SHUGERT & STAElfl
Diiimoo I Msartsns, BnMk C.,J
Merchant Tailors!
AlID DXAUDt in
Gents' Furnishing Woods,
COB. SPRING FRANKLIN BTS.,
TITVSVeliLE, PA.
OL02H8& CASSIMERES
weU3H WENCH AND
AMERICAN
OOA.TIISTG8,
MIXED AND
. STRIPED SUITINGS,
fancy Nestings.
oOgnda th OU IU0CB.
T MITT DIFFERENT OTTLES Or
HATS Sc CAPS,
Alt Um latest and Nobbiest Btylea
A FULL um or
Cents' lirnishing Goods, &c
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pat, Ventre, Pa.i s?rUr, Oca. 11
iTlae Mr lee.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
8er? lose every Babbatb at 11 A. M. end
P. M. Sabbath Sobool at X P. M.
eatafree. A cordial Imitation extend
ed to ell.
Bar. I. W. Sconhld, Potior.
PRESBTTErTaM CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. ., end 7
clock
r. m.
D. PATTON, Putor.
A. O. Of 17. W.
Liberty Lodge No. T, A O. of U. W.,
meets every Monday evening el 1 o'elook,
In Odd Fellow'l Hell, Petroleum Centre,
Feon'e.
A. M. Klickkib, M. W.
sT. H. Binuix, R.
Gold et 1 p. a. US
Juflglng from the aotioes ol Ibe Rsfiner
Combination or ring, tbe exceedingly bon'
etl members thereof, ere becoming alarmed
lest ibe producers movement (or ibutling
down tbirt days lo order to reduce Ibe
locka on band, now io operation, will prove
success. For instance, yesterday and to
day, member! of Ibe New York end of tbe
combination Save been actively engaged in
sending telegrams lo tbii end olber poinla
Id tbe region, worded Mimewbal ae follow!
"Market weak and fluctuating" "Be
lieved among oil men hire tbe 80-dey move
nwnt will prove a failure"; "No probebll
Ity ol an advenes In tbe price of oil," to.
Tbe reaaon of . Ibe transmitting of tbeee
dispatches must be evident to all, it It to
transparent. It la done for tbe porpoie Of
odeaforlog lo undermine Ibe failb ol tbe
producer In the autetaa of tbe movement,
od to mialead tbem into Ibe belief tbat the
price of oil oanaot go up, because they (the
redner't combination) bold all tbe overplus
took, or enough of it tooonlrol Ibe marke
tor eu iodeBulte period to suit themselves,
Let no producer put. any credence whet.
vet la tbe itorlea elreulaied by tbe Comb!
nation. Tbe mevement la bound to be
iueoess,etplte tbe efforti of all tbe Com
binations In obrialandoB.
The truth ol the natter It Ibe Combina
tion, lo tbelr greediness to possess them'
selves of tbe entire buaineat and contiol it
I their pleasure, no mailer whether Ibe
producers and Ibt region became bankrupt
or not, have overstepped tbe mark them'
selves In olber words they have "strained
at mat and swallowed camel." Tbat
700,000 barrels ol surplus slock purchased
at tl.60 or fraolioo over per barrel, baa
had to be drawo heavily opon to supply
the demand for tunning their own refineries
nd no more can be bought at tbat figure,
consequently, like Crocket's coon, tbey will
have to '-come down" nod buy $a oil and
pay for it.
For tbe further enlightenment ol this ring
ol nlunderem Re&uer'e Combination late
South Improvement Company a com'
paoy, composed of such producers aa S. A.
Woods, J as. 8. MoCray, N. 11. Payne, J as.
Adams, and others, all possessed of ample
means, Is about to be organised In Petrole
um Centre for tbe purpose of building a
large refioery at this polat. Tbey propose
to produce tbelr own oil and refine li lo suit
themselves. This will prove a blow dt
reolly at the toot of the evil, namely, the
UrU'wr'a Combination. This movement
once eierted will prove a death blow to the
C 'lu'itneuuu, tbereloie let it go lorward as
rapidiy as possible, and let tbe other oil
towns emulate, and the sooner will t'e
&j ol redemption at aw neat.
CRUDE AND HEFIMM
The oil busloess Is divided aa above, with
Interests depending on esob othr, yt ever
senarale ami divided never for a moment
Ideallstl. And to tbla diversify of Inter.
eels existing, where t he Interests should be
one, we may truthfully ascribe most all the
fluctuations In values which charsstertze
tbe business, and these are so rapid often as
lo overwhelm flrma loo established and
possessed of means is flnanoial ruin.
