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Staats- s-3situng" In Danpbin County
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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-10
NOTICE !.
Go to w. A. N)ZIER,
4th Street, near r.. II. track,
for your BENZINE, deliv.
cred at the wells fur $2,25
per Barrel.
BUSINEss CHANGE
Petroleum Centre, Feb. s.s-tt

BUSINESS CHANGE.
w. A. Lozier, who has been
engaged in the Wholesale Ale
trade for the past year, has this
day disposed Of his entire in.
terest in said business to the firm
Of Fox & Williams who will
continue the business at the old
stand. Mr.. Lozier desires us
to return his sincere thanks to
his many patrous for the lib.
eral patronage extended to him.
during the past year. f. A
Phillips will act as agent for
the new proprietors, and keeps
q full supply Of that fine Buffalo
Cream. Ale on hand. ~
Mr. Lozier desires all par.
ties indebted to him to settle
ct once as be wishes to have
his books balanced.
Dstsd April -, 1878. gr.1
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-10

'IWE Subscriber having bought the old stond Of
1 Mease " Armstrong, has enlarged the bushes.
and Will keep always on hand the heat the market
Affords. will do a WHOLESALE & RETAIL
trade in the following products:
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-10

For Sale
5000 10 20, 900 feet OF SECONDHAND
TUBING, at from rs to o35 cts. per foot
Tho Tubin 10 10 fret class order and all
ready fitted
April %. IT, h. q. WARNER.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22

Some of the passengers jumped from
the steamer into ii, while others who were
in the water were drawn in by those al
ready within it. In an attempt TO jump
into It one passenger was struck by the
wheel and sustained slight Injuries.
The origin of the fire seems TO be a
question of doubt. The Captain thinks 1t
originated in the forward end of the bow,
but his opinion conflicts with the state
ment of others. He thinks sparks from
the smoke-box were blown into the hold,
and, coming in contact with the dry wood,
easily ignited into flames, and the boat
being almost as dry as tinder, was soon
ignited. Taking all the statements pub
lfshed, it is generally conceded that the
fire broke out in the hold amidships, and
spread with alarming rapidity. From the
time of the discovery of the fire, the boat
was burnt to the main deck and waters
edge within less than twenty minutes; in
deed, as the engineer told a reporter of
the Star, "in less time than l can give you
my statement"
The excitement which existed can be
Judged from the fact that the boat had
nearly five hundred life preservers aboard,
and only two were used-one placed by
Mr.. Emerson upon q small child his
daughter) and one which he used him.
self They were both saved. Mr.. Emer-
son felt so grateful for his preservation by
its means, that he took it with him to AL
exandria, and said to several friends who
congratulated him upon his lucky escape,
that he would keep it as long as he lived.
From the statements of those on board
the boat, it seems that the officers stood
firmly by their posts and did everything
in their power TO save lives and allay ex-
citement. On all sides their conduct has
been commended, and no blame for the
disaster seems to attach itself to any of
them-W Washington Star, August 8.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22
Extraordinary Powers Of Davenport
Lady. tI,s

THE Davenport Qowa) Democrat, in no.
ticing the report of the performances of
]. R. Brown, lately published in the Chi
cago newspapers, says that highly edu-
Gated and refined lady of that city, Mrs.
Bleik Peters, possesses the same remark
able powers. Though adverse to exhibit
ing her peculiar psychic state, she occa-
sionally astonishes her friends by per-
forming the most marvellous feats while
in state of seeming somnambulance. 1t
is not at all necessary that the lady should
be thrown into mesmeric trance to elicit
these powers. AS in the case of
the young man from Red Oak,
simple contact with the party knowing
the secret work to be performed is suffi.
cient. Mr.. Frank l. Jervis, the editor of
the Democrat, has tested the lady's occult
faculty on several occasions. Once in
particular he placed his watch in box,
locked the box and put the key in third
party's pocket, then placed the box in a
basket, and, after tying all the hard knots
he could invent, hid it in an adjacent
room, no one but himself being cog
infant. He then resolved that the lady
should discover that watch and place it
in her husbands hands. He, without
intimating an idea of his desire, mere
ly laid his hand gently upon the
lady. She Immediately closed her eyes,
and glided rather than walked to the door
of the room, opened it, went to the table,
took up the basket, leisurely united the
knots, took out the box, carried it to the
gentleman who had the key, which OBJ
tanning, she unlocked the box, took out
the watch, and, placing it in the hand of
her husband, started at once into the real
ization of having performed some invol-
untary act. This lady is susceptible to
the influence at all times, and from any
friendly hand, so that mesmeric power
seems to have nothing to do with it. So
powerful is the control which her hus-
band has over her intellectual faculties
that he can control her actions when out
of sight and some distance away. He has
been known to sit in the garden while the
lady was busted with her household du-
ties, and, by mere act of volition, has
enforced obedience to his unuttered wish
es. Such experiments seem TO prove the
existence of a physicopsychologi force,
to which the name of "animal magnet
ism is most commonly applied. The ex-
istence of such force has long been sus-
pected, but the conditions of its operation
are so rare, and the means of verifying
the testimony concerning it are so unsys-
tematized, that it has no scientific recog.
milton whatever.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22
THE NEW WORLD.

