New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-17
Severe Weather lii Texas.

A number of northers have been experienced re-
Gently in Texas and in some localities the cold has
been intense. In the Dallas Herald of the eth we
find the following
On Saturday and Sunday last, we witnessed the
novel spectacle of sleigh ride through the streets
of Dallas. party of young men, looked as happy
in their jumper as if clad in fllls and heraded
by the music of the iingling bells Our town has
never worn so wintry an appearance before-snow
and ice, piercing winds and drifting Clouds all tell
us that we are in the depths of winter.
The severest spell of weather known for many
years, in this section of country, came upon us
last Thursday. The morning was warm and rainy,
the thermometer standing at "a degrees Fahrenheit
and a warm south wind blowing About ii O'Clock
A. NJ the wind suddenly changed to the north, and
one of those remarkable changes from summer
temperature to that Of winter occurred. In an
hour the thermometer showed change of ~ de-
grees, and at 5 O'Clock the mercury had sunk to
the freezing point. 1t snewed and sleeted all
night, even amidst thunder and lightning. The ap-
pearance eff thunder storm during so intense
cold is very extraordinary, and never witnessed
before by many of our citizens. Friday was bitter
cold all day, and Friday night so severely cold that
fowls troze on their roOsts. neighbor from the
country says that he discovered several dozen that
had persisted during the night. This was even the
case in town. sheltered as it is by the houses and
surrounding timber. The thermometer at 10 de-
grees above Zero The snow was several inches
deep, and continues still to cover the ground.
On Friday night man by the name of Gaines
was frozen to death near Dawdy's Ferry in this
county. 1t is supposed that he fell from his horse
through excess of cold in attempting to cross
Trinity bottom between Lancaster and Scyene,
and when found was stone dead. We anticipate
sad news from the effects of this Norther through
out Northern Texas. So cold spell has not been
known for years, but it is thought that the wheat
crop will be protected from injury, by the covering
of snow. The Norther of the 18th Nov. occurred
during very dry weather, and damaged the young
wheat considerably.
P. s-Anothe, Norfler.-These unwelcone Wis
itors becoming too frequent for comfort or the
pleasure of novelty. On Monday, about O'Clock
2. NJ, it changed from moderate cold to the in
tenscst severity in a few hours. The Norther blew
fast and furious, accompanied with the falling OF
snow and on yesterday morning the thermometer
stood at degrees L. Winter, cold piercing win
ter is upon us too cold to work, too cold to make
fires too cold for anything but unceasing efforts ia
keep warm. We hear distant rumors that Tan
and Jerry and hot punch are in demand-and We,
for once, believe the tale of Madam Rumor.
We learn from DR.. r. NJ. Gano, that sheep and
cattle were frozen, and that great suffering existed
on the praries during the late Norther
| We are sorry to hear of another misfortune that
occurred during the severe Norther of last week
| A negro woman on Red Oak, belonging to some
emigrants from Missouri, froze to death on Friday
night, and was found dead next marning near she
camp fire.