Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-19

the downfall continued far into III,
night Il was supplemented by CON
glomerate of snow and sleet Sunda,
morning. But before noon the cloud,
thinned, the temperature arose. anf
the snow began resolving itself int
slush and wetness. Yesterday morn
ing il showed again in a perfuuctor,
way. but the ground is again bare and
exposed to the four winds of heaven
| The foregoing was written YESTERDAY
evening, but behold! this morning the
| ground Is again covered with three
inches OF snow, the north winds blow,
and winter reigns supreme.
The entertainment given By the C.
f. at the Academy of Music Tuesday
evening drew large house, as it de.
served to. The ladies and gentlemen
who participated in the exercises all
acquitted themselves with credit. The
singing was good, the recitatious ex-
ceilent, and all moved on through the
mazes OF the programme without wait,
jolt or jar fhe Japanese Wedding
and the Sash Drill showed careful
training and intelligent conception on
the part of drill-master and pupils.
The entertainment concluded about ten
O'Clock. and soon the lights were out.
the hall silent, and everybody was at
home. or Whereabouts.
Judge Russell's old family horse sud-
denly fell down and died near the rail-
road bridge, while the wife of Commits
sioner Fox and her aunt, Mrs. Smith,
were riding out. one day last week.
The buggy came near being overturn-
ed, but fortunately no one was injured.
While the dead animal was being
dragged away by Roadoverseer Dixon.
the two-horse team of Mr.. Bowman
became frightened and ran away. 1t
started from the Whitworth corner
and ran under the bridge out to Mr..
Burt La1gdon's place, where it was
stopped. The runaways came up be-
hind Judge Russell and nearly ran ov-
er him before he was aware of his
danger. But he escaped without in
jury, and, although In their career the
horses ran under the railway bridge
where the pilipg stands scarcely more
than good wagou-width apart, nothing
was damaged.
From a fair Arcadian: "Sam. C.
Jones with his daughter and little
niece were out sleighiug last Sunday
afternoon, and would have met with
quite serious if not fatal accident
had it not been for nervy Sam. They
were nearing the railroad crossing be-
tween Ironton and Pilot Knob. and an
engine was standing within few feet
of the cossipg. The horses would
have passed over all right had the old
Iron Horse kept still, but he began to
steam and make noise. The horses
took fright and started to run, they
knew not whittier. throwing all the oc-
cupants out of the sleigh. Sam had
the misfortune to fall directly across
the sleigh runners and was dragged
through rocks and snow for distance
of about thirty yards; but all this time
be held on to the lines, aud at last.
when he got the horses stopped and
danger all over, Mr.. O'Brien stepped
off of the engine and walked ovec to
where they were and offered his assis-
lance, while the rest of the crew
looked on with great amusement. We
hope in future to be able to return the
compliment
Many people are greatly surprised
by the statement so often repeated in
these days that there will not be an
other leap year for eight years. and
find it difficult to understand why.
Our present calendar was adjusted by
the master mind of Julius Caesar, forty
years before the birth of Christ. Men
went through succeeding centuries,
reckoning their days, months and years
by the Julian system, with the feeling
that the matter was settled for all time;
but there was really an error of eleven
minutes and ten seconds in every year,
and in 1882 this had amounted to ten
days. The time of Easter, by which
all the movable feasts of the Church
are dated, was thus thrown out of
place and season; aud in consequence,
Pope Gregory Kill, to remedy the
trouble, ordered that October 5. 1882
should be reckoned October Is. Fur
Their than this, to prevent a like neces-
sity arising in the then far-distant fu-
ture, Gregory also decreed that every
hundredth year the intercalary day
should not be inserted, excepting ev-
cry four hundredth year; but that ex-
ception begins in 1000 A. D., which
will be leap year. So perfectly does
this adjust things that the discrepancy
will not amount to one whole day till
the year 5000.