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Cts Eittoirt*
THE OIL REGIONS.
Advance in Price' ani Decrease in Pro.
duction—New l'itorles..Prospective
' Developmeuts..TheNest Field of Op. .
trations--Benedict Estate Company..
Preparations for the Spring Campaign.
iCone4ion.lenee or the Ptteburgh Gazette.)
TrrusviLLE, Smeary 29, 1869.
The rapid and conthuous advance in
- the price of oil has hal a very stimulating
effect tliroughOut the petroleum regions,
and with the advent of spring we are apt
.
to witness such a rivival of- practical
development.' as will eclipse everything
that has 'preceded it. The steadily de
creasing production of oil has had a cor
responding effect. Nears since, when
there were hundreds of flowing wells,
petroleum became a ding in the market,
thousands upon thouands of barrels of
.
the greasy fluid were germitted to run to
waste, and owners coriddered themselves
fortunate in obtaining even one dollar
per barrel. Indeed, 01. has sold as low
as ten centt per barrel.. But the produc
tion declin d, the consumption largely
Increased, an immense foreign demand
,
followed, prices steadilyippreciated, until
in 1864 the product acttally commanded
e $14,85 per barrel.
I note these prices as tie extreme lim
its of its fluctuation. Vithin the last
• year, the business In all is relations has
become so thoroughly ,sjstematized and
controlled, that we no bnger look for
such startling variations. Petroleum
mining is now regarded as a legitimate
industry like that of coal, and is almost
free of the speculative operations whiCh
characterized its earlier development.
.The want of operators new is to find it in
paying quantities, and the belief is gain.
ing ground that but aew more years
must elapse before the prcducinz'sectlons
will have become so thoroughly ascer
tained and developed as to render the
business a comparative mmopoly in the
bands of nfew fortunate Individuals. I
do not fully share this' apprehension.
Doubtless every practical operator has;
his theory of the origin of petroleum,
and we knowthat the once commonly re
ceived opinion which attributed it
to an . exudation from 'the extreme
coal fields of the AllEgheriy range .
is now generally discirded It is
nevertheless my convictlm that the oil
is generated from coal, 'bul from no beds
of bituminous coal that 'tyre have any
knowledge of, as such beds of coal lay
geologically from five to tight hundred
feet higher than the sand racks in which
petroleum is found, and it vould be phy
s sically impossible for the onto pass down
ward through fresh water Into the, sand
rock strata. We must therefore conclude
that It is the product of coal` lying thous
ands of feet below the surface, and is dis
tilled from the coal by mature' heat, and
is thus forced by the gas, the lighter
_ element surrounding it, twards the
earth's surfabe until it 'is lodged in the
pores and'crevices of the sant rocks, like
blood in the veins and arteries of the hu
man system. Puncture the cuticle and it
. will bleed, open the veins andit will flow.
(Eight years of "blood-letting" upon
this theory would seem to' have been suf
ficient to exhaust Dame Natere's reser
, vdirs, but her ample cauldroas are ever
brewing, and it is not unreasonable to
suppose that the practical oil miner will
forever be47irolitably.rewardedfor his un---
dertekbags.
But I began lay observing that the pro
duetion has largely fallen off during the
hit few months, and there is now an ac
tive exploration, under the stimulus .of
prices, for new fields of operatim. There
is probably no section of the "producing
region that has hitherto attracted so little
public attention as that known as Enter
p• in Warren county, near the border
of Venango county. The operations
the have hitherto been confined to the
8 13,
edict Estate Company, whose lands
are! 'Prated on Pine Creek, laid down on
mazy maps as East Oil Creek, but among
the , Early settlers still retaining the former
name. Enterprise ia_geograpbically the
'centre of the oil prOducing region. It is
four miles from Titusville, two and half
miles from Pleasantville, and ten miles
from Tidioute. Operations on the Bene
dicCEstate Company's lands commenced
alio -, t four years ago, but the owners, be
ing : eady in the possession of immense
wea th, made no special effort to invite
the fr! -operation of foreign capital, and
hen : retained the territory for moderate
ope ation under their own supervision.
It is gratifying to know that this promis
ing i eld is now to be opened up to gen
eral development, and before six months
mo , elapse we shall doubtless 'witness
quit , as extensive excitement, and un
dou . tedly as prolific a yield, as that which
has characterized the Pleasantville dis
til during the past year. - -
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II . der such circumstances a brief "re
vie - of its past developments and pregent
con• tion will interest the .oil trade in
gene .1. The Benedict 'Estate Co. cow
men ...d operations about four years ago,
unde the personal direction of Mr. Willis
A. 0 ' nedict, who is still the Superin
,. tend ::,. t. Several producing wells were
obtaile d, but none that' exceeded a hun
dred f': Els a day. It would seen that
the o
th'
bears a greater resemblance
to of Church Run, near Titusville,
I
than I. at at Pleasantville, the oil being
foun .lin crevices and being a light gravi..
ty gr -ii oil. Among wells moreportion
' larl I orthy of mention is the Willard.
We struck in November last, and now
lieldl .g between forty and fifty barrels
per d , and constantly increasing. The
Mclry well, struck in March last, for
save days flowed at the rate of one
hundredlarrels per day. It shortly after
declined, and has fitfully varied between
ten an one hundred and eighty barrels
L
per da ~ The facts show that of necessi.
y itpenetrates an ' immense reservoir of
'"oil. , 1866, the Atkinson well produced
sixty s a day.-the first twelve hours.
