SHUGERT&ST. fBaoMMon to Vcntflmid, Hmlth Co., Merchant Tailors I AND.DBALIKU IS Gents' Furnishing Goods, COR., SPRING A FRANKLIN STS. TITCSValE, PA. fiava pat I anejef ttw float aasarimaita oj VL021I8& CASSIMERES ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN COATINGS, MIXKD AND STRIPED SUITINGS, FANCY VESTINGS rat offend, In the Oil Region. . TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS 3c CAPS, All I he Latest and Nobblmt Btylea. a full una or HentB Furnishing Goods, &c. etroleum Centre Daily Record, Cenere gan ffloiselay, Sept. 9. Ulvtae Hervioa. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bervioe mi Bbbtb at 11 A. If. and lU r. M. 8abbelh School at ltU P. II autre. A oordlal Invitation extend- a u an. Bit. P. W. Sooheld, Pulor. pbesbyterIan CHURCH. . Preaching at 11 o'clock A. II., mod 7U clock P.M. D. PATTON, Pastor. retrolentn Centre., Ijodie, No. T1J, I. O. of U. F. Regular meetlog olgbU Friday, at 8 'lock. Signed. ALBERT GLENN, N. G. B. O'Flahrrtt, A Sec'y. t3f"Plaoe of meeting, Main St., oppotlle MoGllntock House. t rtr- A. O. of V. W. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W., meet every Monday evening at 8 o'clook, to Odd Fellow' Hall, Petroleum Centre, Pena'a. A. M. Kleciner, M. W. J. H. Merrill, fi. Gold at 1 p. m. 112 Attention Democrat!. Tbr will be Special meeting or Ibe Buekalew, Greeley and Brown Club, at the Opera House, Wednesday evening, Sept. II, 1871. All memberi ol the olub are requeu ed to attend, at there la Important business to irenseot. uy order of PRESIDENT. On Saturday, a ploked nine of tbe Pe trollat and Columbia! played a m&teb game f base ball with a ploked nine of tbeSene cat and Oil Stocking, deleatlng tbem by a oor of S7 to II. Tbe Columbia! and Pe trotla are rapidly "building up a wore" In btue ball circle that It would be bard to excel. In thliooooectloa we learo that the Pe IrollH and Columbia! havooniolldted and re about to challenge tbe Senecaa to a se ries of mstob game. Should tbli be tbe ease lb Seoeoai will have to look to their laurel. To-morrow night the Republican of thli plaw end violnlty bold grand mas m ret ina torabllibt procession. The meailn. will be addressed by Hon. T. J. Blghan and Geo. W. JMoampe, or Pittsburgh. Hon. Bigbam it tb editor of tbe PltUburgh Commercial, ud I Mid to be very taU ntM and eloquent ipeaker. Should tbe wwuhsr prove favorable tbe meeting will be era in lb open air; If unfavorable, In So ber Opera Houae. Tbe Grant 6 Wilton Club deaiie n to extend an Invitation to the elticen ol Pioneer, Planar, Kane City, Columbia, and other tnrroundlog plaoee, to to pretest. The meeting promt to be a big one, and lb friend or Grant, Wilton ndHartraort should attend. For partic ular tea bill of the day. It I laid Joaephine Manafield ha ngeg d Clande de Haven, of old John Robinion 'I clrcua, to writ bar a lecture, which abe 1 going to deliver next winter. But for olr CumatancM over wblob be hu ao control, we ahoald probably have a lecture from VI r. 8ioke aleo. Tha Grant & Wilson Tanner paraded Saturday tight. They mad a vry oredlt able appearance. The New York Herald IToon the Petrolemm Qneition. The New York Herald of the 2d Inst., lella it reader In a leader what It knowa about "coal oil," and give lis opinion up on tbe preaent protf olive movement among our producer of petroluum. It dors nut perceive tbat tbe present movement among our producer and refiner I for Ibe expreaa purpose ol prevention camera. the in.i bulk of their profits bss for years gone inio u pocket of ew York ring operators, and corner aneculatnra. Tn. Kci.i ,. "Unwarned by toe deserved faieof tbe cou trlver of other corners, tbe oil producers In Western Pmnfylvanl have combined to eompaasaeearoity In ooal oil, with a view to carry up tu piioe. Verioua owner of oil wells and lnui bave joined a pledge Dot to extend their operations beyond a aerlaio limit, whereby It Is intended