The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-04


will continue.
EigIsteen Degrees BeIOw Zero In Pe""'
syIvanin.
CARBONDALE, PA, January 2.-Tbe tner-
mometcr registered IS degrees below zero
In this city at O'Clock this MORNING. Tue
wa,er-pIpes connecting with the city main
extending 10 the reservoir burst ~ seVeIai
residences. almost flooding out the inmaies.
The snow is badly drfted through the SUR
rounding country. Train.men are record
ing chapter OF accidents which are due to
the severity Of the weather. The oldest
residents claim that IL Is the coolest weather
tina, has been known In thirty years.
Niagnra Fails In Midwtnicr.
PROSPECT House, NIAGARA FALLS, jan
nary 1.-The continued cold weather mere
has caused enormous quantities OF ice TO
accumulate. The Horseshoe Fall Is frozen
solid for TWO hundred feet from either
shore. in consequence Of which the Clifton
Water.Works Company have ceased opera
films. They cannot control enough water
10 keep their machinery in motion, their
reservoirs have run dry, and the Town
/, Without water supply. The mas
siyc mounds OF Stalacites, The formidable
icIc,es suspended from the gIizzlf rocks,
mountains keep woI king their way upward,
and now reach height OF about 40 feet.
The spray has made wonderful formations.
The pretty cedais are so loaded with ice
that they dloUp nearly TO the ground. The
grand old trees on Goat Island andLn Pros
pect Park are completely frosted over, ana
groan under their heavy coats OF ice. Heavy
ice continues running over The tails into the
river below, and threatens every moment 10
form an ice bridge. All ice.houseS IN The
vicinity are nearly filled With clear ice from
Twelve 10 fourteen inches thick. Numbers
Of visitors, principally from New York and
Boston, have found their way here TO ENJOY
the scenery.
. Sea Of lee Along the Coast.
Long BRANCH. January "A magnificent
sight was presented to the dweller, alon"
the shore this morning. The drift ice from
the rivers and bay. which had 1loatcd out
70 sea, was drifted to the shore by the
morning tide. The massive cikeS, from
forty TO one hundred feet long. and inter-
spcrsed with huge masses formed 10y large
number Of cakes being thrown together,
were firmly bound together Dy the freezing
of the fine ice between the cakes, making
solid field OF ice extending miles along
the shore. and from one to TWO miles ont 10
sea. Two snail vessels were seen in the ice
mile from the shore. They appeared 10
be frozen I'm, but on The change OF The tide
most Of the ice WIS broken up and driittd
To the southwark, leaving he shore south OF
the pieI lined with huge cakes OF ice. ms
afternoon The sea was calm, and only one
sailing vessel was in sight al i. NJ. All
the railroads in ibis part OF the country are
cleared OF snow, and all trains are running
rs usual. From Sandy HOOK the shore side
Of the bay presents the appearance OF p3-
lar sea for one mile out, and Il greater dis
tipcc rs one goes up the shore toward staten
Island, extending aS FAR ~ the eye can see.
Celestial Phenomena.
fSpe til dispatch to the Chcago TrihuneI
GREEN BAY, WIS. December 3I.-Thc
thermometer has been above zero almost all
day. 4 RENAL kabIc and beautiful phrnom-
eRon was witnessed hcle this morning about
10. and lasted TIL Z. NJ. Two complete
circles appeared il the sky, one around the
sun and the other extended clear around the
sky and about fJliy degrees above the hori
ION, the sun itself forming part OF the lat
ter cir Gle. Sun-dO. ; were visible al regular
distances on both circles. The GROWING
glory OF The display WAS a beautiful crcs-
cent bow, which appeared nearly in the ze-
NTH and in northwestern direction from
the san, the horns OF the bow Enntng in
the same direction. The colols rc>embled
those OF rainbow. TIE sun SIOne quite
strong through il all. The atmosphere was
filled with fne snow during the display.
Business was partially suspended, and the
citizens grat'ied their esthelc tastes by con-
tpmplating the beauties OF nature.
A Solar Phenomenon.
A Cincinnati paper Of Frid ", December
3l>t, SAYS The heavy clouds which have
hung over the city for several days cleared
away night before last, and yesterday The
inhabitants Of the OHIO Valley were treated
To a beautiful meteorological phenomenon,
which, common enough IN the Arctic re-
gions, Is not often seen in the Temperate
Zone. The exceeding cold weather had
frozen The VapOrs in the air, and the upper
atmosphere was tiled with minute crystals Of
ice. When the sun was first seen above the
horizon. or even before. parhcion or mock
SIM S'Ood before bin - degrees from the
centre OF the sun. Through this mock sun
bright patch Of underlined light-Only p4ler
than the sun--ran zone OF pr>matlc lleht
fainter and more gray than The rainbow.
~ the sun arose he was seen 10 be attended
bv two brighter attendants, mock suns,
born Of the ice mist and the suns rays, at
The same altitude as himself. Thus at
tended the orb OF day travelled through his
path. the mock suns attracting great at
teniion and much WCGdcr among those -
whom such phenomena were unfamiliar.
These spots were rather larger than the
SUP. which was Itself blur OF light, and
As the DAY progressed they separated
themselves further from the sun, leaving
The circle or halo which, spreading
round The sun at a distance OF neatly
- degrees, had grown fainter in pOr
lions. This was not The only beauty
with which the sun was adorned yesterday,
for as he advanced on bis path, and espe-
cially as he declined toward tbe horizon, a
distinct are OF a circle, composed OF fully
separated light, was seen TO follow him a an
angular distance If 4G degrees in the east.
II was part OF a system Of baloS with whicG
the sun would have painted tie SKY had the
canvas upon which his pencils Of light were
WOrkinE-ihe frost IbiSt-be6n evenly
spread over the tilmamcut. The theories Of
The halOs or parEela j. one connected init
matcly with the science Of cry>ia!iZIticn.
The h1lOS, or mock suns. are the result OF
refracton OF the suns rays by the minute
crystals OF ice in the atmosphere, Is the rain
bow Is the result Of the rcIraction OF the
same rays 10y rain-drOp-."
Summer Temperature at san Fran
cisco.
SAN Francisco, January BY way OF
to your Arctic cold, the lhcrmOme'
ter here averaged yesterday tifty.seyen de-
crces Fahrenheit. There was 10 rain any
where on the coast and the weather was
delightful Scarcely an oyercOat was seen
on the streets till after shutdown.
Death 10 the Birds.