The evening world., 1892-01-27
SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK.
'Fwenty-four Degrees of Frost on
the Rivers and Lakes.

Although Weather Prophet Duna's prcdir-
tlon Of 4 cloS2-to-zero temperature for thi,
morning did not quite materialilc, it was Dit
terry cold.
The lowest onlcial record Of the mercury
wa, a traction below 5 degrees above zero at
1870 4. NJ, which makes it the culdcst morn
ing OF tn season thus Tar.
Pc"pl" who lived In th" uptown districts on
the nigh ground where the hOwllrg blast
from the northwest had fun sweep couldn't
tell the am crcncc between the actual tenn
pcratlrc and zero weather, and their thrr-
mOmctcrS were as general rule two or three
degrees lower than those farther dOwntown
The rcd bail went up for Skating ON the
Harlem Mere in central Park at one Hundred
and Tenth street al noon tC-day, and tncl.ltlc
i!aS Oh the Harlem surface cars announced to
the Youngsters Of that section that the icD
was OF the required thickness.
superintendent OF Parks Parsons laid thl,
murning that there win he no skating on The
other waters ~ the Park until tu-morruW,
ana not then uul"Ss The cold weather holds,
lhcr" /, excellent ,kating at Van Courtlault
rarh Lake.
All up through the state the mercury has
days, and ice men are juInaut over the rich
harvest that /, assured.
lcc-Cuttrr- are busy all along the unnor
Hudson, aud on OF HE largest and ui,r,i
crops IN wears viii l." harvested hrlOrr mo
week l. OYER. In" SUddrnhrsS with which
h" c III snap came, and III" extremely low
Temperature which hts since prevailed CON
'laupl~N, has made the Ice UNUSUALLY clra,
ana Transparent.
At Albany this morning the Temperature
was " degrees i"luw Irru, ana ali u" was
DOM to huugrk'cpsiC The IuricUry urolurd
hrlnW III" zero point. Ia NC,irhcSIu!. ornlgr
aIi RuChland ruUnllp, IA" small ponds and
Lake ar, Lrozcn to the thirkEr-s ul a foot or
Nothing Is heard now uhplu fannie.
There l. prn~p"Ci tha' the weather may
m Ia,r o'MeWha during the hest twenty
lhrtA -alA mites AN hour al r'CIDck TINS
IA 'rnlLg, i gradually going Gown, and
rarmrr bunn says That Tomorrow morn Iug
II VII! Dr several degrees ml!drr tran TODAY.
II Wlll lie several da!~, however. arcurdlrlr
~ weather Prophet Dpuu, before Ih, myr-
rulN VII gr' above irrcl,ng p IN a.u4r.
III, freezing liGe extends south nrarlr 10
ne he, cum o! HeMlc", "gd pN~~r, tnrougi con-
ira! Georgia, Mississippi aUd NaHnnll. At
Washington lhlo lnuruins tn" Irmppgaturc
Was II which i remarkably tolI weather
tor III" National capital.
Iulniu~ ~slOACr OI street, CLEANING Erpurpn
Is IN terrible bother because Of hi, mai INV
10 get the cltN's rc'u-rlp sea. ThcIl't +,
lAa' he hr, not been able - get any .urragr
ON board h" syowN Tor the past iuri}-ri-hl
h""'a' as me docks Al tn dunn Iu.,-.uuld,
are $50 tIll"d with block, or tee thar It mas been
!ElpsNlb.r to get any ,cuNN inIu them.
rECEYEoAr ILOrEHp UY Irg.
III" icil}O At C"dlral OF the Cor,r.l l;olI.
road company which lrn Jersey cas- "A. 80.
"clucE hi, murnluG, was b.',E,t is IT,. ~
me i.lh hl'I street slp mo ptlor was unable
to direct her course. ana IN" buiI ran mn
against lhe FcnMSy !Nania Railroad ri,r.
N~ >h" backed uul she became iulrinrl in
tE' zee. me cngiN"S were ppwrrI"., tu re-
less within thirty feet oI The N.ip.
M lu-bpat h"awar" went 10 III, ~. l,t-
ahcc ~ III" central. \ hdw,ur was attached
ANA tAe central pushed into rs'ir.