Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1904 — A BEAUTIFUL BUT EXCITING MONTH. [ARTICLE]

A BEAUTIFUL BUT EXCITING MONTH.

Ootbber just passed was a wonderfully fine m onth in the matter of weather. Finer probably taking it dear through than any other month we will see again until another October rolls aronnd. And perhaps sot then, for though October's repata'ion for weather is proverbial this year it rnaoh exceeded its own average fine weather. There was not, muoh rain for one thing, and dry weather and fine weather usually go together in October. There were only two really rainy days daring tbe month and two others where there were light rains. The total rainfall was only 1.14 inohes; whioh was less than half we had in Ootober of last year, and that was a wonderfully fine month too. Snnshine was freely on tap, and 17 days were olear, 7 partly dear and only 5 wholly cloudy.

The warmest weather was 80 degrees on the 9th and the coldest 28 on the 28th. Frosts of frequent ooouirence, bat no real hard freeze occured. Curiously enough thunder was heard every time it rained daring the month. But peaceful and beautiful as the month was in respeot to weather, it was far from that in respect to sensational ooonrrenees. Among the events of the month were tbe dynamiting of Tom McCoy's bouse nn event'of almost nationsl notoriety, Other occurences dnring the month in the oonnty was the killing of one man on the ruilroad, and the finding of the body of a suicide, while two persons were terribly injured by aaoi’enta iD neither of whom did recovery seem possible. SESSHMB22SSE