Show A destructive BLAZE considerable ot or a flurry was caused about tuesday afternoon when an alarm alarin was sent in announcing a fire in tle the 3rd ard ward the firemen were out in no time and made a good run to the scene of tile the alre which was on the old jeppson place below the creek the barn immediately west of the big hay shed was all ablaze and nothing could be done to save it the family hors the old gray was in the stable ad and was burned to a crisp A couple of 0 pigs in a pen adjoining the stable were also roasted alive in addition to tf this there was but little damage except to the building itself A small amount of wheat in a bin was spoiled but the firemen and others who volunteered ered in forming a bucket brigade kept other property from burning there were frame buildings on two sides of the stable and two wheat stacks on another side the fire got to within ten feet of the stacks when it was stopped by the brigade workers the story of this fire Js is a slight variation front from the usual one this time it was a combination of matches and small girls not small boys as we are used to writing |