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(Maoearon te atcParlaod, Smith AOo.J
Merchant Tailors f
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Gtnts Furnishing: floods,
COR. SfHMO FRANKLIN 8TS.,
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tTITCBT.iiLB, PA. '
Bava st la SB Of the ieeSt SaasrtaMBtS erf
CLOlffldt CASSIMERES
IVJLI8H, . '
FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
COATINGS,
JflXBD AMD
(STRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY VESTINGS.
nr offend la tht Oil Region.
i'.-1CTT DIFFERENT STYLES OF
STATS 3C CAPS,
All Ik UteeUnd Nobbiest Htylas.
A FULL LINI OF
Ctpnte'rl!'tirnishing Goods, fcc.
'el .-oleum Centre Daily Recorol
!(. Centra PsW Holiday, Dee.
Lline ftervlce.
VETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
UmoM every Sabbath at 11 A. II. na
i.S P. M. ftahketh School at 11 P. M.
.i.'j ft j. A cordial invitation extend
tf m u.
U. O. Moon, Patter.
piesbttirIan church.
Preaching at II o'clock A. M.. and 7
'rdaek P. M , by the Pallor, W. C. Bdrch
amo Sabbath School at 12, directly
after lerseoja eerv ice.
Prayer Meeting and Rtbbeth 8ebool
Teater"! Meellog Tuesday eveniega ol
ash wk.
INtreleaan Ceatro,, Lodge), Jfo.
V Tl, I. O. of O. F.
Regelar metiag algkta Frldty, at T
'sleek. Signed.
B. ALLEN, N. O
B. jl. Kaoiii, A See'y.
Ja7Plece of meeting, Mala St., pposite
BUiJliaiock Hoeae.
A. O. of IT. W.
Liberty Ledge No. 7. A. O. of C. W..
nasi every Moaday evening at 7 o'clook,
a Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleaas Centre,
Feaa'a.
A. M. Klicevbb, M. W.
A. Klub, R.
, IW.OlK.M.
Mlaoskaeoee Tclba No. 183, I. O. R. M.
f Petroleum Centra, meets war Thursday
vontag la Good Templar's Hall.
fif Council arat itg m aiT o'clock.
U. HOWB, Ssebem.
S. RRNOLDg, Cbitfot Records.
r
At
old at 1 p. m. Ill),
Tbe proposed eeallllon between the ere-
dteera and rtfluert ereatee eeoiiderabla ei-
elteusat bereaboute. - Tba detallt ol tbe
ptan ure not known, but appear to be that
H loaaret Ibe tale of 18.00 barrels of oil a
day at at least foar dollari eaab per barrel
wilk a etrotg probability of tba price ad
vtnetog le f5,00 la a very tbort time. Tbe
general opinion appear! Io be tbal tba ar
rangement tkould be eotered Into ai a tem
porary relief at laat. Nearly all tba pro
dnoeri lavor it la tbal way.
Oil Fibs. About 8 o'clock Saturday
night, ao all Ore veeurred at one of Ibe welli
of the Dalcell Petroleum Company, oa tbe
Fuokvllle Flaw, which came near reauitiog
la a disaatroQt conflagration, appears
one ef tbe engineers weal out Io tbe lank,
wbtoh contained 30 or 40 barrele of oil, with
' a lighted lamp, and wblle leaning aver
looking Into It lb gat caught Are and ez
pledad, setting Ore to the oil which buroed
very rapidly, aad but for tba bard labor of
tbe engineers would bate spread out In all
directions aad auraed all the walla oa the
flats Tbe derrick at which the tank wat
located caagbt Are several timeo, bat by tbe
ate of steam from the boiler aad throwiag
on or anew, it was sally pat out.
probably 1C.
in Ike mailer of tbe whipping, Ac., of
na aaugnier or new. Hoar, by Mr. T. &
A'cnra, rrioeipai or tbe fablte tchael ol
Ibis place; which easae batata the School
Hoard, at its meeting at Ranaovllle, on Sat-
urau;- iar, tne uoara apae4a tba act loo of
f.-ila.rifi wba awMle the tuvaallgatlen
br, and dismissed thecaee.
A telvgrapb Hue baa been rttubilihed from
BaMar te r airview, by way of Morrison
wait, miuariiean and Karot Clty
Editob Rkooed: For Ibo Information
oil prodaeert io Ibis Dltirlol please pnblliik
tba answer to far ai receivedto the lol
lowing telegram:
Telrgram sent
Petroleum Centre, Dae. T.
