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v 9t;clum Centre Daily Record
rb CKlr Pa, Monday, De 16.
Vtvlno Bemea,
FwTMODIST EPISCOPAL CHTJRCH
Sarvloe avary Sabbith at 11 A. M. tod
P. tt. labbath School at P. M.
ear fro. A cordial Invitation axteod
ad lo alk
Sit. . Moona, Putor.
piesbttkrTam church.
Preaching at II o'clock A M.. anil T
'lock P. M., by Ua Paalor, W. C. Burcu
aaa. Sabbath School at 12J, directly
a,'ir lareaooa carfiot.
I'ryr Meeting and Sabbath Seboal
Teacher1 Meetiog Tueaday evening ol
earth week.
JVtr4aM Caatro, , IiOdf Was
Via), I. O. of O. F.
Regular masting night Friday, al 7
'luck. Signed.
B ALLEN, N. J
8 H Kaom, A Sco'y.
jaTPl'e of meeting, Mala El., ppolt
MaunntooK Hon.
A. O. of I. V.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. or V. W.,
meott evorv Monday evening al 7 o'clock,
I Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Feaa'a.
A. II. Klichii, H. W.
A. Kuxt, R.
1. U. of It. M.
laoekew Tribe No. US, I. O. R. II
r Feirelenm Centre, meet every Thursday
owning lu Good Templar' Ball.
gffTCoinoll Bret llblfd at T o'clock.
H. HOWK, S.eb.m.
8. BUTNOLDg, Cblef ol Record.
a)ara)at 1 p. a.
Gkodmd Riktb Riduced. Tba Central
ralroUua Company, owner of tba land
span wlilcu Petroleum Centra li located,
bare made wllhia in pail nay ot two a
large reduction la Ibe ground rente. On
Washington (treat, right bend tide from the
MoCllntock notice to tba Boyd farm bridge,
It U understood tba reduction I enehalf,
ibat It Iron $100 to $50. Tbla la the acne
oi tba opposite side of tba Ureal from Pint
Street to tba Boyd Farm bridge. On tba
seme side ol tbe atreel from Sobooblom'c
grocery store to tba brisk bank building)
tba teduetloi I one-quarter. Dwelling
boaces lid other buildings we presume will
reserve a Ilka reduction. This will be good
newiearbuinama.aad oitlzens gen
arally, as tba times ate hard aed monry Is
searss, aid everybody Is trying to get slong
aa cheaply as possible la hopes for better
timed
The thanks ot our cltlcen ars due Capt.
J. E Ray, Superintendent of lbs Centrel
Petroleum Company, as It was mainly tbto'
Jail effort! tbnl tbe radaolioo was secured.
"Wa, last satisfied Capt. R be lbs welfare af
iba plats at heart, and Is rscdy nod willing
- to do anything to bis powsr to advance its
prosperity.
A rao wa made oa tbe Sbaroo Savings
liaok lact ek, coined by tba lalca report
tbat It bad-failed. Tbefirctday $25,000 ef
deposit wr withdrawn; tbe second not so
scroti, el l tben the bank came out of Ibe
, i,Vwt etronger than aver.
'LKc'' TWi'ar, Ilia showman, It II an-
e.u uti .. to coo mora uke to the road at
the ba ol a nirty lorce chow, eemblolog
tbe gytunaiilo aid Variety foliate. Tbe
id style squrtlrlsn ism 1 to 6 disbaad
'What thv noosHnm la.
A Sen Francisco pspsr says: Tba Hood
lum le a male of the human spacles, of tbe
geaos heme. lie dresses la broadcloth,
weerc pollched boots, carries a Cane. ' He
Is too Uzy to work, be ic too proud to b
be ic loo cowardly to cteil. He llvr off the
bard ecrolngc of the sin and sheaie of some
poor girl whom be abu es sod argtecie; be
etcodc upoa the rtreet eorarrc with bic
Hoodlam eimrates ol an afternoon; stare
la breixo vulgarity at bonesl womro. and
sccaults with rude (csturs nd lodenl ef
prcccion tbe coiled dovec.ee they flutter by.
