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Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
ret. Centre, I-, Thareday, Jan re
Iilvime aore-le.
METiTODIST PPIHCOFAIi. CBCRCH
Bervloesevery Sabbath at 11 A. at. and
s. Pi . lb Sabbath School at 1IJ, P. M.
ate freer. At. cardial lavltatlo extend
ed alii
K. G.Jaoona, Paitor.
PBMBTTEMuiir CHURCH.
Preaching at It o'clock A. M.. aod;?
'clook P. M., by tba Paitor, f. C. Bones
iiik Sabbato School at directly
flat tereaoon amlo.
Preytf Meeting and 8abbatk School
Teaettefi Mailing Tuesday evraiogi cl
Mb week.
relveleeiaCeatfe'CMge. Km.
l.f I. ,.. F.
W. B. MOOTGOMERY, N. G.
C. R. Bailey, A See'y. -
,lu A. O. of U. W.
Liberty Irfdge Mo. T, A. O. of TJ. W.,
""'"7 Meaday ereolM! IJtf o'clock,
I Odd Fellew'o MaU,t Pettwieuu? Centre
Pano'a. - -
. A. OitNX, H. W.
At M. Klmkkib, R.
t 1 Ok Of R. M.
MlnoekaooM Tribe No. 183, L O. B. H
of PetroMam Centre, nnli every Thurtday
evening Id GoihI Tempter' Hall.
tW CounoH Uret Htbled at? o'clock.
. H. HOWE, Sicbem.
0. L JUKES, Cblel ol Record!.
(MM at 1 p. m. 116
'The Poit Office Newsroom SorV.
Fountain It aow mooing In full bint.
Call and try a glass or loe cool toda water.
Tk BcagMaallvllitw ol laaaae
Crlkaiaal.
Trll for murder hare In a Urge pro-
aertioa or oases been eooverted lolo faroec
aloes lb plea of tonally bat beeoae tact
atasd aa ex one for aria. The cim;.Io
wMcb juries eoatlct where the tllgbtett
prawn or latently It tat op an ? ery few,
mwlA MlMtU.t. a .1.1. . .
.iu .uvir owdhi are weii
awlweMblt(afad'4alk toltk dvin.
tgflt. Tbagreater tbecHmc tad the
tame direct the proof .lb greater lb baoot
orsncotsrorapleaor Intanlly. To offer
mcb a plea lo a cue of a simple tlreet
knockdown would provoke derlsloo, bat let
the adulter km Ihetvlctltawftb kalf or
pltlnl aod tbe plea or Insanity will b Hi.
rad to with at lent Ion ; II the murderer It
"feme lonely brutal ar without the exeuta- ol
' tale proVocetioa the obaaoet era all
' la favor ot iba etcape of lb perpetrator on
the around af lotantty. Juriesand la
same ease Courts llsoprooeed on Ibe
theory intra partoa In sooad mlad cannot
oonnilt Barter though capable- of every
ataertpeoleeeferlme und though Ibe to
bwrratleaof intellect may be but asomsov
Ury, eaatnitatiag aad ending with the blow
of Ibe kolft octhepaMlog or lb trigger, It
I aufholeal lo rallev th amrderer front re
penslbftlty fat the deed.
TD remit of Ihltltlha Increase of lb
MgbMl elan ot crime tod the lodlffereooe
of tb perpetrator. Tby know Ibera It
but little fear of puoltbment to long aa lb
Oflme leaufltcleotty atroolout. So far bat
tblt gone thai the Mondesi tblnkert are
turning tbelrattaatloa-lo tba belt meant o
remedying frlghtfut'and rapidly growing
evil. Dr. William A. Haamaod, tba wall
Known medical expert In otei of Intently,
bu pabtiibed a monograph oa Orlmlml In
tanlly la wblob ba take tba ground that tn
Inteoo ptrtoa la lo torn extent tetpootlble
r bit atla aad thoald ba made eocoonta
ble. Furthermore he aitnmea that tba true
object of lb penal law It 'to protect teriety
rather than lo panda Ibe orlmla aad that
MM lunaile who It dingerout lo th a peace
and welfare of eoelety ihould be pleoed be
yead tbt ablUty or doing mltchlef. The
law maket no allowtaea for Ignonno In
dealing wllh orlmln.il, lb victim ordefeo
tie ot vlciout training bring dealt with at
hardly a the pereoo who offended with tba
Ml kaowledg of tba nnlawrntnen and Im
morality of th aol and tba extent of the
penel'y. Dr. Haormood boldltthaVthe lun
atic ibonld be placid In Ibe am category
ai t'i vloiim of olroumttanoet who wat
brrd in poverty and vice.
