The Petroleum Centre daily record. (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, October 23, 1872, Image 2

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flenta Fornishing Goods, &c,
Fatrolwum Centra Daily Record,
ret. Ciatra, raw, Weaawaav. Q 13
geiTta avervlea.
MVraODIST 1PI8COPAL CHURCH
aevlao aver Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
.u m. BahWlh School at UK P. M
alto free. A eofdlal Invitation extend
Ut Bar. G. Mooan, Faator.
mvJlYTKHAN CHTJRCH.
fWhlag at II o'cloek A. M., and 7
'atoek T. m.
ptrleaCwar.IjMfy Wo
VIA. I.O.ef O. r.
tUfralartaaetlar, AlgkU Friday, at X
B. ALL EH, V. O.
fl at. KawieaB- A Sae'v.
nrriao nf mealing, Main 61, oppoette
MoCllntook He a.
A. O. Of . W.
Llbertv Ladca Ho.rT. A. O. of V. W,
eneeta aver tloadev eveotoc al I o'oiook
la Odd follow Hall, Petrol Contra,
reaa'a.
A. M. Klicxibb, H. W,
I. H. SaaBlM B.
I. O.otR. U.
Innekaaaee Tribe No. 183, 1 B. B. M.
af relralenoi Centra, rneeta every Thursday
venleg In Goad Templar's Hall.
ar Ooaooll if lighted at IK o'clock.
H. HOWE. 3ohe.
a BETNOLDg, Chief f Beoords.
aold at 1 p. aa.
da
Tbat wicked abaci, Iba Oil City Derrick,
fa alwaya doing aometMog to tllr np Ita Tl
tuavllt neighbor. Tba aitlola In regard lo
tbe Pennsylvania Tranaportatlon Company
and Wm. H. Abbott, In regard to to paper
aontntola, Ao., appeara to bava railed a
dreadful commotion and require! the ebam
plonthip of all three Tltuarllle paper to
prove him Innocent The Preaa tayt: The
charge la grossly falsa, but no woraa than
the charge whioh commonly emanate from
the Derrick, whenever the goad repute or
business lotereit of any of our cilicent la
concerned." Tba Herald aayt tbe Derrick
It Ign 'tent, Ac. The Courier pronounce
Mr. Abbott a great and good man, known
for bit liberality, Ac We notiee, however,
they do not aay much about tka P. 0. T.
We ara not advltad at to whether the Der
rick aarvlvet the tlfaok or not, but pretume
It wilt
Wa might add tba report It currently be
lieved bare, the Tlluaville newipapari to
eontrary.
X
Night before laat, a verv pleaaaat toolal
MunUa took place at Boutavllla, tba occa-
eion being tba laatallatlon of offlcera of
Boueevllle Lodge Knlgbit of Pytblee. Tarr
Farm Lodge were preaent by Invitation,
arching from Tarr Farm to Boueoville
beaded by tba Columbia Cornet Band. At
tba oootlueloo of tba laatallatlon ceremoo
lea, bath Lodgea proceeded to the Batkbuo
Houaa and partook of a bountiful tepaal
gotten up oy taiae noat Cbarlle Caalle, af
ter which the Tarr Farm Ladgs marched
back. Tue occasion waa a very pleaaant
on and will long be remembered by the
participant!.
The la teat toveanou for travelers Is a com.
blaed aomnaat, thermometer and barometer,
Iba latter measuring 13,000 fret, and the
whoa In a aolid itlver Cut about two Inche
U diameter.
Thb Wallac! SisTtRS. Mr. Goo. 8
8ldoey, the geotlemanly bneloest niuin
of tb Wallace Bitten paid in a call yester
day. From him we learn that tbil celebra
ted and favorite Trio of 8tar supported by
a very powerful company ol 25 Art lata.
Full Orebntra and Draaa Band will appear
at Iba Opera bona oo tbe evenings of Tbura
day and Friday, Oot. Slat and Nov. lit.
Reserved eeatt ara soar an sale al the
Poat Offloe Newaroom, and tba Indication
already are tbat there will be a large take.
Tbe Wallace 8letert, bav thli aeaaon aa
serobted around them very floe combina
tion of Artiste, every one . of whom la a
specialist in Ma or brr Hop, and everywhere
they have xhlblted have been greeted with
thaencuntninaof tbe preta, and platidita or
the public.
