Petroeum Centre Daily Record.
'Pel. Ceutrc, PskltalarwaFt Amgmt
HI vine Bervlee.
'METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
5Tvioi every Palibeth at 11 A. M. and
i'i P. M. Fatilmtli School at 12J P.M.
uate free. A cordial Invitation extend-
Kttv. G.HiOite, Pastor.
PREVl'ERIAtl CnUBCH.
Preaching at ,1 e'c'ock A., M.. and'7
'o'clock P. M.', by the Pastor, W, C. Borch
arc Sebbelb School at Wi, directly
alter lorenoon service. . .
Prayer Mef tin and laobfcth Shool
Teacher's Meeting Tuesday evenings ol
each week. .1 . .
Pelrolemtn Centre Iioejge, Aio.
ris, 1. o. of o. i
'Regular meeting nlghU Friday, at 7
o'clock, binned. & .
W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. O.
C. H. BaH.ky, A Seo'T.
faf-fltce of meeting, Main St., opposlt
MftUliotbck rlofise. t
A. O. Of V. W.
LUwrtv Lodea No. 7. A. O. of U. W.
meets every Monday evening at 7 o'clock,
n Odd Fallow'! Ball, Petroleum Centra,
I'eon'a.
Jamkb Wilson, 11. W,
(TJamkr S. Wunc, R.
I. . Of It. M.
Mlnnekamiee Trine No. 183. 1. O. R. M
'or IViroli'iiTi Centre, meets every Tburaday
evening In Good Templar' Ut't
raj" Council Urea Hunted 7 o'clock.
H. HOWE. Sacbem,
C. I. JUKKS. Chief ol Records.
Hold nt I 11. m. 116Jg
Vort nf '..(ulrlng tbe Egbert farm bridge
prorfivuies iavorably. Two new atringera
bave been put In, and the bridge will Ibea
be thrown open tor travel. This will last
about two weeks, wben bright and .earl
soma morning a heavy load will paaa over
i, aay (or inatance a large engine and boll
er,and again tbe bridge will be pronounced
unaafe. Thoie aged pilgrims and llgblalog
ealouUtora, tbefjCouot Commlealoneta, will
then appear on tbe acene examine tbe
break, wag their venerable heads, look
crosswise at one another, "wiuk eeveral
wunki,' and proceed to let contract for
lenalra. Fur their information we would
atate that Mr.tavidsoa, whole at preaeot
ranking the repair la willing to take the
contract fur any length of time from all
inomba 10 twenty yeara.
We will oall hie name George. George
recently visited a witer well at tbe upper
end of towo aad by some means the well
yielded small quantity of hops, yeast and
trail, coiaequenlly George beoeme tome
What iuflaled and started on the "home
ward roll." Arriving at tbe gate be waa
met, not by tha female portion of tbe bouse,
but by bia faithful friend aod companion
Ilia dog A aott of hallucination appeared
to t ae settled over blm, aa be affectionate,
ly embraced tbe animal, remarking "Well
ble, m'dear 'n, what's ye tlm." Our re.
purler passed 00 mentally wondering at the
remarkable effdot ol bops and yeast.
A red not day.
A empty Bat boat went down, tba Creek
yeaterda forenoon.
The Maple Shade Oompuuy's wells win
He started up next week.
Rumors continue to be rife of the failure
ot snverkl prominent oil- operators In) the
tower oil field' tor large amounts. A friend
at our side It' hard hearted enough t with
that such mibt be the esse with others.
He argued 1 tint the present low prion ol oil
Was occasioned solely'by toe Insane couite
taken by then same men in their wild aod
reelrtess development of lbs territory, tbe
legitimate rewrlt of which was the present
deploratile condition ol affaire In the oil ie
glon. May tie be waa right,
A terrible railroad accident occurred at
Brady's Bend, on the Allegheny Valley
milioad, yesterday alternoori. Tbe regu
lar freight train golngnorth was' rao into
i a wild bat train going' south', resulting
la tbe death of tbe fireman of one tralo and
toe brekeiwhu of tbe other, and tbe bitraiog
of twenty loaded cars of oil. The scene is
described as being frightful Id the extreme.
The fault it appeara lay with the engineer
ot (lie wild cat who "was running on tbe
time of tbe regular freinht against orders;
Mr. h: It Keith, of Kingston. Mass., tba
holder of liAet 20,893 'In the Louisville
Lottery, bs been tbe lionjfor a-day in that
el'y, whence be lett it; bsppter' and 'try
$IUO,000 a richer man.
Tbe Tilusvllte ditches a're sd
deep' tbat
the boys go In swimming to them.
Lamblcg Bros., nt Parker's Landing have
failed.
D&i are uelog.muiJetod ia Oil City.