At mass-meeting held at Montreal, Cana
da, on the evening Of the 9TH, spirited resolu-
tions were passed calling on the Dominion
Government and the Lower House of Parla-
ment to investigate promptly the Pacific Rail-
way scandal of Canada, no matter who may be
damaged in consequence of the revelations
made.
President Grant has issued an Executive or
der, announcing his approval of the new rules
prepared by the Civil-Scrvice Board last June,
and stating that they will be put in operation as
soon as the necessary arrangements can be
made.
A full report of the Special Commission on
the abuses of the United States branch of the
Vienna Exposition has been received at Wash
ington. The conclusions are the reverse of
complimentary TO General Van Buren and his
confidential assistant, General Mayer, and
some of their subordinates.
No official communication had been received
at Washington from Great Britain relative to
the Manitoba difficulty, up to the Sth, and
therefore, contrary to report, the Government
had taken no action whatever In the promises.
A recent telegram from Washington says
that, in view Of the condition of affairs in
Spain, vessels comprising the European
squadron under command of Rear Admiral
Case have been ordered to Spanish ports.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention ad-
journed on the Sth to reassemble in Cincinnati
on the I'd of December.
The Illinois Board of Railroad and Ware
house Commissioners have been in daily con-
ference with the leading railroad men, ship
pers and producers of the State on the freight
rates question, with view of coming to q fair
and just basis of transportation charges
A largely attended farmers picnic was held
at Riggs Grove, Scott County, ILL.,, on the
7th, at which, among Others, the following
notices were displayed; "If any political
party stands between us and our rights, let il
dIe;" farmers to the 'front.'" politicians,
take back seats" "com must go up, monop-
olies must go down." Corporations must
obey the laws as well as individuals"
The wife of Cassius Claxon, of Henry Coun'
ty, KY, was awakened a few nights ago by q
man named Payne attempting to get in at the
window. Mrs. Claxon seized a pistol and
shot Payne through the head, in1ieting fata
wound, Mrs. Claxon has been tried and hon
Orably acquitted.
AT recent meeting of the Brooklyn Owls.
Grange, which represents portions of Dane
Rock and Green counties, Gov. Washbum wa
declared to be their choice for next Governor
! Of Wisconsin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22
Treasurer Spinner on the MutilatiOn Of
United States Notes.
GEN. SPINNER has addressed the fol-
lowing letter TO the Cashier of New
England bank

GEN. SPINNER has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the Cashier of New
England bank:
TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON, Aug. z,
SIR: Your letter of the Isl inst. was re-
ceived yesterday by the Adams Express
Company There came inclosed, as there
in stated, two United States legal tender
notes, one of the denomination of $500
and the other 800. Both these notes are
entirely new, having never even been
folded, and are perfectly clear being with
out spot or speck. For some bad pur-
pose, probably fraudulent one, with a
view to the raising of other United States
notes of smaller denominations to the
stature of these, more than one-tenth OF
each has been scissorod out with clean
cut. Under the old regulations of the
Treasury Department, which existed for
more than ten years, these two notes could
have been redeemed for only nine-tenths
of their face value. Sixty dollars would,
under the old rules, have been deducted
for mutilations. These rules, unfortun-
ately for the Government have been late
ly modified, so that this penalty cannot
be enforced. Under this more than gen
erous modification, you claim to have re-
turned to you United States notes of like
denominations, under Government con
tract at the expense of the United
States. The charge to the Government
by the Express Company for their trans
portation both ways would be $120. For
the dog-days, consider this request de,
cidedly cool. First, you or your client
willfully mutilate clean, new notes, and
then you ask tho Government not only ~
replace them with other new, unmutiiated
notes, to be in their turn, for aught |
know, mutilated and returned with like
request for other new notes, but to pay the
expense and run the risk of transporta.
ton both ways. This, to my mind, is
piling it ON pretty steep You not only
burn with hot iron, but ask the burned
one to pay for heating the poker. If you
will turn TO the fifty-eighth section of the
National Banking law, you will find that
if any person had treated any two OF
your bank notes in the way these two
United States notes have been treated
you could recover by action, in any court
having jurisdiction, $50 for each of the
mutilations. Now, what is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander. Ought
not the perpetrators of these mutilations
be made to respond in like manner? I'm
der the circumstances, it has been con.
cluded that the notes shall be retained at
any rate until the pieces that were cut out
of them shall be returned to this office
and until the apparent fraudulent or ma
licious mutilation shall have been salts
factorily explained to the Department
Very respectfully yours,
4. L. SPINNER,
Treasurer of United States
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22

