The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-02-20
THE NEWS.

Louisville prosecutes saloon Keepers for
permitting boys TO play billiards.
"Put Yourself in bis Place" is the name
of Charles Reade's new etory.
There are eight millions OF acres of unoc
cnpied land in Maine.
New York city paid $6,4O6, 600 income
tax last year.
A railroad was sold in Texas the other
day for $500.
Smallpox ia adding 70 tbe horrors of the
famine in India.
Young men have appeared in spring
clothes in Boston.
Mr.. Burlingame's French is highly
spoken of by Partisan journal.
Commodore Tatnall has resumed his res
idence in Savannah
Charles Reads, too. is going to be auto
biographer.
Lieut.. General Sherman left New Orleans
on Thursday evening for Red River.
Rev. Mr.. Fletcher is perambulating Con.
necticut with lectures on Spain and Bra
| zil.
Jefferson Davis had an attack of heart
disease at Paris, and went to Nice Tor treat
ment
Giistave Dore occupies one of the most
spacious and magnificent hotels in the Fsu-
bonrg St. German, Paris.
Herbert Spencer has postponed his jour-
ney to the United States. He has Just com
pleted work on the data Of psychology.
Major George Mcknight, a well.known
writer for the Southern press under the
name Of ASA Harlz," died last week in
New Orleans.
A gentleman who dincd with General
Grant lately, resorts himself a. coming
away fliier Of coffee aod cakes than of Cab !
inet knowledge.
IL you have q Disordcrpd Stomach, use J.
w. Downer & Co.'S Great Yosemite Bit.
ters. feb2Otf
Rev. J. Dewitt Talmadge, of Philadelphia
has received call from the Central Pres.
byterisn Church OF Brooklyn, at salary of
seven thousand dollars year.
Counterfeit twos on the Union National
Bani; of kinderhook ale in circulation.
1t is stated that nearly nli ,,.,- r,.,es
Unions in NAr York are organizing for a
.onoined strike this spring for eight hours
and full lay.
Mr.. Weaver. the Baltimore undcrtaker.
says that no crowds were allowed to see the
remains of the assassin Booth. No blankets
were cut to pieces by curiosity hunters, and .
no demonstrations attempted
The Louisiana House Of Representatives |
have passed till loaning State bonds to
tho amount Of $500. 600 to the Mexican
Calf Canal, taxing Tho frat mortgage
FoR {" Livery Day Comfort" use the Great
Yosemite Bitters." fcb2C-,f
Captain Pierce, late master OF the shin
southern Eagle, was arrested IN Portland. !
Maine. the other day, on q charge of swim
ding ths owners cut Of twenty thousand |
dollars, while in the Japan Sea.
Rio Janeiro letter OF The Sth gives an
account Of the assault and defense OF Angos.
tura. Lopez had bsen formally called upon
to lay down his arms, but Indignantly re.
fused. Minister McMahon advises Lopez
to continue the fight.
The resolution passed by the Kansas Leg
is'ature on Wednesday, asking Congress to |
ratify the Usage treaty, provided that the
settlers on the lands shonld be allowed to |
purchase al one dollar and quarter per
acre.
John ". Coleman is IL n or arrest in Sos- |
ton, charged with abscondiag FROM Baton |
Rouge, Louisiana, with funds belon Sing to |
the Freedmen's Bureau, with which he was
formerly connected at that place. He de-
MES his guilt, but the proof is said to be
strong as;ainst him.
1t is reported that The Ordnance Commit
lee OF Congress has discovered that the ma.
w department has been paying nearly one |
thousand dollars more than the war de.
partment for Rodman guns of the same cal
ibre. Since 1864, all fifteen inch guns nro.
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