Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-18
Butler Co. Oil Field.

The only sensation in oil circles during
the past week was the sale made by Hon
Jos Hartman of Mllerstown, of his wells
and leases on the Archy Black farm, to the
South Penn OF Standard Oil Co, for 800,
600. The lease consists Of l05 acres, and
contains 13 wells producing l30 bbls day.
and two wells drilling. 1t is said that the
production from this property has fully
paid for all the wells drilled leaving a net
profit of 800, 600 to Mr. Hartman 1t is
located in the Pontius pool, which lies
along the line dividing the counties of
Armstrong and Butler.
The Standard OIL Co, controls the REIN
cry and pipe line interests of the country
and il now looks as though they intended
to obtain control of the production.
The Parker and Allegheny township oil
fields are coming to the front again; the
PhGRir of last week says: Messrs. Findlay
and owen Thomas and Ed. Cooper struck
it rich the past week, tapping the sand on
the Thomas farm for a hundred barreller.
il il situate on a line north of the gusher
struck few weeks ago that poured out
the fluid at a 70 barrel gait. The lucky
owners are jubilant over their successes
Leases are in demand aud several new
rigs will soon dot the territory in that 10
cality. The new well is holding up first
rate, doing over 20 barrels natural. Park
er seems to be getting her second wind,
rather long delayed but nevertheless vel
come. Our people can stand little pros
perity without grumbling. The Thomas
farm is less than three miles west of Par
ker Messrs. Sherwood d Galbraith are
pushing the drill in that locality and ex
pect a gusher in Il few days Let the good
work 90 on; another brother lead.
The Campbell & Murphy at the Centre
is doing 20 bbls an hour, and McCalmont
B, 10 bbls.
The pipe line reports for September
showed decrease in stocks of nearly
million barrels.
The two wells on the Marshall, owned
by Sutton and Walker are doing 100 bbls
day.
Ruff, Reed, Forsythe & Co, are drilling
on the Bolton.
A well has been located in the \. W
corner Of Compromising tp.
A rig is going up on the Samuel Riley
farm Brownsville.
Simpson d Cos, No. on the Kifer, Cen
tire field, reached the sand Tuesday and
began flowing at the rate of - bbls an
hour
! \ ten quart shot, Tuesday temporarily
increased the production of the Campbell
d Murphy, but she soon went back to her
old figures
The old Reed well at Myoma is yet do
ing 6 bbls an hour, and has not been drill
ed deeper. Wells are going down on the
B. Douthett, $. Balfour, Vandevert Duffy
!. Balfour, Jos. and JAS Cashdollar, j.
Klein, Flichner Staples, Kidd, Kaufman,
Jas. Davidson, aud J. and A. Richardson
farms.
-Calfliver red is the latest fashionable
shade
The resolutions of teachers institutes
are usually of a sfereotyped form and do
not lay much claim to originality. The in
stitute held short time ago by the Dubois
County, Ind, teachers was an exception
and the committee got ont of the old rut of
praising the lady elocutionist, the piano
players, the instructors, the people of the
! town, cite, long enough to pass the follow
ing: Resolved, that we are in favor of and
| ask that u thorough course of instruction
| o. the effect of tight -lacing and painting
the face with cosmetics be introduced in
the public schools, and that we as teachers
denounce the custom Of tight lacing, of
chewing gum, of using wire, cotton, and
sawdust pads to deceive in regard to
beauty of form, and of bustles to occupy
unnecessary room III every conveyance, and
render necessary the use of much expensive
material for dresses, and these habits are
not worthy of imitation by the children OF
Eve, believing that nature unadorned is
most beautiful. 1t is altogether likely that
/ some male teacher, who was bad with a
/ big b, concoct ed this resolution but the
ladies were too smart to give themselves
away by raising any opposition to it and so
1t passed unan imously.