Petroleu p Centre Daily Record.
fru Centre, Hsu Thnredar, Jnly 84
litviu Xervlce.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
riervio every Sabbath at 11 A. M. end
i i P. M. Sabbath School at U P. M.
eat free. A cordial Invitation extend.
d to all.
Kkt. G. Uiioke, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M.. and'7
o cloiJi P. M , by the Pastor, W. C. Bijrch
ahu. Sabbath School at I2I4, directly
after forenoon service.
Prayer M-cting and Sabbath School
Teacher' Meeting Tuesday evening ot
abb week.
Petroleum Centre Lodge,
, . .715, I.O. of O. F.
No.
, Regular 'meeting night Friday.
t
o'clock. Sinned.
W. B. MONTGOMERY. N.
G.
C. H. Bailet, A Sec'y. .
t-Plac of meeting, Main St., opposite
McGllntock Hooae.
A. U. of V. W. n m
. Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of V. W.,
m-els every Monday evening at 7J6 o'clock,
u Odd Fellow' Ilall, Patroleuio Centre,
Fenu'a.
Jamks Wilbojc, M. Y.
p-JiKUS 3. Wbitk, R.
I. O. Of It. M. '
Minoekanife Tribe No. 183, I. O. R. M
of Patiolonm Centre, meet every Thursday
evenlne In Oid Templar's Hall.
CV Council tires llubled at 7 o'clock.
II. HOWE, Sachem.
C. L JUKES. Culel ol Records.
Old at I i. if. 115'
SPLCIAL MEETING.
Saturday eve's July 20, 73
A. O. of U. W.
For the purpose . of . conferriug
the decree, of 'Honor" on Mis
ter Workmen, their Wifes.
Daughters, Sisters and Moth-
there... , -V :..
JAMES WILS-'ON, M
JAMES S. WH1TK. RecY
W.
. The PotUvtll Daily Standard lays there
ji a good deal of difference between a great
f rlmiaal of good connection and an ordinary
lu- iresker, and tbo distinction nude, the
ciiriee of language and apparent eym patby
evoked for the former class goes a long way
toward fostering ori me and making tbe evil
ly disposed dare deed with shook human
ity. Young Walworth murdered bis lather
committed the last offense of which man can
M guilty, that or taking the life of tbe being
who gave bim life, aod before the , blood
stains bad been removed from the spot
whereon Mantrfeld Walworth's body fell,
toe "poor boy" bad many a sympathising
friend, and two ibe most eminent law
yers in the land ware retained -to defend
him. The "poor boyVpIrit seemed to
fiavilnfumd Itself , among tbe jurors for
(heir verdict' (which we mention merely lor
record and net to question) was for murder,
ontyln tbo seoond degree. The judge had
no djsorolion, ao the ptricide was tauten-
c!-d to imprisonment fur life, a sentence less
. Mtfittlful than banging, If there were a sure
, ty o( in seiug enforced. Arrlvlog at Sing
Sing, attended by bis mother and Mods, be
Is teaderly received, and that portion of bis
, asnteac imposing "hard labor upon blm Is
pour boyed" into work lo the office of the
e!rk of tbe shoo department. It is weak
id wicked sentimentality, a menace to the
right el I He aod property, to condone crime
by remission o the rigor . of its Indicated
.punishment, or (be exercise of molst-ayed
pity In Its bebalf. If tbe penalties Inflicted
ivw airici, moony mem, diii wnen ac
cepter! law Is lo force It Is mistake to
tati'J, Between it and It vlolalorr
A woman oatne near being ruo over by
"'y wain, this morning. Bbe was
walking en the main track, near tbe Cen
tral I'etroleutn Company's filling platform,
ana aid not appear to bear tbem. The en
gineer sounded tbe alarm whistle and ap-
jmeaiDe air brakes, wbiob andobutedly
. vn.vu ih. nuiunu a tilt.
i no r.goeri larni bridge haa again been
closed to travel and coodemoed as unsafe.
We nnderstund tbe Central Petroleum Com.
paiiy have taken the job of repairing It
Allow ua to breathe it lo the mildest terms
posslbln to our worthy, most wot thy, County
commissioners tbat Ibey got badly sold on
the purchase of said ' bridge. Tax payers
are Dot supposed to be Interested parties.
Tuo grasshopper Dm damaged Utah crops
seriously, aod the potato bug Is working
ruteobief in the Mirsinslppl states.
