e?- SHUGERT & STAER HkMHiw MMui ffcalta Oa. J Merchant Tailors! Gents' Furnhhloj: Hoods, 1 COB. VBtlfO FRANKLIN 8T8., TITV8TLLE, PA.) bn pot law of the oaeet isMrtment. ay VL02H8& CA8SIMERE8 INGUSH, FRENCH ANDJ AMERICAN COATINGS, MIXED AND STRIPED SUITINGS, FANCY VESTINGS. ver ctTesed la the Oil Region. TVINTT DIFFERENT BTTLES QF HATS SC CAPS, Alt the Latest ul Nobbiest Style A FULL LIHl OF Cents' Furnishing Goods, fcc. v" etroleum Centre Daily Record. rU Centre !. Wednesday. Dee. 4 Divine Porvlca. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Servloeo every Sabbath at 11 A. II. and X P. M. Sabhslh School at 12X P. 11. eatefree. A oordlal tavllatioa ecteod otto all. Bit. Q. Moon, Paitor. PRESITTIRIAJT CHURCH. PrahlK at 11 o'clock A. H.. and 7 o'alotk r. hi., by tkt Putor, W. C. EcncH 4ID. SabbalS Sekool at 12), dlreotly after loreeooa eervioe. Preyer Meeting and Raebath School Yeetber'a Meetlog Tuesday eveaitgt al oath k. tawtroloaa. CBtrMIiOlK.K fit, I.O. of O. F. . Begwltr meeting aighlt Friday, al T 'lock. Signed. B. ALLEN, N.TJ B. H. Keoita, A Seo'y. WPlaca of meeting, Mala SI., appoiltc iCliaiook House. A. O, of V. W. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W., mIi every Monday evening at 7W o'olook, la Odd Fellow'l Hill, Patrolauai Contra. Finn'. 7 ' A. M. Klecmib, M. W. A. tuit, B. f. O. of II. 11. inatkaaneo Trlba No. 113, 1. O. B. II. f Petroleum Cantra, nwli every Tburcday evenlaf (J Good Tanplar'a Hall. OT Cuaacll Brei lighted al T o'oleek. U. HOWB, Siekam. B. BBTWOLDg, Chief of Records. Wold at 1 p. m. 112& , , . i Lawyer McCtlmool. wkoee nrareaalaaal ervleet were engaged by Tbempaoa and! leeer, iee iwo me aoeuted of laroeoy, aod ho ware bald In hall t Tn..iu n ... I ho ware held to ball bv Jastlaa oa saiaraay last, took oat a writ of babeu eorput at Freeklla. veclerdty, oa some la rormaiiiy m tie aetloo of ike Janice. la to.airaaeooe all Ike w llae eta In lha ... Jaallee and oootlable, bad lo go la Franklin IhU morning. A good deal of tweeting wet oeaatlcsed thereby. - The gui) fiot o( Qutrierauftf Kyere, I S. Petersburg, lllamloaled lha Iowa ves- terd.y. Hit old frleeii here, aad they are any, ate aiwavt glad to tee him. By re fereaee to bit edverllsement la aaother eol a, It will be teen that ha baa hie tew reotaurani Is St Ptlcrtetrg la lull of era- uoo, and wa ten easura onr altizeia who ay bare oaouion to visit Ibat plate of net only keirly welcome from Alf. but a good quart meal If Ihey nut an al bla haul. Ala't the tbevt about ibo Iralb, Quarter HIV I veeaueter Barbour, or tbe Oil Creak A Alltb' uy Rlrer Rallwav. le la lack it weighed jal aloe geooda; It a boy tnd re Ptt ttyt Itokt jutt like lit father. Here't our 17, Conductor. The big well beyond SI Peleraburg, own. by ear lowaemen, Metarc Irwlo aod V m tjo, tontiauet to produce nearly 225 arrelt per day. It ... iBunafli..ii. through tbt taaiog tad It pumped !l lha Frank Ueona't new welt, on the Burnt Irani, Cherrv Irae Baa. Tuoi neioh, a day or two tlnoe, and tbefCapt. Tbt valve enpt manittacmred jBrY wo otrrtit gaily Letters from the People. Nora. The aanageroftblt Journal, with'- out endorsing toe tentimenti ol oontribulort. deslree to offer the wide! bo el si latitude for free dlseussloa. It la merely stipulated inai commuuicauona loan coocero matter! ol public loteteit, be put la decent language ana accompanied with Ibe oames of tbe writers, not for publication, but a guar toiee or good lalto. Anawer lo "q,aery Jlo. .? Ma. Editob: la oatwer to '-Query Vo 2." la IbeRucokD ol the Nov. Mi", I bare a few worda lo lay ; and io order lhal T. B. A. may know Ibat "Taxpayer' lioote"mytb,', but a reality, aod taxpayer la fact, I wll lay Ibat be will find my proper name alined lo Ibla eooimmildt'oo, and that, If be will tootlnue to fill bla praaeol poaltloo, bla re quest (ball be graniad, and bla cmblllea ta titled. Aa .limiting" public It ready and aoxiout ui vindicate Ibe right A for myeeir, I would aay, that In lha matter I will aualaia the pMlllen I bare taken, knotting it to bi right. 