fetfoleui. Centre Daily Record.
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atlvtu service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHCRCH
Service every Babbath at 11 A. H. ami
i 'v' P. V. Babhalh School at 1 Jtf P. M.
rati ft.n. A Cordial invitation extend
ed to nil.
' Kr.T. O. II'IORE, Pallor.
I'HKSBTTERIAN CHCRCH.
PronchltiK al I o'clock A.M.. and 7
dock P. M., by the Pastor, W. C. Bnitcn
i.r.o. SebbVn 80I100I at 12.!, directly
alter forenoon service.
Prayer. If arting and Sabbath School
Teacher's Matting Tuesday evenings ol
ek. 'i -
aPetroleem Centre Lodge, No.
lo, I. O. ot O. F.
. Regular maotiag eight Friday, at 7
clock. SlMMl. " '
, W. 6. MONTGOMERY, it G
6. H. Baiijiy, A See'v.
-t1TH"of Bjtlog, MU8t, opposite
McCiiotock Rouse.
' 'A. O. of U. W.
Utterly Lodge No. 7, A. O. of U. W.,
newts Monday areolae at 1 o'clock,
B Odd-Fellow IU1I, Petroleum Centre,
PeuifV "
"'. " ' " K8 WlMON, M. W.
Jambh & Whitk, R.
. ' . I. U. Of It. M.
Mlnoekvinee Tribe No. 18S, L O. R. M
of Petroleum Contra, meet every Thursday
veulng la Good Templar's Hall.
JJT Gouooil dn lighted at 7 o'clock.
.';' H. HOWE, Secbem.
C. ! JCKES, Chief ot Records.
tioMat 1 p. n. 115;$
Folic Tbli torraooo, an old fashioned
buckwheat assault aad battery case occti
ad tba attrntloa of Justle Reynolds, tba
partita thereto belog Catbanoa Tarr versos
Oeorge Bar ay, all partial concerned raaldl
tng bryoad CbarTytrao Tillage io tba dlrec
tloo of Dempseytown. Tb ea appeared
to be that Servey owned huckleberry
patcb of aboil nine acre upon whiob
gaoely oueallty of berries win growing.
Th plaintiff, Catharine Tarr, together with
several other parlies, oof eled the aroreeaid
huckleberries, and without asking the prlv
I lege, entered 'aid rook poanaaloa of tbe
berry patch and proceeded to despoil laid
busbe of their irult, '.notwithstanding tba
Harvey' ordered I hem to leave the premltea
Tbli occurred the Brtt day. Next day alter
tbe Tarn leoM back wlib mora reinforce.
meot and dmplta the renewed eotreatlei of
the Senrey family again took poearasioa of
the berry patch. Tblt waa the algnal tor
declaration el war, and the Sereeya aeoori'.
Ugly advanoed la tba attack, aa related by
Catharine Servey, a woman or over seventy
a followa: 'Yell, I dell 'em to leav.ven die
Tarr vomao aba makei at .me, and strikes
me In de fade an pinches ' mine arm. I'm
an' old toman but dot makei ma Tearful
mad, no I itrldkee her mid de dwo iholder
mid a aton, and den the dakaa bold of me,
und (tine dag? tUb dm mine btodeedor,
dakee bold ol bar dreaa mil da arm sleeve'
hud I not can dell vetber he dare It or nod,
Tor It Tai all dort mid blecea before. Uod
den I bicke np a tdblck, but nod a eb. ti
mid dree, uad delta deax lo ad hay avay Ircw
me, uud dey goes off mil demeelves." Tbe
old lady'i testimony waa aolncMed la by
ber aaoiBter. - on the aide of ibe plaintiff
tba testimony was very conflicting, the
plaintiff becoming noddled ifp and utterly
falling to make a case. Tba jury bioHgbt
In a verdict of not guilty and proaeculor
pay the easts. Thus ended the "first ehap,
ler as hueklsbetrlee., .
00 Saturday, we published an account of
an a Heard BaaenLt aad batter on ih .
aoa ol oaa Allen Wyaot, a reaideol ol Two
Mile Run, at the henda'of Henry O'Brlan.
The artiole In queallon elated that only Mr.
