SHUGERT & STARR i to Ueftrkrad, nW Ca ,) f Merchant Tailors! Gents' Fursbhia CQ3. BPEI2KJ & FR.VN2lL.I5 BT flPlTCSV.liliE, PA. wafetU eae vf a Oaest "id '1L0WS& CA8SIMERES TOCLISH, FRXCTJ ASDj AMERICAN COATINGS, ' UfXSD AMD STRIPED SUITINGS, Bear (AM i Oil HrflaB. 14KTT DIFFERENT STYLES Of iTJk.TS 5r CAPS, All Ibe Latest Ml Hobbiest Mils. A FILL or (State' Furnishing Goods, fcc, tvo!eurn Centre Daily Record F-th Centre P.. Monday, r. 25. Itlvtne ffrvtce. X riTHODlST EPISCOPAL. CHURCH Hervloee every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and V, bbtn School at 12) P. H. eat, free. urdil iavltation extend i to all. Kx. G. Moore, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CnURCH. rnaehing at II o'clock A.M.. sad 7 uluek P. At , by lb Pastor, W. C. BrjRcn abu. SabGalu Sckool at UJ, directly after lerrgoon service. Prayer Hewing, and Seabatb School Tewaiier's Mealing Tuesday evanisgs at each week. Pttrolcnra C:itrv,, Lodge, No. tit, I. O. of U. F. tegular MMting aigbts Friday, at T e'tlook. Sigued. B ALLEN, N. Q fl. H. Kooibb, A SeCy. 'fSJ"Pli'C of meetingSiaia St., opposite Ctiolock House. A. C. Of V. W. Liberty Loin No. 7, A. O. of V. W., acta every Moudey evening at 7:j o'clock, ia Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Cant re, Feaa'a. A. M. Kxecineu, 2t. W. A. tun, R. I O. Of It. flfl. laeakaanee Tribe No. 183, 1. O. R. M. f Petroleum 0ntr, meet every Tburadey evening Id Good Templar's Ball. fBf Cuuacil Area lighted at 7 o'clock. U. HOWE, Sacbeaa. . I. RETNOLDfl, Chief o( Record. eld at 1 p. m. 112 Tba New Yolk Sun of Saturday publishes foil roporl of tba alleged Iranda Id tie management of tba Atlaallo & Great Wesl ro Railway, Implicating H. F. Swaalaar, General Manager, C W Wlnalow, Auditor, and C W Brad lay, Suporlataadanl ot tba Mahoaing DIt lalon. Tba Investigation wai (tarried on by Mr. Hodgekln, Treasurer ol the road, and bnw tba implicated parlies ap la a very bad llgba. Ia bit repoil to Geo. McClellen. President of tba road, Mr. IL. aiya: Oo Mot, day. Iba 2UI Inst., ai I ion, tba new tl received bera fNew 'oik ol tba discovery of gross dolinqoen. oleg m Iba inanagemeut ot tba company's a Taiis In Men Jvllle. On tba evening of tba aima day I left for MeadvilU, making pari of the j iuiny eu a locomotive kiudiy fur oisbed aie by ike Eria Railway In ord-r to overtake Iba vxprcai train. I arrived at Slaadrilla on Tuaeday at 5 o'elack,and took poataaiicn af tba offlua of Mr. Bweetarr. On Wadqesday noon I obtained the resignation, and full evldanea In datall ol all tbe lrregur lartiea. On Wedoei-day nlgbl warrauta (or tbair arrest wara ieaued la civil suite, wben Mr. Swerlaer left. Oa Tbamdey orimioal prncaedinga were CJinmenoed, aod a roqulailion from tba Gov ernr of Penueylvania obtained upon the Oovtirnw of ibe Stale ol New Yoik to pre vrut 1 ia aoppoied aacape to Europe. On Saturday Nr. ttwaetaer leturoed to Mead. and uffered to give bail in e'.vil auit. lie wat cjufrouied w'.ib tba evidence of ail L' J-linqueD4i.i, and offered to rnaka rea I. mi. en. Oa Monday nlgbt tba pnpera for a aeit.eoiaDt were drawn, Mr. Sweelaur et'eetug to pay over tbe lull amouut ol tbe euuipany'a lni, eMImaled at (75,000, and Vn. I rrivi-d In New York. Tbe moo a tlnce been pi'd i v Ji Swet-riaud iu me tceeaury ui k eunpany. jJse?Vsi . Preparations were found mode fnr a repi. lion on a ama'.Ier ecitle nf ttie Fiek aud Gould sysleui; alack yen's, cohl mines, stoae qnerrlee, av 01 1 lie, lunfrelnbl Hues, leruiiaal Ocntrnoti. and toulracia of every etker d.scnpiiou, all of wbicb were oi aJ in the bud." Tbia Seelser ia the honest ! ram who t itoe.l Id to aid lb ouib Iuiprxvenient C-.'