, 1879-01-03
A Great Snowstorm Going East On the
Sau OF the ffeWfcss
Winds.
Railroad Traffic Attended with
Almost 1nsuperabIe Ern-
barrassnoen
The Blasts Still Issuing from Their Play
ground on the Great Plains.
The Day in Chicago us Cold as Jan.
10, 1874, and Jan. l, 1864.


nj fnrt fhn IN u1nIJ4.
tho testimony Of several thousapds Of our citt.
zcns, TINT the thermometer f. ycrY low.spir,te1,
n I. .mo.. nn,vcr.atfv ottn,ttrtl tha. Tho nrcx
ent t1,,nlay of Inn nower of Jack Fro.t 4. vcrv
dt.co,,raoino tn Po,ar crnedttIons and a,1 n,eas-
urc excursions Of that nature, It ts tho bir9e,t
freeze VIC hays had ret, and, On oycrbaulluv
the records, # turns ont that nothing Hike II has
been experienced In this latitude stucs 1874. OF
late winters mir pcopic hayo bccn entoytnr
themselves toe much, TheY haye had too much
sunshine aud warmth mixed up with their
domestic pleasures. ltth a tad tl,inc for any
t,eon,o 10 enjoy too n1uct, comfort, Tho rouk
md k,n,1rrtl ,ttsc,scs of Tho bolr are rnrcrtcro
~, ,I.,... ~. .s.1s s'i ,,..,s..,. ~. - .,a...
p5 'sauk too "'kH n"a nas'"s wv AooA Hihe'
eatn Nellcr'h prescription Tor al gentlemen
afflicted with such diseases Or ang nllnient arls.
{ne fro,n too t1uch IollIty Il to "marrv a rid.
der." Probably me best anttlota Tor tho fc.tlyi.
t'es OF christmas anu NC" 1eaf's u tho presens
freeze. and It Is doubtless fully A good col
Iectiye!y rs Sir. Weller's prescription IL indl-
" a.,na avau .ssa s.Sna; .,en. W.
unsss hsateu o.'sl9e = fea'oot s1ose' @ ana
the Thought of dying Of snnstroke Ills
ones bosom with emotions OF bliss. Tho pres.
SUI 'ooH =. Inn tpernnm1.r ~ ano.t .aicI.m.
e'ooN ~ ''l' 1"si'"oe.e' :" amost w., so'nsis"'
10 ,,, r.anslos" oue lnto an ana"s.eo 'eIe4e'
This sort Of temperature, noHeVes. did mol
steal upon us uuawares. The telegraph in
formed liz yostartay morning that sorncthinp
,orr,rc in IN m,,.or NJ wss,hc, w.. "n;nr ~
.ss1ne W she 'ussss .. "easass , "as so'ps u
On IN oS par sS se W.. ~eass ss
attained 10 somethtns like the summer totnpcr.
o,nr, NJ m ~ OK dsgrec. .hov. 1sro ,od nsr.
soa ~ .,,.u,,s,a ax.rc,s. con,d .r,,ura n'"a ~
er4ss perspfratlon. yesterday. mouthful Of
atmosphere VIVA tlku swallowing an Iccle.
At 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening tho TEN.
ncr.turo h.r,r =, foit ,na T. ta,, ~,
IN that direction until late last night, when
7hls iacluilcd tho ends ot sundry noses, tda
Tips Of ears, the snds q toes and 6ngers, and
protected tinckncn and strcet-car tfEfTcrs,
Ind lard struggle for existence. Policemen
and wanderers tn the streets lust night thcf-
tcrcd themselves II doo1ways and t!odEed tnto
WeathHr. During tlle dar "Pctu," tho
driver Of tho -" Centennial Car No. 923 "
on tho 1sandolph strcct llnc, on his
arrived at tho terminus Of bis route, was found
to lave lls nosa mud both chceks frozen, md
was aimott helptcss with cold. Nal. l1elntx-
man. Of the lctcctlvo fosce, while out taking q
litsls pleasure drirs, lsozee both his ears. 4
Inc that h:s icot vrro ffozcu. Tic Man At the
Crib reported 20 deg. heiow zero at bis plucn
of residence yesterday morning. At tho City,
l}1ll thermometer was 4kuCk 4nt ID tu4 MIR Ill
tho Hlley which bounds TINT impressive strtct-.
urc, and It MARKED II deg. below At noon yes
tar.lay. Otliur thermometers, nt less official
but no lcss reliable character. bore
y ~ o 1os The ssns ssfyiss
Thermometer, Which Is usually tun pessp!rat!o,l,
was caught loaflng down about II degrees be-
Low III Tho carly morning. Tits thermometer
The earth, whero tho latent Influences cannot
prejudice Il. It IL always wruncllng with
Manassas thermometer. and casting reflections
upon tue accuracy Of other wc!t-beiaycd aud
thu most shameless manner. When Aiasiasse
rcpo.Ia tho weather really frtgid, this
concern IN tho 4mploy Of tho United
t;0Ycrntntnt cullrcsu Il calling for fan. Tho
Slgnal Utleo says that tlrro Is latent heat aud
intent cold In thu earth. and that In winter tbs
thau ubywl,cru else, 50 tho thermometer Is hung
up Oh u pu!c. Ti,at sort vi tll]uv NAV ali bo
very wcll Iron. Federal ,mint Ut Ylcw, and
thls feativc tl.erm ometer 'nay tta cn!oyug per.
putyul July, hit tic THU. tho petlplo
want tu ,i.d out IL Temperature oli the surface
weru ttlcy have to liyc, Ii Is 10 consolation h,
us to !,l,uw tllerc IL tropical hclt lla,la-doxou
iupvs AMI gas-n,alrs nrc rongcalcl ai.l
Ii u vt tho risk Vt our lives that W. stirk our
noscs out of rooss. That tte reale.s Of Tie
! Tribune may Know iuat what tloy have pa43c.l
IL
| toinetl for them 10 ah,ycr over;
Aialassc. tho truthful, reports, At "a, III, yes
trr,tay III Icx, brtow xero; Ut ID u, M, ii Gcr,
below; at ii ,n., 1t teg. below; At 3. ul., Ii
deg. below; at j .. NJ, is drg. bclow,
Thu 1lnpreredyutctly cold sttap Lut tho rail-
roa.ls celtcriug Il, thts city IL cuusiIetublu
t1ouble, but, luckily. bu far no oyyi,iculs huyt,
tcsuitet fru,n broken rails, wl,Ici, arc usuaiis
very cuuuo,, ,u lit Kind ul wraiI,rr. Ills irr:.
dom from Accrnts sll,cu lc fruczo rp,nl,,cuccl
this sea.ou il Juu i0 lilo superior stcal rals
vi lie r,alls. Bcxidcs this. raljrua,i n,nnnrrrs
have icconu uors cautious durjng latc ycar.,
un,l, Like that Iowa railroad man, tNcy
prefer 10 huys tlrir traiua on tts trnc(;
I'd time tim Of Ills Truck un lime. Ths
| srulns on nops uf tle roaIe ATTEMPTED
| To ruu ou time Yesterday. and Vii ri then,
were from tnu Ii flrt. tu,rx hehntl linn IN ar.
tiyipg Ali Tho rrelliar ~ nrcsa frnjna i,cnartpt
On tii,c, mud ulost vi thcm were proyleG win
| TWO eprtors. There was M tiIf{{cuitr rrncri.
| enreGa On uccoupt Ut snor-ttrifta thu xnns tu,
ths vrn,1nti havinrs ftruna fnt hor,l art1 .,,ii1