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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22
Gold at ! p. m. ll55a

The vote on local option in Titusville,
Oil City, Msadville, Franklin, end Cory,
resulted In favor of licsnse. The whole Gl-
fair In our estimation is ono sided through I
out md has not shadow Of justice in it,
1t looks as If the Legislature were either
remarkably honest men, or passed this law
on purpose to make ''big stake" ont OF
the pockets Of ABS liquor meu-tAs latter
being tho most plsusibls.
We do not say this in opposition to tenn
persuce, but solely in business point of
view. We dorive large share OF our sup-
port from the liquor 10 utersst, Us do the busi
iness men OF the place, and together with
The rest OF the boys shall bs compelled to
put up our shutters and quit, which will 10
the case with one aud all, the "cuss words
Of the whole body Of men who have money
invested in hotels, dining rooms, and other
public places, attending the founders Of q
law 90 unjust 10 every rWp pecL
IL the temperance men ore SO anxious for
reform let them strike at the root of the evil
the msna!scture--aud the point desired
will be gained. But We. verify believe
when they undertake to legislate a. 10 what
. msn shall eat and drink, sit esrnot be
did"
'.Coms wind, come wrack, ct least we'll die
with harness on our backe.",
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Things q married man cannot help think.
ing:
That oil the girls used to be ia love with
him.
That all the widows are now.
That il be- were a widower he could mar
ry usain whenever he chosa.
That all other fellows art fools.
That he wouldn't introduce any fellow he
knows to his sister or his daughter.
That bis wife is little jealous.
That sho used to be a pretty girl.
That his mother eau make good bread;
hot bis wife cannot.
That he would not trust most woman.
8That If he should ever speculats he would
make his fortune.
That te would enjoy country life.
That girls will never be so silly as 10 MARI
ry.
That smoking never hurt man yet.
That with little management the ser/
wants would always do welI,sud never give
warning.
That his shirt buttons are grossly neglec<
ted.
That he is going to make :his fortur Q
some day.
That he despises old bachelors.
Things married man cannot help think
ing:
That she was very pretty at sixteen.
That she had, or would have had, great
many offers.
That all her lady friends are Eve years
older than they say they are.
That she has very ftns mind
That II her husband had actsd on her ad-
viee be would be a rich man to-day
The people think too muoh of the looks
OF that Miss--,who would not be called
handsome If che didn make herself up.
That her mother/in.!Aw is a very trying
woman.
That ber sloters-in'law takes airs, ana
ought to'be pu. down.
That her giIls are prsttier than Mrs. A.
girls.
That abe would like to know where her
Husband spends his evenings when he stays
out.
That her eldest con takes after him.
That he 10 going TO throw himself away
on Mrs, Scraggs.
That Mrs. Ceaggs Set be cap for him, and
did all the cOnrting.
That her servant girls ars-ths worst eve,
known. :; ,.T.
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BUTLER COUNTY.

This classic precinct was always famous.
No other locality ever furnished 20 many
ssvory br eakfast cakes, not even Scotland,
"The Land O Cakes"--and II 10 the only
region where the sapouacsous compound
SO useful 10 promoting cleanliness. II not
godlneps, is to be found in the boso IN OF
our mother earth ready for use.
Now, oil, us amber as .ha nectar that
Jspita sips flowing from wells three or teur
hundred barrels a day, astonishss the no
tives and c!s nrbs the equilibrium Of the
ell market.
A grea: multitude that no man can num-
Der, propose from and after the vero al
equinox 10 nitrate hithsr and make their
fortunes. viii they do It! That 10 th .
question. A rev may do we'll in operating,
and Others in trading. But it is wall 10
bear in mind that the drilling is very de ep
800 feet-aud getting deeper daily -
The sand is very shallow and getting thin
ner and is mean and rotten. The oil Is not
jnst the right shade. The. wells last bht
short time, with two or three exceptions,
and they are fur from any others.
Scrubgrass, EmIen.on, Foxhurg, with PEI
tersburg and Parker's Landing, 10 the drst
Developments are yielding no more than
here on the Creek or at Shsmburg. The
tide Of big production travels rapidly down
below, aud soon leaves prosperous towns fat
behind. The population that wishes to
keep up with the now developments and big
strikes there, must be alert and ac|
tive, u tent and gum cloth outfit ls the best
thing then when the tide turns, as we PREF
dict it, will before year, they, like the
Arab, "ean fold their tents and silently
steal away" tho back way II they like, to
the shallow drilling. The pebbly sand
(irom 30 to so feet deep,) to the green oil
and tho unmatched territory, like the
ands, the Octave, the Colorado, that they
left behind them, and where pipesge. tankI
aye aod Il. r. facilities are unsurpassed.
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THE LAST LEAF.
, DY 0. W. H0LxES.