At the request of a 'daddy" wbo bat been
made happy recently, we publish tbe fol
lowlog. It la laogbable In tbe extreme:
hear Sister Emma : I now take my seat
arid sit down to take this opportunity to in
fotm you that I em a "daddy at last;" the'
is, I suppose I am,' for Addle baa got alee,
aa got a nice,
1a. 9ft kope
ojApg tbe
bis 10 be
fat baby as ever mad up faces
these few lines may Bod you en
same great blessing. Mow th
atrlotlv a bumess letter. Firstly, s I said
before, Addle' has got f nice baby. Nextly
1 bave swopped away Old John nod I think
I bave got a pretty nice bone, it '.is a girl
and weighs nine pound I mean the baby
It h) just as fat aa butter, and baa a good
strong pair of lungs. She in ted and hat a
bobtail tbe borse I mean aod ;wbte
stripes In her lace, and Is a good driver;
she has got blue.eyea end a dimple In bet
chin I mean tbe baby and just the pret
tiest mouth that ever opened to receive pep;
judging from "her teetb I think aba was
about six yean old; I mean tbe borse now
she Is sound, smooth and kind and the
doctor tays aba la tba falreat ba aver saw,
without aoy exception be meant tbe baby
I got twenty-five dollars to boot, not on
tbe baby though, for in Its oaaa tha boot la
on tbe other loot aod two or three alsea
larger aa near aa I can And out. ' I am go
log to harness the boiae now, and go after
mother, she waa bom last night at twenty
minutes past nine I bopa you don't think I
mean mother or tba bone, I mean tba baby.
She la aa bearty as pig ; eat an egg, bis
cult, and drank three otipt ot tea t mean
Addle she Is getting along nicely and It
she don't bave any bad luck aba will get
along Brat class. She It tubjeot to disorders
of tbe stomach and they lay Is a sign or
oolic I mean tbe baby I hope It Is, for
the nurse says colic babiea never die. She
! talka about bet nose as aba takea snuff I
mean tbe nurse. I am going to name it
Ediema I mean tba baby. There I've
been reading tbit over and! see plainly
that I an't fit to write. Tbe amount of It
la, I am. fluatrated; I am a bappy daddy,
aod tbat accounts for it, to you must excuse
me this time.
Roberta' Bros., are going (or tba 'moon
light torpedolsU," about bare. Tbe evi
dence Is .being taken te.day. Tldloute
Journal.
We hear it rumored that certain partlaa
In tbls vlolnlly will soon ba looked after.
A CARD.
I bave been Informed tbat tbe wicked and
Inhuman monster 8mltk, wbo sought the
ruin of my child, baa also made tbreate la
be revenged na ma aad teveralor my ftlends
for exposing his villainy. Now, I wish to
late distinctly to this miserable poltroon,
that although I am a woman, I can and will
defend and protect tbe honor Ind reputation
of my infant children against brutes In bu
man form, and should ba ever crocs my
path I shall make It my business to admin
ister to tha cowardly rascal a good, sound
horsewhipping. I. have spoken and
juat wtoat I aay. :'
MM. AMANDA TAYLOB.
Thb Amiabiutt or Love. When a
man la in love with aay woman In a fam
ily It It astonishing how fond ha beoomea of
every person ooonscted with It. He Ingra
tiates himself with tba maids; ha Interests
himself wilb tba footman; ba gives and
lends money tt tha young men at college;
ba pett little doga tbat ba would kick other
wise ; ba smiles at old atorlea tbat would
make blm break out into yawns were ' tbay
uttered by any one but papa; ha heart wtth
the old maided aunt; ba beats wben darl
ing little Fanay performs her piece oa the
piano; and amllea when wicked, lively lit.
tie Robby upsets tbe coffee over bit shirt.
Thackeray.
Leonard Dow and Martin Smith were on
reatediloday on tba charge of ttgtlidg tu
bing Irom tbe N. T. pipe line, oa the Bf
teenlb of tbla month. Dow gave ball, aad
was released, wbile Smith waa commit
ed aodaent to Warren, to await trial.
f Tldloute Journal.
Tbls It the same oSeooa for which Smith
waa arrested In tbls place tome day! ago,
and taked to Tldloute.
The Senatorial Conferees ot tbe 28th Dlr
trlcl, consisting ol C. W. Mackey, of Van
ango; Hugh Fllnn, of Lawrence, and S. R.
Thompson, of Mercer, met' at Jamestown on
Thursday laat and elected Samuel H. Mil
ler, Esq., or Meroer, Senatorial Delegate to
tbe State Convention.
Hard cider is taking the piaoeof whisky
in Warreo. slnoe tbe county went fernlnst
license, but tbe cider Is so mighty "bard"
tbat It mijrbt ae wall be tbe pare article.
Tba topers like it, as usual, believing that
"a rose by any other name would smell at
twtet'"
A hew oil well it qolng dowo opposite
Tru'rtkayville. Grove Wolcott are the
owners.
