PetfC ein Centre Daily Record. a. bCrutr, 'w.'WrdiicadaT, Join 18 ll KTHOUl! X El'l.-SOOl'AI.. CHURCH eH-rvlwa every Sabbath at 1 1 A. M. ami P. M MahiMth School at 12g i'. M.' ta ft- A' Cordial Invitation extend ed lu alW Kv. O. Uiiokr, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. fr.arhirig at II o'clock A. M.. nnA'J n flock P. M . hy tbn Pastor. W. 0. Bciicii akd. Sabbati School at 12'. directly after Inreoonn service. Prayer Mating anil Sntihnth School Teacher' Meeting Tuesday evening ot :vcti week. Petroleum Centre Iode, No. Tift, I.U. of O. F. Regular meeting nighli Friday, at 7 o'clock. Siaonit. IV. U. MONTGOMERY, N. G. C. 1L Uaii.kt, A Sec'y. C3fff lace of mewling, Main St., opposite lloUiintock House. A. O. of V. V. . Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. (). of V. W., meet everv Monday evening at H o'clock, in Odd Fcilow'a XI all, Petroleum Oeotre, Peon'e. A. Glenn, M. W. A M. Klbckxcr. R. I. O. of It !)! Hlnnekennee TrilM No. 183, I. O. R. H of Petroleum Centre, meet every Thursday evening in Good Templar' Hall. Og" Council fires hunted at 7 o'clock. H. HOWE, Sachem. C. L JUKES, Cbiel ol Record. ItOold at 1 p. m. 116 Uncla George Mullen, of Cberrylree, and bit ion David, paid tbe town a visit laal sight. The day wai warm aad tbe walk over, eyiirentl "beared- their capperi" ai oo sooner bad Ibey-errlved in town tban Ibey attacked kitg Alcobul with a Vlgr worthy of a better came v. And1 the more spirit tbey turned down tbe higher tbeir apirita rote. Tbey grew -efftoilonale at timet, and Men quarreled-betimes. Unole George remouetraled w4lb bii eon "Now, Davey, don't apeak eo to your poor old fa ther." Davey retorted "You're druuk, you dd old foalr tome borne with me at ooo."' Tbey. continued, tbeir fun until dilutable Burgess appeared oo tba grouud and nolifled Ibem to quit their bilarity and retire to tbeir buckwheat patcbe in peace or el find a baven ol rait prepared for all druukaid tod win bibber the lotk up. A audden calmness fell over Ibem aod like the Arab, tbey "folded tbeir lent and l lently atole away" totbetr native bauut in the wild of Cberrytree Local item are scarce. Warner Circua -paaeed over tbe Oil Creek Railtead thit morcrng en route to Coiry. Tbe portable steam sew mill oo tbe Skin uer Urm was net in motion yealerday. Some 200 faetol planking ware aawed. Eliewber we publish tbe advertisement of tba deeiaioni Id tba Roberta- Torpedo eae. While tbe Roberta Torpedo Compa ny baa long been considered a monopoly on the part ol naay operator there It-no doubt but that tbey have control of tbe paleniloo priority of iovintioa, and lb highest eourt in tbe country having decide ed m to tba validity of tbeir claim, tbey oartainly ought to be protected In their pat ent.. The weather it learful hot today.. Ob for quiet ipol lo dome teelnded dell, who- a half barrel of lemonade or lager aioBgide, a few hundred pound of ice packed arouud you, ed a box of olgar. One might keep cool with all tneee about.blm. Shell. , Caufle Id, everybody koowe him a belug tbe beat leainsler in tbe couotry, ia now prepared to haul boilera and' engine to any teotlon ol tbe oil region, In addition to doing any kind of hauling. Aod when Shell undertake a job of hauling bl pa tron can reit amired It will be well done. Tbi w know to be a fact a he moved u (bia forenoon, that 1 to (ay, be moved that Soda Fountain back to the Post Office Newsroom, and tbe aame will be in opera, iron tbl alternooo or tomorrow forenoon. Meantime Kbeil Caotield i prepared te do all kind of beuliog at Ibort notice. Our townsman, Mr. M. Herman, met wiib a narrow esotpe from death, at Oil City, tbla p. m. He wa standing ool,o railroad traok talking wilb some other pa -lssnddld oot oolite train backing d -., The ear (truok bim add knoak4 i. ujdowti. Formerly be fell to one aide, end ood.wt h omy a few brula and ibo ( Hiring ul etoiaea. Tba aaaapa wa a oar ow una, . 