r Petroleum Centre Daily Record. Pet. Centre, fa. Mednetlny, July 30 Divine ttervxr. MBTtlODIrff El'ISC'.M'Ai. CWlllin Services every Sunliatli at 1 1 A. .M. ""'I ,i l M. Kiibbtilh School at P. M nuts free. A cordial Invitation extnu'1. (id to ull. Kev. G. Meows, Pastor. 1'RICSBYTJiRIAN CHURCH. Pri-aehiiiK t',ll o'clock A. M.. antl'7 o'clock l. M., bftUe I'Mtor, W. C. BtmcH abb. Kabbotti School t il4, directly nl lor loreooon service. Pmycr Meetinit and Sabbath School Teacher's Meeting Tuesday evenings ol each wook. IiOdgCj JVo. T10, I. p. of O. IV Roirular mooting Rights Friday, at 7 o'clock.. Slirhert. y W. II. MONteOMEKY, N. G. C. II. Baii.k Y, A Seo'y. p"l'lace of meeting, Main St., opposite McClintock Ilonso. A. U. of U. W. Mliorty Lod? No. 7, .A. O. of V. W., meets overy Monday evening at 1 o'cloc't, n Odd Fellow' iiall, Petroleum Centre, l'enn'a. Jamks Wilson, M. W. CJJamebS. Wnrrc, H. f. O. ofK. M. . Minnoltaunee Trine No. 183, I. O. R. M of JJtottoleum Centre, meets every Thursday evening In Good Templar a IIe II. C" Council tires lighted at 7 o'clock. It. IIOWH, Sahcin. C. L JUKES, Chief ol Record. Gold at I p. ir. 115 The Retreat of lb Catholic Clergy or the Diocese, of Erie will begin at this place, In Sis. Peter and Paul's Cbursb, next Monday even log. All the priests or the Diocese, together with the Bishop, Rt. Rev. Tobias Mullen, 'art expected. The1 total number will ba about forty-four, whose Bold ol labor embraces Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Ve nango, Forest, Cameron, Clarion, Jefferson, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter and War reo counties. , The object of tin Retreat is to give the priests a few days for meditation, prayer end instructions suited to their stale of life, in order that they may devote themselves With ieuowed zeal to the good of the souls committed to their care. Strict silence is Jo be observed during tbe whole time. It closes on Friday morning In order tu give them time to be at their various posts for Sunday's dot ies. . Tbe members of the cougregation, and others ol our citizens, with their accustom od liberality, are assisting in preparing tbo accommodations necessary. borne of tbo priests belonging to this mis sion became couneotod with It as early 1850 before I lie Diocese was formed. It was - until ISM a part of the Diocese of Pitt, burgh, and long before Pelrolenm Centre, Timsvillo or Oil City attained tbe impor tsnce of to-day, they Ireqnenlly traveled 1 n horseback and foot for many miles days and nights to celebrate mass or attend the sick. Tbo first Bishop. Rt. Rev. Michael O'Con nor, was traosleried from Pittsburgh to Erie by bis own request in ISM; in I S .1 1 by repeated and urgent petitions be was sent to Rome but subsequently recalled lo Pittsburgh, and Rl. Rev. J. M. Young was consaeritod Bishop of Erie in April, H.r4 Ilodlcd Kept. Kith, 18(i0, and on August 2d 1H08, the present Bishop, Rt. Rev, Tobias Mullen,, was conseerated Tbe Vicar Gen eral la Very Rev. John D, Coady, who bai beld this position since 1854. Tbe above is a concise history of the Bishops of tbe Diocese of which the mission of Friday is a part. 'MisB'1 Nettle Wallace, mention of.wbom was madn in yesterday's paper as having had a fit, sends word to ye editor that she will crush hi 111 out root and branch at tight, iu other words she ptoposes to ''scratch bis ryes out, the mean, dlriy, DaBly, good for nothing scribbler, to abuse a poor weak le male woman lo that manner." Dou't do it, hiost beauteous Wallace. If there it anything we do dislike, most adorable and lovely Nellie, If there la anything we Imag' iue would ba disagreeable,' that of having our eyes scratched out aud cranium sualch ed bnld beaded would bn tbe worst. .Most anpolic ol your sex, sparest I torn mcb an 'orrlblu fate. Mr. G. Eakiu bus purchased the furniture and hotel lixtnres in the Rochester ll.msv and inieiuls removlnit them tu Petrulia. A WeiUern editor Insists that be wrote the woid iroussean " plain as a p ikes tall' 0: ineutiou with certain bridal presents, i printer bowevss vulgarly put