Show horses and barn burned early wednesday morning a barn and six head of valuable horses three sets of work harness and two or three single harness the property of the davis county nursery at centreville Cen treville were destroyed by fire how the fire started is unknown but is thought to be the work of an in cin diary the loss is estimated at about 2000 there was insurance on the barn the horses were very intelligent ge tit animals and were specially especially trained to do nursery work and on oil that account were worth much moro more to the nursery than to any one else elbe the fire is supposed tollace to have started about 4 as the whole interior of the barn was full of llames flames an hour later when they in got up the heat was so intense when the alio fire was first discovered that the doors could not bo be opened to liberate the poor suffering C animals which made a pitiful noise alarm was r given by moans means of the bell that is used to call the hands to their meals and quickly a large 15 crowd gathered wet burlap was placed on the roots roofs of the house aliouse anti and sheds all of which were nearby and by great exertion and by tile wind changing in 0 when it did all other things could be saved i |