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The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-11-25
Kentucky Petroleum.

Some wears ago, parties following
the indications, which geology pointed
out in Kentucky, and neglecting the
mere "surface shows" Of the carboni-
ferrous limestone, struck the Glasgow
region OF Southern Kentucky, where
the formation everything the GeneSee
shale is mountain limestone, in places
arenaceous, vesicular and cavernous,
furnishing thus the requisite conditions
for oil accumulation, in many instan'
ces afTording large reservoirs for the
storage OF the valuable petroleum.
Oil was found in large quantities on
Boy!e's creek, Barren county, near
Glasgow, but while comparatively free
from naptha, it was found Of very
sulphurous nature, and all attempt at
refining it and making it marketable
product signally failed, although scien-
fists and chemists tried their hands
at t. One of the wells the "Kinslow
WE'LL" sunk by the boyd Creek OIL
Company (since dissolved), flowed in
a copious stream for four years into the
creek, a perfect waste OF a valuable
product. About five years ago, after
thousand. Of dollars had been sunk ir.
abortive efforts to refine the Glasgow
region petroleum ,Messrs. Chess.
Charley & Co. bought the land EN-
bracing many old bores from which
the oil was escaping and began opera
tions. They have there, ten produc
ing wells, some Of them with natura
flow Gil and others requiring the use Of
the pump. BY process known onl,
to themselves, the firm has succeeded
in refining the petroleum and making'
fine marketable article it. The pro
duct of these wells is from one thous
and to twelve hundred barrels pc,
month. The oil is conveyed in tank,
to the refinery in this city where it un'
dergoes the proper treatment.
The rapid development OF this valua
bic commercial product SO near Louis
vile, and the inevitable increase 70,
The future are frausht with good augu
rr Of the future commercial importance
Of our city. 1t has hitherto been gen
orally believed that the experiments in
boring for oil In Western Kentucky
proved conclusively that there were
nothing but "surface shows 10 be
found, and that all money invested in
such enterprises was only thrown
away. 1t has been demonstrated,
however, that one OF the most valuable
natural products Of the earth is right
at our door, and can be made auxiliary
to our commercial importance. Petro-
leum is one OF those substantial pro-
ducts which holds its own on account
Of the wide demand for it. A late
number Of the New York Shipping
List gives the product Of the oil wells
for the past ten months at nearly 2oo,-
100000 gallons or 100000 barrels.
Three million barrels are sent abroad
annually, and from these figures may
be gained some knowledge Of the ex.
tent OF the trade,-LonisriNe COsrier
JoHrnak
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-11-25

The ,lanHerous soul iTimbaed with
electric fire Of hell. The black heart
emits the sulphurons fumes till bis
whole nature is absorbed in one ho.
mogeneous mass Of hellishnes." is the
way a Tennessee editor pnlrerieed .
ncrson who slandered him.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-11-25

Teacher-"Who was the first man?"
Head scholar-"Washington; he was
the first in war, first in-"Teacher-"
No. no; Adam was the first man. "
80, ii you're talking Of foreigners,
s'oosc he WAS"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-11-25

Pork-packer, and curer Of the celebrated
brands of Maryland Sugar Cured Hams, and
Shoulders and breakfast Bacon.
DEALER IN
St,ple and Fancy Groceries. Provisions. Liq-
uors. Argosy and othe, choice brands of flour
Apeat for Pomeroy Salt Co. Pomcroy Iron
Cos. Nails. Louisville Lime and Cement,
Xena Powder Co. &c. &c.
Ann Street, above Court, HarkershurE,
wsw Va nava-6u
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-06
Commander James W. Shirk, United
Stntcs Navy.

A dispatch from Washington an
nounces the death there, Monday even
ing, of Commander james Shirk. He
was born in Pennsylvania July Is, 1882,
and was appointed in l849 from that
State, and was promoted to Passed
Midshipman in 1854, having been on
sea service ON the African coast, the
East Indies, and the Atlantic coast.
He was promoted to Master in 1855,
and commissioned as Lieutenant Nov.
6, 1856, serving OF the lakes and the
Pacific coast, and on the opening of
the rebellion was in the Mississippi
gunboat Lexington at the bat
ties of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862,
Pittsburg Landing, March l, 1862;
an engagement with rebel batteries at
Eastport, Miss, March IL, and Chick
asaw, Ala, March %, 1862; the battle
of Shiloh, April and 7; ST. Charles,
White River, June II Haines' Bluff,
Dec. Of; Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. Is,
1862, to Jan. ], 1868; Arkansas Post,
Jan. 10; passage of the Vicksburg bat
teries, April 16; Grand Gulf, April % !;
the attack on Vicksburg, May %, and
was almost constantly under fire of the
batteries from May 10 to June 4, 1868.
He was commissioned Lieutenant
Commander July 16, 1862, and COM
manded the iron-clad Tuscumbia and q
division of the Mississippi squadron
of 1868 and 1864, He was detailed to
the nayy-yard at Philadelphia, and was
commissioned commander, July %,
1866. He served in the Franklin, of the
European squadron i'll 1e67-6S, and was
assigned to special duty at the Navy
Department i'll 1869, where he contin-
ued until his death. He was a faithful
and gallant officer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-06

