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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Our item of Tue.day aylrela.ive 70 the CON-
men cement OF grediug on the Egbert ia NJ
for the Ti,usville e. franklin E,troad, h,s,
It appears, stirred up the War en- Il Veuc =
60 Railroad officials. This foreuooa Cuief
Engineer Gordon aud Road Master O'Brian,
OF that road, arrived in town Tor the purposs
OF investigating into the matter. Evideut>
ly they considered the story a canard, bu,
visit to the point where the grading Is be-
ing done, and q call ou Superintendent
Paist, of the Maple Shade Oil Company.
soon convinced them there was truth in the
matter. Engineer Goldon states that the
Warren Il VenangO Railroad is bound to be
put through TO Oil City as soon AZ the inI
junction placed upon it by the Oil Creel
road is dissolved, which will not be long.
The reason for break ing ground for the Cul
Yer road on the Egbert farm, is understood
to be for the purpose OF boldiug the charte
Of the road which whuld expire this week
The Warren g. Venaueo Railroad have r'
E ght of way over the Esbert farm, and tn,
Titusville Il Franklin Railroad also claim
ing the right. MIR. Paist preferred to allow
the men to SO to work and let the compa.
MES fight 1t out in their own fashion. W.
might add that the popular sentiment il
with the Warren Il Venango Railroad OF
this question.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04
WEE GBALX 0lU EsEPDIs y,

We have TO report this week one OF thu
peculiar freaks in oil development; it has
re;0fofe heen stated that the Hyde well,
kuown as Western well No. H. located near
Durham Creek, south of race course, proved
to be- first class pumper. Mr.. Gibson put
down well one huudred aud twenty feet
10 the west OF the Hyde well, and striking
a creVce in the rock about 400 ieet %
eet higher than the etevice struck in the
II yGe wel) imlne dis ely the gas and fluid
lett both wells, bat after a time No. 4 puml =
cd as usual. The Gibson we'll was drilled
10 41o and putting in the pump started off "a
and continues pumping largely, while the
Hyde well lost the gas, oil and water, thus
showing complete tap, and, so far, mat
tets remain, Notwithstanding Mr.. Hyds's
experiments. The we'll had produced 2,40c
barrels OF oil, aad Gioson's we'll appears to
be upon the winning side at preseu.. The
rig tor Western well No. 5 is ready, 10 the
nor least. and Mr. GIb7on purposes locating
Mcssrs. W. ii. & j. MEG ,rvey's new well
to tae west Of Murray vel No. 2, is now
being tes.ed, yielding about Is barrels q
day. Tue same owners are about locating
another well little TO the south, Mr..
Larcey's new well, north of the Murray
wells, is about down with tools stuck, aud
efforts are making TO iemove them Mr..
| McDoneld Ids wells, north OF Western No. 4,
is pumping as u day WELL and his new rig,
cose by 10 the north, is ready to drill
Messs Ribgbini IL Cooley are removing
their ravine rig 10 the banl, across tiom
Murray No. /, for another venture. The
Penton well, to the south, near the creek.
is drilling depth at p.esaat 800 feet. Con
| siderable interest is ielt in Durham Greek
territory, aud oi! operators and others may
be seen moving about the naighborhoCd al
ell hours OF the day and evening. No
doubt an advance in the prce OF oil would
cause number OF wells to be put down
there the preseut season; as it is some more
ventures are to be made rignt away Pei
rolia, Ont, Advertiser.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04
A wDssEb TO WORKING
PEOPLE OF EOYH SEX.

II.t.
Mechanics, artisans. factory hands, and
people who labor for living, dnd 1t verv
aiillcu't if not impossible 10 keep the hands
free from s,an. Hand Sapolo will not
only remove every particle of stain, and
what is called "graiued in dirt but it will
a..,u Keep the skin soft and plinble, iender'
ing the muscular action as quick and esss
baud labor 1t is only 10 and Is cents o
c,ke, according 20 size. Every Mechanic
shoud use it constantly In place Of all otb/
er soups.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The complete reorganization of the New
York customs service is contemplated at an
early day. This is no doubt TO be done in
order to let somebody else bave a chance to
steal themselves rich.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Our friend Conver, OF the Forest Press,
gives the following recipe for making elder
berry wine:
Buy quart Of best rye wbiskey, and then
start after your berries Buy more whisky,
and add plenty OF sugar 10 the juice when
you keg it. Then when you draw The wine
leave the spigot open, and it will all run
over the tloor That's the way we made
our last elderberry wine. But tastes differ.
Some prefer little more whisky and less
sugar, and others again don't like so much
sugar and wait larger proportion of whis-
ky. Next issue we'll give another.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The wild dess in the woods near jana
lea, l.. l., continue 10 give good deal OF
roube. Almost nightly they commit dep
relations upon the pigs and poultry OF the
farmers. and travel through !he woods,
especially ut night, Is dangerous.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Our townsmau Mr. 5. II. Hooker, left
last evening for trip to Florida. We be-
lieve it is his intention lolocate there event
uaIly, and this trip is for the purpose Of
picking out . location. We wish him a sa te
and pleasant trip and speedy retn!n home.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Secretary Belnap, Attorney Genera
Williams and Comm issiorer Douglass re/
TUNED 10 Washington yesterday. N. g -
Washington is the capital OF this great and
glorious republic.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Snowden e. Pugb, proprietols Of the Pc
roleum Exchange Hotel, will have large
stock of Shell and Count Oysters. Look
out fer them.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

