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Gents' Jnrnishing Goods, Ac.
troleum Centra Daily Record.
a. Centre) Pii, Monday, Dee. 2.
envlae Bervlee.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service every Sabbath at 11 A. II. and
, f. M. Sabbath Sobool at 12Jf P. II.
aata free. A cordial Invitation extend
ad to all.
Kit. a. Mogbi, Pallor.
piesbttxkIan CHURCH.
Freeebiag at li o'clock A.M.. aad 7
'loak l. H.. by lb Pattnr, W. C. Bhrcb
abd. Sahbalo School al 11, directly
after laraaooa service.
Prayer Meeting and Sabbath School
Teeii.er'e Matting Tuesday venlg at
each week.
FtroIam Cewtrw,, Lodge, Wo.
VIS, I. O. of u. F.
Katalar uoeliag aicku Friday, al! 7
'lock, eijsaad. '
. ALLEN, N. O
IT Raoiik, A Bee' j.
WT loa f meeting, Mala St.. apposite
liliutock Houm.
A. O. of V. W.
Liberty Loe No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
'J.W!J u"u,iJ enln)r al 7 o'clock,
la Odd FeUow'a Hull, Pelroleaa? Contra
Feaa'a. '
, . , A. M. Klbcemcb, M. W.
A. Kuia, R.
iaoekaaoee Tribe No. 1M, I. O. R. H.
f retrolenia Centre, raei every Tburtdtv
aventai In Good Templar't Hell.
UT Coaaoll fret n(utrd at 7 o'clock.
eV RBTNOLDg, Chief ol Recorda.
aid at 1 p. ra. H2Jt
It apuean nothing eao ba done hnh.,
al prateat towarda perfacllng tba plan of lha
Producer'! Agency, until it hat bean legal
lied by aa act of tba Stale Legislature. To
anabla Iba Bembert ol tba Legliltturt wbo
rttlda at a ditlaaca frem iba ail re zlan. and
probably da not aodarttand Iba inertia af
aequettiouaiitiua, we ara iafermed lha
Produoer'e Couaoll btve axlandad an Invl
tatloa to a large aumber of ttfc nembert la
oat tbrm al Oil City on or aboal the lOtb
f lha pretent maotb, lo confer together in
the nutter. A large aumber of lha niem
btrt btve algnlfled their Inleatlon af being
ore tee I at the maiiii i-i. .
, iuvi.iii.ui ! I
.a guod ona and we bopa will ba carried aqt
Tha qaettion It frequently atked at kow
II comet thai toll ia yet charged on lha Eg
bert farm bridge, when It wta reported for
a racttama aioaiba ago that Iba County
CotamlMionen bad purokeied laid bridge,
undei loilruotloai from Iba Court, eltber to
boy Ike bridge or build a new oaa, the Id
teallon belag to maka n irea. Will Iba
boaorabla County Cemmlttlaaara explain in
what "drawer the red lapa Ilea," or wbara
Ike, "klak" ia The Iravollag pualio bare
boula wauld vary muck Ilka lo knew.
QVorge W. Wlator, Eq., the well known
dealer In hardware and oil well auppllea,
it lha agent lor enteral ttylea of tbo flo.it
eol burning itovet. with the . t.i..i
improvxmeoti, for both pulor and kltcber,
tiwtweevortaw In Ibia reglen. Etpecl
tlly it toe larjie elegeet nave now In ate
ia lh....t.. t.t. t.
'eny worm laklug a
look l noiblae; mora.
Oaaocuuul or the heavy tiorw ol Stlur
t, dey. aa meellog or Ike Producer Aerooia
V tla wta held.
Mr. T. i. trap, ol WllllamtBor l, baa iaa
veatei a boom wbloh float upoa Iba atfac
of lha water, for iba collection of iba via
611 floallai upon iba streams la Iba oil reg
ion, me top part onaiji of wood, aod
alliokcd la a rack to preve l floatim sub
stance fram nixing wllb the oil. Tbic raek
alto creates a diversion of tbe correal, and
force iba ell to ona corner ot tba bow,
wbara it passes out through tubing lolo
Iba vessel intended fur Itt reeeciiuu. lo
winter II oaa bo pieced under Iba Ice, and
o eooetrueted at to prevent Iba oil from
mixing wllb Iba lea. Bv ibia luveafloo
ulaaa water can be afforded, aad Iba ot1
Ibatlinow wan.d all aetbered. Judg
ing iiam tba moce ) It will prove a grand
acceet.
la tba V. 8. Ut.en. bald at Erie,
Uil
waek, tbe follow na lull wet tried :
In coilitloa si Koueevllle, Augutl 15th,
1868, betaeen a conilriicllaa and a freight
train on tba Oil Oreek & Allegheny Hirer
B R, Mlebaal, sua of Oeikarlaa McKlligotl,
wai killed. Tbe mother brought tutt iar
$4,000 damage. Verdict for defendant.
