The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-31

: to-day the mercury at New Orleans stood
Ut - degrees above--a fall Of 8 degrees
at Galveston II stood at 81 degrees above
a fall OF 3 degrees; vlcksburg, Miss, II
degrees above--a fall OF degree; Jack
sonvllie. Fla, % degrees above--a fall oil
4 % degrees; Cedar Keys, Fla, 90 degrees
above-a fail OF 80 degrees; Savannah
Gs.. 10 degrees aboye--a fall Of 2J degrees
Augusta, Ga, 8 degrees aDove--a fall Of g
degrees; Montgomery. Ala. degree,
above--a fall Of 10 degrees; Charleston, 8
g, 10 degrees above-a fall OF % degrees
Norfolk, Vs., 10 degrees above-a fall OF Is
degrees; Wilmington. N. c., II above
fall OF 10 degrees; Knoxville, Temp,
degrees above-a fail Of o degrees.
The morning here has been intensely
cold. AT ~ O'Clock the mercury at Hud
nuts stood degree above zero.
AT WASHINGTON SEVEN DEGREES BELOW.
| WASHINGTON. December Intensely
cold here this morning. Between IL las
night and this morning the minimum
temperature was degrees below zero. Al
A. VI. 4 below. AID at IL O'Clock above
| REPORTS FROM OTHER POINTS.
WLMsGrox, N. g., December S0.-Tht
cold wave reached here last night. Tho
At O'Clock this morning the mercury stood
al III degrees above zero, and at 10 O'Clock
IL was IL degrees. Snow fell last night, but
| only for few minutes.
! MONTGOMERY, ALA, December 30.-At G
O'Clock this morning the thermometer was
8 degrees above zero.
| JAcB sONyILLE, FLA, December 30.-We
are having the coolest weather experienced
since 1857. The thermometer was 10 dsgres S
above zero this morning. Oranges on trees
IN this city are frozen, and II rs feared that
the fruit up the river is badly damaged.
About one third OF the crop has already
been gathered. Ii is not known whether
the trees are Injured.
A dispatch from Sumter county says the
oranges there are not damaged. That
county Is about 10 miles south OF this city.
COLUMBUS, Ga, December 30.-The cold
est weather on record prevails here. The
thermometer in this city stood at degrees
above and on Alabama Hills at zero. The
snowfall Of yesterday virtually suspended
business.
CHARLESTON, S. c., December Gothic
temperature this morning was lower than it
has been since 1895. The minimum tenn
perature recorded by the signal officer
ia 100 above zero; and reports from
other parts OF the city bordering on The
waterfront give the minimum at 12o. In
1885 the lowest point reached was
degrees above zero. In 1871 the lowest
was 10 degrees, which, up to this time, was
the lowest since 1885. To-day has been
clear but intensely cold. The streets and
even the saltwater ponds in the city are
frozen hard, and everybody is enjoying this
rather novel condition OF things. At this
hour $3.50 p. NJ tue thermometer registers
81 degrees.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, December 30
TIE mercury fell last night to 3 degrees
! below zero in this city-tbe coolest wea'
Their here for forty years. The ground is Gov
cred with snow to the depth OF four inches.
The weather Is mOderating to-day.
PETERSBURG, Va, December 30.-Tht
weather to-day was The coolest experienced
here In several years. The thermometer al
II 4. NJ. registered 80 above zero. The
ground was covered with snow, and sleigh
ing is very fine.