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ORNTNQ HERA LIITS.CK•awCupid** Capers on on Crtek-~flle Pranks•t Pioneer—Elopuuut* Ac.Since the eventful Menlo* eighteen month*since, when four disguised individuals enUred the peaceful home of the Bennlogboff* and tor. replitloiuly seized three hundred tbooaasd dol. lsrs’ worth of bond*, to ttj nothing ol the “maps” that hare since pawed Into clronlatlon and renown, there has been no such aeneatloa created among the peaceful dwellers upon the Creek as that which occurred last Sunday night, when a rumor became prevalent that the daugb* ter ot a well-known citizen ol Pioneer had eloped with a young and gallant engineer. The ester* ing or a house and the abstraction of a few bon* dred thousand dollars Irotn one of oar oil prince* toon ceases to be an object of Interest to alllost on the road. After dallvarlng ip the horaas ha disappeared, and long era Ihla ia supposed to be married and happy. What will he the dencnft mint of this oleaginous romance remains to be •eeo, hot where ancb genuine aad persistent af-ftcttoo estate, «ad men the panlee are ail so well and favorably known as Snlftkiot end Biifiklns, It would ooly teem natnral that the perente look with leniency upon the escapade of the lovara, and as nanal in all omm of modern ro-masce, pardon the anlprite upon condition that the offense shall not be ra pastedThe Nuring “iithe heated donhtleea “greet mm island ahm ConnecUci competlUv champion I •aant to a Gregory’s 1 of NorwalktivePirk inPetroleum Producers* Association- .___ _The neat regular monthly meeting of the ...Board of Managers will he held at the Tonng h;„- «, ..., Libnff «®o». I» Oil City, nett Wedne# t'eave those immediately eoncei ned, but to snatch d*y' tb* *Wi inat., at ten o’clock a. m. progwfrom beneath the watchful eyes of a parent a be-1 Tl1* Secretary in his notice to the managers, **loved member of the family, require# a bold “1*: “ Il will be neoaaaary at that meeting to jLZeZ« . heart; and as the facts become known, finally determine the representative districts pm. beam and speedily circulated among the I pw^tory to the annual election of managers, I -residents of the little hamlet, there wblcb to be held Wednesday, September 30th. were various conjectures as to the result of the I ^be decided dfibrtncee Of opinion'entertained I g*. u affiir, aud not a few expressions of sympathy I member* of the board in regard to the ire* I u w irom the friend* of the absentees. qoeney with which reports of production shall !!!?“•?,*'«But we must go back a few months in order to I 88 »qoired, compel me to refer the question to I » .the board for official decision. This, and other ^jlhnT^P matters, make a general attendance desirable.” I . ..We understand that the oil prod oclog territory * if if b» ben dl'ld* lolo HI., dl.tricu, e.cb of Which will be entitled to repieaeoutlon In Ibis Uncoln of board by a resident member of the association. comueUuir The amended constitution allows the election of | ^ vice ’give the reader an idea of the events that '■ilmio 1 ated in the grand coup de Hoi of Sunday evening.On the bauks of Oil creek, near where in Ha pla-eld beauty it curves around the bluff that marks the site of Pioneer, hvte an elder]y|gcntlemao whlt; III wi will (ii'linguiHh by the name of Bilfl kins. 1hi* h not is maiden name, but It will answer By occupation an Inn keeper, bis man-twenty five members of the board to be elected8.1*A19,elou e.plt; C illy became the B of all the **■ ,apk«. addition to the representative mem-sturdy j.oai nry of the hurroundmg district, I ber#* #0 thllt * ful1 board may comprise seventy whoso labors In delving after the greasy fluid pe-1 members. A* the representative members culijr to ibis ngron, rendered .»large amount of are lo chosen at the September meeting, upon bash neces*»ry to biistaiti tbur corporeal exis Itbe recommendation in writing of a majority ot I tenet*. In other words, he had many boarders I the membera resident in the several districts, It Bliflnltia 1 rohjn red ind was happy E tcb rnoro-1i$ necessary that the preliminaries be carefully iog, ui suuriM*. as h* tru*u in J (stepped out upon I wfMiged at the coming meeting, so as to secure the verindih of ins hotil that ov.riooked the I * c*r«f«»lly selected representation. Every mem petroleum-tinted watersjof the ereck. be ganed I !£r j.be board should be In attendance onupon the beautiful scenery of the adjacent bills, I Weduead*y* _ ^ ^ _heard the little birds Miigiog their matutinal I Grant In a Bad Fix.songs of glte, and the spasmodic melody of un | A» we predicted,the Democratic press ofPenu---- J -•--or . r--------1--- |71vOO Va ItflUgmsea bull wtici*!