A good paying price for crude, sustsioed
any length of time, so stimulates produc
lion and multiplies tbe wells as to glut the
market, while a large margin between crude
and refined, in favor of the latter, must lo
oreasa the numli-r of reBneiles until com
petition mks refining worthier. The
posture of efllm iu the oil region to-day is
directly Iraoeab.e to these causes and effeols
only.
Too much orude Is tbe result of tbs prices
of oil In 1870-71, while the Refioer's Com
bination originated In Ibe necessity for cut
ting down the refining eapsolty of the coun
try nod dividing It equitably, or at least
satisfactorily, to Iba different localities
the Creek, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Ac.
While then the producers were without
any effective organization to promote their
Interests, a few energetic and able men
among tbe refiners got the Combination"
Into working order and were able to dam
up tbe Increasing production till tbe stooks
bore the market down far below a ptytog
price, then tbey bought all tbe oil tbey
waoted, refined It, and bad 700,000 barrels
ready for market at a margin or $2,00 per
barrel over and above tbe ordinary profit.
The shutting down movement of tbe pro
ducers, wbloh seemed foroed upon them to
reduce stocks, came just in tbe nick ol time
lo enable tbe Refiner's Combination to un
load and fill tbelr coffers. Henoelorlh tbe
Combiualien has money and prestige and
can work far more effectively In tbe future
unless obeckmated by tbe Petroleum Pioe
ducer's Association or tome similar organi
sation. As a means to even temporary sucsese,
the SOday movement waa perhaps entitled
to a trial. It Is at beet a remedy tbat alle
viates only, but does not cure. If we rely
on this measure berealter as a speoiflo, tbe
Combination will shut ut down and atart us
up at its good pleasure.
Our opinion Is tbat tbe prosperity of tbe
oil regions, bere and elsewhere, lies in tbe
consolidation of tbe produolog and r-fiatug:
inlereste In tbs person of Ibe producer, and
further, tbst tbe place to refine oil Is just
where you Bod It.
We will suppose that the Individual en
terprise ol hall a dozen producers lo a dir.
trlot, either rents, buys or builds a refinery,
and offera to refiue oil of a certain gravity
41, 45, 4 or 47 lor a certain toll, no mat
tar If tbe refiner's combination have bought
nil tberefioerles in the country nearly with
tba avowed objeot ol keeping tbem Idle. It
won't require much time to build more, and
aa for money, we have enough. No mailer
bow It Is done, either by joint stock oompes
Dies or private enterprise, so that every dis
trict of tbe Petroleum 'Producer's Asaooi e-
tioo bat refining eapsolty to refine all tbe
crude produced, charging only a fair toll.
Tbe refining business will then be confined
lo this region, and Its profits will help us to
build more railroads for outlets If those here
show any disposition lo discriminate in fa
vor of ibe Combination.
.Every producer in tblacsse will offer only
refined oil for tale. Crude' will not be in
tbe market. Instead of one boyer the re
finer there will be jmt as msny aa there
wanting an artificial light. If
some such plan aa tblc be adopted, whereby
Ibe producer and refiner really have a com
mon Interest, and tpeud tbelr money and
circulate it In building up tbe country in
which tbey live, instead of contributing In
the success of rings, corners and combine
tloos. whose funds are divided in distant
placet, then our prosperity It assured.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh may go Into tbe
pork trade, and tbe Sbylocks who have fat
tended off of as so long may go to work or
Into exile for all we care.
As producers, then, let ut handle tbe oil
from the moment It is pumped Irom tbe
earth until It Is filled Into tbe lamp to burn,
Let na make every dollar that legitlmttely
belooga to the business. Let ns build up
tbe petroleum trade nolil In wealth and re
touroea it thatl be second to none, aod until
this the land of our adoption, aball not be
Inferior to any part of our country for Its
educatiboal advantages, ill thrifty popular
lion and lit manutaeturlng capacities.
Moreover, there will arire a moral sent!
ment that will frown down tbe gambling
practioed In varloua forms by a set of "shy
stars" who disgrace the busloess. No ringi
no cliques, no combinations, no paper con
tracts, but boussty aod fair dealing will be
Ibe order of tbe day.
William Culleq Bryant and bis son-in-law
Parke Godwin, have made $400,000 or $3C0 ,
0QQ eaoh out ol the Evening Pott.
