..i !
tt. Centra f. Ttu alar Dee- 10.
iITina Mrvl :,
MKTfODtST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
r"ea erery PaOinU at 11 A. 11. and
t P. M. 8abWh School at 12tf P. M.
at. free. A cordial lavltatloa .stead
4 ht all.
Sit. O. Xm, Factor.
Presbyterian cncKrn.
Praeekiag at 11 o'eloek A.M.. anil T
a'eloek r. At , by k Potior; W. C. Bdrch
. Sabbat Bokool ai directly
fir tersaooo service.
Prayer Meeting and balk School
TuiUi'i Meeting Tassday vaolg ol
aar week.
Pwat-eWnsa Centra., kOelftwjl'.No.
Tl, I. C. of O. F.
Kegtler mealing algbt Friday, at T
'lock. Slgaed.
B ALLEN, N. G
9 If. Kooikc, A Se'y.
IflTl'hr of mealing, Main El., apposite
MsCliutock House.
A. O. of U. V.
Llherly L.dge No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
acta .vr? Monday evening al 7 o'clock,
la Odd Follow' Hall, Petroleum Centre,
r.ona.
A. M. Exact!!, M. W.
A. Iu, R.
I. U. of It. .
.liwiBkaunee Tribe No 183,1. O R. U
af Petrolcn n Centre, meets every Thursday
renins: 1q QjoiI Templar 1111.
UT Coune.il Oris llf hud nt T o'clock,
11 HOWE. Sachem.
8. REYNOLD;?, Chief ol Records.
Hold at 1 p. m. m'
Brother Loogwe II and Bishop, of tbo Oil
C:tjr Derrick, tike oceasiso in tbelr lame of
yntidy to bit us a rap la behall of ooe
WMiUra Cupy. He commences by quetlog
from (he Fairview Reporter, and batb hav
ing no duubl oine fer on tkelr ova ac
count (ir wb.il Ibey bare themaelvei laid
against that individual, attempt like toe
cuttle Deb to tnnddle tba water all eroend
and iteo nllp away. For the beneBl of
t'uein timid and would-be p bunny phellen,
we will aiate we bare not published all we
etn, and bare nothing muob to lake back,
the tbrcate of tba Reporter, Caaey, or any
other man, to Ike contrary oolwllbilaodiog.
We do not court tbo company or aosiely of
' Caeey, but if ke pule io an appearance with
evil In I en I be will audoubtedly discover
that we have taken lime by ibe forelock,"
and lu "days of peace prepared ler war."
A In the fill tors of the Derrick bring s
Uclid, aa they request, lo ael ai bottle hoi
d ra oo llat occasion, we perfer having that
. fll-r filled by come parly who baa not tbe
penchan. for visiting tbe hoi tie quite io of
leo ibey are atcl to do. We might have
a ihi'W then. "Lay en Macduff." Aa-
Yesterday attetnuou, Mr. T. B. Alcorn,
P.incipal of the Pablla School el tbla place,
waa arretted on lofoiiaullou of Rev.. Moore,
obarited wllb assault and battery on bia
daughter. Mr. Alcorn was taken before
Justice Reynolds, waived u hearing and eo
Irfd I'hII in tbe auin of $2U0 for an appear
aace at Franklin.
To morrow evening tbe Moiart Mimical
Society give a rehearsal at Sobel'a Opera
House, See tdverliaaaent.
A report .e current ol a railroad eeoldent
at Oleopolla, eon Ibe O C A A U H, laat
evening. We are without particulars.
They have aira ge cbainbennaida at tbe
koteli In Cairo (aaya a lady traveler). Tbe
ono mo wilted on our roota, end attended
all tba vajloua dullra of tbe calling, even lo
Ibe makloii of beda, waa a Pioncbman,
dreaaed aa If for a dinner party, white ,veat
and dreia coat, and having tbe air of a re
flcrd gentleman. II waa really embarrata
tag to accept bia aervicea in aucb a capac
ity. Oae of the ladlea, on arriving at Ibe
bote, rang for the chambermaid. Tba gen
tleman pmaented blmaelf. Boppoalng blm
to be tbe proprietor or chief clerk, aba ex
prraced her wlab to lea tba oliambermaid.
