SHUGERT&STAER
BacoMaon to MeFulud, Smith Co.,
Merchant Tailors!
AND DBA LB KB IN
Cents' Furnishing Woods,
COB. 8PBIMQ & FRANKLIN 8TS.,.
TIf CSVaLLE, PA.'
Hint pat I mm of th AbmC MortmeDtt f
VL0im& CAX3IMERE8
ENGLISH, ' "
. FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS
FANCY VESTINGS.
kwer offered la theOU Hogtoa.
TWKNTX DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Se CAPO,
Ab tbt Utestsad MobWMBtrl '
... A TOLL UNI OF v
Gents- Famishing Goods, bc.
Petroleum Centre Daily, Record.
tet. Centre, ra.,Prk4ar, April IS
Mvlaie Bervlea.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbatb at 11 A. M. and
t P. M. Sabbatb Sobool al Ills' P. II.
eatafreo. A oordlal Invitation exteud.
MM Ml. , , t i i , i f- I (
p Bbv.G. Moons, Pastor.' ,
PRESBTTERUM CHURCH. ;
Preaching it n o'clock A. M.. and T
'olook P. M., by tba Pallor, W. C. . jbch
abo. 8abbatb Sobool at 12W, d I red It
after forenoon eorv lea.
Prayer Meeting and Sabbatb Sohaol
Teacher's Meeting Tuesday rvsntogs ol
i U '
retroieam Centre Iiodge, So.
. LO.-ofO. F.
LlbartyirtdgaNo., A. O. of 6.' W.I
In Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centra
Penn'a. ?;:,;,';; ; (,m ''
A. Glenn, M. W.
A. M. Klbcknbb, R
I.O. OfR. M.
Mlnnekauamo Tribe No: 183, L O. R. M
"Irolanm Centre, meets evert Thurso jv
'"Oooa-Teinp'aHaii: "T.
tVCouMllftMiihtbtH at 7 . o'doet
n t tiTir-o HOWE, Saebetn.
C. L JUKES, Chief ol Records. ..
Gold at lp. a.lT n t. r,
Tha Pal Centre Rocord unjustly redacts
apoa Ua Coaoty Commissioner . lot their
action in tba oaaa of a man named Butzsrd.
wbo died ooBsnneboffRua reeeotly, and
"boos family waste poor to bur him
properly. A neighbor ef,ie familyy I.
...,, tfueiioe ueyoolds, aad was
granted an order of feil.C whlrt 'waa pre.
od to the old Board of Poor Overseers
" """snip, wbo referred blm to the
County Commlsslonera. . A dispatch was
. .o u. wtuoty CommlssiooersbyThos.
MoHugb, of Petroleum Centra a. folio..:
Mr. Bunard I. dead. Com. and attend
wood. Answer Immediately." The die
petob w.i raoeWed at 10 o'oiook a. m., and
tae Commlmlooerf having never reoelved
"y application for tba relief ol mob an in.
dividual and koowlog notblog of the c.n
replied tbtt tbey didn't know Bua.rd.
Ooaooountof tbl. dl.p.tob, wbicb wa.
InUoded to draw rurlbar . I. form. .Ion conr
cuoingtbeeaHi, tbe Rccoan oboow. i0
condemn the Cammlailooara, Bot tba Ba
cord .top. .bort of the whei. truth, J7t
piiblltblng enough to mi.repre.ent aod
plaoe the OommlMleneri la a faint light
At twelve o'elook, two hour, after tba fir.t
dlapihth, another dl.p.tob w.i received by
the ComolMlooar,eUtlag , tba nature of
tbe oae. and Baking what ahould be done.
Tbe Coamlwlooen replied i Act as tbe
law rrquieat and kumaolty dictate After
reoehtlogtkaJaatloa'aordM for roller, any
clllMn could have bad tba body or Buzzard
umniiy ana properly buried In a obrl.tlan
mannr, aad Ibe CCmmiulouen would b.v
Pid all expesuM oeoeuarlly lasurredtor
the body could have bee a lolerred- and a
.t.lIU;at if Hi ... . i . i...
... . esiort a JUiWce
of the Peace, and an order for relief grant
ed afterwarJ.. In thii ooee tho people
done notbiog, but County CumniimlODer
Turner went to Buzzard', borne And: bed
tbe body Interred tbe day after notice o
hi. death wa. received.
The provliiont of tha law, which b.t
been piibll.bed, are plain and ample lor tbe
proieotlon ol IhejMor. It It not poetible
for the County Commieilooem to know per
tooally of every caw to which the poor law
l applicable that mtj arise ih'lhe county.
