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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23
Securing Right Of Way For the Rail
road.

Mr.. A. J. Jemison. of Middle
bourne, was in the city yesterday,
engaged in the business Of securing
a right of way for the proposed
narrow guage railroad from Sisters
vile to Salem. via the county seat.
He reports all the right of way Sc
cured from Middlebourhe to Pursley
and the farmers along Pursley
creek, now that the new Macadam
road will soon be flushed, are not
very enthusiastic over another road.
We believe, however, if a survey
was made so the farmers would
know just where the road would be
located and some concession made
that the right of way could be Sc
cured at a very small cost. The
proposition made to the farmers
now is that the company has the
right to run through the farm along
the route wherever surveyed. Self
the road went through mans
house and barn he would have given
the company the right to go right
on through them. The company,
to secure the right of way, should
make a survey, and then the farm
er and company as well'will know
Just what to do. We do not oppose
the railroad but think the macadam
road IS worth a dozen railroads to
our county.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23

producer at their No. I G. Z. Flu,
harty from the Keener sand in the
northeast extension. They will
drill through the Big Injun il
search of a second pay.
The Henry & Mcdonald Oil
company are spudding at their No.
5 W. w. Gorrell.
Encouraging reports come from
both the Wilson run and Jug pools.
Operators who are engaged in both
fields are very much encouraged.
In the Wilson run pool Neeley,
Hosford and others No. I Bever,
that was reported few days ago as
being dry, has filled up 1000 feet
with oil, and those who have just
come from that country claim that
it will make small producer.
The same occurrence is reported
in the Jug pool The Victor Oil and
Gas company drilled in their No. 2
Armstrong Smith, and thought it
"a failure. This morning, D. A.
Bartlett telephoned in from there
that it was making SO barrels per
day. This was surprising news, and
could hardly be credited, but the
authority is all right;
Parties left this morning to start
the well on the Morgan farm, To-
Gated on Fishing creek, about three
miles from New Martinsville. The
we'll will be drilled by Harper's
Ferry Oil company.
Boyd Bros. well on the Patterson
farm. east of St Marys, is flowing
through the casing, and will make
fair producer from the Cow Run.
This same company is drilling at
1900 feet at their test in Lewis
county, near Weston. The Injun
sand was reached at 400 feet.
They are hunting for the Gordon.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The southwest extension of the
Elk Fork pool is still attracting
some attention. Cobb & Glenn
have completed their No. 3 Myers
and have a producer good for I25
barrels per day. In the first pay it
showed mp very light, and the sec
ond oil bearing rock is furnishing
the production.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23

up outfit and incidental carriage ,anC
you have about S9,e5o as conser
vative estimate on the cost of put
ting Gordon sand we'll to pump
ing.
Suppose then, that the we'll make:
forty barrels. it will have to con.
tinue to do so for over year before
it has produced enough oil, at the
present price of credit balances te
pay for itself, making however, nc
allowance for pumping shrunkage
on oil, and wear and tear in general.
1t must not be supposed howerer
that a general average of all com
pleted wells in the Gordon field will
be 40 barrels for this is considerable
above the average.
A glance at these figures will
show pretty plainly that a specula-
tor in Gordon wells is liable to have
his money tied up for long time
before he begins to realize the
meanest interest offered by a saving
bank. And furthermore that none
but company like the Standard
Oil company can operate in it sue
|cessfully.
From Mondays Daily.
The Elk Fork pool shows very
little activity. The operators are
taking a vacation. The fact that
drilling has been suspended is not
evidence that the field is rounded
up. The bad roads, together with
the low price of oil are responsible
for the present condition of that
pool. Several, in fact all those
holding territory in that locality,
have expressed their intentions of
opening a vigorous campaign of
operations as soon as the roads be-
come passable.
The Elk Fork Oil & Gas COM
pany are seemingly PLAYING tough
luck at their No. II J. K. Hill.
The lost tools which they have
been fishing for since the early
part OF the winter. were recovered
Friday. Yesterday afternoon they
broke a couple of jars and the
pieces are still in the hole.
Yoke & Co. will have 20 barrel
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23
ChamberIain's Cough Remedy Away,
Proves Intellectual.

