r etro'eon Centre Daily Record.
mu pa TBdar. mar no
Ulvina Bervlee.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CnrjRCH
ifervlone every Habbath t 11 A. II. and
i "Sj P. M. . Sabbntb. School at 12 P. M.
at free. A cordial Invitation extend
ed le all.
Kir. O. Moori, Patlor.
PBEBBYTER1AN CHURCH.
Preaihinaj at 11 o'clock A.M.. and T
'clock P. M., by the Pastor, W. C. Bcaca
aun. Bebbslk So boot at 12, directly
rirr tortuous service. .
Prtovr Meetlne. ami Bsebatb School
Teeober'e Meeting Tuesday vvenlng ot
east) Week. , ' '
Fotrolenm Centre IiOdge, No.
' T1, I.O.of O. P.
Regular meeting nigbtt Friday, at '7
o'ciock. signed.
W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. O.
C. H. Bailkt. a Sbo'v. .
BtfT1'1'" of meeting, Mala St., oppoilla
autsawaubi UVIIDTi
. A. O. of V. V.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of TJ. W.,
eta every Monday evening ei o'clock,
to Odd Fellow' Hall, Petroleuuf Centre
Peno'a. '
u v f A. Glmk, M, W.
A. M. Klicknir, R. .' . ,
v. oi it. jn. ; i.j.
Mlnnekeunee Tribe No. IBS, I 0. R. If
"iwm vmuv, id ex ii every Thursday
vminr. la Good Templar' Hall. 4 . -1
OT Council area lighted at 7 1 v o'clock.
U. ROWE. Sachem.
C. L JDKE3, Cblel ol Records,
Gold at I p. m. 1171
oer la aootber row In eburob matter,
at rviue ctiy, wblcb It appear by our cor
puwui laiemeui Dion ralr to raiae a
grand rnctioo. The . church, late school
bouse,' waa bonsbt bv
r iuv
Popl ql Kne ,Clt, irrespective of rellglr
. w oo uw of an denominations
m thoee of the belief ot the clergymen who
preached eight . desire K. A. Debpsey
, and J a. Spsnce were designated ai irua.
tee to hold lb property iu charge. These
prnee subsequently delegated the power to
postmsster Cunningham, and subsequently
. cyue. i.ueq io ooinchle in tbia arrange
tuent. That waa about Ibe way too affair
food up t laat oigbt, at wblcb time Mr.
-.Lvinaa p. Howe.of Tllusvtlle, bad been
announced to deliver a lecture on Spiritual,
in. Mr. L. Oaboroe, who dm no panic
ular sectarian belief but.deeire - to learn
from all, and bj a (toskbolder la the church,
by request asked Mr. Spence for Ibe key In
order that the eburtb mlgbt .be opened In
time for Iba lecture.,, Mr. fpence refused
to give up the ley, and wa' informed that
uolesabHdidaforolbleentranoe would be
made., -He ttj de.jifrreir.bd ehortly after
the dear or the oburcb wee' broken open
and ibe leoture, a very, entertaining one
waa delivered to a crowded bonto. ' The af
. latr baa oreated good deal ol bard feeling
nd will undoubtedly be veoiilated "by the
mV' Ao.d " ot the time beiog
rhla apeok ol war.
Itlareporte4 that too attempt to, ralae
money it Loudon wr tD, UaD,aitB p40iflo
Railway baa anally and completely (ailed.
Tbe amount lobo raised in England waa
llxad at aizteeo milliona of pouuda aierllng
or about 10,000,000, the Canadian Govern
nrnt agreeing to aubaldiiwiba Mad with
$30,000,000 lo eun and alii aiiiiiA.. .....
pubiio landi. A Loodon apeolal aayi the
EnglUh capilailila decline to glre ih
auhetre Ibeir support, on the ground tbat
iba oharier ii uoaafe, and jnai, f0B
the time allowed for build log, ike !aode of
iiog tbe oapital, and ibe land arrange
aenta acting a a barrier lo emigration,!,
II otJeotlonabio.iThd,pilUIoll ,re
ported to bare relinquished all hope of gel
ting the money, bat will oot return boa
until ibe oloee ol the Dominion Parliament
ry aeaaioo, to avoid troubleaome enquirlet.
The action ol Ibe Parliament to regaid lo
the oorroepoudence implicatiog memberi ol
tbe deputation In a corrupt conspiracy with
membera of the Canadian Govern auni
toucblog Cinadieo Pacific Railway uaUaia
my, howevei, haaten Ibair return. Thre
ia a proapeot ol a big waab of ery dirty lin
en on tbe otber aide of Ibe Lakei.