. Co. tu X'lf.r fight aeluvt iba producfri'.and t. nt .nfuillng telegieiL in repaid lo tbe prtductrs, Ac. lie baa probably en rue to tbe t'onolueiou by Ibis li;ue tbtl be ocu'l an Ibe world, aud tbete are ''niue so poor as to do LI in ti orange." Tins sick from pnblio view tun eppuerra of ib ngbl, aud may tbe rest ol tbe courplratars go ibe same Nttr Wki.i, us tub Uppkk Bexxkuoff TajRit.TORY.Ofi Saturday a new well was Compieti-al nn ihe Gabrtng farm, Upper Banoebuff Rnu, wbiob startrd pumping at tbe rate of seven to nine barrels per dny and Increasing. Will probably prove 20 barrel well. It is owned by Jonatbao Wat sod, of Titusville, aud Geo. and Ln. Uentic boff of Ibis vicinity. Unlike most of tbe tbe wells lo that territory, wbicb bave all yielded little or nothing lor tbe first months pumping, this well starts in at tbe above rata bidding fair to Increase largely. Tbe new well bad 40 feel of floe while pebble roek. Tbe Gebring ferm is about one m'le from Petioleum Centre, up Bennehoff Run, and the striking of tbia wells slows almost con clusively tbal tbe Octave oil belt acmes in tbia diiection. We look for important de velopments in tbal direction before long. 'Ve copy an account of tbe terrible nitro glycerine explosion at Scrubjtrase, on bet urday last, from tbe Oil City Derrick. Tbe terrible fatality couuected wilb explosions of this dread article should warn all Iboee handling it to nee extra precautious. A lack of looal matter la due to tbe neu ralgia. Tbe editor baa got It ia tbe bead and face, and has done nutbiog but mutter 'ones" words for tbe past three days, and the devil baa bean compelled to make Ibis explanation.' Stim. Rmiku. Tbe Producers' Associa tion ol Tldlotite have subscribed $02,000 to tbe capital slock, of whioh all ia paid ex cept forty- four shares. Who dare any fall now? The most encouraging reports of tbia grand uprising ol tbe producers, comes in from veiy part of tbe oil region. But a urenter fiebl it yet to come; nod tbat be tween tbosa nbo are iutctestfd ia rx.th pic duoing and buying aod Iboee wbo are tbe true products. We coi.lldently expect a fight belwren there two rxisting clar-sea of oilmen, and it will then be decided vrto wine. Ii wl.l le micry nmiiiet principle, a lew monopolists agalusl maoy wbo beve made tbe monopolists rich. Look iuI for.tbat day produorrf, and be ready fur Ibe figbt. l'ldionte Journal. Oil Nkwi A. R. Blair well, oa Smitb', land south of tbe Grans Fiats, was torpedoed a week ago, aud was doing SO barrels. Boyd nd Smith well on fame laud, commenced last week at SO barrels. A Daw well on Keatiag land, itrook last week, started off at 25 barrels. It la owued by Boyd aod Over. Tba well owoed by H. O. Neely, Richard Neely aad others, 00 th e Davis lot, east o' Turkey Run, near Boatapbi, la doing abaut 25 barrels. A new well, owned ly 8peers aad Ginter. oa same lot started at 40 barrel!. POOLING OIL. This system has been adopted throughout tbe different distriola and baa tkas far woik ad admirably, ita operations ate aafollowa: Producers cameiue lo sell at a certain price; an agent ia selects lo sell; tbe banks are constituted trustees. The ail ia rua iota the taaka ol tbe pipe companies ready fo delivery oa tbe cars. Tbe agent la aotifled of Ibe different loia ready for sale. Tbe Sratiot of oil rua iaauld oa lb first order, wben the money lor Iba same is paid Imo tbe baok desiguated far the reeeptiooof the same, after which tbe owaer of the oil can oall and draw bia money. Clarioa Demo oral. And now Ibey have a poultry disease lo New Yerli, wbicb is killing offebiokens and lurkeya at a rapid rate. Whether ibia di.a ease is to become an epidemic just now, be ansa of Ibe near appruaoh of Thanksgiving is not slated, but It leoks as if it ware. An attempt was made lo gel up a corner lo beef last week by reporting thai the cattle ia the stockyards ia Philadelphia and I'llteburgh bad been