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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

I like ID read about Moses best, 10 the
Old Testament. He carried hard busi-
ness well through, and died when other
folks were going to reap the fruits; a man
must have conrrgs 10 look at bis life go, and
think what'll come of 1t after be's dead and
gone. A good, solid bit o'work lasts; If irs
only laying floor down, somebody's the
better for IFS being done WE'LL Ibssides the
man as does 1t. George Eliot.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31
Gold at ! p. m.'ll6N

The Oh City Derrick OF yesterday had
lengthy article rejecting on the County
Commissioners for not repairing the Mc/
Clintockvills bridge over OH Creek, sltbo'
directed to do 90 by the County Court The
people Of McCIiutookviIle justly complain
Of the shabby manner 10 which they have
been treated In this affair. Every person
who hss ever ;,rdsd the Creek st that point
knows It to b dangerous ss nearly oil sea-
sons Of the year. and more particularly 90
IN high water, sud yet In the fscs Of the
decree Of the Court, and the wishss OF tho
residents Of AoCilotockviiie, who have
suffered great amount Of dsmsss u their
busiuess interests and TO the town, these
venerable old roosters have done nothing
except call 6ucsin while and take look
81 the bridge and With lock Of the utmos,
widen wsg their old noddlss end walk of
oaIy to pay II another vIsi { 10 month or
10. Il may suit the rssidssss Of MoClin
tockvilis, but Il seems to us 10 . trias To-
consistent 90 the par. OF the Comm issiou,
ers. We hope the Court will take action 10
the premises. rr-E"F'
We might add sbAt our citizens have rsa-
SONS for complaint against The Commission
stu on tho same score. The bridge at this
psint has been closed for some days past ior
repairs, and teams have been compelled
TO ford the Creek. THIS ls entirely due to
the same mean parsimonious spirit display
ed BY the Comm iss toner's IN the McClin-
rockville case. Instead Of suhjscting line
bridge to the most thorough repairs in the
fist place, they hired man to put 10 q
new stringer on the Egbert farm side.-
The bridge was then thrown open and
everything was pronounced lovely. This
lasted for few days when it was discover
cd that the old fabric was giving away in
another place. Again the mandate was
issued to close tho bridge, and the work Of
repair 10 now going on. Next time the
"littie bell 10 touched" to close for repairs,
wa may expect to see the bridge newly
built % will have to be ,bs case 10 the long
run. The wisdom and seonomy displayed
BY these aged officials 10 past the compre-
heusion Of common people. 7.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

The following, which We copy from an ex-
change, will apply to more places than
one:
WANrED.-One hundred and seventy five
young men, more or leas, Of ell shapes and
sizes, from the tall, graceful, with hair
sufficient to stuff BARRIERS cushion, down
to the little bow-legged, freckle faced, care
rot-headed upstart The object isto form
gaping corps, to be 10 attesdance ct the
church doors at the close OF divine service
each Sabbath evening to stare at the ladies'
as they leave the church, and make delicate
and gentlemanly remarks on their persons
aud their dress. All who wish to enter into
the above corps will appear on the steps Of
the various church doors on next Sunday
evening, where they will be duly inspected,
their names, personal appearance and qusn-
Ity Of brains, registered 10 book kept fol
that purpose. To prevent . general rush,
we will state that no one will be enlisted
who possesses Intellectual capacity above
that Of . weil-bred donkey.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

A misfortaoe has lately be fallen u Ch, c.
go editor. By an adverse and cruel fats be
has found himself tar off in Sap Francisco
writing up the Chinese question, and the
free passes srs cut oft. He Low writes to
bis wife that ss bis liver is badly ont Of orr
der be intends walking home, aud that he
expects to arrive some time in 1874, 10 time
for their wooden wedding.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31
What the Producers say
about Gas.

