The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-30
WINTRY WEATHER.
THE MERCURY IN THE THERHonE.
TER .GErTING DOWN TO IT."
Intensely Cold Weather Reported I'm All
Sections OF the Country-A Genuine
Tidal Wave OF FrigidIiy sweep.
Ing Across the Land-"An
OId.Fashioned Winter"
now Is THE WINTER OF OUR DIsCON
TENT,
nnde Yet More wiurry by ,hl. chilling

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Made Yet More winiry by this chilling
Wave.
NEw YORK, December 29.-The snow
storm OF last night and this morning in
terleres seriously with traffic and greatly
impedes travel. The horse cars and sta
bles have doubled up teams and are run at
longer intervals, while pedestrianism is
laborious work. Shippers experience
much trouble in getting goods to railroad
depots and to steamboat docks.
Telegraph communication with Fire
Islam d is severed. The storm on Sunday
was very severe there. The surf broke
across the beach. The Surf Hotel and
light house pavilion on the ocean side
were undermined and one hundred bath.
ing houses washed away. The hotel mar.
rowly escaped. A large ships cabin and
much wreckage was washed into the bay.
An old hull Of 1900 ton steamer was
washed on the beach. The vessel has not
been recognized. No steamer is remem-
bored to have been stranded near where
tho hull lies.
wATKErowx, N. Y, December co.
There was another twelve to fifteen inches
snow last night and it Is still falling. The
trains are delayed.
DAEvILLE, Va, December ga tre-
mendsus snow storm commenced here
last night and still RACES. This Is the third
storm within week. The snow blocks
the roads.
DErRo1r, December 29.-Last night was
the coldest OF the season here. The Their
mometer reached l6' below zero.
CHICAGO, December 29.-The cold wealth
er continues. At the dam this morning
the mercury was 190 to 22o. In the city. *
S.o'clock, 1t was l7' below, and at other
points ia the northwest, as follows: De.
troit, II degrees; Milwaukee 10 degrees;
Winona, 15 degrees; St. Paul, 8 degrees;
Dubuque, 90 degrees; Peoria, 10 degrees;
Davenport, IA degrees; Keokuk, 10 de-
grees; Des Moines, l2 degrees; all below
zero. The sky is clear and the wind mod.
crate, and the prospects now are for
gradually rising temperature. The trains
are usually impeded somewhat, but there
arc no accidents to property or life yet re.
ported. A coal famine Is possible il the
cold weather continues, and the railroads
fail to bring coal, as they have heretofore
done.
CINCINNATI, December 23.-The maxi
mum cold reached here early this morn
ing. About ten O'Clock the Thermometer
showed l00 below zero, since then 1t has
been rising.
A Fl. Wayne special TO the Tmes.St1r
says that the thermometer indicated 20'
below zero at eight o'clock this morning,
and that business is suspended, and many
horses, cattle and other domestic animals
have frozen to death.
At three o'clock the snow storm contin-
ned. Thermometer 10 degrees above zero.
Very cold weather Is promised for tonight
and tomorrow.
RICHMOND, December 29.-The snow
storm which began in the northern part Of
the State last evening struck Richmond
between three and four this morning,
since which hour the snow has been fall
ing steadily, and at noon there were no
indications OF its ceasiHg. The storm e1.
tends all over the State and into North
Carolina. All trains are reported delayed.
New ORLEANS, December 29.-Msrcury
26 degrees. A few snow flakes iell this
morning. It Is turning cold tonight.
VlCKsBURd, December 29.-Al inch and
q half fall OF snow.
SHREVEPORT, December r29.-Thermome.
ter 0 degrees. Business is almost entirely
suspended on account OF the intense cold.
NEw York, December GA snow
storm prevailed here all dsy, and along
the adjacent coasts.
CoLUMBus, GA, December 29-Four
and half inches OF snow, the heaviest on
record in this section, fell this morning.
\ Thermometer, at 4 p. NJ, 20 degrees and
growing cold; now clear.
GREBNspoRo, n. c., December 20.-There
is snow storm here, the heaviest and
most severe for twenty years. The snow
is now fifteen inches deep and still snow.
ing.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, December 29.-The
weather has been intensely cold since last
night and the river is full Of floating ice.
A continuance Of the same degree will
probably make the river have solid sur
lace by tomorrow morning.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, December 29.-The
heaviest snow ever known here fell last
night, 1t being five inches deep. The
weather is intensely cold.
NoRFoLK, Va, December 29.-The Be-
verest snow storm for years prevailed here
since morning.
WASHINGTON, December 29.-snow com.
menced to fall here again last night and
has been falling all day, adding to that al
ready on the ground, which up to last
night, in the country ad accent to this city,
measured IA inches on the level, conse-
quently railroad trains have great diff
Guilty In keeping to the schedule. The
river to-day was frozen over from shore to
shore, and the freeze was reported to ex-
tend below Quantice.
CLEVELAND, o., December 29-Coldest
day but two in ten years. Thermometer
dropped to 81 degrees below zero.
COLUMBIA, S. O., December 29.-Snow
began to fall at day break and continued
till 2 ?. NJ, when 1t was an inch deep.
Soon after the thermometer fell rapidly
and at 7o'CloCk was degrees below the
freezing point. A dispatch 10 the Daily
Register says: "Snow Is IA inches deep at
Dallis; s at Gastonis, N. O.; at Yorkville,
s. O., It is 10 inches deep.
AUGUSTA, GA, December 29.-Hesviest
fall OF snow here to day since 1857. 1t
commenced St4 A. N. and continued FIVE
hours. Very cold tonight,
MACON, GA, December GA heavy
fall OF snow and the Thermometer fourteen
degrees above zero are the events OF the
day. The city is out on holiday with
improvised sleighs and snow ball battles.
BALTIMORE, December 29.-The weather
here is the coldest for years. At 10 O'Clock
tonight the mercury indicated Six degrees
above zero and growing colder. Snow fell
continuously ior twenty.four hours up TO
o'clock this evening, when II ceased.
SHERMAN, Tx, December 29.-Mercury
Gua da0yaau halour zaFn
; BUFFALO, December 2s.-The snow
storm which set In yesterday at noon, con-
tinusd with unusual severity throughout
the night, accompanied by strong winds.
To-day considerable snow fell, while the
) thermometer indicated zero nearly all day,
and tonight ranges degrees below.
} On the Lake shore road the storm ex.
. tends to Hamburg Station, ten miles from
] AnHaln Trnina akA mining irrannlnr rlr.