SHUQ-ERT& STARR
8acnwon to StcFarUndSmltB Co.,
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALERS 191
Vents' Furnishing Goods,
COB.I.SPRING k FRANKLIN 8T9.,
TITCSV.LIiE, PA.
Date jut U odo of too fiswt MMrtmeoli aj 1
CL0U18& CASSIMEEES
ENGLISH,
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED BUTTINGS,
FANCY VESTINGS.
Brar cfend.lB tin Oil Rtgloa.
TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Sc CAPS,
Ali tlx Utestand Nobbiest Btjlss.
A FULL LDI1 Or
Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c.
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pat. UMrt, Pa., Tsjestfay, July 80
UlTlna Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
IX P. M. Sabbath School at 1ZK P. M
eats free. A cordial invitation extend
ed to all.
Bar. P. W. Scopiild, Paalor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at II o'doek A. M., and 7i,
o'clock P.M.
D. PATTON, Pastor.
Petrolenm Centre Lodge, Ufa
T15. I.O. of O. F.
Regular meeting night Friday, at 8
nVlntili. Blount "
ALBERT GLENN. N. G.
E. O'Flabbbtt. A See'.
BsTPlaoe of meeting, Main St., opposite
jauiuuiw noun.
A. O. of V. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. V.,
VKMlal BttAP Balnea I at as aunUa . Q. ..t- ..
In O'ld Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre,
t ., A. M. Klicih.b, M. W.
J. H. Merrill, R.
.Gold at 1 p. on 1U
Sbrious Accidbxt. A few minutes be
fore seven o'clock this morning, quite a se
llout scolJent occurred eu tho Columbia
Farm, by which two of the oarpenrersin the
employ ot Mr. Kouolz, of Oil City, who has
the contract for building the new school
iouto oa lost farm, came very near losing
their lisreii. It annean lh. ... a
ww " U W
ln taking down the soaffoldlng (torn the see.
uu story omen it suddenly broke allowing
Ibiua to all totbegrouod, dlstsneo or 18
or 20 last. Both men were picked op in so
insensible condition, and at flrst they were
supposed I be dead, but an examinatlna
proved both Xe A alive, but very badly
brulkod, and strange as it may appear no
bones were brokea. One of the unfortunate
ma ws removed to bis boaie ia OU CHy
by the 8 o'alock trio. having to be carried
to I be depot la a chair. Un to this after.
uooo the other unfortunate was too weak to
be moved. Our Informant could not learn
tho names of tba Injured mea.
In- Luck Aoajn.W are pleased to nolo
me lact ual our townsman, Mr. S. A
Wood, has agalo struck oil. Tho well
owned by Um and Messrs. Tsck and Moor
head, and located oo the Lewis Campbell
'"m, near Pelrulia City, was completed a
day or two alnoe, and commenced flowing at
the rale of 200 barrels per day. Mr. Woods
came from there yesurday, and Informs us
that tho well was flowing fully 140 barrels
dally. The company own the land oo vbioh
the welj is located, aod Mr. W, Is tba poa
enor of two-thirds of the working interest.
Wo congratulate blmon his good fortune,
as David Yansey would say "You know,
I like to hear of your good- luck, egad, busi
ness you know,, my son."
cPt-1, E. Ray, ike popular Cesnl.r of
Bissau's Bank, returned home yeslerdar
from a flying trip to Niagara Falls, Roches!
ter aod Buffalo. Ills Improved appearance
Indicates that the trip sgreed with him.
A Liberal Republican Mass Meetiog Is to
be brld at Fraoklio, tbisovenlng. Hoa.A.
K. UoQluro and Hoo. Tboe M. Marshall are
expected to address tba meeting. Special
trains will be run (rom Oil City and other
points.
The following is nesrly a complete list of
publio school teschsrs examioed and ap
pointed Tor the term commencing some time
in September, by County Superintendent
MoClure, at the meeting held in Rouaoville
for that purpose by tbo Township School
Directors, yesterday aftorooon :
Petroleum Centre Mr. Alcorn, Principal
Asslstsnts Misses Kennedy, Wyckoff, Cope-
land.
Plumer Misses Copeland and Sutfoo.
Kano City Misses Carrie Palmer and
Maggie Campbell.
Rynd Farm Mr. McCleary, Miss Hawes.
MoClintoekville-Mlss Maggie Lord.
