Natural Gas

The ïcceul Uiscovory of a rich Bupi'I of natural gas on tho farm of Georg Rawson, iu Bridgwater was a suprise t all concerned and, withal, au operatio of ïnuch interest. Mr. Uiiwson wa boring for water and the drill, whic was down about 180 feet, had boen working in solid rock for days, having pierced it 22 feet. Just before the gas was discovered a rumbling noiso was heard in the iron tubing with whxch tho well is cased, and evorybody feit certain that water had been truck. The noise would mercase until it deepened into almost a roar, and then it would recede intq ihe depihs of the earth, only to again approach the surf ace. The lesd was lowered into the pipe and, as had been suspectcd, the noise was found to be caused by the rushing of the water, and the workmen decided that its eccentric action was due to the fact that they had not yet cleared it by means of the sand pump. It was determined to pump it out at once, and in preparing to do so Mr. Rawson detected a rush of what he. thought air out of the well. The man who ran the drill suggested gas, but as he had never before struck auy, did not really believe that he had found it this time. However, Mr. Rawson, although he thought himself foolish, held a match to the pipe. An explosión and a roar followed that were heard for a long distance, and for a few moments there was a hvely race among the men to aee which could get the fartbest away from tbe blazing well. The flanie rose to a hight of about 10 feet, and then dropped down to 2 feet, and then rose and feil with ebb and fiow of the water in the well. The blaze was flnally smothered with some diffloulty at 11 o'olock at night; but it is Mr. Rawson's intention to bore deeper in the hope of getting a bigger Üow. He may also torpedo the hole. Ir. Rawson is a well-todo and intelligent farmer. Evening News. As Mr. R. only lives some 12 miles from here, perhaps this fact will stimulate the Ann Arbor gas and fuel oompanv to do somethiog. It certainly will unless the ruembers have only been talking wind. Thnnksgiving three weeks from yesterday. St. Andrew's is to establish a mission at Delhi. .Mrs. V. O. Vaughan is visiting relatives in Missouri. A Mr. Perkins of this oity has been granted a pension . Dr. Moses Qunn of Chicago, who is well-known in this city is dangerously ill. H. Levy of this cily, received a pharrnaoy certifícate at the examination in Lansing this week. Hon. O. R Whitman has taken up his residence in this city. He took posession of the Tenbrooke house vcsterday. Jas. M. Aslilcy íh a hustler, and is now booming Marioii, Osceola county, for all she is worth. It is expected the T., A. A. & N. AI. K.H. will reach there about the 20th. Below w ill be fouud the aniount of letters, cards and papers delivered and collected by the carriers, during the month of October. There was delivered 43,480 letters, 7,62-5 cnrds, and 7,520 papers. There was tcollected from boxes 20,811 letters, 5,795 cards, nnd 1,400 papers. Miss CorRelius' bright little book "Financia" can now be had for 35 cents. Tbose. who do not possess a copy of these original Ann Arbor sketches eau make their cbildren's hearts glad ata trifling expense. The book is on sale at the bookstores, Bazar and at No. 4 Bowery street. Also will be mailed to any address in tho U. ij. for 40 cents. Mrs. Mary Bailey died on Sunday last of general debility. The deceased was bom in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1810, and carne to this city in 1834. She leaves eeven children : Thomas Bailey of Owosso ; George and Robert Bailey, Mrs. David King, Mrs. Aaron Long, Mrs. Cliauncey Orcutt, and Mrs. Elizabeth Coates, all of this city ; fifteen graudchildren and flve great-grandchildren.