Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1906 — SOME FREAK WEATHER. [ARTICLE]

SOME FREAK WEATHER.

We have been treated to all sorts of freak weather this week. Monday we had quite a severe eleotrioal storm, with a great deal of heavy thunder and sharp lightning. One stroke of lightning struck the engine of the drillers at the rook work on the river just south of town and more or less shocked the eight men who were working there. Jesße Ball and George Gorman receiving the severest shocks. The engine was not damaged, we understand. There was considerable wind with the storm, or following it, rather, which did considerable damage at different points, but not much of oonsequence in this vicinity. Following this came a couple inches of snow and a touch of real winter. A “January thaw,” set in Wednesday and most of the snow has

disappeared, leaving the gronnd and the streets and sidewalks in town covered with a glare of ice at this writing. There is little indication of cold weather as yet, and the hopes of the ioe men are at zero even though the mercury is far from it