SHUGERT & STARR
I acFartaad, Botlla Oe.,1
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALS KM IK
Gents' FurnUfciB Coeds,
. COR. 6PRINO FBANJCLW ETS.,
ITITUeVjXIiE, PA.
toe pat la m of the asset eeeortmente 4
VL02HJS& VAUSIMERES
ENGL08H,
FRENCH AND'
AMERICAN
C.OATING8,
MIXED AND
8TRIPBD SUITINGS
FANCY VESTINGS.
tw offend In the Oil Region.
TWKNTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS SS CAPS,
All Ibt La tot tod Kobblut Htjlm.
A FULL Una OF
Gents lurnisbing Goods, &c.
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pet. Centre, Paw, Thursday, Illajr 1
illvlue service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service every Sabbath at 11 A. Si. and
t) P. 11. Sabbath School at 12 P. U
eat free. A cordial invitation exteud
d to aM.
Hit. G. Moors, Patlor.
FRE8BYTERTAN CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M and 7
o'clock r. M., by tbe Pastor, W. C. Bohch
ird. Esbualu Sohool at 12, directly
slier ion;oooa service.
Prayer Mitt-ting and Sabbath School
leaober'e Meeting Tuesday evening! ol
each werk.
Petruleam Centre Lodge, No.
Tiff, I. o. of O. P. f
Regular- meeting nights' Friday, at 'i
o'clook. Sliroed.
W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. G.
tPUoenf meeting, Mala St., opposite
oCllntock House. ' rv
i -
A. . of IT.
W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A.
O. oftj.
W.,
meet every Monday evening at 1M o'cfook,
In Odd Fellow' Hull. Pmmlauin r.m
V-.V ' '
A. Glknm, M. W.
A. M. Ki,cyn, K
I. U. Of R. M.
Minnekatin Tribe No. 183, I. O. R. M
of Petroleum Centre, mwta every Thursday
vesjlng In Good Templar's Hall.
OT Cuuaoll Area Itehled at 7 o'clock.
TrT H. HOWE. Sachem.
OL JUKES, Chief of Records.
Gold at p. tn. riTJf
SlO Transit A onrer.il peruaal of the
paper printed lu the lower oil field, wltb
their coooeealoo and confessions, will sat
lfy anybody tbat nosuoh thing as perma
nent prosperity in the oil trade la to be ex.
p cred there. The mud la so deep for oner
third of tbe year that uothlnir can be done.
Too sand Is so shallow tbat well doe not
Hst lbag,eooiigb.to get coat out ot It. and
V tbe speculator, as the buckwheats delight
u caning aiijstrangart, are really the fei.
low mat keep tbiugs a goiog, (hey must
wums oi misptsced confidence.
Kickey Hike, wbo Wat arretted a few
days ago, charged with feloniously assault
log euu cutting one Stokes, was brought
bflore tbe Court at Franklio, yesterday, for
trial, a verdict of guilty was rendered and
the prlsooer was sentenced 'to imprisonment
In the county jail for 60 days and to pay
ue of $S0 aid Ibe costs.
In the oaae of Pardee and Foster, arrested
lor the laroeny ola set of drilling tools,
verdict of guilty a. to Pardee, and not gull,
ty as to Foster, waa rendered. Pardee wa
MMiteuced to sixty days Imprisonment in
be onuoly workbouae.
Lou. Voucher, at tbe Opera '.House Sas
loon, furrisbesat nice a saodw'teh and a
cool a glee of ice water as Ibe oil region
affords. Local is pretty strict but II pro
visions eauoot shut off water, although the
next thine we look fur latitat our honest.
v the mark legislator will undertake
the paasage or gome sncb law. Meantime
cMI on Lou end try hj. water.
Mij r (Juodrnan, we underaiaud, proposes
n oririniBii a coaipiny of voluoteert lo Sjht
Bixqae. They rut. be known a tbe
-Alod.) CWogows."
Undoubtedly tbtre It tort of eompeoM
Hon to kta detected In great orlme lo tbe
Idea that tbe? are big rascal. They look
dowa opoo petit laroeooy scamps wltb ta
preoe disgust and plnme their owo vanity
area li tbelr disgrace, tbrt tbey are rascals
on a bilge toale. We tee it stated that Mr,
Talotor, the New York cashier, wbo "gut
ted" Ibe Atleitto Bank Id hit Pectfla Mtil,
gambling, says be took bold or tbe baok
when It wet la bad eredl', ard be deter
mined It should "either link o? twin.
