Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-12-15
From the Harrisburg Tclcrr,nh no. .
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The Oil Excitement in Pennsylyan;.


The Oil Excitement in Pennsylvania.
The oil fever is now raging in portions
OF Western Pennsylvania. An exchange
published In that section says that in Craw-
ford county and especially in the vicinity
OF Oil Creek, the fever is epidemic.E
Everybody is more or less effected. and the
attention OF the people is pretty generally
directed to the reservoirs Of wealth. tbot
have been discovered, or are supposed to
exist in that section. Near Titusville. a
great suOterranean reservoir of oil has been
tapped, and in another place, ten miles
distant, oil is being raised from ,roII
with small hand pump. at the rate Of 6f,
teen gallons per hour The indications of
oil at that place are said to be very 6pe
1t may be seen rising in many places from,
the bed of the river, "and bv d;oo;,or al,
shore three or four feet below the level of
the river' the water in the excavation soon
becomes covered with OIL MANY ef tho
wells dug for domestic use contain 90 pucl,
oil as to render the water unfit for nco ond
from some of the wells oil flows cont;n.
ually day and night
Numerous companies are be;nc fo-,oet
to bore for the oil, and lands sunnoseJ -
cover the reservoirs are in creo, da,n..I
SO II is SAID. The discovery promises TO
refoiut.onlze the oil business of the conn.
try. Professor Siliman has analvzeJ ,bo
article, aud pronounces it one of tho fcst
materials IN existence for ILLUMINATING mn
poses: 1t IS also said by many to he q,
excellent Iubricator. 1t has been tr;nJ
with satisfactory results on buggy axles
When subjected to high heat. Il v;eIJ.
paraiilnc In large quantities. and from ,bo,
material beautiful white candles ara ~
uiaetured. 1t is. besides "uneoualled "a
a liniment for man or beast" II affords
great relief in cases of asthma. Pbvs;.
ans pronounce 1t valuable as remaSy -
scrotulous dieeases It relieves tba -
Gus or sick headache. 1t cures consru,n
ton or minor diseases ''too numeror. r
mention Ifall these things are 40. sre.,
indeed, is the discovery, and tremeodor.
will be the effect upon the oil marLe. anJ
,he ,ne, physical condition of tho world
Whales will no longer be valuable. excent
Tor their bones. The manufacture of lard
oil VIII be suspended; the value of lard will
consequently decline, Pork packers can
die makers, DC. will make a note Of tb;s
Then 1t will effectually uso up the coal oil
business. wa VA
1t is fortunate fer the pork trade tbo,
these startling aud important announce
ments have been made this carly in tbo
season. If they fail to be warned and
prepare for the revolution that is annro.cL.
ing, they will have nobody to blame bnt
themselves. The Petroleum or rock oil of
Pennsylvania. if we can believe the re-
ports will take possession of the market,
len cents per gallon will cover the exnon.
ses OF the pumping, barreling, and trans.
portrtion to New York. where for the
present it is being refined, and the article
ready for consumption, will be sold AZ
very low figures compared with other oils
1t will illuminate. lubricate, make candles
and cure most diseases from which bum.n
,ty suffers. There will therefore be bnt
little use hereafter for the whale. the hoe
and the grave digger. Let the world re,
!o,ce' and let all pork packers and doctors
take warning.