SHUGERT& STARR
to BeFaiLaod. Smith 0...J
Merchant Tailors!
AND DsULEIW IN
Gents Furnishing Goods,
COB. SPRING A FRANKLIN STS.,
TITOSV.IiLE, PA.
Ban pat I of tb Aaast Mnaaii of
VL01H8& CASSIMERES
SNGLISH,
FRENCH AND
COATINGS,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS
FANCY VESTINGS.
ar offend In the Oil Region.
TWKNTT DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS 5s CAPS,
Alt Um Lata and Kobbteet Wf la.
A FULL UNI OF
Gents (tarnishing Goods, &c
Petroleum Centre Daily Record
mi, CewtrejjPa-. WedluMtn April
mvia aervtee.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Kerr lot every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
lX P. M. Sabbath School at l.Jf r. H.
eetafree. A oordlel Invitation, extend
ed to elL
Ret. Q. Hoobb, Pastor.
presbtterUn CHURCH.
Preschinc at II o'clock A. M.. anil T
o'olock P. M.. by the Pastor, W. C. Batten
A an. Sabbath Sohaol at 12J, directly
after loreaooo service.
Prayer Meeting and 8abbath School
Teacher's Meeting Tuesday evenlogs ot
Mb weea.
PetraleNca Centre livslge, No.
Tl, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights; Friday, at 7
'clock. Slgoed.
B. ALLEN, V. O
8. II. Rooms, A See's-.
WPUee of meeting, Mala 81., oppoalla
jiouiiuiocb uouaa.
A. O. of U. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. or U. W.,
Mate every Muoday evening at 1i o'clock,
in Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Peon's.
A. Glcjix, M. W.
M. T. Congo a, R.
I. O. Of R. M.
Mfnaakaaoea Triba No. 183, L O. R. H
af Petroleum Centra, meeta every Tburadty
evening In Good Tenplar'a Ball.
IVCouMlltreallcbted at? o'clock.
. H. HOWE. Sachem.
C. L JUKES, Chief ol Records.
Gold at 1 p. m. 118
Soma of tba down rtrer papera have
sought to make capital out of tba atory tbat
there waa oo oU produced to amouat to
eoytblog la tba upper district, and tbat
tba big walla between thla place and Titusr
villa were all a myth. There ia a well oo
tba Bailey, Ollmore Co., leaaa of (be
Sloan ttaot, near ;tha Octav district,
which la producing 13S barrels dally, and
bat averaged tbat aioec belog struck early
laat Deaarabar. Can any wall ia the But
ler oil field show a good a record. Ooly
ona tbat wa know of and tbat it tba old
Casino wall, located In tba Parker diatrlct,
and owoed by Maeira. Wood, Ripley and
Moorbead.
Tha charming spring weather ot tha past
three daya la having ita effect oa our streets
and is rapidly bringing out to view tba filth
that haa accumulated tba past . winter.
Evaa Mala treat is ia a terrible shape
While tba back alley are ia a aplandid
shape to breed a f rstlleooe. The street
commissioners ahould commence operations
at once, If the sanitary condition of our
village ia a point to be considered.
Oil City people are getting web footed
Inca the rise in water and tbe downward
tendency ol whisky set In.
Tha urate clots about tbe eitv beo-ln to
look green under tba Influence of spring
rains and warm sunsnioa.
Too riainc feneration Is happy; lor tLa
daya of atone bruises and "stubbed toea" are
pproaeniag.
