ll i 4 e ii Sfflj GERT & STAER ipomumon I VeFarhndSmMa A Oa.,1 Merchant Tailors! un:DKiLatui.iH tints' FurnlshsPg Uoods, COE. SPUING ft FRANKLIN 8T3., T1TVSV.LLE, PA.i Bti pat la on af lb. guest iimr meat as CLOlIISds CA8SIMERES ZNGLISH, FRENCH AMD AMERICAN COATINGS, MIXED AND STRIPED BUITING3, FANCY VESTINGS. or oSVr.il In th Oil Hegka. TWINTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS Sc CAPS, Alt lb U tat and NobbtMt Stlee. A FULL LIMB 07 Qents' Furnishing Goods, fcc. -ftiroleum Centre Daily Record. Pi t. Caatre Pa., Friday, . 0, " UlTlaa Bervlee. MKTHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Hervicesevory 8abbatb at 11 A. M. and , r. H. Sabbath School at 11 P.M. rata fr A oordlal Invitation extend d to all. Bit. P. W. Soohbld, Pulor. FRE8BTTERJAN CHURCH. Pror.eblog al 11 o'clock A. at., and Tk o'clock P. M. D. PATTON. Paator. PMrolesm Ceutre , Lodge, Wo. Tl, I. O. of O. F. Regular meeting nigbta Friday, at 8 'clock. 8igned. ALBERT GLRNN, N. O. H. O'Flabbbtt, A See'y. trPl.oenf meeting, Mala 61., opposite IfoCliotoek Hons. A. O. of V. W. Llherty Lodgo No. 7, A. O. of XJ. W., nu'uts eiTy Monday evenlnx at 8 o'olook, D Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centra, Peoa'a. A. M. Klcccmm, M. W. J. n. Miami, l, R. Gold ut 1 p. m. 114 FREE TRAINS. A ipsMai free trala will run from tola plica to TiluiTllte, Ibli evening, tearing at 6.30 p m, lor lb accommodation of tboaa who desire to attend the Republican Maps Meeting to be held la that city. The meet log la U be addressed by Hon. Henry Wll. ion e.id others. A special free train will leave Ftiroleum Centra for Oil City, at 6,45 p m tbla even ing, for the accommodation of the Demoerati aod Liberal Republicans who dealt to at tend Ibe man meeting at Oil City. Ex Senator Doollttl aod olberi ara le addreaa tbe meeting. Nolloss of lb respective club vetting will be lound elatwhre. A tpeotil train, conveying a Urge num ber of leading Republlcaoi tf tbt country. emoog whom wo noticed Geo. John F. Hartranft, Repnbllean candidal lor Gov ernor, Hob. Heary Wilaoo, of Maaaaebu site, oandldat for Vice President, Hon Simon Cameron, Senator Scott, of Illinois, Hon. A- L. Rlobtnond, of MuadTllle, Hon, C. W. Gliailan, ol Franklin, and others, passed through here over tbt Oil Creek Ral'roaJ, at If m. today. Quilt a number of people had eaaemblid at tbt depot to eatob a glimptt of lb oel- briltta, their wish being fully gratified, at immediately upon tbe atoppaga of tb train, Gen. Hartranft, who ttood upon tbt plat form of tbe rear ear. waa Introduced to tb crowd by Cul. A. P. Duncan, of Oil City, at lortowa: Gentlemen, allow ma lo in troduce to yon, Geo. Harlreofl, our future Governor." Tbli wai responded to by lb crowd, who gave three cheers with a will ur him. Then followed a geoeral intro diiotion and baod abaklng. Senator Scott waa t illed upao for a speech, and a d Just eomuteooed ipeaking when tb traio moved off, cutting bl temarka abort. (.ol. Wm. F. PbiUipa, Preaident of the A. V, R. R. and O 0. ft. A. ft R, and Col J. J. Lswreoe, Geoeral Superintendent or t .e Allegheny Valley Railroad, wet alio with lb patty. Advertise I the Bicord. Tldlout bat a aiDtattoa at will bt tees by Ibe following whlob wt copy from the Journal. Tb villain thould bt killed, ekloned aod dried, a a warning to any who might attempt a likt undertaking: Ooa of tbe moat aenaatlooal Heme of Ibe day, wa brought lo light lo tbla town Mon day morning Tb attempt of one who hitherto baa been thought to be a resecta ble oitizen, to tedneeayoung girl of elf- tee s, tbt dangbter of ont of onr moat re- epected citizens. Tbt brute 'a name who did thia la Benja min Hager, a thing who live in tbla town. On Sunday night Hiuer went to eburcb. where alto waa Miaa Goodrich th young girl who wat Inauiud, and ter mother. At Ibe ladlet tame out of Ibe eburcb, Hager aaked Mies Goodrich to eeeompaoy her home. Skt aeoepted hi oompaoy and they walked on a Utile a bead of tbe mother. Hager tbeu began etking ber Indecent queatlone, and Anally propoaed that ah ebould eater