Pardee near President propose to test Ibe
country abou there for lro1 are. '
The.Vnflniahed PrTr.
"New I lay,"-repeat it darling
"Lay me," MP1 he llnf "P
Of my daughter, kneeling, bending
O 'er her folded dinger tips.
Down loeleep" "To' sleep," she mur
mured, And tbe curly head bent low;
"1 pray the Lord," I gently added,
You can say It all 1 know."
'Pray tbe Lord," tbe so'ind came fainl-ly-
Falnter still "My tout to keep;",.
Then the tired head fairly nodded.
And then tbe cbild was fast asleep.
But tbe dewy eyes half opened
Wben I olasped ber to my breast,
Aod tba dear voice softly whispered,
Mamma, God knows all the rest."
We copy tbe following oil news from tbe
Volcano, West Vs., Lubricator:
Messrs. Ridge, Parker. Hines. Hender-
tbott and Meatus (tbe Twin Lick Oil Com
pany) struok a 200 barrel flowing well, on
"Elliott's Bun," last Frldny. Tbla territory
It tbe property of (be V. O. A C, Co., aod
it now considered the best In West Virginia.
It Is about Z miles from Volcano, and Ilka
all tha rest of tba development! la West
Virginia, tbit territory bat been developed
and made valuable by poor men. Tba boys
think tbay can stand It a littla while, If oil
It only two dollars a barrel.
Jeffries, McCsndless fc Braldon have a
contract to drill a salt well at Antiquity,
Ohio. Tbla well It to be drilled 1,100 lest
dtiep, and will be tbe first wtil drilled with
rope tools in tbat region.
The Hillsdale Petroleum Company will
conraenee drilling well No. 4, 00 their new
tract, on Monday next. Tbla Company It
one of the oldest doing business bere, and
it ably represented by Mr. C. W. Metier.
Since our last Issue Sbulell ft Benedic
bevetruok an eight barrel well of heavy
oil. Tbit well it on tbe V. O. iC Co.,
Traot
M. J. 4 W. 8. O'Brien aod L. Wei tie,
are drilling well No. 2, 00 U. 8. Company's
Lease (Gale Tract-) Tenoy 4 Messey,bave
tbe eon tract.
Cong er & Pegg are gettlog ready to drill
two wells on tbelr lease, on the V. O. C
Co. Traot.
Y. R. Boss will toon let contract for drill-
log well No. t on tbe Emery Lease (V. O.
ft & Co. Tract)
Tba Mounte Farm Oil Company are drll
lag anew we'll on tbelr tract.
To aettla domestic difficulties In Kansss
City aensibty, without tbe aid of tbe law.
At least one such difficulty was settled
lew daya aloee. A policeman heard tbe
rumpus, he ran In and found husband and
wife engaged in a lively tight. He flourish
ed bit club and shouted far peace when 'be
woman replied: To, have been glad to
aae ya Ova minutes ago, when be bd my
neck aoroas tha stove hearib, but I'm a 1
right now, I've shut one of bis eyes and am
popping the otbei I" And she popped' it
before tbe officer could stop ber.'
A startllo episode of prteoo lite occurred
recently at 8ing Sing, In whlsh tha notor
lout "Was" Allen waa the prominent figure.
He refused to accompany body ol bit fel
low oonvlets to Auburn Prison, anlorolog
bit argumeots against tha transfer wilb a
threat to blow up tbe entire establishment
by means ol tome bitro-glyeerine which be
had concealed in his cell. Tba jailers are
inclined to keep ' at a respectable distance
from tbit demonstrative geotlemanho ap
pears to be master of the situation for tha
present.
A brother of the late Hiram Powers It to
tba negro minstrel business in Mew Totk
under an arsumethaame.
Four Arms of Sbarpsville, Mercer Co., pay
500,000 freight per year to the Erie A
Pittsburgh Railroad.
Bank at Ehlknton. .-A Bank will be
opened at Emleotoo, tbls county, on Aug
list 6th. Tbe capital stock, amouotlog to
100,000, has beenieubseribed and an ore
ganixatlon effected by tbe election of tbe
following officers:
President, Jamrt Bennett; Vice Prrsl.
dent, M. HuHogt Cashier, J. W. Rowland;
Directors; James Bennett, R ,L. 'Coobraa,
a. W. Portt-iueld, Marcos Huliogs, H. E.
Bradley, J.W. Rowland, C.V7. VanSchalk.
J. W. Rowland, of tbls city, Who hat
bsen selected aa Caabier, will remove to
Emlenlon. He bat bad considerable exoer.
lence In the banking business, and' Is a safe,
vueigouo uusiovss man.
Tha Bank will ba known aa tba ','Emlen
ton Bank," and for tbe present will be loca-
wq in ine store-room 01 James Benoett &
Co. f Venango Citizen.
