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! csnt, W have only " give 10 onr opinion
that the charge 10 absurd and ridiculous. -
Every psrsoni at oil eouverAaut With the
show business, knows that there are thous.
auds Of high minded noble men and womsn
whoss daily bread 10 earned by appearing Z
before the iooilishts nightly, and even dane.
Ing 10 the Jardin Mabills Can Can, or tax.
Ing the character OF the French Spy. Men
and women who would scorn TO do . bsss
action; whose lives are withsut blemish,
aud whose society 10 courted by all.
II the Derrick 10 20 strictly moral why did
IL outrage deeency BY advocating the per-
nicious doctrine Of "Abortion," )" or 10 plain
er language "iufant murder" lfso fearful
Of corrupting the public morals why did it
not devote the space given 10 telling the
people that Tony McCrystsls Female Min.
strels were "prostitutes and pimps." using
language that even sporting papers would
not allow, thereby securing them crowded
houses aud "ipjuring the public morals
from the standpoint ofthst paper, to rplig-
ious reading beneficial to tho morality Of
the public and not Injurious. And, 10
conclusion, why have no less than one dozen
subscribers to the Derrick in this place, In.
formed ns "that the language used in that
journal would not allow oi:,hem placing it
before their families" These are facts
without stamps.
OF the morality Of the two journals wc
leave the public to Judge. The RECORD
may be indecent" but during our cennec-
ton With 1t We have always endeavored 10
carry out our convictions Of right. to which
our friends and subscribers will bear tssti.
mony to, and IL Madame Jansuscnsk, Nj
Tony McCrystal, Mr.. Stetson or Mise Lydia
Thompson, act 10 . tair and honorable
manner With us, wa shall treat them iu like
manner. "Stamps talk honorably with u.s."
Finis.
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The severe wind storm oa Saturday alter
noon and evening proved very destructive
In this vicInity to the oil interests. . large
number Of dsrricks being blown down and
completely demolished, in many cases also
blowing down the engine honses, and
tearing up heavy sampson posts and sills ss
II they had been % much chafY The fol-
lowing 10 . partial list Of The derricks blown
down 10 this vicinity:
90 tho S. NcCrsy farm, Pittsburgh
lease. two dsrricks.
Csdy d Tbom pson lease. one.
Irwin lease, one.
Green Mountain lease, one.
Phillips & Boyles lss.e, one.
Columbia farm, i've.
AcGrew farm, three.
Baum farm, one.
Dempsey farm, Eslicottvills OH Cos lea,s,
one; Brrrstt d VauSch.ick, one; George
Mays, one.
In addition to the above va are informed
| that several were blown down on the Mag
ara farm, Pearson farm, Brown farm, aud
other points on Cbstrytrss Run,
The derrick at the Hart d Conkle we'll,
Lanb farm. IVES completely torn to spl,n-
tsrs as'
At Pithols several buildings were blown
down. and . large number Of dsrricks.
Cssbup, Red Hot, Shsmourg and other
points slAo suffered severely.
% the whole the storm was probably tho
worst ono In amount OF damages done to
property that has visited this locality for
several years. 1t 10 estimated that over 500
dsr.icks wers blown down Ia veuaugo
soup,y sione.
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Ths OH City Derrick OF Saturday takss
ut totask ata dfssdtul ratson the question
Of morality, &o., an Of which 10 exceeding
ly gsod, cunning from the source II does. and
probably intended to auuibilats us at one
fell sweep, but - We ''don't annihilaie
worth cont let ,us sss how tho matter
stands
In The .arst place the article 10 that paper
wsnld lsad the geusratfssdsr 10 inter th~,
this paper WAS aod bad been Ia tho habit Of
sustaining and upboldiug amussuents cal
cuistsd ts'''impair the public MORALS" Of
which that Journal processes 10 DO the great
head and front. provided anybody ''csn see
IT," which from recent observations made
10 ou tearing BY ,hs staunebsst frispds
Of that journsl in this vicinity, w hsve rsa.
son TO doubt, especially the morality part.
In sur article 90 The Dsrrick's criticisms
Of the showmsn, We distinc,ly stated tha.
We knew nothing whatever "of The merits
or dsmsrits Of Tony McCrystsl's Female
Minstrels," but did say that We thought the
severe criticisms Of that paper on deserving
troupss were unjust The articles In that
psPsr show plainly that 'stamps talk" loud
With them, else Why do they advertise and
put up so.csllsd immoral exhibitions (ses
ustics Of Tony Nee Niustrsls in that pa.
per day or two sioce, and upou their de.
parturs from town, after settling their bills
10 an honorabls manner, then taking occs-
sion to "stab shsm Ia. the back" Ifstsmps
dos't talk, why, oh why, dosE the immscu-
lsts moral hssd and frsnt OF ssst journal,
do any advertising Whatever for Ainstrsls
Theatres, Can Can Troupes, &C., but in-
stssd carry out The mersliiy dodge to the
letter aud spirit fths editors belief, and
refuse oil pstronags OF that kiad for fear oil
iniu'ing the public morale. Either ''stamt 9
talk" or elss the Can Can advsr isemsut
would never have appeared 10 that paper, W
everybody acquainted With the prspristors
OF The OIL City Public Moral. understands
Tally what . "hauksrinE after the filthy
Iue's' they have. morality being thought ol
anmadistsly after the bill 10 settled, thus
sormtas IN excellent cloak Tor what savors
strongly OF extortion.
With regard to the isnguass used BY the
Derrick In speaking Of the slow people aud
slssstpS Nsu w,tt I'll tha. i, via Aad .nis.
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Csicutia's commerce 10 decreasing. .