He bee reepretable relatives from whom be
borrows wbn Iba wolf ebaeee blm toooloee
ly, aod during elro'loo timee be cells bis
iDflnence lor eoio, end aids to control pollt
leal recti I li. He travelc on cbepa and t cl
eats; be oelli'-e tba week end be lewoctipon
the etronii; sic ambition ic to get come sloe
cure bertb In politic; be Ic oif bt watchman
or bac a epeotal policemen's beet, duilre
whteb ha never prrfermc, except to oolleol
the money. Be lives st frte lunchrs; bs
amuses bimceir by rowdy aetionc; alteodc
etcarctona. Hie ctroog effort Is to keep out
of Iba slutcbec ef lew. He Is a frteod and
eouosellor of thieves, swindlers and coofl-
deoee men, end Anally adoptc Iba lelon'i
prefeccion then be cesses to bs a Hoodlnm
He beeemes a drunkard sod is Ibeo ealted
a bummer. He gets sbadby, aod Indc ne
frail woman to sapport blm; he is then a
vegabood aed loaler. During tbe lima 0
bis earlier cucccsc be bants around Ibeetrec;
knowc, end Ic useful to, actors and aetrricrc;
bs Is s eUquer aud deedbead. He bilnge
pin the borne of Iba iuebrlate, Ibe country
boapital, or the State priaoa. He is a dis
grace to bli family and a nulaauce to the
community. Aftor all the character ta fa-
lller, Uoly the otme Is new. We have
him here at our very door.
We know of a number of Hoodlum', not
many tnilee from here. Tbey are geuulne
end so mlctake, as tbey answer the above
deaerlpllon in eviry particular. En
Ths Titticvllle Herald bss a corroapond
eat In New York, and bic name ic John
Poolon. John ii eogsged tn the lark of
writiog up tbe viewaof the exporter and
tefluera of that ally on lbs oil queatloo, sod
n puffing up the Herald, principally tbe
latter we should judge from tbe letter pub
lichrd this ruerulog. The raid exporters
If their vlewa are oorrectjy reporied, appear
to know very little about tbe aiiuation ol
affaire In tbe oil region, excepting what
tbey take from the "flr.t dally." That pa
per niny be tbe 'accredited high-toned ore
gan of tbe cxportere'aod refinere," but it ia
not Ibe organ of tbe producer, aed bat
leaned atrongly toward the cauiblnation
ever aince the defeat of Ibe Suulu improve
meat Company, ac its many published aril
dec bear witnasato.
With regard to tbe Hmld's monthly oil
reports, wbicb the New Tork dealers put co
uch faith tn Ths producers bsve long
regarded Ihsto as a nuisance and not to be
relied, and their aaapenaioa Is looksd upon
as a "good riddaoee to bad ruhblah."
Tse Youth's Gazette, Is the name of
spicy little psper priolad at tba offios ol the
Record, by Will. O. Davis an Will J. L
Kefftir, editors aid proprietors. Tba paper
la devoted especially to tba young of both
sexes, end is filled with eatertslolng read
log. such ss stories, sketches, tales, poetry,
and original matter. .It lefpubllabed month
ly st lbs exoeeilsg Jow rata of t& cents c
year Our citizens mould subsorlbo and
encourage Ibe boye In Ibeir enterprise.
CbiaP ai Diet. Hoppioa 4s Alden, al
the old eland next door to Smith 'a Rectal'
rant, arc celling a cuperier quality ol Kerar
sane Oil al SO cents per galloo. The
sheepest is not always the bed, but lbs ell
cold by them has oo supsrior ss a burning
fluid. T'y It and ba convinced.
Oil City I excited over the diaoovery of
a large quantity of cllro-glyoerln stored In
ths neeri or. the oily. The property waa
found to have been stolen from Ibe Roberts'
Torpedo Company. Ths thieve arc under
arrest. .
Wa arc pleased loses the genial phiz of
our friend, Mr. 3. A. Wood, la Iowa once
mors. Mr. W. bss been abscol on a villi to
Philadelphia far severs! week pact. Be
return greatly Improved In kelal and
spirits.
