New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-15
TEN DEGREES IN EIGHT HOURS.

REMARKABLE FALL OF TIE MERCURY.
| A MOST DiSAGREEABLE DAY-RAIN FOLLOWED BY
SNOW AND LOWER TEMPERATURE-COLD
| WEATHER EXPECTED TO-DAY.
more disagreeabe day than yesterday was dur
ing the morning hours could scarcely be imagined.
The sky was overcast with clouds, the air was raw
and DRILLING rain fell that was blown around cor
ners and under umbrellas by a variable wind. The
| rain began about a. m, and continued almost with
out intermisson until half-past IL o'clock. when it
was succeeded by snow But the flakes were so soft
and scattered that in the three hours they continued
to fall there was little accumulation of snow Mean
while, the temperature, which was 800 at a. NJ,
gradually lowered until the Thermometer at 8 D. III.
registered ~, change OF lO' IN eight hours. In
the same time the wind increased from the rate Of
| five miles an hour to fourteen miles an hour chang
ing its direction from south to northwest Hail All
hour before sunset the broke through the clouds
and gd0d for a few moments dOmes and steepleS
and the tops of houses. After nghtfall the SKY be
| came clear of clouds and the stars came ont. The
sudden change in the temperature and tue strong
wind that was blowing induced those who yeniured
out last night to muie mp well and TO slip along the
sidewalks at a rapid pace.
AS matter of course, the streets were IN bad
condition. The ice and snow that have infested
them since the heavy snOwstOrm combined
with the rain to, make travel disagrceable
and difficult Broadway was for the most part
cleaner tnan other streets and avenues yet one
could see where much Improvement In its condition
temperature coated the pavements with a sheet of
ice that made il hard for horses to maintain their
footing and pedestrians encountered the same dlt-
iiCulty on the sidewalks. Very few women and
children, IN consequence. were seen on Broadway.
after the rain and snow had ceased falling. In
the avenues, where the snow has remained banked
mp ut the sides or piled IN heaps IN the middle OF
the street. the cutters were filed with snOw-water
IN the morning account OF the rain, which, later
in the day. became sheets OF ice.
The narrow streets IN the lower part OF the cry
have been for several days in worse condition than
is often known. Alternate freezing and thaWlng
have packed the snow into bills and hollows, the
latter containing In many Instances several inches
of water. Horses drawing even light loads strain
and sweat in getting over the uneven surfaces, and
drivers are nearly thrown from their seats. In
many places in Nassau-st. Yesterday the fOrewheelS
OF wagons would sink the depression to the hubs.
WIlllam-st. was no better, and most OF the cross
streets presented the same errOrs 10 the teamster
1t was a dangerous experiment for pedestrian to
cross from one sidewalk to the other unless no had
enough agility TO jump from hlllOck to hillock.
AT the United States Signal Service Bureau the
falling OF the temperature was attributed In part TO
Mich, and passed eastward through the northern
part of this State. but more especially to
another storm centre moylng from the
show marked decline IN temperature at nearly all
points throughout the country, The minimum
night, were as follows: Albany go. fall OF IS o;
Alpena %, fall Of 12o; Baltimore 36o. o fall Of
9o Boston 40: Buffalo 100. fall Of 800; Bnrling-
Chicago O. tall OF ITO: Cincinnati %, fall of 240;
Cleveland 70. fall of 500; Indianapolis lo fall
OF 80; Louisville 10, fall OF 80; Nashville $50.
O fall Of 29o; Philadelphia $50, fall OF l5o; Pitts
burgh Sc, fall of 800; st. Louis 10 fall OF 1S0.
There were light rains yesterday at Albany Baltl-
more. Omaha, Burlington, Montgomery, Nashville,
Philadelphia Portland aud Boston. Az Albany
and Nashville there were light falls of snow at
Burlington there was a heavy fall OF snow.
Last night, otf-shore signals were ordered to be
put up at Chineoteague Breakwater Cape May,
Barnegat Atlantic City and Sandy Hook. 1t IS
Thought that the weather to-day will be clear, with
the temperature from 100 to 49, above zero.