Some f the : original wells on these lands
are s prOdficing profitably.' The oil'
Some f`
fou d inthe sand rock, which various
from 18 to 'BB feet In thickness. salt
water is found in.the second sand. and
this n cessitates casing and seed bagging
at th lower edge of the second send.
Ha g had wide observation and ewe
rien of this region, and finding that the
producing land of the Enterprise district
has t e same general contour, timber,
sand, deep depressions, and all the pecu
liar i 'cations of oil, so strikingly advan
tage to •the best producing localities on
Pithole aneOil Creeks, I am 'deeply Im
pressed with the conviction it requires
only as thorough development to exhibit
as profitable returns. The fact that the
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ry ienenviti
e4sege . • - 1 1 Cr - • 3 . * - • - 7 -
.GAZETIE 4 - IC r thltSibtr i (18g95
locality abounds in pine, hemlock, and
oak timber, and the fuel is to be had for
the cutting, and that the county is well
watered by line Creek and its branches,
as well as plenty of springs, greatly di
minishes the cost of boring for oil. The
following statement affords a liberal esti
.
mate of the expense of sinking a single
well in the Enterprise district :
ng i fit
eight horse power . . .... - fkioo.oo
500 ~; of tubing - 260.00
840 esii of. casting.... ..... .. ..... . 250.00
500 feet of sucker rods
' ' 75.00
Working barrel and valves 40.00
Pump fittings, &o 60.00
Derrick. Bull Wheel, to 350.00
Driving Pipe_ . .... 150.00
Drilling 460 feet by contract 460.00
Total.
have thus briefly reviewed the situa
tion in its application to the next field of
extensive operations in the oil region./
There seems to be no shadow of doubt
that Enterprise • during the ensuing six
months will present as lively a panorama
as characterized Pleasantville last season.
The Benedict Estate Company are al
ready giving out leases to operators who
mean !"business." With the advent of,
spring : ,at least a score of new wells will
be started, hundreds of men will find .
employment, the little village will be
thronged by strangers, and the tide - of
travel from Titusville will be directed to
the new Oildorado. Mark the prediction,
and you will soon see its verification.
OBSERVER.
•
The Telegraph. Question.
EDITORS' GszETTE : One of the
strangest outcroppings of blunted moral
ity that has yet shown itself, mong that
portion of the people which claims to be
the custodian of the public faith, is.now
showing itself in the - vociferous appeals
to Congress to take charge of the Tele
graphic business. The Telegraph is one
of those scientific contributions to the civ
ilized world which the exigencies of busi
ness demanded, and no where so much
as in this land of ours, where the great
centres of trade are spread ,out hundreds
and thousands of miles apart.
Yet, in the face of this great necessity
of the telegraph to the proper conduct of
business, we are all aware that when
Prof. Morse had perfected the System and
offered it to the Government for a small
sum of money he was hooted at as a vis
ionary, and left to seek among capitalists
the means for introducing to use the most
miraculous thing that was ever _vouch
eared by Heaven to the guidance of man.
, Had Congress given the paltry sum
asked for the patent, it surely is not to be
supposed that it would have been with
the purpose of monopolizing the business;
fol. it is hardly conceivable that in this
country the government is going to enter
the lists as a trader; but it would have
been solely for the purpose of throwing it
open to the public; that companies might
be formed to erett lines and convey mes
sages at moderate cost, having nothing to
pay for special privileges. But pie truth
of history shows that so far tkenn claiming
or buying the right to the. exclusive use
of the new and wonderfelment, it was
spurned as a toy.
Men who had faith in the invention
then took hold of it. They
,bought from
the patentee the right to us it, for large
sums of money. They then spent other
large sums in "the erection of poles and
wires, and took upon themselves all the
responsibilities demanded by a new and
untried enterprise. They gradually
solved the complicated and perplexing
problems that inhered in a business
wherein nitich depended upon science
and so little ore art; the reductions in
their charges keeping place with the lea
f served expenditures; while their responsi
bilitles for errors or delays in the trans
' mission of messages was well established,
and damages rapidly exacted. .
The needs of trade and of the govern
ment hastened the progress of • the lines,
and now we find the whole country in
terlaced with a network of wires, erected
by - the enterprise and paid for with the
money of thousanda on thousands 'of our
citizens, who expect to reap the pyofits
justly accruing to them. Just then; when
twenty years of.experiment and use have
given confidence to all, and when many
millions have been invested in it, and the
telegraphic system is firmly established as
a necessity of our American civilization,
a great cry is suddenly sprung upon us by
chambers of commerce and others, of.
"Monopoly ! down with Monopoly !"
arid a demand made that' the government
shall do the telegraphing for the people.
Wherein consists the monopoly ? There
might have been some slight show of rea
-1 son in this cry whilst • the patents were
still in existence, but now when all or
nearly all of them have expired this is
utterly absurd, for the business is open to
any company that chooses to' embark in it:
The effort made in high places to in. duce Congress now to step in and, take
the affair °fit of the hands of those Whose
capital is invested in It, is one of the most
startling proofs of :a wide-spread disre
gard-of private rights that has yet ap
peared; and it behooves honest / men to
band together as well in behalf of the
public moral; as of private rights—be
cause there is no telling-- where this as
sault upon vested interests shall stop it
once fairly started, and no man's prop. .
erty will be safe. Not that finally the
right will fail of vindication, for the Fed
eral Constitution expressly declares that
"private property shall not be taken for
public use Without just compensation;"
but the perplexity induced by uncertain
ty, which' the law's delay is so slow to
assert, would produce' much loss and die;
tress, before the end could be reached:
Let then the newspapers spak out
Let them say to Congress, "Hands off!
the people took hold of the telegraph and
made it ghat it is, while you laughed at
it. The people puttheir money in it, and
it is theirs to reap the profits."
