BtfCKMANOct. 5.—John L. Dehler threshed 18 bushels of flax to the acre.Fire last Monday afternoon on the farm of G. W. Dropps, between Boy-alton and Buckman, destroyed the granary, two ' barns, eleven stacks of grain, eighteen young pigs and a flock of pure bred Wyandotte hens $300 worth of farm machinery, 25 tons of hay and $60 worth of harnesses. The fire was started by matches in the hands of a five-year-old son while Mr. and Mrs. Dropps were visiting at the neighbors two miles away. The insurance carried' on the property is $1,100. Mr. Dropps thinks his loss above the amount insured about $1,600.Frank Mishke and Aloysius Weisbrick were in Boyalton Tuesday in the Mischke auto.L. M. Jacobs was a county seat visitor. Friday. .Those that drove to Pierz on business Wednesday are Joe. Grindhover, Frank Houn, John Mueller and Joe