Petroleum Centre Daily Record-
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Islvlne nervine.
MRTHOniST EPISCOPAL CHURCn
Service every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
t P. M. Sabbath School at 12,' P. M.
eats free. A oordial invitation extend-
1 to all.
Kit. T. Graham, Pastor.
presbyteTan chcrch.
Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M. anil 7
o'clock P. M., by tba Pes.or, W. C. Bouch
ard. Sabbath School at 12, directly
after lorenoon service.
Prayer Meeting and 8abbath School
Teacher's Meeting Tuesday evenings ol
each week.
Petroleum Centre Lodge, JVo.
Tl, I. o. of O. F.
Regular meeting nights Friday, at 7
o'clock. Signed.
W. B. MONTGOMERY, N. O.
C. H. Baii.kt, A Sec'y.
gVTlace of meeting, Main St., opposite
MoClintock Houte.
A. O. of V. W.
Liberty Lodge No. 7, A. O. of TJ. W .
neete every Mooday evening at 7J o'clock,
I n Odd Fellow's Hall, Petroleum Centre,
Peno'a.
Jamks Wilroh, X. W.
Jamcs 3. Whiti. K.
I. O. of It. M.
Minnekannrnt Trllje No. 183, I. O. R. M
of Petroleum Cent.aj'meets every Thursday
evening In Good Templar's Ha".
tff" Council llres I'gbted at 7 o'clock.
H. HOWE. Sachem.
C. L. JUKES, Cblel ol Records.
Gold at 1 p. in. 1 1 2
A Pltimer correspondent writes;
Ona or your Petrulcom Centre young mea was
discovered la the Thhd Ward Hot se, a day or two
In-x. We would advise that young m no to hold
his ig tight.
Mr. John O'Neal, an old and esteemed citizen,
has returned home f.oin a lt to fine Grove, and
reports times dull In that vicinity. Game It plenty
bat moio hiinlcra than game.
The Pllimer scuoola are progressing.
We are In receipt of a programme announcing a
grand complimentary conoert to Thomas Bsnscn by
his many friends, at Patterson, New Jersey. Among
the list ofartlns who have volnvticrcd their ser
vices for the occasion we and the names ofonr fir
mer towns people, Mrs. Martha Carmtu and Miss
Msry H. Uendeieon, who both take prominent
pnrls. 7Uolr many fr'enda In the oil region will ' o
pie wed to luirn they hold high positions In music
circles In that city. Mrs. Crman has been engaged
to pisy the mgan and sing in one of the leading
churches. We wish them abundant auccrts.
The weaiher is rainy and disaurunahlo to d"y. .
We noticed in Iowa yesto relay, Mr. L. JI. Sniliu
orTltusville. Mr. B, wot one of ths from Incut ol
operators of Pilhole, and a leading member of the
once famous Swordsman's Club ortt.U place. SI
present he Is among the heavy operators In he Mo.
doc and Mlilcriiown districts. He looks Just as
jolly as when acting as V. it. it. of the Swordsman's
Club and Forty Thieves of 1'llhole.
Elsewhere we publish the Comity Superintend
cut's School Kepoit, as report!'! to the State De
partment of Kducatlon, The report shows the
schools of Vensngo County to be In a highly flour
isli'iig condition, and wc think will cooper i .vora
bly with many oidor and more wealthy mid Inllu
eatlal counties oftho Stn'e. This we consider to
be mainly due to the untiring efforts of Prof. W. J.
McClure, our able and efficient County Superin
tendent, than whom no better cup be found In Wes
t irn Pennsylvania. We oommend the report to the
e ireful perusal oftho t iz payers and Irlends of ed
ucation In Venango Couuty. It will repay a care
ful poiusal. -
We are lulu mrd I'roni reliable sources that a new
p'pe line Is projected from Modoc Cl y and the low.
er oil fields to Tl.usvlilo. Mtelins have been bela
In TUusvllle and sock I aken lo Ifcu amount ol over
tlOU,U)t already. This line Is supposed to be In
the Interest of the Creek nUners.
