The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-07
THE ooUN1RY ICE BOUND.


 Warmer To-day-Twenty-e eight Degrees
 Below in Montana-AnOther Arctic Night
 Not since 1886 has the Frost king held such sway as he is now having. In that year on one occasion the thermometer fell only one degree lower than it re- corded early yesterday morning. In many places a drop of 12 degrees was noticed in the last twenty-four hours, and at some points in this vicinity it was 17 degrees below. At o'clock yes- terday morning at the weather bureau office in this city MT. Myers says the mercury stood at degrees below, this being the fourth time in thirty years that it has been so low as this here In 1884 10 degrees below was registered as the minimum temperature. In north ern Montana yesterday it was 2S de- grees below, the coldest spot in the United States, as far as reported.
 thin coating of ice has formed on the harbor, but the frequent passage of tugs so breaks it up that the channel cannot freeze solidly
 In the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers, however, where the tug boat trips are less frequent, thick ice formed and the channel from the Chapel street bridge up along the docks on Railroad avenue, is frozen solid There is con siderable ice floating in the sound which necessitates the steamers run ming slowly. The Starln line boat Bras tus Corning did not arrive in this city yesterday until noon owing to her slow speed on account of the ice Captain Thompson of the old lighthouse report ed that the temperature was 6 degrees below out there yesterday morning. In some of the schools yesterday the rooms were so cold that the scholars had to sit with wraps on. Shoppers were scarce yesterday, and the streets were comparatively deserted last evening. Weather Observer Myers thinks there will be slight rise in the temperature to-day, but no marked warm change is expected withing twenty-four hours at least.
 At Il o'clock last night at Woods drug store the thermometer recorded 31s degrees above, and at A. B. Green woods shoe store at the same hour the record was degrees above, a drop of degrees in four hours
 Bristol, Feb. 6.-The mercury was 10 below zero at daylight.
 Norwich, Feb. 6.-It was a bitter cold night, with the thermometer from 10 to 20 below zero in this vicinity.
 Winsted, Feb. 6.Litchfield county is the coldest spot in the state. The weather is reported to have been in some places from 20 to 20 below zero at daybreak. The wind was piercing.
 At Norfolk it was 25 below, Torring- ton IS, Lakeville IS, Canaan 20, Falls Village 10, Cornwall 10, Pleasant Valley 12, Burrville 10, Colebrook 20
 Rockville, Feb. 6,-The temperature this morning was 15 degrees below zero, and in Holland county generally from IS to 20 below.
 Windsor Locks, Feb. 6.-The mercury here to-day ranged from 10 to 15 degrees below zero, with sharp northwest wind.
 Granby, Feb. 6.-The temperature at z a. m. was IS below zero.
 Waterbury, Feb 6.-Last night was by many degrees the coIdest here of the winter. Towards morning the gale blew on the hills about the city. The. ther- mometer went down to il degrees below zero in many parts of the city, and in the country towns here it was still colder.
 Meridep Feb. 6.-Last night was the coldest for many years here. At mid- | night the thermometer registered 10 be- low zero. At a. m. it had risen to | below.
 Bridgeport Feb. 6.--At $40 this morn ing the thermometer registered de- grees below zero.