San Frandsen.
The growth of this important city on
the Pacific coast has been one of the most
wonderful even among the rapid changei
to be witnessed in the United States. In
1850, the Valuation of property for pur
poses of taxation was $21,621,214, 'and in
1868 it had raised to $109,860,826. A com
parison between the condition of . San
Francisco in 1860 and in 1868 has recently
been published, from which it appears
that the statistics of 1860 were as follows
Population 50,802; number of houses,
10,123„prici pally of wood, poorly built,
and of .a small size; annual qist of school
departinent, $156,407; number of pupils
deparment, $376,892; percentage of
attendance, 98.95; daily average attend
ance,l7,426. During 1868 the- value of
the improvements made has been esti
mated at $100,000,000; exclusive of $l,-
500,000 expended on the streets.
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_,
President Jewett' of the Panhandle
Company, gives the following notice :
This Company having leased the Co
lumbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Rail
way Company, the undersigned, in pursu
ance of said lease, and by direction of
his. Company, takes possession of, the
same and the management thereof.
A railway bill has been introduced into
the Ohio legislature which provides that
no person shall be eligible for presi
dent, vice-president or director of
any railroad in the state unless he
shall have been a residezt of the State
for one year next preceding his
candidacy for: office,
and unless he is
the bona fide holder of at least one hun
dred shares of stock.. If he removes from
the State his term of office shall then
cease. The bill further provides that at
any election the owner of stock in order
to vote shall be , obliged to produce a cer
tificate of tip stock es evidence of owner
ship and o liis right to vote thereon. It
is further provided that all meetings of
stockholders, directors and executive com
mittees slit& be held at the principal
office of the company. which shall be
within that State; that all dividends shall
be declared and Made payable in cash
only; that t all convertible bonds of the dif
ferent railroad commies in the State may
be conve d into capital stock, but in no
other way hall thusame be increased for
any pnrpo e whatever; that the treasurer
or financial agent of any company shall
give ample security for the faithful per
formance of his duties, and shall also keep
his office at the principal office of 'the
company in that State; and that all
moneys belonging to ' such companies
shall be kept on deposit in the State.
52,145.00
f)enerals Porter and Babcock of Gen
eral Grant's staff have returned from their
tour of inspection through the Southern
States. They visited every military post
in the country through which they trav
eled and will make a written report' to
Gen. Grant. They represent North Car
olina as in the best condition and next
stands Alabama. The worst state of af
fairs exists in Georgia and some legisla
tion from Congress to secure the rights of
the loyal people in that State will be re
commended. They say the negroes were
in the right in the Ogechee troubles and
they should be protected. Notwithstand
ing the militia troubles in'Arkansas that
State is in a flourishing condition. •
Owen's, the capital of the Dominion
of Canada, has no waterworks, and the
principal means in the city for procuring
water for ordinary household purposes,
and to extinguish fires, is the use of
horses and carts to draw. it up the steep
bank of the river, and _thus convey it to
the distant quarters of the city where it is
wanted either for general use or for sud
den emergencies. The consequence is,
that if a fire occurs, no matter how sub
stantial the building in which it origi
nates, the destruction of the edifice is in
evitable. ' The lasurance companies, it is
asserted, have refused taking any further
rake in Ottawa. The inhabitants of the
capital, while exerting themselves to se
cure various expensive improyetaents,
have neglected to construct the most im—
portant and most necessary of all- conve
niences, an engine to raise the water from
the river.
OEI. Rini.; of Alabama, thus in
forms 'a correspondent; "I intend to
support and maintain , negro suffrage in
the sense of the resolution of the Alabama
Democratic Convention which recognlzes
it as a fact, and thelawa imposed upon us
as a de facto government."
SPWIAL NOTICES.
ItarIIATCHELOWS HAIR DYE.
•
This splendid Hair Dye le the bestin the World:
the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, relia
ble, instantaneous; no dlaappsintment; no ri
diculous tints; , remedies the ill effects of bad
dyes; invigorates and hasps the Hair soft and
beautiful. - blast or brown. Bold by all Druggists
and Perfuraerstand properly n2B
applied at Bud:e
-h:lrkllW* SaCtOry, Np. 1 . 6 Bodd street, New
;co. • - a:028
MARRI4GE AND CELIBA.
CY.—As Essay foryounginen on the crime
of filtinde, and the DlnEnes.B and ABGBh.B
which create Impediments to MARRIAGE,. with
sure meaasof. relief. Sent In sealed letter en
elop~s. free of ehar~e. Address , Dr. J. PLI/Chir
delphia. Pa. lal9
OrODNAMENTAL AND IMIE •
FM. Bin ONLY
BILVER,.TIPFED SHOES.
For children. Will outwear thretpalrs without
tips. • •• • -• Ja2A:d6S.TITH:EI
AUCTION SALES.
