, 1880-01-15
SHERRY CODDLERS.
This Pleasing Drink Promises to
Be a Luxury in June.
And tho REASON Assigned Ii tho
Prospect of n Short
Ice Crop.
The Dealers Refusing to Make Con-
traots-Their Views on the
Situation.

Tho tce-crop this senson bids fnfr to be short
ont, although II is little cnry yet to predict a
famino. There wore pcrtnpA 4Jl,pN tons Of
Ice carried over frofn last year. which Is now In
tho houses In this city: ntid there Inns been cut
by NIL tho ice-incn In Chlcngo ti,sts fur this win
ter, my. frr,m so,too to loo,0o Ions. making MI
aggregate on hand Mt tho prcscnt tlmn Of from
$4,000 u LOO toms which will he greatly innd-
ctlnte 10 supply tho dcrnnncdurin8 the coming
summer. provldod wo hnvo no more
tcc.making weather this Winter. Those
estimates nre based upon figures givcn
n TRInusE reporter yesterday by sevcrn1 Ice
tlcnlGrs. vino rertnps might hAvo nnleEcstt-
mated thelr etocksa trtsie.. hut mt eno'l9,i y
l3Inke, IT Dccatur, ILL.,, who has mn''u the study
VI tho snns1ps II speciality for 4 number OF
se.:r ss aa ~ ta, sse BE- ue s scdn c u pfas' VII
M astonishing Hcclracy. the enntttinn ~ tho
,r ,n wnfs Rs f5f9f; aks th"t NJ
iefors tic n.t of Febrl,ary q tho il i Mafeh.
where iii tho country. even ns fur north Ms 40
mlrs,--ns far as The dealers cru 20 tu get sll'-
piles With any ;, degree Ut pt!!cticnh''tty.
san = i;'r1,,od. II ibis eort 4 weather coutin;
,cs II II painfully aprarent that tcc'croam Will
In urslcr to gcl at the exact condition Of nf-
fnirs, TIL HUME reporter went 70 s9ycral pr9mi-
t1ent lce-tcnlcrs yesterday and obtained thoIr
sir. Il. 4. shc<d. of tho firm Of r. A. shc.id 4
Co., tni tho reporter TINT ho w,ls ut present re-
iHaing all oilers tn make contracts nt nny price.
and Hlitnlld continue tn Dr. 81 ti!fl ho could SEQ
| chHnce to yet Ice. Iio sni' there was
NO ICE TO srEAK OF
| up north; he understood there was only about
eight inches in Green bay. At Mclfenry, whnrc,
| III tho wnr1n wintr two ycnrs ngo nc had cut
vet pound Till yenr. Tho Company hnh cut
about a,,gq tons Of Icy tlls L. Reasol,.-iso0 tons
at Sheed' M M @ 9at m % ~ tG1a tc,ca. o. f th;:
Ice .wnusd ranRc from seven y, ten md one.hhlf
nchcs:, They s.:,'ne,cSa ! elttg nm fno @ y o1
"About how much leo ahouId you Judge there
"Thero Is Mt snns y, n tue ,s srs to h
would lehse none for private families anrin9
.'This prospect hrings you In orders from
| other sections, does i nut - ,...,u,o.
e e s fS n"SpE 1 SSea sse nss o oba tss
eut teir ox lss + aywtsrs They are = ask T.
"'What is your storage capacity7"
:. iA6ont ioe,. ;, io;,g y. u.s. o,,a~,"
.Aboui s'.ooo .ais's - '
,'ns M tr rc l ,ho ~ nfspects fais for an Ice
famine. @ stf 10 yo, @ milk M ''i 4' ~.
cn a 9at asa ns1 sn the to sng tnss i + M iii
t winter. ard the e., number II hogs Killed neat
summer Thnrr Ia n general ,Ynsh.Out nf thu
ri..nrm ana st9ro,mx aft nvnr n" ro,,ntrv' ara
tiloy appcar t" be having ahoat the sn.nc inc
~ Mt hncm ah1c ~ c,'t nnv H. snth at aii
npSo "o' ''e" "o.v =" ...se NY ~ s'A " '''
AAsK ~, .. IhohisoN' --
noxt sccn, and wns piled with about tho knmc
questions by the reporter: lie said tho COM
| rnHy cnrr1cd nver Abnlat la!O00 tons frr}tn Inst
year. They generally @.lculntcd to carry two
years stock anyhow blt TINT wault not amount ;9v1 M
tn mitch II nonp 81 tug nther denlers tlitl the
SANE. They cut nhout a,Do0 tons this winter III
1.npnrtc, OH tho Calumet Lake. md OH tho Fox
tns' Snl.s.ns =, ILL., ,, NY ins uls o .sor ~ o,1In %
in frnn Tic South, int thoy hait not a ret re.