it ''trous- s. There nre-T.i" lnl.es nf l.J fll,.,, in l'enn arlvanii. end 17,7:h". nieinbeis. I'i'e'r 1. Teipii. In.t year were ifl W,0lfvf.7. Petrolcnm Centre We noticed our former townsman, -Mi K. I J. Atwell, In town today. It will be re membered that Mr. A. uiffored the severe afliiction of the loss ol his child helore leav ing here His many Mends will bo pained to leiirn he bis Bull'ered a still further ulllic lion during his absence in the loss of bis wile. Mrs. A. wss quite well known lo many of 0117 people, and was highly esteem ed lor her tO'tny exculleut ijuilitles of heid and heart. f i was a (Treat suflerer having been conliued to her bed fur over three months betorn death put an end to her sulieriniis. Our citizens sympathise with Mr. Atwell in his .-re at sorrow. A Cherryirue man got od a bender last night and Interviewed Justice Reyoolds. Tbe peoplu of Miami county, Kausas, are wild with jiy over tho discovery of pelro tenia in their midst. The Paola Spirit 8ys : 'A spring of flowing crude oil has lately been discovered about eight miles east of this city, on the farm of Mr. ChriBtman, near Beaver Creek. It appears that tbe ex istence ol coal oil in this locality is no new discovery, but tbe quantity and quality if tbe subject now nuder discussion. It is stated that one of the springs Hows a stream Irom three lo four inches in diameter. The quality Is thought lo ba very good, nnd the supply Is undoubtedly inexhaustihlo." Detroit merchanls combino business and grief. A wife of this class dying the other day, a life insurance company received the following notice': "Dear Sir 1 take my pea in band to let you know that my dear wire, iuurod for five thousaud dollais in your company, Ib no more. She died today. Her policy is No.. I can truly say that tsbe was a food wife and a good mother. I have tho docior's certificate, so .there will bo do trouble about the policy, Sbe wet sick only a short time, but suffered much. Do you give a check iu advance, or 'must I waitsixty days tor the money?" I Ib now claimed lhatjneither Carlelon nor Miss Emerson wrote r'Batsey and I are Out," but a young man, who was a tele grapber, named Faxon. Mr. Faxon is now aeau, wuica some thick Is proof positive that he was tbe author. Wilson, tbe celebrated vocalist, was upset In Ms carriage near Ediunurg. A .Scotch paper, after recording the accident, said: "We aro happy to state that ho was able to appear on tbe following evening iu three pieces." Referring lo Nast'a lecturing lour next winter, tho Chicago Post remarks: ",'nleas bo goos back upuu bis previous (fleets there is no doubt that ho will be ab'.o to draw well." A murderer ut Meridian, Miss., uskwl to bo hung on tbo Fnu. lb of July,and tbo judge kindly consented us It would bulp along tbe proposed celebration. A Florida paper has ascot taioed tbat a bealtby alligator can eat seven negro chil dren inside of seven hours aud not display any symptoms of disqniet. The present practice ofdetaioing witness es in the county jails, which prevails very generally In Ibis country, is Illustrated by a oasa reported from Sun Francisco, where a pour fellow hud been lucked up for sevcu ty-eigh) days, because be bad been robbed of filii en dollars and made complaint of It. The jail there, from all accounts, Is in the sme Bltby condition as most county and city prisons, generally unlit for tbe deteo tiou ol men whom the law presumes to be crluiinalu, and much less fur men wbo are guilty of nothing but entering a complaint against criminals. - We bear of a young man at Corry, who a t a recent funeral, though having no acquain tance with tbo deceased or bis family, took a seat in one of the vehicles provided for tbe invited guests, went to the oetnutery, retur-( ned to the house of sorrow, and partook o tbo tea served up for the mourners. Busi- ness being ratherdull-at Corry, this is prob ably the last ingenious device for getting something to eat between meals, The young gentleman should go west and follow op tbs cholera. Joseph Burton, of Yorb( a tew weeks ago Iread on a nail. Lockjaw eiiBueu, and on