SHUGERT & STARR
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Merchant Tailors!
Ckartts Furnishing itoods,
OflK. SPRING A FBAAKLIN STS.,
TITCST.liLE, PA.t
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VLO'lHSdk CAS8IMERES
mmMm. nMQa ARD
AM1RICAN
C O A.T ING8,
Mil AN
1TRIFID BCITIN03
VANCY VESTINGS.
!lrer effesea 1b Iks Oil Ksfles.
1WKRTT DIFFERENT STTLI3 OF
HATS Sc CAPS,
' All tbs Latest aad Hobbles! Styles.
A TOLL UNI Or
tarnishing Goods, Ac.
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pal. Cewtre, Paw Wednesday, Jau. 29
MIT BOD 1ST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Bervloas averv Sabbath at 11 A. II. and
iU. P. H. Sabbath 8obool at 2U P. M.
to frt. A cordial lavitation extend
" I all.
Kit. Q. Moobi, Psstor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preachine. t 11 o'clock A.M.. and 7
'lek P. by b Pastor, W. C. Bdrci
ass. Isobath Sssoal l W4, directly
after lrooon service.
Prefer Meeting end Sabbath Behool
Teasbsr's Mealing Tuesday evenings ol
Ml Weak.
jPotrlea.an Contra Lodge), IVo
. Tift, I.O. olO. F..
tagttlar meetlng algbta Friday, at '
'alack. 8lgaad.
B. ALLEN, N. O
I. H. KaoiiR. A Bes'v.
tVPlace of meeting, Mala St., eppoeits
Ullntoct ilouse.
A. ft. of U. W.
Liberty Ladie No. 7. A. O. of U. W.
seat evorv Monday eenloi at 7J o'olook,
la Odd Fellow's Uall, Patrolaum Centre,
Paaa'a.
A. Glikh, M. W.
X. T. Connor, R.
I. O. Of K. M.
tnnekaaoee Tribe No. 183. L O. R.
f Petreleum Centre, raeete every Tburaday
wninf la Uood Templars Uall.
Wgr Coaoell Oreo Usbled at 7 o'clock
H. HOWE, Sacbem.
B. REYNOLD, Cbtorof Records.
i A i
Id at 1 p. . 1U
Wsso will sensible mea oease arguing
that money lstliks any other property
wheat, oorn, Act That assertion Is always
the atarting point of tba advocates of free
trad In money, and there la no truth
the aeeertleo. Money la a tpeolea of prop-
rly'that every mania seeking; everybody
la after mooay , but there la no other species
oljproperly that ovary peraoa la aseking
Mooay therefore represents all ktndsof prop
rrtyt It eiippllea tba plaee of other klnde,
for with lijeveryklnd oan be attained.
Therefore It li that no argument applfea to
other kind of p'opeay can be applied
naney.
We ar not certain In the experiment
to
ol
iree iraae in money would not be for the
benefit of the country ; we an willlog to tee
aa iriaa, aoa however It may raault will ool
won nun wim our law.makere for making
barperlBianl. Ia everything oooaected
with bnelaeaa and financial matter the only
iru teat la experience. Book learning on
ineauDjaetoiDnancela good for nothing,
far the reaaon that every tbeorT'muit t,.
ibjeot to the peculiar condllloo of aaround
toga. . ny, it you pleaae, Meaara. Leglala
tora, Ikm trade la money, , but don't argue
from fla premiaea and doo'tl declare that
money la Ilka aoy other property, for you
iirjnry youraeivea wneo you do ao,
Tba California eoltja crop li likely to b
mues larger thia year than laat. Ita eulil
uoi oaa airaaay proved no remunerative
tbat the farmers are turning their attention
to it, and la luiUble locations it Is planted
in piace ot corn and wheat.
Within six monlbeCkaltauoga will have
rn of tbo largcat and beet tolloa factories
Id lh i-oiilhi
PESI HUCTIVE FIIIE. .
Three flonsen named In the
iiRko 91s Are Block.
About half past nine o'clock Ibis forenoon
Ore broke out la tba bouM of a msu name
ed McCnrmick, a resident la the Lake
Sbora Block, wbiab fur a lima threatened
Iba safety of tba eotlre block, bnt foriu-
alely waa put out by Iba exerlione of tba
cillzeal at large who worked wilb a will
nd averted a general conflagration.
Aa near escnn be learned the fire origin
ated from a delecllve flae la tbe house ol
MoCorinick. From bia bouie Iba Ire spread
;u the residence of a colored man Darned
towo. aud from thence to the bouse of Mr.
Dan. McEneruey, both ol which ware de-
atroyed.
Tba bouiebold effects la Ike three houses
ware all aaTed through tbe exertions of tba
bystanders, and tba loaa la only confined to
the buildings, wbicb originally coat about
$3,000. and to tba present ownera were
probal 1 worth full ae much. aa when ftrat
built.
