Ptro!evn Contra Daily Record. ge. Cav , a.,rrlAa t. way U SHTiaie eiervtee. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH awrvloasevevy Sabbath at II A. hi. tod ,w p. M. Sabbath School at MX P. M. MMhM. A tordUl lavltetloe extend ed t eu. Kit. O. Moobb, PMtor. PREflBTTKUAN CHURCH. Preaching et 11 o'clock A. M.. and T 'dock P. It. by tbe Faster, W. 0. Boaca ap. Bebbtla School at 1 directly fiif mreacoa Nnim. Prayer Meeting and Sabbath Bchool Teacher's Meeting Teeeday evealage at aacb week. Patroleam Ceatre Lodge, No. Tl, I.O. of O. F. Regular meeting night Friday, at 7 o'clock. 8tRoed. W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. O. OH. Bailit, a See'y. tiey-pUce of meeting, Mala 81., opposite MoCliotock Bona. A. O. of V. W. Liberty Lodge No. T, A. O. of U. W., meete every Monday evening at TU c'clook, la Odd Fellow' Hall, Petroleum Cnm, Feaa'a. A. Gubx, M. W. A. It. Kuoufaa, B. I. O. at at M. Mlneekeeoe f rlba No. 1B3, LO.E.II of 1'alroietia Centre, meets every Thariday evening an uoii Tomptar nail. Hf" Coeeell Ore lighted at 7 o'clock H. BOWK, Sachem. 0. L. JUKES, Oblcl at Record, Gold at l p. m. I17jj The Polarl Mystery Acalm At latl tba myilery cnrrouadlog lb dealk or Captala Ball and Ibe breaking ap of tbc "Polaris" expediiloa It la pragma of eluel deitoa. Members ol Ibe abaodoBod portion r tbc expedition arc talking more plaltly than at first aad foae vary ngly facia are nude pablle. It will be reaoabsiej tbat tbc (toward of he "Polaris" itated Ibtl wban Ctptaln Hall returned from bit aledge expedition be want Into tbc oabln aad draok part ol a cup or coffer; tbat ka wet Immediately takeo lek and died two ar Ibreo daya alter, Ibe nature of bin dlteate not being known. Now tba two Esqeiaenx, Joe and Btoa Christian, cay that Captain Htll eomplalo d ol a bad taite la tbc coffee aad express ad bla belief that be wee poisoned, a belief bared lo by tba Esqolraaux, wbo have a bad opinion of Captain fiuddlnglon. Cap UlnTyton alao mtkaa a statement tbat pale Baddlogten In an awkward politico. Ha ityi tbat after Belli deatb Tyaon and etber mcabert ol tba patty were tnxioot to turn ibe "Polarlt" nortbward agala and at tempt to etrry out the parpoaa of tbc expe dition lo aMordanne wltb tba plane of tbc deeeaied eornmaader. Captain Budding ton refuted aad aald ha would tend Tyaon nnd bit frlendc "on Ibe road la bell at toon m oppoflnolty effsred When Tyton'i perly were pnl off on tba lee and were aap rated from tba eblp by tba breaking of Ibe lot Ooe, Ctptaln Tyaon had neldee but tbat be "Polarlt wonld pick them up again, at could dally have been done. Tyaon aayt be coald kiTC readily made bli way to tba chip bnt far tba women aad children. The Polarle," however, paid an attendee to belrtlgaalt and left tbem to their lair, which those oa the vessel nult Btj? Mt onldaot wa certain death. Ctpttln Bud ding ton heebaraelsrlces as a bed aad daa geroas man. Afler Ibe death ar Captain Hall there wu o longer order or dlaolplloc the 'Polar. Is." Captain Buddloglon nnd Proleaaor Blsssls, who had never acted In accord wltb Captain Hall, war In open opposition lo bit friends, nnd tba and off It aM wa Ibe baodoomeateo tbclooof tboto who had ben In his ooildeaoo. Tyeon joined the PclarU" expedition nl the lest moment nt tbc eeracet laportunlty of Capuio Hall wbo bad great coofldoooe In hi cklll as an Arc ttomerlgBtor, and Tyson was always an en. tbusitll(lMdao4edberenlar HalL it was well known that Captain Hall plaoad Implicit faith la kla Etqulmeav. frleode with We expedition, who wore, In Urn, devoted. ottoahod to blm. The quarrel between Htll and Bnddlnglon before leaving Disco; the Mddeo, tad auanlelaua .4 k . n.... . Htll r.r, ,00, tfUr bfMk, f ana ibe abandonment o Cptaln Hall', f,.nd, to ., mu advert, .death on the lea a lb. . North -do not all thwc f,, ,,, to b solotlon of tba