itr.
SHUGERT & STARR
fltt-MMion to McFarland, Smith & Co. ,)
Merchant Tailors!
AND DEALBK8 IN
Gents' Furnishing Hoods,
CUB. SPRING A FRANKLIN ST8.,
'TITLetV.liLE, PA.
B vt put la on of the fioMt aeaoronenta f
VLO'im& CASSIMERES
INGUSH,
A FRENCH AND
AMERICAN
CO AT ING8,
'MIXED AND
STRIPED SUITINGS
FANCY VESTINGS.
lvr offend la the Oil Region.
ItTWKNTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
HATS . 5c CAPS,
' Al. the lAtejt and NobWl.el Style.
, ', : A TVLiL UNI OP
'Gents (tarnishing Goods, &c.
i etro eu,n Centre Daily Record.
Pea. Centre, Paw, Mntir, Jane 9
i S ' V - Uivine Bervlce.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
. A- Service very Sabbaib at 11 A. M. and
, t r. . Baniiein school at lZJf P.M.
A oorUUl Invitation extend
d to en.
Kit. a moors, paitot.
Vi'i !"'-' PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
PMuhln at 11 nVlnnk A U .
'olook P. M . br the Paotor. W. rv Rnun
, ABD. Babbalb Sobool al I24, directly
after lorenoon Mr let.
Prayer Meeting and 8abbath School
Teaauer'i Mellag Tuesday evenioge ol
ab week,
PatrolAHm Centre Lodge, No.
Tift, I. O. of O. F.
legular meeting night Friday, as 7
eiook. Sinned.
W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. G.
C H Bailit, A Seo'y.
lW"Plce of meeting, Main St., oppoalte
MoOliotock House.
ft A. U. of U. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U.
"17. M?odr "'" 7 aclock,
In Odd Fellow' Hall, Potrofeuaf Centra
Pwia'a. '
, ' A. Glbhx, M. W.
A. M. Klbcmbb, R.
I. O. of 11. At.
Mtnnekauue Tribe No. 183, L O. R. M
rretroleiim Centre, meet every Thursday
vening In Good Templar Hall'
HrT Couooil flree lighted at 7 o'clock
n v tTTB- U HOWE. Sacbem.
CL JUKES, Chief ol Record.
GuH t 1 p. at. 118
Ciren day bat eom and gone. John
Janes and Susan Brown, from the countryi
attended lb same, and Indulged In ginger,
bread and root beer to their bean'a content.
Tbey Mr the oircus and were undoubtedly
satisfied wilb viewing tba gay trappings
and spsngles-lbal is little iter cut out or
fold paper tod plbned on a little blue
gauss or tba actors tod actresses. Tbe
performance Itself was fair for a variety
troupe, but we tbiok lb Dootor baa loat
bl reckoning" somewhat In lb variety
buslnei. H should adbera lo tha leg III
ut olicus department, and wa tbiok un
doubtedly would do a gaod thing. We wl.b
him good luck, however, but would advise
aim to reorganise as oircus.
Tb fair grounds of tbe Agricultural So
leiy tPltisoeld Mass, itlli oontein snow
drift five feet bigb and Iblrty-flv feet in di
ameter but there are fair grounds ror bop
bat it will melt away before tbe tlm Died
vpon lor tbe coming summer exblbi-
Tp mealber is quite wars .end summer
Ilk today.
Billy Pugb and Tom Soowden, proprie
tor ol Ifca Petroleum Exobange Hotel, are
way ajive t tut want of their cuatomer
in everytblag needed in tbe line of that
wblca supplies tba Inner man, aucb as Bsb
flesh and fuel hwludleg regelablea of al
kinds. Try a dlpnar there nd our word'
foi il yon will be eattrflnd.
Mra Kite Uwdbe.rt, ol R.dio rushed
forward tb otber day and dragged a Child
tro tbe railway traok. juat In time 10 ve
M from yulo death under tbe srbeeur nf an
upreachln trln. Mrs Kie's otbrr me
(5 her ex, oily.