lo check what. to their eye appeared a disposition to over production ol this great staple article of uni versal consumption. It is obvious that the public, which so largely depends upon tbe OH Creek wells for light, will see tbe mat ter In qnite the opposite aspect. They Willi not at all approve tbe prospoot of paying twice or thrice tbe present coat of oil lo en hance the profits of the monopolist, and It is more than probable that tbe greed of the latter will defeat tbeir designs. Advancing price will stimulate search, and In all llkliboood other source of (upply will b found Irom which oil will be put on the mar et at rates below those exacted bv the com bination, and thus produce a rivalry wblob will be sure to benefit the public, while It will lessen the enormous mini of tha nil nil owners." : Tbe Greeley at Brown Club held an en tbuslaitic meeting at their club rooms on Saturday oigbl. The meeting waa address ed by several local ipeaker. A motion lo purchase 150 caps, cape eod larobr, was nrougDl beelore lb meeting and passed and tbe cape and capea will be bare In a few day, wben tbe "Taonera" may look out for rriendiy opposition from the follower or tbe sage or Ubeppaqua. Tbe Greeley & Brown duo ol petroleum Centre now number al most 300 mam beta. We bad Inadvertently neglected to man tlon tbe large banner or tbe club, which bang (uepended from the Opera House and Phelps' fruit store. In the centra la a fine portrait of Horace; on one side I jus tice ana on tne other peace. Over tho whole In large letter 1 painted "Greeley A Brown viuo uooms." tuo Design was colten ud by ur. T. 11. Stuart. Those who take delight iu triiiulnz the light fanlastlo tor, should bear iu mind the party to he given at tbe Oil Exchange Ho tel, to-morrow night. Joboaon, tbe affable landlord of tbe hotel, has spaied no pains lo make tbl parly tbe event of the season. Tbe programme will consist of good music, an exoeueni supper, and tbe programme of dance cannot be excelled. We hone to sea a goodly orowd In attendance. Tbe borough authorities ol BL Peters- burgh, one day last week, made a raid on several bouse of Ijrepule, and banished tbe Inmate from town. On Saturday, a number of the St. Petersburgh angela arriv ed In town and are under tbe surveillance ol the police, preparatory to being abipped back again to tbat burgh, tbeir room being far better than tbeir company. Tbe following la a faithful copy or the address upon a letter wblob the other day, passed through tbe Burlington pustoffloe: Bob Holllngsworlb from tbe old Bay Stale. ma tatber aid leave and emigrate. Laid out a course to reaoh Alaaka, ' But mimed tbe trail and ilruok Nebraska. In Niobdlla County, near Elkton City; He' Juatic of tbe Peace and School Committee, And for bla baab he' doing battle. By railing borsee, hogs and cattle, Peatmaeter, if this scrawl you (bow blm, He will stand id Rye, or I don't know him. A runaway occurred at Gregg's Switch, yesterday afternoon. Two boy were drly ing a bone and buggy to Miller Farm, for Ibe purpoae of meeting Rev. Father Dunn, and when near Gregg' Switch, the bora became frightened and ran away, throwing tb boy out, and quite badly bruiting on at tbem. Tbe otrriag waa badly tmatbtd. Capt. Smith, proprietor ol the Dolly Var. den Saloon, baa made arrangement to bave oysters shipped to bim daily, for tbe benefit or bis customer. Tb Dolly Vardro Sa- loos I a neat and present a fine an ap oearanca'aa tbe bear, teoua Dolly beiaalf. Call and tee the genial Captain a few door lbild ot Gaffoey'a liquor (lore. To-morrow la tbe anniversary of the bat. tie of Lake Erie, one of Ibe brightest pe ges in Ibe history of our country. The battle waa won by Commodore Perry over tha British Beet, al Put In Bay, Lake Erie. Refreshing (bowers this afternoon. ffecta of the Hot Weather. Mr. Lazte Tongs engaged a valet to re lieve blm from Ibe labor of parting bis back bair. Mr. Fopplogton