Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-25
THE bUbD.

Mercury Fawnfng Upon Zero
Freezing UP the Rivers and
Creeks,
The cold WAS precipitatsd upon this.seo
,ion with ell it's vigor Friday evening, and
the mercury which had not yet recovered
from its sudden fail OF Thursday was sent
still lower In the tubs Iu certain ex-
posed parts Of the city the Thermometers
registered ss low as 80 minus Thursdsy
morning and at Z O'Clock the m 4roury
paused At EsIo in the GAzBTTR's tnsr-
Iuometer, which was about the average
temperature q, ,oushout the city.
lie OF considerable thickness formed
along the Delaware shores and ACROSS the
Brandy vino and Christiaua creeks.
The cold 0ntinued Ia the north and
west Thursday morning, but there was q
rise in temperature later In the day
Minimum temperatures Of 80 to 400 bslow
zsro are reported in Canada from the
Gulf Of 81 Lawrence westward to Mani
tobs. The temperature in the 0.tosa
valley ranged from 800 to $50 below zero
In the maritime province 1t ranged from
from Chicago show rise Of 100 In
temperature bobWoou thutruey
midnight and noon Friday, the
temperature at last reading being 80
above z.ro. At Cheyenne, Wyoming,
there was q sharp rise to 43o above z,ro,
a rise Of 4lo within "a hours. In New
England Friday the temperature
ranged from 80 above zero to 100 below,
according to locality, aud 1t was growing
colder Friday night. At midnight tenn
perature OF 80 below faro was reached in
Hartford, Connections, and OF 10 below
zero In New York. The Hudson river at
Albany Is closed. The port u Bangor
was closed to navigation Friday. The
temperature there was 14o below zero
Friday night.
In the Chesapeake bay the steamers
were covered with ice, and were forced to
pillow their way THROUGH the floating oskea,
and nearly ali the voyages Of any length
were prolonged considerable time The
chesap peaks and Delaware canal was open
yesterday.
The susqusbAnnA river WAS tightly
covered with Toe Saturday from slore
to shore. The tugs Atlas and Jones,
which started for Hsvre de Grace ut M
early hour Friday morning, with q
canal boat in tow, got stuck In the Zoe
opposite Mt Ararat.
NEW YORK Dec 20-Obseryer Eichelberger,
| in charge of the United States signal office in
| New York, reports that the lowest tempera-
| ture recorded at his office this morning was
at 8 O'Clock, when the Thermometer registered
| lao above zero. Els reports this morning
show q rapid rise in the temperature in the
lake regions and the northwest.
GOLD WEATHER IN NEW ENGLAND.
| xyort
points of New England indicate an average
temperature OF lSo below zero at O'Clock
this morning,
| IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
| UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 2O.-Ihe mercury
ranged from $50 to 400 below zero before
daylight this morning. The coolest temper
ature reported in this (0neida) county is $50
below at South Trenton, 10 miles north Of
Utica. It was 1852 below zero at Utica at
O'Clock q. m.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER, COL, Dec. 23.-It was not until
the first week in February last year that the
Mountain railway felt the effect Of hintei
and blockados onsuod both on the San juar
Il Rio Grande road. Both Of these linet
are now impossible, the San Juan line in the
Iicinity Of foi Ire gorge and the Utah al
iarshall Pass, vi ere five engines have beer
iattling with the heavy drifts for 40 hour
without making Roadway
| In the vicinity OF Durango mild weather il
| report ID and the snow there ia rapidly melt
| ing, but their only rail outlet ia over tht
Oonejos rnnge at an altitudk Of nearly l000t
| feet and with an Arctic temperature. fhert
are rumors current that the company viii
abandon that part Of the line thi
| winter, as their efforts last season to keep !
open cost them many hundreds of Thousand
4 .f5 aII Thtu xril1 tho manila nf fbI
southwest with the trail across the country Il
Gallup station on the Atlantic 4 Pacific roat
, as their only means of communication.
Leadville last night reported the snoI
about three feet deep on level but it !
drifting badly under fierce gale. Ore haul
, ing is suspended. and even foot locomotior
ia excessiv. ly difficult. Drifts Of 10 feet dee
, are piled up on the streets and commerce i
, practically suspended. The South Park roa
, sent no train out from Leadville yesterday
and it is stated that its high line has bee
abandoned for the season. Its passenger
fer Leadville will take the Rio Grande a
i Buena Vista.
! from Leadville known as the Eagle Pass an
I Blue River lines, are buried under impent
! trable drifts and no efforts are making, Will
! the snow is still drifting, to get them oper
!. All the energies of the company are concer
rated on their Ls5dvl bnt Line t,,s and hdn
Of accomplishment as long as th
fierce winds in those attitudes keep the sno
:, In motion At Leadville many weakly COL
I structed cabins have yielded to the wei hit
= snow aud have been crushed in on their nj
fortunate occupants Up Clear Creek Cano
it has showed steadily for three days and
still falling.
Last night strong wind was blowing thei
and piling the snow in immense drifts
q number OF residents in Middle Park are
u Georgetown trying to reach home, but Il
mountain pass 8 are impenetrable and
would be certain death to attempt to {
~ through.
!. | A GENERAL FALL OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TIE
RAILROADS BLOCKED.
ia CHICAGO, Dec. pa general snow stor
y ragged throughout the northwest Sundi
10 niSht and yesterday. Trains are reported
Z have been delayed on many railroads. ~
Il mercury ranged from zero to 4Jo belo,
o The weather continues very cold, but Il
l. signal service reports show that it has mode
4 ated somewhat throughout the northwet
! The temperature here at Q O'Clock this NOR
ing was 40 below zero.
y Adyloes from various points in lllino
0 Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota al
II Kansas all report extremely cold weather al
d in many cases heavy SNOW.
r At Sheboygan, Mich, the snow is two fe
n deep and the country roads impossible. Fro
! | Dnhuqu6 tine news cOuueb tnht tuo ueh
~ snow and winds have partially blockaded
& northern branch Of the Illinois Central ra
II, road.
If FREEzNa BLIZZARD.
rs AToHIsoN, KANSAS, Dec. 2S.-The seco
of blizzard within seven days struck this port
az of the country last night, freezing everythi
n above and below ground. AT o'clock y
terday morning the thermometer register
100 below zero and last night keen wi
" was blowing is miles an hour from the mol
direct Reports from the western portion
~ this state and northern Nebraska indici
~ very severe cold, notably at Columbus, Ne
Nv where it registers 22o below yero.