SHUGEST & STARR
Merchant Tailors!
AXDaiuaa is
tents' j Furnishing Goods,
COL SPRING FBANELIR BTS.,
TITIfSViiIiB PA
ant la ma aflU aMt Hnr otanti ail
VL01W& CASSIMERES
E3GLISH,
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
striped suitings,
FANCY
VESTIHGS.
la fee Oil Region.
iTwHHTT DIFFERENT 6TTLKS OF
TATS SS CAPS,
all tbe latrtt acS Hobbles Btjlm
A FULL LIN1 OF
Cents' Furnishing Goods, &c.
etrolcum Centre Daily Record;
rat. Caatre, Pa., Frlelay, Oct. 25.
Divine Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
torvloes every sabbath at ll A. M. ana
s), P. M. Sabbatb School at 12$ P. M.
at free, cordial Invitation ex sod
ad to alL
Est. G. Hocusi, Pastor.
rEESBTTEEIAN CHURCH,
reaching at 11 o'clock A. M., and 71a
look P. 11.
PCroletun Centre . Lodge, Ifo.
VIS, f.O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday, at T),
'kick. 6igaed.
B ALbfiX, V. O.
P H KnoRiR, A See'v.
fJfPlice of meeting, Halo 81, opposite
SSeiillBlOOK HOOM.
A. O. Of FJ. W
Liberty Ledge No, 7, A. O. of TJ. W.,
Meets every hUaday evening al 1 o'elook,
la Odd Follow BU, Petroleum Caotra,
Fata.-.
A. M. Kxxcxsia, U. W.
H. liiuu, R.
LO. Of II. M.
Binoskaonee Triba No. 183) I. 9. R. H.
f Petroleum Caolra, meets every Thursday
evenlne lo Good-Templar's Hall.
ffflrCMogll flras llhud i 7! o'clock.
U. HOWE, Sachem,
n, RETNOLDg, Chief of Records.
old at 1 p. a. 112
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Tha Tituevtlle Pren defeods the Pipe
Lines la a long article, and ealli upon tha
peoplt aod tha preaa of tha oil regldns to
'top Ibis kjnd of talk"- about tba short
oomlnga or tba pipe lloet, to., to which tha
paopla will attest probably became the
Press says io.
After all the "beating around the biiah"
lo the alieaipt to shield Harley, Abbott,
aod the balance of the pipe lloa monopolists
by tba Tltuivllle pa pen, the question at to
whether said pipe 11dpi have Issued cerllfi
eetee with a full knowledge that tbay hid
not the amount of oil In Ibelr tanks claim
ad, remaloi unaniwered.
Tba Prrae oarriea the Idea that tba pipe
llnee have a tight to do ae they pleaae, and
Doqneitlon abould be asked. For Infor
mation we woald like to know if tba pipe
11dm are not common carrier, aod ae tueb
eervinte of tba people, and have ooi tha
people a right to question the acti ot thili
servants.
Day before yetterday, two eaipioloui
looking Individuals hailing from Buffalo,
accompanied by a braee of soiled dove, ar
rived to town.. Tbey Uefcd around aU day
and at sight Justice Reyuolds notified them
to leave town. n ha mr.AA Mad thum down
as vagrants. One of tfeam started fur tbs
depot at onoe, but tha other, one left for tba
upper end of Iowa.
During the evening Constable Mcllugh
paid a visir to that end of town, and dis
covered the bird snugly eosooaoed Id bed.
Be arretted blm and lodged hint lo the
lock up, and yesterday morning Juitioe R.
lined dim $1 and costs and gave him tba
enoioe or euner leaving town or going to
Franklin jail. The brace of beauties alio
ft fur mora desirable localities.
The weather Is exceedingly disagreaabU
i0Ut. Rain, rain, rain, with, good, pros
pect for more.
Tha Petroleum Producers' Council, al Its
salon yesterday, adopted a 'plan for the
future guidance of the producing Interests
of this region. Tha plan, If carried out
successfully, will remedy tha prevailing
evils at present existing. Below we give
a portion of the articles:
I. There shall be established, under the
auspices of the Council of the petroleum
Producers' Association of Pennsylvania, an
organization under sanction of the laws ot
Pennsylvania, wbicb shall be known as
"The Petroleum Producers' Agency."
