Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-05-13

A little girl, the daughter of the lat,
VIM. G. Thompson of BeileView, dieC
last Saturday morning with what thu
attending physicians pronounced al
unmistakable case of hydrophobia
Death was preceded by all the terrible
| symptoms peculiar to that dread di
sease. It is not known when the child
was bitten. but dog having every in
dication of being mad was killed in the
vicinity the day before. Several dogs
aad cow known to have been bitter
were also Immediately put to death.
No other cases have since been re-
ported but there is very naturally nc
little uneasiness over the matter.
The REGISTER welcomes all notices
of events of public import. and prints
them cheerfully. The county paper
ought to be fair register of the births,
weddings and deaths within its terri
tory. Social happenings-the goings
out and cOmings in of the people; the
holding OF entertainments. festivals
and balls; transfers of real estate and
of mprovements-all these are of gen
eral interest. In this connection we
suggest q few ''dOnts" to the casual
contributor; don't economic on paper;
don't write on both sides; don't crowd;
don't write proper names carelessly;
don't write Sun for Sunday. Mon"
for Monday; and, above all, don't wait
until Thursday morning before send
ing in your items. A due observance
of the amenities Indicated by these
''donts" will not only make the editor
happy but will cause the printer to rise
up and call you blessed.
Rev. ri r. Hicks says we may eX-
pect some hot weather this season.
Following are his predictions for the
summer: lin May the earth passes d.
rectly between the planet Saturn and
the sun. and this always brings dis
turbances. But for this fact | would
look for very placid May. These dis
turbances might take the form of slight
seismic shocks, but no danger need be
apprehended from them. Theu, again,
we might have high wind and storms,
but hardly anything like a tornado.
If the mercury continues high during
the month and the barometer registers
ll1luS Inc y NASA
we shall have very pleasant May.
Otherwise different conditions are pos
sible. In June we have the summer
solstice, and this means abnormal
rains; not abnormal for the month of
June. but, then. heavier than in any
other month. On the whole, however,
the weather in June will be quite
pleasant and June birds may go ahead
with their preparations without fear OF
atmospheric interference. During this
month the central belt of States. in
Guiding Oklahoma, Arkansas. Kansas,
Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky,
etc, will be in what we call the eye of
the sun; that is, the power of Sol will
be concentrated upon them. This will
cause the usual plentitude of rain, and
possibly tornado in some places,
though, of course, nothing like the
one we had in St. Louis. 1t is my
opinion that we will have a very warm
summer. extending through Septem-
Der. ! think that the conditions are
favorable for long, heated term-hot-
ter, in fact. than last year. If l had
any business that would suffer from
heat. | would take precautions to pro-
tect it for the summer. The warm
spells may be broken by light rainfalls,
but think July, August and Septem-
Der will be worse this year than usual"