Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
COLD AGAIN.
THE MERCUIy AGAIN
BOREs F0R GAS

. a Scant Supply Of fuel
This morning therqwis another co
ware that vas so mich like ii e on
we had yesterday th}t it's best fr.er
I(of which it has non1 eoald rot hay
told it from the othfE The ear,
at the sane points aentioned yester
day was a. low. andkn so ne instances
q few degrees loser. A. the puml
house Of the Riehepnd ,ity Nate
Wo,k ks the temperaare was loser, an,
at Sol Miiler's. sssth Of the city
~hs re the mercu. y registered a yes
Iterday, i, showed 2etbis morning. A
1.-THE gas regu atipg siztion on the wes
bank of the Whitewater the eo,t
WAS one d-gree greater than yes
lterday. all aoouf town there val
suffering, aud the houses were Iot
colder than they were yesterday morn
ing.
| People slep. last night with iheil
oveIc rats on, and Ventilation was told
to go hang. Coverings to the depth oi
two feet was piled on the bed, and ths
pater familias in most homes toos
ne giigee stroils at all hours of the
night 10 replenish ares in the various
stoves. Some of the fires went out.
but it was too cold for a fire even to
remain out long. The Thursday even.
iIg prayer meetings were character
izsd by small attesdanee and eoo.ness
at least of the physical sort A boy who
xhistled .There'l be Hot T.me,''
went home WITH ms ears froz n and te
deserved it.
Tee newspaper carriers had au
awful time on Their rounds, and those
who missed their papers ha6
little ground to feel aggrievs d
over the disappointment TIE
boys were almos. froz n in their rounds
and were glad when the severe expo
sure vas over.
The city presented a peculiar ap
pearance this morning, from bird s
eye view Smoke arose from the
ohinneys of every inhab.tated dws II
ing, and the rolling clouds of dun aud
fragrant smoke was prophetic of The
death or natural gas as fuel.
A pile of coal left on the sidewalk iI
front of the PALLADIUM off all Ms h.
was not touchea. IN spite of the fas I
that the city is full of people needing
fuel. That fact is a tribute 10 Rieh-
nond's inherent honesty.
There is a SLIGHT prospect Of wa M r
weather, as the wind is now from TIE
south, and tomorrow the tempers
ture is expected to have
taken rise of substantiai
nature. The wind from the south is
an encouraging feature of the situs-
ton.
Coal and wood dealers conntinn
busy, and t1e-e is money in the busi
ness. Wood is as scarce as eggs y
Dawson City.
The gas cAm2any states that the
story legarbipg the woman who paid
her three, kilars with enc and dedue
50 Lac a1 1>leahAhR :
~ ,ssss.:-.s eye1y~I
is causir sfbm much annoyance OF
Cf.oshers waiting to follow the
example of The alleged ge ting even
woman.
Along with the facts flo IT and te be
had as a reward for searching. there
number of good, healthy les
that, like ieielss, grow bsst hen the
weather is cold There is the story OF
the man who froze his feet on the ga
stove while trying to warm them and
had to put them on ice to thav them
out. There is the story of the horas
frozen off of COW west of town, and
the freezing of bird in h git. the
creature remaining stationary In mid
air because gravity also was frozen.
There is the story of the doctor who,
in attemr ting to ascertain by the
usual means his patients temperature,
found on removing the thermometer
from the sick mans mouth that his
temperature was several d. grees be-
low zero. The story of 80 degrees be-
low at Chester might be c,ass d among
the doubtful yarns, while a number Of
local people have written their friends
in Cuba that if they ever ask to be
mustered ont and removed from a
tro icai climate they will be locally
regarded as dangerous lunatics. The
man who habitually talks about
the good times he used to have
in Florida mas no more friends
at present than the man who
gets his hair cut on Saturday at
ternoon in q barber shop full of would
be nexts. Many a person ereameG
last night of gciug to tie literal, old
time hades and woke smiling Tha
place has no terro, for the gas towr
citizen at this sea on of the yea.
Tne r chmond citizens who have
written to relatives who have neve
enjoyed the convenience Of natui
gas. which was formerly (accordlag Il
tradition used here as u !, and wh'
had been Dragging to the relative
aforesaid over this great advaI tage
have q lit blowing aud nov put In thel
time hoping and praying that tn
dragged to relat yes may not visl
them ii next sumue-. Ii Is the gen
eral belief at present that natural ga
is as much of a has been as Co bet
or Mccoy and that it shoul
be used only as cook
ling medium here eafter. Thousands c
lcitizens are swearing that they will e
lup with coal and wood stoves y
tyear and never again be caught 10 th
llareh Hundreds of them will do 81
land the rest o. them will do the q
sort of beefno and resolving mel
lyear. Such is human nature. Som
of these people will retain the ca
Through natural negligence and lr,
Icrastination, and others for fear the
will have nothing to kick about. 1t
man who uses gas for fuel; ne,
Iyear will have no kick coming"
any one but their own stupid selves
ithey freeze TO death and nave to ei
loft of writing desk for q month in
Irow
TRAINS BADLY DELAYED.
All the trains are badly delayed th
morning. especially the through TRAN
| from the east. Fast train number
Idue here at 6:l0 a. N. was over 8
Ihours late. as was also train 13 dl
there at 5:45 a. N. Passengers f
Indianapolis and way stations we
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