How la action of Producer! atd Refiners
at Tilusviile received la your DiairieiT
J. A. Vmha.
Aoswere Ibat far .
Tltusville, Dee 7.
Fesls not sufficiently public to elioll Art
eldad expression,
E. G. Pilio.v. I
P eeeanivllle, D-o 7..
Unanimously approved to far aa board
from.
6aV. Q, Brows.
Parkers, Dee. 7.
It meets with unlvenal approbatioa. Our
Association unii Monday to loaUuel Dele
gates to ad rotate it.
S. D. Kabks.
St. Petertburg, Dee. 7.
Very ssliifaciory.
H. Derocbsb.
Pekta.Ha City, Dae. .
Very favorable. PeapU are ready to
adept any arrangement which bat any snow
of fslrases.
G H. Kssbit.
V. B. Petersburg, Parkert aod Peirolia
represents over uue half Ibe prodnetion,aud
in Ibore Diatrlota Ibe attempt will be made
lean
t j
y
to eat down drilling operation". V.
' Tbe eoal trade becutnea livelier ai eeld
weather growi luieneer. Burton t Koiker,
Ue welt known eoal nee ere, hare a large
tupply oa band of every variety of bard and
toft eoal in tie market. They are telilug
eoal at a barely living pruQl. We would
advite our citiieet and oil men to pay B. &
K. a call brlore purcbaaiog tbeir coal eite
Wliere. Tbe email pes la raglog in Buffalo, prln
eipally among lbs Geiauna, who oppot
vaccination. Tbe Boaid of Police bare
pataed a reaolutioo ordering tbe police to
report to tie turgeon of Ibe force lor vacci
nation. An old men, Buy e,ix yean of age was
coovlcted ia ibe Police Court in Buffalo the
other day of stealing a baakel of cual from
tbe cart of Ibe Erie Rati way, aud wat aeO
to tbe Workhouse for twenty dayt; and )ei,
Jay Gould, and ibe other lebuert of 'Erie,
are atiil at larue and rolling iu wealtb.
Juiilce is certainly blind.
In tbe ojurau ota-me tbuugbiful ubterva
tioot oa tbe tuhjret of compulsory education
which ie rapidly coming to tba -,lroot aaona
of Ibe most imporlaol puullo questions of tbe
lime, a local eoutomporery,' ibloks tbal n
our publto fcoool studies were properly
modernized, and Ibe sobot. Is rendered agree
able aod altraolive, there would ee oo need
of compulsory education, siooe atlenduee
would tbea be voluntary. No aue will die
puts tbe need ot Ibe reforms lo wbish our
contemporary eailt .altenlipa, Dauber it
there aay doubt that if they were carried
Into praot ce Ibe peroeutage of alleudanceat
our public sobuois would,. lOiall likelihood,
be considerably tooreaskd. Unhappily,
however, there are tery many parentt who,
i no matter how pleasant migbtbe the school
room, nor now aamiranie tna course ol io
tlruction, would till) fail lo compel Ibeir
oblluiea to atteod. Tbla la apparent (rum
tbe laol that, notwithstanding our greatly
improved eduoational iuoeullvet and faoilt
Ilea, the mass of ignoraaoe is steadily iu
creasing, tba pioporlion ol lbs country be
tog greater today than It Was twenty years
ago. There It, of course, much ta be tatd
eu both tides ol Ike subject; still the quer
tloa lemaint whether thai interest iu toe
morals ol in ottissas winch every Stale
should possess, does not authorize it to
take tbe aatcaol vagraul or crtmiuai for
crime aud Iguoraaea aud closely allied in
bead In time te save uiin, rather than lo
build prlawos tor bis restraint alter be is
malur-d. It is a veiy important question,
aod oue which is constantly becoming more
grave.
j,Tha natural bltiory editor of tbe Lexlbgv
ten (Ky.) Press tells thn: "A lady resldiug
io a city uot a hundred miles from Lexing
ton Is tbe possessor, of two. pets- a moakey
and a parrot who are by oo means ceogen
ial friends; ia fact, Mrs. C. was lo tbe babii
of lockiog up tbe moakey whenever she left
Ihe house, lor leer ef bis belMgereul quali
ties. Ooa evening, alaa! the aegiecled to
do ), aod tbe monkey coming lo found tbe
parrot ready lor a fight, aod a very deiper
aMooeeotued. Tba monkey ruthlessly
pulled oi't every feather of tbe ualoriiinale
parrot, and broke up tbe mantel ornaments,
and smashed things generally. When Mrs
C. returned she lound I he monkey chattering
on tbe tnantlepleee, and out crept tbe parrel,
lookiug deeply injured, and greeted her
wtn: -Wo've bud a bell of a time' The
appropriateness of the remark csussd about
of laughter.