The are no better medicines on
the market than Chafnberlain's.
We have used the cough remedy
when all others failed, and in every
instance it proved efectual. Almost
daily we hear the virtues of Cham
berlain's rem dies extolled by those
who have used them. This is not
an empty puff, paid for at SO much
a line, but is voluntarily given in
good faith in the hope that suffering
humanity may try these remedies
and, like the writer, be benefited.
-Glenville (W. Va) Pathfinder.
For sale by Grier & Co., druggists.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23

If you want to quit tobacco Using
easily and forever, be made well,
and strong, Magnetic, full of new
life and vigor, take No. To-Bac-from
your druggists, who will guarantee
cure. Many gain ten pounds in
ten days. Over 100000 cured. Buy
No-To-Bac from your own drug
gists, who will guarantee a cure.
Booklet and sample mailed free.
Ad. Sterling Remedy company,
Chicago or New York.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23
Strike May be Settled.
special 70 the Review.

Wheeling. Feb. 22.-It is an
aounced today that the strike of
the steel men at the Benwood plant
Of the Wheeling Steel and Iron
company will be settled very short
ly. 1t is said a compromise is now
by the men and the
company, and in this event there
will be satisfactory adjustment of
the difficulty.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23

Il reminds one of Sunday all the
time in Sistersville now. Not be
cause the town is quiet, but the
Sunday way to the bar-rcoms is the
only one the prosecuting attorney
did not close.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23

Mallory Bros No on the c. c.
Schauwecker lease on Long run is
a good producer. 1t will make
about fifty barrels per day.
Graf & Co are drilling No. ? on
the Cotton farm on Long run. and
will be in the first of the week,
Abicht's we'll on whisky run is
making about 20 barrels per hour.
The tools have been moved in the
we'll for IS days. This was on &C
count of the Pipeline Co. not be-
ing able to handle the oil; will drill
it some Saturday. The No. ? Abicht
will start to spudding tomorrow,
the II. The we'll on the Butcher
land will be commenced the first of
the week, and also the Abicht we'll
No. 3.--St. Marys Oracle.
Evidences that Monroe county is
we'll within the petroleum oil belt
are steadily multiplying. Here is
another instance: Mr.. c M. Vim
mer, who resides in "Reaburn's
draft" Second Greek district, re-
Gently dug a we'll IS ieet deep, close
| to his house. In it the water rises
to depth of some s feet, but is so
utterly impregnated with oil as to
be utterly useless. Last week Mr.
WINNER had the water entirely
pumped out in the hope that the
fresh flow might be available fer
use. but in this he has been COM
pletely disappointed. The oil floats
thick upon the surface of the water
and beSmears vessels into which ii
is put. This discovery is not more
promising than many others which
have been made in the county. We
are satisfied that the sinking of an
effective test well or two would be
the means of making Monroe coun,
ty one of the most profitable oil
fields on the continent. Monroe
Watchman.
Payne we'll, No. 3, at Jarvisville,
is a good producer. Barnett well,
No, I, is already drilled one thous-
land feet and the work is being rap
idly pushed onward. Starkey well
No. I, is located and work will soon
commence. Several of our pro,
gressive business men have pur
chased an interest iE Starkey's well
l-Clarksburg Mail.
The Consolidated Oil company's
test we'll at Rifles crossing has been
sunk to the depth of about 80 feet.
At that depth FIVE foot vein of
quicksand was struck, which will
delay the work until they obtain the
proper casing. Hinton Herald.
Mr.. George Braden informed the
Gazette that a second shipment of
oil was made from the Barnsdall &
Rich we'll in the Big Indian sand
near the Richie Mines on the H. S.
Wilson tract, the 18TH. The tank,
which is OF the capacity of two
hundred and fifty barrels, filed in
about ten days. This shows fine
we'll in the Big Indian and makes
the McFarlan territory doubly valu
able.-Ritchie Gazette.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23

When bilious or costive, eat a
Cascaret, candy cathartIc. cure
wuaranleed, Ioc, IS.
Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-02-23
OIL NOTES.:
THE OIL MARKET.

