SHTOERT& STARR iuasfJtaaVi Merchant Tailors I Gents' Fornlshlns tiwds, COB. 8PBIS0 ft FSAMKtUf 8TS., TITVSlMiLB PA! tW-ttt la MM Of th IM iMtUBll 0J L'LOlWde CAXSIMERES MGLI3H, FRENCH AMD AMERICAN CO A. TINGS, MIXED AND BTBIPED SUITINGS, FANCY VESTINGS. tor offered In the Oil Rogtoa. TwRMTT DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS Sc CAPS, All the Latest and Nobbiest Stylo. A toll LIMB OF dents' Furnishing Goods, &c. exr oleum Centre Daily Record. . Ceatrca,Thwree'ar "apt. 19 2 ltvte aorvlee. atl MRTHODI8T EPISCOPAL CHUK Services every Sabbath l 1 1 A. M. and P. V. Hebtjalb School at 1X P. M. eatafree, A, cardial Invitation extend ed to ait . . Rt. P. W. 8comu, Pailor. PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCH. Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M., and T, e'eljck P. M. ' V. FATTOW. Pastor. Petreleaea Centre , Lodge; IV. Tie, I. O. of O. F. Regular meeting nights Friday, at 8 'clock. Signed. ' ALBERT GLENN, N. G. B. O'FUftrrfT, A Seo'v. HTPlac of meeting, Ma'a SI., opposite lloCliotoek Home. y.,. At O. Of U. W. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of a. W., meet eenrv Monday evenlnc at 8 o'clock, in Odd Fellow's Hull, Petroleum Centra, Pena'e.- .-.-. r j ' A. M. Ki.ickmrb, M. W. j. n. MimtiM., k. - i Gold at t p. re. 113 The proceedings of tba eitlaeu's meetlog, bold lait evening, will be fbuod slsewbere. Tbe principal subject brought before tbe meeting was-thai cf Ibe reduction of ground renii. ' On Ibis subject tba prevailing opin ion appeared to be that the company. Ibro' Cept Ray, tbeir Superintendent, would not liberally, wbieb wt bate ao doubt will be tba Wewould Invito the particular attentloo of our rvadara to the double column adver tisemeet el Mr. Albert itardon, the well known hardware dealer. Hit itock of gen eral hardware and1 oil well supplies cannot lie excelled-in tbie region, and our oil men will do! it' to their advantage to pay blm a call and alanine hie stock and prices. In tores Mr. Gordon mikes a specialty, his stock comprising nearly every Ming In tbe Hue of cooking, parlor, dining room, kitch ea, office, store and derrick staves, "which toe sauis" were purchased' before Ike pret- oot rise to tbe prise, oooseqtienily .rill be sold that much cheaper.- Moreover, be be I lores in a liberal use ol printer's- lob, and It bound to secure a good custom: Read bis advertisement and pay blm a call. Tbe base ball maiob at Columbia Farm, yesterday, resulted as follows: ll4 678fr Columbia, 3 I 6 8 2 0 13-S7 Bnokwh'te, 3040 3400 0 It W- Gorbam, Umpire. By a special dispatch from Col. A. 3. Greenfield, ol Oil City, we lean tbat a free train will rua Irom this place lo Oil Gllv to. morrow ovealng, for tba accommodation f the Democrats aad Liberal Republicans wno oeeire w near senator Doolittle speak, leteseesed psrties will take notice. A ipeeial train loll this-aoon convoying the Republicans to the Franklin mats mast ing. A special free train leaver tbia evening for Franklin for tba accommodation ol those wno aestre to attend tbe Kapublioan Mass Msetlog. Tbe Grant k Wilson Club of this plaoe will attsnd In a body with torchlights ""ic sag join ta tba proctiilon. CITIZEN'S MEETING Punnsat to call published la tbe Btcoav for a slliiea's meeting to take action In re gard to tbe future prosperity of our towo, a large number ol citiieoa essemoiea si ue Grant ft Wilson olub rooms, last srsntog. Tbe meeting wis sailed to order by Mr. I W. fieatty, who moved tbat Cats. C. Wick er be chosen chairman of tbe meetlog, Mu lion carried. Moved and carried that Messrs. S. P. Brtgbem and A. Kline be eboeen Secreurles Tba chairmen staled tbo ol j-ots of tba meeting to bo to hear the views of the peo plo relative to the reduction of ground rente and other matuis relating to tbe public good. Mr. J. B. Bmltb being oalied upon made a few remarks uu tbe subjest In quesilon.al lar which Meoara. Armstrong, Warner, Jer vls, Bsatty, Kouker and others followed on tbe same subject. A committee of three, consisting ol Messrs Bulbar!, Armstrong sod Beynolds, was ap pointed to. wait upon Mr. Ray, and Invite him to attend tb meeting. Prevloua to this committee ntartlng, Mr. J arris and Mr. Kline argued against tbe committee going, snd they were discharged. Mr. McCalmont offered a series of resol tloos aakiog tba Central Petroleum Compa ny to make a proper reduction on ground rents, Ac. These resolutions wsre withdrawn, and Messrs. McCalmont, Kline and J arris ap pointed a committee to draft resolutions for tbe consideration of a luture meeting. Tba meeting tbeo adjourned subject to the call of the ohairman. tI7- I.... it. ...