IL The capital etock shall be not less
than One Million Dollars, and shall be di
vided Into shares of oue hundred dollars
sob, which siikII be subscribed only by
members of the Petroleum Produoers' Asso
olatiou, or by snob other persons as may 'be
approve! by the CvuocU.
This places the shares so low that it will
be witbia reacn of all small cperatera to
subsoribe for the stock, the benefit derived
it Is claimed, In the enhanced price of oil
more than paying the slock taken in less
loan a month's lime. '
III. No transfers of the shares of the cap.
Ital stock shall be msde oa the books of the
Agency, except upon such conditions as the
Direotors nisy prescribe, subjeot to Ike ap
proval of the Couacil.
IV. The builneN of the Agency shall be
managed by a Board of thirteen Directors,
who shall be elected annually by the st.ck
hnlden. " ,
V. There shall be an Advisory Board lo
Consist of one member elacted by each local
Association and approved by the Council.
The members o( the Advisory Board shall
be admitted to the meetings of the Board Of
Directors aod shall be entitled lo all the
privileges el Direotors, exoept that of vot
ing. Any member of the Advisory Board
may be cemvved for any abuse of his tiust
or for official misconduct by a vote of Ihate
fourths of the Council at a regular meeting.
VI. The Local Associations roty appoint
committees to solicit and receive pubscrlp.
lions to the Capital Stock; they may also
appoint responsible trustees to reoeiva pay
menta on accouat of such subscript ions, to
whom the subscribers shall pay at lefst'ten
per cent, upon their subscriptions at the
time of subscribing. The committees of the
Local Associations shall advise the Presi
dent of the Couucll, from day to day, of the
amouut of subscriptions received by tbem,
and whenever the sum ol at least one mil
lion dollars shall have been subscribed in
good tailh, aod approved by the Council,
and tbe organization of the Agency legally
completes, subscribers shall be notified lo
bold an election of -Directors. The Direc
tors shall, as soon ss praotloable after their
electioo, proceed tg eleot a President, Sec
retary and Treasurer. Tbe Trustees, sp
pointed by the Loosl Associations to receive
subscriptions, shall, Iheseupjn be requited
to pay over to the Agency tbe amounts re
ceived by them on acoouot of subscriptions
lo the Capital Stock. The Agenoy shall
not be responsible for any subscriptions paid
to tbe Trustees appointed by tbe Local As
sociations until the same shall have been
paid over fo the Agenoy or Its authorized
representatives,
Subscriptions to lbs Capital Slock may
bo received, payable in oil at five dollars
per barrel, delivered on tbe oars or in tbe
tanks ot tbe Ageoey at any sub-agency on
the line of tbe railways, provided, however
that no certificate of stock shall be Issued In
any case In wbiob payment Is made In
pipe Hue receipts until tbe oil shall have
actually been reoelved upon tbe order by
he Agency or its Agents. But a speoial
guaranty of tbe order shall be required to
be retained as seourity for tbe delivery ot
tbe oil on demand, and tbe demand shall be
made within thirty days after the order fur
the oil Is received by tbe Agency.
Oil Strike. Patrick Dawson of George
town, has obtained a good oil well on Jos.
Bryau's farm, near Mill Creek Green town
ship. Tbe well is now produciog from three
to five barrels per day. Another well Is go
ing dowo on the oreek oa tbe Speoce farm,
near tbe celebrated Peter's farm. Tbe oil
protpectf are enoouragiog to these interest
ed, living on tbe south side of tbe Ohio, In
Greene township, tor in all probability tbe
oil belt runs across the township, and doubt
less will become a great source of wealth
to the oomwunlty. Beaver Kadtoal.
The wells will generally start up on Frl
day nooo Oct 25th. Many of tbe working-
men who have been borne, have returned
aod tbe streets are thronged with expectant
faces. Petersburg Progress.
A singular legal contest bss been loatigur
ated in one ot the New York courts lo re
cover possession of certain real estate, deed
ed by a man who alleges that be was mar
ried while drunk, aod conveyed his pre.
perty la his wife under tbe same oircum
slaooes. Rabbits can ooly be shot, according to the
game laws, during tbe months ol November
and December. Gunners hereabouts bad
better bear this la mind and save trouble.
GAMBLING COS Til ACTS.