A cotemperery aska: "oball ladies ride
actraddlet" If they want to, ws can't sea
how ha lagaiug lo prevest Ibemfrom riding
a berse that wey. There Ic notblog in the
conciliation of Ibe United Stslcs forbidding
tbem riding on their lesas, line circus ri
ders. either, but wo would, rslher not
Ibem prancing through the streets lo that
Inverted sir le. Tbe would loess all ths
mousy out ef tbsir pocketc, too. "
Prof. Hmmsr, charged with contempt
in disregarding lbs Injunstion of tba United
State Court agaiost Infringing oo Iba lor
pedo peleol of Col. Robert, of Tlluaville,
waa sentenced on Friday by Judge M'Keo
son to three months imprltcoioent la Iba
eotiity Jail.
IIOAACC GUEELEY,
In the Goldsa Ago Theodora Tlltun' re
lalec tht following of bis Interviews with
Horace Greeley:
About Ibraa weeks sgo, Mr. Orel ey eald
to ua (clasping oar hand end boldiog It for
tbe lact time), "My dear friend, "tor thirty
dayc and olghte I have not slept; I (hall
never deep egaio;I pray for death " From
that touching lolervlew we retired ac if
clunnad bv a preacieooa of Ibe c imlng eel
antty; aod on narrating tbe incident to
a friend, wa remarked; '-It would not be
strsnge II Mr. Greeley did not live three
weeks..'' Tba predictioa we all loo eediy
verified; the crumbllog .column fell within
thai lime. .
We have no sympathy with fatalism, and
yet wee are free to cay tbat Mr. Greeley's
destiny waa oo him and be could not eecspe
t. There wera ioward cauees that gaawed
their way outward to this effect. He bad
premooitloo of it isl only a few wcakc but
many monthc ago. During coma Idle bout
ia Brooklyn early in tba oampaign, be said
to us wilb a volou of suddso aadueia aod a
tone of unwonted patbua, ,-I have but an
great ambition, and tbat is not tba Preala
dency, bat death." Later in the summer
(or. peroapa, early la the fall) when soms
frteod were talking with "blm at a merry
upper table, and wben one of ua gaily
naked "bow bs enjoyed teing praised by
ooe political patty aod damoed by the oth
er," lie simply aoswrred tbat "nothing
would gratify him o much as authorita
tive aisuranss tost be must die the next
murning " About tba m ddle el October,
a a Sunday evening conversation with
bldi, tbe came premonitory modltatlous on
death sod immortality broks freni bis
ip.
Here, apparently, la tbe moat cueceaaful
termination of an election bet yet recorded
A young lady bet on Grant, and a young
man oo bis opponeol tbe loser to push
lbs other around tbe town in a wheelbar
row, vte youoc man baa to creip the
hefts, of course, and lbs f osng lady sealed
hercelf In tba barrow. Belore the "pro
ceaaloo" had, proceeded a aqoare, It balled
in front of tbe reticence ol e clergyman, sod
and tbe wbeellat caked the occupant ol the
cerriuge If tbey hadn't better enter, end she
Ibeiixbt tbey had. So they left tbe gaping
crowd on Ibendewelk, went In and inter
viewed the miolater, at d emerged man end
wile and there was no more wheeling thai
day. A lew yeaia hence, maybe, when thai
mao cornea tome et midnight Iroin tbe ledg-
so tired tbat bo can't full bia boulcofiV aud
bic wife lilt a frw lutm oi hair liotn bla
ht in aaalatlDg Mm to bed then he wil'
wirb be bad pnahed that young '.tiy el
around town, taking Cfre tu avoid atresia
on wbicb mloialete resided! Hoirlalown
Herald.
About 9 o'clock last Tueedey evening
a tank containing about 60 barrel of oij
waa destroyed by Are oo IheDulcbee farm,
at a well beloaging to McKinoey & Neabit.
Mr. O'Brien, the engineer, weal Into the
tank boaac with a lighted derrick lamp,
wben Ibe gas look Are snd exploded throw
ing lbs bosrds ia every direction. Tbe re.,
port of tba erploslea. wac beard al Lswreocs
burg and it was thought a boiler bad been
blown up. Mr. O'Brien, wbo Is an aid man
was badly burned about the face and bar.da.
Hi cats Is not considered as daigeroua, we
believe.