Tarr Farm Mr. G. B. Lord.
Sbaw Farm -Mies Smith.
Humboldt Mies Belle Tsylor.
Fremont Miss Henry.
Cherry Vallej Miss M. Q. McCrea.
Ron Seville Mr. Moffitt, Principal.
Eeecb Farm, Rock wood and Oleopolls to
be supplied.
Thirty-four teacher wero examined in
II.
Romantic Youths. Yesterday afternoon
three boys named George Benderfur, John
Glancy and Thomas Galley, ran away from
borne witli the avowed intention of becom
Ing trappers of beaver and bear and hunters
of red skins, In tbo encbsnted prairies of
the great west, as described in the dime
novels of tbo day. Galley aod Glancy re
sided on the Columbia Farm, and by sort
means had gained possession of a double
barrel shot guo, a ssven-'sbooter aod a eon
slderable amount of money. Beodurfer, re.
sidsd on tbo Egbert farm, and was employ
ed at the drug store or Dr. i. U.- Christie.
Upon leaving b appropriated a valuable
revolver the properly of Mr. Miller, Dr.
Christie's book-keeper. It is thought bad
some money with him also. With a small
portion of the money they laid In a supply
of ham sandwiches, dried beer, mustard,
sbeeso and orackers, aod informing their
parents that they were going to Kane City,
took their departure. It seems the boys had
Imbibed their romantlo Ideas from reading
the vile train known as dime novels, and
had eonojuded to go oo lb war path, and
live hereafter by dining and hunting.
Plcmbb Items Tho farmers generally
complain of tba exceeding wet weather dur
ing I be present month, causing them some
ooosiaerauie tost in the bay crop which was
otherwise very good. An itinerant "tin
shop" bas been stopping In Plumer for a few
days You forgot an Important Item with
regard to that "Sailing pai'y";eomlng tome.
Mr. u B. Duncan upset, spilling tb occu
pants out witboat regard to ceremonv or
oooventieaelHy. Fartueatelv no one was
hurt.
A certain resident of thlt Rlr Tan
Winkle village who was not alons with the
psrly and who Is sltber not sane or other
wise awfully Illiterate, asked who "Issak
w aiton was ana it ts was sIoob." BUI?
Lamb ha been unwell for a few davi. hut
w bop to see bin able to be about agalo
soon.
Tbo Hilton of Oleopolls commence a well
up Pit bole creek next week.
John ClaDD and others are-nnttica Anmn
- a
several new wells at Walnut Bend.
See advertisement of Grand Race to
morrow.
Hon. II. L. Richmond, of Meadville, has
been ohoses as candidate for Congress, by
the-Repabllcan Conferees of Crswford, Yen,
ango, Mercer and Clarion counties.
Tba Petrollas of this place aod tb Seoe
oas of Oil City, are playing a match game
or ball on the letter's grounds, at Oil City.
Wo bave nut foamed the result as yet.
Oil News. We are pleated to learn that
Mr. J. H. Heluetyef Kltlennlng, bas suc
ceeded In getting a seventy-live barrel well
at the Stone Houss, near Lawreneeburg.
Our old friend, Bam. If. Kiev, is again in
luck. This time be bss got a splendid well.
It is knows as the Birch well; on- the Char
les Rita farm, near St. Petersburg. .8. M.
Kler and Ji S. M'Auley are the owners. ,It
wst struck on the 19lh last , and bas bean
yielding from 179 to 200 barrels daily.
This well will give a new Impulse to devel
opmeot In that regioa, and revive many
droopiog operator. The 'St. Petersburg
territory is certainly among tba very best
yet developed, and though a lew dry holes
bavo been put dowo, it is oertaloly no cause
for dieeoursgemeur, as it is- dear that the
non-paying wells were drilled on territory
always eooaldered doubtful..
r Oo Saturday a new well, on the Lewis
Collnerfarm, L Petersburg, reached it
third aaud, with every indication of being a
big one. We wUl refer to it attain wheo fin
ished. Itleoireed bS. M. Kler, B. L.
Brown and Simon Truby.
A rorty barrel well commenced pumping
on Saturday last, on lbs Meldree farm, Arm'
siroog Bug. TMs Is-a big strike oo old ter
rltory. It a owned by John II Lemmoo
aod others of KlUaonlng. Et.t Ewij lov
Petroleum In Turkey.
