Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1880, Page 1

> Xi. PTE ch YEAR OAT iN Conse Retail Stationers and Blank Book cee (881 DIARIES (8st. New Year Calling Cards. {881 DIARIES (881. New Year Calling: Cards, A Full Line of Blank Books of all kinds, HOLIDAY \GOODS. . NEW YEAR’S CARDS In endless variety, at SHITH'S BOOK AND NEWS STORE, 122 Dearborn-st. NOTICE. VOLUME raged FOR NEW YEAR'S CALLERS. THE MOST CONVENIENT LIT- TLE BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN CHICAGO, “THE ELITE" REVERSED DIRECTORY, AT COBB'S LIBRARY, JANSEN & McCLURG’S, HOTEL NEWS STANDS, and the PUB- LISHERS, H, A. PIERCE & CO., 116 DEARBORN.ST, IMPORTED COS'TUNES, HRS. A. CONNELLY 4 Rast Sixteenth-st., NEW YORK,” Will continue her Opening of Im- ported Costumes, Wraps, etc., in the Parlors of the Grand Pacific Hotel, for one week longer, up to Jan, 8, 1881. GHOIGE-FRENGH COSTUMES At Less than Cost of Importation! STOCKHOLDERS) MEETINGS. ‘lckildes’ Meving, CHICAGO, Nec. 6, 1890, Tho Annual Meoting of tho Stockholdurs of “The Commiorcial Natlonul Bank of Chicago,” for the Klec- tion of Directors for tho ensuing yonr, wiil be held at | the office of said bank In Chicagu on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 161, botwoun the hours of 2 nnd 3 o'clock p.m. QEONGHL, OF18, Cuahior, Stockholders’ Meeting. The anuuat mocting of tho + of, tha storkholdars of tho Morchants’ Savings, Loan & ‘rust Company of Chi- caKu for tho election of ‘rustoos for tho ensuiny yenr, and also fur the transaction of such other buale essa may como wp before the mootinge will bo bold at the oflee of the Company In Chleagu on the fourth day uf January, Isl, betweon tho hours of 1a. m, i. "Unteuwo, Deo. 2%, 188 LENRY EF, LOWE, tary. Stockholders’ Meeting. Tho annual mooting of tho Stockholders ° the North Chicago Clty Hallway Company will bo bold at fhe oftica uf tho Company, 0 North Linrk-at, on the Mth day of Junuury, IMI, at 10 o'clock wm, for tho. purpose of oloctinit a dard vf Directors for sho o tulng yoar, atid also for tho transaction of wuch oth busindss us may como before tho meaclny. TIMAS CLAW EOIIn Bocratn ~ TO RENT, “TO RENT, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Floors of 192 aud 104 State-st., vor the Fate. Apvly at WS. KERFOOT & CO,'s, 00 ‘Washingion-st. Rae PEt ovine ee RUPTURE! 23200. Wowill pay ton often Tingutaad ftcrata that ent ba totatnon 'h ei TENE US: Win TS Raper UL PAUKHE, tho patentee, eo. hn fi rie a Inst 6 yours wie’ Matin nla, Ars hd odslonory ae tee a Aas Vatented Murch Qa, SHaiLESS “ike: ELASTIC STOCKINGS, Sess voevy DORAN NAVIGATION, NORTH GERMAN LLOWD. New York--London--Paris. 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Largest as« sortment and finest goods in tho city. Elegant assorted Baskets, cte. TAYLOR, EXCLUSIVE FRUITS, 3 SOUTIL CLARK-ST. ee ELEY EXTRA! 10 Sets Extra Fine Cameo Jowelry, 10 Sets Extra Fine Turquolse & Diamonds 40 Fine Gold Ladies’ Lockets, 18 Fine (old Gents’ Lockets, 14 pairs Fino Gold Bund Bracelets, Just rocolvod und for sate at Spoetal Tarainn at OLDSMID'S, 2 Kant Mudison-st. 10000 worth of Diamonds forsale at cost to reduce stock, AY Bet entiielnsitee ee eee PRO POSALS FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, The Hoard of Commisstonors of Cook County, Mil- nots, wil rocolve on Monday, January 12, tho Bi f Oued, Crimtniat Court Building, Sichignneates for the oflco ahd court-room tuculiura of, the sovern! departnionts of the now y CourteHousu, in accordance with tho plung and spectiicutions of the same now on so ut the Hot Jamon. Euan, Architech stoom 2 Hawley yposiia to be accompariod by a panut bond with two approved suretion in tho sum of five thousand dollars, guarnntecing thet the biidor will onter Into tho roquiaite bond and contract if roquirod by the Aonrd of Commisstoners, Feintod forms of hrouosnl will ba furnished by tho tact dnt appiiestiult. Tidders will Obtain necoss to tha piany and specitl: cations only inthe order of appitcation at Architect's ‘The right ta rojuet any ur all bids