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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

1t is estimated that the. Tichbd
10 England, has already cost upw,|
900, 900.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The ceded Crow trsct comprises seven
million acres. Political searecrows have
oegun squattng there already.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

News from MOdoc and other places is far
from satisfactory to dr'Ilers, Dry holes and
salt water. Light b,gius TO dswu-lst'er
dswc.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The s,samsh'pe Pennsylvania, from Glas-
gcw, Canada, from Liverpool, and Amer
icsn, from BreTep, have arrived OF New
York.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

George W. Curtis has been elected Pres,
dent, AID Frank b. Saoborn Secretary Of
he American Social Science Association,
Boston.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Nashville responds with $4,000 for tn
Memphis sufferers.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The City Council of Portsmouth, Va, has
appropriated $500 for Memphis and 5000
for Shreveport
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Tsa9hsrs Annual Institute for T,r,.
ouot7 "Ill Ss hed ss Tionsssa. eommsie
ciua On Ionday Deo I, 1879.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

No Yellow fever deaths in Montgomery
Alabama, since Friday last.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

ST. Louis takes grand holiday to-day
In order to atlen dthe fair.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

At this season Of the year duck shooting
pleasant psstime on Chsutauqua Lake
aad this season tho game 10 more plenty
than usuaI.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Gen. Mcclellan aud fan lily ssiIs
rope yesterday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The Union National Bank of st. Louis,
has gone lot liquidation.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The second General Conven tion c. the
Roman Catholic Tots! Abstinsncs Societies
OF the Uniisi SS,,ea convened in New York
yesie day.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

New York has eon.ribn.ed over $4,000
o: The reiieg OF tbs xSD2a!r satsrsrs.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The yacht %e'a, SUPPOSED 70 have been
Loaf, has srrivsd. AQvsu.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Contributions still continue to bs sent 10
Memphis and Shreveport.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

4 Trey family hss a bsby with iour teeth
ir itS noes; G. aays an A!bsny pa ger.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

The Selma, Alabama, Savings Bank has
resumed.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Cairo, ILL.,, gives al additional $50 to
Shreveport and Memphis
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Voe Ti'u'viIIe Cisizsn's Corps parade in
that eity, tomorrow.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09
Heavy frost in Little Rock yesterday.

Little Rock has gwen 5000 to Memphi,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at IL o'clock A. NJ. and
o'clock P. NJ, by the Pastor, W. G. BURcH.
ARD. Sabba.h School at l2I, directly
after forenoon service.
Prayer Meeting and Sabbath School
Teachers Meeting Tuesday evenings OF
each week.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09

Stokes tris! sommepcai 1 yesterdsy,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Rev. T. GRAHAM, Pastor.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-09
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Divine Service.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at IL A. NJ. and
~ r. N. Sabbath School at l2L p. NJ.
eats free. A cordial invitation extend
Al m oil
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

The reason Democratic journals

The reason Democratic journals
scarcely ever discuss principles.
but substitute personal abuse in
their stead, is because they have
no principles Of uniform acceptance
to advocate; and that has been their
fix for a long while. Hence the
RIGHTEOUSNESS Of their charging one
who has left their ranks, with
betrayal Of "honor," ''msnhood,"
and other good virtues which con-
sistency to established principles
alone recognizes. To become a
good Democrat, nowadays, all
the individual has to do is to begin
TO SANDER and abuse the Republi-
can party, or some Of its leaders.
The more glibly he can do this
the greater his ability to command
tho most comprehensive words Of
alanderous import and vituperative
emphasis, the nearer he approaches
the model of a perfect modern Dem.
ocrat. Even in this, however, care
must be taken by such person lest
be inadvertently departs from the
line of"glittering generalities;;" as
too much speceficness in dwelling
upon any one crime, no matter
what that crime is, would be sure
to hit some traction Of the party
for no inconsistency, known under
heaven, have they failed to resort
TO, and the crimes the party has
been guilty Of exhausts the whole
calendar.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01
An Eloquent Paragraph.