a boua near there with him. H also bosstiogly (poke tf baviog brought ont ol her oompanlooa into bit power. She baoghlily reluaed bit Indecent propoaala and be left ber. Tb lather of Miaa Goodrich waa Inform ed of ibe faoti and after conaulting with tbe father of tbe other girl whom Hager Insult ed, r,Bjllshedtbe following notice: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Toll Ii to girt ootiet that BENJAMIN UAGER, a oiticen of tbla town, and a mr rled man, did grouty Insult a daughter of mine, 16 yean old, laat evening, (Sunday) while walkiog Irom church, aod at tbaaam lima aod plac aeaall lb character of of young giria or tb neigooorhoou, now j give public collet that If i tver koow of hla apeaklug lo any member of my family or a bin in tb company of aoy young lady in thia town, I will lofllct aever cbaallaa ment upon bim. E. T. Goodrioii. I A hora whipping 1 too good for tucha villiaa. Tb bid ol the dead animal ol whlob tb whip Ii composed would orawl lo mortillcaiion on being laid on lb baok of aucb a raacal. We pity tb lady who la tied to tbli brute, at ab la laid to bt a Hot woman of unimpeachable character. Ha ger waa out of town that morning or tomr- tblng Bert than limply publiablng blm would bav been the reaull, and at aeen by tb notio given above, ibould bt attempt another eiich daalardly outrage bit raaoally bide will pay tbe penalty. Tb next day' Journal givra th d- nouoament aa lollowa: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. To Ed irons Tibiootb Journal: In yealarday'i isau ol your paper you puliah d an account ot an ioault offered by m lo Miaa Maggie Goodriih on Sunday eve. The main (acta aa itated are true, In relerring to Ibe other young girls, my language was suob lakan in oonneotlon with Ibe language uaad lo Mia Goodrich, that ah bad good reason to suppose I refered to criminal in tercourse itb them. I did not lulend lo convey such Impression, aod I now desire lo publioly state that I not only never knew any wrong conduct on Ibe part of any of tbe young girls whose oamet are Ibui brought to publio notice but on Ibe contrary have alwayi considered them vlrluoua and modril girls. BEN. R. HAGER Triumph, Sept. 18, 1872. , I hereby certify that I called upon Ben ja il m Hager tbla day, in company with W. P Sptoule, aod Ibe told Hager eipreased grea contrition for bis actions on Sunday even log and was anxious to make publio ecv koowledgemenl ol bis error, and requested me to head tbe abort lo tbt Journal for publication. . T. StODRICH, W. P. SPROULE, Witness. Tidioute, Sept. 18th, 1873. Quite a serious accident occurred on Ibe excursion train which conveyed tba Grant ft Wilson oiub to Fraoklla, al Columbia Farm, laat night. A man aamsd John Moooey, It appears, waa silling on Ibe edge of ooe of tbe platform can allowing bia feel to swing over. When tbe train slopped tbe bumpers cam together catching on of bis feet and badly smaabing It, Tb unlortu oat man was laksn from tbs trala aod brought back lo tbla place, where ha is now lying at tbe MoClintock Houae. Allboagb bis Injuries msy not b permanent, yet be will probably be laid up for aome lime. Moooey baa a wife aod family reaiding at Tilusvill. A sad accident occurred on tbe Allegheny Valley excuraion traio, last evening, by which bey nsmsd Say was badly and nrobablr fatally lojured. Tbe boy, while stepping from ooe oar lo another fell be. two to tbe track, tba wbeela crushing one arm, bis foot, and otherwise bruising blm. A yonpg Connecticut lady was lately taken back when bar swain got upon bis I knees before ber and read a declaration Of ( lov whlob. ha bud nioaly written of. NOTICE Tbt Grant ft Wilson slob of Petroleum Centre, will meet this evening al Ibelr room Business of Imporiaoco Is to be transact 'd and II is deeireblo that every member of the club should be present, 8. JOHNSON, Captain. NOTICE. All members of the Repnbllean Vigilance Corcmlit ' requealed lo meet al lh Club Room', Saturday evening, Sept. 21, at 7:30 P M., abarp. A hill attendance le rer quested. N. B. PARKER, Chairman