ts rosorved. By ordor of the Cumnittea on Pupito. Huutdings, SE COMUIN, Chateiuan, PROPOSALS : FoR Meat, Bread, and Milk for Cook k County. Bonlod Propoxals will bo recolvod up to 12o'ctack m, Monday, Jun. % Isl, for alt the Mout, Bread, and MUk Tequired by Cook County for the yoar 18st, , Sbecitications will ba furnlshod by tha Committea Clark, vom 43 Morchunts’ Bulldlug, on sppliicadon, All bids must be accompanied with # bomd in tha 2Um of ¢1,0W, with at luast two surotios, cuarantcoing the accoptance of cuntruct If awarded to the bLiddeg. ‘the Hoard of Commisslonora reserve the right to rojectany or all bids. broposaly suust bo indursed proposals for olthor “Bqat" © Broad,” or *SIlk," aa the casa niay bo, and thust Toaeirusnad BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Room 4 Criminal Court Mullding. By ordor of the “Conunittoo on Wublla bervico" of WANTED, WANTED, SEVEN AGENTS ‘To canvuss country towns tn the Wostern Statos fur the salu of w iterary und practical work of rire Ux- vellonce, A xucdl English education, pontec! addruss, Dushiwis tact, and youd hewlth wre prorequisites. All joduetriugs, persevering ian, whother exporlonced fn this budliicss ortiol, nay, perhaps. avcure lucrative snd pormannt cipluyment by widrossinu Gl, ‘Crit. civil age und busluuas onguged In during Driv- inte ‘College, Jockey, and Koil Band shapes, made from cholce Shetlant aud Alaska Seal, Lowest Prices at BARNES! Hat and Fue Kove, 80 Madlson-oe (ivitune Building) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3), Baily Tribu — —— Ghe Chicago | abe Trivwne. Yr RIDAY, DECEMBER SL, 1880, Du. Cirannes LYMAN, a veterlnary sure geo sent by Commissioner Le Due to Ene gland to exiimine Into tho causes which have led to the embargo on the importation of American cattle, has made public his report. Itis not quite settled whether the aniinals condemned fn England—nand out of 11,000 examined in England only six have been con- demned—nre affected with pledro-pneumo- ma or bronchitls, The six animals con- demned in Liverpool wero traced toa plice went of Buffalo, and five of them passed through Canada on the way to the seaboard, Prof. Lyman advises Congress to adavt stringent laws to check the sprend of the disease, while not certain that the discasa exists. He estimates the loss to Auterlent cattleddedlers through the English” restric: tlons at $2,250,000, and Intimates that Eastern men suffer most Trost the remarks made to a Trincne rep: resentatlyve by Brother Albian, Supertor of the Brothers’ School on Archer avenue, from whieh the boys Langlols aud Duchein wero taken, it fs evident that he is not the most fit person to leave In charge of such au institu: tion, Ho displayed a lamentable want of feeling in connection with the exses, and evl- dently thought that the poor children ‘hdd no one to blame but themselves for their present condition. Archbishop Feehan won an onviable reputation in Nashville for his efforts in behalf of the orphan children, and it is not Improbable that he will Investigate these cases with a view to a deciiled and much-needed improvement in tho manage: ment of Brothor Albiun’s institution, AtTonNEY-GENERAT, Uaw’s © opening speech for the prosecution in the case of Parnell and those Indicted with him was not endea yesterday when the courtrose. ‘The main puint of his speech was that, in advis- ing tenants to pay only Gritlith’s valuation, they were guilty of.conspiracy, ‘The peopla seem to take fttlo interest in the trial, and [It would seem that the traversers look on it as amere farce, Thoy straggle into court in the morning, and the Jurors ars not prompt. One of them who was Inte yesterday was threatened with a fino of $500 if he was Inte again, All the Indications polnt to a failure to convict. ee Tue South Park Comniissioners submitted thelr annual report tothe County Board yesterday, and it is pleasant to observe that it differs from previous reports made by that body, lt explains in detail aud ina cogent and satisfactory manner how every dollar was spent. ‘Taxpayers