Petro'eun Centre Daily Record.
Vol. Centre, Tneedar, July SO
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Servic every Habbntb at 11 A. M. and
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', free. A Cordial kivltatioo extend
eil to all.
lUv. G. Mkokb Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CnURCIt
, Treadling ut 11 o'clock A. M.. nnd 7
onltick I'. M., M we rwor, v. i Ki ii-i,' .
c. i..... mt in iiin.pt i
ufler loreooon service.
Prayer Meeting and
Sabbath School
TeeoW Meetlug
Tuesday evenlogs ol
each Week. , 1 1
Petroleum Centre Lodge, No.
Tiff, I. O. of O.K. v
Ueiriilar meeting night Friday, at 7
o'clock. Signed.
W. 0. MONTGOMERY, N. G.
C. H. Baii.KT, A Sec'y.
pjfPlnce ol'.ineeting, Main St., oppoalte
McUintook Iloueo.
A. U. of U. W.
Liberty Lodge Mo. 7. A. O. of U. W.
meets every Munday evening at T o'clock,
n Odd Fellow'i Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Peon's.
J1UK8 Wilson, M. W.
ft Jamm 3. Whitk, H. ' v
I. O. Of H. M. ' '
Minnekauoen Tribe No. 183, L O.'R. M
of Petroleum Centre, meets every Thursday
evening; in O'Hwl Templar's Hall.
jy Council lires lighted at 7 o'clock.
II. HOWE. Sachem.
C. L JUKES. Chief ol Records.
Gold at 1 p. in.
OHf Staple. - -
Trade, like Hie tide,' ebbs aod flows.
Prosperity is periodical; adversity also.
WUen Jjtrae communities depend on one
onmmoilUy tor dally bread these tidal wavi
lead on to fortune to all while their recee
sion only leaves exposed tbe strands of beg
gary. In Australia "fool. ,Jn ..Cblna, silk
end tea. In Fraooe and Germany tbe
grape. In our own South cotton, sugar or
tobeooo, varying with tbe-locality. In the
West groin. In the Northwest" lumber and
grain form the staples. Let tbeaa tail any
where to bring good prioes and whole com
munities laogulsb. So with us. Crude is
shea;), Ucauae it U plenty, and plenty be
cause blgb prices stimulated development,
ud while It is to be hoped that the pres
ent prioes may lead to new uses Icr petro
leum, and to si wider and belter demand,
yet fur the present business lies prone and
prostrate.
That tbe depression la our trade bas
reached Its limit none need doubt. Tbe
drill Is surely stopping. No new wells are
being oootraoted for by anybody at any
paint in the region. The boundaries of the
lower oil field are now mapped out lis
probable espaeiiy and bearing on future
production is capable of estimate and that
falls far below previous conceptions. Indeed
tbe lowsr oil Ueld bas hitherto bean deem-
ed inexhaustible. This is not
SO. Tbe
ptesent drilling when completed will go far
w .... ..upmK
til'
h". Dirni;j ui lie uii. na great uepin anu
growing uncertainty wilt deter drilling even
then, so that we are 00 lbs eve of better
prlois and better limes. Tbe mass of tbe
operators, including tbe leading ones about
whom so many malicious rumors are to In
dustriously circulated, are in good shape
and will continue so. Much bas been
learnod .lesnnns of caution and of economy
Mid there are lessons of wisdom for us
all.
The time Is coming when the oil regions
will furnish at a lair price to all ooocerned
our staple just as tbe consumer wants it v
For Illumination and ror- lubilcatlng tbe
work will be done here at borne at our
own reHoefles and if gas companies, 'steel
works and others want crude II will be
worth tbree and ball to four dollars per
barrel. " ' . .
(Sat old irleod and fellow townsman, Mr.
J. U. fori est, leaves next week for Modoc
City, in tbe lower oil field, to work for the
Phillip Bros. He does not Intend remov
loff bis family away. The best wishes of
many friends will accompany Mr. Forrest to
bla new location.
New Wkm, On Saturday last a "new
well was struck on tbe JSrown farm, Cber
ryiree Hun, wnicn is yielding 20 barrels
per day. Pumping commenced on Saturv
day evening and for the first twentylour
bears the yield was 13 barrels. It it own
ed by W. IT. Hall, of Woods farm. The
sand foun.l in tbit well was of a very floe
quality. Tbe Brown farm Is not played out
yet.
Tbe ni'iohlne shops of Erie are building a
Ur.' (lrnrtr! In lw n.ed in (lipping slips
the bnr'.!-r of AsMahu'.a .