Cslcutla's commerce 10 decreasing
Joaquin Miller 10 OF for South America.
| A Connecticut womAu's s!isf for her huS-
bsud's death wus Increased by the though,
that tbe pGrior curtains were Ia The wash.
An Illinois preacher lays not up for him
self ricbes on earth since three successive
thieves have broken through his house and
stolen.
The Supreme Court Of Masssohusctts hav.
ing decided that suicide 10 not . crime,
those who have committed it need not bs
AFRAID 70 return.
Game 10 very plentiful about Greeley
COL, the eolonists having all tney Gao do IN
keeping antsIopes aud jack rabbits from tsl
Ing possession Of Lbs city.
Says an Irishmau OF Chicago: "Sbosr,
there are NO psooie VI all 10 The most den
ssly populated districts, and the sidewalks
10 IN the middle OF the street."
The initiative qaAiity 10 mems nature is
spty illustrated at The thsstsr when ~
many go Out on the low eriug Vt the act drop
~ take q drop themselves.
1 The principal Of abig school in an Illinois
town was Knocked oswn With u curling
iron 0y 40 indignant mvther whoss daush-
ter he had srdsrsd 10 ieAvs tns school be
cause Of mishe ehAvior.
The Chc.go Republican publishes sec
tions VI Sast 1t calls "a vsry Dad pvsm ~
On the nre, suo says that ii asy Vi its read
ers knew the author. aud will XIII uim, Il
VIII publish his obituary iree.
Tue Reading Times observes Of Theodor.
Tiiion that bis phrsn0logicsl bumps
have Gesn modelled somewhat after tho
streets VI Pot'sv'lIs-wsy up In some places
aud wsy dU~n In olhsIs
A man irom Ssu Fronoisco, who had not
heard u tDs Culesko fire. arrived tier.
last week. Alter looking st Toe runs us
tusaed ~ . stranger aud asked, "How
long did tue earthquake last, old SPORTY"
TIE following conundruu 10 just - oew
now ~ ever II was q" Wha. 10 The dlff.l-
sncs between the Emperor vi Russia and .
UsygAr' The one Issues nau,tsstve, and
lhs oIber mauifsss toes without hi.
shoes.
Having satisfied themselves Of their CON-
patAoiiity ~ probationary partnership
ot four years. duration, an Ind,suu couple
rscs nl!y called Qua justice OF the p-ac.
aud bad tbs Agreement made more bind
lDg.
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Commodore Hancox, Of New York, has
just returned from South America, wbithsr
hs had goas 10 perfect arraugeneats Tor the
navigation OF the Orinoeo river with steam
srs Of bis own build. Commodore uancox
givss cheering accounts OF South America,
and OF Venszu sls. be having been the frs,
to open that Republic 10 American com
merce, tue Caugress thsrs having Ruarau.
tsed him the exclusive right of so doing
Th. Statss of Bogots and Bolivia bavs now
caught tue iphnsnce Of this enterprise.
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Crszy' ~ 10 H said to be-, Gsorg.
Francis Tram WAS more than . match for
the Cincinnati Esquirer when, the other
day, b. replied 10 the sdverss criticism,
VI that journal 10 the following telegram
You miserable dogs 4!
What power has your scurrilous pen {!
Yon talk 10 city oi hogs,
to Q world OF men.
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About TIVE o'clock yesterday mordine, The
Ice broke up 10 Oil Greek at Pioneer, and
came down With . rush, forming . gorge
aboit half way between the Boyd and Egg
bert farm bridges, sud flooding the fats for
ssms distance, causing several families re-
siding along the banks OF the Creek to move
out 10 hnrry. For . short time Is wa,
feared the whole upper cad Of the tow
would BE- swept over BY the huge masses oil
Ice which came tearing slsng at Q trixbtful
rate Of speed and piled up GU top Of one 40.
other st tho gorge. So great was the alarm
fslt that many famil les commenced moving
ont their household ef'scts. Fortunately,
during the day ysstsrdsy, the water 10 the
Crack fell, aud % further damage 10 appre-
bonded st present.
Between Sherman Well and Pioneer, y
much larger gorge exists than At this point,
and the entire Sherman fat and . portion OF
the fats at Pionser were entirely submerged
by the raging food So sudden was tba
break up" that the residents at these
points had barly time 10 escape, in many
cases having nothing on but their nigh,
clothes. For short time "thiugs nun.
dane looked ''shskey' thereAbouts. but the
food subsidized sufficiently during the MORN
log 10 allow ihs Inhabitants TO move back
into their bous-s.
The only danger to b.. feared 10 Of . heavy
"freeze up" add sudden thaw afterwards.
the result Of which, witb the vast hody oil
Ice at present 10 the Creek, might prove
disastrous 10 the extreme
Just before going 10 press, we understand
That the ice has commenced to move again
between Pioneer snd Funkville, and 10 the
event OF The water rAi'ua will prob ably be
carried out without further damage.
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Gold at p. N. losIi
RE M0VAL.