I. O. O. F. The report ol the Recording
Secretary of tba Grand Lodge, ol the lode
deot Order of Odd Fellows, read at the last
meeting of that body, shows tbe following
returns of tbe Order during tbe past jsar:
No. of Lodges 6,045
Initiations 69,250
Members 331,097
Revenue of Lodges snd Enoitnptnents,
$1,291,071. Relief paid by Lodges and
Encampments, $1,603,481 40.
Tbe report of M. W. Grand Sire C. A.
Logan, represents tbe Order as never mors
prosperous and harmonious than at tbe
present time.
Tbe annual session of the Grand Lodge in
1874 will be held at Atlanta. Georgia.
A Bombay telegram ol Sept. 12 anuouf
ces tbe capture ol a slave dhow near tbe
Leychelles Islands, off liie oastern coast ol
Alrioa, by the British naval sloop Dapne
The dbow bad bad 300 slaves on board, but
only 60, and those reduoed to skeletons,
were alive. Tbe otbers bad died ot small
pox.
Twotbirds of ibe flourishing mining town
of Fair play, Colorado, was destroyed by Ore
Friday oigbt. Tbe lire originited in tbe
Fairplsy llonia and spread rapidly In sli
directions. All ttio hotels, prinliug effiot's
iiostoflicK, express oflice and U. S. Land
OrTi", were entirely destroyed.
I
Vormiiuo Coil lit)- Kctiooi Kvpatt
W. J. McCLURU
One year h ebipsed since I assumed the
duties end resnonaih ilities of tho office or
Super! ntendenl; end I can truthfully say
that although there has been much lo die
courage tbe friends of education in some of
the districts, yet taking tbe schools of the
county as a wbole they bave at least dooe
fair work.
Hochiss There are in the couoty 191
school buildings, nine of whloh were built
during tba year; two oe at Pleasantville
and one at Emlentoo am id course of con
struction, and will be completed by Decern
ber. Some of the sites are not tbe best,
beauty of location f.'iquently, and some,
times even accessibility being sacrificed to
less worthy consideration. The bouses
built ars generally first class
but tbe furniture placed la some of them
Is tbe old style of desk made of boards
planed on ooe side, and designed to sea'
from two to six scholars. 1 think tbat
those interested will discover soon tbat.'pat.
ent furniture on account of its durability,
If for nothing else, la much cheaper, in tbe
snd. Of tbe school buildings in tbe county
twenty seven are first-class, one hundred
end niuetseo good, and fortyfive uoflt for
use.
Schools Tber? are la the county 231
souools, 64 of which srs graded, 8 graded
during tbe year; these schools are soattered
over 615 tquare miles ot territory a portioo
of which is poor and sparsely settled; but
it is not always the poor distriot tbat bas
poor schools; neither do all of the poor dis
tricts have schools below tbe average; but
it appear that wherever tba people of a
district bave the desire to secure goo I
schools for their children, there they are
found: but tbe coat la a weak 'district s
relatively much heavier than lo Ibe wealthy
If the State appropriation were locreased
about four fold it would remedy this.
School Boards A goodly number ot tbe
School Boards of Venango couoty are oompos
ed of 'men of Intelligence, who feel tbe
responsibility they are under to tbelr
God, to their country and Ibe children me
diately under Ibt-lr care, in performing tbe
duties appertaining to this exceedingly In
portent offloe aodgjo to work, determined
lo'secure efficient teachers, boldiug at
the same time tbess truths; - care
and sufficient salarg wU procure
efficient teachers, and efficient teachers
is ill secure aood schools. It Is not neces
sary to state that thi7 bave succeeded, tbat
their soboois are good, tbat tbe people of
these districts pay their school tax cheer
fully and look upon their sohools as their
crowning glory. But there are other boards
Sn whlcb'tuon of tbie class are in a miuority
and other council prevails; tbe sum set as
tbe teachers salary is the lowe.it at which it
la thought tbe souools otn be filled, and too
often tbe sum paid fteir teachers is more
than they are worth.
Teachkrs Venango county bas many
excellent teaobere; leaobera tbat bave done
honor to tba profession good men, good
women engaged in the noblest oalling ol
lile tbe intellectual and moral elevation ol
tbe masses. Vet truth constrains us In say
tbat abe bas ber drones, and to tbem may
be attributed nine-tenths ol tbe opposition
to tbe cause ol education found In tbe land.
