Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-10
The Cold Weather.

Our exchanges from eyery direction small
Of the weather as having been unprecedented
ly cold Tor several days past. The main fact
however, have already been furnished by tel
graph. Sunday night II said 20 have been The
coldest in Philadelphia known 60 The .,olde-t
mhabitant.' One Of the papers OF that city r.
marks
Thousands OF dollars worth Of plate glass
NlnoOws M Chestnut and other streets were
IIckth 10y the intensity ~ the frost We r.
eIeueo 10 see great sheets OF glass cracked
from corner TO corner by the invisible but d.
C.siNr agency OF the frost At eight o clock on
s1CoS ! iIoIrIns' aorrd' IN The city, the mercury
plumbers were as happy as undertakers ln
cholera time. Ii rs poor heart that never r.
JSiltS; ald Il plenty OF work could conduce 20
thelr happiness. they had every reason Tor ey-
ultaiion. Both the Delaware and SIbnylllt
rIN'rs are now blocked i'm ice. That u,,S,, th.,
latter stream is worth cutting even now Thiic
IN the Dela"d are the Ice rs quite thick and (.-g-
midable.
OF the effect Of the intense cold in New York
and vicinity, the TiHssS SANS.
AT the Bulls Head Drovc-vard several heat
of cattle Were found FROZEN TO DEATH and doub'-
less some OF orr farmers have Ia report similar
occurrences. In New Jersey the poultry on
many farms Were found frozen dead on their
peTchCs. In one instance all the roosters in one
yard had their cOmbs frozen. The police
ItICgi many cases Of frost bites and tepaporary
l"ss Of CONSEQUENCES from the extreme cold
PARTICULARLY among the car and omnibus dr.
YES. 4 number of the car drivers had to b.,
T'u,CN'd a from the cars At the end of the rou.s
EaNiuE ihClr ears. nEpr-. aud toes frOypu L.
lrCoklyn two drivers had their ears so badly
irgzn that, when taken into a warm room. th,.
blood spUrt,d from the frozsn parts One case
"a death from cold occurred at No 80 Baxter
street. A woman named Anna Oakley, who,
d appears. was too poor TO SUPPLY herself with
tCd-ClOihinE, was found on Monday morning
frozen stif. In New Jersey several Of tha
sage drivers had their eNtrrmitIes frozen and
were unable 10 descend from Their seats when
The stages arrived a. the terminus OF their
routes.
II appears from accurately kept records that
the tempe Tature has not been 80 low as II was
on Sunday night and Monday morning i'm tins
latitude. since the year l-t6. The effect OF thls
low temperature has been to freeze over Wal
labout Bay, near the navy-yard. Brooklyn,
and the Hackensack and PaSsaic rivers. in New
Jersey. At o'clock Monday morning the
thermometers N the navy ward indicated a
temperature twenty three degrees below zero
SO intense was the cold that the men n th,,
yard Were unable TO proceed with their usuaI
ayocatiOns, and the authorities issued an order
allowing them 20 leave OF work for the day Al
p. m. when the poor halt-froZsn fellows
gladly retired 10 their own firesidcs.
he North river was full OF ice during Mon
day morning, greatly impeding the passage OF
the ferry boats: and later IN the day the foat-
ing ice swept round into the East river, but nut
IN sufficient quantities TO prove an serious nm
pedIment 10 navigation.
Professor Caswell, whose meteorological oh
seryatiOns on College Hal, IN Providence, n .
l., covers period OF thirty -four years, reports
the thermometer al seventeen degrees below
zero on Sunday might've degrees lower than
ever before recorded.