Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
ret. Centre, Pa Wednesday, July 16
UlYtne net-vice.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
i P. M. Sabbath School et P. M.
eatafree. A cordial Invitation extend
ed to all. .
Kr.y. G. Moore, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCH.
PreachipR at 11 o'clock A. M.. , nnd.7
o'clock P. M , by the Pallor, W. C. BlrC
aud. Sabbath Bohool at 12, directly
after lorenoon service.
Prnr Meetini and Sabbath School
Teacher'a Meeting Tuesdsy evenings
each, week.
ol
Petroleum Centre Iiodge, Ho.
Tl, I. O. of O. F.
Regular meeting night Friday, at 7
o'clock. Signed.
Tf. B. MONTGOMERY, N. O.
C. H. Baii.kt, A Sec'y.
jfPUce of meeting, Main St, opposite
llcClintocic House.
A. O. of U. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
meets every Monday evening at 1i o'clook,
nOdd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Peo'.
Jamm Wanes, M. w.
f James 3. Worn, K.
' I. O. of II. Rl.
Mlnnelwunee Tflbe No. 183, I. O. R. M
ef Petroleum Centre, meets every Thursday
evening; in Good Templar's HaH.
Mr Countil Urea llehteA at 7 o'clock.
11. HOWK, Sachem.
C. L JUKES, Cbiel ol Records.
Gold at 1 p. m. 116
C9 The Post OQlce Newsroom Sod
Fountain is now running in full bleat.
Call and trr a itlau of ioe coot soda wa ler
lttcken'e Box"
Just issued In paper cover by the Peter-
ions. Price 25 cents, ana for sale at the
Post Office Newsroom.
Post Office Visitors, A great many
"peculiar people'' call at the postoffice,
among whom may be mentioned the follow-
ing: Tbe Individual who gets a letter
about every six months, but always strug
ales to be the Brst at tbe window: the one
who regards bis letter as a natural ourloal
ly, turning it over and over, viewing it
from an uphill and downhill point, as if In
astonishment that be should' get one at all;
the spruce clerk who gels a dozsu letters
for his emnloven, and looks aa wise as
though they were all Intended for himself;
the Indignant speoimtn who wonders why
tbe dace tbe expected letter hasn't come
and who holda an earnest colloquy with the
postmaster as to tbe probable cause of tbe
detention; tbe basblul young man witn
faint traces of down upon biscbini who ex
Beets a letter from bis sweetheart, and re-
Urea in confusionbebig foaobed man who
treads en bis neighbor's corns; tbe seedy
customer who gets a bill ; for washing and
tries to make you tblok it Is a draft;' these,
with tbe boob) who waits an hour on tbe
curbstone to see who goes In and wbo comes
out, are tbe most prominent ol the post-
oflloe visitors.
A recent wtiter, evidently of tbe male
persuasion, In treating of 'the subjeot of the
gradual Increase of feminine liberty of ac
tion, thinks in time that youog ladies will at
least be allowed to do tail tb courting.
He pictures the misery w blob every young
man Is compelled to andergo during a legu.
lar courtship. How be has t eooure tbe
sneers of bis companions, tb gossiping
bis lady friends, frequently tb Ironical
compliments of tils relatives; sad Mnflaltar
tag paternal or maternal opposition. Then
under tbe new order of thing', tbe advao
(age woald be entirely on tbe other side.
The writer continues : "Ah! whet a de
llgbtful tbing It would be, Hurriedly wait
Ing in your mother's parlor, carfutly brush'
ed and stripped to tie courted. - To be ten,
derly stared at night-alter night, by glr
alter girl; to have one's brown, rough band
occasionally squeezed, aod to bave oae'sl
waist delicately encompassed (of course only
after tbe engagement) by some ol tb mos(
delicately tapering arms In tbe world!"
We notice by our down ilver exchanges
that a number of individuals bave been -ar
lestedand are at present confined - in tbe
Armstrong county jail, charged with stesl-
isgoitro glycerine from the Roberts' Petro
leum Torpedo Compaoy. we remarksd a
few days ago about the robbery ol their
magazine at Sbamburg, and now we learn
tbe parties are known and that several ar
rests will be- made soon. W also learn
that several parties residing on Cberrytree
Run are auspsoted of belonging to tbe moon
light torpedoists as tbey are called, aod we
hoar that Icjunotlons ate out and will be
served as soon as the parties can be found.