Ia wpport of thU amertloa that Iba la
tane tre morally ecoonotebl la om di-
ree for tbelr aota be elie Initancet where
tindonbtrd lunitlo have dleaoiied' aelt of
murder by maillot and biv had tbelr own
mMrtrou propultlM e hooked or given
iriier ria lo by tba manner la which the
p irpttrtori of too murderou aeti were
tri4i T- ie lunatio-hu tba power of eon
woilintf. 'i ictloot lo a great dagree, and
Dr. Ui.wiUMOd doubt Ifaay luealio bat aa
-trrtiithii impulu," although many bar
IpipiUwt tit k "'almort Irrailitibl."'
Tbete vtewt, coming from a man of inch
wide experience among the loeane, and e
peclally among Ibe criminal Inaane, will
attract atieattowaad will probably provoke
noeh dleeomiofl.'
Tee new lime table ol the Oil Creek A
Allegheny River Railway, aad Buffalo,
Cbrry A Plttiborgb Rilrraid, tikea f fleet
on Soediy, Juo 29th. Below wa give a
ivoopilt of th arrival and departure ol
porteoger tralnt at tbli point:
Going North Train 1 arrive! at 5,43
and depirt at 4.45; Train 3 da. 7.0 ;
Tram 6 do 8,47; Traia 11 do 5,06; Train
It do 10,40.
Goiag South Traia t arrive at Petro
leum Centre at 1,00 p m and depart at
1,03; Train 4 ar at 7.69 and da at 8,01 pm
Traia 8 ar at 8.36 aad d at 8,37 a m; Traia
12 arrlvej 13,27 and depirt at 13,29 p m;
Train 14 arrive at 3,64 and depart at 3,66
p m.
Traint now run from Oil City to Broclon
wi thout change of cart.
That portion of the Una from Oil City
to Irvineton will ba known hereafter at tb
River Dlvltloo.
Altogether tb change It aa Important
one. Tba lima tabl la lull will appear to
morrow;
Prevalence of Crlaae.
Crime etemi la be fearfully on tb in-
cnu. Tb telegram from all over tn
country, to tay notblog at what bit hap
pened ia our own vloiaity. teem with bori
ribl ttbrlea ol murdert ot parent by rtll
drea and children by pirenta; of wivei by
boibandi and buibandt bv wive; nf dtup
pointed loveri killlogf or attempting to kill
tbelr Inamoraiat with tbelr famlllc, and
than putting aa end to tbelr owo wielcbed
hvei; of rofflmly morden, Inspired by lntt
for gain, by revenge, or oy e wnniy mod.
It almoil teemt a If. lb time were ap
proichlng wblob tba monominlae in Maud
raved out:
Wfeo Iba vitriol madnet; fluibet np tb
th rufflin'a head, I
Till the Bltby by.tana ring to tba jtll of
Iba trsmpelled wife,
Wbll obalk and atom and pluter are tot
to lb poor lor bread,
Aad Ibe tptrll ef murder workt ia Iba vary
meant of lit.
'
When. Keep muit II down armed, for tb
vlllalnoui centre-bit
Grind on tba wakeful ear la tba butb ol
the tllint night.
Th Columbia Cornet Band bav procur
ed entirely new uniform through)! whleb
when completed will make them the Snei
appearing band lo Weitero Pennsylvania,
to iy notblog ol Ibelr mutio wbleb every
na wba bat ever beard them cannot help
but pronounce Brat elan In every reipecl.
Tba bat ar of the pattern known tb
Prumlan helmet, and are limply elegant.
