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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-04-27

May 3olh is Memorial Day, and will be
observed by P,ss ot the Grand Army of
the Republic
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-04-27

Beautiful, new and nobby style Hats at
as A. ALDEN'S.
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A number of new oil strikes are reported
at Parkers Landing and vicinity.
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.B A large invoice of Martin Gultars,
ln,t received at koo'h Il Ssrgcat's, aud for
sale al extremely lyw prices.
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A new oil well in the city OF Meadvilie is
now 100 feet deep.
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FREERING COLD SODA WATER at
GRIFFES BROS.
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wY Hanging Baskets for sale at
NICHOLSON & B-.ACKNoN's,
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cE Tea Servers for sale at
NICHOLSON d BLACKMoN's.
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Th' refreshing rain 1T to-day Is brinsing <
gu. Tie 6 cen leaves.
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Spring Oyer Goats, at
A. ALDEN'S.
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The Ar, mic Department

Is replete with the first Equestrian and Acrobetlc
talent of the world, and among the brilliant con
stelaton will he found
MILE i. STOKES,
Premier Equestren fiom the Royal Circ1s OF Britain
MILES. ANDREWS AND LOUISE.
Cordes Elsstique and Volante, from the fsoo
Fanque Cirque Paris.
CHARLES FILLS,
The Great Brtis Somersault and Pirouctts Saeh
BARNEY CARROLL.
Greatest Two Horse Rider living, with bis chlcrsn
LA PETITE ANNIE,
The naby Wonder, and
MASTER WILLIE,
The Child SOmer.ault Rider
WATSON BROTHERS,
Three Flying men OF the Air. .
Edwin Watson, Unequalcd Gj mnast Eqnesmn.s
George Watson Tumbler IL Trapeze eXtraorahaf!'
Thomas Watson, Trapczs, Horizontal Bar, &C.
Signor Bliss, Grand u lofty Tumbling lri'k Ciomn
Jereme Tuttle, Terrific Volt'grur. double sSme,sm
j Long, Modern Hercules Ii ,bt y Heavy baians'
BILLY ANDREWS,
The Funniest Clown alive.
JEAN JOHNSON,
The Worlds Greatest Jester, and an endless ~. W
EFF. IClENT AUXiLIAkIES & ASSloiANA''
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'etroleum Centre Daily Record
Il Pet, Centre. Thursday April 81.
ARRIVAL AND DEPRATUER OF
TRAINS ON d. q. & A. R. u,

TRAINS ON o. G. d A. R. u.
On and after Monday, Nov. 2s,b, 1870,
trains will run as follows:
NORTH NO. 8. NO. 3. NO. l.
Leave irvine. l2,OlPM. STOP NJ
Leave Oil City 100 A n. 2.55 Pm. 7,5OpM
" PetCen 7,40 " $3.50 " $50 i"
" Titusv. $50 4,25 9.l2
Arrive Cory, 1000 6,57 I" lO,3 80 "
souTH. No. 2. NO. 4. NO. 6.
Leave Cory, ll,O5 A N. 6. AN. 6,l5px
I" Titnsv. l2,40P n. 1885 " 1852 I"
T. Cen. 1927 $40 &" S,42 4"
Arrive D. City 2,lo " 9,O2 /" 9,2O &"
Irvine. 4,50 " ll.40 &"
a No. and 6 run on Sunday.
FREIGHT TRAINS NORTH.
No. 80 No. Is. No. II. No. 49, No 0.
LaOC, S,l5AM JOAN. lO,s5AM 6,3OAM 3, ~ Pm
Titus il,i4AN $40" l,45 s,A5 " s,lO
FREIGHT TRAINS SOUTH.
No. 10. No. 8. No. 16 No. IA. No. 20.
Lsr, e.OoAx ssoA.x io,S JAN. lila An. ossa s5rn
"PC,S,oO 9,4O " l2,l5 Pm 1a'4Opx 800 "
ArOCl0,l6 =" 1882 1,35 :" 2,U5 g 700"
on City and Petroleum Centre freight. leave. Oil
Clty 2,lO p. m, arrives at Petroleum Contre g. 20 d.
IN. ~ Leaves Petroleum Centre at 4,4O m., arrives
at OIL City 800 p. m.
l,2.s,.4, s and 8 are express trains.
=, No, 10 is through accoiImodation connects at
eIrry for East and North.
SILVER PALACE SLEEPING CARS.
10. a-Dircet from Philadelphia without change.
NO. 5-Direct from Pittsburgh without change
NO 6-Direct to Pittsb urgh without change
Monday, Nov. 2S 1870.
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Best Spring style goods received to-day,
at
A. S. SMITHS
m30-tt Boot and Shoe Store.
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q T, bAKCKOFT, MauBgpr
For further par iculars address H. X.
KENYON, Petroleum Centre. P. o. box
547. iau3l.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08

