BHTJGEPuT & STARR
Merchant Tailors!
ectj Furnishing tioods,
CVK. WRW FRANKLIN 8TS.
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CL01W3& CASSIMERES
ENGLISH,
VRENCR AND!
AMaTRICAN
COATINGS,
UUD AND
fSTRIPED SUITINGS,
FANCY VESTINGS.
ear oae the Oil Bagtoa.
iTwBMTT DIFFERENT STYLES OF
STJIlTS 5s CAPS,
All Ut Latest aad Nobbiest 6111
A FILL MM UP
dente'Tturniflliing Goods, fcc
Petroleum Centre Daily Record
. Oemlra Pa., Iharatay, Dc 12.
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MBTM0DI8T EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Uervloaa aor; Sahbatb at 11 A. M. ana
M P. M. labbalh School at lltf P. M.
at freet. A eordlal iavltatloa aclond
MMlU. Kit. 0. Moots, Pallor.
PBMBTTERLtN CHTJICH.
Pioaahiag at II o'eloek A. M.. ud T
'lk r li., by Ik Pastor, W. C. Bonca
a. Sabbath Sehool ! diresily
vf lr loieaooa tart le.
Prayer Meeting and Rabbalk Sekeal
Teacher's Mealing Taaede; aligs el
acb vk.
HtrofeHaCaatre, Lodge, Jfa.
Ttft, I. O. of U. F.
VUgnla'r aiaalla algal Friday, at' T
'laak. Signed. '
B. ALLEN, N. O
t. H. Kaon i, a 8';. fc
lT"Pleof laaaliof, Mala 81., posit
Cliatnck Hons. . rr
Am O. Of 17.
W.
Liberty Ledg No. T, A.
O. ofTJ.
.VT.3! Mo,dy "!! o'olock,
la Odd Fallow Ball, Petroleum Centra
r.aaa
'A. M. Klicms. M. W.
A. luil, R,
I. O. of K. M.
laotkaaae Trio No. 113, I. O. R, M
f Firlen Caolra, meets every Tbursdv
vnng D Good Taaiplar'a Ball.
TefT Council fire ll( bud at T o'oloek.
-.,. HOWB. Siebaai.
t. IKTWOLDg, Cbtafof Records.
Id at 1 p. . mag
So "Bill Ca.y tb doubly wronged, mueb
Injurad sorely preplexed Individual who Is
reported la hv killed Parker at Pelrolla,
It gain to bav a glorleut Cbrlitmee pol-pla
composed obietl; of ad 1 1 or and rsporUr.
wbo published lb a account. Wa ba?a al-
Wava uadaralaful thai k Miu .
J - - e - ' i ww uin DIUB
ca wan wuened balora ki II log. No aa adl
tort ara nolorlooaty laao and loog, wewonld
suggest lo a frleodly way Ibal Ibo faltealng
process begin, alao tkal iba lobaeeo flavor ba
removedfor nllbotfgb wo do not naa tba
wand oarattvaa, wa bava decided ohjeollooa
to boiling In tobacco julet. Of eourto we
meeo Ibli kindly but wa are far lean and
poor Peleraburg Progress.
What a nloe pol-pla Blebop, of iBe Dar.
rick, would make, sod ikaa fur daoaarl lake
ld Sam Toung, of Ibo F.lrvlew Raportrr,
for laiUnoe. Tben'Taitaoiog preeeae" wil
h.ra lo cimmenoe at onoe in order Ibal they
may gat io good condition by Cbrlatmei. It
Wm. atopa o eat thaa bo will ao glutted
al fall by Ibo waytlda before ka gala aa lar
aa Koueerllle, Petroleum Cotre and Tllua
Tllie. Ota af Mr Groeley'a partner lo tha Trl
bone, bla bosom friend, Samuel Sinclair,
wib lo others, will couiasl tbo will of the
deweeed jouroalilt, made November 9lb,
1873, by wMoh he leaves bis property to bis
daughters. Ida end Gabrielle. ' The motive
for lb aootett Id not yet known, unless it I
In the (act that o made a different disposi
tion of bis property in a will made January
lib, 1671, by which iba oootestaaie hope to
beneilt tuemeeiv indlreotly. If Sioelalr
aad hut pari bav as; rogard for public
opinio uy will not pise a straw lo th
w; of tb orphan alebsrt.
aaVja.