-.I f IL. t . . . ker's Landing oil fields, are stst ting a move, ment to abut down all their wells for Ibe aezt thirty days, and that the same meets with decided favor. ' There is good sense In such a movement as this, and If done, It will soon briog about a batter state of al- hfalrs. msmbsrt of Mlonekaunee Tribe of Red Meo are requested to meet at tba light log of tbe Council fires, to-night. Alabama Is calling attsation to her great mineral wealth. A deposit of red fosallllfer- ous bsmatiia ore extends from near the ceo ler of the State to Its northern extremity, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. It Is pronouoced tnemot remarkable In extent In Ibis enuotry, and affords a practical yield In Ibe blast furnaces of over fifty per cent ollrrft, 1 bm dV-pesit 1 1 so near tbe sur- faoe tbat tbe railroad cuttings have, In tome Instances exposed trie strata. JSvaidm this Iron ore, the coal fields sre also ol great ex tent, and are mined with equal facility. Tbe amount ol metallic iron indifferent articles ol ailment bas termed tbe suhjest ol so recent Investijaaflcns. Tbe maximum qnsntily is found in tba blood of bogs, and tba minimum in carrots. A pbllautbiopio New Yorker proposes to bresk down tto ico monopolies In that city, and prevent Ibe awindling rise in prices which takes place at all times of especial need. He owns a lake lo tbe vicinity ol tbe cily, from which1 bo oxpecirto bouse and deliver next season one hundred tbotis and tons of ice, beiogooe sevsoty of tbe en ure aemana. , Tbe burning of tbe Iowa elevator In Chi cago soma weeks ago prover to bare been mstely a business speculation on tbe part of Ibe proprietor. lie bad appropriated some two hundred and Oily thousand bushels of grain left in bis chsrge, and burned the es- tablisbmenl down to cover op tbe crime. Tbe watering places are being rapidly deserted,' South aa well as North. Out of twelve hundred or two tboussnd visitors who were but a lew days ago enjoying life at tbe White Sulphur Spriogs, Virginia, only three or lour hundred remain. A woman was tbe other day admitted to eitiMoahip by tbe United States Court at Detroit, under tbe stslua providing that when a man declares bia Intention to be come a oitlcsn, and dies colore tbe sreood pspers are received, bis widow la entitled lo such pspers, with all the rights aod Im munities of cllizeasblp. Her buabsod so died,- and aba availed hermit of tbe provia ions of the act. Usslass Industry Is well illustrated la tbe essa of Mtsa Frank, of Wyandotte, Kansas, who bas been augagad lor soma time la em broidering a lile-sieod picture ol St Pat' rick. She bas tskeo 1,600,000 stitches al rssdy, aad It will take several millions more to complete the picture. It Is said tbat Ibe lives of many valluble horses have been sacrificed In Pbiladelpbi by drinking from tbe public fountain Every old- diseased horse drinks out them. When the ships now in process of eon situation by Germany are completed, that nation will have a war fleet of sixty-two vessels, with an ermtmrat of firs Uoussod tas. Caught the Wing?. Leaf by leaf tbe roses fall. Yelp byye'p the youog cherubs bawl. One by ons folks cross the river, one by one ferried over, and tbe white robed angel boatman bears them to ibe bllseful shore. Another angel has winged bsr Bight from tba West) another trap bas been sprung, and another victim ooiubt; enotber ministerial lariat bas besn thrown, snd another hapless "Wiog" Is fluttering on tbe