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rho Green.EyeG Monster in British
Columbia,

Acvicea from Victoria, dated June 2Sth,
give the following particulars OF an auoc
ious murder at Nanaimo: Geo. Bell, "a coal
miner, having beaten his vile, an Indian
woman, until she confessed that d man
named Datson had enticed her to house OF
improper purposes, gave Datson twenty-tour
hours to leave the town; If be remainded he
would kill him. Da,son Immediately went
to Departure Bay and went to work there.
Four days after Bell made his will, procur
ed a double,barreled shotgun, revolver and
bowie knife. and proceeded in search OF
Datson. On finding him, he fired both bar
rels of the gun and FIVE shots of the revolv-
or. None Of the shots appeared TO have
struck him, aud Bell finally plunged the
knife into his neck, inaictiug frightiul'
cash. Datson fell, and Bell threw himse
upon him, and cut and hacked him 10 the
face, head, neck and body, and then beat
the head almost into q jelly with the re
volver stock. Twenty cuts and stabs were
found after death. The murderer was dis
covered by Messrs. Alport and Beck, of the
Vancouver Coal Company, who immediate
ly arrested him aud lodged him in Jail
at Nanaimo. The body OF the murdered
man was also brought down, and an inquest
held. The jury, with hardly any delibera-
!ion, brought in verdict of willful murder
gainst George Bell.
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The Grand Jury of st. Louis have reports
ed on the affairs of the House Of Refuge of
that city, and have found that boys have
been terribly whipped and shut up dark
dungeons for trivial offences, kept for two or
three days without food, and otherwise
abused and maltreated. II these reports Of
cruelty in public Institutions are true, it is
time that the whole system was overhaul
ed.
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ALLENDER Run The McGrory farm
Allender Run, owned by J. NJ. Kepler of
our town, has well doing G or 7 barrels
per day.
Not far from this we'll, on the Copeland
farm, is well yielding 8 barrels daily.
There is just probability of new oil
field being found here.
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For Sale.

Wishing to concentrate my
operations to my farm in Gran
berry township l offer FOR
SALE 8 producing wells on my
Central Farm lease aoithout
Machinery lie. to say / will sell
the wells with casing and rig
but not the Boilers, Engines,
tnbing or other property on the
lease. G. 2. BUTTON.
N. B. For particulars ap-
ply to Mr.. John Holsapple.
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johnson, the druggist has just received
something new and novel in the line OF
lamp chimnies. known es Blackman & Co.'s
Patent Glass Base Mica Lamp Chimney
The beauty of this chimney is that it will
not break, and throws out bright clear
light, just the thing to read by. We would
advise our lady friends to try it,
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For Sale Cheap.

j H:MAGEE, Oil City, has some ,e,v
desirable building lots for sale in ditfersn,
locations in oil City. Also, new and ssc'
ond hand machinery Of all kinds for AL.
cheap. Office, No. /, Sharp's Bock
Spring Street. 'A'
july l3-lm.
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D. A. James, Esqs, truck well on one
of the forks OF the Burning Springs Run, a
few days ago, which i, producing now about
so barrels OF oil per day. The well showed
no signs, not even smell Of oil, until a
crevice was struck at the depth Of $50 feet,
when she belched forth the "oiea genous
fluid" Truly the Burning Springs country
is not dead yet, nor destitute of oil. We
have always entertained the opinio that it
was the bes. light oil territory in the couu/
try, and we still hold to the same opinion.
Time 9alone, will disclose and verify the
prediction. - (Parkersburg, yves. Va,
Times and Gazette.
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A flighty Michigander claims to have ia-
vented telegraphic railway, by means of
which persons and parcels aggregatiug fl
teen hundred pounds weight can be traas/
mtted 10 car suspended from telegrs ph
wire u the rate Of q mile minute.
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The latest prodigy is Tennessee child ol
six monthe, having two well developed
heads, with di,li ct shoulders and upper ex.
tremities-bnt uniting Internationally d
little above the middle of their chest, form
ing one body with two well formed inferio,
extremities, corresponding TO each child.
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The horse which Gen. Buell. rode during
his military service in the late war died at
Paradise, on Green river, KY, few weeks
since. The general was greatly grieved
over the loss Of his favorie steed, and had
him buried in style and fuerral oration
deli vered over his grave.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-07-27

