Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-09
Notes From Washington, Pa.

On Thanksgiving dty the churches of this
town h-ld union service in the Methodist
| Episcopal church. The building was crowd
ell. Rev. Brown did the preaching. To
represent the goodness of God in providing
| for thc want. of humanity, in front of the
pulpit there was placed a shcai Of rse, upon
the right and left of the pulpit bushel bask-
cts filled with vegetables; but the organ
and pulpit were draped in Grape in memo
ry OF tue death OF Vic. President Hen
dricks, who died the day before Thanks
giving.
The Wool-growers Association OF this
county, held their annual meeting IN this
town a week or more ago. They complain
OF sheep not bringing 30 much in the market
as formerly.
The Pittsburg alumni held meeting in
the College chapel last Friiay. A supper
was given to the members of this alumni,
and thus the pas; college day were review
ed to many. The prospects Tor the iuturr OF
Warrington and Jefferson College. one of
the alumni's remarked, are better than ever
before.
The deepest well drilled in the comfy is
4, 90 feet deep. 1t is called the Rnsx wsd.
II turned out neither gas nor oil. IL has
been abandoned. No ar,esian wells have
been struck, although the holes drilled are
as deep a. where wells OF this kind have
been drilled. The Gordon well ysries in
las discharge Of oil; some days II runs only
| eighty five barrel, per day, other days it
discharges over hln6red in hat time. Ii
is over 2,3OG feet deep. There are four wells
being drilled near it, all now about SEQ feet
people coil the s.mystery wells that is they
will give - 'nfcrmalion to people what
the prospect + ior striking oil lest it should
have al efivc; ipou the oil market.
when Gil Is struck it comes up to the
/ surface, generally with a rash, being forced
by gas which is most always found with it.
/ When there is no gas to force it. il mast be
pumped out. The Worst & Co., we'll, neir
the Gsntz, which has been lately sta ted is
now over two hundred feet d sep. Several
times its drill has become un~crew-d while
drilling was going on. The drill WAS b,ih
times tshed ont oy a fishing instrument
twenty five inches ia cirrumference b lag
put down the well. The hole made by the
drill as it goes down is no less than thirty
inches rounG. Scafolds by which the drill
I is worked by steam power are buill from
eigbty-fTe TO ninety feet high. The sides
Of t5s well are case6 with iron pipes about
twenty eight or twenty nine inches in cir
cuIIierencc. This is done to keep water
and other materials FROM the sides OF the
wei sOH getting III with the gas and oil.
The pieces oi casing are screwed together
A paper of this town gives a short account
OF how last years student OF Washington
aud Jefferson college, was killed by being
run ove- ny a railroad engine several days
ago. al Peoria, Illinois. II says the young
man intesled TO return to this coll, &c after
the ho.'days. Jamcs Heron was the name
oi the nlla killed.
Several of the churches are heated by nat
ural gas. The L. p. church Intent to get
a pipe organ.
As Thanksgiving day came on Thursday
the College, the Seminary, and Trinity
Academy stood adjourned until the follow
ing Monday, Half of both the College ani
Female Seminary students went home. AL
OF the Trinity Academy, the Episcopal Nil
itsry School, numbering about thirty-fve,
went also.
The National Reform Convention met in
the u p. Church OF this place, on the 9th
and 18th. The Association WAS formed in
1863, and its object will be to make All effort
TO get an amendment OF The U. S. Consti-
tuition, so tnat in il, there will be .an ac-
acknowledgement of Almighty God, of Jesus
Christ, and OF the Bible" they believe tnat
The Bib.e and Jesus Christ, shou.d be what
they call the - uprenIe Authority. tor the
nations laws and Aciions.' Some of their
Speakers dnriag The progress OF Iaeir meet
Ing spoke against Sabbath desecration ty
the running OF sunday mail and by Com
gress, RsIlrosds, P"stoitice uepartmen, be-
ing open 10 work on the Sabbath, which tbey
claim 10 be no h,cessIGy, but a viuiatiou OF
i-the fourth commandment.
LES.
WAsHDsTor, Pa, December 1, 1886.