Indiana ........ ..................'. a.
From Saturdays Daily.
The price of the credit balances
is unchanged at the office OF the
Seep Purchasing agency.
The nearby pools have failed to
furnish anything worthy of report.
Yoke & Co. have not yet drilled in
their No. on the c. c. Fluharty
farm, but from latest advices 1t will
be a light producer, when COM
pleted.
Cobb & Glenn have evidently
met with misfortune and delay at
their No. 3 Myers inthe southwest
extension, as they were expected to
reach the sand the early part OF this
week.
WHISKEv RUN.
Developments in the vicinity of
the Dig strike of Mallory Bros. and
Barnsdall show no signs of weaken
ing. Rigs are being rushed TO com
pletion and the drill is going at
every location that sufficient time
has elapsed to allow rig 10 be
completed.
The we'll on the Albrecht farm is
still holding up at an astonishing
figure and would indicate rich
pool. Gartlan & Co.'S Williamson
No is drilling at about 200 feet.
This same courpauy's wefi-on the y
acre lot is spudding.
Mallory Bros. and Barnsdalps S
have the rig completed for their
No. ? ALBRIGHT.
The rig on the W. H. Hamilton
will be completed today.
The South Penn's No. I Delong
nearly ready to spud.
The we'll on the Lamm farm, To-
Gated nearly one mile from the Al
brecht we'll, is reported due.
The South Penn Oil company
has just completed Cow run dus,
e1 n the Hebron pool.
There are perhaps few men active
1y engagaged in the oil industry
who have the remotest idea of the
amount of material that is put into
y deep sand Gordon we'll, and
should you tell a shallow sand pro-
duCNr that there is something close
to two and one-third miles of rods,
tubing, casing and lines in a hole,
with a depth of 5000 feet, the
chances are your remarks would
not, receive credence. However,
this is true, and the combined
weight of all would aggregate 1873
tons, with an actual cost of S5,-
4oI.oo, making no allowance for
carriage or handling.
With these facts as a basis for
contention, it is not surprising that
the independent producer can not
operate i'll the deep sand territory
with success. In the present con-
dition of the roads, carriage will run
close to half cent a pound. Take
then, the weight of the casing, etc,
put in we'll, I5o,65o pounds, di-
vide it bv two and we find that tor
the carriage of their material alone
the cost IS S7S2 IS, or almost one
fifth the entire cost of the material
hauled.
The South Penn company has re-
Gently cut the price of drilling from
s. s. to SI25, but even at this lat
ter price it would cost about S.
$50 to put the hole down. Allow
then 500 tor rig, $500 for boiler,
engine, belt aud $500 for carriage on
same from the railroad. Add to
this 5000 for cleaning the we'll out
after it has been taken off the con-
tractors hands.
To this add $3.50 for connecting
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
Ends on lcASNlON.

