Show A barn burned last laste evening at about a quarter to the fire bell gave forth its weird warning warning and the fire corps soon was on hand fiana with the engine to rush to the tile rescue of property and life their business this time took them to slain hain street near second behind Mr hartos Hartogs blacksmith and wagon sho shop where lurid ruddy fla flames mes and a dense ense smoke clouds struggled their way into midair mid air an old barn of mr N lr hartogs Hartog pi wagon was on fire and the unchained clement element was ivas supreme master of the situation the barn with contents a little hay lay and some climek chicken feed was consumed to the greater portion even before the firemen arrived and all the latter could do was to preserve the surrounding buildings from f falling I a ing a prey to the conflagration close b oy the burnine barn was a stable filled filled with hay and containing a pony and a sheep all of which were saved by the ready efforts of some of the parties present wo we lay say some sonic because we are informed that there were other men standing idle around and looking on while a woman was pumping water with main and might had there been a wind as there is but too fr frequently nowadays the destruction of property y in in that whole block would have been very large As it was the damage was confined to the loss odthe barn value 10 the cause of the combustion has not been ascertained but minor rumor says that some sonic children cli ildren had laid been playing about the premises with matches alie same old old story r which some parents never seem willing to learn |