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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-30

Y A meeting was held at Cleveland. on
Wednesday last, to take action In regard to
relieving the wants Of the sufferers by the
stoppsgs Of the rehueries at that point. -
II was sta ed at the meeting that many
families were suffering for the bare necessi-
lieved at once cases Of actual starvation
might ensue. We do not proposs to moral
ize, but 1t appears to us this suffering is bu
just retribution. Cleveland, It 10 well
known to all hersabouts, Is the headquarters
OF tbc Internal combination that song BIT our
ruin and that Of the entire oil region, by
their raecally endeavers TO control and
manipulate the entire business, and now
that they have failed, as ma tier of course
much suffering follows among the poorer
classes who depended entirely upon the rum
mag OF the refneries for their daily bread.
Had this fallen on the head of such Villains
Is Rockefeller, Andrews, Watson, Bost-
wick. Lock hart. and others of the ring, the
verdict would have been, so far as this re-
gion is oncerned-"Served them richtr,
The Cleveland papers, with the exception
of the Herald, prate loudly in regard to the
misery and want caused their citizens sim-
ply because the oil men refused to be ruin. d
by the So. Imp swindle, but have not one
word Of sympathy for the army of men
thrown out of mploymeut-estma,ed as
high as 20, 0OO--iu the Pennsylvania re gion
through the vile Vaccinations of the wicked
sonlless rascals aud robbers of that city,
who, had they their just deserts, weuld
long since have been hanged higher than
Homan. Nearly all of the men thrown ont
OF employment in this region a,e meu of
family, dependent on their daily earning.
for the support Of themselves aud families,
consequently the suffering lie fully as great
as 10 Cleveland. With all this view, where
is the man but what wi | unite in putting
down the monopoly, endin saying that the
names of the men that wrought all this
misery should be consigned to infamy and
forever held in contempt by Ill good men.
Will the organs Of the ring at Cleveland
please copy?
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Another Valuable InveS

Gates BACK.SUCTION PREvrvro,
OIL WELLS, patented Angus. Is. ls7i ,v, ~" fOH
sircly prevents the ingress of air In oil w.. a 20
the tubing Il being drawn. Its n wel, . .. Will
10 OIL operators, that upon wells whsro a..
arc used 1t ia necessa y to preserve A, no.., ''a
feet vacuum ~ possible, and that no mir .h,aMI
let into the well, at any time, when II c,r a
he avoided; consequently, whenever the ,ru '
drawn fr M well it is the cause of croo, ,,,s ,s
1t, as the stnfling box, being then necessor,. U!
ed, the air Immediately rushes back bst,r. WI
tubing and casing. into the we'll going into y" y
rock and gas veins, and col sequently car.,"
oil and gas to rush back to great dist. ~
much 80, that 1t almost always takes .ever', y
after pumping Is resumed for a well to bo h..
back to Its fermer condition, and orlcn,,ms,
several weeks; and quite frequently well. b,vor
almost Compel ly ruined by the air bein, ,h,' =
in while drawing tusing q
The BACK SUCTION PREvENTtR ia ,.,,
to the shifting box anu works IN such w,v 81. ~
completely shuts up the space between the .,ns
box and tubing so ehectually that not A n0r,,o,. ,
air can get through at any time while the ,r.l..
being drawn and replaced. 1t supplies A vo,, !.
felt and is without question, one of the mos, y,
liable inventions of the day, to tho.e crr csd
oil business. No well should be withou, /, ,.I,',
ten times saves ten times i,s cost by once usrc
1T 1t is manufactured at the FOUNDRY Az,
MACHINE SHOP Of ANDREWS ~ co TIM
QUITE, PA, and for "a Q by Hardware Dealer,
II
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The Badger & Harms new well south OF
the Stone house property is doing fully 40
barrels per day, another well west of this
and distant about 80 rods, owned by came
parties, is ready for testing.
The same parties have another we'll down
about 700 feet on the N. W. corner of the
Say farm and near the Martinsburg road.
The Tom Scott well on the Kelly farm jus,
north of Martinsburg is down 1000 feet and
shut down for want OF water with o set OF
tools stuck in the bottom of IT,
A great portion of the Fletcher tract east
OF Martinshurg has been leased in lots o.
from 10 to so acres each some of these leases
were taken some three months ago for i'm
mediate operations, and not one wei. has
yet been started except the one sunk by J
A. Landing last fall-[ EmIenton Sun.
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Rain this afternoon.

