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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-30
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,rnc Democratic Minority.

In The list of the members of tho General
As - published in our columns this
morning, will be found the names of the
Democratic minority who, with overwhclm-
ing odds against them, have faced the diff
culties OF an embarrassing and unpleasant
position, hoping to be able to accomplish
something of good for the benefit of their
State and people. These gentlemen have
stood firm in the midst of chicuncry and
corruptioni they arc the only men in the
General Assembly who dare to raise their
voice for the vindication and protection of
South Carolina; they alone represent the
dignity and worth, The intelligence and
wealth, OF the State. Their courage and
fortiIude will not be forgotten, and wo look
forward with confidence to the coming of
the day when, triu.nphantly reelected, thcy
shall Sit i'll the capital, not check hy iowl
viii, Doors and rulians. but by tho side of
senators end representatives whom the
Whole people Can honor, respect and trust.
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ANOTHER move is made in that lttlo stock
jobbing game. A bill hns been introduced
IN tho Legislature. authorizing tho Sluio
treasurer to paJ to interest on The State
debt specie. and 10 mako tho necessary
exchanges Tho GninciaI agent In New
YORK Is to ay tho w!ros an pail tho strings,
and State securities ore to alvany, fifteen
pcr cent. In o % 1wo ks-.li for tho gr a a,sr
glory and profit o! Scott. X mpson g. Co.
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hHR Columbia correspondent shows up
4: s'nTa OF the Land Commission Ring.
rf !, that leading member OF the
ght tract Of land for $1,000, anu
D. holland Commissioner for S22, 600,
and thu Judge bought tract for $500,
and sold it in tho same way for $1,000.
No wonder that Commissioner Leslie cries
cy 80 rniliops morni
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IT oh NJ Es' I've EUM.
Amu9cmcn;e.
a Ga DE Ny OF MUSIC.
KING STREET, CORNER OF MARKET.