The patrons ot these schools see 'that 'their
children ere under teachers tbat are anxious,
net i. to teach tbem as much as possi
ble eaoh day and month, but lo see tbe
evening sbadowa extend and tbe month roll
by. What shall oe dons with them is tbe
question of tbe hour!
Work Donb I held forty-seven public
examination, examined three hutidred and
eighty-five 335) applicants, granted two
hundred and fiftyslxsertificatesaveraglng one
and eight-ninths (USD) nearly, and refused
oue hundred and twenty-nine, about 33 per
cent, made oue hundred and seventy-four
visits to schools averaging one hour and
forty-five minutes, wrote .two hundred and
twenty-one pffloial letters, held two', local
Institutes sad one couoty lnstltuie,jconduct-
ed a normal school la South Oil CUy,'lcom
meooing May twenty-sixth and eootlnuiug
eleven weeks, and traveled two thousand
six hundred and tbirty-aovea miles, during
the year In discharging my duties.
In conclusion I would r respectfully make
tba following suggestions to tbe Sotool
Boards in our county.
1st. Grade your teachers salaries ac
oording to their certificates; It will ptove a
stimulus to those deficient in scholastio at
taiotnents.
2d. After a leaober bas bad lair trial
in a aobool and baa' proven incompetent
discbarge tbat teacher. He is doing tbe
reverse of what yon employed him to do
and sbonld not bethere.
3d. Have but one school' term' la (be
year, and let It commence about the first
of September. There is but little advance
ment the first month ot a term, and when
there are two terms one month, is lost
besides this, the 5tb and 6th montlis of a
term advance the cbildron more (ban the
Bret four.
WBenrwwsl suwmswm
A Hi. Have your svoTetHry visit your
schools monthly, and moke a monthly re
port to you in writing, etaiiuj the onui
lion of each school in your district, and pay
him lor bis tune.
6th. Two or threo times during the
school term reqnlre your teachers to essem
ble in your district, each bringing wilb him
a class (the 3..B. to select the class from
each school) to be examined la convention
by tbe teacher of the school ti which the
Alaas belones. tbe S. B. reserving tbe right
of asking questions Jor appointing some' one
thereto. No teacher to know which class
he will bs reaulred to bring out more than
two days in advance of the convention.
6th. Appropriate a portion ot the school
funds sufficient to furnish each member ol
the School Board with a copy if ton Penn
sylvanla School Journal; (It Is legal to do
so. i It is tbe official orgai of tho fccliool
Department, and contains many valuable
bints tbat may be of use to you in the dis
charge ot your duties.
I return mv sincere i thanks , to all from
whom I reoeived favors duriug the yew.
Tn the firAnnn fvrant Convention It vs
stated by a Mr. Baker tbat "Senator Mitch
ell bad seen the resolution; endorsing his
past lile, and expressed blmselt satlsned
with it." It is suppoted tbat Uipple Jwrote
tbe resolution himself.
Mr. Wilkie Collins, tbe English novelist.
arrived In New York by the stoamer Algeria
oo Thursday last. He will give a series o1
readings In this country.
tue itepuniicana oiroresi couuiy oavA
nominated the following ticket: For As
Mtmbly, F.E.Allison; District Attorney,
S. D. Irwin; Commissioner, James K.
Clark; Coroner, M. Ittel; Auditor, G. Jami
son; Jury Commissioner, Wra Patterson
On the eveniO(9 of September 30th, Oc
toberlst and 2nd, the Odd Fellows of St
Peteubnrg will give a lair, and on the
third night a brilliant ball will be included.
All this takes place In tbe new building
built by the Orda r.
For tbe past few days we have been en
joying genuine summer wentber. Yesterday
straw bats and linen dusters were in de
mind. But we shall soon bave It cold
enough to pay lor this
Two serious railway accidents hive lately
occurred In Hungary, onejoear ''Goedoeloe
and tbe otber near the Styrian frontier.
Several deaths and many Irjurli-s were
caused by tbe latter.
The Bavarian Government baa forbidden
Bavarian students ol theology to enter the
Germin college at Rome as lorg as it iv
mains under the direction of tbe Jesuits or
any kindred order.
A few days since a riot broke out at Put
tamby, in tbe Madras Presidency, I ml. A
detachment of tba Forty-third regiment was
sent there by special train and after eight
of the rioters bad been killed, ordiir was re
stored. Tbe Launceston local board of health in
England, la consequence of en advance in
tbe price of gas, have resolved tn light tbe
town with petroleum oil, and bave made a
oontract for tbe pnrpose. A lew of the pe
troleum lamps have beon tried, and tbe
board of health allege tbat tbe light is
quite equal to the gas formerly supplied.
At Paisley, in Scotland a stained glass
window in memory of Sir William Wallace
has just been unveiled. Vallaoe 'is repre
sented as Sampson; alter his conflict with
the Philistines, uttering thanks to tbe God
of Battle. The window boars tbe Inscrip
tion: 'To tbe memory of tbe Knigbl of
Ellerslle In this parish."
Tbe Progress says tbat the Emlenton
Pipe Comptny bave just received an im
mense pump (or tbeir Turkey Run Station.
We believe tbat it is tba largest la tbe dis
trict. This oompaoy, under tbe most
efficient management ol Daniel O'Day, bas
gathered up an immense business, end very
deservedly, too, for Its employees, Irom
chief lo gauger, are courteous and reliable.
A split lo a rock on tne Hue of the Par
ker and Karns City Railroad near Bear
Creek, bas been tbe subject of considerable
talk and rumors of an endless cavern, tbe
finding ot human bones, etc, has been all
tbe go. Tbe bones of some animal were
found in tbe interstice between tbe rock but
tbey are not regarded as very valuable
relics.
Rumor bas It tbat soother cave baa been
discovered away tip Bear Creek, near the
Railroad. This one bas font air In It and
oan't bs explored Oilman's Journal.
A woman nnd two children attempted to
jump aboard the steamer Illinois as she
was backlog out at Columbus, Ky., Satur
day, but, miscalculating the distance, fell
inlotbe river and were drowned.
A saloon keeper of Indianapolis named
Isaac Jackson, was killed last night by two
rowdies.
I'uoM TiiF nto vr t
MoDootiTV. P.-, Sept. 27.
The highflyer well on the Troutman lorm
owned tiy Norton, Adms & Co., struck tl e
sand last night. She Is flowing at the raw
of four hundred barrels per day. Two more
new wells will be struck to'night.
The Percy & Beck well, ou Starr farm,
slopped Hewing Wt Thursday and will be
tubed and pumped !
The Smith ,t Dyers Iroo tank Is being
rapidly rivited together and will shortly be
ready to receive oil.
Another well, called tbe Prentice well,
was struck last Friday on the Webster Barn
bart farm. It has three hitis ,1a tbe sand
and is (lowing 300 barrels.
Tbe Argue well "is doing 1,000 .barrels
strong.
Tbe Say A Shreve'a well, on the Me
Cread farm, about four miles southwest of
Mil eislown. is now 1.601) feet deep, and is
just through the corn meal sand. Tbe
fourth saud is expected at about 1,620
feet.
C lemon sr and others are sinking a well
five miles sotitbwost of this, nnd it Is 1,200
teet deep. Tbe tools are stuck fast tin the
salt, of which there Is abundance.
Angel Co. 's welt, on tbe Dugao farm,
reported dry, Is just through the stray sand,
and bas not as yet reached the third sand.
The flowing wells In the Modoc distriot at
present number twentyruur, and tbey bave
an average production ol 7,200 barrels per
day. This is exclusive of tbe McLellao
(arm. The average falling rid of these
wells since the lirst of this month has
been at tbe rate of onerthird every forty
days.
Jobn Green, an Inmate of the Maesacbu
setts State Prison, has confessed lo having
murdered James Graham at Lilile Neck
Long Island, on tbe night of February 7lb,
1873.
Francis W. Worib, receiver ot the Market
Savings Bank, af New York, died of Cbol
srabnjtbe 16th Inst., while on his wsy
Irom Havre to New York. He was buried
at sea.
All available gold in London is being
bstigbl up for shipment to America.
Julian Raderick Benedict, well-known
German comic poet, is defunct.
