The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-23

ersst, end swssd q sssA 10 NJ MIN 10 Interest IN the
lssA vny tho1aasA dollars were ruissd In Boston 70
bug any scrss Of this land which hss near the United
ess,s~ wcIlz and very valuable Booths heirs II hs
has any, or tire government the sEassin's property
snar 70 the ssss should be looking up Booths interest
An shi vel far there estiraiing present what 10
v~iss I. may become m
rAsrs n ~ % much furry aud excitement in Mead-
VIM nsw = shers w last fan The petroleum nsbobs
hsvs .-sslex ss~a quietly shsir fortunes and make
ne vuix.r Displays 90 prctsnsions There h great deal
os wealth In Nesdvile. and u n in prudent hAnds-a
ns zoo prsasn perhaps for The rapid increase of the
rrs2 sarss fair takes place in August, at which
her.ss y hIxh = two thousand dollars viii be offered
sugar ersst .ssknsss y ns s.i, One well Is
sss Srssss srsess ere ssvsrs wells showing signs
q thr and sscocss producing twenty-five barrels
Arrived q Ysshiin depot We found about thousand
sAm engines s.sltins tF.nsporston 70 me interior
horss-s in demand although there is good sale for
tho eight and ten borss. .,..
cdsy fsvcrsbs me nrss object IT interest Yves decided
IN the roads and the next was apubic we'd
ding MAtnmony h all the rage now q TINS ume IN THIS
onsmss TAXED ssoat me happy man on this G s.
sion was Mr. s. Of the Atlantic and Great western Kali
rosd n. doss end xn1oss sss b. people
70 Obtain slrhs Of the interesting exercises. A we'll
known and public spirited citizen, M -. wnc
4 about leaving for Colorado links his forsune-wnicn
a . handsome one-with another, who Is also
Handsome one prior 70 his departure Tor she lana o. god
and sve Tons good Wishes nom sre sn q worthy
cityen-so4 exactly Of Fnnklin, but Of oildom gone
rally-Mr g. @ B-n-has shared, within afew DAYS,
vile Pleasant DAYS are in store for them, for IL
princey income and good taste can make wife nappy
surely Mr. B-n can make his Mr. B. g orotner A,eck
haa nko ugons and DONE the good thing. Both
bridal parties are now luxurating u Niagara Falls
Colonel A. Of the Rynd farm has also just welded
matrimonial movements on the tapis hercabouts from
oil Of which fashionable belos In New York, phila
delpha, Cleveland and elsewhere may learn something
and that IT, the native petroleum nabobs who nave maze
their fortunes Of oil and oil territory while they may
rt with city ladies' and become for tho time dazzled ey
% 10 select r' %
Hero they hnd worth, virtue, health ana devouon.
all that good man wants with ,,,n little
Franklin shows many signs cf permanent improve
ment Besides smendng their ways' the citizens nave
erected soy raj new and handsome BUILDINGS ana sS
city are now to procured here for the Franknites
have attracting hiiher two capable caterers
and connoisseurs In good things from big Cities Mes
mckinley and webser-thc former lately connected with
the Revere House, Boston, the Fifth Avenue. New YORK,
the and Thew %e ara already
doing good business and are popular win 'ne ocs'
class OF people -,
among them Mr. Lewis Rice, of the American House,
who 10 looking after interest on French creek me
strangers arriving hero nowadays are gencrsy
more solid and substantial character than formerly; De-
sides the fever speculation has nearly atogener SUD
sided and legitimate and rational business being car
red on There for feeling OF despondency
for there mo knowing the wealth Of undeveoped tcrr
tory nor what mint Of money may DO concea'co III
The isiabants Of Franklin complain that the Atlantic
and Grcat Western Railroad Company do nothing LOT .no
place. The number Of passengers carried over inc
Tho line is twenty miles long, and pays as much as
the main line of four hundred and thirtytw miles
paid during the month Of May two hundred ana
seven miles, not further IL IL stated. What waneed
al franklin is q good passenger depot The rrn. OF
STANDARD Co. has received IN Franklin since the lss OF
May 1894 over nine thousand engines portable and sta
tonary; for boring oil and other purposes.
