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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

We fad the following oil news 10 the
Butter Herald:
The Daily Thitd Sand brings us The 'ni
tellig-nce that there is uot . well Outbe Nc
Clellsud farm, near Modoc, producing over
100 barrels II this is the case, and we do
not doubt il. what is 10 make up for this
decrease IN production We ell know that
there is not one new we'll going down now
to twenty four months ago, aud 1t cannot
be possible that under such circumsta noes
the production can be anything like what 1t
was some two months ago. even. if We admit,
which We do not, that It then reached $4,000
barrels daily. The same paper ssys, "thst
the ss cond crop Of wells promise to be de-
cids1ly bad for the Investors" Well then
why should oil be kept down at such low
fgure' Speculators wish TO get their tanks
ful: and then the cry will be heard, ''sreat
falling off in the production!"
Angel i Co., obtained q good well Dear
the old Shreve well ct Mlllerstowp, last
week. 1t is said to have produced u, frs.
about 600 barrels What its pioductio u
now is we cahnot say.
Ex-Sberiff Scotts we'll, 90 the Michael
Barnbsrt farm on the road from Millerstown
tO Buens Vista, which was said to be dry,
10 now producing about 400 barrels daily.
The "oand Pump says that Rhodes and
Scott struck 9 800 barral we'll 'on the Stew
art farm, aud that the iron tanks being
erected by Bradley & Co., aud Fetzsr aod
Myers, on the came farm are progressing
rapidly. The Sand Pump" also gives an
account of the price of lots 10 MiIlerstown
at tha time that town was laid off by Philip
Barnhsrt, ranging from $500 10 $500
But this is nothing. We remember well
when that whole section could have been
bought for $500 per acre!
10 this section We have nothing new to
report The wells being put down are
making fair progress, but whether with fair
indications or not, we cannot say. The
low price Of oil has, for the time being at
least, retarded development very much and
this 10 10 ell probability we'll enough, fot
spectators may tind in another month that
there is not so much oil produced as they
have induced community to believe there
was.
A number of bouses are being taken
down at Greece City and removed to Modoc
and Buena Vista. We are not so certain
but by mex. spring they will be moved back
again. Greece City has u steady supply OF
oil which, while 1t 10 disregarded now by
"fast operators, "may by and by be more
profitable than otherwise. We will see.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

"Thir'y-eigbt cents!" echoed . woman
yesterday, when her grocer charged bsr that
sum for . pound Of butter. "Yes 'um" r.
replied, with bland smile. "You see th
erocsrs cant carry much Of a reserve, and
We can't turn out our coIlaterals ct . sacri.
flee. 1.-THE Government calls 10 The bonds
due In 1874, and the imports OF bullion tend
10 case the money market q little, bu.tel
must find its level with every hing else. =
Butter ts very psnieky just now, but thhl
the worst ls over" She paid the money
without further complaint.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Among the members Of the
Wyoming Legislature are "
Black Jack Bill" "Prairie joe" ="
Slim Sam Shaw" and Grizzly
Graham" The Speaker will al.
SO have to recognize the gentle.
men from "fIenfootClaim :, and
the gentlemen from Buffalo.
horned Corners "
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Hotel keepers 10 some pIao's 10 this
county, It 10 said, ask their guests il they
will have their rooms "furn ished" or "un/
furnished" II furnished the charge is hall
dollar extra. The furniture consists OF O
bottle with something in It md a glass. Il
the guests will persist 10 swallowing the
hotel furniture, how can the landlord help
it?
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

PETROLEUM ROAD The Erie Gazet,e OF
last week says: CAT Monday evenings
Council meeting, the City Solicitor reporI
ed that the Petroleum Railroad, by nom
compliance with conditions, had forfeited
the privileges granted It by the city, where
upon the catting made through Liberty
street for that road was voted a nuisance" {"
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30
's,,E,'sGDeDEl: ',Es MOTIFS.

