Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1884 — Every Postoffice Will Signal Cold Waves. [ARTICLE]

Every Postoffice Will Signal Cold Waves.

A Washington special says: “In connection with the fanners’ bulletin published jointly by the War and Postoffice Departments, it was decided to-day to exhibit &. cold-wave flag from each postoffice in theUnited States when a cold wave is approaching. The flag will be of white, with a black: square in the center, and will be displayed from prominent places on the postofficesThe news of an approaching cold waves will bo telegraphed by the War Department to all the postoffices on telegraph lmes, and those offices will communicate the news tointerior postoffices. It is thought that the* news will be of material interest to farmers. ”* Michael McDonald, engineer in a boxmill at Milford, Mass., caught his sleeve i» the screw of a shaft, and for some time waswhirled at the rate of 400 revolutions per minute. Every stitch of clothing was tomfrom his body, but when he fell to the floor he was absolutely uninjured. Clement Bates, of Plymouth, Mass.,, has rung the church bells of the town for over fifty years, and has buried over 3,00 d dead. He is still the sexton. Senator Hale, of Maines, does not like newspapers, and rarely reads them.