Look out lor M- J. Samuels' new adver
!Unieut in tomorrow's paper.
Tbe editor of tbe Petersburg Progress bts
Bsid a visit to tbe Butler oil Held, and gives
a part of bis experience as follows :
On the Fourth of July, we Visited the
Butler oil field; tbe much talked of Eldora
do of the oil mon. Tbe land flowiog with
grease, and overrun with dead beat.
Travell og over the country front St. Pe
tersburg toFoxburg, thence to Parker, Ar.
gyle, Petrolia, Falrview, Karos City, Mill
erstowo nnd Butler; returning passing
through Greece City and Bnena Vista;
tbeoce to F iirview, Martlnsburg and St.
Petersburg.
Tbe opinions which we bad previously
formed, from the reports from tbe lower dis
tricts, were fully confirmed. We found
Petrolia overrun with loafers; business Id
lerests suffering from t be rapid deolinein
Derations In Its vicinity, and every evi
dence of decay set plainly before us. Al
though tbe place still has life, Its total
desertion Is a question of only a very few
months. It bas passed tbe tremor of excite,
ment, the feverish hurry and worry of firs i
development, aod Is now well advanced on
the "back track."
Falrview, which promised at one time to
beeome tbe center of tbe lower region, bas
settled down to the conviction . that sbe
drew busty conclusions, and "went in for
stamps," while bad she considered, solid
reason would bave told her that her exist
ence as an oil town was a my tb. The Im
mense hotel erected bv Major Adams, with
a view of accommodating over a thousand
and ninety persons, stands tenantless and
incomplete, a warning to .the brilliant
thinkers who are compelledto go through
an abstruse calculation before they can de
tannine the distance of the point of their
nose from their feces. Fairview is of little
consequence other than that it is an old
settlement, and will always bave more or
less business centering there, not being de
pendent upon tbe development for its ex
iatence.
Kama City preseuts the appearance which
ia natural Is a collection of true oil town
buildings, and oil town characters. Geo
tlemen loafers, brutal buffers, sleek city
business men lounging about tbe hotels
stove-pipe hats supported by animated mat
ter, abangbe nests In full blast, aod tbe
usual accompaniments. The developme nt
of the territory in Its vicinity is now beeorn
log extensive, ana operators appear to nava
been inspired with considerable confidence.
This Is to be the southern terminus of the
Kama City Railroad, connecting with tbe
Allegheny Valley road at Parker.
Trade ia very dull hereabouts at preae nta
Tbia ia mainly due to tbe extremely lew
price of oil.
Removal. Dr. J. H. Helvley, long en
gaged In tbe dental profession io tbia place,
baa moved hla office to Oil City, and wit1
hereafter practice hla profession there. Tbe
Doctor la a thorough master of bis profes
slon, and we lake pleasure in recommend
Ing bim to tbe oitizens of Oil City and bope
tbey will extend bim a liberal patronage,
An attempt waa made a night or two
aioee to blow op the Roberta Torpedo mag'
azlne near Titusville. Had tbe attempt
proved successful the losa of life and proper
ty would bave been immense. The soouns
diels that would thusjeopardlra their neigh,
bora' lives aod property deserve banging
from tbe nearest telegraph pole.
, we understand tbe board of auditors of
tb Watren & Venango Railroad Company
were in town yesterday, (or tbe purpose
auditing tbe claims of parties owning the
land over which the route Is graded. This
would sssm to indicate tb completion of
tb road down the Creek.
, A railroad amaah np occurred on tbe Oil
Creek Railroad, near Broctoo, yeaterday,by
which tbe engine of Coodoctor Taylor'
train waa badly smashed up by a grave1
train baoking Into It. Tbe engine passed
through here last evening enroul t tb re
pair shops at Oil City.
In a recent oase of assault with Intent to
kill, lu lodianay it was shown that the aO
fray came about from a father Insist Ing on
remaining In the room with his dangbtei
and her beau.- Tbe jury cleared the youog
man.
Tab latest f tbe new townsjof tbe off re
gion are Modoo City and Mllrertown. Tbe
former la represented as- having thirty
houses, where but two weeks ago there was
nolhlogjbul nature. Ilhaenowttwo drug
stores two groceries, two 'hardware stores,
tank shop, a hotel and a number of boar
ding-bousea. Mrllerstown bas from seventy
five to one hundred houses, inoluding
hotel that oost $20,000.