PoUrls" mystery! Remembec tba meetlag at tb. Llterarv Boeleiy, at the Opera House, this ,T Aaeng lac attraotioos will be a prise d.mattoBs, .Ucl rwadlog., dl.togni A rata literary fetal In promised. Tb gat temple of Moie. kl. la Jeddo la l b rebuilt. ' " Niw Will We btva heretofore mid a cation ol tbc fot Ibal the new well cb lb Fierce farm, upper Bonoehoff Run, own ed h? i. A. Wood. J. W. Irwla and Dr. Egbert, wu down tod about readv to teat Tubing wu finished and ttttlnc eomaeoe- d on Tusedey. Like all producing wells in tntt aelgbborhood tblt ooe started up 'jumplat a larce oueoiltv ol elt water.- Tbo water wtc exhausted veatrrdav tod oil commenced com Ing. Todty the well li yleldlog about eight btrralc per day tod Increasing. Will prove a good taa or fifteen btirol wall, Tba wall bad over Bfty leal or tba local white pabbl ctad reck. Aootb r Indication that oil eilita there, tbc ctrlk ing ol walch it only a queetioa or time. We arc la receipt ol a latter, todty, from Pref. T. B. Alcoro, lata Frloolpal or the Petrelenoi Centre blgb lobool. Tbc Frel. deelrea uc to announce that be will opeo a 8eleel Scbool la Room No. 4, publlo aobool building, oo Monday, Juoe 2d, 1871. Wc ebeerfuliy do o, tnd Iruit be may auccaad lo gettlog ap a fall class. Bis many frleoda will be pained lo learn aloce leaving bare ko baa been attacked wltb a severe hemorr bage ol the Inngf . Altbongb quite nick lor n time be Ic tJowly recovering, nnd bopec lo be tboat toon. Elsewbere we give place to a communi cation from Kite City relative to the lata cborcb dlffloully la tbat place. Tbe writer gives n cornet stttemeot af tbc af fair. In soma rerpects wc ware in error lo our article, but rlgbl as to Ibe title meat tbat tbe obnrch wtt tbe property ol tba public, aod ee suob tbe publlo hid a right lo utc It for aoy ol Ibe purposes nam ed In tbe communication, with regard to ibe Derrick's attack an Spiritualism wc bavc nothing to tty, txoapt tbtt we tblnk they htve tie lama right to tbalr bellel aa any otbrr denomination, eoaieqiienlly tba attack of that paper amounts to nothing. Every man has right to bis own religious belief, and newspaper attacks ol a bitter ebertcter oa tbtt btllif only tend to ttreogtbea blm la It. A weak Irom lodey le Discretion Day. Tba Tltnirille Coarier glvea ao Item to tbe afflict that Corry le to have a Woman 'a Secret Clnb. We hear It rumored Ibtt t braocb It tooa to be esttbllabtd In tbla place. It will do doubt prove a bluilog to Ibe married meo, aa tbay can tben tellwbtt olgbl to have their Suoday out. A men named 861 oar, to employee ol Ilowe t Cook, bid ooe of bli tnee tmaibcd yeiterdty, by toother workman lotllog a bttvy iron rimmar ftll on It. We received a call tblt torenuoo from Mr. C. W. Kidder, advinoe agent ot Dr. J. L Thayer's Grand Olympic Circui, wblcb in stitution le lo perform in Ihli place on Sat urday, May SI. 187S, afternoon tnd eve- ing. Mr Kidder, It will be remembered wat one of tbe vlctimt ol tbe fearful rtilroad. aceldent oo tbe Valley Read laet wloter.by whiob Wm. Casey aad others loat tbeir livet Ha has not ful ly recovered yet. Charley le well tatlaOed, bowever, and thinks he got off assy enough altbo igb be did bavc to lay 13 weekc and lort bis scalp altnoat. Meao lime he ltengagd in billing tba town lor tba old Dr., and wa predict a lull house will greet him on that day. . The Butler Citlxen eaye: Oil opertllont ire encoding south of Butler. On Mile Run, about ooe mile south of Butler, on the plank road, tbe Meiers. Overy, Glllem & Co., htvlng made letees tnd purobseei auffleleot to jaatily tbem, arc making pre paratlont to put down well- Tbey have tba timber already on tba ground. Tba litt of lloeoiei gsaoesd iu Allegheny county up to Saluidty Itst, covers ten col umns of tba Pittsburgh Gazette, sst in small type. W counted Ibe acmes In one col ama and