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The Clarion Republican says there is no
abatement in the excitement at Parker's
Landing Every train on the Valley road
is lo"ded with passengers for that point,
mad Tie hotels are crowded to their utmost
capacity There are now many good pro.
dncihg wells at that place, the largest yield
OIL one weil' we understand, being about
forty barrels per day, while the average
yieid OF the whole territory is shout four
hunlred barrels.
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AHa N'T 'fN Star thinks that Mr.. Bige-
io"' the Lew editor of the Times, ought to
o""' 'sh tue memorV OF apoplexy, az he has
" ice proh by its attacks-snce being
e vated to ,he post of Minister to Fronoa
o." the death of Mr. Dayton. and now suc.
ceoaing Mr., Raymond, who died of the
same disease
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Some Of the great moneyea people of New
York are not admirers OF gay aud gorgeous
'trrn outs" The Astors ride in very shah.
oy vehicles Us also do the Livingstones and
th' koosve!ta. if they ride at all. The
o'''e's p'y ax on three million dollars
worth OF real e" ale in Nca York, but none
Oh Carriages
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lRrTTY woSES.-A comparatively few
Ladies monopolize the beauty as we'll as
the attention Of society, This ought not
10 be so, but is; and will he while men
ere foolish, ard single out pretty faces for
companions.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-24

THE sentence Of Thomas MIihall, who
was to be hing in Cleveland, August 26th,
was comnuted to Imprisonment for life.
Mm!holl WAS twice convicted Of aiding and
abetting the murder of David Skinner.
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CHEAP MILK'-Ibs question of cheap
COAL has lead to the agitation of that of
CHEAP milk" A pnblic meeting was held
in Syracuse recently, and some hundreds of
fmii!ss agreed not to purchase milk unIess
II could be procured for six cents per quart.
What neXti
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This extreme hot weather seems to be the
most severe upon. infants. We hear of very
mauy that are sick with cholera infsntum,
end several deaths. The remains of two or
tnr"e, attended by the friends, went away
on the cars to-day
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A. S. Smith advertiaes to sell bis summer
stock of hcots and shoos at cost. He desires
to make room for n winter stock.
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Hildebrand is ON the increase. Th
governor has increased the reward for hi a
capture to $4,000 Over three hundred
men are In pursuit Of him in the country
IL mas been ascertaincd that he actually
Vehtured into St. Louis on Saturday, July
2l
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TIE drouth is SO bad 10 the vicinity oe
hicamond, Va, that the forest trees are
dying Yesterday was the seventy. eight
day s'nca rain enough Tell to thoroughly
wet the ground. Thermometer yesterday,
l0I deg.
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The Great Yosemite Bittcrs.
Ali hail great benefactor,


Who to cure US OF our ills,
Gives fife TO the disconso'ate,
Without noxious drugs or pills
Drives disease from out the system,
r. Fills the heart with lifo and light,
With the best Of s'l the tonics,
Downer-Great Yoscmitel
Win root from out the valleys
Where CALIFORNIA; sun doth shine,
Giving wealth TO us poor mortals,
Beyond the riches of her mines.
Wealth of health and happiness.
Its blessings none should slight,
De you want it Would you have IL?
Use Downer'e Great Yosemite
Come ye sick. diseased. discensolate,
Why should you pine and dei
Ie feeble, faint and langushing,
Come, these glorious Bitters try.
See how these quacks and nosrlms,
Flee from the land in fright,
Hiylng place TO this pure tonic,
Downer's GScat Yosemite jul24n
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as., p'''"a that MIR. Ramsey, president
h'oahy and Snsquehanna Railroad,
'a'"es FISK, Jr. aud ihrir associates, had 4.
c'hte!thce or Thursday ant settled sub
stentia. Y treir cnrtroVcrsY.
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SARATOGA; August "a.