saw him once before
AS be passed by the door;
And again
The pavement stones rcsound
As be totters DER the ground
With bis cane.
They say in his prime,
Ere the pruning hook Of Time
Cut him down.
Nota better man was found
BY the cryer on his round
Through. the town.
But now be walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
So forlorD; t..-
yT And he shakes bis feeble bead,
That itseems as if be eaid,
"They are gone"
u0 ussy slAuk ko'osaV
% the lips tbst be had pressed
10 their bloom; -.-e..
And the names be loved to hear
- Have been carved for many year
.." On the tomb.
My grandmother has said
Poor old lady she 10 dead
Long ago
That he had Roman nose,
Aud bis cheek was like the rose
In the snow.
But now his nose ia thip,
And it rests upon his chin
Like a stafr;
And crook is in bis bsck,
And a melancholy crack
In bis langh.
1 know 1t is1s sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
But bis old three cor1ered bat,
And bis breecbes, and oil that,
Are 80 queer!
And II should live to be
The last leaf OF the Tree
10 tbe'spriug.
Let them smile, as do now,
At the old, torraksn bough
Where cling!
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

A fire broke out .yesteripg in the ferry
house OF the Erie Railway in Jersey City
destroying 1t and the passenger depot ad-
joining, together with other buildings
Loss about $500, ,GDo.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

An Evansville, Indiana, dispatch aays
Judge Joseph G.. Bowan, former United
States Assessor Of the Firt Indiana District,
committed suicide at Yincennes Ryesterday
moruiog. lie did 1t with u little carving
knife.
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.ESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
REV. G. MooRE, Pastor.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at II o'clock A. NJ. and 7
o'clock p. NJ, by the Pastor, W. g. BURCH-
ARD. Sabbath School st 1914, directly
sitter forenoon eervce.
Prsysr Meeting and Sabbath School
Tssohers Meeting Tuesday evenings O.!
eaSh week.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

IA brief letter sigusd John B. McEnery,
Governor OF Louisiana, sdviass the organi-
zasiou Of tax resisting sssociAtious through,
out tie State.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

No communication wish the Modocs siocs
March 10th. 1t is against their local OPP
tion to keep THEN word, in which they re-
ssmble other "Christian Statesmen.''-
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NOTICE.

We expect all parties indeb'
ted to this firm to settle their
bills before the 1st of May next
and avoid nnpleasantness, as we
iutend to close out and leave
this town. " *''
SOBEL IL AUERIIAIM
Dated, Petroleum.. Gentle, Pa, March Goth
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~ Now is the tune to purchase Pocket
Diary cheap. \ fns assortment Can be
found at the Pest Once newsroom.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

, After gazing ,boughtfully on three news
boys playing 'pennyante' on the court house
steps, the Lancaster Express man mourn.
fully asks, 'Wby send missionaries abroad ?,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

The Fi"Dch Government gas issued ~ or
der torblddiug tbe exporta,,on of wal MAJ
trIlai f.ou that country 70 spein,
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|"ettoIeum Centre Daily Record.
Pet. Centre, Pa, saturday march 22
Divine 2crvice-

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at IL A. N. ana
~ 2. N. Sabbath School at l2l2 p. NJ.
sats free. A cordial invitation extend.
ID to all.
REV. G. Mo0RE, Pastor.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

James McElhaney, who murdered his wife
was executed in Boston yesterday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

TbeIe is great religious excitement q
Chittenaago Syringe, N. Y.
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EMPLOY
MEN I!