And eiok It did uoder Talotor't tteallogt or
(our bun J red thousand dollar, Thli man
Talotor It repreaeoted m one tbe coolest
en living. He married a nieoe of August
Belmont.
And now oa (bit question of being oooX
Tbe cool men or the Talntor atrip gain
that-quality from lack or oootcleoce. Tbey
have not proper appreciation of tbe relative
right of mine and tblie. That tort or be
log cool wiot (many position of Influence
and or confidence, bat, In tbe end, Jthe very
trait commending tbem la tbe trait tbat
permits them "eooly" to ruin those who
trotted tbem. When you see a man who
always I "cool;" who I never itarttrd Into
a outburst of passion: whose feeling are
not allowed to eo'me to tbe surface, watcb
that man, for while he never will be guilty
la a moment' temper of striking yon in tbe
face, be will, some day, If the temptation
oome, strike you down from behind.
An old maid wbo live in Clymer Cbau
tanqua county, New York, has lately faltro
beir to seven thousand aores ol land; and
now all the men wbo have bttbertoo neglrc.
led oo her accouot or her angular anatomy
are paying her visits, and wonder wby tbey
never thought ol marrying her betore. But
the old gal tayt tbat at tbe bat stood It so
long she can play the game out on a loo
band.
Mere spring rains.
Senator Fenton In a pew role. One day
last week ibe Honorable Senator wished to
lake a trip down the river (In his young
days be waa an expert Raftsman) and mad6
bis Intention known, when several partite
bid for bis 'services. $1,100 was the high
est bid and It was scripted, ana be started
dowo tbe river pole lb band. He made a
toon appearance and no doubt be will earn
itb money. Republican.
A meeting wa held In Boston, a few
eveuiags since, to form a aeslety for promo
tion " ""dy of the Irlsb language. Tbe
jlldy obsolesoen vernacular of the Green
is abundantly worth preserving, fur Its
n sake, and for tbe sake of tuo literature
that It ensbrincs.
A writer in "Van Nosiraod'a Magzalne'
stales tbat of Ibe 1,282,400 acres or land io
tbe Pennsylvania oil region, drilled over
aud accepted at oil territory, only 6,440
acres bava ever produced oil.
Tbe sobeme lo secure a oionection wltb
Riobmpnd, Norlolk, Pelersburg, Lynchburg
fce,;ibrougb the valley ol Ibe James river,
with tbe Cbeaapeaka and Ohio Rtflro.d
Company is likely to be tucoessriil. Tbe
consummation or tbe plan is only a question
of time.
The people of Klttaoulog nearly all left
town one day last week to dig sassafras
root. It la a favorite substitute down there
lor "store tea.''
Tbe Suez Ctnal Company announces the
payment of a dividend or two and a-half per
cent Tbis i the first mooey tbe sharehol
ders willibsve receivej on tbe- profits of
tbe undertaking.
To prevent ink Irom becoming mouldy, a
German cbem'st recommends tbe addition
of a drop or two of iniHiurd oil. 3iurcb
paste may be kept from souring by Ibe same
means.
A correspondent of a New Haven paper
suggests tbat tbe oily give up the sole capi
tal to-Hartford oo condition of receiving
$600,000 tor tbe sclent iflo school, wbicb, b
clalmea, will do New Haven more good in
Ave year than tbe oapllal will Hartford in
twenty.
- A call bat been Issued for a convention'
poker playeit lo assemble at Chicago nex
month to devlae a new "baod" that will
beat "(our aces "
A MasbaobuaetU' man ha invented a
substitute for sola leather, which be claims
Is cheaper In price aod superior In durabil
ity to tbe tartiole.
JTbe Colleolort of Internal RevenuH
throughout tbe country bave all baen sup
plied wltb tbe new special lax damp.
Since Ibn 14tb ol this month i WluO
bava been sent lo tbem.
L ite letters from responsible parties In
New Orleans ttata tbat tbe merohanla there
are recogniziog tbe authority or I be Kbllujig
State government, and aro paying tbeir II
oeaae taxes,, with tbe costs.
