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- Cor. Spring 4: t'rcuklln Sta.,
Tttnsvlllc, F:.
-trc ! -urn Centre Oaily Record.
act. ConSre, Friday. May 21
C-jM 1N4'.
Tho Republican voters of tbls voting pre
cinct will meet on to-uionow, Saturday 28,
ia tbo room formerly occupied by Scjuire
Dunaghy, ia the McClintock House. The
poll will Deepened at 10 o'clock A. M , and
close U 7 O'clock p. it.
"-J - . -
, , . ' FALSE.
The aano'iricemetit la this rooming Ti
lusTilld Herald, that I bare withdrawn from
the CcDgrcsi'ooal Contest is false. .
. 'u. J. Galbraitd:. :
r Vito Itlccliu Tonight.
The tewly erganized fire company bare
taken bold of tto matter wltb a wjll. This
' tioou they hail the hosts out for I lie purpose
ot testing it, connections being mad) witb
tb hydrant In liont of the Central Petrol
eum Co'a office. This ia an it should be und
now tbe eit'-Bcns ihould unite iu sustaining
them, it nut by joiulng tbe company at least
a bjr giviag tbera aid In money and' support
ia I other ways. To-night there, will be a
Dm tnteliagal Sobel's Ball, for get cral
d'winsiou of the matter, at which a general
attendance of property owner and citizens
Isruyrestod. TOrrJ out! ono and all!
Firm at 'I'ltsEEB Mav Badlt Bony
Ei. About 13 o'clock' to-day. one of tbe
stills In the refinery owned by William Low-
ri,' al Pioneer, exploded with fearful force,
damaging the works to n considerable ex
tent, 'aud terribly burning Mr. Matthew
h Kara, tbe engineer in charge. t He was ao
bd!y burned that thii flesh dropped on i is
arms frem bis elbows down, exposing tb.o
liunes le view.. lie is not expected l live.
Too car loads of MllneJ oil were also de
stroyed. Tbo refinery won' only partially
destroyed, and will bo in running order
aain in a few days. W'e bare not learned
Y Hie amount of tho loss.
Latco. Wo loarn from Dr. Christie that
Kr. Mara Is not so seriously burned as at
Srst thought, and that be will recover. .
. We bavo btrotofore bad occasion to spetk
of the oulraseoiia oonduct of certain young
Jiica fromsTitusvllte, who .jpp'eaf , ' 'n'nk
tbat no law or order whatever exists in tho
pltce, and therefore lake oeession whenever
they como here to outrigu even tbe rules' f
tomujon doceacy. , Night bclor last tbey
fcgulii paid the plaoo a visit, aud until coin-!
, lied by the police to desist, succeeded I u
'raii'.nj the devil" in an admirable man
ner for a short time. Theso "Infants" bave
.. vejy respectable cuoacclions in Tilusville,
tv'.io aro probably unaware oi their evil
Avvilf, but will Snd tbem out to thuir sor
raw eoan, . Their, names are known aud will
tie ptiMUbed.iinlcis they learn' hew to be
have tbemfeljes. Lei them beware.'. -
Elaowborii we pnb)ieb n Interesting ae
.. count of tho. burning well in I'ino Grove
towiishlp, tbli county, which wo copy from
tbe Oil City .corvespoodunao : ' thu I'i tra
tiurgb !oraiherolal. "It also cnutaiuB an in
. lereiting accnunt of oil matters in that vi
eiuity, and predicts ia oil escitetueut befoio
loug on Sandy Creek. " J1
Klewbera will be
aewt.
tviitid tho lult-st I'fn'
. WOXOCUS OF rETUOIiKUW.'. f
Brnxtvo "n Gas Wni.vm' Tsanbt-
i-TKAM Sl'I'RHHEIiKI ExurKR KfS HT
Gas PriKSBiur; New Uii.Fi8l.tis, Jtc ,
' Ac.
Ott. Citt, Pa., May 17, 1S70.