Out readers may remember
the sul
brought by Sterling Bonaall, of
Pblladei
pble, against several of onr dealers, to
cover en contracts for tbe delivery of oi
Some of tbe defendants put In tbe plea that
the contracts were In tbe nature of awa ger,
and void lo law. They were tried in the
Common Pleas, and judgements rendered
for lb plaintiff. Appeals were taken
the Supreme Court, aod yesterday two of
tbe cases were decided that tbe Logai
Bros. vs. Boosall, wbioh was affirmed; aod
tbal of Kirkpalrick &, Lyons vs. Sane,
woich was reversed on account ol an error
to regard to tbe admission of evidence, as
appears from tbe following extracts from
tbe opinion delivered by Justice Agnew.
We cannot pronounce this agreement
gambling contract on the face of tbe writ
log. A bargain for on option, such os It
presents, may be legitimate aod for a prop
er business object. We csn Imsgine such
cases. But it is evident such agreements
can be readily prostituted to tbe worst kind
of gambliog ventures, aod therefore Its
obaracter may be weighed by a jury In eon
nrction with other facts in considering
whether the bsrgaln was mere scheme to
gamble upon the chance of prices.
We must ooteoolonod gambling, whether it
be corporation stocks or merchandise, with
what is commonly termed speculation.
Merchants speculate upon tbe future prices
ol that In wh.'a). they deal, aod buy and
sell accordingly." 8uch speculations
cannot be denounced. But when ventures
are made upon the turn of prices alone, with
no bona fide intent to deal in tbe article,
but merely to risk Hie clfference between
rise aod fall of tbe price at a given lime,
tbe case Is - change. Tbe purpose tbere Is
not to deal In tbe article, but to slske upon
tbe rise or fall of Its price. No money or
capital Is lovestsd In tbe purchase, but so
j much only is required ss will oover margin,
ss It Is fignrtlvely termed. Then tbe bar.
gains reprelent not a transler of property,
but a mere slake or wager upon lis future
price Tbe difference requires tbe owner
ship of only a few hundreds or thousands ol
dollars, while tbe capital to complete an
ao'.ual purchase or sale may be hundreds of
thousands or millions. Hence ventures
upon prices Invite men of small mesas to
enter into trausactioos far beyond their
capital, wbicb they do not intend to fiiJfil,
and thus tbe apparent business In tbe par
tluular trade is iofUled sod unreal, and like
a bubble needs only to be pricked to diaap
pear otten carrying down the bona fide
dealer in Its oollapse. Worse even than
ion. it attempts men of Urge capital to
make bargains of stupendous proportions,
and tbeu lo manipulate the market to pro-
duse the desired price. This Is .the lai.
gaageot gambliog speculation, Is making
a cornet" that is to ssy, the article Is so
engineered or manipulated as to make It
scarce or plenty la tbe market at the well
ol the gamblers, and thus to place its price
within Ibelr power. Such transactions are
destructive ol good morals aod lair dealings,
and of the best loteiests of community. If
the article be slocks, corporations are crush,
ed, and Innocent stockholders are ruined lo
enable tbe gambler In lis price to accom
plish bis ends. If tbJs be merchandise e. g.
grain, the poor are robbed aod misery en
gendered.
The esse was reversed on the point raised
by plulnllffs in erroi, that tba Court erred
io refuriog to admit testimony to show that
tbe contract submitted was a "gambliog"
coolraot. Pittsburgh Commercial.
Tbe Historical Sooiety ot the Old Swiss
Csolons reluctantly oonfess the story of
William TeH lobe a myth. Tbe historical
proof of tbe falsity of tbe legend was unsur-
mountable even by tbe most eager patriot
ism. There. was no Tell, no little, bow,, no
big apple, no cross bow or long bow, no
arrow, no poie to idc marxei-piace, no
plumped hat, n tyrannical Geaaler. Tire
whole thing was a pure myth, as bad come
te be suspected when It was found that sim
ilar legends existed among other raos, hand
ed down from the ages long anterior to tbe
earliest dsys of Swiss or 'Austrian. Teel
origin oi turn legeuu rvivgteu u tue nme
and peeple that produced the legend narra
V
ting bow
"Jack and Jill went up the bill
To fetch a pail ol water;
Jack fell down aod broke bis crown
And Jill came tumbling alter."
This historical romance la supposed to
date from a period earlier than tbe historic
age and lo sbsdow forth natural pbenome.
ns, or bistorio events, far more Important
to mankind than Jack's broken crown and
capsized pall, or even the liberation of the
St1s Caaloai.
