Show TITHING HAY DESTROYED disastrous fire a at t tithing yards the usual combination of little boys matches and cigarettes causes conflagration f religious worship vas aa disturbed on sunday last by the ringing of the fire alarm shortly after two the bell pealed forth its warning and the people in the various meeting houses house a were to assist in extinguishing a fire the fire was as found to be in the hay stacks of the tithing yard in the north west part of town and when help arrived it was found that no stream of water could be secured to combat the flames the chemical engine was helpless in the face of such a blize and the only thing that could be done was to let the fire burn itself out and keep kc ep a strict watch that it did not spread an hour or so after the blaze had started it was found that sparks had bad found lodgment on the roof of J E darks clarks residence and another alarm was turned in this was extinguished before any damage was nas done the origin of the file was nas the usual combination of small boys and matches several of them were seen in the yard and the remains of bark cicar ettes were found in profusion this yard has bag been the rende rendezvous zious of boys and much smoking is said to hie hae been done in close proximity to the hay haystacks stacks last ear a disastrous disi fire in that neighborhood was narrow li 13 averted by the prompt action of bishop bean he was returning from his field and noticed e rising from the base of one of the stacks hv he stopped his team ran across and found the hay around the stack on fire by several hasty trips with a bucket to a neighboring ditch he in extinguishing the blaze the loss at sundays fire will be bc about 1 00 without insurance there were about 30 tons of hay consumed half of which belonged to C at stillman and the balance was owned by the three wards ards A the fence for a considerable sid erable distance around the ardway destroy ed |