The Petroleum Centre daily record. (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, January 16, 1873, Image 2

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SHUGERT& STARR
IBaessesoas W HeFMtao Itaha . J
Merchant Tailors!
AKB DBU8 IN
Cents' Furnishing iloods,
"cob. BPuna fbanklis bti,
ITITWBV.IiLB, PA.
BBjaea pat re eM of lb Im hmtjimdM U
VL0J.H8& CASSIMERES
COATINGS,
MOID AND
STRIPED SUITINGS,
IFANCY VESTINGS.
tm ofesaa lm the Oil Hsglaa.
TvflHTT DIFFERENT BTTLKS OF
SEATS Sc CAPS,
i lee Latest and Nobbleat Blvla.
A ISLL LIS! OF
dents' Furnishing Goods, fcc.
'Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pal. Centre, Pav. lThrdir Jh IS
MTlne Berries).
,MBTnoDlST '. EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service! every Sbbth at 11 A. 11. and
, if P. at. Sabbath School at 12 P. M.
' eatifree. A tordlal invitation exteud
a to aH.
, , , ' Kit. G. Mosbb, Faitor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M.. and 7
'lock P. M., by tba Peitor, W. C. Bcbch
" . Sabbalb School at directly
"""Mtet lereaooo lervice.
Prayer Meeting and Sabbath School
Taaaber'a Hatilag Tuesday evening! ol
ab week.
Vtrlaa ffentre Lodco, No.
- ris i. o. of O.F.
titular, meeting n libit Friday, at 7
, 'leek. Sigoad.1 n
"' B. ALLEN, N. Q
; I. H Kon, ASei'j.
t9Plnc of meeting, Main St., apposite
Cllolock House.
"A.' O. Of U. VV.
- Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
kaeela every Hooday evening at 7 o'clock,
la Odd Fallow'! Hall, Petroleum Centre,
A. 11. Ki.ieKXiB, M. W,
j KUnb, r.
. f. O.ofU.M.
' Mnaelraanee Tribe No. 18S, I. O. R. II
f Petroleum Ceotie, meet every Thursday
awning to Good Templarl Ball.
HPOoaocIl Brea liabtrd at 7 o'clock.
H. HOWE, Saehem.
. KMXHOLUg, Chief ol Record!. .
el t l p. n. m
Tba party glvett for the benefit of Mr. G
WWlltoh, lest eviolng, was a grand sue
ceti In etery particular. Xarly Id the eve-
nlng a large company attembled, and the
daaeiag was kept p lo a lale hour Id tbe
morning, when the party teparaled satisfied
glial a belter lime could not have been ' kad
. under aiy BlrcumstanMi.
t: Nr. Wllioa derived from tbe proceed! of
the party upward! of 20, over and above
I the ezpeaMi. ' ....
We cannot refrain from mentioning, In
tali conaeetion, the liberality of our ferm
r townsman, Mr. Harry Uerousie, who
gave toward! the general object upward! of
$S. Mr. Deroam ia eertuiuly entitled to
(haoki of Mr. Wllioa and ail many
WeBdi.'lor hii liberality m thii case.
Wacinnot, U tbii eonneotion, refrain
' from menilooiog tbe name of Mr. Joh
Cheaat, of Columbia Farm. Mr. C. wai
ke mala worker in tbo enterprise and sold
"'"""' viuuwonn or tickeli. He U
ertaluly entitled to a Urge iti.re of publio
pralie for the port taken by him lo a worthy
m - -
' W i reotived a call, this afternoeo, from
Mlti Linla Frlea. Mi.s. F. aiatea that a
Crtaia "Ww.-1 reported In the Rbcoud a
lew dayi inoe ai occurring at the "free and
y," did uot occur there but at 'tbe plac
foneTerner. We have no doaire to In
Jure Mils Fries and therefore make the cotv
ret ilea.
...,,. neiice our old triead, Mr. Harry l)a.