Prof. Smith, leader of Ibe band, ioformi
ut Ibat tba band at toon tbey receive
Ibelr new uniform!, purpota paying our
olllxea a vlalt and giving oi a few tuoe In
a few day. Tbey oaa alwayt reit enured
f a ertj welcome.
Mr. II. Morrte, lata of Rouievllte, ba -
tabl lined a merchant tailorlog eitablib-
ment ia Haet' old stand, oa Washington
ttreet, and It now prepared to do all kind
of merchant tailorlog to order. Give blm a
call.
Policb. On Tppao, a re.identol Boyd
Farm, wa arretted on oath of John Jobu
on, charged with perjury. On appearing
before Juitlc Reyootdi, the defendant
waived aa examination aad entered ball in
tb turn ot $500 for an appaarano at
Franklin to aoiwi?ib charge.
John Danleli married the daughter or Mri
Sarah K Bravard afterward, B. 8 Danleli
the fetber John,mrried th old lady; and
till lalr,Jmet W. Daniel, Ibe nepbew o
John, married a titter to John' wife. It Ii
very eeay to Ibat John I ion and ton-Id
law ot B. 8. DDlli and Ibat Jm W. '
griod-toa and tonrinlaw of tba old man
and broibr-lo-Uw and nepbew of Jobn,to
nd now John deilre to know, through the
oolnmot of the Bracken County Cbronlcle(
what relation tbe children of tbeaa Ibree
Mta of perenti ar to acb other.
Aad now it I Du Cballlu wbo I lb mit
ring mn. Early ImI winter be weut to
Sweden and Nor way with a purpose of ex
ploring nod dtecrlbed lb extreme North
la lb depth of wietoft He w to return
to London In lb mootb ol May but has not
returned or been beard ot for raoothi.
Where 1 bet From '-lurfiee IndteatUo
there are grave apprebaniloot thai tb New
York Herald meditate tending a 'Con
minloner' alter blm. Then a much rndu'
ring pobllo will with Do Cbillu bad never
beta born.
Punohe notion or nobility Ii that a man
oi birth it aommonly on who remote an
cettori did something and his immediate
predecessors for many, centuries nothing, at
JI.,
At a Methodist preacber't meeting lately
In New York, tbe anbjeot wii ibe relation
of Methodism la other denominations In
Brooklyn. New Tork and ttitlttlcs were
produced by Dr Hoot wblob showed a Urn
eoleble decline in Methodism a compared
with Presbyterlaai, Beptlsti, Episoopaliani
and Congregatloalltll. Between 1870 aad
1873 tbe membership bid fallen off 607 and
proballooin declined 462, while tba popu
lation bad Increased flfty thousand. In New
Tork eMy tbe ssae stele of faote exInedJ
One great eiuie ol tblt decline wai laid lo
ba th ftllure to loterett young people.
Formalism wa given u another cause of
decline. Another was tbt lack oi virieiy
la Methodist preaching. There It a great
tlmilarltyio Methodist preaching, it be
come mooetonoui.
W see it Hated that Senator Mitchell, ot
Oreeon.tbould baexoluded frnm bit seat on
account of development regarding bit flrtj
wlf in Panniylvanla. Why should Mitchell
be expelled! Becsusebewei guilty ol
yontbiul Indlsorellon and repented, end
mad what restitution be could, ana com
menced new ill and retrieved his charac
ter? Tbal't Iba whole or Ibe story to far a
wa know. Lit tbe Seoator wbo Ii n without
tin cait tb Brit Hone. Mitchell bu owned
up everything, and Instead af making him
a mere lioket-oMeava man liable to - be
tenl back to dlignco give blm tb lull
benefit of tba pardon bis good resolution
and bit good conduct, bit perseversoo and
bli moral courage entitle him to.
