The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-12
GET OUT YOUR FURS.
Coolest Kind Of Wave and Lots
Of Dry Snow Coming From
the West.

! ST. LOUIS, JAN 70, 18s5.-The coldest
weather of the season prevails here to
day. The mercury has fallen forty-fiye
degrees since yesterday afternoon and
at nine O'clock this morning registered
five degrees below zero. A brisk north
westerly sale is blowing and the indica-
! tions are that the mercury will continue
! dropping for the next twenty-four hours
Reports received from points through
out the State and southern Illinois, Ar
kansas and northern Texas state that
the cold spell extends to those points.
There is no snow in ST. Louis
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. u, 1S95.-One
of the most remarkable and sudden de-
clines Of the mercury occurred here yes
terday, a change of 80 degrees being re-
corded.
This morning at two o'clock the ther-
mometer registered 10 degrees below
| zero.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. l2 1Ss5.-All
day yesterday the mercury. gradually
lowered until it reached 10 below zero
at seven P. NJ. This morning it stood at
five degrees below with a light north
west wind.
zANNsVILLE. O.. Jan. 12, 1s95.-The
mercury dropped several degrees last
night and a heavy snow storm is in pro-
Sress today.
DAYTON, g, Jan. y, 1ss5.-It began
y
day afternoon and has been at it con-
t4nually ever since, there being six inch
es of snow on the ground at this writ
ing. The thermometer registered 6 be-
low zero at seven o'clock this morning.
CHICAGO, Jan. IL, 1895.-The cold wave
which has been lowering around Chicago
for the past day or two is on in an earn
est and most disagreeable weather of
the season is the result. this morning
thermometers registered 10 degrees be-
low zero. A brisk wind and dense fog
Of smoke added to the discomfort. The
dicted by the Weather Bureau, found
everybody unprepared. AT four o'clock
yesterday afternoon it swooped down up
clone. At that time the mercury stood
at q degrees above. Thirty minutes
later it had fallen to seven below. A
fine dry snow is falling this morning.
MARQUETTE, Mich. Jan. z. 1885
heavy snow storm traversed the upper
peninsula from west to east yesterday
and lumbermen are feeling much more
cheerful. Hitherto there has been great
deficiency of snow in the pine regions
and iumbermen were in despair. Hough-
ton reports a fall of eight inches. There
is six inches of snow at Monominee and
large numbers Of Woodmen who had left
the logging woods have started back.
Adyices from all parts of the pine dis
trict show that snow has fallen in suf-
ficient quantity to enable lumbermen to
begin operations.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. II, 1S95.--It COM
menced showing here about nine o'clock
last night and still continues. At times
It'll almost binding. Street car, travel is
greatly interfered with The thernome-
ter registered zero at seven O'Clock and is
still getting colder.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, JAM 12, 1896
The thermometer has been gradually
falling since nine o'clock last night and
early this morning registered ten below
zero. AT ten o'clock heavy snow storm
prevails iii this section of the State.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Jan. IL,
1895.--The weather here this morning
is, the coldest for years. The mercury
stands at Is degrees below zero. Peaches
and small fruits have not been damaged
mometer registered iS degrees below zero
at nine o'clock this morning. There is
about IA inches of snow on a level. Farm
dition.