Slenry A. Parsons, Jr., Editor TH TJRSDA Y, DEC 29, 18M. ENTEKEn VT THE PORT-OFKICE AT ftllKIWAY, PA., AS SECOND CLASS "WAII, MATTER. A Great Chance for Yonng Tien. 'f Philadelphia Evening Ttlcgrnph. low while people are movlug for fiolitical reform, when party tics have o little Until tig force, and when the chances are open for new leadership, .young men, intelligent, etvorgetlc, patriotic and ine4pendent, should "push to the front on this Teform wave, and by their ability, integrity and vigor, give to the grand old party new life by giving It their new and strong mid clean blood. This time is fit, and young men, ambition to achieve pub lic careers of honor and usefulness, van do no wiser thing than to push for ward in answerto the popular demand, and make political reform certain by becoming leaders In a movement that van have no receding ebb. Taking Time by the Forelock. INcw York Tribune The Independent Republicans in Pennsylvania are taking time by the forelock and perfecting thus early their organization for the tuberna torial campaign of next year. Perhaps their activity now will spare them from the need of much effort at a later period. What they seek is to secure good nominations from the Republi can State Convention by the moial force of their movement and a dis play of its strength throughout the Htate. If the machine managers be come convinced that they cannot Mifely offend the Independents they will favor the selection of unobjection able candidates. The time for 1 lie In dependents' demonstration is, there fore, long enough before the Conven tion meets to arousepuMic opinion and influence its action. They propose to work inside the party and secure the election of delegates who will not be the willing servant." of the machine. Remarkable Escape Bradford, Pa., December -7. While John Met 'lea ry, an employe ot the Roberts' Company, was torpedoing a well near Haymaker to-day, the well made a How of oil and threw the tor pedo out, causing tin explosion, The torpedo contained forty-eight pound of iiitro-glycerine. McCleary started to run as soon as he discovered the well was about to How. His coat tail was cut of as smoothly as though done by a tailor. His back, thighs and arms were lacerated by Hying pieces of stone, wood and tin, a ml lie was thrown about one hundred feet, but jumped up and continued running until he fell from fatigue and fright. None of his bones were broken, and his physicians think that he will he about again in two weeks. His escape from death is considered most remarkable. The dor rick was reduced to splinters, and win dows in houses half a mile away were broken by the force of the explosion. Immigration in 1SS2. London, Dec '5. A Berlin des patch' says: "Emigration in promises to become more colossal than that in 181. Fourteen thousand tick ets have already been taken for tran sportation by vessels leaving Bremen for America In the spring. Almost an equal number of emigrants will go from Hamburg." The early settlers on Oil Creek who were in the habit of skimming petroleum from the waters in the neigh borhood had little idea that it would in u short time become one of the first articles in the commerce of the world ; and those whosank thefirst wells were equally ignorant as to the commercial importance of the discovery. In Aug ust, 1800, the first record of the pro duction of oil was made, and it was exactly 339 barrels a per day. Since that time it is estimated that no less than $331,000,000 have been embarked in the business. Much of it, espec ially in the early days of theoil excite ment, were sunk in unprofitable wells, but long ago the buisiness became a profitable one, and many millions of dollars of legitimate capital, about one third of the above figures, and hun dreds of vessels are used in the trade, which extends to all quarters of the globe. Last year the exports of crude petroleum, or its equivalent, from the United States amounted to 402,502,749 gallons. This year they will reach the enormous total of (00,2o7,095 gallons The increase is caused by the heavy production of the Bradford region, and the increase of the use of pertoleum by the people of Europe and other conn tries. During the last six months the product of the Bradford region has largely decreased, but recently a new oil field has been opened, which is beginning to supply this deficiency. The chief trouble of the oil producers during the last ten years has been that there was too much oil produced, and the price has fallen to a ridiculous figure compared with those which formerly ruled. Nearly everybody in the petroleum trade cau remember when 60 cents per gallon was occas ionally paid for refined petroleum, and when 33 to 40 cents was the average rate. Now, if the refiner gets 8 cents per gallon he thinks he is receiving a fair return on his outlay of capital. One pipe line already carries the oil from the wells to tide-water and an other will be finished within a year. This and other improvements will re duce the cost of manufacturing, but it is hardly likely that oil can be sold at much less prices to consumer than that rf the present time. Philadelphia Prtsn. REPUBLICAN REFORM. ADDRESS OF THE OOSTINENTAT. 'CO"N FEKENCE COMMITTEE THE WORK OF REFORMATION CAN BE SEOURED BY Pori'LAR DEMONSTRATION AT THE PRIMARIES The Commlltecof the Independent Republicans of the State have Issued the following address: To the IirpnhVimm of Pcnnmtvartia: We address you in the Inteiest of that political organization, to which we are alike attached, and whose con tinued supremancy In both State and Nation we alike desire. We share with you a just pride in our party's past achievements, and believe with you that, signal and hon orable as these have been its mission Is not yet complete. The present has political Issues of magnitude and Im portance, and the nearest future will unfold others which must challenge equal, if not greater, attention and stateinanshlp. Through more thuu twenty years of the greatest epoch in our annals the onward march of the country has been the history of the Republican party, and by its unvary ing devotion to human liberty and equal rights, by its character and Its inspirations, this party is best quali fied to settle and adjust these questions as they arise, and to give to the coun try continued safe repose. So you be lieve, and so do we. No one can be indifferent to such considerations as these, and it is, there fore, with deep concern for the future usefulness of our party that we assume to address you at Ibis time. What we have more directly aud immediately in view is to keep, if possible, our own State fixed and steadfast in her party allegiance. The importance of Penn sylvania as a factor in national politics is manifest. In the present condition of things Republican ascendancy in the general (.iovcrnnient can only be maintained by her continued support, and the question which presents itself to your consideration is how can this be secured? That a great majority of the voters of Pennsylvania are throughly and earnestly Republican in their views and sympathies we do not doubt. The political record of twenty years ottests their approval and acceptance of the doctrine and principles of the party. But while this is true, it is equally manifest that their party allegiance has been weakened, and that discon tent and dissatisfaction prevail. We need no other evidence of this than the fact that at the last general election over 40,000 Republicans re fused t heir support to the party's can didate, aud gave it to another, while still asserting their devotion to Re publican principles and their earliest desire for the party's ascendancy. Ex perience shows that men are not eas ily shaken in their party allegiance and when dissatisfaction finds expres sion in such emphatic tone ic may safely be assumed that evils exist in the party that need to be corrected. This protest was not against the pol icy or creed of the party, but against repugnant methods of party manage ment. It was an earnest demand, pregnant with warning, that the Re publican party should henceforth be true to itself; that its convictions and preferences should find free ami hon est expression, and that its representa tive conventions should reflect and record the will of the party rather than the decrees of a political junta. The truth is not to be disguised, nor, indeed, can it be. Repeated instances of our State Conventions violently disregarding the popular preference in candidates, and assuming powers which did not rightfully belong to them, at the dictation of a few, are fresh in your recollection. This sub serviency, it is true, was followed by your just indignation; but only to be repeated by succeeding conventions. The result is before you in the last election. Whether the existing griev ances and abuses justified such action, or whether such action was the best method to correct them, it is no part of our purpose to inquire. It was the protest of the men who made it, and they alone are responsible for it. Others, equally sincere iu their con demnation, preferred other remedies. It is not our business to approve or censure. All we desire and seek to accomplish is restored harmony, a united party and better methods. These can be secured in no other way tliun by the removal of all just cause of complaint. The party needs, and, if it is to succeed in the future; must have a tuie and speedy deliverance from the tyranny of personal dictation; the policy of proscription and punish ment for those who dare to oppose the rule of an oligarchy must be aband oned; the popular will must be con sulted and respected, and the power of the party be used for higher purposes than the bestowal of ollice upon un worthy favorites and dependents. That so much can he accomplished by proper effort, without resorting to revolutionary methods, we do not doubt. Political control becomes cen tered in the hands of the few only by the neglect and indifference of the many. The source of political power is in the primaries. These give ex pression and character to your larger conventions. If they are committed to the management and control of men whose interest In politics rises no higher than the hope of office or pat ronage for themselves, no reform can be expected. But they need not be, and should not. It is only because those most interested in the cause of good government fall to participate in these important assemblies that they are so often perverted and made to work such great evils. If by any effort the masses of the Republican party can be incited to active partici pation in these primary contests, the work of reformation will not only have