BY H. B. BiIiTEBON & 00.
BOOTS' ROES AND CARPETS
FOE THE MILLION.
'SMITHSON'S EMPORIUM,
55 AND 87 Firm AVENUE.
•
Messrs. H. B. SMITHSON & CO.. proprietors
of the well known Mammoth Auction House are
creating an excitement consequent upon the ar
rival of new goods which are being ao:d at re
markably low prices. Goods ofevary variety; the
finest sewed boots, the .most fashionable bal.
moral gaiters and anklet shoes. slippers, .to.,
blankets, flannels, cloths. cosalmeres, cutlery
and carpets. Call and eternise. No trouble to
show goody. Ladles% misses' and children's
furs at almost your own prices. All Roods war
ranted as represented. ncog
WESTERN ATENVE
•.
RESIDENCE AT AUCTION.
Wednesday; February 8,
. .
At 2 o'clock r. B„ on the premises, will be sold
by .auction, that very desirable and handsome
residence and grounds,. corner of Western ave
nue and Bidwell street, Allegheny city. The,
mansion contains 15 spacious and commedlons
rooms, with every modern improvement, fur
nished la tne highest style. — LoS front on ave
nue 100 feet, extending back 927 In depth
along Bidwell street.l Grounds highly ornament
ed, stabling and carriage house complete. One
of the anent, properties of 'the two cities, and
should command the attention of tbelle desiring
a first-clue home. Positive sale
H. N. SMITHSON olk
fel:d9l AUCTIONEERS.
A. P. M.
BY A. LEGGATB,
13AKEIBY FOll EMU.
Bakery Fot Sale.
Th e property, Ne. 40 PALO ALTO STREET.
Second ward, Allegheny, Is ofkred et private
sae. It consists *of ground 40 feet by 110 feet.
on which are erected a brick building, comprising
store and dwelting house of seven rooms. and In
the rear a Baking Rouse capable of baking 404
rF• per week. There is a first rate business
, b B a 4 h eg i l i e hed, which can be further increased by a
man of energy and business tact. - For Ink par
ticulars visit the premises or enquire of
A. ' , EQUATE, Auctioneer,
159 FEDERAL STREET.
Railway Items.
Affairs In the South.
Bakery For Sale.
• INSURANCE '
THE NATIONAL
LIFE INSURINtE e'omptivv.
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Charter ul by Special Act or Congress,
Approved July All, 1868.
Cash Capital - - $1,000,000.
Branch Oftim: PHILADELPHIA,
FIRST NATIONAL BARE Bt/LOllikii•
Inure tb4 Seneral business of OW Company Is
IdAnsacted. and to which, all Antral corret!-
pondenes should he addressed: - •
DER.EIOItA . elt. - ' •
jay Cooke. Meas. M:11..• Months. Waah , n.
C, H. Clark, Philada. Raney D. Cooke, Wash.
John W. Ellis, Clueing. W. Qbandler.Wa6h•
W.G. Moorhead. Phila. - Jeo. D. Degrees. Wash.
Geo.?. Tyler, Phila. Ed. Dodge, N. York.
J. Hinckley Clark. rhils, EL.D. Fannestook.M.Y.
OFFICERS, .
C. H. CLARK, Philadelphia. President.
HENRY 1). COOKE, Washington, Vice Presid't.
JAY (MIKE, Chairman Finance and Executive
Committee._ . •
EMERSONE W. PEET, 'Phil. See'y and Actuary.
E. S. TURNER, Washington. Asst Secretary.
FRANCIS G. SMITH, H. U., Medical Director,
J. EWING, MEARS. M.D.. Assn./tied. Director.
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.'
J. K. BARNES, Burg. General U. S. A., Wasti , n.
P. J. HORWITZ, Chief Medical Dep't. U. S. N.,
Wa-hlugton.
D. W. BLISS. M.D., Washington.
SOLICITORS AND. ATTORNEYS.
WM. E. CHANDLER, Washington, D. C.
GEORGE HARDING. Philadelphia, Pa.
This Company, National In its character , offers,
by reason of the Larg- Capital, Low Rates of
Premium and New Tables, the most desirable
mean* of insuring life let presented to the pub
11c,
The rates of premium being largely reduced,
are made as favorable to the insurers as those
of the best Mutual Companies, and avoid all the
complications and uncertainties of Notes, Divl.
dends and the misunderstandings which the lat
ter are so apt to cause the Policy-Holders.
Several new and attractive tables are now
presented which need 'only to be understood to
prove acceptable tcithe Intblic, such as IN(x
PRLIDUCDIG .POLICY and RETURN PREMI
UM POLICY. In the former, the policy-bolder
not only secures life Insurance, payable at death,
but will fl living, after a period of a few
years. an annual inconsesquil in ten per cent.
(/D per mt.) of the par of Ate peaty. The lat
ter 'the Company agrees to ref urn to the around
the total amount of smug *shag paid in. in ad
dition to the amount, of At. policy. The ittention
of persons contemplating Insuring their lives
or Increasing the amount of insurance they al-'
ready , have,
le call eA to th e special advantages
offered by the Natrona. Lite Insurance Com
piny
Circulars, Pamphlets and full particularativen
on application to the Branch .otlice of the Com
pany in Pbiladel hta, or its General Agents.