will hear with plens- ure that the bonded debt of tha Commission hasbeen reduced during the yenr $421,000, and {3 now only $322,009, ‘This reduction has been made principally by paying off and can- celing the high-Interest-bearlng bonds, and areduetion in the annual Interest of over $35,000 has been secured thereby, In the ease of Bartley Campbell, the well- known dtamatic writer, against Byrne, the editor of the Dramatic News,’ in which the latter is prosecuted for criminal libel, the Court in New York yesterday refused the application of defendant's counsel for tho dismissal of the shit, and it will now go to trial. In his crusadqagainst the disreputa- ble crew who forged the Muroy letter Mr. Campbell will have the. best wishes and the sympathy of all decent people in and out of the dramatic pa Erasrr cars of an. cast-bound emigrant. train on the Union Pacific Rou were wrecked near Lodge Pole Station, Neb,, yesterday morning, and five passengers were seriously wounded, ‘The accident was caused by the parting of the tratn and a subsequent collis jon, On the same rond the water-train col- lided with an express-traIn near Roel Springs, Wyo., and the engineers and fire- men of .both trains were slightly injured. ; Lronanp IL, Member for Liskeard, a Cornish borough, and well known as ong of the principal edl- torial writers of tho London Times, his ae cepted the ofllce of Under-Secretary to tho Hoine Department, in place of Arthur Wel- lesly'Peel, resigned. Slr Willian Harcourt, who also won hls spurs In the editorial field, 1s chief of the Lome Department. Mn. Crasmennain, tho Radical Member for Birmingham, and who Is reputed to have opposed coeretve menstres for Ireland In the recent Cablnet meetings, has recelved a letter threatening hin, Bright, and Gladstone with death if thoy continue to oppose coercion. Fresh casos of “ Boycotting” aro reported dally, and the Increase of the gurrison has had no effect apparently. Junan Faexstan, Assistant Attornoy-Gen- oral for the Post-Ollice Department, tiinks that the postal regulation allowlng such pas pors ag bilis of lading, Involees, way-billy, insurance documents, decis, elreulars, and handbills to pass through the mall as'third- class matter should be annulled as contrary tolaw. oe thinks such documents aro sub- ject to letter rates. Tue Choyonne River and Brute Sloux representatives now in Washington bid fate to become adepts in tho arts of diplomacy, "They were to have a conference with the representatives of tho Northwestern Rail- road Contpany at tho Interior Departmont yesterday, but thoy sent word thut they were “too tired to talk,” and would tuke a day to: refresh thenisely ‘Tire Military Court before whieh Cadet. Whittyker {s to have a: hearing conststs’of Gen, Nelson A, Mites, President; Col. HL, A, Morrow, Lieut.-Col. Pinekney Lugenbell, Liout.-Col. J, M, Brannan, Maj. Lewls Mer- rill, Maj. E. B, Sumner, Capt. 1. F, Frant, Capt, J. Hi. Cralg, and Capt, Murritt Barber, Maj. A.B Gardnor ta to be Judge Advocate of the Court, Tun steamer Garnet, of Dundee, Seatland, is roporteil tq have been wrecked the 12th inst. in the North Sex, and all on board, sev- enteen persons, to have perished, Tho steamer Montgomeryshire, from Cardiit for Singupore, vin the Suez Canal, has been wrecked off the coast of Vortugul. The crew, consisting of thirty wien, wore lost, Tuene wore manufactured in Hamilton County, Ohtu, durlng the presont year, 11,753,- 270 proof gullons of bighwines, on whieh the taxes amounted to $12,800,00, which fg ania- crease of $1,250,000 over the amount collected in 1879, Some 10,250,000 gallons’ of retitled goods were produced In Ciaelinatl alone, or more than one-fifth of the geods rectified Jn the wwhole country, Clueinnati clatins the proud pretuiinence of manufacturing more intoxteating Haqsors than any other city the wortd. Ir Is belleved In Canndlin politieal cireles that the Iden of holding meetings through- out the country to protest against the Cana dinn Pacific syntlicate scheme wag suggested by the Marquls