h!"pr'Fi"F h%Nma .''.-.......,.....,'oM% GnAnwlcK
Arrhioc. 1ni Con onira.i"r.....J H. Dyvxi,,,,y
superintendent al tarpca!cr
a,ln ..,;;,........n. A.. !. SuIrLy,S
Snpcrinlcn'lcmt of rias,cIina.. :. " DnvKi:i.uX
i'inicrS ana Gdcrs. ........T i. BEAMIsi,T i 90.
q. TiEEgLi ANA =. CEAwSr ana As.'.<.
Gpaois,crin ] ana rarr:t T. n H;!y
ir0n columns ami Railing.
C*o. Il. JAcssoN ann li,nsi.IrA co.
ron ron ,it.itr' .-.-.............B Ktu"HLtrG
r.ricE AaCl,c Oina.mauts ....'.W' S,io,;,
Gas FiNiWscs a'r! C!iinic.
hrrs, ..................Gfp. II. H;rcHrS y co.
was thlhE. l.. tiuIiIrTiN
S;rvsi' ...,;:, cnHvH'rx n"I L, l.rws
stage Carpenters. ..... a. wALKGR and IigRELri
'''1 Mcs.rs. WALLACE. r,nnrL,. and cx,uru
hct nrop. ...........................s sISAHp LEWIS
i,.:a i...e" "a ana Manager John 7. FORD
THE ACADEMY W,Li. OPEN or WEDNESDAY
EVENING, DECEMBER l. isG3
WITH Az
p EN- NG ADD Il r.
From the pen Of pr. w. GILMORE sIMMs. Of
South Carolina spoken 10y Miss
LILLE ELDRDGE.
Whch will he followed by 7. w RoUERTScN,S
Modern Comedy, entitled
5 G II q o |.
As produced last season at Wallack's Theatre.
New York. Act LIST. Recreation Act 2d. EN-.
animation Act 3D. Filtration, Act IT'LL Reali.
ZaiiOn
Naomi Tlglc, an Fast lnlan
cl lfTSss Sosr isi s';'i , ,E MpSlnsE
Laura, the Sleepy Scholar. ....... Miss HERBERT
Mrs. Sntcliilr, Principal. Mrs LOUISE EI:pH!pgE
jack ~. roynlSy 49, ;i j. i,s SntSi HSE,, sf
!irau FnrintnSh. .......... MIR. SAMUEL KNArr
Krux an Assistant Teacher. .Mr. SAMUEL. RYAN
DR.. Suiciiiic. ic.................M Mr. IOsErn TAKi;rr
Scholars. At,ca,lants, &c.
U'clnck precisely.
o"chcsLra Circle. 81; Balcony Chairs, 81; i.aicony
D,css Clrcle, 81. Entrance on King s,r,",. So
cured Seats, 25 cents additional. Family Circle,
So cents lODc-h:,if reserved Tor colovcd familics
Gallery, ~ Gents. Entrance on Market street.
Tile Sale OF secured Seats will commence on
TUESDAY, Ut . y. H., IN The Ycsiibulc Entrances on
King street. N. LEVIN, JR., Treasurer.
"a X ID
In assuming the management OF This elegant
Temple OF Art, the Lessee deems IL incumbent
upon him to state, that lie enters upon his mana
Gcrial duties with great ,iilldencc nnd much en-
barrassmcnt. Charleston being remotely situat-
cd from the great theatrical centres. his resources
Will be consequently limited, and to some extent
contracted lie Will not therefore, Indulge In
proiiisc promises for the future, but will pledge
himself to use his best service and cxerlions to
furnish such novelties and attractions rs lie can
possibly command, and endeavor 10 produce
them In such II style ns win deserve uuccesl and
secure public appreciation.
Courteous attention Will be paid to the patrons
Of the Academy. Good order will be preserved
and en|orced md proper morale be rigldly
maintained throughout the establishment.
JOHN T. FORD,
nov2o Lessee and Manager.
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FROM the census returns for Pickehs Coun-
", we gather the following Statistics: There
are: males over 81 years l455 white, 43l
coiorcd. making voting population of
1856. The whites, both male and female
arc: S2o6; colorcd, 264o; total population
1886 The militia of the county numbers
1857 white, and 443 colorod; total 1900.
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ONE by one, the old banks OF the State
are rcsuming business. The latest cheering
Indication OF the kind is in the case of the
Bank OF Newbcrry, an institution which, as
We are informed, reopened its doors for bust
ness Yesterday.
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WE print this morning the report OF the
President and Directors of The Peoples
Bank, and the proceedings OF the meeting
OF stockholders TO which IL was submitted.
The bank has now surplus of about two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and, we
arc pleased to learn, resumes business this
duy
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W. j. WnIprER. q colorcd member of the
Legislature, is snid 10 have at this time IL
good chance of beng elected Judge of the
Stale Supreme Court. All the colorcd mem
bors OF Tho Legislature are expected to
vote for him-this would make his cleo
lion certain. Whippor is al intelligent man
and very popular in tlle party.
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We sincerely hope that the bill to sus-
pend the operation OF the township law for
ten years will be passed at once The rem
sons for snspending the law are oogently
given in the letter of our Columbia cores
pondent
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TIE Columbia Radicals speak of AtLor-
ncy-Gcncral Chamberlain as "tho coming
''man" for Governor. We might possibly do
worso, hut hope TO do better.
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'n's III The ui....c".c.t OF tho .,,.,u i,ihe, ii,
1t is called. If this he So the Secretary of
State has done well. Whatcycr honesty
there is in the Radical party is found among
The cOlored people.
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Tho Chcraw and Darlington Railroad
ComPuny.

The annual report OF the president and
al rectors OF This company, printed this
morning. shows that ;lio net earnings of
the road for the year cB'ling August :;Is:
amount To %lS,ii7, Il very gratifying result
when the circumstances Of the case are con
'idnrcd The operating expenses hare
been largely reduced while passengers and
freight have been transported with rrrlllrj
ty and promptncSs, The road ana lulIin.r
stock have been kept in good order. and
there has been an absolute freedom from
accidents and failure To .iakc Connection.
The directors hope 10 be able to renew. upon
favorable terms the first mortgage bonds
(sI50, 0n0! due in April urxt. but The ncc-
ccssary authority 10 open negotiations for
this purpose cannot, we presume, be had
until legal meeting OF Tic Stockholders
can be held. This is ont Of the question
until the majority Of the stock Of the road.
now held in The name of the President of
the Ciicraw and Salisbury Rralroai Com
pany. is represented in person or by proxy.
ln this connection, we desire to call attrn
ton TO Tho statement made in the report OF
tho differences tys d, asauaw
Darline1sn' Railroad tssnl -
dent Townsend in r9g4tit TO- tho. sloasx 1H
The rond attempted Is 8a, g1lll Is 'Tim st5
Messrs.s Walters - N.Y. sGoSDaftimore.
We arc hopeful that tiosE sSkItas5 may be
nnnuilcd, and that tho c0ht The Che
raw and Darlington RailroaS got pass
into the hands Of persons wk2sSt,tcrcst is
directly against any cytonsione ef the road
from Cheraw which would affect unf,lvor-
ably the Wilmington and Manchester and
Weldon Roads.
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Stoves, nanaes, Nr.