The Office Of the Daily Re.
sord has been removed to the
building situated four doors
below the late location, direct.
" opposite the McClintock
House. and next door to Odd
Fellows Hall. Our friends are
invited to call and sec us.
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scRusGRARss,' PA.,s December 23, ls7lE
Ths Cosmopolitan we'll At this place. b,-
longing to Botsford 4 Co, took Gro this
morning BY an explosion Of gas Wills drill
ling, severely burning six men. including
one OF the owners, Mr. Eotsord. They
have had every attention paid 10 them At
The Gregory house, and the physicians in
stt~ndsncs thiok they will Vi! ultimately re-.
cover. The derrick ws' entirely destroyed,
but the Gre has bsso extinguishsd. The
we'll has been aowlng for several days
through the casing. not h.viug been quite
completed aud bids tair to be slargs wsll.-
Rsgsirs have already been e1musoc-d.
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Some cue thinks that a youDg| man must
h've very fancy opinion Of himself when
BE- proposes 10 yonng lacy 10 marry him,
aud then eoSly 'utorms her that it will bs
N least twos three yesJ Sstc,e he IL sbls
20 mary,
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LOs.at Notices.
ii. PettenyiIl IL Co. b

8. II. PetIenSfIl Il Co. 81
Park io~, New l.tk, and Geo. p. howell 4 C.
Advertising Agents, are the sole agents for the Re-
uoleum Ienns DAILY Rlconp In hat city. Ad
vsrtisss in that city are requested to leave thsii
avors with either OF toe above housss
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The heavy wind which prevailed Ss,ur-
day sftsrnoon did considerable damses to
bnildings in course of erection in ChicsRo.
Several OF the outside walls Of The Tribune
building were more OF less smsgsd. Nor
tons new building on Washington street,
which had been carried up four stories, vas
almost completely demolished. A chimney
90 Lsssle street was tumblsd down and
one man buried undsr It and killed. Sew
raj other buildings were slightly damaged.
Atnsll waif of huusnliy IL said to have
recs nsly been left at the house Of a gsntls-
man in Warren whose household bad not
been hitherto blessed 10 that way. The
Ledger saysthat steps are being taken to
aod-0nt
Who was ito father,
Whs was its mother,
Had II . sister?
Had 1t brotheri" DC.
Ths little chap will be taken care of 10
some way doubtless
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Lost.

