Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-14
PETR0LEUM lTEMSl
Whereabouts Of new Oil
Discoveries of
Ae Oil Fever.
New and Singular Property Of
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HE KENTUCKY LBGIBLAFURE AND
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The Louisville Democrat announces that
the Buens Vista Oil and Mining Company
having 1,444 facres Of land in Harrison
county, Eeventeen miles below Louisville,
had struck oil short distance below the
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The ,Brookville, Pennsylvania Herald
learns that Gr. e. Ia Blood has sod q
farm of ,294 acres in Forest county, Penn
Sylvanis1 for $4,000. oil having been found
thereon. sa1
An oil man in West Virginia declares
he can tell whether wef will hold out or
not by simply tasting Is. He should travel
in company with the man who processes
to be able 70 4x the locality Of oil with the
aid of 8 hazel stick: ,s~ $50
The oil fever at Zanesville has become
chronic, and the whole petroleum region Of
that section is being taken up with view
70 operations in the spring. 12zs79
The Marietta RegistSr notices the sale Of
$50 acres of oilland at $4,000 in that re-
gion, one day last week, taken by Eastern
parties. .0.-......
The AshiGbula Ohio, Sentinel, says they
are boring for oillin Pierpont, with every
indication Of finding the oil in its crude
state. A well Is TO be sunk to the depth Of
Loco feet before the project viii be sban'
doned.
A digger for oil In NevadR lately found
a large quantity Of petrided honey at s
depth Of sixteen feet in the ea rth.
Loud complaints are made against thC
present management Of the Oil CTeeR
Railway, which road, It is said, is unable
sS now regulated, to perform one-tenth tht
work demanded Of it. It Is further saiC
that atacres Of barrels of oil now cove
the ground at Schsefsrs Farm, waiting
transportation" q
The first petroleum company of Wash
ington city has been organized. It is call
cd the HRepublic Mutual"
/ Considers bic excitement prevails st Gale
donis, Livingston county, in this state. a
spring has been found ont Of which min
gled oil and water is thrown. Black shall
crops out In, the neighborhood; and Sc
thoroughly impregnated is the shale will
petroleum, it IS reported, that from twenty
FIVE pounds Of the rock one pint of oil cal
be obtained. Several Rochester gentlemen
are busily engaged in experimenting
in the locality; and the hope Of finding
oil in paying quantities is strong.
The petroleum excitement increases II
wonderful degree each day. But astonish
ing as the hold is which this new speculs
ton has taken upon the minds Of public
we may confidently look Tor an increasing
| furore as time goes on. The manner II
which the stock Of some of&hs companies
such as the Henry Bend, Heydriek, En-
pire CITY, New York, Philadelphia anC
Baltimore First National, and others i
disposed Of is PERFECTLY marvellous. The
stock Of several companies has all beer
ina single dAy, and We hear Of one which
closed its books within feur hours aftel
opening them having sold every share.
The AoDitsEr (Paris) announces ths. {
new and singular property Of pSs.S5leun
has been discovered by DIR. Decsisne, q gen
tlemAn Of sore scientific celebrity, WhC
has developed the interesting fact that al
application Of this oil has the effect of In
stsntaneously destroying class OF para
site inGects known Is the Gedrt. Thesi
insects ara, it Is we'll known to medies
men, the cause Of apeculiArly .disagreeabll
| affection Of the skin, hitherto cured by 81
/ application of sulphur, and considerably
prevalent among the lower classes. Tht
manner1of applying the remedy is said t,
be exceedingly simple; and rubbing tn
part affected Is claimed by NJ. Decaisne L
have the desired effect Of ersdicsting tn
disorder. The vsporE Of petroleum is ais,
said to be sufficient tosdisinfect the cloth
| ing of the patient of these insects. If thi
be true, no reaTon can. be assigned VIII
petroleum should not have s similar effec
on al classes of parasitic insects and thl
day may come when it will be Of inestima
BILE value 70 the farmer and gardener in tn,
destruction Of these vermin and the pressr
vation Of plants from their ravAges.
A Greensburg, Pa paper rays that com
psnies both of citizens and strangers hav
been formed, and are now forming, to Dor
for oil in VARIOUS parts Of Westmorelant
county, Pennsylvania, and there is said 4
be an excellent show for oil, especially
about youngstown, Manor station; Penn
stadt Pleasant Unity, LigonieF, and in th'
southern part of the county. In West
morelsnd county the sol, the streams snC
the general con formation Of the country al,
much the same as those Of Green, Clarion
and NenRngo counties, where the most sue
cessful operations have been made. ~. o.. /
Parties are engaged il boring Tor petro
leum on Smokes creek, about SIX mile
from Buffalo. The we'll has been sunl
twenty-five feet, and the show is pronoun
ced most encouraging by experienced OF
croakers.n Land in the vicinity has beer
extensively leased within the past feV
days, and theexeitementi is on the increase
The Kentucky Legislature has incOrpo
rated q number Of petroleum companies
with capital, in some instances, amounting
to two million Of dollsrA It has invsri
ably attached TO them clause reservine
the right to alter, amend, or repeal them q
pleasure. Several attempts have bee1
made In the ease of corporations, composet
partly Of capitalists outside Of the state, t
prevent this clause being incorporated intC
the charter, but without success.