Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — Big Suit Against The Monon. [ARTICLE]

Big Suit Against The Monon.

A special from Crown Point states that John and Barringer Brown, of that city, two of the largest ranch owners in the Kankakee valley, have filed a $50,000 damage suit in the Lake Circuit Court against the Monon Railroad Company, claiming that the big fire which burned over one thousand acres of land last fall was started by a spark from an engine on their line. Should the Browns be successful in their suit, it is said several other ranch owners will file similar proceedings.