SARATOGA; August "a.
In the trot to-day Mouudain Boy beat
Lady Thorn in three straight heats in 2:27.
2:344, and 2,25A. Commodore Wander
bilt and wife were on the ground aud at.
tracted much attention.
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TELEGRAPH
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY RECORD,
Afternoon Dispatches
HAVANA, August "a.

Col Nicolan, with two hundred men and
two pieces of artillery, attacked and routed
four hundred insurgents near Jicota. In the
Central Department. The latter left twen-
ty killed on the field.
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''' ''.!o' eng wonder il kept such
'''o"sl til, inf zee ofrn, al magnetism.
~ mysteript r'rn' L, bi1h is ,o,y
"~-''''ns lhep So, sesms to DC low Djrp
al Horace Gsee!oys performances in Mr.
Chapiu's Church.
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The Petroleum Producers Association
meet at Oil tity Wednesday (to.morrow)
at lc o'clock b. m.
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D. W. Longweil will give you satisfacto.
~ prices aud explosions Of Nitro. G lyscerine
In your wells il you will but call on him.
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TlE Fall Term Of tho PithoIe public
school will commence about the frs. of
September. As yet no TEACHER has been
engaged
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VERY CHEAP SHEET MUSIC, only five cents
copy, at W. Ii. NICHOLSON & CO.'S Stationery
Store.
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For every Gay comfort, uss Dowro,,s
Great Yosemite Bites. Sunday :,
"'' los h'i'e Is he'ter. Rug24tt
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The Good Templars win not meet in
their new hall tonight, as was anticipated.
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Downor's Great Yosemite Bitters rurifes
the blood and regulates the bowels, Use
no other
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-24

Everybody should have bottle Of The
Great Yosemite Dittels.
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SITS. PETER AND PAUL'S (Catholio)
CHURCH.
Mass of l0]4 a. IN.
Tesper and Bepedic.ion Of the. Blessed
Sacrament at 4 p. n.
Catechism at 2 p. N.
JAMES DUNN. Pastor.
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Serv ices every Sabbath atll A. NJ. and
* F. NJ. Sabbath School at9ls A. NJ.
Seats free. A cordial invitation extend
ed to all.
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uiViue services.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at II o'clock A. NJ, and ~
o'clock p. NJ.
Rev. J. T. OxToBY. Pastor.
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WHAT is always offered at cost? The
law.
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Special Notice.

WORDS OF WISDOM for young men, on lrc
Ruling Passion in Youth and Early Manhood, with
SELF HELP FOR tho erring and unf ortuuate. seu
in sealed letter envelopes free of charge. Address,
HOWARD ASSOCIATION B,x p, PHILADELPHIA
Pa May -, 3m
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Use MerrisOn's Genuine Pine Tai
aud Persian Healing Soaps.

rhese soaps are impregnated with exOtics Of the
mdcst and most Btlsamic nature, and are warrant
ed perfectly innocent and free from mineral aud 9th
or perncious aimStures, and arc selected ny the
ladies and tho pubic In general in prerera t" all
other soaps great producers and presefses of
a healthy purity Of complexion, and conscrvo,r
Of female beauty. For the softness and dcrcncy
which they induce TO the hands and face their rcii,a
bility OF soothing irritation and moving ui'ghiy
erup.ions. render them Indispensable to every 'Oil
ct. We kindly ask the public to try the virtues o
these soaps. }. L. H. Il Co., Proprici' rs.
A. D Miller s Co Geucral Axcnts. jn'2,3m.
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II you want good blast of good Nitro
Glycerine in your we'll, get d. W. Longwell
to do IL.
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Rev. C. NJ. HEARD, Pastor.
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For STATIONERY, &c, call at II DIMES y
FARNSWORT!i' News Room.
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Croeacry-For ali kinds goS" nEyNJLps
BRODiHAD & cos, No. II Csn'rs ',see, oppo.
cite the Post ,sHce. Oil City. Pa.
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y'IIa q: CLOSING walls.
=. o., grTRoLEuN CrNTRS Pa,
July y7sT, lSeS. s
Until Author notice the mails will arrive at and
depart from this office rs follows
ARRIVE.
South and East. via. Irvinehon. 10 IS A. Nj.
South and Weet, Meadvile, SIS +. NJ
North and Rast, Cory 26
DEPART.
South and West, s.45 A. NJ.
South East and West, go p NJ
North, East and Wcsi, 1000 A. NJ.
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All accounts not settled Immediately, Will be lel
with an Officer soI.collecuon. ,s,
Ap;.l4 u. REYNOLDS b CO
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Carpets, of every quality anil description, n
REYNOLDS, BRoDHEAD Il Co.'s, No. II Centre
stroc+, opposite the P. o.. oiltClty, Pa.
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All Dailioa, wcelillcs ard Magazines at HOI.MBs
81 FaRNSWOHTH'S News Room.
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CUILDREN's CARRIAGES
fine assortment at tho Furniture Store. lw
DISSOLUTION.
KEEP COOL.