A correspondent lo the Girard (Cosmopo
lite, inning btmsett "John Msrbl,"wrltln.
Irom Elkcreek, thus mourns at tbo loss o'
bia bitters torn from hli primp by the Incol
option flat, lie says: We cannot afford to
go to Erie for a Dtp every day, or every
week even. Occasionally an old veteran baa
urgent business In Erie. We iadly assemble
at tbe eornera lo s bim off, and regret tbe
lack of flllhy lucre that comples us;lo remain
in tbe wooda, while be la having a bigb old
lime in town. We eagerly watch tur bia re
turn and gladly give jour laat three cent
ulckle tor one smell of bia fragrant breath
tor una glance al bia ruby nose.
They are my frleodi
Who are moat mine,
And I moat their
When common caret
Give room lo thought poelio and divine
And In a psalm ol love all nature blood.
James Dlte, ol Mllford township, Buck
eoiioly.li said to bave turned bp two) black
anakea recently while ploughing meaauring
five and six feet. Farther, en nineteen were
unearthed from three to six feet.loog. Diae
ahould be we I shaken ; fur gelling up tbla
anake itory.
There came near being n Br at tbe ilc
Cllntock House, ibis 'foreouoo. Tbe root
caught fire from tbe flue over tba kltcbeo.
Fonuaaiely It waa discovered and exllr.
guisbed before aoy damage was done.
A dente black smoke in a nortbeaaterly
direction, about noon, indicated an oil fire
in tbe direction of Ibe Upper Benaeboff ter
ritory. TbeOil Uuy Derrick lay: It look a If
Fid Bishop were defrauded ol bia nomina
tion again by tbe "Franklin Ring."
If aucb I tbe oaae we are sorry to bear It
There I no uae to'r booeal men to run fur
office in Venango county. Tbe whole con
oern I run by a few diehooeat and corrupt
lime-ierver known a tbe Franklin King.
Had we anything to do with -politic we
abould certaiuly be compelled In lb Inter
ests of Irutb and boneety to (bow up Ibe
biota on tbe political (urfaoe of Veoaogo
oouuty. Tbeae remak are not Intended
a a slur against Major Maokey. Far front
It.
Local optioo is la Jo roe In Clarion ooun
ty. When a man visits what is supposed to
baa private place of entertainment in Clar
on, the Jacksooiau threatens tbem after
Uls fashion:
Wa bave referred to it "gin-mill'' two or
three times recently, aod we bave made up
our mind to publish the names of all our
citizen we ana go tbere hereafter. We
bave seen some go tbere who bave taken a
solemn eatb to viocdicate the lawijef our
land. If you do not want yonr names In
tbe Jsckionian, keep away from tb above
named place.
Tha Modoc war Is ended. Shack Naaty
Jim, Bogus Charley, Steamboat Frank,
Hooker Jim, Scar Faced Charley, Boston
Charley, Old Scbon Scbln, and several oth
er bravea bave surrendered. Capl.
Jack and several other warrior exoaped.
A Or occurred at Meadvllle. yesterday,
wblcb deatroyed conaiderable properly.
Yesterday wa Wbit Sunday.
Chip bat are making their appearance.
SI. Petersburg is horrified over a case ot
Infanticide.
The following Js to vole oast al the
primary eleotion of tbe Republican parly Id
lb I precinct, onSaturday. Tbe vote wa
very light:
County Treaiurff?
Mackey,
Bishop,
Assembly.
McCresry,
County Commissioner,
Lyttle,
Porter,
Auditor.
Jury Commissioner.
Myers,
Bradeo,
Swift,
70
es
6
"May I put my arm around your waisttV
said a youog mau al a ball to a lady sitting
by bis (Ida. Sbe looked indignant; where
upon be (aid: "All Ibose geollemeo waltz
ing bave tbeir arm about ladies' waists,
aod why shouldn't I have the same privi
lege, though I sit still?-'
From Mr. Juices Anderson, who returned
from tbe Butler oil fields on Saturday, we
learn that tbe prospect Is not so flattering
as it might be. 1,600 feel dry bole ai
becoming frequent be states. Tbe newspa
pr of that region never make mention o'
tbe dry boles, contenting themselves wilb.
beating the market by report of mammoth
wella wbiehooly. exist in imagination.
