Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-17

1t has taken one year for the state o.
Indiana to catch the natural gas fever from
her sister state of Ohio, but she has got il
at last and it presumes to be, a.
the physicians say, q very inter
esting" case. Wells are being con.
tracted for, and interest on the sub,
ject has been very much increased by
some good streaks of gas in several wells.
Mr.. j. w. Churchill, of Laney & Churchill,
one of the most extensive contracting firms
for boreing gas wells in the state, was in
the city last week, and l asked them to
tell me something about the present con-
dition of natural gas affairs in Ohio and
Indiana. Mr.. Churchill bored the well in
Frey's Quarries, and others in this city, and
is now boring the well near the Knife and
Bar Works. Indiana has the fever now, v
said Mr.. Churchill, land there are good pros
poets for finding gas in that state. l am
boring wells at Kokomo, Ind, where there
is every prospect Of obtaining gas in pay
ing quantities. One well there, already, is
In successful operation. At indianapolis 1
am boring a well 5000 feet which has
already reached a depth Of 2,500 feet
Capitalists in Indianapolis are anxious to
find natural gas, If it exists anywhere with
in practical distance of the CITY," How
about the well here in Springfield, Mr..
Churchill ?" well we are down a good
way, but we are going deeper. The well
near the Knife and Bar Works is already
$500 feet deep. My contract is for well
5000 feet deep, unless gas is struck sooner.
II is possible, however, that if no gas is de-
veloped at a distance of 5000 feet we may
go on to $500; the Champion people are
anxious to settle the question once for all,
whether there is any natural in subter-
ranean Springfield.
II bet you couldn't guess what saw
crossing Market street" exclaimed a trav-
cling man from Cleveland to Springfield
friend the other day. The Spring6elder
guessed everything from Queen Mab's fairy
chariot to John Henry Blose, and at last
gave it up. "Why Main street. of course, T"
said the fly Clevelander, ''go apply beef
steak to your intellect
The next time Mr.. John C. Abel details
his campaigning experiences in behalf of
the now-partisan democracy, he should
make sure that the extensive ears-no,
extensive ears" won't do, ubiquitous ear
of the press, that is better-is not within
hearing distance. The other day he was
detailing the experience of himself and
several democratic campaign orators who
went from this city recently with the
avowed purpose of agitating the flourishing
hamlet of North Lewisburg, in Champaign
county, to its foundations with the non
partisan racket. The audience gathered
and the orators sawed the air. but some
how or other the people utterly failed to
enthuse. The atmosphere was as chilly as
If several icebergs had just fioated into the
neighborhood from the Arctic regions. II
never saw such an audience" said Mr..
Abel, nothing could melt them; If there
is an epidemic of yellow fever in the south
this year, all that would be necessary to
check it would be to send that audience
down into the neighborhood. The tenn
perature would be reduced TO below zero
half an hour after their arrival, and there
would be frosts till you couldn't rest. 1t
was a cold audience"
.Iohn 2. Dolliyer has been invited to