At 81. Louis yesterday, Adoiph Ardrews
was found hanging on bed post 10 his
room. Cause love, and he
didn't feel well.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

We are indebted TO d. W. Seller, ESD
Recording Secretary OF the Pennsylvania
State Agricultural Society, for q compile
mentary ticket to the annual exhibitions
which commences vt the city of Erie, oh
Tuesday, Sept. 3Oth, aud lasts four days
A first class exhibition Is expected.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The'Potomac Ferry Company are to be
prosecuted on account ,o' the Wawasset
disaster.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The Massachusetts Democratic State Con-
vension yesterday nominated for Goyerno,
William Castor, of Boston.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

1t ia now stated counterfeit New York
Central and Buffalo, New York g. Erie
bonds have been circulated since July |.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Daniel Jones, of Parkersburg, Chester
couoty, who shot jacob job nson, about Two
weeks ago, has not yet bsen oaptured.-
johnson died on Tuesday August 10Th,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Brown. the alleged operator ia forged
bonds, in New York, has been nell for pc-
ion by the Grand Jury,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

In Piocne, Nevada, yesterday moruin1,
policeman Mckee killed, in self-deience q
rough named Gray.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

A wild animal OF an unknown specie
supposed, however to be wild cat or pan
ther, is making it lively for the people in
the vicinity of Waynesburg.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The New York Democratic State Conven-
ton will meet at Utica on October lst.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The pigeon shoot at Pleasantviie, yester-
day, was largely attended.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

A Rhode Island girl Whose father owns
long strip of sea beach is out IN iaVor Oh
society for the protection o. claims.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

\ special fom London says. the Carl's q
have carried of from Vera a number of wo-
mea who were chosen by ballot in Bismay
TO make uniforms for Royalist:soldiels.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Sir John Grant, Governor of jamaica ar.
rived in New York yesterday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

At San Francisco syesterday, daring an
election quarrel one man shot ano!Lgr, iul
dieting fatal injuries.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Clay simiiag 10 that used In Germany in
the manufacture of so-oaled meerschaum
pipes, has been discovered at Middletown,
Delawa,e county.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

ID, Is. Oaks business man OF Scrantou,
has failed. His liabilities arc $lO9, 600
Little acorns from Dig oaks grow.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Steamships arriving in New York for the
past two days report having encoun tered
terrific hurricanes.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

1t is reported that counterfeit New YORK
oty aud county bonds have been discovered.
We baveu't seen any of them.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Base ball at New York yesterday-MuI
tuals, 8; Wushiugtons, o.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Miss Emily Faithful proposes to establish
an Industrial school Tor women in London.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The loss by tie late storm on the Nova
Scotia coast is estimated at thirty y-6ve livet
aud $500
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The totalrxpor,, from New York for the
last week amount to $5,42O,Gii.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching ct II O'Clock A. M. aud I
o'clock Z. NJ, by The Pastor, W. G. BURoH-
ARD. Sabba.h School at IN, directly
after forenoon service.
Prayer Meeting and Sabbath Scho ol
Teachers Meeting Tuesday evenings OF
each week.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

There were three hundred aand. fourteen
deaths in Chicago last week.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The steamer Virginins is still at Kingston,
Jomaca, but is evidently preparing Tor ap'
=. -
other trip to Cuba. ...-
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

ErMr. Dent, father of Mrs. Grant, is still in
feeble health.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

Vienna is now free ilom cholera and tn
Exposition.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

General Hidaigo has resigned the Cap/
taiu- -Ieneralsbip of Madrid, aud Genera
Rignners hus been appointed in hs stead,
which change is said TO have caused the an
serous bird 10 become suspen ded at a very
elevated altitude 10 the Spanish cabinet.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The territory ar1und Miileistown. does
no. look up rs well as formally. The las
we'll struck is only yielding 10 barrels 10
conseque. &C the hopes OF number Of oil
Operators are dashed to the ground
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