Always Bxaoiw au old plug bat bifjte
you kick it.
PjOMCE. Before Justice Reynolds. One
Yet Evans, who bss before figured lo the
police record, was arrested yesterday alter-1
noon by Constable Burgess, charged wllb
drunken and disorderly ootiduot. The fes
tive Yet, it sppe.rs, went Into the lager
beer saloon ol Ctiristisn Herbert, and de
manded a drink of beer. Herbert refused
to give It to bim, when be became wratby
aod with a Botnbastical air drew a knife
and threatened to carve Christian Into the
most mlnote Irsgmenta unless the beer was
forthcoming Instantly. Christian couldn't
see it aod sent for tbe officer, who cam aod
after muob persunsioo Induced Evans lo
promise to go about bis business ana not
create a disturbance. Instead of doing this
be started strait tuck to Herbert's and un
dertook lo demolish thiogs lo general.
Woid was sent the Constable, who prompt.
ly appeared and undertook tbe arrest, tbe
belligereot Individual in tbe meantime bav-
ng taken refuge In the bouse of Hank O-
Brisn. Thither tb( Constable wended bis
way and discovered tbe valiant Yet snugly
ensconced under a bed. When discovered
be made a desperate resistance, but was fin
ally conveyed to the - lockup, end left long
enough to sober up. $2,00 fine and costs
settled tbe bill and Yet's sport for one day.
Commonwealth versus Yet Evans. Charge
resisting an officer. Case held over on so
llcitatlon of prisoner's mother, Constable
Burgees declining to appear.
James Donnelly, an old sport balling
from Scrubgraes, having beard In tbat far
distant land strange and weird tales of the
wondrous sights to be seen at Petroleum
Centre, induced John Door is, another resi
dent of tbat benighted region to accompany
blm Ibllher In search of adventure. Tbey
stopped off at Fraokllo and Oil City and
partook liberally of tbe seductive beverages
dealt out In tbate places, consequently by
the time they arrived in town, tbey were
ready tormost anything. Before tbe fuo
bad hardly eammenced, however, tbey rao
afou I of Constable Burgess who in tbe most
polite terms Invited tbem to inspect Ibo
lockup. Afier a thorough Inspection of
that iistftutlon, they were Introduced to
Constable Reynolds, tod npoo bis urgent
solicitation loaned tbe county $2,00 each
and costs. Tbey failed to pry tbe loan and
were committed to Franklin lo default
John Door is, one of tbe above specimens
of Sorubgrass, brought suit against Ellen
Doooegan, cbarglug bar with larceny. An
examination placed John In tbe light of
not very tiuthful man. The Information
slated that, Mrs. Donnegan bad stol.
en from him tbe sum of $35. Upon being
placed upati tbe stand be testified tbat be
bad giveu it to her to keep for blm, and
closer examination elicited the fact tbat
the sportive John had no money either to
lend or have stolen from blm, consequently
the defendant was discharged and the pros
ecutor committed in default of ooupaytneni
of tbe costs of suit.
The Lower OH lieglon.
We learn from a gentleman operating In
tbe lower oil region tbat there is no cessa
lloo In tbe aotlvlty which has characterized
the lower oil region lor tbe past slgb
months. Operator rush bead long to tbe
front, put up tbelr rigs and commenoe work
every day new well are started and old
ones abandoned; sheriff's ssles are numer
ous aod will be more plenty within tbe
next six months. Jiveo with oil at one aod
a half dollars at the well, aod ao outlay o1
nine thousand dollars (wbioh Is required to
sink a well in tbat deep territory) there
seems to be no stoppage to tbe work, (no
fear for tbe future, but a reckless, wild de
lermloallM to join tbe thousands who are
rushing Into bankruptcy aod ruin.
With Ibis state of affairs Is it strange!
tbat tbe ory ol dull times in tbe region; tbat
money come only by cent Instead of dol
lar a formerly: and that the future looks
dark and dreary to many well known aod
hitherto well to do operators.
let in is rusn ana frenzy will the sooner
bring tblogs lo a crisis. Tbe end Is not far
on ana sooum the wens which are now go
tag dowo prove good ones tbe bottom of tbe
oil will be knocked out, and we will all go
dowo together, lo tbe very bottom and
tbere oommeoce to build op. Tldloute
Journal.
