Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-01-07
The Cold Weather-south and East.

After Delng Sn0W-DOund ana Without
any mail for number of days, we were
yesterday tuesday fortunate enough
to receive one. The great storm of
last Thursday night and Friday morning
seems to have been pretty general over
the United States, but the excessive Vi
olence Of cold was more especially mark
ed in the Northwestern States. East of
the Lakes the thermometer sank but a
little below zero, while westward and
northwestward. the intensity of the cold
increased.
At Cleveland the murcury fell to y
below zero; at Kalamazoo to 20; at
Michigan City, to "a; at Madison, to "a;
at Chicago, to % at Oshkosh, to 36 ;
and at Fort melting, Mimi, by the army
register thermometer, to fifty below zero.
At Rockford, H., to 33; at Fort Wayne
Ind, to %; at Dubuque, Iowa, to 30 /;
at Galena, Ill, to 33 at Pittsburgh the
thermometer at no time fell lower than
four below zero.
On the North Missouri Railroad it is
reported that 10000 hogs were frozen
to death, and an immense number Of
cattle persisted on that and other roads.
We clip the following kilograms Of the
cold weather from the latest papers re-
ceiyed:
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2.
Very little business was transacted to-
day on account Of the weather. Since
the heavy snow storm Of Thursday the
weather has been intensely cold, the
mercury having fallen "a degrees below
zero, unparalleled in this region. All
the railroads leading out Of the city are
blockaded with snow No trains have
arrived or departed for two days. The
river closed This morning teams and
pedestrians crossed on the ice. Large
numbers of cattle and hogs were frozen
to death on weather bound trains. On
the North Missouri railroad quite num-
Der of frost bitten cases are reported in
the newspapers, some Of them of serious
character.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Jan. 2.
On Thursday the barometer at noon
stood at 20 deg. rs min. Soon after
wards commenced rapid falling, reach
ing % deg 80 min. at 8 O olock p. M,
resulting in violent snow storm from
the northwest. On Thursday night at
10 o'clock the barometer was rising and
had reached 20 deg. 10 min, and Satur-
day night at 6 o'clock 20 deg. 95 min.
The thermometer Thursday noon was
AZ deg. above zero, falling between that
and 10 o'clock p. m. to l deg. above
zero. Friday morning at Z o'clock the
mercury was l95 deg. below zero and
continued below zero all day Saturday.
1t was more moderate at q in the morn
ing, being deg above and at the same
hour in the evening IA deg. above zero.
Nothing like this was ever known in
Kentucky.
BURIAL, Jan. 2.
Two hundred feet of the Niagara road
near this city have been washed away.
No cars have left the depot since Thurs
day, trains however, are running from
Black Rock to Suspension Bridge Bus
mess in this city is almost entirely sus-
pended. The worst of the storm is now
over, although it is still showing this
evening.
The weather is intensely cold, the
thermometer at midnight of December
81, stood at ~ degrees above zero, last
evening it was five below, and this morn
ing at nine o'clock it was nine degrees
below zero. Telegraphic communication
with the west is interrupted.
Evans bridge in the lower part of
this city has been carried away.
New York, Jan. 2-MIDNIGHT.
At this hour the wind is blowing
northerly gale, and the thermometer
stands ten degrees above zero.
Boston, Jan. 2.
A severe snow storm has been raging
since Thursday night, and the wind
blowing gale from the west. The
water in the lower ports is the highest
that has been known for years.
Late News, Items, Etc.
Archbishop Hughes is said to be at the
point of death.