'-n'.ovc
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nfi' I'lu'll'fvM (' 'Ire y "l-.
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A fpc: illative Investment.
The Tilusvllle Sunday Press baa reduced
1 ha coat of drilling wella and ibe money they
ratlin after being completed, right down to
lacts and fia ires. Below will be tonnd tbe
ffctures:
ll could between $8 000 and $9,000 to
alnk on oil well in tbe lower district, and a
sixty barrel well la considered a good thing.
There waa a time when it realized tbia ex
pettatlon, but that waa In the daya of $4,00
oil aod $4,001) welli. Tbe average opera
torolto-dev seems . oblivious of the fac
. - 'ua. .. ...
mat oeiwserr s.'.tju on euu bo.uuu wen
and $1,00 oil and $4,000 wella, - tbe odds
re just four times agaioat him, and so
without any re flootion be jumps at tbe con
elusion that an $8,000 well producing sixty
barrels or $2,00 oil ia valuable acquisition
Let us flgore It, taking a well oi six months
duration at tbe liberal estimate of sixty for
'be ensuing sixty days, and twenty barrels
for tbe etisulng ninety days, making a total
production ol 0,000 barrels of oil in six
months as follows:
Ooe month sixty barrels per day ' 1,800
Two months lorty barrels per day 1,400
Three months twenty barrels per day 1,800
Total production six moults, bbls 6,000
One quarter off for royally 1,500
4,500
Gr ei earnl igs, $1,50 per bbl. at tbe
well
2,250
$0,750
Deduct $10 per day expenses 180 days $1,800
Net earnings $4,950
In six months well at a liberal estimate
for produel ion, tbe operator bas got a re
turn of$4,50 lor bis $8,000 investment
II we take into account tbe cost of break
ages, repairs, loss ol time to tbe operator
himself, &c, we Qod that be bas recovered
scarcely one-balf of bis investmentr And
this is about the way tbe most successful op.
eralcra are "gelling rich" In the lower dis
tr fct.
e Nellie Wallace, a frail creature llv
log at upper end of town, was taken with
D( yesterday afternoon. It appears she bad
beeu drinking to excess laetly, probably to
drown sorrow, and tbe St was the result.
Poor oreature. Tbe same oft told tale.
Refreshing showers today.
Oil Creek is on the rise."
Oil Is not.
, Trains were delayed Ibis aiternoon
land slide at Gregg's Switch.
by
' Tbe New York World saya that a conven
lion of young men wbo part their bair
in
tbe middle is shortly to be organized for th
consideration of tbe question as to whether
tbey bave no rights that are to be reapec
ted.
Thirty New Haven ladies planned for
nice little sail on a steamer alone. A
,t range sailor took them on a strange craft
with cabin room for ten, and a storm arose
Tbey reached borne late at olgbt tborougbly
oaked, andtbirty husbands are Indulging
' provoking little 'smiles at tbelr expense.
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I Bt attilnAd h whaliia im nnul Hw - AlmUn
gul,hed .,, WD0 dool.re. ,toa ,ctn
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, observation and measurement, that tbe
average whale seldom exoeeds 79 feet In
length.
Pauley Jr. of tbe Waynesburg Uesaeogor
visited a dancing platform near bla town
and expreraes hie surprise at tbe muscle dis
played by the fair ones on a warm day like
the Fourth of July. He says:
'Uauoing is certainly invigorating and
strengthening, as we saw ladies, wbo are to.
tally unable to wield mop, swing a broom
or lift skillet, take their plaoes on tbe
platform and apparently without an effort
whirl through tbe Intricate "mazes of tbe
dance," for a balf dozen conseoutlve self,
with scarcely a breathing spell."
There are four restaurants at Modoc
City.
Butter is worth but sixteen cents in Car
lisle.
The people of Meadville want a new post
master.
There are 6,000 miners in tbe Lehigh re
gion.
"Hardsorabble" Is to bs tbe name of the
next oil town In-the lower distrlat. The
test well has reached a depth of 1,500 feet,
and It is only balf a mile lur'her to tbe third
sand.
Base ball at New York,
tuals 7, Atlaotics 4.
Saturday Mu
Base ball
Athletics 30
at Philadelphia,
Wssbiogtons 19.
Saturday
Corn and cotton crops In Texas promises
better than for many years.'
Two years and a'balf is tbe time requlr
el to compute the timne! 'inder the Letiijh
rof'titinu
Letters from
People.
