Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-13
THE ATTACHMENT STICKS.
Wolf will not be Allowed to Take
His Tools-History of the
Imbroglio.

AHNNS NA
year, did the enterprise take definite
shape. Then, after much canvass
ing, u company with Il capital stock
of IS, 900 was organized, and with
the election of a board of five Iii
rectors, bids for the work were in
vited.
Of the gentlemen behind the
scheme, none, perhaps, were more
enthusiastic than William Barre,
a Pennsylvania of wealth and ex-
perience in prospecting. Mr.. Barre
backed his judgment and enthusi-
asm with an investment of $500
in the cempany's stock, and ex-
pressed great confidence in the
ultimate of the project.
Among the numerous applicants
for the work of sinking the expert
mental shaft was A. W. Wolf, a
contractor from Pennsylvania, who
came well recommended by Mr..
Barre as being a man of thorough
experience in his business. Mr..
Barrels recommendation was deem
ed almost as good as a bond, and
with little haggling, a contract be-
tween the company and the con-
tractor was entered into in the
spring oflast year.
This contract bound Mr.. Wolf,
to use the words of the agreement,
ito bore or drill into the ground at
any place the Board of Directors OF
the said party Of the first part 1.-THE
sompany may designate, not mere
than four miles from the said city
of Mexico, a we'll or hole in the
ground of the depth of three thous-
and feet Yin consideration of which
the contractor was to be paid as
follows:
First, the sum of $500 was to be
paid as soon as Contractor Wolf
had placed his machinery on the
ground second, $1,000 when the
well reached a depth of five hun,
dred feet; third, $1,000 when the
well was one thousand feet deep;
fourth, $1,000 when the we'll was
fifteen hundred feet deep fifth,
$1,000 when two thousand feet
deep; sixth, $1,000 when twenty.
five hundred feet deep, and sew.
enth, $1,000 when three thousand
feet deep.
On the 18th of May drilling was
commenced, a lot belonging to W.
B. McIntire, on Flat Rock, having
been selected as the place on which
to bore the hole. Hundreds Of
citizens, who had watched the pro.
gress OF the enterprise, stood about
the derrick and saw the heavy iron
drill sink into the earth fer the first
time. Week upon week passed
after this day and the work con.
tinued. Unlocked for accidents
caused delay, but the work was
kept up, virtually uninterrupted,
until the feathery fakes of winter
began to fly. Then the trouble
commenced.
For weeks the contractor hao
been pursuing his work under the
greatest difficulty, encounterine
heavy streams of water and loose.
shaley formations that were con.
stantly interfering with the drill.
So late in October or early the fol.
lowing month, Mr.. Wolf declared
his intention of drilling no further.
He was bound by contract to put
down a 1900 foot hole or forfeit the
sum of $1,000, and the moment he
made this statement his tools, der.
rick and all the machinery used il
boring the we'll were attached
Suits followed the attachment anc
at the next term of Circuit Court
a change of venue to the Pike eoun.
I ty circuit court was taken.
The &rst suit was to make thu
attachment stick. In other words
the attachment was made on the
grounds of VOLTS nen-residenee
and, to make a long story short, thu
jury yesterday sustained the Min
ing Company. The other suit i:
for damages. The company claim.
in the first count that it is entitled
to the $500 already paid Mr.
Wolf; in the second count, DANA
ges in the sum of $1,000, the forfeit
under the contract, are claimed
Under an order of Court the tools
derrick and the other appliances
under attachment may be sold al
perishable property.
1t is understood that Wolf vii
appeal the case. He and his mel
lett for Pennsylvania this afternoon
J. n. Basket has returned from
the Methodist Conference at Gala
tin. He was elected one of tn,
Curators of Central College, a
Fayette, Mo-, and has also beer
sselected to address the Laymen'.
Association at Palmyra next year
No better selection for either posi-
ton could have been made.
Mr.. j. A. RICHARDSON, a thor
ough, experienced draughtsman
will present a proposition to thu
City Council to furnish tn,
City with a plat and abstract of tn,