airy nothingness of honey moonatlo delights. One by one our boooeit compsoloos.paH away;dnaby ooo they tramp to tbat bonrue whence do Voyagef tfturns, save through a Chicago divorce court or tbe expeaee of a first class luneral. Csugbt by glfgl't how they wrlggie. Tbe young, the brave, the gay, Ibe grave, tbe witty, the brilliant, tbe nupid, all yield to Cupid all seem resisllesily bouod to trsvel tbe brosd gudgeon patn tbat leads to beati fic moonsbine, white kids, oranga blos soms, alttrs, and benevolent parsons, vine clad cottages, sell-rising flour, gtocer bills, wash dars and biscuit, slops, coffee, seedy bate, patched elbows, faded calicoes, drud gery, squsllt, and variegated unpleasant nest! a few years since a noble band 0 handsome and higbrasplring frisads stood around us fresh, bright, veidsnt youog plants. Tba matrimonial simoon swept over tba plain and where era they now? Smitten, blastsd, cut down like tbo grsss o the field, which to-day is and to-morrow I made Into bay to feed a donkey or line a goose's nest! Faded, withered, dry enough for pea-sticks. In vain do we expostulate and warn them. Tbe tinkle of a guitar, or tbe rippling "teeobee" of maidenly merri ent comes floating on tbe air, and the ad- oMory roar of friendly Niagara would be aboard. Heedlessly, needlessly, scoruiog Instruction, or to . matrimoney, wbicb amounts to the ssme. Tbe meremalds ol tbe last dot fumel blossom ol summer will ere long be hours, as one by one, silently and swiftly our blooming associates bow at tbe latality of making self rising flour. Two fair youths have succumbed to bright eyes, pretty dimples and gaiter boots, aod scarce two months have waxed and wansd sines tbat flour commenced to raise In Rock Island. And only one, ibetenderesr, faires1 aud most lovable Of Item all remains. Poor, miserable boy.' Heaven help blm aod cause tbat flour to raise bim above the temptation of witching syesjond moonlight peregrinalione along our graod old bluffs, Nothing eWe CTan save bim. Strangers do not easily fall in tba custom. ol these regions, but a residence ola few ears will convince any one' tbat Ibis is the pi eon where Eden was formerly slinslrd. A youog lady from tbe city intormed us re cently that, while going to tha Post Office short Urns before, stie' bad beea badly frightened by seeing a snake crawl up through the sidewalk. She walked around tbe place where she bad seeo it. Just be hind her Otioe one who Wan1 ''to Ihe manor born," aod abe informed blm that she bad seen a snake just about where he was tread. log. Hs merely starad a ber and passed Just behind bim cama another "native of tbe heath." aod she alto informed -bim about tbeanske, and also of bet failure to obtain relief Irom Ibe ether Cbap. "And,"' abe tald. "be wasn't even as olvtl' as tbe other meo; be only grinned!" Filled with sadness she lelt tbe snske lo frighten other ladlbs Foret Republican. Another Look at tub Wolf. During the brief existence of tbe Maine liquor law a showman msde bis appearance In a cer tain town with a email, dirty, tattered can vas tent, a halfatarved wolf, and a auspic ious looking Keg. The admission fee of ted cents wss cheerfully paid' by a nilmber of psrsoos, who msnifested a' peculiarly strong desire to see Ibis vsry common and villlan-oua-looklng specimen of the aoimal'kingdom. But tbe oddest psrt of tbe sboW lb tb by slandera war tbat one visitor webt Id' to lake snotber look al tba woll" no lets than ssvsn llmsrduring the afternoon. Tbe sec ret was at last revealed. After some unsue eessful attempts to start for home, bo sp- proaobsd tbs tent' door with an unfteedy step, aod banding1 bia last dime to Ibe show- man, aald, "(b-bslisve I'll take lust onS look more at tbe woll!" A well know British aerooaul suggests Ibat tha best Way for Dr.