Taking into consideration the
dullness of the times and the
low price of oil, not speaking
of the scarcity of money, l
have concluded to reduce the
price of BENZaNE delivered
at the wells to $1,OO per bar
rel. My motto is live and let
live. Pay me a call before
going elsewhere and l will
satisfy you as to quality and
price of Benzine. Old stand
Railroad track on Fourth
Street.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Gov. Hsrlrantt has designated Thursday,
November 9Th, between the hours OF 10 a,
N. and p. M, the time for the execution
OF Nelson E. Wade, the murderer of John
sod Isabella Mcbride. near williamsport.
on the 22d of July last.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

In the Unlted States District Court at
Pittsburgh on Tuesday. G. C. Thompson,
Esq, OF Tidiouts end John Mskissiek, of
Franklin, were admitted TO practice 10 said
Court. Mr.. Thompson was also admitted
to practice in the Supreme Court on the
same day.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Miss Cstbarine Gates, Of Cornwall, Eug/
land, was married Ia Tuo!umme county,
CAL, on the 26th'ult, 10 her lover whom she
bad not seen in eight years and whom she
bad Travelled seven thousand miles to
meet.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Give q sigh for the fcte of Miss Johanna
Maygnossen, of Chicago, who walked three
miles before daylight for the purpose oil
hanging hefsel! to a post 10 the back yard
Of her faithless lover
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

The gravel train has been taken off the
river division Of the o. G. Il A. R.Ry. and
the hands discharged The road has been
graveled to sue an extent. that II Is %
solid as skill and gravel can make it.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30
A Dinner and u Kiss.

81 have brought your dinner, father"
The blacksmith's daughter said.
As she took from her arm the Dime
pail
Aud lifted it's inning lid.
"Thers is not any pie or pudding,
So l Will give you this"
Aud upon his toilwOrn forehead
She lett The childish kiss.
The blacksmith took off his apron
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR
Hid in his humble food:
While all about him was visions
Full of prophetic bliss,
But be never thought OF magic
10 bis little daughters kiss.
While she with her tin pail swinging,
Merrily trudged awoy,
Stopping at sight of squirrel
Catching some wild birds lay.
And | thought how many a shadow
Of life and fate we would miss:
If always our frugal dinners
Were seasoned with a.kiss.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand
iollars In specis were shipped from Liver
pool for New York Tuesday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

A runaway bridal pair at Springfield, III.
psrtook OF their wedd ing feast, composed OF
smoked herring, crackers and cheese spread
out on the head Of 8 barrel. No cards.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Look well to your aues now/a days. We
have been remarkably lucky in regard to
hres, but now that the cold weather has sst
'n' little caution may save q great deal of
property.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30
NDvEs OF THE BAY.


King Johns of Saxony, is deiunct.
Outstanding legal tenders, $500, 2sS,S SsS.
Boston workingmen are going to "re'
ceive" Joseph Arch.
A barftl @! -four was sold 10 Cairo for
S74, apd the money sent TO Memphis.
levenyellow fever deaths in Memphis
yesterday. No new cases.
A 500, 900 FIRE occurred in San Francisco
on Tuesday evening.
Empba,ic denial is given to the ds'ory Of
the mLarrpssmel, C., OF Hoy,, SpIage Y Co.,
of New York
There IL nnohet ilnAnca! panic In Vien-
ma. or rather IL is ibe saue old punic strung
Out little.
\ L,udon dispatch shys there 's dense
for in the city. S'nIniAr- for Lond-L!
Tue nial of Uddeizork, Charged win the
kiliius of W. 5. Gross, near West Chester,
WAS begun yesterday
1t snow stated that the fight batween
Allen and Hogan will tuke place to-day.
it is reported tha. the Carl,sts .hsve fl red
on Br itish war vessel, killid9 one Of the
crew. \ very Carlos trick.
General Van Buren, OF Viena notoriety,
is OF Washington, tryi n & 10 vindica:e hir1'
elf.
jacob Mechala, convicted OF numbering
United States Deputy Marshall Ste-enson,
10 Jersey City, will leave this vele CT tears
December 5th.
Governor Dix will give $4,000, of tie : 20.
Piles certified checks, to know WHO .ar-ed
and feaths7ed Kelsey, eui Afterwards uood
him 10. fsh-trap at Huntington, Locs
Island.
John T. Irving, who insiatel tba. be
helped eettle Nathsn's earthly ees'aien 10 New
!'ork, two yeeru ago, will be t:iod for burg
lazy.
That Iemphis bale ofcotton will b,
again sold 10 New York for the benefit o
the yellow fever sufferers.
ST. Louis has relieved Memphis to IL,
extent OF So, $40, beside lots OF .oli .c.othei
which the folks there couldn': wear Gel
more.
Another cotton bale has been started OF
its travels for the benefit Of Memphis.
Tbe counsel in the Stokes c.se have got
through blowing, the Judge has charged tie
jury, and the jury have gone cat 70 disa-
gree.
A man was dangerously shot lact nigA
in,a low Pittsburgh dive, No. II ~hirt
avenue, kuowo as the "Sa;or's Eomo."
Proceedings have beS begun to throv
into bankruptcy ths firm Of Dodge S Co
conspicuous 10 the lumber oZbinatio
which broke down last summer, with psp-l
on toe market said to amount of SIC,
0JO.
Carleton, the missing Secretary Of "a,
Unlon Trust Company, is on bic way to
Europe. Il the meantime the Company
trust his union. with them I, permanent !.
| dissolved.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Lou. Voucher reopensd bis billiard room
again this morning. The room is fixed up
In elegant shape, and presents q neat aud
tasty appearance. Call In and play game
Of billiards.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