STOVES AT WHOLESALE.
THE UNDERSIGNED, SUCCESSORS OF H0R.
TON & SHEPHERD, HAVE RESUMED THEIR
TRADE IN STOVES, AS WHOLESALE DEALERS.
IN CONNECTION WITH qnEr, OTHER BUsl.
NESS, AND ARE NOW PREPARED TO SUPPLY
OTHER DEALERS, FACTORS, MERCHANTS AND
ALL TIE CUSTOMERS OF THE OLD HOUSE
WITH TIE MOST APPROVED DESCRIPTIONS
OF COOKING STOVES, RANGES AND HEATING
STOVES AT A CLOSE APPROXIMATION TO
FOUNDRY PRICES.
THE COOKING STOVES AMI RANGES ARE
SOLD WITH or WITHOUT FURNITURE SOME
OF THEM ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE WITH
OUT TIE AID OF CHIMNEYs If NECESSARY
AND ALL ARE GUARANTEED TO BAKE PROF
ERLY, IF SET UT AS DIRECTED.
THE RANGES ARE UNUSUALLY LOW IN
PRICE-HAvE SIX BOILER OPENINGS AND
DOUBLE OVENS, THOUGH BUT SINGLE
PIPE, AND NEED NO BRIcK-woRK TO SET
THEM UP.
TIE STOCK OF HEATING STOVES EMBRACES
CAsT.IRoN AIR.TIGHTs. RUssIa-IRoN AIR
TIGHTS SIX PLATE OR BOX STOVES, &c.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES AND PRICES
WILL DE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION
WIN. SHEPHERD & CO.,
No. "a nAYNE STREET,
CHARLESTON 8. c.,
TAPA NNED TIN-W RE
AT WHOLESALE.
VIM. SHEpHE ERD CO,
No. ~ HAYNE STREET.
GTA PED TIN-W ARE
AT WHOLESALE.
wM. sHEPHE ERD CO.,
No. q HAYNE STREET.
NRBNCH RETINNED IRON WARE
AT WHOLESALE.
wM. HEPnER CO.,
No. ci iIAYNE STREET.
y l. l. l. Il Y LIE COPPER
RO I. I. NG kS
AGENTS IN CHARLESTON:
wM. SH EpHEnD g. CO.,
No. 24 IIAYNE STREET.
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FRuIT! FRUIT FRUIT
BY G. BART & co.


, jus. tcceiNei ai''i now landing NJ Union Wharf
per schooner ".,Hclda aud Laura }; from unrnroa.
i.2D0 RuncicS RED BANANAS
10000 CurOanuii
5000 ilaEians
5000 Grape Fruit.
o.; sfaEH,
.0,u0O West India ORANGES;
10 bbls. Lines
l01 bulls. Baldwin Apples
~ krns Malaga Grapes
lnn b,lS. Onions
so bhls. jackson Whites and Peach Blow Po.
IatOcs
- bills. Assorted Nuts
:00 drums New Figs. assorted sizes
900 boxes Assorted Figs from to 3 lbs caeh
10 trails Dates
50 eases Union Torpcdocs containing 30 600
90 whole ana half boxes Fire Crackers
VIII he sold low by G. BART & 90
nov2:i Market strect
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1porlcC tn Goi!mna ubf seoretn'
t~,h Card. memhcf or r,j' ny
hr la.::i Consa'f 60"
= p'Ntta -, ,,,titl,. ,.i, -
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Go Rcilt.