Look;out for R A. Lozler'a new adver
tisement te morrow, and be prepared lo try
bs nice coal Soda Water.
Tbe American Uutei is being toro down
prep.ratory to being removed lo Petersbarg
Tbe large family oacupyiog iba bouse were
compelled lo vacate sbddenly this morolof.
Tb workipgmen of New Yogi' seem
thoroughly determined lo keep tbo questions
which i hey ebampioo befor lb people.-.
Aootber great mass meetli g wu bald oo
bauid.y oigbt at the Cooper loatwnt. '
The city oi Newark la preuanoa
Kcood Industrial sbibitloo.
far a
Conckrt. We I rail our cltlaene will re.
member tbe concert to bo given at Sober
Opera (louse, tomorrow evening, by th
Mozart Mimical Society of tbla plate. Tbe
programme la first class la every reppect,
end comprises some very fine pieces of In
stromenial and vocl muile by tbe latest
standard authors. A large number of ama
enr singers, among whom we may mention
those well knows favorites, Wr. Carman
and Miss Henderson, both of whoa have no
superiora se thoroughly eultivoted mnele-
iana both in voice or hy Inurnment. Tbey
will be assisted by Mrs, Col. Vera, Miiset
Hawley, Buckley and Olmiteed, and Meaara
Blake, Waddell and B iice. Tbe w bole to
be usder charge of Prof. : Boyntoo, who
needs no recommend from us. We bope . to
see a crowded bouse, as tnis will be the last
entertainment given by them tbia seaaon,
Tbla Is tbe way Mauiaon ladle manage
to give a blot to miserable callers: ,;Tbe
callers bad arrived belore the ladles bad
completed (belr toilettes and were ushered
Into tbe psrlor to await their coming. Up
on their arrival tbey invited their guests lo
take a seat.on the doorstep, It being 'suob
a delightful evening I'- Tbey brought out
cnabloo for them, begged them , to make
themselves comlortable, and starltd back
Into Ibe parlor ostensibly lo get cushions
for themselves. When inside the ball tbe
front door happened lo blow abut, and In
some unaccountable manner Ibe key was
turned. Tbe young ladies departed through
tbe tide door and went down street."
. Wbat a pity tbe Bender family of Kansas
hadn't located their hotel near Captain
Jaak'a Lava Beda. Tbe Modoo tribe would
now have been burled.
The following Is a report of tbe number
of paupers, cost of keeping, Ac, in Corm
planter Township:
Number ol paupers lo Cornplanter -
Townablp Irom March 1st, 1877,
to December 26lb, 187S,
Amount expended for support ol
C7
said paupers, $U,0C0
Average cost for each Individual
per day, 1 70o.
A complete list of the names ol said pau
pers can be seen at tbe Ricobd offla e.
Thoh. McBcuii, Overseer,
An Intelligent joke of oxen brought
about a collision between a locomotive and
a cart containing two women, a baby,; and
a negro, at Athens, Teon., . the other
day. One woman and a baby sailed majes
tically off through spac, and landed unln
jured in a plougbboy Held, about forty feel
from tbe centre of operations. Tbe other
woman was tbrowo ten feet further, also
without injury; and tbe negro was thrown
vertically upward, and came down upon his
bead, of course without hurting him. But
tbe poor Cart and oxen were everlastingly
triturated, while the locomotive went whis
tling gsyly on Its way, without so much as
a bair turned tbe wrong way.
' Chicago Invites all the Western Governors
to come to ber jubilee lo June, promising
them a week of music, excuriioni and balls.
A sensible New York doctor reoeotly gave
prescription with dlreotlens to lake a
spoonful every three years.
Persons sending 6-29 bonds ol 18(2 tbis
mootb to tbe United Slate Treasurer, ln
eluded in tbe fourth call, upon wbiob Inter
est ceases on the 1st proximo, will bave
mailed lo them checks ol redemption by
the 1st of June.
Three Cases of petrified bunian bodies
bare been reported In Michigan within tbe
last week: tbat of a child at Bay City,
buried sixteen year ago; that of a young
lady at Traverse City, burled about twelve
year ago; and that of an old lady at Sana
ec, buried eleven years ago.
An eminent German eiboologlst ba spen
eight yearslrylog to Bad snme fixed type ol
tbe Caucasian, and declare that such has
been tbe mingling of races and declare
that do pure exist.