On the Fourth Of July, at the
ceremonies conducted at PEiladel-
phia on the grounds selected for
the Centennial Exposition in 1876,
Attorney General Williams was
among the speakers. He said:
Our meeting here in 1876 is not
only to be a National Anniversary
but an exposition of the worlds
progress. In common with those
from other quarters, products from
the shores of the Baltic and the
Mediterranean, from the banks of
the Thames and the Rhine, from
the sunny lands on the Caribbean
and from the gorgeous East are ex-
pected here upon that occasion; and
they will be welcomed by the
people of the United States. This
will be the neutral ground for all
countries; nation may contend here
with nation in bloodless strife for
the triumphs Of peace Different
forms Of government, no doubt, will
continue to exist, and countries will
differ in their language, their laws
and their customs, but intellectual
and physical laDor have in view
but one end, and the exhibition Of
their achievements here in 1876
will, as we hope and believe, benefit
and honor the industries of the
whole world. prolonged enthuSi.
asm.)
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01
No Hope Of II.

TIE Salem Mercury speaking
rela' 'e to the kind Of platform its
party hould make at the coming
State Convention, thinks it should
contain no "equivocal terms" 1t
would be a new thing for modern
Democratic State Convention to
draw up a platform containing
no ambiguity. no words susceptible
ofdouble signifcation, no hypocrisy,
no equivocation. Democratic Con-
ventions in these days have sought,
As did the Grecian oracles, to give
TO their utterances a wording sus-
ceptible of any Interpretation. By
such dishonest trimming, they have
driven many men, who have frank
ness and truth and manly candor,
from its folds, and brought upon
the party repeatedly overwhelming
defeat at the polls. We would be
glad if the coming Convention
would be specific and truly honest
in its declaration of principles. 1t
would be an evidence that the party
is in a state of genuine repentance
for its past deceptions and sins,
besides it would enlighten the world
a. to what modern Democrats do
believe. But scarcely shadow of
such a hope need be indulged,
The evil of deception is too finely
knit in Democratic habit to permit
it, and the days of miracles have
passed.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01
Net Quite Inducted.

The Albany REGISTER says any
body who does not believe in adul-
terry and bigamy is . Democrat.
-Oregonidn.
II there is any wit in the above,
Mr.. Oregonian, it is Of that kind
which depends on falsehood for
its nib. We never talk that way.
You were probably povertystricken
for an idea when you invented that
statement. Ifyou ever pray, doubt
less the first devotion you indulged
in after that, contained an urgent
plea for the Lord to forgive you
for breaking the commandment
about ''bearing false witness.
Look at it: The party that fought
the rebellion in defense of negro
slavery, the practical working OF
which was To perpctuate the most
corrupt and cruel form OF adultery,
and substantially to uphold the
most degrading bigamy of which
modern examples give any account;
that we would say the above OF
that party? No, no, Mr.. Orego-
MAN; that party's slavery history,
and its many unprincipled departures
since, endorsing anything and every
thing which held out a hope Of
enabling 1t to regain power, would
rise up and condemn us were we to
make the above statement. What
has not that party believed, is the
question. Since you have been
coasting along the shores of De-
mocracy, the lesson Of misStating
the position OF one whom you
oppose, you have mastered well;
but when you become thoroughly
inducted into the fold, your state
ments will be less specific and more
general-in other words, you will
become more artistic in your fabri-
cations.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

A dispatch from Khiva says q
decree was issued by the Khan on
the Oath of June abolishing slavery
throughout his dominion. All per-
sons held in bondage are to be
made citizens or return to their
native countries. So much for the
Russian army invasion.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

Second Lieutenant, NJ. Frank
Gallagher, second Infantry, recently
tried before a Court-Martial at
Columbia, S. c., for killing John
McAnely, a discharged soldier, in
Spartanbury, s. c., has been dis
missed from the service and the
sentence has been approved by the
President. The civil authorities
will next take cOgnizanCeOfthe muir
der.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

