The times., 1899-02-12
keep YOUR ULSFERS
within HANDY REACH
This Singing Weather Is Co.
ing to Stay With Us.
What We Have Had Is Only a
Sample Of What Is to Come.
IL the Weather Man Knows His
business There Are Several
Days of shiyering Ahead.

New York. Feb. 11--Today was record
breaker in the matter of cold weather The
mercury got lower in the official thermom-
eter than it has ever been before in the his
tory of the local Weather Bureau At 7:3o
O'Clock this morning il was 81 below zero,
but the mercury stayed at that point only
for very few minutes. Half an hour
later it had crawled up TO % below. De-
spite the fact that the day was a record
breaker. people all over the city were say
ing this afternoon that it was warmer.
As matter OF fact, 1t did seem warmer
in the street than on Thursday and FRI
day, but that was due to the fact that
the wind was very much lighter than on
the two previous days.
The cold weather is going to continue for
several days yet. IL is not certain how
long it will be here or how severe II will
be from now on, but there is no mild
weather in sight. The forecast was for a
light snowfall tonight and an increased
fall tomorrow. with a slight fall in tho
temperature. Forecaster Emery would not
venture a guess as to how much snow
would fall today, but he thought it would
not be a light fall.
The weather moderated generally east OF
the Mississippi today, excepting in New
York. New England. southern Maryland.
and the District OF Columbia. a notable
OF the last three days has been the re-
markable low reading at Washington.
where the minimum has been degrees
below zero. Equally remarkable was the
low temperature which continued during
Friday, when the maximum was but 1
above.
\ second cold wave with remarkably
high barometric pressure overspread tsas
already extremely cold Western e.u North
western States late Friday night. carrying
the temperature to 40 degrees below zero
at Willis, y. D., to = below at Denver. %
below at Omaha, and from Is to y below
in different parts of Kansas. This cold
wave may come here. The local forecaster
does not believe it will. II is more likely
TO go South. During tomorrow rise in
( temperature OF 20 degrees is expected to
occur in the Middle Atlantic and New Eng
land districts, attended by cloudiness and
probably snow The Western cold wave
will extend over the Mississippi Valley and
the West Gulf States. carrying zero tenn
| perature into Texas. Arkansas, and west
ern Tennessee. and giving freezing tenn
| perature TO the immediate West Gulf
/ Coast.
! Following the temporary rise IN temper
| ature, which will occur over the Atlantic
| Coast districts during the next thirty-siX
| hours. the Washington Bureau predicts,
will come a period of colder weather,
which will continue until Wednesday or
| Thursday next.
Some curious happenings were reported
I from different parts of the city today as
result OF the extreme cold. At several rail-
road stations the metallic covers of milk
lars were forced up and broken, the cream
| rising in the shape OF cake frozen hard
and extending several inches above the top
| OF the jars.
The effect of the cold on dairy products
was noticeable at the markets this morn
ing Milk eggs. and butter are very scarce,
and the price of all has gone up. Hun
dreds of carloads of lemons. oranges. ap-
pies, and other fruits have been ruined by
the extreme cold. and the prices OF all
these things have gone up in the markets.