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Pet. Centre Pa., TotMin Af SU
Divine Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Scrviousevery Sabbatb at 11 A. M. end
t Y. M. Subbalb School at lZj V.
eats iree. a ooraiet invitation exieua
d to all. '
Hsv. P. W. Sconeld, Putor.
presbyter"ian CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. 11., and 7J,
o'olook P. M.
D. PATTON, Pastor.
Petrnleuaa Centre Lodge. No.
TIB, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nlgbli Friday, at 8
'clock. Signed.
ALBERT GLENN, N. G.
F. O'Flahkrtt, A Seo'y.
9Plce or meeting, Halo St., oppoelle
MoOllntock House.
A. . of U. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
meets evnry Monday evening at 8 o'clock,
In Odd Fellow'! Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Feno'e.
A. M. Klsckwm, 11. W.
J. H. lilBMLL, R.
Gold at 1 p. m. lUtf
NOTICE.
The Grant 4 Wllion club of Petroleum
Centra, will meet tbli evening at tbeir
room. Business ef Importance ii to be
irensaetsd and It la detlreble that ererj
member of the olub should be present.
VT. W. JOHNSTON,
Secretary of club.
From lime to time, It will be remember
ed by our readers, we have reported pra
gma In the drilling of the Spiritual Well,
located la the Tonawaoda Swamp, New
York BUte. On Saturday, Mr. aGeo. Por,
tor, one of the contractors for drilling the
well, re tamed home, end to-day Mr. H. E.
Bligh, the ether contractor, returned. From
them we learn that tbe well baa been sbsn
dooed, after being drilled to a depth of 1,-
700 bet. The drill penetrated a slate rock
the last nnnareo leet, in wbloo there was
no thow Of petroleum, consequently tbe
company concluded to "throw up tbe
sponge" and not drill tbe bole any deeper.
Bow they reconciled the "spirits" is not re
ported, and whether they went back on tbe
plritt for ootttrlkiog a bnndred barrel oil
well, Is also not known. It Is evident the
plrlU that located this well are wicked and
porrerte.ones, or else they would not have
addened the heartt and depleted the pock'
eWbooks of their followers after that fash
Ion.
Capk J. E. Ray la at present abeeot oo
visit to Meadvllle.
Mr. 0. N. Payae relaraed heme to-day
from a tour to the Thousand Islands, Moos
(reel, Toronto, and other pelola of Interest
la tbe Caoaaaa. He locks well and report!
aw aweeaiagif pleasant trip.
We MUM a policeman from Dunkirk, N,
a., wwo wie loreuooa. He la on tbe
look out far a boras thief, who "got away"
with a bane and carriage from that eltv
few days alnee, and II la thought cans down
Into tba oil region.
Gilbert Gordon, tbe well known hard
ware doaler, la In receipt of a large stock ol
aw and desirable household hardware and
fittings, which be is prepared to tell at tost
guts. UlvsbtmaoaU.
Where the "Confounded Moth
er" Wa.
f Eli Perkins In N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
A gentk-mao who came up the Hudson
on tbe St. Jobo, yesterday, tells this story:
"I noticed," he said, "a serious-looking
mao, who looked as If he might have been a
clerk or book keeper. Tbe man seemed to
be earning lor a crying baby, and was doiog
everything be Could to still its sobs. As the
child became restless in bis birth, tbe gen
tieman took it in bia arms and carried It to
aod fro In tbe cabin. Tbe sobs el tbe child
Irritated a rich man, who was Iryiugtoread
until be blurted out loud enough for tbe
lather to hear
'What does he want to disturb tbe whole
cabin with that d d baby fort"
Tbe man only nestled tbe baby more
quietly in his arms without saying a word
Then the baby sobbed again.
'Where Is tbe conlouoded mother thai
she don't Hop lie noise t" continued Ibe pro
fane grumbler.
At this the father came up to tbe man
and aald: "I'm sorry we disturb you, sir,
but my dear baby's mother Is In her coffin
down In the baggage room. I'm taking
her back to Albany where we need to live.',
"Tbe bard-hearted man," says my friend,
"burled bis faoe In shame, but In a moment,
willed by the terrible rebuke, he was by Ibe
side of tbe grief-stricken father. They were
both tending tbe baby."
Quite a pleasant aocial gathering took
place at tbe Collins House, laat evening, In
bonor ol Mr. Dan. Collins, brother of one
of the proprietors of tbe hotel, who Is abont
to leave town with Ibe Intention of taking
up bis residence temporarily at Elmire, N.