The mother of the boy Schick, SHOT and
killed on suspicion of trespass by Rev Sams
uel Browne, Of Cincinnati, has commenced
civil suit against him for $4,000, every
sent oe which she will doubtless recover.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-07-27

1t is whispered that Joaquin Miller has
shown the bar keepers Of San Francisco the
means Of adding new zest to a cobbler, by
using some ingredients from the despsed
sage bush.
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The well on the Pierce farm, owned by
Messrs. Woods, Irwin and Egbert was COM
p!etec on Thursday, aud proved to be dry
hole. DRYER than a gnawed bone. The
we'll had 80 feet of an inferior sand rock,
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An old bachelor, who had become melan-
cboly and poetical, wrote some verses for
the village paper, in which he expressed tie
hope that the time would soon come when
he should
"Rest calmly with shroud,
With weeping willow by my side.'
but 10 his inexpressible horror it came out
in print:
"Wben shall rest calmly with shawl;
With o whopping widow by my side"
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ssWhat the Record Knows
About lt2,,

The st. Petersburg Progress, in an article
headed as above, goes into long and mean,
ingless double-leaded harangue over some
remarks We made in recent issue criticiz-
Ing Its gross exaggeration of the product Of
that district. Our observations were based
on the statements of q gentleman, himself q
producer there, and worthy of entire belief,
and attessed since by Others from there, with
ample opportunities of knowing, and by the
Progress itself conceding In Its last effort at
an oil report that there was not more than
dozen wells 10 the district yielding GO
barrels daily, the smaller fry doing 3, 6 and
7 barrels, and dry holes.he is silent on.
He boasts of his superiority over the I'll
tusvilIe Herald and. Courier in the accuracy
of his reports, and denies that he has ever
knocked the bottom out of the market. The
denial was altogether unnecessary. Let the
markets go up or down, certainly he of al
Others will escape censure. Neither bul
nor bear Will look to him for tho difference
as he never makes any anyhow.
Wewould just say to novice like bim--
Stick to the truth; be modest and not toe
pretentious; avoid slang phrases and sensa-
tional items, and above oil do not let your
angry passions rise when discussing a fail
question. Thus will you keep wit hin the
line OF respectable journalism and be bappy
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Gold at l p. m. ll434
NOTICE..

A meeting Of Grant & Wilson club of Pet
roleum Centre will be held at the office OF
Esq. Reynolds this evening at s O'clock
W. ". JOHNSTON.
Secretary Of Club.
jy 27/ls
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-07-27

NEW WELL.-A new well was completed
on the Phillips Bros. trsct, opposite Rouse-
vile, on Oil Creek, last night, which is
making fine show for oil. Had 100 feet OF
oil in the hole when completed.
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AtChicago, during the great fire. q po<
iiceman impressed into: service On express
wagon, standing near the North Side Po-
lice Station, to save woman who was bad :
ty burned, aa the flames were threatening
the building used ns the station house. The
owner Of the wagon sued the city for pay
mont for its use, and the Commissioners
have decided that be shall receive 10 CON-
pensatiou for his vehicle, as it was used fol-
hospital service.
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For Sale.

One Secondhand Piano ia good co0a,
tion. Price 500. Apply OF A. J. HAW
LEY. Gold Water Office, Petroleum Cent.
Pa. jy 25-lw.
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Girl Wanted.

A girl wanted to do homework In a Am n,u
family. Enquire at '"a"
Gordon's Hardware Store.
Petroleum Centre, Pa. June 2S, ls7a
june 23.tf.
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k0Gnl lYnNLGnA.
FOR SAX iCSlEAp

A lirst,class team OF DRAUGuT HopS
ES, WAGON, HARNESS Gc., In nao,
working order. For particulars inanirss s'sa =,
this office. jy 2G.2w. :"
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For Sale or Rent.