Tb ennoert irl avan'lnir, at 8otl Op
r Honta, by tba Vrt lfnlel Society of
Patrolanrc Can Ire. a grand antevM In
very parllealar . Tba following ptenao are
deearvlnf of apeelal nanllao, m being far
bead cf iba ardinary niiiiiaal tlrot nhih
Itad at aroatenr toneerla:
Part let Mmio by tba ColnmMa Cornel
Bn1. Anlhana (Graat if tba Lord .'
Solo and Cborua O, Falbar A'tnlgbty.
Soloa by Nra. Carman and Mr. Weddall.
Doloa and oborne Pai vary fond of a So-
lal Sof. Soloe by Mleaea HelgUon, Ulm
ataad and Rnekley.
Duelt Nlgkt la V nice. Mr a. Carman
nod Mr. Btiratou. Tuia pieoe raealrad ao
ooo ra.
Bolo Too lata, too lata, ya eaoool oaler
Mli Mra. Tor eoce. Tbla piaoa waa loud
ly oneorad.
Baaa Solo W ibln theee Seared Dwell
Inga; Mr. Cbaa. 8a loo.
Pan 2d American Hymn, leairumenta',
by Colombia Cornel Bead.
Opera Cborua Hall io Thaa Liberty,
Duett Barcarolle. Mra. Carman and
Mlaa Hend'eraoo. Eneore.
Pilgrim Ckorua, from Lombard!.
8ole Betwixt yon aod I nod Ik Gat
Poat; Miaf Olraatead. Eneere.
Selo-A Bandred Faluoma Deep; J.
WaddelL Encore.
Cborua Tbe Monntaln Land; Olaa.
Aatkeo O, Praia tbe Lord; Clam.
Mualo by tba Col a table Cornel Baod.
Tbe Columbia Coroet Band volualoared
Ibelr aarvicea for tbia oacatloo, aad tbe go
al ty dealra ua lo return Ibair Ibaaka to Iba
Bead for Ikair aervicra.
II tba Mozart Mnaical Soolety contlnoea
lo Improve lo lb art ol muaio In tk future
aa it baa in Iba peat, under ite efficient lul
lloo of Prof. Boynlon, it will aooa rank aa
good aa Woaiern Peooaylvaola affbrdi.
Everybody know By. Taylor, oaa of tbe
beat nod moal gentlemanly cooductoia, and
ooo of Iba wbiiaat mao an tba Oil Ciaek &
Allegheny River Railroad. On lb down
train, laat evening, Tayiar bad '-ruction"
wllb refractory paaaaagar. Tko iodlvld
nal lo queaiioo got aboard lb train at Co
ry, and upon Taylor aakiog blm for bit fare
in Ibo aiual eoorlaona manner, not only ut
terly refmad lo pay, but attack d By" In
lavage meaner. Now, everybody koowa
tkat Taylor don't aoare wortb a oaa I," aod
tba reialt waa ibal ba amaabed lua laalarn
over Iba bead of lheflbtiag man, aod wbeo
tbe train arrived at CentrerilH, wilb Ibe
aid of two atalwarl brakamao. out tbe
drunken bummer off. Tbia would loi mt
laly kirn, bowever, for no eoooev bad lb
train alarlad tbanba jumped nboard agaia
and an only kept off witb lb ntmoit diffl
eultj, ar twlng med Ibal no bodily tnju
ry waa doa.
AO panoo mat ka ool aena oougb to
know wbn they are well treated, aa Ike?
alwaya ara at Ibo baadi of Iba conduotura o'
Iba Oil Creek Road, baa no bnaloeaa lo ride
and ougbt to be abovad off wllbonl oerome
Th Fifth Avenue Hotel, at New Tork,
was partially destroyed by fire, oigbt before
laat. Eleven of tbe waller glrli periabed In
Ike flamaa.
