Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-30
THE COLD SNAP.
Al Degrees below Zero In Indiana.


In the Northwest.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 29.-The weather thiI
morning here and west is extremely cold
The thermometer here this morning was l:
degrees below zero; st. Paul IA below;
Fort Garry, Brainard and other points
West of st. Paul about 25 below. At
Sparta, The eoldest place in Wisconsin, 20
below.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Last night was one
Of the coldest of the season. thermometer
20 below at daylight this morning. Itmod-
Grated this morning but has grown colder
since noon, and tonight it is very cold.
In the Rockies.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 29.-Another great
snow slide at Little Cottonwood; one man
carried away, but subsequently rescued.
The up trains were blockaded yesterday,
but are reported in motion this evening.
The Union Pacific trains were blockaded
one day between Green River and Bryon.
SANTA Fr, New MEXICO, Jan. 29-The
first snow Of the season Sunday night. 1t
is now about four inches deep on the
ground. Thermometer 1 degree below
zero yesterday morning; this morning be-
low. The mails, which for the past month
have been stopped by the epizOotic, are to
be resumed as semi weekly mail for the
present.
FOrty-One Degrees below Nothing I'm
Indiana.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 29.-This has
been by far the coldest day of the season,
tie thermometer this morning ranging from
% to Al degrees below zero, according TO
location. Sleighing could not be better.
Freight Train FrOze Fast.
SIDNEY, o., Jan. 29.--At seven O'Clock
this morning the Thermometer stood
twenty three degrees below zero. A freight
train on the Bee line actually froze to the
rails at Versailles Ind, and could not be
moved until assisted by second engine.
At Anna, Ohio, the Thermometer was 26
degrees below zero, with eight or ten
inches of snow.
CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 29.-To-day has
been pronounced the severest Of the win
ter. Dispatches report Alexandra % be-
low, Lima ~ below, Dayton 10 below, Pi-
qua % below, Troy 18 below, Tippecanoe
II below, and on hills near here 10 below,
COLUMBUS, Jan. 29.-An old lady
named Platte, aged SO years, while stand
ing in front of the fire last night was badly
burned by her clothes taking fire. She
cannot live.
A man fifty years old named Matthew
Wilson was frozen to death at Millport,
Pickering county, Tuesday night when
within a few feet of his daughters house.
Down East. ]
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The thermometer
u o'clock this morning, on Broadway,
stood one degree above zero.
CoRRY, PA, Jan. 29.-Last night was
he coolest since 1856. The thermometer
vas down to SO degrees below zero, on
which mark the mercury was down in the
)all.
HALIFAX, Jan. pa severe gale and |
now storm with lightning commenced last
light and continues to-day.
Threatened Gorge at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.-The mercury has |
anged from zero to ten degrees below for |
he past SO hours and is still very cold. The |
losing of the river again at this point is
eriously apprehended.
Between 6 and o'clock is morning |
he mercury sunk in the city and suburbs,
ccording TO locality, to from 16 to "a de-
rees below zero, and in one town within 1
ew miles is said to have fallen to 81 de-
,rees below. About 9 o'clock the wind /
eered to the south, since when the tenn
'erature has moderated very materially, |
he thermometer now no P. NJ. marking
,elow.
Ice blockade at Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 29.-Last night was the
oldest Of the season. The mercury was
degrees above zero this morning, and 20
t noon. The ice in the river is heavier
han st any time this season. The Julia
anne down last night but was unable to
and, and went on below.
The Latest.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 29.-The weather
ontinUes extraordinary cold, the thermom-
ter ranging throughout Northern Iowa
O-night from 26 TO 40 deg. below zero.