=
Marrow chlnchilia BORDERS trim some o.
the simple but elegant costumes being pre-
pared for Lcntcp wear this season.
Worth IN making hall gnwns with ac-
Gordon -piaited silk In tuilc skirts and
apron oypiskirts OF satin trilled With lace.
The popular new underwear fabric Is
Egyptian cotton. coated on the inside with
ii soft covering of pure silk, u rs as warm
as wool, aud yet Is more durable, less
clumsy and VIII NOT shrink,
stylish and scrviccable costumes Of mo-
hair alpacH ana wool canvas appear in
woavcs less coarse than those popular last
spring. although these heavier weavcs are
still In great favrr With many women.
In hne buttons for bodlccs and tickets
some handsome novelties are shown In eel
lulolt, jet steel md porcelain. The latter
are especially lovely. and often look like
miniatures. go oxpuisltely are Ideal heads
Iatnted upon them.
Blousca. wiki vefy handsome jewelri
btlts and doe7rollars 10 match. are still In
great favor for thoatcr and dcmi- dress
opcfA w,ery Most of the latest models arc
fipished with some sort ot n pretty yoka
or guimpe oil fabfic different from The
blouse itself
Russian jewelry Is becoming as much tue
craze here usS At has boon and s in Paris.
II IL quite The go Tor cbatelatnes belts.
collars. rfusla, buckles and the many ornA
ments worn hy+vmart women or tho day.
India gold work Is nlso much 10 tho fore
for personal adjournment. and beautiful ns
II Is In It's elnborateness " Is euli more
so when cxQuisitely jewelcd.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
METEOROLOGICAL.


GALLOWAY Mckinney Texas February
ie-Grnrdma Galloway died al Nylie yeaisr.
say MT inc age or ~. Several from here went
down 10 her burial today.
rpKvDiA i.zsi'ioresyille Texas, February
i9.--Ths D months old child Of a, 4. Coryojri
died here early this morning from the effects
OF foyer, which threw II ipto spasins W.
soLRisf.- Wharton Texas, February ia.~-
Tipd al the residence OF her son, X. II, p.
scrisl. al AIS today Mfe' Martha Sprrrls
after short Illness IN The neyentyrhtth year
OF her age.
FARIs. GraprIand, rexas. FEBRUARY IL.
Rev. j. r. Farls. ~ old and highly respected
citizen. died today pbout n o'clock at hia
rcgictrce. four niles cast Of town Mr.. FARES
was q minister Of the Presbyterian chutsa
aud inneh beloved BY all who knew Hun
lie leaves large family and a host Of friends
20 mourn his loss.
i.hNKIS& -Luiing, Texns February ~: :
Died. at the family Residence ~ this. ciiy,
Friday evening. February Is. AT 6;{5. Lewis
a. II Lewis Lalnitin. aged o. years; Z months q
aud rs days The funeral took place today
a. the city cemetery Ut O'clock p M. Key
finnfry III the First baptist church oihcla.-
ing Mr. Lamkin was one ef The towh's .Qld.
az e aud nost highly respefled citizens. and
t.s aehfh viii leave vacant nioee amQnl
~ that will be hard 70 hll, QenlAll trrs:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
HORSES ON THE TRACK.
A MAN CONVICTED orNTyING THEM
THERE.
M. pInn Was 10 Collect Damages
From the nntlrond Company
When Tbcy We're Killed.

Athens, Texas, February 81, --In the dis
irict court today John Hatton pleaded
guilty to the charge Of obstrueting the
Track Of the Cotton Belt railroad and nas
given two years in the pcnllellia Y Eight
other cases OF like character agi'nst Inn
were dismissed. The cases for The sa.ne
offence against other PARTIES we're 'lso
dismissed. Haiton was charged with plac-
ing horses and mules on the railway track
TO DO killed so he could collect damages.
Hatton WAS supposed 10 be the prime mover
and instiantor OF tho scheme and Tho STATE
agreed To dismiss all charges against shpse
under arrest IN the event OF q Plea ~
guilty from him.
Tbis ends one OF the most sensational
lrspls in tho history OF this connty Frn'e
200 Witnesses were In the court house qua
yard a. one time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
Mn.,,lnn ncIIrntc .oe,ls.

