The Olean Democrat from Olean, New York • Page 1

SIXTEEN PAGES. PAGES 9 TO 16 VOL. I I CLEAN, CATTARAUGU3 CO. NEW YORK. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1 8 9 NO.

14 OIL OPERATIONS. TFiltlwoocl Hah Come to the Front Ajjjiu-- Local Operations. A Pittsburg dispatch Deceptive, ever vacillating to the nur- prine of all came up smiling jet.ttrd.iy and is ready for the third round titter it was thought it had been hipped. Of the many surprises tbid field has presented, none have been greater than the developments of yeblerd'ay On the youth- west The end that was thought in sight two weeks ago is not yet. it the Green lee Forst well, on the Peebles farm, which found the second pay at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, should a stayer.

Tne well was four feet in the sand Wednesday night and the hole full of oil. They started the diill again and when eighteen feet in the sand got the second pay. The well is flowing 100 barrels an hour. The owners were as much surprised at the magnitude of the well as those who were not interested, for only two tanks, each with a capacity of 250 barrels, had been erected, and the pipe line had not been requested to connect the well. Inconsequence of this, before the lines can be completed some of the production will fiuj its way into Pine Creek.

Coon Manderville's No. 1 on Kress theistiventy feet in the sand making ten barrels an hour. The Roth Oil Co. have rig up for their No. 2 on the Fogle farm.

Ireland Hughes are 15 feet in the sand on the J. Bryant farm but had no oil at 5 o'clock lastevening. They may get it deeper. McC'urdy is" dividing honors with "Wild wood. There are but few operators ho hold nterests in both fields and in consequence the scouts when they come in are besieged by both classes for the latest news from the field.

THE ALLEGANY FIELD. The Bradford Era's oil scout visited t'ie Allegany field Friday, and sizes it up as follows: Work in the Allegany field continues on the decline; but little new work has been done during the month, and there is no disposition on the p.arfc of operators here to increase the production of old wells, even if such a thing were possible by the extensive use of explosives. The fact is attributed mainly to the continued low price of crude. The Allsgany Oil company have completed a well on the Manning farm. It will probably do three barrels.

The Burlmgame Parker Oil company's well on the May farm, which showed for a good well, proved to be only of a three barrel calibre. The same company- have a rig building on the Burliugame farm, further north, which is supposed to be on the extreme southern edge of this pool, and the progress of the drill at this point will be watched with interest. Locations have been made for ells on the Parker and May farms. F. R.

Page finished his well on the Heinenian farm this week and it started off like a gusher, doing twenty-five barrels a day. It is on the decline and will settle to about ten barrels. Mr. Page has a rig up on the Meloy farm. Bussell, Johnbon Co.

have completed a four barrel well on the Laubenthail farm. Several well known operators in this field are leaving for pastures new. The Alexander Brothers are pulling up stakes and shipping their machinery and rigging to the Butler field, where they will try their luck. GAS FOR PORTVILLE. A Ceres, correspondent writes that a syndicate composed of Bolivar, Port- viile and Oleau capitalists have leased 2.000 acres of territory lying north of that village and propose as soon as spring opens to pipe gas to Ceres and continne the line down the river to Portville, a distance of five miles.

Two wells have already been drilled ou one of the as they show a strong pressure of the needed article there; is no doubt of an abundant supply. JOther wells will be drilled at once and the enterprise may be said to be a go of the moat pronounced type. Wilson Brothers, of Bolivar, are engineering the scheme. A NEW FIELD. A Cuba dispatch says: A syndicate of capitalists formed a combine to be known the Cuba Oil company, and have leased a large orea of territory in North Cuba, and will at once proceed to bounce the drill.

Locations have been timbers are the ground, and the work of building rigs was begun yesterday. FOR OIL OR GAS, M. L. and T. J.

Fenton have leased to a stock company represented by R-illin Dow, of Randolph 2,500 acrej- 01 land in what is known as the John Fenton tract i thst town of South Valley. Cattaraugus county. The company will drill several wells on the land in th" hope of securing either oil or The tract comprises 30,000 acres, ami the Messrs Fenton will retain 1,000 acre.s for their use. At Ruviolph J. W.

