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THE AMEitlCUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDEft: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1891.
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THE LEAD MINES OF LO.
TRADITIONS CONCERNING THEM IN
PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY DIBKCTOIIV.
WITH
A lllarksnim. of Former U.jr. Who Ran
Into llull*ta Or* *,1|» piled by Indians.
Pointer* That Do Not Daraloi»—Rail
Rni'i Pipes and Wtapom,
Where, if anywhere, are the lead
mines of northwestern Pennsylvania? In
connection with attempts to answer this
question the writer hereof, in boyhood,
harvested many atone bruises by day
and treasure dreams by night, together
witli numerous traditions of the days of
practically unbroken forests. 1 beam'
grease and primeval economy, i
This section, comprising parts of
northern . Venango and southern 'Craw
ford counties, is about forty miles south
of Corrv, sixteen miles north of Oil City,
ten miles west of Titusville and eight
een miles east of Meadville There is no
doubt in the minds of plenty uf entirely
rational people that somewhere within,
or contignonsly without, the region of
country which these towns hound, there
is a locality where an exceptionally good
quality of lead ore may he obtained, or.
at least, the locality where ore of such
quality was obtained formerly by the
Indiana, both for their own nse and to
Mil or trade to the white settlers. As
the source of this supply was carefully
kept a secret by the Indians—mainly of
Chief Cornplanter's tribe—and has never
been discovered, It is regarded as rea
sonable to iufer that it may yet be a
source of profit a» to believe that it was
exbansteff
A PIOSEKR’S EXPKU1ENCK.
At what is now Bradleytown. a vil
lage three miles southwest of here, on
one of tile branches of Sugar Creek, a
pioneer named Jacob Jennings lived 100
years ago and bad near ftt<. pioneer
house a small blacksmith shop. From
Mrs. Samnel Matson, of Chapmanville,
and John Jennings, of Sunvilie, some
interesting reminiscences were obtained
as related by their fathers who was a
son of Jacob Jennings. The latter, at
his blacksmith shop, frequently smelted
and mn into bullets rich lead ore sup
plied by the Indians. They made peri
odical trips to this place for that pur
pose. Coming np from the Allegheny
river they made it a point to reach Ids
home in the evening, there being usually
several in the party. Th*y would be
allowed to stay and would sleep around
the fireplaces in the house and shop. Al
daybreak they would strike northward
op the creek and would return a few
hours later with a stock of the lead
product to be melted. No amount of
persuasion, of barter or of purchase
price would canse them to disclose .the
whereabouts of the lead deposits.
Fifty years ago. according to a mem
ber of the family, Mrs. Robert Gillespie
Harper’s Young People. ?"$f then a uttie girt. wen
Dolls, Dolls, Dolls,
Toys, Toys, Toys,
* And everything for the
CHILDREN
Christmas
Presents
By the Car Load,
Cheap for Gash!
Come and See.
105 FORSYTH STREET
TELEPHONE, 106.
1892.
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.
TU* Thirteenth V otttftl* of Hnrofer's Voting
People brgitii on November 3, 1S01 For the
coming year tbit bent ami most com prehen-
utve weekly in the world for yonMmit read*
era offer* a varied and fowl noting pto*
gramme. In e *rlal Actio > U will ct/nlntn
••Diego P neon," » story of *he AM Toy*#-
of Columbus, by John R. Coryell; ••ram*-
mn tea: A ••ore of the Florida Reef* and Ev
erglade*,” by Kirk Monroe: another story
by one of the beat known and moot popit'ar
«? American author*: And stories In three
and four |ia«ta bv Thome* Net*on Pag*. K.
H. Hons*, Angel I tie ‘ieat. El h Ktma
Church, and Mary 8. Mc*4V*bb. Moretlar.
two hondreu»liort- storlr* by favorite wrl lei t,
article*on travel, out of-door sports. In do«»i
game*, and tlliiui'je da dear to the hear of
the young. liw*n|(len httnond* ol lliu*lrait<*n»
b/ lead!- « Artist#, wilt combine to nmWt?
