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SHUGERT & STARR
Sucoeasora to McFarland, Smith A Co.,1
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALKKS IN
Gents' Furnishing Woods,
COR. SPRING & FRANKLIN ST3.,
TITUSV.liLE, PA.
H vo pat in one of the finest aasoriinenta ef
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ENGLISH,
FRENCIT AND
AMERICAN
C O A.T ING8,
MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS
FANCY VESTINGS.
Kver offered to. the Oil Region.
TwKNTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS Sc CAPS,
Ah the Latest and Nobbiest Styles.
A TOLL LINK OF
Gent? Furnishing Goods, &c.
Petroleu n Centre Daily Record.
Pet. Centre, P., Monday, Way II
IHYlua ftervlee.
UETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. ana
P. M. Sabbath 8.,!ool it 2 P. M.
ata tree. A eordlal invitation extend
ed to all.
Kev. G. Mnons, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock M.. and 7
o'olock P. M., by tbe Paitor, W . C. Boitcn
asd. Sabbath School at 12J, directly
after lorenoou service.
Frayer Meeting and Sabbath School
Teacher's Heeling Tueiday evenings ot
each week.
Petroleum Centre Lodge, No.
T1S, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday, at 7
o'clock. Signed.
W. II. MONTGOMERY, N. G.
C. II. Baii.kt, A Sec'y.
tyi'l ice (' meeting, Main St., opposite
McClinlock House.
A. O. ol V. W.
Lllierty Lodge No. 7, A. O. or U. W.,
meets every Monday evening at 7 o'clock,
In Odd Fellow' Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Peon's
A. Glenn, M. W.
A. M. Klkckncr, R.
I. O. of It. Itl.
MinnekauiiH Trine No. 183, I. O. R. M
of Petroleum Centre, meets every Thursday
evening Id Good Templar's Hall.
ty Council Area lighted at 7 o'clock.
H. HOWE, Sachem.
C. L JUKES, Cbiel ol Record.
Gold at 1 p. m. 117
Mr. T. O'Doonell baa aeld bla entire In
terests oo Kane Run to bla brother, Mr. Coo
O'Doonell, or Foxburg. There are about
8 or 10 of the wells, together with ybe ma
obinery, o.
Mr. Tbomai Koaob, agent for tbe Roberts
torpedo, exploded three torpedoes Id ' tbe
O'Donnoll wells, Demptey (arm, Kane Run,
one day last week, and increased tbe pro
duotlon from five to forty barrels dally.
There was a heavy frost, last nlgbt.
Tbe Grand Commandery Knights Tem
plar of Pennsylvania, meet la session at
Meadvllle, tomdtrow.
We do not bear tbe cry '-Go to Butler!"
quite so frequently a a abort time ago. It
must be there la some truth la the story of
dry boles.
Citliea Malloy thinks be has a good joke
on one of the convert! of the late revival.
lie aays said convert was trying to play tbe
missionary dodge on a female of easy vir
tue, oo Saturday sight, "av kootte, ye
know." Tom will explalo to the curious.
Tbe several please ef divine service were
well Oiled yesterday.
We ucderstend our townsman, Mr. Gil
bare Gordoo, has purobased the hardware
aioraotG. W. Wlnsor, and will unite that
with bia store. We are ootj, advised a to
which store be will oooupy.
The practice of taking a "little bit- ol
something between meals "just to stay the
atomaob" la considered by ao emloeot medv
oal practloovr to be very Injurious. The
stomach that la habitually treated la that
way, says be,' will Dot atay stayed, but will
go.
Letters from the People.
Note. The mnoagrorthla journal, with
out endorsing the sentiments ot contributors,
desires to offer tbe widest possible latitude
for free discussion. It is merely stipulated
that cotnmuo'catinns shall concern matters
ol public interest, be put in decent language
end accompanied with the names of the
writers, nut for publication, but as a guar
antee of good tilth.
Our Pchnnln Again.
