Show the cold wavie vave the present month stands out as the be coldest in the history of this valley once before on jan 20 1883 the th thermometer went lower than it has done thus far this season to 20 def creps below z ato ro but never has haq the cold spell held beld on to the extent of the one we are now having today the mercury indicated 9 dee below zero and yesterday it reached 17 deg below at the signal service office in this city in the outer eater parts of town and inthe country it reached ai 2 dez dear the snowfall thus far this month has bas bern been 14 laches inches a very unusual amount it has hag been an extremely fortunate air circumstance cum cula stance that there bavo been no w winds binds sergeant korts tb thinks inks talat abat the beaher will moderate slightly but that it will be pretty cold for soone boie days yet |