Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1908 — Small Blaze in Botcher Shop. [ARTICLE]

Small Blaze in Botcher Shop.

Bunday morning at about 9 o’clock J. J. Eigelsbach discovered smoke issuing from the door and windows of his butcher shop, and upon investigation discovered that a fire had broken out in the back room. * He did not call out the department, but with a few buckets of water put the fire out himself. A small section of the floor was burned near the stove. He can dot Account for the fire as there was no fire in the stove when he locked up Saturday.’