8. 11. Kookib. Tbe.dlreelort ef tbe petroleum produc er'! agency elected the following effloert at their meeting laal Saturday forenoon : Prat Ideal, W.lllem Hanoi; Secretary, Henry Byrom; Treasurer, V. S. MeMulleo. C. Y. Culver, J. A. Vara and H. 1. Been were appelated a committee oa by-lawc W illitm Haaaon, William Parker, I. h. Grand lo, S Q. Brown, 0. V. Culrer aod A H. Broueoa were appointed a commit tee eo general buaiueie. The next meeting of tbe dirretori will bo at two o'clock thit af, teruoeo. The O. C. A A. R. railroad cempany having laaaad orderc thai perioot riding oa Ibeir iraiot wllboal previoutly purobatlog llckela tbtll be ebarged lea aeott extra. IwoladlTldualt rlolaled too rule aad were put off lha Mraine. One, an agent lore Mew York lea bona-, briogt lull lor $1,000 damage, aad R. K. Marry, of Tltuevllle, met the road lor 910,000. Both Iba men and the road think ibey bare Ibe right o the matter. Oat week trom lo nigbt tbe Moxtrt Mual- oal Society ol thlt place, aia lo bold a re heartal at Sobel'a Opera Houae. Tbt pro- gramma It lo cootlit oftooga, chorui, gleet daellt, 4c At Iba tocloty It Improving rapidly la the art of muale no deubt tbe re- heartal will be a rare treat to. lorert of good tinging. A man In Si. Luula, convitled laal week ol murdering bit wife, tbowtd bit contempt fortfie tribunal wblcb condemned bin for to trifling an efTeoce, by replying to tbe siual loqulry at la whether ba bad tnytblng lo tty : l,I waut yea to haoK me right off; Iba tootar the belter, for I thall go before a Judge who koowt more about jutlltw tban your Honor doee." Bottoo It taarlns Cewa lie oldeit hooao and eagerly looking for relict among tb( tpllatert tod brickbalt. Tbe papeit tay Ibat Iba boute it oval two haodrad veara old, tbal It wat built by a duiobmao, tnd occupiea auring me reroiaiioa by a party of French bOcerc Amots tbo relloe ihu far ditcoverad art "old buttoaa, eoiat and a bullet." A cenoon ball it toafldtally ex- peeieu in ibo ceiiar. . Jn Milwaukee, a atreet beggar, bribed lo ehaw up bit day't earologt, counted out ton ii ..j aia ... . ,a i. - -.' j RUU UtU Hfl WVUBIUVr It gVUW 00 either, Now, here't toolbar man who tried to drown blmeelf when ba had loo muob ekll' ae a twbnmer and loo llitle teeolutlon at a tell tltugbterer lo make bit undertaking a auccete. He lived la Berao, but bo wat not happy and to flutg bimtelf into tbo rivtr. raeoaia tiream made aim lorgel bit grlert aod be twam back to Iba tbora. A teeend and third time ke tried II with Ibe' time retull tnd Sualiy toeaked baok borne amid tbe jeert ol bit nelgbbon. Amotg tbadlTeiaioaaol a reeideoea In Florida It aa occeilonel Bgbl witb aa alliga tor la Ibe Ibe ttreeit. A parly of Nonbern geallemen la - 61. Aoguttlne eueuuuteied oae of Ihete aopiettant rrntiiea a lew de ago, and be refuted lo let ibem peat witb toeir team, xoey leu their .carriage, aod after a caVlted ceofict with eudcala. daa. patobed tbe btllnate tauriao, and bora bin m 10 se tiunea. JLEItowhere will he found IbeadTeriieam' 'ol of ill. M. Matrtne. dealer la boott. thoei. Ac Mrt. M., under advice ol her friend. hat tonoluded lo continue lha baaiatta Ibtoldttaod. She Iraalt tbe mane friend. aod patront of her late hutband wlllcootia- ue to rarer bar wlib Ibelrpatroaage, "wbltb tbt tame" wt feel ture they will do. Oar old friend Lesuelt. bet ault the h neat trade entirely, and well hereafter de vote hit attention lo Ike makiag tf Valve 07 Leggetl are known lo bo the beat aad moat aortoit io tut mulct, act bit dv, Tne Sao Fraaelaco i Bulletin relatet tbe following yarn, tt related by it tailor, who rectttly arrived io that port: A few mootbt before bft arrival he wat wrecked oa the South American eoatl, aod all the crew of the leal bark, balling from Genoa, were compelled In lake a reft, After four day' exlattnce on a few blaculle taltiraled witb brine, aad while tufferlog from egonlcing Ibirai, be fell aateep oa tbe forward pari oj the rait, and lacautioualy hung hit feet wllbla a few Inebea of the wat.