On Wednesday. between the Boyd Farm
Bridge and the Depot, Memorandum
Book Of some wells, but had 90 name 10 ,I
Th" hud-r will confer favor by having IL
At this Otics.
J. MCLArGHLIN,
Tarr Farm.
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Take Notice.

Now ia the time to buy your Apples. As I
am selling them of at prices that will hs-
tonish You. IRON one aOliar barrel and up.
wards or anything e!Ie Ia the store. 10 NJ.
Briggs is going 10 close ont about the hr.t
" tbe month. Call and see for yourselves.
E. T. BRI0as
Per II. II. WARSER, Clerk.
dec2ltf
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II GAFFNEY 10 the ONLY SQUARE
LlQVGR DEALER on the Creek. Give
him . call
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Large stock Of Leroy ". Fairchild's q
OLD PEN$-best in the market,
ov2i-tf. Al SIMMONS
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II Go 10 GAFFNEY'S for ans CIGARS
anu cheap fer cash.
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Now stock Of Winter Clothing
at ALDEH'S
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For Sale or Rent.

The building Lately occupied by A. N
Shuts ssa Bakery aud Grocery Store. En.
qaire of
II. c. JARVIS.
Petroleum Centre, Pa. dec Civ
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II HOLIDAY GOODS 10 gre.. vsris'
ty,
At SIMMONS.
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II GAFFNEY'S LIQUOR STORE 10
III" only place 10 look for Hotel Glaze
Ware. IA
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ADHleSs Ans,1eet

Apples: Apples!
Just received one hundred barrels Of thoae
nice APPLES from the farm, aud twenty
barrels of our hest ClDER-the hest ths,
ever Game to this tovn. Call and see for
yourselves.
Eov7tf II. Il. WARNER.
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LIVE AND LET LIVE!
inst received At hessa d Arnstronr's
Fl ur and Fed S ore, 1900 bushels extra
WHITE OATS, which will be- sold at low.
rst cash prices! o2s-tG
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|" GAFFNEY keeps constantly on
hand Scotch Ale and London Porter, espee
ally Tor family nsr.
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Go to ALDEN's for The ia.est styles Hat
d Caps.
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II BUFFALO CUT HAY. q.
Scb"rmerhoru 4 TenEyck's.
jul2.H Cor. End d Washing gtOh Sts.
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Fresh Eggs and SUPERIOR BUTTER
SCHEAkRHORN l. TEN EYCK'S
cor Washington l. Second Streets. m23 H.
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Administfators Nolicc.

Bgissa a,tIibates .hs ssdrsss q bHs
L" iua { ;es,foa,
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SWEET POTATOES.
Nice SWEET POTATOES jn.t received q
nov ST. AEASE l. ARNSTRONG,S.
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II CHOICE CIGARS-new stock,
Al SIMMONS.
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
A nice line OF Brackets, Framss, Ch'l-
diens Chsira, Slsighs, &C., At Jarvis
Furniture Rooms
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lE01SE.TEC AEW7 6.

NV YORK. Jan. is.
The trial Of the Camden election
rioters began yesterday in the United
States District Court. The eases cx-
cite great interest. being tine first
which have arisen under tine law to
enforce the Fifteenth Amendment.
A number of persons have been
indicted as agents OF France. Tor
the past few months they have been
the principal buyers of arms in tire
Americdn market. and. as 81 rule,
purchase tine best quality, but the
shipments Of artillery are small.
WASHINGTON. Jan. Is.
Judge Kelly Yesterday received
COPIES of the adverse opinion to tine
constitutionaljtv of the income tax,
given by Hon. VIM. III. Erarts and
Spencer Miller. Judge Kelly viii
lay this opinion before the Commit
toe on Ways aud Means, and ask
consideration mt an early day. when
parties i'm favor OF the repeal of tine
tax may be heard ia that interest.
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a DISFATC He 8 .
rncu sa~
SAy FrANnrsco. i'm. ~.