the statute ITSELF The offences are not vio-
lation Of private rights, but were against the
very lie Of the constitutional govern
ment by poisoning the fountain of
legislation. The duty devolyed upon
the committee has been OF the most
painful and delicate character. They have
performed it to the best OF their ability. They
have proceeded with great care and celebration
tor while they desired to DO their full duty to
the House and the country, they were most
anxious not to do inj ustlce to any man. In
forming these conclusions they have intended
to be entirely cool and dlspassonate, not to
allow themselves TO be swerved by any popular
favor on one hand, or any feeling CT popular
favor and sympathy on tue other. The COM
mittee submit to the House, and recommend
the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Mr.. Oakts Ames, Republican in
this House from the state of Massachusetts,,
has been guilty OF selling TO members of Con-
gress shares OF stock IN the Credit MObller OF
America for prices very much below their val
ne of such stock, with the intent thereby to
influence the vote, and decisions OF such
members in matters to be brought before
Congress for action therefore
Resolved, That Cakes Amcs be and is hereby
expelled from his seat as member OF this
House.
q WHEREAS. Mr.. James Brooks, a Repre-
sentative in this House from the state of New
pany to issue and deliver to Mr.. Charles II.
Nelson, for the use and benefit of said Brooks,
fifty shares of stock OF said company at q price
much below its real value, well knowing that
the same was issued and delivered with intent
to influence the vote and decision of said
Brooks as a member of the House on matters
to be brought before Congress for action, and
also to influence the action of said Brooks as
a Government director in the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, therefore.
ReSOlced, That Mr.. James Brooks is hereby
expelled from his seat as IL member Of this
House.
The reading of no document was ever list
ened 20 with more interest than was the re-
port of the Poland committee. Cakes Alnes
occupied a front seat, and stood the concen-
trated gaze with apparent calmness, while
Brooks, emaciated and palhd from sickness,
preserved his self-possession. The other
members whose names are mentioned III the
report showed signs Of deep feeling. and
seemed to experience q sense of relief when
the reading of the portions concerning them
was completed.
Ames, after he left tho House, remarked to
a friend that he was not conscious OF having
committed any wrong for which he should be
blamed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-06
Absorption Of Tobacco.

An article on the evil effests Of tobacco,
published in the February Herald of
Health, says
"That tobacco does lodge in the tissues
i evident from the following fact. The
Undergraduates have among their processes
one which they call the wet sheet pick.
The patient is enyeloped first in wet
sheet and then--over this-in blankets
BY this process they claim that through
the operation Of the principles of end5s.
NOSE and cr1Sm0S3, the water of the sheet
Is made to enter the body, while at the
same time impurities are withdrawn
.berclrom. Now let the h4bituaI user Of
tobacco be subjected for an hour to this
process. When, ii the expiration Of that
time his developments are taken off, the
odor of tobacco coming from his hodv,
and from the sheet il which be has lain,
Will be as perceptible to every Que pres.
emit as though a cigar had jus. been smok.
ed in the room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-06
4 Mermaid Described.

The Los Angeles Express describes
the :" mermaid" now on exhibition IN
that place. 1t was caught by Captain
Eastman, of the schooner Roscoe, en-
balmed by DR. Lyford, and has been
exhibited at San Diego. The eyes, in
large sockets, were pricked to let out
the water in the embalming process.
The mouth is very broad, with twenty
eight curved and singularly shaped
teeth. The nose is 3 combination Of
the Roman and the snub The brow
is heavily indented with heavy brain
lobes long and broad ears
adorn the queer looking head and
short, woody hair covers the head and
sides OF the face. The cerebellum and
Adam 2pple are very prominent. Th e
arms are long and terminate in long
claws, consisting of four fingers and
a thumb, with The sharpest of nails.
There are eleven ribs extending around
the body and meeting at the breast.
Here the fish portion of the thing be-
gins. 1t is covered with scales, the
spine having the dorsal fin, and the
fish continuing in the usual develop
ment to the tip of the tail.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-06

THE Appeal tells Of 4 Memphis lady
who wrote to New York matrimonial
agent for n husband. The agent trans
ferred the letter to a crusty old bache-
lor, who in reply 10 it, accidentally
substituted for his own photograph
that OF pet oraug outang The lady
answered, "Ihere is certainly not much
personal beauty about you, but you
appear to have an honest. manly face.
/ accept
The sun., 1873-08-28
Ring Crime in Philadelphia.