PRAcrIoAh CHEMISTRY venerable
couple in Scott County, Iowa, recently re.
ceivcd lesson in practical chemistry, by ac.
oident. Tho old lady took drink of lyo
IN mistake for vinegar, and, being uncertain
whether her taste was perverted Or sho had
got hold OF the wrong jug, she gave her hus-
band swig of the same, to get tho benefit
of his opinion upon the subject. Presently,
their throats and mouths began to burn,
when they discovered that it was lyo they had
been drinking, and swallowed some oil to al
lay the pain. The oil, combining with tho
lyo, formed soap which stimulated the sail.
vary glands to excessive action, causing a
flow of soapsuds from their mouths that was
as alarming as it was disagrceablo A ply
slcian' who happened to call while the pro.
cess was in full operation, relieved them by
the application of proper remedies, but it
was several weeks before they wero able to
enjoy their food again.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
O @ O NEE co U N r y
County Officers.

JESSE w. STRIBLLNG, Clerk of the
Court.
JAMES II. ROBINS, Sheriff
STILES p. DENDY, Judge of Probate.
WALTER NJ. WOODIN, Coroner.
FLETCHER SMITH, School Commis-
sioncr.
LEWIS MOORHEAD, J.Y JONES,
A. LAY, County Commissioners.
L. Is. JOHNSON, County Auditor.
B. w. BELL, County Treasurer.
A. BRENECKE, Jury Commissioner
D. BIEMANN, State Senator.
0. NJ. DOYLE, J. L. SHANKLIN,
Representatives.
w. q. LEE, w. M. WOODIN, j. w.
LIVINGSTON, j. B. SANDERS, JAS. b.
PHILLIPS, Trial Justices.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08
Currency.

Many things havo been used at different
times as money; cowrie shells, in Africa ;
wampum, by the American Indians; cattle
by Ancient Greece beaver. skins, in Canada
tobacco, in Virginia /; soap in Mexico.
Tho Carthagians used leather as money
probably bearing some mark or stamp.
| Frederick H., at tho siege of Milan, issued
stamped leather as money.
In 1860, John the Good, King of France
who was taken prisoner by the celebrated
Black Prince, and sent to England until ran
somed, also issued leather money, having q
small silver nail in the centre
Salt is the common money in Abyssnia, and
Goldfish in Iceland.
'Iiving Money" slaves and oxen, passed
current with the Anglo Saxons in payment
Of debt.
Adam Smith says that in his day there
was village in Scotland where it was not un.
common for workmen to carry nails, instead
of money, to tho bakers shop and to the ale.
house
Marco Polo found in China money made of
the bark of tho mulberry treo, bearing the
stamp of the sovereign, which it was death to
counterfeit.
Tobacco was generally used as money in
Virginia, up to 1860, fifty .scvon years af-
ter the foundation of that colony.
In l64l the Legislature of Massachusetts
enacted that wheat should be received in ray.
mcnt of all debts.
The convention Of Franco, during the Re.
volution, on the proposition of can Bon
Saint Andrcc, long discussed the propriety
of adopting wheat as money, as the measure
of value of all things.
Platina was coined in Russia from S28 to
1S45.
But the metals best adapted and most gen.
orally used as coin, arc copper, nickel, silver
and gold; the first two being now used for
coins of small value, to make change the
two latter, commonly designated as 'thc pre-
cious metals" arc used as measures of value,
and also as legal tenders.
On the continent of Europe composition
of silver and copper, called billion, has long
been used for small coins, which arc made
current ut much higher value than the
metals they contain.
In China, Sycce silver is tho principal cur
rency, and is merely ingot silver, Of uniform
fncncss, paid and received by weight.
Spanish dollars also circulate there, but
only after they have been assayed and stamp
ed, as proof that they are of the standard
fncncss
AS Asia Minor produced gold its earliest
coinage was of that metal
Itoly and Sicily possessing copper, bronze
was first coined there.
IIcrodotus says that the Lydians were the
first people known to have coined gold and
silver. They had gold coin at the close of
the ninth century, b. G.
Servius Tullius, King of Rome, made the
sound weight of copper current money.
Tho Romans frsC coined silver 2S1 b. c.,
and gold, 207 b. c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08
TOBACCO NOTICE.

