Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1905 — The State Weather Report [ARTICLE]

The State Weather Report

Toe Weather Bureau has just issued its Indiana report for January. The mean or average temper, atu e fur ihe whole state was 23.1 degrees. This was only 14 digress higher than the average of January 1904, and 4 9 degrees ooldei* than the normal average for the month; which shows that this January was an unusually oold month after all. The average at Rensselaer was 19.9 degrees whioh was 12.7 degrees lower than the normal for the mouth, that being the widest departure from normal of auy place in the state.

Death of an Early Settler Samuel Babb was born March 3ed 1818 in Reading, Berks Co PeDn. He came to Akron iu 1830 where be remained until 1847 when hen moved to West J<ffersod, Oh : o, residing th-re s'x years ‘from whioh place ha moved to Jasper Co, Indiana. He was a pioneer of that Co being c'o ely identified with its development for 50 years, He returned to Akron in 1901 remaining until hie death wh ; ch oocured Feb, 3 d 1905. He leaves a wife one daughter and two sins