From an interesting work just published
by Mr. Lewis Farley, Coosul of the Sublime
Portent Bristol, wo take the following
cbapter, as well worthy the attention of our
readers.
''The sstoundiog results- both financial
snd material, which bave acorued front ibe
discovery of petroleum in ibe Uoited Stales,
of America and In Canada, are too well
known to need recapitulation. Instead,
however, ot being confined, as was at first
supposed, to a single district, It bas been
demonstrated that Petroleum exists io so
large an area as to justify the belter that uot
couotry In the world Is destitute of this val
uable product. Io America tbo trade bas
assumed gigaotle proportions. The first
nvnnrt nf thla trtlnlA mmm In Mb
when 10.000 gallons were sent to Antwerp.
The total export Io that year was 2,600,000
gallons, wbioh, In 18C8, Increased to 99,
281,000, and In 1870 to 141,208,165 gal
lons. .
Ia England, Germany, Italy, the islands
or the Ottoman Archlnelmro and Svriat
earth oil bae either been found In abundance
or ts known to exist; aod, In alPprobability
It will be discovered in Russia, Persia. In
dia and China. But there Is no country In
the Old World which bas been so plainly
proved to be a land flowing with petroleum
as tb Uoiled Principalities or Roumania.
Over the whole of the Carpathians it oozes
Ihrongh Ibe soil and pollutes tbo water
spring. Associated cspital baa been
brought to bear on 111 extraction and ex
port; but straOBO enoucb. the mechanic'
appliance by which success bss been aoblev'
ed In other countries, bave only recently
been introduced into Wallschia. Ignoring
the experience ol others, Ibe Roumania pet
roleum companies have been content to
adopt tb primitive mod ol collection In
use with Ibe oeasantrv. bv maklns excava
tions into tbo earth, Into which the oil, sat
urating tba strata, flows. By this means
large quantities of petroleum bave been ob
tained; but tb continued necessity of mak,
ing fresh boles or wells, with risk of the
surrounding land turning out to be non-pro'
auciive, not oeiog conductive to profitable
commercial working on a large scale, atten
tion It now directed almost exclusively to
deep boring, with every prospect of success.
The value of petroleum cannot well be
overestimated, as the demand for the article
is constantly increasing, while tb knowl
edge of its uset is dally extending. Burn
log spirit and lubricalingoil bave heretofore
been the principal products of distillation,
but a new use seems likely to be found for
crude petroleum as a steam fuel. Ia Amery
lea It bss supplanted coal in some manufac
turing, establishments, while tb Goverc
ments, both of tb Uoited Slates aod Great
Britain, bave been experimenting with the
view ofdetermiolng relative tuperiority ov
er coal in vessels of war, The result of the
trials, with a speoially constructed furoac.
aod porous vehicle for the oil, are said to
be very satisfactory ; one pound of oil evap
oratlog tbirteen pouod of water, with s
gain or something Ilk 40 per cent, in tbo
sgioe.
i Tbo advantages claimed for petroleum as
a stoam fuel are cbespneas .as a generator,
eoooomy of space for storsge, and greater
simplicity In lb arrangement of tbo fur
nace. It is needless to tay that every oo
of these propositions H combated by some
scleotlfio man on theoretical grounds, but
even assnming that tbo experiments bave
proved as satisfactory as stated, it does not
necessarily foHow that petroleum could
supercede coal in oouotry where lb 1st
ter mineral la plentiful and former snide I
scaroe. in a country llk Turkey, however,
where the coal measures are undeveloped,
and steam fuel bas .to be Imported, the val
ue ot a large supply of native petroleum Is
of tho highest possible kind.
There are about 7,000 flour mills In Roc
mania, only thirty of which are worked by
sleam, Ibe remainder being worked by wa
ter, wind, horses aod oxen. There ar
1,687 dtstilerler, 608 ssw mills, 'onlv a r
R . . . - '
hor which are worked by steam; 72 breweries
145 sosp and candl manufactories, beaidea
oil'mills, etc, most of which require power
in toe different manufeoturiog processes.