Al Chicago Mlea Jennie the eldeal of tba
trio waa tbe recipient of perfect ovation
on tbeoigbttot her Benefit, altera brilliant
and orolooced teatoo of tbree weeka, and
raoelved an elegant preaent In tba ahape o1
a maaalva tea aeivloe vt solid aitver worth i
If aald $850 from eeveral of tba leading clli-
tena. Minnie and Maud tbogema, have
developed Into tubarb little Artieta, and ara
Immensely popular.
Th splendid Orchestra I noder tba ba
ton of Frofeaaor Caaaidy. that l'rlnee of
oornaL
Nlgbt before laat tba Columbia Cornel
Band dltooorted tome tweet muelo for tbe
benefit of the realdenla of tbat farm. The
mnaio could be plainly beard at tbla point
and "founded tweetly on the midnight air.
The Columbia Cornel Band baa tbe deaerv.
ed reputation, to which it iajuetly eolilh-d,
of being tbe beat In Weatero 1 enneylvanla.
Mlttreaa Eliza Pert arrived In town nlgbt
before laat direct from the elaaaic ebadea ol
St. Petersburg, where, according to her
atatement, abe bat been rusticating oo lb
fat ol tba land Intermixed with beapa of tbe
good old ttnfT. She alio elated the bad ta
ken out naturalisation papert and Intended
making tbat town her future homo. She
could not ttand tba preeaiire but got drunk
alraoat.ee toon aa aba got la towo, and got
back to her old quartert I lb look-up.
Tetterday, upon a 'prom lee to go hack to
ber adopted home al once, the waa tel free
by order of Juatic Reynold,
An error occurred In tbe report of the pro
oeedlnge of the Odd Fellpwt meeting, pub
llahed a day or two aloe. Tbe oyster tap
per came offal the restaurant of A. 8. Smith
loaiead of al Capk Smltb't Dolly Tardeo
Saloon.
Lovertof good mutio will bear In mind
tba rebearaa) by tbe atoiart Musical Society
alSobel't Opera House, tbla evening. Tbe
Society will be assisted by tbe Bouteville
Cornel Band. Tbe programme will coneial
of a variety af muilo both instrumental and
and total. Tbe price of ticket bat bran
put al the low figure of 25 ceo la thereby en
abling all to atteud. Give them a lull
bout.
A D apaloh lo Iba FiltiburKb Commercial,
dated Wooeter, Ohio, Oct. 21, says:
The Wooater Miniog AtaooiatloD, which
Vor tome lima put hat been boring for oil In
Kilbuck valley, two sal lea weal of Wooeter,
are jubilant to-day over tba fact that at the
depth of one hundred and seventy-five feet
they were met with heavy volume of gat
thai threw lb water eight feet np In tbe
condjolor and lo tba obeck-box. The gat
burn readily. Tbe oil men prononne the
Indications ata premium, and prcdiol oll.at
four hundred feet,
A new proeeta of diflllllog petrolenm baa
been discovered by M. Tatro. From two to
four per cent, of tulphnrio acid It mixed
with tbe crude oil, and then four to tlx per
oeot. of dry lime It added. It It claimed
that a larger proportion of distillate It ob
lalned. Tbe proceee, whatever Hi advan
tages may be, will bav tbe dlaadvantage of
rapidly corroding tba Interior of tbe stills
Irom tbe" acid mixture.
Clam Chowder, Ibe Ural ol tba eeeson
will beeervad np at Ibe Petroleum Exchange
I Hotel, to-day. Patron ;n tba Extbange
will take notice.
A a umber of capitalists bava laken It op
on themselves to open the beautiful valley
of tba Kankakee river, in Illinois, and de
velop ita many and varied resources. The
Keakakae river, betide being ene of the
motl charming lo the Weat, I on of the
beat In that region (or navigation purpoar
Being fed bv living Ispriags, taking their
rise in the northern part of tha Stale aad
Iodtana, It It not tffeoted to unfavorably by
drongbt at other itroama.
A burrid towo in Uregoo and tbe hull of
a ship lo tha American deaertare amoDgthe
latett discover If a.
An entire English household, mao, wife,
children, and tervanla baa caught the foot-
aod-moolb.diseate by drinking tbe milk of
a alck cow. Tbit tbowa the unpleaaaat pot
albillliee of tbe Texaa tattle disease tbat It
now making such bavac la the Wett.
Somebody write tbna to the N. Y. World,
from Oil City. He ' drifts away into the
realms of Ideal lanwidge" at an awful rate.