Jvit OriKO. W btd loadvereoll;
ontitlad lo mention Ibal Mr. Owen Gaffoey
epeoed bla new wholesale liquor atore io tba
old rtaod of J. H. Chriatle, oo Weiblogteo
street, o Salarday evening last. Tba new
tor is oo ol tb aaaleat, coxiest laetllow
liana In tb cntir oil regions. In tb front
'oom will bo stored tbe main stock, consist-
ng of all tba varieties of choice wine and
liquor , both forarga aod domestic
Mr. G. I all sol agent for tb Grt
Western brands of Plaaaaat Valley Cham
pagne wlae, pronouoeed by good judgea to
be superior lo lb bed Imported wine. In
ibia stack tbere la also tbe flovst ol Hennesny
brandy, Dverbolt'a Frovport ry and th
purest of Bourbon whiskies, brandies, rums
gins, ales, Ao., In ever; variety. 11 baa
alao on baad the largest alock ui bar glasies
Ol every aesoripuoa, aod bar Bxlure iu tbe
entire region. About tb centra ol ibe room
a partition baa been run across, tb back
pait being intaauea aa a sample room. Tbia
room ia fitted up lo legaot etyle aa a read'
ing room, aud will be prealdrdover by tba1
well known --m:xologlst," Billy Pugk, wb
is one of Ik good leilow ol this rcgisa
On Saturday waning lb many friendiof
Mr. Gaflney called to e aim and were
handsomely entertained al bis baodr
Wa cannot relral j from saying in this con
nection, ibal aur friend Geffney, is one o1
Ibe squaraat dealers that w knew at, aid
all thus kaviog dealing wilb blm will Bod
it to ibair satisfaction tipaa trial. He uo
oaly keeps tba beat th market afford, bit
rails It ohssp. Tb paiog was a fair In
dex of what wo trust be may do In Iba to
tur regardi businet.
Ia tb meaalime, Mr. Gsffne; wonld be
pleased to ee all bit old IrUuds aod ousiors
rs at hi ow stand, and w woold advis,
l bom to pa; blm a visit.
The a I'eiitlon lu New Tork on Friday of
tbe murderer Rngera, who kilted a poliee
aio aeraral mootai ago. haa llclted ex
prarllnaa of approval from Ibe aotire tn
fropelllan praaa not became Ibe criminal
waa bane, but beoania tba law waaexacat'd
II ia lb Aral lime lo many monthi lo tbat
onamunlly In wblob murder b' a been pun-
iahad. Tba lemon nf tbe evant conaiate,
nol io mucfc In Ibe mode of ptinlihoiertt, aa
Id ita certainly. Had Impriaooment for lira
been lb penally, and tba lenience Imparta
lally carried out, It woall probably bav
bao m effeslual ailk infllolian of the pun
iibment of deatb. Too main pel at ia Ibal
Iba law iball be ' aacredly reapecled and
rigidly enforced. Tbo eoliition of the great
fundamental principal underlying all erlo
loal law, ia tbia enunciated many oenlurleij
ago. 'Became ran lance againat an evil
work U not executed ipeedity, tberafor tbe
heart of Ibe aena of men ia fully aet In tbem
lodoevlt." Were punisbmanl aui I fot
low oovlolln of Tlme, lb bare poaiibility
of eaoaplng detection waald be tbe only hope
of tbe criminal.
A nice little icrlmmage occurred In Carry
tha other day. A man named Rmh attack
ed aralber named Kennedy wblla driviag
along Iba itraet n a aleigb, by firing a pla
lol at bin, but happily without effeet.
Kennedy Hopped hi team, nnd captured
lb belligerent Ruib, and look bim to tbe
lecknp.
Rov. Mr. Slepheoaoo reaigned Ibo paa-
torataoflbo Baptist Cburab, Romeville,
and preached hi farewell aermon laat Sun
day, A Are broke out on Saturday evening fn
tbe eaglDO rom of Jareckl, Uayea A Co',
bran foundry, Brie, damaging lb aaroe
lo iba extent of from fi.OOO to $8,000
Tbe oaly way io wblob. lie origin can 6a ac-
ouoted for, li io tbe auppoaltloa of a ai
of ipontaneoui eombuiiionof raga need io
wiping tbe eogloe. Itwaiooly owing lo
Ihoefforltof a aarperior fir department
aai ioe uamea were coonuaa lo IDle o
n
HO log.
There oppeara lo be a decided feallni
agblnal Ibo coalition of lb produce i n
refloera among many pperatoti In Ibe diffar
nt dlilrleti. In aome Ibay are almni,
onaoimoui, wblla in olhrra tbe oppoiiilcn I,
vary atroog. Tbe Oil City Darnck. with
otbara, believe that it laagalnii Ibelatereat,
o! the producer! lor tbem to iitn In an.
proportion wbleh tbe rrBoera can make,
while tbe Tiluiville papara lelleve that It
ill be for tbe beet iutereaie at all concerned
o compromise Ibe who'e aftalr and work to
gether, claiming that tbelr intereeia ar
ideoilcal. Our;vlewa upon tbia auijcl are
as folio wa: Th iari have from tlm. m
time aougbt lo ruin ibe producer. They
nave rioauiira everv edort in aen, mniiu.