begun, but will be completed. The selfish few will be compelled to give way to the nHnjT Whose party fealty is not dependenV"Pn patron age nor sustained by plunder? The occasion is at hand for you to redeem your party, or to Increase its peril. A State Convention will soon be called, to place in nomination can didates for high and Important offices. Shall that Convention be composed of men who can, and will, despite the solicitation and Influence of centra lized power, reflect your wishes and be true to the best interests of the party; or shall it be composed of those whose sense of political duty is oliedicnce to personal rule, and peaceful submission to Its extravagant exaction? It is for you to sav; and as you determine in your primary meetings, Bnd County Conventions, so it must be. Our only purpose In this address is to call your attention lo the magni tude of the evils which exist; the ex treme danger in which they have placed us as a party, and to urge you to exert yourself in the only way which promises relief or safety. We have no interest in the matter, except that we share in common with all who desire the success of t he parly for the common good. In that cause we enjing upon you the importance of making the next State Convention a thoroughly representative body of the Republicans of the Commonwealth. The just sense of the party demands, and has a right to demand, that the delegates shall come from the people through their legitimate local rep resentative conventions, and that the State Convention shall be held at a time which will permit the fair, full and deliberate expression of the party will. Without making any personal warfare, we ore enlisted in a cam paign against the arbitrary and debas ing methods that have driven and weakened a party which should be united aud harmonious. In this un dertaking we appeal to you for your earnest and active cooperation. John Stewart, J. M. W. Ueist, Wm. McMichael, S. W. Penny packer, William T. Davies, Thomas W. Philips, Hugh S. Fleming, J. W. Lee. Like ourselves, the English appear to be havingan unusually mild season. In some parts of the Isle of Wight fine raspberries have been gathered in the open during the present month, strawberries are to be found in com parative abundance, and at Shanklin peas are to be seen iu bloom and iu nod. The valleys are full of spring flowers, including violets and prim roses, and the summer flowers are still blooming, and to ail appearance will retain their verdure until the coming summer without undergoing the usual autumnal decay aud stripping. Roses, rare fuchsias, geraniums, and other flowers are blooming in the open. The thrush has not yet ceased its song, and the other day a titlark's nest was taken on St. Boniface Down, with rliree newly laid eggs in it. Alto gether the weather Is most extraordi nary even for the Isleof Wight, where the winters are usually mild compared with other parts of England, some parts of Kent present an unusually springlike appearance. Primroses are in bloom, violets perfume the banks, and the song birds have not lost their summer notes. On Hayes Common the heather is in purple bloom; on Keston Common the furzes are dotted with yellow blossom, and the country around assume an aspect of spring rather than of the proximity of Christmas. List of Jurors. The following is the list of Jurors drawn for the January term of court, commencing on Monday, the 2id: GUAM) JURORS. Benezette Geo. Snyder, C. R. Sex ton, Edward Fletcher. Benzinger Henry Hoffman, Jr, John Werner, Jacob Simoney, J. U. Krieg, John Fox. Fox John Seh river, John McMa hon, Jacob Anslnger. Jay Burton Munn. Jones J. D. Parsons, Tlieo. Veditz. Horton Wilmer Price, T. J. Tay lor. Millstone L. M. Parker. Ridgway Marks Cohen, John A. Ross, Eugeue J. Miller, Jacob Mc ( 'a 11 ley. Spring Creek Perry R. Smith, E. M. Rogers. St. Mary's Henry Lceftier. THAVKRSK JURORS. Benezette W. E. Johnson, John B. Lewis, James Overturf, David Chase. Benzinger Francis Cassidy, An thony Bille, Wolfgang Kreigel", Martin Merustritt, Aavenus fiix, Henry Hig lan, Geo. Bauer, Jr, Chailes Hitter, John lau I. Fox Bruce Herrington, L.G. Beck, Patrick Reynolds, Win. Huntzinger, James Cuneo, Terrence Brown, F. X. Enz, Lorenzo English, Charles Miller, James R. Green, John S. Thomas, Wm. P. Luce. Ridgway W. II. Uyde, W M. Gardner, Lihbeus Luther, L. W. Ely, Albert Fitch, Jacob Butterfuss, Dubois Gorton. Spring Creek Sylvester Milliron, Adam Lanceudorfer, John Lewis. St. Mary's John Hogerl. Humbugged Again. I saw so much said about the merits of Hop Bitters, aud my wife who was always doctoriug, and never well, teased me so urgently to get her some, I concluded to he humbugged again; and I am glad I did, for in less than two months use of the Bitters my wife was cured and she has remained so for eighteen months since. I like such humbugging. H. T., St. Paul. Pioneer Press. ESTATE NOTICE. Estate of William Emmett, late of Fox township, Elk county, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration, C. T. A., have been granted to the undersigned upon the above named estate. All persons in debted to said estate are requested to make immediate paymeut, aud those baying claims against the same to present them without delay in proper order for settlement. P. V. 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