Y. Tbe hospitalities of tbe occasion were
done by Messrs. Sweeney 4 Collins, tbe
gentlemanly laud lords, and consisted of a
good old-fashioned supper, tbe tables fairly
groaning under tbe welgbt of good thlogs.
After which music, singing, 4c, inter
spersed with a "drap of potheen, d'ye see,"
filled tbe bill. The occasion will long be
remembered by tbe participants, and honest
Dan. will bear with him tbe best wishes of
a host ol friends.
Mr. Wm. F. Chandler, of Kane City, has
purohased the Valve Cup machine, hereto
fore owned by Geo. W. Kennedy, and is
prepared to manufacture this article to or
der. He can be found at tbe Fisher well,
on the Brown farm. i
Tbe Grant 4 Wilson Club ran out an ale-
gaut banner, this forenoon. It bangs sus
pended by ropes from the roots of their
buildlog and tbe McClintock House, and Is
Inscribed In large letters "Grant 4 Wilson
Club Rooms."
The Graot and Wilson Club hold an lm
portent business meeting at their headquar.
ten, this evening. Every member la re
quested to be present.
Mrs. Hillwig, left town yesterday for
tour to Franklin. She will remain 10 days.
Constable McHugb eaoorted ber thence..
A Nkw Oil Fiici.d. The Rumbough
well so oalled from tbe farm of same name
la Washing tp., Butler Co., la about eight
miles west of Parker's Landing, and Is said
to give indications of beiog very large.
Although not down to 3d aaod rock, it nev
ertbeless is full of oil, flows Ireely, and has
caused very considerable exoilement amaag
oil men. It Is separate from tbe Parker
basin and must be on Scrubgrass belt or
basin. This will open up an immense mw
oilfield whose value may be incalculable.
Lands are very muoh sought after. Large
prlose are offered and refused for them
Speculation Is aald to be running high.
Arson Is not a profitable profession in
Japan. Even tbe unfortunate person upon
whose premises a casual fire breaks out is
regarded as an enemy of tbe state, and pun
Isbed accordingly.
Vary little notice is taken in New Mexi
co of Ibe reported diamond discoveries In
that section, and but little if any credence
given to It.
General Newton's submarine exoava
lions under tbe bard, primitive rocks of
"Hell Gate," In Long Island Sound, are re
garded by many as really more wonderful
than tbe catacombs of Paris, tbe Sues Caual
or the Hoosac Tunnel.
A couple of crocodile eggs were recently
placed under a setting hen. When hit
beard from tbe young alligators had broken
their shells and were doiog well.
Tbe country along ibe line of ibe Union
Pacific Railroad Is filling up at an unprece
dented tale, and towna and villages are
apringiag ee as if by magic, hundreds ol
Urs west of Omaha. Tbe red men are
are disappearing before (ha roll leg tide like
snow before the summer sun.
Tbe Confederate soldiers and their friends
are' endowing tbe Presidential chair of
Washington and Lee University with sury
seriptloos In small sums as a memorial trU
bute to General Lee.
The Arizona Diamond Fields.
Tbe Virginia Territorial Enterprise ol the
3d says:
We yesterday bad a conversation with J.
Moore Williams, the original diamond buntr
er, and are well satisfied Irom bis statements
tbat there are no diamonds in that region
worth hunting. He says there Is once In a
while a diamood found In Arizona and New
Mexloo, and tbat three very fine but sma 1
ones have been found near Central City,
Colorado. Mr. Williams has been in tbe
Brazilian diamood mines, and is familiar
with tbe kind of gravel lo which diamonds
are found. He says that the "wash" in
places in Arizona very muob resembles tbat
in Brazil, there being about the same quan
tity of small iron stones in tbe wash In both
countries. One year ago last November,
while camped on a small stream tbat emp
ties into tbe Gil river. Mr. Williams says
be found a .range of country which very
much resembled what be had seen in Bra
zil Taking some of tbe dirt be carried it
to the camp and panned It out, when be
found three stones that so muoh resembled
diamonds that ha was satisfied thai bis for
tune was made. Knowing of oo other test
tban that of trying a atone supposed to bo a
diamond upon a piece of glass, Mr. Williams
traveled twenty miles to get a piece ofglass.
Tbe stones out this glass as well as dia
monds would have done. This satisfied
Williams, and he then want after the
atones.