' o'. relrbur, formerly of tbis
IjUBe, la town today. Mr. O, we are ple.w
die Uri Is doing well in the lower com ,
7 "ii not haid up slice b;i .well iau
iiy " G.od eu.uigh!
The Standard Olbwompauy, of Cleveland,
telegraphed tb ia morning to their agent at
tliii city not to teceive any more oil. Ol
the 14,000 liarrela allotUd to toil diltrloti
to be received by the abave company, but
8000 have been luipped, leaving a balance
of 6,000 barrels. Tbe amount of oil as
ligned to this company waa between 63,000
and 64,000 barrels, and they have taken
some 30,000. We are alio informed that
lea than one-fourth of ton 200.0CO barrel
coulract bad gone out of tin- country. A
gentleman from up tbe creek Bay! that tele
gram! have been received up Ibeie not to
load any more care with oil. Oil City
Telegraph.
Another oil well, oalled the 1'reaion, boa
been struck at (irceee City audit flowing
two hundred ana lilty barrels per day.
Tbia being tbu third well struck In metes?
ion, aod inccasslully, tbe uauouueeraent
may be expected at ary time, "Acoiber
well struck live hundred barrela a day."
Uutlor county Is now undoubtedly the oil
field. Oil Is now conveyed by a new pipe
line, which has lately uud prudently been
completed to this place, and oil ia exported
in groat quantities. Tbe rumor of this new
development will undoubtedly cause au lu
lease exoitement. Commercial.
People who have aoy taste tor cigars will
rejoice lo learn that Connecticut agricultur
ist) talk ol giving up their tobacco crop and
ge to raising beets Instead.
A nephew of Napoleon liooaparte in
eaid to be practicing medicine at Marlntw
City, Michigan, and boasts that he can kill
people faster loan hla uncle ever could.
A Georgia negro was overpaid $100 on a
check by a bank, and be returned tbe mon-
ey. Tbe local paper sn?8 tbis la another
evidence tbut the racs can uever be civiIik
d. New Hampshire has a ui fluster loo poor
loowu a U.bie, and who has lo barrow one
to pretau Irom.
Tbe ladies of Illinois gel together In
crowds and go out lo hunt rabits. The rab
bit crops basu't thiuuedoul any, however. 3
A lady's hal, witu all its .trimmings and
a bandbox,' wai lately seal from Calilorula
to Maine lor eleven cents postage.
No man is admitted to a Georgia prayer
meeting iiu.il the presiding elder teaches
him for coosealed shot guus Land (caiving
kmve
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i'iilMER ITtMS.
The fill ill or youtbs have beeu perusing
(it the solicitations ol pater fuiilias) tbe
Derrick aud Tidiuute Jouinal and thereby
hangs a tale. Mr. T. M. .Foley, lonu.r y
a resident uf thU o'assicil vlllag, now ol
Franklin, bein a nuted cKistei, and bv
icg tn Inordinate "lesiie to indulge iu Hie
exhiliarliug aport couie lo I'luiucr lo satisfy
Oil boyhood propeneiiy, 'Vpon being iu
terrogated as to tbe reason wby our county
seat lacked tbe facilities necessary lo grai
ny fuu loving "boys," be replied turtle, i1
not satirically "you see nkeu you got up
to the fence upuu tbe bill you come dowu
so fast that you endanger your lite by run.'
oiog into the leoce beluw." Tbe Loys beie
matched our icienced coaster, "Graud
Duke Alexis," egaiust Foley. Tie ruce
came oil yesterday aod resulted aa 'follows:
first beat Foley; socond beat Grand Duke..
Third heat waa the moet interesting bud ex
oiling and resulted as lolluwi: Foley ahead
Grand Duk'e swimming arouud In Hie pel
lucid waters o( Ctierry Run very much to
bit diicomilture and enjojinont ot specla
tors, ilia excellency was serlotuly injured,
lo lay uolbiug uf brokeu sleigh, soiled I in.
en, Jto. I'ln money was lost uud won free
ly on the race. Doc. Mease rendered the
decision in favor ot the "itoue pavement eu-
tiy,"
Quite a large delegation of I'itbole'.