The gas question is now exciting the
minds of operators ard producers. They
see In this the only outlet to their surplus
oil, and the oiImen Of the lower region
have commenced work in earnest They
propose to donate, free of cost, 10 any city
or gas company that will accept, the neces'
ssry machinery for changing their works go
90 to use petroleum instead ofcoal for gen.
Grating gas. This proposition will be &c.
compspied BY suoh conditions No will insure
the machinery to be permanently used, if
the experiment proves o success. This the
operators are perfectly able to do. 1t will
be q great day for them, when petro,
leum gas is frst used to light the cities Of
Philadelphia, New York, Boston and other
large cities. There will then be no more
cry Of overproduction, and the rings ofrei
fneries and middlemen will bo broken.
The difficulty at present is the expense o.
the change Of machinery in the gas works.
The stockholders will be slow to lend mou-
ey aud aid towards an experiment, the re-
suit Of which they are not fully certain
and unless oilmen do as the lower operators
propose, denote them machinery free Of cost
the day is distant when the oil region will
feel the benefit OF the new outlet.-(Tid
loute Jonrnal.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31
The Oil Market.

The present pacic in the oil market oaus'
ca considerable excitement. II is clsimed
that spot oil sold at Parker City on Tuen
day at 81, ,65al, 10, which is the lowest price
reached for the past seven years. This is
mostly owing to the striking Of several new
wells in the lower district, within few
days, one or two OF them flowing large guam
titles of oil. The Commercial says: 'The
new wells shove mentioned, should they
hold out, will give an aggregate dsily In.
crosse OF l.525 barrels, but .his aggregate
is not likely to BE- maintained for any great
length Of time. 1t % nat be remem bered,
however, that there has been q very large
general increase during the past seven
months. The receipts Of crude AZ this post,
from the frst Of January to the 26th Of JnIy
instant, sggregated 1903, 1893 barrels against
1856, SOL barrels for the year 1872. Thus
10 the arst seven months OF this year, We
shall have received nearly as much crude ss
during The entire previous year. This will
account for the low prices which have been
prevailing, end should the production be
still further increased, % 10 indlostsd Of The
reported strikes Of large wells, the prospects
foe bsttsP prices are far more Asttering."
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31
a Young Woman Attacked
aDy, a Large l'ansheT--She
sIays il with n Pine-An0f.
rFrom the Pittsburgh Commercially
Lock HAVEN, IA, jag 49, Is


Lock HAVEN, Pa, jag ~ Is.
On Thursday last (the l7tb) party Or
Young women went out from Queens Run
10 the mohn ntain just back of the settlement,
to gather bncklsoetries. One OF them, DE-
rusha Bryan, advanced little farther INTO
the woods thsn the others, when she was
attacked by u huge panther Her coueso-
ious, bearing the brute scrssn, sought ssfe'
ty in flight. but Miss Bryan, finding escape
impossible, determined to stand her ground,
v nd seeing a huge pine knot, gave her enc
my battle. The contest wss close one for
a few minutes, but human courage, judge
ment aud coolnets coon trluInphed over
brute strength, and the heroic woman soon
had the satisfaction Of laying the blood
thirsty monster dead at her feet. her gar
ments were ,nrn into threds, and her fscs
and arms badly c.atched, but she walked
home with firm step and the light OF trli
uwph in her eye, and was able 10 give q
good account OF herself. The dead panther
was soon aiterward found BY the people'oi
Queens Run, and proved on measurement,
to be elk feet and ten inches long. Miss
Bryan is the lion (or lioness) of the ne.ghbor.
hood, as she well dc lerves to be. We doub
whether an instance can bs found on record,
of more COO, heroic bravery and wise dis
cretion, developed by any women, even in
. ba ,port horojc nd mari Inns DAYS of Penn,
sylvania.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

A man named McMurty, an old resilient
of Pioneer, died at that place at eight
o'clock last evening, of bilious fever. We
are requested to state that Rev. Burcbard,
o f this place, will bold divine services q
the home at seven o. m., tc-morrJw.
The body will be taken to Venauso Boro,
Crawford County, for burial.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

A..Philadelphia surgeon WAS called the
other day to house up town to amputate
the leg Of woman. He " nesr sighted
man, and when he reached the house be got
into the wrong room aud calmly sawed oil
the limb OF the servant girl, who was a Ger.
man, who had come over to two days be-,
FIRE, and who thought it was the custom OF
the country.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

A girl in South Carolina ate a poisoned
crow, was thrown into couvuIsions, tell into
the fire, was badly burned, had leg ampu-
tated 10 consequence, and is now GONZALES,
cent, but doesn't "hanker after crow" as
much 90 she did formerly.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

