Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-31
FROST FROLICS.
MOderating Temperature in MINES ia
But Extreme Cold and Severe Storms
Throughout the East and West.

But Extreme Cold and Severe Storms
Throughout the East and West.
Zero and above was the state of the temper
allure in Minnesota yesterday excepting at Drl-
luth, which was little below The tempera-
ture elsewhere is shown by the kilograms
following:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 30.-We are hav-
ing the coolest weather since 1857 The Their
| mometer was 8 above this morniug The
orange trees in the city are frozen, and it is
feared the fruit up the river is badly DANA ged.
About a third of the crop is already gathered
1t is not known whether the trees are injured
dispatch from Sumner county says the Or
anges are not damaged there. This county is
about 100 miles south of this city.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The weather is in
tensely cold here. The signal Office reports
between IL o'clock last night and { O'clock
this morning show that the temperature was
below. At A. NJ. the thermometer regis
tered below, and at II o'clock2 above.
CHICAGO. Dec. 30.--The weather is much
milder to-day. The thermometer started in
this morning at below, and ii is now 6above
A similar change in the weather is noted
throughout the Northwest.
EVANSVILLE, Dec. 30.--Clear and cold: 6
degrees above zero. Navigation is entirely
suspended, the ice running and gorging at the
Valley mill. The bend is closing across
rapidly.
ALBANY Dec 30---The severest storm of
the season is raging with the thermometer 10
degrees below zero.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec 30.---At o'clock
this morning the thermometer indicated s de-
grees above.
MELPoRD. Pa, Dec 50.-I.ast nj CHIT was one
of the coolest known in this section, the Their
mometer being Is degrees below. AT Erie
Summit, near Lackawana, it was % degrees
below.
BUFFALO, Dec. Bottle storm still continues
with no immediate prospect of its abating. 1t
it is the seyerest ever experienced All trains
on the New York Central road, which should
have gone East this morning, have been aban-
doned. The Chicago express from the East
due here last night, is off the track at Lancas-
ter
GALVESTON, Dec. 30.--A special from San
Antonio says: The night of the 2Sth was the
coolest on record. At 4 \. NJ. the thermome-
ter stood ten degrees above zero The ice was
two inches thick. Water pipes were frozen
throughout the city and many burst. The
railroad tanks were frozeRsand trains delayed.
at Dallas the mercury yesterday fell to four
degrees below zero.
New YORK, Dec 30.--At O'Clock this
morning the thermometer marked the temper
ature at zero.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 3O.-The thermometer
dropped to IL degrees below last evening.
WILESBARRE, Pa, Dec 30.-The coolest
morning of the season--ten degrees below
zero.
DANvILLE, Va, Dee. 30-The weather is
the coolest ever known here. Snow fell all day
yesterday and until after nightfall q At Z P NJ
the thermometer stood 8 above, at below
at midnight below and at 6 this morning 10
degrees below zero.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 30.-The Ohio river closed
here at O'Clock this morning, and news in
dicates that it is closed and frozen over solid
for quite a distance below. The sky is hazy
and the thermometer at noon stood 20 above
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-The weather to-
day is the coolest since the 18th of January,
1851, when the thermometer stood at s
below zero. 1t was the same figure to-day at
sGnrise.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 30.-The river was frozen for
some miles below the city last night or carly
| this morning and the ice stopped running in
| the barber. About 1890 the weather was
much milder, with indications of thaw be-
fore long.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.---Last night the
mercury, which at 8 o'clock recorded degrees
above zero, rapidly declined until Z this morn
ing, when it marked 5 below. It was still
lower in various parts of the city, but this was
the official report at the United States signal
| office. At 10 A. NJ. it has risen to zero. At
Wilmington, Delaware, it was below Re
ports from exposed places along the Blue
Ridge in the High and Scuylkill region showed
an avera ge temperature of from IL to 90 below,
the latter being reported at Lenhardsville In
| the same region most of the country roads are
blockaded by snow. Farmers are pulling
down fences and driving through the open
fields ON account of snow drifts making roads
impossible.
COLUMBUS, Ga, Dec 30.-The coolest
weather on record. The Thermometer in the
city stood four degrees above on the Alabama
hills The snowfall of yesterday virtually
suspends business.
| SHREVEPORT, Dec. 30.--Weather very cold
and ice running in the river.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Dec 30.--The daily
train on the R. T. d P. r. r. left this place
"wednesday morning at Z, and up to this time
has not been heard from.
! CHARLESTON, S. c. Dec. 30.-The temper
allure wss lower this morning than it has been
| since 1855.
| BUFFALO, Dec. 3o-The storm continued
with unusual severity during the night and
| up to about 3 O'Clock this afternoon No
(! passenger trains were sent out on the New
| York Central or Erie roads until this evening.
| Canada trains are but little affected by the
| storm. Trains on the Lake shore are running
| behind time. A collision occurred on the
| Canada Southern near Welland to-day between
freight and passenger train, badly damaging
Ina engine of the passenger train and the rear
car of the freight train, badly scaIding John
| Pennington and breaking the arm of Thos.
Cary, fireman of the freight train.