Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-08
A WARMER WAVE COMING
ATLANTA STILL SHIVERING AND
SUCCOR NEEDED.

Three or Four Thousand Dollars Al
ready Distributed-The Thermometer
Jumping Upward all Through the
NOrth-Fruit Frozen in FlOrlda-Hun-
ters Perish in Arkansas.
ATLANTA, January THE city had a
windy blizzard all day, which was sharp
and cutting. The thermometer rose from
Z this morning and was hanging around
20 degrees in the middle of the day. All
outdoor work is suspended. The air is full
of snow clouds, but no snow has fallen
yet. One firm sold thirty heating stoves
to-day. Steampipes and CRATES in many
cases are unable to warm the rooms. Two
stoves were put in the Comptroller Gener-
aPs Office this morning. There is a pros
pect of still colder weather and perhaps
snow. All branches of business are par
alyzed. There was a constant stream of
applicants for wood, coal and provisions
at the Constitution Office to-day, al
though the wagons and committees
worked till late last night distributing
fuel, food and blankets. Over 1000 We're
raised Yesterday, but unless the weather
moderates greatly twice or four times that
amount viii be needed to meet the de-
mands of unemployed families. Yester-
day was the coolest day of which there is
any record since Atlanta was first settled,
but there was no wind. To-day is not so
cold, but biting wind prevails. Only
one fire and one bursting of a water pipe
has occurred to do any damage since
Saturday.
At noon yesterday there were gathered
together about thirty wood wagons and
as many more as provision trains. Mer-
chants acted as drivers, each with wood
wagon and provision wagon under his
charge, and started on tour of the city.
Some indescribable scenes of suffering
were witnessed.
Hundreds of packages of coffee and
sugar, sides of meat and hams and cords
Of wood were distributed The response
to the call for supplies was surprising in
It's lIberality. The value of the cOntribu-
tions was between $1,000 and $4,000. No
distinction was made in distribution in
regard to color.
FLORIDA FRUIT FROZEN.
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. THE thermome-
ter was Il Yesterday, and it is feared that
fruit is badly damaged considerable
distance up the river. Accounts from the
interior are gloomy.
Reports indicate serious damage by
frosts to young orange groves, garden
IIuch ana plneappleS along the coast as
far south as Manatee. The older groves
and fruit are apparently uninjGred.
MODERATING IN THE NORTH.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE weather is
moderating very considerably all over the
North, and milder weather is coming
Southwark. In Cincinnati the thermom-
eter STOOD II above to-day, and in Chicago
above. Eight inches of snow fell in
Memphis to-day. In New England and
the British possessions the cold is still
intense.
THREE HUNTERS FROZEN TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Jan. IA dispatch from
Little Rock, Ark, says "Three hunters
Henry Shields, Edward Shields and James
Anderson-were frozen to death on
prairie in the Chickasaw Nation on the
night of the 9th inst"
WARNER IN MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. THE weather mode
rated considerably throughout this re-
gion yesterday. At midnight the mercury
stood . degrees above zero, showing a
rise of 30 degrees since yesterday morn
ing.
BEAUFORT'S SILVER.
BEAUFORT, S. c., Jan. THE cold
continues intense.