Flanncls Soak in cold horax water; II
very soiled make a light latheri souse up
and down and rinse we'll Must never be
rubbed
Red table demasl--- Never use hot water
kong evenly; snap well; never Iron.
Corsete- Remove etcclR IN front and
sides, put corset on board and scrub with
iepid water or CASTLE eoap. Rinse under
faucet. pun until straight and dry IN cool
place pulling whom partly dry
SILK stockings Wash in lathor OF castle
soap. rinse very fhoroughly IN clear watcr
turn wrong side ont wiring dry In clothi
when nearly dry stretch and rub In hands
ic shape them do not iron.
SILK underwear lather of white
soap. water hot not seald!ng; sdiicose IN
hands, rinse through Two waters, shake,
snap and null In 10 shape Pull into hhnpe
whom nearly dry: 10 MOI iron.
Blung-~h good tos, for discoyering the
presence Of the dangerous Prussan blue
is to dissolve a little washing soda IN
water, add blulng and heat over iire. lour
into n glass: when cold brown deposit OF
iron shows presence OF prnFaian blue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

MCKINNEY WIN Bynum, negro was shot
four times and Is expected to die
CosIASCIiE--An election WIN hn he,d nero
March to decide whether Incorporation shan
be abolished.
BLitTRAM--E Elder u. -, Saunders and Prof.
Donihitt both of Austin. are conducting q
prntfaotci incetiag II .hn cbriAtian church.
MAB RERNToN--Th mask ball Saturday
night was well ATTENDED aud was n great
success. The Post waa well represented by
an artistic and pretty mask,
tuRT WORTH Mrs, $. r Leib of San
Jose, CAL reported TO tho authorities the
loss o. her yalIsc while en- route from Cali
forGia. II contained yalnables wonh 5000
FAgMERsviLLE-A man said TO be want
cd ia ViIginbD for murder was arrested here.
EHNlS--Mansc House, ool0rnd, was serious.
liz cut Ia tho bncI Of HIS meek Saturday night
ty mn unknown party. The wound may
pFovD fatal,
GisEENvILLR- Dr, s. ). Anderson, presl..
dcn. OF Burcson college, has Just received
void from Roy. J. W. Connolly OF Trenton
Tim, liz has willed his library to the college
Mr. Connolly Is well known In North TeSns
Il,ldet. us nom de plume OF 'Old Choc,' hay
ing HEED among the Choctaws III early life
,rha illrnry s valued at $1,000 ana VIII be
spe:dd addition to Bnrleson college,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
SUIT AGAINST i. AND G. n.


Galveston. Texas, February 2l--John
Owens. manager OF the Galveston Export
company, today filed in the Federal court
an application for writ OF mandamus and
a plea for damages against the lnterna-
tlonal and Great Northern Railroad COM
pany The application grew out OF "A ship
ment of corn from Kansas city 10 GalveE-
ton. Complainant alleges IN his petition
that on or about January ], 1879, ne pur-
ctafgd OF Hail a. huDinsOn 0i kaJpdb
City large quantity OF corn to be deiiy-
cred TO petitioner at Galveston; that ten
cans OF corn were delivered 10 the Kansas
.Cky pjitgburg and Gulf Railroad com
pany with express directions to transfer
the same over its own line and that OF the
Gulf and Interstate TO Galveston, the same
having been billed 10 shippers order; that
said bills OF lading was issued 70 ikill a.
Robinson and duly iDdorsed ia conpiain-
ant. who Is now and WAS owner OF said
corn Complainant AYERS that without au-
thcrity or knowledge of complainant said
corn Was delivered 20 the d2fendnut conf
pany, International and Great Northern
railroad, By The Kansas CITY. PitsbuFg
and Gulf at Texarkana. TeAas or some
other point unkpoin IN complainant. ana
n..trr and by virtue 81 some aranKeuient
or agreement between said receiving COM
lany ana The defendant, aud in direct sio-
istion OF the directions given by the snip.
tara OF ea!d corn 10 routing OF bills OF
iadsng. that said corr arrived in Galveston
over defendants road about. February !.
and IS ncw held IN possession Of said de-
feadant company, defendant demands
higher and greater rate OF freight. fc-wI,.
20 cents per 100 pounds. yhilc Defendants
rave collected and received Is cents f.om
othsr psraons for like and ccntempa-
raaeors service in the transportation o. a
like kind ~ traffic from kanfas City 10
Galveston. Complainant further ayers
<.f.-. M
bushels of corn of Tho reasonable market
saIre az $4,000: that m has been greatly
iamaged by the deterioration in quantity.
grade md value III The gum ~ $500. Com
plalpant prays for writ o. mandisnus coin-
polling defendant 10 forthwith deliver said
IA GERS OF corn ID petitioner. for $1,000 at
icrney'f fsas. fiaiAascG am saeh ftsrtber
relief 81 be may N entltlad e ~ tie
iudsnea; Of nc copf luifs isrysa. fay
The petition under &neideratioa
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
An ENGINEER MISSING.
IL Is Believed That He Has Been
Drowned.