K Oir. Nsjws. The llaviaaker well, on
Beaver, bas lb Ionia In. They will proba
bly be recovered within a few
The Forest City well Is dolils 13 barrels
per day, sod still bas Its Iremeodons flow of
gss.
Tbe Lehman well, on tbe Fillman farm,
rati tide of Turkee Run, narrowly ercap'd
the flames oo Thanksgiving last. In tools
struck the first tsnd and the gaa flowed in
inch quantities aa almost to drive tie drill
en from Ike derrick. There being a lamp,
we believe lo Ibe derrick at the time, tbe
gat became Ignited aod Ibe flstnae shot up
ward some fifteen or twenty feet, seiliug
Are lo tbe derrick, bull-wheel sod walking
beam. With great presence ol mini the
drillers, cut their rope (Just new) and exer
ted themselves to lbs utmost, end by
o'clock lo the morning tbsy bad extinguish
ed the Ire, without aoy very considerable
damage being done.
Tbe Smith well, on tbe French tract
Little Turkey, Is dawn 070 feet- Judging
from tbe Brimstone well, a short distance
below, abe will prove good, sod will Inspire
more confidence lo the territory to the aorih
and wen, wbish hitherto bas been wholly
unoperatad.
Tke wells lying between St Peleisburg
and Ibe Allegheny are still keepieg up to
Ibelr usual production.
Tbe welli south ol tbe Clarion river
are doing Brst rale, aad continue to pro
duce lully as much at before the luutliog
down.
The tig at Ibe Stubble well, on Turkey
. "
'run known at I
Hul D A Cra
the Antwerp No. G, owned by
Crsry, was burned on Yf edoei-
day evening Ian. Ii teemt lhat Mr. Crary
had abut the well down for a time, and bad
gone back lo itarl up, aod turned on the
gat. With Ibeesoape of tbe gaa tbe wtii
commenced to flow and in a few mom nta'
Ibe eotlre rig was in flamea. We bave
not ascertained the Iota, but bellrva that
no one wat Injured. St. Petertburg 1 re
gress. Tbe first train over the Warren h Ven
ango Railroad arrived here yesteiday from
Dunkirk, N. T. The dutaoce over tbe roa4
from that polul is eigbiyeigiit miles, and
the ran was made Iu Ave hours. The tram
eeoaititd tf Ibe engine, baggage car a pai
senger coach. Tito'viile Courier.
A Case eftevete whipping io the public
school it agitating the people of Petroleum
Centre. Tba agrieved party it a Mist Moore,
aad tbe ''cruel teacher" It T. 11 Alcoin,
the principal ol Ibe tebool. We don't know
the meriii of the case, but we do know tl.e
barbarous instrument of torture, the ratae,
baa been banitbed float a great uisny of the
betl ichooli io the cmry, to the infinite
improvement of the temper of the teacberi,
aud Ibe bebeTiorof tbe pupils. Courier.
There has leeo three wells completed
sineel last wrote lo yoa, oo the western side
of ibe belt, one oo the Wllcon farm adjoining
tbe Dougherty, wbicb pumlaet 75 to 100
bbls. per day. Tke Angel No. 2, a thor'
distance weal of this it doing 65 blili. per
day, and one on tbe Blaoey farm, owned by
Diuimlck and olbert ll doing 100 barrels
Emlenton Friend. ,
What Nbxt? Tbe December number ol
tblt juvenile magazine Is crowded with
sprightly and good tblogt, ss usual. r It '
much Ibe ebeepeet of sll lbs publications far
boys sad girlt, and compares well with the
motl costly In tbe variety and merit of in
content!. SO Cent! a year, witb a $1.00
Prang CbromofreeitptoimenSceoti. Joum
B. Aldbn, Publisher, Chicago, III.
Looking over an old ledger we tee a long
array of aamrt of lormer lubsoribers wio
are indebted to us. Some ol them bave
moved away, and are lost ta sight, although
to memory dear. Others are carrying - tb
contribution box in our moil respectable
cbuiohes, and others again, bave died and
sre angels io heaven, but they owe us just
the same.
According to tbe Danbnry News tbe
bravest man yet discovered Is a fellow who
beatd a nolle io tbe cellar, and, carefully
aeoidieg disturbing bit wile, crept out en
tbe roof with a pittol and remained there ai
night.