Spsakiog of our neighboring village "of
Kaoe City, a down eroek exchange cayt:
Tklt 'city" kae two holeli, three general
tome, two groceries, a good hardware f lore,
a aewsroom la tba pott office betiding, a
two-story tcbool boute (or one hundred aod
thirty pupllt, an unknowa Dumber ol dwell
ing houses, and a aootal, klad hearted data
ol retideata who never 'raite Cain."
There are aboat forty producing welli oa
tba Brown farm and several new ooet
drilling ; tbara ara alio about forty on Kaa
Run.
Tha Parker Clt TrantcrlBt It the nmi
of a new paper pnbliahed dally at Parker'a
i.anaing, ny Jeaat s Jtcktoo. n lookt
well aod we wieb It well.
Tke large amount of mow that bat fallen
for tbe patt day or two, from preaaot ap
pearaaeea to go effebeut at feat aa It oame
on. Raining aad tbawlna fat.
We bear it rumorid that the Aseaev ara
te aommenee bavlna oil thla weak, nevtae
therefor $3 la eath, and errtlfleaut for Ika
balaooa of lha 5. Tblt will be uood newa
lo our oil men aad builaeta mea gantrally.
Our friend Harner. of Kane Cllv. com
pleted a well on Iba Morriton traot, adjeio
Ion the Brown larm. Cberrvlrea Run. on
Setiirdey, wbleb provet lo ba a dry hole -Not
even enough oil lo greate a hull wheel
in good tbape." Never mtod, old boy, wa
hepa the next one will turn oat baiter.
Uoo'B'Ville, Beaver lownthlp "ia d lnd
to Become aulla a town. Ovh ianfi
building lolt kava been bought with the
pail month and building will ba put up
in the tpriog. Tbe oil development! ara
doing wondart for Beaver.
A new woil wat tlruck latl week on tbe
Eli Ritlt farm, in Betver townikiD. and
hat been doing 15 or 20 barrel. Svera
other well ara color, dawn In tha me vi
cinity, wbleb would have been linltbed bad
oi IE lone dinette retarded the work.
Tba Eeit Brady Iadependeol levi: Tka
approach of wioteueemi to bava little or no
Ileal upon opera! Mt in Iba lower oil tre-
lou. A falling off in drillina aiuallv somee
wllb the wlater bul toll teuton teemi looflVr
an exception to lha general rale. New rigt
are being created on avery farm la Ibi
neighborhood, and new well ara etarllaa
dally, Bolwilhelaodlng 'tbe diffieulllei en-
couoiereu ortlling in M winter montb.
Tha unprecedented nJrBber of large well
truck lo tba lower Oil Itjgiooa In tba put
iew mooint ia a great lonll veto operator.
Producer have uobauoded faith In tbl Iar
rltory In lha entire Oil Regloo. There It
nan o great in a ten I, and at lb acme
time aooe to rich a lb territory la Butler
Armnroog and Clarion oouatlri.
Orr fob Birbidob Meurt. U. n.
Adtil and Frank Murray left bare on the
three o'clock train Wedoeadey afteraooa for
Boatoa, from wbeaoe tbey will tall today
(Satardiy) far oaa or tba Wed India lilaodt
'called Barbadoea- Mr. Adill, wbo hat been
,to Barbadot before, ralnrned lo toil place
'a raw week iluoa at tba aeat ol an Ingllih
company thai purpoar putting down ona o'
mora oU well on that ialaod, and takee
back witb bim a complete well rig which ba
muobaied from Mraira. Thaverand Jmin
Mr. Murray, who ha long been knawn aa
on ol tba bett drlllert In tbe ail region,
accompaolet blm at aa employe. Rout
vlll renoaylvaulan.