Recent experiments in England ludlcate
that the Immersion ofiroo and steel In acid
lestens the toughness aod Increase tbe
weight of those metals. .
. An annotation of New York olerk pro.
pot building a large hotel on tbe co-operative
system, to see it tbey osnuot reduce
Ibeir weekly board bill.
The well owned by Smith, Cook and otb
era, on tbe Hummell farm. Is doing 75 bar"
rels per day. Smith is one of the most for
tunate Operators lo the distriot, having ob
tained large well In all bis ventures, we be
lieve, except one Petersburg Progress.
Bembraodl Peale'a famous nioturo o'
"Washington before Yorktown" has been
handed over by the artist's daughter to lb
control of tbe Ml. Veroou Association.
- Wall poateit men ia the Upper Peninsula
of Mi chigan estimate tbat 1,500,000 tons o1
Iron ore will ba shipped (torn tbwt put of
m euu tbia summit.
Who Keep treat! Flower.
Who keeps dead flowers f Not 1;
T
indeed,
J :
IIU A,
The world it wild with blossoms,
and tbe
sky
Drop roses; and the regal moou-lamped
Bight
Brings sculptured Mil's, carved of perfect
light.
Who keeps dead flower? Thenceforth awev
with these
Tho ashy ghosts of sad anemones;
With dimpled, blushing buds refill the v res
Dipped in ibe laughing wine of summer
day.
Who keeps dead flowtrs? Wbat II a toying
" friend
Did last spring, give these; tbd now so end
Uatb com to all bis love? Life' lull to
day .
Of friends fresh friends, fresh flower,
fling these awavt
Who keeps dead flowers? Buried and gone
you say.
The little child yon worshiped yesterday.
Aod these psle violets on his breast were
spread,
Yet keep them not; for see they're dead,
, They're dtadf .
i i . .. .-
Wbo keeps dead flowers' Alasl one aum-
mer day i
Teaches bow many, many turn away
From life's Iresb blooming and bewildering
bowers,
To sigh lo secret and to keep dead flowers.
Sturdy old Captain H., .of Cape Cod, was
a widower of good property, and in an
evil . hour ,. married L dan eduilr
able housekeeper, wbo toon taught bini
wbo wa commanding officer.- It was wbis
pered that tbe relaliooa of the first Mrs. H
were espsoiaily obnoxlojs to ber successor
"Where's tbat nice old dog yon used to
have!" Inquired one of tbe neigbbois
"Wny, bi's dead," wss the res po one; "he
omldn't stand it." ' "Couldo't aland what"
'-Why, don't you understand?'' said the
Captain, slyly. '"He dropped deed Irom
barking at my first wife's relations!"
Tbe Now Ilaveu police drilled so thnr.
oogbly, In anticipation of heading tbe pro
cession on Thursday that they refused to ad
dress Ibeir wives unless property saluted.
One of them did not answer bis wife wnea
sbe called bito to supper, the other rjlitht,
and after the doctor had combed' the tea
leaves and crockery cut of bis b air, he paid
tbat he guessed be could And a substitute
for tbe paiale. . v
"Do you like chickens?" afkrd a remark
ably modest Nashville, youth of bis seet
ness, a ho was walking about two feet
from bet oo bis way to tbiircb, Sunday
Ignt. 'f'PertalD'T I do," she replied;
Wby do you ask sucb a question as lliat?'
Because I thought II you liked chick-ns.you
wouldn't object to taklu' a -wing,'S and ; he
crooked his arm In an Irrsslsllbl manuer.
Sweetness took a wing.
A litle chap six years pld. wbo, cannot
read, astonishes Gales ooro, Tenn , by solv
log intrloate mathematical problems.
Tbey have a business like metbod ol pro
oedure In Kansas, in tbe midst of tbe ex
OltenMDt oaused by tbe tcrrlbla discoveries
ot bodies uoder Ibe Bender boner,' a small
board appeared oo one of tbe grave an.
oouDOlog tbat tho deserted' Bender claim
bad been pre-empted by another settler. '
Caterpillar ' In frightful numbers are
making their appearancu In many places in
West Tennessee aod North Mississippi.
Tbey are said to ba actively encaged In
eating up every green thing in some local!