1t appears that some of the sections ot
the Chicago Churches are not to Le fooled
with. Recently stranger visited one OF
their tabernacles on the Sabbath and seated
himself 10 an unoccupird pew near the
door. He was requested to take up pos .
tion further down. He said he preferred
sitting where be was. The Hard Shell
brother told him he would Ike 1t better
near the center of the church. The strange
said he guessed not. The brother said te
guessed yes. Then. after momen Is
pause, be reached forth bis right "bunch of
fives" and mixed them up carelessy in the
strangers coat collar. They both began to
move-toward the door. The movement
lasted five minutes, at the termination of
which the stranger gathered up the wrecks
OF his apparel that were scattered loosely
abont the sidewalk, aud gloonliy meapdsr-
ed off, while the brother, seeing things s.as
thro' glass darkly," groped bis way from
the sanctuary to bis own fireside and devot->
ed the rest of the Sabbath to bodily renova.
tion.
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NOTES OF THE DAY.

Washington has AGO blondes.
Stop Pbiladelphi.'s mouth BY giving 1t
the Cspital'
There 10 . VILLAGE In Hopkins County,
| Kentucky, called Ty.Whoppi'y.
Illinois produced $4,000 tuns of pig metal
las, year-tive years ago not tnn.
The spectacle Of q steamer running to a
fire setusiiy frightened Milwaukee COW to
d,at.
40 wugaIlAnt Minnesota paper published
the names Of 1903 old maids and widows who
are glad 1t is Leap Year.
GodIove S. Ortb, the celebrated Indiana
statesman, gets into the Kansas paper as
Golden S. North. 1t used TO 90 "Gotleib.
A Frisco man bought an old trunk ior six
bits (seventy-fve cents), and found IN It
several moss aga,es worth S15, aud an sme-
thyst valued at 5000.
A hotel il Grape street, Syracuse, before
which there is large watering trough. has
u sign bearing the suggestive words: milk
mems Retreat
The Savannah News has received for pub
licaton touching "Sonnit 10 Violet" in
the sourse Of which zephyr" is made 10
rhyme with "heiier."
A grocer recently had o pound of sugar
returned, with note stating that it con-
tained too much sand for table use, and not
enough for buii ding purposes.
A DR.. Stearns of Baltimore, has prepared
complete concordance to the Constitution
of the United States, by which any passage
may bs found at once, If any word in it IL
remem bered
st. Louis has heroine who rushed up q
fire. ladder into q Burning house, rescued her
somuoent lover without experiencing any
damage further than Q slightly scorched
chigaCu.
An interesting boy OF niae summers, be-
longing 20 Virginia city, Nevads, painted
his little brothe. in the most approved ST.
oux msnuer and exhibited him rs q caplur.
ed child Of Spotted Tail" Tor the sum o.
twenty-five cents q ticket. In that boy is
The nskig Of another Barnun. aud with all
the weatarn improvements.
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n The PERtLs or Coal MINING.-Death in
the mines Is horrible to contemplate. and
more horrible 10 experience. Shut out from
the light of day, shut out from the voices
Of friends, shut out from every means Of re-
lief, the poor victim, inhals at every breath
ths poisonous gases which work almost
certain death. For years the coal miners OF
Pennsylvania were left to the mercy OF
soulless corporations that failed to provide
against accidents which led 10 great loss OF
life. At last the Legislature OF Pennsyl-
vania passed law on the ventilati n OF
mines, and it was thought that the class Of
calamities that had rendered the past so
dark, 10 tho Lackawanna, Schuylkill. Le-
high and other regions would be nverted -
But the statistics furnished 10 .he State
Government by the Mine Inspectors in the
anthracite regions for the year 1871 is proof
of the fact that the Mine Ventilation law is
not enforced as il should be, or the list of
deaths for 1871 would not aud could not be
so great. We subjoin tteidark record:
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A story is told OF u youthful member Of
& lowing exordium in presenting his case, in
which he declared that ''when we look back
y Sn the uutroddeu paths of the future, we
brbo!Atbs footprints OF an Almighty hand. -
Elisha Blaekman, venerable Shaker, oi
Lebanon, Mass, has parted from bis life
long association, and gone to live with the
worlds people ut Boston.
During the performance ata London thea .
tel on the 18th OF February, little perform
rr not down 90 the bill, made bis first sp.
pearance on any stage.
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The donation visit at the Central Hensk,
last evening, for the benefit of Rev. Scio-
field, pastor Of the NJ. p. Church, ives not
only a very pleasant affair and largely at.
tended, but was success in a pecuniary
point of view. nearly $500 in money being
donated for the benefit of the Rev. gentle.
man. The committee desire TO return their
thanks to Mr.. G. J. Cross, the gentlemanly
proprietor Of the Ceutrsl House, and the
young ladis~ Of that honae, for giving their
services free sud the use Of the hotel. Also
to the .Columbis Cornet Band for furnishing
music free.
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The PiLe E3ili Jugglc.