of Lorne, so.as to give Alo a good reasun for dissolving Parliament, Unat the country may be able to pronounce on the scheme. : Parnick f1 ELLY hag been arrested at ‘Tipton, on th arge of hating shot Lord Mountinorres, Je is alio“atispected of lave ing shot an Irish laborer Jn Birmingham, He isbelleved to be tho eflysary of some seeret society, His father keeps a butcher-shup near-whoro Motntmorres was shot, - — Pouren&C, 8 perist-mill at Deerfield, near Adrian, Mich, valued nt/87,000, and In- sured for $4,000, was destroyed by fire yester- day. ‘The Nlouring- mill of \. Whieelur, at Bloomington, in this Sla.dc-was burned Weilnestay night, The! los 1s tilaced at $6,509, and the insurance aug. 900. Kina Anroxso, in his spee" "19 the Carles yesterday, spoke of tho dest at Mility of gale pleting commercial treaties with the Uniecd | States and with the nations of the Old World, Me regretted that the heavy naval nat mili tury’ expenses necessitated wood: erease In taxation, ‘Tre Boers, haying failed to‘take the En- glish fort at Potehefstroom by assnult, have conelinted to starve out tho garrison, consist- ing of 800 soldiers. ‘The Dutch Government ignbout to appeal to-the -British people In, favor of the independentd of the Transvaal. a Tur Pope is sale to have sent 2 personal note to somo Irish Bishony commanding them to absfain from entonrdging the Land Lengue, and particulatiy:: against using language which might. “leit to the notlon that his Holiness favors the fi Siltion, Tuy London Dally New work ot the next sesslon of; regard to Irctand, says t must be passed before. a duced, The existing nwa! says, and found wanting'ind a coercion bill td: DEL Is Intro- ve been tried, it rolind. ri ences | Tuwrn Pasa, who visitet this country soine time ago to purehisé yd and annnu- ultlon for the Turkish Gov ernment, has been appointed Finance Mintstef of Turkoy. Mls appointment means that: all avaliable: funds will bo used for mnllitary p a Eronreen ‘villages in, the “Provines of North Brabaut are flooded.tu consequence of the breaking of ndyke. - 2h damage done to property fs immense, * Anvliet conmnittee to collect funds In-ald ofthd sufferers has been fornied at Amsterdant} ¢{° ememectamenonilecet ‘Tin Board of Edueation witits the Coun- ell to appropriate $4,189,00 ie educational purposes next year, (Of ths’ stim. §275,000 are ‘required for tiaw bulldhigs, $00,090 for the purchase of sites, and Sih OTL for tench- ers? salutles, OvEen $300,000 of stock war jobécribed fee torday nt Clnelunati for fe usezo-Tuction of Maxhu’s elevtslg.Yght .. by Tapia, New port, and Clneinnath. -16° wil first be Intro duced into factories, aud ‘ultimately Inte pri- vate houses, Mus, Eowyn Baker andiher son, young Ind, ‘eo drowned at Onk .Bluils, Mass., yes- teritay. ‘Tho boy was’ coasting ‘near n poud and broke through the thin ice, ‘he mother was drowned in attempting to save tho boy. Tue Northwestern Travellng-Men’s Ag- sociation held thelr fifth aunual convention inthis eity yosterday, The membership is » the fiuanclal standing is good, and gen- ally tho Association ts on a sound basis, | Tur dry-goods clerks of this city wore given a reception at Farwall Hall last even Ing tinder the nuspices of the Young Men's Christinn Association. Probably on account of the wouthor the attendance was luted. - Tunes physiciins of Meadyille, Pa, have boen arrested on suspicion of having pro- cured an abortion ona wonan named Aunic Brown, alias Hattie Ackley, ina neighboring township, and thoreby cnusing her death, Tlanny D. Wisany, an Englishman by Dirth, and employed as n-bookkeepor by a picture denler of Detrolt, sulekled yesterday because his sweetheart refused to marry bin on account of his intemperate habits, ny E Chicago Yalo Asseclution gave its Attn aumual banquet last night, Pres! dent Noah Porter graced the oveaston by his presence, ‘Lhe boys hud a jolly thie and a erry one. Tue stock mill of the Sprlngicld Blanket Company, at Holyoke, Mass, was damaged 818,0W worth by fire last’ evening, ‘The building was