seized with a diseaae resembling that aow afflicting the horses of the Country, but tbe attempt failed. Frabably Iba poul try comer will succeed better. An Omaha youtb led iu love with a lady's picture la a specimen sbow case, hunted up tbe original and . married her. Tte shew case manufacturer and photographers now bave lo work nlgbl and day to fill orders (hum tbe still single girls. AX l I'DliEMT OI'UJ.XDUJ. ALEXANDER BAMAR'rONTINLES TO VIOLATE THE INJUNCTIONS OF THE U. S. COURT- FURTMhR IM 1'RlaONilENT LIKELY TO RESULT. Our readers will bear la mind tbe arrest of Alex, llauiar, a resideLl of tbe oil re gions, lor r peatedly violating ti e lijunc tious ol Ibe U. S. Courts, by manufacturing and using Ibe oil well torpedoes patented by Col Vj. A. L. Eobi ris. " llauiar was sen tenced 10 pay a f ne of several bundred dul iara and also imprisoooient in jail loi con tempt. Kffarts were Immediately made for Ibe pardon ef Uamar, and after several weeks be waa released by President Grant, ot accceuot of Ibe rapidly failing bialtbof his wife. It was supposed, as a natural consequence that Hauler's txptrience would teach blm lo lorever altar obey the mandate of tbe United states Courts, bnt whatever may bave been his Intention in this respect be has utterly tailed to put tbem Inte praoticr, lor upon yesterday morning United Slates Pistrict Attorney Swoope made application in tbe United Stales Court for a rule oa Ilamar to sbow cause why an attachment lor contempt should not issue against him. Affidavits were filed tbat since bis release from prison be baa planted and exploded Some five or six torpodues in direct Utaobed- ieoce of tbe injunction of tbe Court. One of tbe torpedoes which bad been esploded, was exhibited in Court yesterday morning. Affidavits were also filed, in which it was averred that Ilamar had asserted bis deter mination to carry oa tbe business In spito of iba Court or its Injunctions; Hat be bad employed an agent, furnishing bim with a norae and wagon far tbe purpose 01 Carrying out this determination, aod tbat be bad or dered from Ibe East some twenty five hun dred cast iroa lotpedo shells or cases so as to Gil tbem wilb tbe explosive compound. Tbe rule on defendant was granted and an opportunity will be ' speedily afforded bim to explain bia strange and impudeut conduct. Upon ibe formed ocoasion be plead as aa excuse tbal be did not know tbe IrjuDCtions extended to htm, but he cannot bavn tbe "obeek" to offer tbat or any other excuse tbal we oao think of, tbia time.. LPItttburgb Mail. Saliroai;ii Forty Vtars .Ago. V Antony O'Bilen, of Ibis pjaco, was one oN Ibe earliest rairoad men in Ibis country Nearly 40 years ago be taa a tiain leiween Jouatown and Ujllidnjsbuig in this stale. His was Ibe beet train ou Ibe route, belug drawn, dy three, while Ibe otueia wcie drawn by two horses. II relates tbat Ibe t ack was l.ilil wilcout ties, and delajs ner often occBxloacd by the rails epreediag apart. Ou one occasion be was carrying a load of steamboat men wbe were aaxioue to get to their destination. They prevailed upon bim not le op at tba usual t de track but to pass tbe approaching train at tbe next switch, a mile or two further oa. This he nndertock lo do, bat soon met tbe otber car oa tbe main track. There was no frightful collision, aod a bundred maimed aod bleeding victims as would bave lollop ed In these later days of rapid transit. Mr. O'Brien's passengers got out lifiid tbe other oondnslor's train from the track until his ran by. For not waiting at the proper siding he was fined Iw twenty-five dollm. I Fnirview Reporter. 