Kd oo need discount tl present IwealD
A Pittiburgh firm Me r. Roger &
Biirctifleid claim to have discovered a pro
oess by which they can mnke tb lemons
Riisiao sheet iron. The latter is made in
Siberia by a secret process wbicb no other
natloo has heretofore been able to ohlain
The British Government ba otftreil 50,000
for Its discovery but even the stimulants ol
that large sum has tailed to achieve Ibe re
suit. American enterprise ..and Ingenuity
have accomplished It, end Pittsburgh, II Is
said, can now lurnisb all co-ninoa markets
with Riisaiso sheet Iron at even lower pi ices
than tbe Russians themselves. Tbe proces"
bas been patented .
A young tad in Conneaulvtlle entered a
sewer pipe twelve luches in diameter a few
days sgo, to reoover a loat ball. When be
attempted to baek out be found it impossible
and be very pluckily shoved himself through
tbe pipe Ibe wbole lenglb.a dHtancn of sev
eoiy feet. It waa a perilous adventure, but
be saved tbe ball.
Oil New. The Shannon well, ou tbe
De Kolph farm is doing 17 barrel.
Tbe Heater well, just below Turkey City
started tiff day belore yesterday at tbe rale
ol SO barrels. It I just above tbe Lusk
well, known as tbe "Old Junk."
The Walker well, on tbe .Knappenberger
faim. is niekiog a heavy abow. It is pum
plog at tb rale of 60 barrels per day.
Since tbe eirtkiog ol ibe Truhy A Spencer
well, on Ibe Basom farm, operators bave
gobbled up all tbe land In tbe vieinity
Tbl well 1 doing 90,berrels, and on tbe
eVeuiog II was tubed it could have been
bought for less Iban actual cost. ,Oue eigbt
of il waa offered for $1,000. Tbe same eight
Is now offered at $7,600. Petersburg Pro
gress. We Bod the luliowiog Petersburg oil
new in tb Clarion Democrat:
Some well atrike may be ol interest.
Tbe Dicker well oo tbe Balliet and Black'
lease, Jordan farm, near Turkey run Is do
full 100 barrels.
Lsst Wednesday, Cramer Brothers o'
opera bouse feme, struck a 50 barrel well
on tbe David Sboup farm.
Well No. 1, lease of Ura and Walker, oo
tba D. Koippenbarger farm, bas struck tbe
sand, and is flowing 60 barrels.
Tbe Basom well, of Truby, on this side
is flowing, and bids fair lor a large produc
ing well.
On Beals farm, tbe Lee and Tinnier wel
Is flowing 40 barrels In Hie second smd,
where an Immense gas vein baa been struck,
tbe strongest ever seep In tbla section. On
ibe bottom of tbe tank are six indies of
gravel thrown up by tb force of tbe gas.
Educational, The State Superintend
ent or Public Sobool, Hon. J. V. Wicker
sham, Sua issued several Important circu
lar la reference to the normal school' ex
amination and educational conlereoct
from which we make tbe following rxiracts:
The annual examination of Edinboro will
commence at 8 a.m., on Tuesday, June
17lb. The Board of Exam inere will con
sisl of the Stale Superintendent, or deputy,
Principals Brooks and Cnopei, and Super.
lolendenta Bosley and Porter. Official vil.
tois, tbe Superintendents of tbe oitlea ol
Meadville and Erie, and tbe counties or
Crawford, Lawrence, Venango and Erie.