To snob a oouotry tb possession or an
alnodaot supply of petroleum is obviously
of the greatest Importance, and tb Inorease
of wealth which would result from' the mi m
atitutioo or steam for water aod wind aa
motors io Roumania, would be difficult to
calculate. Tbo advantage olaimed rbr
water aa a motor are, in most oaseo, moie
apparent than real.. The situations are
few where a steady supply of water can be
relied upon during Ibe whole year, undlr
lurbed by either floods or drought. ..j
are fewer still where ao extraordinary run
v. wBu-r CBU ue cameo, on without ioterfer
log with Ibe drlvioi mschinerv. If ih-.
fore, lb uncertainty of being able to work
rarougaiue operation or Ibe two causes
named-be considered, and the
pens of suslsioiog ibe banks ot streams,
, - -...wHisa
ted Btiottlniog to wllar (servoH tod
sluices be taken Into account, in comparison
with cheep steam which otn b generated
at will, there cannot be a doubt that steam,
if judged by the neoeaslty of modern trade,
is the more economical of tb two. The
ml'iect Is not unworthy the attention of En
glish capitalists, aod deserves the best soot
sideration oLihe scieoiiflo officers of tte
Port..
R. R. Arrangement lorState Teach
era Asaoelaitau.
Persons having Order from the Ticket
Azent or the Association, eao prtcuro Ex
1 ciirsioo Tickets at tb principle stations on
Cumberland Valley, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh
and Susquehanna, North Pennsylvania,
Northern Central, Pennsylvania, Philadel
phia and Baltlmot Central.
The following will have Exeurslon Tick
ett oo sale at tb prioolpat stations, with
out orders:
Catawlsss, Lackawanna and Bloomaburg,
Philadelphia and Reading.
Persons having paid full far on way
over tbe following, can procure passes to re
turn free.
Allh. V.ll n.l...-..ln.i
Oil Creek and AUegbeoy River, Wilmington
For Orders, apply (stamp ooolossd) be.
fore August 15th, 1872, to
C. TS. Habdiho.
Ticket Agent Pennsylvania Teachers' As
sociation.
Buillstoo, Pa.
For Sale.
Wishincr to concentrate nw
, o J
operations to my farm in- Cran-
l a. 1 T art n- r
oerry xownsnip i oner XsJn
SALE 3 producing wells on my
Central Farm lease tmihnit
Machinery i e. to say I will sell
.:.u j
iuo nciia Willi vttaiug auu rig
but not the Boilers, Engines,
mDingor.otner property on tne
lease. u. r.UL'xmN.
IN. 15. ror rmrr miliars atv
. i - . r ; . -r
piy io Mr. jonn Hoisappie.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
An Eastero firm makes one hundred and
eighty bushels ot toothpicks dally.
At Muirothie, lnd.. a dear man. after
hearty snet 3, found that bit bearing bad
been restored.
A newspaoer oaMed tb Tlchbome Ga
zette bas been started iu London In booor
of tbo Claimant. It ia sold for a penny.
A benefit was recently eiven at tbo Dub
lin Gavety Theatre to a cat which bo been
piaving a aucotaslul star engagement
there.
One Missouri editor says of another, that
"bis ears would do for awnings to a ten
story wholesale bog-packing establish-'
ment."
Minnesota farmers. In view of tba fra.
queot destrnotion of their crops by half
storms, propose to form a "Mall iBsufanos
Company."
A Boston lithographer bas latel native &
an order ror forty thousand illuminsteoVmah
riaga certificates for the Sandwich Islands.
According to tbo index or the last rai.
loo of tbe statutes of Maine, It- io Illegal'
expose veal lor sale that is loft than four
year old.
Tbe "Old Catholics' have Invited Ttl.hni.
Whlttiogbam of Maryland and two English
Bisnops 10 participate ia the Congress at
Cologne.
Tbe Duluth people won't alllow small-pox
patients to he Interred In tbelr cemetery
because tbere are several unvacclnated
corpses bailed there.
Any one who reads tbe Enulldb court
ords will b struck with Hi fact that a vary
targe proportion 01 id cases tried torero
them aio for wile beating.
A Chicago court bas decided that It is
imperative upon an Insurance
give notice wheo a policy exnlrea. a i.
y f tas just recovered lb lost f bis library
.. J L I - J - I
uuucr.iuia ueumiuu.
At Syraouse recently a eantlnmui ...
reclining oo a lounge, when bis little daugh
ter playfully threw a cherry atona t Mm
II IdUged in bis ear, from wbenos Itireojaired
a surgical operation to extract II.
A couple were recently married lr Terr.
