Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-13
JACK FROST NEAR HOME.
Georgia Towns which are Being Pre-

Georgia Towns Which are Being Pre-
pared for Sleigh Ride
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 12.-The first
snow for about four years fell here from
9 O'Clock this morning until late this af-
ternoon, to a depth of three inches.
JONEsBORO PAINTED WHITE.
JONEsBORO, GA, Feb. 12.-SnOw has
been falling here very rapidly since IL
O'Clock this morning. Up to 7 O'Clock
tonight it is five einches deep. A very
heavy snow is expected.
WEDDING BELLS ON THE WINTER AIR.
WASHINGTON, GA, Feb. 12.-W. d.
Ellington of this place, and Miss Carry
Harris of this county, were married at
the family home of the bride on Feb. II.
Miss Harris was daughter Of the late
Judge James Harris, of Wilkes county.
Many congratulations and good wishes
follow the happy couple.
Everything is covered with fleecy snow
tonight.
AN ALL DAYS STORM AT ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 12.-Atlanta has
been epveloped in heavy snOw-stOrm,
commencing at an early hour IN the
morning and continuing throughout the
day without abating, and which is still in
progress tonight. Street car tracks are
heavily blOckaded with snow and trains
are coming into the city behind time.
CHATTANOOGA IN THE FURRY.
CHATTANOOGA, Feb. PA heavy
snow storm prevailed here to-day, and
the snow is still falling. Dispatches from
the principal towns in Alabama and East
Tennes see state that the storm is general.
There has been a heavy fall of snow at
Meridian, Miss.
SIX INCHES DEEP AT SELMA.
SELMA, ALA, Feb. 12-Fully four inches
of snow have fallen in this section since
daylight this morning. 1t is the heaviest
fall in six years. The snow was followed
by rain.
SHOWING AT MONTGOMERY.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. 12-Snow
began 10 fall here at O'Clock this morn
ing and still continues. The ground is
frozen hard, and the depth of the
snow is greater than has been known in
many years.
THE STORM IN THE WEST.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.-Specials re-
port snOWstOrms at Montgomery, TaIla-
dega and Tuscaloosa, Ala, and at COlum-
bus, Duck Hill and Macon, Miss. There
have been the heaviest snOwstOrms ever
known in those sections, snow having
fallen to a depth of nine inches. The
snow at Vicksburg last night delayed
railroad trains and the fog on the river
checked the movements of boats. Snow
also fell at Shreveport, La.
CHICAGO ALMOST OUT OF COAL.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Au of the coal
mines in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are
reported to have shut down, owing to the
failure of the railroads to handle the
stock. The mines owned by the Whining
ton Coal Association were closed Tues
day, with the exception of one shaft. The
association had sufficient stock on hand
here to last until tonight, and has 1000
tons on the tracks between the
mines and Chicago. They have not re-
ceived bushel of coal since
Saturday ,Iand the railroads can give no
definite information as to when the en-
barge will be raised. The condition of
the Chicago agencies of the Indiana and
Ohio companies is no better. All have
stock on the way, but it is about as avail
able as if it was 1000 feet beneath the
surface.
Some of the delayed stock trains reached
the yards during the day and it is believed
now that about all of them in regard to
which there were fears have come in or
their loads been put into safe quarters.
Freight traffic in and out has been re-
sumed to the extent of transporting neces-
stiles at least. There are but two or three
minor roads and a few small branch lines
yet in drifts. At IL O'Clock tonight the
thermometer indicated 9 degrees below
zero. 1t was clear, with a sharp cutting
breeze from the west.