- Livingstone to ob tale tha information be requires would bs by mesas ol a halloa. Ha conlff ascend to a great height by means of so ordinsry fire balloon or moogolfier, and although Ibe great drawback to its gsnersl use is tba' it requires a still day for Ibe ascent, Dr. Livingstone, be Itiloks; could easily wall for that Late iuvestigatiooa near Ibe Ssndwich Is lands have proved that coral aggrsgates al the rale ofasventeen feet In a century, In stead ol a lew inches In that time, according to accepted scientific estimates.- Another wsi dreary day. 'v"ejM rolltles tagss fsatla'.ly at pressoit Santos Throeih Fltet The Pat1Iea4tOYorB) Braking Baletia of Aagaet n fleserftoa the passing of a pat seoger train, oa the evening 01 August IT, through a 'burning csnoa earth of Osilaad, en tbe Oregon aad California Ballrdsd The Are had colored the canon and alteoked Ibe trees oo either aide of the track Several dayc before, aod the Bulletin says at times Ibe flames would leap from one side of the track to the other, while tba eotire oanen appeared more like a rnnlog fhrnace tbau Ibe road bed ol a railroad. Many ol the treea would fall across Stbe track, and It required the most strenuous exertions oo the pert of those employed to keep tna track free. Tbe train entered tbe oatfon during a temporary lull in tbe fury of tbe fire. If tbe traok had beea known lo be clear of all obstructions tbe eoglaeer could bare put bis iroa horso to tbe utmost speed, and dashing forwsrfl gotten through lo a lew minutes rendered It necessary for blm to go slow snd proctcd with caution. He pusbsd iuto tbe fiery fhrnace, and bad bare ly entered tbe canon iben Ibe flame, fan ned by a breese, commenced toqulokea aod closed in behlcd blm. Slowly tbe train moved along, whlla tbe angry flams follow ed fast sod furious, until al laal Iba out cotfte was rescbad and all danger past. Twenty minutes Ister tin entire oeaou was one sheet ol flame, and tba foad bed, with ft bars of iron, resembled a bugs gridiron. moticeI AM mombtrs ot Mlnnekeflhoe Tribe &3, I.- O. R..M., are particularly requested to be present at regular Council, Tbursdsy evening,- Sept. Iftb, artbe nomination of officers and other important business will como up before tne f rloe. L. H. CoiackS. 0. WlLCfNS, C R. OTE8 Ol THE DAY. Mill prirllege kissing a laoiory girl. A railroad td "feddoy Japea, la nearly completed. ; t Tbe Tribude talks of a "quretoed 1IV Tbat Is one wbieb rs not to lbs -joint. A Cedar Raptda editor envies (ha osasus lor embracing 17,000; 000 women ' ' Ao Illinois farmer makes tugef from the asp of tbe bog eWs.- ' . , , Fee Simple money given to a quack dee- tor. There are on less than 3,000 cimeoa lo Ihe niiiteutii of Florence, all relics Ironf Porppiilt. , . Uow to tall Ibe weight dfe , flat by his!! tcsles. - . , , , . Capital puoishment wss abolished' Id NorV way nearly 20 years since,' l'aradur.ieal In surgery Ibe lancet Is al ways applied In vela. , , ' ' A miteinnsry writes Irom Hoe. feoog tbat in no other place I vies te woelusb. mg. of i .... i.u A doctor's motto s supposed lo be "Pa- lion is and long eufferlog. Titles of oobllliy are purchased from tbe Spaolsb Government like any other mercaax tile article. Cheap for cash. Josh Billlagttaytt "if a man bat got $80,000 at Intersil and owns ibe house he lives in, it ain't anueb trouble to be a phil osopher." , , Maximilian Immolated himself oa the Mexican Idea of rather who was led to do to by Napoleon tbe AMt no sleeps at Vieunaa under a prstsotlbus monu ment. A New Orlesos woman' reports tbst tbe woke up ibe other night with a ebeklag sensation, snd fonnd bsr baibaod Wat clutch ing bar by tbs throat She Wants' a dl voroe. Tbe latest Invention comes' from Dele- wate. A man down there, having beard tbat tha earth revolves al Ibe rate of 1,000 n-lmrao bjur,-bea arranged a'ptao of going up In a barlbftn aBtfreaata statlonsty wblls tbe earth IrpermHtSff W slide asfay be neath.' Hb tUloks that by tbia' trieant bt can rctcb California la a couple of hours marsly by thootlag up from Wilmlogtoa in a balloon, and then dropping dowa again as soon as' ihc'Rbuky mountains tire enesrved to go pant.