Daily Republican., 1880-12-30
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tea for YeAVs-N Navigation GtOses
Uses of BNposure.

hS VI EaNO iHttJy EEl dTS uIfFSCsU60
edit Is believed--.u this region, an
on tho heel OF the Last Of these come
tho COldes! weather known in WiIrius
on for the past rs years. All VI thi
shows that this 10 an unusaal winter
aud constitutes an Opsning that an
snrs sell for greater severity in th
failure.
At 10 o'clock LAST night the sne,
storm which had been falling sinss
o'cloek, Tuesday evening, ceased On
sirely, and the stars came out. TIL
weather at that time was very cold
the mercury having been steadily fall
ing oil afternoon. With the clsarib,
Of tRs weather the sold snap great,
increased and ever since Old B0rea
has bess upon the rampage.
When w lniugton a'goke this morn
ing ths Arst thing in order was th'
blowing of fingers, and the remark wa
current that 1t was awful cold. Bu
1heu people loesed az the therRometers
hey stood aGhsat when tney saw ths
,sercury narrowing away down below
zero, in some instauces as far as q do
zen degrees. They had 10 idea II wa.
as cold as that.
TaR T3UR sEo2KR UP.
A ran around town To, day By the re.
porter showed that the whole town was
frozen mp, 80 TO speak, Pedestrians
we're not numerous on the street, and
people only stirred from hot stove.
Ehen they had TO. The weather IL
very hard upon ear drivers and the
letter carriers suffer greatly. Business
is Desrly Suspended, and the store
keepers report that their sales ar
very light. Travel has also yearly
stopped. The trains on the Philadel
phia, Wilmington Gand Bait. Il. r. are
RAINING with great irreguIarity, and
the morning mail from New York and
Phisdelpnia did no: reach here uNtA
yearly ten O'Clock. Tbs train hands
complain grea ly OF the cold.
the outdoor WOrkmen OF the Harlan
L HollingsTOrth company vent down
10 their work at the Usual hour this
bat were permitted to quit
york, as the cold made IL impossibla
or any ything to be done. The outdoor
Rorkmen Of the Jackson 4 6larp Co.,
md Che Pussy & Jones Company also
luit work for the day.
SAVleATrOE cJ0sN.
The cola snap has virtually closed
navigation for the present. The fast
Ce in the reek, when broken this
showed that the seoumulg
ion daring the night attained the
thickness Of six inches. No
ne san remember Of six inches Of ice
'vsr before forming on the Ch1istiana
q . single night The LArges Of
TarneT's and Bush's freight line left
Philadelphia at noon yesterday ana
cached Wilmington between 6 and 2
''oloek last night. They had great
| alOuity In making the trip, which, It
viii be noticed, consumed more than
he usual time. The Horse Shoe, on
hs Delaware river, is almost impassi-
,ls, being flied with heavy floating Ice.
ne bsrgas, now in Philadelphia, have
} en- ordered 10 remain there to await
urthcr orders, and tde freight conslgn.
d TO them will be shipped by the rail-,
cad. 1t was impossible to tahe any
out Of the creek today.
Tbis forenoon the tug. boat Inca is olt
raakipg the ice and keeping the creek |
pen in order that navigation nay be
4sumea as soon as possible, after the
'eaihsF mOderates.
xsu EHM HM1HmEoHBFER srAEDs.
Tho thermometer all over the city in. |
coates q degree Of temperature, the, |
he o. which can only be recalled by |
ae "oli inhabi.&nt." Here ia the
ay 1t stood at some places this morn
lg:
Bigsmoos Iron Works at 7 o'clock,
degrees below gsro; Harlan 4 Hol-
ngsWerth Co., IL; Second btrset mar
ct house at s O'Clock, 6; Q. James
elt's store, s; Edward Bringuurst, 10;
.. W. Bush & Son, 8; Sixth and King
reefs at 8 o'clock A; Richard Gibbons,
3I1 Market street, at 7 o'clock, 6;l
7m. Ferris, RouSth aud Union streets,
! 6 clock, 8; w. Hastings, at Del. ave.
nd Penna. ave, at 6 o'clock, IL; J. 2.
illeY. Tenth and Jefferson, at 7 O. clock,
|; P. Quigley's, at 611 King, at IL
cleok, 5; DR.. simuns, at 8 o'clock, 8;
aylor 4 Fullerton's, 302 King street.
z o'clock, 8; at s O'Clock. 4: at 81
cleck q; at 10 O'Clock z, above; middle
pet, at 6 o'clock, IL belUws Brandy
me Station, Al 7.3o o'clock, II. II
ovrsrDE VRs @Ty. |.
he weather outside the city is equal
cold. At $50 O'Clock this morning ,
Q thermometer at Benjamin Halsy's,
Christiana Hundred, indicated IA
srees below zero. 8. r. Choate OF
,wark, reports IA degrees below zero
A o'clock this morning. A Kemble-
I've, "a, the c0ldA6t was 10 daGr6es. 9
NKARLt 1RNzRH.
No fatal oaaes Of exposure have been '
ported ss yet. The police this morn. l
9 took to the hall q woman who had h
en- picked up on the streets, helpless |
IA the effects Of whiskey and the I
ID. She soon partially recovered, and
is thought that she will be able to q
4Ae the hall come time to-day. Ia
VAR sToEH II SUSSEX "
Georgetown, Del, Dec 29.-This ia r
cidedly the heaviest SNOW storm ex-
I'm this section for many
srs. Travel over the junction and
saltwater, Brsakwatsr and Brankford, =,
Worcester railroads is almost at q y
and tonight the whole mot. VI
power Of the three companies Is in !" !.
vice trying to move the passenger "
iRS. L.,
Passengers from Chincsteasue, Lswes, u
other intermediate points, due in y
at 8. 2b this evening, are,
thls writing, 1890 o'clock P. M. lco