They bave a new style of building eisr
elation In Stamford, Connecticut. Each
member pays three dollars a week, and as
fast as bouses are ereoted lota are drawn to
see wbo shall be tbe possessor. Tbe whole
tbing looks to ns like a moral raffle, but It
is popular Id Stamford.'
So-called "spiritual" phenomena are un
dergoing tacit attack In London In tbe pe:
formaoce of a certain Herr Dobler. This
person does exactly the very same things
wbiob the Davenport Brothers did but with
out claiming the atsts'Miceof any ttuperna-
tural agency. Ills audience site in dark
ness Tor about two minutes while be binds
himself band aod foot to a obair. Tbe rope
is then examined add appears quite fast, tbe
knot being between, his bands and Beaming
ly so tlubt aa to reodor it Impustible to
withdrew tbem. The light is again distin
guished he is guarded upon the platform by
by two wellkoown members of tbe audience
and, suddenly a tambourine flics about tbe
room, aod a bell is rung. Other things
Herr Dobler does ;wbicb abow that with
handa and logs tightly tied be can do more
than most people oan accomplish with
bands at liberty. He borrows a coat from a
spectator puts it beside him on tbe table, the
light goes out, Is instantly rekindled; and
the coal ia on bis back, bia handa tied as
belore; in another daik moment it is off aod
thrown to the lender. Tbe lights are ex.
lioguisbed, bia bauds Oiled with flour, and
in two minutes tbey are found untied with
the flour atill remaining in tbem. He ac
knowledges tbat tbia ia all mere alight of
band. '
If tbe Boston newspapers will continue to
impress upon the publio tbat our Fire De
partment la worthless (wbicb is not a fact,)
and our builders do not understand their
business (wbicb is also falsely,) there is a
prospect-that rales for insurance will be
mora onerous than the income tax. Boston
Journal.
Ia there any claim too extravagant lor
Chicago? It is now putting forth preten
sioos as a summer resort and trying to en
tice people to visit it merely for pleasure
and enjoyment during the heated term. It
it does not become more bumble and truth
ful, we greatly fear it will bave a heated
term of long duration before its wonderful
history is complete N. Y. Mail.
Inspirations from Reading Wall
Whitman's Last.
Whereof and therefore now, voluptuous
agency, so to speak,
Bewildering and dazzling all appreciation
of tbe Muaio Divine,
Of wbiob, -or when, and oven tbat, or hence
Or otherwise,
The poet, Plasterer, Shoemaker, all and
soul may comprehend,
Five or six times as much, or more, or less,
fugaoiour,
Circles ol stone, and mini, and myrrb, never
or even thus,
Pyneriamous, sagalious, in all comperiaes
love, both, and up, and down,
PomptdorlouB bareness, or even muck,
thence and several:
In New Hampshire, West Virginia,
'neatb tbe classic Bladensburg,
Or (if 1 may be allowed tbe expression) or
any other place, alter or near,
To-day, and tben end here, before, aod now
behind and previous, do I thee adore
Danbury Hews.
New Music. We are iodebted to Messrs,
G; D. Russell & Ce,. Music Publishers, 126
Tremont street, Boston, Mass., for tbe fol
lowing beautiful pieces of new musio
.'Open Wide tbe Golden Door," "There is
rest for thee in Glory," "Nora ia Pretty,"
"'Dancing through tbe Leaves." Messrs.
R. & Co., are among tbe most extensive
dealers in musioal merobandise in tbe New
England States. Among tbe latest works
published by tbem Is a nsw and improved
method of learning to play on the Piano.
Lovers ol music will do well to ssnd for
their catalogue of music
Red hot today.
Oh for a looal Item.
The Elevated Railway la to be used In
New York by tbe poslofflee to transport tbe
mails to and from lbs upper sections ef tbe
city. There are to be eighteen malls sent
daily eaob way by Ibis Hoe, which, It
said, will eensideraby facilitate business,
Tbe transportation of the mails between tbe
General postofllce and Its out lying stations
It" greatly interlered with with by the
orowded streets, and consequent slow Iocs)',
motion, which this plan will, to a certain
extent, relieve.