18231873. Tbe fifty years ol tbe New York Observer are completed, aod la sig nalize the event tbe publishers are about to present eaob anbscriiier a memento in the shape ol a Jubilee Year Book, which is to be embelllsbtd wilb appropriate Illustra tions and historical remembrances. Fifty years o unceasing prosper! ly in a publie journal, while pursuing tbe same underlet ing course, may well Inspire its Wends with confidence and strong enactment. We are informed tbat tbe subscribers ef tbe Ob server are usually subscribers for life. II has never gone backward since Its first ap pear ace 00 Ibe stage; and II bids fair, judging from its present position, lo douole Its siiculalioa and iofluence in lb near fu ture. It stauda unmistakably at Ibe bead of tba Religious Family Press. $3 a year iMriaey E. Morse 4 Co., 37 Park Row, New York. NOTES OF THE DAY' Thirty thousand Roumanioao Jaws are oa their way to the Uoited States. The bhenandoan valley raised nsarly three millions of bushels ol wheat this year. Kentucky is debating Ibe important qaea. iiuu wueiuer vauiei oaone conid writ. The Secretary of War is said lo nrge the sale of tbe numerous disused Southern ar senals. Mrs. Toiler of Athens, Me., remembers when ber father waa drowned, in lb Penob icot, 103 years ago. A T,i;itlULE EXP1010,. TWO HUNDRED Ar-D FIFTY POUNDS OF NIT HO GLYCERINE EXPLOLES AT tCUUBGKASS TWO MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS NARROW ES CAPE OF A PASj-ENCER TRAIN A bCENE OF GENERAL DESTRUC TION. fThe bitro'glyecrlae magazine of Ibe Rob. erta Torpedo Co., some ten yards from Ibe track of ibe Allegheny Valley lis Irond, about one half mil above Sorubgrass, ix pioded at balf paal ulbs o'sluck Saturday morning. TBB KIN Mr. R. A. Wright, familiarly known aa "Doc" Wright, Ibe Turpi do Company's agent lor Ibe Surubgrais district, accotne panie.i by Mr. Harry Noble, tbe Western Union telegraph operator at Scrubgrass, left that place early in tbe morning in a sleigh to visit the magazine. The purpoEe of Ibeir visit was to procure some of tbe Litre gly col I ne with which to III some eases tba Mr. Wright Intended expkdtcg iu well that day. TUB EXPLOSION. The facta of the exuloaion. or bv what mischance li oeourred, can never be known till tbe great day when all things shall- be revealed. Tbe last seen of tbe men thev were in perfect health aod spirits, and en" tering tbe sleigh tbey drove gaily oa Ibelr way to meet a sudden and awlul droit). A' thev had taken a hatchet with ihein It mav bave been porsibl tbnt Ibe explosioa reaul- t d Irotn a careless attempt to opea one ol the cans. TUB MAOAZINB. The magazine, as has keen stated above, waa situated about one half mil J up the river fiom Sorubgrass, and tea yatds from tbe railroad trask. Tbe niece wus oalre- rtuented. and located with a vietf lo tbe safety of tbe neighborhood should an explo sion oceui. ai toe time or the aeatdeai il contained eight thirty-five pouud oaoa of Ibe explosive agent. TUB BROCK waa like Ibat of an eartkqnake, accompan ied by a sharp peal of thunder. Toe Oil City eccomuiodttion, due at Scrubgrasa 9:20, pulled out at 9:30, and bad advauced about an hundred vsrda on ita sit ahan - the terrific explosion occurred, ebukiog tbe solid around oa I sides. The eonouMinn seeaiad to etrike the wheel of the locomo live and cms, aod lor a moment to chect il" headway. Tbe glass In tbe alodows was thattered to Irogments, and the trigbteued passenzera wcie imir ssd with 1 1.0 hi:' tbat tbe boil 11 of tbe locomotive had blows up. Il seemed us If old earth bad coociuded to go oa a spree for a brief period, and vbao would resume lis sway. The concussion enied to gu diuaor.ally across Ibe river and evidently followed the coarse of tbe am for some distance. AFTER TUB EXPLOSION. The gruuad where tbe magazine bad stood' was lorn up a by some convulsion ol nature The tree and busbr around were shattered and dives'ed of their limbs, and tbe lop of large 0 a tree were twisted off