New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
1,,p,TIrER IN GREAT VARIETY.
SNOW AND RAIN ALTERNATELY-A DisAd"fh''''N
PHASE OF CITY LIFE.

PHASE OF CITY LIFE.
"Od Probabilities" gave his trends h'1 r5e "a
evervthinp Yesterday in the way OF Wcdu"ol Ill
was rain IN the morning followed oy f% NV night
nj noon that tapered off INTO a sort OF log u, LIZ l.;
The snow, which had ben carcluliS = there was
hills all over the city and as careIuy 'ou, . tr.e'
washed down and again scattered over INC ou
sb and of sucu consistency as to make
whee ing" almost Impossible. M eio TMo"s Of
disappeared from view tb rnu0I was everywhere
anGe depp Cabs AMI sageS, tracks ana s'reet car
pIoughed along through these siniil OCEANS anu f
sDattered pedestr ans VINO Went taInc ram
tnot it's Mace for a few minutes then there was a
en- in which fog, INST and smoke wrestleu !0I
GIsi Mace Late IN the afternoon there was Hltlo
ft;ng nf the fog and mist, but darkness came on
and the sky was still overcat. The hlr was Goi ~,
the morning and there We're slgnsOi go9u 1e i m
if the snow held on. But II didn't ~ nc Hiu III:
Everyone who ventured out OF doors tooh us VI its
friends umbrella. There was run ON :
Of water of course. People with gums IN d
condescen0ingly on people without gums , dnu
walked throupn pud iles and snow banks as IL liIey
had done 1t a their ives and were uhHappy w. a
they couldn't do M Of disgust ft az the con.
dt;on of the streets and VIII never tnere app'ar,,
IN openIng i'm the fog they tled up imned,aeILy
with profanity There we're no pl'chaues WI Nv
elevated roads and very few COWS on the uacks;;
Small bows, who employed their the ~ s1 tT
weather IN busting sunshine on the Sa.e ~ ny ny
marks or in backing pedestrians poots, J""ogS the
shovel hrIraie or shvered under the caves vi lllo
nearest building. The str cts were III su IL a Ion-
dition that there were blOckades III tlodt uua'
particularly i'll side Streets inc slte0'I o,,T
means deserted. but had i al'noSS a ,rd
usual complement OF men, tbnrmomcter
children Inc mercury IN the nT6 'nT ~ y W.
af Uudnut,s lowered between BOY ana 81 az uay.
Al the Signal Service 3talon the races ~ VI.
clerks in charge wore EXPRESSIONS vi ln'' II1 80
on account OF either the weather or Dli'1usneSs:
tn SirnnIv knew that the wind had been blowing
in southrrly direction good part OF the ~ anu
that there was gre II deal OF Cloudy losSy anu h
nIeasant weather all over the country rom Maine
T. Oregon. The wind was blowing, aI Vhe iate Vi
ono mile an hour At Block l>land the ~ was iair
Int that nj tine only place where t1e sun con-
6escended 10 smile Tor short time even Late IN the
afternoon there was more ram ana ABOUT o clUGh
an umbrella was the one thlng necessary Inc
night was Dad-very bad. Ii couldn't nave beeh
worse From the late attern0 IN dispatches recelN-
ed at the Signal Station the following t1ctS were
learned. There WIS a considerable tall IN the
barometer at all points in the coun ~ rom wn'Jn
renorts were received except one. At Bismarck
Uak the barometer Indicated rise OF 90 ol an
inch The rainfall IN tins clly l or
the twenty -four hours previous 10 Oh p III, ,h
Is of an inch. At nearly all places III 'he
country either clouds or light rains were reported
Light ram wa> falling at Chicago MliWaukee, De-
froIr Toledo Saudusky, Cleveland lndlapaPoiis'
Memphis Pit sbuJg. Erie and Philadelphia. Al
Clnci matt and Louisville the weather was clouuy
try there was rise in the thermometer ne OILY
exceptions were at a few places III ia ora Minhc-
sofa and Michigan, and al Rochester, n. l..
The snow that fell in NeW-Nork yesterday was
not sufficient in amount TO embalTaSS the OperauOhs
of the Street Cleaning d parJment. Last night me
worl, of remoym the snow ald ice on Broadway,
be Ween Iwenty-third and Thirty fourth SIS. was
Continued as well as in Fourteenth ana twenty
third SITS. 1t was Intended also 10 Degiu feuoN4As
the snow and ice IN Fifth-aVe