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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-02
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
II. Il. N.A Z, LHiI0r.
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The Sidney o., journal, March 10Th says-
This people OF this county were greatly
startled, last week, by leaning that Montrn,
is the northern part of the county, had been
the scene Of a most horrible tragedy. George
Fowler. residing short lsiiuce frem Mon
Ira. was on Friday noriiDg terribly mar
gled and killed by his wife. Weare inforin-
Cd tina. Fowler had grossly mistreated bic
uifc and aton; year since, while she
was ia advanced state Of pregHancy, had
Kicked her in iba stomach, from the effects
If which she has never recovered, and for
nine months past Las been Conii"ed nearly
gli tbe time L. hel uea. During this time
Fowler has persisted in Lisnnki1d treatment
--.tsrvlnE ANA abusias ler in every cen
ceiysblc manner. On the Wednesday, pr =
eecding the day Le was billed they had u
bitter quarrel, and he, after that, refused to
ocsun. the same bed witnh.r. Ga Friday
| morning Mrs. Fowler got up about O'Clock,
~h;le her husband Was still sleeping before
lhe fire. place with a little son about years
Gr age. After getting ne she noticed the
axe unlcr The tsd and says something told
her she mast kin George. Taking the axe
struck the sleeping man stmc Is or 20 blows
on the neck and face, k Hing him instantly
and mu,ila,ing him in n siocking manner
After the second blow the ;oy rushed from
tn. house and gave the alam. The mser'
L!e woman is row in Jail awaiting the trial
Uer appearance fully prove, we think. til,
charge Of starvation and Muse. She is
young oman f athecl silg locks, Ibo 6
much enaciated.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-02

Wm. Blackstone Of the firm ofFnnsten %
BLACKSTONE, picture frame makers. OF Phila-
dephis. On Tuesday chopped bis wife and
two children lo pieces with an axe, and then
drowned himself in the Dcleware river On
his hody was psHer stating that ha had
lpcn robbed aud was ruined man, ana Si
inr this as a reason for his r.uriorous acts,
He was ?.ohably in,snP.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-02

Mayor Hall, Of New Tor!, has issued
circular Cautiouing stranger that all coop
erative unions, s'ft enterprirs, dollar stores
and schemes o! that nature n that city are
swind!es, and ce!IiCs upon all newspapers
throughout the country TO publish them as
such and rsiiereie the iofotHation frequent
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-02
=. n. FINNEY,
Asst Supertn'end
AND EnIE nArLRoAns

i1 On aud after Monday, Nov. 4ard lsA
Passenger Trains will run on this road - fcilowsi
LEAVE EEIE-GOiNs East
r,sNA NJ NIGHT EXPRESS stopping ~
EszU Ripley, Wc-tfcld Dnnkirk and siIyeH
creek arriving at Buffalo ut AS A. N.
sN.SS A. NJ. NEW YORK EXPRESS, stop
aUsvD riug at westhcli, Broctoh, Dunkirk, sik
vcrcreek. and Angola, arriving IN Hrnsls
-,ns + NJ, CINCISNATI EXPRESS, stop
ssSs ring at Northeast, Westfeld, Brocton7
Dunhri ard sil'e:oreol, and arrives at
Buffalo at lo,45 L. N. p
n.6AN A. NJ, MAIL AND ACCOMMODAa
WiapV TiON, stopping AT a. stations, arriving =
Bu1alo at ls,4o A. NJ,
p,sS p NJ, DAY EXPRESS. stopping nf
Dip Northeast. Ripley, WeEfeld, Dunkirk,
Silvercreek and Angola, arriving st BuH
fao at 100 =. ".
LrAvE RurFALO-ooIyG WAT.
M setceSl nAy ESrHfSs Dsats .Gpp1Bs Br:on ssa
We,neld md Northeast, arriving at Eris
s,NeP. NJ, NAIL AND ACCoMMoIyh.
'TitO TIoN, stopping at all stations, arriving
at Erie ct $50 p NJ
c,Nn 4 NJ. TOLEDO EXPRESS. stopping q,
V'IV all stations, and arriving at Eric " lo'sc
o,nn : NJ. STEAMBOAT EXPRESS, stop
JiUCp ping AT Angola, Silvercreek, Dunkirk,
ilrncton, Wssheld and Northeast, arriv'
Jnn ut Eric Mt l. o. A. ".
f,rN A. NJ, NIGHT EXPRESS stopping NJ
es~U Silvcrcrocll, Dunkirk and Westhed, A.
irving AT Erie at Ado A. N.