modification Of the banking system, and de-
mands general revision Of the Tariff laws;
demands the repeal of the back sala-
ry law opposes all future grants Of land to
railways or other corporations; fayors a strict
construction of the Constitution, and opposes
the exercise Of all doubtful powers by judicial
or other officers; declares that in the corrup-
tion Of legislators, Congressmen and ofice-hold-
ers Of existing political parties Of the countryis
found the necessity for the independent move
ment.
kerosene lamp accident occurred at In
dianapolis on the 18th. The victim in this case
was Ida Shannon, aged IA.
| The editor of the Farmers linton, Mime
apolis, Mimi, says the yield Of wheat in the
State is much better than was expected, being
estimated to exceed twenty-five bushels per
| acre.
According to a Cairo dispatch of the 18th,
the cholera, in its most pestilential form, had
appeared near Makenda, Illinois. A family
named Ramsey, consisting Of husband, wife
and child, who recently fed from Indiana to
escape the scourge, were stricken down with
1t, and all were dead in twelve hours Four
or five relatives who came TO their assistance
were in few hours taken down and soon.
died.
At an Opposition caucus held at Ottawa, On
tario, on the evening of the 14th, at which
there was full attendance of Reformers, res
olutions were passed condemning the action
taken by the Crown in proroguing the Cana
dian Parliament
A Washington dispatch of the 14th says the
Secretary of the Treasury, late the night be-
fore, sent, by special messenger, to Collector
Arthur, of the port of New York, an order for
the immediate removal Of nearly one hundred
customs officers, some of them occupying re-
sponsible POSITIONS on charges Of fraud and
corruption, and that the dismissal of another
lot of dishonest officers was expected in few
| days.
Gold in New York on the 14th declined to
| 114%, and closed at 1149<.
A Harvest Home picnic was held at Clinton,
ILL.,, on the 14th, and was largely attended by
the farmers of De Witt and adjoining counties.
Addresses were delivered by Governor Bever-
idge, Ex-Governor Palmer, General ]. c. Black
and others.
A widow woman, the daughter Of George
Stephenson, residing near Elkader, Iowa, the
other day poured oil on a fire she had just
lighted, when an explosion followed, setting
her clothes on fire and burning her SO severely
that she died the same night in great agony.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-22
A Heroine.

ASIAN evidence that the qualities of nerve
and downright pluck are not confined ex-
clusively to the heroic men of creation,
there is here offered a narration of a cir
cumstance wherein young girl bore
herself bravely under such trying circum-
stances as would have severely tested the
most dogged determination ever shown
by the average genus homo. On Sunday
last this young lady was at church, when,
during the delivery of the sermon, she
suddenly became aware that something of
a crawling nature was making an expedi-
tious journey up her leg. Startled, as
may well be believed, she was for the
nonce bereft of the power of action, and
there forthwith chased each other through
her mind extremely lively and fearful ap-
prehensions touching snakes, rats and a
host of disgusting creatures, but with a
determined effort she recovered her pres
ence of mind, and by the time the thing
had got short distance above her knee
she clutched it, through her dress, with a
vise-like grip, and held on like grim
death. Since the first revelation of the
distressing circumstance, she had not
uttered a sound, nor indeed given any
outward sign of the mental torture which
she must have suffered, but sat rigid and
Eo.lPoscu, hIhiy SrasplnS that hoIIlple
thing" which she knew was some living
creature, when, upon being clutched, it
gave forth squealing sound. For full
three-quarters of an hour the girl sat
| there, as composedly as ever, still retaining
her hold to the close of the service, when
she departed homewards, never relaxing
her grip until reaching home, when, Civ
ing hurried explanations to her mother,
she tainted dead aWay
A quick examination by Ia mere re.
vealed the presence of a rat, rs dead as a
door nail, as the cause of the unhappy
adventure, which, for lively interest, and
the revealing of remarkable spirit in
the mind of a young girl, is not often
matched in this latter day,-Ne,o Orleans
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