9"udtHe,i,.VMBUu local option In a ai i-.lolpai tv"nttoaaf IKVomxjtha erection of 4try. Plumer lie int. ' The schools cluaed annul a month since, our nntittn teachers cutting u. short onn ilaf. We also learo from eertaln insidious iuueu- does cunningly thrown out that tbey Intend compelling tbe directors lo pay tnetn 1.T the two months the; did oot teach. Tbe I'liimur achuol building, if you recollect, nil dei'weni needed repair list Till, eaid re paira requiring aitout two month more time lo con p ei iban was aftlrst supposed, in cousequetice the lormal opeuing uf tbe cliuola was delayed two moo I hi later thn other school lu i lie Township. The tnon ey in the hand of tbe School board having become greatly diminished from some cause or otber the ec'mols were ordered tu close a month sooner timti last year. Now it Is easily to be seen in tbe aggressive attitudes of these amu. ins what pernicious example will do. Our highly respected and sanctl mnuioua Representatives at tba Capital voted ibemselves back pay for "seivic a rendered" without "vouchers" with perfect impunity, and what's to hinder these lesser personage! from doing likewise. I'lumer ba not become so .'entirely dor mant as folks won d baveussuppoie. Since tbe sudden demise ot Lockwood, there ba been a good business opportunity open for some live energetio man who possessed tbe wherewith lo take advantage of time and the vaoancy. Mr. Diulel Leaob, who re. calved tbe appointment of Post Master, lelt vacant by A. S. Fratber'a resignation, ba opened a variety store in tbe Drake btiild idg, having secured an entirely new dock at oash prices Mr. L. hopes to compete witb dealer throughout the couatry, there by offering superior inducement to resi dent. Messrs W- H. King & San, of Pithole have opened a grocery atota in the build ing formerly occupied by Abbott & Aroolt, in it palmiest day. Tbey have a large stock wblcb they propose to . di spose of at prices second to uune outside of tbe cities. It ia-aleo rumored'ttml another ia tooo to be opaoedV for tbe truth of which we are uol prepared to vouch Operation fur oil are lo ba com ma scad soon by Meters Pratber,Culberlaon, MoClure and McCray, at toon at a euffioieut quan li - ty of land can be secured lo justify tbem in their rliky" venture. Three teet well at least will be put down. We wish tba gentlemen tbe tucceaa tbeir enterprise de ter vea. Our County Commissioners deaerve to be immoral. Ked io tome way commensurable w lib Ibe martyred live tbey have led wbMtt performing Ibe barratsiog duties which have fallen lo tbeir lot. We would Miggest that three leather medal with an effigy ol eaob vicilia of tbeir cruel oegligi ence Imprinted thereon te placed on exhi bition iu cootpicuont place ibruughotM lb couoiy. Some ti - a ago tbey were notified to remove a family by the came of Hutt'. Tbey have not at yet taken any notice of tbe iolormaliou auol tbem aud bad it not been lor the kiodoea aud benevolence o' the clli-eus a burial In lb Potter' Bald would have been Ibe next request. The family by torn losdveriouce on tbe part o lb propel persons wera leit bebiod at Ibe lima ol the removal of tba other township paupers, Tbey bare been llviog a pai.