Iba o'jec. They have "beared" tha merke'
from lime lo lime, crippling flnaooiai'y bun
aras ol operalot. Tbey have themaeltti
Anally b en csugll I; tb :ptra, wbo
say: "Reduce the prioe of your on or we
not export a barrel," and witb reason augb
do tbey demand II. For, whether crude be
22 or 25 cents, refined siill keeps firm el 28.
Again ,tb exporter aay, "bare you ar
'bearing' Ibe erude marker, and fo rcing Ibe
producers lo sell al Ibair own flgnres; you
must make ao proportionate reductiou lo us
or wa will oot buy." Tba refiners refused
aau me exporters wouta nol buy. At oece
Ibe refiners turn their eye about tbem for a
method by which to eseepe. Tbey propose
a compromise with Ik produoer by
wnich tbey can control the xportra aod
sorupsll l aecead to their demand. Tbe
producer ar now eoosideriog tb question
auu ou io to oonsiaeraiion win real ine suc
cess or failure or lb wbai movmnt th
life or death of ibe Council and Aghocy
We aay, uoder tbe oircumiltoces should lbs
refloera ba admitted to Iba fellowship of the
Producer, whom the; have aoogbt lo des-
oy. Lal aaob district build Us own reiia
eries, and lefla every drop that It produces.
If tba production of one district bo 100 bar
rels, let there be a refioer; of that capacity,
if there ba a production f 1,000 or 0,000
barrels lot tbem have a sufficient number oi
refineries to rs&o Ibal. Witb proper care,'!
there need be no dlfnouit; experienced la
atabllabiag reQaerios just where the oil Is
produced. By this meeoa tba refiners are
left to ablfl for themselves, aod lb produc
ers becem Independent of all rlsgi, wblob
exercise so baneful an influence upon tue oil
market. Wo repeal, let the reftoers go ibeir
way, aod let tb producer go theirs, and
may eucoeia altdnd tha right. Peleraburg
Progreas.
Several grammatical orrars ecourred lo
Iba article published day befor yesterday.
UoaoarnlDg Utl.' Tba raader will please
overlook tbem aa mistake are Ilabt lo oo
ur a lb belt regulated families.
Tbe people ef Well Virginia complain
thai ibair capital, Cbarlailow'n, caosot be
reaebed or beard from one In six months.
It takss four full day to reach It from
Wheeliag,- traveling b; Iba most direct and
ipdy tout.
A Sunday In Tex la b", deaerlhed by
a cnrreeponoVnl writing from Ban Antoiiln:
Tbia ia Sunday, and I'll try and ' tell yon
wkal I've aeen In-day. In tko more Id I
paieed an untold number of bar room, and
In all of tbem people, and tbo beat aitlcena
loo, playing billiards or ord, ol eoure tor
drioke, aud '(for tbe crewd," really If yon
won't drink and play bllliarda on Sonday
you are nol retpectatile. Tbere ar more
bar-rooma In San Antonio than any place
oulotTexaaof Ita alaa in Ibe United Sletoe
Aa I ait in my room now nt 10 o'clock at
nlgkt, I bear the band play nt Iho clroiii,
and nol very far off ii a panorama on exblb
lilioo. Todtylwaa walking along the
alreet, wbeo I was anddenly Clartled by
hearing a lol of boya ibonllng aad the baad
playing; I looked up, and jutt Ibea It all
came In light. It wa tbia: Tbo oireui
with all Its riden, performer, Ac, la regu
lar circus itjle, were oml ng down the alreet
witb tba band playing, Iho boya shoullag
and ever io many Mexican! and atraggltia
following Ibem. Renumber, tbia waa on
Sunday.
Widows at Hotels.
Quite receut widow, witb puffy beads and
no aign of Ibeir bereaved Hale, com to tba'
hotel flanked by tkuea of a aonpl of year
landing, Slill drsaed ia tbe deepest weeds'
th algniflcent cap cberiahed as a sacred
eyrabol; bruk young widowa appeal lo men'e
dmiraliuo by their brlgbloeee, aod laa
gaid young widows axoite aympatby by
tbair dei-pair. Pretty young wldaws of
mail endowmenla, wboie cbaocea you would
back al i long odda, ara handicapped agalm
plain featured widows whow deputation you
kuow no oo would ever ask to relieve were
it oot lor iboae ibiee-per-ceole with which
they are credited. Aod Iba widowa ol botel
lire are alwaya a feature worth studying
Tbere ars mao; wbo do net aludy them
eh if fly tbe old bachelor of well-preserved
appearanae aod acuue babits, wbo baa con
tributed blmaell the squire of dame lo in"
establisdmeot, and who takea np firat with
on and iben with another of tbe unprotaet
ed females aa tbey appear, and cacori them
about tbe neighborhood. U never make
Iriend with men, but ka la kand-ln-glav
wilb all lb pretty women; aod hia crittaal
judgement on tbem on Ibeir Drat appeiraoc
ia cooaidered Baal, Aiarule.be does so1
care lo attach biaieelf ao exclusively lo one
be ibe maid, wife or widow, aa lo get kirn.'