Tuesday he died. Houghtin's "Monographs has this new story or Sydney Smith: ''He was good na tured and tolerant ; but when Lord Mel bourue, whom he bud gone to seo upon some business, interlarded bis conversation with much cursing and swearing, be juioily re marked, 'Let us assume that everybody aud everything aro dimued, aud Jproceed to the subject.' ' ' I Ifiraco Oreeowuud relates us an instance ot the rxlravaganoe ol New England humor that when n young farmer's wile rondo -btr first hoy's pants precisely ns ample before ns behind, the lather rxclaimrd, "liucdiicfs! he nnts't know n better te'egoir-g to kvLocl el C'.irlrp bpi"e " letters f rfiiii ISie .People.' Notk. The manaci rof this journal, with out endorsing tliesentimeutsol contributors, dosires to ofier the widest possible latitude ror tree discussion. It is merely stipulated that communication, shall concern matters 01 public iuterest, be put in decent language n,l i,inr,lltell Willi ll'B nurUI'S of '1)0 writers, nut for publication, but as a gnar joteo of good tuitlL Iftler From Pinmev. Mr Al'len, formerly proprietor of the Pluruer House, belore the devastating days ol Local Option, lias turned his attention to atricuitural matters. He had new potatoes as large as old ones the fourth. 1'eus, beans and squashes are equally good. Soiely Mr, A. understands gardening. We are rellaoly informed that inneudou8 ol a suspicious character pointing to the culpability of a temperance man down the run for dispensing local option are plainly visible. If this is truo the parly ouptit to receive the full extent of Iho law. At any rate the matter will b'nr watchin?. J. W. McCluer, our school director who is alive to the interest of bi3 constituents, informs us that under no eiiciirustdncrs will M iss Cop-land be allowed the school B Homer. Mr. Tovrnley has spoiled for the school. We hope ho may succeed In on' tainiug the appointment as we are a school mate anil fricud and can testify to bis fitoes. morally and intellectually. Tho farmers club have passed a resolution denouncing the present Jwcatber premoni- tiooB as a fraud and failure. Compilers of almanacs ;ro interested and must invent a new code or their wares woh't sell bcre. Tbe filly barrel well recently struck at Henry's lieud soon played out. The owner a tiiend of ours, says that tbe sand was just entered when it began flowing at a fearful rate. He pulled tbe tools and commenced pumping but the supply was soon exbauiL ed. The well is being drilled deeper with fair prospects of a paying well. Oil News. Thos. J. Anderson and oth ers are about linisblng a well on Iho Wilson farm, war Petrolia. Tbe well is known as the "M idoc." The ardor of the people of Millerstown has been dampened by a dry bnlo or two. Q leer, too, that a dry bole would dampen auythiug. A now well known as the "Gusie" was struck on the GranMorm uear l'urker Cuy this v:eek. It is llowiug aud pumping at tho rate of fifty barrels a day. 11. B. Allen uml others, owucrs. Tbo Story farm is oue of the, best prodnc ing farms iu the lowar oil country . Among the i:i.iny wells ou this property not ouu is doing less than ten barrels a day, wtii.u the averago is about filly. The lira I wc.i couiplcled on the farm is still piuduiiiiig one j hundred aud liity barrels a day. The following items are from tho Butter Herald. The well ou the J. C. Martin U: m neat Martinsburg, owned by A. L. Tuulilin is no doing about sixty-live barrels. This has been its daily pruaucllou lor about tuui months and is a decided iudicution that this territory holds out better tbuu any we know of. A well on the Campbell Uvea a short dis tance below the Norm Washington rojd, at Greece City, was struck this weic and it is said it will be a.gcod well. This strike shows that the belt is on the east side ol the creek from the old mill. la oonneotion with. the above strike, we will stata.that tbe gouerai opinion now is the belt ruus Irom 45 to H degrees Wis I of South, aud il'so, then it would be found close to McGratb's mill aud pssis out uaar D. Kbauor's ou the Mercer road, three miles above Butler. It