People continue to laugh at thai inter
view by a Herald reporter with Pipe Line
Barley.
The balance of the Petroleum Producer's
Ageoey article will appear tomorrow.
HUSKING.
The yellow sun of autumn fall
Aoross the orchard and the wood;
Tbe still air eohoes every call,
Tbe vine lies paloted on tbe wall.
And all the maples drip with blood.
The neighbors come from far and near,
LOd gather on tbe broad barn Door,
celebrate the ripened year
Aod strip the busk from off tbe ear,
That turns to gold tbe farmer's store.
This la the merry busking time,
For old and young, so laugh together;
And voices all seem, now to cblme,
As if tbey had been set to rhyme,
On purpose foe this autumn weather.
The old folks smileand work-and smile,
To feel their blood so newly s'lrred;
Tbe younger feed tbe yellow pile,
Quoting tbe red ears all tbe while,
And blush and kits without a word.
Tbe golden corn that makes this play
A bullion bar is every ear
'Twas dropped as seed In esrly Nay;
And In the blazing August day
' It ripened for tie ensuing year.
'Twas fnn to ride tbe borss to plow, '
And set tbe scare-crows in tbe field ;
'Tie better fun to be here now,.
And laugh aod chat at finding bow
Tbe com has brought a generous yield,
Bring in fresh basketsfull of ears,
Aod let tbem spill about the floor;.
Push on tljH husking have no fears
But corn will arrow these mativ veers.
As corn bas always grown before.
A correspondent of tbe Meadville Repnb-
can, writing Irom Foxburg, says io regard
ottlC pipe line-frauds;
This shutting down movement bas ju t
brought to light a new; fraud practiced
against tbe producers by tbe Pipe Line
Companies which have now run short many
thousands of barrels, according to ourrent
reports. If this be the case, tb producer '
certificates of oi', tbe amount of whlob tbey
suppose can be drawn at any time, Is of lnt
little use lo tbem lo their present critical
position, and tbey tbua find themselves
compelled to'flght over production, and tbe
different pipe lines lo save what they have
already taken from tbe earth. It tbe above
la tbe case with the pipe companies, aod it
has not ss yet been questioned, It would
appear that tbey have been setlinf, fraudu
lenlly, many thousands of barrels of oi.
from their tanks, relyiug on the steady and
constant production to supply the amount
thus sold; bivt tbe production having ceased
lbs fraud at once Is dtectedvand tbe pro.
dticer Is wsroed to fight against anoibev
great monopoly which Isundermloiog bim
imj I
JCL
A""
financially io bis greatest faonrol need,
The movement to strt a co-operative re-
finery al FrankHn ia likely to prove
suc -
cess. Over $200,000 bas
for that purpose.
been subscribed
lTbe following Is the resolutions -ssed b;
tne Ttdioute producers, at a late meeting:
Whbmeas, True patriotism the bigber
law aod tbe welfare of tbe oil regiona all
demand tbat Sabbath labor should cease In
tbe oil region, sod,
WiiKRBas, Experience teaches us tbat If
all shut down we can do so' without injury
to our wells, aod,
Whbreah, tbe Producers council earnest
recommended tbat ail the Dlstr'cts
hould shut down on the Sabbatb, there
fore,
Resolvbo, first, that In future we will
shutdown our wells 24 hours on every Sab
bath,
Resolvbd, second, that In any esse, dur
ing tbe oold weather tbat some times pre
vails In tbe oil regiocs, It Is considered nec
essary to raise steam on the Sabbatb to pre
vent our boilers, pumps and long lines of
team pipes from frsezing and bursting we
well disconnect our sucker rods Irom our
walking beams aod do no more work tbsn
is necessasy to preserve oar property from
destruction.
I Rflma nf tha nraiflhuri am iaUinf thsl
r '-ft
great voices against the alarming decrease
ol births In ibis country. So long as we
hsve jails and prisons snd scaffolds and lun
atic asylums snd work-bouses sod poor
bouses and feebleminded Institutions and
hospitals te fill, and deorease of population
may justly bs regarded with alarm.
An Ingenious Frenchman bas invented a
machine for stopping runaway horses In
stantly. Electriolty at the control of the
driver is tbe meaos employed, and it stops a
horse as quick as lightning.