A desirable residence located on the En-
bert Farm. ashort distance from town Ts.
particulars apply to ="
Petroleum Centre, June IA, 1872.
il4-tf.
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The TrinitaIian Congregational churche
OF Boston in May last contributed $40, 533 O5
to the American Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions.
AT the recent annual distribution of prizes
at the University College, London, the first
prize for political economy was awarded to
a young lady.
The plentiful rains of The past three weeks
have caused the fields and trees to retain
their fresh green appearance to much later
date than is usual.
1t has been suggested that yonng lady
who has been lecturing on "thoughts and
their chariots," should entitle her pex
ture "Whllns aud their Wheelbarrows
There is not a licensed hotel or eating
house in Mercer county, and the traffic in
pint bottles is exceedingly lively.
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For Sale

$4,000 to 20, 600 feet of SECONDHAND
TUBING, at from rs to 35 cts. per foot,
The Tubing is in aDt class order and All
ready fitted. vi
April %. IT, II. II, WARNER
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Sunday Comfort still on deck and for ,,l.
at GAFFNEY'S.
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Or. NEWS The we'll on the Master farm
is looking little like the Claws Of Con-
necticut''
There ere three new wells being started
on the Nicely farm east of Turkey run.
The old Furnase well on Turkey run has
has been torpedoed and increased from to
Is barrels per day.
Several wells will be completed within
two weeks on the Dittman run. but we can
not expect eny very big strikes in that To-
cality.
Shirtz, Faunoe & Co., are pumping the
old Alum Rock well after sinking it about
one hundred feet deeper than when tested
before and rumor says it is a good paying
well.
On the Ely Ritz farm east of Turkey lun
there are three wells in operation, one by
Fertig & Hammond, one BY M'Culla and
others and one by Bowers of Titusville.
A new well was completed last week on
the Ely Ritz tarm very close to the line of
the Dittman farm which promises TO be a
good well; it is now pumping at the rate of
twenty-five barrels per day.
Birch, the tank builder, has just got a
twenty-five barrel well on his lot near Pc
tersburg. This lot IGunderstand he leased
for the purpose of building on, aud did not
erect dwelling house and tank shop. but
the ow ner of the land Mr.. Chas. Ritz pro-
! poses 10 come in for a little royalty ques-
| tion.
Below the mouth of Turkey run on the
Clarion river, operations are moving lively
Operators here have measured the courses
and distan ces of the meanderiug s'belt" and
have concluded that it will shortly appear
passing in an easterly direction from the
"Grass Flats" and will terminate its course
at or near Deer creek Beaver Township.
| BEAR CREEK.
Matters are about as usual from the Dutch.
ess farm to Martinsburg no new strikes of
any account. All the old wells are declip,
Ing little in the production. Il Emientou
| Friend,
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GAFFFEY'S Wines aud Liquors for med.
ieal use. The best and cheapest
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Gafney sells Lager

Gaffney sells Lager
If you
Want o Salesman,
Want Servant Girl,
Want to Sell Horse,
Want to Sell Pateut,
Want to Lend Money,
Waut to Buy a House,
Want to Sell a Carriage,
Want to Borrow Money,
Want to Sell an OIL We'll.
Want to Buy an Engine or Boiler,
Want to Sell House and Lot,
Want to lfnd Strayed Animal,
Want to Purchase On Oil Interest,
Want to Sell q Piece Of Furniture.
Want to Buy a Secondhand Carriage,
Want 10 Sell Tubing, Casing, Gas Pine.
Want to Find an owner for shytbior
Found, advertise 10 the RECORD, az moi less
than Ten thousand people read 1t weekly.
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NO MORE RUBBING!

