Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-18
ne Record Of the Cold Wave For a Week N
Whesling-CounEy Roads Bloekaded.
Some Rsminiscsness-A Mar
row Escape.

The above table shows the tempera-
ture as observed hourly at Schnepfs
from the 10Th to the 18th inst, inclu-
sive, and will be a good thing to file
away for future reference, with
note that many other thermometers
showed from to 6 degrees colder than
the temperature ABOVE given, and that
zero or below was frequent reading all
over the city on the 1lth, 14th, 10Th ana
18th.
To-day promises to be another zero
morning" as the mercury fell rapidly
last night. after getting as high as II
during the day. The day was bright
and sunny one, and In exposed situations
during the afternoon the snow softened
ND a little, but scarcely TO q noticeable
extent. In the shade the day was quite
a severe one as a whole, and the already
big crop Of ice was largely added to.
From all along Wheeling creek comes
the word that the recent cold spell has
been especially severe. A citizen living
on the borders OF the stream remarked
yesterday that on an average, he be ieved
the weather five degrees cooler than In
the city.
In Fulton and beyond, where ice
houses are most numerous, persons in
this business have enjoyed a harvest
never before known by the oldest citi-
gems. On the creek at Elm Grove, the
fee is fifteen inches thick, and there
alone one thousand tons have been put
up.
In this region quail were numerous
this year. Many OF these birds are
found daily frozen Stiff-sOmething sell
dom known. A faithful watch dog was
found near Elm Grove frozen to death.
At Triadelphia, during the present
cold weather, the thermometer has
stood al 21 degrees below zero,
and at Elm Grove II degrees
below. One inhabitant declared
Il the coolest weather along the
creek in sixteen years, as In 81,
the extreme cold lasted, but one day.
Another asserted that not since New
Years day, OF '63 has the weather been
so cold. These persons agreed that the
cold wave has lasted longer, and was as
cold as any they ever experienced.
The country roads are terribly
drifted, in some places the masses Of
snow being fifteen feet 10 depth. The
road to the Stone church, near Elm
Grove. has been blocked for several
days. Persons In that locality in very
many instances find their wells so
badly frozen that water cannot be Sc
cured. Many persons are hauling water
from the creek.
A citizen, who had lived along the
creek forty years, stated TO reporter
OF the REGISTER that in 1856 there was
q similar cold snap like the present one,
only that there was more snow, and IL
lasted three months. 1t was about this
time of year, too, and the gentleman
states there has not been a similar cold
wave since. Ii was asserted that the
great snow Of the year given went of
and didn't raise the streams beyond
their banks This veteran. in years,
stated he believed this snow would go
IN a similar manner.
Patrick Kennedy, once OF Wheeling,
now a retired merchant living in Elm
Grove, thinks last Sunday the most IN
tensely cold day he ever witnessed.
The cold nearly cost the gentleman his
life last Sunday. Early In the morn
Ing he started to Triadelphia to church
In a sleigh. The cold was not noted
particularly till the return trip.
when In front OF Michael Madden's
gas Office, Mr.. Kennedy was nearly per-
ished. When be was carried to the fire
In the Office, he fell PROSTATE and un.
conscious Medical aid could not then
be secured, and those in attendance
thought the man dead ReStoratives
were administered, and he finally came
to. Mr.. Kennedy considers it the mar
rowest escape Of his life.