Read and erjoy tbe same:
What a queer aspect thie place presen'l
to what It did a tbort week ago. Tien Ibe
air wat filled with tbe Mack smoke of bi
tuminous coat, aud by nlgbt and by day the
creak of walking beamt dinned tbe ear
wherever In tbla section one might venture.
All waa bustle and eonfuaion. Train alter
train on the branohet ol the different rail-
toads left here laden with tbe greasy fluid,
and all day long traint of wagons traversed
the roads transporting petroleum from tbe
wells lo'the refineries and the depot.
Now It seems at if It wa ever Sunday ; the
olattar of tbe engine la hushed, aod tbe air
tree from smoke aod dust. Look where you
will groupt of laboring men ar teen con
vening on that all absorblne theme, and
great etrtko, while tbe bill sides and low
'andt ar thickly Molted with Idle bom
aod mules. Think of hundreds aod hun
dreds of well tbat threw out fluid with
which the world waa fed with light, now
quiet In their Idleness, and tbelr produot,
worth millions of money, lying In tbe
ground apparently In waste. Tbla town It
overruo with men out of employment, many
of them with scarcely enough mooey to koep
Ibem In food, vet they are hopeful, and at
a general thing are In sympathy with tbelr
emp-oyen In the great movement. But one
reform tbey propose II tbla atrlke It unsuc
cessful. At a recent meeting they resolved
tbat, as it la shown by tbe vole of tbe pro
ducert tbat It dee not injure wells to sbiil
dwoo for thirty daya, we a workingmtnr
ask ibem to obey the law of God and our
country by suspending all drilling and
pnmpfag wells on Sunday. In a lew weeka
it is confidently hoped that in tbia region
Ibe skies will be much brighter than now
and that flnanolal affaire will be on a sound
r baait than ever before. The effect of lbl
suspension has already been fell. Oil iba,
a few weakt ago waa offered at two dollars
and a half, oan'l be purthaard to-day for
lur dol lar.
The Louisville Kxpueiiiuu, ou a Oaplt
of f 1M.000, bat netted lb directors Iht
turn of $20,000 a profit of about thirteen
percent. Tblt It Ibe remit of lb oral yeai't
effort.
Dan Bice's famou trick hnraa Stephen A,
Dongless ft dead. It broke a leg the olbei
day aod waa tool.
Warren rejoice lo tha arrival of car lor
her street railroad. Hereafter no one wil
walk la Warren whn he can rid.
A lien town haiaaoolelycalled the Knight
of the Mystic Chain, who parade tbe tlrstt
arrayed in black aod white robe and carry
ing torches.
Petroleum V. Nashy, (D. R. Locke,) le
about to publish a book entitled 'Tbe
Strug lea of Petroleum V. Nashy." It la to
be published by Messra. L N. Richardaor
A Co., of Boiton, Maaa fend St.. Lcn-a, Mo ,
aod it aold ooly by aubeorlpllon. We have
no doubt tbe book will afford a great
deal of amusement to those readlog It at
Natby't serio-comic Kyle Is well known to
all. Tbe following notice ol the work we
oopy from tbe Chicago Journal :
Tha book of tbe week moat likely to meet
with popular favor it "Tbe Struggles o;
PelroleamV. Nasby." Tbe Illustrations,
wblcb are maoy, are tbe work of Thomas
Heal, the Hogarth of America. There It a
veryFflaUerlng Introduction by Charles Sum.
ner. Tbe Nasby letters form a dietlnct and
Important feature of our eonatry'e blatory
during ihe rebelion. Arlemut Ward't atai
lank at Natby't rose. Tba former had
aimed at exciting laughter, and nothing
more. He waa aa devoid of any purpose
and principle as Jaok FalitafT; but Naihy
0nceived the idea of combining tbe wit 0
Ward with lofty pattlotiim. Tba result was
a tucceat never before attained io bnmorous
literature. Tha whole Republican press
copied tbe letters, aod everybody read and
laughed over them. Tbe most remarkable
thiog about tbeae lettert It that Ibe author
could auslalo himself eo long. The hook
before ut It a pooderout lome of over seven
hundred page. Tel there It no flagging fa
lb wit, and no tadloua Iteration.
A propotltioo bioaebed a year or taor.
ago by tb leading Evangelist of both lb
old aod new worlds, for the revision of the
Bible, bet just taken praetide shape In New
York, where a tontmltteo, composed of the
leading theologians aod tebeltri of the
country hat been constituted lot lb par
poee. Tb lumbvrmeo ol Canada and tbe North
wett are ttarliog large gangs of men to
the woods every day, to eommeac opera
tions for tbe coming wtoter'a work.
f Literary manneee, eo popular among . Iba
elite of Loudon, ara to be Introduced Into
fashionable society in thlt country next win
tar. The eoteriaiaaiewe ar understood
to bt highly Intellectual.