a 1 1 1 '
The dirt should now be removed from the
sirest and -pi toed where it will do ;lhe
most good." ' ,
We are glad to note tbat the fruit refrain
baa now reached ita vsrlatlon. Music, you
koow, Ilka aoup, ban a base on which all
tba varistioos are built. The addition of a
Scoring extract makes the aiflVreoce be
tween the numberless varieties of aoup
tbat appear upon the bill of fare. So with
tunes, you can't tell what the performance
will eventually be until you have beard the
variations, "Away with Melancholy, " has
parbapa as many verietiooe aa any other
tune and ia ofteoast used aa ground work
for a musical melange. "Hoine Sweet
Home ia another very common base on
which ia erected a ruusioal edifice baring
every variety ol architecture, ao that at the
climax ore baa to turo to tba programme to
know what baa been performed. The fruit
tune thus far baa been red and dispiriting:
entirely on a minor key and utterly disown
ing. But ao far It baa been but the annual
refrain of, no fruit, no fruit. Now, bow
ever, tba variations bava been reached, and
wa bear from various aeetiona tbat the fruit
fa not killed. In Missouri the newa comes
that tba promise lor fruit ia aa good aa any
season for a Dumber of years back. Illir
oia ata reports tbat tha tale of tbe destruc
tion of fruit baa been exaggerated, And so
in Michigan. We bava before us, awaiting
room for Insertion, a very Interesting fruit
etter from little Delaware, which says tbe
peach crop tbete will be a fair one
I
Theaa.u. This evening, cherry s New
Tork Tbnatrr'gtve one entertainment only
at tba Opera House. Connected with tbis
company are tba celebrated Coleman Sis
tera, artists who are well known on tbe
American board aa being first class pert
formers in every respect. Tbe great drama
of "Driven from Home" will be produced
on tbis occasion. Sherry always did have
a good Compaoy and we are assured by
him tbat this is the slroogest one be ever
took out oo tba ruad. As be never fails to
atop and eee bia nld trienda in the oil r -gluo,
wa bops to see a crowned bouse )'i
attendance.
''188 Gwinm Down Uklow." -In tbe
day ot alavery, tba darkey wjs more afraid
of going below than be was of death. His
Ideee were somewhat crude, usually with
regard to bia destination Whether be
would land in a cottoo plantation or a sugar
or rice Held waa not clear, but be was sure
of hard times aod bard uaage, and when he
Informed bis fellow darkies be was going
below, be got tbe bear y sympathy of al
he left behind. Such ia tbe shape that'
maoy ol bia white bredren are in just now
a great maoy are bent on goiugdowa tbe
Allegheny. There are some big wella down
there and a host of little ours. Tune wells
are miles from shipping .fnollltiti, The
mud like tba wells is deep, and tbe charges
U plpeaga steep. Oil is very cheap; moo
ey very scarce. Tet operator, merchants
snd laborers "go duwo below" in hopes to
achieve fortune. Some may, bill the great
ar number by far are destined to see bard
times and are entitled io the generous sym
pathy of tbose they leave behind them.
We were favored with a call this forenoon
from our frieod, Mr. James F. Sherry, tbe
well known manager of Sherry's New Yolk
Theatre, who are to perform at tbe Opera
House, tbis evening, in cnnnectiou with the
celebrated Coleman Sisters. Manager S
looks as oatural aa ever, In fact improves
in appearance, alnce be Inst performed bere
We hope to see a crowded house tu wituess
'his excellent troupe.
In tbe grand bunt after local news to-day
wa met our friend, James Haie, Eq., tbe
gentlemanly ticket agent at this poiut. An
inquiry elicited tbe fact that the Railroad
Compaoy intended to replace tbe bridge
over Oil Creek at Boyd Farm, tbe present
summer, with a new and euueie'btial struc
ture; that the road waa doing a good trade
considering tbe dull limes; that tbe mud
waa deep at present and that it waa rain,
ing like blazes, which latter items all will
agree to.
Local optiua having gouo imo tftVet. Mr.
A S. imith, long pmpiietor uf Smith's O. -star
Saloon aud Hmiuuraot, haa closed jbe
same aud removed to Buffalo. Smith was
one of our oldest residents. We wish bim
successn bis new home.
No New York papers have Ueoii received
(or two daya, Io consequence of delays ou
tbe railroad.
Oil oreek has patterned alter the Alle
gheuey river, aod baa been oa a bigb for
tbe past two or three days. Wa hear of oo
damage ia tbis seotiuo, except at Columbia
farm.
Wild duoka now disturb Qtbe placid water
ot Oil Creek lake, while numerous youth
ful sportsmen wltb dog and guu are prcpa
rloto make it "hot lor them"
Meadville is goiug to have aguuuine old
Folks concert.
Tne business of piantiug your next yeai's
siui-Kraut will now be iu oidur.