We are permitted to make ibe following
extraet from a letter written by a prom -oent
oil buyer of Peiker's'Leoding to D .
M. C. Egbert of this place. It gives con
slderable light on tbe situatioo ol affiirs In
that district on tbe oil question:
Themsrkel lo-dsy Oct. 10 has been
very qalet, in feet dull. Buyers generally
holding off expecting lower prices. Since
the election the market has been unlet. led.
I think tbat Pittsburgh will have to buy oil
soon, In fact tbey are trying lo buy now,
but are offering low prioes. At near as 1
can Hod oil Ibe stock is deoressiog prelly
fast. The shipments from this district
(Parker) has averaged 84 cars a day since
first ol the month, equivalent to about 7,
000 barrels a barrels a day. According to
tbe best Information I can get there is not
over 75,000 barrels crude of available oil for
sale, Including all tbe pipe lines, namely,
Union, Mutual Antwerp and Falrvlew.
From this estimate, and averaging the ship
ments at tbe same as bss been since the 1st,
in ten days moro our stock is entirely ex
hausted. Market may go lower. I expect
to tee better prices next week.
A Solemn. On Sunday last, Thomas
Warren, a pumper by occupation, we be
lieve, while laboring under a tempoary fit
of insanity, induced it la supposed by tbe
coldoess of a woman to whom be baa been
paying attention for sometime back, poison
ed himself by taking something ever an
ounce and a half of laudanum. It appears
tbat be bade several of bit acquaintance,
good by, and quietly swallowed tbe fatal
drug. He then called ibe woman, lo bim
aod told her wbat be had done. Sbe lmme
diate'.y gave tbe alarm and a pbysiciao, Dr.
Davies was oalled and every effort known to
bis profession tried, and apparently witb
success, lor on Monday morning tbe patient
wat better, but baviog a very high fever.
He grew worse until yesterday at 11 o'clock
when be died, nviotim to tbe passion of a
moment. When asked if be would have bis
liieodssent lor be answered "no," and
among strangers be passed away. Peters
burg Progress,
Oil City Enterprise.
Tbe
Incline Railroad to Clark's Summ
Oil City, is completed and will be run free
to tbe public till Wednesday Ibe sixleentb,
Ibe dav of the grsod auction sale of lota
Tbe citizens of Petroleum Centre and vi
cinity are invite t lake a ride.
CLARK fc I'07K0tS.
ret 11-id
Norfolk, Virginia, bss a remarkably pious
dog. lie bas been a .wguiar attendant
upon all tbe services at one of tbe churches
iu tbat city for the last ten or twelve years.
Whenever tbe bell rings, whetber lor morn
ing, evening or night cervices, be repairs
Immediately to cbureh, aod remains there
quietly and orderly until tbe congregation
is dismissed.
Tbe Philadelphia aod Liverpool Steam
ship Company will commence operation in
April, 1873, tbe Pennsylvania to be Ibe pi
oneer vessel.
At Lyons, New York, iasl week, afarraei's
team ran away, aod tbe farmer was thrown
from tbe wagon and killed. In tbe after
noon, a relative of tbe deceased drove tbe
ssme team lo tbe villlage lo get a coffin,
aod in crossing tbe railroad be was run
inlo by a locomotive and killed, witb tbe
borses.
A review of tbe ainouol of gold and silver
yielded In California shows tbat there It a
slow but steady deoline in Ibe product.
Numerous claims that have been worked
by slulciug and tbe bydraullo process are
exhausteed every year, and very few are
opened.
To Oil Operators. 0. D. Jenlson, ol
Kaus City, desires to notify oil opera lort
tbat bla patent Seed Bags or Device for
Shutting Off Water In Oil Wells, are just
wbat is needed during tbe thirty days ebu.
ting down movement. Tbey are warranted,
to shut Ibe water off entirely no matter bow
tong tbe well may be eioppsd. Oil opera
tors are Invited to call on or address Mr. J.
at Kane City. Veeango County, Pa. Iw.
Tbe Hon. Wm. 11. Seward, died yestsr-
day at bia residence, In Auburo, N. Y.
It is said tbat aolulioos ol gum esn be
kept from becoming mouldy by adding a
tew drops of sulphuric aoid. A little alu
also bas a deolded effect.
Tbe tidal phenomenon on Lake Ontario,
wbiob was nolioed last June, bss sgain ap
peared. Tbe greatest change in the depth
of tbe water observed Is tweotyttwo inches.