Tbe first diamond shipment wss made by
Williams through tbe United Stales mall lo
San Francisco. In all, he sent fifty-two
stones, twenty lo one letter, and thirty-two
In a second letter. He ;eent tbe supposed
diamonds to hi brother in San Francisco in
December, and In February got word from
him that tbey had been fully tested by a
Frenob lapidary, wbo pronounced tbem not
diamonds and stones of little value. Wil
liams says he is satisfied tbat any one who
goes to Arizona in search of diamonds will
come home much poorer tban be was when
he started out on bis expedition.
Williams saya those who wish to find those
pretended diamonds can dig an abundance
of tbem anywhere 'from tbe summit ol the
Rooky Mountains, and Irom thence to tbe
crossing of Ria Miembus, and as far down
as tbe Gila, wherever there Is a a deposit of
gravel.
It may not be generally known tbat snake
poison is useful for medicinal purposes In
these days, and tbat, under tbe name of
Crotalus Horrldus," Ibe polsoo of tbe rat"
tlesnake is utilized in bomeopatbio phar
macy.
A little Island In tbe Connecticut, near
Wells river, Is a geographical curiosity.
One can sit down at a certain point on tbe
Island and be in two States, tbrse counties
and lour towns at tbe eame time.
Down In Georgia ttere la a little glri
who bas for some time past been maklog a
pet of a large black snake. Tbe pair take
their meals together, and are on terms 0
great intlmaoy.
A Swiss gymnast,, wbo, Ilka Carl Scburz,
made his living by bis Jaw, recently eame to
grief during a performance. He took a bar
rel of flenr In bis teetb, aod attempted, with
no other aid, to throw it over bis bead
His teeth stood tbe strain, but bis splnsi
oolumn was not equal to tbe occasion, and
became dislocated, from which the unfortu
nate man died.
The rewards paid for tbe dead body of
Lowery, tbe North Carolina outlaw,
amounted to over six thousand dollars.
A recently published list of expeditions
fitted out by tbe Cuban emigrants in tbe
United States, Jamaica, Nassau, Mexico
and South America shows that thirty-two
filllbustering vessels in all have sailed, at
an average cost of $70,000 each, which gives
$2,240,000 thus far spent to seoura Cuban
Independence.
Since tbe early days of California, when
tbe restless miner forsook paying claims to
go off In search of better diggings, there bas
never been larger gold returns, made from
supposed "worked out" localities, in the
State tban at tbe present time.
Goldsmith Maid will be sweet sixteen lo
another year. It Is not often tbat a maid
so young and yet so fast maintains so great
a popularity.
Tbe city authorities of Padueab, Sr.,
have been very reluctantly compelled to put
women on tbe chain gang to do daily work
oo the streets.
Ten days after the death of Michael Carre
ibe French artist, bis dog died of grief for
toe loss or nis master.
Queen Victoria was last vear nnntl
with five barrels or choice Michigan apples,
aod being pleased tberewitn bas ordered
tnrougo tne household ttewsrd a supply of
seventy barrels of tbe winter rarlotles of
Michigan.
Oil Nnwa. Tbe Currsn well, on the M.
Sboup Farm; will reaob tbe sand this week
It Is about 300 yard from the Meson welli
on'Turkcy run, and 100 from tbe Cookie 4
Vick well.
. Lltbgow 4 Dougherty's wells are pound
ing away, and will, from their situation, do.
velop tbe Turkey City territory pretty well.
There are lour of them.
The Jackson 4 Veose) rig on tbe Fillmao
farm, which was burned two .weeks ago, Is
flowing some oil. Tbey are trying to get
bold or tbe tools, which were dropped at
tbe time of tbe fire.
Tbe Board Top well on tbe Shoup farm,
Tutkey Run, Is down about 400 feet. This
well would in all probability have been
down some time ago had they not been very
unfortunate with their tools. Tbe well
stood somewhat over a mootb.
Tbe Huliogs well, on Ibe Kllngler farm Is
in tbe sand, and will be tubed in a day or
two. Tbe indications are favorable for a
pay log well. It Is about one hundred yards
from tbe Vensel 4 Jackson well.
Smith 4 McMillan have a rig up on tbe
William Eddloger farm, east side of Turkey
Run, and just above Keating' Furnace.
Buling 4 Carry are starling a oew rig on
tbe Stubble farm, on tbe out tide of Turkey
Run.