STONES FOUNTAIN WASHERS.
ST., Philadelphia, Pc. Send fx Circular.
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A line lot OF Imported Wines and Liuuor
just received and for sale by GAFFNEY,
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Matters are about as usual from the Dutch.
ess farm to Martinsburg no new strikes Of
any account. All the old wells are declipi
Ing little in the production. Emfenton
Friend.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24

AN ArPREcIATIvE RESPONSE FROM HARVARD.
We have before published the timely letter
of sympathy addressed by the Faculty of the
University of Virginia to that of Harvard
College massachusetts, III view of the loss
of the last-named institution by the Boston
fire. The following is the appreciatiyc reply
of the Faculty of Harvard:
HARVARD COLLEGE,
4" CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December 10, 1872. :
"Dear Sir, The Faculty Of Harvard Col
lege send hearty thanks to the Faculty Of the
University of Virginia for their very well
come expressions oil sympathy and goodwill,
cal ed forth by the recent losses which this
college has sustained.
"The kind hope expressed by the Faculty
of the University Of Virginia that the losses
Of the college may soon be repaired is in n
fair way to be fulfilled. The probable losses
amount to S25U,0U0, of which sum one.hali
has already been subscribed by friends OF
| the college and Of all culture.
ave have been touched and quickencd
| BY your sympathetic words, A disaster to
| Harvard i, a national calamity You give
u,terance to faith which is ours too that
vigorous universities are essential to Ia.
| tional strength, and that the interests of all
! institutions Of the higher education are com.
mon.
81 beg you to convey to the Faculty over
which you preside the cordial wishes of. the
| Faculty OF Harvard College for the pros
| perity of the University of Virginia rs m
important element in the national prosperity
"Witll much respect, very truly yours,
CHARLES w. ELIOT, President
"ProfeS>or Charles s. Fenabie, chairman OF
the Faculty Of the University Of ViIgi-
nia.'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24

Nese S,riea,,s. Eor AasdisoT os ths State
The Assistant Tse,snse Of the Unilsa G .les:
For Senators and members of the House 9,
Repre- sentatiyes Sixty Eight Ignorant ana
Corrupt Negroes, a majority OF whom, 1nola
.s11bordinate Offices fn the collector's ana
Assessors Department Of the United staiss
Government.
The Times remarks: tsThis is the govern
ment which has been forced upon the people
of, the State of Louisiana through on order
in chancery of apetty judge enforced by the
arms of the Federal Government; and these
are the facts under which this outrage nas
been consummatcd, upon which the Amer
can people must now declare their conVle'
tons and judgment.
of such transactions can obtain their ap,
proval and support, If the precipltate anu
evidently igaorant sanction given by the a u.
thorities at Washington be sustained by
them. then is the empire inaugurated IN tne
place of the once proud republic, and Lous-
siana converted from rich and prosperous
State into negro province, ruled by the
satraps of the central authorities"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24

The Washington kilograms show that the pc,
titioncs for lair-dealng and justice in Louis
lana are treated as the weak and wronged
always ure by power. General GRANT will
not ask one Of the judges of the Supreme
Court to so to New Orleans because that
would be out his fne-an interference with
the court without authority. Judge BRAD
LEY, who was indicated as proper person
to go by the petitioners, declines to so unless
asked to Go so by the President or his COL
leagues Of the Supreme Court; and they are
unwilling TO urge the Judge to so because
there are two judges near Louisiana, and the
sending Of Judge BRADLEY to look into
Louisiana affairs would be to distrust them.
Aud SO, for one reasoa and another, there In
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24
Bartered Away.