Treasures in Pennsvlvauia are peculiar
institutions, and this whether they belong
to the State or to cities. and SO are Treas
urers and District Attorneys. In GEARY's
time, when MACKEy and HARrRASFT ruled
the finances, the State Treasury was prncti-
cally in CHARLES T. YERKEss ONCE in
Third street; and, for aught we know, since
that individual has been rehabilitated, it
may be there yet II not, il is in KEMBLE's
bank. One city Treasurer was convicted
and sent 10 the penitentiary. Another
would be in a fan way TO it If Philadel-
phia had an honest prosecuting ofiicer
aud decent criminal judiciary.
Something more than year ago,
an outrageous crime was committed
in Philadelphia. Two women present.
cd themselves Mt the Farmers and Me
Chanics' Bank, and exhibiting "a gem
uinc certificate for $2O,OO) of city stock,
! asked its transfer to their vendec, one OF
them claiming to be the owner, and the
other vouching that she was SO. The
transfer was made and the plumber pock et-
ed. Here was IA crime consummate.
IL was false personatlon, forgery, in
signing false name to the transfer, lar
ceny, in all its essentials. This is felony
No. |.
Months afterward the real owner of
the stocK-and she widow-rcturuiug
! from ahrond, presented herself NJ the
! city treasury To the very same WIDENER
! who is now rCnominatcd for Treasurer,
and asked for her $4,000 oertIti-
cate which, poor, credulous female, she
had left there for safe keeping. 1t
was gone. IL had been stolen. Some
clerk in the office had carried 1t OFF and
gwen it to the confederates outside. This
was consummate crime No. 2. The guilty
man is perfectly well known. Everybody
in Philadelphia knows him, and neither
/ with him norhis confederates has anything
/ 10 this hOur been done. The city, of course,
| had TO make good the money, Whether
| the Treasurers surcties are responsible we
/ do not know. Probably not. The worst
| of the scandal is that ali this time and
now negotiations are on foot-the District
Attorney of course acquiescing and WIDE
NOR anxiously ooiperatng-to settle the
case and " compound the felonies." This
is HcttbotC in perfection
1t is IA crime at common law, and
in every civilized country. IL is es-
pccally a crime in Pennsylvania, for
| do we not read in the statute
" that if any person having a knowledge
OF the actual commission of any forgery,
larceny, receiving stolen goods, knowing
them TO he stolen, shall take money, or
promise thereof TO compound or conceal
The crime Aforesaid, every person 30 Offend
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ing shall be guilty OF misdemeanor, and
on conviction be sentenced to n fine not
exceeding 1000 and an imprisonment not
exceeding three years."
And do we not further read, and to this
we call the attention of District Attorney
MANN, and he not attending TO 1t, of his
Honor Judge FISLE1IEB, the next time
lie charges the Grand Juryi If any
District Attorney shall be guilty OF
negligence in the execution of the
duties of his office, he shall be guilty of
misdemeanor in Office, and on conviction
he sentenced to pay fine not exceeding
sl,0OO and undergo an Imprisonment not
exceeding one year, and his said ofhco
shall be declared vacant. Upon complaint
in writing made to the Court in which
any District Attorney prosecutes the pleas
Of the Commonwealth charging him with
negligence In the execution of the duties
of his office, the Court shall cause notice
OF such complaint TO be given, and IL upon
the hearing the Court shall be of opinion
there is probable cause for such complaint,
thoy shall bind over or commit the said
District Attorney to answer in due course
of lawf
And yet there il n Reform Association in
Philadelphia Thus everywhere do we
have Addition, Division, and Silencel 1t
is the Philadelphia rule.
The sun., 1873-08-28
Ought Senator Carpenter 10 Sue the
Tribune Tor Libelt