Note. The managerof thlsjournal. with
out endorsing tbe aentimentsol contributors,
dealree to offer the wideet possible latitude
ror free dlecnssion. It la merely supuiateu
thai commiinlcatlona shall concern matters
01 public interest, be put in decent languaue
and accompanied with tbe names of the
writer, nut for publication, but a a guar
antee of good teitb.
Letter From Plrnner,
Since we wrote you last a case of domes
tic Infelicity deserving tbe notice of the re.
portorial corps of tbe Rrvord batb come to
light. Tbe tacts are circumstantially. V
followst . Parlies ol tbe (list part are late.
residents of this olassio village; parties of
second part non-residence, closely related to
the former and boarders for some time past
Parties of first part lived happily together.
nothing occurring to mar tbeir domestic le
llolty until last week. Parties of second
part possessing a lair amount of IT.
promise to pay, &a., which were dealt out
generously to their hosts for advance boar-
sundries, loans, 0., until they thought it
was getting pretty thin and said so. One
word brought on another until tbe "tempest
raged" at this point of consanguinity was
tterly disregarded and boarders were sum
marily ordered out, when tbey sought ref.
uge in tbeir respective rooms locking the
doors as a precaution against further devel
pments. Tbe husband's filial and sisterly
love overcoming bis ooojugal affection and
reasoning Irom tbe hypothesis, If father
bas a rigbt to chastize his daughter then bas
tbe husband tbe same rigbt. Here was a
practical Instance to test bis theory aod
proceeded forthwith to administer bis bar
baric !hobhy. 'fills spouse, however, was
equal to tbe occasion and eluding tbe de.
tainlng band sue escaped to ber fatber.
Paterfamilias sympathized deeply with bis
much abused olfspriog and advised ber
bave ber preternatural husband arrested and
at tbe same time to procure a writ of eject
ment against tbe boarders. Tbia was a?.
tented to and an hour hence tbe squire at
your place was listening earnestly .to tbe
sorrowful "tale" ol tbe aggrieved one. Th
Squire possessing none of tbose peculiar
trails, common to modern Blaokstones
the Quirk and Gammon order, told ber
be
could not issue any warrants or writs on the
points at Issue and tbey returned a disap
pointed orew. Allow me to enquire If tbe
Squire coii'd not make a case out of tbe mat
lor why did be invest himself with jndg
and jury authority and invite parties of sec.
ond part to quit tbe premises if they did
not want to have trouble? Tbe wile, foiled
in her legal recourse, returned determined
to use coeioloo as tbe only means left to rid
herself of tbe presence ol ber disagreeable
boarders. Forcing tbe door of their rooms
she seized ooe ol tbe victims and was abou
to force ber out of tbe bonae when ber bur
band appeared upon tbe scene closing
door upon bis wife's arm. Screams ol uiur
der brought a neighbor in wbo succeeded
parting tbe belligerent contestants lor finio 1
honors. Tbe wile now baa ber husband
under ball for assault and battery, parties ol
second part are boarding in more congenial
quarters, since tbe melee two philautbro
plo young Irtends of the parties of tbe first
part bave played tbe role of peace makers
aod bave aq far suoceeded that tbe lion and
tbe lamb laid down together as peacable as
if nothing bad iterfered to cause cloud In
their demeatlc horizon. Aod thus faUetb
the 0.1 r tain on a Piumer sensation.
New Version of tub Prodigal
Son." A stranger officiated at one of tbe
cburcbet at Belcher town oa a recent Sab
bath, la tbe absence of tbe regular clergy
man. His a.ternoon discourse was a new
version of tbe "Prodigal Sou,' unique and
novel. The reverend speaker represented
bim when leaving borne as arrayed In tbe
height of Parisian fashion "in silk hat,
braadcloth ooat, kerseymere, kid gloves and
French calf boots," and alter a lilt of un
paralleled extravagance, dissipation and
tin, conspiouous among the fruits of which
were "tbe gravel of two beautiful uaideoti
bis victims, bis property being spent and
hit servants deserting bim, be was seen ooe
morning out la tbe middle of a lot, on a
rock, bis silk bat knock in, broadolotn out
at the elbows, French calf boots out at toe
kid gloves gone, bogs all around blm, and
be chewing tbe pods!" Northampton (R,
1.; uazeiie.
In Indiana county tbe wbeat,corn andeot
crops are very heavy.
Tbe Tempeaaoce Society of Franklin was
organized Tuesday, July 22od.
In 1856 there were only tlx briok bouse
In Scrantoo. Ii now boats of 40,000 iobtbl.
tants.
ine rranmiu waier uompaoy cnarge
only $25 per plug for supplying tbe cily
wilb water.