found one hundred and tbirtytbrce One tbouatod tbrec hundred tod tbirti li censed drinking b oners In Allegheny coue ty now, and It Issald last week wasn't extra good for llcansing either. Tbey have compulsory oduottloo in Texas. The law requires that all persoos nodes the age nl It aball attend scbool. A married lady la Houston, who has not yet reached tba age tbat would oolitic he' to exemption, ntteods aobool regularly and curiae bar baby wltb bar. '.Tbc Fcnoiylvtoit Ceoirat Railroad company wlllaborlly run n line f.otre Irom Chloago to Wetbingloo wltbout change, by Fort Wayoe, Pittsburgh, Har rlsburgb aod Baltimore. New Tork and Philadelphia, aleo,wlll toon beta rail eo aectioowith tba capital wltboat change. QTbe Botrd.of Eduoat iaa la Mempb It re fuses lo give male aod female teachers equel' St Paul aod Mlooaanollt wleh to bocon- aected wltb a boulevtrd 800 leel wlda. Th past year lo New fork baa bean vary bttllliBt la mus'xal p'.ot af view. Letters from the People. Nota. Tbi mtntgeroftblt journal, wltb out andoreloi the erntlmeole ol contributor. deal roe to offer the wldeat puaaibla latitude for free diacuailon. It Is merely stipulated tbat eommuiiteiilone eball eoooern matters ol nabiio intetrst, be put in dncenl languaK and eoompDled with the namre of Ibe writer a, out lor publication, but as a guar aolau of good rniio. Letter From Kane City. Kanb Citt, May 23. Mr. Editos: In your Tueedty'a iaeoe Is a statemtat caaeern log a difficulty about a aetiog boaw In Kaea City. Tour IB' lormaot did sot convey to you a correct impreesioa reprdiog tne eeme. Since tbe matter baa got into tbe papeit It it wall that 1 1 should bepreeeoted la Its true light. Ittt winter the ichool direetort soldloR. A. Dempeey sod James Speooe tbe old aobool bdildlof. The papers atleetiog tbe tra oafer of tba property lo tbem let forth tbat tbe houie wee lo be thereafter uaed fo, whatever purpose of a public nature tbe people wished it to be used. It was to be a 'ree hall. All kinds of religious eervicee. without regard to note ororaeda, lectures, diacuselooe, slog Ing ecDooli, 4o., are die tluotly eoumsrated. It wac never Intended to be devoted tor dedicated to any tpecitlly rellgiout ttrflw, either particular or gen aral. It it not, therefore, a church buildr Ing, as falitly asset led by tba Derrick. When tbe botes was purcbaeed a meeting of Ibe residents of tbc place waa oonvaoedi aod it wu resolved to go on and make tome necessary repairs to tbe building. Aeon siderabla amount of money wis subscribed for tbtt purpose. (Messrs. Dempeey tnd Spanoe rigbtlf cuneidered that what tbey had already paid for tbe building, vn: Twentj'Jve dollars nacb, was all tbat waa due from tbeia.) Mr. J. C. Cunningham was, I believe, eppoto led treasurer, (loslead of trustee.) Mr. .C. U. VanScbeick waa eleciad to overate toe repaire. lie purcbai cd materials, tad engaged a oarpeuter, Mr- Wash Downs, ta do tue wotk, aod tba bouae wat put Into t rery comfortable condition for tne purposes fur wbiob it wat intruded lu be utrd. Wulle tbit wti in progress some persons wbo pretended lu oe uleaillt' lied with the arrangement, ralaed Ibe poiul that the tale ot the bouse by the director wa' illegal, mil tbat til tbe money rxpended upuu it would must likely be tool to the in veston. The rtfect of this waa lu atop further lUbacripuuus, and, to some txivui Ibe pay moat of some already subscribed.