Wyeot't aide of tbe itory waa repeated. A re
porter of Ibis paper inler?lewad Mr. Henry
O'Brlan, (Saturday altaroooii, nod beard
bla aide ol the atoty. Mr. O'B. aralea he
waa paaalog e)oag tbeairaaf and heard wbal
be thought to be a 'row; tbal he walked
along down, and oaoM upon Uta partial in
.uMtion, bjaiWyaat waa Intoxicated and
bad eotM worda with Jbree. women named
Nettle, Big P)ith Annte and Vlo. WillUme
.aad that Wyanl knocked down oaoh ol Ibe
tbree wouiap,"ierey Injuring the woman
Wllllami about the faoe; Ibatwbao ha
came up Wyaot atruck and knocked him
dowo, nod that io aelf defeoce, aa aoon ai
be got up, be knocked Wvaot down and
tbratbed blm, , Ha aim deolei itrlklag Wy
anl w tb a club or et'lok, wblob la fubttno.
llaUd by m-Ti-ral wItDCBses. Thil ia aub
ttaolialiy bit Tera'on, and if true puti a
dinVrmt light on the nihject
TbeOilCiiy poaioffioe receiTad 20,000 pn,
lal cardf lail week and a new . aupply baa
tii-ea orders, tbe first order having bfl0
exhvtiftrd already in oueeeqitenca of Ibe
uojuraiallmi demmd for epea duq Ictteti,
eh r
BuRtRS Caimjht - George Wilton,
John M'Ginre and Patrick Cicy were ar
rested in Greece City, Butler couoty, 00
Tuesday for stealing sevroty dollars in moi -ey
from a boarder at a hotel wbere they
stopped. After their arrest tbe landlord
happened to mention Ibal be bad bought a
suit of olotbes of Ibeas men for twenty dol
lars, worth fifty. Mr. M. Gngeoheim, ol
this oily, wbo whs In Greec City 00 biui
ness, beariogof tbla traotsoiioo suggested
an examluation of the trunks In possession
ol the thieves. Tbe search revealed a lot
of ready made clolbimj answering to the
description of tba gomls stolen from Patter
son A Brother, 00 the night of July 21. Mr
Gugenbeim telegraphed lo Patterson A
Brother aad oaa of I hi Arm went down and
dentiued tba goods. A small amount only
was recovered ana mat in a damaged eoa
dltloo. On Tuesday Policeman Hoover
want to Butler to-bring tba prisoners to
Fraoklln, intending to return with them on
Wednesday. But Wednesday morning found
two of Ibe burglars gone. They broke jail
Tuesdsy Bight. At last aocouots lb offi
cers wen 00 their trail with a lair prospect
of capturing them. Venango Spectator.
The Presbytery of Irie meet! in Pleas
antvilie tomorrow evening aod will con
tinue Its sessions most of tba week. This
body Is large, being cotnpossed of tba Pas
tors and Ruling Klden ot tba Presbyterian
Churches in the Counties ot Erie. Crawford
Warren, Mercer and Venango. Tba Mod
erator ia Rev. William Rankin, of Warren.
"ev.lBurcberd, psstor of tbe Preaoyterisn
Churob of this place, will be io attendance
at tbe meeting ol Ibe Presbytery.
On Tuesday last, while traveling through
toe oil legion, we learned. at Petrol la that
lie. par barrel was being offered for oil at
the wells. On arriving at Mlllerstown we
learned that lb It was just tba amount re
q.tirea to pay lor a dinner, Tblnk of this
producers, Ibe entire prooeeds ol ona barn!
ai on consumes; in paying for a dinner!
sometning must be don lo Increase tba
price of oil or decrease the hotel 0 barges
tbougbout the oil regtooi. Oilman's
journal.
Professor Wise's main rail an os lo bis pro
poaea neuoon voyage 10 Europe, ia a stip-
porvo easTsro air current, a fact which
tb beeveoa attest in its fleecy messengers
oooawauy 10 ta seen la tbeicrlal highway.'
t oe riorresor says:
We do not pretend that In tbli fine ex.
peridental voyage we shall be sole lo mk.
a given point 00 laod, but we bare an eye
in tb gulf stream, the great warm river In
lb oosao, which tormi above, In lb ocean
of air, a corresponding atrial river that will
noains 10 toe rout of Ireland. II becomes
a physical correlative tbal the air, on balog
warmed by ibe gulf stream heal, will rise
""u in io isooario una 01
least resistasce, wblob must 'Inevitably ba
m iu uirrcuou 01 toe gull stream.