Terpsicborean ailists bad a social dance al
the l'lumer House whore they Veie cared
for by tbe friend host. Among those pieti
enl were N. H. Perklm, Col. lsuao Duality
tie, and R. R. Freelaud 'They bad good
music, goad tupper, and good Hull and all
were well latirlled veritably around ltie.li'
inlenliua ol comiug again.
A gentleman iu Kiobiuond atlemud a
theatrical perl'ortnnco ou Satuidayfier
ooob, and wnen going oat with tbe crowd al
tbe close, discovered tnat ke bad lobl a val
uable wjich aud vbaln. Tbe uatural cou
elusion wjiilbal tbe property-bad beeu tuken
hy a pickpocket. It appears, however, tb
iutbeciuab to get out of lbs 'healer, lb'
etiain of the walcu beoamo eulengltd iu tbe
Irlnge ol a lady's snctju.-, and thus both the
walob and ohato were drawu from the owu-
ei, and bung to the lady'i garment without
her kuow.edge. The lime piece was a as
promptly restored.
Beverai yung suad have bieo taken In
iur oaoramenio river, nid are eoualdered
produoti of tbe spawn taken to California by
Seth Giecu in July, 1ST!
Jeanings A Evans' well on the Dougherty
farm, between Falrview and Petrolla bai
been completed wilhin a few deyi, when
our reportei viiiled lb well it hod filled up
about twelve hundred feel. Tie tubing
was ou tbe ground ready to.be put down.
It will be a good well.
Tbe Karns well, at Greece City, wai
tubed Monday. It wai an oily undertaking
and wai accomplished with much diffltul
ty. Its prudiictlon.il aid to have increas
ed rince tbe pump wai started.
Vauaiisdall, Mawbinney & Co'l. "Mary
Auu" well it a wonder in ill way. The
owners would like to "ihut her down" if
they could, but she refuses to be shut.
Wbeu tbe pump ii stopped the Weill flows
all the laruo. Their tauk capacity is about
all nneiinied. thev having near two thous
and barrels of ml eu baud, and more com
iug. Sbidemantlo No. 1. on the Criswell Bro.
leaae, near Petrolla, has produced 7,000 bar
rels ol oil since the latter part ol Ai'gnst:
The well is still producing forty barrels a
day.
Millchamp Brothers hove th timbers en
the ground, and will soon commence a new
well at Buona Vista. Falrview Reporter.
The largest oil well ever obtained in tbl(j
section, owned by MoUleary Broi , of Islanrl
Run, and located on J. F. McLaughlilr ,
farm, Ohio lowusblp, about a mile south
east ot tbe celebrated Mason well, on tbe
fork of Dry Run, which empties lnto tbe
Ohio at Smith's Ferry, was struck last Fri
dayf tubed aud partially exlausted on Sal
orduy, (lowed through casing en aSundaytin
an hour or an, ten barrel, when tbe gae
which was abundant, taking tire, tba fur
ther te.otitig of ibe well was suspended. We
are informed hy oil men of good judgement
that the snow and partial leal indicate, for
tbe Smith's Ferry region, that tbe well will
be from tweuiy lo lorty barrels, while eth
ers claim one hundred. The strike has
created unusual excitement from tbe tact
tliul it opens a new field (or oil operations
aud demonstrates that Ibe oil belt it more
extensive tban was before believed.
Beaver Radical.
Ned Buutline, Buffalo Bill and Texas
Jack, will be the next sensation at ibe Op
era House, Meadvillrt
Much fault is luuud wiio Ibe manner in
which business is transacted by tbe Cuie.oijo
CiHU'iu House oQicials, whose tardiness of
ten remits In great iucuuvenleuce aud lots
to merchants.
