Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-31
THERMOMETERS IN DEMAND.
News from tho Blizzard In all Directions

News from the Blizzard In all Directions.
PuILADELPuIA, December 30.-Last
night the mercury, which at . o'clock
+. NJ. recorded 7 degrees above zero,
rapidly declined until at O'Clock this
morning it marked 5 degrees below zero.
I, was still lower in various parts OF the
citv. But this was the official report at
the U. =. signal office. AT ten this morn.
ing il had risen to zero. At Wilmington,
Del, it was 8 degrees below. Reports
from exposed places along the Blue
Ridge in Lehigh and Schuylkill regions
showed an average temperature OF from
IA TO 81 degrees below; the latter being
reported at Lenhartsville. In the same
region most OF the country roads are
blockaded by snow. Farmers are pull
ing down fences and driving through
open fields on account OF the snow drifts
making the roads impossible.
CHrcAGc, December 30.-The weather
il much milder, the thermometer start.
ing in this morning at & degrees below,
il now about degrees above. A simi-
lar change in temperature is noted
throughout the northwest.
GALVESTON, TEX, December 3o-A
special TO the .Neus from San Antonio,
saws: The night OF the 2S:h was the
eldest one on record here. At q =. N.
the thermometer stood 10 degrees above
gro. The ice is two inches thick. The
water pipes are frozen throughout the
CITY. the new water tanks are frozen
and delayed train at Dallas. The nher'
cury Yesterday fell to degrees above
zero.
RICHMOND, Va. December 3o.-The
weather o.dsy is the cOldest since the
18Th Of January, 1857, when the ther-
mometrr stood at s degrees below zero.
II was at the same figure today at sun
rise.
CLEVELAND, o. December 80 The
thermometer dropped to II degrees be
low zero last evening. The cold is in.
tense.
CINCINNATI. December 30 The Ohio
river closed here at O'Clock this morn
ing, and the news indicates that IT IS
closed .or quite distance below. Inc
sky il hazy, and At noon the thermome-
ter stood at - above z.ro.
WuKEsn ,RRR, December 80 This is
the coolest mornin, OF the season; mer-
cu-v 10 below zero.
DASviLLg, VA, December N-1te
weather is the coltest ever known here.
Snow fell ar day yesterday. The ther-
mometer stood at 3 above zero at nine
o'clock, below at midnight and at six
this morning II below zero.
MILFORD. PA, December 3o.-Last
night was one OF the coolest ever known
in this section. The thermometer stood
at Is degrees below zero. At Erie sum-
init, near Lackawaxlen, - beloS.
BcrrALo, December 30.-The snow
storm s,ill continues, with no immedi-
ate prospect OF abating. Ii is one of the
severest ever experienced. All the
trains on the New York Central rail-
road which should have gone east this
morning, have been abandoned. The
Chicago express front the east, due -re
last night, is of the track at Lancaster.
WASHINGTON, December 30 1t Is in.
tenselv cold here. The signal office re-
ports that between IL o'clock last night
and o'clock this morning the mini
mum temperature was I degrees below
zero. At7A. N. the Thermometer reg
istered 4 degrees below and at III O'Clock
2 degrees above zero.
JACKSONVILLE, December 30.-We are
having the coldest weather since 1857,
| The thermomete. vas l9 degrees above
zero this morning. the oranges on the
trees in the city are frozen. It's feared
the fruit up the river is badly damaged.