The lady member! of Ibe Firil Baptist
Cbureb,. of Naihville, 'Tennessee, have
strnok out boldly tor reform. Tbe Union
el that citfT is authority tor the statement
tbst they will dispeoss with all finery 90
Sunday wearing ne jewels but cooiislen
cy and hereafter appear at church in plain
calico drettei. Tbn resolution will require
orne sacrifice of pride and femluloe vaiiety;
nevertheless tbe movement it one wbicb
may result In a reformation whose Influence
will extend beyond Naibville.
A tudden gast .ot wind recently iwept
through the Keprettntativei'. ctembar at
Columbia, 8. C., scattering papers and ere
etlhg mueh disorder. A member rsmatked
Ibal It wat Ibe first thing that had gone
through that House wltbost money to back
if.
HEATH FIIOM GAS.
About teren o'clock Monday morning a
young man named Robert F Jamison, son
of John B. Jamison, was found lying on lop
of an oil tank, at Peirolia, dead. When
young Jamison left bis home, a lew hours
pefore, be waa apparently In perfect' health.
From evidences educed at tbe Coronet's I li
quet t held on the body, It appears Ibal the
deceased wat, for some unknown reason, in
tbe habit of inhailing the gat arising from
tbe oil in the lank. .His family taw bits
go to the tank and lie down with bit bead
over the opening, but being nothing unus
ual It was soon forgotten. At the above
mentioned bour laborers wbo were going to
tbalr work near by found him on tbe lop of
Ihe Isnk, dead, with bis face In tba escap
ing gas. lie wsi letCtteen years of age.
Tbe Coroner's jury found that the deceased
same to bis death from Ibe Inhalation of
gas from a taDK contaialog oil. Faiiview
Reporter.
JlLlli EVE.
BY JOSKTU IBAIlFOKD.
At ennnday In the crowded street
1 walked, witb absent miud andlar
Unnoling sught, till suddenly
A face flasfae l by me like a star.
A inomenl seen then Ihe swift throng
Closed'jealously about their pr Ize,
And all tbe memory lelt lo me,
Was this ibe had blue eyes.
A woman'! eyet, you say ! Nol 10.
Tbey were too thy, ton lull of Spring
Aod In tbelr timid depth! I taw
A girl's soul April blooming.
I mined the face but wbai ol tbatt
I law the tsce's dearest part;
Aod still, though lost to me, I keep
Their color In my heart.
llcr band'i touch and her volce'i lose
Are things that I never know,
Albeit I thiuk the one Is soil,
Tbe other musical aod low.
And shall we meet agiifc? The hope
Fituita. lor a moment and then diet,
And only Ibis remains to me
1 know she bad blue eyet.
The trial of C. C. Dunnells, Ej . 1'rii-
clpshuf Ibe Uuiou ScLuol, of toll city on
charge of nsssull and battery io whipping
young R chords, noiieed in last week's pc
per, resulted in a verdict of nut gulliy, and
Ibe corta were divided between Itieproeecu
lor aud defendant.
Io tills connection we would remnrk thai
the silly lentimealalitm of parenta in regard
lo school government, espec's'ly in the ma'-J
tr of croporeal punishment, it f j d oial lo
Ihe best Interest! of tbe tunuois. Discip
line It aa neeeseaj-yjn Ibe school room aa in
an army, aod to bave discipline rules and
r.gulations sre oeo.ssary, asd those rules
must be obeyed. If a pupil attending the
public achoels wilfully disobeys titles of
order, good judgement would dictate a mild
remedy, which, If not effectual, should be
succeeded by more barab measures, even
corporeal punisbmrnt, lo secure obedience;
but it li nol necesssry tbal it should be
carried te Ibe extremity of becoming brutal.
We know that many, pet baps a majority,
view this matter in a different light, and
say that it would be better Id expel arefrac
tory pupil from scbnol rather than resort to
whipping, but being somewhat inclined to
compulsory education, we cannot reconcile
ourselves to deprive any child, because un
ruly, of the privilege ef attending school,
wbicb privilege Is guaranteed by the law.
Parents are loo apt lo sympathise with
th.ir chi d en, sod bas 1 y condemn tbe sc
Hon of leaotiers, without properly sifting
the evidence In tbe case, at preaented by
belli teacher and pupil, and at a result, Ihe
Child feeli that II bit a license to disobey
all rulet and regulationi lor Ibe benefit of
tbe school, because it knowt there it a court
of appeal, tbe sympathies of which are la
its favor, asd ths powers of which will be
lo iatWnidate tba teacher.
