The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-17
THE Iai COLD WEATHER
The Thermometer Ranges in the
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The cold wave that has been sweeping
through the northern country. struck
us in all its severity on Saturday even
ing, and from snndown on that day IN
til day break of Sunday was the coolest
period in the history of this city for
many years past. At am. on Sunday.
the Signal Service Thermometer showed
1871 degrees below. lHydrants in every
part of the town were found frozen up
on that day, and the fortunate indiv-
idual who had his water supply in a
protected spot was called upon,
all city ordinances to the con-
trary notwithstanding, to supply
his neiGhbors for many blocks
around. But few people were abroad
and these were SO closely muff1ed as to
suggest the Esquimaux in general ap-
pearance. The mercury rose consider
ably during the forenoon, but early in
the afternoon 1t commenced to fall
| again, and every body predicted a
colder night than the previous. OBJ
servations at the Signal Office, however,
disproved this, the mercury descending
in twenty four hours to only 8 degrees
below. and that point was reached at
about daylight Monday morning. At
Ii am, the thermometer on the top OF
the Wasatch Building was visited by a
HERALD man, while Sergeant Korts
was taking his daily observation,
and at that hour, with the
sun shining brightly, 1t registered
only 2 above; in Ogden it was reported
at 4 below: there was no report from
Stockton; Bingham, 4 below; Park
City, (the thermometer from which the
observation was taken, evidently being
stationed in a Well-warmed room)
aoove; and Provo again showed how
utterly unreliable some Thermometers
are, by sending in a report of % above.
In the cattle regions of our neighbor-
ing Territories, the mercury is away
down; Helena, at "a below Fort Custer
at 80 below. while Fort Washable was
not heard from.
Indications at prese Mt point to another
snowstorm in the nee r future, although
it msg hold off for two or three days.
Reports, some of which are doubtless
highly colored, come to US of great
suffering among the cattle and sheep on
the ranges. In some portions OF the
Territory, it is said, owners of cattle are
offering large lunches to the farmers
who have any feed on hand, with the
understanding that if the cattle are FED
through the winter, half of those re-
manning in the spring will belong 10 the
granger. The loss among sheep is still
more frightful, and from one ranch
alone GENES the news that forty head
of horses persisted in three days.
The records at the signal office show
| the present weather prevailing to be the
coolest experienced here for five years
past. In January, 1883, the merclry
fell one day to 20 below, but the cold
1 snap was of brief duration. .. bal,
In Ogden Canyon on Sunday, the
| thermometer it is said, on what should
be good authority, fell to 30 degrees
below-the only reason it did not go
lower, was because the thermometer
was not long enough.
Park City revels IN about five feet OF
good, first-class snow. On Sunday the
mercury went down to 35 below, and
early yesterday morning 1t lowered at
about Is below. .--.-... +.