Railroad time is 10 minutes faster III an Ellie uTns
| r N BROWN, Genl Sups
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-02

Hon. Daniel l.. Collier. formerly of Sten-
benville, Ohio, and Tor maayyeaTs prom
inent mcmbcr Of ihe bar ef Ohio, died
al bis residence in pAilaie!i'ia, on Tuesday
aged X.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-02

A workman H"c Killed bya falling wall
at the Milwarkee gas ncuse yesterday, and
another ser.o 8 = injdred
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lN E3 $50 1,223 1,45c
$lto0 lYi 3Wl, 2tel e2ee, Sl7 l6,l97 oss 065
Il l,SS,s77 sSs,s s07i, 2iol 10, u.s. sI A,6A l2s
!. Il,sss IS sos 7o,sss Isi.sos l7s.2T
:. 1851 so,so< A,62S 7o,AS ll0,6y<
i i 7,lsoI 1890 H,lb8l s. 56s

The great ana constant increase from year to
year. In the transactions Of tue money order system
clearly indicates It's utility SAFE convenient aud
expeditions mode OF making small remittances, and
shows that IL steadily increasing in favorSwlth the
public as practical experience demonstrates Its nd
vantages. regard II thoroughly established, and
recommend liz universal use by the people wherever
practicable.
With q view To Its further cn1ciency respectfully
recommend additional Legislation TO authorize It's
extension TO the stations, or suDpost ofices In tho
large cties This cannot be done at present because
the postmaster, who has the control and supervision
OF subordinate stations, 10 not empowered by law
TO isane money orders payable by himself or BY his
assistants In the opinion Of the department,
tho establishment Of the money order business at
stations would be substantial advantage, M
well a. great convenience, to residents In
their vicinity. They would thus be enabled
TO purchase orders aud receive payments without
being compelled to resort to the main once. They
would furthermore DO furnished with convenient
and secure mode OF transmitting small sums OF
money from ono part OF the city TO another. This
arrangement would not only tend 70 exclude money
from local letters bus would facsstate tue transac-
ton OF business At tue main ofso, by relieving It to
some extent OF constantly Increasing crowd OF ap.
plicann for the purohass or payment OF orders ~
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OF domestic letters 1927 contained money
amounting to $s4, 40. In sums OF one dollar and up
wards. OF these 1917, containing ss2,57o, were
delivered 10 the writers or persons addressed and
900 containing Sl2 lao were filed for reclamation
by the owners or were outstanding. The number
inclosing suins less than one dollar was H. 323 con
tanning 33,472 Of which II, 900 containing S. 7ss
were delivered to the WRITER'S and 2767, containing
1854 were filed for reclamation by the owners.
The number OF letters containing bank cnecks
OF $3o11, 1884 Of which 2Se OF the nominal value
OF 81 7ee ia were delivered to the owners and $50,
OF the nominal value OF 4212 2s0, were outstanding
or were filed for reclamation.
The number Of letters and packages containing
jewery, books and other properly was 9,071 OF
olamaiion, The number containing photographs
postage stamps ana articles OF small value was
lHls5, OF which 1903 $40 were delivered and IL, $50
were filed for reclamation or destroyed.
The number OF letters classed a. ordinary don1es.
to- without enclosures remailed TO the writers, was
BOA, 72S were returned to the ONCE and destroyed
Tue number OF letters not signed BY the WRITER'S
ihegiblc or containing circulars, &C., and conse.
quently destroyed, was ], 1ss, 6o3.
or the unavailable letters 2s6, 3o7 were detained for
postage, not being prepaid, as required by law.
They were either wholly unpaid not prepaid ono full
rate or were stamped with illegal or revenue
stamps; 70,42o were misdirected, the Post ONCE,
state or some necessary part or the ADDRESS being
omitted; 2,o7s had no address whatever and 1870
were addressed to places whore there was no mall
service.
The number OF applications for dead letters was
8, 163 and in 266 the letters were found and
forwarded to their owners.
The amounts Deposited In the treasury were.-
For unclaimed dead letter money. s14 5s5
For proceeds OF sales Of waste paper.... 2O67
Total, kI6 062
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-06
THE POST OFFICE.