A arm In Oil City sdvertises refined oil
o. ten cents gallon. This begins to look
as II refined oil was coming down to . level
with crude.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30
w. A. LOZIEls.
Petroleum Centre, Oct. 20, 1873.


The Ogden Junction, u Utah newspaper,
says: IA pocket diary, picked up in the
street of a neighborng city, would seem TO
Indicate, from the following choice extracts
that the owner was med c,i man: 'Ksse
go. Mary An Psrkirs. Bsnes wash woi
man. Sickness ia her bed. Fisk, SUN
blue pills; soapersc; age, So. Ped me
one dollar, kuarter bogus. Mind get good
kuater and max her TAX mo fisk. Kase
23l. Tummes nrinks. Bisnes, Nirisbmsn.
Lives With Paddy Molouuy what keep
dray. SIkness, digs 10 ribs aud tow blak
eyes Fisk TO drink my mixter twict u
Gey of sasiperily ters and jsllop, and fish
lie with asifeIi,y to make 1t taste tiskJ.-
Rubed his face with kart greece !inimen!,
ueed 80 years Of age. Drinked the mixter
aud wuddu. pay me oe!:ase 1t taated nasty,
but the mixter'lll work bio inuards, veckor.
Kase 2S2. Old Misses Boggs. A'a't got 40
bisnes, bn. pIenty OF money. Sikness av
humbug. Cav her come OF my celebrated
Dlpss1orikon," which size sed drank like
cold tee-wich II was too. Must p Ut sum.
tblnk 10 II to max her feel sick aad bad -
The Old Woulmen has got the Toks.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

The little folks on awsking these morn
'ngs begin at once To think OF Christmas
but We presume most Of the older ones
think Of their coal bills.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

NOW is the time to bank up your houses
and make other preparations for tho advent
OF winter.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

The woods and bills around here rresen (
q fine appearance clothed in their garments
Of russet and gold.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Old Probabilities crowded the season
little yesterday.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
REV. T. GRAHAM, Pastor

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at IL o'clock A. NJ. and 7
o'clock p. NJ, by the Pastor, ". G. BuRCH.
ARD. Sabbath School at IA, 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, 1873-10-30

A clear case of clerical starvation has
transpirea 10 Chicago, tee victim being on
Episcopal IN mister ou the West eide. On
a re cent Sunday be wen: through the morn-
ing aervics 40 usual, though it was noticed
by IN any CT the congregation that be lacked
his usual :eryor aud earuestness VIII tn it
grew near the time for the reading OF the
sermon 1t was apparen. that the reverend
gentlemen was suffering from cause no
Known to the congregation. The text OF
the homily was read, and st this j .uclure
the minister broke down. Ie anuounc.I
tue cause OF his doing so. lie had not been
to market the day before, ior thu simple
reason that be had had no money 10 20
there with, and the most uDieelins OF siu-
ners will admit that, even for a muu wbt GO
calling is supposed to fit him for trials aud
market can bs anything but pIeasan. to
man with empty pockets. A. dinner the
previous day be had So! down 10 meal o,
bread butter aud tea. Els breakfast that
morning had proved hardly 40 luxurious
Whether, after the moru.og services was over
aud be returned home, thers would by any
dinner awaiting bin be- die not know. 1.
was clear case oi cleri, starvation. This
minister closed bis book cad the congrsga-
ton rose in theiT seats and departed, serI
monleas,i. having been shown plain to them
that their pastor could not supply them
spiritual food, when they had SO shamefuily
neglected TO give him tbe wherewithal to
obtain PHYSICAL substenance.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

