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I'li kill somebody before go to supper, '
was the remark Of Mr. Rob Cox 40 hs walk
cd up to the bar Of u Memphis saloon aad
srdsred his foriy-third cccktai. after drink
ing which he began knocking on the bats of
the loslsrs therein assembled, and fourshinR
sis pistol With threats of shooting. They
oil took IL ueekly. and no one afforded Nr
Cox . reasonable excuse for shooting. He
was bsginning to get hungry, wheu, for,a-
nstely, young man named Martin attempt
ed 10 leave the room. and on going out look,
I'd over bis shoulder to see II any body WA,
going to shoot ct bin. M. Cox thoupht
this was bis last chance to avoid a cold sun
per. "Whas arc you looking at!' be indie.
nsnlly demanded. "NothiuR, Mr.. Cox"
was Tie reply, vbereupon Mr.. Cox promptly
ssot him through the head aud went bom.
to bic supper. This sbouid 10 wsrplue TO
oil Memphis people not 10 look back when
they start to leave . bar room. Mr. Cox
will be tried but there is little doubt of bis
acquittal. He was insane With hunger. ssd
killed Asrtis 10 self defence. .-rS,. Louis
Democrat.
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SuspensiOn Brldge..HOw
stands the Test Of TiWe.

II 10 now some twenty years sinoe the
great Suspension Bridge was built over the
Nisyars River. The question Of Ito safety
has rseestly been seiis,ed, and critical ia
v ves,igatisa has accordingly been made by
tho Chief Engineer and Ditec,ors Of the
Great Western Railway. The csps on the
towers covering the cables have been NOV.
ed, and the cables fosnd 10 bs as perfect 10
a II respects - ever they wore. But most
important Of ell, the anchorage Of tho cables
vss thoroughly iuspecssd. The masonry
over enc Of then was removed for about
twelve feet, or below wAefs ths virss are
sttsohed ~ The anohor chains. A portion
Of The osbls 10 iubeddsd 10 water lime ce/
nsnI For twenty yesrs this has bsen
tosre, yst, on removing it and clubbing the
psist % ths wires, the latter were found 81
bright snd peilsc. - when placed there;
tAs cement having preserved The wire and
auehsr chains intact The examination
was made in The presence Of comps.sat en-
giuesr., Who have expressed themselves %
aoove 10 !hs bridge conrany.-rLccspor.
Daily Journal.
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The WeN Virginia Lubrisa,or has srsa,
faith 10 the oil!tsrritory ofthas State. A
late aumbsr has the following:
There 10 no State 10 the Union that offers
great induce ueuts for capital than do. q
West Virgins, especially 10 such the case
With the oil regions Of this State, ths devel.
opmsns Of which 10 but Ia i,s Infancy. The
cost Of testing territory here, % composed
with the deep tsrritsry Of Peon,ylvauis, 10
tpsigoineant, aud the oil wIsn obtained
I've spssk Of the lubrica.ins oil, ] is worth
from two to three unes per barrel the vslss
OF The oil produced there. Aside from the
oil basinsss, our bills and mouutsins arc
hardened with mineral wealth, snd only
await The tsseh ot capital 10 bring them
isto 'hs msfke. ut fair and rsmunefativs
prVuts. The tsvEfd that swsits those vho
cone here with uisans TO develop our MINI
stai wealth, 10 Certainly very promising,
and We must, IS ~ have rsAsOn believe,
shs day ID not fer distant wbsa capital will
dad iss Wy bsrs, and the products OF West
Virginia will b second 10 commercial inn
psrtsnss to no State 10 The Unioh.
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SEINE days ego tvo cowa and several pigs,
the property Of Anthony Kane, . resides,
OF GreRys Switch, were ran over and killed
BY the cars Of the Oil Creek Il Allegheny
River Railway. Anthony brought suit be,
tore Justice Reynolds, and was awarded
$3.50 damages snd costs, The railrosd falling
70 appear although it wSs understood they
offered 10 settle. Tbs judgment n o. having
been Satisfied Constable McHush, this fore/
noon, levied on the safe, stoves and quxn-
tliy Of coal st the depot.
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The deepsAs sSmpstby will be called out
towards 'hs tive orphaasd daughters Of Mr..
Greeley. Both have beeu made suddenly
orphsos By the fast following OF the moshe ?
Sy The h'Asr'o long bone, and enc 4.ush b.
ter, tbs elder, bas lost more 10 tho nslaz-
eholy death on board The West Iodia steam.
Ct Missouri, which carried 10 his osrsl grave
'he body OF one whom she Was engsged 10
marriage Imagination can hardly picture
sssater WORLDLY dssolatIon than has thus
suddenly come upoa these two young lIves,
ssd may the God Of tho Fatb+rless hear
grief
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There 10 wrong impression abroad, that
Petsrsbu,g 10 hard place, because y num-
bes otvola'ors OF .be law ore brought from
shsre TO court We know from psrsosal OBJ
ssrvaton and acquaintance, that there 10 .
class OF excellent business men in that. com,
mnnity. and the citizsns generally compare
fsvorsbly with those Of any other town In
The oil regions They have good police reg.
ulatlons, and bring to justice those who dis.
regard tbs lsw.--(Clarion Democrat.
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President Grants snnusi message va
read before Congrsss, yesterday. The doc>
umsnt 10 we'll Written, and consists Of re-
view sf The events of The past year affect
ing The nation, touches up the foreign and
domestic policy, treaties made with foreign
countriss, and tho different measures adopt.
ID BY the admiuisisation for tbs welfare
and advsueensnt Of the country. The
nssssgs 10 senoise, sad viii doubtless NEE,
the views aud appreciation Of large major
ity Of the people.
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2sla st ! p. n. ll7N