FaiFview 10 ono OF the most orderly plac.
- In the oil regions. Petroleum Centre
the most disorderly. y.-Tidioute Journal.
Fslfview being played out % matter of
course must be order Iy, but when the Jour.
ns' makes gratuitous assertlou like the
soove " n'se's an untrutb. Compare tbs
police reports OF Petroleum Centre and Tid-
iou's' ana that Of tha latter will be found
u more than double the former, the first
comparison Is therefore entirely iuvidious.
Tell ua another little story, Journal, but ad-
here closer to shs truth ssxt time.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

Titusville has little Credit Mobilier OF
her own. 1t appears in the charges and
specifications that one Of the Common Coun-
cilmen has been peddling hls Influence, the
purchasers having been contractors for street
paw ing.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

:. The steamer Jamestown, on Chautauqna
axe, which was laid mp for repairs three days,
after being thoroughly overhauled, is again
doing service, and is better than ever. Cap
tain Graudin will not be outdone in making
bis passengers comfortable.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

MAN DROWNED AT WARREN.-A Germ an
barber named CHRISTIAN Wild, was rowned
ct Warren on Sunday last, while bathing -
lie was swimming, but suddenly disappear
cd under the water. Other parties who
were with him OF the time, rescued him as
soon as possible, hut too late.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

Two hundred employees al the .Fishback
rolling mill, Schuyikill county, struck few
days ago because thay did not consider a
certain workman worthy of their associa-
t'on' Nearly all the.strikers are at work on
the Berks County Rairoad.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

The "cholera" men of the Chicago news
papers publish cheerful bulletins producing
a most salutary effect ia the agricultural
districts Of Illinois. They have already
been the means of saw ing thousands Of wa
tsr-meon patches from destruction.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

Mrs John Covey of jamestown, commit
ted suicide ou Friday LASTLY cutting her
throat With razor.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

There is monk 10 the Franciscan Nom
astry, Loretto, Cambria county, who has
been an inmate of that institution for over
nineteen years, and has never been to Cres/
son, u distance of five IN lies.
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Local Notices.

tH TIE Post OfRcs Newsroom Sod,
Fountain is now running 10 full blast
Gail and try = glass Of ice cool soda ws,e,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

Mad cats are being killed in different sec
tions Of Berks county.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

A man Of Tiosa county has killed fifty -ons
pattle snakes this summer.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

The weilso 90 The Egbsrt isru ere tsmpo,
rsriiy shut dows. 90 account Of ono Of the
large boilers being oct Of rspa,r.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

Lou Voucher ha' bssu cornpsllsd to drill
MS water we'll eight or teu feet deeper, on
sccount OF the enorous demand for that ar
ticle.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. -
Pieachivg at VI o'clock a. NJ. and"7
o'flack +. A. hv tbe Pastor, ". q. DuRcH-
Aap sabbath School at IA, directly
sft-r forenoon service.
Fry.r Meeting and Sabbath School
Tescber's Meeting Tuesday evenings OF
bach week.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

constable Thompson OF OIL City, was in
town yesterday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-31

Berries Of oil kis>s ars In u.rlet In sr..,
plenty.
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Dickens "hOz,s

just issued ir paper cover BY the PETE,
sons. Price rs cents, and fos sale ct n
Post Office NewsroOm.
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Petroleum Centre Daily Record.


METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath ct IL A. M. ana
,l% p. NJ. Sabbath School at l216 T. NJ.
eats free. A. cordlsl invitation extend.
ej T. III.
Rev. G. MOORE, Pastor.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-19
Drew Theological seminary.