with OW Agents having Immense e. su.vi sSsi vi
making from s5to $l5 per day one one, as ~ lop
40 subscriptions in one day, others rsp0tfa Xii sus
s5 per day. Specimen, ,copiesof paper. pps...s ,s :,
lars terma, ETC., sent frce to any oTsTT nNp @
Write Vt esss t~ - FIkA$ipA
| eago, H.
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England exported $40, 400, 900 OF ale ard
BIER last year.
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Florida hotels put hops on their bills Of
fare 81 substitute for rice.
Sobel & Auerhaim advertise elsewhere
that all parties ore requested to settle up at
once, as they intend to move from town
before long.
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New England has had forty snow s,orma
this wi,asr.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

Boston will send silk banner, with th 9
city seal upou 1t, to Vienna.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

The offices of the Bullshed Bank say they
can't tell who Credit Mobilierized their
books, and funds.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

Six tbou' and applications were made fl
tickets to witness the Foster execution.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

Bacon d. Green is the title of firm o
merketmen in Willismtport.
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Last Friday night near Hopknsvile, Ken
tncy, Porter Brooks, coored shot and kill,
ed Montgomery Wright, also colored. for
criminal intimacy with Brooks wife, Which
was against the latter's local OPTION
Brooks gave himself up and Yves held in
$500 CaI.
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MO AGENT

'rhood, WE.wANT ONE H..
We wan. ONLY Good, !, A'ss ",
Agents,-clteer local -, y Sa
wasting IA We alinvs my, ID
away 4 valuable upal'IyEi
furnish the BESl ~, &
agency in America e'"
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

Many have yet no ''local habitstion" ssI
lected for the lst of April.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-03-22

William Grange, Turkish consul at Balti
more, died at that place yesterday.
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Erie has IA building association.
Shirts viii be cat low in tae neck the
coming summer
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

Look TO YOUR ExAMPLE.-Eyery man
ought to ask, what is the influence of my ex
amplea Do You lead men to respect the com
mandmcnts OF Code?
The late Dr. Dockhart, If the Cole re Cbulcl.
Glasgow, Scotland whe travelli x in Engla I'd
was sojourning IN an inn when the SABBATH
came round. On entering the public room and
about to set out to church, he found two gen.
tleman n ,paring for game of chess.
He addressed them in words to this effect:
Gentlemen, hav you locked up your port
manteaus carefully"
"No. What are there thieves in this house,,
Answer.-'l did not say that; only | was
thinking that II the waiter comes in and finds
you making free with the iout command.
ment, he may think OF making flee with tbe
eighth commandment
Upon this the gentlemen said: There il
something in that aud SO laid aside theil
game.
Twenty-Five persons We're killed by the In
dans during their recent raid In the Nuece,
river district of Texas. II is supposed the In.
dians were Camanches.
At the meeting Of the Methodist Preachers Al
Newark, Rev DIR. Tiffany stated that recent,
he Called OH President Grant, and found Iba
he entirely dispensed with liquor in the wbii.
House, and that 1t was almost entirely abolisb
ed from the most fashionable parties given II
Washington
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

WITTY REJoINDER.-Pete,' a con &c
son of the Emerald Isle. VINO carried wonf and
wafer, built fires, &c for the .boys, at Hamil-
| ton College, is as odd specimen OF the Q, n IS
HibeInian as ever toddled in brogan One of
tile students having occasion to reprove him
one morning for delinquency, aske1 him wheie
he expected to 60 when he died.
Expect to go TO the hot place." sail Pete
without wincing.
'And what do you suppose will be your p,r.
ton therc'' asked the Sopb, solemnly.
"Oh" q owled the Old fellow, as he brusbed
bis ear lazily with his coat tail, bring wood
and water for the boysp'
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15
Ia Boarding School RO-
nance.
CONCLUDED.