For teachers to use brutality in the Dun
isiiment ol pdplli Is, of course, not excusa
ble, and we congratulate ourselves on tbe
fast IbeHew teachers eapakle ol to aoting
are employed In tbe public ashooli. II there
are tucb, the remedy it ample aod eatily
applied t,Veoaogi uitizen.
If you
Want a Salesman,
Want a Servant Girl,
Want to Sell a Horde,
Want to Sell a Pateut,
Want to Leod Honey,
Want to Buy a House,
Want to rl a Carriage,
Want to Borrow Money,
Want to Sell an Oil Well,
Want to- Buy an Engine or Boiler,
Want to Sell a House and Lot,
Want to Bad a Strajed Animal,
Want to Purchase an Oil Interest,
Want to Sell a Piece of Furniture,
Want to Buy a Second-band Carriage,
Want to Sell Tubing, Casing, Gaa Pipe,
Want in Fiml &n narilae fne anvthin
Found, advertl4 in tbe Rzoord, as 00 Isss
nau ieo luuusauu people reau 11 weeaiy
Lornl IV' ot toes.
Putter sod cbeeee tie almrat Indlepensa.
r.e articles of fond. Properly used, they
are nutritious end healthy; hut en Inordi
nate use ot either c-tises' rtd cestlon and'
dyspepsia. Owen Geflney's Sunday Ceui
fort. Judlrlortly uetd will lemova both of
there trouble
CIGARS
Lovers of good clgart will find aereral sn
tlrely new brands, oeeer before introduced
in this plaoe, at ihe Post Office News Room
They are warranted pure Havana!
STRAY.,;
Come In Ihe premises of the Snhserlfcer
Brighton Switob, Venango Co., Pa., on the
22d of November last, a bay gilding, about
lour ytnrs old, fourteen bands high. whit.
stripe on bead, white lelt hind loot glass
eye, Tbe owner by proving properly sod
psyfog charges can take him.
It. U. W. HARRAIt.
HARNESS SHOP,
Marshall & Richards'.
Would respectfully annennre lo thn clt'srns nr
relrnleani I'cn'resnd vlrlnlty that tc.er Lnfu tu,
chased the HAHNKSS SHOP of A. LtiK.it,. v
ON MAIN STREET. OPPOSITE TI1B
RECORD OFK1CE,
AnJ are sow ready to larnfei.
HARIMDSS.
Slfljrh Uelh, Rlankols,
And everything nsnsllikspt In
FIHrJT-CIiASSI SHOP. Jft
KKPAIKINO of all kinds ncallj and oip ditloua
ly dona. Give as a enli.
Potrotsum Centre, lec. 3, 187S. tf.
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ent, fost-pald on reselpl of ths marked
price.
We can recommend the following Vocal
Collections of d oc Piano Songs: ''Shin-
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boaide; $2 In cloth; $2,60 in cloth and'
gilt.
Also the following instrumental Lollee-
tlone: '-Fairy Fiugers," Mgie Circle."'
Young Pianist," and --Pearl Drops" four
ensy collections ".Wines! Kecrealioris."
'I'leasant Memories." '-yuldeo Chimes,"
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ulavers Prise if each took, fl.75 in
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Kilt
hiraot' Waltzes (ask rnr rulers' Kdinon).
in 2 vols , $4 each In boards; $5 in rloib.
Novel In't Chexp Edition of l'iano-Forte
Ulassict, consisting ol Mendelsohn's com
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Folio Edition, $r each: Beethoven's Sona
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price B2 each; Schubert's Ten Sonstas, $3;:
Shntwrt's Piano Pieo-e, B4;.Mozsri's Sona
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ordering these, be sure to sab lor Novellos
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Novello'a cheap Vocal Collections: M tber
Goose, $2 and $3: Rtndegger'i Sstrert
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beautifully bound, $7 50; Schnman't Vocsi
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Edition, by Balfe, $8; German Volklkedsr
Albnm. $2. ets., etc.
Slalnsr's Christmas Carols, new snd eld
illustrated. Price $4. Tbe same without
Illustrations, in vols., $1 each; complete,
$1.50.
Patera Musleal Monthl. nrlce SO cents
each, every number containing at least M
worth or musls. Houna vo'nmes tor tone,
1870, 1871, and 1872. price $6 eaoh. Ad
dress, J. Ii.. PETERS 8fl Broadway, Nsw
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