The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-12
Ritl,mond 1ispatfh.
WEDNESDAY ...".JANUARf H. lsS''
r,e wc.,erp Cold wave.
40 vrpfTRY AWAY DOWN IN TIE bth' NJ
i"n -. ,,rsrrRN CITIES--THx CoIDESr DAY
M, - x.peAsxA AND ELSEWHERE.

..,r.,,py AWAY DOWN IN the BULB At
i"n WESTERN CITIEs--rBy CoLDESr DAY
go N xkpeAsSA AND ELSEWHERE.
,,o,..,vu. January I0.-Last evening
80, hecan and continued through
~ ~, mo diy. The snow drifted considera-
wv Wv. ~" ou trains were more or less de-
pN S'' ',,,o heinc two hours and a bali late.
l ,,' ,o,p rxnrcss arrived here an hour
~, 80, minutes behind time and the
""u lain was DELAYED two hours and
80 While freight train on the Grand
H., railway has been held over at Point
t,cI,re All The snJw.piows are out to clear
"Toro~ro. January 10.-The mctcoroog-
- nf,ce here reports: THIS morning the
.o..r.c i hugh over the upper Mississippi
III, and the maritime provinces, and
-, = /, si0rm.ccntrt off the Middle At
-, coast. Snow has fallen throughout
ort,rio. and Is now falling IN the province
~ Quebec. Storm-signais are up IN the
maritime provinces.
NoNrROSg, y. Y, January l0.-The snow
>io,m last night was severe At all points
north. ending with hail aud Slcet, and II Is
now raining heavily. The telegraph wires
srr laden with ice. The through trains from
fhc vC>i ste four hours behind.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. January l0.-The fears
al great damage by Running Ice at this point
have been allaNed by the cold weather ana
q fpn stream. No damage has been done at
this point. and none IL aprrebended save a
no.>ihle gorge below the bridge IN case the
1ivcr >bonld fall. TugbOals are busy in the
,nirre>, Of the coslmcD. and the ferry.
boa,> ale not running. A Frankfort dis
snatch saws the Kentucky river Is not yet
opcn.
~ THE COOL.
Cnc.Go. January l0.-At daylight this
naming some Chicago thermometers regis
,cred loo below zero At | O'Clock the fol-
i,vinr va, The temperature at various
western points, all below zero: Chicago,
a.. N1venkee. l2o: Dubuque, 22o Dl-
%,oporr. 1fo: keOkuk. llo; DeS MONIES,
2. 50. Ions. 90; Peoria, $50; Omaha, y ;
and =. ovens. Wis .l2o. At many Mis-
>i,,lpri.rlVtr points this was reported rs
inc coolest day OF the winter. At Dubuque
the mercury was 30 below zero; at elm
ton. - 10 800; Quincy. 10 10 l5o: Fort
Madison. Iowa. 20 10 24o; keokuk. l. to
90: and Peoria. lSo. II was bitter cold IN
Chicago. bur The lowest uOint touched was
100 below zero Ut daylight. whlleiwo weeks
ago 10 below was registered at the sigma
Office.
OMAHA. NER., January l0.-La>t Satur
day night Wa the coolest Il the season, the
thermometer falling 10 below zero. A
midnlcn' last night IT was 100 below. The
>ieighiuS here Is excellent.
EXTRENC COLD, DEEP SHOWS, uIGH DRIFTS
DAMAGE FROM FLOATING ICE AND STORM.
PorGuKafPSIg. y. Y, January lore
ports from The Harlem railroad line at Dos
ION Corners ~ay there was a gale Of wind
there last nigh aud this morning. and snow
drifts are from seven 10 ten feet deep. Trains
on the Poughkccp>ie, Hartford and Bostoa
road were blocked in for some time.
B0STON. Mass. January l0.-RepOrts
from various sections Of Maine. NermOnt
and New Hampshire represent the storm OF
last uishi and to-day A. The SeVere>t OF the
winter. Al Brailleb0rO'. W., one foot OF
snow had fallen up 10 noon TO-DAY. when
the storm terminated with heavy Sleet,
which DELAYED trains and stages about tyt
hour. In some localities in Vermont nearly
two feet of snow fen. which, with the guam
titv already on the ground, made four feet
on "a level. Reports from Lewiston and
Gardiner, Me-, and PoterOOrO' and Derby
line. VI. say that trains are delayed IN all
directions. In this city the snow which be.
can la,t night turned to rain early thi.
morning aud The streets were rendered al
most impossible with Sleet and SluSh. The
weatherIs now clear and j. becoming colder.
BANGOR. January TO- Tue worst snow
storm q the season has been raging since
about > O'Clock this morning. Nearly q
foot Of snow has fallen. and Omitted badly
The tF3iaS are all DELAYED. The train from
Boston did not arrive until IL O'Clock TO-
night