Ilea, and bave congregated In auob numbers
on the railroad a lo stop tho train sever
al timet,
Tbe actual washing away of a cemetery
with all it supulcbered lomates, i a grim
circumstance which doesn't happen every
day, but which ba just occured ilxteta
mile below Little Bock, Arkansas. The
plaoe wa knowo a tbe Perkins Cemetery,
and was'opened la 1814. ' Tbe Arkansas
river being very high, ibe yard oommenced
oaving gradoslly loto tbe river, until Anally
live buodrod coma were swept into tho
stream. ' A ' -
No railway abuse, la tbe vpioion of tbe
Erie Iorestigstlog Committee, requires im
medial attention so muoh as the leaalog of
railroad. As tbe law now standi, Dine
tors, without asking tbe coaseotol stock
bolder, can lease their property oa terms
wblcb amount vltually to a sale, aod in Ibis
way (serine their right a well as tbe
public Interests.
The Secretary of the Treasury I making
arrangements lor stationing several deputy
coi lectors oi ousHims in oinereot parte Of
Ibe city of New York to administer I im
porters oaths required upon Invoice In or
der to tare thorn tho trouble of going lolh
wusiem nous tot xsat par pose.
MTPbi has a l!r sogiue no very lovely
the It is folly to attempt to decorate It.
Tbens is 's Peoria confectioner who sells
caody mi cheap Ibittooo cannot help think
iog of dirt while eating it.
AnOblorarmer ayiht he-keeps tbe
iablta from barking bis tree by tying Cop
lei ef local paper around them.
A Fort Wayne man eeventy year old
bought a bonoct for hi wife tbe other day,
trvlat it on aod announcing tbat a it
a ui ted hi complexion, it would anlt her.
Tbe New Orleans cillsea oounta tbat day
lost whose Betting suo sees Dot some deed ot
riot done, unless be ba bought a lottery
ticket.' i
McGinn I term bit wile a "baately, owld
lizv. Modoc snusw." because, he tay "tbe
wen 'I lave 'er bed belore) tin o'olock 'la the
moraln'."
Wsjner don't like drsmatlo critic. Be
says be cm buy any ol them for Ave dollaif,
ami that oot oue in a hundred ia competent
to crlticiso a yellow dog' mldoigbt bowl.
A Wlrcoosin paper asserts tbat tbe rext
campaign in .tbe Stale Will sbow conclu
sively wbe'ber tbe State of Wisconsin te ibe
chambermaid of the railroads, or wbeiber
sbe is Ibe niadame tbat run the house.'
A Pennsylvania Dutchman committed
suicide tbe other day. Hi bard hearted
family did oot sympathize with hi trouble
in trying to catcb a horse, aod (0 be left
tbis world below.
The pain, sad looking young men whom
one occasionally meets in tbe street are not
consumptive, are oot mourning Ibe loss of a
friend,. and are.notdivijily studeats. Tbey
ii breaking In light boot, '.j ...
CI. J...... Hi., .jl.l.f.i.1 T.a.iIam
tl. . V u f . i i . , .uw w wm.i u h u w u
banker, 'regaid tbe great Increase la fioao-
ciea sod speculative operations of ' Great
Britain, since the panic ol 1866, as duiaod-
irg tbe exercise of caulioo on tbe part of
capitalists. ,
Loiig Rraucb Is gradually being swallow
ed up by ibe sea. Ten or Alteon feet .more
of tbe bluff weol last winter. At this ' rata
it will not take many mote seasons to rech
tbe hotels aud villas.
Sixty Iudiaa fighters in , Colorado have
oflereu ttielr services to General Sbermau,
aud guarantee to finish up any tribe against
whtun I hey may oe lent re a abort time,
providing tbe government luroltbei bcrsei,
arms aod rations.
Tbe labor stjike among the operatives ot
tbe Rhode Island mHIa is practically at an
end .From Ibe outset there ba been little
popular sympathy with this strike, and nev
er a ghost of chaucti that it would be suc
cessful. One ol the most emitieut statistics in tbe
country ia nngallant. He says that seventy
per cent, of tbe crimes committed by females
are '-seniial aod against themselves, " while
sixtv-slx per cent, of tbe crime of males
are against persons aod property.
Tbe people ol Montana becoming dlscotir.
zed by the alow build log of the ''-tfotthern
Pacific baee concluded to wait ao longer,
but build a narrow gange road from Heleoa
to a eoonretion with the Central Pacific '
Corlooe, Utah.
Bullet" proof armor la suggested for tbe
soldiers wbo are fighting tbe Modocs. Sueb
armor I made lo France, and though adap
ted to only a taw of the emergencies of
modern warfare, tbe Modoo csmpslgu I
precisely one which It I adapted te ,
Batavle, New York, ia eattiog a exam
ple for towo that would be economical.