Bencorn is con- tinueing his operation. He has three or four wells i ,1 fair fk'w iu3 is now at work connecting tlivm pipe 5 expi-ois to i pH ing gas to consumer-, in th" "-pi ing. THEY ATE RAW HAM. A Tailor mid i ife sinffcrlng From two 1 -s PCJO rLirl" 5 TVi-'NT a R'c i i i a mi took i' homf Ins f.iiir.y. H- 1 his v.

sfe SPJZ-M terrr n'n in ihf i i and Dr. J. J. via- ciilejl. T' doctor found it they -ufT-rinz fro fin of i Ti" 411 c.ivcri d.

K'-mp" onured hi ton and his face hap a ghastly pallor. He has entirely lost the use of one arm, and the physicans say a there are thousands of the minute worms in his body. His case ia considered Hopeless. Wagner is 41 years old and has five children. The latter did not eat any of t' raw meat, so are not alZected by the disease.

THE COMMON COMNCIL. MAPLE MAKING. A Contrast Between Old Methods Present Ones. The Hornellsville Farmers' club discussed maple sugar making at a recent meeting. The Hornellbville Times says: Mr.

Azuriah Beach, of Willing, Allegany couutj, opened the discussion, gave a very interesting account of the, progress that had been made in the process cf the manufacture of the maple product since his boyhood, when his rather boiled the sap in a row of kettles hung from a pole--a five pail kettle being the largest; later, a pan with iron bottom and wooden sides set on an arch. A very great improvement from that to tlie cauldron kettle hung from a balance pole; then the potash Kettle, with eaders to supply the sap irorn the storage tub; next the improved pan iron side, and now the patent evaporator. Mr. Beach explained his method of tapping his trees, and exhibited before the club the instrument that he uses for this purpose, being an ordinary double bitted axe, with one bit worked down narrow by a blacksmith and formed in the shape of a gouge, about one and one-half inc With a stroke of this bit he cuts a gash in the tree with an upward slant, and then drives a sheet iron spout under, with nail below to hang bucket on. As the season advances and the wound begins to dry over, he around with a gouge and mallet and cuts the lip from above the gash first made, making a fresh wound and renewing the flow of sap.

Mr. Beach believes that this method of tapping is preferable to the usual method ot boring as it makes a shallow wound, and will dry and heal over, and is not as liable to decay as a deeper hole in the tree. Two things must be strictly borne in mind to insure a perfect product, absolute cleanliness, and completing the manufacture as soon as possible from the tree. A large tub is used for gathering, and roads are cut to drive conven- ieutlyito all the trees. A good man gathers from 800 trees in half a day.

All wooden tubs and leading troughs are paintad. red outside and white inside, and re-painted as often as the paint begins to scale off. The sap is strained into drawing tub, and again to the evaporator. The Cook evaporator is used, and is thoroughly wasiied once every twenty-four hours, the false sides being washed twice a day. The syrup is strained to the small syrup, or sugaring off, pan, and boiled to the point required to weigh, eleven pounds per gallon.

If sugar is the desired product, the boiling is continued until it will break readily dropped on snow, then turned into cooling pan, and stirred to the proper grain, coaise or fine, as desired, using a wooden paddle, and is moulded in fiVe pound moulds. No foreign substance is used for cleaning, believing that nothing is more pure than the maple sap, if kept in its purity as it comes from the tree. He does not approve of the use of woolen strainers, but prefer fine linen. Proceedings of Thursd-iy Xiglit's Uegular VPeekly Meeting. The meeting of the common council held Thursday was fa short and uneventful one.

All the members were present with the exception of Alderman Dean, of the Fourth, but not much business of importance was transacted. Lieutenant R. M. Whitney, of the Forty-third Separate company, asked for the remittance of the charge against the armory for the construction of the sidewalk in, front of the property on Barry street. He regarded tiie armory as a public improvement, and did not think the company should have to pay for the The tax was remitted.

The recent flood was the subject of an informal discussion. A few weeks ago a resolution was passed by the council petitioning the state legislature for an appropriation of to defrav the expense of raising and strengthening the banks of the Olean creek and Allegany river at this point, to prevent the overflows which have become so frequent of late. A committee of prominent citizens was also appointed to eo to Albany and urge the passage of a bill granting the appropriation. The clerk had neglected to officially notify the gentleman of their appointment. He was instructed to do so immediately.