'LOCAL AGENT'S ABE WANTED in evert
City and. Town; and applications from compe
tent parties for such agencies with suitable en
dorsement; should be addressed Two THE COM
PANY'S GENFRAL AGENTS ONLY, hi their
respective districts.
GLIMUL AOZNTS:
N.W. CLARK & CO., Philadelphia,
For Pennillyania end Southern New Jersey.
JAY COOKE & CO. Wasitingion, D. C.
For Maryland, Delaware Virginia, District
of Columbia and West Virgi nia.
IBA B. eVAT & CO..
Agents for' Allegheny. Beaver, Butler, Mercer
and Wuhington counties.
For further particulars address RifTS
BELL, Manager for tieneralAgent,tiarrisburg„
Pa. . staaarw.tr
ENTEMPRISEINSVAANCE co,
or PITTSMIRGII4, PA,
Offioe, No. 424 PENN ST.,
(IN NArioxu. moor co. Binsorso.)
DIBICCTORS :
Rohl. Dickson, Kobt. Liddell,
G Stadia, C. Van Buren,
8. Myers, J. Gandwisch;
L. J. Blanchard, J. Weiner,
M. MYERS, Pm
1CKN,% 7 1
4. SO
Yret
LLBIETZ, Stare'
ROST
MWM
IMPERIAL
FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
OF LONDON.
ESTABLISHED INS. CASH CAPITAL PAID
UP AND INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED
ING U. 000.000 IN GOLD.
Insurance agalisit Fire effected on Houses and
Buildings, Goods, Wares and Merchandise,
steamboats, Sc. Polleles issued payable In
. gold
or currency. SW- United states - Branch oMor,
40 , PINE trISEET, New York.
All Imes of the United elates Branch will be
adjusted In New York.
J. Y. IIIoi...A.IIIGUTIAN, Agent,
PITTBBUIWIT, PA.
OHee, 07 FOURTH 14TRRET.
KR. McLAUGRLIN 'a also Agent for the Man
hattan Life Insurance 9oinpany. ses:v72
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IN .;
INSURANCE COM
E ir M iN
OF PITTBBURGH. • •
ALEXANDER NIMICK, President.
WM. P. HERBERT. Secretary.
CAPT. GEORGE NEELD..General Agent.
Otioe, 9511 Water street, aping Co.'s &re
house, stairo,•Bittaburgh.
Mzure against all lands of Fire and Ma
rina His_gs. A home Institution, managed by Di
rector, who are well known to the community,
and who Sr. determined by promptness and liber
ality to main fain the character which they have
mistimed, as offering the best protection to tkose
who desire to be insured.
Alexander Nirnick, Joins R. licOurte,
R. Miller. Jr., • • Chas. J. Clarke,
Jamul McAuley, William S. Evans.
Alexander Speer, Joseph Kirkpatrick,
Andrew Acklen, Phillip Reymer,
David M. Long, ' Wm. Morrison,
D. Gamlen. . • no 27
INDEMNITY
AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE.
FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO, OF PHILADELPHIA,
0rp0ir..435 a 437 011311TMIT IT., near STK.
DiGZOTOGIL .
Charles ff. Bucker,. Hordecal H. Loafs
Tobias Wagner, David S. Brown,
Samuel Grant, Lime Lea,
Jacob E. Smith, ' Edward C. Dale,
Gorge W. Bk,hards, George 'Pales.
CHARLES BANCKER, Preildent.
EDW. C. WALE, Vice President.
W. C. BTEHLE,
_Secrete ro teak
J. GARD.NEE IN, AGIN%
North West corner and Wood Streets.
pENTISYLVANIA
INSURANCE COMPANY OF PII7TSBUREIN
0PP1!..N.2. MU:WOOD sTmEssz BANE
OP 00WROR
This is s Home Company, and inures against
lop by Piro eteinsivelv.
LEONARD WALTER, President.
g 7. 12.‘ , R 80TLE,, Vice President. -•
T PATRlCK,Treasurer. ,
na IicELHENY, Secretary.
• DIUCTORB:
Leausig Walter,, GeorlWßion,
O. C. Boyle Geo. • Evans, -
Robert Patrick, 0.
• Jacob Painter, ,J. O. Pie el%
.rosials King, Jobn Voegtley.
Jas. H. Pretudne, Amnion. ~-
Henry RPronl. • .
NATIONAL. I ' SIIIIANCE CO,
OP THE OM' OP ALLEGE:En s
. oface, No. 89 PICDNRAL BTRIMST, entrance
on stocaton Avenue.
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YIBB . 12 1817BANCE ONLY.
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W. W. MARTIN, President
JAS. it.STZYSIISCIN. Secretary.
DrItIeCTOBS:
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A. H. E 1211 1 ,11 MIL P.WilLiams J. ThomPocr .
Jno. A. awe; ins, Lockhart , Jos. Mier!.
Jas. L. Eiraimi, sobt, Lea, , O. O. Bores
Jun. Brown, Jr. Geo. Gent, Jacob Hopp.
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INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF ALLEGHEN
?J • Y, PA.
OFFICE IN FRANELI
NOS. SAVINGS BANE
ISITaLDI
No. 41 Ohio St., AlleithohY
A HONE 00317 ANY, managed by Directors
wt* /time ato the community, who trust by fair
deaUni, to merit share of Your patronage.
HENRY IRWIN ........President.