Availing himspifof a kind Invitation,
your correspondent yeslordny visited tbe
famed burning und gas wells of Sindy, souie
fourtrenVilea souUieft'st of 'Oil Cily. These
W:ll are;. V cated in Tina Grave township
Veuahgo couuty, about a ruilo and a halt
from Cunterrilli', between Suniy Creek and
the east branch oi the same.
The Burning well-,' as It is called, Is Incat.
ed ontlie Isadj of l'oor'ng Hack and East
Sandy ..Oil Company pf rbiliidelpbia. The
well was di Hied by tbo compony during
1S6S, four years eiuce.aud attained tbe depth
of about eight hundred aud fifty feeU- At
this depth tbe tools became insteutd and
could not be extricated. Tubing had been
put iu at several stages of the progreta o,1
the we'.l, aud diillioj was. 'resinned at 'tin
tervais. At the riiptli' Indicated tools
were imbedded in uiud vein, supposed to
be three feet ia thickutm.
After various attempts at removal, tubing
was finally put in. Tbe gas soon filled this'
and burst tbe seed-bag, and utlcmptiuf to
draw the lulling. GOO feet of the latter drop-
pod into the well, and operations were sus
pended. The gss, tuix'd witb cocsiders
uln oil, has continued UDreniilingly to es
cape from the well to present date, witb
terrible force. Soon alter this accideut tbe
well wa3 filed by souio means, end burned
fur a long time. Jn the fall of 16C3 .ilr. J.
B. Uentoo, cue among tho lntt of ourprac
tical operators, obtaiuing a lease cthi
well from tbo company,- went to work to
Conquer or tamo this irrepressiblo 'ispouter.'1
After on expenditure of labor and money in
no stinted degree, be succeeded Iu t'vi'ing
the old well uader control, commenced the
drilling of a new well a short distance
above it, and Quisbed the tame during tbe
past-wiuler.
. So great has been the force of tbe ga9 in
tbe new well, thut It 1b only within tbe last
fow weeks that tbey have been enabled to
pump it. Tbe force of tbe gat) fioui the
new well is greater than that from tho c 1.1
one, yet, strange to relate, there is no sp
parent diminution ot foice Irom tho wo, I
drilled iu IS6U. Both wells are' located in
a valley or fiat,, surrounded ou ail sides by
hills which slope gradually.
Tho new well w as pumping for the first
time cu . the day or our visit. And this
pumping alfalr was effected by the queetesi
urraegemuni ever oenom ly moral v.Blon
Imogine, if you can an engine stiadily
pumping a van mit wut to depth, uliDoiit
tbe'uso of steam,' fuel, ft even a boiler.
iucb is the ctubboTii fact no mislake about
it. T5fl gas is led Irom tbe well to the en
gine boiuo of int) new one, by means of an
ordinary two-inob iron pipe. TLe uttacb-m-nt
)B made to the engine by the steam
pipe, in tbo same manner as ir steam weie
u?tfd. A turn of tbe screw and off snd seeD,
run by prrsmre Iront the gas alone, witbijut
exhaust plsie, or attacUuieut of .any kind,
sleudily aud well. . Tbu piston seems to act
as tbe exhaust, and the escape of tbe same
was as regular as steam.
The engiuo was running at a pressure, we
should judge, equivalent to fully sixty
pounds of steam, requiriog only a small
amount of the gas. Tue force of this as it
. i carried from tbe wells, was capable of ex
erting pressure, ot lully two buudred
rounds IT) , tbe euuaiu iuuli. Tbo engine
could be run at any degree Of sr.ei d neces
sary with perfect safety, that .'its expan
sive power was capable of. It has been
customary to llht tbo old well at night, a
pipe extending up tbrouph the top of the
derrick for tbe purpDso. This had been ru
mored. ' From tbe puint where it is nttaa ti
ed, tbo gas was escaping with a deaeoing
roar, a lar rton-cocli beini: nslenerl below
tho same, und left open lor IIib purnoie
The opining was scat ceiy a quarter of an
inch. Into tho top cC tins stones as lurge as
an egg were cast. These wer sent up fifty
feet in the nir,' through the top of the d. r
lick, as ir discharged from a catapult. Flat
stones of several pounds weight were whirl
ed ficm I B top line feathers. The juiut of
tho pipe cocducting the gss to tho engiiio
v.ere also open, and allowed great quanti
ties to eaei.). We bad no desire to light a
mutch or even smoke a cigar iu that locali
ty. :
Tbe temperature of the gas as it came
from the wells was exiremely cold, chilling
tho bunds. It could not become heatod by
pissing souio two .hundred feet through ah
ordinary iron gas pipe. So the accepted
fact that beat is -necessary to furnish the
motion for propelling engines is somewhat
dim:gej. Eltuer of these wells have suf!!