---Conirqueotiy lliere wai uut inouey euougb railed to pay Ikt oip--ulr fur his labor. lie sued for tu auiouul, wnarevvr It was, aud,ubtaiod judgement agaiuat Van Scbaick and, by auuia leonutcaluy, Speaoe alao, wbile Dempeey wat lelt out Mr.Speuce oalurly felt disiatiilled wltli this cuuelua looe of the whole matter, and in order to letl bit tod Vat Soheick'l right lu tbe ex clusive use of tin bouae, proceeded at once, (in the absence of tbe latter) lo luck up tue bouae, declaring tbat no mealing ol any kind abould be bold in It ualesa be we tirat paid lor III uie. Ha did out close It against the Spiriltlallat leotureer, as tucb. While he ba, oo eymptlby with tboae who ( accord iu tu tbe Derrick) b?e "no more tangible form ol belief, aud bo more eatabliabed creed Ibaa It professed in Dixmoot Asylum," and did not attend tbeir lectures, be olosed tbe home oootrlctly legal grounda, aod not oa account or tbeobaraoter or tbc propottd lecture. At least to ba professed. Mr. Otboroe It not evea at muob ol a spiritual ist ss la Mr. Spsnoe, wishing lo meet him hair way lo makiog a test or the real owner, ship ol tbe bouse, respect'ully aiked lor tbe key wherewith to open it Mr. Spenee at reepectlnily declined to live It up. Mr. Osborae than dnw out Ibe staple which held lb hasp and lock ol tba door, aod opened tbe bouse. He did not do this on behtlf or tbe splrltaalieit, as such. He did It, as it Is generally aoderitood,oo btbtlf of those wbo bad lovetlad money in lha house, ol wblcb be l osa. In all this there was.no passion displays, na blgb words used, oa either sld a. Every thing was dona t coolly, lo all outwtrd tppetrtnoe, ne tbeugb It were but n mere, ordioary bullosas transection. These explanation! are made, Mr. Editor. in order that the Imputation may no longer a east upon the splrltoalltts tbtt bring re f u sad a house in wbiob to meet, tbey effect ed n lawtaes and forcible entraace thereto. Ia tba first plaos tbey did not Intend to ob tain admission in tbat manner,, and. In tba second piece, If tbey bed, Mr. Osborne Is about tba last Instrument for tbat purpose tbey could have taoared lo tbat locality. Tba inoidents datorlbed trinsplred in con nection wltb tbtt lecture limply bectots It happened to ba tbe first one annonoeed to take place after the hooae was elosed, and not beoauso tbey would not lovilably have transpired in conaeolioa with meeting of any other character Will tba Darriek pleas notice tbe tree version, of tbe cutter? JcsTicn. Oil Naw -Mr. J. t. Irear, al Milieu Iowa baa received eoaea valuable territory to tbat vlelclty. Tba Trautmaa well W(tlil4wlag tbroagb two pipe, its prodaoiloa la act leas tbaa lour boodrad barrel a (lay. Mrs Saode put dowe a well wltbla Bfty feet of tba Greeo well, near Oil City, and was awarded with a fiva barrel wall.1 Lamblog Brotbera aod Campbell will sonn commencn two new wells between their well end Relator's Mill and the Troulman farm. . Andrew Sbleamantal and others ar put tlog dowa a well one mile and.a half south west of Greece City. The second saad wu retched lett week. Ltmblng Brother St Campbell have leas ed, ground on their property at Millerstowa to tbe Fairview Pipe Line Company Par tba erection of a pump elation. , Wbile In Buena Vista one day last week we learned tbat tba McFarlaad nnd Hlflla get well near that place, was averaging al moat a hundred barrels a day. The Reed well on ibe Dougherty farm, formerly owned by Lnpber A- Ciemlogor M producing noe hundred and seveoty barrels a a ay. Tbls li by aetual Deaeurmeot. Well No. 2 on tbe Toronto tract was tor pedoed lest week Increaalog tbe pmdoelioo from ten barrels to Ally-four, Tbe wel I produoad this much by. actual met aura ant two daya after tba torpedo wa exploded. . Last week tbe Amy well on tbe Wtlaeo farm took a spurt so to speak, aad flowed at tbd rata of two hundred aod fifty barren a day, aod settled down again to her dally average ooe hundred barrels. We learn Irom tbe Butler Eagle tbat par lies bsve leased land Irom Mrt Judge Me Candleae, nar Rleber'a ttill bouae, oa ,Sul llvn Ruu, aod will put down aa oil well upon it aoon. Tbli land liet la cloee prox imlly to tbe beiougb ol Butler. Lamblog hat loat faitb la tbe Bonnie Brookt well. It Is now down about 160b (eel a long bole with at much' ell at