Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-08
AT THE STEEL BRIDGE.

The average temperature, as observed
at SchrepPs for the twenty-four hours
ending at midnight last night, was
about AZ degrees above zero, or about
half q degree warmer than on Wednes-
day. The lowest temperature was one
above zero, for about three hours fol-
lowing daylight, while the highest was
10 above, between and p. IN.
At the steel bridge the mercury went
one below zero yesterday morning, and
was four below last night, the highest
point reached being above yesterday
afternoon.
For to-day the outlook is not at all
encouraging, and the probabilities are
that the cold snap will extend into Sat-
urday, but that the weather tonight
viii not be qnite SO severe as Tor the
past four days.
The northeastern storm, which orig
mated in Nova Scotia and Labrador last
Saturday and Sunday, which was re-
spouslbe Tor the frigid weather we eX-
perienced the first three days OF this
week, and which was 50 fully described
In Yesterdays Register, is still holding
SWAY in the New EuRand and Eastern
States, but the temperature was not SO
low in that territory yesterday as on
Wednesday. The extreme cold ana
snow experienced mere Wednesday
night. Yesterday and last night came
from the northwest, where very Sc
we're blizzard is raging, and which Will
give US from twsnty-four TO thirty-siX
hours more cold weather. A close
scrutiny Of the weather reports OF the
week show that three distinct and sepa-
rate cold waves have visited the United
States, one aud the first 20 make itself
felt here coming from the extreme
northeast, as has been fully described.
The second and third were OF
western origin, but while at hrst
separate and distinct, they later
coalesced aud then divided. While
the northeastern storm was par
aiyzing New England storm centre
showed itself 10 the far south west. re-
suiting in rain in Texas and New
N~xico. AS this progressed IN north
eastern direction the rain turned TO
snow. and while this was falling in the
Middle Western States b lzzard ap-
neared in the northeast. This blizzard
aupears to have divided, or rather TO
have shot out TWO far-reaching arms OF
low temperature, one going south
through South Dakota. Colorado, New
Mexico. Western Kansas and Oklahoma
into Texas. where its effects were felt
Yesterday in the shape Of unprecedent-
ed cold at all Middle and Northern
Texas points, accompanied oy snow 10
ths Texas Pan Handle. The other
branch struck east, following the usual
course of the gentle blizzard,
through Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri,
Kansas and the Central States, leaving
trail of deep snow behind II, aud giving
sucb temperatures as so at Grantsvilie,
Wis. and 80 1T Janesvllle, WIS. The
edge OF this storm reached Wheeling
Wednesday, when light snow Tell,
ureceding a much heavier snowfall
"Wednesday night and early yesterday
morniug. This is the cold wave which
j. still abiding with us, and when
caused the ratified and dismayed wealth
ar prophets TO predict from 10 TO 10
~ the temperature TO be expected this
morning. That there was some reason
for this prediction, the following table
or weather temperatures, taken Jester-
dAy morning, will show: