Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-05

which up to last night in the country
adjacent to this city measured fourteen
inches on level The river is frozer
over from shore TO shore and the freezt
was reported to extend below Quan
tico.
COLUMBIA, S. Z, December 90
Snow began falling at daybreak anC
continued till p. NJ, when it was al
inch deep. Soon after the thermome
ter. fell rapidly and at seven it wal
eight degrees below freezing point.
dispatch to the Daily Register says tn,
snow is fourteen inches deep at Dallas
eight at Gastonia, n. c., aud at York
vile, S. C., it is ten inches deep.
MACON, Ga, December pa heavy
fall of snow and the thermometer at Il
degrees above zero are the events o
the day. The city is out on a holiday
with improylsed sleighs and snowfall
battles.
CINCINNATI, December 20 Th,
maximum cold reached here since sun
rise this morning. About 10 O'Clock
the thermometer showed 10 degrees
below zero; since then il has beer
rising.
DASvILLE, Va, December ga
tremendous snow storm commenced
here last night and still RACES. Thii
is the third storm within a week, and
snow now blocks the roads.
AUGUSTA, Ga, December 29.-Th,
heaviest fall OF snow occurred here to
day since 1857. 1t commenced at
A. NJ. and continued five hours. 1t /:
very cold tonight,
GREENSBORO, n. c., December 90
The snowstorm here is the heaviest
and most severe for twenty years
The snow is now 10 inches deep and
still falling.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, December 20
The heaviest snow ever known here
fell last night. 1t is five inches deep
The weather is intensely cold.
CLEVELAND, o., December 29.-This
has been the coolest day but two in
ten years. The thermometer dropped
TO eight and a half below zero.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, December 90
There was another twelve to fifteen
inches OF snow last night and still fall
ing Trains delayed.
NORFOLK, Va, December 29.-The
severest snOwstorm for years has pre-.
vailed here since morning.
SHREVEPORT, La, December 20
Thermometer g. Business is almost
entirely suspended on account of the
intense cold.
New ORLEANS, December 29-Mer.
curry 20. A few snowflakes fell this
morning. Farming colder tonight.
VICKsBURG, December 29.-There
has been an inch and half fall Of
snow.
SHERMAN, Texas, December 90
The mercury stands five degrees below
zero.
Sioux CRY, Iowa, December 20
Trains on the railroads are all out OF
time and quite a number abandoned.
Fen degrees below zero at 7 o'clock
this morning. A cutting wind has
been blowing all day.
BosroN, December 29.-Eight inches
of snow have fallen to-day.
AToHINsoN, Kas, December 20
This has been the coolest day known
for several years. The thermometer
at various parts of the city registered
from Is to 20 degrees below zero at
daylight. The mercury has been be.
low zero all day.
MILWAUKEE,, December 29.--At z
o'clock the thermometer was 20 de.
grees below zero. The weather mod.
Grated during the day, and at nine
O'Clock tonight the mercury stood at
zero.
CINCINNATI, December 29.-News
from all points above on the Ohio
river indicates very general suspen.
sion Of navigation. A gorge is report.
ed at Hartford City. The Kanawha
river closed at noon. Here il has been
intensely cold all day. Atnight high
wind prevailed and the mercury fell to
five below zero at 1890, according to
signal service observation.
ST. LOUIS, December 29.-This Is
the coolest day for several years. The
mercury stood at fifteen below zero at
eight o'clock this morning, and the
wind blew twenty four miles an hour
LOUISVILLE, December 29.-The sig.
nal officer reports the temperature here
this morning stood at two degrees be.
low zero, and at no time during the
day got higher than above. AT mid
night 1t is at 2 below with brisk
southwest wind and clear weather.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December 30
Last night the mercury, which at 0
p. NJ. recorded seven degrees above
zero, rapidly declined, until at Z o'clock
this morning is marked five degrees
below zero. 1t was still lower in va.
ricus parts of the city, but this was
the official report at the United States
Signal Office. Atl0 o'clock this after.
noon 1t had risen to zero At vii.
Delaware, il was eight below.
WASHINGTON, D. c., January l.
AT 4 o'clock this morning the temper.
ature here was II degrees below zero,
and at Z o'clock 10 degrees below.
ST. JoHN, N. B., January l.-Ac
counts from interior provinces state
that cold weather prevailed this morn.
ing. At Woodstock the thermometer
was % below zero, at Sussex 90 below,
and at Rothesay 10 below.
BosroS, MASS, January lat the
following towns the thermometer was
below zero; Montpelier, VI, 27 below
Woodstock, VI, 26; Milford, N. H.,
&c Newport, N. H., 25; Worthwhile,
N. H., q Hancock Junction, N. H.,
30; Antrim 3S.
Pou0BKEEpsrE, n. T., January L.
The intense cold continues. The mer
curry here this morning ranged i2 to Is !
degrees below. Reports from Pleasant
Valley, Pine Plains, Millerton and
other points show 25 10 30 deg's below.
and along the river Is TO lS below. |
The river for miles south is frozen |
solid. Three thousand men and boys
IRE at work on the ice harvest between |
here and Albany.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, January.i-l
rhc train on the Potomac, Fredericks. !