, 1866-01-22
THE WEATHER.

The weather since Friday night has been fruitful
IN cold. ice, faf+ curses, hot drink. and general
feeling Of dfscontent- On that evening the weather
wns oi m ninently kaleidoeeopic character giving
dne Illustration Of the Yankee poets graphic
futt 1t blew, ,hcn IT thew, n Ii z,' and II INV
Thing little more 70. The dnal scene in the d.ama
VIA rain storm with "ax1ngs 10 maich," 10 the
shape Of amhre1lae and gusts Of wind. Shelter was
eagerly sought for, whether 10 = bar.room Of hmse-
car Eorfuas fifteen minutes The gentle min desccd.
Cd The wind suddenly changed, It rrcT cold md
9ound 1no 1inF f. .ain ".f c9aEsad erett struck the
y cxtempori,ed lnlu real skating parks, tsp whIch
locumotton could better BE- performed on eEntes
s6.n 'a On ssstbeT Toward midnight 1t rapidly grew
mercury descended below zero. and lie cold ,,ss
intense. The sidenn1k cracked under Tue loot Of
The cecasional pedestriau whose hand. yert en-
ihe cold caIlline wind u January K asstieht Ion On
Saturday morning The wind blew in ape11eci torna-
t4,. d. % e. ,ss a W.T. and y ,es,ss a. psnt
cnry va. TO- below tc1p, t's and ,hat = most t
asli1 5s,ians inai'taoal d. Tic olass, inh.eIt.nt
Of the reason. AL day long the sidewalk. were
covered With ice making successful redesuianism
70 hc Witnessed IN haH an aour than could b.
The wind blew, hats dew. hoop sktns sssumed au
wan.oD manner. Little boys On skates had = sshtsh
o!d " eatDisal, and The atI Tesonnded With their
me11y pealE rs GONE Old fellow suddenly hfpught
christsanizinR tnncnce 1hc daily prayer meeting,
some proAne '.cus-tr' induiEed N hnathemns
which II they dld not come home 10 root brought
their Authors there Drinking between dfinks Wns
freely 1nd1lgcd in oD the plea Of keeping out the
cold, and the Lar lenders were kept
lifting wc1e reported, but without serious dansge
10 tlle biasen.
The most IencheIous pavement IN the city Is at
The Board Of Trade corner. II IL covered With 4
thin sheet Of tce, hard adamaut, and smooth rs
Iasalle aueet u1th sue violence Is 10 hurry nearly
every parte1-by into the gutter, Men women and
Ghlldreu *ptled In" miscellaneouslF. There WIS no
ouch thing rs firm elastic tread pedestrians walk
GO ~ II On eKEF+ 1nd not Ode in hatf dozen euc-
ceeded N reaching The other ehore. Every victim
disse laughter from The crowd which rzthered on
The ida!to. The spectacle 1as an amusing one, md
Al day long there seemed to he end to the min
hapa and miscarriage. The Deputy Super1ntend-
ep1tnklnd theseahouts, but the wind Knocked his
Efforts They were no soopcr depoased than hlowu
nway. /
It was cot tremendously cold on Saturday, the
thermomeie1 ranging only eieha degrees below zero
1t three beloa 1t 10 O'Clock and ii TWO degrees &C.
low zero nj noon. But The sharp cuttins winds
MADE the most Of the cold weather, changing the
atmosphere in eontnet with the skin yefy rapidly,
lessenng the animal Temperature with alarming
fpeed.
The railroad ttains were much delsyed on Satur-
Day, IN consequence Of the slippery state Of the
Iais, but We have heard OF no accidenH from this
cause The Rock Island lraln, due here at between
4 and o'clock 4. m, did not arrive till near u
the " lonis train, due about the fame hoAn, came
One at O'Clock, had not arrived ut late hour tn
the eycuUr,