Haute, Indians, after a fourteen years'
courtsblp, darlog which tbey bad' easb
written and received two love letters
week, or a total of two thousand olo hun
dred acd twelve.
Harvest ts In fullfprogres lu thiaeonntv...
We bave seen several very good fields' o'
wheat much better than Ibe averaee mn
in the eastern par: of the State. Tbo oats
promises an unusually heavy crop, aod tb
late raios bave brought the corn i-um
I aju
AfFlhAf. anitil Ia il... 1 I . 1. . . - r
mw Stvuui tv uv isTN ui U ion MOM
klU.r.ci.rtoo Democrat.
A Rare Opportunity for Aoents. r(
bave received from tb publishers of Wood',
Household Magszioe, two beautifuli, tnl(1
Crayon pictures representing the heedi.fi
little boy and girl, and "Our Hops" ssd
"Our Joy" are just Ibe names for th a-..
bright, bsppy mile races. L. Prang & Co!
originally published by them at $4 t
tbey are now offered with Wood's Msgstii '
for on year at only 1,60. They are i,
Introduced by agent, who are .iu-
handsome commission oo thlt price, w.C,
makes a most deslrablebasioess for etnvn.
. While lb Magazin alone Is richly
worth th money, the picture ar chsrraiD,
and must be seen to be appreciate c.
foH particulars address S. S. Wood A c
Newburgh, N. Y. v'
Ealllmore is alarmed about It sunnU
water. Lake Roland, from whlh 1,
It oblef supply, Isunpreoedeatedly low 10.
falling. Th water ensineor h.. 1.-. .
.oruvoB
ootic urging people to avoid waste In vis
of tbo alarming contingency.
It bas lately ben discovered that th. ...
bonatet of potash and soda oosaesa th. ..J.
property of protecting iron and steel frost
rust as do-those alkalies io a oaustio ststr
Tbe applications or this fcet are numerous
and hapoftaot
A North Adams Chinaman ssvs ha a..
ot mooey enough to marrv a if.ii...
girl, and that tbe Chinese lasbloe of plott
ing feet is no mora foolish rbeo tbe Amen,
caa fashion of pinching wains.
Local Notices,
POU SALE tCHEAP,
A flritvrlflsaal loam nt tiD A 17n Mm
WAGON, HARNEriij A In good
Work nil order. lTn, 1'' ... '0M
IbLoflio.. r V 25.2J "'
For Sale.
One Secnnd-WianA PI... 1. j .....
aVa i 4r 1 aw '
"
. Girl Wulid.
A slrl want.rf tn A a. . ..
. Hvunwwi iu a snitp
family. Enquire at
Gordon' Bardware Store;
Petroleum Centre, Pa, Juno 23, 1M2.
June 23-lf.
For Sale Che
J. H'Mir.pv mi pi..
a. 1 I. ,"-""1 v.11 viijr, dsi, some very
desirable build log lots for sal is dlfferenl
iSi' Mo,0" of kinds tor sat
eheao. Office Kn 1 c. ... .
Spiiig Street.' 7 ' Dmt(
July 13-lm.
A for Sale or Kent.
A des rabla ralil.nn. .. -
w. 1- OWEN GAFFNEY'
Pelroleura-Centre; June 14, 1872. '
Jf-sVtf.
' For sjifrle
15. 0(10 tn 9n nnn Qpnm.n n
TUBING, at from 25 to 36 oist oar foal.
April zatC g. X. WARNER.
GAFFK KVs --J . .
leal use. The best and ehaanLt
SlindlV namlnri Mill ..
at GAFFNEY'S. "a W ,,,,
Gaflney sell Lager
5000
AfipDti wanttxj to nit
the bttutjful Photoffrtpb
And Photnffrsinh Famitu XI.. na..
' y w tuiui, at i rruit
Mod slam? to CRilEd Bro:, Publishers,
m. via, cm.
MOIU H. sniTB,
ATTOSNET-Al A W,
dBirav-ii.
GRAND RACES
PETROLEUM CENTRE, PA
Saturday, August 3d, 1872,
BETWEEN
Qtrrel Uoise Fran
AMD '
For Purse of $200 a Sid,
five eighty rod aod repeat.
Beat three in
POOL SELLING
Will commence at Robson's Hotel, Wash
ington SI.,, at 11 o'clock a. m. Satnrday.
Racsi tocornmeoc at l o'clock sharp.