COMMENCEMENT LAST wEEK-RETIRAoY OF BISHOP
FOSTER AND ELECTION OF bR HURST 40 TIE
PREsIDENoY, &c.
The Drew Theological Seminary has Just
c'osed It's scholastic year, and the young minis
t,rs who have been there assembled are scat
t,red through various parts OF the country to
dispense the Word Of Life.
The commencement exercises, which took
place last week, were of highly pleasing char
acter, and the whole regime of the closing seIvi-
ces we're said to be the best ever experienced in
that institution.
Rev. II. 8. Foster, d. D., having, at the last
General Conference, been consecrated Bishop,
resigned the position or President and the
Board Of Trustees, with greaL unanimity, select
ed Rev. J. r. Hurst d. D., to ill the place made
vacant by the retiracy Of Bishop Foster. Rev.
DIR. Miley takes the chair OF Practical Theology.
Madison, New Jersey, where the insti-
tntion is located, is situated in most
beautiful and picturesque country. As a retreat
for thought and study, combined with the ad-
yantages of recreation, there ID scarcely to be
found it's superior. We understand that the
Faculty intend to spend their Summer vacation
at home. Well may they do SO, for no sea-side
resort nor trip to Europe. will be likely TO give
them more vigorous health than may be found
in this sequestered yet thought-inspiring coun-
try.
Dr. Hurst, the President, Is a native of the
Peninsula, being born in Dorchester county,
Md Though young man, he has already dis
tnguisked himself so as to command the atten-
tion OF men Of letters, both in Europe and
America. While in Germany, surrounded by
the schools OF thought called unorthodox, he pre-
pared his work entitled "a History OF RATIONAL
ism, which placed him, AT once on the list Of dis
tinguished authors. Since his return to this
country he has been occupying ths chair Of
Historical Theology at seminary, to the head
ship Of which he il now called.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-19
PERSONAL AND PARTICULAR.

-Nixons funeral took place yesterday.
Gen. Pennypacker is oil on tour through
Canada.
Two prisoners escaped from the Norristown,
Pa, Jail. on Saturday.
The Civil Service Board will meet in WASH
ington on Wednesday.
The funds of the Missouri State Treasury
are entirely exhausted
Miss Margaretta Seibold committed suicide
at Baltimore on Saturday.
"A Kansas paper refers to the spectacle Of q
cat fight as "a view Of fur-in-psrts."
-Torturing rats is expensive amusement in
Lancaster, Penn. The courts charge $40 per
rat.
An Alabama Congressman put his back pay
where it would do most good, by giving it to his
wife.
"A Georgia paper announces that twenty men
are to be hanged in that State within two
months. Immigrants will be needed there very
soon.
The letters attached to invitations, "R. 8.
v. p" stand for the French words Repondez stl
uous plda-answer, il you please. or please re-
spond.
Donaldson, the Reading aeronaut. made an
ascension in paper balloon on Saturday, which
was the first regular paper balloon ascension in
America.
The Congressional excursion party arrived
at Vinita, Indian Territory, on Saturday and will
be transferred to the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
road this evening, and arrive at Dennison, Texas,
tonight.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-19
The strike of the Rhode Island factory opera
tiyes has ended.

The strike of the Rhode Island factory opera
tiVes has ended
Two prisoners escaped from the Norristown,
Pa, jaiE on Saturday. One was German, and
ths other native of Berks county. Each was
ABOUT 20 years of age.
Jesse Diehl of York, Pa. shot aud mortally
wounaed Robert Blair, a painter, at Nashua,
N. H., yesterday. 1t is belived that rum was the
cause. Diehl has been arrested.
John Naso's planning mill at South Bethlehem
(Pa } was burned on Saturday. Loss, $25, 900.
A fire in Charleston Is. o. Saturday night de-
s'royed Barretts block of houses. Loss, $40,
900.
The United States ship Powhatan left Key
West on Saturday for Boston, and will convoy
The car shops of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad, in Aurora, Ill, were burned
yesterday. Loss, $3.50 600.
Miss Margaretta Seibold, German lady, aged
80, suicided on Saturday, in Baltimore, by hang
ing herself to a bed-post with handkerchief
The planning mill of Pearson 4 Payne, at Chi
caeo, was damaged by fire on Saturday to the
extent OF $2500, John Seaman, an employee,
was shockiugly burned, and it is believed he cam
not recover.
In the U. s. Court at Boston, on Saturday,
Judge Shipley refused an injunction asked by
Walter Benn and others. to prevent the perfor
nance by Charlotte Leelerq and Arthur Cheney
of a. The New Magdalen." at the Globe Theatre.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-19
9Eaths.