Durioe tbe prevalence of tba Ota quite a
serious, accident occurred. Mr. k. a.
Stoker, aa employee of tbe Central Petro
leum Com paoy, while engaged la tearicg
down a building to prevent tba spread of
tbe flames, threw a board out of tbe wiudow
whlcb anforluuately atrnek Mr. MoEnerny
n the head, quite aerloualy injuring him
nbuut tbe bead and face. Tba accident
waa purely accidental and do blame can
be attached to Mr. Stokea.
Credit la due our citizen?, one and all,
who tinned to and worked with a will to
uppraaa tbe flames.
Tba fire originated from a detective flue
la tbe bouse occupied by McCormick.
We learn that a true bill waa brought by
the Grand Jury againat T. B. Alcorn, la
tbo acbool whipping caaa at Alcorn versus
Moore.
By telegram wa learn Ibat Mr. Owen
Gaffney baa received bis license lor the en
suing year.
Twentv-tlve decrees below zero tbla
mornlog, and going down.
If tba present oold weather continues we
propose moving to tbe North Pole scon.
A dance at Sbamburg laat night was at
tended by several of our cltlr-ne.
One of tbe moat accompliabed English
writers of tbe dsy states that be bas found
the American people much more receptive
el art Ideaa Iban than ol England, and Ibat
be consequiutly bss great hopes ef tbe fine
arts la America.
Tba real estate traoaaotions in Chicago
during tba ptat year, a reported, have
been enorajoua. Tba salea reach tbe large
aggregate of 10,886, and tbe stipulated eon
slderatlon there lor 8 1,203, 659. The lars
eat aale were In August, reaching $6,924,062
Of sour as a large proportion of Ibis Is speo
ulalive, and tba payments hown will not
perhaps, average over twenty-live per cent
Persona;wbo wear moustaches are often
dreadfully embarrassed wbso easing enrry
or pea soup by the accumulation ol tba ail
asset upon their hirsute appendages. Sucb
will be glsd to learn tbat a rubber muzzle
intsnded to obviate this Inconvenience baa
been Invented. It covers tba upper and
lower lips bavleg a slit In it to correspond
with tbe mouth, and faatnlog behind the
osoiput wlltija spring.
Tnare Is astatesmeu In tbe Chicago Board
of Aldermeo.wbo bas discovered a new res
son In suppart of open tippling houses on
Sinday. "Wbiekey." asys tie, "is a thing
can ba kept over from Sarnrday till Mon
day; but lager bear cannot "wllbnce arrises
a msst logical necessity that lsger brer sua
be consumed on Suoday.
Flsk University tba . colored educationa
Institution ai Nashville, Tenn., bas profiled
o largely by'lts band of "Jubilee singers,
who have been traveling through tbe North
tbat It will erect a flue college building
from tba prooeea.
Disasters on tbe Western rivers have dee'
ttoyed $3,225,200 worth of property during
tba carrent year. Fllty-eigbt lives were
oat by explosions, and 36S by falling over
board,
Nebraska proposes to compromise with tbe
demon of uarlRbtcoueese by a If giststive ao
Isr the removal of publlo gambliog tables
trom the oral or atreet noora ol bindings In
towns of one tbouaaud or more Inhabitant
Tbfs is almost aa bad aa the Cbicaiaordlo
auce cloaicg the front doors of tbe drinking
saioons on nunaay.
Tbs frequency (ol mining asssismeots lo
San Francisco begins to exerolso an infill
ansa on Ike value of mining aloeka. For
some months past tbey bava averaged one
per day, and it Is expected that a large
nnmber of others will soon beosmo dslln
anient.
The opium fa mi have at laat a qartr
uiagaxine. Its title la, "Trier akl; a
Magacine devoted to Iba lotareals of ( plan
Eaters;'' and It Is . leaned at Laporte. in
diaiia. Tbe laat number baa alarming ar
tides on "Opium Ealing la Sebonls,". and
on 'Opium tbe,Sbeel Anchor of tba Medi
cal riofeaeioo." Out of 600,000 puunda ol
plum exprorted from Smyrna lo one year,
tba United Slatea took 280,000.
Tbe shoe and leather trade l an Impor
tant item in the growing bnaioees of Haiti
more. Tbe total aalea of booK, at, ye and
rubbera laat year, amounted to $10,100,000;
of leather, $3,090,000, and of bides, Bl,
65,000, a total of $20,uiG,000.
