W" - rx , .. I a ammmtm , - .., f o SHUGEEF& STARR Merchant Tailors! Ctenti' Fnrnlsliins itoo(f, )R. WRING a FRANKLIN ST., j ITITVST.L.L.E, PA. ' VL02H8& CAhlMERES atfluu, FRENCH AND AMERICAN COAT I3STG-S, KE AMD STRIPED BUITINGS tfFANCY VESTINGS. rr offered ii the Oil Rotfln- TViMCTT DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS Sc CAPS, Alrth Latest sad Nobbiest Btvle. A lUMTINK OF ents Furnishincr Goods, &c. r etroleum Centre Daily Record. ret. Centre, Pa-, Tncnaey, Fob. 10 IMvlne service. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every Sabbath at 1 1 A. M. and i U P. M. ' Sabbatb School at 1214 P. M eat free. A cordial Invitation exteud- ed t ail. Ret. G. Moobh. Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M.. and 7 o'elock P. M.. br tbe Pastor, V. C. IStiRt-n ard. Sabbatb School at 12, directly afi.r lorrooon service. Prvr Meeting and Sabbath School Teaaber't Meetles Tuesday evening ot eah week. Petroleum Centre Ijodge, No. Tla, I. O. of O. F. Regular meeting! night Friday, at 'look. Signed. B. ALLEN, N. G 3. H. KooEiR, A See'y. (9Plac of meeting, Mala St., apposite lloCllntock House. , A. . O. of V. W. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W., eta ever? Monday evenlm at V& o'clock. in Odd Feilow'l Hull, Petroleum Centre, Fesa'a. , A. Glbxn, M. W. M. T. Connor, R. I. O. of It. M. Mlnnekaane Tribe No. 183. I. O. R. f Petroleum Centre, meets every Thursday evening in Good Templar s Uall. MP" Counoll Ores lighted at 7 o'clock, U. HOWE, Sachem, S. REYNOLDS, Chief ot Records. . Id at 1 p. m. II 4' a On and after February 1st. 1ST3, all rates vbicb are at present higher than $2,60 (ex cept those on messages received collect from the Faoiflo toast), will be reduced to $2.50 for lea word, and 17 cents fur each addi tlonal ward oo prepaid messages. Tbe ta riff on messages recslted collect from the Pacldc.Coast, will be $2,75 for ten words, nd 18 cent for each additional word. Tbl jeducltoo ia between all Western Union Of floes In tbe United States, British Frovlos as and British Columbia. The Importance of this reduction will be understood, when It I known that tbe tariff heretofore bas . been over $5,00 In gold, the reduction Is therefor aboat $:i In gold;' . . : .. . I Unartei, ansa "uoaney me uaroer, committed a bold brave act, Saturday night last. With the assistance of a caroass full of whiskey, be picked tip courage enough 10 commit an aggravated assault upon one Nellie French, wbe, barring ber calling, Is quiet, well behaved and peaceable git I, nd for one calling themselves a man, to aommll such an aet, would seem to Indl cabs bin to be without much btimanlty.- To. mangle weak woman wllb list and heel Is an outrage that tbe officers should look lot, f be drat thing this fellow know be will laod in tbe Baetile at Franklin. ' ? A carn-deoter gave , Luzerne county ho tel keeper this prescription: "WCQ.yuro fool and wen wlpt Dry Crape tbe Korn a Round tha tope lotell yu sea propper. Tbeu apley aruooy an watter mixt half ooz spirit, mony and sam aa wattur ana vn in me matte av the Pino." . n,i...r and Mwlaud basketmakers raadr actively at Woilf, ntloipting a if 1 , ... .1. .....n On Kunrdav evebioc. tbe uemoereuc preolnct canoas met at the Petroleum Pro ducer's Rooms. After the meeting came to order, on motion J. M. Kepler was elected Chairman, and M. T. Connor, Secretary. The object of tbe meeting was stated to be the appointment of eight delegate to attend Ike Township Convention to meet at this place on Monday nex'. On motion tbe following delegates were chosen : Wm. J. McCray, A. S. Smith. John Mc- Omber, Dr. T. S. Stewart, J. Waddell. Win Kale. M. T. Connor, Ben. loet. On motion tbe delegates to tbe Lonven. tlon go nninstrucfd. On motion adjourned. M. T. Conner, Sec. On Thursday evenng next, M'ss Amy Stone, supported by a lull dramatic com pany, will appear at the Opera House, for one night only. An exchange says of her: Atnv Stone tbe SDriibtlv and popular aC tress appeared at the Academy of Music, Ins night, supported .by a flue dramatlo com pany and ad excellent orchestra. The oud ience was a large ene, considering