He verr politely replied, io tbe beat Eogliab
be could command, "Minium, I am ahe."
Pituolk Elkotiok. The Pitbola bor
ough election c.me off yeaterday. The lol
lowing waa tbeouly ticket lo the field :,buii-
geaa. Daniel W. Bailey; couoeilmen, John
fatrbairn, Cbarlea H. Gardner, C bar Ira H
Johoaon, Jamaa F. Murpby, David E. Nor-
loo, Norman 8. Wbila: aaataior, Alexander
J. Kranan; conatable, Thomai H. Walters;
Judge of election, David X. Morion; In
ipeoioraofeleollon, Alexander J. KeeDan,
Daniel Over balm; overaeert of the poor,
dwarf G Twiichell, W. Scott Hills; audi
tor, Ji"aF Comfort.
The Mi;.ueoa or oil over tt) A. ft G. W.
ratlwej, I'T ll.e wiath of Nnv;mber, were
m.t'i Uti le; hi 14.776 harrela wera
crude, aue U,ovi u;ru. ti-liu'd
Baeae e
lUuty, Iowa, hat a Slornioa set-
tleatat.
The Annual Seaaion of Ibe Venango Con
ty Teachers lnallluie, will be bld In tbe
Uoloi Schoel tiuildinir, t'ranklio, commen
eiog Monday, Dec. lfiih, 1871, at 3 a'oioek
P. and closing friday, pee. 2Uih. There
will be a number of primlaeot Inatructura
preaeot. Includiog Mm Flora F. 1'arauna,
xraduaieof tbe Oawego Normal and Tiain
log School. Prof. Andrew Bunt, au'bor uf
Burn's Grammar, Prof St.admmi, Pre, of
Carrier Seminary and Kurmal College, to
lake pari lo tbe exercieee, but we hope to
have the greater part of the work done by
the leackera of our owa bounty. The follow-
4ng Evenlug Lioturee wllfle prearut, viai
Rev. J. W. Bain, evenlag of the I7tb.
Bev. i. D. O-aa, .18111.
Rev. G. P. I1ae, Pr. Waahlngtoa aod
Jrffersoo Cellege, eveoleg of the I9ib
Bev. J. i. tii.ntlaiau, Pies. Carrlrr Semi
ary, lOib
In some ol the D.strlots the le.chara are
alownd tbe fteek to attend tbe loilllule
without any deduction ol aalary. Io Ibuaa
that are not allowed Ibe time, it la hoped
the teacbere will manifest their profetsioual
enthusiasm by attending Ibe institute and
making up Ike lime.
From a resolution paaeed at tbe last liti
lute it la understood to be the desire ol tbe
teachers to pay tbelr boarding, wklcb can
be had al reduced rates, while attending Ibe
Institute. ,
Every effort will be made to have aa in
teresting end prufltable aesaiun. It is boped
that every teacher in tbe county will be
present Tbe inairucior and lectures need
oo recommendation.
W. J. McCLCRB, Co. Sipt.
How an Italian Fruit Vender
Lost a tliousand Dollar
Bond.
Yesterday an Italian fruit vender, named
Resao, was relieved ot ooe thoutand dollar
U. 8. bond io Ibe following manner: Fear
ng lo deposit bis bend tbe total of Liaac
cumulated savings since his arrival io tbe
aid of the free in a bank, and dreading to
eave it at bis place of residence, as the
bouse might catch Ore, or robbers might pay
it a visit, ke carried bis fortune lu bis pock
et. Yesterday a fellow cuuntrinian Inter
viewed Reaso, and during tbe cooversalion
wllb him rrlrreoce waa made to the bond.