The fall term of the Court OF Quarter Sesf
sions is now at work in Pittsburgh. rpey
have a large amount of business on hand.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04
Petroleum Centre Daily Record.
Divine service.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at IL A. NJ. and
~ p. NJ. Sabbath School at l25 p. NJ.
eats free. A cordial invitation extend.
ed to oil.
REV. G. MOORE, Pastor.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-04

"Put down your umbrellas! Ion'l scare
this engine of the track!" screamed the en-
rireer OF ths Western North Carolina road
t. q crowd OF country people, who had gath|
ed to soc the.iigst train OF cars come Ill.,
They were lowered at once,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-18

From the Sunday Magazine.J
Customs of Madagascar.

The form of government in NADIA
gascar was, and we may say is, patri-
archal. The unit, or simple element,
is the family; and just as the father is
the ruler of his children and depen-
dants, SO in village the head man,
along with the elders or old men, ex-
ercised the duties of magistrates. The
king, again, was the great father of his
subjects and to the present day the
sovereign is addressed as the father
and mother Of the people; and he in
turn, reversing the compliment, speaks
Of the people as his father and mother.
Thus when the present Queen of Mad
agascar was crowned, addressing the
people, she said, so ye under heaven
here assembled, l have father and
mother, having you; therefore may
you live, and may God bless YOU"
Then, referring to the judges and Off.
GERS, and explaining their relation to
the people, she said, ~ have made them
fathers Of the people, and leaders to
teach them wisdom" The Malagasy
are firm believers in the doctrine of di.
vine right. The sovereign is, in their
eyes, in very truth Gods vicegerent.
Indeed, until within the past few years,
it was customary to salute him as God
or God seen by the eye. The late
Queen Rasoahery was the first who for.
bade these blasphemous appellations.
The very belongings of the sovereign
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pottrp.
Ny Hero.

They csme to-day and strew'd his grave with
flowers:
And sat cold and still and saw them come
And watched and waited all the dreary hours
Until the last one loitered slowly home.
Then stsrting swift, from my hiding plsce.
! closer clasped the wreath OF flowers they
gave.
And hurried on to lay my burning face
Against the grass that grows above his grave.
The peaceful twilight deeper. darker grew,
The stars came out in bIilliance, one by one,
The pcriumcd air grew moist with falling dew.
The holy hush of evening has come on.
| reached at last the sacred grassy mound,
All strewn With tributes OF his comrades love,
And, sinking down upon the dewy ground.
lay and wept for hours and did not move.
He called me darling when lie went away.
And told me that he soon would come again
Ne WHISPERED. Heaven bless NV own dear MAY
And Keep her true aud ing until then.
A passionate embrace. with sobs and tears;
The ringing music Of fife and dVum,
few short months that seemed like weary
years.
And then they brought my hero 10 his home
They brought him 10 hi, loved ones and his
home,
But from his lips came neither word nor
breath:
No more amid the scenes of earth TO roam,
lie rested IN the cold embrace of death.
q Cod what anguish crowded all my mind,
And ever deeper, darker, wilder grew.
Till reason tottercd on its throne to find
That life for me was sorr row ever new.
q years of sorrow. madness. longing pam.
Why viii YOU not your tireless journey cease ;
pray you roll not once around again
Before my soul shall find it, sweet release.
And when again they strew his grave with
flowers.
May be sleeping softly by hi- side.
And roaming with him. all the happy hours.
Where songs and everlasting JOY abide.
-tTroy Whig.
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are tire ated with respect. 1t is no un.
common thing, while being carried
about the the streets, for your bearers
suddenly to run Off to some side path
to be out of the way. On looking for
the cause Of this, it will be found that
a small procession is passing along,
consisting Of forerunner with a spear,
who duly shouts out to the passengers
to "Clear the wayY Behind are two
or four men, it may be, carrying water
pots filled with water for royal use,
and followed again by an officer armed
with spear. The summons to get
out of the way is obeyed by rush to
the side of the road, and the passers-
by stand uncovered until the process
sion has passed. This is to prevent
the water, or whatever else it may be,
being bewitchsd. The Queen, and
some Of the higher members of the
royal family who have principalities in
distant parts Of the country. in addi-
ton TO good many other feudal rights,
which l have got no time to mention.
are entitled TO the rump of every bull
lock that is killed in the island. The
actual rump is conveyed to officers ap-
pointed to receive it. This is custom
curious to all, and is deeply interest
ing TO the student of antiquities.
why, the very name anatomists give
this part is suggestive. 1t is called
the sdcrum, or sacred part-the part
devoted to the gods in Greece and
Rome. But tracing this up to a higher
source, We find that, in the Levitical
law, this part was specially directed to
be offered up to the Lord. Thus we
read in the third chapter of Leviticus
And If his offering for sacrifice
OF peace offering unto the Lord be of
the flock, male or female, he shall offer
1t without blemish. If he offer lamb
for his offering, then shall he offer it
before the Lord. And he shall lay his
hand upon the head of his offering, and
Kill it before the tabernacle of the con.
gregAtlon; and Aaron's sons shall
sprinkle the blood thereof round about
upon the altar. And he shall offer of
the sacrifice Of the peace Offering, an
offering made by fire unto the Lord
the fat thereof and the whole rump, it
shall be taken of hard by the back
bone !; and the fat that covereth the
lnwards, and all the fat that is upon
the inwards. ..... And the priest shall
burn it upon the altar it is the food
OF the Offering made by fire unto the
Lord (ver. GID. We NAV just men
ton also, that the same part of the
fowl is usually given by children or
servants to their father, or superiors.
When the queen goes abroad she is at
tended by above thousand soldiers,
and great number Of camp atten-
dants. She is carried in a palanquin,
as the roads are too bad to allow ""-
riage which had been presented to
Radama l. was carried up to the capi-
tai, he seated himself in it; and in
stead of being drawn in it bv his faith
ful subjects, they lifted it, wheels and
all, and he had the satisfaction of en-
joying a carriage drive after a fashion
altogether novel. The palanquin is
preceded by attendants dancing, shout
ing, and singing, with music.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-18

