The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-14
JANUARY WEATHER
Spring R~everses Matters and Ling
ers in Winters Lap.
Summer Temperature, North, South and
Wost-One Man Frustrated ut
Pittsburg.

perdtufe SINCE LOU, pre- olieu lnhooSH
out the region between the Mississippi
Valley and the Atlantic coast. Its
crest was in Ohio. where the tempera-
lures, as reported to the Weather Bu-
reau, ranged from seventy to seventy.
four degrees.
From all;over the~"country. came SINH
lar reports. Niagara Falls. which is
usually cold, reported that ,t!3 o'clock
in the afternoon it was 100 degrees
above zero in the sun. At Jamestown,
N. Y, they were using open trolley
cars. and the passengers were enjoying
the experience.
New York City.-This winters re-
markable weather record came to n
climax when with 4 temperature like
a late spring day, with only a little
| dampness in the air and a southern
breeze New York City, shorn of its
/ heavy wraps. was enabled to spend its
afternoon comfortably in the parks and
| along the great thoroughfares. 1t was
! all part Of the warm wave which
I, brought the highest temperature INTO
the Eastern and Middle States known
since 1890. The warmth and sunshine
| of the day brought to Central Park. to
| Riverside Drive and other promenades
thousands of pleasure seekers. Ihe
sparrows singing in the trees, TIE play
ING of fountains and numerous small
craft dotting the river gave to the out
| ing grounds of the city the appearance
q n,Ia,li1 1nu IL, c.NpIno . InQ
| chuich promenade in i1fth avenue was
suggestive CT Easter day. Twelve
i thousand people visited Coney Island
! and hundreds look a dip in b SURF.
Reports from throughout the State in
| dictate spring,ike weather everywhere.
| At Albany the mercury went to fifty
| eight the higtect point reached in JAN
uary in that city since 1890. Bingham
ton enjoyed The warmest January day
in thirty VI Is, the thermometer being
seventy at 1 o'clock,
| Pittsburg.-All records for heat IN
/ Western Pennsylvania in the month OF
January were broken .:hen the mer-
| curry Gill ed up to seventy-four de-
| grees. registered at 8 o'clock p. N. at,
the Weather Bureau on top OF, t9e::
twenty-fo. story Farmers Bank
Building. With heat registering sixty
| six degrees the day befc it:Tas sup
posed that a limit had been reached,
insomuch as that had beer tic warmest
January day since 1874. When the
dawn came til .e was not a cloud III
the sky, and ~ sun came out with
all tn. warmth Of a G:y N the middle
of tune. At noon thu sun was Droll-
ing in it's intensity, ono b. ) o'clock
there IVES actu.l suffering. Furs and
oyercoats were discarded. and still
there was no comfort. Stephen Hy-
mess, a foreigner. fell unconscious from
the heat. He was taken to the Ho
m~oeopathic Hospital. The suffering
was intense in the mill districts, and
many of the steel mills and glass
houses were compelled to close down
for the day.
Pottsville, PA hot wave unprece-
dented for January, swept over this
section. At some points the tempera-
ture registered seventy degrees. Blue
birds and catefpiltarsiare to be seen in
Washington and Brunswick townships
and fruit trees are beginning to bud.
OOyS 'SWIulllIlUS l. II PNAe'
among the sights,
Cincinnati, Ohio.-The weather has
been the warInest Oh record here FOR
any January, the thermometer register
ing 74.S above. The minimum temper
allure was 5S.S.
Boston. - The mercury climbed to
sixty-eight degrees here. the city eX-
p%eriencing the warmest weather for
January on record since January L.
1876, when the glass read seventy de-
grees above.
Columbus, Ohio. With 500 people
looking on Perry's Pickups defeated
Kramer's Kinks in an interesting game
of baseball. The grounds were in ex-
cellent shape and nine full innings were
played. The thermometer registered
seventy-two in the shade and the play
ers perspired as freely as IL it were
midsummer instead Of January. The
spectators sat on the ground without
overcoats and rooted themselves into
p%erspiration. Twenty r0Oters appeared
in q body. all wearing Panama hats.
The breweries are working overtime.
Saratoga.-The warm wave rose to
fifty-siX degrees above zero in the sun
here, and quite a number celebrated
the unusual meteorological conditions
by enjoying life OH open Verandas.
This has been the warmest January on
record in the Adirondack foothills.
Amsterdam, N. Y.-Old residents Of
the Mohawk Valley say that such mild
weather has not before been eXper-
fenced at this time of the year in fifty
years. Lilac bushes are budding as
well as other .shrubbery. Ice dealers
and ice consumers are much worried
over the u%nfavorable outlook for gath
ering ice. There has been no snow to
speak of in the Mohawk Valley so far
this winter.
Baltimore. Temperature, siXty-two;
humidity. 100 per cent; popular mel
ody, "In the Good Old Summer Time;;"
Orioles revarnishing their baseball
bats.
Rutland. Vt. - Temperature. sixty
five; householders sitting on doorsteps
and verandas; butterflies fitting about
and first crop Of caterpillars being har-
vested by birds.
Cleveland. - Temperature, seventy
one; parks crowded oy thousands Of
promenaders; receptions held Oh veran-
das.
BUYS Big Circus.