one end as tbe other. Jamas M. Lamblog, Jao A Limblnir, B. Bt Campbell aod H. Beig are tbe owoers of' ibis well. Petrolic lie porter. Fortune lelnn- ti a crime in P Boatoo besiutei tu widen bar ttraeta. By tbe uew lullitia law ul tba State tbe Twentie'b Military Division, composed of tbe countiea of Crawford, Erie, Venango and Warren, it will.be lean, it allowed iwrlve companieaiThere aro nowoa tbe rol of ibe Adjiaaot General twunty companlet iu tbii diviaion; two in Cooneautvlilv, tbrec i i Meadvillu aod oue et Erie and five la Cot ry, Erie county; twn in Oil Ciiy three in Franklin end one in Cooperatown, Trnango coiiuty, and un in Vnen, Warren county est. Luuia erected 1,400 neve bouses lest year. Lindn baaoew mouibly called "Leaf Ago." Journuiuin ia making rapid progress la Japau. Some 124,226 men were eouscrlpled ia Prussia laet year. Tbe Weetfleld disaster is still la the New York Count. Six hundred Christians in Japan are still treated es orlmiuale. Tba Atlantic steamanlp was eleven times looger tban It was wide. A new stone depot, costing 920 Oat) has just been finished at Victoria, Kansas. M Fine SINGLE HARNESS from $15 re f 100 at Marshall & Richards, opposite Hie Ricour office. Daily Record NEWSPAPER, AND Job Printing Office; MAIN TREE Ty mnoLEcn cbntike. Aaaomacataaatn. COCNTT TREASURER. f Enrrca DrtT Eacoo:-FlD BIbW wtll M a Caodidate tut tba UBoe a? lOiiVj ePrlaawtTeeaM -f "ee Fat)trVftKtatf.V AxaTMtba. VI - I thai..... I Mijnll i 1, 7 ""''"- - -. lUrtKT m Fraaklia. ae a CaadMat lur Couui, t.L urer, eaty ol ta the aeaget of it. 'fcaabi J can party. p"0''1 COUNTY COMMI3SI0NER. I r sTfTM .y7 T. "Be? did... &,i&ZZfcQ Ejee,,..', to ,b. ...d-Sinrd.,': Haar RiPtattcAxs. Local Notice. I OB 8AA.E. ? A desirable residence on Ibe Eibert fara, ' ' Good water baadv. It.... lenee. Will be said eheaa EnnuiTrrMt OWEN GiFNIT. f Petroleum Centre, Way 7, 1871. tf . FOlt SALE CHEAP. Three wells all eased for at) teeap Twa n 1 imi Sara lt.ll.M inKt.- . , - n i ---- wcu ery and all anpltaaeea. Apply at flOWRi m vvva Of vkvwir.ui vvoire, ra. r aaa-zw. t lllSciOlillTIOIV. Th nn.tfi.ahln h.r.tj.r..- t-.t- - . i twaea Sseeimerboia A Tea Eyck Ic dlssolM ed by mataal eoaient. ix n e - . . a. a. cc.aiwaHOnN. J. A. Tkm Kvex. : Partlea ladeblad ta th. . . HIUI call aad eeltie up aod eave troable. . , A. TB KTCX. Dated Petroleum Cearre, April t, 1171 a?st u ati.v. f Oae 16-boree Tift boiler la complete ar der. ooe 8-borte Wood & Maoa eogloe aod boiler ia' ceeaplete erder, 175 fret 1 lack tubing, ira heavy, 600 leet large tucker rode, 1 Snowe Pnapt ' J. A. Tin EtcX BENZINE I Just received a fresh supply of Benzine, tie Jxxt ever brought to- town, at ' J. A. T12N EYCKS. T Petrolena Centre. May, 15 1871- tf til TD TT mm s ie. uuuaiiu.y aaeeeMor to STease a Arautraag. WHO&XS1LE AND RETAIL FLOUR AMD' Merchant: , s TBBaataatberbavtacboagbttbenld Ptase of Mfua Ataaatroaa, baa nlerxed the baiinwe an wul keep alwaja on band tea bt the awk !. F will do aWROI.B8AUI RITalU" trade m tbe fcHewlag pseaaele: Plour Peed, I Say d Grain OF ALL KINDS; S PRIMS THtT XXX WHITE WHT FLOTJB. P Bbl, IJ' vjUKli' S UAT8 CUOr, per Boon WBEATBRAN ' 7 CORN MEAL OILSBAaV " SALT, per bbl OAT MEAL, per lb. l.tt 3.01 1.6e POTATOES, per I BAT, per band, 8TRAW" Brwni OATH, per bnsb, CORjif " Qp-TB are can prions. . r m4 -k. a mmsui. fealltg ! eMi xiSSaat eaaftve aaBfocitiaa la prlca aa e.1i tyoteaedt w vnarrfB t Patrolafun Centre, P MayMW-at Tlia Berkwtlk fiorer t.lJS Tess bo SBflZZiSip n. B.tiiSVtlosjiianBttea man 7 aorani nr i Mfa refondtd. Beat oaasplau, with, fall larkwlth stowiac Maafelsse Oa. .SS awaaewar ttaoa. 'Brawtu awwlBlaakaMO. new Tenu eaarrwhere aaU ear aaeresatasee Imlwetaarlag MMhlee. eea tm n Itnted eirtmlar. So we MeellUe facti art leg Compaajv Bfoaaway, jw 'r 1; a- I
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