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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24
FROM THE FRONT
MrLLERsTowN, September 70.

MfLLERsTOWN, september 40
No new strikes in this district to-day
The much talked of Angel ~ Co.'s well, on
Dougan farm. is doing only ten barrels per
day. Stoughtou, No. |, on Hempbill farm,
at one time supposed 10 be dry, is doing
seveuty-fve barrels per day.
KARNs CITY, September 23
Several wells have reached the fourth
sand, but, so far, there is no indication Of
an increase 10 their yield. No new strikes
today.
MoDoc, September %,
There ave no new strikes reported here
today. The wells are falling off rapidly.
Most of the production is sold sbort aod the
producers have with few exceptions inrued
from balls to bears. There is little faith 10
the fourth sand theory 10 this vicinity, ak
though the result OF the operations round
Karus City is closely watched.
The new line of pipe 10 process of COM
struction between this point and Rsymil'on
is being rapidly pushed to completion. The
enginrs snd pumps are oil on the ground
aud the tanks are going mp. The pipe will
be three inches lap welded tubing, and will
be twenty miles In length. 1t viii! be fed BY
Vaudernrift & Foreman's two inch lines,
which are connected with the wells 10 al,
parts Of the Butler District and will be Of
great servic. in opening up a new outlet
via the Lake Shore Il Michigan Southern to
Cleveland and the sesboard. II will have q
pumping capasity of 5000 to $500 bar
rels per day, and will cost sbout $4,000 per
mile. 1t is expected to be 10 running order
by November let.
PETRoLIA, September 23
There are no new wells reported in this
district to-day. TIE excitement over the
fourth sand theory 10 abating. as reports
have come to hand OF several wells having
reached the fourth sand without increasing
their production.
The MeCafferty farm, which was sold by
Willism McCsfFerty to Vandergrift & Fore7
msD, last Thursday. for 100000 cash, is
the heaviest cash purchase of the kin ever
known in Butler county. Old man McCsff,
erty would not take certified check. but
insisted on drawing that money afrou the
bank himself. The farm has two wells on
It producing 25O barrels per day, and there
are also several new rigs going up. 1t is
about nile south of Fairview, and 10 q
direct line With the spoutiDg wells at Mo-
doc.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

A man 10 Cambridge, Mass, whose doc'
tor prescribed horseback riding as the only
cure for chronic bodily iDfrmity, is said to
have secured bis medicine at lew price by
mounting horse employed In moving q
house, aud riding him Rsilantly at o Glow
walk in the circular track about the
windlass.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

1t is reported that before sailing tor EN-
rope a few DAYS since Mr.. A. 4. Stewart
made new will, in which it was thought
proper to make q schedule mud valuation q
bic real and personal estate, md that 10
the surprise OF himself and those engaged 10
the details. il was found he was worth
about 500, goo 900.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

The following "poms" may not be origls
nal or new, bu, it 10 certainly ssssonsble:-
"Oh! the sksster, the beautiful skeetsr,
alllns the cir with melodious meter. UuI
der our bet and tickling our nose, taking q
bite through hole 10 our cloths. In
through the window opsoiog the door, Dill.
Ing our chamber and singing the swsstsr
ever 10 found the untirisg .mosksstsr.'
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

The new furnace OF the Topton Iron Com.
pany will go into blast in the month OF
January next, without doubt. The buiId.
ings are nearly completed and the beavv
machinery ls finished, 80 that shipments can
be made at any time.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

This forenoon. three box cars raa OF the track
ana were ditched on the side track running to the
fshnery OF Herman, Cornell 4 Co. The acciien,
was occasioncd by the track spreading apart nea,
tue switch The wreeking train came up frOA, OH
CITY ana the track was cleared In = short time
Damage slight.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

A dispatch from 81. Louis says Allen won
the prize fight yesterday in seven ROUNDS,
also first blood und first knock down. II
lasted twenty minutes. McCooIO was te's
ribly punished.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Petroleum Centre. Sept "a.
Ed hEc)RD:-There will be another Pigeon
Shoot on Stevenson Hill, early next week.
large ncmser Of birds have been secured and sever
81 well known shots will be in attendance. Lots n,
sport may be anticipated, n
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Epizoo,y among the sheep is the latest
grievance complained OF since the potato
bug hos concluded to leave. 1t II said to
be prevailing in some Of the eastern couu/
ties.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24
For SAL.