We notice committee of reHnsrs and
Committee Of producers have announced n
meeting, 10 DO held at Ti.usvills, ,o-mor>
row, to take aetioa on the alleged eouspir..
cy among the exporters OF petroleum 10
break up shs reauers aud producers sssocis-
!oa'' aud put the game entirely iuto the
hands OF The exporters. This new wrinkle
'ooks very much ~ II II wss gotten pp In
'as interest Of the Rsnusr's Combination q,
me expense Of the expor,ers, iu srder to
'orce those rsnasrs who ara not In the ring
either 'ojoin or else qui, rsaoing II is
YELL Known that the Combinatisn wss form.
I'd on The pro rata principle, that 10, al tho
oil was to b divided according 70 the rsas-
ing capacity Of the different ends " The
Con6ina.ion- Pittsburgh. ClsvsIand, the
ci' region, DO Since the producers move
msns against The combIaatioo those rs6o,rs
not 10 the ring have bad plenty Of oil; run
'hs'r rsdusries to The fs.lsst ex,spt, and
made money where The ring r.flnsrs could
not. The consequence 10 the Coordination
"save themselves have made new isI,, To
eaten the producers, . 10 tho spider aud tho
n.y. 10 their net. We would advise .hs,
sonm'''ee Of producers, who ever ,hsy NAV
oe' 10 beware 0f our common ensuy-tbs
So' Imp. Go. or Ref Com. "For vsvs that
s's aSfx' &c., they arc notorious. Il
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Parker OIL Eid.
BUTLER COUNTY.

