Cold Weather in lowa.—A gentle
man just from Clinton, lowa, informs us
that the winter has been very severe in
that State thus far. The snow’ is gener
ally deep, And for the past five or six weeks
there have been very few mild days to
mitigate the trying rigors of the season.—
Some ten or twelve persons have frozen to
death in different parts of the State. We
do not suppose that, as a general thing,
lowa is colder than our State in w’inter,
but it seems to have been so for the last
two seasons. We notice also that the cold
has been more severe in Virginia than for
many years before. A closer study of cli
matology will probably be necessary before
these and similar variations of climate from
year to year can be satisfactorily explain
ed.—[Chicago Press.
What the Atlantic Telegrph will
Accomplish.—lt is stated that when the
submarine telegraph across the ocean is
finished, the transactions in stocks, the
closing price in consols, the state of the
cotton market, will be sent from London
and Liverpool every day at three o’clock
in the afternoon, and will in consequence
of the difference of time—some five hours
—be received in the leading Atlantic cit
ies of the United States before noon, form
ing the basis of operation here for that day,
in other words, the doings of the London
Exchange will be known here before
change hours, and will be published in the
papers of the same evening before they are
laid before the British public. Transac
tions on the Paris Bourse will be sent in
the same manner. The expense; however,
will be very heavy, as the telegraph tolls
will be about one dollar per word.
and Decotah.