The reference being uy.sS>inths Pitts
burgh papers to an attempt tS pass another
free p.ps bill, srose from bill offered by
Mr.. Ballentine several days ago, extending
the general manufacturing and mining law.
or what ia now known as the free pipe bill
for the oil regions, to Allegheny, Pa. This
bill was introduced in obediencs to TO-
patch purrorting to come from the Petro-
leum Association of Pittsburgh. This dis
patch has since proved to be bogus. and in
obedience to the desire Of the Petroleum
Association. Mr. Ballentine bad the hill
killed, inasmuch as it would unavoidable
divert the trade 10 the Baltimore and Ohio
route.-C Pittsburgh Commercial.
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The bark NimIod was burnt of Bermuda
on the 10Th inst. or 'eventeen persons on
loard only ten were saved. The vessel wa
beaded with naptha and kerosene, aud "a
explosion from some unknown cause took
place In the hold behind the main hatch
1t is believed that the Captains wife and
daughter, a young girl, we:e in the cabin at
the time OF the explosion. When the fire
was seen from the barbor Of Bermuda it was
too late to render any assistance.
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Mirrors sometimes cast unpleasant refec-
tions. Que did in Boston last Saturday,
when young woman, seeking to slyly ap-
propriate pair OF kid gloves while tse
clerks back was turned, was thus detected by
him. He didn't DO anything in hurry, bn.
when she handed him Eve dollars to pay for
another pair she bad bought, be enave!y
smiled, and said, ''That will pay for both
pairs" The maiden blushed ond hastily
retired.
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REGISTER AND RECORDER.
CoRNpLANTyR March cd,

