Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-25
THE WEATHER.
A POLAR WAVE IN MINNESOTA.
The Mercury Fify-Eight Degrees Below
ZerO-A General Rain Storm Along
Both Sides Of the Ohio River
Good Prospects Of a Flood.

ST. PAUL, December 24.-The sever
est weather reported for years prevails
to-day throughout the State. It. Vim
cent, near the British line, reports the
spirit Of the thermometer standing So
de.ress below zero. At Crookston,
Mimi, it stands Sc degrees below, at
Grand Forks 80 degrees, and at Breck-
enridge 50 degrees. These places are in
the R.d River Valley and the cold wave
seems 10 have come from the British
possessions. In the eastern and south
ern part Of the State the weather is
milder, and in st. Paul the thermometer
did not fall below Is degrees below zero
The unusual amount of snow has de
laved the trains on all the roads, and
some trains on the Southern Minnesota
and Northern Pacific were abandoned
last night. All trains from the West
were late tonight.
SAN FRANCIsCo, December 24-Dur-
ing the past two days, the weather
throughout the Pacific slope has been
almost unpreCedentediy cold. The
HlrbOr OF Victoria, Van COnver Island,
is frozen over, and there is great deal
OF floating Ice in Puget Sound. Naviga-
ton on the Upper Columbia and Will
lamette rivers is suspended. The stock
in Eastern Oregon and Northern Cali
iOrnia is suffering severely. the ther-
mOmeter ranging in the Valley Of
Cata from 20 TO 80 degrees above
zero. There was skating st Modesto,
San Joaquin Valley, this morning.
Fruit has sustained considerable damage
in soma localities, hut the agricultural
prospects areyery favorable generally. At
PrOSSer Greek, on the Central Pacific rail-
rOli lust below the California line, the
thermometer this morning was 50 de-
graes below zero. In the city this morn
ing ice formed strong enough TO bear q
mans weight, and in some cases water
pipes were frozen.
OiDEN, UTAH, December 24.-Un-
pr-cedentedly cold weather has struck
this section of the country for the past
two davs. The thermometer was II de-
5rees below zero here this morning,
while in the east, west and north the
thermometer was 50 below. There Is
not much snow, but the trains are de-
tanned by the cold.
Heavy Rain Storm.
CISC!NNArI, December 24-The heavy
rain yesterday and to-day has been gem
eral all along both sides of the Ohio
river, and the prospects are that there
will be almost flood rise. The river
has gone up here nine feet in the last
twentv-fOur hours. In Kentucky the
rain OF 20 day is SAID to be
the heaviest in twenty years, and
much damage is done along Lick
inc river bv the sudden rise.
The Little Miami river is higher than it
has been for long time. The bridge
over Walnut creek, on the Dayton and
Southeastern railroad, has been washed
out bv the sudden iiOoI. Reports from
points mp the Ohio river indicate heavy
rains everywhere. The Big Sandy river
rose ten feet in twelve hours and tonight
is rising one loot an hour. A large guam
titv of lumber logs that were collected
on the bank Tor shipment were caught
bv the sudden rise and are floating
down the river, entailins much loss.
Reports from the headwaterS
OF the Ohio indicate a rapid
rise there so that what is known as a
coal boat stage a. Pittsburgh Is assured
for tomorrow, lrtuu- Out the largest
coal vessels that are used. The rain
here Is be-'uu, tY freeze rs 1t falls.