'A boy In tbe central part of tbe State was
bitten on bis band by a patato bug and fears
are eniertainea mat 'he member will bave
I to he Mirutvei.
NOTES OP THE If As.
New Hampshire granted one hundred.aad
seventy-nlno divorces. ,
"Oh for some lodge in vast wilderness,"
Kansas Odd Fellows boast of 106 of tbem.
An ox killed by lightning In Iowa did not
ave a piece of bone letl in his skin an Inch
long. V
A Mioblgan man finds that bis farm I
Chock lull" of lead ore; yielding BJ 1 per
ce-it. of tbe metal.
The Cleveland street car companies have
ordeied conductors not to take up other pas
aeogera When tbe ears are full. . '
A Missouri woman woo a bouse and . lot
at a rafrle, etid then sbe had to buy a shot
gun to keep ber adorers front wearing out
the slept;'-
a commercial crisis is Imminent In Cuba.
Sucb an event would add to tbe difficulty of
tbe government In operating against tbe
patriots.
A warm spring on the bank if a lake,
which was glowingly described by a Peoria
porter, proves to be tbe mouth ol a waste
pipe Irom neighboring brewery.
Passengers on the Manitowoc and Apple-
ton RailroaM In Wisconsin It is ssid, get off
and gather wild flowers, and then jog along
again and catch up wilb the train.
One morning recently Chicago woman
borrowed $200 of ber kusbaod, and In tbe
aiternoon fluttered under bis nose a divorce
that bad cost precisely that amount.
A Vermont woman undertook to paint
tbe cellar stairs. Sbe found a pall ol paint
and commencedat top, painting herself into
tbe cellar, ana bad to crawl out of the cellar
window.
Tbe exports of coin from New York since
January 1, 1873, are stated at $35,041,852
against $44,145,011 In tbe tame time last
year, and $44,403,898 In corresponding time
tbe year before.
A recent visitor to one of tbe Island en
tbe coast of Maine discovered a school ol
forty scbollars, all of whom were greodebil
dren of one man. He was put down at the
most extensive grandfather in the State.
The Louisville Counoll, having an eye to
tbelr own oomlort, have patted aa ordinance
providing that wbeo a polioeman finds a
man drunk on tbe street be shall take blm
home Instead of locking him op.
A desperate American in strosburg re
cently exclaimed, "Don't ask me to see tbe
sights! I am no longer sea sick, but tick of
sight. I'les.e Introduce me to somebody
wbo talks English, and wbo won 'task me to
see anything."
Oil Cily has a colored band, which tbe
elilzens refuse to let practloe In peaoe. Tbe
rink where the band was tuniog up one
night, was attacked wilb bricks and stones,
and tome of tbe members injured.
Bishop of tbe
Uerrolk has an other libel
suit on band.
The Erie Fire Department parades on
Munday, Aug. 4tb.
Tbe apple crop near Coaaeautville will
be only a fair crop.
Beaver Falls bas sixty-six fresh Chinese
and more coming.
In Cumberland county tbere la a woman
wbo swings tbe grain oradle while ber buor
band raket and binds.
Tbe Valley Railroad bridge over the Al
legheny at Oil City It undergoing repairs,
and is said to be very unaafe
Tbe Odd Fellows of Voungsvllle, Warren
county, have procured a beautiful piece of
ground near that place and intend to make
a park ol it.
The house of Bon. A. P. Moore of Wll
mington, Lawrence county wot destroyed
by llgnrning, July Z4tb.
Reading, a looal option city, bat a, tern-
peranoe garden, when nothing stranger tbaa
ice cream It sold.
GIRL WANTtiD
To do general bouse work. Inquire at
Samuel' Dry Goods Store, Petroleum
ventre, re.
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Chapped ba'bde and face are the most as :
rinus aaaoysnora tin larmrar:it;-rtpi,
wbo labor much oat ol door, expiring
from expolure. ;vxpoad perront,, e,
lly cbiMreu, repeatedly sufTar lolanstl;
from great cracks upon tbe hands, tlt ,1.
ten bleed. It is cruel to allow bne4 1 tslfy
others to suffer in this way, when the iptiii
jieeltlq prevention ro easy to bt Jul
nrT so cheaply, as to pay ten cents for
cake of Hand Sapolio. Hand Sapollo la not
only better than tbe enstliest , soap tf ,
movioguirt, cm ii p rerun is cnapping, u(
renders the ikio soft and pliukle. goll
everywhere.
Go to W. A. LOZIER,
itli Strcet.ncar It. It. truck,
or your BENZINE, deity
cred at the welb for $1,75
per Barrel.
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