The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-05
20. BEAUTIFUL BLIZZARD!
Do Not Deprive Others of Your Delightful
Presence But Go at Once.

The blizzard is with us again. 1t came Sat
urday morning and liked us so well that it de-
cided to stay a while. 1t was most intense Sat
urday night and Sunday morning. 1t was ac-
companied by fall of sleet that made pedes-
trianism difficult and was the most playful OF
anv blizzard that struck us this winter. 1t
whisked off hats, caressed the ears and the cold
red noses of ladies, took undue liberties Win
their dresses. kissed their lips ana lorceG Tears
info their eyes, Men Jared no better Nearly
everybody spent the greater part OF sunday
by glowing fire and shivered as
they thought of the poor wretches compelled
10 brave the wind and the sleet and lmperll
life and limb by venturing on ice covered
movements. At the hotels consumptlves VINO
had come here for the benefit of their health
CONSIGNED San Antonio and everything in II TO
a place farther south. Furs and heavy cloaks
that had not been used for years were brushed
and donned. Few persons ventured out VINO
did not have to. Even love-struck young men
forgot to make their usual Sunday visits to
their sweethearts. The saloons were crowded
and the bartenders were all buslly engaged III
preparing hot drinks.
Beautiful winter scenery could be found in
various quarters of the town. One of the
prettiest bits was by the old mill bridge, where
mist arises from the water as 1t ruSheS over
the damn by the picturesque mn, where t hne
rattle as they are touched by the breeze. 1t
can yet be seen but the ice is disappearing.
A statistical record of the norther is as fol-
lows:
Saturday morning at 1884 the temperature
was 70 degrees: the norther struck at 1l:3O, and
by l:34 ID. IN. the thermometer had fallen To %
degrees. At 1884 p. IN. only ~ degrees was reg
istered, the maximum cold being 20 degrees.
The winds velocity was registered as 2Odegrees
and the mean temperature was given as Is
degrees. Yesterday the maximum temperature
was "a degrees, the velocity of wind Is degrees.
This morning the minimum temperature was IL
degrees At 1884 the temperature was ~ degrees.
Similar severe weather is reported all over
the State Snow fell at Fredericksburg, Cole
man, Concho and Calvert. In the Eagle Pass
district sleet prevailed toa considerable extent.
The Military wires are down and business suS-
pended, the trains are running late, traffic TO
the city is stopped, and even Carter u Mullal-
ly's transfer omnibus stopped in Main street
on the way to the International depot
this morning, and could proceed no fur
Their.
tion of The streets. At the Houston street
bridge last evening three railroad men, Bill
Corners Tom Keeshan and James Haley, fell
a distance of Is feet on some timber, but none
of them was severely injured. They were
walking arm in arm on the narrow plankS
placed on the bridge pending its completion
when one of them slipped and dragged down
the other two. Corners received a cash in his
head and Keeshan hurt his leg Haley was I'M
hurt. While going to mass yesterday morning
Miss Kate TwOhig slipped and broke her wrist.
On Alamo plaza yesterday afternoon woman
whose name is unknown, fell and broke her
arm. A similar accident is reported to have
happened to child.