Orange, Texas, February 81 u y.
Quinn, engineer on the tug Mollie Elohi.
was missing from his vessel this morning
and it is thought that he met his d"a'h
last night by drowning. The tug is '.ing
at the shipyard above town ON the ..o'lisi-
ana side of the river. Last nisat o. IN
was In town: the last seen OF niiu was
about 80 O'Clock, when he told some com
panions that he was going pack TO the tug
and retire. The other members 0: ire
crew missed him when they turned In. but
supposing he was In town. thought no more
of IT. This morning the ship carpenters in
going 10 work found the siiff which the
engineer had been using overturned ~ the
river between town and the shipyard and
the oars missing. They reported the hnd
to the captain, who at once Instituted a
search for the missing engineer, who could
not be found, though the search has been
ke.pt up all day. Quinn was iboAt thIty
wears old, his home being In Galveston. lie
came here on the Mollie Mobr February
and has had charge Of her engines cfer
since. His family were notified by VIE
this afternoon of his probable sad fare
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
THE SUPREME COURT.
Writ of Mnndnmus to Compel Issu-
ancc of WarrNnts ntefuAed.

ancc of Warrants Refused.
Austin. Texas, February 2l.tIhe SUI
preme court today refused the writ of
mandamus asked for by Charles E Pickle
10 compel the comptroller 10 issue him s
warrant upon the State treasurer for an
alleged balance due upon his sa.aiy as
stenographer of the court of .i?il appeals
for the Third supreme judicial G,snict
from the first day of March, 1897. ~ the
18th day of May of the same year
Relator contended that the law creating
the Office OF stenographer fixed the cori-
pensation at $1,000 per annum, which was
of Itself an Appropriation and that no flr-
Their appropriation was necessary to aG-
thorize or require the comptroller 10 issue
his warrant for proper amount AMI quoted
articles 1853 and 1854 of the Revised Stat
utes in support OF said contention an. to
attack the legislatures authority To in r.
feet reduce said salary, as was done Ivy
the Twenty legislature. by arp-o-
priating by $500 per annum 10 pay for his
services.
In the courts opinion the purpose of az
tcle 1912 of the Revised Statues creating
the office of stenographer was merely to
fix the salary attached to said offire aid
not to make an appropriation for '.s pay
ment, as under section 6, article s. III the
Constitution, no money shall be drawn
specific appropriation. nor shall any APP
preparation of money be made for Il longer
term than two years.
The court does not hold that the re'ator
Is not entitled TO balance due upon his
salary as claimed by him, but merely tfat
there has been no appropriation mae for
the payment of that balance and that the
comptroller is not authorized t. draw BIS
warrant therefor.
Othar cases decided today ws-a:
Reversed and remunded = Alexander
Sanger VS.. NJ. A. Warren ct al. from
Dallas; d. NJ. OConnor VS.. s. G. ard
A w. Vineyard (guardians), from Aran-
sas.
Affrmed-T. II. Henderson VS., D. sulli-
van, from Bexar.
Affirmed by agreement OF parties--Josepn
Cuba w. Island City Savings Bank ct al.
from Victoria
submitted--J. r. Sutton ct al VS.. II. T..
Simon, Gregory & Co., from Mcclellan. ccr-
tilted questions.