TM people tboald attend to reporting ail
each in tho way tbe law provides, Ve
nango Citizen.
Tbe Cii'zen, as a matter of course, is en
titled to suae consideration as being tbe
orgn of too County Commiteiouore, eonse
quently we give their artiola In lull. Tbe
Citizen accu.es us of misrepresenting tbe
facts In tbe can thereby placing the hon
orable, Ibe very honorable Pecksniffs wbo
control tha County finances, In a lalse light
before tba publio and their constituents,
which means, we suppose, tba parties wbo
elected them., We grant a portion of tba
ttatemooti made by their organ to be true,
viz. That whlob relates to tba last telegram
sent by Mr. McHugb. At tba tame time
tba worthy Commissioner, knowing full
wail that tha law as at present enforced,
tokea tba power entirely out of tba hands
of tba Road Masters or Commissioner, to
act In tbe matter whatever, leaving It In
tbe kandt of tba people. . Human nature Is
good and will not tee a man suffer wbile
living, but after death, who it there to do
bim bonor, no matter whether be oangbt
bit deatb on tbe battle field or not, even
tbe guardlant of tbe public poor and mooey
tba latter in tbeir own pocketi probably
knowing full well tba text of tbeSlaw,
telegraph bsck "We don't know bim." A
tblolng example or what tba law is
when la tbe hands of tbe County Pecksniffs
or mooey chsngers.
We make tbe amende honorable as far as
tbe telegram goes. Now let us dive a little
deeper and offet tbe alleged misrepreseO'
tattoo on our part, by showing a little of
tba same on the part or Mr. Commissioner
Turner through bis mouth piece tbe Ye
Bsogo Citizen. That paper stales that tba
people done nothing whatever, and that Mr.
Co. Com. Turner "went to Buzzard's horns
and bad tba body Interred the Jay after no
lloa of bis deatb was received." Mr. C. C.
T. did no suob tblog. He never went near
tbe dead toldler bouse, but publicly slated
te oamo to Petroleum Centre lor tbe pur
poM of examining Into tbe oonditiou ol tbe
Egbert farm bridge, and wouid never bave
looked lulo tbe affair whatever except upon
tbe earnest solicitation of Mr. McHugb and
others. Now comes tbe joke, and a gbsst
JO one it la withal Mr. Co. Com. Turner,
After muob persuasion, condescended to
drop bis offlolal dignity lor a lew length? ol
periods and visit a coffin wareroom. He
inquired the price ot a cheap wooden over
coat, ana was iota WW. "Too blgb, too
high, tbe County oaonot pay suob prices;
why, my dear sir, tbey oan be made at tbe
County poor bouse for $4 to $1,60 apiece
toe coat or transportation oot included."
Tbe bargain was anally oonctuded after
soosioerable jewing down on tba part of
Ibe County, and poor Buzzard's life strug
gls is over, tbaoks to the Couoty Commis
sioners. Allow ut to suggest, most worthy
Commissioner., If coffin, can be furolabed
M Cheap, would it oot be a good plan to
Keep a stock oi baod for tba purpose of
burying dead soldiers and other paupers
neatly and oheaply. People will die poor
and booest Co. Commissioners "don't know
tbetn," SO tbe world goes.
Winter still tinners.
Local option went inty , tlUet lor
yesterday. '
good,
The remarkable exhibition took place
within a few days ol a Methodist intoistrr
named Dokin, ol tba suburb, of New York
going over to tbe Roman Calbolie Church.
Tbe account tayt twelve converts were ade
milled to tbe Romlsb commuoioa luolu-
dlng tbe clergyman referred to, whose de-
lection mu.t bave beee a surprise to bit
Metbodi.l bretbero at ba bid just been a.
tigaed br tbe coolerence to a cburcb in
Am boy. It is seldom a Methodist clergy
man becomes a' 'convert 'to Romanism.
Method i.t rfergymea often coma into tba
Episcopal church, and among tbe most l
oqueut Epltoopsl divines are those wbo got
tbeir pulpit tralolng In ibe Methodist per
suasion.
Witbiu Ibe next two month, the railroad
system ol the North will be united to that
ol tbe South by tbe completion of tbe con
necting link, the Baltimore and Potomac
tunnel, . This gigaoilo enterprise has been
conducted so quietly, and withal so swiftly
tbst there are many person, living lo sec
tioo.ol Ibe city not very lemote from tbe
lineol operations wbo would oot bave
known tbst tbe work bad begun If it had
I oot been for tbt oewtpaptrs.
