The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-02


wave Is that its volume sufficed to cover
,ho whole country east If the Rocky Noun
,sins with temperatures lower, perhaps.
,bar any recorded since 1885 and 1856. Its
central path seems 10 have been projected
IN &, hre >outheaStwaTdly from Dakota To
TIorjda, - The minimum temperatures
were lower in Tennessee, Georgia, and
oIon, mi. line generally than even in places
- bi0her latitude on either side OF II. IL Is
noW entering the mild, moist atmosphere
~ the West Indian aud Gulf regions, where
/, will r, foforce the high barOmetric pres
sure now prevailing near the tropics, and
,ye mav therefore expect ITS reactionary
efTrc, will be 10 hasten the return OF he
warm southerly winds over the Gull states
and the Lower Mississippi Valley.
baltimore and the Bay.
baltimore sun, yesteTdayI
The range Of the thermometer in Bilti-
more Yesterday was ~ fIllOws, commencing
Al the time when people generally begin TO
move about the streets \. NJ. degrees
above zero, IL \. NJ. s above, 2 p. NJ. Is
shoye. s u. VI. II above. from which point
il fell on TO 6 degrees at 9 o'clock. 3 ut ii,
and at midnight IT was | degree below zero,
and still dropping. The wind was very mild
all dav, and tempered the cold IN measure.
The thermometer in front OF the Sun office
wa, closely studied all day. All over tue
copntrV, according 10 ;be reports received
at The SiEnal-Seryice Office, the temperature
has rlsen. with but few exceptions. At
ALBANY il was, at Z. NJ, II; AIpena.
Mich. o: Boston, 1G; Buffalo, 8; Burling-
ion. Vt IL: Cairo, "a; Cheyenne, So; Chi
caeo. Il: Cincinnati, IS; Cleveland, I; De-
troii. $; Duluth, l3; Eistport. Me-, 10;
Erie. 10: Escanaba. Mich, 3; Grand Ha-
ven. Mich, IS: keokuk, Iowa, %; La
Crosse, Wis, y; Louisville, 10; Madison,
Wis, IA: Milwaukee, -; New London,
Conn. l6 New Orleans, "a; New York,
II: O>wego. Is; Philadelphls. 10; Pitts
burg, 10: Portland, Me-, 20; Rochester,
9: Sanduskv, 10; 81. Louis, 10; st. Paul,
g.; Toledo. -.
REPORTS from down the bay state that the
ice is heavy as far as sandy Point. The ice
boats Maryland and LatrObe went down the
bay early. aud Captain Griggs, Of the for
msr. reports that he found the Ice not as
bat 81 II was yesterday.
The steamer Tangier reports the POGO
mok7 river and The small streams along her
route through the Eastern Shore counties
Of Virginia as bein. so solidly frozen that in
some parts carriages may be driven from
shore TO shore with perfect safety. The
steamer. Of this line Will not run again until
the weather mOderateS, when notice Of their
schedule will be published. The reve
nue.bOal Ewing reports the ice very heavy
from the Great WicOmIco river, Virginia,
all the way up. The Ewing saw two barks
of the Horseshoe, also two at anchor off
New POni also one brig and one bark at
anchor OF Cove Point. Captain Canon, OF
~ " hnTKs
between York Split and Wolf-Trap; a
tbree.masted schooner off Windmill Point.
Ice was floating from Sharp's I>land 10
ThOmaSs Point. From 1bOmas's Point up
the ice has closed in to such a thickness
that it almost stopped the passage OF The
steamer.
Captain james Geoghegan, Of the ice boat
LairObe, reports that he left here at O'Clock
A. NJ. and went down a. far a. Annapolis
RO1d>: that the steamers Norfolk. EXpeli-
ment, Wes'oyer, and Defiance, which were
bound for Bitimore, were assisted through
The ice BY tie LalrObe as far a. Fort Carroll;
that the Ice was three inches thick; that the
LalrObe also assisted the revenne-bOat Ew-
lng, but finding that the cutter was able To
take care OF itself returned down the bay as
Tar a. Slndy Point, where the LatrObe
broke through large fields OF driil-!ce aud
gave help 10 several lows TO Baltimore.
The Latrobe came back TO the city at
O'clock 7. NJ. She will go down the bay
again to-day.
White Mantle Over Gotham.
New YORK Time-.l
With the snow already upon the ground,
muc1 OF it hardened IntO ice, ii needed
only little more to make alt the out-oftown
roads impossible to wheels, and TO make
1ne sleighiOg uptown. This little had
fallen by breakfast-time yesterday Thurs
dai morning, insuring TO The owners OF
last horses 4 chance 10 try their speed. But
most people did not look upon the storm III
ihis comfortable light, for they saw in it
Delayed cars and boats, slippery sidewalks.
and sloppy or impa>sabie streets.
The slreet-car companies had their sweep
en- on, before daylight, with six az d eight
hofsts each. pilng the snow up in the gut
tis. Early in the morning all the princi-
pdi lines bad four horses TO their cars, AID
was much as the double teams could do to
CONFORM TO the Timetables.
Chicago In the Cool
tChlcago Times OF Thursdayl
between and 8 O'Clock in the morning
sne cola was almost unbearable. TheImO-
.De'ets REGISTERED all the way from IA de-
49, 70 q below zero, according To ioca-
ou' ava even the instrument OF the Signal |
,oa we Tareau. which is kept carefully pro-
soOFu ir6n-the chill blasts, marked Is de- |
~, On The lofliest story OF the MAJOR |
o,0vA' an elevation from which pedestrians |
y" no'her earth look like nuffied mldgets. |
q thermometer on the Rush-sireet bridge |
~nd y degrees at O'Clock, aud il
uau oeen taken The popular endorse
aHa, would have been gwen 10 this one, In |
,nh1.irience to the standard thermometer OF
oe weather clerk. II seemed at least 40 de-
s'ses Delow zero TO all who were obliged 10 |
~eut during the earlier hours Of the day. |
=, LUCKILY The weather began modefa.iDg /
~ 0ut noon, at which time temperature Of |
~ ~ uesrees was shown by governmental
sn.'ssasufement, and by O'Clock IL had run |
~" Zero aud by midnight the mercury |
,ba .ahglng away up above that point, and
~. weather still moderating.
a. que singular feature In connection with |
an an unwelcone blizzard is the effect OF sud- |
~ ~ government OF temperature on man and |
hn. hast rne cathar'ic properties OF cold
ssn, neser been so clearly or so conciu-
beo SHOWN as 10 Chicago during the forty |
~e s preceding last night at 6 o'clock. II |
go lhough The entire populace and the |
az, ANU orute mad par,rken simultaneously |
drsks GENEROUSLY OF citrate Of magDesia, and |
~SsSois were flooded with astripgent pre-. /