pElNG unable to procure the services of
1D skilled buyer, I will suspend the purchas
ing of tobacco until the 1st of next May, at
which time MIR. JOHN +. DALTON has promised to
return and resume work in my factory. will
then buy ut the Richmond prices, or manufac-
ture on the shares.
Persons desiring to compete for the prcmi-
nms have offered, will please inform mo of
the fact and measure their ground and weigh
their tobacco after it is handed, in the presence
of q credible witness. They will also assort
the different grades produced. and preserve the
weights of each grade. Much of the profit
both to producer and manufacturer depending
as well upon the quality as the quantity, the
award award OF premiums will be influenced by tho
former as well US the latter.
j. j. NORTON.
Oct. 6, 1871 so
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This preparation has been thoroughly tested
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1t is Georgia production, perfectly free
from mineral poison, and is all it is recon-
mcnded to be. Have it always in the house
ready for usc as You know not when a member
of tho family may need it.
For Sale at Col. II. S. Van Divicre's, Wal.
halla, S. c., and Capt. j. p. Mickcr's, West
Union, S. @.
All orders should DO addressed to
JARRATT 4 MULKY,
Walton's Ford. Ga.
Juno IA, 1871 81 Gm
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ED- BY bestowing blessings on others wc
entail them OF ourselves.
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West Union.

j. P. MICKLER, Tntcndant
j. NJ. BEARD, ANDREW OSBORNE,
DR.. B. S. JAMES, FLETCHER SMITH,
Wardens.
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EY- Truth is immortal; the sword cannot
pierce it, fire cannot consume it, poison can.
not inoarcerato it, famine cannot starvo it.
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SpcCiaI Notice.

DERSONS indebted to TAYLOR & CO., will
1 please come forward and settle their accounts.
We have our credit to sustain, and can only do go
with the assistance Of those VIC have iadulged.--
We trust it is only necessary for US to remind our
friends Of our necessities. TAYLOR s. CRISP.
May %, 1871 81
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
UNITY or CONEE.

Thomas NJ. Stribling, Plaintiff,
S. A. Jones, Defendant.
10 s. Il. Jones, the Defendant IN Me aJorc
stated case:
4 answer the Complaint in 'I this sNsG action, ~
which is filed in the Office of tho Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for Oconce County and
the State aforesaid, and serve copy of your
answer on the subscriber, at his Office on the
Public Square iii Walhala, in the County and
State aforesaid, within twenty days after the
service of this summons on you, exclusive of
tho day of service.
If you fail to answer the complaint within
that time. tho Plaintiff will apply to the Court
for tho relief demanded in tho complaint.
j. j. NORTON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Walhalla, S. G., Nov. s. 1871. sc
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Town Officers.