The editor of the Sao Diego S"orld figure
It out tbat San Diego, evaotua'.ly, will be
come tbe bub of th nnlvsrto. He claims
that San D!?ge will outstrip San Fnncitco
In the trad sf the East, and tbat In a few
years a Use of sorew steamera between Ban
Dl-goaid Asia will bring tbe trofio to that
port tbor to be received by Southern line
of railway to tbe Atlaotio States. Tbat
editor tay a: "San Diego lies almost (den
"iloally on tbe same parallel with Sban
gbse, on due east end west lice. We
are right in the center, on tbe American
'side, and Shanghai on tbe Asian, of what
'sea-faring meo call tbe belt of calms.
This belt it between two hundred, and
'fifty and three hundred miles long,
"stretching dear to Asia. It Is tbe natural
"pathway for steamers, and is that employ
ed by tbe vessels of tbe PaciSo Mail Com
"paoy and others seeking Asia from San
"Francisco."
Our telegrapblo dispatches Irom the seat
of tbe Modoc war are startiogly tragic All
over tbe country tbe sorrowful Dews will
intensify tbe popular demand for tbe com
plete termination ol the treacherous and
murdering band. Tbe Modoc have evi
dently made up their minds to fight until
tbey die. Let the government Instantly
see to it tbat tbey have tbelr wish. Ex'
pense is nothing diffioult'es are nothing
time Is nothing in suub a erieie as this.
For It It a vertible crisis, and it cm only
be satisfactorily met by tbe exercise or swift
stern and Inexorable war upon tbe last
warrior ol tbe bloody tribe.
New York ciiy muet be a delightful
placo to live In. One fifth of tbe population
live by criminal means. There were 86,620
arreslt during tbe past year, and thore only
represented discovered crime, giving i e
data lor tbe number or crimes which had
been concealed or. compromised. In other
words, 60,000 criminals were ready to prey
upon tbe commuofty at any moment.
Tbe export trade of BinghsmtoD, England
to tht country, is gradually declining.
owing mainly to the fact tbat our home
tnatfu lecturers are taking the place of those
imported. Tbnre la only another proof of
Ibe growing independence .off (he United
State of foreign mannlactnrers.
Cornell University is in a successful and
vigorous condition. Over five hundred
students studied there during the past year;
the standard ol inatcuotiom made more aod
more thorough.
A papyrus' wbicb was discovered a few
months ago in a tnmb lo Eypt hn recent
ly been fully tmnslnted. It Is found to be
an allocution of RimesnsIII. "to his people
nd all men on earth." recounting the
great deeds done in the dies of bis luihcr
and grandfather. The discovery is n,Vnii;
able on for Bililicol students, as the rvnl
writer gives with particular details all the
ou9ei which led to the down lull ( the
Mosaic H'lorui and tbe rxudu n the Jeus.
The new well oo the Siewart lauii,
tvar
with
Cherrytree, wag terped3d yesterday,
not very favorable rrnilt".
Among tbe most important measures to
come before tbe New Jerauy Constitutional
Commission is the rediviBion ol tbe State
nto Sensational dietrictsts, so as to mote
falriy represent the people. Another wi'l'
bo tbe proposition to create tbe office if
Lieutenant Governor.
A Mnssacbunetts engineer baa made a
proposal to tbe Loodon Metropolitan
Board of Works for tbe removal of Norlb-
cumberlauu House, an immense uilo of
buildings which stands on tbe proposed
line ol a new street leading to tbe .Thinies
embankmeoU
A large number ol new weils are going
dowu on tbe new territory between Ibis
place and Titusville.
Keeping botel is profitable in Florid t
One, owned by a stock company, lately de
claired an annnal divident of thirtyfive per
oent. Anolber, wheo open but six weeks,
divided ten per cent
It is a otiriotts fact tbat the farmer el Ill-
cots or Missouri must sell .two bushels of
Ipe corn to get money enough to buy a can
t sweet corn put up green and holding lets
than one quart.
In one thing, at least Ainei lea can beat
effete Europe. Our Lava Beds surrouod (he
meanest "oraters" in tbe w.rld; tbey are
nattier tban Vesuvius.
Tbe worn of slocking the lakes and rivers
of Wisconsin with salmon trout is being car
ried on lo earnest. Over forty thousand
Lave already been put in this seaeoo.
