The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-08
The Weather Elsewhere.

NEW YORK, January S.-The weather expert
enced on yesterday was by several degrees che
coldest we have thus tar had this winter. Not
withstanding the sun shole brightly all day
with the exception OF very brief period during
the morning, when the sun attempted to make a
demonstratlon), the streets wore q comparatively
deserted appearance, no one seeming disposed
to face the chilling blasts unless called out of
doors by necessity.
To-day the ponds at the Central Park will be
thrown open to the public and the skating fes-
tivities Of the season will commence IN earnest
at % o'clock this morning the mercury iudi.
Gated 10 degrees below Zero the coldness of the
air having rapidly increased during the night.
Without doubt there will be much suffering to-
day from trost-bitten ears, cheeks, noses, and
fingers; and 1t is not improbable that the sudden
change IN temperature may have been attended
in many instances with results fatal to human
life. At o'clock this morning the thermometer
indicated IL degrees below zero.
BOSTON, January 1.-THE weather has been eX-
tremely cold to-day, with light snow squalls. At
sunrise the thermometer was five degrees below
zero and during the whole day the mercury has
remained near zero.
HALIFAX, January IS P. M.-The weather is
bitter colo here.
PORTLAND, Me-, January THE weather is
unusually cold here. The Thermometer ten de-
grees below zero and downward.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, January 6.-The intense cold
weather which has prevailed lately has COM
pletely blockaded the river at this point To-day
the steamboat NO11olch, having in tow the
schooner Hickman Captain Burgher, and a
canal boat, arrived here, and after leaving the
schooner, proceeded on her way up the river en-
route to Rondout, meeting with heavy fields of
floating ice, but reaching her destination in
safety. The boatmen generally characterize this
last trip of the NOy1cicb as an extraordinary one
The weather here tonight is singing cold, and
il will be utterly impossible for any more vessels
to reach this place this season. The Nortoich
reports large quantities of ice between here and
New York.
PoUGHKEEPsIE January This is the coolest
daY OF the season; thermometer twelve degrees
below zero. A sharp biting wind prevails. The
river is eflectually closed. There was hight TALL
of snow last night
BURLINGTON, VT, January This has been
the coolest day of the season. Thermometer at
sunrise 20 degrees below zero.
New HAVEN, January 7.-Thermometer at IL
p. n. degrees below zero.
WORCESTER, Mass, January 7.-Cold day here
Thermometer at noon stood at zero; at 10 p NJ,
10 degrees below zero.
RUTLAND, Vt, January THE thermometer
stood this morning 20 degrees below zero.
COLUMBUS, o., January 7.-Weather clear, and
very cold, with indications OF snow. Wind
northeast
DETROIT. January 7.-Weather clear and cold
blowing hard. The passengers are crossing the
river on the ice to-day.
and very cold. Thermometer three degrees
below zero.
ST.. LOUIS, January7.-Weather clear and cold
River full Office.
cold; windy. Thermometer six degrees above
zero.
BALTIMORE, January To-day has been the
coldest day of the season. There was a slight
fall of snow thus morning. The wind changed
to the westward about noon, the cold increasing
intensely. The thermometer tonight indicates
z degrees above zero.
BUFFALO, January 7.-This is the coolest day
OF the year. The thermometer indicated de-
erees below zero this morning. The weather
this evening is clear. There Is no snow.
ALBANY, January THE weather is clear aud
cold. During the last twenty-ouT hours the
mercury has ranged from ITO II degrees below
zero
Troy, January THE thermometer indicates
10 degrees below zero