Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-28

az AN tAsANAAAA-, AAA NfA' AAAAAAs
-aE RECORD FOR YESTERDAY.
r. r.re, of tho thermometer IN front
. DISPATCH Office yesterday was as fol-
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Observation-Disclosures
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-. -urcs varied considerably in
.... sections 90 the city which were more
..-t At the Richmond. FrcderckS-
..I Potomac shops the thermometer
. u 80 noon. while az Mr.. j. V.
W,st-Eud Pharmacy the mercury
.-.-.l is M the morning. To make
.r.flHu more unpleasant, there was a
.-. ua-ihwesterly wind that gave the
.... .. -- "a Singing ehect ana created
.... preston that the thermometer WIS
....., deal lower than It really was.
... r.-orvorr Is now full Of water, and
-.tf.r how cold 10 becomes there is no
.... -.f shortage IN the supply unless
... .- useless waste. An extra force Of
iI- been put on az the pump-house
weep fhelce from getting on the wheels
r.r.I daSs past many persons have
t...f tvdr4nts running IN order 10
.-.r..t th" water from freezing in the
.. and this has deprived their neigh
. 0t ,.a usual quantity Of fluid and
-...I fle erroneous impression that
.r would be- o water famine. Supern-
..Ilt Boiling urges the water-takers
..alow the water-fxtures TO run and
waste. a.. owing o. tho quantity OF Ice,
.lGps are barely capable OF keeping
t.e daily supply.
floating ICE n TIE RIVER.
u. river las not yet frozen, though 1t
sgd. .l,t filing with floating ice yesterday,
.. u..r the banks thin coats IF the frlgld
.-.... had formed III several spots. In
.. places below Mayo's Island the
--.au vas In CONCEALED state. while the
.. Vt- covered with ice though none
.....-.l o. walk upon II.
... .4ke, AZ the reservoir and Forest
i4th were IA splendid condition for
'.l- yesterday. snd hundreds of per-
.... VISITED them and spent hours skim
. cover their surface on the smooth ice.
port was highly ENJOYABLE TO those
anticipated IA II, but it was dreary
... -.r the spectators, az the weather was
.... ~eiy cold. and the bleak winds which
. tied over the wide stretches we're very
... NJ. Although 1t has been long time
.. .- the people OF Richmond have had an
rtunlty to enjoy tins pleasure, II was
.. mt that they had lost none OF their
... Some of the girls who skated dis
.l wonderful grace, and could not
..s appeared more at their ease II they
... been gliding over ballroom floor.
soMR EXPERT SKATERS.
T. -laus the most graceful and expert Of
.. Oil. Mly-skaters was Miss Carrie Lee
Campbell who gliiei over the lake with
.. ...y # motion which was poetry itself.
3D.. brother, Mr.. Leslie Campbell, likewise
..r.i great skill. One Of the bright
.... r.uu.est. and prettiest Of all the
..... rttie maids who faced the Ylntry
Weather Was Miss LenOla Euk6r, pe'le
I.. whose checks gl1wed with health
a.. ..I.,meut as She glded over the ice.
~ tla couples WHO partook OF the
- -- laue made a better appearance or
DISPLAYED more ease OF movement than
".. .ri Mrs. DoIglGs Wherry. The pair
... I'D sorts of hazardous experiments
.... ..t5icate and beautiful than the ts-
NO.. german. and at times II looked "a
...r trrr. bound O. lose their footing,
..vrr once did they fall.
'r Robert Hicks ast 1nished the specta-
'.. SIT. has fancy skating. He ghded
...saili and forward, first on one foot
.. .p,e the other IN manner that was
'. marvellous. Some Ot the skaters
.... Mr and Mrs. Walter G. Mercer, Mr..
. Nf-. Edward Hotze. Miss Matte Eli
.. NI.- Maggie Hall. Mr. Charles Smlth,
.-. .r..k Allen. Miss Lizzie Lyons. Mr..
..... LYONS. Miss Graham, Mr.. William
t.....- Miss EdmOnia Turner, Miss LLOYD
. Miss lille Frayser, DR.. Ills, Air.
..- s.. Ramos, Mr.. Frank Smith. Mr..
.... Potts. Mrs. Ham Peasants, DE-
e. Nr Moses Binswanger, Mr.. hr"-
a.. I'D Sir George Laherty.
ITS BENEFICIAL KfFECIS.
'. ..~ms 70 be the general opinion among
r..-...ar- that very cid spell will de-
s.s t.c germs Of cholera, If any exist ID
..urtry. and that unless tho disease
.-.. .-tt here by foreign vessels the coun-
.-v he free from the fearful scourge
t.. ,,l-.
I- zoe frst two or three DAYS Of the
.r. snap the people suffered good
'r.n the severe weather, but now
...s Lave gotten somewhat acciimated
... ...m northumberland by the bracing
I.. m1t1r-men and conductors
... e.ectr, cars have had hard time,
-.. are constantly exposed and have
.t.. time 20 warm themselves.