At last week's meeting Riley Wands, the wholesale grocers at the corner of Union and Sullivan streets, presented a bill for S220 for damages to stoi. stored in their cellar surface water flooding it. The street committee last evening reported that they had investigated the" matter and were of the opinion that Riley Wands were entitled tone damages. Their report was accepted and the bill disallowed. Alderman Goodwin stated that Joseph Heilbrunn desired the city to re- street in front of his new junk buildings to admit of the ingress egress of heartily loaded wagons.

The matter was referred to the street conr- mittee. It was voted to order a fire alarm indicator for the new Fountain hose house on First street. The following bills were audited and ordered paid: George Kasselhock, street work, two 93" JohnSeifreid, street work 825 C. V.B.Barse Co supplies 8.25 J. D.

Harris, constable T.flO M. Albrecht, sewer supplies 15.63 Pm'lip McClnre, sign 50 N. S- Goodwin, seed for park B-20 Gillingliam supplies 57.77 NEARLY SIX MILLIONS. raugtis county as they have been able to get their hands on.The result isthat thev now i the principal factories in cenlryl Ghautau.ma, and a great in Ctitlaraugus county. To an outsider this looks like a big scheme to control the cheese output.

But it will not work. As long as the firm does the square i farmers they can have the privilege of making the milk. When they undertake to cut the corners, new combinations and new factories will be he result. BEAR KILLING- Announcement of tiie I'opulation of Jfew York State by Counties. The census bureau has announced the population of the state of New York by counties as follows: Albanv 164,555 Allegany Broouie 62,973 Cattaraugns Caynga.

65,30.2 Ciiautduq.na 75.2 48.265 4b-172 Three Bears Killed in a Short Space of Time near Warren. Saturday afternoon while three men, Charles Miller, John Peters and Dick Jone, were hunting rabbits in the woods on Morrison RUB. about five miles from Warren, they found an old she bear and two cubs comfortably reposing under the lee side of a log. Miller and Peters each had a gun, but Jones's armament consisted of only a dog. By the way, the dog found the bears.

Peters first caught sight of the group and fired, killing one ot the cubs. Tin- mother and the remaining cub then made tracks, and after being pursued some distance the old one attempted to climb a tree. Jones's dog was at her heels making things lively, and as the party came up the bear was trying to ward off the dog and at the same time climb the tiee. Charles Miller walked around the tree and met Mistress Bear as she attempted to escape, aud put a charge of No. 6 shot into her head directiy be- tw een the eyes, standing at a distance of four feet from her.

Attention was next turned to the remaining cub and Mr. Miller put a shot into it. The cub started on a run and led the hunters a chase of three-quarters of a mile before it succumbed. The three carcasses were brought to Warren Sunday evening and sold to Geo. Williams, of the Adelphia Kitchen, who will serve bear steak to his customers commencing Wednesday morning.

The old bear weighed 150 pounds an 1 the cubs fifty pounds each. The hide of the large one was sold for $18. The carcasses are now on exhibition in of Williams' restaurant. The three animals were killed with Mirror. NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS.

News Notes from Near By Towns and Cities. The Mountain Echo is the name of a new weekly paper which has made its appearance at Emporium, Pa. A man examining jewelry at Edwards e's store in Buflalo last week, substituted a cheap imitation for a hand- a hat far back on a heap fringed i bangs--also, a leer and a chevr oj tobacco. Water is a favorite play- i as was attested by thousands. They edged the banks and tossed sticks into the current, or, if fortunate enough to possess si pair of top boots.they spl.ihJti- and dashed about in the water like lot of school boys, and having no more business there than the boys.

The flxd in this city notable fer thinga: The marvelous good humor on the part some diamond ring in the tray. The crowd and the rapidly increasing afil DEMOCRATS DOUBLING. theft was not discovered for several days. While returning from Little Valley Wednesday night Frank McGinitty, a farmer living two miles south of Randolph, was struck by the locomotive of Erie train 1 at the Salamanca station. His age was about 48 years and a wife and two daughters survive.