Rynd Farm, Ang. II, 1850.
, 1869-10-22
TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION AT
BORDEAUX.

The story of the Confiagration at Bordeaux is
well told by our two correspondents. 1t is
wanting in no tragic element, except, happily,
the terrible interest arising from the sacrifice
of human life. AS we read it seems not hard
to imagine the horrors Of the night. But we
know the exact height to which they rose, and
where they ended. 1t is impossible for us who
hear of such a misfortune now that it is past
to conceive all the bitterness and anguish of a
great commercial city which sees the waters Of
its port as it were catching light, and gradual
ly wrapping, unresisted, the whole of its mer-'
camille marine. First came the startling news
to Bordeaux that many tons of some species of
mineral oil or spirit had exploded and were in
flames two or three miles from the city. Then,
when the alarm and excitement were growing,
the reassuring intelligence arrived that the ig-
nited barge, with its deadly freight, had been
sunk and destroyed. The short interval Of
satisfaction which attended this event must
have increased the despair at what followed.
In submerging the Fire the harbour authorities
had. in fact, Enclosed it. 1t assembled %buoyant-
" from beneath the water in the shape of so
many fiery floating islands, and the advancing
tide bore them towards the ships ranged in SER
ried tieR alongside the quays. Up till II
O'Clock the tide rose and rose, and with it came
, 1869-10-22

