Fire in Weld.

A fire broke out in Weld 28 last night shortly after 8 o'clock. Neither of the occupants of the room was in at the time, but the blaze was discovered by people passing to a lecture and an alarm was sent in. The fire was small, however, and was extinguished before the arrival of the engine company. Except for the ruining of several articles of furniture by chemicals and the theft of some other property, the loss was small. The cause of the fire is supposed to have been a burning cigarette stub thrown carelessly among some sofa-pillows.