Committee. HO! FOR OIL CITY. All members of tbe Greeley ft Brown Cluo are requeated to meet at their bead qaartsrs at 6 o'oiock absrp. A gensral at tendance is requested. By order of PRESIDENT. This from Ibe Danbury New Is worth a mil or two: "Two Squsbbl bill men hart been devoting themselves to one girl. Between the two she bardly koew bow lo choose, aod fortune grew ditzy skipping from one bsnosr lo the other. Fridsy night No. I appeared lo a brendoew pair of pants that bad tbt most gorgeous piald av al teen. Tb young lady oared at once, threw herself upon bis bresst, and faintly articulated, "Ob, ain't they bully 1" Tbla of course settled Ibe difficulty to tbe maiden's cbolcs, and tbere was evidently nothing more but lo fix tbe day. But, alast for hu man calculation. Sunday night No. 2 ap peared on tbe soene with a shirt upessd be bind. They are lo be married next Thurs day. Mr. Wm. T. Connors found a raioable piece of jewelry, on Washington Ureal, yea. tsrday. Trie owner csn bsre tba same by calling at tbe MeClintock Houae, describing Ibe properly aod paying for this notice. An astonishing slander suit is on trial lo Williamsport, Pa. Rer. William A. Keer, pastor of the First Presbyterian eburcb. baa sutdAuguat Puretll, IrtC. Gibson and Geo. Monsel, members of bis congregation, for Slander to defend himself against tbs charge of visiting house ol bad repute. Rev. William A. Keer lives lo the bouse ol Augasi Pureed, ooe of his accusers. Tbe wife of Mr. Purcell found In Keer's room a letter addressed lo "Wm. B. Caldwell," an assumed nsme of Ibe paalor. With a wo man's curiosity she opened ll, and found It was a Mrs. Slifer, who keeps a notorious bouss ou Wsabiugton Street. Sbe showed tba letter lo ber busbsnd. Mr. Purcell is a good man. Ha prayed for ibe reformation of tbe reverend sinner, and sbowad tbe let ter to Ira C. Gltmoo aod Ceo. Monsel, other good man of Keer's Coogregstion. Tb three went to tb chief of police, Coder. Coder went lo Mrs. Sliler'i and found a lets tor signed 'William B. Caldwell" In tbe possession of Ida Bush, a youog girl ol rtry plsssing exttrior. fcxpetts laid that ibis handwriting was Keer's. Keer was be fore a session of tb churoh and of lb Pres bytery, aod accused of improper conduct. He denied everything in toio aod Instituted the nendln aulL z z .N now to Kkuu thb rnica or on. Tbe oil producers of Pencavivaoia eepeolailv those at Parker's Run, Ibe best producing distrlot In tbo Slate are al present consid ering tba advisabllty of stopplog drilling for at least three rpoatbs, In order lo raise Ibe price of oil. Tbe idea appear sensible, and judgelog from numerous communications in tbe Titusville Herald and Petroleum Centre Record, we believe will be put in operation without delay. Would a similar course lo Petrolic aid tbe market In any perceptible degree? Patrolla (Ootario) Adretlls- VX young man wboss carriage, on bis A turn Irom a pick ale, recently broke down at algbt, went to a neighbor's bouse for be'lp and lo moving about lor the door fell down an open hatchway Into tba caller. Wbeo be got upon bis feet be found a huge dog bark lug at the entrance, and In tba brief inter vals of tbe dog's bark could distinctly bear tbe men of tbe bouse besvily ebarglog double barrel gnn. Cssb.up Is nol by aoy means dead yet We passed through tbere on Fridsy last, and noticed that a majority ol tba welli were itiil pumping. We are informed that this district produces about tbrea hundred barrels per day steadily. It's, rather a bad plaoe lo take a asary bone, on account of Ibe steam wbieb It conitantly puffing Into Its face from tbt togioet, but should not tbt oil givt ont there, we thould nol be surprised If Casb-up should at no distant day bsoomt quilt a town. Forest Republican. BA New Jersey geoius Is already to bridge Hit) Atlantic. He baa psilected bis plans and figured It ont, and It will take only tbe tbe labor ol a million of men for a oentnry, He la williog to stake other people's last dollar on tbt succsm of tbs lobeme. Last Saturday afternoon, oa the Morrow