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Letter from Pithole.Pitqolb Cittv March 12tbf 18G6. Ed, Onssavca:—IJhe, grcar event of the week is the opening qf railroad communication «ith the outer world. The Oil City and Pith ole Rail Road triios begin to ran regularly to-day, leaving Piihole City at 10 A. M. and i P. M., and connecting with trains for Amer*. lea. The whistle of the first through locomo-live was the occasion of great rejoicing among Pitholians, and all look for'an improvement In business aa well as comfort,— With -the present elegant helel aojommod*-v tioas of this borough, it is anticipated that Pithole City will become,, during the spring and summer, the centre of oil operations.— Among the hotels the Danforth House now takes the lead, having been for some time working its way upw *rd in popnlarity and excellence.'Xke Bcrongh is now quiet and orderly, a reduction and change In the police force caving been recently made. Several yfforis were made te overthrow tho officers elected, but none were successful, as the Legislature Stepped in with an act legalising the electton. Senator Hoge has rcceuHf-made a raid upon, the concert saloons, popularly known as “free fifid easyt,” there being heretofore no law applicable to the case of •• pretty” waiter girls engaged in dispensing rifU whiskey and lager beer te week mankind.,In the meantime, the souhd o! the church bell will toon be beard, and the Methodist congregation is growing rapidly. Numbers of those who have heretofore been only those nondescript creatures known sj^‘ operators11 are bringing their families and taking uptheir residence here.Society, so-called, is also Improving—that
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Erie Observer
Erie, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1866
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