St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-07
TRAINS LATE ON ALL ROADS.
Entire Northwest Reports
Sub-Zepo Temperatures
Hold Your Ears.
THE EAST CATCHES 1T TOO.
Lake ChamplainoFrozen Over
for the First Time in Sew
enty-Five Years.

i Today will be the coolest day OF
e Ill the glad new year. A coof, con-
nsealing wave is winging its glad
some way from the happy valley OF
the Mackenzie, the land OF blonde
bears and unctuous EsquimauX.
This pleasing phenomenon bade
goodbye to the icebergs on Tues
day, arrived at Calgary yesterday
morning and frightened the jolly
Scots away from their "roarin'
game in Winnipeg last evening.
The weather in st. Paul yesterday
was mild and agreeable. Even
Romeo did not accuse Juliet of hav-
ing a cold nose There is some
thing so calm, tranquil and pictur-
esque about a Minnesota snowfall
that at an early hour yesterday
morning every residence street was
lined with admiring citizens, WELD
ing long-handled shovels, and each
vying with the other in accumulat-
ing the largest pile of feathery
flakes. Every cheek was rosy from
the health-giving exercise, every
voice joined in the chorus of admir-
ing comment. Many a business
man walked down town in the mid
die of the street, rather than disturb
the graceful undulations of feamy
white upon the sidewalks. -
1t was not good day for shop
ping, most of the. fair sex prefer
ring to HE themselves to the parks
and enjoy the delightful freshness
of the air. Thousands went out to
Lake Como to watch the effects of
the snow falling, flake after flake,
into the dark and silent lake" Mil
ton says, From morn to noon it
fell, from noon to dewy eve" AS a
matter of fact, the snow failed to
fall after p. m.
During the morning more or less
difficulty was experienced in keep
ing clear the street car lines. With
it's usual promptness, however, the
company put its
Snow PIows at Work,
and the cars were soon running
upon schedule time. Most of the
Eastern trains were about an hour
late at the union depot. The 500
was almost five hours late, the
train on that line due at $50 p. m.
coming in at II rs.
The lowest thermometer during
the early morning was Is below.
At Duluth the mercury at p. NJ.
registered 6 below; at Moorhead, 16
below; ST. Vincent, %; Bismarck, %;
Williston, 26; Havre, "a; Miles City,
IS; Helena, 10; Edmonton, 6; Battle
ford, 26; Prince Albert, 28; Calgary,
H. Medicine Hat, IS: GU Appelle 80;
Winnipeg, 20; Port Arthur, II.
For the first time within the recol-
lection of Observer Lyons-that is,
within twelve years = the entire
Northwest reported an evening tenn
perature of zero or below, ranging
from zero at La Crosse to 80 below
at GU Appelle, Assinniboia.
The present wave will be several
now delighting the cultured circles
of the East. The mercury may
descend
To Thirty Below
toward evening, and it would be ad-
visable to leave ones ears at home
if obliged to go down town after
o'clock. AS a whole, the day will
be the coldest in the last seven
years.
Fans can be used in moderation by
tomorrow morning, but the shady
SIDE of the street will not become
preferable until Saturday night,
when the quicksilver may be expect
ed to bob up serenely above the zero
mark
P.F.Lyons, forecast official, issued
last night the following special bull
uetin:
The abnormally high barometric condition,
with accompanying cold wave, that was CEN
tral north of Montana Wednesday morning,
spread rapidly over the entire territory west
of the Upper Mississippi river during the
day, and towards night the general temper
ature ranged from zero at La Crosse to 30
deg below zero at Qu'Appelle. i'll Assinni-
boine, where the crest of the cold wave was
then located.
I The wave IS of unusual magnitude
and rigor, the low temperature being
emphasized by an abnormally high bar
ometer, it being over 81 inches (reduced
to sea leyeD over most of the Northwest.
Canadian provinces and both Dekotas
The severe cold will continue over to
Friday, but the wind will quiet down
to fresh to light today and tonight.
SO that the sub-zero temperature of 16
to about % below will be more endura-
bic. | don't expect temperature to rise
above zero at any time between now
and Saturday morning; but today will
be evidently the coolest of this year-in
fact, the coldest since 1888. The snow
is over and the weather will be clear
today and tonight.
P F. LYONS,
Forecast Official U. S. Weather Bureau.
Specials to the Globe.
REDFIELD, S. D., Feb. 6.-The
first blizzard of the winter is at hand.
A southeast wind prevailed all day
yesterday, and a slight snow fell