For sale
$4,000 TO 20, 600 feet OF SECONDHAND
TUBING, at from 25 to35 cite. per foot
The Tu5in is id first class order and all
ready fitted .
April %. ii II. A.. WARNER.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

A new iron steamer Of 2. 900 tons burden
is shortly to be launched from Wilmington
Del., shipyard. She 10 named tho John
Hopkins, aud is for the Baltimore and Boz
ton S!eamsh ip Company,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

There are 1900 slaves at Quilos, Ess
Africa, offered at from half dollar to 8;
esch without finding purchaser.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Walt. VanAusdel has leased the Opera House
Restaurant. and will hereafter run it FOR his own
uss and behoOG Good luck to him.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

One million nine hundred and seventy
one thousand four hundred and flty-ons
tons Of coal have been shipped by the DelAS
ware and Hudson Company this year.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

The mollshs or:pries,s of Persia protest
against the concessions made TO the Barcu
de Reuter-.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

The scalp OF a Modoc warrior killed 10
the lava beds recently came through the
mail 10 . man al Brs.tleboro, Vt.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

There are nearly thousand cases return
ed to the grand jury of Luzerue cou nty for
selling liquor without license. Nearly nfty
cases are from Pit,ston.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Or. Charles Shoemaker, of Bethlehem, has
sold the property Of the American Slate
Company. about mile below Slatington, 10
party from New York, for 500, 900.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Farewell, dear husband, my life 10 past
May you and l mite at last;
Mourn not for me, Or sorry take,
But lcve my mother for my sake"
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

A happy couple In Iowa, having been
twice married and twice divorced, are now
doing their courting for the third time; and
the parson and the lawyer hope they'll be
steady customers for many years TO come.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

The Geneva arbitration 10 TO furnish tn
SUBJECT of one the London psntomines.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Prague, Bohemia, recently celebrated the
oOoth anniversary of the foundation of the
bishopyic o.! that city.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

A girl named Lucinda Smith, alta ball in
Maysvillp, Ky called a justice into the
room aud sighted revolver at Charles
Brown. They were married there and
then.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Superintendent Hepburn Of the OIL Creek Rail
road, was In town to-day,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

The Seeleyvills Wayne couuty) Saw
Frame Company Is turning out . large
quantity Of material for the New York mar
kst.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

One Of the New York churches pays its
tenor singer Q salary Of 81, 900 a year.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24
CHANGE OF FIRM.

Having disposed of my interest In TIE
boot and shoe store, next door 10 Simmons
Drug Store, 10 my brother, Lawrence Zed-
w'ch, all parties knowing themselves To-
debted to me will please call and settle q,
once, and all persons having bills against
me will present them. shall supsrintend
the business for time and can be found al
the store.
EMIL ZEDWICH,
Pet Centre, Sept 20. Little Joe.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

A large reduction 10 being made ln the
Augtrisn standing army.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24

Girl Wante-.
To do general homework. Inquire at Cor
don's Hardware store
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at II o'clock A. NJ. and
O'Clock p. NJ, by The Psstor, ". G. BURoH.
ARD. Ssbbsth School at l214, directly
after forenoon service.
Prayer Meeting and Sabbath School
Teachers Meeting Tuesday evenings oil
each week.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-24
Fetroeun Centre Daily Record
Pot Centre, Ps,.wedn sept. 81
Divine Service.

Divine Service.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at IL A. n. and
"a p. NJ. Sabbath School at l2H r. n.
eats free. A cordial invitation extend
ed to all.
REV. T. GRAHAM, Pastor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03

coed to execute the very delicate job of
tightening it. The lower ropes are first
walked over This is done by stepping
on the first one and sinking it down,
hanging to the head board with the clutch
of death. Then you step with the other
foot on the next line, spring that down,
lose your balance, grab for the head
board, miss it, and come down in heap.
This is repeated more or less times across
the length OF the bed, the only variety be-
ing the new places you bruise. The top
CORDS are frightened in another way, and
you now proceed to that. You first put
one 1901 on each rail, which spreads YOU
some, ana as you do it the frightful
thougnt strikes you that if one of these
feet should slip over, nothing on earth
Wouia prevent you from being split
through 10 me chm: Then you pull up
the hrst rope un'li your eyes seem to
be on the point of rolling ont n
their sockets, and the blood in vour
veins fairly groans, and on being convinced
that you can't pull it any further With
out crippling yourself for life, YOU
catch hold Of the next rope and draw that
| up, and grunt. Then You move along to
the next, and pull that up, and grunt
again. Just as you have got to the mid
| die and commence to think that YOU are
about through, even if your joints will
never again set as they did before, you
some way or other miss the connection,
and find that you have got to 90 back and
do it all over. Here you pause for few
minutes Of oracular refreshment, and then
| slowly and carefully work your way back
| You don't jump down and walk back, be-
cause you are afraid to spread out in that
way again. You sort Of waddle back
working the way inch by inch, and with
consummate patience. A man thus
stretched across a bedStcad never becomes
so excited as to lose his presence of mind.
1t would be instant death if he did. Then
he goes over it again, waddling and pull
ing, groaning and grunting, while his
wife moves around with the lamp, and
tells him to take it easy, and not scratch
the bedstead any more than he can help,
| and that she can't tell which creaks the
| most, he or the bedstead And after he
gets through she has the audacity to ask
him to bring in the feather beds. In the
dead Of night that man will steal up to
that room and look at the bedstead and
swear-Da7t6ury Meas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03

the hills and far away Everybody else
is going to drive, l believe. Won't YOU
consent to be out Of the fashon?n
l consent with promptitude. Then l
lail TO making mental enumeration of
the days we have spent together. find
that they are seven. Seven days are quite
while. The world was made in six.
Have we made each others acquaintance
in that time?
l am not sure # this be so. We have
talked together and laughed together and
possibly enjoyed ourselves together a
great deal. We are, in a certain sense,
intimate. | have had occasion to snub
nm rather violently once or twice; he
has, within the bounds of decent gal
lantry, done the same to me- have been
she recipient of a few sweet speeches
from him-no coarse peppermint-drops
OF complaint, if you please, but the rarer,
suotler, French bonbon description, made
palatable by all skillful devices on the
coh1ecfloner's part. And he has met
gracious enough return, now and then, for
such courtesies.
wen. spite Of all this, cannot say that
we are intimate; we know so little about
each other's personal affairs as vet. Per
maps he, for his part, desires no change in
this respect. Or perhaps he is quietly
letting matters take their own course.
VINO shall say but that this afternoons
walk Will make Us know each other i'm
mehSely better at its termination? | don't
presume to think yes; but of truth |
can heip sincerely hoping yes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03
A nCKNEY Wall.

-. p.cffc Journey have done,
The grei own and tent I've found lodgment
IN MAJ II r. travelled 10 the setting sun
THINK W noarJy reached the Day of Judgment,
anu orr Tr5 in quest of Holy Grail
LIZ H., i~AS western Beersheba TO ankee Dan,
1,1e been a seeker, yer saal5 l.i
To find the genuine type Aii'ei i0i
80, - :; the object of my youthful wonder,
" ~ not ms in the pages OF Sam SICK!
W ho nlo every sentence with BY thunder,
" 40 d ~ mhittled always on bit or STICKY
The more the crowd OF lfleiu9 "iouiiu me 'hlch-
-, NV chance 10 meet him seems to be;
i me n, freely show himself to Dickens,
NY ny n;von Sala. Trollope-not to me!
,,,. ,ccosts me with the words, Ua'al stranger
-, IiI.b ooter threatens me with danger.
N = Inr.t c3jrElg pass the butter. boss.
=, II - f-iendIy boards no cocktail ever passes
f'o.t'iL ha,,iy smash nv morning hour besets
~, 1paa++irGats are worn by all the lasscs,
Arf the pianos don't wear pantalettes.
-7,,,o ladies when Won offer chicken salad,
~ 1 a. T',s 6retty cr0lCded aOac, I guess
~, 70" lo,sI SING Mrs Barney Williams ballads
Hf IRONING Round nor add Stree 10 yes
tno have rat. like every other fellow,
! IN many q railway, omnibus, street car;
No ri-l has spiked me Win herct umbrella,
and said You at, I mean 10 SIT right thar.
Come arr the Yankees of my early reading,
Faded the Yankee land OF eager guests
meet with culture courtesy good breeding,
ART letters men and women of the best.
on fellow Britons, all my hopes are undone!
Take counsel of disappointed man.
naI,, come out here. but stay at home in London
And seek in books the true American.
London Figaro.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03
IN HER VOICE.

This Mr. Rufus Dalgrish, the marriage
able millionaire, is making himself quite
oddly civil | thought millionaires gen
orally married millionairesses. No doubt
they do; merely flirting with reputable
paupers, like Lillian Martel
feel as if cousin Fanny is actually
emptying upon my head whole brazier-
full of fiery Goals when she does me the
service of mentioning Mr.. Dalgrish's
eligibility 1t is so queer to have her
anxious that | shall make a brilliant
match. / always believed that she more
or less abominated me ever since the days
when cousin Archibald filled her shrewd,
scheming little brain with the idea that
was her potent rival. | certainly did do
nv energetic best to make her miss the
prosperous destiny that in spite OF all
such efforts she has accomplished.
Well, WELL it seems that she isn't a
crudge bearing nature, and that having
come forth conqueror from our little bat
tie. she can afford to behave herself mag
| unanimously, like those Roman gentlemen
who loom so morally enormous to our de
Graded nineteenth century eyes, through
| the mists of history. Perhaps, too, she I'M
derstands that I was never really her rival
| in times past; that couldn't have done
ANYTHING more than placidly like Archi-
bald and that all my attempts to disenchant
him with herself sprang from personal
prejudice now happily overcome.
Mr.. Dalgrish and | are on very friendly
terms. He would be deli& htful company
nv sordid soul has tixedly concluded,
even if he were as poor as-well, as my
self; why search about for simile when
one has it at ones finger ends? CONVEX
sationally. he gives one an idea Of having
strong powers in reserve; each OF his re
marks is like the opening of little door
which leads into rich, superb chamber
Int the door is never more than set mo-
mentar;ly aar, and then closed again with
a disappointing snap after you have
caught a glimpse of what luxury lies be
| vond. Personally he is gentleman /
never did care much for Apollos.
| 1t is so pleasant to wake up and hnc
that the recent repulsive heat has abdl
Gated in favor of something breezy ano
breathable I am rather gratitied to re
ceTye from Mr. Dalgrish a very cordial
request that | shall 90 and walk with hin
this afternoon. a long, exhilarating
stroll, you know" he expresses it, "acros;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03
i" COrding the Bedstead.