' The New Bedford Standard bas made an
Investigation Into the extent of the recent
forest fires In tbat part of Massachusetts,
and says. ' Tb ground actually burned
over, ss far as we can learn from parties
largely interested aud who know tbe woods
pretty-well, Is about 8,000 acres."
"The handsome managing editor of tbe
Cincinnati Enquirer a few" days since plunir
ed Into tbe raging Miami canal and pulled
out of tbe mud the drowning cook of a pack
eL He received ' bia reward. Her fatber
wrote: "Yon bave save the gal'i life; she's
your'o !" The sditor aforesaid, wants some,
body to drewo that g,
Tbe will of a Keotuckian, made before
bis marriage, and giving all his property to
tbe lady wbo became bis wife, bas been
success ruly contested by hi legal beirs, It
being beld that tbe marriage operated as a
revocation, and that tbe widow is entitled to
only ooe-tbird.
' It has been decided in St. Louis that tbe
laws of Missouri do not reongniio such a
thing ss a scout, aud when oue-'gets to wan-'
during about In purgatory it must take cars
of Itself. The decision was rondered In a
care io which tbe relative of a deceased
man sued for the sum of $4,000 devisad tor
the purpose of praying for massee for the
dead man'e soul. The relatives got tbe
money and the poor soul has no redress In
tbe courts of Missouri.
A new sensation has presented itself In
Loddon in the shape of the arrival of the
great Cape diamond, which baa been Con
signed lor sale to Messrs. Pillar Loverson Jk
Co., of Gracecburcb street. Tbe weight of
this splendid gem is about two hundred car
ats, and according to reliable anlbority, it
IsJ likely, when cut to be a worthy rival of
tbe Kobl-ooor.
Be carefal bow you go Ic sleep at an auc
tlon. A gentleman settled bimaolf In a
comfortable chair, and bis lenses soothed
by the auolioneer'e lullaby, soon dropped
asleep. When his nap was over be In It the
place. Tbe next day he was astounded at
the reoeipt of a bill for several hundred dol
ars worth of carpets and oilier things Tbe
auctioneer bad received bis aomnleulous
node for bids.
At a balloon ascension at Lafayette, on
tbe Fourth, a live bear was taken up. The
beast was attached to tbe balloon by har
ness, and as he went up and came dowu be
uttered tbe most piteous cries. Tbe bal
loon went out two squares ana alighted on
a root. Tbe bear used his claws to tbe host
advantage on tbe shingled roof, but tbe
balloon was too powerful for bim, aod it
dragged bim into the street, where he fell
upon a pile of brick, receiving serious Inju
ries.
A girl seventeen years old was arrested
io Buffalo last Monday, charged with three
seperate attempts to burn her omployei's
bouse. After denying tbe crime for some
time she at last made a full confession, say
log that abe only did it "to have a little
tun with the folks," aa aba "knew tbey
wero badly soared."
A no snah nt reraia knows how to say
pretty things to ladies, II we are to believe
a London journal, wbicb says tbat when k
visited Qoeeo Vlotoria, at Windsor be told
ber Majesty tbat until then be bad reckoned
bis years from the day of his birth, but
tbat hs should henceforth daja tbem from
tbe hour of bis meeting tbe Queen of Eog-
land.
Women are never riumofouoded.
There is a Brooklyn belle wbo pickles ber
bands twice a week to make them white,
A Minnesota paper says: "If pitching
fish from tbe lakes witb an ordinary tbi
lined bayfork is any indication of good fish
Iog,;tben we have good flsbing here."
Tbe British Koyal Humano Society re,
oently awarded their bronze medal to an old
gentleman n England, 82 years ef age, wbo
courageously plunged into tbe sea to res
cue a drowning ohild.
Ladies of tbe demi-mosde ia Lexington,
Ky.,ere to be incontinently arrested ir tbey
ride or drive in any vehicle through the
"streets, cemetery, or other publio places"
of tbe oity, aod the nice legal question
comes up whether the letter ol the ordi
oanoe will let tbem ride to the cemetery
in a bearae in case of need.