THE OIL VIT.
Mr. F. M. Magee wet appointed by the
Court si master, to bear testimony In lb
case ol Hosteller vs. Warden, Frew A Co.i
for the recovery of tbe price of 40,001) bar
rels of oil. Tbe gentleman baa ptepnred
and submitted sn able report on tbe cse.
With regard to Ibe p'ra of the defendant
tbat tbe dealings and transactions I herein
alleged to have taken place between the
said plaintiff on Ihe one pari, nnd tbe de
fendants on the other part, but in tinth aod
in fact were part and parcel of Ihe partner
ship bueipess under the name and style o'
' The Pittsburgh Petroleum Company," and
Wm. Frew aod Chat. Lockhari, two of Ibe
defendants, and of David Hosteller, the aaid
plaintiff, and ol Jot. Fleming. Alex. Bay
ert, Wm. K. Nimick, Alex Nlmlck, Sam
uel Lewis, Arnold Hertz and Chas. Lennig,
heaays: There are numerous facts In lb
evideooe which appear to sustain tb truth
of tbe matters alleged in tbia plea. All the
refined oil transactions were directly con
neoted with aod arose out of the company
and Ita affaire. Had tbe company not exe
Isttd, ibe refined oil would not bav been
purchaaed, and the lasue lo tbla oese would
oot have been brougnt betur tha Court
Tbe object ol lb ooinbloatloo, fa lb Aral
iottance, wat lo rafte Ihe price af oil, and
Ihut enable Ibe members of tha oompafjy lo
make money.
The maaier doet not submit aay decree to
ih Court, oo tb grouod tbat a wat not to
natructed. (.Pitltburgb Mail.
Marrlasje In High 1.110 In Havaala.
The following It Irum tbe Eureka Bant
nl: A wedding in high (Eureka) Ufa la
la tske place In a lew day. Tba el ream
a aocet attending lo render It worthy ola
notiee in a well regulated family paper.
The gentleman It forty-one yeara of age, a
f air blonde, aod a man of good fig are, who
at been twice before married oac In
Oregon, once In Yucatan. Hit Oregon
wifetblnkt be died while member o
Walker's expedition, aad tb wlU be ob
tilaed ia Yucatan supposes a wat killed
to tr,aInyo earthquake. Tbey ar both out
af I ielr weed, and- ''may ,b happy yet '
IS lb various enterprises In which he bat
b ta interested be hat not acouoiuleied a
larg amount ol tha world' gMde, but ft
bring loth taak before blm a worl d 01
good intention. Tb bride It lweoty
tlgbt; .bat bad three husbands, fram
two of Ibem ehe has beeo divorced, and Ihe
iber one it a cold corpse. She brlok-t to
;ier butband tome good looks Intentions
io! explained a tew article of 'household
furnilure,many "fet of uedeveloptd mining
rouod, an account of awn magnitude at
diy goods store, and every positive promise
1 1 retorm. The ceremony will be performed
i Ihe cbuieb, aad all Ineud af bom pare
ilea will bav cards delivered by Welle,
Fargo A Co. From present appearancee all
will go as merry as a marriage Ml.
An Indiana town baa a pig with a human
'ace which Ibe cil.teoa call a luaut natara.
If be bad bad the human body also, a place
would have been giveu bin among other
human pice, and no meotioo made of It.
Speaking ol CitJCtnuail, a writer la tb
Boston Post aajer There Is no city, probably
of which so large a proportion of society
tpendt so much time abroad, which Imports
so large a proportion of European tuatoma
and tastes, aod which loset ao larg a pro
portion ol individuality abroad.
If you
Want a Salesman,
Want a Servant Girl,
Waot to Sell a Horse,
Want to Sell a Patent,
Want to Lod Mooey,
Want to liny a House,
Want to Sell a Carriage,
Want to Borrow Mouey,
Want to Sell ao Oil Well,
Want to Buy an Engine or Beile,
Want to Sell a House and Lot,
Want to find a Strayed Animal,
Want to Pu'obase an Oil Interest,
Waot to Sell a Pieoe of Furniture,
Want lo liny a Second-hand Carriage,
Want to Sell Tubing, Castas, Gtt Pit.