Harper’s Y«*ung P-or-lefor DM eii irre»Uil-
blere o«.l ory ot pleasure and informal*
for Iwy* nod girl*.
“The lag Weekly r>0li.tc.itIon fo* yontig
people In e* aienco. I*, la edited with ten-
puloaa r»*e and attention, and In*, trillion
and entertainment are mingled In Its puses
in Just the right proportions to captlV'.tajhe
Mind* ofth- y »un/. and at the same time to.
effnraloptheirthink(ug piwer. ob.« rver, NV the Hue in Crawford county, lie may
>'• , ,, find reinnants of several large stone
jiijes constructed of atones* having not*
/JTBR* l*o*ta;e Prepaid, fib) Per Pear.
VIII, and XII. of Hah
- Youiro People, bound in etoth, will b.
each. Tne other volumes ara mil of prjnl.’
Hixui.n Ncxhkkh. Five Cents»Wh. Spec.
*«MpCopy sent ou receipt or two-cent
Remittances sboul I be made by iWtoMoe
;Money Ord.r or Drait, to avoid ebanee or
■ I loss* -
Newspapers are not copy this advertise-
irajwt-Rkoot the »xpress order of ltsrp,r*
.Address:’
H.lftPKK A U tOTHKItS, .Saw Youk.
Health is Wealth!
"f>*.K.C. WOT'l
hsnt, a guarauf *
b-twH
Hx boxes for *3 00. ssnt by man, prepaid, on re-
.aelpt ^^‘2J tABAKTWt SIX BOXES i
EM; JSSMWSfa
n”S OTdSrtrttor"Medente Fee,.
■ante frets Wsshlneton. ,
Head nueiel. drawlag ot photo., with fWecriP
tics. We eWM, If patentable or not, freeol
ebanre. Osr fa* not dee till patent la seenred.
» PanieMet. "How to OhtaJa Pairnta.” with
asm-* of ocmal client. In yonrState, county, or
unto, feel tree. Address,
tC.A.SNOW&CO.
Op,si*. Pliant OHee. Within,Ion. D. C.
obtained, and all Pat
91 , .
lost in the wi .
long a ravine an out
cropping of lead-filled rock, a niece of
which they took witli them. After find
ing their way home they were nnable to
find their way back with older member*
of the family to the point where they
had found the lend. Various and con
tinuous searched have been um<lu since
along the ravines in that section, one
entlmsiast devoting a considerable por
tion of a year to the varcli; but aside
from a fragment weighing ubnut fonr
pounds.nod found in afield in Randolph
township, Crawford county, where It
had apparently been dropped, no lead
ore Inis hjen discovered.
tlATERiAl. FOR I'ROSPItCTORA
The prospector able to develop point
era from Indian relics may And cousid
'•ruble material In that line in tills sec-
(fog. At Wallnceville, three miles south
east of Tich!, he may Anil n whole field of
yet well defined mour.’.s and ‘excava
tions.-. A mile north of lirre. just aerbsa
e nnlfonnity in size and piled np by
the Indians for some unknown pnrpose
before the time of the earliest settlers
If he will follow the plow for a season
In the southwestern part of this town'
ship—Plnm-township. Vetjango county
.—orthe northerly adjoining townsbipof
Troy, in Crawford county, his labon
will probably be rewarded with a fresh
stock of pipes, weapons and' other relics
of the noble and ignoble Lo.
If he will further follow the plow in a
field along the Sugar Creek data, about
two Ihiles north of the Jacob Jennings
homestead, and will fail to lift the point
of hia plow when he reaches a certain
point In that field, hia plow handles will
smite him hip and thigh and pat Urn to
rout The cause thereof will bn lu»t the
plow point will strike the edge of a circu
lar bed of burned aud pounded atone It
is about ten feet iu diameter, projects to
the top of tbe ground where efforts have
act been made to get down to tbe bot
tom of it. and is known to have been
there fully 150 years—bow lunch longer
no mau knows, as it was then, accord
ing to pioneer tradition, at much a mat
ter of mystery and antiquity as at pre*
ent.
if the lead prospector chooses to con
aider it of no value to him. he inay re
gard it as one of. the places where the
Noreemeu, poking out this way from
Newport and the vicinity of Boston,
pattsed to bake beaus. If he is inclined
to he less skeptical lie may do as tradi
tion says the early settler* did—regard
it as the foundation of u sort of indiau
Crucible or furnace which served in part
aa n smelter for lead previous to the In
troduction of firearms on this continent,
and for purposes unknown.—Plnm (Pa.)
