Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-02-04

Z though unWlthngly Does not the watery eye,
the unsteady step, the bloated countenance
that We meet upon the street speak loudly to
us an don't step there? And alas does
not the raving maniac writhing in the hetortures
of Delirians TrenaeRs speak in tones that
chilli the very blood '4don't step there =?
And who will heed VIII you young man
who have just learned the way to the dram
shop? Win you upoa whom the demon drink
is already riyeting his chains As you value
life, health, fortune, character, don't step
there" As you value your immortal soul,
heed the terrible warning and "Don't step
there"
Om.-For the information of the parties in
terested in the Stump Island and other oil
wells in that region we publish the following
extract from the East Brady Independent Of
January 22nd
| The EaalentoR oil Field. The following is
the latest and best information from the En-
lenton OIL field
The last well put down on Ritchey's known
as the Saw Mil we'll, and owned by Adams
g. Co., has been cased, and is now producing
4 barrels per day and increasing. The pros.
poets are that it viii be a good paying well.
| The Widel well on the opposite side of the
river, and Immediately above the bridge, is
down 65S feet, with good indications and
| good sand rock, showing that The impressions
heretofore entertained in regard to this To-
cality, are without foundation The rock now
/ being penetrated is the second sand, and
! they are now down 10 feet in it, and it viii
compare favorably with the rock below at
Parker's.
| The Parker Oil Field. The 'Island King
well commenced pumping 800 barrels salt
water about lst December. After bursting
several seed bags, light one was made final
/ ly, and she pumped solid stream Of salt
water for several days, when the oil began to
| color the water. As the water diminished
the oil increased. She is now pumping by
actual measurmeut $50 barrels per day and
certainly not more than one-third water,-so
that she is yielding, fully 100 barrels Of oil
per day, probably more.
The Island King is owned by Galley and
| Hartley
The stump Island oil Co., are preparing to
/ sink three wells on the upper Island, and two
on the lower Island
The Hartley well, No. 5, on the Hartley
and Shannon tract, is yielding so barrels.
| This well is the first below the Emlen The
\ Miami on the Hartley tract No. is being
/ drilled through the third sand. She was
tested when drilled only few feet in the
third sand, but yielded only about s barrels,
Colonel Woodward is now having her sunk
deeper.
No and No. 4, on Hartley and Shannon
tract, will soon be down, and No. ? at the
mouth of Hartley Run will soon commence
drilling. Also two wells on Cottage Lot, be
4 longing to Hartley and shannon, viii soon be
under way. John Lambing lessee.
Great activity prevails and from appear
ance the development of this field from be
| yond Lawenceburg to Bear creek and from
there 20 Ritchy Run, viii be rapid next sum
mer.
The Stump Island wells, at the mouth Of
the Clarion River, had stopped pumping for
/ "A hours in consequence Of the food tat
flowed all the time, The cribbing on the
Island is progressing and the wells win soon
be out Of the reach Of high water The up
per one Of these wells is now the kim"
well Of the Landing"
We have always regarded with much inter
est, the rapidity with which the great West
is filed up and covered over with enterprise,
energy and wealth; how the ceasless waves OF
4 population and business are ever rolling on,
carving with them, and depositing as they
go education, religion, industry and prosper-
ty As the country is rapidly settled, gov
ernmeut is constantly surveying and laying
out new counties, and hourishiug and aspir-
ing towns at once spring up, growing and
putting entirely in the shade the more sober
and sedate efforts of the older portions Of the
land Que Of the first evidences Of the in
auguratiou of new county and the inevitable
county seat is the appearance Of a newspaper;
this is indispensable; and it is by watching
the papers we are able to form ideas of the
thrift and improvement of the country. They
furnish at a glance unmistakabls testimony
of the character, habits and business Of the
population. The advertisements aud locals
make up, to great extent, the history OF q
town and its surrounding country; so that BY
observing these one need not visit the local.
ty to learn whether it is prosperous or other
wise. We have been led to these remarks
By the weekly visit of young but spirited
sheet, the Alexandria Post, published in
Alexandria, northwestern Minnesota, town
that, three or four years ago, had no exis-
tence, but is now cne of the rising ones, going
up 10 true western style, and where, by the
way, our young townsman, j. Selby Mower
Esq, has hung out his shingle and planted
himself for business. Il is we judge, in the
midst Of an agricultural region unsurpassed
by any in the union.
A NOTICEABLE FAor.-That one mode Of ap
pealing to 4 mans reason is through his eye
In these busy times men are so deeply i'm
mersed in the conduct Of magnificent projects
that they forget all about the condition O
their system, and hence it is that the Proprie
tors of the PLAHTATfoS BrTTERs, which cure,
Dyspepsia, puri6es the blood, improves tbe
tone OF the stomach, regulates the bowels
and, indeed. invigorates the whole inner man
are so active in advertising. In fact, adver
hsements are merely sky-rockets sent up tC
attract attention to a really good article.
CLEANSING THE Bloom. upon which
charlatans have harped SO much, is NOT mere