Want to Fiod ao owner for anvtoloa
Found, advertise lo tbe- Record, aa oo lees
ban ten tbonsand people read II weekly,
JMagtazinea.
All Ih magezioei (or kiepieatw, www
reaay. ,
Harper,
Galaxy,
Atlantic,
LippincotFa,
Eclectic,
Transatlantic,
Oliver Optic,
Young Folka,
Frank Leslie,
Children's Flowet)
Old and New,
Godey't Ladles' Book,
Loadoo Society,
Peterson's
Ladies' Friend,
Arthur's Home,
Hcieace Moulbly,
Bailou's,
Good Word,
Nursery,
Chatterbox,
Metropolitan,
Herald of Health.
Al lb POST OFfffo JIEWSBOOM.
Local Notiena.
?o Oil OfBRATOMk C. It. Jeni,uflr,j
Kaue City, desire I notify oil operators
that bit patent Sard Bag a Device fa.
Shutting Off Water In OU Wella, arejmt
what it needed during In thirty dtys skat
ting down movement. Tbey at warranted,
to abut lb water off entirely no mailer how
ong the well may be stopped. Oil open-
tore ar Invited lo call oa or addreat Mr. J.
at Kane City. Taango County, Pa. :.
In ITnitmolnlhlne at all klnita Al ntuiu
atock, juat received, oaoaol be excelled la
id eu regioDB. ieii enuezemiB.
Bepl. H-lt
For Sale.
A tipHirohlfl ridinc ev rlriv'mr.
HORSE, in good order. For
forms hinnira at PhelvVa Vemis.
" X y . vvmi-
ble Store, opiiositw the Opera
noiise, i euiojenm centre, l'a.
Just received at AL DSN'S a large stock
of geoia UndertlelfetBg. Tba very beat B
town.
for al
14.000 t20,IW0 leel el SECOHD-HAID
VITUINa. at rmaa k ku 9t . t .
Tb Tablag It t arsl cats or aad all
reaay mini.
April IS. It I. I. WARN1R,
CTf DIBCLOT BIN 6 ; UMVERCLOTti
IM6 Jest reeelvo i ike JAMESfoWl
CLOTHING eTOKK, etll e4 tee m
ttoefc,
BTGR8KLIT HAT8 at iba JAMES
TOWN CLOTHING STORI.
Tba Yielor Bread af eigast a lb feet
OOee Ne Bom. .
BBT Highly favored, Itwtaol Sod Wat
al ma Poet OMc Mawarooea, Try Is.
GRANT HATS el( Ihe JAMKSTOWV
SLOTHING STORE.
HATBAND CAPS la great vailsly aid
la all etylea, jest reoalvoa by etpreat from
Hew York, al Ibe JAMESTOWN OLOTB
1NG STORE. Call and look at Ike
Aognit ll-tt
gar Joel raoelved al Ih jAMbbTOWN
CLOTHING STOBI, a large assortasa
of new and aobby ttyletef BATa a 0Arw
Butter and fb ar aheoet iodltpensU
ble article, ef food. Properly tiled, ttey
are nutrition aad beHfty;bul aa inordi
nate uae of either ane indigestion and
dyspepsia. Owen Qalfneyb Snosay fa
fort, Judlclontly need will restore aolbof
there trouble
CIGARS
Levers f good cigars will Aod eeveral at
tlrely new bvaad. never before witmdueed1
In lb la place, al Ih Pott Office Newt Room
Tbey ar warranted pur Haveaaa .
Blew Gooda.
Emel Zedwich'
('LITTLE JOE."
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Haejuet returned from Buffalo with a
complete atck of
Fall and Winter Goods
Ha been eswMlahed In Petroleum Centre ftir Ul
past laaa yeara, and lea the neeui ef
Maklagrtiie flrat Fit aa4FlaeE
Boot la tbe Oil Kegeoaa.
Be Is esoataotrr' rent Ting cedeai from ethtrse
Uous eflbt Oil BegloDS.
Ha eogetently keeps on ban
Ready-made Doots.At SHoes
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
SHOaB AND GAITEB&
CAE.. ARBMa am,
JStf IMKI, 1BDW1CH .
GEAND
Musical Rehearsal
OP TIB
MOZART MUSICAL SOC'V
of Pvtrelenm Centre,
Asalated by Ibe
KousevlHe Cornet Dand,
AT
SOB ELS' HALL,
Wednesday Eve'g,
Oct, 23, 1872.
Prwrrflmmn willcnnniat of SoOC
Glees, Chornsea, Instrnmental
Music, &c.
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