saved a pound a week by giving up his usul bouquet for his button bule un tbe exouse that It was aw-too hot vuu kuow to carry Ibices. ilifs Waiaiugham ate two-aod-twenty icea at a bli, liuiling nothing eiae to do, as tbe men bad a I struck dancing. air. Swelter joined a reading parly, who proposed lo lake it cooly end so to Iceland Mr. Lalebird came home nightly at three o'clock t: M., on tbe plea that the great bust prevented bim from sleeping until tbe smaller hours. Mr. Dowine was so greatly overcome by iae noi weatner tbat lu a moment of ex haustion he overpaid a cabman. Mr. Tippletoo discovered that the salmon bad got into hi bead before tbe second en tree, wblob be protested waa "iuconsnw. quench hie etornry bio high ternpre lure." Mr. Guzzelmore daily drank two quarts champagne cup with his dinner, and even then protested that bis throat was as dry a, a ueuaie upon ocotcb law reform. Mr. Clyfaker complained of business be Ing sadly slack, a in consequence of the hot weather, tbe swell all left tbeir heaw jewelry at borne, and went about with next to noining in tbeir pocketa. Mr. Neerdowell resolved to do something for alivelibord, but so iotensA was the beat tbat bis good reaolutious quickly melted quite away. Air. Diddler found hi resources so ex hausted by the beat that be felt blmsel' compelled to leave bis lodglugs.withont set tling wun bit landlady. Mr. Phunkie was ao greatly overcome by tbe high temperature that In Ibe beat of tbe mon (it be ussd a rather warm expression while dancing with Mlaa Fltrtingly, and be has alnee been tortured by tbe thought thai be 1 bound, now, lo propote to ber. Mr. Forealgbt ha just laid In bl winter lock or ooal, at an advance of more than twelve thilllngi a ton, which, In total Ignor anoe of any otbsr reason, be attribute' wholly to Ibe woodrously bot weather. irueco. Tbe Scientific Amerioan describes tbe new wood carpeting, which I coinloii Into in tensive use, aa follows: Tbe tabrio is made of slats or more ornamental shapes, glued or cemented upon a oloth backing. Tbe slat are stripes of different colors, and are ar ranged to produce all tbe effeots of tesselat. ed floors, uioslso work, etc.. and belnv about a quarter or en inch in thickness they will wear many year. They are finished In oil and fit logelber ao tlslitly tbat the iulnta am aa tboas in lulaid work. Tbe surface thus produced can tberefoie bo acrnbbed. washed and oiled when needed, precisely like ntW floors made or ornamental woods, which tloors tbey resemble iu all respect wben laid. A California convict, iusl diaoharseil frnm the btate's Prison, has set about fulfilling vow made al Ibe time of his conviction o tbatot successfully shootintr tha tv.l jurymen who deoided the ease aorainut him tu pursuance or this vow be "laid" for Wll lam Bias tbeotber day, and shot at blm. II bia vendetta la auccesalullv earrled nut n win nave toe euect or rendering nmlnulnmi jury tervioe unpopular In California. Edwards and Chambers. From Wilke's .Spirit 1 Another of the tbievioa transactions null. ed prize-fights oameoffon an llnrf in tk St. Clair, above Detrjit Mioh., on Wednes- uaytast. ibe two men were Billy Ed wards, a very clever boxer, a hard hliia and one or tbe beat behaved of bis clsss, and Artuur namoers. The latter Is a good ugnter too, nut gave away weiaht. an.t ... overmatched. Edwards fougbl bim tn a siaud still, and then found himself robbed of the battle money upon the absurd pretence that be bit Chambers on tbe . shoulder This I like the preposterous nlea that t Allen gouged McCoole after having punish ed blm all over Ibe ring, and hit blm with such effect that hi gigantic (trenirth ... gone, and be was all abroad. We have of ten commended Ibe behavior or Edwards. He 1 too good for that business, and bad better seek tome other. Proceedings ih.i could no longer be tolerated in Enaland will not be put with here. The beat is not allowed