Friday Elton Brown, of Conewangro, aged 10 years, was attempting to unhitch a colt at the blacksmith shop in Randolph, when the animal kicked him in the face. It was necessary to remove a piece of the skull over the eyes, but it is thought he will not lose his bight. Mr. Cranes, the Utica gentleman who had four drummers arrested for eating a bag of oranges that belonged to Lim, has been arreted by one of the men on the charge of illegal imprisonment. He was required to give bail in the sum of $2,000, but when his bond was presented it was found to be for over $1.000.000, representing all the solid men of Utica.

Last Saturday as Frank Stone was starting a fire in the basement stove at Morgan Hall, says the Franklinville Chronicle, he heard a rustling in the stove inside. An investigation followed and a unow bird came from the stove into the room. To get there it was nec number of jags. FATAL FLAMES AT WELLSVILLE. A Family of Fire Children and Their Mother Almost Cremated, WELLSVILLE, N.

Feb. 19, The small frame residence of Mrs. Calkins and her five children, on Grove street near the B. E. C.

railroad undhouse, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire originated' from the coal stove. Members of the- family had arisen and built a fire, of soft coal, then gone back to bed, and must have fallen asleep. Neighbors dish covering the fire, broke into the housa and removed the occupants, save whk-li could not be reached. children were hurridly removed by of the windows, and all were horribly" burned.

Fera-s are entertained that mother and one or two of the children' 1 cannot recover. The sufferers we're taken to a neigfr- and afterwards removed to thte rasidcnce of A. J. Applebee, where they will receive every attention that will relieve their terrible sufferings. The remains of the child have beea- recovered and removed to the undertak- i UVJ- 1.11 VJ Jfc I 4 i -1 1 1 essarv for the bird to pass through about TMZ om of Jones, and will prob- I vr rua i -r Ii rt CisenangO CLint Columbia ---------Cortland -------------------Delaware Dutehess SOUTH VALLEY DIVIDED.

Assemblyman Wliipple has Finally Got a Bill Passed. Governor Hill Wednesday transmitted to the assembly his veto of Whippie's bill legalizing the act of the Cattaraugus county board of supervisors in dividing the town of South Valley into two towns. The governor says it is not the province of the legislature to divide a town. There is already a general act conferring such power on boards of supervisors. This is a special act legalizing and confirming the action of the board of supervisors of Cattaraujrus county in the division of ihe town of South Valley.

Wi.ile the legislature might with propriety in such interfere to some slight technical defect not ing the merits, it ought not to intervene tocorrect by a wholesal" departure from the statute under which the towns are divided. Mr. Wliipple said be was satisfi-d the governor was right and he had a new bill drawn by Professor Collins -n on the same subject. He nsked unanimous consent to introduo" and pas it now. Consent was granted and the bill was passed.

T7.S79 Erie 322981 Franklin 38.1H) Fulton 3 -t50 Genesec Greene Hamilton--- 4.7B2 Herkimer Jefferson Bangs Lews 37.S(u 42.S5 M- ro Montgomery 45.693 iork 1,515301 Oneida Ononclaga lo Oran-e Orleans OTs CO Pntnam Qneeus liei-ss-iaer Kjchmond KockLm 1 Lawence Saratoga Schi-uectady SO.N3 71. 51 -Nil 3J Two Supervisors in Chautauqua County in 1889; Sine in 1891. JAMESTOWN, N. Feb. was town meeting day in Chautauqua county.

All the supervisors in the county were elected except two in Jamestown and two in Dunkirk. The result has been a most gratifying one to the democrat's, and shows more forcibly than anything pise could have done the growth of their principles and of the party in the country. In 1889 there were but two democrats on the board of supervisors; in 1890 there were five: in in 1891 there will be nine. Following are the names of those elected, with! their party affiliations: Arkwriaht. Charles Cole, Busti, William Northrup.

Carroll, Jno. Wnnian, Charlotte. John Love, Chautauqua, George W. Hewes, Cherry Creek, Samuel A. Feirin, Clymer.

Jame? D. Gallup. Dunkirk TI ill elect in March and is strongly democratic; Ellery, wight Thum, Ellicott, Alouzo Holladay, Ellington, Sardins Frennh Geo. I. Hopgood, Gerry.

Henry Starr. Hanover, A. H. Stebbins. Harmony.

Jared Hewes, Jamestown will elect two republicans in May; Kiantone, Allen A. Gould, Mina. D. P. Horton.R.; Poiand.L-F.Wes- ton.

