The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-26

Tho cblef signal nflasr reports as follows for
tho WIS., < ended The tuenty second instant:
During tho past week high barometer has
prevailed fEotn the t',eitle e0a+t to tho extreme
North Rest aud Sput h wast nHfl lower tempsra-
lures have prevailed ogAr the country generally.
During the latter part 81 The weak NJ area Of
high barometer hos also moved eastward from
tho Rocky Mountain region te the Atlantic. ae-
Numpaniad by quite low tenueratures pro-
along tbs gull coast. Several areas u low
barometer have apuaared " thin tbs limits OF
observation The first 81 tbs week WIS over
Lake Ontario. % tbs morning % the fifteenth.
aud moved horfhensW ward TO the Gulf OF
II, LaWretnaa, Tho second aopeared over
, moved eas md "s stsse9o sha
Breton tY The niLateeuth. Tho tnifd appeared
over Maui'oha IN. the eighteenth and moved
TIC fourth appeared To tha CRst of Florida on
tho eighteenth, md. having moved ngrthward,
England aud Nova Scotia aoa-s on tbs twenti.
ath. Severe gales have accompanied these
storm freaa In tbs luke ropion and on the Gulf
and Atlantic coasts. Hoayy snow has fallen
quite generally over tho northern districts.
Many disasters 10 shlpping, q cpmpsnIed By
OF fht' seventeenth II tug boat and several scows
were Eunk and several persona drowned on
Lake onfario' on tho morning OF the nine
taHnth. during n severe gAlS md high sea from
the eouthWeet. teveral yes soils wore driven
ashore on tbs east coast Of Like Michigan and
"n the might ~ the twentlsth boats wers caps
sized In Chesapeake bay and n seaman frozsn
To daath.
The ralnfnll for the past week Averages about
ne follows in the various distriots. Canadian
maritime Or rvIncaa, Loo inch, 1T. Lawrence
valley, 30; lower lake region, DR0: upper lake
region n.35; Now England 90; Middle Allan
tic States b.55. South Atlantic sfates an; East
etn Cult S'ates, 0 40: Waatarn Quit 3 5htes, 025,
Ohio valley md Tsnnss 90 t2s. UpUsr Missis-
sippi vhtley. n5o; Logger Missouri valley OH;
Rtd river of tue North Wiley, ol0: Eastern
Rocky Mountain slope, from Dtk ia to Interior
q Texas, 30; Rocky Moapfains. Q o6; Plateau
districts. DOB: California. TRACE; EAST Of Ore
ROn and Washington Territory. 015.
The Rivers During the st week rises have
occurred In nenrly all tho rIyers but toward
the close ri tha Wnek q general disposition to
fall IL manifested The Red river Al Shreveport.
tbs Arkansas at Littls Il ,ek aud the Missouri OF
Omaha and Yankton have continued almost sta
tonaty, RI Miss ,urt At teavsnworih has
Ialtan twent 1.-TWO iuchss. The Miaslssppi has
4 lion seven inches ut ST. Paul. risen SIX to nine
Inches from IN Crosse 10 Kspkuk six feet at 81,
Louis W yere It IL nov falling. twelve feet at
Oaitu and lvs feet nj MsmDhls The Tennessee
has ris n thirty Inches ~ GhAttauo ga. but is
now falling The Cumberland has Risen seven
feef at Nashville nni is now falling. Tn Alls-
9hnny seyeu feef ut Free ont from the 13th
to tins nth, but Is snGs fallen. Tbs 6hto ut
Pitsburg rpss f svel fest from the 10Th IT, the
l7'h, but has since fallen four. # has risen six
feet n Cincinnati. and fourteen inohes mt Louis
willie during the wesk The Savannah has risen
thirty two Inches Mt Augusta