Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1899 — A Gifford District Fire. [ARTICLE]

A Gifford District Fire.

* A telephone message Monday morning, from the town of Gifford, states that one of the new Gifford farm houses, in Barkley Tp., was burned that morning. It was occupied by Geo. R. Robinson father-in-law of County Superintendent Hamilton, and who lost all of his household goods and spare clothing in the fire. The origin of the fire is not known. The house that burned was a good one, like all the new houses built by Mr. Gifford.