looks now as il Millerstown was dei tlued to be the most thriving place between Butler and Parker City. Business is very brisk theie and our prediction will yet bo verified that it will be groat city upon the tide of a bill." The low price of oil bas caused such a depression iu the businsss tbat work bos stopped on many wells tbat were being put down, und other .projects for testing new leiritory buvu been abandoned. Tub IIl-linus Well. The llulings well, on the Gales farm docs not make tbo show that was expected ol her, aud it Is probible that she will not prove more than eight or ten barrels at most. If this is tbe oase, it would seem to Indicate that the edge of the belt bus been reached on the east, and that operators will be effectually checked iu tbat directiou. There are no wells under way fuithortothe right of development, aud quite a number ure under way in the direc tiou of Ii touburg, ufl' considerable liislaiice to tho loft. P ilerthurg Progress. aj-ow lijuipeuiie paper speuks of the idiots wbo are c!itubiu; the Whit,, Mom -taint to get a view ot the t i-jsiiiritg it tUtecadiwi l-clow." A pet cat, a b:irioi o t it find ss"iirlin cur brought sirrow to a household In Belle We,, the otherjdsy. The do chased tbe cat, tho cat took refuse in tho t ir. tho man of tbe family pursued the est from room to room through tho liou? la avln endeavor to cantute. the folino favortte rtin. nlng over the best carpets, sofas and beds in theilomlclle, leaving a trail of the sticiy tirou everything it touched. A Philadelphia surgeou was colled tbo other dey to a boue up town to amputate the leg of a woman. He is a near sighted man, ntu! when ho reached the bouse he got into the wronir room and cilinly sawed off the limb ol tho servant girl, who was a Gor man, no-had come over to two days be fore, and who thought it was tbe custom of the country. ... West Point cideis are quietly onjdying camp life, which, for a limited period, frees them fiom all application to study. The number of visitors is not visry largo us Jt, but in a lew, weeks, we doubt not, the hotels will be well tilled. A letter was put into the postofUco at GleniUlc, Cambria county, bearing the fol lowing: Over the hills and over the level, Send this letter like the devil; At Saliills, Huntingdon county, leavo II, So David Wallet may receive It. Tbe Jackson well east of Dogtown. re. ported lo be dry, a doy or two since bids fair to prove a paying well at least. Tbe t. port ol its being dry. was occasioned by tbe fact that the upper part ol tbe sand w( very line, ana mere was no snow wnaioveri as the drilling proceeded however, tho sand became coarser, nnd is now considered good. Petersburg Progress. An interesting exhibit of tbe comparative popularity ol Dickens' works in Ibis coun try is shown lo the Biles. "Daid Copper field'' stands at tho head of tbe list. "Christmas Stones" second, "Pickwick Pu pera" third, and then '-Nicholas Ninkleby." 'Oliver Twist" and "Donibey and Sod." Tbe "Tale ol Two Cities" is at the fpot. A Meadvil e, Pa., girl, Who was looking at a circus clown whirling a bat with a stick, remarked to her young man that sbe "used to do that." The young man was locking at a contortionist in another part of tbe arena who bad bis legs tied around bia neck, and an rxpUnaltou was neces srp. ' ... The Rochester Chiouicle Bays: "An ex cellent article printed us cditoriil in the Hudson Register und making Iwii-tlilrda o a column, is marred" by the accidental omis, sion of a flight tefereuce to this paper which should have appeared either at tho legiu inns oc c;ilSJ of '' The fault of the press man, iIoiiMUsh." iilill, WAXTsiO To do general bonso work. Inquire at W. S unuel Dry Goods htc 'e, Gentie, Pa. Petroleum A UEAtTa-FL'Ii siS C1IKOMO FEEE To All levels of Art and .Lit erature ! WTe will send (he Honnf iful Chromo entitled W ."The L'liwelcomc Visitor " podtac prepaid as a premium to every subscriber to our uiouthly mdL'azluc rulM tho Jumble 0CC' cuiitninfiiB 32 large pape9 hefltdoa thveovor filled with the beat und must lutorcsting rautiiug. l'ric ouly at a