Report of John A. J. Creswell,
Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WAauINGrnN NnY. LIZ lshQ

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. To- $780, J
The ordinary revenues OF this department for the
nscal year enaed June 80 1860. SIS 5l0 and
the expendtur es SIS sss.lsl. For the year ended
lime 80 1868 the ordinary revenues were
sl82oo 600 and the expenditures S22,73o 500. The
Increase OF revenue for the year 1869 tho pre-
ceding fiscal year was s2,05I,s0o and the increase
OF expenditures so6l,53s. The increase Of revenue
Tor 1868 1867 573. and the increase OF
expenditures for 1868 1867 was $3,49 109 The
ratio OF Increase OF for the year 1869 Ii 80
per cent, aud Of expenditures AIS per cent,
compared with receipts and expenditures for the
year 1868. The increase OF revenue for 1869 Is
greater Than the increase for 1868 by 1896 1885, ana
the increase Of expenditures for 1869 Is less than the
increase for 1868 by s2527 $40. II, therefore, the
increase OF receipts be compared with the increase
of expenditures for the year last ended It VIII ap-
pear that the increase OF receipts exceeded she In
crease OF expenditures In the sum OF $1,os4,3
while like comparison OF the receipts and expen-
dtures for the year 1868 Will show an excess IN the
Increase OF expenditures over the increase OF re-
coipts for that year OF 81, 43o,5s5.
ESTIMATES FOR 1871
Tho estimated expenditures for the year -,
endlng June 80. 1871. l,osJ
The revenues, estimated at 10
per cent increase over last
year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. SIV,i'o,ooA
Standing Appropriation Tor free
%, sTs,qol
Leaving deficiency observation-disclosures. s47O2. 1872
The foregoing estimates do not include the olloW-
ing special appropriations the nature Of subs
dies:-
For mail steamship service between San
Francisco. Japan and China. $500,O00
For like service between the United States
and Brazil. loo,ooV
For like service between San Francisco and
Sandwich Islands. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1o,coo
Total. .s72s.ooo
OF the deficiency appropriated Tor the
balance or $500. 900
Against which there are properly charge
able sundry unllquoated accounts,
which cannot exceed the following esti.
mate6+
For balances to foreign countries. s2sO,Ooo
For mail service under contract
and recognized. 2S41S6
For mali service unrecognized.... 10000
- 8s4, 1870
Leaving net balance, after settlement
and payment OF all liabilities, Of. $s1Ssls
STAMPS AND STAMPED ENVELOPES.
The number Of postage stamps issued
during the year was 42O, SEQ $40, repre-
sentng ....... s12 zoe, go
The number Of periodical stamps was
l5o,s2o, representing. .................. 1898
Stamped envelopes, PLAIN, 40 265, $50. rep
resenting. Observation-Disclosures. l.3s2ss2
Stamped envelopes, request, Sl,sl4.loo,
representing. Observation-Disclosures. 95o,725
Newspaper wrappers, 3,5o5. ESQ., represent
ing Observation-Disclosures. 1905
The whole number OF stamps, envelopes
ana newspaper wrappers
SO2,722 500, OF lne aggregate value OF. SIS o7sos
lowing table,
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The sum OF sle, ss2s1s, being surplus funds which
had accumulated at the smaller otees In excess of
mitted by means OF either national bank drafts or
registered packages, to first class olces used as de-
tine year amounted TO So Is6, OF which the sum OF
$3.50 was allowed, before the end OF tho year, post
masters WAC had romltted the same the sum OF 1923
WAS allowed after the close OF the year, and IL not,
therefore, included In tho present annual statement
Of expenditures, put Will be entered In the next re-
ports and tie remaining sum or 1871 is covered by
claims still pending Tho total OF allowances made
during the year for lost remittances was $5797 out
OF this the sum OF vas on account OF five lost
remittances sent BY the postmaster OF Austin Texas
to the postmaster AZ New orleans, La. In the nrst
quarter OF lsos, which were stolen In the once OF
the remiLting postmaster until after the commence
mont Of the last fisC8l year. Hence this allowance
constitutes part OF the expenditures Of the year
In the TRANSMISSION Of these surplus funds in regis
tered packages ~ mail tue department, in consid-
Grafton OF tho fees received from the sale Of ORDERS
assumes the risk OF loss. Such losses, however
rarely occur In any but sparsey settled localities
that have not Jet entirely recovered from the ELECTS
Of violence and disorder during the rebellion.