1 be alrauger made a propositioa to purchase
It, aod, Ibe amount having been agreed up
on, tbe bead was transferred to tbe purcbas'
er, who eave Resao wbal appeared tc be
about fSUU to 2U gold pieces, (as II waa
reprereuted to be,) and tailing him be S'l
Ibe remainder ol the money lur d. lie iv.
ent lo the open grounds suiitbwesl c.f the
Navy Department lo dig It up. Here, on
tbe aide of a little knoil, Ibe stranger com
menced lo dig, end after -morticing tbe
ear lb" to tba depth of afoot, requeued
Resso lo dig while be went to the other
side ol the kooll to make sure that ke bad
not mistaken Ibe place. Resso complied
Bflfk tltd nt.at .Mil aa 1 1 . 1.
will, and Ibe stranger disappearrd over Ihc
hill. Resso dug for seme time without
atllkiog oil" or gold, bo,t the atraoger not
returning commeoced lo smell a mice, n.
rushed te tbe top of the knoll, but tbo bond
purchaser was nowhere lo aliihl, and en ex
amimng Ibe roil ol coin, Reaao luund biin
eelf Ihe poaaewor of twenty-lva bran lew
wo cent pieoes.- Wash. mar.
A ease waa bring Wled before a preahy
tery nol long ago, wben the oouooii for tbe
defendant urged Ibe plea of nioial Insanity,
A venerable presbyter said : "Mr. Modera
lor, tbic disease of moral iusaoity aeema to
me lo be identical with vast tbe alder
tbeologiaaa Id their unclentiflc way called
total depravity.
Says an Illinois paper: During the cold
Weather of Thursday laat, the city editor Of
Ibe Jacksonville Journal Iron) his ears
about a tool deep. They are to be ampula
ted at tba second joint, but bis friends will
be rejaiced to know Ibal, la spite nf the aa
eldeot, be still has an emple atock . for all
the purpose ol bia posUion
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Munich has tbe best beer, aod It is sold at
two cents a quart.
Fool ball baa been revived al Yale, and
teems to be In vigorous life.
Tbe Danbury Newa says: "Morfolk butter
parts Its hair in toe middle."
Five ot Ibe Ku Klux la n Albany
signs themselves fours traly with an X.
Rock Island will open a aight school, It
can find twenty -five children who desire
It.
Mecklenburg. Sobwerln baa sent 8.000 emi
grants la this country since lha beginning
of tbe year.
Gen. Sherman's report shows the actual
fnroe of enlisted men in the army to be 29,
336, and ol commiaaioned officers 2,104.
. Ex'Prestdeal Johnson intends to estab
lish bis realdeose permanently al Nashville,
Tenn.
Pieiideol Madison's olJ Virginia borne
"Bunnysld,'' has beea recently sold for
$5,7119. ,
Letters fr;;s. t fey People.
Noti. The managerof this Journa', with
out eiKlorning tbeeenrimeolsfil contributors,
d.nlres In offer tbe wldfet possible latitude
rr free diacunian. It Is merely atipulaled
ttiat comrhtiiilcaliona shall concern matters
ot public lnteiest. be put in deenl lautiuaue
and acc mf nied Willi the uames of the
writers, nut fur publication, but tl a guar
i oleti ol good lailb.
COtiCEUVlXa OIC-PAST,
PVE8EXV and FUrUHE.
In the past wllb Ibe Producer one sldi
and the ReSoer on the other, the oil busl
oess has always bean subject to rapid chan
gesa kalaldeseope lo the bands ol a frol
Icksume child nol more so, and like It is
the) mmmm iilea KiiJ finlora Ihttt we see
hlfi.d . Italia with the afuresald refluer ou !
top.
Nol loog ago one twelfth of our annual
production waa sacillced lu tbe hope ot af
fording permanent relief li the market, and
eatabliahinga paying price for crude. Tbe
only parlies really benefitted wera tbe rrfi
Here, who bad Imge lots ol refined to eel'
oul on lha enhanced price afforded by this
temporary expedieut, and tbe pipe lines,
who embraced tbe opportunity before tbe
export trade closed to sell their own and
otbera' cude al a good figure, trusting to
Ibe In lure without fear, as Micawber would
say, "fur sometblug to turn tip to extri
cate then Irom any little shortness that
might threaten them uopleastutly. Tbe
event has proved that they were right In
taking Ibe cbancea. The Raf. Com. enc nr
aged pooling, as Ibey did shutting down,
and very pompously and publicly instructed
Ibair agents to buy only ot the pool, buying
at tbe same time a few Ibouaaod barrels at
pool prlcos.
