Natural Gas Near Bloomington, Iii

Hi.ooMi.NGTON. 111. ..lan. IS. - A strong natural-gas well has been utruck on the farm of A . B. Funk near this city. Mr. Funk was engaged in ;i well and when at the. depth oí seventy feet the reservoir of the ;_'as was tapped. The pas ignited and buraed with a terrific roar, the ñames buming more than iift.v feet high. The pressure is unusually heavy fot wells in this locality. and it is believed the snpply of fras will prove permanent.