The assailants Of the funding act and Of
the decision of the Court of Appeals rest
their justification upon the alleged bribery
OF the Legislature that passed that act. AS
there is nothing in the Constitution and laws
of the State which looks to the possible
bribery of the Legislature or provides for
annuipg law that may be passed through
bribery, in what earthly manner docs this
plea affect the decision of the Supreme
Court :
While the plea in that view is utterly fu-
tile it presents for the people Of Virginia a
fearful theme for reflection. The Legislature
Of 1S1O-'7l was elected by the same people
who elected tho present Legislature. There
is no satisfactory reason for supposing that
appliances employed successfully in 1901
may not lie tried with equal success at any
other time upon body sprinSing from the
same source. If the constituent body is de-
graded, the representative body must be
equally so. To what extent it Is corrupted
we cannot say. Those who egg on the
present Legislature to resist the payment oil
the public obligations charge that the repre-
sentative body has been bought, and the
Charge cannot escape its consequences. II
stigmatizes the Legislature Of Virginia, past,
present, and to come. The elements com.
posing it are the same now that they were
when the alleged bribery occurred.
If the charge be true, we know not the
remedy short of revolutionizipg the constitu
ent body. But until that remedy can be ap.
piled shall we consider the laws with refer.
cnce to the men who passed theml Shal
we resist some and obey others And in
order to allow us this liberty OF resisting and
oDc!ius rs suits us, shall we abolish the
coarts! The courts construe the laws q.
they lind them, and and have not the right
10 distinguish between those passed by bri.
berry and those that were not so passed. They
would have to be abolished to free the people
from the obligation to respect the acts of
their own representatives.
This sort Of government, so novel, may
engage the consideration of the public. 1t
will be found to he full Of rare conditions
and consequences.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24

THE GOVERNMENT OF LOUISIANA WHICH Is
UPHELD BY TIE PRESIDENT New Or
leans Times says the immediate effects Of
the several acts and consequences of the in
tcrlocutory order of a petty United States
judge DurclD are the installation over the
State Of Louisiana Of u government consist.
ing Of the following officials:
For Governor: A United States Senator.
For Observation-Disclosures The Negro
United States Collector OF the Port of Shreve-
port. For President of the Senate: The
Mulatto Surveyor Of the Port of New Or
leans. For Speaker of the House of Repre-
ssntatlyes; The United States Postmaster at
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24

JOHN MlTcuEL has taken the platform
against FROUDE. If Father BURKE has left
any part of FRouDE without wound, 4 sharp
lance will unquestionably pierce it now. As
we have said already, we do not know why
Mr.. FRoUDE came to America to discuss the
question Of the wrongs Of Ireland, taking
the side against Ireland. He has not been
suspected Of being money-lover; and if he
expected to influence the public mind OF
America, or to have field to himself, he has
by this time found his error.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-24

~ no hen for Justice 81 Louisiana asge u such
4 roundabout way that whenfa proper deei-
sion may be reached 1t will be q no value ftl
10 Che injured. It Is always so. Our Govern
ment is every day putting the prayers OF the
helpless farther and farther away from being
heard and answered.. G., 1t is marching
on " to the "arbitrary = phase of power, aud
is not far from it. ..s..,..s,s.pss- ~.
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DEATHS.

DEATHS.
Died of measles. on the 2st Instant at the resi-,
dcncc Of her parents, ut O'Clock l.. NJ. ANNIE
BELLE, infant daughter of S. h1. ana Mary E'
Del incy, aged eleven months and tweuty-si& days.
How beautiful Is ANNIE now,
Since God hats given her wings!
Above tits dying world she lives
AID feasts on heavenly things.
Died. on Sunday morning the 2:d instant, Mrs
ELIZABETH VALENTINE. rclict OF Mann .:
Valentine deceased, in the sevcnt!-stcond year OF
her age. 3d.. G.. 1,o,
Her funeral will take place from ST. Jamcs,s
church TUESDAY, 24th Instant. at o'clock T. NJ
Tic friends OF the family are Invited to attend.
Died at her residence. Chercokc King William
county on the .3d Instant. Mrs. MARY W. BRAX-
Ton. relic, of the late Or. Corbin RraXton:
Her funeral will take place OH WEDNESDAY,
18th instant, at Il VI.
Died. in Charles City county. Va, December II,
1872. CHRISTOPHER MADDOX, aged seventy
two years.
Baltimore american please copy.
Died at Grassdac, i'm Louisa county. the resi-
dpncc Of the late James NJ. Morris, CARRIE +;
COLEMAN. wife of william +. Coleman, ana
daughter of thcla.c John L. Philips, Of Waircntoli'
Va. . ,. ..
please copy.