A dreadful railroad aooidaol occurred 00
inaunicego, Alton A Rook Islaod Railroad.
laat nlgbt, by which eleven passeogeri wen
men outrigni ana so wounded, many
whom will die. Tbaoauaeof tbe accldeot
was two trains indsavorlog lo pan on Ibe
asm track.
4-
A yonog fallow ia Upper 8aoduskey, ih
oioer jay, oaa to grease tb wheels of bis
ouggy oeiore De started In It out into tbe
euuutry to court his girl. Hi was much an
noyeg ror same time after be started at tbe
queer Inclinations of the vehicle, aod, upon
investigations, nand ha bad put tb two
bind wheels 00 ona aid and the two Ion on
tba other. Love will twist a young tallow
or ales sometimes.
Tba Methodist Confereoos at Juliet, III,
has given Mm Jennie P. Willing a license
to preach. Bbe la willing, and tba confers
nc it willing, and now It remains to be
seen, whether tb people an willing lo lei
ner preacn.
Tb Caoadiao Parliament waa prorouged
a Wednesday. A Royal eommltl was ap
pointed to Investigate lb charge agalort
tb minister In connection wiih the 'PaolQe
R. R. scandel, which orealed a great excite
ment in tba House.
mk.i . i . . . . . ..
1 11 lore laoae at id scuaaer well 00
the Kepler farm, were struck by lightning
on Thursday. Tba tanks and about two
hundred barnia of oil wen burned. The
we l belongs to Tsylor A Co., of Pitroli.
The rig was not injured.
A boiler at Ibe Seop A Busboell well 00
lha Trrmlman farm, near Summit City, ex
ploded on Tuesday evening, eorapletely de
stroying the boiler aod engine house. J.
Winegard had an arm burl.
The pipe line bas been extended to Be'
llu'e hotel, on tba turnpike, west of Ship
peosville, and 600 barrels of oil run away
from Ibe BrundrtyJ well at Ibat plabe.
A flood of oil is predioted iu Butler coun
ty by tbe Oiltnau's Journal. It locks new
j as If the inuodatigu bad fairly set in.
PA UK Eat OIL FIHL.D.
VICINITY OK MII.l.EKSTOW.N.
The LUtle A(igie well on tbe Jobnuon
farm, was tubtd 00 Tuesday ot last week,
end yielded tba first day tbereufier about
125 barrels. On Tuesday ol this w eek tbe
well was still io motion, at which time it
was yielding a goodly amount of oil; but
the production at which II started bad fall
eu off considerably. Tbla well ia owned by
Mullen, SatterQeld 4c Taylor, Hour and
others.
The well on tb Hetapblll farm, now own.
ed by MoKlnney Broa. aad Giley, whiob
was buroed dowa some io days ago, la
only drilled to tba top of third seod, sod l
flow log soma 15 barrels per day. It ia
thought It will be good tor 100 barrels when
completed. Satteraald", Taylor 4 Co., are
tba owners ol tb well.
At lb wall of Parsoo Bros, ou lbs Hemp.
bill farm, an extensive gaa vein baa been
atruck Id th 60 laet sand.
AttbwellolMcKinney Bros A Galey,
No. 1 looated on part of tbelr purohaH of
tba Hemphill farm, an exteoaive gas vein
baa been alruok, on tbe top ol the third
ssnd, whiob is throwing lalt water over tbe
top of tb derrick.
TbeCapt. Wolf well, on the McDermit
larm, south of the Hemphill, is to tbe sand,
making a food show. It Is thought Its
production will exoeed 100 barrels per day.
Tbe tools have been aiuck for some lima
In. tbe Btrcbfleld well, 00 tbe Manue Gllles
pie farm. On Tueedny last tbey bad all
been removed therefrom except tbe reamer,
aod It was thought tbe bole would soou be
cleaned Out ready for further operations.