BUTLER COUNTY.
The "Msjor" 10 the name Of the new we'll
recently struck on the ". c. Adams farm,
near Fairvisw. 1t has been pumpisg and
flowing oil for several days asd 10 ss,iuated
o. beios fully = 60 barrel we'll. W. @.
Sioug htOn, a. j. Resp, Alexander NcFsr-
lsud, John A. Brown aud NJ. sapdsrsou
are tue Ownefh
A we'll on the Wilson farm, lying between
Psnoiia City and Fsirvisw, has been drill.
I'd into tbs third sand and 10 flowing large
quantities Of oil. J. e. Hutch and others
are The owners Of the well.
A we'll owned by Harrington T. Hsfrop,
located sn the Gibson farm, between Asrl
tinsburg and Argyle, was completed sbsut
the corumsnoeusns Of The thirty days sus.
pension. Tbis well has been iorpedoed
since tho resumption OF business, and ia
now yielding 6 or 10 barrels Of oil per
day.
The Angel! we'll No. 2, loeAsst1 on land OF
G. d. AnGsIi d Co near Fairview, has Issu
pumping for some days and is yielding abou,
60 barrels Of oil per day.
The wnil at Bonnie Brook, nvs miles sou,s
east OF Butler, being drilled by J. n. sud
J. A. Lambing, 10 down l,l0O iess and .hs
iodicatious are said TO bs good. H. strike
is made in this quarter 3 large scope OF new
territory will be opsn"d up. The Lambing
Bros, sre deserving Of success for their uu-
!irinE Efforts 10 th,s quarter.
a well 90 'bs McCIssry far IN, oesr Fair
view. Butler county, swhed BY 3. Dougber-
~, ofParker's Landing aud Others. 10 iu The
'h'rd sand Win good show [Oiinsn's
JSurnsI.
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a Hallway 10 composed from ths Nsditer-
rasssu 10 Bsgdad. The locomotive will
sosn be putting over the land OF tho Ssrac-
ss' and Crusaders. Jerusalem will proba-
by to way station, and II may be n.cps-
'ary to cut through Ahs Noun. sf oivps
and Oil In the valley Of Jshoshsplal The
dust oil Jadsh's kipgs win he esr,sd OF by
the cubic yard, and pilgrims will travel in
room cars.
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There was great danger last week O.. .
eomplsts block of tho Pipe Lines at Fox
burg and Parker. Tho producers had pooled
their Of! at certain prices, which buysra
would not pay, and toe tsnksgs Of the pipe
companies and At the wells was oil nlled
to ovsraowing. During the first part Of
the, present week We were informed that oil
eonaenced to b. moved At q lively rate.
giving relief to oil coueerned.-lveasngo
Spectator.
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POLICE. before Justice heynolds. John
Thompson and Tbomas Riser, arrested sew
ersl days ago for larceay Of slethiug from
Msssra Heron, Simueis, Sobsl and others,
we're brought before The Justice on Ssturs
day, and bosnd over to appear .. Franklin
Falling to procure bail they we're sen, dows.
Dsnpia Reagan aad James RobInsos, jos.
arrived from the "blg ditch, better known
- The Eric Canal, celebrated their arrival
10 town BY getting outside Of immense guam
titles Of family disturbance. Unfortunately
for them they fell into thu hands Of the Phil.
is'ines sad were locked ap BY officer Nc
Hugh. Fined and discharged With notice
to quilt tosn.
John Hickey, from the sans locality, 60,
drunk alss, aud committed malicious tres.
pass. Fiued aud discharged.
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They continue 10 strike flowing oil wells
10 the Venapgo region, but they are no, so
msgn'aoeat 10 their production as those
about Pishcle were few years ago. The
Psnnsylvsnis operator 10 saw . legitimate
oil producer or dealer, and the days for
making fortunes In . week have passed
and gone beyond recall. - Pittsburgh
Mail.
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fARR FARM.-The small producers are
replacing . pumber Of their old derricks by
nsv ooes-tbis 10 one good result ofthe 10.
creased price OF oil.
There are co new developments on this
arm ~ present, but II the price Of oil con.
tinues number oiOperators are detsrmin/
ed to test large tract Of andevsIoped ter.
ritsry beyead Blood hill.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-03

sTh" driess OF all dried spples: 10 in: the
possession OF q Kentucky family. |, vss
given to . soldier BY bis bsiro,bed .just be-
fore be entered the revolutionary army, and
s''sr carrying IL through ell that war, be
returned and married the donor, and the
apple hss hson kept ~ a. heirloom ever
sirss.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-03

Peters Aas.cai Monthly soupls.ss hs
Tenth Volume with The Dcesmber nun her,
and it 10 doing Ar. Peters but simple justics
to state that his excellent magazine 10 im-
proving with age. I,wus good years ago,
when 1t flrss made ito appearance, and i.
hss been steadily improving until the prss-
snt time, when it can ouly bs pronounce
perfect, and Indispensable TO every lover o.
music.
The December Aumber, prles 80 cents,
contains three Ballads, . Christmas Song,
an Aushsn. u four hand pisce, ~ played ut
Thsodors ThomsI Orchestral Conasr,s,
and three splendid Piano Pieces, any sim
gle piece being worth in sheet form more
than Mr.. Peters asks for the en- tire let.
Giving 60 much really good music for such
smslf sum, 1t 10 no wonder that Psters's
Ausiosl Monthly hss hosts OF friends snens
our music loving people. Those who have
seen 1t will, Of course. renew their subscrip.
1'os for tho coming year; Others, iss, for
'unAte, should send iha Publisher, J. L..
Peters, 6s9 Broadway, New York, 81, and
secure the lass four numbers q sample con.
les. sud 50 Tor a years subscription.
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Local Notices.
FOR SALE OR REAT.