The Cblel of Police ol New Oi leant baa
n anonymous latter Iroua aoiae cheerful
ecuundral Informing blru Ibat tba Interna
lonal Society, of wbicb be ia a member, b.s
determined to give the cities ol New Or
leans, New York and Cincinnati to the
torch. Let tba gentle reader look to bia iu
euraiice.
tT" Prayer Meeting and Salibatb School
Teacher's Meeting on Friday eveuiug al
Presbyterian Churcb.
A society for the suppression ofalang haa
been formed among tbe pupils of glr 'e blgb
acbool ;of Sao Franciaco. Said a reporter lo
one of Us members: "Your object is a
praiae-wortby one. Do you tbluk you will
succeed lu eradicating conversational slang?
Said she: "You Dell"
The Omaha Republican records the fact
tbat only fourteen steamers on the Missouri
river louohed at tbat place during ibe sea
son of 1872, against fifty-seven in 1S7D, and
flfty-nioe la ltel. This shows a fearful
falling off in river transportation.
A small boy skating beside the railroad
track between Sharon and Lawrence, Wis.,
recently, diacovered'aroken rail, and at;tbe
imn tiiua discovered Coodaclor Lindsey'a
treigbl train coming down tbe heavy grade
toward Ibe break in the track. He com
prehended tbe situation atoneeand etarted
toward tbe approaching train swinging bis
aoarf wildly in the air. The engine was re
versed and tba traiu stoppped in safety.
Tba boy waited onlv long enough to be
supplied with a red flag, when he went up
tbe track at a lively pace to atop tba extra
wbicb was following Lindsey's traiu. Ac
complisbinc bis second undertaking the boy
disappeared without leaving bis nt.me or
any clue of his whereabouts.
A Hundred Years to Come.
ivo man ever appears to think hnw soon
ne musi emu iuio oniivieo mat we are one
generation of milllone. Yet such ia the
lact. Tim aod progress have, through
countless ages, coins marching hand in
hand tbe ot!a'desiroyiDg,the otber buildihg
up. Tbey seem to create little or no com
motion, and the work of destruction is
easily accompliabed as a Obild will puli to
pieces a rose. Yet sucb is ihe fact. A
hundred yeara bene, and much tbat we
now see around us will bava aased away.
It is but a repetition of lire's story; wa ar
born, we die; aod, 'hence, who will grieve
ver Ihrsa venerable piles, finding Ibe com
moo leva) of tbeir prototypes in N ature,
intimate:
We sll within our gravs shall sleep,
A hundred years to come;
No living soul for us shall wsep,
A hundred yesrs to come;
But other men our lend will till,
And other men oar streets will fill,
And otber birds shall sing as gay,
As bright tbe sunsblne as to-day,
A hundred yeara to com.
Busineaa in St. Louis Is beginning to re
vive. Orders from tbe South are received
ia increasing numbers, snd If tba Miegtpp)
continues open, ss If probable, an astive
trade is expected to sea it within a week or
t wo
Among tboaa who propose leaving Ger
many ibis year for Uie United Slates are
10,600 lobscco growers and 12,000 wine
growers. It is sesreely needful to repeat tbat
botbjolassea, but especially tbe latter, would
be warmly welcomed in California.
Tbe diecoveiy bas recently been made
that gun cotton will explode as steadily
wbeo damp, or even saturated with water
as when dry, the only condition necessary
to its explosion being Its eonneclloa witb a
portion of the dry substance.
Massachusetts reports two new tnontrosi
tlea a baby eighteen months old who re
cites tbe Greek alphabet snd a ghost wbisb
shovels snow off tbs sidewalks.
Tba Massaohasetts Legislature has ap
pointed a committee to consider tbe sub
ject of female sulirage, a subject that is like
ly to reoeiva a great deal of attention dur
ing the nexl four years. Men who aspire
to tbe Presidency should give 11 a specla1
thought, lor it will enter largely 0t0 tbs
it national eloclion.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
1
It was not a word I
It wss only a look!
From your eyes, true and clear
As Ihe wild mountain brook!
A look of each love,
Ol such ownerenip, loot
I lorgot Ibere was any ona living but Ju!
11
None saw it but met
But It bearoed.from your sysr,
Swill, sweet, Into mine,
Llk an Alplne.tnrpriee;
With strasga, trembling joy,
Waa my heart thrilled all 'through.
As It etrugiled ia vain 'gainst lbs rapture
su new!
Ill
It was not'a word! ,;
It waa only a look!
But easy 10 read
Aa a printed book I
So tender, ao mastering
nch or lone,
It oatigbt me, it held me,
Aod made me your own!
From "Old and New "
"Famine," or relapsing fever bas again
appeared lu London. It Is probably a con
tinuation ot ibo outbreak In 1868, wbeo,
having diaappeared Irom the kingdom for
thirteen yeara, it suddenly revived and last
ed through tbe two following years, dying
out lu 1871.