SAN t~RtNcTsco. Jan. H..
Henry Smith. aged -. 81 native Of
Australia. John -. Holland. aged
-. a native of England. and Mary
Nchail, aged -. % native off Cali
fornia. We're taken to the INSANE
Asylum to-lar,
The jury in the ease Of Berrnar
vs.. Dale. for damages for wife steal
ing. which has been ou trial for sew
cral days. gave plaintiff 500 dam
ages.
Following is tine programme ar
ranged for Governor i5o and his ia
pauese as~ociatgs during their Stay
here. Thursday. l0 q. M. vfsi. -ae
Mint: then the SAN Francisco Assay
Works. himhalI's carriage works.
etc; Friday. Generals Ord and eeha-
field viii tase them on the steamer
Gen. Mcpherson 10 AicatraE. where
there viii le aiutes and prof. h1-
ARTILLERY practice; then jo usaar for
tsacation~: Saturday they VIII visit
Mare Island as the guest ot Com
modoro Golisborougu; Sunday they
will visit lie Gilt House and otle-
places Of rubiie resort: Monday
they viii witness tl" lying artlslor
drill ana field practice ~- the Pre-
sidio.
Tire levy Ing Of a fourth assessment.
Of so per Share by tae hen.uc&
Mining Company has ha1 &c very
Obvious eaget in depressing Clo mag
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Toor RscE-N foe. race will taEe
place ON the Carson on Thurs
day next, Jan. la. at q O'Clock p. n..
between Scott, of Virginia, anil John
SON. ol Gold Hil, johnson giving
scott so feet in $50 yards. To sar, a.
the rerur. eli a pistol They ram for
$500 Il side. The race was made in
Virginia City GA Friday last. hut ow-
ing to the deep snaW ina Virginia the
parties have agreed to run iii Carson.
The coin is held 10y John Daniels al
Virginia. Both contestants ARE i'm
town, and both are sauguiue q sue
cess. They say WHOM powder burn.
the best man will win.
PlrESr FLUID BURNERS, rrc.-E.
Il. i,aii aas made arrangements 30 as
he can now furnish the Patent fluid
Burners, etc. Altering of lamps done
to order. lie also has on hand 4 large
stock Of skates and sleigh bells. ID
which he most respectfully calls the
attention u the pubic.
4 VARIETY SroRE.-J. J. Nan3le-
baum desires tho public 10 know That
they can be furnished from his store
with the following curious compound
Of articles: STATIONERY, Candies, Nuts
Vegetables, Poultry" etc.
AFINE cigar. and the best brands o
smoking and chewing tobacco, in fac.
the precious leaf in the choices, forms
will be appreciated by q purchaser il
Mandlebaum's.
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THE BEsr AND CHENrr TSroRr II THE
SrArE-olcoylrh BROS, who have really
the best facilities in the state for selling
cheap, as they buy only in the Easi. an
nouncc to the ladies OF Carson City and
vicinity thai their prices are put down
lower than ever before. They made j
large purchase Of French goods before the
Prussian and French war commenced,
and are now abl to sell foreign and 10
mcstic goods cheaper than they can he
bought evcn in san Francisco. Good bar
| gains NJ unusually low rates for the hoIl-
days ; and ladies are respectfully invited
! TO make their purchases AZ olcovich Bros.
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CoMSG.-Sheriff Ben Fitch. Of
Elko county, will arrive here by
Dyer's stage this morning, with the
Pequop car robbers. recently con-
victed in the Ninth District Court.
Their names + Dan Taylor, Dan
Baker and Leander Morton. Dep
uty United States Marshal Ash came
down from Virginia last evening TO
receive the prisoners on the part Of
the United States authorities, by
whom they will be tried Tor their
lives for having robbed the mails
by force of arms and ieopardized the
lives OF United States mail agents
We presume the State District Court
withheld sentence for the result Of
the trial before the United States
District Court, which will he COM
menced on or soon after the 9th of
February. If they are found guilty
as charged in the Indictment. the
above named robbers will be planted
in the sagebrush instead of taking
mp their residence at the Warm
Springs.
MILLS STorPED.-About 300 yards
of the great Mexican aume on the
Carson river was destroyed night be.
fore last by q break one mile below
the dam. In consequence of this
mishap, both the Mexican and Nor
gan lmills have been compelled tc
shut down for n week.