Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-25
THE POLAR WAVE.
RAIL ROADS EMBARG0ED AND BUSI-
NESS CHECKED.
The Mississippi River Closed - Reports
from All Sections Show a General
Cold Snap, with the Mercury
Ranging from Zero to
80 Degrees Below.
Chicago.

CHIrAGO, December ~. The eX-
uemely cold weather of the past few
days has made the Christmas season un-
usually quiet on the streets Trains
have been delayed as much III twelve
hours, and freights have, in some eases,
been laid up entirely, instead OF being
removed. The embargo on railroad
travel seems 10 be more rigid, the Sc
verify of the cold and the constant
drifting Of the snow proving more scri-
ous obstacles than before.
Cincinnati.
CIScINNATI, December 2i-The polar
wave was II decided SUCCESS here this
morning, thn thermometer standing at
zero. Several inches OF snsw on the
ground.
Rrrruo, y. Y, December 2l--it is
still showing and drifting badly, and all
trains are detained.
BurrAI0. December -. The storm Of
snow and wind continues. Railroad
travel ia seriously interrupted IN all di-
rections There are now at this point
l2O cars 0i cattle, 100 cars oi hogs and 80
cars oi sheep. The intensity Of the cold
prevented the local dealer, from moving
their purchases made Monday.
Detroit.
DETROIT, December -. The weather
I'm this section has, for the past few
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moneter falling ~ low AZ four degrees
below zero. Snow has also fallen IN
large quantities, and the trains un near
~ all the roads ccntrrng IN tins city
were DELAYED last night. The Michigan
Central road was blncked west 0i kala-
maznu. There were no trains over the
Toledo and Ann Arbor railroad to-day,
ON account oi the heavy drifts between
Ann Arbor and Dundee.
Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, December q The tenn
pcrature for the past tw" days has
ranged from tO degrees below zero.
\ very high wind prevailed most ol the
time The maximum velocity was Tor
ty-lvc miles per hour. Nearly all the
railroads ccntering here report trouble
from snow drifts. The officials oi the
Il. Paul railroad say tonight that their
road is again clear, aud trains are about
ON time. The Milwaukee division al
the Northwestern Railroad has probably
suffered more from drifts than any
of the other roads. The passenger
train from Chicago, due here at noon,
arrived at five T.. NJ. The roaid IL now
clear oi drift however, and 10y tn-mur-
row trains will probably he running ON
time.
Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, December -. To-day
has been the coolest Of the season. At
q O'Clock this evening the thermometer
stood at W.
The Mississippi Closed.
81. Lotus, December ~ The Ice
gorge at Carundalct last evening held
last and at II o'clock this morning came
to "A stand still in the harhor here. The
river IL now probably closed from II.
Paul tn Cairo. To-day was tn" coolest
of the season, the mercury marking xix
degrees below zero at eight O'Clock this
morning.
Kansas City.
1T. LOUIS lVNtllbtI ~ - N"hn""
City dispatch says The weather for the
past week has been the scycrcst known
in this region inr the past twenty Years,
two irri uf snow covers the earth, while
the mercury has been several degrees
below zero. The Missouri river has been
closed lur week ice one foot thick.
The cutIrr transportation overland -
transacted by scighs
Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, December -. o. The
weather seems to hc getting colder here.
At dayhrrrk the thermometer was be-
low zero, and at noon was ten degrees
above. Al II O'Clock tonight II Was
only eight above.
In the Northwest.
Cu,Auu, December A.-The reports
from points in the Northwest show the
cold tn he widespread, the thermometer
ranging from zero tO 30 degrees below.
The coldrst weather was west oi Sioux
City. La the city range il has been from
| To ~ degrees below zero fur two days.