The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-26

there was a day 20 below: one in Janu-
AIRY, 1879, when it go: as low as IL, and
January 1884 an! 1888, had one each
eqna,ly as chilling. Sunday was
the next ci och maker and tie mer-
curry a, o'clock m. showed
Ii below Necessarily, the cold caused
untold suffering. 1t was Litter sun
day FOR the coal!e5s poor, and they are
leg.o in Chcay,. Church-goers were
comfortable in heated sanctuarics. but
the unfortunate in the thousands OF
fireless attics got another swish from
the flood of misfortune. Many grave
will get its fill from the blast. The sta
tion houses were filled with men who
begged for p!a-es to sleep. They could
have lie, flied twice over had it been
possible 20 re ete.ve all the applicants.
Hundreds came in with frozen ears and
faces. pitcousiy asking for chance to
get warm.
Ice Six Feet Thick.
After three winters that scarcely de-
served the name the Northwest is now
experiencing one of tha old-fashioned
kind. The present January has beaten
the record for intense and sustained
cold weather and there is no prospect OF
q change. For fo"r years the new year
ST. Paul aud every lake AMI stream
open. That city has been proudly
claiming location in the center OF
the banana belt" This winter got its
work in early, coming in November
with steady snow falls that will lie till
spring. Tie mercury went below zero
in the same month and las been above
that mark only at rare intervals since.
On Christmas Day it was % below,
about the same cn New Years, and has
maintainc a stFaty gait ever since. At
ST. Vincent and M!nnedosa 30 below has
been reached an | the cold has been
nearly as seve:e al o:er the western
ana northwestern part OF the State.
cube of ice six feet thi, k was cut from
Naanais Lake. 1t is TIL heaviest leo
seen since the famous block which
formed the corner stone of the Ice Pal
ace In 1856
In Omaha the thermometer registered
S below and in the northwestern part OF
the State 22 below. The snow in the
eastern part of the State has been there
since Nov. -. Ear sas is also suffering
extremely from The cold hut in the
western part snow covers The ground
and wheat is well projected.
In DeS Mo:nes. at 1 O'Clock in the
morning the thermometer registered Is
degrees beloN, and at Sioux City the
weather has been intensely cold for a
Week. The mercury las ranged from 4
to IS dcgr, es below zero. The Mi souri,,
Big Sioux and Floyd Rivers are fro zen
10 greater depth than for many years.
At Cincinnati everything is tied up
by the cold weather. The thermometer
was ii degrees below zero, AMI in
some places on the hill-tops il was
Is below The Ohio River is frozen
tight from bank TO bank, pos;roning
any threatened devastation by the ice
gorge. For the first time since 1877,
pedestrians are walking across The
river on the ice. the five bridges being
deserted OK 'ept 10y vehicles and ears.
MANI motormcn and cable gr pmen
were compelled to deserp their posts.
More relief is Promised the Ioorer
classes. Eighteen car loads of coal,
1sO tons, arrived for distribution 1T cost
price.
rrozc the Mercury SSliI.
Wisconsin is also fast in the grasp OF
the ice king. Dispatches from oil parts
of the State report the coldest weather
for wears In Milwaukee it was ii ,!c-
grces below. but that wasn't marker
to the weather up north. At Spa. ia the
mercury froze solid at 40 below; at
Whitehall it was A. below; Lacrosse. SO;
Mcd:ord, Il; Ncenah. 2s: Watertown, 30;
kaukauna. b. The Winnebago Indians
on the reservation near Black River
Falls are suffering terribly. Marine
men say the lake will be frozen solid
from Grand Haven to Milwaukee If this
| weather confines.
The thermometer at Detroit reached
10 degrees below. Few advices from
out in the State have been received as
yet. everything seeming to be literally
pardlyzcd by the cold.