- He bar lb a whdle tnlBgatrang ed now in perfect order-tbc helicon!,- and tbe place to atari from, atid-sO'fCrtb-3& that Ibe schsms cannot possibly fall) aod aH be waota to make things oomplbie Istomdhtag to tie Ibe ballooo to, ta order to bold it ailll while up Id Ibe air. Tbe collapse ol bsary itda dads' bhllt aeH ocean cfniaara appeals tot a qosttioa of time only, and Ibat ol oot long duratiea. England bas a number of vessels ol Ibis kind, eacli of which cost abotfl half a million' of pounds sterling, without nsaalloaing a fsw Isosol tbousandt yearly for disordered mscbioery, started pit tat, aad other easual- Itiea which are eonttattiy recorded In tbe uogiisn narai journals, now' It appears. from Ibe testimony of tbss papers; tbat tbe whole nect anal toon go to tu bottom of the sea. Bagardlog the Impaired condition tf t staeoMpt of the Declaration of ladepeaiv bete, to watch we alloded a few days sites, It appears tbat this prsctoas deeumset, with tkb slgt manuals of Its Immortal pfeooljt. Idrs, bat for yean besn lying la aa erdlaary glass ease la tba Patent Ofllee. This cats Is of course oot hermetically sealed, aad lbs dtnlotpbero hat thereforme been able to affect tba Ink. , A New England mvobaolo thinks wanted have no trolly machinery, for that of tb( drgaa or pttoe Is as complicated as a ooitoo mfili aad yet by osreful packing1 with Isathi of and wool ol the1 tarlodt parts gi , sothiog but swsst sounds. Blssssd bs the day of sllesit lovsntloos, wbeo rubber tire, musical whistles end low-hummlsgoiiotitl sty, shell saake Ilia eadurabla la artrj srowaeu city. For Sale Cheap, 3 Pfoducinff wefiaitt raa chinery complete, lntraire of HOWE fc COOK. Petroleum Centre, PaL L&fcfc Box. ' t For Sale 15.000 16' 10,000 feel of 8EC0ND-BA1W TUBING,' at from 78 to 3 eis. per fool Tbe Tubing Win fitrt class Cr'der snd sli resdy fitted. April fit it H. rf. WARMEfc atagaxlncg.; All rat ttagtaioet lor 8eatsmbe r reedy. . itftfpsr-, Oalaxv. Atlantis, . tlpplocott's. Eclectic, Traosstlsntlov OHvsr Oplle, . Toting Folks; Frank Leslie, Children's Flower, Oldand Wew. . Godoy's Ladles' Book,- . Loodoa Society, Peterson's Ladles' Friend. Arthur's Home, Science Monthly, , j nallou'i, ' " I Gscll Worft j Nursery, Chatterbox, Metropolitan, i . llerslil of Health.' Jtt lbs TOST OFFICE fl 4 W3R00M. 1 . , - A complete stntk of School Books'neesrdf at toe public Serwol dan be rbuad al lt FOST OFFICE NEWS ROOM. Dhs ft'olDgt, New Varieties, New ' Yorlf Clipper, Wlik's Spirit, and all spurting tit peii at tS POST OFFI3B NEWSROOM.' . .OIGARS ', ' , ' - I- tCrers e good eifcrs will find several ss tlrely new btaodi, a ver bbrbre lairudmjrd la tbia place, al tbe Foal Office News Ueo Taey are Warranted pure Havaaas. : IJust received at tbe JAMESTOWjs CLOTHING STORE, a large ataoriiarsl ol new aod aobby styles of HATS a CAr& "iWGREEllE? HAT8 al the JAMES TOWN CLOTHING STOBil: fiGaffoey sells Lager : o i- . Sunday Canfforl s till on deck and for (els' at GAFFNET'S. Tbe Viator Brand of cigara Office News Room. . at tbs Pott GOLDEN TREASURE cigars al tljf Post Office Newt Room. Somlbiog eolirU' new. For Pure Wines warranted' a such h-Mht Brotherhood of Brocton go to GAFNL8 GRANT HATS,!, at tua JAMKSTOWH' CLOTHIKG-BTORB: HATH ANDXAPS In gtssl vsiisly wi In airatyles' jlist received by exnrm Ney Voti; al tba. JAkfESTOWN CLOIH INO'STORE. Call aod look at them. ! August 12-tt : Tlj.b..tPllt.bur,hli.Iecr.trtiET3, If yoa" ' ' Want a Salesman, - Want a 8ervant,Glrl,- Want to Bell a Horse, Weal lb Sep. a, Patent; . want to Lend Money, Want lo Buy a House,' Want tb Sell a Carriage,' Want to' Borrow Money , Want to Sail aa Oil Well, ,, . Want to Boy aa Eoglaeer Bollcr,- Want to Bell a Boon and Lot Want to find Strayed Animal,' WaM'toPu;obas'aDOil.Ibi0reit,- . Want to Sell a Piece of FuroitureV . Waal to Buy a Second-baod Caristi Want to Bell Tubing, Casing, Gas ftp . Want' to I-Ind an owner for anjmJ. Found, advertise la the Bk-tfP. ! thaa tea tbonaaad people read It weekly- . Hatit' ffats! Caps! fjaf?',.: CLOTHWy 8TORB. Jttstreoeivsd from Now Paris aad London, and will be told tsibWV ably cheap. Call aad eiamloe styW pr'C, A. ALDEN-'
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