A young man arrived in Corry, on Salur.
day, by tbe Atlantio and Great Western
train, who was evidently laboring uoder
heavy dose of unrequited affection. He
thougbi some one on Ibo car wanted to
murder blm to preveut hi marrying a New
York beireas. lie olalmen the proieotionof
the police, which wae.glven bim.
(.The apple crop will be Ur jer in the Eist
man usual, but reports trom the west are
not as promising as last year.
CButler has a Sunday law which Is en for
eed to tbe letter. This comes bard on some
Ot tbe operators who were oot used to such
a slate of affilrs In the upper region.
Tbe Oil City Petroleum bouee has an
orchestra to tefieih Its boirdeta. '
Canida Oil Nkws. The attraclloo, at
present, is south of tbe raue-cou rso where
the new well ol .1. C nyde & Co., Western
property has started off as a first clatu well.
This together with tbe liberal yield ol tbe
urrsy wells gives Durham creek ao im
portance not recently possessed in tbat quar
We learn tbat a number of loceiioo
have been already secured for developmen
long tbe rise ol the ground aud npoo Ibe
flat. Messrs. Lancaster and Perkins
Cooley are busy with their wells. lw Mr.
Lancy and ground will eoou be broken tor
oew rigs. Altogether tbe prospects of the
Petrolia east euders are brightening. With
tbe branch from tbe Southern Railroad lo
their favor, new life would be iufused Into
b business there aod real estate would
loo k un.
Ouiie a number of ioauirica are made ol i
. -i
the "oldest inbabilant '' about the old Slack,
Lane, Hall, Galbraitb, Merchant, Mun" "
Gartbsbore, aod especially tbo Wilmot wells
other days. No doubt n second tee'
will soon be made upon some at least of Ibe
wells here named, aod douullesa with sue.
cess.
Turning to the Nortb-west we find tbe
Keith & Weodley well upoo tbe Woolsey
farm down and being tested with good showt
Tbe Drader &, Co. well lot 10 lo Ibe 13th,
Graham farm, is down and being tested.
West of Martbaville tbe new Gurd & Co,,
well Is about fioisLed, with fair prospect
Mr. McDonald's new well Is ptogres.slog.
Also tbe new well ot Messrs. Uessey, Rolen,
burg and McGarvey, to tbe north of the De.
luge well. By the way, duriog the past few
weeks this company have dug water boles
and canals enough to supply tbe Empire'
Deluge aod other wells and float a small
avy. Tbe Fairbank Well (formerly owned
by Messrs. Lawson & Co.) Siioemikor prop
erly, has seed bulged of! Ibe great water sup.
ply and now baudles the flaid eas ly with a
loch pump and is paying well. It is
thought the water bas been thrown baok
poo Messrs. Keooedy & Jeffries, where it
as exceeded tbe oil for tbe past fow weeks
It is hoped experiments will restore wonted
greatness.
We recently Interviewed the celebrated
Monoalvo well No. 2, owned by Messrs.
Frank Smith aod Yaoalstine, and found Its
reputation folly sustained. Tbe new rig of
tola company works as well as it looks.
Everytblog is right and tight, and the yield
from tbe three Inch pump I something Im
meose, rating the precious fluid a t lOOiar'
rela per 24 hoars. Tbe company bave been
liberal In fixing np but tbe product justifies
A little to the southwest ot MjucoIvo
No 2, near tbe 12 line, Messis. Noble &
Parsoo's bave an underground receiving
lank running lbs oil to Pliho e switch, etc.
Toeeew well ol Mr Loughead Is yielding
liberally, and a new one will be put down
east of Ik Mr. Lawyer proposes plac.ng
another well south ol tbe blind line, aod
e loveoleot lo tbe oross road.
Mr. M. McCarren bat ptgeed a rig on one
of tbe old wells, Pitbole litis, aud pump
tbo well, and also water to his cluster o
well near Mess re. Hammood k Co.'s ivHo
ery; pipes are to be connected, also., with
tbe supply tank of Ibe Carbon Oil Co.'s
Work.
Tbe Rosen burg well upoo Squire John
son's farm, London road, la uoder way, and
will be puabed to completion. fPetioiia
(Oat.) AdvertLer.