just finished, and was unine sured. ALAnGE number of the leading lawyers of Wisconsin have stgned a petition to the Pres- ident to appoint. Judge Cooley to succeed dustice Swayne un the Supreme Beneh, i pareoevniornenary J.W. Minne, clerk of tho Pocasset Na- tional Bank, appropriated §8,000 of the banic funda to his own use. Itis thought ho ts now In Canada. : A, 8. Loaax, a ihiwal deseendant of the celebrated Chiot of the Mingos, has been uppolnted to a position In tho Huterlor De- partment, ‘ P inen will ines Prone on the Sth of January to commence work on the Panama Canal, i Mr. 0.8, Lonp sucecoils Mr, Ballard Smith ag mannging cditor of the New York Sun. Mr, Sulth retires through Ul-health, —* AN finmense untJowlsh dlomonstration was held in Berlin Wednesday, Svyeral nembers of the Relchstag attended, ‘eeaeremnasnaee ‘Tun temperature In this region will con- thhiue to rise slightly to-«tay, and partly eloudy weather Is predicted. pee a haeaeennny Manven Sraguso, of Lima, Pern, and business partner of Mayor-clect Grace, of Now York, died yesterday, dosevi Wittre, worsted spinner of Brad- ford, England, has failed with Iabilities teaching $375,000, Froons in Derbyshire, England, havo serl- jously Interfered with cotton uanufacturing. ‘Tum teeling in the New York stock mar ket yesterday was buoyant and upward. 1880—TWELVE PAGES. THE NORTHERN INVADER Sunny Climes Now Shudder- ing under a Chilly Sceptre. No Colder Weather Record- ed in the South Since (835. 3 Extraordinary Suffering Im- posed upon the Ill- Glad Poor. Mengre Charity of the Subsidy- - Sucking Washingtonian % Aristocrats.”? Bun-Dogs Metaphorically Howling the Sharp Pinch in Various Southern Places, Increasing Obstructions Piling Up in the Snow-Hole Around Buffalo. Too Cold to Travel in the Black Hills, Which Is to Say 50 Below. The Jimtown Trains Up North Mak- ing Their Usual Hypothetical “ Winter Trips, Little Donbt of the Popular Uselesness of the Slgnal-Sorvice Meas urements. Soven Dogrees Bolow Zero in New York City, with Driving Snow— Rivers Gorged. ——— CHICAGO. OU'T-DOORS. Thera was a great relief in. the Chicago weather yesterday. “Old Boreas,” who is supposed tg dispense the cold snaps, has been exceedingly liberal to this community Jately, and the way he showered upon us the frost mnde poor mercury settle way duwn in the bulb, From 2L degrees below zero, it Ig agortofn rellef to get 4 degrees above. ‘Tho difference between the thermoineter yes- torday and the day before was quite marked; still, the weather was cold, very cold. ‘There js aue sani, that, Chicago ean congratulate fwelf on, and that’ is, fine such i cold ‘snap’ taken holt of | us two years’ ago, the. suffering mong poor people would have been terrible to contemplate, And through all ails there fsa blessing In this cold weather for somebody, ONE PLUMIER remarked ton Trnene reporter yesterday: “1 have thirty men at work night and day, , and LE only get on an average $2 an hour for thom, and pay them $2.30 aday, I like thls kind of weather”? Tho ico man is happy, because he can garner a store for a tine of senreity, ng little cost, and then he will "sock it” to the public, Tho coal man rubs his hands fn glee us he rakes in $$3.a ton for nut cual, for which he was glad to get $4.75 0 yeur age, Stove wen are happy, because cold weather makes 1 demand for their wares, und ranges are belng burst by careless peo- ple, But, as was sald before, tho cold weathor fg still here, and thero isa hone that it may case up a Little more, BUT THE PROUANILITIES all polnt to aseverely cold month In Janu- ary, and very litte snow, which is good news tor “the boys,” for they won't have to hire a sleigh at $1.2 minute to tako thelr girls out, and then Hive on toothpicks and crackers the valance of the year themselves to'get out of dept, According to Manasse, Tripune Buikling, tho thormometer got up at § o'clock ‘yester- day morning pointing 3 degrees below zero, and the inercury had caught up to zero by 10, At 13 It showed 2 above, and at3, 5 above, while at 8 o'clock it was 