The Stvamsblp Atlantic
lost orr Halifax, s, Tuesday, april 1,
18T3.
Al. F o sD.j:
Dark tbe sky, dark the sea,
Roiuh the rocks that lie on the ten
01 the gallant steamship that squares away,
Short of coal, for Halifax Bay.
But short though Shs might bava been ol
coals,
No laok had she of human souls ; '
For, atowed in ber berths tbat night there
iy.
Men, women, and children, many score,
Reckoning up ten hundred or more
la tbe blustering dawn of All Fool's Dy.
A ship complete:
Compound pressure high aod low,
Iron masts, with sails to show
In cass tbe screw mishap should meet;
Pumps that were built all oth- is to be',
null constructed so water tltfbt
As to render sinking impossible, quite.
Tell tal eli gra.ih. What could compete
With a ship so thorough in each detail,
Ready to steam, ready to sail.
Aa r'gbt for the rocks she steered her way
Ere tbe sun bad risen on All Fools Day;
Onward she bore:
Black the sea, black Ibe sky,
Wicked tbe leer la the 111 wind's oye,
Sullen mighty tempests roar
As tbe good ehip, neartog tbe terrible shore(
Right to tbe brow of beetling rock
Drove stem on with a learful shock
That shivered ber life to Ibe very core
And the sea floats Into ber water tight hull,
Till the shrieks tbat arose gave wsy to a
lull,
For hundreds are smothered too quick to
pray
Io tbe awful mc n of Alt Fool's Day.
A shsttered wreck:
Sea-wasbed, tompest-lssbed,
Beams thatsaspped and bolts tbat crashed;
Women crushed by tbe parting deck;
Children drowned on mother's neck;
Struggling men who each ollnr follow;
Down la tbe whirl or the vortex hollow;
For Sambro light waa only a 'peck,
But tbe beacon tbat blazed oo Prospect
Head
Tbe White Star ship to perdition led,
Cheating her bopea or Halifax Bax
With tbe dismal drolllog of All Fool's Day.
A ship of woe:
Homeward bearing, two days more
Had borne her to a friendly i iore;
But five hundred never will know
To what their terrible fate they owe;
Water-tight, ably manned,
Warranted any sea to atand.
Duwu in tbe deep she rank away,
Ami with ber saok five hundred souls,
Perhaps fur want of a lou of cuuU;1
But wbatot that! enough to nay,
'Twaa on tbe mora of All Fooi's Day."
C. D. S. in the Graphic.
Tell it not in Gatb! Whisper it not. n
Askelon! During the debate lu tba Msfsu
chuselts Legislature, one day laat week, oo
tbe Sumner resolutions, a member called
for tbe reading by tbe Clerk of the House,of
a certain passage of Scripture. There waa
perfeot silence while the rolona waited for
tbe clerk to produce tbe Bible. Tbe latter
gentlemen seemed to be embarrassed. He
searched everywhere but wus finally forced
todeclalr tbat there was no Bible tberel !,
a moment a tinpe of sadoera seemed Io over
coma the Assembly; but this gave way to
merriment, when lurtber search revealed
tbe fact tbat tbera was Oct a copy of tbe Io
spired volume In the btale ileitis. A page
was sent out to borrow one, and when be
Returned the passage was read, and busi-
uess proceeded. What would tbe i'uritao
fathers huve thought of such an occurrence
aa this!
Tub Quickest Timk on Itiwoiin We
bavo beard and at different limes published
what was then supposed to be tbe best
time made io putting down oil wells, but
we now have a case in point which takes
the lead of alltitbere. OolheAbbotut O'
liar, Weaver tract near tbis city, Toby
Oil Company lease, Well No. 5, comptel
ed some days sinoe.snd pumping now abcui
fifty barrel daily, is down U5t feel. Tbe
time occupied in drilling it was just fifteen
dayat Adam Smith took Ibe contract to
drill tbe well, and employed aa workmen
JaokPurtle, Jim Purlle, Frank Scott and
Mike Cvery. If thenars any drillers in
tbe Oil country who cao beat tbis we sbouU
like to bear from them, Mr. Smith and bis
gtng are skillful workmen ot large (expert
eoce and doaerving cf name and fame.