The girls were all rayins about the younger
MIR. Wimore, the one who didn't speak, but
helped with the experiments.
He was certainly very handsome; and there
Was so much in his face it was difficult to real
ize that he was only boy of eighteen. A great
six-foot fellow, too, with shoul lders that looked
capable of bearing the world-and such a
smile.
"liow he did look at you, Pansy!" exclalm.
ed her rattlebrain friend. 81 don't believe
there is IA mite of chance for any of u.s."
Pansy stopped suddenly for something that
She had not dropped her complexion was un-
dergoina as many changes as the chemical
lights. Tie girls thought ler Il little queer
in the matter Of the handsome strangers; and il
began to be whispered bout that she must be
engaged.
The next day, Miss Drummond's procession
was out for Il walk, and came close upon ihe
lecturers; 50 close, in fact, that Miss Berk s
veil was blown In the face Of one Of them
who restored il 10 her own fair hands with a
grateful BOW, as though she had done him the
greatest possible favor.
Miss Drummond tried to lecture the youth.
ful lady for not managing her veil properly
she had not seen something suspiciously
! like lslter, that went with the veil but il
| seemed so absurd cause OF complaint, that she
made very little OF it.
The second lecture came OIL at the appointed
time and was attended by another eclipse oi
| kerosene. Again, Miss Berks felt a rustliug,
something slipped into her hand; and again, she
i put 1t away for future reference.
| And one fine morning, not long after, Miss
| Pansy was not to be fOu ld-she had "foldet
her tent like the Arabs, and glided into dark
ness away.
Miss Drummond received a. note in a mascu
line hand, which read as follows
"HONoRED MADAM IL have only taker
what legally belonged to me; and at some flu
ture time Mrs. Clifford Willmere will max.
all necessary explanations.
i Your obedient servant,
c. WILLMoRE.
When Miss Drummond had read this owe
three times, she began to realize that an elope
ment had taken place, and that those danger
Gus looking black eyes had justified all he
feaIs.
Such a scene of excitement as followed tbi
discovery Scholars and servants were sever ],
, inierrorgated; but Miss Berks had taken no on,
into her confidence, ana none could throw til,
, least bill oflight upon her movements.
} There had been d halo of romance about he
from the very first, but this last chapter quit
, reached the cimax--f they only knew whic |
J of the two she hsd run away With
In very aristocratic suburb of large city
: there was particuliry larstocratic street, o
"lane," as everything was called there, wher'
anybody who had anything to do with buyinl
and selling ever presumed TO establish them
| selves.
, The grandest of all the ''places' on this ex
elusive land was owned and occupied by Mr.
| Wilmore-father TO Clifford, and brother t.
Mr.. Frederick Wlllnore. 1t was a beautiful
home-picturesque solid and comfortable; ant
! wealth and taste had gone hand-in-haud In th
designing of the house and laying out Of tn
grounds.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

LAboRER.-A pJor laborer one Saturday
night was ordered by his Young master to carry
a sack OF Goals 10 a certain place on the follow
iuslday. The liborer respectfully answered, that
lie would convey them wlth pleasure on that
evening, but he could not think OF breaking
the Sabbath. 'Nery WE'LL said the young man
If you ,io not carry that load tomorrow, You
need not come on Monday morning. Il can
, not help it, replied the laborer, Il had better
offend my earthly than my heavenly Master.
and cannot dlsobey His commandment TO
keep the Sabbatl-day holy Monday morning
CAM, and the poer man walked ont for the
purpose OF procuring employment, when he
overlook his toruier young master, who inquii-
ed why he was not al work, and OH his stating
the reason, desired hun TO take nu further no
tice Of what he had said, aud allerward ipouir-
ell OF him where lac had leafiti the sentiments
The ltsuIr, in reply, offered linn IL tract on
the ob'e vance of the Sabbath, which the yonna
| mln perused, tltd which had "A salutary effect
| upon his conduct. The end of tie narrative
Is, that father, noher, ainl son were led [,
walk IN the way OF ligla 10 the Kingdom O
| God fhTiSiidH Treasury.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

NeW 1trSef who arrived at Key West
from Havana reports great warlike activity in
the latter city. The Notifications in the har-
oor are undergoing repairs, aud the volunteers
drill every evening. The virginius has been
htted out as Spanish Gunboat, Is fully man :
ned and equipped, and is comme nded BY the
lieutenant who first boarded her from the Tor.
that, when the Virgnius leaves, "eyery AM
ercan is Cub goes ito the air." Ma ~ Amer =
cans are preparing to leave the island. Com
mander Gushing was allowed to sea such Of the
prisoners at Santiago as are American .i,i-
zens, but was not allowed to speak to them.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