A Cittern Horror.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says: Wednes
day morning tbe Inball'aa s of ll quiet vll
luge of Hartford wore stsrtled with tbe re
port that Mr Martin MoHugo and hit wife
bad been found drowned In a cistern.
Mr. MoHngo and bit wife resided about ooe
mile from the village upon a mall farm,
and were quite alone, tbeir youngest Child
B young miss of sixteen, being In tbls city
at sobool. At the bouse stands several rods
from tba road, the fact that tbe passing
oelghbors did not observe either of tbem
lor a day or two was not thought strange.
But a friend having occasion to call on
Wednesday morning euspscted ail was not
rlgbfj sod upoo examination ol tb premie
e. discovered lo bis horror tbe dead bodies
of the two unfortunate persons lo tbe cis
tern. As neither tbe msn nor bis wire bavs
been seen since Monday forenoon, tbe theory
of the ctusslty Is that they must bave fallen
In on that day, and perished by tbe slow
agony of a living burial. The woman is
supposed lo bave accidentally fallen in, and
her .creams for help broSgbt her bnsbsnd
to the rescne, wbo dropped ber a rcpe,
wbicb she fastened under ber arms. Then
in his attempt to draw her out, Ibe curbing
and planks gsva way. precipitating him
also into tbe cistern.
And now comes tbe most horrible part of
this dreadlul affair. Tbe water was only
three or four feet deep, but without tbe
ability to rescue themselves from tbe terrie
ble situation, or to bsva tbeir cry of distress
beard by mortal ear, tbey periabed almost
lo sight snd bearing of tbeir own neigh
bors dying together, but as thoroughly
isolated from all other help and sympathy
as if locked In a foundering ship that goes
down into the depths of tbe sea.
Letters from the People.
Notb. The manageroftbis journal, with"
out eodorsina tbe sentiments of eontrihntnm.
desires to offer the widest' possible latitude
for free discussioo. It is merely stipulated
that communications shall concern matters
ot public interest, be put In decent language
and accompanied with the names of the
writers, not for publication, but as a guar
auiee oi goou laiio. -
Pituoi.k, April 24, 1873.
Mb.Editob: On review of Ibis place I
Bod it almost equal lo my opinion to Plum
er, yet there Is considerable oil produced
dally, which or oourse is a let up ou total
abstinence.
.1 Bod two old Pioneers here,
Messr. A
J. Keenao and Cot. Alford
equal tbe times.
They seem to
Among tbe euocess'nl operators for the
past year, are Wm. N. Perkins, W. H. H.
Hall, tedder Bros, and H.fkell. These
however, have, lo tome extent, become ex
cited on Butler oouoty andlwitb one excep
lion are oouou to link wbat tbey got here
in tbe lower .regions.
There are now producing on tbo Holmden
farm, soma six wells, small, but paying.
uapt. Hall of tbe Morey farm, report.
favorably. Ho doet not intend "lo journey
to CblBB at loog at ha can have a rush at
Ibe b elf way bouaa. :;
There are many partlet beta wbo are
willing to replace tbe goers, but tbeir rer
luotaot dlsposltio to leave, makes prices
blgb. '
The Phillips wells, oo tbe Rooker farm,
are pr iduclog well: one of tbem doing some
forty bsrrels dally. Tbey have been oper
atlog in tba lower region and undoubtedly
know bow It la. . ,
Local optloo ba. gone Into effect. Char
ley Johnson is about turning all bis wblskey
Into vioegar and serve It for Ibe table use.
I really believe a few days of Boo weath
er will find Pitbole quits lively.
Tbe Uanfortb House bst reorganized at a
temperance establishment, and at toon a.
tummor comet Inteod terviog up cool lem
onades.
Tbe ice bouss It full. -
I Bod tbe old Christy Drug store under
tbe supervision ol Joo. Fairuaiio flourish
Tbe redoublsble McPbersoo lo tbe dry-
gouds business I Bod bere. He bst no fault
to find. He tayt ba baa seen duller timM
1 coonot give yon a particular statement
of tbe production and proposed opers'lon
for tbe 'eaeeo. but I will In my next .at J
expect to return next week.