ciont volume of gas to run, we should esti
mate, forty engines. Nine hundred feet of
tubing was drawn from tbe well eusilyeby
tbe engine thus propelled. In adduifn,
there is beta f!us enough to furnish fuel Tor
tho wells of not only the coighborlioud, but
of a greater portion ot tbe oil region, if cou
neetiou could bo inude.
Tbe new well bus produced oil, frequently
several barrels per day, of o beautiful green
color, 49 'gravity. The sand rock of botii
woila nro extremely uniform. Tools are
fast iu llio thiidsaiid of tbo old well. Tbe
third' sand of tho new well has linen dril led
through. It is tl.tiy three leet In thickneps.
open or koney-comhed, :. nearly II pebbl",
aud iaf rouuiiucud tho btst yot teen. Tbe
entire c.ui.try around ia admirably located
lor operating. Considerable excitement
already iruvailsabd many of our host opeia
tors are s curing both laud and loase3. The
lauds around ot;e generally oivned by Pitts
burgh srd Philadelphia oil companies). So
fur as we c&V judge, th proppeot i that
Hero will be found located tbo most exten-
I'H fcllli limit. Iflv r.il Mill. I ..I ilkm.......!
J I ...... w v.. uwu j ui.vuimui
Tho uei well nromises to heeomn "a pro
ductive one if the gns can be enntrolleil.
A numtier of new wells ere neing comineiio-
ed and lhi Interest becomes daily moro In-
tense. There are other luterestlna matters
I wouhl like to note, but this letter is alrea
dy too long.
UTEST FEMAH NEWS.
j ,. ' New Vonx, Jluy 20.
. Wasbiuglon advices state that several dis?
patches have been received at the State
Department from U. S. Marshals along tbo
Canadian Border giving nloimation of tbe
gathering of bodies of men more or less
numerous along the United Slates line
but the telegrams give no detail of Inten
tions or of their probable place of rendez
vous. Prompt measures have been taken
for the Buppree.-iou of these riotous proceed
lugs. . , .: '
St. Auias?, May 20 11 n. m.
General Spear, of Keninti notoriety, has
jut arrived in town and taken quarters at
the WeldflD House. General O'Neil in in
the common fail ut Burlington.
St. Ai.ban.s, May 20.
A reliable gentleman just from Franklin
bring:! Information that there is not now
a Feuiau in that village, and that gum,
ammunition, blankets and other parapher
nalia of war nre scattered about in great
abundance. Tho rank and file complain
bitterly of their officers, and say they do unt
understand their busigcssi. It is evident
tho point chosen for crosstag the line was a
niont unfavorable one. An aid of Gen.
O'Neii's says a thousand men could nut
have driven tbo Canadians from their po
sition, which is naturally very strong, and
the Fenians for the most part behaved bad
ly, nod becamo badly demoiali.d at the
first volley uf Canadian iniifiielry, Three
Fenian nro this morning repotted killed,
and ten or fifteen wounded, Gen. Donnel
ly, in attempting to,escnpc from Richard's
house was wounded In the leg, but not ser
iously. Gen. O'Neil i now in jail at Bur
lington. Gen. Spear is bite ut tbo Weidun
IIOIISO. "
Howe, one' of tbe lVnians killed, ras
buried by-the Canadians; alter the burial
large stones were placed at' tbo bead and
loot of tile grave and a pile ofstouuson
top. .