Mr. Editor: LUvIng children going to
school, the o.Rr day we diopped into the
rooms or Misws McElroy and K? nnedy, just
lo see bow matters progressed, and found
those Indies at their poet surrounded by
groups of nappy and well behaved children
Order Is maintained easily without tbe use
of tbe birch. These ladles are both work
era. Ia nil the branches taught they are
very paioMaklng and thorough. They
Seek to amuse their pupils as well as ln
struct. The consequence is that tbe cull
dren have made rapid progress. Read'ng
and spelling recitations,, arithmetic on the
black board, with otjeet drawing, penman
ship on slate and book, all parsed in review
before us wllb great acceptance, the per
formance being alike creditable to ' teacbeis
and pupils. Singing and calisthenics clos
ed tbe exercises. Tbe first strengthens the
voice and tbe Utter the muscle. Both
amuse and entprtalo the children and
lighten the labors of the day. As these
schools are about to olose these ladies may
rest assured lby carry borne with them the
best wishes of parents and children.
Pater.
It weighed just seventeen pouods, and
at its ooming into tbe world tbete was great
rejoicing in tbe bouse ol Ktoney. whose sur
name is Peter. This auspicious event took
place oo Saturday.
, The Amencan Hotel Is lo be torn down
and removed to Si. Petersburg.
Tbe Columbia Cornet Band bave received
ao Invitation to attend tbe Knights Tem
plar parade, at Meadvllle, oo Wednesday
next.
Tbe Twin Lick Oil Co., oom posed or T
A. Parker, and others, bave secured 12
acres oil territory, from tbe V. O. and C,
Co., near Elliott's lino, and bave commen
ced operations Volcano Lubricator.
There are in Pennsylvania 975 manufac
turers of olgars, who turn out upward or
o,iuu,uuu annually, and 36 manufacturers
ofchewiog aod smoking tobaooo aud snuff,
tbe value ol whose products reaches annual
ly $854,000.
A man can kill himself and at I II not In
validate bis life insurance policy, even
though bis clause la that policy expressly
dedans that if the person insured commits
suicide tbe policy shall be forfeited. So
decides the Suprem Court.
An English scientist has discovered a flint
flake and some marri w'eti bones in tbe
Miocene strata of tbe Territory age near tbe
Dardanelles. He therefore concludes tbt
the aolquity of man must be reckoned by
millions Instead of thousands of years.
The steamer Jametown commenced ber
regular trips to-day, leaving ber dock, at 8
a. m., and connecting with trains north on
the CrofS Cut. She will make but one trip
each day for tbe present, snd will return In
the afternoon, reacbiog Jamestown at six
o'olock. Mr. H. M. Winsor, who lately
purobased a two third Interest, will be
Commander, and Tbed. Grandio will be
Sailing Master.
Tbe Michigan Legislature reoently voted
seventy-throe dollar to each of tbe report'
era ol tbe Detroit dailies, as a recognition of
their services durlog tbe past session, but
tbe quill drivers bad too muob self-respect
to accept that wbiob tbey were not entitled
to, and tbey one aod all declined tbe re
ward. The persona who claim lo be lbs beirs of
tbe Anneke Janes estate allege that new
aod important iaots have been discovered
which will give an entirely new turn to tbe
litigatioo Id relation lo tbe settlement of
tbe estate.
A Western oaodidate for office lejeaid to
lite bis b'l in such a eareleis mtnner as to
make It very doubtful from what shire In
Eoglend be comes, although bis accent
would seem to Indicate that be I from that
extreme eastern aide of England commonly
known a Hesse Darmstadt.
A "charm doctor" died lately In Buffalo,
aod a horseshoe, a stuffed frog, a Albert :nnt
aod ao English thiliog, all folded together
lo coltoo oloth,wer round suspended about
hie neck. He was booest enough to believe
Id bis owo medicine, at any rale.
Almost all the leading geographers of tb"
world say a Dr. Carle Beke, bave come to
tbe cooclut ions that tbe discoveries by Llv
Ingtone, of which Mr. Stanley brought us
aojounti, relate to th sources of to Congo
and oat to the sourest cttbe Nile.
Tbb Lower District. Reports received
from tbe Petrolla district represent tbe ter
ritory in the immediate vicinity of the city
as belni nrotlv effectually "oieanea out, '
eltho' it continues to hold its position as
tbe most enterprising aod sunstan;iai on
town south of SL Petersburg. The excite
ment has passed on beyond, and F-ilrview
has been entirely left In tbe taeae, ureece
City, Karns City, and ooe or two other
points are tbe centres of the recent develop
ments. and annear as though they will prove
the termini or the developmrnt in this direo
lion. Many dry holes am being struck,
both in this vicinity and that ol Feirolia
City, and with a very few exceptions the
Immense wells renorted Invariably dwindle
down to a tenth of the reported production
within three days from me time inn mrj
are atruck. No dependence wbotevever
can he placed In tbe estimates made of the
production of either of these districts, be
cause they are so Irregular that an estimate
made at noon will be worth nothing at
Dlgbt. Petersburg Progres.