5 above, witha allght tendenvy downward, 1N-boons, Another stove started skyward yesterday morning, on North Clark, between Ouk and Maple streets. The result was disastrous, as it nearly set tho house on fire, Pieces of the range were gathored up in the earbarns, and tho plumber, carpenter, and glazier found « good fob handy atthe house, Nobody was hurt, which {s very fortunate, IN THG PLIST PLACE, people should not Hyht fires In ranges with water-back attachments when thelr hydrants will not run, ag that is good evidence that tho water is frozen, Before going to bed turn olf your water, Open all your faucets and {et tho alr out, Oper tho lower cock under your boiler, and Jet. out all tho water, In the morning turn on the water, fll your bollor, Nght your tire, and your range won't burst. THE SOUTH. ORANGES, Crauiestoy, 8. 0,, Dee. 8—-A ispateh from Sumter County says the oranges, are not damaged there, ‘Ihts county Is about 100 niles south of this city, ‘TIE JACKSONVILLE CROP, JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Hee, 30—We .are having tho coldest weathor slice 185%, ‘The thermonietor was 19 degrees above this morning, Oranges on the trovs in this city are frozen, It ts feared thué tho frult up tho river Ss budly dumaged., About one-third of the“crop ‘Is already guthered. It is not known whether the trees ure Injured, SCARED HY SUN-DOGS, LounsvinLe, Ky,, Dee, 80—An extraordl- nary aul rare phenomenon wrred tits morulug! In this cy, commencing shortly BY after sunrise and Insting tit! 10am. ‘fhe sky was remarkably clear, and the weather hitensely cold. ‘There appeared In the enst- ern heavens three suns asl a beautiful rain- buw hints, ‘Lhe phenomenon ts known as perihella, and ts un ‘attendant of cold weather, SAN ANTONIO, TEX, San Antonio, ‘Tex, Dee. 30.—The night of the 28th was the coldest on record here. At Oa.m, the thermometer stood at 10 de- grees ubove zero, Ice ts two inches thick, The water-pipes were frozen throughout the elty, and ninny burst. ‘The new water-tanks are frozen, delaying tratns. DANVILI VAL : DAxvirin, Va, Dec. 30.—The wenther ts the coldest ever known here. Snow. fell pll ainty yesterday until after nightfall. At 7 p. (| m. the thermometer stood ut 3 degrees above zero; atOp.m, 2 degrees below; at mid. wight 4 degrees below; and atGa,m, 12 de- grees below, _ $i. Lours, SraLouis, Dec. 8.—The ice In the river gorged some miles below this city last night orearly this morning, and tho Ice stopped running in the harvor about 11:50... ‘The weather Is much mflder to-day, with indl- cations of a thaw before long. COLUMRUS, GA, Conumpus, Ga, Dee. 3.—The coldest weather on record, ‘I'lio thermometer in this clty last night stood at 4 above; on'the Alabama hills, at zero, The snow-tull of yesterday virtually suspended business, RICHMOND, VA. ‘ucnstoxn, Va., Dec, 0.—The wenther to- day is the coldest since the 18th of January, 1857, when the thermometer stood at 8 de- grees below zero. It was the same b igure to- day at sunrise. WHEELING, W. VA. Warnnixo, W.Va, Dee, 30,—The rlyer closed here last night ut 6 o'clock, ‘The weathor is now clear and extremely cold, CHARLESTON, 8. C, Crantestos, S. C., Dec. !0,—The tempera- ture this morning was tower than it hus been since 1855, MONTGOMERY, ALA. Monroomeny, Ala, Dee, 8—At 6 this morning the thermometer stood at 8 degrees above. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Cuatranooaa, Tenn,, Dee. 3 mouieter fell Inst night to 3 degrees below zero, — DALLAS, T pan LAS, Tex., Dee. 3.—The mereury yes terday fell to 4 degrees below zero.- WILMINGTON, DEL. Wruaixaron, Del, Dee, 20.—1t was 8 de- grees below zero this morning. SITREVEPORT, LA. Suneveront, Dee. 20,—The weather Isvery cold, fee running {n the river, THE EAST.. NEW YORK CiTy, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New York, Dee. 80.