as If they bad been mere twigs. Tbe site looked aa ir a whirlwind bad enveloped )lud exhausted na pffrr tor uaroi. TUB REMAINS OF TUB VICTIMS. As soon as Ibe exclusion occunM. mm Iroin Scrubgrass and tbe neighborhood ruah d for the magazine. A terrible scene met Ibe r view, but without witinir to examin- tbe site, tbey prooeeded lo aiirch lor tbe bodies of Wright aod Noble. Tbey were literally biowo lo fragments, aal only oe. casionally oonld a bit of flosb, bone or oloth. ing be found. Up to one o'clock In t. allernoon the only remains lonnd wou d soarcly fill a cigar box. Bit of clothing were louad on the Ire end i,.h.. .. rounding lb cave 00 Ibe river bank used 'or tbe magazine. So oon.plete was tbe work of Ibe dwiroyer II is suuporad the budie. era blewo. inioahms wbicb fell la tbe ri.vr. TUB NEWS OF THB DISASTER. Mr. Wrigbi was a man about fonv tear ol age, and leaves a young wife whom married laat winter, aud who we at Gregory House, Scru grass, ai u time be he af toe acciueai. cue neeaed no bumaa eager lo bring her lb sad tidings. mes Tbe same cruel shock that hurled ber busba aod into eternity, bore to ber ears the dread story of bis death. She bearoTlh ex pi iloaton auu exclaiming tbat ber husband waa lell to tbe Boor insensible. leali Mr. robi was a youcg man, only n nine teen year of age, was blgbly esteemed by all woo knew bim, aud bad the entire ) coafi- uvuvv ui uia emyioyer. INCIDENTS til. The Oil City accon.m)datioo came w vlthin a hair breadth or being destroyed, one moment more It would bave been In di reclly opposite the magazine, and wilb ll freight or bumaa bemgB been turn Into pieoes. Th hors driven by Wright and Noble was aliened to a buea about tweaty fct distant from Ibe magoilne. Singular as may eeem It escaped With th lose ef one eye Tbe eye waa lorn from It sookei, tBi tho bit breke'o in Ibe auimal'a moutu. lt was found standing near where It had been, bitched, with Iwo dogs lying dead at , feat. QThe Trey Prsst eounael Iu rea.n ,,, wieiy never to say anything against a p. litical opponent, "lor," aays thai pper "you don't know how soon bo may be j0U candidate for President. ,A New Orleans bas a capital of $1,000 001 invested lo six establishments devetrd to the manulaoium of oil and oil ak froa COllon seed. Local Notice. FOR 8 .1 Ia K OK KfcA T. A good dwelling in Wild Cat. Possession given immedi. ately. Apply toO.O.CHUliCH,. Rochester House. Nov B-1 K7"GAFFJ(EY keep constantly 0 hand Scotoh Ale and Loudon Porter, esaee ally lor family ns. GrKAJSTI) NTSCIE! S. SOBEL, Wishes to notify the public that he has left for ' New York, aud left his Clothi'g Store In charge of aa Agent, S. MICHAEL Who he would beg leave to re- commendlto the favor of the public. Mr. Michael, having had an experience iu that line of Goods for some years, I am sure he will give satisfaction to all who maj favor him with their pa- tronaTc, and as for Cheapness, I am positive he will not be beat, as I shall endeavor to buy noth ing but the best of Goods, and as cheap aa the New York mar ket can afford. I wouldilso ask my old cus tomers nctr to be led awav by my previous Agent, but call at my old stand, next door to the Opera House, and get your mon ey's worth. 9. HOBEL, Prop'r. S. MICHAEL, Manarer. Petrolenm ( eatr. Nov. 23, 1872 if. Shut Down for 30 Days ! BUT NOW STARTED UP AGAIN I With the Iargst end best selacte stock ef CLOTHING! ' Ever brought to Petroleum Centre. No Olcf Stock, 11 ISTew. Call at my New Store, Wash ington street, 3 doors abova Christie's Drug Store, And examine for yourselves my stock of CLOT HI NG! .Hats. Caps, Trunk, Valloes, at. Alas, tbe largest stosk ef Gents' Farnishins Good! In ravelaum Ceatre. -iHOUBlt IIEBKOX. actsnm. Formerly wrtk Bobet
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