An Iowa woman out a couple of dozen
eggs into ber bed so tbey shouldn't frei ze
woile she was absent a few days, and oo
return home late at nlsht bounced into bed
and bent them so fearfully out of shape that
she was obliged to remove them with a coal
shovel and a chip. But not one of them
was frozen.
.
A little boy lu Ullca, who was ill about
Sunday School time, last Sunday, went off
in convulsions wtfeo be heard two dogs
fighting io the alley. He went off Iron) the
back steps and did not come back until
dark. After bis mother got through remon
strating with him, be comforted himself
lib the reflection that be did not get
whipped half so bad as lbs yellow dog did
anyiow.
Newspapaperpatrooagn is a curious thing
In the eslimatiou of some people. A man
lives near you never took your paper
don't like tbe editor don't like tbe politics
too Young Americanists too fopptsb or
something else: Yet be goes regularly to
bis neighbors and reads by his fire finds
fault with It content, dispute witb its
disposition and quarrels witb it type.--Occasionally
be tees sn article that be
like save a hair a dime and buy a num
ber. That I newspaper patronage.
Shingle roofs should be washed with a
compi uad of lime, salt and ashes, to make
them proof against sparks.
It appears tbe Cheyeonea, wbo are sup
posea to nave murnereu tbe u. s. survey
ors io Kansas, were drunk at the time.
As the lower class of Spaniards have al
w oys been kuowo as a shiftless set, tbe edi
tor of (belt new organ in Madrid, Los Ds
camisados (Tbe Shirks,) showed udmiras
bie discrimination io choosing lis title.
A commission now In session at Wash.
ington is examining locks for bonded cars,
lor transportation of joods In bond, both
under tbe immediate transportation act io
land and treaty carriages across our terri
tory to Canada and Mejo or between
Europe aod Asia. TbHa.merlcan Seal
Lock io use does not ava iantira ..ilsf..
lioo. aod about tweatv other tonka
VABIUIUatlUU.
There are lota of good io human nature,
The other day a Detroit paper contained a
little Item to the effect that two orphan
girls were at Ibe stationnouse, homeless
aod penniless, aod before noon thirteen
different person bad called and oflered to
adopt them.
Greece has set a good example In abolish
ing ber foreign embassies. Tbey are worth
less institution, gen Tally.
Tbe New York Commercial Advertiser
says; "Tbe lady lovers of croquet are
getting the necestary Implement ready for
a prosecution of the fusblooable and e.ihll
aratlng game." Tbls means stripped stock
ing. Twenty-two thousand seven hundred asd
eighteen cattle were received in the Union
Stock Yard In Chicago, during tbe lost
wek the largest number ever known to
bave been received In one market during
that time.
Tbe Mental-Culture Society will bold Us
oext regular meeting oo Monday evening,
May 12tb. Final meeting oo Monday eve
ning May 19th,
has H. ITeiouton, Pret't,
M. J. Kennedy, Seo'y.
About tbree miles this aide of Greece city
a lerge gaa well bat beeo struck which
yield such quantities of go that Ibe rum
bling aod roaring can be beard nearly a mile
off. It is conducted from tbe bole Into tbe
field through tbree large pipes, and throws
a flame fifty feet high. Tbe well It not yet
down. Petenburg Progrers.
"Local Option "bard tack" Asking to
smell of botlls that once contained "tbe
ardent,"
Nbw Territory to tin Developed.
M. 8 Adams Is getting ready to put down
a test well In the vicinity of Maple Fur
nace, tome tbree mliee northwest of Parker
City. We have implicit confidence In this
territory and hope Mr. Adam will bo sue
cessful, as be certaiuly deserve to be, for
the venture be is making Tbe striklog of
a well io this locality will attract the at
tention of oji retort! to territory more con
venient to us, snd will be the mean of
building up more rapidly1 our present prose
peroua city.