—It seems to bo the general opinion that this is the coldest weather wo havo had in New York since that memorable morning In 18d (lan, 5) when the thermometer registered T below zero. It Is probably the coldest December day we have had sinee 185, the winter of the great fire here, Lust night will be long remembered, It was a night that struck terror to every one who was compelled to be abroad for any length of tine, ‘The cot was, bitter’enough In Itself, but tho blinding snow and the driving wlid | were | ver, severe, AtT o'clock this morning tho thar- mometer on the top of the Equitable Bulld- Ing indicated 5 betow zere, From 1 o'clock Jast night tho mereury sank steadily way below zero, _ THE WIND INCREASED tonstrong westward breeze, blowing with a velocity of ten miles an ho AH modes of traveling were more or fess delayed by the snow this morning, Even the mumervus ferry-boats, partleutarly those on the North Riyer ferries; were most detained, notwith- standing thore was no lee,” but were delayed by head winds, ‘The railways, awing to their slippery con- ditlon, caused much amisery among the horses, All of tho elty railroads employed extra. teams, and what tenms were secon on tho streets did noc carry more than hulf thelr usual draughts, or were doubled up THE GREATEST G AMONG THE Poo REASTS was, however, In Brooklyn, where not a single car cout be seen with four harses, ‘Iho anhuols, covered with a. white frost, dragged the heavily-Inden ears over tha trucks covered with a layer of packed snow halfan neh In thickness, ‘Chere is general delay of all railroad trains reported.” Both East and West malls are boliiud thie, and fn some localities trains have been snowed tn, New Yorn, Dee, 30—-At 0 d’cloek this morning the thermometer marked tho tem- porature at zero, ACCIDENTS, | ‘So the Weaterny Associated Press, * New Youk, Vee, 80—-Owlne to the in- tensely colt wenther, whieh continues to- night, great numbers of people were at the hospitals throughout tha efty, and at the drug stores to have: frost-bites attended to, ‘Tho most sorlous case was that of Plurre Vietor Lumbert, « young Frenchman, found in Battery Park, with both feet . frozen, James Cuntingham, Hneman for a telegraph Company, was se Donumbedt that ho tell fram gpoleto the strect, sustalulug surlous In- Juries, BUFFALO, N, yy Burraio, N.Y. Dee, 3,—The snow-storm still continues, with no Lumudiaté prospect of abating, Et fs one of tho suverest over ex- perlenced. All tralus on Now York Contral allroad which should-have gone East this morning have been apandoned, ‘The Chicago express from the Eyst, due here last night, bs oif the track at Lancaster, ‘Yue storm continaed with unusual soverity during tho night, and up to abouts this atter- noon, No passenger trates were sent outon the New York Central or Evlo roads unthl ‘The ther- PRICE FIVE CEN ‘T'S, this ovening, ‘The Canada ronds ata, bu little affected by the storm, ‘Trains on ‘the f Lake Shore are running behing time, | A COLLIBION ‘ oceurred on the Canuda Southern Rand nes Welland to-day, between a way-freight and; through passenger train, badly dauinging the engine of the passenger and renr-car of the freight train, badly sealding John Benning- ton and-breaking the arm of Thomas Cary, fireman of the freight, Snow-plows are at work on all ronds running into this city. PITTSBURG, PA, Spectat Vispateh to The Catcago Tribune, Prrresuna, Pa., Dec. 30.—The lowest teme temperature last night was 9 below zero, ‘At? o’clock thts morning the thermomoter {ndleated 8 degrees below, and nt 11 o’clocis A m..2 degrees below. At 2p. m. tho mere etry stood ut 2ubove, It then began to dee seend, and at 10 o'clock registered % below. ‘Fhe wenther then began to modorate, At | midnight the temperature: was. 4 degrees above zero, An unknown man was found enrly this morning frozen to death. Busie ness hag been very slack during the week, THE BLUIE RIDGE. » Ppapenruts, Dee. 30.—Reports from exposed places along tha Blue Ridge fn tho | Lehigh and Selusikill region showed an avernge teinpernture of from 14 to 22 degrees below, the latter belng reported at Lenharts- ville, Pa. In the same region most of the country ronds are blockaded by snbw. Farm- ers are pulling down fences and driving throtgh open ticlds on recount of the snow «rifts sinking ronds lmpassable. eo PHILADELPHIA, PurLanenenia, Dec. 80.