The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-01
rho Cold weather. Again.

7ug CoLDEST DAY or TIKI SkAS0N--SrATE OF |
the THERMOMETER IN RICHMOND AND ELSE
wHsRE-iCg ~ THE RiyeR-IHE SLEIGH
IS0--AS ACCIDENT. &C.
The weather Il still very cold-at least 1t
"a mi, New-Year's morning al O'CLOCK
and all day Yesterday The mercury was lar
below fieezing. We have tot experienced
such weather for years, and from present
Indications II promises TO remain very coid.
Yesterday morning AT O'Clock the mer-
cury NJ the Dispatch office Indicated 70
aboye zero, bur ne temperature was far he
| low THAI figure in other paris Of the city
.hnd IN the country near Richmond.
IA All O'Clock. at the corner of Grove ave-
ne and LauIel street, the Thermometer was
own 10 l4o below zerO-astonlshing figures
Ior the sunny SOUTH.
Al -at IVES, Marshall street, at 1:30 A. NJ,
WAS oo below zero: 81 A. NJ, 10 below:
M. q above; 3 +. NJ, 15o ABOVE, ana
n TWO hours il remained At l5o, but at 10
At. II had fallen To 10 above zero.
Al sunr,,eo on Churcn Hill IL was 50 below,
IND NJ the Chesapeake aud OHIO railroad IL
was %.
* In Hanover county and in Henrico adj
1acan: 10 Richmond the weather was quite
os cold Is here. For instance, at Ashland
Il was 1Go below zero; DR.. JoneS's, $50 be-
low; Mr. Shepherd, 1872 below; aud at
MI J.. Il. Genshaw's, first gate on the
Brook turnpike, 14o below. One OF our
friends 10 Hcnrico sends las the following
poSlal'card: ,oeo
.sHENkICO. Iecember 80. 1880.
1.-THE mercury al nv residence htteen
.r,i,u,os ,i,er sunrise today stood 50 below
zorro IN n southeastern exposure. Al 10 A.
NJ II was 100 above zero, 3 Z. NJ. 200, and
now twentv minutes 10 5 p. NJ u Is 10
above zero. Ny house being on the most
elevated ;1ud IN the western suburbs. the
mercury stands lower than in the city,"
And so IL was no doubt in other sections
adjacent 10 Richmond.
THE river. dock. basin, and canal remain
ed frozen tight.
The steamers WyaDOke ana EVerman
sailed Yesterday, aud, owing TO the ice III
The river, took several hours to make the
fri three miles. When cutting their way
through the ice huge piles rose M In iront OF
the steamers. and the noise OF the breaking
az the ice. which was six inches thick in
some places, was heard some distance from
the river.
In consequence of the river being frozen
no freight will be received at any oil the
wbaryes'untn the steamers can make regu-
tar trips.
About sunset the WyaDoke and Eyerman
passed the bend below The Chesapeake
whsryts. and were going slowly down the
river.
This renal kably cold spell Of weather is
attended with "a lay OF crisp snow the like OF
which s not seen in this locality once In
generation. We have had within the past
five years SHOWS as deep. and SHOWS to re-
main a. long, but none, perhaps, IN the
memory OF any one living, that came so dry,
and, falling upon a bard-froZen surface,
clad our streets and country In CANADIAN
covering that Is almost lmpenetraDie'
even 10 The rays OF mondays sun.
Such sieigbing "a can now DE seen III
Richmond is not surpassed III any nor'h'
ern cline. and the rarity OF the sport
makes IL all the more ENJOYABLE. Sleighs are
filling the streets in gay procession the live
long day. Everything Is put on runners
buggies. carriages. wagons, and boats.
Every body who can scare up horse, resur-
rect an ancient runner, or lmprOyise some
thing that will slide, adds bell to the tin
iinabulallng reverberaiOn. franklin street
is all life, and The occasion is heartily enjoy
ed. The members OF the Richmond press,
or sotae OF hem at least, were among the
numbr who eDjoyed the sport. With a
team q. four hul ses bitcbrd 20 an imDrOylsed
sleigh. the party, consisting Il fourteen, re-
personalities Ct the DiSp0tch, New York
Herald, State. Associated Press, and men,
bers 81 the bar. armed with ito horns, drove
ithrough the prIpcipal streets OF the city and
spent pleasant hour.
An event which happened in the after
noon about half.pasl 3 O'Clock created
considerable excitement on the street and
afterwards astoDisbed the skaters on the
basin. A gentleman was driving dOu.
Bile team 90 Franklin street bitched to d
sleigh5and when between Four h and Fifth
streets he drove TO the side OF the roadway
so as TO avoid party trying the speed OF
their horses. In doing this, one of the run
hers Of bis sleigh ran upon a bard.frozen
. snow-bank, the sleigh was upset. and he
and The lady who accompanied him were
both throwu out, but not hurt. The horses
trotfed ofl slowly at first, but finding they
had no driver they became alarmed and ran
away down TO Ninth street, into which they
turned, and. reaching the basin, plunged
down npon the irm ice. They slipped,
made two more plun@es forward, and
tben--one OF the horses unfortunately
slipped upon the edge Of an air
hole; the ice broke around him. and
down be went, dragging the other horse
into the water. A thoughtful bystander
cut the traces, which freed the horses, and
In an instant the sleigh was seized oy the
happy skaters and was sent wnirlng along
over the ice amid the sboHs OF those who
enjoyed the Sport. At first il was On odd
3sigbt. and The crowd upon the ice were in.
deed amazed TO see team Of horses come
dashing Oh The ice as though they wanted
20 enjoy the fun TOO; but the situation was
soon understood The horses, after few
minutes, we're taken ont. one Of them con-
Hlderabiy worsted from his exploit.