GEO. D. RIDDLE ..... . ..... —Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
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Henry Irwin t D. L. Patterson, Wm, .Cooper,
: • o. R. Riddle, Jacob Franz, fioctielb Pa
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Simon rum, J. B. Smith, Jacob Rush
W. H. Stewart, Ch. P. Winston, Joseph Craig,
Joe. Lautner, H. J. Zinkand, Jere. Hoban
aphhoas
"A LLEGMENY INSURANCE
COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH.
ICE, No. 37 FIFTH STREET, BANS BLOOM.
Risk insures against all kinds of Fire and Marine
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JOHN IRWIN. JE., President.
JOHN D. McCORD. Vice President.
C. G. DONNELL. Secretary.
. CAPT. WM. DEAN. General Agent.
DIRECTORS:
John Irwin, Jr., Crpt. Dean,
John D. McCord, B. L. Fahnestock
C. O. Hussey, W. H. Everson,
Harvey_Childs, Robert H. Davis,
T. J. Hoskinson. Francis Sellers
Charles Gars, . (hint. sackdge.
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03710 E, N. Z. CORNICE WCKIDA FIPTH BTB
A Haute C9upoxy,tak t t;ig Fire and Marine Risks
Wm. Phillips,
John Watt,
John Z. Park ,s
Capt. James Miller,
Wm. Van Kirk,
James D. Verner
WM. PHILL
JOHN WATT
W.F. GARDNER
CPT. alma. BOlt
o aothorize a Temporary Loan for
the purpose of paying the Interest
on Lawrencevllte Hondo.
Sic. 1. Be it muted by the City of Pittsburgh,
in Select and Comnurn Courted/0 assembled, and
it is hereby ordained and enacted by the author
ity of the same, That the Finance Committee be
and is hereby authorized and directed to effect a
temporary loan upon each terms - and for such
time as they. may think reasonable and proper,
for the sum of lice thousand dollars for the pur
pose of paying interest due and falling due upon
bonds of the Borough of Lawrenceville. and In
the name an d oz{ behalf of the city to give such
evidence of said indebtedness as may be neces
sary,
Sze. 9. That any ordinance or part of ordi
nance conflicting with the passage of this ordl•
nance at the present time, be and the same is
hereby repealed so far as the same affects this or
dinance.'
Ordained and enacted into a law In Councils,
this 25th day of January. A. D. 1869.
JAMES McAULEY,
President of Select Council.
Attest E. 8. Mortnow, -
Clerk of Select Council.
W. A. TOMLINSON,
President of Common Council.
Attest: 11.12631Aatzn,
Clerk of Common Connell. fel:ds3
NO .- ILDILNANCE
ranting Charles netts & Co. right
to erect an Iron•clad Ealtatur.
Szcriow 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the
City of PUN:burgh. in Select and 001113X011 Coeun•
ells assembial, and it is Hereby ordained and
enacted by the endhority ether:me, That Charles
Relts,'Cuaries P. Manacle end r. A. Naeser be
and they are hereby ant b or'sed to erect an iron
clad buntling,As No. 936 Penn street, Twelfth
ward, •
Sze. IL That any ordinance or part of ordinance
Aeon/lain with' the passage of this ordinance at
the present time, be and the same is hereby re
pealed so far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted Into a law In Councils,
this *9th day of Januar A. D. 1869.
JAMES Mc AULEY,
President of Select Council.
Altest: E. 8. Mossow
Clerk of Se lect Council.
W. A. TOMLINSON,
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H President of Common Ceipnell.'
Attest: . McldAersa,
Cleric of Common Connell. fel
4 E N ORDINANCE .
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• c. 1.. Be a ordained and enacted by the Bead
and Common Counctis of Me City of Piltaburgh,
and it 1J hereby: ordained and maddest by the
out ority of the same, That the place for hold.
fug elections In the Sixteenth ward of the eity
be nd is hereby changed from the Wigwam to
Ja es Dugan's feed store. on tirecnabnrg Pile.
near Allen street, It being the central location
of said ward. . •
86c. %I. That any ordinance or part of ordinance
co:Aiding with the passage of this ordinance at
the present time, be and toe same is hereby re
pealed so tar as tee same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils.
thla Stitth day at January.. A. D. 11189.
JAMES IIeAULET,
President of Select Council.
,Attest: E. S. Kowtow,
Clerk of Select Connbil. *- -
W. A:TOMLINSON.
President of Common Council.
Attest: 11. MCMASTER,
Clara or common 'Connell. fel:dB4
Priday.
P. Kirsch.,
Chrle..nlebert.
P. biebildeeker
Aldan. -
'lee President.
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nRPLIIANIP COURT PALE.--By
."'" virtue of an order of sale fanned out of the
Orphans' Court of Allegheny County, - the under
signed, execn'or of the last will .of Dr. JESSE
PENNEY decd, will expose at PUBLIC SALE
on the piemises, on THURSDAY, the 11th ay
cf FEBRUARY. A. D. 1869, at X o'clock P.
all that certain piece °roared of land situated in
the borough of HcKeesport,County of Allegheyn,
and State t Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as follows. : Beginning on the south
ern side of Penn street to ' James Penney's plan
of lots in said borough, at the corner of lot No.
13. thence south along the line of said lot 70
feet to an alley ; - thenee east along said alley
80 feet to the line of Henderson's lot; thence
by said line 70 feet to Penn street, and thence by
said street 80 feet to the place of beginning; be
ing a part of lot No. 7A in said plan. •
- For further bertlentarslequire of
RABBET CRAIGHEAD, Executor.