Following right after Ibe Cleveland meet
ing tb last of this month, comes tbe grand
Buffalo sweepstakes, with total premiums
offered amounting lo 70,000. Preparations
for tbe event are making on a very exten
sive aaale. On lb second dsy, Wedoesdsy
tbe 6tb, there I to be a $20,000 purse lor
horses tbat have never trotted better than
2:21, $10,000 to tbe first horse, $5,000 to
second, $3,'000 to tblrd, aod $2,000 to Ibe
rourtb horse. These very large sums will
bring to tbe contest some of the best horses
In tbe country. Tbe lowest purse Is for
$1,000 lor four-year-olds aod uoder. Be
sides tbe trotting to atliact people, Dod I
worth's band, of New York, are to give
concerts every day, aod tbe programme ar
ranged give promise of a rich musical feast.
These Buffalo raoee are great event in tb
horse world.
The cry ol dull limes Is heard every where
and yet well are going down a rapidly a
ever. .
A man bad a contest of streogtb with a
locomotive near New Bethlehem, a few dsys
since, and now bis widow bas to pay for a
pine coffla with brass screws. Eo say tbe
New Betble bem Press. It seems queer, tbat
men will constantly ba putting their w'vss
to so much trouble, and make them attend
to tbelr business. It just like them.
Some Wlillamsport boys wblls picking
berries fonod tbe body of a man, banging
to a ties and with a deep cut across Ibe
abdomen. .
Literary men can never be sura of having
saldbstcitt thing unless they see tbe
Vproot.
xvv.m i. a mtnlalAr near the end Ol nia
aermon like a ragged urchin! Became be'"
toward blso ose.
Mrs. Snldkioe says ber husband is a
tbree-bsnded man right hand, lett band,
and a little behindhand.
A St. Louis editor wishiog a delinquent
to pay np, wrote him recently as follows:
"Who develops your minerals."
Burglars are busy in Maine, and the
watch has been donbled lo prevent them
from breaking into Ibe Alfred jll.
A Missouri teacher opeocd school with ao
abridged dictionary, a byron book, and a
volume ol Robinson Crusoe.
"France, 1 ssys tbe Boston Pott, "Is get
ting sleepy." "Then sba ought lo take en-,
other Nap,"' retorts the Louisville Journal
How "local option" woiks lo tbe east,
we are inlormed by Ibe following paragraph
from Ibe Biddelord, Me., Tribune:
Thn authorities ol Biddeford, Me., ere
t tin Ir wit's end. Tbey bave the liquor
i in nil its lensth and breadth with all it!
ingenious provisions snd stringent penalties
and vet Ibev are forced to confess that
"drunkenness was never so common in Bidd.
elord as now. " So tbe authorities store-
ttid solemnly consult together, and conolude
tbat II bard drinking is lo be surpresseff, It
muat be by enlorolng tbe law against tbe
Illegal sale of intoxicating fluids. We do
not know when we bave beard of a more
notable lo stance of municipal sagacity. Wo
assure tbe Biddeford magistrates that no
bodv will drink, what nobody can get to
drink. We are positively certain of It"
Parkers has a new fire company.
Petrol ia
will soon bave a Methodist
church .
Bueoa Vista la a oew town at the "front,
Tbe iron bridge at Foxburg will toon be
completed.
Greece City is at
boles are increasing.
a stand still.
Dry
One nun dred and
fifty wells are going
dowo at Angelic.
A number of Tltusville merchant are
I n business at'Parkera.
Pickwick City.tUodoo city aod Millers
town are new towns In tbe oil region.
A man that ought to be re-membersd A
oje-legged soldier.
A kangaroo is a curious chap; when it's
wide awake It's sleeping.
A Western paper beads a
bride's trousseau "Duds."
description of a
A Harper's Ferry man owns a wbole
mountain, aod offers to trado it for a shot
gun.
Crops sre good lo York couuly.
Readlog Is to bave a paid fir department.
Woodcock can be killed in tbi Stat
after August first.
TMusvllle meiebants want less hours for
a day's work
One murderer is coolloed in tb Scbuy
ler county prison.
Ber. J. M. Bailey of Tltusville is rust!
eating at Sandy Lake.
A cheese faotory is to bo built at Owen's
Corner, Crawford county.
Several bouse were struck by lightning
In Philadelphia, Isst Friday.
Io Tioga county, near Kulledge, Ison ore
bas been found in paying quantities.
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Go to W. A. LOZIEU,
4th Strect,near It. It. track,
tor your BENZINE, deliv
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per Barrel.
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moe, a red ana woiik cow snout sits.
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Bed lo oall and settle charges and taksk
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VOHTHWAKD: OllCUy. Franklin.
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Accom oilailun.. f 00 a p 10 80 a m
Kxpret .410 pro .pm
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Oil City.
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