We hate mere scandal almost as much as
we hate dishonesty; ana it is the rule OF
IHE sun not to prlnt stories OF indie
cency. For this reason we have avoided
non"inr the reports affecting the charac-
lei oi senator CARPENTER as Il moral man
winch nave been conspicuously published
10y the Tribune. But the controversy has
now assumed form in which a word of
impartial common sense may be useful 4;
una therefore we viii attempt to say ii.
ihe Tribune alleges that the distin-
guished senator took a harot with him to
Long Branch, and that when refused ad-
nlttince to one of the hotels on account
OF the bad character of IA companion. no
went TO another and remained there with
her for several days, The correctness of
these allegations being questioned, the
1Hbuhe repeats them and invites MIR. cam.
The sun., 1873-08-28

ST.. LOUIS Mo-, Aug @7.-An immense meet
ing OF granser- and veterans Of the Mexican war wa
held TO-DAY st Sweet Syringe Mo- Nearly 1901 persons
we're present, many of whom Journey cd from great
distance. Prominent members Of the Legislature and
~ le nr"ss Nere IN attendance. Thomas r. Allen
master ui the ate Grange, opened grange par OF
iht tmrtllng WIN speech m which he Tidiculcd the
ack OF interest bestowed on the farmers movement At
the outset nut II has become great DOVER and at.
lrnct attention from all quarters and all pares ilo
belleNed the farmers TIE noblest class OF upopc
10 Asttncc ana II IL time that they had sompthuR 10
say about public analrs Granges growing, aud tc,
lore January there viii he twenty four strb prOIni
ntnt IN the yencnt. He Warned monopul..s nut Ia
crowd them, or they mi ght make them 10 too Tar ~
The sun., 1873-08-28

The Philadelphia local judiciary has
found an unexpected ally, or rather advocate.
Tho Democratic organ, the Age, rushes i'm
petuously forward. and proc q; ms with indigna ant
emphasis that, from nearer Inspection ALLI-
son il not an ass-there Is no sense In the word
"fribble" AS applied to PIERCE, aud no one would
speak Of LUDLOW NJ a trimmer In an inyidious
sense of the word; but OF LUDLOW as pOmpous
or Of PAxsoN a. a rogue tho Az, has not II word
TO say. Now let us say u word a. to our distant
photograph. Our impression OF Judge ALLI-
sons asiniue tendencies is founded on a
book he wrote or a lecture he delivered
when he came home from Europe some
years ago; on hts conduct In our own
kidnapping case, when he gratuitously insultsd
most respectable member Of the New York bar,
and showed himself willing. superserviseable
tool Of kEMBLE and MANN; but most of all, Sc
curely does 1t rest the testimony of the Phils-
dephls Age. That paper-conducted, " We
mistake not, by two lawyers, and good ones too
long ago convinced us that this same Judge
ALLISON was the verlest DoGBERRY that PhilA-
dephia criminal justice can boast. Did he not
We ask the Ag,-formaliy decide that a negro
who, two years before the occurrence, had been,
or thought he had been, shot at IN the street,
had n constitutional right To carry concealed
weapons and bring them into court OF justice,
and Of course use them for all time to come,
although there Ia positive statute against 1t Z
Did not the Age, for this prcposterous adJudlca-
tion. time and again hold him up to deserved
ridiculer The ass may bc invisible TO tho Age,
as It was to TITASLA, but the stupid BOTTuN
was plain enough. IL, therefore, we did this
eminent Judge injustice In our similitude, our
Democratic contemporary has u good deal To
answer for.
The sun., 1873-08-28

That delightful country in Arizona,
abounding In wood, water, and fat turkeys,
which BRIGHAM YouEus expedition failed to
Hnd, but which the Mormon Prophet intends to
seek himself, may yet be reached by the SAINTS.
The Arizona Miner says the Mormon explorer
came to the Territory IN the wrong season aud
IN al unusually dry year. and that they did not
follow the Little Colorado far enough. II they
had pursued their Journey south toward its
source they would have found Gne stream Of
water In the river, with large and rich valleys,
and other inducements for settlement. Better
still, II they had left the river and gone south
they would have discovered n fine grazing cOun-
try, with forests Of pine, pinon, cedar, oak, and
other timber; beautiful springs and riyulets,
and an abundance Of 1sh bear, deer, antelopes,
and turkeys. This undoubtedly Is the spot
BRIGHAM's scouts were looking for, aud II 1t
really exists there can be little question that the
MormoLs viii yet nnd II.
The sun., 1873-08-28

BOSTON, Aug. 27.--At a meeting of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee this forenoon II was
unanimously voted not change the time originally
hLcd for the State Convention, sept. 8.
II h said that the Young Democracy of this vicinity
propose to present to the CONVENTION the name uf
Mayor CASTOR as a capdld1tH for Governor.
The sun., 1873-08-28

