The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-10-06

canuldate Tor the Legislature IN CLARION
county died suddenly of heart disease
on Tuesday morning of last week.
Mr.. Corbett's chances for election in
that Democratic stronghold we're con-
sidered very good,
What next? The Franklin NelcS
is responsible for this: A remarkable
vein of water has been struck in a
we'll that was drilled for gas by the
Kimberly rolling mill, at Sharon.
The well was finished some time ago.
Since then the people in the vicinity
have been using the icy cold water
that bubbles up from the boring. The
water is said to have wonderful medi-
cinal properties, and all the people
using it are getting fat. 1t is highly
charged with magnetism. A knife
dipped in it will pick up bits of iron,
nails, &c. Knives and forks washed
in it stick together. The water is
said to have strengthening and in.
vigorating effect on the system.
The Derrick has this scrap of
news concerning oil developments in
the eastern portion of Forest and that
portion of Elk county lying just over
the line: mike Feely's No. 2 we'll on
warrant 9671 in Forest county, is at
the top Of the sand and probably has
entered the rock by this time. 1t is
located north Of his three barrel pro.
ducer. The drillers in the big woods
are safe from surprise, the distance
from railroads is great and it is gen.
orally speaking a hard road to travel.
There are six wells drilling in the
near vicinity of Hunter run. Sill &
O'Dell are drilling on 3779, LOO feet
east of the southwest corner of the
warrant. Barnsdall, Clark q Foster
are drilling in the southwest corner of
warrant 2033. S. B. Hughes wells
are located as follows, to wit: half
mile west of No. l, on 1868, and in
the southest corner of 1904. John
Markham & Co. have started a well
on the southeast corner of 3671 just to
keep Mike Feely company, as it were.
VIM. Roth and John Cornwell are
nearing the sand on warrant 5134.
The big woods is full of lease hunters.
Ed. Henderson has bagged 900 acres
on warrant 3640."
Mr.. John Griggs former citizen
of this county, but now Of Los An.
geles, California, sends us few lines
concerning that cline: Our city has
gained 10000 in population in the last
year, and l think in FIVE years more it
will number 100000 souls. Southern
California is said to bear some resem-
blauce to Palestine in many respects,
particularly in its scenery. 1t is GER
tainly quite unlike the Eastern States
in almost everything that can be men,
tioued; there is strange miDgliDg OF
mountains and plains, hills and val.
leys, gardens and deserts, the effects of
which strike the stranger as being
very queer. No other part of the
country has a greater variety of soil,
and the products raised here require
special modes of treatment The sys.
TENS of irrigation, with the peculiari-
ties of the wet and dry seasons greatly
complicate matters as relating TO agri.
cultural and horticultural pursuits; in
fact farming must be re.learned, as it
were, in this section. People who
come here with fixed habits of indus.
try and economy. who are willing to
make some sacrifices at first, perhaps
undergo some hardshipS may be rea.
soDably certain of future prosperity,
and that in their own day not de-
ferred for the enjoyment of coming
generations. Kind regards to all in
quiring friends.
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