Tbe Allegheny Valley Railroad Co., ws
believe have sen traded lor lb laying dowa
of a double track from Pittcbnrgb. to tbe
mouth of Redbank, the polo! of divergence
of what Is knowa as Ibe "Benaelt'a Branch'
of tbat road, which ia to ba completed by
the lime lha branch road Ic lolsbed through
lo connect with the Philadelphia end Kria
R. K., eonielima oext summsr. Oilman's
"Journal.
The Dispatch say the great Story Firm
esee I to b up far a sacoad trial balor the
Uoiled Statec Cireolt Court, wbicb com
mcocec Its next sessioa at Erie oa tba sec
end Mondsy of January next Slnca the
former trial, the testimony of Wegeiarlb,
claimed by Ue plaintiff lo ba ot great value
in their case, bad been takea by a Commit
alooer sod will be offered In evidence. Al
the former trial ana year ago a verdict of
over $30,000 ia favor ol tba plalrftlffa, was
glveo-by tbe jury, ant judge McKenaaa
considered Ibe verdict bsiog so mush al
variance lib Ibe fast and Ike law ia lb
case, tbat he ordered a new trial.
Aa lmpeluoualover al Pbcsixvllle, wbo
received to surprise bis sweetheart by k Us
ing bsr as toon (he preienled heraelf at
tb door alter bic riogisg, embraced bi in
tended molherelo'lnw, aod was ooly prse
venlsd from smolberiig bsr wilb kisses
by a pair of scissors piercing Ike back of
hit neck. Ho think ba mad a blunder
"bnac."
A dog flgbl between a Ptthol animal and
on from tbla place, which bsi been en the
tapis for Mvualdytii to coma of this
afternooD.
Olli MATTERS.
ICTLKR COC.NTT.
Capt. Grace, of Perksr, and Ed. Bartoo,
or Pittcbnrgb, ar tba owner of a 76 barrel
well struck oo Ibe Widow ErvlB farm, oa
Bear Creek, wbleh commenced to flaw lait
Saturday evening al the lata mentioned.' j
H. C Adam and Wm. Parker have a rig
np ou tbe J no. 11. Cempbell farm, about
fifteen rod aoutb of the Grace well.
A large well ha beeo struck oa the Jo.
Wlltiu Urm, between Felrvlew and Pel
roll. The well commenced to flew oa
Tburtdsy eflaal wek al tbe rate of 300
barrelc per day. Owned by John Vanaas
dell end othere, or Oil City.
Buinea away lo tbe froal, at tha Mor-
rlton well, 1 progreeatng'tlowly, awing lo
tbe trouble iu getting luppliel oa ths
ground.
Some Ihlriylwellt are drilling.
8. D. Kama be a well dowa ever 1,300
feel. This well, If no bad luck I eneounl
ered, will be dowa before any ol tbe others.
Craig, Morrison and Hutchinson started a
new well on Monday ol last weak.
Tbe towa continue to grow rapidly aod
preacotc a bucioecc like appearans.
Morrieon aod Hutchinson recently pnr-
cbated 50 acrea ol ground near tbelr well
for which tbey paid a pretly largo cum.
The well attack some week ago on the
Maj. Adam firm, owned by W. G. Slough
too, Jao. A. Brown, Mr. McFarlaid and
Bruce & McQuiltloo, I doisg nbotU 10 bar
rela per day.
A new well on lbs Jenolngc farm Is
pumping a large amount of oil. Wa don't
know the aotuel production. II Is owned
by R. Jennings and other.
A uew well baa alto been (truck on lb
McCleary farm, tbe production of which
we have alio been unable I learo.
Five well are drilling on lb Mj. Ad
am i farm.
A well 1 about floiahed on tbeSootl farm.
Bank . Btot. are Ik owner. Protpeol
good.
The Smith Bro., ksv a wall about down
an tbe Mej. Adam farm.
A large ttrike wa mad oa tba Wm. Wll.
son lariu, near Petrolla, on Friday ol laal
week. It started iff at lb rate ol 800 bar
rel pes day. Wm, Morgan, ol Lawrence-
burg, and otbere, are the fortunate awoere.