" It Is reported that Guooral Donnelly in
badly wounded, aud fears are entertained
that he cannot live.
Tor.o.NTO, May 25.
From tho best "'information received tbo
Kenian raid, as far as Pigeon Hill, is con
cerned, is looked upon- as a in'.BCrnide fail,
tire.. TLe Fenians are now retreating, lunv.
ing thuir arms, baggage and wounded
behind them. No lots of lilo on tbe Can
adian side, untingtun ia now the prin
cipal polut of Interest, where- every neces
sary prepcrations has been made.
Petroleum Items from all source.
Tbo Clarion Republican, of the 21st, says:
We are informed that a twenty-live barrel
well was struck on Monday, about one and
a half miles above tbe mouth of the Clarlo;,
It baa not yet been tubed, aud the oil is
flowing through tbe caeog. ' , '
From the Marietta, Ohio Reg'j'er. we
learn that tho oil business on Federal Crek
is looking up. An uld well ori the Joy
farm, 00 fret deep, abandoned four y'a
ago, some I'ino eirico had a pump put' in,
yielded iivo brrel3 a day for si wbile,?nrid
has averaged three btrrals of libt oil a day
f'ir oc;e weeks. It was uot considered
good for anything when abandoned.
: In the case of Mrs. Mary Doyle, who died
at Dayton on Sunday, tho Coroner's jury
ruturned a verdict to the cffict that she
came to ber. death from an explosion of
coal oil of. gravity twenty degrees below the
standard Exe'd by law. Tbe guilty parlies
are to be prosecuted.
Mr. Lyman, an Ameiicau expert, bus
been engaged by tbe American (ioverum'-nt
to examine the petroleum district in tie
Purjuub. Mark Twain is tbu only British
we know of who lias "struck ilu" In a pun
job. '; '.
The Tltufville-Hfrald says: Thelandsof
tbo Norway Oil Compmy, comprising ,'JUQ
acres iu Presifrent ondlPlnogrovo townships
Venango counlyavejljeen purchased by a
cumpanyor, pjaio iiidiv'.dual.-i, who pro
pose loVcomincuce operations about the ltd
of June. The pnrcbasets ar.i Msrs Vj P.
Johnson of Titusvllle, Dr.' Halderman of
pk-volaiid, Mr. Hancock of Franklin and
three other gentlemen wh03e names we have
not learned. Tbo truct has never been test
cd as oil territory, but from rocut develop,
nfeuts in the samo seption it is believed fo
bu "on tho belt. "' Tbe new company will
organize about tbe 1st of Juno and begin
opefatiops. : ,
' Bol iiKEit. i John Theobolt, ut th e
Opera House Saloon, received direct from
Tilusville, thia mornlug,'' several keg of
Hoenig's celubiatud bock beer, being tbe
flrsf tbat has boeti biowed tb's seasun.
As the seasou will be short, lovers of this
refreshing beverage abould pa John a visit
and ti'l i's merits.
Tho bsf ball ' match belweea Ibe feneca
II. B. C. of Oil City, anil tbo Forest City
Cluh cf Cleveland, tefulted In the Seneca's
getting badly defeated. Tbo acorn stood
almost five- to one in favor of the Forest
City. '
( From the number ofyoung men seen loaf
ing on the street renters now n days one
would nnlurally suppose the old ndane '-tLo
best medlcino in tho world is sunshine,"'to
be truo. Tho probability is that they ure
troubled with "constitutional tirednejj," a
complaint that rsgea fearfully nt present.
Considerable amusement was created on
the street lust evening at a foot nee betwei n
fwo XVlh ameniluients, for $1,20 a side.
Tbo colored brothers made gorl time, tun
ningso fast that tbe'"tar on their heels"
could nut be diptirrjuirdicd. Tho fifteenth
amendment is practically In force at Petro
leum Centre.