Pom fret. Dr. D. G. Pickett.

Portland. Augustus Blood, Ripley, Lyman Bennett. Sheridan. E. J.

Griswold, Sherman. B. J. Coffin, Stockton, Charles D. Payne.

Ville- nova, Hamilton B. Parker, Westfield. S. F. Nixon, R.

Excise commissioners were elected in nearly evvry town in the county in favor no license. Lakewood, the famous summer resort, will also seventy-five feet of stove pipe, and around several bends. Owing to his advarcing years General R. I Howard of Buffalo, owner of the Howard stock farm, has sold for $60,500 all the horses, stock on his farm, comprising 90 trotters and two coach horse. The purchaser was W.

J. White of Cleveland who owns the Two Minute stock farm of 275 acres, jutout of Cleveland. Thither the horses will be removed. White has amassed his large fortune from the sale of Yucatan gum. Gowanda is startled over the sudden disappearance of Col.

Munson. one of her best known and liberal citizens. Financial difficulty is the cause of his departure. The Herald of that place says: "Col. Munson has been a good deal of an anomaly to the citizens of Gowanda, and to a certain extent--a character--his eccentricities were many and are well known.

He came to Gowanda ten or twelve years ago apparently in straightened circumstances and went in- the employment of the late firm of Sellow Popple. After a time he appeared to have plenty of money and no ever knew from where it came. He soon married, and has mown a wide swarth since and always appeared to have money in abundance, and it was not generally known that lie was a boirower. Col. Munson has kept his life's history entirely to himself, and to the great discomfiture of the curious, he came; he has gone.

It is believed by many that he will yet return and satisfactorily adjust his now tangled matters." ably be viewed by the coroner. The father left Wellsville some two- years ago, and his whereabouts are nofc known here. The firemen were slow to get a laid, but nothing further extinguishing the embers could be accomplished, as the house was very small, and was burned nearly to the grounw when they arrived. DISCUSSING ANNEXATION. FARMERS' SUGAR TRUST.

I Scnica SUPREME COURT. Their Combinations Fail to Bring: About any Good Bt-snlts. A Sinclairville dispatch says: The maple sugar crop is one of the big things central and southern Cliautauqua, and in a goo-i year tiie output readies away up in the thousand pounds. Lately the farmers have given more attention to the manufacture of syrup than sugar, there being more money in the former; but when it was made known that the product of the maple came under the buxar bounty law, there was a hurrying The Citizens of Beardmanville are to Realize their Position. The destruction by fire of CharieS- Carter's residence in Sunday evening seems to have awakeneflt the citizens of that suburb to a realization of their unprotected condition regard to fires.

The fire was a disastrous one, but it would have been more so had the wind been blowing ia another direction. Last evening a number of the citizens held a meeting to discuss annexation to the city and ways and means of piotection. A few thought the organization ot a hook and ladder company would answer all present requirements, but the majority were in favor of ana came out strongly for annexation to the city, whsreby they might enjoy the full benefits of the city's protection in way yet to be determined. No definitg conclusion was arrived at, however, and ac a late hour the meeting was adjourned to Thursday evening, February 26, ate the same place. The example of the BoardmanviHe citizens might be followed with profit by the people living in the other suburbs of North and East Olean.

They wait for a practical demonstration of the wisdom of the move, such as been visited upon Boardmanville. THE Y. M. C. A.

ROOMS. They Have Been Wonderfully in Appearance Daring the C. T. Nickum and a force of workmen engaged during last Jweek tn Suffolk Fni i ReimrrectloB of a Ilnshford Woman. Sarah Monroe Elliot, an pr character, formerlv a resident of and later of Rnshford, tcfn years aijo sold two pi-ces rf ITIT! in one containing a'-y and the other ariv.

i i i a on each. Mr-. so'-n i I 4 i fi nnd was 1 Xo i was 'r paid on 1 i li'-i'l nearly i h' Mr-- UK Total iors'ate v. ith the A i 7-rMivo i cer. 1 from i- r.