Mr. Morgan ha been in the oil bullae for
year aud ha labored uotlrlogiy. We ere
pleated lo inow he ba made ucb a good
(trike.
Tb Mary Aao lathe name of a well
eimck on the Riddle farm oa Saturday ef
latt week,ue a ell commenced to flow at
the rate of 200 barrel per uay. It I oo
lb rilrul A Grate lease, near Kama City.
Tbe Monitor Ic Ibe.neoi. of a new well
which ctarled lo pump ou Tuesday evening
lact. Ii ia cituated on Ik Fronalnger laim.
about three mlleaaovtb went of Lawrence
burg. The well ctarted off at lully 75 bar
reic per day. P. Bracken, A. J. Aualia, J.
A. Carathert and C. Jenkint ar tbe lucky
owners. Tb are all good fallows, and it ii
a pleasure l ut to chronicle llisir good
fortuie.
A well en tbe Riddle farm, near Karn
City, belonging to Capt. Grac aod olbersi
tlruak lb aand laal Sunday evening, wbea
II commenced to throw, oat ail and gta io
such quantities thai it look fire nad Ibe oo
lite rig ws destroyed. None of tbo work
men were burned. Tb rig I now being
rebuilt.
We have jutt Isarned that Mr. B. Dough
erty, of Prrker's Landing, and others have
struck a 100 barrel well aear Petrolla.
ARM8TB3'0 t'OUNTT.
The Cowentbennock well, located on
Cowaocbaoooek creek, some fiveoretx mil
norlbeatt ol Kitlaoning, ba been drilled
bout 1,000 teat deep, al wbicb depth an
exlenaive vein of gas struck. Drill lag ba
been sutpsndsd until tb gat sxbautl
llaslf.
OLAKIOa COUNTT.
Tb Slicker well, on lb Slicker farm,
asl of Turkey Run, baabesn drilled' 1,10
feet and no third aand rock found. Other
well coo van leal to tbi On, re sotted tb
iblrdieodof 1,130 and I, HO feet. Tha
Slloker,. although surrounded by good well),
t considered a failure. Felrvtew Rpori
ar. ...
A dispatch from New Tork, dated Saiur
day, says: The joint Commit! of Produce
era aod Reflaeri met her to-dty al 11
o'clock. Tbey remalaed in section till
5:30 p. m. Tb plsn cl ea-aearailoa as
ptopoitd al Tttatvlll waa taken lor a
baais. Everything is harmonious and tend
to an early, deficits aod satitfsclory coa
clucioo. Aijouricd solll 11 a. m. Mso
dsy. Tb Shsoaago &, Allgbny Railroad will
pas into tba band of lb A. A G. W- Corn,
ptny on tb first f Jaiuary. The rad
ran Irom Grnville, Mercer county, a to
tba Allegheny river, and passes through
tome of tka best soil f tldi ef Mil Moitoa t
tht Slit.
lCM-nl Kotlrctk.
Butter aod eheaee are alimi
ble article of food. Prnper'y uaed, tbZ
are nutrition end health l.nt -m i. f
, , . j i luorai.
Date uae of either cauae ind'peatlon end
i! van nail. Owen naffii.'B 11
fort. Judlelonalr need will rinn- .... .
. ; . i - win or
there troubb
CIGARS
Laver of good igr will And teverai ...
tlrely oew brands, never before introduced
io this place, al tb Pnat Offios News Rosa
Tbey are warranted pur Havana.
HARNESS SHOP.
Marshall- & Richards
Would reapectfatl? announce to the cit'tena r
Petriilenm I'ea're and vicinity ikat ti.ee hate au!
(bated the I1AHNIS3 BiTOP of A. Ltiig.tt, 9
OX MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE TBI
RECORD OFFICE,
HARNESS,
Sleigh Bells Blankets,
And everything naat J kept let
tafTFlRST-CIiASS SHOP, jn
RIPAIRINO of all kinds neatly and expe dition
ly don. Olre us a call.
HAi.niiAl.l. eg tilLUAnUS.
Petrolaum Centre, Dec. , IS". tf.
190816 MMU
A!S J10L1D4T IMaESE.VTS.
Sent, Poat-pald on rscslpl of tb marked
price.
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gilt.
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