It It taid that the oew style ot ladle balr
dressing require but little talse balr, but
th natural hair it frizzed all over, while
th froot balr standi out lo crumpled con
fusion and on lha top or tba beid a bow o'
ribbon is worn tlmilar to a gentleman'i
neck tie
It ii to be hoped this new style will re
lieve our womeo at tbe load of ttuff tbey car
ry down tbelr bick bead, but particularly
do we hope the new ityUwIII do wy with
tb Digger Iodlao style adopted by some
ladies in weiring their front balr low down
on tbelt foreheads, giving them Ibat vil
alaout appearance that so dltfigurei other
wise handsome women . Why women should
imitate tbe filthiest of tbelr race tb
souiw or whv Ibev should cover tip tbelr
forebeadi In Imitation of nature's bread up
oo lelons, noon can Imagine, lava ba wbo
can fathom tha follies of fashion.
A Pltlsfleld (Mass.) dog and a Borksbir
woodchuck recently met In a clover fie Id,
and, as Ii usual lo inch meetings of ants
gooiitie principles, a battle followed. Tbey
were equally matched lo ilzs nd grit, and
tb fight wai long and lurlous, aod It re
came evident that whichever won must
play strategy. Tbe dog wsi first to discov
er and employ It. By tuprr-canin efforts
be dragged bit adversary to a small brook
near tbe battle Bold and plunged blm In,
holding bim there until tbe woodchuck was
obliged to succumb, leaving tbe dog master
or tbe situation.
There ar olna wlfe-whlppere in the Iodi
anapolli county jail at present, and tbe otb'
ar morning tb other pettoners bold a dress
panda of tb dais. Whin standing all In
a row, a whitewash brush w applied to
the person of each as a distinguishing mark
aveo tba moil hardeoed of tbe orlmioali'de
siting to be let apart from so degraded a
brute a wtte-wnipper.
The Utah Deseret Newt lookt upon 'tbe
Irequent fires la the Gentile portion of tbe
TJslted State as punishment lor stat Tblt
piper says "it tne people wtsn to escape
Ibe Bery tormeote tbey must believe in
lb Lord Jesui Christ, repent aod be bap
tised" and thay ned nee flr In this world
or in tb next
A Hampden oounty, (Va.)man wbo bad
been cutting some grass for bu cow, missed
bis pookal-book containing torn f0n, and
and concluded th cow bid eeton It, took
bit way la tbe butchen' to see about hav
ing her trinilormed Into beef.wltb tbe hope
of getting bsck bis greenbacks; but just In
time to sav lb aolmafs lite, a hired man
appeared with tbe missing pane.
In one of tbe latest divorce suits lo New
Tork tbe wife askt lbs a seperatlon on tbe
ground of bsrsh treatment, ber husband bav
log come in late when ibe wt unwell, rung
the bell more violently 'baa wa necessary
denied ber money wblob the wanted and on
on occasion shut to lid of tb piano en ber
bansreod hurt it. Th husband denlea tb
bsrsh treatment and the refueal of money
for any necessary expense, aod aomplaloi
that hi wife wa extravagant in ber lev o.
music, and' in her expenditure gratifying'
Ibat love..
Tie cue uersm says it I some oonso
latioo lo tea a bald-beaded Insorano man.
You don't know Ibat juitioe bu been dealt
out to him, out yon think perhaps It bu
Tb lecture announced to name off In tbe
Catholic Church, on tba evening of thi 24tb
J was poitpooed Indeflitely.
A Race with a Locomotive.
The Srlngflsld Republican ha tkb:
In dealing with1 a railroad train mthlog
Ii mote desirable than promptness, spec
ially Kyour aualaest consists lo gettbg oo
alter lha oar bav atartad, Taaaawa re
fleotloB nam to aa at tha aapat yeobMay,
anlt seamed so rreeh aad import that
wa assayed lo tuo np to a mlddle-agH mao
a taodlng mar aad Ml him Of It. Doibtlei
we might bav bav done to, only Jnet tieo
an eogioe, with a preoccupied air, r np
to us,- and ia avoldlog that we got lo Iron
of aw express freight traio, and then wder
a baggage trook, so beooming tuny tocu
pled witbi our own affair until tb modi
gedl stranger bad disappesred. B u a
merebMrtm'oneof Iba vlllag aelweeo
here and Worcester; yesterday morning, ha
whipped one ef bit boys aod tl dowi to
breakfast with a fecial raprauraa that
must bav terrified tb potatoes. Wba
ii th matter t" isked bit wife, balding a
cup of hot waier bandy. "Homing,"
candidly replied; "you're alweyt ootherlag
me with your foolish question! wnen t?t
got to like the first train to Springfield.' -la
due time be arrived lo tbia city, ant
trusted for sundry groceries, nd ttnrted lo
take tbe 11:30 train bom. Ha bad. Br
pacbagBi, iba way wu long, lb llm short,
and beads of perspiration presently glim,
d oo bis nose Ilk pearls on a oonsamptir
beet. Jkistai he reached tb Maerassl
House tbe tpal started ; oa ha rusbed an!