Cor. Philadelphia Press.
II* Uad Chang*.
Tramp—Have yon change for half a
(lull IX?
Gentleman—Yes. Where's the half
dollar?
Tramp—I haven’t any, bnt 1 tbort if
yon bad change for a half dollar you
might have a dime *r two ferspoor
man wot's seen better days. Allthegepts
I have asked fer help said tfaey hadn’t
any change.—Good News
Sii-khior Court—Hon.-W. H. Fish,
judge; C. B. Hudson, solicitor-general;
J. n. Allen, clerk, L. H. Forrest, sheriff;
J. B. Lamar, deputy sheriff. Regular
terms, fourth Mondays in November and
June.
Couxtv Court—J. B. Pilsbury, judge;
F. A. Hooper, solicitor. Monthly terms,
first Wednesday. Quarterly terms, third
Monday In March, June, beptember and
December.
County Commissioners—J. H. Black,
chairman; C A. Huntington, J A. Cobb,
G. W. Council, J. W. Wheatley.
County Treasurer—J. E. So'(Ivan
Tax Receiver -J. W. Miza
Tax Collector—J. B. Dunn.
Coroner—J. B. Parker.
Ordinary—A. C. Speer.
Amerlcus, 78!>tli district, G. M.—W. U.
F. Oliver, J. P. W. K. Wheatley, X. P.
Court, second Tuesday.
City of Aukricuk—Mayor—Jno. B,
Felrltr.
Mayor l*ro Tcm—W. K. Wheatley.
Aldermen—P. H. Williams, J. J. Wil
liford, T. F. Logan, J. E Bivins, J. A.
Davenport, W. K. Wheatley.
Clerk and Treasurer—D K. Brinson.
City Engineer and Superintendent
Water Works—G. M. Kldridge.
Chief of Police—A. P. Lingo.
A Spring Medicine.
Nothing so efficacious as P. 1’. P. for a
spring medicine at this season, and for
toning up, invigorating, and as
strengthencr and appetizer take P P. 1*.
Tt will throw off the Malaria, aud put
you in good condition P. P. 1’. is the
best spring medicine in the world for
different ailments the system is liable to
In the spring.
Sly Dug—“I bad to jump on Sue with
both feet," said Miss Scadds. “That
wouldn’t hurt lier," replied young Hun
ker. "Your feet are so small.” Now
she smiles un him.—Philadelphia Press.
Tun l)ol!«n Fora Out.
Some time ago, a gentleman list that
that If he stood at the corner of Broad
way and Fourteenth streets, New York,
and offered gold eagles to Hie passers by
for a cent each, lie would Had no pur
chasers Tlie experiment was tried, and
it turned out just as he said. Xu one
would believe that tbo coins were genu
ine. ft set med too good to be true. An
equally remarkable offer is that made by
the proprietors of Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery, the sovereign cure
for coniumpUtra. Think of it! i’esto-
raticn to life and health for a mere song.
There is sot a case of lung-scrofula—In
other words, consumption—that will not
yeild to It, li It la taken in time. I" Is
the greatest bluod-purifyer ever known,
and Is guaranteed to benefit or cure In
All diseases of the throat and lungs, or
money refunded Only extraordinary
curltlve properties could warrant or sus
tain its makers in selling R thus, on
trial! ’
CASTOR! A
i, ,\V\VN>V\\S>vNV\>
for Infants and Children.
^rasamore—“So you are married, I
hear?” ltlpple—“Y’es." "Gone to live
With the girl’s parents, 1 suppose?"
"So; they have eometolive with me."—
Ept ch,'
If you ara Billons, take Brkuiiam's
Pim.m.
Merritt—“1 thought the old mau
would have eonie down handsomely.
Wasn't your wife his favorite daughtei?"