The lake is very quiet, and Ibere Is nothing
visible in tbe surroundings lo create tbe un
usual phenomenon.
James and fcraslus Brooke, of tbe New
York Empress are worth $250,000 eaoh.
A wonderful chess player Is asioolshlog
Berlin. His name is Arthur Reader, and
be comes from Rouoauia,
Tbe San Francisco Chronicle says It bs(
had a sight of the "fan chow," the greatest
Chinese dainty, to wil "the flower of lea.'
Tbeiwey Iba Imperial leaf is put up Is thus,
given:
Tbe priceless luxury wss contained in a
small aod highly ornamented box of sandal
wood. Tbe slide lid waa pulled out, and
six alternate layers of perlnmed rice paper
and silk were carefully lilted. Beneath all
this covering was a gilded square piece of
sandalwood. Tblsalsowas llfled, and the
tea-blossom waa displayed. Rolled In balls,
twisted into tiny flame shaped rolls so inch
lomr. twisted very smalt, lied In lime
buocbes like cigarettes at one end and
whipped Into shreds at tbe other, wat tbe
tea Bower, packed In loose petals of lit own
kind lo preserve Its fragrance. "This,
said Tuck Cboog, "is a lea that only Man
darins of highest rank ever gets a chance lo
drink In China. It is grown on tbe planta
tion of every rich Mandarin, In tbe province
of Foo Chow, and it can only be gotten
from bim or his agent in Pekin. There
waa once a law forbidding He export, but
even an Amerioan can now buy and drink
it. It costs $16 60 In Chinas and could not
be sold In San Francisco for less than $20
pound. "
Chicago is tba theme upod which every
dweller In that oily discerns. It fisrniehet
the text, even, for some of ii ministers, at
Chicago evidently lu tbelr estimation Is od
ly one peg down from the Celestial City.
A Rev. Fowler last Suudsy in his eburob
Methodist gave a sermon on tbe three
Chlcugoes Before, During, and After the
Fire, lilt text was not exactly glory be to
Cbloago, but tbe next thing to it, to wil:
"I am a citizen of no mean city " So en-
Obanting was tbe tbeuij that bit large aud
ience expressed their delight by numerous
bursts of applause which were eonlloned
and loud. Tbe sermoo was a history of
Chicago from the lime ol lis earliest settle
ment "by the first white man, who vat a
negro" down lo tbe present
Fifteen years ago the daughter ol n well
known and highly respectedcllizeo of Harts
town, Crawford county, now dead, sudden
ly disappeared. Tbe girl waa bat fourteen
years of sge, and there was muob eonjeoture
over ber mysterious disappearance Every
tearou waemade lor her, but without suc
cess, and every effort to obtain any. clue to
ber whereabouts proved unavailing. A few
da; a recently the suppled dead girl . made
her appeiuuuce la Harlrtown, handsome'
and lanuluoably dressed lady. She Hated
hat she was now proprietrewof a dry good
store in Stn FriaoUco, and being on te
way to New York lo buy good, thought she
would stop at tba scenes of ber youth and
see bow everything was. It iaiaid that the
declined to give any statement of ber lite
from tbe time sbe disappeared from home
As might be expected, the affair creates con
siderable talk lo the looality.
There seem lo be quite a disposition lo
England to take Ibe Geneva award out of
tbe private parties wbo built tbe rebel pri
vateers aod fitted tbem out, nod to made
fortunes at tbe risk of the boner of Great
Britain, and, at II turns out, at her coil.
This would be placing the responsibility
where It justly belongs.
roe iciegrapu nas oeen lounrj uteHi! in
surlous way lo Connecticut. A lunatic,
wbo waa formurly an operator, lately esoap-
ed from the asylum at Hartford, and no
trace of bim could be lounl unill one night
an old associate of bis recognized hit touch
in Ibe clicking c-ftbe Instrument at bit tide.
The missing man bad tried bis band at bit
old craft, aod thereby revealed hit where
abouts.
Asbes were olwaya considered good to
make corn and grass grow, and now tbey
have been fouod wonderfully elfieaclout In
raising cities. Cbiosgo bai grown at the
rate of a bouse a day tlooe their applica
tion. Judge Tauey traveled horn tbe cradle l
tbc grave witb a cigar In bis month. ,
Martha Dean Briggs oommands Ibe Coo
quest, a schooner that bat mide live tripe
between tbe eities of Dublin and Glssgow
this season.
