The record-union., 1899-02-12

tabl.Shed, but that record has been
smashed. Both rivers are frozen over
from Pittsburg to the headwaters, not
withstanding the efforts of pool boats
to keep an open channel. It is hardly
possible that the snow and ice will be
able to pass off without extraordinary
results.
Ten degrees below zero was the rec.
ord of the Weather Bureau this morn
ing. An almost impenetrable fog
hangs over the city, and many acci-
dents by collision have occurred
TWO PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH.
PTTTSBURG, Feb. 11.-Dispatches
from surrounding towns report two
persons frozen to death. They are:
William Bartley, aged 20 years, But
Ter, Pa; child Of Albert Hudle, Frank
lin, Pa, frozen to death while in bed
with his parents.
At Franklin the thermometer regis
tered 80 degrees below, and at East
Sandy, Pa, 38 degrees below zero.
LAKE MICHIGAN FROZEN.
DETROIT, Feb. 11.-Reports from
various fruit raising sections of the
State are to the effect that the extreme
record breaking cold spell has been
most disastrous to the years crop of
peaches and other fruits. The loss re-
sulting from permanent injury to peach
trees cannot be- estimated. In the peach
growing district of Western Michigan
tie temperature early to-day ranged
from % to 40 below zero, and the pros
pect for continued cold weather is dis
cOuraging.
Lake Michigan is known to be frozen
nearly its entire width, for the first
time in twenty-five years. Several of
the winter steamers plying between
Michigan and Wisconsin points are
frozen in the lake.
COLD AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-When the sun
came out to-day the mercury crawled
UP around the zero mark. Another
cold snap is predicted for tonight,
with the temperature ranging from Is
to 1S below zero.
TWENTY SIX BELOW AT OMAHA.
OMAHA, Feb. l1-Twenty-s below
zero was the record at the Weather
Bureau this morning. This is the cold
est February day since the office was
established here, the previous record
| being 25 below on February 4, 1888.
Private thermometers in the suburbs
I and in exposed places registered from
| 80 to 33 below zero.
The only deaths from freezing so far
reported in Nebraska are of an in
! toxicated man at Barston and an old
man at Binkleman. who wandered away
from home and has not been found.
MERCURY GOING DOWN.
| KANSAS CITY (Mo.), Feb. 1.-THE
weather moderation in this section was
checked suddenly at o'clock this
| morning, when 6 degrees above zero
was recorded. The mercury reversed
| quickly, and at 10 o'clock it was 10
below zero. The local Weather Bureau
predicts % or % degrees weather to-
night,
In Kansas the thermometer ranges
| from IA to % below.
| At Oklahoma City 20. To zero wea-
| ther prevails. About three inches of
snow fell in the southwest last night
and delay to the trains is general. A
fierce north wind is blowing
| SOMEWHAT COOL AT. ST. PAUL.
| ST. PAUL, Feb. lit is still some
what cool here, the official record to-
day being 80 below Zero. This was
| below the average for the northwest,
temperatures ranging from % below at
Helena to AZ below at Winnipeg. Con-
tinued cold is promised for tonight and
| Sunday.
GREAT DAMAGE TO FRUIT.
| ATLANTA. Feb. lit is estimated
that one-half of the Georgia peach crop
| has been destroyed as the result of a
cold wave. From the Florida line as
far north as Barnesville the cold wea-
ther has brought great damage to the
fruit. In the fruit district about
Marshallville and Fort Valley it is said
| thousands of trees are black and crisp
| from the freeze. From Barnesville
northward the fruit has not been dam
aged.