Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1911 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. ELEGANT COUNTRY HOME BURNED. The elegant country home of John Mitchell, west of Chalmers, was burned Saturday afternoon. It was a two story building with an attic, and a defective flue is supposed to have been responsible. The fire was discovered at 2 o’clock by L. H. Shank, a contractor, who was building a barn on the farm. Smoke was coming from the eaves when he made the discovery. Part of the furniture was saved. There were 'four hundred quarts of fruit in the cellar and all was lost. Mr. Mitchell had $2,000 insurance, but the loss will be much larger than that.—-Lafayette Journal.