-r. About midnight he felt temething graap him by ike leg, and wet dragged down ta Ihe low er portion of lha raft, which wat a oduple af feet under water. He threw out bit bandt tnd full a tlippery body, fer it wat a ibark, thai bad attacked ibe udcookIouc deeper. A terrible tlruggle enaued. The flih waa net full grown, tnd his ttrength wat tbout equally matched with tbe viotim he had cboeen for tupper. They rolled over and over, tbe tailor getting bit handt Into Ibe montler't jawt, and Ihe thtrp rowt of teeth lacerating Ibem fearfully. Al one time the tatallaat wat wltbla a lew feel of Ibe water, tod tlmotl ancoeedod In dragging bit prey with biro, but Ihe mau, though torely ex' banned, rallied, tod wilh one vigoreut ef fort hinted Ihe ibark on (be Idry portion ol Ike reft. Here bit comridet were able to aeiet him, for though awakeced by bit criet at tbt outaet, Ihey beeame loo paoio ttrieken to lilt a band to help him. Now with Ibe plecet of a broken oar lheyaaatault ed tbe Intruder and toon deapatched him. The fiahermaa hid tbe muiclei of bit left leg lorn away, and he Tainted frem lota of blood at Ibe end ol Ibe nrnggle. Hit tompao tooa bound up tbe wound wilbetrlpt of their elolhltg, and then made a good tnpper off Ibe caroaaa of tbe maieater. Tit Poo House. E O. Daeid. of the Crawford County Poor Houae, bat declined the tppelntment ef Superintendent ol tbe Venango Count? Puor Houae. tbe oanii- tlontra af Crawlord County having raited hit ttlary lo Ibe tame offered by tblt couo- fcx. Sberiff Samuel McAlevv hat been appointed 10 the Doeition at a aalarv r. 1,100 a year, $100 leu Ihto Mr. David wat io receive. Tba eoolractt for tupply log tba Paor Haute with iurnliure have beet let, aad tba Committlonert expeol lo be prepared lo open Ibe Houae oa Iba ltt ef December, or a few dayt thereafter Tbe oott of the building tnd furniture, com plete, will ba about $110,000. fVeoaouo CIIImo. Tbeie hat keen a good dual of apecula- tien, Ural lo lull, at lo what would be tbo effect if Ibe earlb thould come la contact witb a comet. But Ibe terror which the thought once awakened bat beet materially diaaipated by the lad Ibat eomelt bave been abown lo be aliuoat Imponderable a mere luminoua fog. Tbe telegraph telle na tbal Prof. Newton, of Tale College, oa the evening el Ibe 2tb, taw 250 thoollng atari, wblch are believed to bave been Ibe frag- meutioflhe loat Biela't cornel. In ap proach waa ool vltible. It had either been knooked Into fragment! by contact by tome denaer body, or pouibly been tondemed Into telld dropt, ao lo tpeik, by piating through I cold tiralum in apace, at the cloud la our atmoapkere le coodrted Into rainaropt. bo, tnatead at Blele'i cornel aa It waa, we tt a ihower af meteort in ex hibition of celettial Breworkt. Aa.elb.er Borled Town Dlecovered. From Iba Portland, Oregon Herald, 26 all. Travelera Irnm Hoalloelln In llltinnl. all have noticed Ihe aincalar foundation o ground lo wbil ii known at Monad Prairie, mere it a large mould lay Ibree hundred feel high and Ibree landred Tarda In dlam tier at Ibt bate at Iba loutber end of tbe prahle, abeul twenty. Bee milei from Olym pla, aod Mattered over tbe prairie for a die iinceor atteen milet ore many entailer monndt, but not more than four feet hleh