CoRNpLANTER March g3d, 1917.
Enron DAILY RECORD --Tou will please aa'
nounce that JAMES w. SHAW VIII pc can.'
Gate for denomination for tn. Office OF kegs'e, a
recorder at the ensuing Republican Primary h'e''
tion. at. r.,
Mr.. Shaw was private in the Army o, ine tn, ~,
ion and lost his right in our own sa'e u, srd
battle of Ge tysburg He Is competent, pton' ,ls
business public as an officer Therefore haNihI u,r
disabled in the service of our country, pnl oe oers
well qualified for -he position. and having nt ,oA
dence of the business public and coinniu,y m =, ~,
arge as an officer. his re nomination VIII oe Jug
at onr Primary Election on the day @i ,.,,,
neat NENANdo SueN
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Fight in a Concert saloon. Pistol shots
fred. Black jacks. used. Beer glasses
thrown around. Tables broken and used a
weapons. The doors closed and the Police
refused amittance," is the cheerful heading
to piece OF local news-in a Philadelphia
paper yesterday. This is pretty conduct iyt
Quakers!
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The Scranton Republican. says that about
ons~third of the whole number of the killed
met their death on account of the neglect Of
operators TO make second openings TO their
mines. Another third were killed By the
explosion of gases which would have been
averted if the law requiring every mine TO
to examined by an experienced miner with
a safety lamp before the workmsn enter It
had been complied With. About one.sixth
lost their lives through mere negligence, in
not paying sufficient attention TO the roof Of
the mines and otherwise, while the remain
ing one-sixth Of the whole number were
killed ny really unforeseen and unavoids-
hle accidents.
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The rumor that Rockaf.lIow, one Of the
Directors Of the South Improvement Com
pany ia d,sgusted with bis new reistionshi ip
TO the OH R4gion, aud is about to enlist as
"GeneraP tn the armies Of the San Do
mineo usurper, Baez. Is contradicted. He's
going into the forward ing business-shovel.
ling stone from his cornfeld into the corners
OF the fences,
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Brilliant colors and gliding have been
lavishly used in decorating the front of o
magnificent new store in Broadway, New
York. This gorgeousness are said to be al
ready designed by which even the radiant
costumes of the most resp'endent metropoli.
tan belle will he outshone.
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We see by the Volcano Nv. Va.) Lubri-
Gator that the Producers 10 that section are
kksly to have trouble in securing trauspor-
tation for their oil without an increase o,
freight tariff. As usual railroad corpora
ton is at the bottom OF it.
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Edward Park, Teller of the Bank of san
Jose, California, shielded ON Monday by
sh hooting himself through the head and tsl-
ling into the Guadalupe river. No cause
is .kcown.
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Fhe Buffalo and Tiluevilie Railroad has
oeen organized with the following officers at
this end of the route:
President-W. b. Roberto.
Directors--F. W. Andrews. Sss,ue. Min
81, W. W. Thompson. Z, A. L. Roberts,
" Il. Hyde, James II. Davis, John DiNing-
ham' Titusviile; James Parshlll L. b..
Grandin, Tidioute; W. B. Benedict, Euter-
prise; James McCray, Petro,eum Centre;
g. Q Brown, Plsasautville.
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The South Improvement Company ques-
tics was dh-cussed to ssms extent at the
Opera House Saloon, night before last The
uoiversal opinion appeared to be that had
any Of the members of the monopoly ''put
10 an appearance" about that time, a little
dancing In the air would have resulted.
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Jacob Martin, at tho Chillicoth House
Peoria, H., met with n terrible death last
night. He had been sick and in fit of de.
lsrium started to walk with q kerosene
lamp In bis hands, but falling down broke
II, setting fire TO bis clothas and was burned
to death.
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Gold at l p. IN. llOIs
MASS MEETING.

OH producers, refiners aud people inter
ested are respectively requested to attend a
ness Teeting at Oil City, Wednesday,
April Sd, at Loves Academy of Music, at
10 o'clock a. N. 10 hear the report Of stbs
Committees on Legislation, Transportation,
Railroad and Finance; also other imports
sat business.
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Some idea OF what newspaper good will
is worth. may be bad FROM the recent sale Of
the St. Louis Democrat ior $454, 100, while
the establishment would not inventory Ut
over 500, coo, all toli-the balance, $780,
100, is for ''good will"
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GATES BACK SUCTION paI
TENT0R.

MEssTs. ANDREWS & Co --GvyTlynEy.-Havi,,
used one OF Gates BACK SUCTION PRE- rNs
TORS, can confidently recommend the sane IN Al
who have occasion 10 use the same rs tls b4.t p-
ventor of Back Suction on oil Wells. Our well Va,
so small that it hardy paid to run II After mn,
ting on one Of CAFES BACK SUCTION pPr
VENTOkS the production wa- increased 10 c.s
paying well. Before we put the Rack suction H..
ventor on the well, we invariably had to prmp N.
wsll two weeks before we coud restore to Il, io
mer production after drawing tubing Ibis is a.
tirely obviated by the use of the Prevcnt.r
HART, PERKINS & Co
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The Russian masses OF the people are said
to he good mechanics or workmen only from
the initiative capacity, but possess no orig,
inality.
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PkoTHONOTART.