South Lee, Massackusets, is enjoylr t a
little oil excitement, a vein of pew .jam
having been struck tbe other day by some
workmen who were digging ioundetlonjfor a
new paper mill.
Local Notices.
MOTH
The reffnier. meeuans or ih. n .
regular meetii
l-tl ml, ,11.,.: "OUCUi
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- ' r '""in ia tbta
HBUV WU DBIUIWB TW-UiUg UCt. 2Jth SI ?
I . , a, . .JnJ I I . 1
u uiuck. meuiuers auu producers, cm
tractors, managers, I drIIWra and dub.
are requested lo altend.
SECOKTABY
t
Notice.
MATHEIl, the. Pioneer rho
avHS-upiicr Ol me oil regions, wilioor,
into bis new rooms lu Chase & Stewirf,
New Block, Tliusvllle, la about ibrM
weeka.
He will have one of largest end, .most He,
gant Studios li Pennsylvania.
uon i torgoi to oiat aod visit bis
rooms.
oct 25-lw
see
Tbe latest styles of Undarclethine k.
iyr,rTn,b"'A"MIOWM
"Io Underclothing of .all klnda Ar nnv a
stook, just received, cannot be excelled l
tne oil rvglous. Ueil and examine,
Sept. ai-n
For Sale.
A desirable riding br driving
UORSE; in good order. For
terms inquire atPhelp'a Veget
ble Store, opposite the Opera
House, Petroleum Centre, Pa.
Just received at ALDBN'S a l
of gems Underoiotaiag. The very best Is
For dale
1S.000 to 10.000 feet of. &ECOI D.TUn.
TUBING, at from M to. 36 cis. per foot
The Tabing is In first class order aod sis
resdy fined.
April aa. v. H. a. WARNER.
UNDERCLOTHING ; UXDIKCLOTuV
Jast received al the JAstLSTnwt
CLOTHING cTOBX. call aaA s.. t
stook.
MTGRBELEC HATS at the JAVPJL.
TOWN CLOTHING STORI.
The Vtotor Brand el
cigars at lb fait
Office News Room.
iVHIaffcly flavored. Ice cool Soda Wills
at tbe Post Ofacis Newsroom. Try It.
GRANT HATS ell tba
JAaVESTOWK
CLOTHING STORE.
HATS AND.CAP9.ln ereal vailelv an
in all styles, just reoelved by express froay
Hew Tork. al the JAMESTOWN CLOTH-,
ING STORI. Call and look al them
Align
ii gust 12-tf.
KVJnet received al the JAMESTOWR
CLO THING STORE, a large amorlmsn
nt new-and aebbv atvleaaf HATS A 1AI
.
.
Butter and cheese are almost indlanensl-
1 hie articles of food. Pronerlv used, the
are nutritions and beslihyf hnt an inordi
nate use or either eaaaes indigestion and
dyspepsia. Owen Gaffney's Suadsy Com
fort, Judiciously used wllf remove both of
tbere t rouble ,
CIGABS.
Lovers of good clgsrs will find several en
tirely new brand never before introduced
In this place, at the Post Office News Room.
Tbey are warranted pare Havana
New jtroods
Emel Zedwich
("LITTWi JOE.")
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
nasjusl retntned
from Buffalo with a
complete stock ot
Fall and Winter Goods.
Has been established in Petroleum Csntre for U
past three years, and has tbe name of
Making the Beat Fit and Finest
Boot lu lave Oil Beglons.
Hoi constantly receiving eiders from other ses
uune oi ine uu jiegious
He eonatantlv keens on band
Ready-made Boots,& Shoes
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
SHOES AND GAITERS. c
CAM. AS8Er HIM.
KM EL ZBDWICB.
rfeohlyTloVrSvo ttld?
interest of S pe pi who M sp?nd raon.
ev Basinets orgiu oi tbe TKC PLAN run
L18HINO AND COMJHSSIOM HOtTSg. SSeentt
a year. Bend stamp f r specimen, ana learn bow
yoa may mtnoe your living expanses t P"
nt without diminishing oomtprte or In jnries
Plain, etralehi.rorw.rd buauwst sot In the loess
"sensational. " Of interest to eerybo.1y. Address
John a Aldoa, Manager, 43 Wsst Jackson Sunt,
Chicago, III.
tVGAFFNET keeps constantly on
hand Sootob Ale aod London Porter, esps(
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11 ivr laiaUiT IWV.