The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-04
THAT WAVE OF COLD.
.ow TT SPREAD IN 4 SINGLE NIGHT
weather Reports From Inherent sec-
ttons snow and Ice In All Direc-
tIens, north, East ana west.

aimee the tenth OF January, 1875. wnen me tneIs
nna dey only. In the winter Of 1870 It didn't 20
below zero and in 1877 was little below zero
III Today @ 4 tho Thermometer stands \ degrees
lower than Il stood 4, any time during last win
ter The record o.day was a. m. deg o q.
aa.. a.. he Tbe veoalty Of the wind to-day was from
twenty live. 10 thirty miles an hour Ferry Ferry
boas o asst asnty apa worm II making their trips
banauaa III the floating Ice drifting In from the
bay. On North. river large cHkes OF lce heatea t.
along tho New York shore, and tugs had TO De
brought Into requistion to clear passage for
IN The East river leo floated along the Brook
,vn shore. and there also tugs had to be. used TO
nsstst the fsrrybpais. oil OF which were Delayed.
The broken Toe freezes together again as soon soon
cold delayed travel to great extent: On the
eievated railroads the water tecame fr2zen 10
The pipes 2f he engines. ana T. we sn ntn sres.
Ing and all we're behind time from ~ 70 -
mTlhhmiil Ths failure Of trains TO make the usua trips
rave a. rjse 70 q report that the train had been
Blown OF the track. and that large ntimeer OF
lyss had been Lost. The rum2r proved iaise; .
arrivInr At ali.
fhe weather. r. New yerssy was .so ,ss Yer. very
usorneter marked fifteen degrees below zero,
and human heinRa and other animals suffered
severely from cold: In BROOKLYN the theTmome.
tef marked zero at a. M. and seven degrees
"sHsS NrwAss, Jan. s.--The weather is very cold.
The thermometer is seven degrees below zero.
PATEnsoS, n. j.. Jan. s.-very cold weather
prevails, The thermemeter. at q. IN M. was
eleven degrees below zero; now. ii :30 q. m.. IL
wxTsRevsr VIZ seevg s donn Jan. sThere is about
1 nShss Y $ sn9T hah m '19 wads
synsousn syess SU,S 1H r. Jan. aHThe weather Ia this
section is very severe; The therpometeEm r ts nine ne
dsfses aeoss ssr1 by | nigh wna
trains are from one to four hours behind time.
% ss4s sst nsb fRs wetRss Z ss sRSw
0Vs CHICAGO. Jan, .s.--The weather here and
brTnciT. Jan. a. Intensely cold weather pre-
s1s dnsvsIHsp JAM s,The weather e very cold
BUFFALO. Jan. a-Very cold weather prevails
UincrSsAr1. Jan. s.-.ThIs 4 the coldest day
stood S %i "a degrees below zero In the city and at
exposed points on the bills marked as low as 2o
below. Four street car drivers had their ears and
Wind is light and northwest. The thermome-
tegis is degrees ab9ve boz, !, zero, :. hsre An.ha
railroads are blocked. and the wind is blowing
at the rate Of forty miles an hour. The ther-
H BINc1A.ros, N. Y. Jan. s.-..fhe weather Is
exceeding cold. AT a, IN. the Thermometer
marked eight degrees below; ct q. Y: n seve1 se
trains are all delayed and il Is reported that No.
on the Erie road has been abandoned. The
SNOW Ii not deep. but what there is has drifted
BosToS Jan "A brisk te hieh z .s sGg!hyest
PORTLAND. Me-. Jan. al he wind is west and
brisk. The Thermometer Is sixteen degrees
TAsTppnT.. Me-, Jan. SIT is showing, The
xrees above zarq. -. m,a .x,ua !. o...
ana Srss Il i s0se soady The Is
fourteen degrees above Zero
+ l. Jam sdno ahn,s wlnd 1nra IS nortn
HARTFORD. Conn. Jan. 3.--The weather mere
yery cU,o Jan an The weather moderated TO-
day. while IN I'll The East ana Southeast II Il cold
GRADUALLY passing East. In Illlnois., Iowa and
was Is to . de- degrees below zero. while At
same. points It is 10 70 10 degrees peloy.
Freight trains are abandoned on Oil railroads Ia,
railroad men are reported frozen to death and
many severely frost bitten. :.
Ing. at 10 O'Clock last evening. but the gale is
drifting. Trains on. tho Rochester. watertown
terday and to-day. The first train from Of-
densburg yesterday due at Rome at ?. M. is
SSp s:so .. n M stuck near Philadephia and prob.
ably will be till e-morrow aftern?on at the ear
~ Lest. Trains on the Utica and Black Hiyer
Soas cfs aae NJ trains arrived today On that
oaprssBuRo. N. Y. Jan. s.--Another heavy
finued ali day. The wind blew hard. creating
heavy drifts, At .. m, q train on the Rome
to return. No trains have M since @ arrived or de-
Utica and Black River Road from Utica last
! that road this morning. The weather is cold
sS UIscISSArI. M Jan. s.-The present cold weather
Is tho most extreme experienced by the Oldest
inhabitant. The thermometer was as low as IA
degrees below, zero In the. city this morning.
Ice In the river Is very heavy. but Is still NOV
-aftsrnooa. ana will doubtless be completely
Intense than usual that hydrants are frozen ali
over the city. and the greatest difficulty about
SCnooxC1Arr, Mich. Jan. IA Are here last
night DESTROYED five stores-four frame and one
brick. Loss, 10000 insurance. seooo
stroyed the dwelling owned BY Benjamin
Neal, together with portion Of his furniture.
The vile 81 h Nss + IN misshag sha and is sup
aSs sosroS nS 9sn aAbout one foot Of snow fell
u sy ny nra dssyPs sn1 ss s4s
and Hillsboro Railroads The temperature at
White River Junction. VI. at sunrise this
1
Boston Is three inches deep. and it is clear and
cold.
OswEeo. N. Y. Jan. 3.-The thermometer is
16 de0rees above zero and wind 50 miles per
hour. The worst storm In many. years has
been raging since yesterday. and all roads
leading out OF this city are abandoned:n 70
attempt will be made to open them until the
s'So% SoUraAspros, 1sss; Ont. Jan. s-The severest
storm Of the season is now progressing. The
is twelve degrees above zero. All
trains and stages have been stopped. the
snow piows are OF the track near Pinkert0n.
Ice hanks on Lake Huron are reported twenty
i've feet high.
OAPR VINCENT, N. T., Jan. 3.-The storm
which commenced yesterday morning has not
yet abated. The wind has changed from south
west to northwest II stopped showing last
snow Is drifting fast. This branch Of the
Rochester, Watertown and OgdensburR railroad
hos BEEN blockaded for the past twelve days.
There are no prospects for an opening until
fha Storm abates. The country roads are all
f14SI GAyrN Conn Tan a-Tha storm az last