VU.t ejii ua Uoue noun Cbiueae slavery
in Muiitiuu? Tbu Virginia City Muouiaiu.
Ian says tnat nearly all the Cinuam.'U who
come to tbe territory are oviiurl by Calil'o -ulu
eieL'K.aior.J, who buy aud sell Uuir
couiryuien like ontln.
A seemingly praoueal suggesal unble ii
made that a fire uUim comuiuuicktin wlib
tbe office could be placed lu ouch loom uf a
hotel, by which the guests could be (iuiul
lauuuusiy aroused. Tbe plau is wormy uf a
trial at least.
At the burial ot a tnuale spiritualist in
Baltimore, latt week, a nephew at the de
ceased delivered an addiesa, contending
that although now lying iu ber coffin, the
wai still hovering over tbe. audience.
He argued that bis aunt was dead, but was
encamped batweeu eai'tbjaud eternity. He
ridicaled the idea of death, and contended
that all who died iu tbe faith ol spiritual
's m only left tbe earthly tenment of clay to
souler ueneins eu moe 'eii uemnu.
Minnesota papers complain thut tbe army
clothing give insufficient proteotionagaiust
eold. Tbe allownuce aud kiud ol clothing
lor poldier in Dakota ii tbe same they
would receive it stauuoeii In blorlua.
Tbe toilowiug is a 1'niladelpbia dispatch
The news Irom Ninth aid Cbesnttt is,
We leatt tiotu Mr. Gardner,
That Lister Siuuh returns to-biz.
Aud Geary is bis patd'ner.
A new paper in Texaa slaru-out with tbe
announcement that "In religion m-e are
coasurvative, and we intend to adhere to
tba oisb syste ui, "
In t recent disastrous iuuudaiiuui in It
aly, about 189, 287 acres ut land were uuder
water, besides much otuer land being cov
ered Villi mud and sand,
According to tba teports ol the proceed
ings of the Petroleum Producers Council,
which appeared iu tbis morning's Tilueville
and Oil City paptri, the Combination Is
virtually doa.l. Tbia ia what majority ol
tbe producers In the Eleventh District, al.
ways eupuosed the affair would amount to.
Iu Ibe meantime oil remains at $$2 20
per barrel with a downward tendeney. '
Let 'er rial
$iailEVAttU,
Will bo paid for POSITIVK Information si
lo who look a letter belougiug tome from
the Peuoleum Ceolre Post office on about
tbe Bib el this month. .
WJi. GARDNER. Ploueur, Pa
The imall produceri of Clarloa County
met in council recently and paiaed tbe fol
lowing resolution.
Reielved, Tuat In ooosiderallon of the
position taken by Ibe "largo produccti" li
Ibe matter uf the combination thai the
"small produceis" of Clarlsn oouoty, do
hereby resoive that we the laid "imell pro
ducere" don't care a 4 n, lor tue combi-
naliuo or lor tbe "large producer!" or for
anybody else, and that's what's Ibe matter
with Hanuual
A pari ol the Pioneer lee went out this
alteiuuou.
Trouble is expected wbeu the Columbia
ice gorge goes out.
Traveler! vnitlng this place would do
well to call al the McCllutock Ileuse. Unc
John Uelbeit will always treat them well.
They have smart ibievei out in Milwau
kee. Oue of tbem adroitly despoiled a
lady'a cloak of fcliO worth of lace while ibe
was in Church leceotly.
Tbe Comptroller of New York city paid
out during the four inonibs ending Octoler
23, 1S72, $22,404 aa council feu?, etc., in
the suits against the Tammany tblever,
none of whom have btea convicted. j-
Magazines.
All Ike nagazioet lor beplember, bow
ready.
Harper,
Galnxv.
Atlantic,
I.ipplncoti'a,
Eclectle,
Trinaatlantit,
Oliver Optic,
Tilling Fulka,
Frank Leslie,
Children's Flowea,
Old and New.