—Last night the mercury, Which at 9 p.m, recorded 7 degrees above zero, rupldly deelined until at 7 this morulng It marked 5 degrees below. It was still lower In various parts of the city, but this was the oflleiat report at tho United States Signal Office, At 10 this morning St it had risen to zero, AT AND NEAR AuEronD, PA. Minvonp, Pa, Dee. 0. one of the coldest ever known In this section. ‘The thermonieter stood at 15 degrees below zero; at Erie Suminit, near Lackawanna, 23 degrees below, ony ALBION, N. ¥. Atnion, N. ¥., Dee. 30.—Tho severest stirm of tho season ts raging here, Tho thermometer is 10 degrees below zero, _ WILKESBARRE, PA, Winkesnannn, Pa, Dec. 30.—It-ts the coldest morning of, the seuson,—10 degrees eluw zero, THE WEST. oe THE ONLO RIVER. Cincinnati, Dee closed here at 5 o'clock this morning, and the. nows Indleates that It is closed and frozen: solld over for quite n distance below. Tho sky fs hazy, and the thermometer stands at noon nt 20 degrees above zero, ‘ Spectat Duypateh t0 Tha Chicago Tribune, “Gixcixx ATT, Us, Dew. 39. at the foot of Elin street early this morning. Ithad gorged at the upper and. lower ent of the clty durmg lust night, Tow- boats. and ferrybuats broke tho fee in front of the elty to-day, In the Interest of the steamboats and barges moored along tho shores. The Ohio und all its tributaries are elosed above here, and peopte are able to cross on the ico at nearly all points, Navi- gution fs cntlrely suspended on the Ohio, and people area crossing the Mississippi on the fee = above = Catto, = Tho Kanawha also furnishes a onatural bridge at. Charleston. ILeavy ico passed Memphis to-day, Unttl there comes a heavy warn rai Western rivers will not again be anviguble. » ANOTITER GORGE. Evansvinne, Ind, Dee. and cold, with the mercury 6 deg. above. Navigation fs entlrely suspended, Meavy ice ls running, and it is gorging at Rolling Bend and closing across rapidly, CLEVELAND, 0. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, CheveLAND, O,, Dee, 30—The cold snap which set In Monday night reached its cll- max about 1 o'clock this morning, when the thermometer at the Strnal-Ollea registered 15 degrees below zero, but in other parts of the elty 5ar4 degrees lower are reported, All trains east of here were abandoned this morning, and the first traln from that direes Uun since Inst nlght reached here this ovens ing about Vo'cloek, The weather continues to moderate, nnd is to-night several degrees ubove zere. GRIGGSVILLE, ILL. ‘Spectat Diavateh to The Chicago Tribune. © * Guigusvitie, IL, Dee, 20,—The cold wave hus buon severely felt here, ‘There ts about three Inches of snow onthe ground. Siow | commenced fully again yesterday ot Bu, ! u,, but, as it grew colder, ceased, The thermometers here Indleated 22 degroes be- low zeru this morning ut Go'clock, Busiuess {gy ulmost suspended, ‘Lhe con! blockade has been partlally broken, s0 Hues Is o scant. supply. THE NORTHWEST. LAM OF THE BLIZZARD, Sr, Paur, Duc, 80—The temperature fs Sughtly moderated this morntny, but it fs still bitter gold, ‘Lhe mereury marked 10 do~ grees below, ‘Iho whid was very high yess terday, and rallrond communication has boon serlously interfered with, ‘Yratugs are pars tlally suspended on the Sloux Clty road, and the Northorn Paciile trains are reported to be blockaded neiy Jamestown, DT. + THE FAR WEST. : ‘ NKADWOOD, DAK, $8 Deanwoov, Dak, Dew the savers weathor has put a stop temporarily to transit by stage, aud the conches are -lald up, Rumors are current relating to the meal tlon of stock, and the roported _freg) death of teausters, but the Jatter pave bit been contirued.’ It ty probable de cattle have sulfered severely, and, ae lobs occa sloned by the Intense cold, ‘ , ——_— 4 SIOUX CITY, TA. Sioux Crry, In, Dec. 80.—The storm fg over, ‘Lhe mereury Is up co 10 degrees above. + .—Last night waa, 3—The Ohio- ‘River e <The rivur ciused->* - —It is clear © a