VICINITY OF URKKCK CITY.
A will owned by Dr. Hare and others, lot
,cated near tbe centre of Greece City, took
Bre 00 Saturday afternoon from the gas aud
flowing through the pipe Into lb furnace.
Tbe rig, logetber with considerable oil
wen certainly destroyed.
Tb derrick of a well formerly owned by
Asa Bay, now owned by McClosky and otb
ere, caught from tb Han well and was
burnsd down. The surrauodlug buildings
narrowly escaped destruction. Tbe wildet
excitement prevailed as Ibe Ore progress
d.
A large strike baa been made on ibe
Brown, and another on tba McClelland,
near Greece City, tba laat week.
VICINITY Or MODOC OR SUMMIT CITY.
Th Modoo well, 00 lb Troutmao farm,
owned by L. Taylor Co., struck tbe und
and commenced to flow on tbe latter part of
laat week. It la reported as doing between
igbt aod len hundred barrels per day.;
Tie Dean weli.;oa Ibe same farm, is an
other new itrike aod ie reported at 230 bar
rebv
Thompson Dilwortb and others have also
a new well 00 tbe Troutmao laroi, which is
flowing fully 600 barrels per day.
A new well 00 tba Harper farm, Is flow
ing 700 barters per day.
VICINITY OF Bl'BNA YIBTA.
A new strike in tb vicinity ol tbe town
is doing over fifty barrels.
Mlllicbamp Bros.' well, near Buena Vis.i
is producing one hundred aod twenty-live
barn is per day.
WIMJ-CATINO.
Dtmmick & Nesbett recently drilled
well lor oil on tbe Banks farm, about one
aod a half miles dowo Bear Creek from the
Troutmao well, and at a depth of 1,300
reel airuca a vein 01 gaa wnica surpasses
anything of tba kind ever boroiofore auuck
in Ibis exteosive oil region. It Is estimated
that the ptesure of gas is fully one thousand
pounds to tbe square Inob. It is s Ita'
manse in fact, Ibat all operations at the
well have bad to be suspended for the pres.
sot. Oilman's Journal.
Tb oommerc of Philadelphia Is looking
up very decidedly. Recently there were
Ave steamships from Europe In port, lour ol
tbem having brought large cargoes, aod all
of them having abundance of return freight,
Tb new pioneer American Line steam.
blp Pennsylvania ba made one touod voy
ge, TD17 euiwraaiui uue luueea, aod on
Saturday laat sailed on ber 'second. Her
onoaort, tbe Obio, is now gettiog ready aod
ill soon sail. The Ked JHiar Llue, four
steamers, to Liverpool aod Antwerp, Is
an remarsaoiy euvoe.wiui. 11 really sjema
as though brighter days were In store for
the Quaker City.
A kind of blue olay found lo Java when
mixed with petroleum aod burned in kilns
makes a very bard and refractory subataoae
It is used lor pottery ware, and lamps are
made out of it to burn tb petroleum fouid
a tbat island .
Emlenton is getting thirsty for water
works and yt local option was defeated
there only last spring.
Two or three big strikes are reported th'
morning. Oil goiog down lower vet.
Base, Ball Iu Philadelphia Suluidav
AlUlotics H, Wasbiuelocj 0
A TerriblA Death Struggle.
The Virginia (Nev ) Enterprise of July
19th says tbal, on Ibe day belore, tbe re
mains of a man was found In Long Valley
two or tbree miles front Lousetowo and
probably twelve miles north ol Virginia
City. .The race and bands appeared lo hnge
been eateo away by wild animals. .The de
scriptlons of tbe remains indicated that tbey
were these of a man who died iwo or tbree
months ago. On the feet 'were a pair Of
good boot, aod tba clotblog was ot a good
quality. Near tbe body was fouad tba ns
miios ol large wildcat, or lynx,io a slat.
much Ilk tbat ol tb man. It ia thought
probably Ibat tb remains found an those
of a man wbo was employed for a consider.
able tin ia bed ing a large flock of sheep
10 tbal neighborhood. Tb ahepbard dl
appeared about tbree months ago, iloc
wblcb notblog has been (heard of blm.