Tbelewnof Sterling, lllioole, haajhlt
opon aa excelleal lemperaaca meaaura. It
ba peaafd an ordinaooe providing that tba
aoora or wtoaow or ariocing nioont ttaall
be obacured by meana ol toreent. naini. or
Other devicea to coooeal what it eolni oo
wtlhta. Tba proprietor tkall be liable
a loa al from fa to $20. To Ight daikaeu
witb light I wlaa geueralahlr-, and Ilia idea
I an wkicb, if II can ba earrlel out. will
terra an xoIIbi parpoM.
NOTES OF TI1I3 DAY.
Tk Patomao river wa fraaa ever, at
Waaklngton, latl week.
Tba New York Elevated Railway
made a tucceaa by the apizj ill o.
Ti't Krle Railway le tald to earn near y
$500,000 a week, grora re.elpta.
Two gentlemen af Lowet, aged 71 and 76,
married youthful bride lad week.
Tke Lord Chamberlain of Englaod haa
prohibited any mora ' barmaid aboe a."
A young lady of II yaart died In Trey
lha atber day who never walked ar tpeken.
John P. Jonee, who will probably ba lb
next Senator from Nevada, la tald lo ba
worm $10,000,000.
There ara (aid lo ba In all Ik merchant
dean ol Iba warld 81,061 veiaeli, meaiurlog
78,214,41 loa.
Mr. Paul B. da Chilllu ba begun an cx-
leuded lecturing tour in lb Northern and
Wetter Stale.
A eight fool vela of plumbago It repert
ad lo bava been dlrcove ted near Srdalia, In
Soutbwettera M incur i.
Tba indistmenl againtl William M.
Tweed itaaid lo ba tba drlighl of the New
York lawyer. It contain 1060 paget.
The Sixth annual meeting of tba Society
of It Army el lb Cumberland look place
at Dayton, Ohio, ou tbe 20tb indent.
Tbe Pari Cbiefof Police relieve bit
ateroer dutle by employing bit lelaure lo
writing fatbiun aittclea fur lb newspa
per. '
Invalid! Irom Iba Northern Slatet ara
baaieolbg to Florida, lue Wtitlndiea and
tba Mediterrenran to ipetid tbe winter.
Tba Clarkaville, Texat, Staadard report!
pear Ireee, plam treei, crape myrllei, la-
mal vine! aad jraaamine! In blaoui.
Sleepy Eya bat become a f remlnenl Min
netiota lows oo account of tba peril ol tba
railroad laborera tnowed up in ttal Stale.
Tber I a large demand from Englaad for
American eemi-bilnmiooii eoahjoo account
of lha Increase of Iba price or Engliih coal.
A wtrn piper put II gently by Myiog
tbal "llty-four perioni took up their ren
deuce In Ik cemetery at Lalayaile tail
waek."
A Brooklyn doctor, wbote leg wit recent
ly broken by tn accideut on a ureal rail
way, surd for $20,000 damagei and wai
awarded $7,200.
Al Fort Smith, Ark., a Are aeourred on
Ike 14tb int., deetroylig a number of aierea
and bouiee, doing damage! lo the extent of
$180, 000.
Witbln eighteen montba wetk w!ll ba
eommeooed a a tclegrapbi line to oanct
the Vnikd Slaleiasd Euiopa with South
America
A Wiaconaia Crnngrearman la taken lo
ink by tbe preu of tbal State lor tending
out aider hit frank over Ire hundred wed
ding eardi for a relative.
AaniSTBD. Matbew Lucaa, a colored
man, wai arrvited by officer Scheafuoc'ier,
in thii oity yesterday, on the arrival of lb
Franklin train, upon Information received
by Chief of Police Boyd that Ire bad ibot
and probably mortally woon'led a man In
an altercation Jin St. Petersburg, where he
iLucaa) resides. Aa officer cam oo last
night aud look tba prisoner. la custody, and
returned witb bim to Clarion county. J be
wound! inflicted were in tbe bii aodahoald
er, aod It li not thought will prove fatal.
According to Luoai' alory, thii man wai
followiag blm up witb a buicber'i cleewr,
threatening lo kill bim, aud that be, Lueal,
wai endeavoring lo get away from bim, and
tbal when pressed by blm, be turned and
tired several abots. Tbal be fled irom the
the place fearlog tbe mob might do him In
jury. Tba wouudvd man li a itrengitr in
at . retersburit.- (.Heedvllle liepablieaa.
S. N. Lelap aod others, have just made a
good strike al Petrolia City. One kuodred
barrel well ara a good for blm ta have ai
well ai others, aod all I will thai end In
a good an all well.