Because the Eugene Guard
doesn't like our sentiments relative
to Senator Mitchell, it calls US an
"unmltigated ass" An organ Of a
party that has no head, should be
more modest. Its language deter
mines the foul beginning of its ideas,
certainly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

Judge Bonham held court in
Tillsmook county a few weeks ago.
Miller's warehouse was used as the
court room. Tillsmook was there
in best bib and tucker. Everything
passed off in apple-pie order.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

A Peoria editor on his way home
the other evening had the misfor-
tune TO lose q sum Of money which
he had been saving up to invest
in real estate. The amount lost,
including the value Of the pocket
book and some articles Of jewelry,
was sixty.four cents.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

HAD HIM THERE.-A gentleman
who was riding in railroad car
was asked by the conductor of the
train to show his ticket. "My face
is my ticket" he answered. "Very
well," replied the conductor, 81 am
authorized by the company 10 op,o1ch
all tickets. But who are you, any
way?" he added. 81 am a director
of this road, sir" returned the gen.
tleman, "and am also authorized
by the company to keep all con-
ductors from knocking doaOn.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

AnO papers COIitail nu1HeIVuc
items about the Shah of Persia who
is on European tour. While in
Queen Vic's dominions, everything
he did-in fact, almost every breath
of that foggy country he took in,
was chronicled. Fetes, excursions,
reviews, displays, ETC., were arrang-
ed days in advance, and the hither-
to ease-consulting Shah was hustled
around until he scarcely knew
whether he was the "King of
Kings" or otherwise. Correspon-
dents could have omitted the state.
ment that che was egregiously
bored" He went to see and enjoy
at his own royal pleasure, and not
to be taken in hand by practical
England and made to conform to
stipulated events and specific times.
In one instance His disguised High
ness was hurried off SO fast he lost
his breakfast, and doubtless he was
ravenously hungry before he got
anything to eat. In another, His
Arbitrariness wanted to 60 and see
the bear at the Zoo, but the pro-
gramme had him down for another
place. He talks English but little,
but as that is Of the most emphatic
kind, His ProfaneLess frequently
brought into use while he was being
rushed around. His choice exple-
tine starts out with a d, and ends
with an n, thus d-n. 1t was not
expected that his manners and hab.
its would reach any higher than
that of a Prince of Ind. About
halt-civillzed, is the English esti-
mate OF his. His gallsntry for the
ladies of rank, consists in letting
them take care Of themselves. So
he treated the Princess OF Wales on
one occasion, helping himself into a
carriage first, and leaving the Prin-
cess to get in as best she could.
Then he eats with his fingers, and
when anything he doesn't like gets
into bis mouth, he takes it out with
his fingers and slings it on the ladies
dress who sits next to him. When
introduced to a lady, instead Of
looking at her face, he directs his
eyes critically towards her feet and
then her waist. Ieapproyes ofthe
nudeuess Of the ballet, and want
ed the Prince of Wales to join
him in . romp with some of the
dancing girls of Covent Garden,
and asked the Prince to issue a
ukase ordering the cantatrices who
sang to him at Floral Hall, to dine
will him at his private table, His
d-n's were unusually emphatic
against English morals, which the
Prince urged would not sanction
such proceeding. Like all semi
barbarouS potentates, he glitters in
jewels and diamonds wherever he
appears 1t is said his deprayed
habits improve as he goes along.
tits to be hoped so, certainly; for
he has been entirely without shame
Or restraint in his expressions of dis
regard for morality, and many of
his acts have been highly indecent.
Because the Eugene Guard
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