HARRIs.-on the 10th inst, John Harris, in the
9th year OF his age,
The relatives and male friends Of the family are
respectfully invited 10 attend the funeral from his
residence, s3 Shipley st., on Wednesday afternoon,
the 2lst inst at O'Clock, without further notice.
CAULK,-In this city, 1Tth inst, Joseph 8. Caulk,
aged b3 years.
The relatives and friends Of the fam y are invited
tohis uHera on Wednesday afternoon 2lst 10 le ave
his residence. at 2 O'clock. Also the Hiram Grand
Lodge. u A. F. A. NJ. members Of the subordinate
Lodges, under the Jurisdiction o the M. I. II. A.
Chapter and St Paul's Encampment Knight Tenn
plars. Services to be held at e. Zion Church.
ALEXANDRR.-On May IL, 1873 at the residence
of Geo. Tyb0ut Mary Alexander,
For several years an hon0red, valued member OF
his family. A nrmer better friend never lived, a
warmer Iruer heart never Oeat Called from earth
to heaven ere her sun reached its medium, she has
left sweet record Of COED deeds, and her memory
will ever be precious and green In the heara OF the
many friends who - tenderly loved her,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-19
The sItuation nt the sou.h.

Post Master General Creswell has just re-
turned from an extended tour in the South. and
has, Of course, beon interviewed by newspa-
per reporter. Here is the answer to the ques-
tioning concerning the political status of that
portion OF the country;
"The people are not fully reconstructed;
mean, they are, perhaps, not thoroughly Batid-
lied with their present political condition, but
they have advanced az far towards complete sub
mission to the new order Of affairs as might be
expected all things considered. We had very
pleasant trip, and were well received every
where. Particularly was this the case in Tennes-
see, where many OF the leading rebels called on
us. Our conversation with them was satsfac-
ory, and, 30 far as their uttersnces were con-
cerned, gave evidence that, in theory il not in
practice, they have accepted the results OF the
war OF COURSE we met none, or, at any rate,
very few OF the more ignorant classes, who a4e
charged with the commission of the ku-klux
and other similar ontrages but We met men
who were said to be leaders, and it was evident
that among the latter a better feeling prevails
than was exhibited several years ago. In New
Orleans We found some trouble, the existence
and causes of which you understand ; but even
there many Of the natives and some of the OPP
position party called on u.s.
1.-The Southern problem is gradually settling
itself. The slow return Of the South to pros
perity and the tardy adoption of its people to
changed conditions of the labor question have
provoked much OF the dissatisfaction which now
prevails. When these proyocation4 are renoV-
cd the people will submit more cheerfully, but
you cannot expect them to act as peacefully az
well-fed, properly-housed and well-clad people
would. You must remember, too, that their
poverty IL constant reminder not only Of their
defeat, but of their former comforts. All this
is natural; it Ia human nature, against which it
is useless to battle. At the same time, the
obligations OF the Government to tho enfranchls-
aA rasf hat Nba ~
and the laws shall be ridgidly enforced with
equal Justice TO all.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-19
Or. Z. Il. BnLer.

HIs DEAD BODY FOUND IN HOUSE NEAR WAR
Rem, Me-
DR.. P. II. Baker, who, several months ago,
was practicing physician in this city, was sho
dead in house near Warren, Me-, on Saturday
morning. The alarm was given by a woman,
named Mink, who said he had shot her before
shooting himself. As no wound was found up
on her she was supposed to be delirious, but the
DOCTORS body was found in her house. DR.. Ba-
ker was 40 years OF age, and had no family. 1t
is suspected that Miss Mink shot Baker She
had been his housekeeper for several years, and
was anxious that he should marry her, which he
refused to do.
The DIR. came to Wilmington about 10 months
ago, perfect stranger, and first located in an
office on the second floor in Silver's Building.
He subsequently removed to 2l9 Market st.,
over Bush's jewelry store. He was very eccen-
trio in his habits, and seemed to desire that no
one should form true conception OF his char
acter or purposes. II was known, however, to a
few here that his location in Wilmington wat
only to get rid of troubles at home, at the bot.
tom Of which was woman, and il is presumed
that his death occurred at the house OF this very
naraOn