Town Officers.
JOHN ANSEL, Sr., Intcndant.
G. NJ. YARBROUGH, II. G. ROCHAU,
II. STUCKE, NJ. BULWINKLE, II. W..
PlEPER, A. BRENECKE, Wardens.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08

A BEAUTIFUL SToRY.-D. Conway tells
In the World story Of female Communist
recently shot in Paris, that must remind the
reader, by it's pathos and true selfsacri6ce, of
some Of the scenes in ga Tale of Two Git.
ies." Mr. Conway vouches for the authentic.
ity Of the story. :
During tho commune an eminent surgeon
In Paris, who had no sympathy with it, en- ,
ployed himself in aiding tho wounded who
were brought to his oflioo. His chief assis.
tant was woman-a Communicative day
and night, nursed the wounded, and was the
most valuable assistant the surgeon had
When the Commune fell the surgeon was ar
rested and marched to the drumhcad court
martial. He supposed ho would be shot
AS he approached the door of the tribunal
he met his late female assistant coming out
between two soldieas "Why, Adelep he
exclaimed, chow came you here 7p The wo.
man fixed hard eyes upon him, and said, "I
don't know you, sir" The surgeon oonolu.
ded that his case must indeed bo hopeless,
as this woman doolined to acknowledge his
ACQUAINTANCE. Nevertheless ho got off some.
how, and then learned that at tho moment
when Adele said "I don't know you, SIR" she
was on her way to bo shot, and was shot,
For fear Of prejudioing his case she had re.
pressed any disposition to cry to him for aid
she had deniod herself the last word of
eympathy proherea on her way to death So
much for ono Of these fiends in female shane.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08

The SoUIRE's INDIGESTION old Squire
Ii was very successful aud substan-
tial farmer, in an interior town of Massacu.
setts, and more amazing eater never lived
in any town anywhere. And especially much
did he eNt when fresh pork was to be the
nourishment. We'll, at certain time one of
his hogs had been killed The next morning
there was to be fresh pork for breakfast, and
the old man eat most wondcrously In the
course of tho forenoon he ate his luncheon,
consisting of bread and butter and mince pie
and cheese. At noon his dinner consisted of
fresh pork, pickles, mincc pie, and the usual
accompanlmonts. His afternoon lunch was
like that of the forenoon. When he came
home to his supper, his favorite dish had
been prepared as part Of that meal. The old
man frettcd and scolded till fresh pork was
added to the substantials. lie ate vora-
ciously, as usual In the evening he toast
ed some cheese butter and ate it. Just be-.
fore goine to bed he roasted couple of apples
and ate them. In the night he was taken
with n severe collie; the doctor was with him
till morning and wrought miracle in saving
the old mans life. The next day Bollcs W.,
one of his ncighbors, went in to condolc with
the old Squire. "Faithful Bollcs," said the
old worthy, 81 like to have died last night.
I'll never eat another roast apple as long as l
live. never did love them very well and
last night ate only two, and they nearly kill
ed NO."
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THE EAGLE bird BY CHANcE-A few
days ago an cnterprising freedman, named
Stephen jenkins, was aroused III his resi-
dcnce, on Wadmaaw Island, by fierce screams
which seemed Ito proceed from the heavens
above him. Seizing his antiquatcd firelock
in the shape Of On old musket, with barrel
little less than three yards in length, and
loaded with everything, from mustard seed
up to a Minnie bullet, he cautiously stepped
forward to investigate the case. He soon
discovered the cause Of the noise in two i'm
mcnsc bald eagles, which were having ter
rifle battle upon neighboring pine. Intent
upon tearing each other, the royal birds fail.
cd to notice tho approach of the black dcs
troyer, and Stephen cropt up quietly until he
had got within easy range Resting his rus.
ty biundcrbuss against tree, he took steady
aim at the two oombatants, and pulled the
trigger. AS soon as he had collected him.
self from the rebound, and tho smoke had
cleared away, the dusky Nimrod went to the
foot of the tree, and found two magnificent
bald eagles struggling in the throes Of death
Stephen picked up his gamc, and our most
diligcnt inquiries failed to solve the question
whether broilcd, stewed or roasted eagles
proved the more palatable dish The birds
measured each eight feet from tho tip of one
wing to the other, and their talous and bcaks
were terrible to behold. Stephen is natural.
ly proud of his exploit, and, it is said, in.
tends to endow the Charleston Museum with
tha stufrod oGipo of hi, u;ot;n,o
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08

