Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-03

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y, a ~ n@E 49,
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ncssee am tae Ohio v,lhS ma3 :
shsSms % -orlSss. and RSrJsVcst
9Th lewG temperature during thr
NIGH Codes aud ,les' IN tbs Nj
soua hey 9.saa heather ae
rain in the rest gulf ststes.
Al one o'clock tbs morning th,
sign4l service tc.1grsm IRON Washisg
ton City said: The temperature sas
fallca rQidly in the northwest ans i
nov tv ny degrees below g-rc m
Manitob ana sixtcon logpees below in
Minuesor4 light Slows arc reported
in the upper lake regicn and clear
weather in be northwest, with
noflhorly to wosiody winds
= gentle Eouthosst wind this norn-
ing moderated the temperature and
msde j, nine to zen degrees warmer
!, ,hau Yesterday. though it lowered
/ about the freezing pS.at before dag
Hight and marked thirtr three degree
/ at si1 an. according tC the SgDa
service IepOra. The SamA authorize
Feperts a heavy rain at Galveston,
Texss last nieAt; also at ~SAreVeport
and Eicksburr. The winds al, over
the south this ~n.Sraing were east
southeast AID south.
The signfi service 6ulle,is, issued
this morning, contains the hcilowing
" Westhcr changes to Sgeet tbs local
iry eersr.lly appears first in tie ssst-
ward NJ area Of iow bTosa>.er
(stotsn entor)gensrally Eeyes slightly
to the North Of east an srea Of high
barometer generally moves slisht..s TO
the soath Os cast. In advance ct a
low baroo etet are gensrallF fonne
rsin, winds ana Increasing clOrdinsss,
with rain or snow ia rcyr Of 2 ioW
barometer are generally fOunO colder,
dry vinds and clearing ~eathec.F
The monthly meteorological SUI
mary. received FROM the weather oiAce
this morDtng, reports the following
for Decepa0er. The wind meyed
here 1875 niles during Che 1on.h,
mainly from the northwes, Its great
est velocity was twenty-s'I miles an
hour. The bwest temperature was
three degrees above zero, and the
highest seventy-one degrees; the 18th
of December. the coolest day, when
the mean temperature was a little eyer
seven degrees. There were fourteen
days upon rhich rain or snow fell, and
its total measurement was 2.62 inches.
As several points ID East Tennessee
the mercury dropped below zero last
week, and at Marg7ille there was a
a tArcc.inch snow with the tsAIpera-
tVre II degrees below zero. Speaking
of cold weather in that cad Of the
country brings cut a Renaissance Of
Iho long ago regarding the chilly
blasts felt in January, 1871. The FIRST
paper ever printed id tennessee, thu
Knoxville Gazette, Of the 9th Of Jan.
uary Ct that year, has the following
Eot . few weeks past the weather
has been colder than ever experienced
in the memory oftAe oldest inhabitant
On the evening Of the I'D Of Decem,
Der the TeAAesse1 river was entirely
ires from Ice On the morning OF til,
I'D the ice was moving down in gfea'
bodies, and on the 24th the river va,
paSsahle for foot and horse. On tt,
18th (Christmas) Mr.. Silss Flinsmore
agent for she C~herokees, and SamEe
II. Davidson commanding At Tepset
Block Eease, gave a dinner on the lo,
TO- a aOmpsny Of ladies' and gentlemen
Contiguous 70 tue place Of entertain
ment Two quarters Of a boar were bar
! becued, and the ice was found Of SUN
/, ct1nt thickness &c bear FIRE sufficient
70 nav, roasted an OK"