A good dwelling in Wild
Cat. Possession given nimmedi-
ately. Apply to &C CHURCH,
Rochester House.
Nov lo-lw.
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3Yes smother arbitration. A Renters
telegram from Paris In London paper
says: n. Thiers bAs been chosen arbitrator
10 The lons'pending colonial question 10.
tween 'hs Enslish sud Portuguese Gsvsrr-
meut.
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The origiasl Buffalo Bill, Texss Jack and
niue sbor iginsl Iudisns will make their spl
pssrsnce in Oil City sometime during the
Latter part Of this month or early 10 Jan,
uary, and give an entertainment Ned
bua'liue, sbe celebrated novelist 10 With
the party.
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>to'A'oss sfs 70 scarce and dear through.
sa' Ireland that the governors of.hs v.r,ou.
county J''l' have been directed BY The In.
spscsor general to substitute for the ,eoul,,
diet Of he prisoner . ration of h,..d o..
time Q week.
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N agaZ Zlnea.

MagaZlnes.
All The nsgasiAss for September, nov
ready.
Harper,
GALAXY,
Atlantic,
Lippincotps.
Eclectic,
Transatlantic,
Oliver Optic,
Young Folks.
Frank Leslie, --..
Cbiidfsu's Flowss
Old and New,
Godsy's LsdieI Book.
London Society,
Petersor's
Ladies' Friead,
Afthuf1 Home,
- Science Monthly,
Ballou's,
Good WorlS
Nursery.
Chatterbox,
Metropolitan,
Herald Of Health,
A. the POST OFFICE NEWSROON.
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F'sH'anivilis 10 to hsve new bank. With
.c'pissl OF 800, 900, which will 90 ,n,o
operation .ssa. 'ss asss Of Jasn.ry. I,
Will b called the Ci,'ssnr Bank.
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For'y-pound wild turkeys, with boards .
foot long, are formidable game that sport.
men bag In Georgia.
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Advsrtis in The RBcoRS.

The Victor Brand Of sigsrs o. The Ps,t
Office News Room.
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~ GAFFNEY keeps constan,sy Q,
hand Scotch Ala and Lsodoa Potter, ss,es
ally for family uss.
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Yor Fure Wines waYran I'D - r,eb by ths
BIsthsrhsOa Of Brostsn - 70 QAYRirs.
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CIGARS

Lovers Of good oiRaSs will find several en,
tirsly new brands. never before introduced
in this place, at the Post Once News Room
They are warranted. pure Havsnas
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etroleum Centre Daily Record.
Pet Centre Pa, Tuesday, Dec. 8.

OOh1Sno u NCC
Divine Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath ct II A. n. AMI
~ P. n. Sabbath Scheol Of l2K r. n.
eats free. A cordial Invitation extend.
Rsv. q. xoolI, PASTOR
PRESDYTERIAN CHURCH.
PrsssAiag st II o'clock A. ~. ald Z
s'slpsk T. u, BY tie Psstor, W. G. BuRcH.
ADD. esbbash School a l11z, directly
after isrssoon service.
Prsysr Meeting and Sabbath sehesl
fs.shsr: Meeting Tuesday svsnisgs si
essh week.
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DsJs UoinRs, New Varieties, New York
Clipper, Wilk's Spirit. and ell sporting pa
psrs at tbe POST OFF1CR EEW5ROUM.
The sun., 1872-02-01

President and Secretary of the Treasury and
Congress responsible for the peculiar manner OF
manipulating the debt. There was no difficulty
four-per-cent loan without agents and without
commissions.
Mr.. KELLEY 0,ep., Pa) wanted to inquire as to
whore four-per-cent. loan could be negotiated.
rupt him. He denounced the Syndicate cor
rlIpt aud corruptlHa he declared that a repre-
sentative who was true to his trust, and who
would stop double Interest, could not do his duty
jority and in favor Of the bill which ne COxl
had introduced, forbidding all commissions and
all deductions In the sale, negotiation, or ex-
change Of United States securities.
DEFESCB OF THE SYNDICATE.
Mr. +. II. RonERrs d,ep., N. W, a majority
member Of the committee, argued In defence Of
the course pursued by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and of the resolution reported by the
committee. He did not know nor care how much
the Syndicate had made by the transaction, but
United states had made by It.. Without COM
pounding interest there was saving Of tl9,0O0W0
interest In ten years: Compounding interest
there was a saving Of t28,40o,0o0 The saving In
ccocco. lie Understood that rs' there was ga new, new
offer take t8oO00p,0p0 more 81 the debit with n
saving In Interest Of t7,50O,0O0 year, Or without
compoundng interest, Of s7S0O0,0o0 In ten years.
accepted, but he did feel proud to say that the
Administration had brought the country to the
point where such an offer was brought to II from
Europe.
Mr. KERR Dem. Ind } offered an amendment,
~that, In the opinion Of the House, the Secre-
tary OF the the Treasury, In negotiating the onn
had increased the bonded debt more than was
necessary or proper, and had incurred expenses
contrary 20 law"
without the debate coming to a closc, the
House, at D O'Clock adjourned.
The sun., 1872-02-01
The Coupon and Dividend Tax Extor-
tiOn.