farm, near Coopcrttown, Mr. Bsvia u. Newell, of tbli city, wm leverely Injured by th cxplosloa of a glycerine oso which bad been emptied a lew minutes before to use lo a torpedo which Mr. Newell, bad sueoesa lolly exploded la a well. The aesideot bsppened la Ibis way: After emptying Ibe cans tbe agent la required by Ibt regulation, ol Ibe torpedo oompaoy to explode tbe em p. ly oao to guard tgalosl aoy acoldenis hap pening from an explosion of tbt glycerine that may adhere lo tbe vsaael. To carry out Ibis order Mr. Newell built a lire around tbe can aod atepped off lo a safe distance lo await results. Tbe lire went out and left tbe glycerine unexploded. Mr. Newell belli another fire, retired, aod waited a short time, but no explosion took place. He then went toward tbe fire supposing It to bs out, but wbsa ht oamt within thirty fttl of It, a terrible) explosion took place, wounding Mr. Newell lo tbe right side ot bit lace, bead and neck, and peppering hla left leg with small places of tbe can. Tbe wouoded man is doing well aod will be able to be about in a few days. He will probably suffer tba loss of ooe eye and be disfigured lo some ex tent. Mr. Newell showed wonderful coot new and coursgs al tbe time of tbe acci dent. Altbougb be was knocked down and unable to arise instantly, be gave ordera to the Militant accompanying bim lo call help and afterward walked, with tbt aid of two meo, a quarter of a mile to a neighboring sobool house from where be dispatched mes engers lor physiolans, who shortly arrived aod dreaaed bis wounds. Tbe first annual Mr of tbe Venango County Agricultural Association, wblcb takes plsce oo Its grounds In this city, oo oexl Tuesday, Wedoeaday aod Thursday, promises to be a great success. The officers of tbe Association bave been untiring th past few weeks to oomplete their arrange ments and make their first lair a good ooe. Al tbli ii Ibt only Association of tbt klod In Venango county we hope our farmtnaod manufactures will take enough Interest la it to Insure ut a continuation of I'.i anontt feirt. On Ealnrdav last Messrs. J. B. Burton, W. Grant, W. R. Crawford and Henry Sbessley completed a well on tbe Bleckley and Egbert lease, Galloway farm, wblcb ttarted pumping at the rale of 100 barred dally. On Wednesday afternoon it wat dot log at lent 100 barrels Venango Specta tor. An important experiment la about to be tried la San Francico, which, If auceessfut, will probably pilot tbs way to tbe erection ol woiks for Ibe establishment of steam pow er to be let out like gas or waUr or any other valuable commodity. Tb enterprise consists in tb organlcation of a oompaoy for tb cooatruction of a central boiler ita lion, with pipes redialing therefrom to sup ply a large district with ateam for us In propelling machinery, aud other purposes Tbe result of tue experiment will ba wth. ed with general interest. Nearly forty per cent, of ibe tela! deaths of all ages lo Ibt United Stalet ii found among Infanta under five years of age. The mortality lo our great cities, bewever, ha risso to a muoh bigbsr rale, tbe highest ba ng in Uhlcago, wbr It bas increased from a Deroootage of .28 lo 1843 to .62 In lMIL A London dispatch saye Ed mood About. a well known po liieal writer, has beeo ar rested near Straauurg, France, by Ibe Ger man authorities. About it thought to bave efboded Germany by some ot of bis rati writings. Increasing spprebensions prevail in Eng land respecting tbe threatened failure of tbe potato crop, aolb In tbat country and la Ireland. At Ibe suggestion af Prima Minis ter Gladstone, sclenilfi men, In vlw of Ibe threatened potato famine, give publicity to a method for utilizing tbe diseased labors. Tbe youug Emperor of China It deterfbed as vsry effeminate, wllb no tapaclly for business and as Inordinatsly food of displays aod theatricals. Hals easily rated by the wife who was sduoated for blm at suck vaat expense In money aad dress, aod tbt It re garded aa having tb controlling Interest In tb government. A Baptist clergyman In New York has such a meager salary, thai be bat taken to making borse-shoe nails, and Invented a peeulisr kind ol point lor tbe nails which took so well tbat be bas made a largo for tun. It Is said that he makss batter point la Ibis way I baa vr be did la bla aet. moni. A lerre tiauie woman i pel puppy las cently swallowed a diamond ring oo ber In ger while she wis reed log blm. a wm considerably "out up" about II toon after ward. Otranto, on tbe southwestern coast of Ita ly, madt familiar by Horace Walpole't ro mance, "Tbe Gaelic of Otranlo," bat recast ly become the terntnui of a at rail- road. Local JXotlfisja. For Sale Cheap. 