New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-01
WEATHER FOR THE NEW YEAR.
THE FIRST DAY WILL PROBABLY DE wET-MARI-
yEps sUFRFR ON THE SEA.

THE FIRST DAY WILL PROBABLY DE WET-MARi-
NERs SUFFER- ON THE SEA.
II did feel yesterday as II the cold wave was pass
ing away but the Signal Service officials said that 1t was
ana that in few days tho temperature VIII DO
considerably mildsr The Thermometer indicated
Yesterday maximum temperature OF rs degrees
I'm thls city and minimum Of IA degrees
Fourteen degrees Is within point or two OF the lowest
temrerature yet recorded this season There was no
wind to speak o. and Its absence removed an apprecia
BILE element OF discomfort
the sky from early morning covered with the dark
gray clouds that precede snowstorn and true to the
.,on, snev began to fall In the Afternoon Reports
from all over tho country indicate that the snowstorm
was not only prevalent all the Northern States bat
was In some quarters ssvere, especially In inc sou'n
vhste heavy rains we're reported. Ncw-York escaped
with but slight sailing" for the forecast for today
predicts rain for New-York and vicinity.
That to-day will probably be wet is not good
news for skaters, though II Keen
frost eds the RAIN the Ice will be batter than ever
Ii unnecessary for tho weather o. New
Years ay 10 DC wet. for a good many people VIII Do
apt 10 be douSy soaked rbc set OF ees.tish pspu
lar which AYERS that "a green eor wet uo
fat kirkyard" contains the following Wlid anticpS
tory poem:
"Irs no lang till Newrday noo
You'll be drunk and I'll he fool"
Tennsrancc people have good deal fer think
ing that the first OF these sayings Is the natural coroy
Dspatcaes fren the West received last night did net
entirely with the forecast Of the signal service
Chicago and in that II ought TO be with US to-day
The iusnso rsd. with the rough weather al sea the
rast three days caused much sus ing among Mariners
especaiy FOR ara hands whO have the handling OF ropes
mi sails and eli nbng Of rigging The steamship Fuda
arrived yesterday whire with ice cnnging 10 the nun
FROM the bows abaft the naiDnast and extending on
the spars AZ high lever yards Ina bridge and
decks wers Covered with unbroken mass Of Ice Tho
captain the ship had been hard weather with
rough seas since Wednesday Otaer vessels which ar
rived covered with ice.
Many persons ell tie slippery sidewalks last eveh-
ing and several badly hurt that the police mad
H. send them c hospitals Jshn j. Blackstork ST. Mich
sa.aya and Que hundrsd nd eighth ST. and Jshn
Casnon brsko their legs by falling. Charles Miller,
OF Ne 500 Grand st., sprainsd his ankle. NJ T. Law.
renee Of 40 433 East Nnth-st. broke bis leg; aad
Eugens Elicit Of No % variekst. broke his arm In
trent OF No 29l Broadway. Mrs. Bertha Authonreth,
No 4Os East sixty fcurthst fell It sl1teehts sAa
Del nsonico place, aud broke her log.
EAsfoS, Psnn. Dec 81 Specah. Snow began falling
here at noon md sill continues IL 10 delaying trains
IL extends all ever this section
LoSG BRANCH n. j., Dec 3l.-A heavy snovstsrm sct
In a,ug the southern NcwJersey coast at o'clock this
afternoon, with tho thermometer below freezing
psint The shrewsbury River frsm Red Bank to the
Highlands which was freed Of every vesge OF Ice by
tbs force Wednesday sbig STORM row frozsn ssd
tron shore shore. and to-day the icepoat yachting
10 begun