St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

the past two weeks 50 or more deg. have
been indicated. Four years ago was
an unusually cold winter, but only once
was the sixty point reached. and that
was said to be the coldest day in twenty
one years.
ON SKIS. -
Special to the Globe.
RED WING, Jan. 21.-TO-day was the.
coolest day experienced here for several
years. The signal service mercury sank
to Al deg. below zero this morning, and
many private thermometers went as
low as 80 deg. The temperature was
service observations have been taken
here and deg. colder than the cOldest
day last winter. A general blockade
prevails OH all the country roads. Unless
a change ensues soon there is danger
of a wood famine among the farmers.
The deep SHOWS everywhere have
brought the unruly Norwegian skis into
general use in this county. County Su-
perintendent EngStrOm is visiting the
country schools Oh skis. and the Cannon
Falls doctors are adopting the same
method of locomOtion in visiting their
patients. The farmers are meeting the
county treasurer on his tax collecting
tour on skis, and people even go to
church Oh them.
AT LACROSSE.
Special to the Globe.
LACROSSE. Wis, Jan. 21.-Spirit ther-
mOmeterS about town registered As deg.
below this morning. The signal office
reports ~ deg, which is the cOldest.
with one exception, ever recorded. AT
LacreScent, so deg; Arcadia telegraphs
5S deg, Whitehall, 63 deg. There is
considerable mOdulation tonight, but
the morning will be very cold. There
is no wind and not very much suffering.
All trains are more or less off time.
LOST IN THE STORM.
Special to the Globe
FARGO. Oak, Jan. 21.-Private adj
vices from WahpetOn state that during
the storm last week Mrs. John Front,
living five miles south of Hankunson
station, south part of Richmond county,
left neighbors house to return to her
own, but never reached there, and her
body has not yet been found.
AT CIIATFIELD.
Special to the Globe.
CHATFIELD. Minn., Jan. 21.-This
morning was the coolest on record here
since the country was settled. Spirit
thermometer at 7:30 this morning
showed 50 to 81 below zero. A dense
fog hung over the city, and the sun
looked like huge ball hung i'm the sky.
At 9:30 it was 40 below. Tonight at. z
it is 10 below, with strong wind in the
southeast.
AT TRACY.
Special 10 the Globe.
TRACY, Mimi. Jan 21.-The thermopl-
eter indicated 26 deg. below this morn
ing, but has been rising all day and the
weather tonight iSyvery moderate. II
is clear, with no wind. The barometer
stands at 1866, having fallen slightly
since morning. Trains are runnin g
somewhat irregular.
. AT DUBUQUE.
Special to the Globe.
DUBUQUE, To-, Jan. 21.-The cold
wave has spent itself and the tempera
ture is rising. This morning the mini
mum reached was "a deg. Signal serv.
ice record last Monday, so deg. below
All trains are delayed by the cold and
snow.
AT ,FARIBAULT.
Special to the Globe
FARIBAULT, Miiin.. Jan. 2l.-A cold
wave struck here last night, and al
sunrise this morning the Thermometer
registered 56 deg. below zero. The
temperature here ranged 20 to 80 below
all day, and is falling rapidly now. II
is thought that a greater degree of cold
Will be reached tonight than was ever
known here before.
COLD IN BADGERDoM.
Special to the Globe.
MENOMONIE, Wis, Jan. 21:-LaS
night broke all former records of low
temperature. At 80 the thermometer
registered 5419 deg. below zero.