HOUSES, FARMS, STORES, ROOMS
III &c, now vacant, con readily he rented II,
advertising them In this column. The rate Is 2.
paid In advance.
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NTAhrED. SIX SHIP JDiNE,HS. coon
~ W"rEmcn. Apply to-. u. AIKES s W.
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AIANTED, a GOOD COOK, WASH. -:
~ "hd lroncr None need :ppY without
Tnu ;, references. Ami. 20 Wa1. MOlEAN. No. 49,
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M Al I'd, \ COMPETENT AND
w We'll recommended COCK. Apply with
reference to {. T.. rANKHtN, Nr. II; Meeting
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.irc nov receiving full Stock OF
"RocERIES AND LIQUORS,
cuNsrs1ISG OF:
Ion bhrro.s REFINED SUGARS
20 hhdS aiil barrels Raw sugar
lOn hh'lS. AMI barrels MoIsSrJ
10 barrels beehive Syr,Iu
100 bags ColrccS
100 packages Mackcrc.--Nus. l. and 2
20 barrels Picklc'l MullcitS AMI itcrriups
100 kegs Nails
100 boxes Cheese
100 boxes Soaps
80 barrels Flonr-Fine, Super, Extra and
Family
- half chests llysDn anu 0OOng Tea
80 kegs Dutch Iicrrlmgs
100 barrels AMI tubs Lard
loo barrels (bsOu'S nnd Walters whiSkcy
casks Tin, Brandy and Wines
80 cases WOrrS Srhicilnm Sclnnpps
- cases liO!irtcr's Filters.
Raisins, Currants Ciron, lruncs. Figs, Al.
monds lcliies, oysters, Pickles, sweet Oil, Toma-
tues. brandy alI'l Fresh Peaches, Soda, Plre
Crackers, Snrdincs, Starch, Shot Powder, Matches,
EroOnS an'l liicScls, SaIIrkraut, &c, &c.
For sale at lowest rri'"s
u. KLATTE & Co.
- . No. 21l East Raw
"oV2' Northwest corner Cumberland street.
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w ANIED, \ COhOEED WOMNN TO
10 IL" General !iniiScwcrk. The beat re-
cumincnla,iohs required. Apply nj M. ~ Went
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q EHFANT w a n r. ED APPLY Az
~ southeast corner Pitt and Montague street:
good Washer and lroncr, and 10 make herself
useful. ,oy.n /.
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Ual1is..

w ANTS OF ALL KINDS CAN BE
~ nhde known to everybody In this Column
Nv M ,,ic titn oi 70 cents for twenty words less,
cacli Insertion, if paid in advance.
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IN sell The American EMITTING MACHINE
the only practical Family kDitIu:; Machine ever
invented. Price SIS. WIN knit 2o.cO0 stitches
per inmate. Address American Knitting Mac!inc
Company, Boston, Mass, or st. Louis, Mo.
Ort2D iinOS
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HNO RENT, AT S12 a MONTH, A SMALL.
4 DWELLING and STORE, southeast corner
OF Ashley ahd Bee streets, one block from Rut.
ledge avenue. u. NJ. MARSHALL & BRO, Real
Estate Brokers. No 80 3road strccl. nnY:l &c
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POOMS TO RENT.-THREE UNFUR-
III NlSiIED rooms In residence pleasantly
situnted In the western part or the city. Terms
moderate For further particulars, apply ut No.
IL Doughty street. octI3
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wv tEat JOB PRINTING of al kinds plain
and ORNAMENTAL is executed promptly in The
ncatcst Sly ic AMI nt the lowest New York prices,
at THE NEWS Job Office, No. I+0 EAST I;AY. Cali
ami examine the scale OF prices before giving your
orders elsewhere.
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STOVES AT WHO'LL ESALE.
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ITO RENT, A FINE STORE WITH FIX
Il TuRES for grocery and bar-room, corner
Longitude Lane and East Bay. To an approved
tenant rent will be $40 per month. Also, six
large square Rooms with fire places, back piaz2as
and cistern water on every story The rooms
VIII be rented singly II preferred. Inquire of Mr
ROSE. on the premises. octIG
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FENO RENT, a NEW SEVEN OCTAVE
n PIANO. of superior tone. Apply mt No. It+
Meeting street. noyo7
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w and Fifty Doliars per month, to sell The
only Genuine Improved Common SENSE Family
SFW'i'; '''''''S" P--" only Sia. Great in
guc ," ecraf rl's 75' 'pri'r
SsT .if,.,i .. ia uy-'u . t'.' nm i..
u ~ i a"irsia rGilst.s.ie u.
'r l> Ngn :. iate Al :.Lt ICv.
s"f .hi. 8. 'Hw"'' ti migiurU 4,
y f"rts- 1Gt tME s f ..-'pil. ,Ia.,. llrl -
burg, Pa, or st. Louis, Mo. uct.i .,rnus
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I lNEErOOL SALT.
iolN sacks i..v"p""l SALT, just arrived per bark
.iI'liiaior 10: sale i.y
nov2i WAGNER. HuGER X co.
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IENO RENT, THAT LARGE AND ELF
Il CANT MANSION, no. 4S Mcc;ing-stree with
extensive Lot ana Garden, located In one or the
nishcu with oil the modern improvements and
cohvenienocS. Possession given on first OF Janr-
Fast lay. octIa In
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A couple of Yankee girls put bulfrog
into the hired mans bed, to see if they
could get him TO talk. nan threw the frog
out of the window, and never said a work.
Soon after be put bushel of chestnut burrs
into the girls bed, and about the tine he
thought they would make the Ieast shd ow,
Daniel went to the door, and Ssttld tho
latch furiously. Out went the lIgjt, and
in went the girls, but they didn stick,
though the burrs did. Calling TO hem to
be quet;he only wanted to know iitheyhad
seen that pesky bulfrog; he'd give two
dollars to find him.
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Red Flint Lamp Chimneys at Critics
Bros, opposite the Opera House. 0 If

