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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1882
Page
3
Local notes from Warren Pennsylvania in June 1882 cover oilfield growth, new hotels planned, and an oil exchange setup at the W A telegraph office. Mentions Hazeltine selling berries, Mes senger injured by a horse, and Dr Berkstresser upgrading dental tools. Also reports on greased lightning fires, pink eye in horses, and impending ice cream festival benefiting the Entre Nous Society.
A collection of local notices and comments from Smethport Democrat readers. Updates include Maria Schermerhorn's return from school, editor Wilson en route to the front, Crandall of Empire Refining visiting, and several residents traveling, relocating, or planning events. The column also reports church activities, wedding plans, and a gifted gold watch with a petroleum-themed inscription.
Growing Warren notes new office move of Dr. Preston next to the M E Church. S W Waters builds a frame house on Water street near Second for his mother who sold property to Mr. Greaves. A J Davis enlarges Miles house with porch roof and paint. Wm Swanson adds bay window and porch on East and Second. Struthers Library site ground broken. John Dunn contractor for dirt removal. M Waters prepares foundations for new double house on Falconer lot. discusses brick block on Hickory opposite town building. A new livery opens at Warren Hotel barns by Dr G W Lesler. He offers horses carriages to let and veterinary calls. Judge Johnson’s painters spruce up Johnson's Exchange. Warren grist mill nearly finished and ready to buy grain. next week to grind for customers. Mills owners and Ensworth bring capital and miller expertise to supply best flour locally.
On June 14 1882 at 4 pm Rev J M Thoburn of Warren and Miss Emma Merchant were wed at the bride’s parents home in Corry. Rev A J Merchant officiated with Dr Bugbee assisting as Allegheny college students and townspeople gathered for the ceremony and reception. The couple, graduates of class 81, were celebrated by friends with gifts and well wishes as they begin married life for Thoburn’s ministerial career.
All soldiers and sailors of the late war are asked to assemble at the Armory of Co. 1 in Warren on Wednesday evening June 21 at 8 o'clock to organize an association and plan a reunion set for the second Tuesday of September. Committee members include J. O. Parmlee and F. W. Milner.
Rail lines report heavy travel between Warren and Sheffield with Warren adding seventeen daily passenger trains and Clarendon service starting to Sheffield three times daily. Labor strikes in the West shrink railroad business as companies discharge thousands, including 3,500 on Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh.
The report highlights four major gushers: Anchor Oil Co wells 647 and 635, Murphy 619, and Mystery, with initial gushes of 400 barrels then 2,920 barrels in 24 hours for 647. Murphy and Mystery flow about 100 barrels per hour, with waste losses. Mahoopany 611 could become significant. other wells shut down and field prospects described as persistent and improving.
May runs from the middle field covering Glade Clarendon Sheffield and Blue Jay totaled 91 041 93 barrels split between the Union Line and Warren Line. Daily average 2 931 83 barrels, up from April 2 369 98 by about 600 barrels. Output includes part of the 646 well opened on May 17. Murphy producer started June 1 so its output not included.
The Bradford Era highlights Farnsworth at the head of the Horton plank road as the lively oil town prospect with lots selling for 100 to 150 dollars on five year leases. Tenants include Oil Well Supply Co and local firms while Garfield vies for growth south of town and post office plans hinge on site selection between Farnsworth and Garfield.
Burgess Jamieson sold nine Warren borough lots belonging to G N Barmlee Esq auctioneer. First block included two graveyard lots Nos 59 and 61 with Nesmith and Dennison purchases totaling 1595 dollars. Water street parcels sold to Sersall GreenlandLeonhart Merck Copeland Mintzer for 11469 dollars. Grand total 15244 dollars. Terms: one third on deed, one third in one year, balance in a year with interest by bond mortgage. Proceeds fund town sewers and potential new store development.
Judge Brown and Associates adjourned session granted licenses to Warren Eckert and Schaeffer Fred Baltzinger G A Leonhart M Fitzgerald C Schwing Frank Metzgar Mrs C W King M Mead Kinzua J H Williams Tidioute W P Shaw W D Bucklin George Jones Clarendon James Monroe Frank Kuntz Cynthia S Weaver W W Davis Cherry Grove T P Hill C H Weasel Sheffield Charles Shaw C D Veasie Sugar Grove J Wiggins Youngsville C H Gregory Russellsburg Eben Dean Columbus C H Walton Triumph D Wiggins South West Joseph Hoeness Refused licenses to Warren H J Wilhelmus Tidioute N N Hanchett L E Hammond Kinzua E B Marsh Joseph Hale Garland Wm Hathaway
By request of Warren citizens, N Greenland announces a new furniture store at the High and Hazel streets corner. He invites friends and strangers to patronize with a share of their trade and extends a cordial invitation to all. L G Noss, Druggist endorses Wells Tooth Paste.
The article notes crude oil prices at 522 bid with cheaper crude than eight years. reports on United Pipe Lines telegraph office at 646 and new wells in Oil City and Fayette County. It cites $9,000,000 drop in crude stock values, activity in Cherry Grove and Forest county, and a $80,000 to $105,000 sale of 150 acres. It mentions a Grandin Bros. test at 2700 feet and widespread lease hunts, plus damages estimated at fifty million dollars from Cherry Grove developments.
Workers flood Garfield and Granny City as rigs proliferate and leases are sought. Men camp in woods and log hollows while hotels feed crowds and supplies must be hauled eight miles amid rising prices. The scene resembles a busy forsaken city during the oil rush.
It is advertised as a water clear hair restorer that cures dandruff restores natural hair color and promotes regrowth without harming health unlike other preparations. It claims to darken faded hair to a glossy brown in a few days and is sold by Smith Kline Co and Crittenton in Newark.
Adjutant General Latta orders rifle drill for National Guard in 1882. Special Order No. 16 reports Lieut Col Henry C Clarke dishonorable discharge from the Sixteenth Regiment under section 66. An election is planned during encampment. Camp John Fulton Reynolds will host the Lewis ton encampment August 5 to 12 with transport subsistence and camp gear provided. Regular fall inspection by the Adjutant General will occur during the camp.
Warren County Pomona Grange No 10 held sessions June 1 2 at Spring Creek drawing attendees from Warren Erie and Crawford counties. Mrs A H Olmstead welcomed guests Rev Todd of Garland gave a response later David Wilson of Erie spoke publicly and four received the fifth degree. A large dinner followed. A voting session adopted a resolution favoring legislation to prohibit manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. Meeting adjourned to Freehold August 31 September 1 1882.
The 1882 Chautauqua Assembly opens with language school from July 8 to August 17. The teachers' retreat runs July 8 to July 28. The foreign missionary institute is July 29 to August 3. The annual opening is July 29. The Sunday school assembly runs August 1 to August 21.
Johnson and Siegfried successors to Hazeltine and Co announce Variety Hall as the unchanged old stand for drugs paints books wall paper and fancy goods on favorable terms. The prescription department will be a specialty and Hazeltine books stay for settling accounts. Also announcing curtains by Johnson and Siegfried and neckwear at George Ball and Co.
Drilling to start at Pleasant Township site with tools on the ground. Syracuse well progresses toward a July 4 finish. Captain Dingley previously drilled wells on Sill's run, claiming potential oil payoffs. Tionesta and Grace renew Beaver branch operations on forest tract 5211 with rigs deployed further down East Hickory creek. Two more wells rigged about a mile down the creek by other firms. Local merchants advertise clothing, wallpaper, and furniture in Warren.
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