1T is little singular why your wite's
mother will persist in sleeping on a cord
bedstead. But she does You don't think
so much of this until you are called upon
to put it up, which event generally takes
place in the evening. The bedstead has
been cleaned in the afternoon, and having
been soaked through with hot water is
now ready for putting up. Your wife
holds the lamp and takes charge of the
conversation. The rope has been under
water several times in the course of the
cleaning, and having swollen to diameter
greater than the holes in the rails has also
got into a fit of coiling up into mysterious
and very intricate forms You at first
wonder at this, but pretty soon wonder
ceases TO be virtue, and you scold. The
thread which has been wound around the
end of the rope to facilitate its introduce
ton into the holes has come off, and YOU
have to roll 1t up again. Then, after YOU
have pulled through eight holes, your
wife makes the discovery that you have
started wrong. The way that rope comes
out OF those holes again makes your wife
get closer to the door. Then you try again,
and get it tangled in your legs. By this
tune you notice that this is the smallest
bedroom IN the house, and you call the
attention of your wife to Me fact by OBJ
serving: why on earth don't you open
the door? Do you want to smother me?'
She opens the door and you start again,
and she helps you with the lamp.
First she puts it on the wrong side OF the
raj, then she moves it so the heat
comes up from the chimney and scorches
your nose. Just as you need it the most
you lose sight of it entirely, and turning
around find her examining the wall to see
how that man has put on the Whltewash.
This excites you, and brings out the per
spiration in greater protuslon, and you
declare YOU will kick the bedstead out of
doors if She doesn't come around with that
light. Then she comes around. Finally
the cord is laid all right, and you pro-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03

Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ST. 10
Assuring myself that nothing had been
overcharged or omitted from the bill, |
cheerfully paid it and then asked the
amount due for my room. Ny genial
host replied that the first hour had been
chargedup at the rate Of six dollars an
hour, but that now the room was worth
eight dollars per hour, and he thought
there would be no further advance in
prices until shutdown Settling for my ac-
cOmmodations to date | left the house
and am now sOjOurning at the Grand
Hotel de / Europc-St Joseph Srasse-a
smaller house than the Arch Duke Charles
Grand Hotel, and where the prices are yet
moderate.
Very many Americans are here, with
their tamilieS-mcn OF wealth at home,
and who never travel without ample funds
vet who, by the sudden and unexpected
rise in prices, have become, in vulgar
parlance, 'strapped,'' and are now fairly
suffering for the necessaries of life, await
ing the arrival of letters of credit from
home One family, by the name Of De
Slimmens, from New York, closely con
nccted with the oldest Knickerbocker
families and possessing millions, have eX-
cited much sympathy from their country
men by reason of their temporary power
ty. The family, in fact, are entirely broken
up, and are living in suite of dry-goOds
boxes and discarded beertubs in the out
skirts of the city, and do their own cook
ing in a cast-irOn kettle over an outdoor
fire. De Slimmens ekes out a miserable
existence by vanishing pretzels at the
Royal PretZel factory, while his accom-
plished wife is superintendent of the fla
v)ring department in LimbErger- cheese
mill. The two daughters, through the in
f1uence of noble friends, have been ap-
pointed to positions in the kaiser's house
hold, where their duties consist in keep
ing the imperial cats from sleeping on the
bread when the latter is "rising'' in the
imperial kitchen. A month, however,
will materially change the social condi-
ton of the De Slimmens, and | merely
mention this that my countrymen may
provide themselves against similar trou-
bles
In conclusion I would state that there
are places in the city and its envirOns
where moderately wealthy visitors can
live and not subject themselves to bank
ruptcy. For instance, good rooms just
vacated by death of cholera patients can
be had for dollar day, aAd many En-
these quarters. The cholera may prevent
many from coming here during the sum-
mer months, but to those already on the
ground it is a welcome guest, as affiording
the only means of liquidating their hotel
bills and getting out of the CITY, Vienna
Cor. ST. Louis Democrat