The prosecution instituted by Congress
III an S4EPHtS A. conn Of Kansas against the
editor Of the WyandOtte Gdsctte for libel, OF
which mentlun has already been made, Is II kely
TO prove exceedingly interesting II the case ever
comes 10 trial. The grand juror whom Cons
was charged with endeayoring to influence was
sitting ON the Grand Jury which had under con-
sideration the notorious defalcation case OF
joins SPEEL THIS man was "A cuhector OF In
terual revenue, and became detaulter 10 the
amount Of $4,000; but as II IL supposed that
be spent large portion OF his plumber for the
benefit Of one Of the Kansas political rings OF
the Administration party, there was not much
disposition manifested IN Official quarters to hold
him TO n very strict accountability, and finally,
we believe, all efforts to recover the missing
Government funds were abandoned. Congress-
man CoBB attorney for SPEER. Capt
MATTHEWS, the grand Juryman referred to In
the alleged libel, has Informed a correspondent
Of the Chicago Tribune that Conn tried to get
him TO leave the Grand Jury so that there would
be no quorum, asserting that II an indictment
against SPEER was found at that time IL would
hurt the party and destroy the chances for re-
election OF SID CLARKE, who, like COBB IL a
bright and shining light In the Credit MoDiier
party. Capt. MATTHEWS further declares that
Conn, In order - induce him to absent himself,
offered him place as postal route agent, or an
appointment as local mail egcnt, with salary
Of t,5 month, hut which could be made to pay
sl20amonth. II all these charges can be proved,
Congressman Conn will nnd himself In dis
agreeable position, especially in relation to the
use of Government patronage to corrupt juror
for the purpose OF shielding defauitns Uuitcd
States Official.
The sun., 1873-08-28

The Arizona Miner reitcratcs the charge
that under tho Arrangement made by Gen
HOWARD with CoCHIsE the Apaohes are permit
ted TO make raids into the Mexican States Of
sonora and Chihuahua. IL asserts that there Gre
Mexican boys now held In slavery by Indians
who are fed on rations issued by an agent of the
United States Government, and that these slaves
have been captured within few weeks.
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Member OfCongress Making LitiIe Money.
From ne Eou Cdirt CWis) FNes Ress, aug. TO-
The Hon. Phil2tus Sawyer, of Oshkosh
arrived ON the noon train.

The Hon, Phletus Sawyer, of Oshkosh,
arrived ON the noon train,
Eau clare IetJrdM 10 TIE ASociItei Press.
Ear CLAIRE, Wis. Aug. 20 The Indian land
sale closed this morning. The African In the
pines was manipulated as follows a report
Was put ia circulation this morning in the hotels
ana upon the streets that the sale would not
take place until l0o'Clock In the forenoon. The
on 'ers not knowing of this opened az the hour
Of nine, and the lands were soon sold to The
hlng AT their own hgures, viz: $50 To $3.50 an
acre Instead OF SIS, which II is really worth. A
Few outsiders were bought up, aud the Ring
made about $1,000 10y the operation.
From ne Eau la,re Frte Press, Aug. %.
The most of section l5 which sold yesterday
Tor Sll'Wl was not paid for, and hence was Of
Tered again this morning, and sold at from $2 ~
20 a. ~ per acre. Ii looks strange To outsiders
lhht land winch was run up to SO and SO an
acre yesterday should be sold for 81 20 % $3.50
to-day. As corners In wheat and gold seem to
be the order Of the day, why not a corner in
pine2
frOm he Eau clare Free Press, Auy.2.
The Hon. Philetus Sawyer left for home ON
the noon train To-day.
From ne OshLoM Northeastern, Aug. %
Mr.. Sawyer left here on Monday for Eau Claire
70 attend the land sale, and was there Ut the
Tine OF the reported suicide
The sun., 1873-08-28

"Tbr Constitution sny- that all trials shalt
he bv iuri, nnd the accused IL entitled. not to
be FIRST convicted by a court aud then TO he ac-
auiued by n iurv, but to be convicted or ac-
Quilted IN THE FIRST INSTANCE by "a
iuly,D-SAhyEI
The sun., 1873-08-28

WASHINGTON, Aug. H.--J. +. Bird, member of
Congress from New Jersey hss returned his back pay
WIN the interest In psrt to the United states Treas
uTer' The amount returned 10 tJsl8
The sun., 1873-08-28

Pratts Astral Oil Is manufactured expressly 10
ospISet the use OF volatile and dangerous oils -Adt
The sun., 1873-08-28

- For family use, tho Halford Leicestershlre
Table SauCs,-Adu.