Arched Insteps are supposed to stand fnr
blue blSod," and a New York reliow la
just invented a machine for imparting tbe1
coveicd arislucratic curve to children's feot
The treasurer ol Tit usville gets one
tar year, payable quarterly.
dol'
A very IsmtttabU outgrowth of tbe re
Igteue exoltement ereatcd at Denver
1 hroiigh th pr jaffblDg and management of
'th Rev. Mr. Hammond Is now manifes
ting Itself. It seeml Mr. nammond during
bis labor, at Denver made the assertion
that "the meetings would be followed by
sudden deaths'" What Ibe object of th
prophesy was, whether to frighten inner
into conversion, or whatnot, doe Wt ap-
na.r. n the Denver New we toe peo
i" - -pie
are sadly exercised upob tbe matter,
the excitement has been very muen racree.
a hv the actual bannenlnf of several and-
l..ihi. It la claimed that Mr Han
mond made the prediction based upon yeats
of observation connected with revivals, and
tbat be ha rdly tad lift Denver telore three
udden deaths occurred.
John Aodorson, who recently presented
A cassia: with an Is aod near New ueaioro
r..p scientific school, was Droorielor of tbe
Broadway cigar store which was made fag
nioua thirty-five yeart ago by the attend
ance of Marv Rowers, "the beautiful Cigar
girl," whose trnglo late at Hoboken Created
a national sensation, and was a mystery
wbicb has never been explained.
The "Age ot Steel" is thesuiject of an
editorial in the Ceal and Iron Record. Slo
gutar as tbe faot may seem, it was not wrl
tn for the latitude ol Washington.
Fort Wayne may well leel proud. It
turns ont one of the most complete exhibi
tion ever seen, to the Coin. Foots and, 8i
Troupe, wbo recently gave tbelr perfor
m .oce in the Rink before two thousand en
tbiieiaetlc ticket holders. Fort Wayne
fcealioet.
Our townsman Mr. O, F. Schonbiom, was
yesterday appoiuted by tbe Coujt at Frank
lip. Township Auditor fur Curojilaatr
Tuwnsbip. A bettor selection could not
have ben made.
Organ gnuilera are dealing over tea dol
lars a day in Tltuvtlle.
A judge In Delaware lately fiaed a law
yer one dollar lor calling blur a bloated
uld Ihiuucerus.
Perhaps tbe Ust piactictl tuiniuotry
on tbu cual crisis it tbis: A parish clergy
man bus anuuounced that be b (Mteuo
liuiied mudji,), aud uutil cjoJs can be hud
at a cheaper rate, bo shall preach bit old
Stromas He canuot, bt.- says, afford coals
lui bt study lire.
ft v. - r; r; m
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Just Published !
Strauss' Waltzes
AltUANUES JM
Violin
frtlna
ASK FOR PETERS' EDITION.
1 1 pT (.'any flit, poet-p ltd, fur f l.Mt 'n UM rsaj ft
6.'9 l.'ruodwny, New-York.
Sanger - Fest:
ITho biniglng FeOlval
A Collection of Glees, Part
Songs, Choruses, etc.
Male Voices.
8mpl Copies maiit'd, post paid, for $1,60:- $15
p.-r dt'Z-en. Afldto .,.
J, JL, fKltHS CS3 Broadway, New York
Fairv Voices:
A .EW MUSIC liOOK FOR DAY BCUOOL.
Hcud (W cents, and wo will mall a sample copy
Apr.l 11. Allure-,
J. L. r lil'msMO Brradway, Jew York
WAGE
Irlt oil whe are willlpi; to work. Any person,
1 " d or ynui'K, of either sox. cno mnko from f 10
In 8.V) per wrak, tt limns eny oreqoi.lng. Wanted
by all. S lit il,le ) p-thir Oty r fountry, add any
H, -a-oii of the year. Thl is a rare opportunity for
thoe who r out of work, and out , f money, to
mako mi linleK-iiten. living, capl'at belag
requiml. Our pimphle:, "nOW TO MAKK A
I. i Vl Hi." iv ni; lull lnlnintii.n. scot on ecelpt
pr 10 mum. Aitdn ns, A. BO KT03 A VJ., Morrlt
auia. Wcatdii'Sier Co , . y.
,lt(. ION FI.IKTAflON tJKlNAtiS,
Ktnl on iccelit of vB uti. l'tiHite frlnilng and
1'ublinhli g IIoim, 86 Veiaoy 8tt New loia.
