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Show Farmer I'ntilus' Queer Well. Joseph I'aulus has made a discovery of a peculiar kind of oil or gas well on his farm, three miles northwest of Goshen, lud. Paulus runs a saw mill in ono comer of his farm and has it located near the edge of a largo manch. Some time ago tho water supply which fed the engine en-gine boiler gave out. A forty foot open well was dug and the customary iron pipe driven down still further. Subsequently Subse-quently a good supply of water was ol taineil, aud it was fed into the boiler. The engineer noticed three or four days ago that the water" acted strangely iatho boiliT. He said it spluttered anil bubbled. Tho water was examined and found to have a peculiar odor something some-thing like that of artiiicial water gas. It was heavy and oily. This peculiarity increased, and the engine had to shut down. The samples which have been submitted here shown substance in mixture mix-ture with the water of about the cnti- sistency of glycerine. Unlike ordinary oil iu mixture, it cannot bo disconnected ; or shaken into globules. It has a clear color, unliko that of regular petroleum. Paulus is positive lie baa made a rich strike, and has sent samples to experts for analysis. Cor. Chicago Tribune. |