Or JOHN'?. PENNEY, . Elizabeth
Attorney, Pittsburgh. , jalB:d.b3
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE that
/ .4 .r in the 90th day of January, A. D. 1809,
a W rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the
/ESTATE OF CHIRLES C. AMMO,
Of illegkeny clty,tn the county of Allegheny.and
State of Penurylvania, who has been adjudged a
rapt on his own petition; the t the payment of
an debts and dellv,ery of any property belonging
to nab bankrupt to hlm or for Ida use, and the
bait
transfer of any. propertY by him" are forbidden
by law; that a meeting , of the creditors of the
said tutnkrupt, to prove their debts and to choose
one, or more assignees of his estate, will be held
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at No.
110 'Federal street, Allegheny city, Allegheny ,
county. Pa., before JOHN 'N. pußviAricrc,
Rm.. Register. on the let day of MARCH,.A. D.
180, at 10 o'clock A. V.
THOMAS A. ROWLEY'.
taand74 U. S. Marshal, as Messenger.
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' DIIIINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE.
riVltereas. letters , of adminlrratioq hav
en een granted to the undersigned, on the ec
lat of JAMES WILBO2 late of Allegherweity,
'Pa. all persons Indebted to the. mild estate are
req ested to make Immediate payment. and those
hay ug elaims to present then , properly authep
ti ed for settlement, to
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ELIZA WILSON,
' i 7:d63.w 220 Beater et.. Allegheny tit!.
WEIGHT AND PEW.ASUELB3
pi &LYON,
tae R.
of Weights and pleasures,
No. t 4 FOIJETH B CHSZT.
"Between Litiesty. skid Pero streets
°TAP.. TilYnnbtl• littsindwil to
HAIR AND PERFUMERY.
11011 N PECK, ORNAMENTAL
HAIR WORKER AND PERFPNER, No.
Third street. near hmlthnehl, Pittsburgh.
Always on hand. kgeneral Assortment ot Ls
diet. %vim, BANGS, CURLS; Gentlemen'a
WIGS. TOPICES. SCALPS, UUARD CHAINS,
BRACELETS. so. Sir A good Prise In cash
Will be given kr RAW BAIR.
Ladles' and Gentlemen's glair Cutting done
in the neatest manner. ntb2au,
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DranCTOnn: •
Capt. John L. IthOada
Samuel P. Bluiver,
Charles Arbuckle,
Jared M. Brush,
Wm IP,Laog,
Samuel Mcthickart
'resident.
President.
Secrets y.
lON. General Anent.
ORDINANCES.
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LEGAL.
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far/IER" OPERA ROUSE
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Lesssee W. HzamsOX.
Manager ' ..... M. W. CANNING.
Brilliant nieces' of the celebrated versatile
andpopular
WORRELL SISTERS,
SOPHIE. YREYIS Avti JkNNIE. from their
New sort: Theatre 728 and 731) Roadway. aa.
slated by their entire (..cmpomy and Ctiorna from
New York. I ,
WEDNESDAY EVEKING,F, b-o ars 3d,1g139.
will De prese..ted the new musical and laughable
borlesiine of the
r lELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
To eomm• nen with an LWOW Come, lata by
Chas 'Morton, entitled the •
FuIINDLING.
Worrell Slaters Matinee on tin'ardar
In preparation—LA ItELLE lifLENE.
ar SMYTHE'S AMERIC
TIRCATRE.
(Late TRIMBLE'S VARIETIES.)
WEDNE3DAT EVENING, February Ad.
Enthusiasm on the inersAn! Tremeadous suc
cors of the Black Crook dsuseuse, vise BNITTY
'RIGLE. Great hit or the laughable rUNCII
AND JUDY. Eagan, Raynor, Barry, Morley
and the American Compute. Gus Williams, In a
spltndid bill to-night. M'lles Evers, pagan,
Lehman an 4 Theme in new ap °Whirs.
Coming—OMEß, the "Mau Fish."
rgrPITTSBURGH THEATRE.
H. W. WILLTAMS....SoIo Lessee and hfanaker.
GEORGE B. EDlttOri Stage Manager.
The bantiful and dashing American Premier
Dansense, W.LLE AUG LISTA.
. Last week of the daring'gymnasts. ht , LLE
OUTITALLIER and ISHOT/ILH, In their great
and marvellous performances.
$. is. Sanford, tam De Vere. George R. Edeson
and the great ballet troupe in a tremendous olio.
IgrBUIINELIS MUSEUM
AND PARLONMENAGDRID,
The Great Family ,Resorte.
FIFTH AVENUE. between Smithfield and
Wood streets. Opposite o.ci Theatre.
.Open Day and Evening, all the year round.
Admission, sllscenti: Children; 15 cents.
arMASONIC HALL.
THE YOUNC ZOUAVES.
These world wonders will slppear a; the anima
Hall on ,
Thursday. 'Friday, Satns day and Mon
day Evenings, 4113, sth,tith and ath:
Military, Music, Select Readings, Tableaux l
Doors open at 734.; perforinatice at 8 o'clocki.
irckets, 59 cents; Reserved Seats, 75 cents.
Children under t n, 555 cents, To be had at the
Prlnotnat Rook •nd Musk. Store.