G. Wallace Delemater bat been equally
fortunate, yet more eo. Wa learn be bai
made a big bit In Iba lhape et 250 bbl.
well.
Both these Willi ara aa tha Graham
farm, Petrolia Oily. Parker Leading
Transcript.
W bear of a daily paper avlng alerted rn
Franklin by Bios A Cgswil of the Titut
viile Herald. We btve not yel leaned the
oame ol tbe paper, bul expect toon lo se
it. W aulieipata for theia a large circula
tion. We witb tbtm success. Emlenien
Friend.
SGeorge Frantio Train biowed off bit
smp.us gat In Jobostowa last Saturday
night.
Tba A. Y. K. H. ba a $240,000 Iron
bridge just completed, across the Klakiminl
lis. Tba Odd Feliowa' heme for orphan will
ba belli la Utadvtlla esrly next srring.
WIHTEB,
t b. w. Loxoratxbw.
O, Iba long'aad dreary wlntsrt
O. tbe cold aod cruel winter i
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker,
Froze lb lee la lake river,
Ever deeper, deeper, deeper,
Fell Ibe mow e'er the laadtoape,
Fell lb covering mow, aod drifted
Through the forest, round lb village.
Hardly from hi bar led wigwam
Could lha hunter force a ptstsge;
With bit milltrii aad bit Mow tbue
Vainly walked ba through the foreat,
.Sought for bird er bead, aod found Suae;
Saw ao Irack al deer ar rabbit,
lo tba snow befeeld a footprints; g
In tke ghastly, gleaming forest
Fell, aad could not rise irom weekatts.
Perished there from cold and hunger.
O, the feralo and tbe fever 1
O, the wadlug of-lb famine!
O, the blasting of tba fever I
O, tbe wailing of Ibe children;
O, lb anguish al tbe woman!
All lb earth was sick and famiihid,
Hungry wai tha air eronad them,
Hungry wat the iky above Ibam,
Aid the bmgry dan la heaven
Like tba eyea of welve glared at them,
Oil. Ntwa. The Bell and McDonald
well, on McUlymoed't larm waa tubed re
ceotly, wllb a good show.
Wm. Sanghton ha purchased Mr. Reep's
interest In tha Major well, on the Adam
farm, near Kaine Cliy. Tbe well ia pump
ing 75 barrel a day.
In a late Issue w laid tba Ad tell No. 1
line being torpedoed, wa good for 76 bar.
ral a day. We kava seen ber pumping
mora recently and believe she I a 100 bar
.-l .11 r n a - 1 1 l
.ni. w. auKwiebV', owners. v i
r-..ku mr.. a , . . . N
a, in aigjijr, owoea oy in
Jamison farm Co., wa tubed oa Wedaet
dayoflait week. Tbe well made a good
bow, and will probably produce 60 bairel
day.
Tba valley between Art;! tnd Petroll
and the bill side oo the eaalernelde of lha
dream, presents stirring appesrsesr.
Derrick teem le Le tba uataral product of
tka toll.
C. J). AngelUt Co., own three hundred
acres of land adjoining the MeClymnnds
farm, whicn will be developed at once.
Two welli ara drilling 'at ibe preeenl lim .
They pnuhaeed lie properly last spring fur
$t0,000 (Tend loday 11 wiuld bring twice
that amount.
In another plate w date that W. G..
StouKhloo bad bought cut A. J. Rp In Ibe
Major well, on the Adame farm. Since that
lime ba ha also purchased lha latereslso'
Mr. Stndertoa aad Turner, and new owns
tha controlling lotemsts of Ibe well.
The proprietors the Scndder and Camp
b0l No. 1, ara d if posed to crow over the
time made in drilling tbat well, and with
good reason, we think. Tbe bole was drill
ad 1405 feet In tha nnpretedented time ol
forty tevea day , with four ashing job.
Tbe Baldy bey and "Canada Jim," loo.
drensrs aod drillers. If anybody In tbl,
region kaa beaten that lima we ihould be
glad lo hear from them.
Another good drik on lb McClymoad,
farm. Last week we visited tba BoyerjNa.
2, on tbl farm, and lonnd ber making a
splendid show. Drilling waa not yel floe
ished and tbe well 'was flowim. oeriedl
call;, at tbe rate of about eeveoly Ave bar J
rvie a aay. in consequence of the frequent
flow the work was greatly retarded. This
is tbe well in wiiob lb beavy vain af gai
was drnck in tba second land, aa reported
In thii paper a few week age. (Kadbrady
Independent.