L. Ltppincott, of Pennsylvania, bas been
appointed receiver fof tbe General Land
Office, viceC. B Bnynton, resigned.
Kik-ht Rev. George M. Randall, Episco
pal Bishop of Colorado, iNew Mexico and
Wyoming, died at his residence iu Denvor,
yesterday, of typhoH pneumonia.
By a collision oo the Midland Railroad
Saturday, two engineers were torn to pieces
and the curs badly wrecked. Nearly all
the passengers were more or less injured.
.Sixteen yellow fever interments at M em
phis yesterday.
Tbe First National Bauk, of Salt Lake
City suspended Sturdy.
It is rumored the President has tendered
the .Chief Justiceship to Senator Conk
lin. The steamers leaving Liverpool Saturday
for New York will bring out 500,000 in
bullion.
Warren bas a set of polite theivrs. When
ooe of tbem robs a man be writes a polite
note, leaving It in the olaoa of the 'misnlno
article.explalnlng to the victim tbe'manner
in wnicn toe robbery was committed. Mr
lsauo Eddy paid $160 lu gieenbacks the
other day, for a piece of brown f paper, tbe
only writing material the light fiogered gen
tlemen could lay bis hands on at the lime.
Oil Report. The monthly all report for
August, purporting to'be tbe Pennsylvana
Petroleum Report, osmplied by S. U. Sto
well at Titusvllle, bas been received by ns.
Tbe production for Ibe month is placed at
936,150 barrels; average ncr dav for Ithlrtv
one days, 30,198 barrels.
Forger Captured A man named An.
derson wus arrested In Pittsburgh, several
uays ago. tor forging cbecKa on the Mil
lerstown Savings Bank. He is now con
fined in tbe Butler jail.;
ExTEXDiso Tueib Li.ne The Grant
Pipe Company is now extending its line in
the direction ot the Iront, Tholflrst point
with whiob to connect with, is Milleretown.
It will then In all probability be extended
to Modoo and otber points.
Tbe maddest man in Camden is Smith.
He wound up his clock regularly for fifteen
years, and then discovered that it was an
eight day clock. He muses on the work
tbat be tnigbt have done ;in those wasted
minutes and bis profanity is dreadful.
Girl Wanted .
To do general housework. Inquire at Gor
don s Hardware store.
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NEW GOODS, NEW
HEW STOCK '
DRY GOODS
CARPETS,
(HI Cloths, Motions, &CJ
JUST KECBIVKD AT
All
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XVI. SAMUELl
DRY GOODS STORI
lira
Washington Sta rt,
Petroleum CentaJ
The Largest and Cheapest stock ol
CALICOES
8 to 10 cts per yard.
BLEACHED M ISLttS
from 11 to IS cts.
LAN SO ALU CACHED niSLIll
10 to 15 els
BEST ttlNCHAHIft
from ni to 15 els
CLARK'S O N T ' HKEAB
4 spools for 25 cts.
Dress Goods, Shawls, Ho
" iery, Corsets
Tomes 1c Flccc7Goods, Mies Ties, Ribbon I
nonpsliitts the very best qnality Drilling' ass Lit
ens. i-iiis una rseeaie, da.per paper, larpni i
ire luwcsi rases.
Mlinery Trimmings
LACE GOODS,
And a complete stock of Iatlits
Hats and Bonnets,
Also, a Complete Slock of
BOOTS SHOES
Which will be sold al
AUCTION" SALE
Cheaper ten k Cheapest
Commencing August 1st, IS73-
FvJ-Olve me a call end examine ssoA
and prices.
M. SAMUELS.
Pet. Centre, July 17th, 1873.
McKinley & Gross,
achinists,
Blacksmiths,
AND
Egbert Farm, Petroleum
Centre, I'a.
Boiler Repairing a Speciality
REFINERY STILLS REPAIRED
IW We wa. rant all work done by os to
be nearly as j.ood as new when repel'
Good iraterial furnished and prices re-too-
able.
Having bad long experience tn ths 6"'
ncss we are enabled to clva satisfaction. n..C4
JuSKPll McKlNLEY. bKUASTIAK SWJ1
Petroleum Centre, Pa., Jan. 3, tl.