Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 30, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. EARLY MORNING FIRE Ragsdale & Harris' Meat Market on the East Side Gutted At about three o'clock Friday morning, Dr. Fox, upstairs on the East Side, discovered that Ragsdale & Harris' Meat Market next door to the southward was on fire toward the rear of the building and gave the alarm.The fire department was aroused, and with the assistance of the night policemen, Payne and Glover, and some early rising citizens, two lines of hose were laid from the northeast and southeast corners of the square, and what looked at first like an ugly fire that threatened the whole east side of the square was soon subdued. The building was an old shell and of little value in itself.Mrs. Pearsoe (difficult to read) of Kansas City, Mo., a sister of Miss Mary Stillson, is the owner of the property. Ragsdale & Harris had $500 insurance on their outfit and stock which will probably cover the loss. Most of their furniture and tolls were destroyed as well as a big stock of meats. Deputy Marshal Charlie Payne held a hose nozzle during the fire with his bare hands and found when he got up at noon Friday that his right hand had been badly frozen on the edge of the palm.