Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
sHTVERING WITH GOLD.
What the State Exchanges say of TIA
Recent Blizzard.

There are but two pair of ice skates in
Americas.
The mercury went to 4 deg. below zero
at Marietta.
The GAINESVILLE oil mills gave the biz
card possession for the time.
Two degrees below zero at Barnesville
Sunday night, says Marshal L. j. Howell.
Pulaski county farmers fear that the
oat crop has been badly damaged by the
extremely cold weather.
The entire or, at least, the greater por-
tion OF the oat crop around MIllen has
been killed by the late freezing weather.
j. N. Jordan, of BarResyille, picked up
Tuesday mOrRing piece Of ice on his
place that was = perfect representation OF
the figures II.
The cold soeH has been worth a good
many dollars to the saloon keepers, and
has been the cause of many good resOlu-
lions being broken.
Barlow Superior Court met at Carriers
vile last Monday morning, and by the
recommendation of the grand jury was
adjourned until next Monday on accO Unt
of the cold.
All during the cold spell the coal deal
ers have been kept as busy as they could
be. Saturday and Monday it was very
hard to find dray that wasn't too busy
to be engaged.
At Monroe, Tuesday, Willie Neer, the
13-year-Old son OF MIR. {. W. Neer, while
skating on the ice fell and injured his
spine. He fingered in great pain till
Wednesday morning, when he died.
A little son of D. w. Edge was playing
on the ice at Macon Wednesday, and
slipped and fell, breaking has leg. A
physician was called and the limb set.
The dOOfOp nrnnnnupnh II q had yuound
Mrs. A. II. CHM, near Bowman, unfor-
tunately lost her balance during the
freeze and slipped up and broke both
bones in her right arm. She is go wears
of age. AT last accounts she was doing
very well.
In Sumter county the cold snap has
been severe on oats that were sown late,
and they are lost. Oats that were sown
in October are all right and have not been
affected by the cold, but those which were
sown late and were just coming up are
killed.
A hog which had gotten into the mill
pond at Appling, where the ice had been
broken, swan TO the bank, not more than
20 feet distant, when it lay down and died,
the water freezing on it and enveloping it
entirely. 1t was well and hearty upon
going into the water, bat was unable to
move after reaching the land.
Pulaski Superior Court adjourned
term convened on Monday morning, but
on account of the extremely cold weather,
rendering it impossible TO transact BUSH
ness, Judge Kibbee very wisely, and, as a
wag remarked, very humanely decided to
adjourn the court again until the second
Monday in February, at which time the
cases OF John Trammell and Frank w ILL
Jams are set for trial.
- 4 4.
Clifton Park lake Monday t0enjoy skating
on ice. The ice was able to bear up
number OF them as they glided over it.
Tuesday afternoon Henry Gibson, cOl0red,
was carried from Staiford's pond, where
he had been skating, with the skin hold
ing his eyebrow cut TO the bone. DR.. J.
VI. Me DOwell stitched it up and sent him
home to nurse for time an aching head.
AT GAINESVILLE tine families Of Tobe Jen-
kins and Aaron Brown had no fuel with
which to make fires. Friday morning all
went to bed TO await the departure OF the
blizzard. They remained under "kiVer'
till Saturday night, when 4. q. Matthews
learned of their condition, and sent them
half load OF wood each. They report
the freezing point nearly reached, and
have no doubt they would have found iC ii
this wood had not come.
At Thompson, McDufie county, the
ground became hard as a rock, and ponds
and streams were frozen over for the first
time In many years, and the contents of
waterbuckets became solid. Many do
mestc fowls were frozen to death, and
apples, oranges and other fruits in the
stores were spoiled. Cattle and stock
unprotected suffered greatly, and it is
feared that the crops OF small grain, par
ticularly that s0Wed IN December, has
been killed.
-Four below zero was the minimum at
Gainesville. The EtOwah river near the
railroad bridge was frozen twO-thirds over
by Monday night, and immense quanti-
ties were floating down the current. TIE
oldest inhabitant has never seen so much
ice in that stream before. AllatOona
creek, between Gainesville and AcwOrth
was in some places frozen from bank to
bank. A great many rabbits were picked
up in the country, too much benumbed by
the cold to escape.
A Jasper correspondent writes: ''Since
last Friday we have had perfect biz
zard. The eartn is wrapped In snow; the
streams are bound in icy letters; apples,
turnips, cabbage are frozen; fruit lars
milk Jars and pitchers BURST chickens
frozen 10 death, and the snow is not yet
melting. Winter reigns supreme, and
with biting breath has locked the INK bot
lAco ~ bueh buD ptbSit art uIlNtu 10 AEt
use Of lead pencils. The poorer classes
are suffering for fuel and clothing, and the
end is not yet"
At Dasher. IN Houston county, Coroner
Schiliing held an inquest over the bodies
Of = negro " oman, Ina Heath, aud her A.
ypar-Old boy, jacob, who were found
frozen ia bed Sunday morning. The in
vestIgatiOn revealed a case OF brutal neg
lect on the part OF the wOman's own moth
or and relatives. The dead woman was
suffering the pains OF childbirth when
death overlook her, in a rude log nut,
without fire, and with two ragged and
thin quilts for bedding. Her little BOY,
Jacob, was lying across the fool OF the
bed unconscious, and died Monday.
Col. Ira Jennings, who carries the mail
between Macon and Knoxville. in Craw-
ford county, says only once before did he
ever experience such cold weather In Ma
con. In the winter Of ls34-35 be was drlv-
ing the stage between Macon and Knox
vile, going over the same road he now
travels with the mail. In the year mem
TONED, the headquarters for the stage line
were al the Old Floyd house. All west OF
Mulberry street was "a bowling wilder
ness, and where Rankin y Co.'s drug store
now stands was large pond Of water.
This was frozen over, and thousands OF
froos, lizards and FISH were frozen. Wed
nesday " this week when he passed over
Iobesofkce creek the dam Of McEimur-
rays mill was frozen. and the water. with
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