-riirCONCERT,
To be given under the d3reetion of
MR. CLEMENT TETEDOTJX,
i AT THE..
A:CAI:T./AV OP MUSIC,
ON FRIDAY 'EVENING, FEBRUARY sth,
By the following amateurs : Mrs. C. C. Mellor,
Muses Maggie 'McCandless, MaryDihm. Annie
Ronald:in,- Hive Northam. Julia Card, Clara
Evans and Messrs. Pant Zimmerman, Wm. B.
'Edwards, E. E. and C. C. Rinehart.
Admission to Dress Circle and Parquettegli.
Seats seeured without - 5v fa charge. Gallery 50
Cents. In order tp...donble the chance of getting
the meet desirable seats, the tale will open elni
ultaneonely at Kleber's and fdellor's stores on
W.-dneaday, Febraary 3d, st 9A. X. ja3o:db2
ar'THE GRAND
CH4RIT.Ir FAIR
For the benefit of the Sick and Poor. now open
to the BArEld NT OF THE CATHEDRAL.
A Bee band of music will be In attendance
each evening. and rare atgractions will be intro
duced. Admission, 25 cents.
ItgrFALIFt ' IN MANSFIELD.-A
Fair for the benat of the _ -
New Catholic Church
In the ornaire of Mansdeld. will open onthe DIM
of JANUARY. and will continue for two weeks.
Trabs on the Panhandle road leave 'the Tinton
Depot for Mensflel4 dotty at 5:A5 and 4:55 p.
M.. retention at 11R. m. jald
~~ _ a ½'
FOB, SALE.
Acre at Woods Run.
4 Acres an.i Rousts In East Liberty.
• 8 Acres, unimproved. on Troy Hill.
Acres on Greensburg Pike.
I, Acres on Four Mllaltun Roa 134 stiles from
P. C. R. R.
70 Acres near P. F. W. a C. B. R.
118 Acres near Pa, R. 8., Westmoreland mina
-90 Acres at Hill Side Station. Pa. R. R.
4 Farms in Preston county, West Virginia,
183 Acres in Armstrong county, underlaid with
coal.
108 Acres and good improvements, in Trumbull
county, Ohio.
900 Acres of Timber land, with Saw Mill and
dwellings.
House and Lot on Center Avenue, near Kirk
patrick.
House and Lot on Vicroy street.
House and Lot In East Liberty.
House and Lot in Mansfield.
House and Lot on Carroll street, Allegheny.
House and Lot on Beaver avenue.
H Houses and 4 Lots, very cheap, on Vine
street. .
Lots, very cheer, on Vine street.
Houses and Lot on FrankUn street.
1 House of 9 Rooms and A Lots on Roberts St.
Farms In Illinois, Missouri and West Virginia.
Coal Lands In Allegheny, Westmoreland, Fey!.
ette and Beaver counties In Penna.
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A Houses of 9 Roams 113 the 17th ward; rent 4300
3 do. of 3 do. • do. 11th do. do. 144
A, do. of 3 do. do. 15Ith do. do. 136
% do. of 6 do. do. Bth do. do. 360
1 do. of 6 do. do._ Bth do. do. 300
1 do. of 9 do. do. Sid do. do. 600
1 'do. of 3 do. ' do. Bth do. do. 192
1 do. of 5 do. do. 6th do. do.' 240
1 - do. al 4 do. do. 17th do. do. 168
1 do. of 7 do. do. Std (10). -
1 do. of 6 do. 'Grant street.
The Houses that I have for rent will be rented
very low to good tenants far the balance of the
rental year
APPLY AT
D. P, Hatoh i s Real Estate Office
No. 91 Grant St., Pittsburgh.
_nol:pls
FOR SALE . -A LEASE OF A
PLANING MlLL. — Thetmachluen In the
Monongahela P:aning Mill
IS OFFERER FOR SALE,
WITH A LEASH OP THE MILL AND LOT.
the machinery is or the most approved kind,
and in good order.•
The mill is well located, has all the facilities
forldoing a large and profitable business, and has
a good trade. 'ibis Is a favorable Opportunity to
engage in an old established business with a small
laves% ment.
Apply to Millingar & Bidwell. corner of Car
son and ilret streets, houtn Pittsburgh.
Jan JA.MICS
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.
400 acres, of good land, a back house.
he wedlog house, outhouses . 1,000 young grafted
apple trees, just beginning to bear; many of the
apples will weigh 1,1 pounds each; an orchard of
MOO acres in - cultivation. Situate to .Coreee
county, Tennessee, one sole from a railroad
station. • The Arm is well watere4 and is well
adapted for grain or stook and cannot be excelled
in middle Tennessee for beauty and location.
The improvements would cost more than half the
price asked. For further information apply to
• - B. CUT ailltET ;ft 5t.085,
tam. 85 Smithfield street.
OW SALE & TO LET.--Houses
gaud Lots for sale in all_pute of the city and
su tubs, Alsg_ several VA RBIs In_good locations.
Also, a small WOOLEN FACTORY with 20 acres
of land. and good improvements, winch I Islll, self
cheap and on inssonable terms. Business Homes
to let on good streets. Private Dwelling Houses
for rem it,. b o th a lum For further particular
inquire of: - WILLIAM 1!
ARD
tan 110 - Grsnt street. - ouno_site uathearal.
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Grates, Fenders, Sash Weights, and all kinds
of Hollow Ware, Car Wheels and all kinds of
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