war : Send on your dollar, aiid get a dollnr niagnino and nn eliibt dollar chromo m rcturu. We want and will lilwrally pay AGENTS, 8cud stamp for particulars Address UUNIIL.U1IKU, Albion, Illinois NEW GOODS Just received at mo mm 4 XIJLI I am now incpared to sell any thing and everything in th Xevi'staitT, fej.uitur.i y, 0!aK 'Uoidt., Hwsimn if JJ II MJ.IUU Loo; I .MI:i'M. S3T The l'ost Offlce Newsroom S..Ji e ounlain Is now running In lull Wasi. Call and try a glas of ice cool soda wni,, Dlrkeii's Il.m" . Just issuod In paper cover by tho refer. sons. Trice 2"i cents, and for sale nt it. 1, ltl XT ' AN ACT OF CRUELTY Chapped bands and face are the most up. nous auiinyuiHjt. loai larmers, ,a:n people who labor much ont ol (loots, experience rrom exposlnre. Exosed persons, espscl ally children, repoaledly su(Tir Intensely rrom great ortcks upon th bands, that ol. inn LLml T Ib n .11 - . .. others to Buffer in this wiiy.when the ra-mi of poeitiqo prevention ore so nasy to be hml, nn.lij, m ,f jj-ij ueui. lor cake ol Hand Sipolio. Hand Sapollo is not only belter than tbe costliest Map fur ry movingdirl, but it prevents chapping, and render, the tuio sou and pliable, gold everywhere. NOTTDCIS ! to V. A. LOZIEIM 4 tli Strcct,iicar It. 11. track, fur your BEMINE, deliv ered at the welh for 1,75 per Barrel. Petroleum Centre, Feb. Ctb tf. SEND FOB CATALOGUES OP NoveJlo's Cheap Music. Novello's (Itues. Part Songs, ete S to V2 er-nr potciio s uiuiren .nunc B to IS cuul . NOVEM.O'S OCl'AVO EDITION OK Ol'EKAs Price, $1 ; or f-i, bound in cloth, gilt mhtt. NOVELLOS OCTAVO KDITlOXlOFOKAToKlO. a. Iu paper, from SO certs to $1; cloth, with K ttlM. SI to ft each. NOVELLO'S top EDITIONS OF FlANO-FORl'B CLASSICi Boeh's 4S Prelrdcssnd Ttirrnes. Cloth 509 liotChovtn's S8 bon.it is. elegantly lieuud. nll gilt .1 liectliov. n's 31 Piano Pieces. Elegant bound . Full trtlt 8U' Chopui values. Stiff paper covers 1S( l Oop'n's lVloimises. " al (. iioiiia's Not-turues. ' 1 " sml Chopi'i' Mmllikas. , " S' Clu'pin's llailadk. v. mmIii's PreiiKtes. " " t:n i pin s Nw'itiis ' y .t Mci(Uo!?)hit's ( omplcto I'lflno H ork. hlt-muii KolioilUilio: . FllilKlll. t'ouiplelelll 4 vol,,, II' The same. H vo. Full nilt Complete in 4 vu 1 U 'I'lw caniu. vo. tinier Ci.uiplcle In 4 vi-14t(' Ve!id(!!r?oli(i s ong iihoitt W olds Folio K'titioe Fjil el t II ." ('ei;iv. I'.iiKion rii'itui a i1 (K-tJivo bullion. I'nper covers Sj1 Vomrrs IS 'Sonatas. Elegantly bound. Kte .(It s 'Liirerl s 111 Sonatas. Elegantly bound. lo! Kilt DO' S.liulieri.s Dances- Complele llvcniUiv- lmiii Full Kilt '.II t-i hub i" 's risno Pieces Elseantly loui:d. I'd nilt Schuoisiin's Forest Scenes. Nina K sy I'icc I'nimr covins. . ! SrDuintuin's Plnno For c Albnm. Elegantly bom ' run Kiit Touisauie. rapcr covers l OB NATIONAL NUHSEHl'.HHyjIOl Sot to Music by J W. Eu.iott, with lis heatititi IlllU'lrailoiis enuiaveu ov inu nnr(iers jinixk Iloards, 11.60. bplemtldly bound n clolh. ASK I'OIC NOVKM.O'S F.DITIO.V Address. J. L. PB1EUS. MIU Bnads. New lork, Agent for Novello's Cheap Mii' M Mew Goods. Emel Zedwich ( "UTTLE JOE.") BOOT AND shoe maker lias just refill tied Irom Buffalo wilt J Complute stock ot lull and Winter (iooil Ilaa lieen estslilisliid ti l'etii. i . i i' I'7! lpl lUiee )eara, aud has the name of Slaking tlio nest Fit and noot iu the Oil Uf jlortH. lloij constantly receiving orders froip othe'1! . iioiis oi uio uu negiou. Ho coni'tantly keeps ou hand r.AniKS An nun ht?pn"b .SUObaANDGAlTKB-- Ptr 'I li- Heckwlib (120 forteble ''"' Sewing itliM-lillie, on :0 !' H.'l manv aUVHiitaKes over all. haiurarlioii giioia (T S'ir refnndid. Hi'lit Coinnlels. wil l M "',1 tious. lllerkwith SewiiiK Machine Cs., Mi Br"' NewiYork. A H VtVff,n PVnl'vwtlMlV tn mmII .itlP I1MW Ql in ii'1' Etuliroiduriug Macldus. send ',,r W AN tB'rnttd Clreiiinr, t ijthii McKee uuiniiop: company. 300 Bioaaw iy, Ke VorK 6K.2!i,1IT everywhere to sell our AI'i(lll Fmliroidmn' H"J W XTV ll"l for lllintrated Circulr Jll I IjIFjiu irKr Manniacnrlm any, aw Broarajuy. Kt-w VU. if n 1 r
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