BissELs BARREL FACTORY,
on French crock not working In consequence OF nav
ting no stock hand The demand for barrels not 80
great as formerly when they had over four thousand on
a time the a o. cs srs now about two
thousand barrels hand There are two or three wells
on the factory acresbut no oil o. con-
which has como out In such force as TO break q
walking beam sixteen inches in diameter. Ine
. used 70, fuel Il IN run good inc oras
The Clara WE'LL No. g. shows signs Of OIL There are TWO
veins of tonc at hundred and seventy Feet the
two veins Every time the pumping ia stopped, the
water gathers and interferes with operations
The celebrated Evans we'll In Franklin, 70 WORKED oy
Philadelphia company. while the worthy Evans family,
Including the modest ANNIE industrously engaged
Q, work with their needles They do not court news
pepper celebrity How different from our Fifth avenue
A PENNSYLVANIA BuOKHoRsx. w
Pennsylvania backhorse Is four wheeled vehicle
light but strongly made OF hickory the bottom being con-
sructed Of hickory Stats allowing aperture Of aoous
the eighth OF inch between each STAT This eontri.
az well as in Il is very sprDsy easy riding wason,
and is constructed TO withstand the intermnabe Jams
jars and bumps which attend riding IN vehicle IN almost
part Of this rugged country Il was fortunate enough
TO secure as guide and companion . New York gentle
man, and, with stout long -limbed horse known -
'Pa valses ashed the back part Of the wagon,
We sailed from Franklin on our journey through the
heart of Petrolia Our friends, NICK. w. had put M
supply q sandwiches with a. few W. o0ss
hendany danger from scarcity Of provisions
run.
This run ID about two miles from Franklin On IL Lies
the Hisnd farm OF two hundred and thirty acres We
alighted and took walk around the farm converting
with the engineers and looking out for snakes Tnere
the Hoffman Company New York. either being bored or
tested. One well, known as tho "Whip-Poor Well "
per- day. Four q these wells were put down by Nj O.
NJ Sherwood who is sinking some twenty wells In az!
fercnt places two Pcaget farm, -four on tho Gran
wells commenced flowing at the rate OF fifty barrels.
He intends putting down five more on Pithoe ana TWO or
three on some other equally good properly one Of MI
10 five barrels The average depth Of wells on Two Mile
run three hundred and fty feet The work Is going
ON assuousy and the prospect Of eventually striking
good vein atterng Anumber OF oil men are going up
TO TWO Mile run which has long been considered good sl
tertiary.
This is the name OF town, eligbiy laid out on
the line Of the Franklin and Oil Creek Railroad on ne
banks OF the Allegheny about mile and half from OIL
City II comprises about three hundred acres ana ns
town II far ahead Of Oil City II is owned by the
Hon. C. v. Culver gentleman whose wealth and lbc-
rality insure that nothing will be wanting to improve
the place 80 far as he Is concerned short distance
from Reno are the reagct wells Fix in number, part
down and part being tested. No. makes hnc show OF
OIL which spon mp IRON the well aud runs up the Walk
ing beam and derrick All these wells are on tho ne OF
the road Reno expects Of the Atlantic and Great West
Company the building Of freight house, platform,
side tracks &c. tho town will DO the freight terminus
OF the road the heavier articles being teamed up TO OIL
City, and the passengers carried up in cara
CITY.
Here we again in Oil City, dirty and uncomfortable
as II there be any change since last fa IL " not
much for the better The place Is full OF people, but
they do not 10 be doing any particular business ex
cept hurryng about Many of those We see are bound
for Pithoio City the newly discovered Oil Dorado Pit
hole is all the cry-rlthole is all the 60 Parties with