appearance to much later
date than is usual.
It bas been suggested that a yoong lady
wbo bas been lecturing on "thoughts and
their chariots," should entitle ber nex
turo "Whims and tbeir Wheelbarrows.'
There is not a liamjed bote! or eating
house in Mercer county, and the traffic, in
pint bottles it exceedingly lively.
- ?"!ffT,
FOIl SALBKUiijiii
A firsUclans team ol DRAUGHT Hnre
ES, WAGON, IIAUMiUS &o., In ,
winking order. For particulars luualrlie.
this uliice. jy 20. 2w. ,
For Sale.
One Second-hand Piano In good ennji
tion. Pilce $100. Apply of A. J Haw
LEY, Cold Water Offloe, Petroleum Centr.
Pa. jy 25-lw.
tilrl Wanted
A girl wanted to do bonsework In a am.n
family. Enquire at "
Gordon's Hardware Stars
Petroleum Centre, Pa, June 23 1872 '
june 23-lf. '
For Sale Cheap
J HJMAGEE, Oil City,, has iomeve,,
desirable building lots for sale in difr.
locates in Oil City. Also, new and L
ond band machinery of all kin. r .
cheap. Office, No. 1, Sham's
Spring Street.
july 13-lm.
For Sale or Kent.
A desirable residence located on tbe Fin
b'ert Farm, a short riiai.nou imn, , .',
particulars apply to '
. , OWEN GAFFNET,
Petroleum Centre, June 14, 1872.
' jl4-U.
For 9a le
15.000 to 20.nnn fpt nr SPfinwa rt .
TUBING, at from 25 to 35 els. per foot
The Tub in Ih in Ann aIm a. j ,'.
a - wama vawvK BJIJU ml i
ready titled. 1
April iu. ir. n. H. WARNER.
OAFFFRVX Win., .n.i M.....", ,
-u.if.iuiv mrmea.
leal use. Tbe best and cbeaoeaL
Sunday Comfort still on deck and for sili
at GAFFNEY'S. s.n
Gaffncy sells Lager
If you
Want a Salesman,
Want a Servant Girl',
Want to Sell a Horse,
Want to Sell a Pateut,
Want to Lend Money,
Wfrot to Buy a House,
Want to Sell a Carriage,
Want to Borrow Money,
Wart to Sell an Oil Well,
Want to Bty an Engine or BolIoiV
Want to Sell a House and Lot,
Want to (tod a Strayed Animal,
Want to Purchase an Oil Interest,
Want to Sell a Piece of Furniture,'
Want to Boy a Second-hand Carriage,
Want to Sell Tubing, Casing, Gal Pipe,
Want to FiriiT n V. -i
Found, advertise in the Record, ae not Ins
uuii ieu tooimanq people read tt weekly,
A fine lot ot Iuinnruul Win ...t T I ......
. ' .. ' ' auu IJIUUPI
just received and for sale by GAFFNE Y
frf A8epte wanted to sell
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and Photograph Family Records. For terms,
send stamp to Ckiieb & Buo., Publisher!,
York, Pa.
(Incorporated I860.)
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