Better to weave in the wab of life
A tirinht aod solden filling.
And to do God's will with a ready heart,
And bands Ibat aro swift and willing,
Than to snap tbe delicate (silver threads
!90f our curious lines asunder ;
And then Heaven blame for lbs tangled
ends
Aud sit lo grieve and wonder.
It will perhaps surprise those who bava
been educated Intn Ibe belief that the course
of Ibe star of empire Is unalterably and
contiauoiisly westward, to learn that tbe
Atlantic States, and especially Virginia,
bavs lately drawn large nuuibeis of perman
aul settlers from tba Northwest.
A New Jetaev iswelrv manufacturing firm
rscently put down new flooring in their
worksriors. ana ins coin tnev ouikineain
buruiiiir ibe old flooring not onlv nald for
the new one, but for putting two coats of
paint on the entire laelory.
Mucuziiies.
All tbe magiiziuvs lor September, now
reay. v
Harper,
(ialnxr.
I Atlantic,
Lippincutt'a,
Eclectic,
Transatlantic,
Oliver Optic,
Young Folk,
Frank Leslie,
Children's Flower,
Old and New,
Gokey's Ladies' Book,
Lodeyn Society,
Peterson's
Ladies' Friend,
Arthur's Home,
Science Monthly,
Ballou'a,
Good Words,
Nursery,
Chatterbox,
Metropolitan,
Herald of Health,
Al the POST OFFICE NEWSROOM.
NOTICE. Mr. James S. McCray having
removed to Franklin, parties having com.
miiaication with bim en business or other
wise, are requested hereafter to address tbeir
tetters to that point. St.
fF Flue SINGLE HARNESS from $25
to $100 at Marshall & Rieharde, opposite
Ibe Rccord office.
New Goods.
SAVE lOlU JIOiEY !
1
Aad bar ysar Beats tsad9ksss at
Mrs. M. Magrane's
ONE PRICE
BOOT & SHOE STORE !
T kep a vary laree etnek of all kinds aa hand,
andrellaa chop as any other boas In I ha oil
KUGION. Connuated with my Store la a
Custom Department !
And I guarantee a perfect tit In all aw work
Vswl)vV iulrl ' lit 08t Wo"
raUaira syss,iaisn f.
Lncsil Notice.
For Sale.
My stosk and fixtures era now for (a,
and my building lot sale or rent, 1
J- W Bnnr.
Petroleum Centra, Dec, 28, 1872. tr
For Sale.
800 BAKREL TANK at
Petroleum Centre, J run sirJts.
wooden top and Hottom, wich
$-100. Apply to Central Petrol.
enm Co.
OT Fine SINGLE HARNESS frnatit
10100 at Marshall & Richards, oppg,u,
the Hkconrt office.
WWIiina. &t UnrshAll Riha.J.
tw r t - - -1 u, rr
poena Rkcokd Office, Main direct, Fair's
learn Centre. Pa. 1
Oil Wells For Sale.
Three producinff wells on tli
Central Petroleum Farm, Pet
roleum Centre, Pa., doing from
200 to 250 barrels per month.
Run with a large V oodbury &
Booth Boiler, good as new.
Engine nearly new. Gas, water
and oil connections all in com
plete, working order with all
necessary tools to work said
wells. Price $4,500. Five
hundred down. Balance in
three), bis, n ne and twelvt
months with interest and se
cured. Enquire of EMMH
FERRIS, agent, on the prom
ises.
jan 2?-3f.
SEE II EKE.
H. H WARNER, bas just resolve Iran
boms twenty seeks mere of that cider, tkit
was never beat for quality. Also, sspks
eggs, butler, As. The bast butter era
broagel lato Ibis town, whlsS ba willfasll f
aeb,'bal will not trnel any mors goods after
lbs nrst ai jsoaary,
Ait nose ladebied I him are requests!
to call aad sstlls witkoat dslay and sail
costs.
n. H. Waehss.
tf Slalgb Bsl, irtuflalo Robes, Wo'
liobes, L.p holies. Ac., at Marshall s
Richards, Main Stieei.
H. H. Warner
lrAUIRIIf
tSBCOND-HAND TUB
All Slzfto Casing, Engine, i
Boilers, and 1
OIL UEl'li SIPPLim
HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR OM
ROPE, IRON aod BRASS.
OVBartnp; rerently porcMeed a New and II'
proted tIPB (JOTTING MACHINB, I am prtwr
ed to cut and It all alaea of Pipe aad Casing fro
14 inch tv 1-4 Inch.
Washington!., Nearly Of. Host,
eeier House, fat. centre. Pa.
apre tf. H. II. WRV't
Memoved !
ML HERRON
Has Removed his
CLOTHING
STons
to
Beatty's Old Stand,
Waskington Street, Petroleum
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