tbe diffi culty of getting out through the deep snow, and the performance amply repaid those whe came,.notwltbstacdlug. Amy, as "Wild Meg" who was supposed to bave a heart of stone, becomes exceed ingly tender, as tbe play progresses, and though she trifles with Jasper Pidgeon (played by H. F. Stone) the retaliation of Jaspei's rattling brother (FerrlBl duvelopea a drptb ol feeling Itrtmetisurnhle, und Amy shows ber floe talent in acting It. "The Iriab Diamond," Andy Blake, was bapplly represented by Amy, and enlisted tbe full sympathy of all. We feel nssund that if Amy returns with a full troupe at any future time, she will bare a cotdlal welcome by a large audience. To a disciple ef Esculapius, judging from the writing at least, we are ontilled fur a "walenline" tbe same old I'ereotyped edi tion bat been received annually for tea years. Tbe following is the verse attach ed. Tbe artistic beauty of tbe verse will be readily appreciated by lovers of poesy: "Inky Printer, blue Monday is too much in JJJJyour line, Fur me to be your Valentine; You'll bave to get a sub instead of me, I'd never be a stick for such as thee." Tbe Rk conn is obliged for the wslen- tine. Tbe devil bas it posted up for tbe iu- snectlon of tbe curious 1 ueru was au lllipunu'jl ntlivai iu wiru Saturday afternoon. The Hon. Dutch Henry arrived by tbe late train. During the evening he landed on tbe porch in front of Adam Wymau's barber shop, and insisted on taking up bis lodging there, contending be had a right to stop just where tbe traio left bim. It look some time to convince bltn tDat tne uepoi was locaieu eisewuere. Tbe Military Commission of Calais, Frauce. bas just made trials with a new gunpowder whose explosive force Bud ini tial velocity are, St la said, of a nature to modify existing principles of gunnery. The effect of tbe Into cold weather npon tbe country, fruit crop now agitates the mind of the anxious (farmer. In Central Illlonis It Is tbe opinion of horticulturists tbat not a single peaob tree will escape, and that apple and olhor bardy trait trees, and blackberry, raspberry, and other ol the small fruits, are seriously Injured by tbe Intense and, for that region unparalleled cold. Tbe New York Herald '.a responsible for the statement that tbe pastor of a. most fash iobable tip-town church astonished bis con- gregatian last Sunday by announcing tha' tbere were nine coaple married by bim during tbe year 1871 wbo neglected to pay tbe customary fees. Tbe Boston Time protest agaiust the em ployment ol female teacher In the public schools io Massachusetts, except in tbe prim ary schools. It I proposed to leach Spanish, io tbe pitblio schools of San Francitce, and t.be Alt thinks it oertaioly of more Importance than music and calisthenices. Jeulestown, New York, bas applied to tbe Legisloture for authority to issue bonds( not for railroad building but to belp the es tablishment of manufacture in tbe village. Th i.l,a ia not absolutely new, we believe. but It is incomparably more sensible than - - - , the railroad mania which bas run riot so extensively. In the northern portion of New Yoik per sons are going about with baskets, and picking up tha partridges, wbicb, cearly starved for want of food, are too we k to fly or to run away. Farmers are feeding tbeso birds and other kind Ip tbeir barns and, bout their barn-yards, and the poor creat ures, usually ao lin.il and shy, have be ccme quite tamed by cold and hunger. Tb proceedings of the Democtatlo Cor ventiuo !me not beta banded in as yet. On. Nkwb Tbe Company well, on the Riddle fsrm, near Karns City, b reached the depth of thirteen hundred feet. The McGIU well, on the McClymonds farm, Is a new strike. It is reported as a 125 barrel well. Tbe owners are McGill and Hatch. Millerstowu is expecting another strike in a short lime. Tbe well la owned by A. Shreveand others. It is about thirteen hundred fuel deep. Angell & Co., well No. 1, Is doing about 50 barrels a day; No. 2 doing about 'he same; No. 3 ia down 1,300 feet: No. 4 about 1,200. Tuesday tbe new strike near Millerstown owned by C. D. Angell k Co., was not yet tubed, but there