Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-09
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al II N'lHlNG To WHAT THEY BRAG on
HAVING ~ MUNTANA-FRDZEN TIER
AoNLTEE~ AND DISCUSSED PROFESSOR.
According TO the Nffr NlTft-frry' there has
been some remarkably cold weather in Silver
Bow, Montana. \ correspondent OF that
paper furnishes the following Interesting
itCm ofuew>.
Your favor Of the 10Th January is at hand,
aAu injuries answered hCrnwI tn Dn the
evening al Jan. =. several persons being in my
Store and the spirit thermometer registering
80 below, Tie remark was male that
quicksilver wpalt CONCEAL AZ g. lower. 1 re
SucStcd my clerk. Nh StOlte. 20 thoroughly
cleanse "a bar lumber ana partially mn 10
with qUickSilver. We then exposed the
glass OF mercury and the spirit thermometer
On the ROOT OF the FIRE proof on the north side
ui the store. giving them a. nearly equal
exposure as possible. An hour later the
thermometer stood So below. but the quick
silver Still remained unchanged. At &. p n.
M. Thermometer stood 90 below. sffll the
quicksilver was lire, bat terribly cold. Al
80 L. IN. the spirit indicated al below. the
quicksilver was hardening on thg outside.
\ few minutes later the Thermometer stood
- below. picked mp the lumber OF quick
SILVER. and 10 my establishment found &C.
completely Soliiifed-aS hard aS rock. 1
carried ~ into the store, and several persons
examined II. 10 remaining in that condition
rome time before ia showed life. On Ian 10.
~ ~ D. m, the Thermometer stood RJs below:
Jan. II, al a. M. ~ below, Jan. II, 9 p. IN
~, below. ON the evening Of Jan. :, the eve
ming above mentioned, al 1880 d. m. the
register was So heIow. This j. the coolest
weather we la We had.
Under date OF Jan. L. thC CORE Sppndenf
adds the following news. expressed ia the Pc
culiar SiyIe % The west: Jack Frost held the
best hand last night. and played il "a fol-
lows: ~ 3i5 2. n. the thermometer stood
5e' below; ar 1870 T. Ia, 81 below, al 1880 y.
m. j6S below"
The weather locals OF the Northwest make
up an interesting collection. Tie following
are specimens.
As the stage came through Blackfoot on
Tuesday evening. nobody could tell how cold
~ was all the thermometers were frozen.
The Independent OF Thursday contains an
account Of the freezing 10 death of four
Cinnamon going down the gulch below town.
\ couple Of gentlemen OF thus burg intend TO
procure and place on the summit of Mount
Powell. next fan. 20 remain through the win
ter, a registered spirit thermometer. gradu-
3ted down about two feet below zero. The
interest of the record would be increased IL
they could attach 10 Il a Strengthening
almanac.
The worst disguised man I'm Deer / 9lgethiS
winter il Granville stuart. esq. the most
careful thermOmetIiDsl observer in Mon
tana. Anticipating a possible spell OF wealth
Dr that the mcrcuriai Thermometers would
De inadequate 10 record. Ia sent 20 New York
for a fine spirit thermometer, for which he
was charged a spirited price. II arrived i'm
good season, but on examining 10 10 was
found 10 be only graduated % thirty degrees
below zero. He says a. - q good enough
summer thermometer. but il isn't "calcu-
culatgd" for this kind OF q winter.
81. ESten Cooke naturally knows more
about himself than he knows about General
Lee. AID that accounts fOr his style OF blOg-
Iaphy.-N -. Republican.