During The year paym ent Of Six money orders was
obtained frauduently by forgery OF the payees sig
these cases the amount Of tue order was refunded
to the remltter by the issu ng postmaster, In comp
one the postmaster who had erroneoasiy paid tho
order was directed TO pay q like sum to the true
psyee. In the remaining case tho person who m-
properly obtained payment OF the order was COM
PEELED to pay over the amount thereof 70 the rghful
owner.
The transfers made BY postmasters from the most.
age to the oney order account, for purpose OF
meeting orders presented FOR payment amounted to
$ls2o,0I7. ana the transfers from The money order
to the postage account to 46O78. leaving at the
close OF The year balance In favor Of tue latter
account OF S13o, 0ol
RAPID extension Of the domestic money order system
than by o presentation OF Its operations from It's
establishment on the LIST of November, 1884, to the
present time . summary Of which is contained IN
the following tablet
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Tho largely Increased use OF stamped envelopes
bearing return roquosts." that Is, requests that
Der OF DAYS, has operated to decrease IN consider.
able degree tno number Of dead letters. While tue
the same as Of ,hoso 81 Inc
the percentage OF decrease In letters containing
other valuabes ranges ~ follows
Letters containing bills OF exchange. drafts.
checks deeds and other valuable papers. 1885
Letters containing jewery and other prop
Letters containing articles Of small value.
postage stamps. photographs &c......... 800
Ordinary letters without Enclosures. 1872
Ordinary letters and circulars deslroyed.... TAI
These figures demonstrate conclusively tine great
utility OF the 'return request" system II generally
oce could be largely reduced. n not altogether dis
pensed with. The department. would thus be
relieved from very heavy expense, while at the
Same time the vexation and loss 10 correspondents
caused by tho delay and uncertainty incident to The
present system would % almost entirely ooviatei AZ
first It was required that there should be formal
request printed or written on the envelope for
the return OF the letter to the writer, II
the puoc 1t Is now provided Dy law that any writer
OF letter on WHOM the postage is prepaid may
alter remaining unca led for thirty days. BY merely
endorsing his namo anl address thereon. This ap-
peering TO be the SIMPLEST expedlent that can DO
devised. compatible with safety aud accuracy the
department. urges Its universal adoption. with eau
t0n, however that every writer should endorse ms
address, and not trust to the business card OF
hotel or 1rm Wih which he IL not connected. Let
tors returned to ons address cannot be remailed,
even " tho residence oil the writer be known, With
0at addtlonnI postage.
POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.
The whole number oil money order post Oflces In
operation during the last fiscal year WAS ,46S Two
OF these. R0xDury. Mass. aud Fort Leavenworth.
KAN. we're discontinued. circumstances having
rendered them UNNECESSARY; and 2l9 new money
order offices established July II, 1862, making
tho present whole number 1885.
The number or orders issued during the
year was l,28s. l4a OF the aggregate
Tho number paid was l,2AS,S 74.
amounting Ia value 10. ....... 32i, AT, $40
To which should hs added the
amount OF orders repaid TO
purchasers 2Oo, TAG
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Inc Tree uolVery system, tnOugn rapidly imprOv-
ing, has NOS attained such degree OF efficiency
to command the universal confidence of the public,
Much can yet be done to promote the CELEBRITY and
precision OF the collection aud delivery OF mall
matter, and thereby commend 1t to popular favor.
For some time TO come the attention of the depart
msnt should DO directed TO the attainment OF more
thorough organization and more satisfactory results
In the cities wherein the system has already been
established rather than in seeking Its further extern
sion.
DEAD LETTERS.
The number o; the several classes Of letters,
domestic ana foreign, received At the dead letter
ONCE during the last fiscal year was f0lloWs:-
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Excess Of issues over payments. ....... $685. 1885
The amount received by postmassen as fees Tor
the Issue Of orders was sl75 100. During the pre-
vous fiscal year. ended juno 80, 1888, the aggregate
paid and repaid, $l6.llS.537, and OF fees $12L4sz
Il appears upon comparison OF these sums with
hs has an
over the year 1868 or 200 or of s. rs per Oent
in the amour. OF issues Of ss.5as6Se or OF s. per
amount Of fees received. The ' smaller psroens
with the issues Is to be attributed to the fact that
by the act OF July ~ 1885, the fees for issuing money
for an order not exceeding twenty dollars was ten
cents, and for an order exceeding twenty dollars
twenty-five cents; but oy the act last mentioned the
fee for order for one dollar or any sum not ex-
ceedlng twenty dollars was fixed at ten cents: for
an order exceeding twonty dollars and not exceed
oeedlng thirty collars and not exceeding forty dol
lars, as twenty cents, and for an order exceeding
made in the maximum amount for which an order
can be issued, which ID limited to 1fty dollars.
