Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-07
MANY GO SLEIGHING.
The BEST SPELL IN MANY YEARS
FOR THIS FINE SPORT.
Some OF Those Seen ON Franklin Street
Too Mach snow for Skating Tho
River Frozen over.

The tintinuabulations Of sloieh-hells
fued Richmond with merry music yes
teriay and made the air alive with
melody. while scores Of The graceful con-
veyancoS skinned over the ice-bound
streets and lightly tossed aside the frozen
snow.
Tho violent snow.storm which ragged
Thnpaay afternoon did not cease TIL tate
Al NIGHT. and when tho flakes stopped ran
INC Tho carfl. v,s covered several inches
f1c,, with the Acecy element Aitcr the
e,,,,- .lr y,a4fhe was very cold, q hard
f-.rga f,lIowod. an1 Yesterday morning
tb. rnb.ic realized with pleasure that they
v.e'l hr spared o slushy daY. go.
Vlo streets were In splendid conoltion
..r .is.rh ID, and coasting was excellent.
i.y.1reTs ~ children enioved the sport
avon .lout the day. and on franklin street
f-.ri Fifth 10 seventh the little ones fairly
na.opolzei the tboroughiares. while
numbers ot them also coasted down the
steep incline ~ Ninth street One real
tah.ggap. manned by a numerous bevy OF
In.. and c'rl.. created quito a sensation IN
tla ,gycujlo world. Among tho little ones
who managed the queer.lo0hng con-
trrar,r were Masters julian I'LL and
G..rse Tathrop aud little Misses Phyllis
faushorue Ellen Eaghy, jennie Boyd,
AM la.y Iun.
ouF ~ THEIR CUTTERS.
Tho Snow was ~ . splendid condition
for slri.uur on Franklin and Grace
streets Yesterday. and these thoroughfares
Vl-e ttr rendezvous Of nearly all the
.t..f.l -iglphs sd town. There we're solid
i.i4 rf gee pa the middle Of the streets.
ari ihs hight ,uttors' skinned over the
ilri ground alm 50 BIKE a sea bird dipping
the waves. Ihcr" was some very fast
driving dangerously fast at times and 1t
.. a wonder indeed that many children did
r.t get injured Tor the little ones per
SISTED iu getting near the horses and irving
40 iastcu ther slcds upon the BIG sleighs.
Some OF tla double teams dragged hall
dozen youngsters after them.
Among the llies and gentlemen who
appeared iu sic.ghs on Franklin street
Yesterday were Mr. Graham Hobs0n and
Miss Lizzie Bridges. SIR Harvey Savage
and Miss Addlc johnson. Mr.. Lewis
tmrsar and Miss jamie steel. Mr.. Moon
and MISS Emma BarGs1aiC, Messrs John
Montague William Braucr. and James G.
Smith, Mrs. Geo. T.. McAdams and Mis-
Mary Cook Branch, Messrs Thomas Big
g,r aad e.. l.. Pace. Mir. +. II. Mayo and
family. SIR. and Alrs. Charles Whltlock,
tir Samuel il'rsh and family, Sir. and Mrs.
Aeu1. Jones. Br. j. 4. White and family,
Sir. s. ~. Tmermaun and tho Misses
Stokes. Nr Robert Marshall. Or. Shields,
each with o lady. Mr.Dc GraG5uroldt Hob
son and Nie- ilob-0D, Dr. Landon Is.
Edwards and family, Dr. Oppenhimor ana
Mis-. tiHvo.
Ino heavy SHOWS Of the past two days
have proved considerable hindrancs 70
kot,r- and although a few pers rs tned
fh. Reservoir lake yesterday, they found
fs, f., very poor, os n had not been swept
TIVE COLD WAVE GENERAL.
It. cold wave appears 20 have visited
..r. portion OF the state. A gentleman
rI. came 'o this city from Stanton yes.
f.r'1r -..I that the Thermometer regis
f...3 q lr-rg above zero ~ that town
n.I tu.t there wore several inches Of snow
ll.u OBJ. ground. II was fair aud cold at
IEuo.iurg yesterday and the river was
t.w inches above low-water mark. At
~r.rl+rlll.it WIS clear and cold, and the
.tr.au wa one foot high ana iull OF ice
lI4s weather was exceedingly cold at ON
trr Forge and Newport News, and at the
l0tf.r place there was q stIf gale blowing
- wle clear Of G0rl0usylle aud the Their
mtmctor was Just degrees above zero.
TsE MAILS DELAYED.
An of the mails were DELAYED YESTERDAY
On account ot the snow and from other
causes ih" trans from the South uatu-
rally suGc.Ci the least interruption, but
ttus. from fue North and W est hh0 very
d .cu snow 20 contend with. The fast mail
.ue D. De- from Washington al 23s did not
arrive until $3.50 last night. The Che7a-
prake aud Ohio train scheduled 20 get
h"r, at IS. w. Thursday did not come TO
IrchnOui 40 ail. and that due al p NJ.
over thr same road reached the city at II
80 might.
IUE RIVER FRoZfN UP.
The river is practically useless for navi-
cation. and Yesterday morning In the
r,gUtorh,oi OF the WharNes 10 was frozen
u.f.-. iiou bank % bank.
ILr Old Dominion steamer WyanOke ar
rived here shortly after II O'Clock, but she
bad greatly difficulty m breaking her way
through the ice. and o smaller vessel could
hardly have succeeded nm the undertaking.
s. short time afterwards the CLYDE Line
steamer taking advantage of the opening
made ma tho channel toy the NyanOke
went down. Tho tug Monarch, which has
h.eu utilized o. keen the stream open, Is
now lu Norfolk, and. therefore, but little
can be- done to make the river more navi-
rl1lA Several vessel, bound for Rich
moud ARE now icc-tound az City Point.