Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-01
MARTINS FERRY.

Alexis Cope, Eli Baily, John Wiley, vii
liam Lasch, Sylvester C. Brown anc
enough more farmers to swell the numbel
to fifty have leased the oil privilege undel
their land to q syndicate of operators anc
prospeetors who are now working the Wes
Virginia oil field. Some time ago q mar
named Robinson put in an appearance d
Msuletown, about Eve miles west of thil
place in Colerain township, and after few
days stay left to return shortly after &C
compsnied BY Major Steele, On expert oi
prospector. who after careful inspection
Of q belt of land, commencing at Wheeling
creek and extending TO the Jefferson
county line, concluded that there was oil
to be had, or at least that it was worth
while to lease the land and bore test well.
and see what there was under It Nego
| tiations were at once commenced to lease
sll the land in the supposed oil belt, and ai
the above list shows, their ofess were &C
cepted by quite q number OF the farmers
The contract provides that Q test we'll shsll
be sunk on each tract of land leased with.
in two years, and that if oil is found the
sRner Of the land shall receive one ishth
of the product. as his share. There are
many Of the farmers, however, who are
more wary than their neighbors and who
think that if there is oil under their land
they might as well have the entire product
as to give the company seven-eighth OF il
for the trouble OF locating it, when they
will have to drill test wells ell round there
anyway. Mr.. Robinson has gone to Pitts.
burg TO get men and machinery to COM
mepce operations, and it is thought that
there will be derricks and oil wells in
Vulnerable before spring. The farmers
are greatly excited over the matter, and
there is much loss Of sleep in the oil
belt" The land is very fertile in this 10.
cality, line and sand rock may be found
anywhere, and q six foot vein Of
coal is in some places almost exposed
At depth Of one hundred feet
there is nine,foot vein Of good coal end
other things taken into consideration. Mr.
Robinson and Msjor Steele assure the
grsugers that oil will be found at depth
Of from ], 700 to 1000 feet.
Young mems Cashmere hAts for school
wear, 75c, at SEartz
On last Sunday evening the frst of q
series of entertainments BY the Oxford
League was held in the N + Church.
The evenings entertainment contested Of
q sacred lecture By Rev. +. S. DeHass, on
the subject, Babylon and the Valley Of
the Euphrates."
On this occasion the auditorium, hall,
way and even the stairs were crowded
every inch of available space being taken.
The next evening Rev. W. q. Rider, Of
Wellsville, o former Martins Ferry boy,
we'll known and remembered here, deliv.
cred lecture on Evolution, taking for
subject, An Apology for an Ape ology."
The lecture was very instructive and the
speaker left many Of his hearers much
wiser and with an increased interest in the
theory Of evolution. On Tuesday evening
R l. L. Burkley, Of Bsrnesvills, told the
boys and men great many things he OBJ
served concerning That Boy and That
Man" On Wednesday evening Rev. r.
F. Randolph, OF Wheeling, delivered
highly instructive scientific lecture on
The Sun or the Fire World" sccompany.
ing the same with an explanation Of Gil
the difficult points by charts. drawn sptc'
tally for the occasion. Thursday evening
was spent in q strictly social way, there
being no exercises Strange to cay this
evenings entertainment was largely pat.
rouized aud highly appreciated BY
those present. Mere social con
versation 10 a curious means Of enjoyment
in public place, but on this occa sion it
was q decided success.
On Friday evening Rev r F Kuler Of
Bellaire, entertained one of the largest
audiences Of The week with discourse on
The Brds Of Ohio" His lecture was il.
lustra.ed with birds 10 cages, and others
upon whom the taxidermist had displayed
his skill. The entertainment was very
much enjoyed, and much kno"ledgs Of
the featt cred songsters was CLEANED from
the discourse. These lectures have all
been accompanied BY musical performsn.
ces by our most noted local talent, and
these have doubtless proven as much Of
an attraction as did the course Of lectures
On last evening an admission fee Of
ten cents wss charged and an entertainment
of considerable merit given. The pro-
.gramme as printed yesterday morning was
carried out, all the performers acqult,iDg
themselves me7itoriously. The guitar duet
By Ross and Ada Barr was very credits
bic and seemed to take the audience by
storm. Miss May McKim's Love in
Youth" was admirably executed as was
Miss Flo Williams Waiting" Mr.. C. s.
Morriion displayed fne elocutiopary train.
ing in his readings from Shakespeare and
entertained the audience very pleasantly
With his effort. Miss Fannie VanPelts
vocal solo Second Thoughts are Best"
was very well rendered aud re-
fleets great credit on Miss Fan
ME as q vocalist There was no
part of the performance which deserved
special criticism. the whole being very en-
teriainiDg and highly sppreciable, consid-
ering that most Of the performers are am
ateurs with little experience in public. A
whole weeks free entertainment Of such o
high order has never been attempted be-
fore by any society in this place. and the
grand success with which the Oxford
Leagues efforts have been attended,
shows more plainly than could anything
else that our people appreciate their cul-
tured choice in the amusement hne. Be-
sides the mere furnishing Of some place to
60 the entertainments have taught our
people many things worth knowing, and
has bad Q tendency TO awaken an interest
for useful knovledge and readipg among
our young folks This evening Rev. Earl
D. Hol'z, our own pastor, to vhoee ef
forts these entertainments are largely doe,
will deliver the closing lecture Of the series
on the subject, Comparative Ignorance. :"
The lecture will be illustrated with
charts and will drag we'll. as our people
highly apF-eciste not only Er. Holtz .
live, energetic work among the youbg !olks.
bat also bis very learned sermons and ad-
dresses
Boys Seal CAPS o. 90 aud sI.25 g.
SRariza
Mrs. J. T. Greenfield and con, Of Card
ington, o, are the guests Of Ars. Green
caId'. narao,a Nc sn1 Mrs Gao w