Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-14

HIGH HEELS AND HARD BUMPS
ON THE ICE.

Whiie 1C hSsts-" arii7F
PROMISED o-Dsy-EA tracts rom
Diary Kept During the NlAter OF
1888.
The weather was bright and crisp yes
+ordo,, ana oyo~vhody made the most
- go - -, 80
81 lt Inc oiEnaI .ei 'i0e i'o'
smiling ana comIortaOIe up n tue Top "'
the post Office building. Mercury didn't
get below rs deg. the night before and
>..s,or7o,- a rtornoo, IL r,ountad nm IN an
s''-'' way ~
etb'
ore the liYeDest places IN the CITY
was along the Ogeechee canal. the
i.a ygas hardly strong enough TO
-. .c. ,,t.hoIt a
-N"N0 9N"''He
4ne-preserVeF, cut lh ePl'e Oh Iue wa IL
ings of the police every boy in the city NEo
owned patr of skates. or could borrow .
,,oir ord l,,ey, how ~ ,,,,, them on. was
,..-. ...-...r.. IT,, a.
tueAe anu 9"V"ou mus '''-
The amusement OF the 4,N1V or ''V9J people
VINO lined the banks from tbe Bay street
bridge 90 the Central railroad track, half
a mile below. A few Eray-naIred men
fastened the steel 10 their feet and tried
10 show the boys how they used 10 skate
back i'm the 'J0s.
The ice was dotted with people. 4 few
had on skates. and cut the "outside edge"
twisted lu the dutch rol,' and wrote
then names with their skate heels in real
Copperpia4e style, but the majority was
content with an occasional cautious slide.
"A good many who tried Siding didn't Ike
d., and crawled up on the bank and wait
I'd 20 see now others liked it,. The crowd
on the banks was good deal larger than
that on the ice, ana enjoyed the iun about
US much.
A few ventured too near the edge where
the ice was weak and went through, but
aside from a wetting the half dozen or
more VINO broke in were none the worse for
the dip and scrambled ashore Ike ducks
out OF mud pond. 10 was novel sight
10 most OF those who were there. Car
Tiages with handsomely dressed ladies
were driven along the banks, and the
bridge at the foot OF Bay street was Gov
cred with ladies Snd children.
Many had never seen ice before, except
3n an ice wagon, and few had ever seen
sheet big enough to skate on. Nearly
everybody who went down to the canal,
went out on thelce, II only lot re-" steps.
a good many wished when they got on
that they hadn't gone on. Some got on
~. -.sr taxing 'header'" Others didn't
NSfn 'sJoked sheepishiy around when they
picked themselves up, TO see II anybody
was looking. Last night bonfires were
lighted on the banks, and the crowd, up
TO 10 O'Clock, was as large asst WasaC any
time during the afternoon.
Ihe oIhcer on duty al tue signal station
last night sald that the cola wave VIII
deliquiesce to-day: AT II O'Clock mer-
curry was ~ deg. reports IRON out 10 the
country state that TIE treeze has been the
seyerest ever known. Near the owens
plantation, on salt crees about two miles
from the city on the Ogeechee road, ice
c8efs feet IN thickness formed on the
hanks where the water washed up the
mud. O0ulds pond, on the Ogeecnee
canal, which ls about hair mile wide
ana three-quarters Of a mile in length,
has been frozen over for several days.
About 100 negroes were trying 10 skate
on IL yesterday.
The ponds south OF the city were COW
eied with skaters. The plumbers VIII
have their hands luil Tor the next lew days
repairing broken wafer pipes. Nearly all
the hre MIGRANTS are frozen up. and be-
-8Ween twenty-five ana thirty are burst ana
W1l nave TO be replaced by new hydrants.
TAe truck farmers VIII be able ny to-day
20 eS2mate their losses. A number of
farmers were In the city Yesterday
aud sald thef they thought everything
had been Killed.
A phenomenon seldom seen IN this lati-
tude was observed by many on Tuesday
afternoon. About 4:oO O'Clock the peculiar