The Spear well on tbe E. Davla farm, on
tbe east side of Turkey Bun, owned by H.
Spear 4 Co., la down about 100 feet.
Tbe Davis and Neely well on tbe E. Davis
farm, Is In Ibe secood sand.
Tbe Wiog 4 Wllson.wsll on tbe Fry farm,
Is doing about 8 barrels.
H. Neely 4 Co., have two well under
way, on tbe Isaao Neely farm.
The Lady John well on the Isaao Neely
farm, owned by H. Spear 4 Co., I down
400 feet.
Robins ha a well under way oo the Neely
farm.
Mason 4 Body are interested In the Isaao
Neely farm, and have a well down 100 leek
Andrews, Myers 4 Co., are operating oo
the William Neely ferae, and bavo their first
well down about 600 wet.
A new rig is going up on tbe Master farm.
It is owned by McLaughlin and others.
The Chambers well on tbe Knight form,
is down 160 feet. It is just east of Ibe Sa
lem well, on the Hester farm. Peters
burg Progress.
Another Mammoth Cave. The discov
ery of a new "Mammoth Cave" in Kentucky
ia reported. It is close to a place called
"Split Rock," In Boone County, and is
causing much excitement. Tbe local pa
pers say that the neighborhood -baa beeo a
resort for picnics for years; and yet untU
July 16 ull., It has remained entirely un
known. The oave, so far as exptortd, is
said to be more tban two miles long, and It
contains single chambers no less than 100
feet in length by 40 in width and 20 In
height. Limestone forms the entrance and
generally the (ides of Ibe esve, while the
roof consists of a kind of heavy scale. The
wall are olten Incrosted wilb Iron and
manganese, Interspersed with shining crys
tals of gypsnm. Pendant from the ceiling
are beautiful stalactites, tbe growth of ages;
aod these, In some of tbe balls, extend quite
lo tbe floor, thus constituting Imposiog
rsnges ol oolumns. It Is probable that most
interesting accounts wllf soon be made pub.
lie of article found In the cave. Already
arrow-heads, tomahawks, aod'ot ber utensils,
bearing marka of Ibe band of the red man,
bavo been discovered, aod there Is strong
probability tbat fortbor researches will add
largely to the relics thus at Ibe outset stum
bled upon.
Robert Gvdoa Milne, a graduate of Ox
ford University, England, class of 1867, wbo
served a seotence of twentyfive day in the
chain gang at Lo Aogelos, California, race
entry for a petty alienee, publishes in lo
cal paper a floe, scholarly production, re
plete with classical quotation, taking
grounds against tbe system or degrading
criminals by compelling tbem to work en
Ibe public streets with ball aod chain.
Tbe island of Juan Fernandez has teen
ceded lo a German society, and la now
beiog settled by a colony from Faderland.
Supplies have been sent from Mobil t
tbe most necessitous points of the lata over
flow In Alabama. Tbe aiifTerina is More
no ted to be greet; end of course Ibis relief
is merely momentary
Tbe Japanese bark Fu Zu Maru, which I,
expeowa aeiiy ai ine pert el Ban Francisco,
from Hong Kong, will be tbe first Japanese
merchant vessel thai baa ever been known ia
American water. She is of 1,300 tons bur
den, and brings an assorted cargo of Chinese
merchandise,
Acoordlng to tbe last census 6,650,000
scholars are repotted in tbe 124,000 schools
of tbe country. ' Of Ibie number 232,000
were foreign. These were Instructed by 219,
000 leaobers, 93,000 of these being male.
The total expenditure for . instruction was
191,191,000.
The brethren of tbe North and South .
tbe Methodist chores are beginning to wk
upon a onion as an absoluo certainty at ta
distant day.
Massachusetts saloon keepers emui...
armies ol ragged urobins to watch for tb
Stale police. As soon as one of tbe stars
puts in a glimmer the sentinels tun m.
piarlrie dogs to their boles, and the boles
are put id oraer.
At Atlantio City, a few days ago, tbrr
men actually plundered the bathing bouai
of watches, pocket books, Jewelry, etc., ud
der tbe noses ol some scores of attendmtj,
while tbe beach was covered with people, Is
BToeu oayngnt.
Discoveries of extensive deposits of pstro.
leum have beeo made near Los Aogelos, Cal
Ifornla, and a company bas been formed e
work the claim, which comprises one boa.
dred and sixty acres of land.
