Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Tile Factory Burned. Lafayette, lud , Nov. 30. —Fire destroyed the plant of the Clay Products Company at Earl Park, last night, with a loss of SIO,OOO. The insurance is $3,000. A bucket brigade attempted to fight the. fire but was unsuccessful. Three weeks ago the factory closed for the winter. It is supposed tramps set the building on fire. The company manufactured tile, and had been established twenty years. The building originally cost $25,000.