Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-21

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and One Above at Schnepf's.
Warmer Weather Promised.
As was foreshadowed when the Reg
lister weather report was written, We'd
nesday night, the mercury was very low
indeed, yesterday morning at day
break. and there was very little i'm
provement in the condition of the Their
mometer during the entire day. In
fact, it was feared by many VINO shiv-
eringly glanced at the patient during
the day that the worst was to be fear
ed, and that a total collapse, followed
by a fatal result, was imminent, and
as evening approached these fearful
surmises became more general and ap-
peared to be fully warranted by the con-
dition of affairs. Last night, however
the weather physicians at Washington
/ telegraphed that favorable symptoms
had set in, and that there would be a
decided improvement to-day. Thls
viii cause a general sigh OF relief.
Seriously, yesterday morning was the
coolest of the winter, and the temper
allure was lower than at any time since
February 6, 1895, when the thermom-
eter showed one degree below zero at
Schnepfs. and three below at the steel
bridge The coolest Gay Of last winter
was January 18th, when the mercury
indicated seven below at the steel
bridge at a. m, and four and a-half
below at Schnepfs at a. m.
Yesterday at seven O'Clock the Their
mOmeter at Schnepf's marked one
above zero, while at the steel bridge
toll house it was two below At the
head of Stackyard hollow. on the hill,
it was seven below. at Reds on the
hill back of Bridgeport, six below, at
Mt De Chantal zero at the Park two
below and at Elm Grove zero. The
highest temperature reached during
the day was ten above at the steel
bridge and thirteen above at Schnepfs.
At eight o'clock last night it was five
above OF the bridge and nine above at
Schnepf's, with prospects Of zero or
very close to il again this morning.
The weather indications for to-day
are warmer but il will not be warm
enough to bring out the mosquitoes.
There was the same old shortage Of
natural gas yesterday, and many more
people went back TO coal or wood, or
put in artificial gas heaters as a tenn
pOrary make-shift until better times.
/ AS a result there was quite a good trade
in the plumbing and coal scuttle lines
while the coal dealers wore a smile
all day. Residences, stores and Offices
were cold as the tomb is said to be-
all day. and visitors. either business
or social got but cool reception in
a majority OF instances, no matter how
glad the hosts really were to see their
callers.
The cold snap brought out the usual
number Of cold weather stories from
people who sat around saloon and hotel
fires waiting for change, and there
We're the usual number of bets upon
the coolest point in the United States,
the coolest day in Wheeling, the cold
est natural temperature ever observed
anywhere. etc. The Register has been
asked TO settle several of these dis
putes. and does so in the following
manner:
The coolest natural temperature ever
observed by man was recorded by Gus
tave Hermite, who assembled in the ba-
loon Aerophile, from Paris. At a
! height really unknown. but which has
been variously estimated at ten to thir-
teen miles, his thermometer read 104
, degrees below zero.
The coolest temperature ever OBJ
served upon the surface of the earth
was at Werchojansk. Siberia. January
Is. 1S95-90.4 degrees below zero.
The lowest temperature ever known
in America was at White River, On
tario. February g. 1856 below zero
The lowest temperature ever Observ-
ed in the United States was at Tobacco
Garden, North Dakota, date not given
-64 below zero.
Probably the lowest temperature ever
observed in this city-nOt outside the
city limits-was in 1869 or 1S70-12 be-
low zero. This record was taken by
T.. j. Cartwright when he kept at No.
1909 Main street. We are not sure Of
the exact year, but it was about twenty
five or twenty-six years ago