A young lady in Connecticut was sctro
Into ooovulsions a few day since, by sluing
dowo on a sofa on which there lay a est
carved to represent serpent, which she
mistook for a live snake.
1ocal Notices.
To The Oil Producing Public.
The General Committee have directed
tbeir counsel to test the validity of its
claim made tinder tbe alleged patents ico.
erlog tbe use of casing ia oil and salt wells.
Suits have already bee a commenced aod tbe
testimony Is now being taken.
Tbe committee solicit subscriptions tcttr
ond necessary for tbat purpose, which nut
be sent to F. W. Mitobell, Treenrw,.
Ronssville, Pa., with Dame nd- posioffloo
address.
By order of the General Committee.
E. G Patthrsom, Chairman.
F. W. Hastimor. Seoretary. '
aug ll-liw.
Carpet Weaving.
Parlies desiring Carpet Weaving done
neatly and cheaply, eboiwd eall on JAMBS
McCULLOUGH, SHOP NO 18 MILL 8T.
Rear of the Tiiusville Flouriog Mills, Titm-
ville, Pa.
aug 17-lw
W-Juet received at tbe JAMESTOWr
CLOTHING STORE, a large eesortmtet
ol new and nobby styles of HATS 4 CAtS.
tJTGREELEY HATS at Ike JAME8
TOWN CLOTHING STORE.
GRANT HATS at tb JAMESTOWN
CLOTHING STORE.
Hatat Hats! Caps! Capsf
oA'ih JAMESTOWN CLOTHIIfO
STORE. Just received boss New York.
Paria aod London, and wka be sold remsrf
ably cheap. Call and exauiae styles sod
prices.
A. ALDEN.
Cm D..u UH . ....
n iubb warranted as sncn by ids
Brotherhood of Broeton go to GrAFtfNErBv
Tbe best Pittsburgh Lags at
CAFFNEY'g.
HATS AND CAPS In great variety and
In all etvles. iust received b Jsmnpsvsa rVntTa
New York, at the JAMESTOWN CLOTH
ING STORE. Call aod look at tbem.
August 12-lf.
For Sale or Rent.
A desirable r..irinA. iM.ui ah. it. Vs.
bert Farm, a abort distance from town, to
particulars apply to
OWEN GAFFNET, I
Petroleum Centre, June 14, 1872'.
J14-H.
For Sale
15,000 lo 20.000 reel of SECDSD-HAND
TUBING, at from 25 to 33 cts; per foot.
The Tubing ia in first olaas order aod all
ready fitted.
April 23. tl H. H. WARNER.
Found Running al Large.
On the BMmlsaa nl TT.nr VfrlohL In Oil
Creek township, Venango Conuly, Pa . on
Saturday, Augael 3d, 1872, two large
WHITE ROW about a year andab.'f
nM nn. RPnTTm niDnnw INE
" " A A J UltnUU II , BUU V.
SHOAT. Tbe owoer er owners are reqoeil-
ea to eeir asa Ideality properly and pay
charges, otherwise tbey will bo dlipoeed of
as the law requires.
HENRY WKIUUli
Oil Creek Township, Aug. 14, 1872.
ang 15-3t.
ARRIVAL. AND HEPAKTUKE OF
TRAINS ON O. C. Ac A. R. It.
On and after Sunday, June 2nd, 1872,
trains will run aa follows i
worth no. 6. no. ire. 1.
Leave Irvine. 1 7,45 x m. 3,05 P V
Leave Oil City 6,00 a m. 2,27 r m. 6,15 r
Pet.Cea6,30 3,10 " 7,07 "
" Tlluav. 7,16 " 3,56 7,50
Arrive Carry, 8,45 6,25 ' ,15 14
No. 9 Accommodation Freight
Leaves Oil City ,0 a n; Pet. Centre, i
10,26; Titasville, 11,15; Ar. Carry, 12,50pm
SOOTH. NO, . ao. . no. 6.
Leave Cony, 10,45 a n. 6,10 am, 6,05 r"
" Tituev. 12,10 r m. T,3 " 7,35"
P. Cen. 1,1 8,2 " 8.S5 "
Arrive O. City 1,60 9,05 " 9,25
" Irvine. 4,48 " 11,40 "
No. 10 Accommodation Freight.
Leaves Corry 1,15 p id; Tltusv, 2,56; ?
Centre. 3,65; Ar at Oil City, 4,40 p m.
Of" No. 6 and 6 ran on Sunday.