Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-19


fifluns "a mouth for corner lots suI eligible
site1 heyo become Of heretofore fabulous fses,
and those Who are thers are perfectly willing the
generality Of mankind should vtay away j..
In connection with this account, We eepy the
following explanation Of this formation from the
Pittsbpfgh Chronicle
The following explanation Of the manner 10
which those extensive oil deposits In the Counties
Of Warren, Armstrong. Venaugo and Crawford,
which are just now exciting such Interest In tho
community, we're created, mey not bs without ia
'erest to the general reader. "Goologioay," says
be writer, "the three northwestern couuties Of
PSunsylvsua lie just below the coal, not al.
Ways p siuyely lower, but as the s,rauGcation
dps souihward, all the rocks there would be
oVerlsid with coal II the coal formations had
not been removed by great donuding agencies.
These underlying rocks are sandstones aud shales,
containing many layers Of tbOnaceOus matter yet
100 alaty for use as coal. They contain aso the
drainage Of the whole system OF bituminous coal.
beds, aud 10 certain strata are actually saturated
With coal oil. Az several points on western trb-
utaries OF the Aleghany river, 10 Crawford, War.
rem aud Nenango counties, this oil has risen to the
surface and has been for the entire period since
the country was known, collected for various uses
aud CARR away in small quantities under The
name Of s, neca oil. ltisnow found that the sup.
ply is much on the same principle as that Of ealine
waters IN the adjoining geological region, and that
by boring, these small springs which now reach
tne buIlaGp, may De maze tO produce ArpR Quan-
titles, possibly inexhaustible quantities, Of an oil
essentially the same as tnat distilled 40 success
nlly in recent years from the best btuminous aud
caunel eoa of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio. Ken.
lucky and elsewhere. Pittsburgh Chronicls
OTHER ITEMS.
Nesi lie Boeuf and Union Mills is stone quar-
| ty from which the stone used st Erie Is Obtained
| Union Mills was origi naly settled by William
Miles who was appointed to su vey the "donaiioD
lands in Eric and Warren counties in 1886 Ten
years after this in 1895 be removed his family and
settled here From Mr., Wilson King who was
born aud reared in this section, we obtained great
number Of interesting items of storic interest as
well as personal adventure, which we must omit
| for want Of space. One singular coincidence how
ever We must relate, On the 7th of July 1888 Mr.
| King was travelling the woods when he came upon
u tIee, upon dead space OF which was cut his
| grandathers name, put on and dated lulu 7fh,
1875, just forty three years TO day, le,ore. This
must have been put on when exploring the eoun
| try.
| AT a point three miles east Of Union Mills there
| s a qucksand cut which requires q constant force
10 prevent the banks flomsdug in and destroy.
ing the track. To remedy this the cut is to he
| wdened.
At Columbus 20 miles from Erie farmer has
| goue crazy over the railroad. lie bad fine farm
and excellent buildings within quarter of u mile
Of the t. ack. With the railroad came OF course a
rise in the value Of bis place and the excitement in
aVts about it continually aud the whistle of the
iron horse as IL rusnes by sets him perfectly wild
From bence to Irvine the load descends the val.
10y ofthe Brokenstraw, small creek that cmptes
| into the Alleghauy at vine The scenery along
this creek aud indeed through lhe whole route Is
stngulsrly aue and in summer must be perfectly
| charming. The villages are nestled down in the
valleys aud the streams are OyertOpped by cfags
and hills covered to their SUBMITS with verdure.
| These hil aud woods are grand tiamping grounds
| for luuteTg. ii pF hpiDp abundant w An
streams are full of plump and delicious trout
For summer retreat nothing could be finer AID
the "COrn-Pan'er" House at luvinu is Just the
place to stop lSis named alter the noted Indian
Chief, Corn Planter and is fine ancestral stone
mauslon, admirably kept by MIR, Patterson.
WARREN AND rHE oELEBRATIoN.
And SO at length, after descending the bank o
the Allegheny for six miles, we reach Warren, ID,
couaty seat of Warren county and the "tTad NJ viii
lage" for many miles around IL ID a pleasantly
located and laid out village, containing some 250u
or 5000 inhabitants. 1t has iOur churches, three
hotels, quite anumber Of houiishng stores, public
balls, &c. The principal trade has been in lumber
During portion Of the year the Allegheny is nav
igable TO this point by RATS aud fiat boats frcm
Pittsburgh Formerly this was the place Tor ship
ment of salt from N. Y. Having been brought 10
this place by teams, it was placed upon ha. boats
averaging about $50 barrels 10 u boat One old
resident told us he had seen 40 boats thus loaded
clear in an hour or two for the Ohio.
The railroad stsrtltd the even tenor of some OF
the old and staid Pennselyanans ia this section
One man 81 years old rode out to see for the first
time in his lie tie horse that thus annihiaed time
aud space and great was his wOndermeut there II
Upon our arrival at Warren, the Warren Rife
Guards and the Rescue Fire Company, with large
number OF citizens were ready to gr6et the eXcur
sionists and escort them to town. The procession
was under the charge of Brig, Gen, Brown. As II
moved through the town 1t was evident that the
people were prepared to iOrego work and devote the
day to celebrating their union with the world a
large,
AT O'Clock dinner was served at the johnson
Exchange, the town Of Warren being the host
Afer the eaables and drinkables Ia prOfusion o.
both OF the first quality had been discussed by The
hundreds OF guests, thu speechmaking commenced
under direction OF B Curtis, Esq President Of The
Day. For the speeches we have no room for "a re.
port. The tOasts were AS follows.
/. The Sunhury and Erie RRilTOnd-lts past, ,prcs
ent and future,--Hon. Gideon j. Ball Of Erie Ion
merly State Treasurer, responded, paying high
tribute to Mr. MOorhead, President ofthe road and
to his well directed efforts In lis behalf lie SPOKE
Of the importance OF the road, the CONNER &c o
Lake Erie with its $400,000 tons Of shipping
manned by 900 sailors and of the resource.
along the line OF the road.
II. Philadsphia-The metropolis Of literature
and commerce.
NJ b. Lowry, Esq, Of Erie, and c. Thompson
Jones Esq, OF Philadelphia, responded in brel and
pertinent remarks
III. The City OF Ere--The early and lae friend
OF the Sunbury and EIe ioad~-dvided on other
roads-unted in this. Here energy and public
spirit give token that her future ig destined TO be
proud aud prosperous
c. W. Kelso Esq. of Erie &C O. Curtis Esq ,o
Warren responded in happy and eloquent speech-
es
" Nicholas Biddle-Ihe early and long con
tnued friend Of this Railroad; ngy its gloly over
shadow him, aud It's success be equal 10 his patri-
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