to win In oaset where there it a ngnt, ana la othen tbe preteoce or bay ing one la only the ccossion for a eo.rrii faroe. Fights are now made tha mar. .in.k. and Instrument of a set or thlevaa -k would not fight anybody thamuiu. -i.i..... - - " m tuu u oddi or about four to one, though they have a groa, paosiou tor miaulgbt aasasainatioo. Edwards should leave what la ralaai. ..ii.j the "prize ring," and let moil of tbe om en be teoteuoed to th Stat prison as tooo at possible. Persian Proverb. Two bands upon the breast, And labor is done. Two pale feet crossed In rest, The goal Is won. So pray we oftentimes Mourning our lot, God in bis kindness Aoswerstb not. Two hands to work addreat, ' Ayr, to nis praise I Two feet that never rest Walking Hit ways. So pray we afterward Low, on our knee, Pardon those erring prayers, Father! bear these-. Oil News. The Hammer well en tb Godlleb Exley farm, Sweitzer Run, near the residence of Capt. Geo. Kribbr in Beaver lownabip, waa tubed laat Saturday, Ibe Slat lilt, and wben beard from on Moo- day eveniog, was pumping oil at Ibe rate of 50 barrels a day. Tbe well on tbe Monas farm ha been flowing three barrel a day for several weeks, and la being tubed with good prospects. A well on the Painter farm, hair mil furt'jer up tbe creek, It being tubed, and good well I expeoied. Another well on Beaver I almost completed. Tbe Hu lings well on the George P. . Delo farm, In Beaver township, is now pumping a fine stream of oil, and proving a splendid well. It Tbe McElhilten well, on the Tippecanoe is down over a thousand feet, and tbe rock Indicate that they are in oil territory. A large portion of Beaver township I coming Into the market aa first class oil territory. Capt Hsssoo and another party from Oil City has purchased a farm of 170 acret, on Sweliser Run, from Joan, Mendenhall, at $100 an acre. Clarion Democrat. OilNhws. The Detow well la dnlns about J5 barrels, and appears as thouch It would stand good for tbat amount for some lime. Tbe Hamor well, oo Sweliser ran. east of Beaver oreek, la reported to be doing 60 barrels. This well It will be remembered, I, bout 1 and & mile from St Petersburg, and promise to be the centre of the new district the coming ipriog. Tee Prospect wells, on tbe Foust farm. re producing about 30 barrels per day. we bay freaueotlv bad occasion tn anaak of the strange ireaks of Ibe Eudore well, oo tne loneu river. At lime she will en dues for a week or more, at the rate of 75 barrels per day, wfceu she will suddenlv drop down 20 barrels and gradually rlae again, until abe produeea 40 barrels, wben she will again drop lo 20 barrels, and this, too, witbost any seeming cause. There sp. pears to be some unusual conditions under which she labors, since the sudden rise In tbe production the gradual fall gradual rise, and sudden falL are wholl able. Tbe Conkle well, on Turkey run I doing about 16 barrels. Tbe Faith well on Turkey run make a show of 80 barrels per day. The Fountain well No. 2, la down abo 1,000 leel, and will probably atrUte Ibe sand In about three weeks. The Kingfisher well, oo the Ditmaa farm Is In tbe sand, and I making a show of 10 or 12 carrels per day. Cook well No. 8 on the D. Rita farm, I some 8 feet In the sand, but as yet there i avery poor show or oil, although No. 1, at iue toot or toe Din is doing 45 barrels. Th sand tbu far obtained is bard . and fine. Tbo well back of the St. Petersburg, bouse is ouiug aoout to barrsla. IT- L - T . . t . .. . aue norioeiue wen, Uardison Brc. 0D tbe D. Rita farm, I in the land, and It making a good thow. 3C Peteriburg Pro. The new well on tbe McElwee farm con tlouet to yield 39 barrels dally. TT . .. nere a poeiio personal" cut from a Western newspaper: Wanted A bravebearted man, who bat buffeted tbe storms of life, and did not tremble for tbe Issue when then the trnnh. les came; must be refined and discreet, Wilt tbou leave me in my