The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-30


So far as we can ascertain by any material
q; our command, and in the opinion OF a
number with whom we c0nversed, yester-
day was the coolest day we have bad In this
city since The memorable winter Of 1867.
On the 17th Of January. 1857, the mercury
read at It's highest point only II degrees
above zero. and fell 10 degrees during the
day, reaching s degrees below zero.
Yesterday morning. the thermometer read
13 degrees at sunrise. AT O'Clock u had
risen only / degree, reading IA degrees.
The instrument from which these last read
ings were taken Is in an exposed position In
an elevated portion OF the city. and consid.
cred avery favorable position for obserya.
lions.
Once during this winter the mercury was
as low as / degrees. but ~ rose during the
day, reaching. 20 by O'Clock.
The mercury fell very rapidly from mid
night Tuesday until sunrise yesterday,
when II was. as we bave stated. 13.
Snow commenced falling between and
4 O'Clock yesterday morning, and It con-
tlnued to fall without intermisson during
The day and afternoon, when it had reached a
depth OF about six inches. During the day
the merry jingle OF the sleigh-bells were heard
in all directions, and single aud double
sleighs found ready occupants az three and
five dollars per hour. But the driving snow
and chilling temperature drove the pleas
ure.seekers IN very early. The sleighing
was not very good during the early part OF
the day. but in the afternoon late the snow
bad been beaten down, the track was pretty
hard, and the sleighing had improved con-
siderably.
IL il not an uncommon thing in the spring
and summer season TO see rain falling and
the sun shining at the same time; but never
until last night at o'clock did we ever see
IL showing fast and the stars shining at the
same time, as was seen by many persons.
The wafer in the basin at this city fell
about three feet yesterday, and forced a
suspension OF operations at some OF the
manufacturing establishments whose water
supply Is derived from the basin. IL was
stated upOa inquiry that there was proba.
bly, q Snow and ice-gorge somewhere on
the canal between Richmond and the three
mile lock, or at the feeder there, which pre-
vented the usual supply OF water from pass
ing through the canal down to the basia.
The river and dock had more or less ice
upon them Yesterday, and navigation at
Rockets was interrupted and vessels pre-
vented from moving from one berth to an.
other.
At II O'Clock last night the snow had
ceased 10 fall and the weather was clear and
cold. At No. 731 west Marshall street Mr.
Lyneman reports the mercury as follows
yesterday: 8 A. NJ, 1872; II NJ, 13o; u.
M., 10; 10 =. NJ, GO.
At midnight the mercury here stood at
so.
The weather west OF Richmond seems to
have been quite rs cold and the snow little
or no deeper than we had il here, as the fol-
lowing dispatches which we received last
evening will indicate:
Frederickshal About six or eight inches
OF snow has fallen to-day, and IL IS still
showing, but not very fast. Have no ther-
mometer, but 1t is awful cold.
Charlottesville Snow about four inches.
and still showing. Weather very cold.
Greenwood: Seven or eight inches Of
snow to-day, bot not showing now, and still
very cloudy. Thermometer 12o.
Flsbersville: Snow four inches deeD.
Thermometer 60 above zero. Clear and
windy.
Staunton: Very cold and freezing. Snow
abont four inches to-day.
White Sulphur, $50 2. NJ: Thermome-
ter 80 below zero and clear. Snow about
twelve inches deep, but not drifting now.
Very little wind.
Hinton: Weather clear. Thermometer 60
above zero. Snow drifting badly and freez-
ing fast. Been showing all day up TO about
3 p. NJ. II is now 5:45.
Cannellou. 5:3j p. NJ: Partly clear (;
thermometer degrees below zero, and
snow about ten inches deep, but not drift
ing.
At Canneton, at 10 O'Clock last night, the
mercury stood at 100; White Sulphur
Springs, 50; CoyingtOn, 80.
Q1lnnemont, $50 p. NJ: About three
inches OF snow fell to-day, but it is not
drifting. Clear now. Thermometer de-
grees above zero and falling.
Huntington Thermometer degrees be-
low zero. Weather clear, and wind from
| the northwest.
Nearer home on the line OF the Richmond
and Allegheny railroad the snow fell to the
depth OF several inches. AT Maiden's Ad-
venture. for instance, 1t fell at the rate OF
one inch per hour for several hours.
| From The line OF the Danyllle railroad we
had similar reports. The t"Iegrims repre-
sent the snow-stOrm as prevailing from
Richmond south and southwest TO Char
lotte, n. c., and as having fallen to the
depth of from six TO eight inches, and iD
some places having drifted TO depth OF
from eighteen to twenty inches. The wea'
| thfr was very cold.
| Trains on all the roads were more or less
DELAYED on account OF the snOw-storm.