-pera-lor year until loot lime, ainoa Ibey have been In a very destitute condition. Tba family eooa'st at present of Mr Huff, Katberio nod Emily tod an Idiot of tbe male persuaiioo. Nooa of tba family n !tain a perfect equilibrium or mind. Sncb are tbe -acie In tba cat. Will Bon. Com. gratify u enough to at leaat aoutnMioieale those stereotyped word "w dont know Ibem." Prof. Boy o ton, after a compulsory eb sence of four weeks, ba again returned to bi expectant claea. Tbey oomoieoced practicing at ease for teooud coaoert to be given toon. Ptefs. Dooaldeon aod Wise, It 1 ttated, propose to atari from Boston Joly 4tu. on a balloon voyage aoross tbe ooeao, aod want two gentlemen te accompany ibem. Tbey can count ua out. We bav concluded oot to go to Europe tbia summer on account of a pre of job work lo tbe office. Messrs. Donaldson and Wise need nol postpone tbeir trip on our aocouot, however, because we may not ba able to accompany tbem next aummer, either. Tbe Mead ol too wbp do go are inlormed that funeral notice are neatly, quickly aud cheaply printed at tuis office. s . A Mississippi editor threaten to "put a full atop" ever eaob of our eyes. Let bim try It; while he la puttlug bia full stop over our eye, we shall put bia note in a pareotbeai. There were oioetj-sven wrathful women lo N Orleans tbe otber day, ninety-eight mother having taken, tbeir darling to a baby abow. An ol4 a epiat.i remarks that jrouo 4ie ''W a day are getting to forward tbl tbcra so ho P- inithwan.. ' " FlirtlnK wllb Mtrongora. It is a prevailing custom eaya tba Pblla- d.'lpiia Dawn, with Jonng ladles in tba country town, t" promenade Ibe ttreasH lo the evenings, especially past hotel, d s.gnily lo tna new comers by l ioks aud ges tures thtt tbeir aciiuaiulauce call bit inadu if desired. Diuuiiiiui ftom our wholesale houses. Ilgbiering-rud men, vender of pnenis, showmen. .V.c.Jare so accueio'iied lo llinse minus, that tbef are not In these towns over night until they have a dncK in tow, and that "di'Ck," perhaps, the daughter ol s,iin. lespectubie cfliz-Mi, who knows Utile of the danger hi daughter Is in. What is the ro- sult In seveu cases out or ten iMt II y Is caugbl iu the unmerciful spider's web th girl is mined and in endeavoring to screen her parent from the shame tbe kuowleh; of it would bring upon them, sue li'ids her way to this or somo other city, itnd into some of the gilded places id nirt, wheie good looking country girls are nt a preui ium aod where under an ii'sumed name, she is dead to her parents, a she soon becuin-s lo shame and ail ths liner lulling of ber un. lure. It is a well knuwu Not tuul It is nut our city girls woo people the bagnio, but girls from country towns wlmsj Hist luiix pat was b street or tueatre tiirtatlous wllb strangers, and lisleuiug lo tueir honeyed words and grand promises. Let girls be ware ol ttltuerame muse fnllotvs who go into ateroiyped rtiapsodies over tueir beauiy aud awear they are Ut tu adora .1 mnusUi.i iu lueciiy wm travel on their card , aud dine wtieu at bouie wilb Jay Cook aud Drexel, who, according to their own words, are the golden apples ol society at buiue and would rather die than do a dieuouoru ble act. Beware ol suob wa repeat, girls, and it you save yonr good name, peace ol mind, the bapp oeas ot Ibose who gjve you birtb aud cimuiaod tbe respect that every woman bus with ber reacil, treat every stranger you meet in ao irregular way as a rogue, a libertine. Gentlemen do not ;seek to lortn tbe acquaintance el ladies except in legitimate mauner depend upon it. 