8 Produciue wells with ma chinery complete. . Inquire f HOWE & COOK. Petroleum Centre, Pa. Locfc Box. For data 18.000 to 10,000 feet of SECOND-HAM n TUBING, at from 26 lo U ctt. pef foi? Tbe Tubing Is in first clasa order and . i ready fitted. B April IX tf. H. H. WARMER, Magazines. All tba asgtslnes for Sepltabtr. oa. ready. ' TOW Harper, Galaxy. Atlantis, Ll ppincoti'i, Eclectic, Transatlantic, Oliver Optic, Young Folke, Frank Leslie, Children's Flower. Old and New, Godsy't Ladies' Dbok, Loodoo Sooitly, Peterson's Ladlea Friend, Artbar'a Home, Science Monlbly. Ballou's, Good Words, Nursery, Chatterbox, Metropolitan, Herald of Health. Al IhefOST OFFICE NEWSROOM. School Books. A complete stock of School Books nseded at tba Pnbllt School ean be found at tka POST OFFICE NEWS ROOM. Dayt Doing, New Varieties, New Tork Clipper, Wllk's Spirit, and all sporilna pa pets al lb POST OFFICE NEW3R001I. CIGARS. Lovers af good cigars will find ssvsrel en lively new breads, nver before iutrtduosd in ibie plioe, at tbe Putt Office New Rosn They are warranted pare Havana. ljrJost received al tbe JAMESTOVTir CLOTHING STORE, a large assortment ol new aod aobby styles of HATS ft CAFS. tGRRELBY HATS at lb JAMES TOWN CLOTHING iiTORB. (Gaffoey sells Lager Sunday Cemlort still on deck aod for sal at GAFFNEY'3. The Viotor Brand ol Office News Room. cigars al lbs Post GOLDKN TREASURE cigars at th Post Office Newt Room. Somlbing eutlrely new. For Pure Wioec warranted aa such by lbs Brotherhood of Brooton go to GAKr'NEra. GRANT HATS,ll me JAilKSTOWS CLOTHING STORE. HATS AND CAPS lo areal vatlely and in all styles, Just reoelved by express from hew Yoik, et tbe JAMESTOWN CLOTH ING STORE. Call aod look at them. August 12-lt The best Pittsburgh Lager al GAFFNEY'3. If you Want a Salesman. Waal a Servant.GIrL Want to SeH a Horse, Waal to Sell a Patent, Want to Lend Money, Waot to Buy a Hous, Waot lo Sell a Carriage, Waat to Borrow Money, Waal to Sell an Oil Well, Want lo Boy aa Engine or Boiler, Waot to Sell a Heuse aad Lot, Want to Bud a Strayed Animal, Want to PO'cbase an Oil Interest, Want to Sell a Piece of Furniture, Waot to Buy a Second-hand Carrier, Want to Sell Tabrag, Casing, Gas Pipe, Want lo Find aa owner for aaytbif f Fouad, advertise la tbe Baooan, as oo 1st than tea laoaaaad people read II weekly. HatsS Hate! Caaal Cawl At the JAMESTOWN STORE. Juat received from New York, Parle aad Loodoo, and mttl be toM remark ably cheap. Call aad esmaine styles aod prloea. A. ALDKN. Cheap Farms Free Homes ON THB UNI Or TUB . VNIOH PACIFIC llAlXllOAD A lard Orat of 13, 000,0) M ACBES In o Beat Farming and Mineral Lands la America. .2,000,000 Acria In Nebraska CHAT PLATT1S VALLBY, the Gerdsn- ef U West, Now for Bale. These leads are ti. tbe Ontral aortfoa er the Ual tad states, on tbe 41 it degree of North LaHWtotw eaatral Use or the great Temperate Boae of we a mart can Continent, and for araia irnwiug andie a raising unsurpassed bv aav In tbe TCattwf CHBAPBR IN PHIOB, more fcvorable teres given, and more ooaveoieat to market then can a Iwmd eiaewbere. FREE HOMESTEADS FOR ACTUAL 6ETTLERA Tbs Bast Loestfoa. Tor Cohxife. BeMtacswHM te s Homestead ot ISM Acne. . . a re faeeoc la Pnraliswer ef -"; lead forth new DeaerioUve Pamphlet, ?U'BT tups, published in Bnglieb, flermaa, Bwsdiah ana Daaleb, mailed stm everyweas. Address, O- . DAV!8. land Comsstoalener, C. P. R. . Co , Osteite, N'
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