Tbe U. S.- Pat Co wilt give more leaiae
this spring. you
Edgar,
Lieut. William L. Sherwood, whno.
death from wounds received from tbe Mo
docs It announced by. telegraph, was a na
tive or Bunaio, and a son of William C
Sberwood and a graadsoo or Rev. Dr. Lord
ue entered tbe army six or seventeen
since, and baa been stationed most of tbe
time In the Indian country, some four years
in Arizona and more recently In Oregon.
Tbey are supplying toe pri.ooert In the
New York Tomb with bath-rooms for cold
water. Tbey get into bot water before tbey
reach tbo Tombs.
On Friday morning a man named Bnc
sard wbo has been slot for several months
witb;coo.umptioa, djed at Petroleum Cen
tre. He served fonr years in tha army, and
In that service contracted tbe disease wWcb
finally ended bis life. And yet notwltb
flooding the fact, that ba wag ona of those
wbo helped "save Ibslife of the Republic,"
for the post tlx months ba and bia family,
Consisting of a wife and tlx childreo, bave
subsisted on cbarlty; and whoa be -died,
and tba "loyal" authorities of Venango
oounly were telegraphed tba facta nod ask
ad to take charge or tbe lemaina aoji give
Ibem a deoaat atriatlaa burial, tbe reply
seat back was tbe tbey did not knew him.
It is to ba hoped tbet tbey did . i,TI
tusville Courier. - '
The view taken by Ibe Courier to' tbh
case we think dors oot do jostle M tba
Coudty Commissioners, tbe "euthotlUss''
meant. By the lew for tbo erection of eat
Poor House, duties of Overseers ef the Foot
sre transferred lo tbe Couoty Commission
ers. These duties are Ibe same at tbe Over
seers were bound to perform, and are ' not
altered.by the law abollsbiog that office In
tbls couoty. Ia tbe case or Buzzard, or oey
case where reliel or burial is provided for
by the geuersl poor laws, tbe oouree of pro
ceeding It plain. On Information mads be
fore aoy magistrate that officer it bound to
ittue ao order for teller or burial, at Ibe
case msy be, sad tbe Commissioners are
bound to psy all nocesssry expenses incur
red under tneb order. ' ' . .-
Tbe telegram sent by the Commissioners
should bsve contained tostructfoos. That
It did not wai probably ao oversight, end
oot btartleiioeu. It Is propgabrreua to
uppose tbst it it tbe duty or tbe Ceotmis
sioners to attend person slly to saob cease,
ir tbe Justios or tbe Peace, whose attention
was called to the case of poor Buzzard, bad
Issued ao order, '.there would bave been no
eeuse for complaint. ' '
We ara always resdy lo censure tbo Com
missioners or any other pnblie ofloera whoa
tbey deaerva ll, but In Ibis case we do not
see tbst censure it msrilt'd Veoaago
Spectator.
'During tbe last session of tbe Legmlature
of this State all laws imposing State laxrs
"upon horses, mules and cattle" were re
pealed, tbe repeal, however, not to lake
effect uotil tbe next meetiog of the Board
ol Reveoue Commissioners of tbe Common
wealth. V , ;,,
A Helie of aafaroiSa Vessel. ,
A San Fraoci.co exchange says: Mr. W.
Simmons, tbe well known rigger ol this eity
bos a curiosity In bis poesssioo wbicb is
worth calliug to vlslt.Stlt Is a model made
out of tbe timbers of the bark "Cadmus,"
tbe vessel In wbiob Lafayette came to tbe
United Stales, lo 1824. Tbe "Cadmus" ar
lived herefrom England in 1850, snd br
ing pronounced uoseaworlby, was Bold at
auotion. She was bought by . Mr. James
Stnsrl, ship cbsodler, corner Batters
stieet and Long Wharf, wbo ussd btr at a
atnetbip, Subrequeolly sbt) wat " puf
cbastd by George Howgale aad' Frederick
Howiia, wbo broke her up for firewood 'fa
1855. Mr. Simmons, however, contrived
to secure several of ber llmbeie.eut ol wbicb
be constructed a model of tba lamoas old
craft.
A festive Istber aod son of San Dlevo.
