Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-26
HERE AND THERE.

are Unmatched among the sisterhoOd oi the |
union. The most marvellous Development |
of late years, ia undoubtedly the oil; aud |
nobody can tell where it will next be found. |
was out in Washington county the other |
day where there has been recent develop |
ment aud the whole face of the country has
been changed in consequence. The old |
sheep pastures are covered with derricks aud |
the fire flags flap away there IN the nlSht |
breezes from the gas pipes, They only USED |
to have natural gas down that way ana
made agood deal out of 1t. But after awhle
the people of the town thou ght the owners OF
the single well we're over-charging them and
concluded to bore another They struck oil
sometime about the holidays and almost
as soon rs the news got out hundreds
of oil men, Spectators, diggers and
riggers, oil smellers aud oil sellers
poured in there in crowd from all
parts of the state. These oil men are a race
OF their own, alert progressive, aggressive,
generous, daring, reckless and prod igsl
meet them one year at Oil City, next at Brad.
ford then at Kane and now at Washington.
They woke up the people of that conservative,
stsid old Presbyterian community but they
did not excite them very much The true ma
tive Washingtonisu never gets oil his base
They kept right on going TO church; they
didn't open bars, build stock exchanges, be-
Sil W shuplo anu say ui al hlEue
There hasn't been any license TO sell
liquor granted in Washington county for
about fifteen years and the advent of three
or four hundred strangers made no diiter-
ence. Judge Hart has, l believe, granted
license to sell 1t by the quart,
and there is heap OF excitement
over it | met distiller from Monongahela
who makes very good whisky and of course
has all the while had the right to sell by the
gallon, under the internal revenue and mer-
camille tax law. 1t seemed to an outsider
that the reduction of the attauable drink
from gallon to a quart was reform, but
the Temperance people do not SO re-
gard it drummer told me that
| little sawed-otf nigger man, who blacks
your boots and brings you a slim towel AT
| the tavern, might be subsidized to pronounce
| one sick, prescribe for him and have the pres
| cription filed by discriminating druggist
| Indeed there were some evidences III the
| room got-before got it-that such treat
| msnt had been visited upon an occupant
| and, all in all, conclude that when man
takes drink in Washington it is quite up to
the average dimension.
| If you drive out into the oil fields-there
are two of them-snd listen to somebody
who knows, he will tell you that about halt
million dollars have been invested there in
the last six months. Mostly the farmers sold
the oil leave at from $50 to siOO per
| acre, reServing the right TO one eighth OF
the OIL Some good big wells have been
| struck. The oil there lies deep, say > 600 to
900 feet Itcosts from s., 600 to $1,000 to bore
well and rig it up, and this does not
| guarantee the operator against a duster
These figures keep out the little operators
and the development at Washington
is in substantial hands Some OF
the wells have paid for themselves
in two or three days flow, and are
now running along at 600 or 100 barrels a
| day piling up profits handsomely for their
owners The oil is of superior quality and
| rehnes to such advantage that for time 1t
| brought from 80 to 40 cents barrel more
| than the product of other fields. OF the
| capital invested hereabouts IL is said not five
| per cent. comes from the community. The
| Standard concern IN every form is there,
with its tanks and lines. l mot know any
| thing more comfortable in its way than &c
at no cost but that of the mau who turns the
cock, lets 1t run into the pipe line and gets
| his check from the buyer.
| From many OF the wells now boring big
| things are expected when the gas is all blown
| OIL but many turn out to be blowers only,
| and in that event will be turned to fuel and
| illuminating purposes. One is pointed out
that is said to be worth a million dollars if it
continues its present output of gas. lfyou
| stand over one of these tanks for few min
| utes and inhale the gas that comes out with
the oil, one experiences an exhilarating
sensation and II you stay a few minutes
longer you will have the fun OF being carried
| out
One of the notable figures at Washington
| and Jefferson commencement is old Major
| j. Ii. Ewing, an uncle of Blaine, and who was
| graduated in the class of 1913 He is still an sc-
| tive man and leads the procession from college
| TO town on commencement day. The college
hF.gNlrl
| year; its endowment is $50, 600: and not
| much has been expended on buildings. The
| old edltice, with its classic pillars, is
| there and the new building with the
| handsome memorial front erected when
| the two institutions were consolidated.
| The old feeling against this step has
| not entirely died out But the alumni of
| Washington and those of Jefferson fraternize
and seem to have a common interest in the
| united college. Gen. Beaver is an alumnus
| and president of the board of trustees. Blaine
| does not manifest much interest in his alma
| mater.
| hear they say Jenks' place in the interior
| department was within reach of three Penn
| sylvania Democratic lawyers Furman Shep-
pard, OF Philadelphia; Edward Harvey, Of
Allentown, and Mortimer +. Elliott, of
| Wellsboro. ANY one of them would have
| tit, and yet all OF them have better incomes
| from their practices than the pay of this
| ernment places do not afford good pay.
| -
The Presbyterians of this city have fine
church and a tall steeple, good congrega-
ton and no debt; but they do not keep
their graveyard in good condition. 1t is
| nlled with weeds and dead mems bones.
| Located in the heart OF the city, with open
| fence and visible to all passers by, it might
| be made slightly and ornamental spot
| small expenditure would make aad keep il
such. Why not?
| -
The Doris circus ana the Forepaugh circus
seems to be crossing paths, one of another,
and the paper war between them is some
thing unique in its line. From an advance
| poster OF the Doris concern, which some
body sends me, take this genial reference
| to its esteemed contemporary
| I" Words OF warning to the people OF this
| town. The great Doris circus warns YOU
| against the little Forepaugh show! An ounce
| OF prevention is worth pound of cure
| "Remember This-Self-preservatlO is the
| hrst law of nature, and the strongest in
| centlve to action in the human breast there
| lore De warned in time the wise are vigilaut,
ana vigilance never sleeps. Your town is
| threatened with an invasion which is worse
| than an epidemic an invasion beside which
| pain Is pleasure and death a rayishing
| delight.
| "Listen Your fences and dead walls are
covered by unsightly, lewd and gaudy
| prints. crude, glaring, haring and discordant;
mol Nslr "A.