Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1889 — A SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATIOS. A Threshing Machine Rurned. [ARTICLE]

A SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATIOS.

A Threshing Machine Rurned.

At an early hour, about one or two o’clock, last Saturday morning, the separator of a threshing machine was burned on. Miss Almira Monnetfs ’arm, about a mile and a half east of town, and tenanted by Mr. Dragoo. Besides the separator, there was also burned the straw-stacker and two wagons loaded with oats in the sheaf. The machine was the property of a Mr. Gibbons, of Peru, this state, and was operated by Dare Shepley, assisted by Wm. King and John Daugherty. The machines burned were not new, but in excellent condition. The wagons were the property of neighbors who were assisting in the threshing. It is believed that the fire was the work of incendiaries, and it is asserted that the tracks of two horsemen were plainly perceptible the next morning, leading away from the place. The fires in the engine, it is stated, were drawn at 6 o’clock, on the evening before, so that the fire could not haye originated from the engine. A new machine has already been received to take the place of the one destroyed.