The Sutcff Gun, cast recently at HE West
Point Foundry. weighed in the rough state
72,0oO ronnds, and is the largest gun ever
made The gun is made of iron, standing a
pull CT 10000 to $4,000 pounds, and is now
nineteen feet long, but when finished will he
only tf,een feet IN length, II Isl to have a steel
barrel, four inches thick at the breech and three
at the muzzle, with ite bole, and weighing a. :,
| 900 pounds The shot will he nine inches In
diameter, and will Segh about 200 pounds. Ii
will take eight days TO cool the monster by the
Rodman process-water being run through the
bore during all that time. The gun is being
made for government experiments.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

When the London School Board commenced
operations, three years ago, it found that LIZ, :
600 London children were utterly without.
school accommodations Al The close of
October last 3 1000 of these children were
attending the schools, ard it was expected that
wirhin another month there would be school
accommodations for $4,000 more. The opera
tions of the Board were made peculiarly diff.
cult, because they had to organize large body
Of teachers, provide school accommodations and
overcome the objections of ignorance to the in
PRODUCTION of education amongst the lowest
class OF the population.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

Texas BEEF.-The first train of refrieeri-
tor cars carrying fresh beef from 1exa to New
York, completed its trip last week, having been
eight days on the way. Two car loads of the
beef were sold on the arrival of the train. Ar
rangements have been made for dressing and
shipping 500 cattle daily; and agencies for the
sale OF the beef are TO be established in all the
principal Eastern cities. This seems o be a
new form of the effort that was made u year
or two ago TO bring Texas beef TO Philadelphia
by sailing vessel, one cargo of which was sold
there. The refrigerator cars, of nse, save
time In transportation, which i. an advantage
but it must largely increase the cost.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

That was good advice which an old man
gave to his sons; ''Boys, don't you ever spec
eilate or wait for som thing To turn up. You
! might Just as well 80 sit down on stone in
the middle oia me Ter with Dai '.wixt your
legs and wait for a COW to back up to YOU to
be MIXED"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

At Charestown, Mass Oh Thursday norm
ing, David w. Kimball sransled his wife,
aged 40, cut the throat of his step-daughter,
aIed II and then committed suicide. He was
about 80 years of age, and had been two years
married lie was blacksmith, employed at
the Navy Yard and had the reputation Of be-
! inc sober and industrious. A brother of KIM
ball committed suicide some years since, and
there is supposed TO be Insanity in the family.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

An Alarnist says, hat II Fulton's mother had
died an old maid, our rivers would still have
peeh strangers to steamboats,. Bless us is 1t
possio'a. how terribly different great many
things would be if good many mothers we
might name had died old maids. " here would
have been this continent If the mother of Colrm
bus bad not fallen in love with and marn ID
the respected father of Mr.. Columbus. In short
where would the whole human race be, If Eve
mad taken pque against Adam and refused
to marry him?
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

,uANGiNG HER NAME -"Nrd Who is thai
giri saw you Saiking wilh9'
''hIss Hoeg."
iiogg-well she's 10 be piled for
having such name"
so think, "rejoins Mel, pitied her SO
mrch That offered her mine aud she's going
to take it presently go
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

lady had two servant maids, Called Susa,
and Sarah. One night the lady rang the be Ii
more than once before it was answered; aud
when Sus IN came, the lady said
"Where g Sarah?'
why, madam replied Susan, whispering, sb,
is couring with JohD.'
We'll what have you been doing that the hell
was not answered sooner?'
10 tell you the honest truth, said Susan, Il
have been watching sem'
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

Smthers says he always travels with sui
key-that is, lie always goes with his wife,who
contrives TO be obstinate and out of humor
from the time they leave home till they get
ever smiled, he says, was when he broke his
ankle
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-15

RATHER GRhEN,-A verdant youth at lha
Mapps theatre, who had never witnessed a
mimic conilAsration on the stage, was pre- seat
at performance OF Ihcrese,' in which the
house of The heroine is Supposed to be consnm.
ed He, surprising il to be real, was surp,ized
at the ihsensibity of the audience at the dan
ger aud springing to his feet he exclaim-
cd
"By thunder! IN as brave as any of YOU. but
IL be hanged if I'm going to bs oasted alive