Show anc FEN it I ot to a county nal tim undo one estr sloko A farmer 0 warren county peno went to a lawera office in warren a time ago to alga somo important papers after they had been read and ap i cleric in bo in handing tho farmer 6 pen to walto his dropp cil it on ilu floor ilic ailin delf from bl hurriedly bricked up alio acu and placed it in abo farmers A delay of fifteen with which n luaiki was his n will lost to warren county once said aba lawyer and the dropping of n pen about to bo ased giai always me nervous ever since n it rouse of enterprise Ms counts was one of tho pioneer oil on oil creek and in tle spring ot Ms wells were yielding him a daily larrar than tho burago mans yearly in como alio oil n lory of the oil regions occurred in april tho ud danly lipinn and gas that tho oil ian to 1 ground la oil directions ind tho ba the clr tor ft quarter of a milo ii round finally nn cupoo house chero thoi etro 0 the isiler tt aue result was acres 0 biccs which enveloped that had assembled to witness tho thea brent novelty ol 01 n lowans well biow many were burcel up in that awful alro was never ascertained but twenty oro known to havo IL 1 bouso bisou abo explosion occurred and was hurled into the thickest of tho two anen one ot them named uriah now living near mercer rushed into tho ten ablo mass 0 alre and mr liouta him out ia alino acio terribly burned and acro months in from tho results of their into aea ot fire and boiling oil to rescue the oil prince housos Kou sos was burned froni Us body which was one mass of blisters hla lyra wera burned to a crisp in their sock liis ears hands and hair burned off ho waa carried to a bouse at a diate distance the explosion nt C p m and in spite of bis fright tal condition be lived until tho next lie never loal and ns boon as that could be dona tor him was done ho began the dictation ot his 11 ment was ready tor his signature the per son who had dono the writing dipped tho pen in tho ink bottle but lu reaching it towards abe dying mans outstretched band ho dropped it tho pen rolled la under n table and a delay ot nt least a quarter of a before U could bo recovered when it waa found and placed in mr bouses hand alio hand was powerless to aso it tho brave oil princa was dead in his will bo had bequeathed tho sum of to tho bijoor fund of warren county ho had left cadi to tho men alio had blui from being cremated olive abo will leius without Us was of course legally inoperative era tive and his hilra did not think it incumbent upon to carry out liis wishes although they under uch extraordinary circumstances the county lost its legacy which was not 60 much to bo wondered at as the sum was very large but hii non pay ment of tho two beque 1 to the men who nt tho risk of their lives had caved the air antor to hh family at least for burial was n matter of comment la the oil regions |