Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-02
Notes From W ashiagtsn, Pa.

OScr bei inc fEceuhlac clbsA arc puieu-
ing the Latin Scientific course, so many of
q class taking the scientific course, is very
upusuai. In the Sophomore, Junior and
Senior classes the classical stuaants are in
the majority.
When gas is struck, in some instances,
the drilling tools are thrown upward and
scsfolding and derrick are badly shaken
and damaged. Oil when struck will spurt
fifty or more feet above the ground.
About mile and half from the Charters
Valley station, along the railroad RAINING
from the town to Pit;sburg, there has re-
Gently been made an oil tank, which will
hold over two tho ussnd barrels of oil, tho
tank is near strong of well.
There is furnace in town in which gas.
for gas lamps, is made ont Of coal, they have
small tank into which they run the newly
made gas. The tank is made out of tin or
sheet-iron and is sunk into a round cistern
like hole filled with wafer, only il is larger
than a half dozen citters. AS gas is sun in
TO the tank II by degrees raises the tank out
OF the water about fifteen feet.
The tools have been extracted from the
Ganis well at Charters station and drilling
is again going on. The well is now about
two thousand feet deep. The drilling in
strument is thirty, or forty or more feet
long, the lower end, or bit, is steel and is
six or seven inches in circumference and is
said TO weigh about ton, powerful levers
aided by a steam engine pull up, aud drop
the heavy drill which is fastened to rope o
couple of inches thick.
There are nineteen or twenty gas and oil
wells within circuit of mile and . half
of the town.
Near the Charters station there 10 an old
shaft which was sunk into the ground three
or four hundred feet slightly angling for
coal but the men that put ii down were
compelled to abandon 1t because Of too
much water. Par, of the town, especially
Chestnut street drains lis dirty water into
this old shaft which Is covered by little
old shaDty So that people cannot fall down.
On the evening of the 10Th day of No
vember. the Court House was crowded TO
bear the suit Of John Woli's friends brought
against James Hammond, policeman who
one night last spring shot Wolf. This is
the way it was. One night, about three o.
clock policeman Hammond was going down
and stopped and saw two men moving from
a store door which they had attemped to
break through. The policeman cried halt,
twice. Then one of the fellows said. ''come
on Bob we'll halt like -. he thinks he's
doing something" aud st the same time
both men began 10 advance toward the po-
Iiceman, he kept backing off until one OF
the men had gained twenty-five feet upon
him and then he saw that the approaching
man he'd in bis upiifted hand weapon with
which he was evidently going TO strike him
with, then the policeman seeing himself in
danger, in sell defense he shot with his re-
volver, the bulle; taxing effect 10 tbs mack
of woif, who ieh down aud died in less than
fre minutes Wolfe companion ran away
and soon there were some students and 9th
er people on the ground of the shooting.
The jury brought in verdic: OF not guilty
Tor Hammond.
On Friday evening the both, an orgapiza-
tion called the Ladies Sewing Society of
the town. held an entertainment in the Fe
male Seminary. The purpose OF the socie-
ty is to raise money for missionary piirpo.-
es.
The signsl service signs as exhibited on
the cuIalo of the Court House. have been
certain guides of coming weather.
X. a. Brown, of Freshman class Is the
orator elect of the Washington and Frank
lin Literary Society for the next contest.
On the cath, the gas men announced in
the public schools, that the gas would be
turned off from the wells long enough TO fix
= leak in the ga. pipe. At the appointed
hour some of the tires went osi sad the Ut
LET for gas into the CRATES was closed until
the gas from the wells would he turned on
which was soon done.
IFS.
WvHIsGros, Pa November 20, 1885.
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