= A considerable portion of Chattanooga
was destroyed by fire last week. The origin
Of tho fire is attributed to incendiaries.
Two fires occurred in Charlotte, N. O., on
tho same night of last week, resulting in the
destruction of several valuable buildings. It
is charged to incendiarics
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M longer afford to keep Murphy In once,
masses harmhssly over his head, although
other moral Republican journals repeat the
nhrase of condemnation In various parts Of the
country. It is all one to Murphy what they
NAV believe, for he knows what he and the
President think about 1t. A more thorough
piece of work was never seen than that done
by Gonkling and Murphy last week. They SET
out to get an endorsement OF themselves anu
the President, and when the righteous
Greeieyites bolted, they sent them OF Win
cheers, confident that they would come up 10
the rack as soon as the mash was ready. HaV-
;ap fixed matters their own way, they force
the recalcltrant ones to return to the support
of the convention in which they had no voice
and of the men whom they had denounced as
thieves and scoundRels. Murphy had coWed
the whole tribe OF Radical protestants. But
this Is not all that Murphy has done. He has
made his customhouse the most liberal pay
masters office for administration employees,
and has managedit with the sole purpose Of
perpetuaeing his power through that OF his
master. This Is the man whom Grant "can-
not afford" to keep in Office Truly, If faithful
and successful servl;e counts for anything In
politics, Grant cannt afford to turn him out.
Murphy and Casey represent Republicanism;
and those who rebel must learn to eat dirt,
like Greeley.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-06

haveg given enough. 1t is only necessary to
add that the Union never recalls its infa-
nous charges, although they are proved,
over and over again, to be wholly devoid OF
truth. The school-boy maxim, Tell lie
and Stick to it, is sound doctrine in Colum-
bia. 1t is determined to repeat in South
Carolina the Ku-Klux trials which in Raleigh
were mockery of law and justice. We are
powerless to avert it. The extra-constitu-
tional powers given to the President will be
strained to the utnost. And what has been
done in North Carolina, and will be done in
this State, can be done anywhere-whereYer
there are United States judges, marshals and
grand juries; in any State or Territory OF
the Union. The Ku-Klux act applies to the
whole country, and the Conservative States Of
the North and West may deem themselves
lucky if they are not, ere long, treated in
the same way as the States 'lately in rebel
s'lion."
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TERMS OF THE NEWS.

TEE DAILY NEws, by mail one year, s'' sA
months si; three months 50 so. Served IL lhe
atty at EIGHTEEN CENTS week, payaoleto Tue COZ
riers, or ss year, paid In advance q. ae om.~
TEE TRI.wERkLY NKws, publishes on tussNe' s,r D
Thursdays and Saturdays, one se"l '''
months 81. CIV con,ss
10. Ten copies, to one address, sls. oo
sn,acR1rrIoss in all cases payable In sdvance.
80 ~ ,aner conr,nuea after the expiration OF
the time paid fer.
Rxx1rrANcKs should be made BY Postoface
Money order or by Express. II this cannot De
done, protection against losses by mail may be
-ecured BY forwarding draft on Charleston pay
able to the order OF the propretors OF THE NEWS
or by sending the money in registered letter.
Address RIORDAN, DAWSON 4 CO..
No. l4s East Bay, Charleston, sc.
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Current Literature.

BLACKwooD's MAGAZINE. September, 1871.
New York. The Leonard Scott Publishing
Company.
The two serial stories-the Maid of Skier and
Fair TO See-maintain their interest, the for
mer having all the charm of quaint study
from life. The paper on Wordsworth is writ
ten con amorc, and is more critically just than
the panegyric OF Scott in the August number.
The "Secret History OF the Loire Campaign" is
well worth reading as a suggestion of what
might have been. These, with the O'Dowd
papers and two political articles, make up an
attractive table of contents.
For sale at Mr.. John Russel's In King street.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-06

4 GENTS WANTED. - THE SINGER
n MANUFACTURING COMPANY received the
highest premium at the Cotton States Fair, held
at Augusta, Ga, In 1870 Also the highest pre-
MUM at the worlds Fair. constituted by the
homes OF the people,) for they sold 1883 Ma
chimes In 1870; d4,825 more Machines than any
other company. The SINGER is sold on easy
terms at state Agency, No. ls7 King street.
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