A defective flue is believed to have been the cause of a fire about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening which did damage to the amount of $1,500 to the parsonage of the First Presbyterian church on Station street and the household goods of the Rev. J. P. JORDAN. The Rev. Mr. JORDAN and family while eating dinner Tuesday evening were attracted by the smell of smoke. A son went out on the porch to see where the fumes were coming from and discovered the whole upper portion of the parsonage ablaze. An alarm was sent in the McDonald volunteer department which soon arrived on the upper portion of the house, but it required nearly two hours work before the blaze was completely put out. The roof was practically burned off but the fire was kept from getting into the second story except in a few places, where it burned through the ceiling. The household goods of the JORDAN family were not greatly damaged by the fire but the loss will be heavy from the damage done by the water, which swamped the house from top to bottom.