long Rugged and cherished, Traubmann proved
himself to be, like most murdeFerS, a mrre
bungler in his trade. Never was the end so
wonderfully out of proportion with the means
resorted to for its attainment. With one-tenth
Of the cunning and determination displayed in
the pursuit Of a few thousands, Traubmann
could have managed a burglary at some Paris
bankers which might have yielded millions
but the dazzling exploits of the Able Rodin, as
embodied by Eugene Sues ferVid imagination,
infatuated the young man. He probably thought
Of the clcVerness more than Of The profitableneSs
Of the achievement, and looked upon the very
lives over which he was to walk to his goal as
mere s~enseless materials out of which his archi~
tectural genius was tc rear the ediice Of his
fortune. About the blood through which he
was to wade to that fortune he evidently gave
himself no concern. He was 10 years old. AS
it was said in the case Of Constance Kent, there
is an age in which in certain natures the com
monest feelings Of humanity seem utterly I'M
developed. Talk of Gallons criminals One
may hope that d man stepped in guilt for a
whole lifetime could not, without the greatest
effort, bring himself 10 plunge the knife into an
infants bosom but that is, too generally, work
for murderers in their teens. There is a certain
unconsciousness in their f|er0city, a stolidity in
their unawakened sympathieS, which deadens
all sense far more efficiently than can be achiev-
ed by mere force of habit in after life. Such a
mere novice in wickedness was this wftched
Traubmann, that his letters to his parents at
Cernay are gushing with unaffected tenderness;
he tells the old people daily of the "~thriving
affair he has in hand the affair of the whole
sale murder-and r%eioices in its success not so
much on his own account as for the sake of his
ailing mother, whose wants he will soon be in a
position to relieve. And, as good as his word,
only a few hours after the horrid deed in the
field at Pantin, a few minutes after a hurried
dressing at the hotel has removed the traces of
that foul deed, he sits down in a cafe and en-.
closes Al. in an affectionate letter addressed to
his sister FRANCHISE, as the first fruit of the
harvest the affair is to bring him, never ap-
parently troubling himself with the thought of
the blood of which that paltry sum was the
price.
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live while he could. And Smith, the simple
country lad, only seventeen years old, the
hero without q peer on all Fame's mighty
scroll, took his seat on his rough box-and
was shot!
We might dwell for hours on the incidents
connected with the most frghtful butchery of
ancient or modern ages. But why 90 on?
The murder was done. The Confederate
Government talked of demanding the muir
derer Mcneil. Then a memorial" was gotten
up, and signed by two thousand Mssourians,
recommending the accurscd old monster on
account of his Palmyra massacre to the spec
ial favor of Abe Lincoln And he was pro-
NOTED to Brigader Gcncralship.
The green sod Of the Palmyra Fair Grounds
long since drank up the lle-blood of the ten
innocent heroic hearts. The melancholy elms
wave their dark boughs peacefully over the
scene of the terrible tragedy. The last time
we saw the place the pillow had turned up Il
part Of the historic grounds, and the green
corn glittered in the sunlight where once the
murderers musket cleaned. All traces of the
fearful crime had faded from the spot, and
everything was quiet, serene and beautiful,
as of yore. But until the heavens are rolled
away as a scroll, and the great Archangel
sounds the knell of Time, the Blood Spots of
the Palmyra massacre will stand out deep,
dark and inetfaceable upon the record ofEarth' 5
direst horrors Its frighttul memories Gun
generation should repeat the story; mothers
should tell it to their children. And the
names of Butcher Mcneil and all the signers
of his ''black memorial should be inscribed
in letters of flame upon the gates of hell, and
damned with their owners to everlasting in
fanny, hatred and cXccration! The Glasgow
(Mo.) journal.
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OLD MUSIC.

Back from the misty realms of time.
Back from the wears agonc,
Family we catch the ringing rhyme.
And hear the melody and chime
OF golden songs, of strains sublime.
Like the carol of birds at dawn.
And ever we hear them soft and low.
lIarping their music sweet,
songs that we loved in the long ago,
Ripping their liquid cbb and dow.
Drifting their cadence to and fro.
Like the fall Of fairy feet.
some faces our heart will ever hold,
Some smiles may remember yet,
There We're flowing locks like the sunsets gold.
There were parted lips of Cupid's mold,
And the songs they sang can nc'cr grow old,
For our hearts can ncer forget.
Al. wcll-a-iay lis story past.
Which may not tell again,
Twas happiness too sweet to last;
The heavy clods on her grave are east.
And her voice is still. and above her fast
Fails the Winter rain.
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A FORTUNATE MEETING.