In order lo avoid tbe form and ceremonUa
ol large convention and ibe expenses at
tendant, and lo enable those most Interested
to grapple directly wilb educational ques'
tions il is tbeir duly to consider, It bas been
concluded lo invite tbe couoiy, city and
borough superintendents of .ibe Slate to
private eonlerence witb the Stale tuperio
teadent and otber tffioer of tbe School De
partment. In bc cot dance witb'tbe above,
tlieCounly Superintendents of Crawfoid,
M 'Keen. Warren. Erie. Meroer. Vennvn.
, . , .
Forest, Clarioo and Jefferson, will meet at
the Exchange Hotel, this city, on Fiiday,
June iztb, at V a. m. -
Venango Citizen
Tbey manage tbe liquor diffloulty witb
promptness aod ease out lo Greeley Colony
ioiarsao. jno intoxicating liquor Is per
mitted oo any pretence inside tbe limits ot
Ibat virtuous settlement. An enteprlsiog
dealerin 'liquid damnation' thought loflank
Ibe seltotmen of Greeley by sitting up an
establishment just out outsile tbe iimiis
He built bia shanty, ordered bia liquors,
snd was off after a team to lake Ibe Ireigbt
from the depot lo hi shinty when a squad
of Greeleyitea appeared oo tbe scene armed
wilb augurs, aod that liquor peddler's slock
la trade soon consisted ot oolLing but bir
rel slave and sung bole. Weeds won't
grow around Ibal depot for a while.
A newly married couple in Columbus, Ga
ebarlered an express wagon at $1 an hour
for a bridal tour, and having stopped oo tbe
Way at a restaurant and Indulged in a $5
treat for themselves and friends, became loo
hilarious oo tbeir return to the wagon, and
were dragged off by tb polioe to lb station
nous aod locked np for tbe Bight.
It is time lor IVirtb of Jjly to al'.aie.
Tbe strange silence BsalaUlBed It tfet
friend or Henry Ward Asetket LB rgr4 lo
Ibe Beecber Tillon-BoWva BBBBdal BBS Bl
I asl been mode of au agievfMDtalgned April
2, 1872, by Henry C. Bowen, Theodore Til
ton, ai d Henry Ward Beeober, and deposi
ted with another person tor aula keeping;
Ibe custodian ol tbe document believing tbe
lime has some for making it publl i jus
Hoe lo the parties concerned. In tbl oov
eusnt Mr. Bowen lukes back any statement
be made aflcting Mr. Beecber' morality
and Christian character; Mr. Tlllon with
draws his reference to those statements;
and Dr.. Beecber agrees to bury tb past.
That is all very well so far a tba three
parlies to tbe agreement are concerned, bii
ibe public, who. bave a large latere! la Mr,
Beeeher a a minister ol tbe Gospel and as
a moulder of public sentiment, desire' t0
know something authoritative about tbe
circumstances that rendered sucb an extra
ordinary covenant necessary. Tbere I,
something behind that document, and It
would be belter for all portIVs ir tbe Tscts
were given boldly iMIead ol being dragged
lo light piectmeal. Tbe publio want lo
know, bave a right to koowv and will event
ually know, whether there nss sny ground
lot Mr. Bowen' cbsrges, snd whether la
making ihem be told a falsehood or told tb
truth and afterwards condoned tbo wrong.
This Is enoouragiug. Within the bmoi-
ory of middle aged men Dow living lb
question was jcornfully asked in England,
Who reads an American book!" Now,
w learo by a cable dispatch, Lord Bishop,
at a banquet presided over by Ibe Prime
Minister of Great Britain, rises la bis place
ilb great dignity and solemnly toast
"The Literature ot tbe United State," and
tb guest woo bad been crammiog them
selves with afierdlnner joke out of pirated
edition if American humorists, "warmly
received" the sentimeul.
Here I a uul for Free Trader to creek.
Free Trade finglane) Is supplying her mao
uteclories witb American Iron made under
a protective tariff. Tbe American workman
receives higher wsges than tbe English
workman; tbe American iron maker make
money, aod bia furnaces support a consider
ablo i.opuUlion aod create a prosperity
shared in by all classes of the surround log
community, snd yet tbe protected Iron of
America is now shipped to England and
sold In large quantities in the very centres
of ber iron manufacture.