'Til Undeveloped West." Under tbe title of tue "Undeveloped West; or Five Years in tbe Territories," tbe National Publishing Company, of PoiladeU pbia, ia about to publish a series of skuicbea of ibe western couutry; made up of person al adventure and observation by J. II. Bladie, squ tbe western correspondent of lb Ctociiiuoti Commercial. The wwk will be prolueely Illustrated from original sketch es aud pboiograptlo view ol Ibe scenery cities, lands, mines, people, and curiosities ol Ibe various pan of ibe country through) wbicb the author journird. Ot tbe scope and matter ol tbe letter press of the volume, Ibe author tersely describes ia bi prelace when he says Ibe coapler it couiaius are simply a personal record of bis five yeai's travel and residence in tbe new amies aud Territories when be went, what he Hid. what- be taw and what be thought annul it Two poiills of practical interest lie bus steadily kept la view to give carelully ai ranged facta iu regard to tbe lauds still upon to settlement; and to correct a number uf popular error in legard to soil aud climate. Tbe obapter treating specially on lands lu Keusae, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Dako lo, Califorols, Oregon and Texas, cerleiuly ougbt to aid in the first ojeot; in regard to tbe second, the author pointa out mutt of tbe prevailing error to call tbem by no harsher name found in numerous land cir culars and railroad reports aod refutes ibem by a geseral ttatemeut ol facte. Some of tbe obapter of Ibe work, which have been tent ut in advance, sbow it to have been written iu an easy, Mmiliar, siyle, aod yet witb a piquancy of descrip tion that makes-toe narrative highly euiei- luioiug as wen as instructive. flow a Knight Of lh On ill got a Drijik, and tola no Lie. Robert G la a Pittsburgh knight of tbe quill, who bale to tell a lie. but who like Schiedam schnapps aud similar Invlg tor. Lately, alter a big Bpree, be told bis sorrowing lieiter balf that be would never touch another drop of liquor while be bad hair on bis head. This promise was.itrong enougb.to satisfy anybody, and Bub kept hie word like a mau. Alter two weeks probation wilbout ouoe lattiug the liery liquid, be one day resolutely walked to tbe barber thop. U is oiders caused tbe touior lal artist to stare, but be was obeyed, aod lo fifteen minutes afterwards be was stand ing before a bar, driuking wiiskey al a rate that abowed be was bent upon having a regular spree. Bat be wouldn't break bi word. Oh, no! He was too honorable .for that. Before getting drunk be bad got bi bead and faoe shaved as smooth a a bil liard ball, o th noble journalist got coo scleotlously aod uproaiously Jruuk. " When we near mea boast ot their own talents, we incline to thibk that thsir tal enta should be reckoned at tbe tta.il Indian. reckon rupuss by tbe lack. Tba shrewdest business trtntaotiun we lately have beard of Is recorded io the Sao Diego World. A'luaatio wae Consigned by proper authority to tneAsylnia located' at Stockton. Tbe fluty of Iraniportlng tbe lgyiaiic to the Asylum devolve! upon the SiiHnll'and his pay for the Service was a tuple being $2Sl) that incltldiug an assis tant lor the mfe delivery of the patient. The Sheriff contracted with the express couiptny lo tika the lunatic In Sicktnn lor $".i. thus ii-avinir the differancs between Hint iiii und $280 toi as clear irutit lino the dherilT.s pocket. On Ibe Wiy to tbe A")I'HU the lunatic, nut being prnpcily watched jumped overboard and wi drown ed We suppose Ike Sheriff culls u.e opei etitm coustructtve service." Thre might Cu.e up a nice point as lo pay jtot, seivic not prrlormed. ... . The Ne Yolk Uraphio, "from ibe very highest uutlioriiy," aunounces that nn ac. tiou will be t ikeu by Plymouth agiiust Mr. Ileecher. It furthermore aays that reither .Mi Ueechi-r or Mi Tiltou or Mr. Biveo will take any lorther notice ot tbe scandtl wilb which tur names have bena associited. We