The correspondence winds up
with description of "the press" of
Puget Sound, which is too rich and
racy to be left out, and we therefore
give it in full, sparing comments:
Puget Sound may, Of itself, be
regarded as large scattering town,
and the news from one of its BAYS
or mills is just as interesting as from
another, therefore, newspaper,
If published in an minhabited
island, or away on top of Mount
Rainier, could get up a circulation
and exc ont precarious existence
just as we'll asifpublished in Olym-
pla, where there are now no less
than two dailies and five weeklies-
and but 1900 inhabitants. The
morning paper at Olympia is the
Courier, Republican in politics,
owned and edited by two young
men named Bag'ey and Harmed.
1t is on this little paper that Theo-
balls, formerly of the extinct San
Francisco Times, would dish up
three.column editorial without .
paragraph on the condition ofaffairs
in Spain, to the extreme amazement
OF the people OF this Territory; who
were far more interested in the price
of beans and pine boards. The
Olympia Erening Tribune is pub
llshed by Thomas d. Prosh, who
once welded the quill on your
nelghbor, the Morning Grand
mother" In the matter OF existing
he is a success, but how he does it
those who "know him well, Hora-
to-" cannot understand. Tom is
given much to talk Of his past ex-
perience with the press, and as an
editor in San Francisco and New
Y FORK; and those who have listened
assert most positively that his dates
and events makes him out TO be at
least 25O years ofage. The Weekly
Olympia Standard, a Democratic
paper, is conducted by a persistent
1T Italian named John Miller Murphy.
The Weekly Olympia Transcript
is owned by politicians and edited
by 4, I. Gum. The Olympia
Echo, q temperance paper, is man
aged by J. H. Munson.
The Steilacoom WeeEly Erpress
is owned by Julius Dickens. a Sun.
day School teacher. Lie has thu
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

all the world, that |, Chronicle
correspondent, have discovered and
named this fall of salt water, which,
| believe, exists without a parallel
on the face Of the earth; and that
the same is an alternating double
fall, ten feet in hight, situated on
thenothern shore of Wa-ada island,
near the mouth of the Straits of
Juan de Fuca, in north latitude 48
deg, 20 MN. and west longitude At
deg. 40 min.
TACOMA.
The following description Of Ia
coma, the terminus Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, will be read with
interest by those who have never
visited the coming big city:
Tacoma is a small town, located
midway between Olympia and Seat
tie, and near the head Of PuyalluP
Bay. 1t is but thirty miles from
Mount Rainier, and takes its name
from that mountain, which in the
Indian language is Tacoma, or
grand. The town is but two years
old, and has only two hundred and
fifty inhabitants. 1t has q fine
steam saw-miil, with surrounding
docks and wharyes. This mill is
owned by Hansen, Ackerson & Co..
Of San Francisco, and cost over
$4,000. 1t has capacity for
saving $4,000 feet of lumber per
day, and from one to three ships
are constantly loading for the south.
ern markets. The town is naturally
a great commercial point, being
really at the head Of ship nayiga-
tion on the Sound. All ships pro.
ceeding further up the Sound, to-
ward Olympia are compelled to
take steam or make long and slow
passages. Tacoma being the ter
minus, would also accommodate,
by steamships, the trade ofthe west
side Of the Sound Ell route to Vic
toria. 1t would make tributary
the great milling points of Port
Blakely, Port Madison, Port Gam
ble and Port Ludlow, and also tho
port Of entY-Port Townsend,
The first four of the above are the
largest and heaviest mill points op
the Sound.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-06-27

Crops in Cherokee.

There is a larger area IN cotton by more
than two hundred per cent, in onr county this,
than any previous year. And notwithstanding
the frequent and abundant rains, the farmer is
master Of the situation Cotton looks well, and
promises an ample reward to the tiller OF the
SOIL
Our corn crops are very promising-tbe area
planted, however, 10 much less Than that OF last
year. We usually make a surplus, but owing
to the fact that cotton has fought and won the
field, we shall make none to sell this year. -,
The oat crop is good enough, the Norway
decidedly in the lead. II you could see, Mr..
Editor, the Norway oat and what is usually
called the black oat side by side, you would at
once think ,aGiants aud Pigmies.
The wheat crop is very light, not half crop
There are perhaps TWO reasons for this.
The first il the farmer seldom puts in more
than from fhrer pecksf6 one bushel per acre
The second is, the extreme cold Of last wintel
and the abundant rains of spring. These cause
uniting left bat little on the ground. Quite
number Of dur citizens are experimenting wit
clover, and the success Is fully up to the mos
saDguine expectation Clover will grow here
We have here fine county and need only cap
italists 70 deveiope 0HF resources to make
blossom as the rose. More anon.
Ce~ro.r
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-06-27
Death of Prof. M. !. Williams.