VICIXITT OF PARKKft CITT.
Two new weila weie stmok this week on
tbe Grunt farm; one owued by J. A. Sed
wick and otbtrs. Tbe names of the owners
of the otbes well are unknown to us. Bstb
wells are good ones, equaling tbe producr
tion of some of tbe recent t Hikes at the
front.
TIflSITT OF Dl'ENA VISTAi
Tbe well owned by M'Farland, Sutton
and others, on the Tborn farm, near Bueoa
Vieia, has been pumping for some dtyet -
! dily production wjll not exceed 10 or
Io barrels. i unman journal.
FLOOD TIDE. '
The fisher's wife looked from tbe door
Across tbe shining sand;
Her eyes against tbe level light;
Were shaded bf ber band;
She heard, like ' wind 'mid . (Autumn
leaves
The bright waves lap tbe strand.
Uodriveo came tbe lowing cowl
Along the winding way;
Her good man's boat against Ibe wind
Was tacking up tbe bay;
Sbe aaw him stand witb rope Id band,
And cast tbe sheet away.
Wdat was it oo Ibe lengthlng'shoie
Her ttraioed eyes tought In vain?
She stooped to turn the drying lets,
Then rose end gazed again.
"He waits behind tbe rooks." abt sra'led
"To gteet bis father, lain I '
Yet while she spoke, bit boat to laod
Alone tbe Osber drew . iT-i
Tbe breaking tide-wave 't flashing CrMtfJ
Bur white across the blue.
And a brimless hat beside ber feet
Tbe mocking waters threw.
All liquor aud tobacco dealers aod others
auliject io special tax ttoder tbe Internal
Revenue law are reqniled lo pay tbe tax lo
advance, iusioud of waiting for assessment.
Tbe peualties are heavy lor doing business
without lirst miking such paymeut. Tbe
law imposes penalties for failing to place
conrpicuuusly in tbyir place of business tbe
tax receipt. IVrsont luteretted lo Ibe In
teriml Revenue law bad better ate lo things
an d save trouble.
Taxin'0 Tue Back. Track. Operators
have received a great cheek la tbe Greece
city ditinct by tbe numerous aod constant
ly recurring of late, ol dry boles; and oper
ator leel much more disposed lo retrace
tbeir steps arid develops the territory wblcb
ba already been opened. Io Ibe neighbor
bood of Millerstowa. appears to be tbe point
of tbe most permanent lysleaiatlo operating
There has been but few well of any con
sequence, struck of late, and tbey bave fal.
len off witbiti five days.of star (log, 74 per
cent. The great porosity of tbe Petrolla
and Greece city districts eauses all well
struck to yield tbe entire supply of oil In a
ihort time, although while tbey are fresh
tbey may prcdnoe at the rate of 200 barrels
per daily Much lea confidence Is felt o'
late, an J those who bave left hero; to oper
ate In Ibst (I is! r let wil! return gladly on tbe
first opportunity. Petersburg Progress.
A dead hotel olerk at Sprl ngfield, Mass
cbusette, is spoke Rof by tbe Republican as
courteous, and of a gentle and lovlog pa
tuje. Like tbe good .little boy In tbe Sub
day School book be was too good for earlb,
Such tare characters seldom stay long.
Going; to the Barber's Shop,
From-the Danbury Ne.
There was so eldetly gentleman wending
bis way to the barbor shop Saturday after
nooo. Coming from the opputlU 'direction
wag an tinshaved man. The shop lay b
Iweeo tbem. Tbe unshaven man quiet
ened bis step; the elderly struck into a trot
Then tbe unshaven (tapped to look Into
window, and tbe elderly man came back to
a walk. Up started tbe uotbaven man
again, and tbs elderly man resumed bla
trot. Tbe unshaven nran once more slek
ened up; o did tbe elderly man. Than tbe
unshaven man quickened bis gall, and tbe
elderly man onoe more struck into a trot,
aod reaobed tbe door pMtiug aod puffing
a tbe unshaven man went by. Aod yet
women are with tbeir sphere.
Tbe shipment er oil between Esslentoi
aod East Brady, by oars aod barges, will
average 15,vw0 barrels p day, Oo day
tbey reteheAfj, (TOO brrl.