A letter received Monday night in New
York from Havana gives details of barbara
ties practiced on negroes suspected of being
engaged in conspiring TO burn plantations
near Sagua, who were shot in the presence
of all the negroes Of estates, and about a
dozen whipped with from eight hundred to
one thousadn lashes. Arms for the Cubans
have been landed at Magaris. Gen. Jordan
was marching on Gibaras with heavy
column Spanish troops have been sent to
the neighborbood of Sagua.
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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE Here is bit
Of romance. A Minnesota lady who went
ont to India as the wife of missionary,
carried with her a book Of photographs of
her friends. A young British officer of her
acquaintance was looking over these pic
lures one day, and was struck with the ap-
pearance OF Hiss Jennie Shaw, of Larkland,
MINI. He opened correspondence with
her, and they were at last engaged, without
either having seen each other. He b a
since come to this country and visited he
lady, and, being mutually pleased with
each other, they were married few weeks
ago, and have gone 10 Europe.
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JAPANESE BARBARrsM. interest,"
ing dispatches under date Of October 20,
have been received at the Navy Dep lrtment
from Admiral Rowan. commanding the
Asiatic squadron, The officers Of the Della
ware were permitted TO witness Japanese
crnciixion at Yokohama, which is thus
described: "Vhen the prisoner who was
to be crucifled had bsen..placed on his back
on stout wooden cross prepared for the
occasion, he was securely lashed thereto,
but not nailed. Then the sentence was
read, and, MO stout men with long spears
came forwa'd. The one on the right side
Of the doomed man stuck the point Of his
spear in very deliberately, about two
inches, AMI just under the ribs, felt about
while with it to ascertain that It was clear
Of all bJnes, and then, with o powerful
thrust upward. the head OF the spear was
sent through until it appeared on the top of
the right shoulder. The man on the right
side then did likewise, The victim, who
was a mere boy, ryelled fearfally. He bad
murdered his mother by stabbiug her thir-
teen times. After the two spears had been
thrust through him third man came far
ward with spear and thrust it through the
criminal just where he had stabbed bis
mother. Thirteen times the spear went
through bis body, aud the terrible perform
ance ended
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The Proof-Sheet, a type-founder's trade
periodical published in Philadelphia, con-
tains laughable "Map OF Boston aud Ada
cent County" 1t represents the hemisphere
viewed from such point In space that
Boston appears, as the geographical center
OF the globe. The Hub isrrepresen.ed to
be abont the size of Lake Ontario. and New
York is too small to figure At all. The
great lakes are the Boston waterworks;
Mexico, Iceland, and South America con-
tain the gas works; the South Pacific
dotted with Boston bath-houses; Madeira
is the Yankee vinegar factory; and in the
center Of Africa is the Office OF the Atlantic
Monthly.
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There is q proposition to establish a
Young Mems Christian Association at Pct
roleum Centre. We know Of no place thai
needs it more. Its reputation IL, that for
~ size 1t outranks New York or CHICAGO
Tor wiekedness. Disptch.
From the number Of roughs and sporting @
characters at present in the oil region; hail
log from the moral city of Erie, one would
naturally infer that 1t would take at least
half dozen Young Mems Christian Un-
IONS IN full blast In order to civilize them
alone "Those thai. live in glass houses, ~
&C.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-12-09

BY the monthly petroleum report Of the
Tifusville Herald for the month ending Nov.
3oth' the average daily production Of the
fennsyivania oil region 10 estimated at 49,
'oo barrels; the number of new wells in
process Of drilling Nov. lst was 800; amt
OF oil 10 tank Dec LIST. 2lO,033 bbls.; the
amount Of crude oil shipped during the
month of November was 1928, 94O barrel.
Considerable of an increase is reported in
several districts and decrease in the pre-
auction OF Others. The oil business is rep
resented as being in healthy and prosper.
Gus condition.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-12-09

on Monday morning the dwelling of Mr..
van Dusen, in Greenville, Mercer county
was discovered to be on fire. The build,
Ing was envsloped in flames when the alarm
was given, and Mr.. Van Dusen and bi,
wife were burned to death. Their remain,
were found among the ruins. 1t is the
general opinion that they bad been murder
cd by robbers, who set fire to the house &c
destroy the evidences of the crime.