Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1884 — Rig Fire in Remiugion. [ARTICLE]

Rig Fire in Remiugion.

Bemingcon has met with another great 1 dist'ter. On Taesday morning. shortly ! I after midnight, fire broke out in George ! \ Bifcz? butcher shop, south ol the rail- 1 road depot, and" spreading fitppee yn j j both directions,, seven building* were ! | soon ed. In Addition to the j catcher shop, above men ioned. Wjl i i sun s harness shop was destroy ed, the j ; post-ofij-e building, a jewelry store, j j Beasley’s pkotograoh gallery. located ; J in a building beiorging to S. P.Tnotnp- j rax. of Kensadlaer, rae Odd Fellow’s ; had."a <!->itdr’s office in a building be- . iotgingdo Treat Harasd. sad a build- j ! lag belonging to Simeon Y anveU. of | ' -'aicago, an i occup-e i by Thoma s \ Harris’ saloon. Bstlma’es of the extent | »t the losses vary greatly. O. B- Mela|t|td'plsccar: the totsl loss at. g&OQCU wifiie the sum total of the it-mkted ios«e», stated in a dispa.ch to the Chi- j csg-j limes, exceeds Most of the ccntejtadf nearly ai. the Imitiding* were saved, bat Mr. ITusos. the harness , mao, k«st s!,£’» - worth of new - on which there ira» niitearaoee- j : Clark. 'Use : poat*mas!er. loses about : td.OC Q; wiih gSjpvO jojraraaee. f. F. j ; Jjpffipfcm'* bsudiag is-* wimated at j h»«?y teawfed. Beasley kxm j perdapi lasaraace uaknowo. The j

, Odd Fellows lose S4OO, Fiwwell, SBOO, ; Harris, S4OO, the owner of the jewelry store, name unknown, a coasiderable sum. Geo. W. Stitz' loss it said to be about SBOO, on which there was, it is stated. $4,000 insurance. A number of reputable parties from Remington, who have been in Rensselaer since the fire, say that Stitz is openly accused of haviug been the author of it.