set a paper of butter ao- Iba toony Hep oi
tbe smoking car, ind two mora pMkge-oi
tbe rear pisiform,' but dropped) boodle aad
missed the next car altogether. Hit- lips
moved rapidly, aod It It conjectured tbil
he iore while setting oo tba-teurth bundle,
and bopping wildly alone tba-lrack oo. one
foot, with tbe other knee resting precarious-
ly oa tb lower itep oa tbe can Tbao be let
go sod knelt down beside tb track wbil
th Vast car oassed bim. Railing W4tba4
look pever to be forgotten by Ibat- rear
brakeman, Ibe unbapyy mercbaat raised a
pouod of hominy, the remaining peonage,
high In the air, and threw It u if ha meiol
it to so tbrouitb that train aod off into
space oo the esit side of Ibe carta, not
that, too, was a failure). Tba falU broke
tbe paper sod Ibe bomioy strolled abont
tbe little hollow in tbe railroad, wbil,
with dreadful and untamable upeet, lb
dissatisfied mao retired to swear privet lo
tb dim recess or tbe depot, pawing oaiy
to bestow morgaotio blessing oa a clergy
man wbo expressed pity on bim.
Smell boys enjoy swimming ia Oil Creek
these warm days. And wbil it pleiianier
tbao to see tbe little boys disporting tbenv
selves in tbe greeny waters of lb Creek,
and coming out all covered with B. S. and
oil, and then lo Imagine tbe warming tbey
will gel when Ibe good mother comet to
'put them In their little beds," and flodel
their Utile bodies all covered with oil.
We were pleased to nolle ourotd friend;
Tom. McDonald, in town yesterday. Ha ia
looking extremely well considering lb feat
ha hsi been suffering from a complice
lion ol disease lor Ibe put four or llv
weeks. His many friends beraaboutt will
be pleased to learn of his recovery.
A writer In tbe CiDolnaatl Gaxett heads
bis effusions "chats over our chocolate." I
Now it Is Impossible to chat over cboeolale
balfaobour without going to sleep. 1
Chocolate ii tb sleepleet ituff imaginable
except liquid opium. Drum over choco
late wnuld do, for it i ai heavy i lead
and a cup of chocolate tbe real thick, rloh
kind will make one dream of all bii grand'
person sod ball of hi second cousins.
Two cops ol obocolata and you will think
yourself a Sampson In show aod an snvli oo
your breast, wiib whole company ol red
shlrted firemen beating tbe anvil cborui.
Cbatt over chocolate 1 you might wall
y chat over a pipe ot opium.
Tbe subjoined epitaph on tha English
Cbanoalior of tbe Exchequer wu lately clrAj
oulated, we read, in the House:
Heja lie alone tbe bones of Robeit Low,
Where be bai gone lo I don't know.
If to the-reelms of pekoe and love, "J
Farewell' to happiness above;
It imply to soma lower level,
I cau't congratulate the devil.
A German jouroal urioueiy declare-Ibat1
ail th greet lortuoe la tbli coustry bovrl
been mads either by petroleum wall or by
no ut oi patent medicine)
The Prussian veteran, Gen. Von kTollle,
wbo It almost i bald as Aescbyluror Jtaliui
Csnesr, la much annoyed by application
from Teuton ladies, for loeks of his hair,
xiisntrarN. H , having gooe lo tha ai
penes of two steam fire engines now ditoov
en tblt Ibe whole water supply or lb ol'jr!
win ooiy keep one of tbem going tea. mia
nte.
a wicaco man in Davenport, being oa
bl death bed, wished to consult some prop
r person regardlog his futur itate, and hi
friends sent fire Insurance geo to tela
"I'm not IB nnnnla. ir ....
ladr. franklv. to a ..... ,",
' ' ' ' -..B lfHtiriHL "bnft an.
the widowa .re geiiing . ,B,
Ab MA IMilt -!! k .