suppose if Mr. Boeder Oin ''afford" to let the matter rest where it U, lis pub lie should bo content. As tbe tbiag now stands, Mr. Bowen baa made Charges against Mr Reecber of Ibe gravest linpor' atrectlng bi clerical charade r bdleving snub charges to ba true, and Mr. llatober stands mule, neither admitting nor tlsoyiog tbe truth ol such charges. In ibis eondi tioa of things nine people out of len rill be lieve there is more in these charges tban Mr. Beecher darn face publicly. ' A Southern Judge, by name Hopkins, In binding over a man who attempted, and nearly succeeded In killing another with a sbol-giin because of an iolllttltion tbtt tbe shooter was a mulatto, laid down tbe rule that "whenever a charge Is made tif tbe slanderous tongue of another that bis .blood is tainted, tbe imperfection of human na-, lure will justify a resort to tlbe hot-tin.' That Is coming down to" business. "Im perfection of buraao nature" is an excellent plea. Tbe "imperleetipn ol human naiure' would be aetrong argument for those who! murder lor money tbey need or became o tbe gratification 'of their unbridled passion al all event it could be pleaded id modifi cation of tbe crime so a to aavo tbe nnr deret's neck Irom tbe rope. Tbe Erie Diapatcn ba the following good item ot the Colorado potato bug, wbicn it says can be known by its small bead, excel lent eppetite, lour leg aud big buttla ol black and yellow stripes. Tbey ate Ibe cheapest blistering maohines In the causlry and the old ones can draw a blister on tbe sole ot a cowhide boot. An enlerprliing "dry hole" operator in tbe ol diggins tlfers lu dispose ut tbem liee, by droppiog Item to ibe well and letting tbe tools drop oo ibem, but ibis magnanimous offer is neglect ed because there Is no method ol carrying the bugs there. Ia reality it doesn't de serve consideration, as be probably Inten ded am tsniog. enough of tbera tu make sbow" ol oil, and then would have told out bi well it sixteenths lo tool who d'do't know better. About tbe best method Of fixing those abominable creatures br io plinl fro7.su potatoes, and then tbe buga wait and wait for Ibe plants In come lip, until tbey die of starvation aod disgust at the tricks of farmer. I Professor Wise is disappointed of bl ex pected aid from Washington but I deter mined not to.give it np so. Ue 'publishes a letter in which te insist on tbe practica . . bility of bis proposed atmospheric voyage and declares bis purpose lo make tbe trip before be dies, it tbe thing is possible. lie says he wants "no money no salary only cloth, linseed oil, ropes, and life boat far an emeigency.'' New London which fit out aod man all the polar expeditions, stands by Captain Bnddiugtou. Tney doo't believe tbit Buddingtnn would do anything out of tba way, or that be will fall to bring to bia ship. (Japtaiu Hall made bis first voyage under lluddiugion in I8G0. Tbe latter wa also the first acquaintance of Joe and Hto- nab.tbe Esquimaux, and took tbem lo New Lond n. or rather tn Grotoo, where Ibey still owo land. B'lddiugtoo on one of Ibe first voyagea witb 1111 laved bi Ilia at tb nek of his own. NOTICE Parties knowing themselves indebted to us will do well to settle before July 1st nexLthero- by savin? unnecessary trouble artfi PYnpnsa no nil nrrniinfi settled hv thnt. ...:n v. LiJ'SW W-.