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.