is no doubt of Its being a large well. Operators believe tbis to be a separate and distinct.belt from either that at Greece Cttyjor Petrolia. Tbe late strike on the Mayvlllii tract, owued by C. D. Angell &, Co., brings de velopments still nearer Fairview. This well is within tbe limits or the buroagb, b it a considerable distanco trout the town proper. Lupher & Cleminuer well, leaso No. 2, on Dougherty farm, is drilling io the sand and flowing periodically, at times" over the top of tbe derrick. The bit is fifteen feet in tbl sand. Tbe well will be tubed Ibis week and from present indications will be as large as any lu the valley. Angell & Co., well No. 5 on the Mayville tract, near Fairview, was tubed Tuesday afternoon and commenced to pump at tbe rate of about one hundred and fifty barrels a day. Tbe well flowed U-o hundred bar rels while being drilled In tbe Bind. Shu will probably sottle dowu to a hundred barrel well. The Clark & Tlmblin well No 3, on their thirty acre lease, on the Wilson farm, struck. the sand Inst Monday. Tuesday at noon it bad filled uo 1,1150 feet with oil. We were .shown some of tbe sand wbicb was of superior quality. The well will be tubed this week, but not eaily enough for us to cut the exact production. It will not be less than a hundred barrel well. Perhnns the best well lound on the west ern side of the bell Is, C. 1). Angell & Co. No, 5, which was struck Wednesday of las' week. Tbe well flowed so sunn as the sand waSipeootrated, and continued to flow at In. tervals of about two hours until tubed, Monday morning. It is hut a short diiy tanceeastof Fairview, oa tbe Mayville tract. t'airview Hepoi ler. On. Nkws. We have no later news In regard to oil developments limn givi-n last u-m.lt excent such items as appear in OH correspondence in this paper. The follow Irorn the Petersburg Progress of last Friday refers to affairs in tbat section of tbe couu ty: Numerous rits are going up on tbe KuX estate, south of Clarion. R. A. Blair bas started two new ris on tbe Loagne farm south of tbe Clarion river. Tbe Willonghby well, on the Loeue form Is pumping very heavily, and promises to be a very large well. A new well started on Turkey Run, last Mouday evening. Tbe name ot which wj bave not ascertained, but understand that It Is doing 60 bar reie. Tbe Ycunir farm well, on Beaver, it is asserted, is new dolug 19 barrels. Tbe Van Vlecfc well, on tbe Weller farm, owned by Van Vlrok, MoCennell & Co., is being pushed dowu. and will doubtloss he completed in a week or twu. New derricks are springing up tnenjb out the entire district as If oil was soiling , at $5 pr barrel. Graham No. 2. Ileetcr farm, Turkey run, is about ready to drill. They are grading on this lease fjr a 5,000 hatrul iron tank, owned by Graham, Nicbolfon & Co. Harrington Bros., struck a new well on Little Turkey this week, whioh leaow pro ducing 35 barrel per dsy. Tbe'Maine Oil Co., Is tbe name of a com puny now operating on the Lorah farm, be yond Center City (Dogtown.) Tbie- com pany bas very considerable laud, which, we believe, they own- la fee, and wbicb tbey luteud to develop thoroughly. Clarion Democrat. The transportation of orudu petroleum , and particularly of tbe lighter portions of It such as benziue, gasoline, Ac, is attended with heavy loss from evaporation, in or dinary packages, aud a substitute for ban rels bus long eeu bleoked for by the trade. It is now proposed to make barrels of glass, sufficiently thick to stand taanspnrtalion. Lebanoun bas a regularly organised Do nation Parly, wbo sally lorth nightly wiib well filled baskets, surprising some needy family, and dispensing blessings of a moat tangible kind. One of the most succestul mercantile char actevs in Memphis Is a newsboy throe acd a half ye&n old. NOTICE ! to . A. 10ZIEB 4tli Strcet,ncar K. II. track, for your.BEMINK, deliv ered at the welh for $2,00 per Barrel. Petroleum Centre, Fob. Ctb-tf. a r.t imlumrlal exhibition or Uir ll be held in Kiota, the ancient capiUl o i.n.n. ft will commence on the lS'h Of u....k npvt nl continue for aixty day. It will be tbe second of the kind ever belt n Japan, and