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BRUSHES.A fresli supply just received American, French and German.Hair BrashesFrom 25c Up.Fine Solid Back Brushesat 50c.Military Brushes at $1.00. Cloth Brushes at 20c. Tooth Brur-lies at 10c-Whisk Brocuis at 15c.L™k at our 25c grade. Robber Combs at 10c.The best ever offered at 25c. Horn at 10c.Shaving Brushes at 10c.Genuine Badger VeryCKeap.None but the best quality and all sold at low prices.Cohn Qakleaf,BooKsellera and StationersCOL. DRAKE'S LATTER DAYS.Removal to Bethlehem—His Children and Their Whereabouts—Legislative Enactment.CoL Drake was twice married, his first wife being Philena Adams, ol Springfield, Mass. Their only eon died in early manhobcL Mr. Drake's second wile, who was present at the ceremonies of the unveiling yesterday, was Laura C. Dowd, of Madison. Conn., who was fifteen years younger than her husband. Three children blessed this union, Alfred Lee Drake, who was horn at New Haven, Conn.. and now resides in Denver, Col.; Charles Henry Diuky, l.o. a i.i Titusville, anil at pris cut living in Massachusetts, and Lsutr;i. who was to a in Brooklyn. N. Y. Tlw latter is Mrs. Henry O. Minory, of Germantown, with whom her mother makes her home.During their residence in Titusville Col. and Mrs. Drake were active in Episcopalian church affairs. At the iime oi the building of St. James' Memorial church, then under the guidance of the late Rev. Henry Pardon,I). R. fl ere was great rivalry between Franklin ami Tilusville iu the raising of funds for the purpose, but Col Drake secured the largest subscription for Titusville.The Drake family removed from Titusville to Brooklyn, and later to Naves ink. About this time Col. Drake’s sufferings from muscular neuralgia grew more pronounced andin V r rlc him inbis command of state troops in Michigan, he having lived at Ann Arbor previous to coining to the oil regions.COLONEL EDWIN L. DRAKE.[Continued From First Page.Jto the generous men of the Pennsylvania ail regions a testimonial fund, amount in to $4,833.50. was raised and sent io his aid in J1. In 3 873 the legislature of Pennsylvania gave him a pension of ?l.rU0 a year so long as he lived, then to be continued to his wife during her life. He died at Bethlehem. Pa., on Nov. 8. 1880.THE FAMOUS DRAKE WELL.Oil Still Fills the Hole, and May Be Dipped Up With the Aid of ’ String and Cup.The Drake well was the first well drilled for pe.roleum in the UnitedSlates, From time immemorial the iu-frb’. n.f'idians are claimed to have obtained sun ace oil from the valley of Oil Creek, near this city. The oil oozed out ot the ground and made its appearance on the surface of the water. It was dipped up by soaking woolen blan-.ve.s iu it and then wringing them out. .t was first used sor medicinal purposes. anil brought high prices. To he present time, it has a field of its own as a remedy lor rheumatism and Juher diseases, apart irom its other uses. Colonel E. L. Drake, believing hat the oil percolated through the fis ures and crevices of the rock lilte.vater, conceived the idea of sinking..r^esian wells as the best means to .eture it in larger quantities. This neJiocl was in vogue at Tarentnm. .vhere salt wells were numerous. He .ourneyed by horse and buggy to Tar-mtum, located cn the Allegheny river, nd to his delight and surprise learnednat the salt wells yielded a small per-entage of petroleum. He at once con raeted with two salt well drillers to .«ink a well for petroleum oil near this L:.y. This was in 1857. and two years ..t er in the spring of 1859, he finally losetj wit;? Wiiiiam Smith, known tc. .tistory as Uncie Billy Smith, a practi-al driller, io pul down the first well, md work was begun after Innumerable difficulties on May 20.of that year, fhe well that Drake drilled is located .bout a mile south of the city, on the ;ast bank of Oil Greek. It was com •fieted on August 27 of that year, at a depth of sixty-two and a hair feet from he surface. Most of the oil region islories give the date as the 2Sth, but his is erroneous, as the 2Slh was Sun biy. and Drake, who was a strict Bp is copalian. would permit no work on the ..ord’s day. Cure ul research seems to jstablish Aug. 27 os the day Drake struck oil. The well filled up to within i few feet of the suria.ee wilh nil. and ifter the necessary pmnns and tank-igo bail been secured, was put to juimping. i-or simosi a year it yielded ro;n 2D io 3d daily. Sunday.;hon if was sinit down, excepted.Previous (obis death, the Lite David Emery c-volvqa u plan to erect a monument Io Coinncl Drake. Irom the proceeds o' oil to lie pumped from the old well. IIo caused if to be cleaned out, drilled deeper, and did considerable oLier work on if, but the project was not a success. The floor of she derrick erected by Mr. Emery still surrounds ihe well, although considerably dilapidated, end from it protrudes the eight-inch drive nipo. Oil si ill fills the hole.! STYLE AND COMPORT.♦♦♦♦ These two qualities are em- t + bodied in the celebrated line of +♦ Ladies’ Shoes manufactured by ♦ Vvright Peters, Rochester, of*♦ which we are sole agents in this ♦ % city, *♦if you wish to enjoy real com- $ ^ fort you should wear this par- ^ £ ticular kind and we assure you never wear any£ that you w... ------♦ other make. ^♦ The heavy sole Welt Shoes $ are as flexible as the Turns, a %£ feature to be found only in ❖♦ .— ...... — - ^♦bench made shoes. Prices areI $3.50 and $4.00.1Let us add your name to♦$*■♦**♦*our ^long list of satisfied customers, ^I.♦imer Bro.i21 V/. SPRING ST.**IIN GRANITE AND BRONZE.[Continued From First Page.]he fall of 1SS9 under the supervision! Mi. P. Melvin, superintendent o building construction for the Standard 351 coonpSby, with headquarters at Oil City. The granite work, the putting ogetber of the monument, and the execution. of the carving and lettering vhich adorn it, was in charge of the Yew England Granite company. To ■vork of construction proper was beam in September, 1900, and was fin-shed in December of the same year, the task of lettering the tablets and irvii'g the ficures of Grief and ?.T«in--ry was commenced in March follow-•nS. and required nearly six months to omplere. The figure of ‘ The Driller.us set in place about the middle cfYugust last. The monument was com detect and accepted in behalf of the. ’onor by Mr. C. N. Payne, genera manager of the National Transit com-.any, who has had general supervision • f the cntiie work, on the 12th of Sep-embor last.The central figure of The Driller”s the product of the genius of. the cel-:hrated sculptor, Charles T, Niehaus. of New York city, and the architect .vlio drew the plans of the monument .vas Charles-Brigham, of Boslon, both of whom stand high in their chosen irot'essions. John YVilHams, of New fork, cast the bronze. Tlie monument is 2S fee! broad. 18 feet high, and 15 ccl in depth. It is approached by a fiighl of four semi-circular steps, and r-i-ji the floor within the semi-circular wings, two more steps lead up to the icaestal upon which stands the cen-ral figure. The wings themselves are32 feet in height. The cost of the mon-iment has not been made public, but those in a position to form a correct vt'u'ute place it at from $25,000 to ?:’n It. stands at the bu.slt;* of a. triangular plot, slightly raised fromi f level of the road, which the rp'-xdivides, and which runs gracefully .round lioib sides of the edifice, at a point about 100 yards distant from themeierv enf ranee. Next nr ins this
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Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 05, 1901
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