California, bsve been and gone end done It,
by making an elopement lor JBatriSAealei
purposes with two sisters. Tb fetbot look
the elder one. sisd tweotv. the saa ths
yonnger one, aged eigbtsen, and tbey."1 ao
suceeaslully eluded tba parents el tbt) girls
ss to succeed in bavins Ibe osrttnoov
formed, when tbey returned boose lo blab
feather oo tbe tamo train, aad Bbaokliog
over their exploit, and ao says tbe Sea
Diego World "lesnloy scroti tbe aisle to
woisper to eaob other, and morning (heir
"erect attitude to give an affreiloaate
I queeze to the fair onea by tbeir
Letters sre. pouring lo upon Ibe Presidsot
from oil quarters, beggiox blm not to aban.
duo bit lodiaa policy, but to ttsad Im'H
bis resolutions lo pursue Ibe coane beat ca
enlated to bring peace to Ibe border, and
protect tbe whites from violence and Ibe Id
dians from Injustice. ! . t' ',
Tbe colored people ot Norfolk. Vs. ate
building a vessel to run to tbe West ladle.
There It movemeotio Pant to deawa
with tbe wearing of gloves. II 1 1 argued
tbst aa a small baod, like a small,' root, r It
generally tbe sign ol aristocrat! dsoeeat.
tbere is no reason wby it be conoaalad with
lo a vulgar integument. ...
1 i ii
bone of those members of CoDareaa eiha
bave oot yet returned tbeir baok paytMFat
ting Is suob Sweet Sorrow." .
Out in the woods coquetting, flirtallonsJ
and gsoeral courting, rs going OB among
tbo members of tbe Robin fomilvi- bat the.
young ladies are slightly coy, aodi lo reply
to ''Will you come? will you come?" lasy
sing "Not yet! Lot jet!"
Local Neuir.ee.
dissolution; -
Tbo copartnership heretofore exlsth.i.
tween Sobermerboin k Ten Evck is L,
ed by mutual consent. ' ""'"I"
S. P. f?CMRaoKK
J. A. Txn Kycb,
Parties Indebted to ibe sbove firm ..
oall and settle op and lave trouble J
J. A. TM E-tct
Dated Petroleum Centre, April 8 1871
FOB SALE, '
Oae 15-botee Tift boiler In eomnleis -devons
8-baree Yoed t Mino .stiL, !Z
hollar In oomnleia nrdar 9 fit Z
tubing, extr heavy, MO feel large ffiS
rods, 1 Snow Pump; C
. A. TKrt Eicf -
For Safe. , ,
'A Smith's American Clmn :
new and entnnlete In I -
qirlre at this office or of D. B. PerUqi.Ew
bert Farm, Petroleum Centre, p. l'
' ' ' ' Pf"-'BV , , .
NOTICE.
We exnect all nnri;
ted to this firm to settle their
bills before the 1st of May next
and avoid nnpleasantness, as we
iutend to close out and leave
this town. i , .. .
SOBRL Ar. ATTtfRlTAiu
Dated, Petroleum Centre, Pa., Msreb Mi
LOOK HEBG,
Now la Ibe lime to buv tha Mihi
Fa ft Willlama' Buffalo Cieta Ale, at W
Ai LOZIER'Sas ba Intends lo close ua !
the twenl fnnptti lnL ai . ....r.
dobtodtolbe tame will please turos lid 1
ur uewra ma ueie sod oblige Iks
,M ..
. , W. A. LOZIEi
I
Go to W. A. LOZIER,
4th Streenear It. it. track,
for yoiUL DEKZIKE, deity
ered at the wells for $3S
per Barrel.
Petrolewai Centre, Fab. (tb-tf.
'Grand Opening!
or
; 1 1 t i .. i j i .
Oil Cloths Motions, &C.,
AT
SAMUELS
BROS.,
WMShlnpton Strict,
Petroleum Centre
" i
At present Ibe p.evalllng topic of eosvsr
satlon aODBiti to'How eaoa are ysu
going to move '.o Butler?" We dtslrs
to .niorm one natrnn. and the
public at large that we do not talend Is J
move from Petroleum Centre, but prepas
to "signs it out on this line ir it
all tummor," aod would retpeeifnliy
invite all to oome and examine
out stock of
Sueh as
Millinery Trimmings,
LACE GOODS,
Md a complete ' stock of ladies'
I r mtsandiionnets,'
1 A I At. la. ajab nf
. -s - . AWi Jl WDUBlllf Owuva , . .
DOOTC a SHOES
I j .ni i,;. v.'U
iM filA wrntboaoU., ,
mtoih uAVaxoaise fsse
.adprlcea. j BE03.
r ueatre, Apru una, ieta v.-r
SOBSBAB) fUBUGia i.aai
i
band Sooteb Ale aod Londoo Porter,
MDTTHC1E
i ... l B .. .
Itlly.ro family use.
'yjpas7iigifM'