-Art , , , . J, -tc vttii Mvvui - lectea ny law, SOBtiL, Xr. ATIVRMIAHf r" vantre.Pa., Jn. 16tBt t Pinslanos ia Mississippi sell for froa twenty ov to (ty ent. aD acre. rtv and ague, grsrl. Jocal Xotlt-ea. For t ale Cheaiy Oile 4M1tm toiler; GiM, Wsell make, L'ne IMW. ' 9.11. ... Engine. it iackI con.lit,..., c,, feet Cmiug. l.OUO feettnhinr, vK'.0 ft-et Sucker- Hods, ValvS Working 1WK Ac; mZ one Dei nek and l;g etmplete . The above property will e8old cheap tot cash. For particulars- enquire or A.G. HARPER, Kan Cil, Veoaogo Courtly, m A G. HARPER Kaoo flty; June 17 I8?3tf tlL BWIW KS CH A IVtJE . , W. A. Lozier; who has bePh v a .i . ... . . "-- u. engage in ir.e Wliolejtale Ale' trade for the past year, has tlii' day disposed of his entire in- A. A. !1 . . wrest, m sa'.u oiwiness to the firm of Fox tVs Willhms, who will continue the- txiainess at the bid stand. Mr. Loaier desires us to retnra his sincere thanks to us many patrous .or the lilw eral patronage extended to liim. during the past year. F. A Phillips will act as asent for the new proprietors, and ket-ps a full supply of that fine Buffalo ' stream Ale on nan ill Mr. lazier desire all par-' ties indebted to him to settle at once as he wishes to have his books balanced. Dated April 24. 1HT:I. do to W. A. LOZIER, Itll KtrPAt.nsKir 11. U trnnk tor your BEXZIIVE, deliv ered at the wells for $2,25' per Barrel. Petroleum Centre, Feb. 6th 1 1. the: mm PATffiF SUETS. Roberts vs. Nicholas (ieyi r. The follnwiac is the ileci.ion 'rrndered.lr .Tiidgn Mt'Kmnan, at May Term of the Circuit Court lo the above case: iu the Clicnlt Conn of I lis Untied States, In acd tn' the Westvrh District of Pennsylvania. K. A. U Huberts va. Nlriiola Oejrer. No. l.lay Terra 187 la Inulir- Noveiaber SI, 18TJ. BUI tiled and snlipe-na Is. sued. KUipenaand notiee ofappllratlna lor prellmln. ary Injitnctloa sorviil. Drcuinher 18. 18T. Motion Ifnr Drellmlnary In. Junction beard, aud the Court being duly advised in the premises) Ibe injunction awarded a prajtu fjr, aod decrcs fllau January 14. 187.1. Ininnctina Issanl, and an the githdayorjaanary Indictment ervsd persunslly and by copy. HnjtLiK-.X Role Issued terdslendent to show cause why attachment should not Ma for contempt a violating ln)nnction and duly satvid June 2d. 187a. Hole (or attachment In this ra0 came o) to bo heard, and after argument of counsel pro and eon, th Court being full dviscd in the " " - "' M"7, " " aj - iiriHiiiwiii iiiu num is muuc tauawiuivi taace of th Coait I. that the said def mdiin, Nist -oUi Oryer.be Impiloaencd In the cornmo Joll f Allegocny County far aod dnrluj U tornv oi days, aud that a nay tbe coat ft Uiia prol. leg. Jnntd,ll7S. CoautUrat issawt TholidanctloiiiulhUaaaowaa fcr teftftpm"!1 of th Hubert' aateat of No.-tW'd tba B IW eni), for lncr.eing th anxluctlvwiM of oil well. The act of latringonuail rot which, the dofendeat was cuiasaittMl fur ceatamp. oonslsted ut aiOiK AlraaadraUasur ha tsnloaibK tospados oil well heing. lb saims act ef iatrl.i(Nient tut , Uaiuarwa also muultte.'.lis case N - 1,0 vembet T, 18B0, as befare auted.1 . TbaCoarttleKuaaan, A a.ler o!irrig " pinion In lh.Ilaraart,swce.ad ,to sautsnw , Nle1)a Oeyor for ceotawiot, anddaUvarvl tb "-'' , lowing oral oplalnn: lnttscof Nlcbolas Oossr eliargc " w saaw ofleoaa, I aai erUrely aUad.lbiit me uid praaeak In tbe lleais anaj.at loaet. Al" ialiatareal I ( la. mat, Us prrunct of fluid tn It uetV we' ' , ,irr r nrt, it irsT " pf1 brttrK e 14 injumVic er Ctmtt Mr lloberts. by his pslenl aeea as oa if rk pnn .wi (ihi. i.u kuwitiiin e,,til taniaMig.l1"" wherever tlev la laid sofflrteiit In wall, t llniaerineespluatauofa triedo, lo- oet ' ' lasaptiif. wheibur It get there aalurally l ts P"1 ibxra artinLUOle .. tnfiUicea. snis - ..earlr theeue i i. nirardto th ' w, . . . tlSl?'.1 Mr.Uyrse.stoh '" "' to p h, i..m ki.. tliatha merely tw".:k. k .iask avtWrliAsx l I . .k.Mi rfrr r n,.i tlioe.mitUaM "
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