The Heekwtih $80 Portable ramllT
XewiiiH iflucuiiie, oil :0 Iava Trlall
tiinnv adr.intfstt! over ail. Hattriaction giiaranleoa,
or i 1 re"iiinJd. Kent complete, with redirec
tion . liecttwith bowing Muchino Ca.,biiJ Broadway
NewYor.
'I'ttK NKWKLAtiTIU 'I'tltjaS. All lmpor
tent lnv.-ntion. It reiaine the Ititptiira at all times,
ai d under t o hardtt exercise or ..overeat straio.
I' i w rn ulthooniforl. aud if kept, en ultfht and
day, etieen a penuarontcu e in a few weeks Sold
)). iji, atui iDDt ly ! .,1 when rei ated, circulars
lice, whin ordered by Utter sent to The klritic
Trn.i Co. . No. I 3 Broadaar. N. V. Htv. Nobodv
ue. Metal Spring rubies j too- painfull tbey slip
GEO. P. S0WLL tc CO'S AME&I
CAN
A uook of Guu pages, witu editors' aod pun
lishers' names, jute of establishment, size,
politics, subscription price and circulation
of all Newspapers In the United States and
Dominion ot Canada.
TRICE, FIVE DOLLARS,
by mail. Address Publishers, JHo, 4rl Park
Sow, New York.
Local Notices.
uigsojbUTidjvT
Th copartnership heretofore exPt,.
twAan SflhArmprhnrn Jfr. T-n W i. , . 'fe
ed by mutual consent.
?' I"' S.C"R,,KB0R.
J. A. Tut Etck.
Parttea Indebted tn th .Kr. m
aail and ant tlx iln and aana i,..l,. Wll
A. Tt Ktci
Dated Fetrolenm Centre, April 8 m
FOR SALE.
One Ifi-horaa Tlft'hntlar In , .
Amr. nna R.hnrea t, u .V
- - - - - .. vijU pneiop.-j
boiler in complete order, 275 rt
. nn . . elan
luains:, rr ue.vjr, ouu leel Urge
rod i, 1 Snows Pump.
J- A. Ttx Etcx.
Tbe local eptioa law must be enfcratd.1
From aud after trris date and n. .,
dav tbe local option law eoet intn r... .
in ii -nt.i-.t- .i , . . . "i t n
will erii .imiuuB iuu urauus OI WlBM ..4 k.
Ilnn. . t rul.ll hnl-.i ,. ""I r
m,.. "wniiB prices. aim, I
tm.k mnat Ka elnai.fl mil. i. ,l. .. ' -
u i loe llm. i
so purchase a little vial for home nu '
"rWYFTftl? U
,We expect all parties indeb-i
ted to this firm to settle their
bills before the 1st of May nest
and avoid nnpleasantness, as we !
intend to close out and leave )
this town.
SOBKL & AUERHAlk
Dated, Petroleum Centte, Pa., March 20th '
v.jkiamr iiddd i
Now Is the time to buy tbe celebrate
Fox & Williams' Buffalo Cieam Ale. at W
A. LtJZIEU'S as be Intends to close up on
mo iwemy louriu lost, aiso, an tnose lor'
debted to the same will please come and !
settle on or be. ore said date and oblige tbs '
unuersigueo.
W. A. LOZIER.
WThrrnTTriTT ti
!M eiV JLl ILMlEl ;
Go to W. A. LOZIEB.
t a. iai m a ' t. I
-tin sireei,ncur u. K.iraiK,
for your BEZIE, deliv
ered at the welh for $22Sj
per Barrel. i
' Petroleum Centre, Feb. 6th tf.
Grand Opening !
CARPETS,
(HI Cloths Motions, &c,
AT
SAMUELS
BROS.,
Waslrington Street,
Petroleum Centre.
At present the prevailing toplo of ooavtr
satlon appears to "Gnw soon are you
going to move lo Butler?" W dull
to Inform our palrent aod tbe
public at large that we do not Inttnd to
move from Petroleum Centre, but propM
to "tWbt tt out on tbt line u 11
all summer," and would feipectlully
invite all to onme and examine
our stock of
Both i
LACE GOODS,
. ... it. j
And a complete stock ot ladies
Hats and tfonnets,
Also, a Complete Slock of
BOOTS ti SHOES
Wbicb will be sold
to Hal tte Cheapest
t-fllM a . .ii and examlo t0061
801PT,Cefc SAMUELS BEOS.
Fat. CtBrtr, Aptll Ntb, 18TS.
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