The Slate of Kentucky, wkioh assumes lo
bs civilized, bai eo joyed another whipping
post xblhlrtoo. Tba county or Caldwell
bai this time done Unit honor la baol a
human being up and laib bim.
Two Baltimore girls bad a qaarrel rso
eatly, aad taking aeaodd aid male ref
eree, went outside Ibe oily lo Mill It.
They dripped le lb wait! aad pounded
away for ten rounds, when, M neither onuld
aea to pound any laager, Ihey aalled it a
draw.
Tbe dlisot.ry of oil at Sbabeygao, Mlsbla
gao, li reported, and io Georgia, oa tbe
Una of tbe Maun railroad, the water Is said
lo be so impregnated with oil thai It cannot
be used in locomotive boilers.
Tbe value ol loads In Ibe oil territory of
Washington county, Ohio, I reported by
tbe Marietta Regiater to.be tepidly advao
ciug, aod il I believed tbal Pelroleam
abounds there in great quebtilie. -
Tba fouodktiun ol tba oil business laid
in laad tblrd land.
Na excuse for not resdiag ths Bible bow.
It I printd4o Efqnlmsux.
Local Notlm-a.
FOB SAJLE Oil KfcAT.
A good dwelling in Wilfl
Cat TosseesioD given irnroedu
tely. Apply to C.C CHUKCH,
Rochester House.
Novl9-lw.
Hfstfaslne.
agsala far weptemocr, aw
All Ik
ready.
Harper,
Oalexv.
Allantle,
Llpplncoilc
Eclectic
Traoeatlantl,
Oliver Optic,
Teung Folke,
Frenk Leslie,
Children' Flow.
Old and New,
Goday'a Ladles' Boak,
London Society,
. Petereon'a
Ladle' Friend.
Arthur' Home.
Fcieaca Monthly.
Balloit'e,
Good Wnrlt
Nursery,.
Chatterbox,
lletropolitan.
Herald of Health.
Al lb POST OFFICB NEWSROOM.
Advertise la tbe Ricobb.
Tbe Viator Brand af inr ai she Pi
Office New Ream.
For Pure Wine warran ae eneh a i
reltMsweeaJ ef Broetea a la iTMiTi.
-
VGAFFITEY keen oondanilv mm
band Scotch Ala and Leedoa Porter, asaae
ally far family nee.
CIGARS
Lover of cood lirarB will find aeveeal m
lirely oew brands, never before iotrodneed
in Ibi Dlace. al tba Pod Office Na Rn
They are warranted pure Havana
Dtfl Dnioc. New Varieties. New Tnrk
Clipper. Wlik'a Spirit, and all spnrilr. pa-
pare at the rlMT OFFICB NEWSROOM.
7
OXjJLTJS
HAS ARRIVED F
nd can be seen at
VARIETY STORE
SECOKD DOOR FROM TBE
OPERA HOUSE,
PETROLKUM CKNTRE; PA ,
i
Xfbif li to U fDDd Ugr.ltl itoik f
the Oil Regions, consisting ia
part of Wax and China Doll. Chin
Cupt and Saueen, all kind of Toys
aad Fancy Articles to pleas
the little one,
In great variety, Skates, Willow
Work Stands, Reeking Horses,
Confection ry
Nuts, Fruits, &o.
Come and examine my stock
before purchasing elsewhere.
' fJ. W. BEATTV.
novae.
Death ! Bad Ilnatli !
Milllens of mung and old people (both srxee) are
torrnred dallv diKordered Stomach, Blood, Heart,
J Ivor. Kldueva. via: AmuA. nanroua headache, pal
piutinn, elddlnees, drowainMS, no eoerry. difpepj
ria, cau, rn, moumatn-m,
rheumatism, hanralfla, paval.
nation, nlles. Ae . e. We rellelooily
otCK, eonenpauon, pllea.
commend our UOLDK. PACKAGES, merer n"-
Mailed free for ft- Describe year ease. Cretin
free. Add,
CITT INFIRMaRT. Touogstowp, O.
JHORRIBLE.
I raff.' red with CATARRH thirty V-n.nii
oared by a simple remedy. Will Mmd PPyf'7
i fte. io 1) aSUemd
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