Richard li. Dana, ofPitssburgh though 88
years old, Is bale and hearty, aod may be
seen in tbe streets almost daily, taking his
aocuetomed exercise.
A member of Congress Is laid lo be de
vising a national detective police system
tbat will be efieotuel and Inexpensive, tbe
busloess ss al present ooudueled, in many
iostances, placing a premium on crime.
Hate: Hats! Capet Capet
At the JAMESTOWN CLOTHING
STORE. Ju t received from New York,
Paris and London, and will be told remark
ably cheap. Call aod examloe stilt ind
prices.
A. ALDIN.
The latest styles of Underclothing for
gems wear, at the JAMESTOWN CLOTH
ING STORE.
lioral Notice.
For Bale.
3 Portable engines and Ik,;)
tra ftnfl ft ntSi ..ol "
of tool, one M0 foot cable, sand
pump line, fcc Prices and
terms reasonable. Innniro .
T.O'DONtfELL
Kane City, Pa.
Sept. tn-lw.
In Uaderclolalne of all klnri. i.
ItMk i..t r-l.T 1 . "UUn 3
"",,'"'-. excelled i .
ibe eil regions. Call and examine.
oepi. zt-ii
For Sdle
Cheap.
Z Producing wells with m8
cbisery complete. Inquire of
HOWE & COOK.
Petroleum Centre. Pa. I
Box.
Just tanalvad al AI.DRtlu . -. .
of geotc Underclothing. Tbe very hsstia
IOWB.
Vnw Sale
is. MSI in an una Qcnrtwn .
' VI OEilVfll'HA1D
TCB1NG, at from 16 to- J4 els. uttou
The Tebleg la In Irtl ciess order nod ill
Mite.
apni it. ii. n. u. WAHHRfc
UNDERCLOTHING ; UHDIBCLOTH.
ING;
Just received at tbe JAMESTnwn
CLOTHING tTORE, call aid sss Me
lloek.
School Books.
A AAtmnlaisw Btnrk nf Rath fan I RnAb ba.j.a
r- wwhwvb wwai tiwuvrvj
sit ftfca Pinhflii jfohiVhl Mfi he ffniim J .at aa.-
POST OFFICE NIWS ROOM.
WGRBKLIT HATS at the JAHUL.
TOWN CLOTHING STORI.
Tbe Tide Brand ef clears at ike
Oflloe Newe Room.
fW Highly Savored, Ice cool Soda Yslst
at tbe Post Office Newsroom. Try ii.
'GRANT HATS al the JAMESTOWK
CLOTH1N6 STORE.
BATS ANDCAPS In great variety and
In all styles, itl received by express frna
New York, at the JAMESTOWN CLOTH
ING STORK. Call and look at Iota,
August 12-tf.
t9Jnst received el Ibe JAMESTOWN
CLOTHING STORK, n large assortnei
ol new aod nobby styles of HATS A CAIB.
Days'Dolngs, New Varieties, New York
Clipper, WHk's Spirit, and all sporting pi
pers el the P09T OFFIOR NEWSROOM.
GRAND
500 LOTS on Ctarft H
OIL CITY, PA.,
Wednesday, Oct 16y 1872c
The Incline Railroad It completed and
will be opeoed to tbe public lo a d.jt.
By meant of tbla road these lots are within
Ore mlouiet walk to the burraeM center er
the city. 1 bey ore high above tbe itsorh
aod ameke of tbe city, Tbe air is purs sod
healthy. No heavy morning tog it knows.
GOOD WATER.
THE LAND IS LEVEL!
The Drives will be the belt lo tbla Bsgton,
being
TwelVe Milan ! Level Street,
And one Bowievard ilxty feat wide, letdlof
into the, country, 3 miles In-length, almost
perfectly level.
The Landscape View
Ierrot exoelledln the Stole. Beat of ell,
the Lou will be
SOLD OKE-A-I
And on easy terms r Fifteen par cent cub,
fifteen per cent, sixty days, balance ill
twelve end eighteen; meatbs.
Tbere Is Mors Money In these Lo&
Than nny that were
Ever Before Sold at Auctioo
IN TBE OIL REGIONS.
Everybody Come and Bee for Tbem
ciye
UN
Wednesday, Oct. 16,
. CI.AHK Jc POBIEOlft.
13 Rernolae Bloek, Oil ''"
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