How be came lo bis death Is a matter of
conjeoture. It Is thought however, tbat be
was attecked by the wildcat, and both Idled
from the loss ol' blond and other ro juries re
ceived during tbe fight.
Hoaxkd. Many persons have been de
luded concerning ell being found in paying
quantities io Newark. It turns out lob
ootblog more Iban rosin oil. A sample
of whiob baa been kindly left for exhibition
by W. W. Heague, esq. About a year ago
a large Iok Manufactory, owoed by George
Matber &c. was burned down, in wbicb waa
stored a quantity of rosin whioh melted and
soaked ioto tbe ground. Tbe debris being
moved away tbe workmen found this new
oil belt and the Newark papers being bard
up for local Items swallowed Ih bill aod
publlsbsd lha aew and wonderful discovery
of petroleum In lhatr place. But lie too
thin. It don't staod teal aod their high oil
expectation nil heavily io tb ground.
(Tidioute Jouroal.
Tor Sctto Pabn. Tb recent nan
moth strike la Butler county bar prove
he great value of this farm. Jut Bow op
erations are centering around It, and cap
Itallsis are seeking to recur it, together
with other property in tb neighborhood.
Many of tbe late strikes an on lb farm ad
juinlng, tbe Troutmao aod thereto no poa
aiblllty of a doubt of Its belog asfrleh In ol
deposits as its now famous neighborhood.
At no d istant day w expect to ebroo lew
large strike on this property, wblob wll',
unuoiiDieaiy be followed by many more.
One thousand barrel walls are tb order
tbe day, and If then la anything lo lb
belt tneury, the Sutton farm will furnish ll(
shore of ibtun. f Bsi Brady Ionependao
Emigrants arrived
York, 3,683.
last week
at New
Bise Ball at New York
tuals 12, Allantics 4.
Saturday Mu-
several failures ia Ibe Liverpts)'. Cot
leu trade are aum noced.
Dry gouts import last Week at New York
$2,070,068; general merchandise, $3,895
773.
The Wullingforal t'OManailty
A singular sect aa secured a lootlog at
Wailiogford, Coon., known as tb "War-
lioglord Community.-' It consist! of about
eighty individuals, oae-ball of whom are
womeo. Thsir nligion direct tbem I
marry, but each ous selects a pariner, and
toe two live logetber as husband and wile
lor lour weeks, wbeo a general change
partners is made, 10 order tbat Iban shall
be no special affeotioo lor all an "brothers
and sister," When children an born, tb
moiber is allowed tj retain th child but a
few weeks, when It is placed ia tb oomnoa
nursery, aod all lb 'mother" ot IheeeUh
lisbmect take lurna In oaring for la cbil
dreo ol lbs coinmuoily." Tblt Strang
people cam from northern New Hampshire
aoout twelve years ago, when lb oliisea
were unable to dislodge tbem under it
laws against prostitution, and lb Legisla
ture passea a speoial act which obliged
them to marry or leave. A lew of then
came quietly lo Cnnneotleut. aai.it .
beautllul farm of about 200 acre, with a
large dwelling bouse, purchased it wilboat
iiiiiug woat tney desired it for, aod lb
"lamtly" soon took possession. Th Wat
tingrord people prosecuted tb oooeera a a
uuuse 01 111 tame, but could Dot convict
tbem under tbe existing laws. Fran tbal
time lit community bas not been disturbed.
ana tag grown rich. The female dren ia
bloomer costume, aod are seldom sM out
side of tbelr homo.
A Clay county, Ky., auctioneer polled
out a revolver and announced: ''If any
man goes trolllcking around while Ibis aai
1b goiog on I shall Interrupt him in hi c
reer. rut tbem shot guns over by tb fence
aod leave 'em tbarl"
The Cleveland Pipe Compsny is now in
solive operation. Oil is being run through
tbe line aad everything is prorresaln
smoothly. Tbe line is owned aud contrntu
ed entirely by producers. There are aen
pump stations along tbe lino.