Tommy Weaver, of tbe Toby Oil Company
we will venture tj say, will "put up" ia
t beee men. Titusirlle Courier,
A new style in collar French, we be
Hove isTio have the first letter of li e fair
wearer uatue eaiuroidoted tbcteuu.
The Moat Ucpernte Family Fein OU
Kccord.
In Iltnoock county, Tennessee, there
lived a family consisting ol a fether.ontbef,
two sons, a daughter and son-in-law. Some
time ano tba father, Dan Sutton, eepareled
Irom hi family, and, with bis son John,
took up bis abode with a woman living in
or near the Hawkii.s county line. From
lit pl09 frequent lorays were made
bv the rather upon ibe old homestead, and
from lime to time cinch property was eon
vyed to the woman's house. Tby sub
mitted patiently to these depredations until)
the father took away tbe last horse oa the
place. The son, William Sutton, who had
remained with his mother, procured a re
plevin wr!t.and with his brolherinlaw Bar
nett, went to lUa womao'a bouse audi look
posession of it. Tbey were on tbe point of
Icavinn, when tbe father, Dan Suiton.eaote
not ut the house, and with a rifle fired at
Win. sulloii. The old man seized aa axr.
and rplit uien the skull of b soo-ln-lew,
who sank down In a pool of blood and ex
pired in a few momenta. Tbe father next
advanced upon William Burnett wilb aauxe
uplifted. William drew bis pistol and fired
killing tbe old man instantly. In the mean
time John Sutton, seizing Darnell's pistol,
closed io with his brother. Thus they
fought, muzzle to muzzle till every shot was
expended. After knocking each other
with the butt ends of their pistols they
threw them salde and drew their bowtevr
knives. In a short time John lost one Of
his I aids and another stroke IronlWIIIiam
cat off his obin, and thus the bloody afrry
ended. Wiliism wss hurt in several places
but managed to escape.
Twenty men (ten black and ten while)
wm out at sea when a storm srose, render
Ing it impossible to carry , more than ten
men with safely. A council of war wa
beld, and It waa determined to throw over
one half of tbe men. I', waa agreed to
throw every fifth man until tea were de
patched. Tbe white sailors arrsnged Ibetn
in such order tbst "every fifth man" should
be a blsok m an. How did tbey manage lit
Thus tbey stood:
oo "ooo ooooo
Begin at the head and count toward the
foot, and over agstn until ten overboard
This arrangement was rather bard oo Ibe
blacks.
The day fur holding the "Old 8ettlra
Reunion'' in Ohantauiina county, has bee
changed from April 16. to June Iltb.
Shakespeare remodeled "A raft! a raft!
All that cussed lumber for a raft!" Is lbs
cry amoni the Inhabitant along the (reek.
The I'etioleum Centre Record has a
h jhly sensational account of a ball said to
tMvetieen given In tbe lower part of this
city laxt week. In whio.1 the names, drew,
amd, otner peculiaritea of , tbose in alter
irc are given in the most approved Jenk
cn style. 'Tie well done, -thou good .aod
fairhlul eervant." fTltusvil e Courier.
Ol coniKH they dare say nothing as th(
reporter of tbe Courier were all present oo
that suspicion noeasion.
MTIC1B !
Go to W. A. LOZlElt,
4th Strcct,iicar 11. IS. track,
for your BEMINE, deliv
ered at the welh tor $2,25
per Barrel.
Petroleum Centre. Feb. 6th tf.
Mint Down tor 30 Days !
HOT NOW
STARTED UP AGAIN!
With the Lar'cs land heat .elected stock of
C1LTOTH51MG
Ever brought to rctroleam Centre.
Bio Old Stock,
AllNew.
Call at my Now Store, Wash
ington Street, 3 doora above
Christie's Drug Store,
Aud examine for yourselves my stock of
CLOTHIISTG!
Hats, Caps, Trunk, Valises,
&c. Also, the largest stock of
Gents' Furnishing Voods !
