People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1897 — Jasper Kenton’s House Burned [ARTICLE]

Jasper Kenton’s House Burned

Fire completely destroyed the new he use of Jasper Kenton last night be tween nine and ton o’clock. The cause is supposed to have been from careless ness in dropping a lighted match in the wood shed. The iainify. had retired and escaped with very few clothes. Scarcely nothing was saved of the contents of the house. Ml - . Kenton has only recent)' purchased the place of Monroe Banes and had no insurance., though Mr. Banes holds a stoOO policy on the house which was to have been transferred to him, but had been neglected. Mr. Kenton’s loss cannot be less than 81,500, as the house was well furnished and all was lost including a piano and all the clothing of the family. The discussion of waterworks has been resume! again.