The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-02-23
THE NEWS.

saturday.
A. Mr.. Lander fell 10 front of train Of
cars at Rockford, ILL.,, on Saturday, and was
killed.
In Jacksonville, ILL.,, on Friday evening
q drunken man named Louis Paul, while
earelessly handling a revolver, shot and
mortally wounded Peter Wagner.
The track Of the Central Pacific Railroad
! is again clear, through the deepest snow of
the Sierras.
There have been no Indian troubles in
Nevada for some time.
II you have the Liver Complaint, use J.
W. Downer 4 Co.'S Great Yosemite Bit.
tiers. feb2O-tf.
The New York courts are very busy just
now. On Saturday six counterfeit money
dealers were sentenced to the peniten tiary
for different terms. Edwin r. Lee, charged
with stealing $4,000 worth of bonds from
the President of the Star Insurance Com
pany, was committed for trial in default of
$40, 900 bail. Mclaughlin and Shaw, who
made false afidavits against Collector Of In.
ternal Revenue Bailey, were sentenced to
five years each in the penitentiary.
The sensation story that young Jeffards
was the murderer Of DR.. Burdell, is com.
pletely disproved by his counsel.
St. Louis is being supplied by Illinois
with large quantities Of contraband whisky.
The subscription books of the st. Louis
and Illinois Bridge Company were closed
Saturday. the full amount Of stock, $3,O0O,-
600, having been taken.
II you are troubled with Dyspepsia, use
the Great Yosemite Bitters. feb2O-M
Reebuscb, the notorious conuterfeiter,
was committed for trial in St. Louis Satur.
day, 10 default Of $40, 900 bail.
John L. Echberg's hardware store In
Memphis was burned Saturday. Loss $780,
600; insurance, $4,000.
The AIkansas Senate on Saturday passed
bill legalizing the martial law proclalna-
tien and acts of the militia.
1t is reported the cashier OF tho Fourth
National Bank of Philadelphia has disap.
peared, leaving . deficit in bis accounts Ct
$100, 200.
A powder mill at Gorham, Maine, blew
up on Saturday. Only one man injured.
Latest Mexican advices report that DR..
Shelton, correspondent Of the New York
Herald, has bad an award granted him for
building railroad. 1t 10 thought this con.
cession is worth a million dollars to the
grantee. Porfirio Diaz has been appointed
Governor of the new State of Moreles.
II You have Dlsordered Stomach, use ].
W. Downer & Co.'S Great Yosemite Bit
ters. feb2O-tf
A number Of prominent Cuban refugees
havo addressed a protest to the Governor of
Louisiana, against the charges made by the
Spanish Consul ut New Orleans. They
declare that hot with.tauding their political
opinions, they would not infringe upon the
laws in any manner.
Governor Geary has respited Gerald Ea.
ton, sentenced to he hung on the 25th, bat
1t is not yet known what time.
A Salt Lake dispatch of the goth says:
John N. Gamble, District Superintendent
Of tho Western Union Telegraph Line, and
Tor many years connected with the Califor-
MIA State telegraph lines, died Sunday
morning at Shell Creek, Nevada, after a
short illness.
Nervous Prostration can can be cured by
using the Great Yosemite Bitters. IT,
A dispatch from Omaha notices sudden
change in the weather, with northwest wind
and the mercury at ten degrees above zero,
and sinking.
The steamer Arizona, from Aspinwall on
the 18th, arrived Sunday with $270,OO0 in
treasure. No news.
The steamer Mississippi, from Rio Janiero
on January 26th, arrived Sunday. The war
was considered ended. 1t was believed
Lopez had gone to Bolivia or aboard on
American man-of.war. Asuncion was oc-
cupied by the allies January 5.
Sunday afternoon negro man called on |
Major Fredsrieks, commander of q detaeb-
ment OF United States troops, stationed at
Columbia, Tennessee, and informed him
that the body of white man had been dis.