Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-30
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THE BITTER GOLD.
Reports from Various Quarters.
STU ALTON IN IRELAND.
More About the State Trials.
VICTORIO CERTAINLY DEAD
More About the State Trials.
VICTORIO CERTAINLY DEAD
INTENSE COLD.
The Mercury Below Zero Through
ont PcnMSYlNRnia.

PBlLADElPHIA, Dec 30.-Last night the mer-
ehaya wnGn zaro oo az nine & p m reSopaed degrees
O'Clock this morning IL marked degrees below
zero. lt was reported still lower in various
parts OF the city, but this was the official report
at the l. S. signal ONE. AT ten O'Clock this
morning 1t had risen to zero. At Wilmington
Del, Ii touched S below. Reports from exposed
places along the Blue Ridge in the Lehigh and
Schuylkili region showed an average tempera-
ture OF ITom II 10 % below, the latter being re-
ported At Lenhartsville, Pa In the same region
most OF The country roads are biockaded 10y
snow. Farmers are pulling down the fences
and driving through the open fields on account
o1 the snow drifts making the roads impossible.
soderating in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Dec. 3o.-The mercury was rising all
yesterday afternoon, and at midnight mad
reached as high as zero with the chances favor
ing mllGer weather to-day. light snow was n.y.
ing in the air. AT present the advices indicsfe e
warmer weather to the westward, and colder
weather eastward. The cold spell has been
more severe and lasting than any for eight
years, but It has been siDgulaTly free from
casualties. The railroad trains are arriving
quite late on ell roads, being in some cases six
hours behind time. Considerable difficulty is
experienced In handling freight and live stock
SO tnat the receipts have materially decreased
at the stock yards.
Cold in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 30.-The signal once
reports that the temperature here yesueTily
morning stood al degrees below zero, and at
no time during the day got higher than de
-
gTees below, With brisk southwest wind AID
clear weather.
COidcst on Record i'm Texas.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, Dec. 29.-At midnight the
thermometer stood at 81 degrees ABOVE zero
here. Specials to the NelrS says that at san
Antonio last night was the coldest or record
there. At g. m. the thermometer stood al 10
degrees above zero, and the ice was two inches
thick. The water pipes are frozen throughout
the city and many are busted. The new water
tanks along the railTo I'd are frozen, delayinr
the trains At Dallas the mercury during the
day fell TO four degrees above zero, and at Cor
sicara to six degrees above.
Other Points Heard From.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-At I a. IN. TO day, the
mercury at New Orleans stood % degrees above
fall OF degrees; Galveston 2l degrees ABOVE
a fall of degrees; Yicksburg, Miss, l6 degrees
above, fail OF degree: Jacksonville, FLA. 23
degrees above a fall OF 2I degrees: Cedar Keys
Fla. % degrees above, fall or 81 degrees; Sa,
VaDnah. Ca, 16 degrees above fall OF 25 de-
gTeeS: Augusta. Ca, S degrees ABOVE a fall OF
30 degrees; Montgomery, Ala, degrees above,
afall OF is degrees; Charleston, S. G., IS degrees
above, a fall OF 2S degrees; Norfolk Va, 10 de-
grees. rall Of Is degrees; Wilmington, n c..
i degrees above. fall OF 16 degrees; Knox
vile, Tenn, , degrees above, a fall OF de-
greeS
New York Shiyerinr.
NEW YORK. Dec, 30.-Tne morning has been
intensely cold. AT 12 O'Clock the mercury al
HIdnut's stood one degree above zero.
RoUNDoUT, n. Y, Dec. 30.-At a. m. the
temperature was degrees below. fall OF g
uSSIStS SIuCt tnt corresponding n0uT or Wed
nesday. The weather is clear.
ALBION. \. Y, Dec 30.-The seyerest storrl
OF the season IS raging here. The thermo meter
last night and this morning is 10 degrees below
zero. 1t is the coideSt weather known for yearS.
WjIkehbarre's Coolest Morning
NnKEsBARRR, Pa. Dec. 30.-This was tn
coldest morning or the season. The mercur-
stood at 10 degrees below. There is but ltti-.
Snow on the ground.
CO1dest ever Known I'm Virginia.
DANVILLB, Va, Dec. 30-The veal her is tho
colcest ever known here. Snow fell all day yes
terday until after nlghtfall. AT o'clock %. M
the thermometer stood degrees above zero, az
3 O'Clock degrees below. at midnight degrees
beiow. and at O'Clock this morning ft was ~
degrees below.
Coolest i'm Rich mOnd Since 1857.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-The weather here
to-day is the coldeSt since January is, 1885,,
when the thermometer reached S degrees be-
low zero. To-day at sunrise the mercury
marked the same fgure. The snow lies yery
thick on the ground and sleigh!ng is very nne