Tba Tlooasta bridge will ba ready for
travel 10 uewber. ;
j Oil City delights in swill-fed milk.
Inters' Mrisloel Monthly, No. Tt, It to
haod. and contains tbe following selections
f New Music:
Lost and Cast away. Song and Chorus
Haya,
My Love Sleeps under the Paleiet rersley.
Will be come Home to-night? Song Danks
My Dear old Mother. Song and Chorus
Stewart.
Hear tbe Poslllbn. Duet Abl.
Bertie's Sobottieohn Kiokel.
An Instrumental Piece Bacht.
The Reapers' Dance Kiokel.
Golden Hours. Morcean de baton Wilson,
You esn secure tbe above pieces of New
Music by sending 30c lor No. 71 Peter's
Musical Monthly; or tbe last eight numbers
will be sent yon, post paid, for 2. Address
L. Peters. 699 Broadway, New lork.
A recent widow In Bath, England, dtstln.
gulshed herself by ber demonstration! of
grief lor tbe death of her husband.
She tore- tba shroud from the corpse
and tried to pour rum down lit throat She
delayed the funeral procession by titling
on, the coffin aod refusing to have it retnov
ed. Tbe united strength ol three men was
necessary to keep ber from jumping Into tbe
grave after the ooffin. One It curlout to
know bow long tbit woman had been mar
ried. Tbe deceased was a tailor, but the
proverb must be false. No ninth part of a
man was aver to mourned lot by aoy wid
ow.
John Hodge is the somewhat romaoltc
name of a man wbo la nevertheless tbe hero
of a very pretty little romance in real life.
John was a farm laborer In Dorest county,
England, and worked 00 a farm tbat was ;
d by a tbrilty widow. Tbe other la
berert 00 tbe farm determined to make
John, who was regarded as about half wits
ted, tbe butt of a practical joke; so they
persuaded bfm tbat it would be aa extreme.
ly good thing for blm to marry tha widow.
He was easily convinced, and they there
upon told blm tbat the only thing necessary
was to bave tha bane published at tba village
ohnrcb. He did to on tbe fallowing Bab
bath, and eo tbe next day tba widow, to
her Intense Indignation, heard of tbe fact
She ieot for John, who confessed without
hesitation, but avowed bis Innocence of aoy
wilful treogresslon. Tbeo ha attempted to
retire from her pretence, but tha atopped
blm aod said that to avoid aoy farther
scandal, tba bad determloed that he mntt
marry her. Hodge was willing and ho it
now tbe master of tbe men wbo sought to
make blm the vlotlm of a cruel joke.
A Sharon man, named Rentage, went to
Erie a short time since, and being ao In
dustrious man! courted aod married a wid
ow named Rice. On Tuesday be was call
ed on hy Mrs. Ramage No. 1, wbo had Irav
eled all the way from Sbarpsville to Erie, 00
purpose. Some women never see tbelr bus
hands enjoying tbemeelves. even with a
lish of Rice, without Interfering.
Or, tbe 35,170.204 passengers carried
over, the railroads in Pennsylvania last year
only thirlynhree were killed lets than one
In a million. Tba chances against death by
railroad traveling are therefore, more than
a minion 10 one in mis fitaie.
Tllusvllle stores close at six. '
Mediocrity la oflea garrulous.
Tbe Indianapolis Jdnanal alludes to 'a
widow woman."
Prof. Wise, tbe balloonist, ought lo take
a skyeterrler aloog. ,
Tbe Entlish rellwava are flooded with
eomfc Amerloan books.
Several Iowa towns prohibit tba tale of
newspapers 00 8uoday.
Wben ao Indiana paper mentions "Tbe
Stalking Monster' ebolera la meant.
Tbe aeoond volume of Mr. Beeeber't "Lira
of Christ" It lo ao advaooed atage.
Tba death of tba
system .has btougbl
shears.
newspaper exobaoge
down tba price of
Elibu Burnt calls bla lortbpomlng auloi
biographical volume, "Five , Minutes
Talks."
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Coapped bands and face are tbe moat ss.
rioiis anooaneei that farmers, and people
who labor tttfeft ont ol doors, experience
from exposture.' Exposed persons, espeei
ally chlldiuu, repeatedly suffer ioteossly
from great cracks apon tbe hands, tLat ot.
Ira bleed. It Is cruel to allow one's self or
others to suffer ia tbit way, when the means
of poslltqe preveotloo are so easy la be bad,
ana so cneapiy, at 10 pay ten oeott far a.
cake of Hand Sapolio. Hand Sapolto Is not
only better than tbe costliest soap for re-
movlogdlrt, but It prevents chapping, aad '
renders the skia soft and pliable. Sold
everywhere.
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To do general bouts work. Inquire at H.
Samuel's Dry Goods Store, Petroleum
Centre, Pa.
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