A GEORGIAN HERoINE.-There is,
avows the Macon (Ga.) Telegrapy, a
family in Jones County, consisting of
a gentleman and his wife, both very
old and intirm, and maiden daughter.
The family is entirely respectable
one, but the misfortunes of war and
other adverse circumstances have re-
duced their means of subsistence down
to the possession of q moderate sized
farm Of poor land. This the old man
tried to manage and cultivate in order
to make a livelihood for his old wife
and their one daughter. In this he
failed, and year by year affairs were
growing worse with him, and he saw
that he should have to give up the bat
tie, and that, too, without having any
one upon whom he could rely for sup
port in his declining years. The
daughter was among the first to divine
the true state of affairs. She saw that
her father was too old to longer con-
tend with the world for the means of
subsistence. Her mother was also
aged and not able to lend a helping
hand, and she knew that if anv relief
were to come to them it must come
through her. She thought the matter
over in a practical way, and in a very
daughterly manner made up her mind
that her old parents could not suffer
for anything while she had the strength
to labor for them. Her mind was no
sooner made up than she went to work
with wOmanIy energy, but not in a
woman's sphere. She did not 60 to
the school-house, nor to the music
room, nor into a millinery establish
ment, but she went into the field and
put her hand to the plough and looked
not back. Day in and day out, in fail
weather and foul, in heat and in cold
she clung to her self-imposed duty,
Though sometimes, when the days
work was ended, she was too weary
and sore almost to drag herself to the
house, her courage never forsook her
but she toiled on, month after month
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| "A Lesson IN EMPHAsls.-Somey years
ago there was student at a theolopi-
cal seminary at Andover, who had an
excellent opinion of his own talents.
On one occasion he asked the Profess
sor, who taught elocution at the time,
wv hat do especially need to learn in
this department? ?"-"You ought to
learn to read," said the Professor.
"Oh: L can read now," replied the STU
dent. The Professor handed the man
a Testament and pointed to the twen-
ty-htth verse of the twenty-fourth chap
ter OF Luke's gospel, and asked him to
read that. The student read, Then
he said unto them, o, fools. and slow
of heart to jeliece all that the prophets
have spoken" "Ah," said the Pro-
lessor, "they were fools for beliecing
the prophets, were they!" OF course
that was not right, and so the young
man tried again. 80 fools, and slow
OF heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken" The prophets, then,
were sometimes liars 2" asked the Pro-
fessor. "No-O fools and slow of
heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken" According to this
reading the Professor suggested,
"thc prophets were notorious liars"
This was not satisfactory conclusion,
and so another trial was made. so
fools and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets haze spoken," II see
now,' said the Professor, "the proph-
cts wrote the truth but they spoke lies"
This last criticism discouraged the
student, and he acknowledged that be
did not know how to read. The diff
Guilty lies in the fact that the words
"slow of heart to believe" apply to
the whole of the latter part of the SEN
tence and emphasis on any particular
word entirely destroys the meaning
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