Gokey'e Ladies' Book,
Lodeyn Society,
I'eteraoii'i
Ladiei' Friend,
Arthur's Hume,
Science Monthly,
Ballou'a,
Uood Worts,
Nursery,
Cbatteihoz,
Meiropolitan,
Herald or Health,
At lb POST OFFICII NEWSROOM.
II yon
Wnl a Salesman.
Want a Servant Girl,
Waat to Sell a Horse,
Wait to Sell a Patent,
Want to Lend Money,
Want to Buy a House,
Want to Sell a Carriage,
Want to Borrow Money,
Want to Sell an Oil Wl,
Want lu Buy on Engine or Boiler
Want to Sell a House and Lot,
Wrsnt tn liorj a Strayed Animal,
Want to Pn'cbHse an Oil Intmest,
Want to SeI a Piece of Furniture,
Wwit to Buy a Second-hand Carriage, ,
Want to Self Trvbinu, Casiu2, Gas Pipe,
Want Find an owner fur anylning
Found, advertise in tbe Rkcobd. hi no less
than lea. thousand people read it weekly.
NOTICE. Mr. James S. McCrav havlne
removed5 to Franklin, parties having eon.
munlcatlnn wub htm on business or other
wise, are requested hereafter to addresa their
letter lo tbal point. 3;,
AUCTION SALE
OF
Toys, Fancy. Goods,
Show C;ises,Stove and Fit
tings,
and other article to numerous to
mention, at J. VV. Beattj's stand,
commencing to-morrow at 2 p.
M. Come and buy Cheap.
J. W. BEA'ITY.
M Inter Arransjement,
On aud afler Snndav, Nov. ad. 1872
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Hraily's Bend,
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For Sale.
My alook and Dztarea ara ' bow lot aw
and nay bulldlug lor lale or rent.
w Baxarr
Diuu. n-.au r.. Ban .n
a.Ila1l IfQ, if ft), 107 i.
TAKE HOT1CE.
navlng disposed of roy Lumber tlni
with tbe Intention of leaving tbe Oil fi
gioni. all parlies knowing themselves .
debled lo me will please call al once a.,
tittle and thereby save coste.
R F STERNBCRO
Petroleum Centre. Jan, 7, 1873.
II
Mend that Itn-Pt 1
Reduced.
Discount to cash customers I
thankful for past favors, and un
der the stringency of tbe money i
market, knowing that we can 1
buy cheap for cash, we prefer to
give to our patrons the Knufl.
of cash prices. On and after
the first day of January, 1873
we propose to sell for cash,
which will be to your advantage
as well as our own. Call and
see us and we will give yon
prices that will defy competi
tion. Our motto is live and
let live.
MEAPE & ARMSTRONG
All those that are indebted
to us lor 30 days are request
ed to call and settle by tbe
20th of Jan. 1872. '
Advertise la ibe R inert b.
H. H. Warner
dealer:in
SECOND-HIND TIB
All 8lKfs CMBinf, Enjinei, -Bollera,
and
OIL VtEIJj SIPPMFS.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR OLD
ROPE, IRON and BRASS.
WITavlne- reeeiulv percbaaerl a New and Im
proved PIPE I'UTTfNd MACIIINR. I am nnrnsr-
ed to cnt and Bi all elr.es of Pipe aad Casing rr
M Inch to 8 1-4 Inch.
waahlusTlonM., Nearlr Oais. Hoch
enter dubhi res. f nitre, ea.
apr6 tf. 11. H. WAKN-.R.
Blew Goods.
SAVE lOllt JIOXEY !
ind kay yew Boats (aadM!i s
Mrs. M. Magrane's
ONE- PRKJB'
MOT & SHOE STORE I
? a?,ei!l! " ny oth boifM in tba OU
tv Knll 1 FBI- . ffiMinn ! nJ' lal . u l i .
wuuwktu niiu uij own 19 m
C ustoiw Defiartiaent !
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y I ft. "-""'J wWi flUw ooc so won
J ewlry Store.
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