Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-12
The st. Lawrence River Ont OF lis
Banks with the Mercury Ten
Degrees Below Zero.
The Condition OF the Western Railroads
Lit,is Better Than FOR several
Days Past.



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At coLoRApo.
COLORADO, Tx, Jan. II The wealth
or has been severe, at one time the Their
mometer registering below zero.
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AT DESToN.
DENTON. Tex, Jan live are begin
ming 70 thaw. No one has tried to do
more than keep warm for the last three or
four days.
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AT PILOT POINT.
PILoT PoINT, TEX, Jan. II. - The
weather took a sudden change again last
night and this morning the thermometer
Indicated zero.
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AT AUSTIN.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. l1.-At 10 O'Clock
tonight II began showing and sleeting,
aud at midnight the ground, fences and
roofs were covered.
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AT GAINESVILLE.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, Jan 1.-THE wind
has ceased blowing and the weather Is
calm aud cold So far as learned stock
was very little affected by the storm.
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MEMBER FROZEN.
EuFAULA, / r, Jan. l1.-Mr. W.
GILLETTE, a prominent merchant at the Sac
AID Fox agency, reached here to-day hay
ing one hand very severely frozen
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AT ALgDo.
ALEDo, TEX, Jan. 1.-THE weather
hero pnnf ipnAs cold EViIatr .t,,.. ).
thermometer went down to @. The
weather has moderated but little since.
The cold has caused an almost total sus-
pension OF business.
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AT wAXAHACHfE.
WANAHACHGE, TEX Jan. ll-Old
Probabilities took tumble Thursday and
Friday TO 3 below zero, which made It
lively for coal-heavers. To-day IL Is
pleasant at IA above, with fair iudica-
tinus.
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Ar CLEBuRNF.
CLERCRNE, TEX Jan. III The weather
has moderated to limited extent, but
someone claims TO have received intorma.
ton from the signal bureau that another
blizzard was coming. II it beats the last
one, the people here would like to see IL.
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Ar SHERMAN.
SHERMAN, Tx Jan. 1.-THE latest
intelligence over the wires informs us
that the blizzard which struck Texas last
Thursday is TO be supplemented before
morning with another even more severe
than the trst. Our coal merchants are
always first in learning such news, and
from business standpoint use the infor-
nation thus obtained to provide extra
teams aud hands to enable them to supply
their trade and thereby prevent suffering
among our citizens.
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IN AUSTIN COUNTY.
BELLylLLE, TEX, jan. ll.-Of late
great prairie ores have occurred in the
southern portion OF this county, on the
top of which comes the recent cold
weather, aud, II reports be. true, cattle
are dying by the hundreds Carcasses, it
is said, can be seen near aud far. The
weather tonight Is extremely cold again,
aud II IL should get worse, and the
| probabilities are That 1t will, the loss OF
| stock will be enormous No provisions
Tor The protection of cattle in those har.
rem districts have ever been taken, aud
the great need Of such steps viii no doubt
be sorrnwfuliy learned
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AT ALBANY.
! ALBANY, TEX, Jan. s The first snow
OF the season began total yesterday noon,
and presented II strange contrast to the
/ haluy weather OF autumn that has reached
lar into the winter months. We are To
have taste OF Christmas iclcles aud n
! rehearsal of the "beautiful snow even
It 1t is Il back number series.
correspondence OF the Gazette.
A HUNTER FROST. BITTEN.
! Abilene, TEX Jan 1T was report
ed ON the streets to-day that Mr.. w. A.
| Simroy, living about mile east of town,
while ont hunting his horses, had his feet
so badly frost-hitten that amputation will
probably be necessary to save his life
Rut for the timely aid OF friend he would
have frozen to death before reaching his
| home.
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IN scURRY COUNTY.
SNYpFR, TEN, Jan. z The tlrst hliz-
GARD Of the season struck us Yesterday
Stock drifted considerably, hut the short
duration OF the cold spell win save own
ers from any material damage Cattle md
sheep are fat and grass is fair. IL will
take an unprecedented winter from this
time on TO materially hurt the stock in
terests. Stuckmen are sangulno OF a
smiling future.
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ANOTHER sTlrF AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, Tx, Jan. ll-The cold
wave has not left this section The Their
mometer this morning registered 90
above zero, and the weather throughout
the day has been raw and disaereeahle.
Another victim OF last Thursday night
blizzard has been discovered IN the per-
son Of Henry Dodge, who made
la business OF hunting ducks and
other game for the market He was
found frozen In his little sloop living of
Bolivar Point The body was completely
incased in solid sheet OF zee.
An inquest was held this morning aud
verdict rendered OF death by freezing.
This makes the fourth victim frozen
70 death in Galveston bay by the recent
unprecedented freeze. The Others have
been previously reported. Their names
are Capt. Thomas Jefferson Of the sloop