The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-18
Plumer Items.


The schools closed about a month since,
our astuts teachers cutting ns short one day =.
does cunningly thrown out that they Intend
the directors to pay them FOR
the two Donths they did not teach. The
Plnmer school building, If you recollect. IN
derwent needed repairs last fall, said rr/
pairs requiring about two months more time
10 corp eta than was arfrst supposed, in
consequence the formal opening OF the
schouls was delayed two months later thin
other schouls Ia The Township. The mon/
ey IN the hands of the School board having
become greatly diminished from some cause
or other the scrorls were ordered to close a
month sooner than last year. Now it ls
easily to be repn IN the aggressive attitudes
of these amuz,ns what per,icioas example
will do. Our highly respected and sancli-
mouious Representatives ut tho Capital
voted themselves back pay for 'seIvlc 8
rendered" without 'svouchers" with perfect
impuui,y, and what's 10 bi,dpr these lesser
petsonages from doing likewise.
Plumer hss not become 80 entirely dor
mant as folks won have us suppose. Since
the sudden demise OF Lockwood. there has
been good business opportunity open for
some live energetic man no possessed the
wherewith to take advantage of time and
the vacancy. Mr.. Daniel Leach, who re-
ceved the appointmeu. of Post Master, lett
vscan. by A. S. Prather's resignation. has
opened variety store in tbs Drake build-
idg, having secured 40 entirely new stock
at cash prices Mr.. l.. hopes to compete
with dealers throughout the country. thers|
by Offering superior Inducements to resi-
dents.
Messrs ". 81. King Il Son, Of PlthoIe
have opeoed q grocery store 10 the build
ing formerly occupied by Abbott g. Aruott
In It's palmiest days. They have large
stock which they propose to. ispose Of at
prices second 10 none outside of the cities.
It is.aleo ruuiorsd' that another is soon, to
be opcDsd, for the truth of which We are
not prepared to vouct.
Operations for oil are to DO com ne nee d
soon by Messrs Prsthsr, ,Culber aoa, Mcclure
and McCrsy, as soon as sufficient quan ii =
" Of land can b. secured 10 justify them
in their risky" venture. Three test wells
at least will bs put down. We wish the
gentlemen the success their enterprise de-
serves.
Our County Commiss toner's deserve to be
immor allied 10 some way commensurate
" i.h the msrtyred lives they have led
whist performing the barrsssing duties
which have fallen 10 their lot. We would
suggest that three leather medals with an
efiigy OF each victim Of their cruel neyligi-
ence imprinted thereon te placed on exhi-
bltion iu conspicuous places ,hroughon the
county. Sowe Il - ago they were notified
To remove family by the name OF Huff
They have not as yet taken any notice OF
the information scnt them aud had it not
been tor the ki0daess aud benevOlsnce oi
the citizens . bnrisl 10 the Pottsr's field
would have been the next request. The
family BY some iosdvsrteuce on The part o
The proper persons were lett behind at the
time os the removal Of the other township
paupsu, They have been living - pa,-
pension ysass until tbas time, since they
have been 10 very destitute condition.
The family cons'sts at present Of Mu HUFF,
Katherine aud Emily snd an idio. oil the
male persuasioo. None Of the family r..
lain perfect equilibrium or mind. Such
sre the .acis 10 the case. Will Hon. Com.
gratify US enough 10 at least communicate
those stereotyped words-''ws don't know
th em."
Prot Boynton, after q compulsory ab<
sence Of four weeks, has again returned 70
bis expectsnt class. They commeu ced
practicing at once for second concert to be
given soon.
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