Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-17

Walking from Cane e. = les TO Cherry
stone-Coast Travel Discontinued.
fetal ,.fo.rr,,, 20 tho nfspatch

stone-Coast Travel Discontinued.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
CArY CHARLES. Va. January ia heavy
snow-storm set IN about o'clock yester-
dAv morning. covering the peninsula from
eleven 20 fourteen inches. The mercury
Il down TO % tonight aud falling fast, being
hecolde>t weather since 1857. 50 he oldest
inhabitants say. The harOOr ls blocked
with ice and the bay is frozen several hun
dro1 wards from the shore, ana all the
lulets are covered with ice from six TO ten
inches thick. enabling people TO walk
from Cape Charles City 10 Cherrystone--a
distance of four miles-on the Chesapeake
HRr. The steamers plying between Nor
folk and Cape Charles are making their
daily trips with much difficulty on account
of the heavy ice IN the harbOr and river.
Travel between Cape Charles and the
islands along the Atlantic Coast has been
discontinued. At smiths Island the ice
extends mile and half into the ocean.
THO everest Since IS56-'55.
fClrr-suondeure of the Kichmon: Disuatch.l
ONAy,o-K. January 1G.-The remarkable
spell of cold weather that has prevailed
here without interruption since the oath
dav of last month still continues. There
was another fan o. snow here early Thurs
day morning. adding several inches TO that
already on the ground. The creeks, in
lets. and bavs are covered with a sheet OF
zee thicker than for many years. Oman
cock estuary Is frozen over from TINS town
20 the bay--a distance of four mlleS-wlth
"a sheet of ice that will bear the weight of
many hundred pounds. The steamers
have not been running between OnancOck
and Baltimore tor now nearly one week.
Several times during the week the Their
mometcr here tell TO degrees above zero.
The 0ystrrmeu are unable 70 work, and no
oysters are % be had mere Tor love or
money. II Is unquesuOuably the severeSt
weather known here since the terrible
winter Of 1861.
West POINTS Pipes Al Il Cht.
tCorresponienceo Of the Richmond Displtch.l
WEST PoI>r, VA, January lG.-The re-
port as to the frozen pipes on our docks
proved to be altogether untrue. Investi-
cation shows that not o p:pe has been
frozen and that the FIRE department Is IN
perfect order. Your correspondent was
deceived by 0n idle rumOr as TO the frozen
pipes
A Boston boat came in Saturday after
noon and left that night A New York
ship came lu last night and went cut TINS
morning. Tie steamship Sanheld, Cap
tam Sampson. of London. Eng, coastwise,
from Tampa. / Ila.. arrived Yesterday TO load
cotton Tor Bremen.
A schooner loalel with oysters heat up
the river Yesterday, bat the open water
was too narrow for a sail-boat 10 get IN
with head wind. The vessel was caught 10
the ice little way do 10 the ryer ana she
has not got IN vet Every OvsteT-hOuse
here has been obliged 10 close foi want of
stock.
The Coolest IN Their Memory.
(sporiai Telegram TO tho DispltchI
PE1YEsnUEG, Va, January 16-The
woath her last night was the c'l1est IN the
memory Of our people. The thermometer
TINS morning s.ood at DEGREES below
zero. Every thing almost Is frozen up in
TINS section. and for two or three weeks
the ground has been covered with snow.
Should "A tuaW not occur very shortly
there VIII be an ugly prospect OF scarcity
of turl IN the city. The stock OF coat has
already been greatly reduced. number
of vessels laden with anthracite Tor our To-
cal dealers are fast frozen IN the lower
James.
MANY of the large factories IN our city
are working Only q part Of their usual force
aud consequently the number of people
ont Of employment temporarily is large.
Crossed ~ O.. Couch uud -Four.
lSpecinl telegram 10 the Dispatch
CIEEMONr, Va, January 16.-Never IN
the history of this town. and certainly not
since the war. II the statements of We
old- resident Is TO be believed, have We
experienced such wlntry spell as We are
now having. The ChpoOt creek ana
James river are frozen over, and venture
some skaters have gone from one shore 10
the other on their steel shod shoes. IL Is
SAID that several years before the war
Major Allen, the original owner OF tie
Claremont estate, crossed the James from
Brandon to Glaremont IN coach and
four Skating and sleighlng-vartes are
all the race here now. The snow Is about
eight inches deep aud makes excellent
slelghIug.
> Below and 10 Above.
rCorresDondenceo the Hchmond Dispaichl
HAMPTON. Va. January 16.-Last night
was the coolest of the season about here'
AZ an early hour this morning the Their
mometer registered degrees below zsro'
and M this hour +. NJ lit stands 10 6aOoye.
/ ne steamer Luray went TO NOrtolA on her
regular trip tins morning, as SeNeral IRON
steamers had come out from that city, CUT
ting "a wide passage There Is such drlft
Of ice in the roads and bay, and on some OF
the shoals 10 Is piled up some or ioet ia
height. Four inches OF snow fell on Satur-
day night AMI sleighs are out IN force.
WAIkin. Dangerous "a Norfolk.
Especial telegram 90 the Dispatch.
NoEFoIK. Va, January lG.-There was an-
other snOw-StOlm throughout TINS section
Yesterday morning, with a brlof thaw ana
then 81 hard freeze that made walking DOM
q fiicult and dangerous, except IN the mId,
de OF the street where the leo was wen
cut up by moving vehicles.
Cuid a. the Colonial Capital
special telegram to the Dispatch
WILLIAMSBURG. Va. January l6.-The
ice here ~ between eight AID ten inches
thick and snow about SIX inches deep.
The thermometer at the United otates
Signal Oflce this morning registered de-
gIccs below zero.
1ntrteen Below at Lexington.
special telegram 10 the Dlspatch.l
LRxNGroN, Va. January 16.-To-day
surpassed all others in the intensity OF the
cold weather. the river being covered with
Ice twelve inches thlck Thermometers III
different lOcat.ocs OF the town showed at
6 O'Clock tins morning Is degrees below
zero.
sixteen Below at Buena Vista.
Especial telegram 90 ths Dispatch.l
BUESA VISTA, Va, January l6.-Io-.day !
is the cOlGCst OF the season. The ther- I
tins morning registered 1G de- .
grees below zero The ground is covered /
with frozen snow.
tSat Hanover Courthouse.
tspe;lal telegram to the Dispatch.
HAHOvER COURTHOUSE. Va January H.
This morning at 1850 II was IS below zero. /
ms IS the lowest polnt tho thermometer /
has been known 10 20 at this place.
Che COihest Oftb season,
fcorresDoEdeno Of tho Richmond DlsDatch.I
DrAroSsyIILE. AMELIA. Va, January 10 -
The cold spell continues with increasing |
,eyerity, last night being the coolest of /
he season.
Intense Cold al Nest Poini.
Especial telegram 70 ths DisDatch.I
WEsT PoiET, VA, January l6.--Mr. Philip I
hughes walked from Almonds Wharf 70