Her Superintendent forbids th' laWer at
work for tbe corporation to woke during
working hoar Too much time I waated
in lighting pipe and borrowing tobacco.
Qrand Concert?
MOZART MUSICAL SOC'Y
Of Petrolenm - Centre, would
announce tbat they will .
give their ' ' ' ' ' '
' . i ; ; ;
OPERA 5 HOUSE.
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Wednesday Eve'g, May 21st
Songs, choruses, duetts, qoar
tettes, &c. Tickets tO cents,
children 25 cents.
Doors open 7 o'clock. Con
cert cotatuence at- 8:
AnaouMcesMtUa.
COUNTY IRCAsnnce
w .-IW j
Eoitob DartT Rxcoiid: FID BBlrna
.III k- . n.nrflJ.I. I... .u- pir-HOP
can Primary Election May gist, 187$, F
Editor Dnir Kxconii -Pleaean.B.i
the name ul kiAJOH J. V t k-l-
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COUNTY COMMHSIOMEtt
En. Rkcord: Please announce ih.
of (J. W. PUHTRII. ot n.vn.n,.. 'B,t
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"" lor viomoiiasioner, aut.jeet u
tbe Repabliean tisjzes, at tbe prjB,
Ejection, to be held Saturday, May Jii
Kast Rirceucixi, ',
Liorul Notice.
FOB SALE.
A desirable residence on tbe Eebertr...
uvuu ww maiij. Avrrv nooernena...
icuw. n in wv aviu onrnp. r.nqiureef
, . . OWEN GAFNET.
Petroleum Centre, May 1, 1873. (r
FUU SALE CHEAP.
Three wells all cssed for sale chsap.
Two engine, two boilers, tubing, naenis.
ry and all appliance. Apply al HOWB
js U'jua s, reiroirum centre, fa.
m-2w.
- DISatUliVTIUAI.
The eonartnershln hernto.'iira aUii.. v.
Kehermerhnf a Je Ten V!.k i. .!....
ea oy mutusi consent.
S. P. FctlERMKPHORX
J. A. Tkn Ktc.
rariirv looeoiea id me suove nrn molt
B .. -.. 1 . ... .
sll ana settle up rod save double.
J A. T.h Etce.
' Dated Petro'eum Centre, April 8, 1873k.
FOII SAIjE.
. L . I I . : . . .
um lie Dwrer j ui nonrr in corapieie sr;
der, one 8-borse V,' id k M"n engine srnl
notier in complete oreer, z; leet SiseS
tubing, extra nervy, ouo Feel laree sucker
rod, i snows rump.
J. A. Tin Etcl.
BENZINE
. i e a i
oi renzine. ine oesc ever
bmught to town, at
J. A. TEN EYCKS.
" Petrolenm Centre; May', 13, 1873- tf
U LciUVESK CH liVGE.
W. A. Lozier, who has been
entzaOTii in it.e i noiraie tuit
1 xl . mVTL 1 1 Al
trade for the nast vear. hna this
.1.... .i: r i.:. :
vee y v ll w iivtvvt va vu vu v ia
forest in sad bnsinesa to the firm
of Fox"Jk Willinmo. who will
contintiH f lift ImsinftSi at thr old
stand. Mr. i.ozier nesire lis
1 ' mm v
to return his sincere thanks to
his m:nv natrons lor the lib
eral patronage extended to him
dnrinrr the nnst Tear. r. A
Pltillim will net as apent for
w ' j
. r- v ,
tne new prcrietoi'S', and keeps
a full snnnlv nf that fine ButtiUO
Cream Ale on hand.
Mr, Lozier desires all psr-
t.ifs indehted in him to settle
at once as . he wishes to have
his books balanced.
Dated April 24, 1873.
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ratf'.io ,iwa Ai xjvjj !
jil sta l.n iL'
sirrXLHmr ita its uavni
IIUKlffl RV I1UII 1
nrpii af fliA waIU fttP
per Barrel.
Petroleum Cntrf Feb. m
PET. EXCHANGE
RESTAURANT,
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W, JPIGH.
PROPRIETOR.
Wariii Meali at all Haari.
niinAiui ivnllltiSOI.
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' jMlrea.
Cenisa and slewhare to B)' msui-
to treat thaia wall. ofrnn.
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Pet. Centre. Pa., May Him tf.
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s d asersiwisai rla'l
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ninii .Fiui . -w ,
raw iu.