Tit. Sh" "t-- to buy a Vi.ce in An lutTcstins A tady lias in lifr Globe. i n' is P. Blair. fi.

ronf i tli" farewell of An ilu- inaiiirnrnl of irtirs B'ircn. JUT) a "i inauguration i and In 1 T'i'T i- a nolic" "i i nt ov the pre-icl-ut i a i i'i i f.f 'i i lv- ir i i a tor '1 i i i sho'iM i "h-' i of of 5 r' 1 "On th" 4 i ir-' Pp rl i hi- ir It a in )-l The Ansell Assault Ended-- An Olean Cane on To-day's Calendar. LITTLE VALLEY. Feb. The jury in the Ansell and baUt-ry case dfT(d a in f.ivor of the plaintiff for MX and six f-nts Tlse c-ise transpired iiere in Anril 38S9.

and rt-snlt is genemily satisfactorily to the public. The next called wa-; Xo. 30, Solomon Curtis of Olean, against the Ky- Mone GascorajhUiy. 1h" plaintiff ask 4 for for injuries received in falling a hoi- on of The trial is bv jnrv. J.

the plaint uT-; '-nil ('air are cong th" for th" were brightening up the Y. M. C. A i with paint and paper. All the to and fro among the sugar niaserf and workFof tne par I rs has been treated mbmations were formed.

Two three a fregh an(J TM and as many as a dozen clubbed to- gether for the purpose of pooling their saccharine iVue. It lookei as though coing to years to are a great many farmers who produce the requisite -500 pounds, the majority make less than tins amount, which ex- pinins the The scheme was to -live one man of the pro and lie w.is to make his statement to the govrnuT-nt and draw the bounty. dividing th" spoil" when the returns were received. The (-diet from the i treasurv department that pngar made before 1. wa- not in it, has had a decidedly dampening effect upon tr-i3-t formers and a great many of i they have been unfairly dealt i The side and end walls of the I room and auditorium have been i with a handsome light olive 1 per, which gives them the i of being frescoed.

It is surmounted by a pretty eighteen-inch friere to match. The top walls are covered with i a handsome gilt-figured light blue oapat I for fields, trimmed in terra cotta," with double band extensions of a pretty tern. The main ceiling is trimmed in like manner, but the field is of darker blue, and n'gures are more pronounced. The effect of the new order of is to wonderfully brighten anl up the rooms, as well to their an hundred fold. Tiie waifs and ceilings of the parlors back of the auditorium have also OUTRAGE AT LAKEWOOP.

Tiie for Barnlne in Kffijrv of Temperance Adro- catet-- Combination. TOli'h 1 Emma J. Snvtli vc. Edward 02. i ml D.

i H. McMaLon v- 1 riii-l one. "fi n.ition of Indians 3.5. Rf-neca nation i i 74. i-.

A a i i Mrs. i-, an'3 Albert CJ.irk iission' r- in at FranMinMlle. scrd 74 f.i'^er of f-tv, di- (1 nt ho-im ir oT at 1 Fri! a i an illno--, of flbout a A O-1 comity 11 --r--. S-nU i 6: of rk. 'i-'-'iI in CX jng tin 1 l'i-t i i i a up as Tata! iipar Oil Citr.

I On. CITY. 111 r.j'i ro sii.jp i i 1 o'rlofk mor'-inj 1 Oil Ci'" Mon 1 i i Cond Diy.of Eist Rr.iko:!-;n« T.J. G. i i injure 1 though v.

Tue JocxU3 oil ve and tan cara th'-ir fir, linn in at i nl. of rr B' or 'i -T county, dis- true element of the an outbreak Wednfs- on excise a Busti Debrnary effiyy three of thinking to bo- to reflect on is more honor to person the support-'i it. ti.e It is all cf with a pretty paper, and a wonderfully improved appearance. Some changes have also been made in tl arrangment of tneauditoriun 1 speakers platform has been taken out of the south end of the room, cut down to half its former size, and placed in southwest corner, where the secretary's dsk formerly stood. The director? have derided not to put in fk-rtric lights, but several more gajl burners wiU be put in 1he will be made as light as could be dwired.

15 It in to i Almost A desperate effort was mads io ate the prisoners coi.fined in the go jail at Franklin 1 day evemnc during 0 oJ iff Tifty. Two men i 3 i i 3 the turnkev. the from hand arid fo r' nil' 1 1 i-' 1 i 11.