-i r-- utv so retort' to
Bo.''
srtl-
Illberai' A Philadelphia paper It wlii
loytbal nalara ihairtilri ItrotTrs.
A Vrlck street s.looo h.eper .,
by elga tward. "trlsh Lager Bier.e
lmimI Notice.
lrUNrAIi NUTKE,
Having aencliided to close out mv bmi
out lo Pet oleum Cantre, I detlta tb infm
my old patrons and r, nd that' heiwtlter
ball he located lo Sebooblom'i i-i.
flXt OllClty. Pa., and woaid reipectfei t
Inv.l tbem to par met call, i
I tblt place for Iwo weekt aad tbos iHr
t Jig my profemtonal servloei would da we ill
to colli
Pet Centre. Jtaney, 38-2 HElvtT
FOKMLE.
itdeelrabla bouse oo lb Egbert Farmi
For particular enqplre at tb Post Offlee. '
For Sale Cheap
One 40-Horee Boiler, GibbV
dlr KoaeeM meke, One 12-Horfe
Engine m good eondition, 800'
feet Casing; 1,000 feet tnbine,.
96 ftet&xker Bods, V.Jves,.
WorkoiEf; Barrels- &o. AW.
oat Deririck and R ccmplete
Tike above property will be sold'
cheap fov cnB. For particnlars
enqplre of AV G. HARPBR, Kan City,
Veaaag Cbonty, Pa
a. u; UABPKB.
Bsaoa nty June T 1873 tf
BYttlNEflS CHANOB.
W. A Loner; who ha been:
engftged' in tfce Wholesale Ale-
trade for the past year, has this-
day disposed of his entire in
terest in said business to the firm
of Fox & WHliniuB) who will'
eonfc' antj tha- business-at the old
stand. Mr. Lazier desires ns
to return- his sincere tH&nks- to
Is many patrons- for the lib
eral patronage extended to him.
daring tne pam year. t.'A
Fhillips will act as- agent for'
the new proprietors and Keeps
a full supply of that fins- Buffalo
Cream. Ale on hand.
Mr Lozier desires- all pan
ties indebted; to Him to nettle
at onoe as he wishes to have
his books-balanced..
Dated April U, 1873;
Co U VI A, kOZIEltV
4ti Strect,eeai llr K. track,
tor your DEHZINEr deliv
mi at th wtUh for 11,75
per Emit.
IHrolerrm Cenlr,!Keb. Mb 14.
KOTiGJE.
Parties knowinc tHemnelVerr
indebted to as wilfi db well to
settle before July list nexi,there
bv ssmae unnecessary tt'puDie'
and expense, as all; aooonnts nob
settled by that date will be col-
lieeted by law..
Pal, Centre.P., Jqn 16th.
B'yeo.
Watt'SalemB,
Wait 8rvant Girl,
Watto Sell a Hon;
WirtoSellaPtea4-
Wait to Lead Money,
Wei to Buy oa;.
Wait to Sell a Carriages
Wait to- Borrow Mane jr
Wast to 3il an Oil wU,
Wait to-Buyea. Engine or Beiler?-
Wart ta-Sell a Hone aad lot,
Wait to Bod a Strayed-Animal,
Wee to Putobee a Oil Interest,.
Waul to Sell a Piece of Furniture,
Want to Buy a Second-hood Carriage
War to Sell Tubing, Casing. Gst Pipe,-
Want to Find n owuer for aoylbior
found.idrertlM In tbe Rsooim e no lesr
than uo lboussnd people read It weeKiy.
For Salt .,
15.010 to W.OOO feet ot SECOND-HAKD
TOBI!G. at from tog ot. pl too'
TbeTubia utlo flmclajl .order aad al9
"Htm. KUWAWTEaV