anguish, Groping ob through life alone? Shall I, weak and trembling languish, With no arm around me thrown? Address Widow . Tbe lightning destroyed more trem in tbe lumber regions, Ibe oast summer than was known to have been tbe case for ytai paai. Perhaps th need of popular education baa never been more pithily put than when Mr. Eaten, National Commissioner of Edu cation laid: "While 300,000 volar turn In. from one aide to tne other, would control a Presidential election, tbl I ooeriixtli lea tbsn ibe number ofilliterat malra atitlod to vote." Tbe question whether a man can narrr b I brother' widow or not I disturbing t"s Hebrew of New York. A the question hu arisen In coosequenoe of a man's prrfornlm the act alluded to, there I some pronod tot believing that the deolaion will be In n, affirmative. A Michigan manufacturer, who ha j, returned from a somewhat extended tour through tbe mineral regions of Colorado Utah and California, give a good aoconni of tb silver mines of Utah ; but none of it, others, of wblob so much is said, Impressed mm lavoraoiy. An Ingenious meobanio has Invented , traveling trunk. Taking hold of th tan. die and lifting one eod from tbe floor , barp pull draws out a handsbar mM' ,0 those by which a haad-cart f draws ot propelled, and at tne same time two- alroor wheel drop beneath. The trunk I at esc a box on wheel, and Ibe traveler eas, draw It away Independent of porter or eiprj. Local Notice. CIGARS. Lovers or good elsar will find ssveral ant Hrely aW brands, vr before ialrodaiM? In tbl place, at the Poet Office New Roes! Tbey are warranted pure Havana. Th Victor Brand of cigar al th Pa,t Office New Room. r l GOLMN TRBASCRE cfcrnrs at ,,, Post Office New Room. Somthiog otircl new. ' School Books, A complete stock or School Books nsMxl t tbe Pnblio Sobonl can he found al lh POST OFFICE NEWS ROOM. Days Doings, New Varieties, New Tork Clipper, Wilk's Spirit, and all' apnrilnf t. pera at tbe PQ3T OFFICE NEWSROOM. For 8nle 15.000 lo 20.000 fart of SECOItD-BANft TUBING, at from 25 to 85 ole, per foal. Tbe Tubing Is In first data order sod all ready fitted. April 23. tf. H. H. WARMER, Magazines. All th magaslne for September, act) ready. Harper, Galaxy. Atlantic, LI pplncottV. Eclectic, Transatlantic, Oliver Optio, Yeung Folks, Frank Leslie, Children' Flower, Old and New, Godry's Ladies' Book, London Society, Peterson's Ladies' Friend, Arthur ' Home, Poiencn Monthly, Ballon'", Good Words, Nursery, Chatterbox Metropolitan,. Herald or Health, Al the POST OFFICE NEWSROOM. Girl Wanted. A girl wanted to do general ' housework. Enquire at tbe Petroleum Eaehange Botsl. Petroleum Centre, Pa. Sep. X 1812. Sept 3-X W TTIffhl ft.VAPMT. IM MAt Cn. ttT.laff at tbe Post Office Newsroom, Try it. tVnat received al tbe JAMEST0ffI CLOTHING STORE, a large assortaMot ol new and nobby styles of HAT3 fc CAPS. Mf GREELEY HAT8 al tha JA1IES- TOWN CLOTHING STORE. For Pure Wines warranted as snob by tb Brotherhood ot Brottoo go to GAFFNEY3. GRANT HATS J at tbe JAMESTOWN CLOTHING STORE. Tbe best Pittsburgh Lager at GAFFNETS. HATS AND CAPS In great variety ana in all style, just received by eapreas fro) New York, at tha JAMESTOWN CLOTH ING STORE. Call and look al tbsm. Auguatl2-tf. Gaffney aeil;Lger For Sale or Kent A desirable residence located o lb B bert Farm, a abort distance from town, i' particular apply to OWEN CAFFHET. Petroleum Centre, June 14, 1872. J14-U. If you Want a Salesman, Want a Servant Girl, Want to Sell a Hone, Want to Sell a Patent, Want to Lend Money, Want to Bus a Housey Want to Sell a Carriage, Want to Borrow Money, Want to Sell ao Oil Well, Want to Buy aa Engine or Boiler, Want to Sell a House and Lot, Waot to find a Strayed Animal, Want to Pu'Cbaee an Oil Interest, W.nl to Sail a Pinna nf Vuralinm. Found, advertise la tha Raooar as net hsW than, lea taooeead people read it wekly.
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