A new thirty barrel, well was struck near
Pilliule about n week ago. It is on 1 liner
linn, on what is known as the Millian tract.
Several other wells In that vicinity will
soon bo completed, and there is quito a
revival of tho oil trade. Other branches of
business are reported ns beiug lively.
Good fcr Pitho'e.
Another now oil town b.n besu started on
the McBride furui, near Pitho!-, which re
joices in the name ot "Tip Top."
Tho Chase House at l'leasaiiiville barely
escaped being destroyed by fire recently.
Occasioned by a servant girl dropping a
lamp on the (l irr.
We leutu that eovoral new weils nru now
to be put down cathodal of the Hyde t
Egbert farm.
A.. CuIiioie.U Idiliuii, whoso wife had
beeu bitt-n by a rattlesnake, tent for a
bott'.a of waUli? to counteract the effects
of the po!Sor. But the Indian linvinc first
tanted tho wh':y ended by getting drunk
on it, leaving his wilo to die, which she
uncomplainingly did.
A San Francisco Jud-e temt'f-rd jut'ej
with niemy by lining u starved girl i!i cents
for stealing u can cl mill:, and then raising
$20 fur ber ou the .put torn sympathizing
spectator.
Ijnr.sxi ,tlfe.
BOCK BEER I
On drnugb t at the Opera House S tloen.
Just received from Hoenig's Brewery, 't'i
tusville. several kegi of the celebrateif Bock
Beer. If yon hovo never tried it drop into
John Tlieobolt's, try n glass and le convinc
ed. Remember the season Is short.
27-"!t. Jonx Titnosni.T, Prop'r.-
Lnrd Oil by bire! or gallon nt
mi;y23 tf II. Fiu:tiii'K.
Gas Pipe wholesale and retail at
11. Kiu:kma.s'si.
Nails wtioicsale and retail at
II. FnKEMAN'S.
Tho largest stock cf Gas Pipe In town at
II. iKEtiMAN'a.
TAKE MOl'lCK.
PKfitOLEL-M Ckxtiik, May 17 1S70.
All bills tor T'Tpedoes over thirty iluvs
old on the Hist day of Ju o, will be lelt wiib
a uel UeynoldM'Tfur colli c'ion. Walk or
to the Captain'" fue" Hnd settle. By order
of t ho li'obei ts Torpedo Co.
1117 t JI. l.Bvt Mason. Agt.
Beaiitilul Gold ' Fish at M. S. SituUtiu's
Diug ritnie.
Soda Wuier aud Ice Cream at J. W. Beat
y'
Just received a Inrgu mid well aborted
stotit of shelf baidwato at J. Rutherford's.
tf.
Soda ater and lee Cream at J. W. Beat-
Sash, Glass, Doors Putty ve. Large
stock very cheap at tbo Furniture Store,
nilu-if
All kinds foreign frulls ut Felter, Fenner
& Co. 'a
Finn assortment of Paper nud Cloth Win
dow Shades und Fixtures, just ree'd nt
inSif. GmrvKS Buo.i.
Gold Fish, Gjld Fish ut M. S. Simmon's
Drug Store.
Sparkling Soda Water at M. S. Sim
mon's. m4tf.
All kinds foreign frutts'at Felter, Founer
& Co. 'u
Anolber line lot of Pluuts a"d Roses re
coived lo-d.iy at M, S. Simuioo's. nl.tf.
Soda Water und Ico Cream at J. W. Beat-
tv's.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Something New !
iSeportii;-; or Cracking Cigars.
Call at the CIO A It BTOKK aext to Orlmn Eros,
Irni; oro, Wahliiiiftuu tSlrc-ct, ltraleuui t'entiv,
V., aad try oui. XV.'!' h.rVr liitrodnxil to this
place. mnyjo-.v.
M. S. SI.MMON-.S' COLUMv.J
SIMMONS'
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sold at
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viinl Mye Slults
find. Brushes.
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a ' i
The lines: assortment ever before (.tiered on.
Oil Creek.
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designs, cheapness ami durability.
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