This made every producer jump nack aod
beels Into tbe pools aod when the oil was
ibus secured, tbe too confiding producer, so
often gulled, wailed like the sick did at the
pool of Siloam, for a geolle ripple or a
slight turn of the spiggot, that haeioaat
might go on. But no, it came not. Tbe
pools tan over as ibe R. C. desigiad they
should, and the Ageoey, Ike hope and stay
ol ns all, itself beoerae demoralized, and
while walling for a charier, employed their
leisure lo shaking bands wllb tbe R. C. and
rrlviog al a iiasis, which may last 60 days
or 10 days, oi in fact just so long as the
producer can build tankage and the refloats
can repair tbelr stil l Then wben the
production Is at Its flood, wben the price
as decreased as a ligbl aod stringent money
market can make ii, a len day notice will
be found on the Ageocy desk from tbe P.
C. asms morning, saying they will buy aa
cheap as Ibey can and as mueb as tsey
please, resulting In tilling tbelr Unks lar
the spring traoVal auy where from $1.60 to
$2,00 oil. This is the luosl probable ead of
he "Cc-operative'' dodge. They will buy
just enough lo amuse us ouly. jusl at they
did of the pools, aod no mare, till they see
their opportunity to break Ike market, l;l
up their lai kage witb cbe.p oil, aud then
ol course be resdy for some plan auy piae
Ibal the desperate lorlunrs of the produ
cers may suggest, to raise the price of crude
of which Ibe R C will baje plenty, and
ibal Ibey may sell refined oa it as Ibey did
during the thirty day suspension. It is
about time thai In is aooreuae bad aa and
We oagbl to know by ttls time Ibal tbe R.
(J. are out aod cannot be, and do nol mean
lo be our friends In a business sense or any
oiker. As producers, if Ibey were produc
ing all Ibis oil, il would seed (to yield, a
tair profit) bring $4 per barrel. Bui ao long
aa we are manipulated so easily to suit their
purposes it will average about $3 per bbl.
Cost lo them a aloe little margin. Is there
any way out ol tbia euutile-eoclc policyt
Can aoy Ageuey be given a Charter that
will aiuiplify mailers aod put the' crude oil
trade on In feel aa a fair paying bualucsa?
Caa any amouol ol capital likely la be aub
eri tied lake earn of Ibe surplus oil Ibat
muat accumulate aamaatere now stand. We
fear nu is ibe only answer.
Caa any bridge be found lo lilt us over
the slougb of despond the mad and mire
of oiirpreseul eondiliou? Can any way be
found Ibal will lead lo ultimate permanence
aud prosperity t to a bright and glerloua
fuiore for the oil bullosas! Yes! Most de
cidedly Yes. It is simple aud easy. The
pioduoer everywhere in Peooyivauia,
Virginia, Ohio aod Canada .wherever
foaod must be bis own Refluer either by
indit idual or juiol enterprise.
