The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-13

The advertised cold wave arrived In Able
vile OH Friday, and since that time the wealth
er has been extremely cold Tor TINS section OF
the country. We had snow aud rain in the
morning. The snow soon covered the ground,
but the rain which quickly followed mGlteu II
in q short time. In the afternoon the shlitlng
clouds let through some sunlight, and toward
night the wind was piercing cod, and sent the
clouds flying. About dark heavy rain fell.
The wind blew furiousiy and In the course OF
an hour the sky was clear again, with no trace
of u cloud to be seen. Inc wind continued to
blow throughout the night. On Saturday the
cold was SO intense, anu the wi nd so fierce that
but few persons VenLured on the streets atany
time during the day, anu those VINO were COM
ed to come out did not larry longer than nee.
csSary. Business Uf all kinds was nearly sus-
pended, and tile stores were clo>ed at an ear
l,er hour than usual on saturday evenings
The wind blew throughout he night, ana con-
linued TO do so with abaled energy until SUN
day night, when u calm enSued which has con-
.tiuued until this writing
On Saturday and Sunday mornings at hVe
o'clock the temperature was ut zero, though
the thermometer lndlcateda a higher tempera.
ture us the sun began to shine, until 1t REACHED
from ten to fifteen degrees above zero Ill the
, We read mucn of the sutferings of the poor
In the ciueS, but We know Of very little eX-
trene suffering here, although 1t Is certain
that every body suffered more or less from the
cold wind, and it is also certain that one or
two colored persons within the corpora rate linn
its of The town lnst their lives H0ln the colu,
because Oh Sc1QL clOCnlnS, RICK OI Llc Woou,
and sufficient quantity of good and whole
some food. There may have tksen olher nota.
BILE cases of suffering, but we have not heard
of them.
Ordinarily, seasons Of extreme cold afford
pleasure and give occasion for eXhliiratlnS
outdoor paSlime for the strong aud healthy
citizen who is we'll clothcd and properly shod
for riding on the snow or skating on the ice,
but Ia nisinstance, although Tie troze.ponds
afforded u rare opportunity for skating,
tue wind made the cold SO diSa.reeable that
all classes and conditions 0i people remained
dn doors. by blazing fires an;l red hot stoves.
The mill ponds every where are still covered
with Il thick sheet Of ice, and the banks ol
running straauS. where not frozen over, are
said to Ue lined with ice. One al our citizens
drove a wagon aud team over pond without
even cracking or making an impression OH the
ice
The general opinion is. that the oat crop Is
ruined, except IN cases where the seed was
sown early last Fall, and we have heard the
opinion expressed thateven the earliest crops
must tie greatly thiuned out The majority Of
opinions, that we have heard are to the effect,
that the wheat crop Is not much injured
AS yet we have heard of no cases OF sickness
which could be attributable to the cold, but II
some OF the iair teachers who left here after
their examination by the Board OF tXall-
liners. did not freeze, they would be good SUBJ
-jects for arctic explorations in the future