The Boston Herald is making odorous''
comparisons. It says tbat soup for tbe
poor of Boston last year cost $4,000, and
"refreshment" for tbe cily government cost
If 1,000, or about $2 60 a day lor each
member of tbe Council. Boston must
board ber City Ceuooil, and give tbem pret
ty good board too, bnt as for her poor, tbey
are always on1 hand, aod there ia much
philanthropy In $4,000.
Walt. VanAusdell a well known chera
plon of local option baa invented a new aod
Obeap drink, composed almost entirely of
water. He bas named it "rataplan. "
A starllinf tombstone waa ereoted to the
memory of "Tabllbe, beloved wife of Jo
ssph Wright, Thomaa Andrews, Eben Hal.
sled, Charles Dean and Edwin Murray, by
her devoted husband Cyrus Morgan. I(
waa thought for a lime tbat Morgan couldn't
survive it.
Paul B. DuChaillti bas net succumbed to
tbe rigors aod porils of tbe regions .border
ing tbe Arct'o, as was feared, nothing hav
ing been heard Irom or of bim for some
time, but wss alive and well at Karasjok,
Lapland, near the seventieth parallel o'
north latitude, oa tbe 1st of May last.
Local Notice.
IMintolHtion Notice.
Thw firm of Mease & Armstrong la iu.
day dissolved by mutual consent. The
books and accounts of tbe late llrm have
been placed in tbe bands ol Justice Ue.
nolds for collection, and all parties knowiL
themselves Indebted will do well Io call on
bim and settle tbe same at once and save
coats.
17. G. Mease.
T. S. ArtHHTiiovo.
Petroleum Centre, July 14, 1873.
FOR SALE.
A desirable bOHse on t lie Fsheri
For particulars enquire at tbe Post Office '
Co to W7A. JiOZlElt,
4th Strect,near It. it. track,
tor your llEVZIM:, deliv
ered at the welh for 151,75,
per Barrel.
Petroleum Centre, Feb. fib If.
KENW00Dnoor.din(5,BDY5
Presents stronu nltnu-tlons to ptrorts iu;d misr
dlnns. A nli-anam lioim-: thluub In-lnittii,,.-hmlUifnl
discipline; excellent llbmn ;! new
atus. Bind lor Catalogm... Uberul Ui.coHut to
usiAKliKS J H OBI S, A. 11.. ?rln..
Mew Brighton, Peuii.
A BEAlTTlFUIi AN CIItlOMO
To All Lovers of Art and Lit
erature !
We will fend tb U.nmlfiil Ckromo ntitltd
Unwelcome Vinitor " no-itas-e preudiu
aa a premium to every subscrllwr to onr mouth! y
marnrelne called tbo
B
uxnble E5ee.
cooutfnfaa: 33 large pages besides thr coyer. fllli4
with the best and most Intamtinf readlsc. Prlc
OUIJF
$1 A YEAR !
8nd on your dollar, and cat a dollar magazine
and an eight dollar cbromo In return. W ai4
and will liberally' pay .
-A.GKE2S3"TSj
Bend stump for particulars- Addrcja
BUfflBXE BJEE. Albioii, Illlnola
BENZINE.
Just received a freth supply
of Benzine, the best ever
brought to town, at
J. A. TEN EYCK'S.
Petroleum Centre, May, 15, 1S3- tf
WAGES
FOR all who arc Willi nc to work. Any person,
nid or young, ofpitiier ex, can make from J l'l
to $50 per week, at home tiay orvveninir. Wanted
by all. Suitable to el l her city or Country, and any
aewon of the year. Thl is a rnr oppotlnnily fw
thaw who are out of work, and onl f money, tci
maka au Independent llfing. No capital Mng
roniilred. Onr pamphlet, "HOW TO MARK A
LlVINU j. ivintr lull instructions aent oa receipt
of 19 coris. AddrM, A. BUUTON 4 CO., MoirU
anla, Wusfehisiter Co., N.
For Sale Cheap
One 40-Horse Boiler, Gibbs
& Russell make, One 12-Horse
Engine in good condition, 800
feet Casing. 1,000 feet tubing,
JifiO feet Sucker Eods, ValveB,
Working Barrels, &c. Aho,
one Derrick r..:d Rig complete.
The above property will be sold
cheap for cash. For particulars
enquire of A. G. HARPER, Kane Cily,
Veaaogo Connty, Pa
A. G. HARPER.
Kane City, Jnne 17 1873 tf
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