It only wanis that the P.fP. A. and Its
Ageocy, decide that eaeb'dis riot refiue its
oil within their Jurisdiction; those, else
where, will follow suit at once. And then
lei Ibe work go oa at 09ce of building re
fineries. Tbe men and means ure read.v
aod waiting. Tbo obly obstacle then aoross
our path will be transportation. The Rings
that have tbe road In ise now also run the
R 0. Bui tba Allegheny river still runs to'
tbe sea. Witb this natural outlet we can
supply ine souin, wesi, snu racino by a
water line, and at Pittsburgh Ibe Baltimore
Ohio R. R are pledged l distribute aur
oil lo every poiut Ibey caa reach Bo far
so good. While we are bulldiag refineries
we can run a branch to Ike B. k O., and
also give the ''On lo Buffalo road" the file
lining touch. I
But the resder will say what Is to be
d itie row. Where is ibe immediate Relief
io come from. Nothing easier. Lei tbe
P. P. A. through lis council and agency an
nonce that at a glren future date, ey
ninety or one hundrcil days, in faot any
time at ell, It dues not mailer, jiml fix a
date, that after which cude-will nolo
sold Thai ever after they wilt oiler and
handle only reflu.id, and then tbe oil that
we.have now flooding lha market aal thai
which we pump In tbe Interior, will be
boiuht every drop by the Ref. Con. Tea
'icked up as clean at a bnnjry ait will lick
"P atmT ' W'lk. and at a good
fair
price. They will know it Is ineir lasi op'
portunliy to buy crude here lo cumcieot
quantities to justify their continuance ol
the buamess, and lllia last baloll Ibey Will
j ikoul lively depend upon it. .
As fur the Producers refineries when
built, for the reason just given ends may
be scarce, but tbe r.ellnerlec will be paid
lor. New industries will grow up along
with them. Each producer hss the coneuin
er for a customer he can consign his oil eny
where for a market and with Individual ' en
terpris thus free the demand will deepen
and widen fir!tncie are million! of lamps
to ai.
Instead ol production being limited and
diverted it will follow to ever natural
course. Between the producer and consum
er nothing will intervene, bet a eralght fer
waidjhooest demand. Supply will adjust 1
self readily.
Tbe Producers kerosene must be of Ike
first quality, safe and pure. ' That fact
alons, when established, .Will tr Die lie
ale in domestic trade. In Europe, tbe
price of animal food la so high that animal
oils are too expensive to burn, and the
wbale is nearly extinct. ' la Asia, mlllleaa
ol relit'iootsta will s mining for food or
lamp purposes ibal be aoy animal fat, aud
owing to ibe lailure of tbe olive groves
which wera relltd upon to tupfly vegetable
oils for the table and taper, these popula
tions are suffering from a scarcity of litht,
because food has pr.cec'e ice before light,
preci:us as il Is China and Japaa use lu
Ibe ssme shape and only await tba advent
of soms Ah Sin lo put a lamp O" llbe table
ot every mandarin and deimeo, al well as
peasant of these-vast empires. kVeriece
God lighted tbe world with lha matchless
sua team has there been so ripe aa open
ing for tbe introduction.of a cheap, sale and
good ll)ibt. It ouly wanla Ibal Ibe field '
left open to the unlimited traffic aoJ trade
of tbe producer and consumer lo make Ibe
demand lor illuminalloc and lubricating oil
exceed oar ability lo supply Ike lamps aud
machinery ol the. wor d. .
In all this there is nothing lancible. It
ia all feasible. We only need to engage lo
supply directly to tbe consumer lbs world
over a cheap and good light. Cheaper in
bituminous coal region than tba gaa they
get from their coal. Cheaper hi Europe
than tallow and lard. Cheaper la Asia
than Olive oil, and Ibe demand will be at
every door dally. Next to hunger aad
thirst, light speaks a commoa language of a
necessity ibat must be providwd lor, aod
the want ol a civilsxition like ours forms no
barrier'whatevor. ' If the P. P. A. will do
Ibis at onoe, tbe value of property here will
advance from that moment, and refineries
outside of Ibe ail tegiooa will be so muob
old jnnk.
JOBIKIM
In New York State four yean in tba P.a
lieuiiary atones lor the murder of a wife.
At laet Ibal was Ibe sentence recently pas.
sed upon Ibe brutal Aodre.
Lee, the newly chosen Speaker ef tba
South Carolina House of Representative.
is an Irregiilar'offjhool ol ooe ol the beat
families.
John B Sough is gelling up a tatin
lal for George Cruiksbaok, tua temperance
caricaturist of Eoglaod, and lead in. lilt
wllb $750.
