, 1872-12-25

Specsal Despsrt ii to The Chicago Tribune.
LASs1SG, Mich. L iec. 2a.-During the past two
days was the co!da 1t Teathcr ever known here.
The thermometer, q Sunday morning, stood %
degrees below zero with high winds. On Mon
day morning, below Tuesday morning, 80 to
81 below zero, in di ferent localities: At the
Agricultural College, .on Monday night, self
Registering thernomett r showed IS below zero.
There was much wind to-day. Few ears and
noses frozen. The fall II snow has been about
, one foot. There is 10 sc rious blockade to rail-
Special Despatch to 7as Chicago Tribune
LAsAlLE, Dec. 24-It was 24o below zero
this morning, in this city
Special Despatch to The hisago ,, Tribune.
BELo1r, Wis, Dec. 24.- This is the coolest
day for nine years, the therms 'meter standing at
$50 below zero,
Special Despatch to The c1ica 70 Tribune.
OTTAWA LII, Dec. 24-Last night vas the
aged 27o below zero. The weatE er Is moderat-
ing. Nine o'clock P. MT is .now at about
zero.
NEW Yong, Dec 24-Last night " as the cold
est of the season thus far. There is conadera-
BILE ica in the harbor. ALI vessels arriving with
in the past q hours report severe weather OF
tho coast.
CIscrSsA7r, O., Dec. 24-A special from Wa
were frozen up and out Of wnter between Hunt
ington and Peru, Ind, for nearly 48 hours. Cat
tie, hogs, and sheep we're frozen to DEATH NO
fatal cases Of freezing among employees has been
reported, though many had their limbs badly
frozen. The thermometer here was at zero at Z
o'clock this morning.
Sr. JOSEPH, Mich, Dec. 24.-The storm is over,
and all the mail and express trains will DO run
ming By noon.
ST. LOUIS Dec. 24.-Last night and this fore
noon were the coolest Of the season, the mer-
susy falling to degrees bel below r. zs19 by sSgnn
below by ordinary Instruments, accord
ing to location. Tonight, however,
the temperature is much ;milder, being
several degrees above zero. The river above
the bridge piers is frozen strong enough for the
passage Of teams, and the transfer companies
are laying plank roadway on the ice prepara-
tory to the transfer Of freight. The river below
blocks, and the ferries are doing their usual
business.
PEon1A, Dec 24-The thermometer WAS "a de-
grees below zero this morning.
DEsMoINEs, Dec. 24.-The thermometer WAS
% degrees below zero here this morning.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL., Dec. N--The mercury
stood at 23 degrees below Zero in this city, this
morning at daybreak, being the coldest e1pe-
1iencea in this region for fifteen years;
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 24.-The weather is in
teneely cold here. Last night the thermometer
ranged from 80 to SO degrees below zero. There
is no wind, but the thermometer etood 18 degrees
below at noon. There is only about an inch OF
snow on the ground.
BATH, Me-, 24.-The weather for the past few
days has been bitterly cold. It iR now q o'clock
p. m.) 8 degrees below zero. At Richmond, at
. q. H.: II "as > degrees be!oW- Ihefe as PROB
sb]y more Bnow On the ground in this vicinity
at this date TIM tor the M Ras years.
B,EoTnE' Iown. Dec. 24NThe weather. ia tbe
coldost that has been experienced here for years.
This luorning the mercury indicated a degrees
below zero.
MnwAU1EE, Dec. 24.-The weather to-day
beats tho memory Of the oldest inhabitant, the
thermometer going down to 80 deg. below zero,
moierating this afternoon to zero.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 2E-Tho temperature is
sinking rapidly since dark. The thermometer
has fa.llen to z deg. below zero at o'clock.
L1ge4E Rocs4 Ark. Dec. 24-=-.9his has been