self talked about; but Sometimes ba falla Id
lo Ibe clinches ol a woman of oior tenacity
than be hal bargained for, and, man o'
irreproachable respectability aa be it, drift
iato a flirtatioa whicb the hotel takea to
mean an off-r f Intrigue, according lo Ibe
late of the lady concerned, Aa tba hotel
'lie a bachelor ia geoeral y a man ol pro
found eelBahoeie, Ibe dlicom'ort thai ami Oi
doea no (real harm; and It aometlmea bat .
P"Ut ,k,t " ''dl"0''- " diamond, wh ab
I oot
wu.iUtcBii iviriuuiioa. I uouaun
Saturday Review.
SI. Petersburg waul ao Express office
and tb Progress goes for th TJnloa Ex
pees Company for ool opening oo at tba'
poiot.
Frequent attempts to enter private bouses
'or tba purpoae of larcaa; bava recently
been made at St Petersburg.
Vet Another of Mux Adeler'a
Little Obltuarie.
'W hav loat our little Hannah In a
very
painful manner,
And we often asked, 'now can her karab
suffer I ngi be borne?'
When her dealh was firat reported ber aunt
got up and snot ted
With the grief that aha supported, for it
made her feel for lot a.
"Sbowaeeocb a littla seraph, tbat ber
father, wbo Is sheriff
Really doo't aeem to car If bverrmile
In lire again.
Sba bo gone, we hope to Heaven, at tbe
early age ef seven.
(Funeral starts offal eleven), wbr sb
will never more have pais."
A Curious oaa f bydrooephslua exists in
Lancaster, Massachusetts, in a colored girl
eighteen months old. Ita bead maatures
thirl; Imhes around tba frontal lobe aid
baa of tb brain, balng aeven ioohes larger
than tba ver; largeit adult beada. - From
ear lo ear, over tba lop or tbo bead, It meaa
urea twaol; Ioohes, and Its weight has been
estimated al twenty pounds, Tba child's
bod; has been deoresaing in size for some
tlm, aad Is now so much emaciated that
It ia doubtful II It will outweigh the bead.
The chief engineer of ibe Erie Railroad
estimates that th contemplated reduotioo
of iho grade lo Iba standard gauge and tb
new railing alock that must be obtained, will
coat 121,000,000. But lb xpDa of ope r
tlog will be reduced twenty per eeak H
propoM to la; a third rail for an; new an
glnes and oars tbat ma; b onstrnolsd,
desiring lb old rails to wear ool tb present I
rolling stock.
Iron, oil ana .-lt we'er Live le,r ,t,
eorered on Ibe lende of ihu Wiu ter Mlafe
Aaaoclalloo, Dear Wooiter, In Ohio. p.
pie excited.
Loi n I .eitti-h.
Boiler nnd cheese are almost lndlsin,i
bio articlea of food. Properly uird th
are nutritions and healthy; but an inordl
nate use of eliber causae iod'jretlon md
dyapepala. Owen Gaffnev'a Sunday Cam
fort. Judiciocal need will remove both of
I hero iroiilOaa v,,
CIGARS
levers of good clears will find orveral ea
ilrely new brands, never before loirodneMi
In tb to plaoe, at lb Poll Office New Rool
Tbey ar warranted pur Havanaa
HARNESS SHOP.
Marshall & Richards
Would reppectfu'ly aunoarto the clt'ieni .r
Pntroteam fa'ra and vicinity that trav I,t. L.
eltascd III. 1IAHNKS8 8U0P or h. lZi'
ON MAIN STREET. OPPOSITE TH1
RECORD OFFICE,
1 Ati " now fdy to larnti.
LXSaes,Wliips,Ma!,
HARNB SS,
Slelgli Bells lllankets,
And everything nnall jkaptla
OrFIU$T-CIi4S9 SHOP,
HIPAIIIINO of all kinds neatly and einedilloia
ly doua. (Jive m a cll.
retrolaom Centre, Dec. 6, 18TJ. tf.
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