Commissioner DOUGLASS has set up rs u
rival to Secretary boutwell, In the busi-
ness of making, on his own responsibility,
laws supplementary to the acts of Con-
gress. The Secretary, finding that the
Funding act, rs 1t stood, would not permit
the carrying out of one of his pet schemes,
quietly set IL aside, and proceeded to do
precisely what IL forbade him to do. In
like manner the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, discovering that the Internal
Revenue act Of July H. 1870, allowed cou-
pons and dividends to be taxed only until
Dec. 81, 1871, issues the following circular:
"orrror OF Isrnns.L RsvfSvrs ,.a }
"Bgn j. 7tF+eNnOauysen United States senate, wash.
ss m As @ e hat s 70 e n
section is o. the Act o. July s3 liable % tas
paid them on ther bonds or other eyie9ees q debt
oi earnings. SooSs ~ % SSd gains s wSisS
much q !Ssr aSSVSsS psoSi. sS5sS y any sSIPis:,
prior 70 Ssid date even 1cses s'cS i"isrss ,oas Toi
%iaa' e.! "''' not '''''''' % 14"d ."H e'r DEC ~
shan the same 90 bs published 10 the Iateraai
-. W. DOUGLASS, COMMISSIONER"
Compare with his ukuse the statute, as
Congress enacted IL:
"ec IS And he further enacted That there shah be
levied and collected, FOR and during ne year etlAteea
hidted and SercnfV-One tax OF two and onphalf
cenum on the amount OF al interest or coupons ~ on
bonds other cVidcsces Of debt Issued and payable Ia
one after date by Of the corporations
In this section, hereinafter enumerated, aud the
amount Of all dividends Of earnings Income gains
hereafter declared by any bank" sc.
Here IL Is distinctly said that the tax
shall be levied and collected only on
coupons or interest paid, and on divi-
dcnds declared during the year 1871.
Mr.. DoUGLAss's effort to stretch the
section so rs to include coupons and In
terest paid and dividends declared after the
year 1871 has expired, is n pure Outrage,
which ought to be resisted by every one
who is affected by IL. In fact his own de-
partment year ago, collected the tax on
coupons and interest paid, and on dividends
declared at the beginning Of the year 1s71,
on the precise ground that the letter of the
statute required IL. Now he turns round
and repudiates this construction of the act,
and of his own royal win and pleasure Or
ders bond and share holders to pay an extra
half-year's tax on their incomes. more
striking example of the lawlessness of
GRANTS Administration could not be pre-
sented.
The sun., 1872-02-01
SHOULDER 10 SHOULDER.
Let the WOrl,ingmcn of the United Stnte
Assist these Men,

Let the WOrkinamcn OF the United Stntes
Assist these Men.
The quar1ymen of Portland Conn.,, aud
Of Cromwell have been locked ont since Dec
l, because they resisted a reduction Of their
wages from SlCO day. The owners of the quar-
rie~ make from * TO 100 per cent. and refuse 20
pay the men THAI do the work sufficient to keep
body and soul together The men are in want,
and call upon the trades unions Of the United
States FOR poculary aid. They numberlO00 men,
so of them having families, and at the beginning
~ the strike had S4,OOl IN their society fund.
Tho owners of the quarries cannot aHOrd TO
keep their quarI1es Idle much longer, and as "a
means of tertityul the wOrkmeu these heart
less employers have warned the poor quarryme
TO Nacate their houses ON or before the hist of
April. The quarrymen therefore appeal to their
teuow-worlNugmen in the United states to aid
them In standing out until their employers are
driven TO q concession of the just rights of the
men. The owners Of the quarries cannot stand
much longer without iujuring their business.
Money may he sent To william Curtis, 81 Chat
ham street, Thurstous Hotel.