The Episcopal Biebop of the Diuoete of
Calilornia Kip bas been Bishop twenty
yearii, and the Diocese owes htm over
$21,000. Tbnt is a pretty showing for Ibe
laud of gold, where greenbacks are not al
lowed circulation. At the last convention
all Hint waa done in the matter waa to ad
mil In indebtedness. And Ibat very d
misalun show a desperate stale of tbe case,
lor lb most hopeless debtor Is tbe one wbo
duns himself every lime be meet bit credi
tor, e
Oil. Nkwh' A new Well was struck lal
week and tested oo tb Emanuel Biaim lot
uear Dogiowo, wbiob bas darted off at 100
barrels per dsy.
A well was also struck oa tb Dan'l Knap
peiibsrger place wbicb is good for 100 bar
rels a day.
Aooih -r well on tbo Humel farm farm I
about completed with good indications
tbe bole being filled witb oil.
Tbe Tidioiite Journal says: "Go to Bat
ler"was tb prevailing cry' short time since
Tbe tune Is changed since tb strlkiog of
that 1.000 font dry bole.
A well ou Ibe Humel farm owned by Sic-
gina & Bluncbard, wa tubed last Mondiy,
and ou Wednesday was yelldiug 75 battels
a day. It is called the "Hunkador."
Clarion Democrat.
Nearly a Ibousaod person collected In
front i!f . a physician' residence, la
Wllmlngtpn. Del., on Sundsy Bight, to get
glimpse of a ghost reputed to nightly
appearance tbere. Tb enraged, pbyalolan
believing that all bis patieata real quietly la
their beds or graves, appealed 10 tb police
lo disperse tbe unwoloem gathering,
The Pennsylvania Slat Sabbath
School
Aeeociatlon will bold Us nluth annual
con-.
veotioo lo tbe Methodist ohurcb, Tituavllle,
June 3, 4 and 6. 1 873. Each Sunday School
lo the Stale is requested to (end two dele
gales, sod tbe Pastor of all Evangellsal
CDiirctie are invited. Entertainment
will be provided lor all delegate wbo will
notify L. B. Silliman, Esq., ot Tllusvlile,
oa or before May Slit. "
Trade lo artificial flowers is lively.
Standing commutes corner loalers.
A luscious yield ol alrawberrie I prdlo-J
ted.
The races at Pleasaolvill on Saturday,
were a success.
Tbe sweelesl of new tint I "Daisy, Cjub
d lo Blusbe."
To gst sour look from
atk Tjim ts ibsJis carpels.
your bosbaod
Lc Not lew.
'UI Ai.E.
A dralrabM retldoeon i Egbert t.,.
OooB h..d, Ev. ry n,,de ,B v.l
renow. Will be sold cheap EnqnlreTl
OWEN Ga-FNKY.
Cnlr, Msy 7, 1873. ,j
Petrel,!
ion sall chi;ai.
Three wells all eased for sale ebesa
Two engines, two boilers, tubing, aiaai
ery and all appliance. Apply at HOWB.
A COOK'S, Petroleum Ceoir, Pa.
m6-X.
B1880LUTION.
The copartnership heretofore xisti
nnder Ibe firm nam of J. M. Henry V Co
Is tbl dsy dissolved by mutual consent
All persona knowing themselves Indebted Wie
the old Arm are rrqnrsied t call sad settls
tb cam al ens.
L- Pkbiik.
' J- RlTTXR,
J. M. Ukkit
Dated Petroleum Centre, May 21, lo73.
r -
UrWhlps, at Marshall &leharda op
poalte Kbbd OBcr Mala Street, Pstroi
leu m Cent re. Pa.
tW Fine SINGLE UAUNKSg from 2S
to $100 al Marshall A Richards, opposite
lb Rbcobb office.
