Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
OUT OF SIGHT.
The Mercury Started in That
Direction.
WENT DOWNWARD LAST NIGHT,


The Coolest Night of the Year rs Pre-
dicted-Predicanent Of sieishins Party
Weather Talk
Scene-Spencer square, in front of
the band stand; time. midnight; tenn
perature. 90 below zero.
Hebe (despairingly to Flora): ..Oh.
dear. will Peter ever bring that
blanket"
Flora (soothingly. but hoarsely):
Snow use repining; we will be
happy. love. when summer comes
again"
Black Hawk Gnterposing sternly):
why, what are You kicking about ?
This is nothing: 60 years ago we
.'But here the good Peter put in
an appearance in the distance with
the blanket, and silence again per-
vaded the scene.
Coolest OF the Year.
Twas, indeed. the coolest night of
the season. The signal service
called the turn to a nicetv. The
mercury fell to 20 degrees below just
as anticipated. and went it half de-
gree better. The coolest time was at
> O'Clock this morning when the Off
cial register indicated 20! degrees
below zero. This, according to the
weather bureau, is the lowest point
that has been reached this year.
Thermometers in town have gone
down 90 and % below, and some of
them this morning dropped to 2G and
2S, and even lower-as the report
passed from mouth to mouth. Off
ciallv speaking, however, last night
was the coolest of the year.
The weather has been moderating
somewhat today. and the PREDICTIONS
are for gradual improvement, but
the weather clerk states that the
mercury had taken such a down.
ward tendency that it came nearly
going out of sight. and it will take
it some days to recover and get back
into civilization again.
One Way was Enough.
Last nights piercing and polar at
mosphere cut no figure with some
twelve or fifteen young people living
in the upper end of town who had
planned a sleighing party to LeClaire.
With robes. blankets, ETC., ETC.,
wrapped around them. they started
on their 17-mile journey, drawn by
four horses. Arriving at LeClaire,
where it was intended to remain an
hour or so ut a friends hause. they
shed their bear-skins and concluded
to stay all night. The driver was
.ol h,t ha
turn without company. They were
all nearly frozen on the way up, and
vowed not to retrace the almost I'M
bearable Journey AS consequence
several clerks did not show up for
duty this morning. and anxious
mothers lay awake all night wonder
ing where their daughters were.
The noon train on the Milwaukee
brought them all back to Rock ISL
and, knowing n whole lot more about
sleighipg parties than was the case
the night before.
| Eject on Traffic.
The railroads are experierc cling con-
siderable difficulty with their trains,
but are gradually restoring service.
and will soon be able to run in ac-
cordance with scheduled time. West
ern trains on the Rock Island arrived
little behind time this morning.
while the fast mail was 40 minutes
late. The evening passenger train
on the Milwaukee did not arrive I'M
til 4:45 this morning. and Capt. Full
ler's train was an hour late. Freight
business was resumed on the c.. NJ.
& St. p. this afternoon. Everything
on the X. l. & p. is running on time.
The st. Louis express. on the c., B.
& O., was but, two hours late this
morning. and all other trains are
keeping pretty close to the proper
tina. All trains are running with