Iron County register., 1899-02-16

} There are some debts yet due the late
hrm, and they ought to and must be
settled; therefore, you who are in ar
rears will please save future complica-
tions by coming forward without delay.
Verbuns sat.
The Rev. Anselm B. Brown, who
preached in the Presbyterian Church
of this city last Sabbath, both morning
and evening, had very small congrega-
tions on account of the severity of the
weather, but those who were present
were glad to be there. The morning
subject was .'Christ's Temptation in
the Wilderness" from Matthew 4th
chapter and 10th and 11th verses. The
evening snbject-ssThe Conscience, "
from the text 1st Peter, 3:31. The
answer of a good conscience toward
God. Mr.. Brown is a graduate of
Yale University and of the Yale Theo-
logical Seminary. He has combined
educational work with the ministry q
good deal, having for the past six
years been the Principal of COLLEGIATE
School for Boys and Young Men," in
Los Angeles, Cal. This he has recent
| ly given up in order to devote his
| whole time to the ministry. Rev. DR..
| Niccolls of St. Louis, introduced Mr..
Brown TO the Presbyterian people of
lronton, and possibly they may have
the opportunity of hearing him again.
Rev. Mr.. Brown is a brother of Prof.
Horace A. Brown, now of Los Angeles,
who for twelve years was well known
and popular instructor in the ''Smith
Academy" connected with the Wash
ington University of ST. Louis.
In the six nights preceding last
Monday this section experienced the
longest continued siege of cold weather
ever known. The warmest of the six
nights was Friday, when the minimum
temperature recorded was 10 degrees
below zero; the coolest was Sunday,
when the mercury went to 25.5 below
zero. The average minimum temper
ature recorded for the six nights was
20 degrees below zero. 1t was, indeed,
period of arctic weather and the old
est iphabitant can recall nothing to
equal it. Here in the Valley the sup
ply of fuel was barely equal to the de-
mand, and had the blizzard continued
a few days longer, wood famine
would unquestionably have resulted.
The suffering and damage to stock was
considerable, several instances being
reported of hogs and cattle freezing to
death, while the hunters have found
many quail and other birds frozen, un-
der bushes and leaves where they had
taken refuge. With six inches of snow
already on the ground there came a |
snow storm Friday evening, which con-
tinued throughout the night, and Sat-
urday morning, the snow was fully
twelve inches On a level. Monday
morning dawned, however, with the |
wind from the South, and milder W cath |
er followed That night the mercury
barely touched zero, and Tuesday night |
the minimum temperature recorded |
was fifteen degrees. At this writing |
"wednesday noon) the sun is bright
and warm, the air like that of early |
spring time, and the snow melting fast. |
Prognosticator Hicks, who foretold |
the very cold weather of the past two |
weeks, says the remainder of the month |
of February will be unusually warm.
Yale, blizzard of 1899. We want no
more like you!
Tuesday evening about six o'clock a
young mana stranger and probably
a tramp-went into Collins livery
stable and stole pair of gloves belong
ing to Mr.. Watkin, one of the en-
ployes. There was no one in the
stable at the time, but one of Mr.. Col
Inns children saw from the house the
action of the stranger, and told Mr..
W Watkin, who was near by with pair
of horses. He called to another man
near by to hold the horses, and then
went to the stable, intercept1ng the
thief as he was leaving. Mr.. W. de-
manded his gloves, but the stranger
didn't comply; on the contrary he
showed fight, and a lively sparring
bout ensued, ended by clinch and a
fall. The thief fell underneath, but
to change positions with his
opponent, and then proceeded to beat
him. In the meantime, Mr.. Left, an
other emplOye near at hand, was noti-
fed Of the conflict, and grabbing up a
pitchfork sailed into the melee. He
used the innocuous end of
Iue WSdpOn IOE d LIIIlc Wn1lc, UuG
ing he was making little or no progress
toward the subjugation of the common
enemy, he turned the forked extremity
upon the foe. The work becoming too
warm for comfort, the thief freed him
self from the embraces of Mr.. W.,
quickly arose, and ran northward, car
rying the gloves with him. Word was
sent to the Marshal and immediate per-
suit was made, but without success,
the thief having doubtless gained the
recesses of the mountains or some 9TH
er haven of safety. Messrs. w. and
l.. are both well along in years, and
the glove-stealer had advantage in
fewer years and greater strength and
he might have not come
off so well. The skrimmage resulted in
little or no damage to the combatants,
but if Mr.. Left hadn't mercifully used
the soft end of his weapon, gore would
have besprinkled the pave
ment of north Ironton.