Iu Petroleum Centr a
MOUltlS llERHON,
0,123 1 Formcily with SobeL
SUBEL'S OPERA HOU
""if,
Monday & Tuesday Evel
a arm srst sr
8
larJ
AIUftaU 1IU sK
An'
(Leading Star of the Wallace SIb. ,
AND 11RR rmi,..
nuau I
BPRLESqe l COMMY W
upeuingBitos ""arlngrareaorth.
IK1SII EJlKiRiv
Toeonelndo wlh tk Bnr haTC '
CLOnHMDA
OiTHBOIHLOF THSJUgi
nmmT 10, maw - ...
rrtaca Ptw)eW...MUa AQ Wlu Ttif
Olhet Characters b ta iw.t
im n
R a, or Mistakes Will (W
fa MaulajA ISA. aa.. ... . ?
RODIN HOttD
-'MI!. VILLA as re. laJ
gXiSVK ASBLKY M H-.j.T"
Other Cbaiaetere by tbeCaainu.
ABMI88IOA- We. ItXSaBVKD SIATS. n,
reserved Seats can be eeeuraiat th.
Mam,. ")
Doors opaa at T Oortala rlee. at 8 o ctoct
J. r. VILLA, Propria,
Cou J. H. RJCB, Boriaeaaatsimiw.
SoMs Opera House,
SHERRY'S
Stew
THEATB
viwinro tin lia eri.. L
aaAiauavu m aia T. OAaXftal,
PosUl?e!y On 'Algfet Oal;.
Wetaajk'L April i, 1311
Eogagsmsol of tha
Young Beautiful and Accom
plished
CO LE MAN
SISTERS,
Misses Lottie, Clara, aasl Alice.
Whose remarkable and brilliant Drssisthj
Abilities andxare Musical Genius httr
ton i bed and dsliehied tbe moat critical
audiences ia tbe large cities, while tbe ftm
haa been onal lavlan In Its praters, onion
ing tbe mint complimentary erilielsa ni
notices upon tbeir performances. Tt ass
exquls te Character Actresses, ComedlesoM,
Vocalists, Jig anauiog UBOOsrs, usrwi,
Flute and Banjo players In tbe world, Will
be produced lor the Drst time ia Pstrsleua
Centre a new emotional Dram wiiltes c
presslv for tba COLEMAN SlbTKKS, by
Wm Verrhay, entitled
DRIVEN FROM
MISS LOUIE as Minnls Stastoi
M1S8 CLARA as Nellie Stantoa
MISS ALICK......a Louise NutbsheiBcr
Supported bv James F. Sherry and a fs'l
and powerful Company of selected Artists
During tbeplay the Coleman Sisters will
iniroouce tneir ureas siii'caioDociaiin.
Cornet Playing, Singing D .toeing, A.
AdmlTClon M) eta KoMrved Sattiloct"
Itekat lorsal at P. O. New Boom. ,
Door open at o'clock performance J
JOHN. N. bHKRHT, Af
Will beat JroBsevUleoa lb 8th of April T
loute ou t e 10th.
LOOK HEUE.
Now Is tbe time to buy the celebrstes
Fox A Williams' Buffalo Cieam Ale, al W.
A. LOZIBR'S aa be Intends to close ie
tbe twenty fourth lost Also, all those Is
Hahluit tn tha a.ma mill nlaaaa COSSS
ettie on or be.oressld data aad oblige Ik
undersigned.
,W. A. LOZIEU
The local optloo law must be enfbrasd.
Vmm ' enit . efur thla data and OD t is
day tbe local opttoo law goes late HTseti I
will sell allkinds and brauds of wins,
llnn..p .1 mlall t ahnlawale ntloM. SSSJJ
lock must be clawd oat; Tow Is the tha
so parebsss A little vial sot heme uw.
QWKM GAFFWET
NOTICE. Mr. JauteaS. McCray having
removed to Franklin, parties baviog
municsitoa wua aim oa Duawe " .
wie, are reqnmied hereafter to address uslf
letters to that point. St.
SWk at Nexl7 The proa JeiilJ"'"'
SOcenuayecr, w,b .jSpleodlS t;.S
free. Bpacinan, S oeute rBm a elah'
eu saw tbi. John B l Aloea, Pobihri C f
eogo. w
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