New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-13

and there was hardly a carriage to be seen 'nefe.
The ice still covers the lakes though IL very sou
and broken in many places At the mehagens "oss
of the buildings were closed, aud tue parKkeeper
there was enabled In consequence 10 ENJOY Hneoh
undistprbed by any disagreeable questions Tho
white polar bear was out taking his daily
orowl and ne expressed his Cssatisfaction
at tho warm weather very emphatically.
The rain he'd not materially affected the Croton
River when the morning report from the oihcer I'D
charge of the Croton River dam was received at
the Department of Pablic Works. AT B. ILL.,
yesterday Q depth of "a inches OF water was
running over the Lip of the dam. This was an III
crease Of one inch only during the precednetwen'y
four hours. Commissioner Thompson expects, now
pyer that the continuous rain will Gauss very
rreat increase in the volume of water IN the Cro'oh
River and its tributaries. Late in the afternoon
O heavy fog enshrouded tho city, obscuf1ng inc
outlines of buildings and completely hiding the
church steeples The mist was SO dcnse that IL was
impossible for anyone to more than an eighth oil
q mile and the engineers on the elevated roads were
obliged to exercise the greatest caution. On the
rvers and the bay the fog seemed TO De IN fods anu
the argus-eyed pilots were compelled TO use every
precautiOn IN managing their craft. al fuuon
Ferry only one boat was sent ont on the river a!
time. The cables on the Brooklyn Br1dge weIe IN
visible All the ferry boats were compelled 10 run
very slowly, and did not make as many trips as usual
The fog caused an almost complete suspension or
navigation on she Lower and Upper Bays. Ihefog
At the Central Park observatory Professor ORA:
rer stated that the entire rainfall for the day had
been 40 inches. The weather. he said had been
gradually growing warmer during the week; The
maximum temperature Sunday was 21o Monday,
sOo tuesday Ss oWednssday a. Ih S4
~ %sys dIeiti0n x tie wind a0d foy M
10 q: m. was east-northeost. 1t then ve tson,
tS the east and at Ds %ins i Sspss ff she
morping was about 10 miles an hour. Its maximum
gust had a velocity of 80. 80 miles.
on the Equitable BaiIdine said last night: "The
morrow than it was to-day. The weather will prob
The Barometer here today ss s:1s D. m. was
29.42. a fall Of .43 The Thermometer at
s sSm, n the ,eS s 30 &c., f TSs w Tsa
was from the south and had velocity Of twenty
miles az hour The thermometer in considerably
sssrGaS The s mercury fell 2eo IL Il hours
Cairo 20 at Chicago. $50 at Cincinn1t. 100 at
Cleveland 13o ct Ksokak lowe 29o at Leu noS
e. sw7Ss d.' although 0'4 probably SS not SsfoTs
Monday does se con" ~ Esst o. Ns%
London. LIS; ct New. Orleans. LIS and in New
York. LIS There was o heavy, rain to-day in Q
great part OF EewEnsa3Ga Ihers TaS mSne
LouisvIlie, Milwaukee and St Louis. Most of the
other stations reported cloudy weather."
collision occurred In the North River at
o'clock last evening between the ferryboat Norris
town, of the Barclay Street Line Of the Hoboken
vsnia Railroad Company. The collision was
In mid-stream, and there was great OK
citemeut on board each boat. The buckets
of the paddle-wheel of the MOrristown were torn
away and the guard-rail Of the New-York was con-
|sideraby damaged The boats drew away from
esch other Immediately and proceeded to their
slips on the Jersey side where the passengers were
safely landed. No one was injured.