PI De Camn.it- ""
eeveo li
lines
r j uav a J
running .om diffe.em "l
Tbe comn.n. i. . 1
IJ" river
another
river.
naw line from H.rri.vii,, 5
The Fairview Fm. .,. I
Urge oil tank, at West U,,' '1
Biv a Item amnl.l.n:m.. .
at that polot. They have .!, .'JJ J
TheVapidly increasing tral.
Petrolla and tlxr...... ..... ... .
bot ween Ibe two i.., .. .... 1
, . vail. UI It... ii.
.in v.:
. ,u.. ween rroto F.i,
view, KmClly and Monterey.
Announcements.
COUNTY TREASTTUrn
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Editor Dam.v nrnnn. cm ...
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TREA-SUREH C Vi 'c,
Primary Election Ma, 31st, l0jruW'-;
can
Editor Daily Rcrnnn pi... '
the name r M AJrnj V ' r- 1." T,
Franklin, a a oandidate lor County T,t
urer, subject to Ibe usage of the fcj;
Can party. ' 'l
Loral Notices.
'OIl SAliE. !
A desirable reaidenna nn i. rk... -
- "liwti i.rni. .
Good water bandy. Every modern oontst
lence. Will be sold chean Rnn..i..
OWENS4.FNEY.
i eiroieum venire, May 7, 1TS3. if 1
Kilt SALE CIIAF.
Three wells all cased for sale chain .
Two engine, two boilers, tubing.
ery and all appliances. Apply at HOlVt
4 COOK'S. Petroleum Centre, Pa.
mo-zw. ' j
UISSOliUTIOIV.
Tbe copartnership heretofore existing be
tween ttebermerhorn ft Ten Evck Is dluoicr
ea oy mutual consent.
H. r. CCBBRMBRHORX.
J. A.' Ten Eyck.
Parlies Indebted to tbe above Arm mast
oall aod settle up aod save trouble. ) I
J. A. ten Eyck. l
Dated Petroleum Centre, April 8, 1873. k
Ona 1 4-hnri. Tift hntlap in iu.mi.lal.
aer. una B-borse l.ond Mann engine .04
boiler In comntete or . 275 feet 3 Inch
Itlhlntf .TlH h tv 1 It f..a, tm ... . ..nL n. 1 ' I
rods, 1 Snows Pump. i
a J. A. TEX EYCI.
BISIXESS CHANGE.
W. A. Lozier, who has been
engaged in tie Who)esile Ale
trade for the past yea:, lias this
day disposed of his entire in
terest in said business to the firm
of Fox & Willhnis, who will
continue the business at the old
stand. Mr. 1-ozier desires us
to return his sincere thanks to
his many patrous for the lib
eral patronage extended to him.
dunner the past year. F. A
Phillips will act as agent for
the new proprietors, and keeps
a full supply of that fine Buffalo
Uream Ale on hand.
Mr Lozier desires all par
ties indebted to him to settle
at once m Jie wishes to have
his books balanced.
Dated April 24, 1873.
Tbe Falrvlew
MdPTUCE !14
Go to W. A. LOZiEK,
4th Street,near lt.lt. track,
for your BEZIXF, deliv
ered at the welb for
per Barrel.
Petroleum C'nlre, Feb. dth-tf.
pany, at Broadwar, New York.
ThVi Beekwtlh 0 For takle t ''.'
Hewlnc Maehlue, ou 0 '. ' i
many advantaaea over all. Haltrlacilou IS"--.- 1
or s, rarunata. neni eoropieia, '" WLAma .
ttona. iHeekwith Hewing Machine Ca.,U63BnMT ' t
rew lora.
m.M ...... .n. whO "':m
aw jkw w vr...v m. y" ,f in,
-.1... m.bl...Vi.,i,rai.t. with tinw.naDer. 'Ut
UtHrUoo of Adverthwaaeiita ahoald seud to ,
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
fbr a Clmilar, or eneloaesaeenie ""'"imoit
Hundred Pstsje aF'rh TOf
Usu ol H.U00 N'papara and etMrnatea. ""T"
the cost of aarti.lDs;, also many uIW Zr
odrertisert. and soma aocoom oi '""Sf--. tr,
ro en who are known aa "2""?J,u2 Aw1' :
Mafrsi 1 nil arm .m i"t
aan Kawapapar aqtdu.u'k .-
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