will probably be nlicnoeu .j millions of pnaple. The tiowt-r ol Stale Court ol Criminal nnrrentlon to ir.ue a writ of habeas corpo acainst the commandant of mo reaerai arsenal is in is.u at St. Louis and tbe gov ernmant bas sent a representative to defend the case. In a new well', in Jewell county, Kan, at the depth of forty feet, tbe digger reoen tlv threw out some rare petrlfled specimen, consisting of throe grubs, on oyster, a lizard nfsnme slraDce species, and a crocooilo foot. The Kau Claire, Wis, Free Press says that a day or two since the men in the pin eries at work upon tho big windfall, caused by tbo October tornado, discovered a Itv ox buried under the croesnd trees, where b evidently lived nl browned ever aince. The rallH for tbe house owued by Mr. Maitrane, came off Saturday night, at tbe MnRlintock House. Our Iriend MoCrea, ol Kane City, held the winning cord. If you Want a cale3man, Want a Servant Girl, Want to Sell a Ilowi, Want to Sell a Patent, Want to Lend Money, Want to Buy a House, Want to ell a Carriage, Want to Borrow Money, Want to Sell un Oil Well, Want to Buy on Engine or Boiler, Want to Sell a Houe and Lot, Want Io find a Strayed Animal, Want to Purchase an Oil Interest, Want to Sell a Piece ot Furniture, . Want to Buy Second-hand Carriage, Want to Sell Tubing, Casing, G us Pipe, Want to Fiud an nwuer for anything Found. advertise in the Kkcoiis. as no let than tea thousand people read It weakly, NOTICE. Mr. James S. McCray having removed tu Fianklin, parties having coi nuioicaiinn witb him on business or other wise, are requested hereafter to addres their letters to that point. St. l-Vtiln, at Marshall & Richard op- pnsim ltKcnitn Office, Main Street, Pir leutu Celine, Pa. m ni ui;. H. If WARNER, has just received fraa home tweuty casks mere of tbat eider, that was never beat for quality. Also, apple eggs, butter, Jta. The best buttr ever brouizet into this towa, which be will sell fer cash, but will not trust any more good after the first ol January, mii. All those indebted to liira are requeued to call and settle without dlay and sav costs. H. II. Warnk. Sobel's Opera House GREAT ATTRACTIONS. TWO NIGHTS ONLY. The Feei loss Art Isle, MISS FANNY B. PRICE ! Bupoorted by a Powerful Company, Fridav Eveiing. Feb. 14, Tbe latest and greatest sensation entitled L' ARTICLE 47 ! CORA Miss FANNY B. PRICE. To conclude witb a OF A LOVER ! Miss JULIA UANCHETT. t.OV Gertrudu Saturday Evening, Febrniry The Sea of Ice With New Scenery, to. PRICES A8 USUAL. Reserved Seats for sale at tba P. Newsroom. C. W. KIDDER, Agent, Lart Nottaa. Masazinet. AH tb asgsslne for eptWr, u. 1 naipvr, Galaxy, Atlantic, Llppiosott'a, Eclectic, Transatlantic, Oliver Optic, Yaung Folk, Frank Leslie, Cuildro' Flowtr, Old and New, Goksy' Ladiaa' Bosk, boaayo aocitiy, Fatartoa'a Ladle Frlead, . Arthur' Home, Selene Monthly, Ballou', Good Word, Nursery. Chatterbox, Metropolitan, Herald of Health, At ih POST OFFICB NEWSROOM. XT Fit SINGLE HARNESS froaj tj $100 at Marshall Ulcnardi, spoilu tha Rvcord office. OPERA HOUSE. TOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 18TI Amy Stone Dramatic Alliance J AND Boston Jubilee Orchestra! AMY 8TOIIII!. Wltb her Complete Dramatic Musical Company, In her Ureal SpeelallliM of "WILIi 3SEEO- AuT tha Hollicklng Tnsh Diamond Beat ran b sseared In advance at the Post Otto New.room. F. C. WELLS, Afcat. IrlSSOIXJTlOM. Tbe copartnership heretofore exlslloi nnder the firm aamaef Dawson & Co, grooery and provision dealer at Pionrft, Veoanso count v. Penna.. I ihiadsy die solved by mutual consent. Ail aeoouoti ue lb late nrm will he setllra ny it r. Dswson. and all bill will be settled by hits. K. T. Dawsea will continue tbe bsimesasi heretofore Dated Pioneer, Feb. 1, 1(74. feb 6-St. Daily Record NEWSPAPER AND Job Printing Office; MAIN TREETt 6 CHBOH03I ' oauo or imenv' am mum," ranre) sro warns," . einiiii ruwrJVi hWHh ttu i MiatTM wvnLT m wnitv csratv -" -. . M.HigMiaM,atu. MSn aaCWjMn bent WIy 25- r 07 At OHO , wlIMi AGENTS, HMbMkllaH ttnlklitian ?u tisifiaim wiien w . v..., p m 1 1 n
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