Prof. Matthew j. Williams, for the last
twenty years, a resident Of this city, departed
this life On the 23d instant, after long and
painful illness. Professor Williams was born
in Ebert County, Georgia, December q, 1905,
aud was in his 6eth year at the time of his
death. He was appointed cadet 70 the U. &.
Military Academy at West Point, July LIST,
1921, and graduated July LIST, 1s25, in his Goth
year, the 18th in class Of thirty seven. He
served as an officer in the U. S. Asmy until
Oct. 31st 1857, when he resigHed- Hesiudied
law and engaged in the practice at Lawrence
Vile until 1885. This profession was evident
" not coDgenial to his tastes, though he was a
gentlemen of fine education and possessed hab-
its Of critical thought and discernment. He
engaged III teaching in the High School at
Cokesbury, S. @, and continued there till
1340 as teacher and until 1886 as principal. e
His success was SO marked as teacher that IN
the year Last named, he was elected Professor
of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and As
trcnony in the South Carolina College at Col
uAlbia, which position he held eight years. In
1854 his health failed; his great success as an
instructor of youth was ended, be resigned HE
r.ofesscrslip and located at Mgrielta to spend
ia refinement the remainder of his lite. He was
a gentleman of the old sehool Of politicians,
highly educated, and possessed discriminating
taste in literature and the arts. lie was better
known to our older citizens, as he has lived in
great retirement for the last few years, owing
10 his great affections, though he leaves host
offfiends and sympathizers-
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-06-27
Miscellaneous Briefs.

Arevivalist asked an African If he had found
the Lord, "Golly," said Sambo, Fam de Lord
lost?
"Can't we make your lover jealous, miss 2"
| 30, yes, sir, think we can, if we put our
heads together"
The announcement that truth is stranger
than fiction is said to depend chiefly upon
who tells it.
Little Daisys mother was trying to explain
to her the meaning Of smile. "0h, yes
know said the child, it is the whisper of
laugh"
Chicago chap advertises for STEADY girls
to help on pantaloons." A fellow who cant
help ON his own pantaloons, ought to be ashained
to want girls to do II.
A city paper tells us that a favorite hotel is
is to be kept this season at one Of the Watering
places, .'by the widow of Mr.. -, who lied
last summer on q new and improved PLAN"
Boarder (contemptuously)- Madam,
never can sever this steak in the world.n--
Landlady (reverently) -"What God has joined
together, let no man put asunder."
Why is a pretty girl like locomotive en-
gine7 Because she sends off the sparks,
transports the mails has train following her,
and passes over the plain
Some publishers or periodicals publish on
white paper, some on blue, and some on yellow.
A large portion of the political papers should,
by all means, be Of color that won't show
dirt
Two weeks ago vagabond was convicted
in Illinois, of stealing two watches. He
made pathetic speech after his conviction,
ascribing his failure in business, and all his
misfortunes in life to "procrastnation." He
seems to have been the embodiment Of procras-
tination, which the poet tells us, is "ihe thief
of time"
"GentIemen Of the jury said Western
lawyer, Il don't wish to insinuate that this
man is a covetous person, but will bet five TO
one that if you will bait 8 steel trap with a
three cent piece, and place. II within foot of
his mouth, you win catch his soul"
A fellow who was "paying attention 70
girl, stole down to the kitchen where she was
at work, the other morning, thinking to see
what kind Of a houskeeper she was. He got
interested as be stood behind door all unob.
served, watching the fair one at her toll, and
| in the ardency Of his observations be intrnded
his nose into crack in the door. She limo
Gently shut the door suddenly, and there was
I a mashed bugle. He now wears 1t in sling.