Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-11
All! so COLD,

A Few Facts In Regard to Railroad Mat
terx This Weather-Other Items of Local
Interest Concerning the Eject Of the
Frost About the City.
Since the present severe cold sanp set in
all the trains on almost every road entering
the city have been behind time. owing to
the heavy falls Of snow all along the road.
In another place reference is made to the
long lay over on the Panhandle road yes
terday. AL the trouble on the n. Y, p. &
O. is on the Erie branch, near Owego. n.
Y, where one Of the bridges fell through.
calling all eastern and western bound trains
to take more circuitOus route. The West
Liberty train. due here at 1O:4O yesterday
morning, didn't get in until little after 6
in the evening. But all trains between In
dianapolis and Peoria are on good time.
The local damage is much slighter than
would be supposed. Several cases of fro
zen ears, hands and noses have already
been noted, but beyond this nothing of any
particular consequence has come to the sur
face. Fortunately most Of the farmers had
prepared last fall for very severe winter,
and consequently the stock was not allowed
to suffer. The only case Of stock perishing
from the cold As yet heard from was the
loss of fine young Alderney heifer by a
farmer named Jacob Matthews. living out
on the St Paris pike about seven miles
from the city. He went out to his
barn in the morning, and found lying in an
open shed near the barn door the poor ami
NAL frozen stiff.
About town. the weather is rough on the
mail-carriers, street-car drivers, and all
nose whose business keeps them on the
street The plumbers and coal men. how
ever, are making their money now. and
from present indications it seems that they
will be the only ones that can afford to do
up the seaside resorts and mountain rests
next summer.
The streets at night, after half-past nine
O'Clock. present . very bald appearance,
all those who are not around their own fire
sides seeking shelter in stores, sa-
looms and any place where fire
can be found. Even ye festive
little wiener-wurst boy can no longer be
found in his familiar haunts.
Last Saturday night after half past eleven
o'clock up to three in the morning. not a
single person, aside from the night patrol
men or newspaper reporters, could be seen
any place on the street in the center of the
city.
How long tais extremely cold weather
will last, none can tell, but it is more than
likely that hot wave is coming and would
have arrived here several days ago, but in
formation has been received that it was
showed under down the road, and the def
mite time Of Its arrival is not yet determined
upon.
A jubilent negro, known as Uncle Nose,
ssuntered into . grocery store, in
the West end this morning. and
boldly declared that the steam coming from
his tea-kettle had frozen into solid stick
Of ice. and that the hot water tank on the
stove was filed with ice, notwithstanding
the fact that the stove hed been kept at a
fever heat all the time. On the train com
ing up from Dayton last night, at 1915
city time, on the Bee Line, as the cars
passed over the railroad bridge over Mad
River, just west Of the Main street cross
ing. many Of the passengers declared they
felt q jolt in the car just as if they were
sinking. One lady gave a genuine female
scream, thinking that the bridge had broken
and the car was going down. However.
it is more than likely that all trains on all
roads will be nun on regular time within a
couple of days, but as it now is only one
road going to New York is able to make
regular