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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1859
Page
2
The article quotes Stephen Girard declaring advertising essential even in dull times. He argues sustained spending keeps a business before the public and secures sales that would otherwise be lost, framing it as a wise, ongoing investment.
In a call for a Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate the author argues for a nonpartisan pick acceptable to all factions. Col Curtin is suggested as a fit, with a note that the speaker does not commit anyone yet. Also reports a jail escape and reform concerns about the county jail.
The official county returns publish a clean Republican sweep with majorities from 230 to 540. The piece credits disciplined, uniform voting and notes little or no local strife. It highlights various counties and a Virginia insurrection report, plus a Warren County oil discovery near Mullengar Creek affecting Spring Creek township.
Official figures from the district show H. R. Rouse of Warren County and Hiram Butler of Crawford winning the Assembly seats with votes in Crawford and Warren. The report notes counts for Butler, Rouse, and Lowry across Crawford and Warren, plus local commentary on a freight agent appointment and county political chatter.
Mr. Ford reports several clusters of grapes grown since July with many fully ripe on vines this year. Truman Kidder brings two beets weighing nine and a half pounds with a very large circumference. The steeple of the new Baptist Church is nearly ready to rise and is expected to be finished this Fall if weather permits.
The Warren County Teachers Institute held a semi annual session in Sugar Grove, closing August 8. The article lauds President L L Spencer and speaker Rev. Mr. Rouse, praises Miss M Emma Buckinhate, and urges teachers to unite in association to extend educational power and influence across the county.
Exhortation from E A Anderson urges unity and effort among teachers for the Warren County Teachers Institute. The paper also prints local notices about the Sunbury & Erie Railroad jubilee, grand jury presentment for a county work house, and multiple short items including stage lines, perfumery ads, fashion offerings, Thanksgiving date, and a planned billiards match.
Official 1859 returns show Cochran and Keim elected by about 20,000 majority. Senate majority for Opposition 9, House 36. A long list of district results names Isaac Marselis John Parker George Smith Thomas Bell and others. Also notes trusteeship votes, sporting betting, and Iowa and Michigan political notes.
A new oil bearing strata 34 feet thick was bored near a farm operated by J Parker and a second spring opened 28 feet below the surface. Licenses to bore for oil surged in value with offers reaching 20000 for a half interest in a 15 year lease on 100 acres. The Drake spring tract, once taxed and sold for a cow, could now fetch vast sums. The oil is medicinal and luminous, an effective lubricant that resists gumming.
Visitors recount the Seneca Oil Spring near Titusville where underground oil discoveries grow. Drake’s 15 year lease began in 1858 with 12 1/4 cents per gallon profit, and a 71 foot bore struck a subterranean oil vein last month. Pump capacity rises from 400 to 1600 gallons per day as more owners drill along the stream.
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