, 1866-05-18

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4 ereat mspy paragraphs hase been written about
The holmdcn Farm, at Pithole. In Nhlch Chcsso
partiee are largely interested. The following are
the lase-t ''tcye!ations" concerning it: 4 Journal
n-ual1y considered IN authot7sy III oil matteT fay5
of .i.s trquir1 Who owne the Holl1den lasmt4'
This inquiry ia made 20 often and has heretofore
been 70 difficult 10 xusHcr rhat large share Of the
population domic1lrd upon II arc content w4.h
vague md indefinite suIi-es In zecsrd 10 the Cub
teci. Wild rurnozs Of contemplated changes, heavy
IoFseF, npu-paSmeuls tnd feyesstpu to original pro-
prictoIs. nave circulated through business md p7
ystr ctscle Tor eomc time. We are Cad to he ahie
70 e seGa s,athoFt!s o.,
can 1'salhc9, 1.-THE owners Of Ihc farm when Pit
hoie trst burst npon the world. in in oily sacsi-
ssl whss ygse ,na .he te r. ,h farm
Ch1cafo & Allegheny OIL aud Mining Company
snc nraistted fourth. Garden City Petroleum aud
Honofs, shres undivided eienths; ). j. Walker,
tro undivided e!ghthe. All queetions pertaining
to 'ne ra5 Of TIC ftsa1e sfs .eif I'D thes
md Walker are 10 be received by Duncan 4 Pra.
lh.1, and applied On the amount etill owing BY the
former 10 lhe latter.
*' hp pnp the Thomas Holmdcu Farm ~
To which the Ii.o.Eile Herald replies:
Not e3ae'ly 11he whole ground, y for 1he history
cst'ns facs that may be appropriate m this con-
nectlun. The Thomas 4olmden ss1n WIS lca.td
T2aaes md 4ubseoneuIy psseed In,o ,hs % h.ads ri Of
the Tinted Stalea Petroleum Company. The tnsl-
ru'ion was based upon what WA considcsod By oil
Tor n,sny months 1t remained comparatively un-
EHov ?, The F1ocH beng held BY set individuals,
trotsaLlJ fur 'tc rsatoa that they could not sell II
III" lease eiven hy ucImden reserved ios tho land
ION tnEtis Of ibe tract This stipulation hzs btrn
he CAUSE Of rome difficulty a. TIC land oHuCrs have
clajnl. d, and th:nE kubs1ntaied, Eotne claims
for spc.EachmcntF. the lines dividing the bottom,
lands IRON The uplauds hav1ns brta designated bF
thu cuurt*.
Meaose lhe Sa1non1 well known - the FEazsc1 for
petlaps better know tlc T. i. wcl+) WIS struck,
"licb waR the 9Th Of January. 1875 the fee sin-
M snd i rromas Dupesn. Seh Y Il Pn fo1 asc
psllry sum Of s:5,d0o It il said that after The
striking Of the h1*' well, Messrr. Duncan s P1a!her
muar Ilauflc ,tc~ OF The matter however i that
duncan j. P1th.1 had virtually forfeited their con
.rart, and wf1e OBLIGED 10 Pay this additiorsl
On ,he eth d1y OF Ju'y- 1866. Duncan & FRAZIER
entered into eurxct OF fa]e or Tie tee simple 10
ke-srs. Fhllpot, Sherman Co, Of this city. for
| the sum Of 81, no n00- -Four hundred Thousand
0ol!srt ct The apaouEt was 10 have hen paid w1rh1n
thirty dsye- out subsequently, Il Tas agreed that IN
lfru of th,r money Duncan q ffsther should take
d1go and becoming dissatisfied, those gentlemen
lAuueht tfel not 10 consuumatc the kAle, and be-
tor ,ns Fc,rq 70 hs g, 5ston ssM ths ~
pu' the Little IL cscso1 for the payment Of the
| money.
NCBEfEs l'hitnof. Nhe9Man & CO.. ana l9t pAf1lSa
they Lad Interested In the purchase, not willing to
ne 70 uncczenonIonsiy ~ pa. g. aside, cane on with
to Dpnc4n & Ptather, and detna:ded falfllnens
Of their contract. haEtng sold The property
| Of conrse thty cnnld only 1efnss. Sutt VIE then
brought IN .ns supreme Court Il Pittsburgh io1
seet, hoseses. during which tine Wright Z
and rccets1ne the benefits OF II, an amteablo
arrangement Was edeuca between Ill par-
| ttce, in which the quit vas withdrawn and by
which the title wrk yc&ted in the Chicago d Ale
Rhen5 Oil company. the Garden CITY Petroleum
/ and Mining Company, and Mesers. q. II. Houorc,
q ChMaee. and Samuel J. Walker, Of Coymgtoa
Ky. We arc t1edlblY informed 1t 20 temalns n
thia ii1ne, there being, however, quite largo IN
pasu balance, i've omit the hgnres.} for ~hicl
Mcssrr- Duncan ! Prsthcr arc NOW receiving 1ht
proceeds OF the farm. .....
IL expected the time ts not tar dis.ant when tn
! lease ant the tee or the Nolmden Farm may bt
esnsobaa'cd. This would do a*.y with coniiictins
interests nrd E1xaHy cnhanet the xeysnUes -&nt
Eslnc Of the property. There Ia no doubt thai tall
nonA 81 buried wealth nre yet hid in its greas,