Pentield—"She was before she married
me "—Life.
The Old Hsu Would llsv* Hls.foks,
rk o hoys who nvrnwl a cattle form out West,
Christened H” Focus/* a M heir sire’* request;
The ohl ittHti thought It quit* a good onntolt,
For there the siju’j rays meet- (I ho sons false
meat!) \
The lads prospered, and they and tbetr
families enjoyed the very beat, of health.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets were always
found in their medicine-chest—the only
positive cure for bilious and sick head
ache, dizziness, constipation, indiges
tion, and all disorders of tbe bowels and
stomach. Strictly vegetable, small, su
gar-coated; only one required for a dose,
and their action is gentle and thorough,
The beat Liver Pill on earth.
Of ttorl;, -soJdlsdap,, ItocbOt )&,>>
.reoteunsod It ss superior to spy prescription
known to wi." n. A. Ascnzn, M. D„
U i So. Oxford EC., Brookjf n, N.
••The use of 'Csstorla-ls so universal and
IU merits so well known that it seems a wort
of snperenwation to endorse 1L Few er* the
intelligent families who do not keep CsRorin
within easy reach."
Late Pastor Bloomiafdale Reformed Church.
> tile. Constipation,
, LjUThcee. Eructation,
Worms, gives sleep, and promcl'A a
Without in} Jitous medication.
- For several yean I have recommended
your' Ctstorie,' and shall always cootlnua to
do sosstthsstnrarlsbly produced beneddsl
EDWIXF.PASOSS.lt. D..
"The Winthrop," ltsth Street sad Tth Ave,
Hew York City*
Tn CSSTABS Comtuvr, 77 MinuuT Stssst, Sit Yosx.
GtmgAJueuAw,
ast
We are encouraged with our Wholesale Imsiuess from the
year’s experience, which has been to some extent experimental for
Americas, and henceforth we may be classed as u Wholesale and
Retail house, where the public will be served witli the best and most
reliable products at the very closest prices, from 5c. worth of salts up
to any wholesale quantity. Buying now largely, we are enabled to
sell closer. We otter a large stock of the following urticles:
IN CHRISTMAS GOODS.
Cut Glass Bottles, all sizes ; Plush goods, Leather goods,
Toilet Sets in wood, Smoker’s Sets, etc.
In Patent and Proprietary Medicines.
King’s Discovery, a sizes,
Simmons’ Liver Regulator,
Warner’s Safe Cure,
S. S. Si.
P. P. P. .
B. 13. 13.
c. e. c.
w. w. c.
D. I>.
G.
Scott’s Emulsion,
Brown’s Iron Bitters,
Bearsfoot and Sarsaparilla,
Lemon Elixir, 2 sizes,
Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, 2 s’zs King’s Royal Germateur.
And many others.
In Rubber Goods
Fountain Syringes, holding from pint to one gallon. A
good family Syringe, from 75c. to $2.50. Water Bottles,
holding from a pint to one gallon. Nipples, Nursing
Bottles aud Fittings.
I3XT PERFUMER
Lazzell's Odors, ( Lunborg’* Perfumes,
Persian Bouquet Special,
Crab Apple Blossom,
fat Belle Col 1
Cuticura Remedies,
Tutt’s Pills,
Carter’s Little Liver Pills,
Derma Lotion, 2 sizes,
Stone’s Cod Liver Oil, .
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate,
Barker’s Hon* & Cattle PM’rs ggQfgj j L0afl&TfUStCO.
FINANCIAL.
i. H. HAWKINS Prsi't. H.C-BA6UV. Vic^?,
W, i, KURPhEY. Cuhler, A
ORGANIZED 187Q. •'*
^9The Bank of Americu.\«.
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sSfimre.
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gj?^%fffMwyeMlBTmtmeatr,,
THE BANK OF SUMTER
T. N. HAWKES, O. A. COLEMAN
President Vice-Prealdei t
W. C. FURLOW, Cashier.
DIRECTORS-O. A. Coleman, C. C
Hawkins, B. H. Jossoy, T. N. Hawkes'
W. C. Furlow, W. H. O. Wbeadey R s’
Oliver, H. M. Brown, Jtl, J
Dr. E. T. Mathis, Arthur Rylander. '
Liberal to its euatomeix, acoommodv
Ung to tbe publio and prudent in its
management, thla bank .elicits depo.it,
and other bnalnesa In Its line.
