Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-31
TELEGRAPHIC.
COLD WEATHER.


ed 5 degrees below zero. It was
reported still lower in various parts
of the city, but his was the official
report at the Q. S signal Office. At
10 o'clock this morning it had risen
to zero. At Wilmington, DEL, it
registered 8 degrees below zero.
Reports from exposed places along
the Blue Ridge, in Lehigh and the
Schuylkill region showed an aver
age temperature Of from IA to %
below zero, the latter being report
ed at Lenhartsville, Pa. In the
same region most of the country
roads are blocked by snow, The
farmers are pulling down the fences
and driving through open fields on
account of the snow drilts
making the roads impossible.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-The mercury
was rising sill yesterday afternoon,
and at midnight had reached as
high as zero, with chances favoring
mllder weather to-day. A light
snow was flying in the air. At press
ent the adyices indicate warmer
weather to westward and colder
weather to eastward. The cold
spell has been more severe and 1ast~
ing than any for eight years, but it
has been singularly free from casual
ties. The railroad trains are arriv-
ing quite late on all roads, being in
some cases six hours behind time.
Considerable difficulty is experienced
in hauling freight and live stock so
that receipts have materially decreas-
ed at the stock yard.
LOUISVILLE, KYy Dec. 30.-The
signal Office reports the temperature
here yesterday morning stood at Z
degrees below zero, and at no time
during the day got higher than s
degrees below. At midnight it was
at two degrees below, with brisk
southwest wind and clear weather.
GALVESTON, Dec. 30.-At midnight
the thermometer stood at 21 degrees
above zero here.
A special to the News says that at
San Antonio last night it was the
coldest on record there. At a. m.
the thermometer stood at 10 degrees
above zero, and the ice was two
inches thick. The water pipes are
frozen throughout the city and many
bursted. The new watertanks along
the railroad are frozen, delaying the
trains, At Dallas the mercury dur
ing. the day fell to 4 degrees above
zero, and at Corsicana to 6 degrees
above.
W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. 30.-This
Awas the coldest morning of the sea-
son. Mercury stood at 10 degrees
below zero. There is but little snow
on the ground.
DANvnLE, Va, Dec. 30.-The
weather is the coldest ever known
here. Snow fell all day yesterday
and until after night fall. At sever
o'clock p. m. the thermometer stood
three degrees above zero. At 6
o'clock, two degrees below; at mid,
night, four degrees below, and at siz
o'clock this morning it was IL de-
grees below.
New YORK, Dec. 30.-At Z a. m
to-day the mercury at New Orleans
stood at % degrees above, a fall oi
8 degrees; Galveston 81 degrees
above zero, a fall of 3 degrees
Vicksburg, Miss, 16 degrees above
fall of 1 degree; Jacksonville, Fla,
23 degrees above, a fall of 27; Cedar
Keys, Fla, % above, a fall of 80
Savannah, Ga, Is above, a fall OF
70, Augusta, Ga, 8 above, a fall of
50; Montgomery, Ala, s above, q
fall of Is, Charleston, S. c., 1E
above, fall of %; Norfolk, Va, 1C
ayove, fall Of Is; Wilmington, N.
q, IL above, fall of 16; Knoxville
Aenp., 2 below, fall of 8.
Tue morning has been intensely
cold, and at II o'clock tue mercury
at the Hudson mountains stood
degree above zero.
WAsHINeToN. Dec. 30-It is in
tensely cold here this morning. Be
tween II last night and Z this morn
ing, the minimum t9plperature was
degrees below zero, at z a. m. 4
below, and at l. o'clock 2 above.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-Tht
weather here to-day is the coldest
since January 18th, 1857, when the
Thermometer reached s degrees below
zero. To-day at sunrise the mercury
marked the same figure. The snow
lies very thick on the ground anG
sleighing is very fine.
James johnson, an aged coloret
man, was found frozen to death neal
Atles Station, nine miles from the
city, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. A faithful dog was found
o by force.
9 WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec. 3O.-The
L 70 G0lo wave reached here last night
Inc temperature is the lowest fo1
many years. At seven o'clock this
morning the mercury stood II de-
grees above zero, and at ten o'clock il
was IL. Snow fell last night but
only for few minutes.
! MONTGOMERY, ALA, Dec. 3O.-Ai
SIX o'clock this morning the ther
mometer here was eight degrees