Garibaldi, emulous of the fame of Mr,
Berpb, baa accepted tbe presldsicy of a
Sooiely for the Protection of Animals rec
ently formed io Turin.
. Mr Dal ey, counsel for Mr. Stokes lay be
left tb. case lor reasons of bi. owa. titokes
says be never left Ibe eat. aa he never was
in it.
An old lady named Crown has died la
London, leaving $l,tuO,000, and nobody lo
Inherit it. Tkil will oauio a commotion
among Ibe two or three families of that
name In tbe United Slates.
Since tbe first of August Inst fifty-two per
sons have mysteriously disappeared from
New Tork city, and have oot sloe, been
heard from.
Last week 1,150 pounds of nltro-glycer-Ine
passed through Troy, N. Y., oa It way
to Hell Gato. Tho band ftava 'Hem.''
ward Bound."
Do not for
get the Re
hersal of the
Mozart Mus
ical Society
at SobsFs Op
era House on
Wednes d a v
ESvs.Dec.Uth
songs, Du
etts, Trios.
Choruses, &c.
amission 25 Uents
HARNESS SHOP.
Marshall & Bichards
Would remeclWly innnnnee to the eltVnii r
rvtrolenm f eu-re and vicinity taat li.e hati, nn.'
chased tbollAKNKSS SHoi' of A. hZf'x"
ON MAIN STKEET. OPPOSITE
TBS
BECORD OFFICE,
And sra now ready to farnlsk
HARDIES SS,
Sleigh Bells Blankets,
And everything usnilljkspt Is
OT FIKST-CIiASg SHOP, jn
REPAIRING or all kind, reule uul .,.1.1.
Iy dona. Give us a "II.
MAKnHALI. S nICUARDS.
Petroleum Centre, Dec. S, IB". tf.
ft i
S HOLIDAY lIUEXTS.
;ent. Post-paid on receipt of the marks!
price.
We Can rrenmmaod the following Vocal
Collections uf choic Piaoo Sonc: ''Shin
ing Liibtsr" (Sacred K0te): "Golden
Leaves." Ve's. I, and II; ' Health and
Unme," Fireside Echoes." ''Pweet Sound."
Priceleaa Gems " Prise. .7 each in
hoarde; $2 io cloth; 2,SU iu cloth and.
gilt.
Also Ibe following Inatrumenlal Collee
tinna: "Fairy Fingers," "Magi Circle."
"Young Pianist," and "Pearl Drops'' four
easy collections "Muleal Recreations."
"Pleasaol Memories," "Golden Chime."
and "Brilliant Gems," for more advanced
player Price i f each book, $1.75 ia
hoards; 2 la cloth; $2.50 io cloth sod
Kilt
Straus' Waltzes, (ask for Peters' Edition)
in 2 vols , $4 each In boards; $51 cloth.
Novello's Cheap Edition ol Piano-Forte
Classics, consisting ot MendelMobo's com
plete works io 4 vols. 8vo, price fl 60 each;
Folio. Kdltien, $6 each : Beethoven' Sona
tas. f: Manukas, Ballads, aod Preludes,
prico f t each; Scbnberi'a Tea Sonatas, $3;
Sbnlieris Piano Pie, $t; Moiari's Sona
tas, $3; Weher'a Complete Piano Pieces,
$i; 8chuman'a 43 pieces, $1 etc., etc. Io
ordering Ibese, be sure to ssk for Novell'
Kdilioo. They are all handsome editions.
Novello's cheap Vocal Collections: M Iber
Gonse, $2 and $3: Raodegger' Sacred
Sonus. $2 80; Mendelssohn' 70 Snntf,
beautifully bound, $7 SO; Schnmao'i focal
Album, $3; Moor Irish Melodies, Folio
Eiiitlun. hy-Dalfe. $6; German Volksaedsr
Album, $2, etc., eto.
Plainer' Chrletnraa Carols, aew and aid.
illustrated. Prio$4. Tb.m. without
Illustrations, In vela, $1 .achj Mmplsis,
$1.60.
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