A lltll girl named Anderson, walk
Um-IU- In mu Bl k 0.
log, lo lb lower end ol Clarion too on
Saturday lb 3d lost, 111 Into ths stra.
and was drowned. Tb water waa
high and it was soma tlms before ths btY
Btaai I aapnnaviul '
Tbe oil suit between lb Flatter BtouJ
id Vandergrift ft Foreman bn but a
prumiesu. in suit involved lbs j
iron ana conitoi or ibi t alrview nine Ik
aod ill earolaga,and was begun in tbsnW
viiuiit iii njui.;. mu mat las aaa.
-t - UJ II l 1 v. t. 11 .....
tloo baa been settled by Iherpavrosnt a
Fisher Brothers of $60,000 lor their isun,
10 th property, franchises and earolop ,
id pip nne.
It Is officially atated tbal tue euur Cm
list forces io Spain do not exceed 2,500 u'
fantry, 450 cavaly, and seventeen pieces ,
artillery. - -
A Loeell, Mar., boy took nine burin!
and Ally boxs ol piihj.last.week. He in
tbam Irons lb factory and traded Iben
sticks tf licorice. '
It's a poor oigbt when protestor Ibis m
or that on can't discover an astsrlod,
tb price of pork aod flour remaio
ohanged.
A tale of lw Hometown husbands: 0m
upon leaving hi oflic lb other niibi
slopfed at a book store, paid 11.2 for
new novel and went bom and presented bis
wife with "A Pair of Blue Ejes."
other, after leaving bl office stopped si
saloon, paid tie" tor whiskey, aid
bom aod gave bh wife a pair of blici
yes.
Local Atrtlce.
A Hint to Honaewlre.How
lo Keep Kitchen Ware Cleai
an! Bright.
Every loosewlte of neat and tidy iiblu
take especial delight n keeping all lb 11a.
supper aod Iron ware of her kitchen ucImi
ana bright as pjinstsklog labor can nib
tbam. A pride lo Ibis direction Is em.
meidabl. aod always meat tbesmlllDf in
proval ol tba "tyrant nan"' wbo pats lit
uuasuoiuMiiB. otememosr inal SAWUO
i in ooiy thing 00 aartb tbat will
ao okl tarnished tto pan or a maty ktttk
same a bright a new. Aad by Iba nu
sapolM II la tb quiekaat aad easiest Itiq
ib to worm 10 aeep every utaosti ia lip
mm VI puiiaB. BUglB'lW.
t"Tbe Post Offlc Newsroom M
fountain I now running lo full blast,.
oeu ana try a giasa or tee cool seda ails
Just issued lo paper cover by tb Pits,
sooa. Price 25 cents, and for sale at Hi
roat umo newsroom.
60 to W. A. LOZ1EH
4th Street,ner It. it. traek,
tor your BENZINE, deliv
ered at the well, for Si,:
per Barrel.
Petroleum Centre. Feb. Sth-f.
VSevr Goods.
Emel Zedwich
f"LIViB JOE.")
eooT and shoe maker
lias just returned Iron lliilr.ln wlill
eomplet sloik ol
Fall and Winter Goods.
Baa liera eftahllrhed la lni,iv omen'
paat tbree jean, and aas the same of
Making the Rcat VU mm Fines!
ftfoot ia the Oil Bexioa.
Bel, eonataotly raeervlng onlara froat b
uuw V, Iu uii negma.
H. eoaetantly keeps a hand
Keady-raad Booti,& Shot
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
SHOKS AND QAITEIB,
CAtt, an aer mm . .,.,
J9tr
Tku se.arl.i. an.. .. ...-.lit
wiuB machine, on HO isay Irlall
"II T T ailvaiitAtfiM nv all U -, : r , i n.trutill'M
lL!n'"lld", 0mlni, with Ml ";
tlon. 'Hiykwith ttewtuglSarhlne Co. Mi Bral
r.w,yorb.
DiMolatioN Notice.
Tb cnnarlnerabln herein fnrn existing h
tweeo Pood. Frssier k Co . In the busiof
of oil producing, Is Ibi day dissnlvrd 1
mutual consent. All dbis arainsl lbs Is"
Arm will be settled by Fras'er & Co., M
will beral ler conduct the business sstisfoMi
00 lb Hasson farm, near Oil Ct'y P
I. W. roND.
A. L- riusir.it.
Mm. Wm. J. Doi.tmn.
AdmlnlstrsttiK,
Dstsd August 9, U73.