The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-31
WOEFUL WEATHER,
THE OoLDBsr SPELL SINCE 1895,
nodsratins la the Northwest. but
Colder I'm the south Negro
Eound FrOxca so Death In
Virginia - Oranges In
Florida Freacn
ON Trees.


degrees above zero, teok rapid decline un-
til at Z o'clock this morning it jumped ave
degrees dclow zero. 1t was reported still
lower 10 the city, but this wm the sflicial re-
port of the United States signal Office. Alto
o'clsck this msrning II had risen 10 zsre. At
Wilmington, Del, il touched eight below. Re-
ports from numerous places alopg the klus
ridge in Lshigh and Sehuylkill valley show
ed aa average Temperature Of from fourteen
10 twenty-two degrees below, the latter bs.
ing reperlad at ton degrees at Haivills, Pa
Most OF tho couHtry roads are blocked BY
snow. Farmers are putting down fsnsai
and driving through fields ea account Of
snswdrifts making the roads impassaele.
AT CHICAGO.
Chicago, Dec. S0--Tho mercury was rising
all Yesterday afternoon and at midaight had
reached % high 10 zero, With chances fsysr-
able for mildsr weather ts-day, A light sAow
is ayiAx in the air nj present.. AdvIoeI indi.
cate warmer weather 10 tba Westward, and
selaer weather eastward. The cold SPELL has
been mora ssysra and lasting than any for
eight ytarG hut ii hiss heOR singulArly free
| fram cnsusluea. Railroad trains arc arriy-
inc eui,S a,o on all roads, bOing in some
cases ak haurs behind time. Considerable
difficulty is experienced in handling freight
and live stock, so that receipts have mstsri-
ally decreased at the stock yards
AT LOUISVILLE,
Louisville, KY, Dec. 80.---Tho signal Of
fee reports that the tamPorAturs here ye'1Sr'
day morning stood al Sovsa degrees
bslov garo, and at NO limo
during the dSy got higher than nire degrees
: below. AT midnight il was two degrees be-
low, with brisk southwest. wind and clear
wshthor.
AT CEDAR KRYs.
Cedar Keys. Fla, Dec. 30.--Tweniy.two
degrees above, a fall ofthirty-two degrees
AT SAVANNAH,
Savannah, Ga, Dsc. S0.-siItsaA degrees
above, fall Of twenty-five degrees.
AT AUGUSTA.
= Augusta, Ca, Dee S0.-Eight degrees
, above, fall of httsep degrees.
AT MONTGOMERY.
Montgomery, Ala, Dsc. S0.--EiEht de-
. gress above, a fall Of hfleeh degrees
/. Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 80.-At 0 o'eleci
this morning The thsrnoas marked eigh
If degrees above zero.
: AT wILMfNoTos.
= Wilmington, N. @. Dec. 3O--Elsvon de
o rress above, fall OF sixteen degrees.
ID WiminEtgn, n. O, Dsc. 80. The COLI
N wave reached pore last night Ths tamparA
o. ture Is tho lowest FOR many years. AT
o. o'clock this morning tho mercury steod Q
"a eleyen degrees above zero, aud at l0p'cloe
il was ssyontesn. Snow fell last night bu
81 only fors fsw minutes.
IN AT KNOXVILLE.
Or Knoxville, Tonn., Dec. SO--Two degree
I'd above, fall Of nina degrees.
o' AT NAV YORK.
~ ~ New York, Dec. 3s.--This nSrnisg h
y bson intensely eoid. AT II o'clock u
Al mercury at HudsU'5 stood ela degree abo'
ms zero.
nj AT WILKES BAERn.
wilkes Barre, Pa, Dsc. 3O.--This WAS th
-. coldest morning OF the season. TAe mercui
n ,tood at ten degrees belsw zsro. There
~ but little saow on the ground'
In AT DANvILLE.
ID. Dsnviua, Va, Dec SO.-Tho weather
hs the coldsst ever known here. This thermen
ss stsr fell all day yesterday and until aft
rot nipbtfall. At o'clock this eysall
Ia, tss Thermometer stood thrae desre
he .0oye zero. All o'clock, two degrees bslo'
Of Al niduight four dsgren bslos, and At
led o'clock this morning twas ten degrees b
Iill low.
lis, AT NEW ORLEANS.
.hs Nev York, Dec. 30.-At 7 =, m. to-day
go mercury at New Orleans stood Attwsnty-i
'tO, degrees aboSc, fall Of eight degrees.
AT GALVESTON.
Galveston, Dec. 3O-Twenty-ene degr'
tial aLoys, q fall Of two d'grse..
ar AT vIcpBURd.
40 yicvsburg, Dec. 8O-SixtoSa dsgr
TO above, q fall OF one desrde.
the AT JACKSONVILLE.
N. Jsclsopyile, Fla, Dec. 30.--Twenty-th
II. degrees above, fall oil twsAJ-ss''a
IN ;a gresL ....o,,
on Washington, Dec, SOL was intsHs
III cs,a here this morning. Bstwssn II o'el'
i.nn lat night and o'clock this msrning,
run ,siain9m temperature was ssVcn dsgrssi
wy low FARO. Az o'clock this @ornisg bslc
utSS and q! II o'clock this aorning two dssr
above.
AT JACKSONVILLE
r.cl-senvjls. Fla Dec. 30. ---Ws are h'
Iys- ing tho coldss. westher experienced y y
we'd 1857. Then it was 10 degrees above q,
Tbs morning oranges en- tha trees IN
sss eity sre frozen, and It IS faarod that tne y
an an up the river Is Rdlydsmagsd., About .
sne third OF tho crop hss s'fesdy Deen galnel
.oee II tisnot known whether the trees are lnJul
irst' A Dispatch from Sumptor county says
'ost- anves there are not damaged. That cou
ln' ia about 10 miles 5suth OF THIS CITY.
ocaa o AT coLUMBUs, GA.
ro,puhu,. Ga, Dec. a0.--The cold
wa.tber on record prevails here. Inc u
momotsr in this city steed four degrees ~ y,
tory FARO and on Alabama bills, a. zero. d
ball, Iell Yesterday, which virtually suspsn
and business.
000; AT ohAnLAo" oo nj. ,,.
ming turs this mornisg was lower thsn II nas
si,ce 1885. The miRmuE temperature
cerasd BY the signal oilissr. isthlrtsen ass
above zero, Aaa reports from olher tAl''
,or., de city bsrdsring.the water trent gs. Nv.
Ae'A n;ninnn At twelve degrees. In 1909
and lovs,t poiu! reached was niae degrees AZ
ineer zsro. In 1871 the lowest was nlhesses
tired grse,, which up TO this time was tne lo'
nnoint in 1885. To-day has besn cleAr,
intsnssly cold The streets, ana even
ALI water ponds in the city are frozsh
|. the and az syorybody is enjoying this rather n n
'ork, sendiuon OF ,nlas.. ra.;s,a,s n @ twsn,y.s
0 in M, the 'hermoins'S' ios'''''