The roads Of Butler are getting impassaI
his since the late rains. This. has q tenden-
cy 10 discourage drilling.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Travel over the Oil Greek Road has been
light for the past day or two.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

DIVfM0 S6fVfCe.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sabbath at IL A. M. and
~ p. NJ. Sabbath School at l2X r. NJ.
eats free. A cordial invitation extend.
ed to all.
REV. T. GRAHAM, Pastor.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-10-30

Tomorrow night is Hollow Eco.
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One hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars in specia were shippsd from Liver
pool for New York Tuesday.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
THE OLD COUPLE.

They sat IN the sUn together
TIL the day was almost done;
And then at its close an angel
stepped over The Ihrcs hold stone.
lie folded their hands together,
lie touched their eyclids with balm,
Aud their last breath loatcd upward
Like the close Of q solemn psalm.
Like a bridal pair they traycr'cd
The unseen mystical road,
Tlat leads To the bcautiful city
Whose Builder and Maker is God.
Perhaps, in that miracle country,
They will give her lost youth bsck,
And the flowers Of vanished ,pringtim,
Shall bloom in the spirit, track.
one draught OF the living waters
Shall restore his mauhood's prime,
And eternal years shalt measure
The love that outliycs time.
But the shapes they left behind them,
The wrinkles and silver hair
Made sacred to Us by kisses
The angels imprinted there.
Wen hIde away in the meadow,
When the sun is low in the West,
Where the mOonbCIms cannot tiud them
Nor the wind disturb their rest.
But we'll let no tell tale tombstone,
With its &c and date, arise
O'er the two who are no longer
In their Fathers home in the skies.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
FaIth In Ie.m-.

Ii is The inactivity Of faith la de-
sus that keeps us so Imperfect and
wrestling with our cOrruptions,
without auy advancement. We
wrestle in our own strength too Of
ten, and so are justly, yea, neces-
sarily, fOlled; IL cannot be other
wise, till we make Hum our strength.
This we are siill forgetting, and had
need To be put in mind Of and
ought frequently to remind our
selves. We would De at doing our
selves, and insensibly fall into this
folly, even after mucn smartin2 Tor
IL, If we be not watchful against II.
There is this wretchcd natural IA
dependency in US, that is so hard To
beat out. All our projectings are
but castles in the air, Imaginary
buildings without a foundation, TIL
once laid Christ. But shall We
hnd heart peace, sweet peace, ana
progress ia holiness, Till we be
driven from it TO make Him all our
strength; till we be brought TO do
nothing, TO attempt nothing, to hope
or expect nothing, but i'm Him; and
then shall we indeed find Ills full
ness and all-sutlicicncy, aud "bc
more than cOnquerOrs through Him
who hath loved us."-Leighf0H.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
Poor Fellow