j. J. HAIGIlT, of Pcasantville, n, late Capt
of Company 3D. lllth Pcnna Vet. Vol lnlantry
will he II candidate for the office Of Pro honator'
of yens1go' county. subject to the u-iges Of h
Republican party, at the primary election.
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WANTED!--A Simon pure S. l. c. Agent.
Must be posted and willing to d, "dirty
work" or course no HONORABLE mau will
apply.
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cY- Go to the jamestown Clothing Store
for your Clothing of all kinds. They are
selling goods ''dirt cheap"
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Colonel King, OF Texas, has snug little
farm of "a, 1872 acres, whereon are pastured
$4,000 horned cattle, 10000 horses, 1000
sheep and 5000 goats.
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For Nale.

A desirable and paying business, In y good
location. Income from $1,000 to $l.500
per month. Terms moderate. For full
particulars enquire at the RECORD office.
mch22 lm.
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Mr.. EDIroR-Pleaae Announce the name o.
san UEL REYNOLDS, cf Petroleum Centre, @s
can dda tc for the Otlice Of Prolhonoar' OF 'ehal
90 County. at the ensuing Republican pTlmss!
election We believe MIR. K would fill tile ONCE
with entire satisfaction to all.
Many Voters.
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This has been the longest skating season
'on record In New York. 1t has lasted ll2
days- twenty days more than any one that
has preceded it.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

ED. REcoRD:-l'lease announce II. B HlAON
of Cornplanter Township, a. a candidate for Com
ty Commissioner, subject to the u,ages Of The kt
publican party at the primary election: ,,,n,
MANY VOTERS
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For Sale.

A desirsble House located in the Lake
Shore BoG. Water convenient. Is de-
sirable residence for small family. Terms
exceedingly SAbp. Eoqn'r' at 'h; ,.r = o.
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F. W. HASTINGS, of Franklin. Is candidate
for the office of Pro,honatory of Venanso Count!
subject to the decision Of the Republican party q
primary election.
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IA stay of proceedings has bsen granted in
the casa Of NARROW the jamestown Murderer,
and . new tIislivilI be bad.
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A Young Mems Christian Association
has been started st TiOnesta. Good
enough!
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cB Beautiful and fashionable SoArfs and
Neck Ties, at. ALDEN'S.
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II(s At.

The Poor Book of Cherrytree Township,
between the mouth of Tarr Ruu. aud Pion
eer. The finder will please hand to Tbom.
as McHugb, OF Petroleum Centre, and
oSlise
". ". LANE,
J. l.. FoRKkR,
Ovsrssera.
Cherrytlee, March 29tH 1872.
march $685.,
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Local Notices.

.. Nj. Petten.ill d Co. 81
Park Row, New Yotk, and Geo. p. RowsIl l. Ca
Advertising Agents, are the sole agents for the Pc
troleum Centre DAILY RECORD in that city. Ad
iyertsers in that city requested to leave their
avors with either of toe above houses
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MEssEs. ANDREWS & Co-lIavng thorou,b',
tested tho utility Cf GATES BACK sUCTlN
PREVENTOR, We consider them ole Of the mo-.
useful Inventions ever made ior oil wells and VI.
think We are capable of judging of them. hayir,
three on our wells We can now aw bing, and
when they are replaced the wells produce the .ans
n tore drawing. thus showing that the Preyelti,
eiecually prevents all iucress Of air
Yours respectfully,
BACON 1 EiGyrY
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MEssRs ANDREWS & Co-Gryrs This is ,
certify that have used one OF GATES BACK srC
TlON rREVENrORs, on the Lee ~ Iii hlar.
Lease Economic llil, and would not do wtOgi
IL at any prlce, II Will do all nnd mo'e han |,
recommended To do. I'D can cheeriuy recOL.
mend it 10 all Oil Operators who have any Back IA;
tion Wells.
Yours, &c.
JouS MYrE,.
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\ crying s'u taking bsbies to the play
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ANNOUNCEMENT. A

Tidioute, Feb'y ., ls7a-.iaw am.
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Chairman General Committee.