Good Luck And Quick Work

This morning at about 3:30 o'clock on alarm of fire routed oub the depaitment loys. ar.d tliey were conIionted, upon reaclüng the spot, witn a big jolt. Tlie Hvery barrí of Mr. "VVa lace, adjoning tho M. E. ohurch siseas on T. Washington st., was on fire ana had got under hot headway. Tley went 1o work, however, and confmeJ the flamea to tha barn and the slieda, although the renr ends of iereral dwel ings were In dangerous pioximity, and some of them came extremely near being cremated. The palnt was badly blistered .ml the boards char.e.l on a number of the due'VngM. . ■ Tue lire go b lcIi a start 1 efore beInt; üeen, that it ivas impoisible to resem' all of the liorses therein, and :ouv oi them ivere burned up, together with a lot o.' harness, hay, etc. The -oss is tolal on the barns and 011 the M. E. church sheds, -nh'.ch will Ijiobably not exceed $800 or $900 at tho most. In i'aet, to the good looks of the loiality the loss is rather an improvemenb than otherwiss The barn occupied by "Wallace was .iu;i iy Henry Waldron. Insurr.nee 0:1 samo and eonteuts SOO, w hicli covers loss. Judge Cheerer's barn, cccupied by C. A. Maynard, insured $150, contents lor f800. Loss on liarn total, on contents about $300. Only the excellent work of the depaitmeat, and the quietness of ilie e'tmeutá fcaveil the city from a Lig conflagraron. Had one of th3 big gales been b'owing that lias beij pievalent ïor several weeks, a large rortioa oí the residence part i Ann Arbor would surely have been swept au ay, lor everything i.i that vicinit.v Avas iike a tinder box, and the I ouses are very close together. the íire cccurred no one 'tnowsi It is thousht to hiive been the work oí an incendiary. On Tuesday afternoon at about i o'ckick, the house o Mrs. Calharlne V. Stoll, of 119 W. Huron street, caught íire, anl the rear portion was outirely destioyed before it eould be otinguished. 'Ihe house is ;it the v e-tern limita o! the city, and Ihe run ia u' hill most o tha way, making it al, Uttle up hi 1 work lor th3 teams, (ju i üiey made good time in etti.:g tliereThe loss will be about $1,000 on building and contents.