The following incident illustrates .
complaint that Is too common among
a certain class OF beaux whose silly
ambition reaches no higher than .
fashionable necktie and the foolish
boast that they arc ike the butter.
I flies who gather the sweets from every
| garden, but. unlike the bees. they
1 carry no money with them. These in
I sipid youths have about as much
I earnestness Is this department of life
as IN love making, and secure a per-
/ manent success. The girls should
/ lean them up against a shady tree
! some bright summer day and fan
them TO death with a rose leaf.
1 Young man living not quite a
| thOEsaRd miles from LOrettO, Ky.,
not long ago laid seige 10 the heart Of
a young lady in Louisville, who In
due time surrendered the fortress into
his keeping. A day was appointed
for the nuptials, friends were invited,
good things to eat and drink were
provided, and all the cOncomitauts
of well regulated weddings were pre-
pared. The day came, the guests
came but the bridegroom; ''the youRg
man from the country not.
He made default and the question on
every tongue was, "Why is this
thus?"
The mother Of the bride that was
to be, came up TO LorettO and went
out to interview the son-in-law that
was TO have been. She told him of
her daughter-hOw, like Amy in
'LOcksley Hall, her cheeks was
paler and thinner than should be for
one 50 young, and how she was pin
ing away from disappointment aud
grief. The young man observed, de-
preciatingly, that the young lady had |
never been very fat; but the wOuld-be /
mOther-in-law parried this thrust and |
presented to him the impropriety of /
his conduct IN such moving terms |
that he felt bound to apologize.
He accordingly told the old lady /
that he was sorry to have grieved and
her daughter and her
self, but he was the subject of uncOn-
trollable fits of loving, and when one
Of these came upon him he could not
keep from counting somebody. This,
he SAID, was 4 disease, and that he
was IN no sense responsible for anv-
thing he did while this temporary
madness was upon him. If he had,
under the power of this malady, made
Ove to her daughter, he was sorry for
/; but he could not help it. II she
doubted his word, he said he could
bring hundreds or physicians to prove
hat such a disease existed, aud hun
lreds of acquaintances to prove that
ne had it.
The lady from Louisville went
nome a sadder, if not 4 wiser woman.
Before she left she expressed great
for the young man, observ-
ng that lit was a pity he could not
Je cured"
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
Aim Higher.

Heretofore farmers have been sat
; isiied To raise good crops, good
stock, and 10 make enough to ell
JOY the ncccsSarics OF life. Their
entire time has been given TO those
matters. They have thought that
those who werelelected to rule over
thcm-makc their laws-werc hOn-
est, honorable men, who would care
fully watch over and. guard their
best interests. They have listened
TO the deceptive speeches of the po-
litical demagogues seeking their
votes; have been lulled into dclic-
iOus repOse by their sweet address
es. But suddenly they find that all
is not as promised. They hnd that
the promises that have been made
them are false-that they are inn
! povcrished, that in trusting the at
/ fairs of state 10 others they nave
/ been cruelty deceived-that those
whom they have hOnorcd have sold
| themselves TO those hostile to their
interests-that they have betrayed
them, and that in consequence they
are suffering.
They are now awaking to "a true
sense Of the situation. With all the
power in their hands il has done
them no good. II has been scattered,
disorganized. But the work Of or
gauiZation has begun, and in the
deepest earnest The farmers have
learned TO dtp:ud upon themselves.
They must have higher aims in the
future than they had in the past
They must qualify themselves to
make laws, 10 hold office, TO dis
charge all the duties dcvolving upon
an American citizen. They must
make better use Of the brains that
God has given, hereafter, than they
have done heretofore. They must
insist on an honest aud economical
administration of the State and Ma
tional Legislatures. They must in
sist that one class is no better than
any other class in a free country,
and consequently that IL is wrong to
tax one class for the benefit OF an
other. They must insist that as
railroads are the creatures of the
law that they should be regulated
by law, and that while they arc en-
titled to fair and reasonable COM
pensation for the carriage of pas
sengers aud freight, they are not en-
titled II receive unreasonable prices
therefor. They must favor the
opening of all proper water chan
nels to connect with the ocean, gulf
and lakes, to create competition in
freight tariffs, so that the Western
and Southern farmer may receive
higher prices for his produce, and
the Eastern consumer may purchase
at 4 lower price than he now does.
They must not legislate for the
benefit of monopOlists and capital
lists, but for all people alike whether
rich or peor, manufacturer or farm
er, buyer or seller. They must
favor just aud equitable laws, bear
ing upon all sections and classes
alike, throwing all possible power
in the hands of the people, oppos-
ing Capitalization and favoring re-
form ia the administration Of our
laws.
There is plenty of work TO bc
done, but have the farmers true,
tired, capable men, qualified to cope
with the experienced tools Of the
money changes of the nationl II
not, such men, be developed as
speedily as possible. No time must
be lost. -RHrdL World