I. MONTGOMERY, FrmL j. C, RONEY, Vie. r^i
IN0. WINDSOR. Pv, LESTER WINDSOR Ant ? '
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WO. 2839.
THE
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Capital, *30,000, Surplus, 925,000
ORGANIZED 1883,
F. C. CLRno, Vice Prae
rttoo, Sec. JtTr.
Americas Investment Co.
Investment Securities.
Paid up Capital, 31,000,000.
Surplus, 3360,000.
directors:
H U Bagley, W E Hawkins, S W Coney,
W 8 Glflis, J W Sheffield, P C Clegg,
WMKtwkea,BFMathews, G M Byne,
W E Mnrphey, 8 Montgomery, J B Pharr,
’.nollis.
I Lll
J Edelna,
) Swiss Lilac,
"What are yon after?” shouted a man
to hia neighbor who was chasing chick
enaon the common.' “I am trying to
recoop my losses,’’ warn the reply.—
Wellington Star.
■ THAT TXHI1IBLK COUGH
In (the morning, hurriedyor difficult
breathing, raising phlegm, tightness In
the cheat, quickened pulte cnlllnea, In
tire evening or sweats at night, all or
any of three thing, are the first .tagre
of consumption. Dr. Acker's English
Cough Remedy will cure these fearful
symptom., and la sold nnder a positive
guarantee by Peetwond A Russell,
America,, Ga. 5
Bret Ilarte’s English publishers hsat
year paid him 015,000.
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SOLD BY ALI* DRUGGISTS. J
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A. rewanl or (I'Oi flfty dnllsvs will be palil
ftor Iks arrest, with proof to <*iaylci, ui sny
person not
movlDS “
Ihtodtjr.
November W, •»!.;
arresL wnn prom u, ctuvici, u,
not auihorlseif furexiluxulshlnr, n
inber Im
gne, 3 size*, l. Goya Lily.
SOAPS.
A very large assortment of Pear's, Fel's and others.
THER MOMETERS.
Fever Thermometers, Uriuonjotors, lactometers, "Old I’robabllltle*.”
SEED.
Garden, Field aud Flower seed, Onion sets.
PAUVTS.
Oils, Varnishes, Colors in Oil, Paint Brushes,
Toilet Articles, k
Combs, Brushes, Tooth Bmstys^Nail BtltshpsJ Face Pqwdeffi,
POCKET KNIVES, SCISSORS, EYE?GLjEsSaK fli
We bottle verj’ largely colognes, castor c(il,Miarplsti(Ri
Batemar. s Drops, ,'aregoric, laudanum, spirits camphor, ex
tract lemon, extract vanilla (from best beans) and mahjf othei
preparations. We solicit your patronage. Respectfully, ^
322 Lamar St. DAVENPORT DRUfi COMPANY.
Americus Iron Works,
BUILDERS OF J !
Engines, Boilers, Cotton Gins,
Presses, Feeders and Condensers, Saw and Grist Mills,
Shingle Machines, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Boiler
Feeders, Valves, Jets, Etc.
Shaftings, Hangers, Boxesland Pulleys
•^-Special attention given to, repairing all kinds of
Machinery. Telephone 79. a
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BEAUTIFUL
Cloth tops for Ladies and Misses; Solid,
serviceable School Shoes for romping boys
and girls. Children’s Shoes, all grades
for theiittle ones.
. Come to see us whether you
buy or not.
WILLIFORD, MATTHEWS & 00.
♦14 Jackson SI, Corner under Hew Halil, next to Hill’s Furniture Store.
..■•-I--..-.
E. Bukk, Jb., Pres. H. H. Ksapf, V. P.
O. A. Colcicax, Sac, a Tress,
Negotiates Loans on improved
Farm and City Property.
8 P Hollis,
Attorney,
J S Bitovs.
Land Examiner.
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