NOTICE
1 The branch store of O. F.
Sc&onblom on Main' St, wilt
this day be closed. All parties-
knowing themselves indeb
ted will please settle their ac--connt
X P. SCHONBLOM.
liTet. Cotre, May 31, 1873.-
BENZINE.
Justi received & fresh' snpply
of Benzine, tbe' best ever
brought to town, at
Ji A. TEN EYCKS. t
Pelrolenm Ceo i re. May, 15, li"3- if
l18UJbTI01.
Tbe copartnership heretofore existing be
tween bebersaetbora) A Tea Eyck i dissolv
ed by aiutaal-'eoiisenl.
St P. ScMRVERBokS.
' H A." Tbm Etc sr.
. Parlies Indebted to the above lira mutt
nil ead Milk up end ssv trouble. .
J- A. Tin Etck.
IHted Petroleum Centre, April 8, 1873.
FOIl HALE.
One 15-horse Tift boiler lo complete at-1
d-r. uu 8-bots Wood A Mann noine and
boiler In complete order, 'Hi feet 3 Inch
tubing, extra heavy, 600 leet large sncser
rods, 1 Snow Pump.
J. A. TrErcs:
To AdwTttMr.AII 'permm who ennle-n
nlat niaklmr contracts wit new.neperi fjr tho '
tnrertlva of Adveniatuaenu atMald ataid tv
Geo. P.Rowell & Co ,
for Clpnnltw, or endow SAeeare for their e
Hundred Pttae Panaplsleit, coetainliii!
Liata of ouo Nei-ipera aod wtlmatee fbo-ln'
! e coat, uf advarlMnij. a I no many unfal blut '
advertiser, and eon account of trie rxparimrc of
tnea who nre koowu aa emreeaelut Adver
lleera. Tbla firm are proprietor ot the Auieri-'
can Newspaper Atfenieing Agency,
41 PARK ROW. N. Y
2nd A
D ISTRIBUTIOIM
75,730 Premiuins
RANGING IN VALUE FROM
010(00,000
TO THK SVa9CihlMIINOr
OUR FlhESlDE FRIEND
V.vrrr Subaeriber 1 anre of oiie pre
anlniss ar way, and .":!
epsii cfemuoM of re. elvlua; m t!1
Krimlam, OH A l'IANOt O""'
WATCH, E WIPIC M A HIM t , i . f
FIRST bRANH uASH PHEMlllW-
5,000
Ol'R B IRF.SIDE rBIKNO.TWM rg
Kama 81... Illn.lr.ted. the Family Weekly, la m
ta TU1MO TtiLDMBaad baa atwinad the LAf
BST OIltCULATlON f law paper r,'f. g
heWeet. ItaaaeoeM enaMMth prt"
furnl.h the beat noat deelrahl and ii.o M
ortglnrl readlnii oMIierlt greet vorl.ty. tl "fj
eon bny, and to mk It a Tiome weekly njf '?
inawauiair every nmiiy. buuwipwi ei
par yaarofsnanlH-ra.
'ana airs'" w -
(tea 18 x Inch.!, 1 colore. . Acxaa.. leJ?
to,.bthebnaaomeatand moat TaloaW
pie'alein Anurtco. Kvery rnheerlber la pr
WKh thlaChrnmoat the tin., of aukr.WnS, "
waiting (ondala. receive, a Bumjer ffJUSIa
entitlitTg the bolder So a ehare.la the diltritaiixD
el ai ofti in eeth and other prooiinai - .
ThedlMrlbnlioaukeeDlaeiiOBAbe aeeood I J"
dav la June neat. Tb Cnromo " '""TZ.
md on receipt of price. Bpeolmea eopi.P
Hat, et-, jyivwVtt r-rileulhraeva' "iLm
.'i , ..- m f
AGE: NTS
vwyrowi. .U" PJ
snd the. beet '
THE PAB1 OMOMrAyiOT'
Bran Lodv want, one I
Bvary Man earht to biTl01.,,.. r r TITD5
-it nfTmOeuU. Adore. '
CX)...1 Betesib ATraj.ue, " ,
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