end twenty or thirty la diameter. Many conjectural bave been made for Ihe laat twenty veart aa to what aould hare eauaed to lingular a formation, but no one wa erer eur4oue enough till wiihlo ibe laat lew diya lo make my examination of Iba Intet- tor or inete mouoat. A lew aayi ago ont of the tntineere of Ihe Worth Paeifio Rail road opened one ef Ibem and found remain oi pottery, and a more thorough examina tion of otberi revealed other cnrloua relict, evidently Ibe work of human band; ia lacl, o every mound laat bat beta opened there ii aome curiout rello of a lone fnrunti.n race dlitovered. Tbt tbeory now It that Ibit prairie wai Ibt oametery of Ibe people who looibiled ibe oountry in late-bialorie Imea. Specimeni of tbe polterv have been ttol lo Profeaaor Aeattli, and It it ezneeted that be will mike a viait to tba place - and make a thorough examination periooa ly. About midway op Laura atreet, Jaokaon vlUe, Fit., may be teen a tree wkleb exhib llt lull growo oranget and lemona roin. tide by tide, and both la a flourishing coo. onion, i nt lemon bit been grafted upon the otinge tree with remtrktblo taccett, tnd, tltrieti gtaertl atttntlos. A Beopcrate Adwontarcr Domol A men aimed John Franklin, feeeaUy died la New Orleaot, having ria a tareer aucb aa few men wonld care to be deblort to. He wae bora lo the year 1820, and wat oall ad John Murray, but tooo look bli tlep- falher'a name. He waa compactly built, hiodadmt and a thorough tporling man, to whom Cincinnati, New Orleana aad St. Lou I bare been Indebted for aome of their moat notorioua prlae flghle. Before he ar rived of ego be became a profeatlonil gamb jer aad adventurer. Forced lo leave Buffalo whan ooly eighteen, on account of a Bgbl witb a oexro, wboee tkull he fractured, he went tbruagb Ceatral America to Callferola embarklcg tbence on tbe Mhooaer Game. oock fur a llibualerlog advealure ia Hono lulu. Ilia pariy were defeated at awot M landed and be thipped la a wba'er to Aot- tralia. Tbeooe ba weal lo Callie, Peru, and Bnaliy opened a gambling nlooa oa oae of the Cbinaba Ialaida. II circulated freely among the cities of Peru, frequeally gelling involving la deaperale fraja. Ia oat of them be killed tu attaabe ef the Britlah Legttioa and wat Iberefur arretted tad kept lu priaoo for twenty eix mtatbi, wht( through Ibe effort! of Lewit Cat), Setretary ef State, he wa releaaed. Sluee that he baa ueea engaged in gambling aad Ightiag la tbe Culled Statet. Burdened with a consumption lor the Uat tea yeirt ho hit kept on hi leet and been ready far any ex citement. In July laat he waa taken lo St. Paul, packed in cettuo, for a change of cll mate. Ii did him no good, aad be wat taken io New Orleiua, where a abort time ago he weut lo bli long atcuuol. NOILS Ul' THE BAY. San Franciioo bia decided that opium eat ing Ii not iutemperaoor. Ao Audubon club ia Iud., hunt! erowi with club. Some "port wine" analyzed at Liverpool lately contained uiolataei, alcohol aad log wood. Nice! A aaperaiiiion exii:i that Laka Traun, Germany, muat bava one hi' man victim an nually. A food titter cowhided ber brother ia Tileiville Ibe other day for modeling her. Unlike all of Ibe aria, that of planing It Ibeeaaieit; you btvt only lo poaM Ibe del ire. A loon, thol oa Ibe wing io Maditon, Wit. fell into Ihe lace of a baby In tit motbet'a arms, and nearly killed It. Tbe venitile "local" of a Weitern daily ll a regularly ordaiued minfater, and preach es in tbe iieibodiat Church Suuday evea-? Isgtt Smart quick boyt cut off rata' laJlty plaol them in flower poti, and nil them to un topbiititated flourlalt at a new tpeciet ct cactut. Nectlei mide of leather, with gilt back let, are laid to bave been propoied aa Ibe f.ih- iooable oovelty for gentlemen'! wear tbo coming winter. Seme