Tne ayerag. amount Of the money orders issued
during the last was $40; during year 1858 1t
$l0 and during the year 1867 IL was Sls-showing
that there has been bus slight variation In tins
amount for the last three years.
The tendency OF capital towards the centres OF
trade aud commerce IL well illustrated BY the opera-
oi,oes almost invariably issue more orders than
they pay. while a. the larger ones the payments
largely exceed the issues Upon COMPARISON OF
that OF the older States ike condition of things
will be fOlnd 10 exist. For example:-In California.
when has nfty.One money order offices, the number
OF money orders issued WAS 3d. 55, amounting 10
$1.O34 78D; the NUMBER paid was 8, 6SS, amounting
to $345,54. In Massachusetts, wntci has nifty -four
Olices the number OF orders issued was 45,927, or
the aggregate amount Of $s63 $50; the number paid
Ia, $40, amounting to S2270957 In tbe city OF
New York the payments during the year were
S.. o. sos, while the Issues were but S5lS,200
Tue whole number OF duplicate orders for tho
fiscal year 1869 was $780, Ofthese 5,46l were issued
replace orlginas lost In the mails or Otherwise
1ity-sx IN lieu OF orders rendered Invalid be-
cause not presented for payment until more than
one year after date, and thirteen were IN leu OF
orders made Invalid BY more than one endorsemsnt
During tho previous year 1878 duplicates were
issued. There mas oeen therefore, al increase dur
ing the last year OF l,d67, nearly forty-hree per
ceni, the number OF duplicates which Is, however
ten per cent less than ratio OF increase the
orders issued.
The receipts and expenditures during the last
fiscal year, as adjusted and reported by the Auditor,
were as follows, VIII
Fees receN money orders issued $176 100
Mt mi uA1f .r amin Araffs
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to the moment OF the departure Of the trains, and
In receiving asserting and distributing the malls
during their transit thus saving many hours and IN
Important points, has become an essential part OF
the service; 1t Is, IN fact, indispensable, and as
crease 1t will necessary to extend 1t keep pace
with the wants and demands Of the people.
The total number OF letters passing between the
United States and foreign countries Canada ex-
cepted during the last year was IL 900 e54 OF which
Co.'s were sent from and $751; 796 received In the
United States. The increase over the number ex-
changed IN 1858 Is 1,46s,l22. Estimating the num-
which no accurate account Is reported, at 1900 0o0
the whole number OF letters exchanged In the mails
total postages on letters exchanged with foreign
countries, estimating the postage letters to and
from Canada at $3.50, 600, amounted to S2,ol4,1s3
The aggregate amount Of postage, inland. sea and
foreign, upon the letter correspondence exchanged
with Great Britain aud other European countries
during the year 1869 was s5oaT73, being 5000. ee4
less than the postage receipts OF the previous fiscal
year. The number Of letters tsngle rates) ex.
changed In the mails with the same countries was
H. AS $751; an increase Of 85e ss2 over the NUMBER
exchanged IN the previous year. Notwithstanding
the recent reductions Of postage TO all tho countries
Of Europe, except France, amounting Ia most in
stances 10 nifty per cent the increased correspond
ence has produced revenue only twelve per
cent less than that derived from the higher rates OF
The postages upon letters sent to European coun.
from Europe in the sum OF Sess the excess Of
letters sent being about six per cent. This very
small excess OF postage on correspondence sent
over that correspondence received is q convincing
argument In favor Of simplifying our postal arrange
mcnts with other countries by dispensing with the
present complicated and expensive international
POSTAGE accounts. This can be readily accomplished
BY adopting the rule OF compulsory Prepayment OF
postage, and BY providing upon tne general prln-
ciple now well estab shed, that every letter brings
reply that the hostages collected on ali interna-
tional correspondence shall belong wholly 10 the dis
patching ONCE shat no charge whatever shall be made
at the ONCE OF destination In The country wherein
the correspondence may be delivered; ana that In