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Show FIRE AT MAPLETON. Quick and Active Work Save Valuable Property Snow a Foot Deep Other Notes. Mapleton, Maich 12. A fire broke out today in the frame house belonging to Hyruai Perry of Mapleton. At noon David Andrew saw smoke issuing from the roof and gave the alarm, John Bent took up thecrv, but the people peo-ple live at such a distance that they did not hear. Mr. Bent seized a pistol tnat he took from a rebel during the reb: 1-lion, 1-lion, and mounting the haystack, fired five or eix shots -in the air,, at the., same time yelling "Fire!"' This roused the citizens and in ten minutes twenty-live twenty-live people were there dashing water upon the roof, while others cut the windows from the house aud carried all the furniture from tne dwelling, so that not a nickle worth of household property was destroyed. A cupboard tliat was filled with dishes, many of them costly glassware, was roughly carried out and thrown down, breaking but one saucer. The body of the houe was saved. The good people of Mapk-tonwill Mapk-tonwill furnish material and replace the roof. Mlcheal Molen, who owns a vacant house close by, handed Mr. Perry the Jkey and told him to move right in and make himself comfortable. Cause of the fire, a defective flue. The snow is nearly a foot deep in this neighbordsod and sleigh bells are still heard occosionally. At midnight recently three members of the canine family gave a concert under the wiudow of a certain fair lady resident of Mapleton. The trio attempted at-tempted a second performance at the same place, but before beginning, they partook of meat that contained',pisor," consequently Mapleton has three dogs less. Andie. |