prophetic foul bai been glvlog II aa bit opluloo Ibat Laka Erie It drying uj aod Ibat al tome dietaot day ill bed will be cov ered with cornfield tad orchard. Tbeeora fleldt and orcbatda ar til very well, bat woai le to beoome ol Niagara Fill tnd tba St. Lawrente River t Tbe reflection o tbe cloudi of Ibo- sal llgbt Irom tbe Weill oa Iht aew territory it the bead ofBenaebofTRta, oaa be piaio ly teen every night. Alleghety Villey Railroad llme.ltbie, corrected, la taoilier column. A proiperoui merchant in Broadway hit, In commercial career oi Iwenty-eavea yetn, falltd eleven times. ' Tbe book preaeei of London aod Berlin hive been kept very buy duiins the lall or eight month. It ia eald Ibat publiihtn nave never laaued a larger number of book io Ihe lame time. Local Kotleet. Butter and cheeee are almoat inuMtpenii- ble article! of food. Properly uied, tbey are niitritioua and healthy; but an inordi nate use of either oauaea indigestion and dyipepsli. Owou Gaffney't Sundty Com fort, Judicioutly uied will remove both of there troubU Advartiee in the Racoae. The Viator Brand el algiri at tho Foal Office Newi Room. For Pure Wlnea warrant a nieh by the Brotherhood ofBroetoo go le BAJUVMTft. tVGAFFNKY keopi cooaiaotly " etj baud Scotch Ale and London Poller, eapee ally for family us. CIGARS Lovtn of good cigari will Hod teveral en tirely new brandi, never before Introduced In tbii place, at tbe Fuel Office Newi Room Tbey are warranted pure Havanai. Dayt Doloaa, New Variolic, New Tork Clipper, Wlik'i Spirit, aod all iporttag pa per! at tbe TOST OFFICE NKTOaWOM. Btasazlnio. All the aagaainei lor kpiemlier, (tt Harper. Galnxy, Allaotlt, LipplDCotl'a, Ecieotle, Traoaatlanllo, Oliver Optla, Teung Foike, Frank Leslie, Children'! Floweij Old and New. Godey'a Lidlea' Book, London Society, Peterson'! Lid lei" Friend, Arthur'! Home, Pelence Monthly. . Ballou't, Good Word, Nursery, Chatterbox, Metropolitan. Herald of Health. Al Ike rOST OFFICB NEWSROOM, Opera EJouse RESTAURANT, St. YmteBb Pa. alf. mms PROPRIETOR. Warm Mealt at all nonri WILD GAME IN IT 9 SEASON. "OYSTERS Kecelwed d lly and tervK ht in any style deelre I rmnuctriili Itivlle ui old flln.l at Petrnlimnu Centra lo pay me a cua while at t- I'etenburuli, (turaLteelng to treat tbem well. St. Petemboh, Dee 4th, 1ST3. If. LliEOHEN Y VA IIiEY B K. Wluler Arraatjeanewt. On and after Snnday, Not. ad, 18T1 UMINU 8'iU'I H. Duff. Day Night 0 0. rstr Kxp. Kiu. Kip. Ace. A'C. nm am ta am am. TKnsTllle, IS l 1 87 T 03 3 M Petrolenm Cea, IW ID IN ID .... Oil City, S 16 9 15 t 45 4 lo Sooth Oil air. m 9 tU 0 00 4 40 T it Franklin, M 8 &5 0110 SOS t 4! roiburgn, i ii i in m i m - Parker'a, 4 46 It m IS It im 7 37 10 W Brady a Bent, 6 i 1 ISpm I IS 8 30 1U 15 Kittannine, 6 ST 9 8 8 10 ...... a West Penn J'n, 7 10 8 4U 4 16 WlUburxh, 8 80 S SO ISO Sm pm an I NO NORTH, am n m nm is aw P.t'sboiyh, t U i 10 811 .- .- Weal Penn J'n 88 S 86 11 84 - Klttaimlnf!,. 10 SO S SA It 7am - Brady'a Uesa, 11 SI' 4 86 S.(J . t BOani.... Parker', 13 m 6 1(1 S 56 7 4 6 W' Foxbursb, IS ltpmS SO 8 SO 1 65 FranUin,. IW Tit SOT 10 JJ Honth Oil City, S 80 7 86 6 86 10 60 IN Oil City,. S 46 T 46 S 45 11 00 - Pet. Centre,. S 87 8 86 8 SO IS -0 pat...- Tltuaville,. 4 S6 15 7 10 S UO pmnm am P - . J. J. LAWHNCB,0i.8P. Blew Goods. SAVE 1011. mSEH ! Aad' bay your BeaU aedtBlesta' Mrs. M. Hagrane's ONE PRICE BOOT & SHOE STORE I I kep Tery lrw itoclt of ftll kinds on hwj Md frtlM ftftftiB 4w ftnjr oUMr ItniM tn lo u.a- Custom Department ! Aad I (turaatee a perfect SI in 111 ,rt enalrlne aeatlv tone. Next door S Wotre ewelry Blore. PctroUtMCoa.tr r dariW f tf ssB j III Sh3 h i 5 5" a r 9 o-z, . Sa.a i I II "3 5.3. 2 H Q Ipg :8-H j I i 'H 5 s k M hi ? I II CO r at i
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