^ that indicated search fur I has become painfully eiercised overu k isandboolweilib, bil euitMl tie sir, laden with the balsamic odors of the pine cladlulls intermingled occasionally with a sweetscout of btuzlne from the refineries, and tb inked the Providence that ordnued his lines should he cist m pleasant places tike ibis.But there was a pimple gathering upon Blitf-kins’ spin il column, which, though small, would Ii.er cau e him to t!e\ ite tint portion of his body into the altitude of the cunel, or, to speakWestport, s These Glt; form a stupe six have ; and an ave whole list m of 31,395 po A Dewepanames and tground,the 300 poundsdemonstrateThe dinneIn the way o out scales, w era! flinking to a first elr more needed and the clani ohGen. Grant’s infraction of the Gime Laws by troutlng in E'k connty in August. The Harrisburg Pttfriot classes tbe President with reckless I ^Vl^uot! and inconsiderate sportsmen wfco extermloate I thcr room t the tront by taking them out of season ; and far-1 oy*‘ers, forther observes • I ewei. I tfiloen. 350As ibe cate now stands, be baa been puilty of I were eookca misdemeanor sod Is liable to s fine of at least | make a notesixiy dollars for tbe twelve trout caught on tbe morning mentioned by tbe reporter.”There is no doubt tha* thePafrtof his maderow*ncett inlo English, “get b.e back up » He bad . daogb- on^h-tX .h .an ter-notan uncommon oc urrcaco In this mt J « 7 * l° bCStite— mJ. hi.m.r ionn.* ..... ^ ex*ctcd 01 Gr*®l Should go into the “consciencek of uldjfebUjeUmoertojaillaysStite— ui J, he mg young and as good aud beautiful as ibe in jaruy i*f In r st*x, it te not to be won-dertf! »i tint ►he u id admirer-, b ihe score In* steid ol bemg phas,,| thin,'be pirent hecauietuo O'C and me auch i y, md linallj conceulratedbis pr«jtjdiccsagi.iiit a young md ludusfr.ousaugmeer by the i.atne of Smllaius. Now, Soil!kins was a good he it ted, long winded aud genialfellow, one Whom the mo«t ohdmaie ol parents would scat ce o' j et to , e« di r Bliflkino not only forbade his daughter re cuiving any attention* from hoiffkms, but, rumor sijs, went bo liir a* to conttno her lo her room, with lock and cli tin in \n w lt;»l frustraiing an at-t* nipt to t lojte, id wiiu h he ii id fie, » InformedhetheandonsBut'*lo\c 1 mg s Jilmd'ord* well a* lockcaCl*e a uidieer*lt;TUtsmith-,” an 1 ift r a d ij or two b »d passed, with out of)cn»i\lt; ditnnmtiitions on tbepirt of the fdr pi! mr, she ww r, ], ^,lt;i wnh a« admon-itiou to lor* ike b i Smflkius, and all was apparently quiet on the Potomac agulu But though the c nr**e ot true affection does not run ('iiiooth, and sinci the days when Evewent into thi fruit lint, ness, misery and hippl-n«**« ha\e !lt; i ii iqmlly ditided out to earthly mortn’e -* t wheic does tin re exist two loving hcirts who do not , lt;ive ‘i.nic pleasure from the vi ry obstacles that p i v«m ib« lr pi rfeet bliss, and grow uioie att.u lied lec mse of the diflitul tics tin y are ohlig, d to cocouuLer ? gome eupnosed IL VV Irt LhIIS U kill (hn fiHifft t*.-fund” of Petmsylvanifl, or bo turned over to tin Backer Corruption Committee by virtue of the claims ot the Democratic “Informer,is a question yet to be decided. We conclude that the Election Committee will get it, for two good and sufficient reasons—first, that Penai'ylvapla never bad a “conscience iund,”for her |Democratic statesmen do not consider it s crime to defraud thecommon wealth , and second, the Democraticytn a financial strait, for Packer re fuses to “come down, and tne *. _vide that every “informer under the statuteshall be entitled to share the perquisites. In thisflewoftlicsHuation.it tniy ba estimated thatthe dozen trout Illegally caught by tbe Prrsident, and Involving » forfeiture of five dollarseach to the Democratic party, will just cover thecost of issuing a dozen fresh coffee-pot natural!xitlon papers, to be spawned at tbe October elcction. Thus, the extermination of trout will resuit In tbe multiplication of Paekerites. Wehope the President will pay up, for the Patrwt I 280 ,Alter tbe First there Sherwood, ford, HubbweiKht- ei gWhen Djuu lightly and j wood beat l bard, who It and the sani bauds, and might hav i er tailed to Douglas leijable as if I a sprite, dawjera, an forms were with tear. I*»«nt on to athe gloves I)in which biski I and pbosom Irleotpi ludits of tthe sevmty the victor, t he shoulder later, I .sawglasses la tbknew that, w burns of the Then folio*- r- ------------r-J ,uu i UDIUI | — - l Lilliseriously Intimates that if he ever crosses tbe j 2£S • 8leTl line “he will be waited on by a constable ” Bat «urttVm ck why watch for Grant; he may sheer ofi till after I maintained election. Get a rroulslilon from Packer, tbe Governor that Isn't lo be, and “move imnud at«' l on the Presidential work*. Tbat’s the way to do It, “if H takes all summer ”A Vwtr llffi iihu Lf» XV ii? t»imlti (tiiiit* ht nvj 111 in I filOt plllt' Wftwas fair iu i\to cnuh U[fturjft d utu at liu t oar ••! t la.i I
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