The following anccdote of Napoleon is
translated from 4 French periodical, in
which it appears in print, apparently for the
first time:
After the battle Of Auerstadt, Napoleon,
with the remainder Of his army, marched to-
ward Berlin by the Pots'lam road, in order to
dispute with the enemy the passage Of the
Spree. The entire army was in advance of
him one or two marches when he set out on
horseback from Wittenbcrg. 1t was about
one O'Clock in the afternoon when we started
with sky that had all the indications of :,
storm, and before we were out of sight Of the
town the rain began to fall in torrents.
The emperor alighted, and sought shelter
in the house of the chief superintendent of the
forests Of the clector He supposed he was
not recognized, and attributed the extreme
Difference Of two young women, who were
in the room into which we We're shown, to
the usages of the country. They, as well as
the two children, remained standing. Their
embarrassment was very marked, when one
of them the oldcr but the prettier of the two,
said in Il low tone, and in German, to the
other, II assure you, it is the Emperor Napo-
leOn.''
The emperor did not understand her; but
the Due de Rovigo, who was tolerably iamil-
lar with the German language, told Napoleon
what she said. Not a little surprised, he
turned to the lady and asked:
care you married, madamc?'
ono, sire" she replied in very pure
French; II am II widow"
elias your husband been dead lopg?"
''IIc died in the army sire; in the service
of your majesty"
''IIow-do you know mc?"
eyes, sire; your majesty has changed but
little since | last had the pleasure of seeing
you. | recognized you Immediately, as | did
also General Bertrand and General Savary"
but where did you see me? ?"
'In Egypt, sire
At this the emperor was more surprised
still, and cried:
''Eh, you were with us in Egypt? Tcllm
how that was, pray you"
81 was born in Switzerland, and, i'm 1877
married NJ. de Wenzel, an army surgeon,
who died of the plague in Alexandria. Hay
ing no children, | soon married again--this
time a chef de battalion of the second light
infantry, who was killed at Aboukir BY
him | had one child-this little boy you sec
here and she designated one of the two lit
tie light-haired boys before us. 81 returned
to France with the army after the capitula-
ton; but all my endeavors to obtain a pen
sion proved fruitless. Finally, l became dis
coua@rd by being so often refused and went
| back to my native town in Switzerland, where
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FANNY FAY.

Bless the singer and the song,
said my heart, in silent wonder,
~ the maiden tripped along,
" hilc could but pauS and ponder:
~Wectcr than the smile of May,
Brighter than the dancing wafer,
Was She on her homeward way.
Fanny Fay. the farmers daughter.
one wild rose adorned her hair,
one upon her bosom gliStcnel.
Ornaments a queen might wear,
said |. rs | Staid and listened
And the glory of her song.
As the inspiration caught her,
Must have brought an angel thron@
70 attend the farmers daughter.
O, We valleys, green and fair,
Did We hear the song she sung You:
Can We know how blcst yc are
With that mountain maid among you:
Fairer than the fairy race,
Dwelling by the woods and wafer.
l. She, in her simple grace,
Fanny Fay, the farmers daughter.
Were | monarch of the land,
Crowned with fame and crowned with honor
With realm at my command,
would lavish all upon hers
For the maiden is my own,
And bless the day ! sought her:
She is mine and mine alone.
Fanny Fay, the farmers daughter.
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A o a u II l. q ~
70 Females in Delicate Health.

nR. EsOW, Physician and Surgeon, No. : FNpI-
CorI ST. EosToN, is consulted daily for all discns-
incident to the female system. Proapsus Utcri or
Falling OF the Womb, fluor Albus, Suppression, and
other menstrual arrangements, all treated on new
pathological principles and speedy relief guaranteed in
very few days. SO invariably certain is this mode
Of treatment that most obstinate complaints yield under
it, and the afflicted person rcjoccs in perfect health.
DR.. Dow has doubt had greater experience in the
Of diseases Of women than amy other physician in
BOSTON,
Boarding accommodations for patients who may wish
to stay in Boston few days under his treatment.
DIR. Dow since 1875 having confined his whole aten-
ton to office practice for the of Private Diseases
and Female Complaints acknowledges superior iii the
United States,
~ E.Al letters must contain dollar, or they will
not be answered.
Office hours from A. NJ. to r. NJ.
. Boston, July %, 1867. Iva
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NOTICE.

NXIILlIAM b. SWAN & CO., having purchased the
w Stores, Storehouses and Wharf of III. j. AN
DERSON, JR. now opening an entire new stock,
consisting in part Of the following articles.
CORN, GKANuLATED SUGAR, JAVA COFFEE,
FLOUR, COFFEE RIO :"
PORK, HAVANA :" JApAN TEA
BEEF ST.JAGO OOLONG GO
LARD, MuSCONADO " RAISlNS
TOBACCO, SPICES, SALT, OATS, FISH, sc.
A full and complete assortment of Groceries, which We
invite purchasers to call and examine, and we will
make prices satisfactory
VIM. Il. SWAN,
A. CUTTER SHELLEY.
Belfast, May /, 1869. tbs