Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-10

pelied 20 shut down because ct the ax.
iuguishing Of the dres, and several lum-
Der yards and storage warehouses cau
only be reached 1y n0ats- Business is
ehtire4y suspended. Ile river IS several
inches nigaer than lr has ever
been. and many sch0onars and one steam
er are ashore. The actual damage can
not be estimated, bus 10 viii be heavy.
as piers and brid ges are washed away.
and considerable um Der is supposed 80
nave been lost The water is slowly re-
cediug to-night, but the weather has De-
COME Varv cold. Everything promises TO
Y freeze up before morning.
GOOD sLEIGHING AT WASHINGTON
WAsHINGroN- Jan. 9.--IE has bee1
storming aJ intervals all day and Is snow-
ing hard aEajn tais evening. The uer-
curry al ! O'Clock tonight was IA deg
above zero with every indication OF fall
Ing 70 zero before morning as the c0id
was increasing hourly. The nails this
I morning from every direction were de-
laYed several hours and a heavy dowRfalt
ot snow put stop TO work On the capitol
terraces. The sieighing is excellent ard
[ Pennsylvania avenue has been crowded
all day with equipages Of every descrip-
ton trom tne most stylish turn0Ubs 10 a
dry goods box placed upon ruuners, the
whole presenting an unusual scene oe
gayecy and Animation.
aAN 1HAAA2HsF Al AAN1Aa AAA
KANSAS cry, Mo. Jan 9.-Tne sun
shoue BRIGHTLY to-day aud the blizzard -
ended. Eastern trains arrived without
serious delay, and the santa Fe and
Union Pacific delayed trains are expected
90 arrive tonight. through trains on
those roads were also started west TO-
day. The Buriin gt0u ard Missouri River
road is expected to be open tomorrow.
The tram on the southern Kansas road
came ia tais morning. The mercury was
u deg. below zero az z O'Clock this morn
Ing, out the cold was not felt as it was
yesterday, owing to the subsidance OF tna
gale.
STREET. CAR rRAFFIC SUSPENDED.
BRMTgGHAM, Ara, Jan. TODAY
was the cO.dest ever known In Birming-
nam There has been a change Of tem-
perature OF 55 deg IN the last ~ hours.
and It has been at or slightly below zero
All day. Business was generally em6ar-
rassed. One OF the Si0ss Furnace CON-
pa1y's furnaces and all the furnaces in
the city shu1 down FOR the day, and street
car traffic was also suspended. The tam~
pera5ure is now slowly rising
PrrTsBCRG sNOW-BoUSD.
PrrTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 9.-rhe fall OF
snow last Right was the heaviest kn0wn
in years. From twelve % fifteen inches
0t snow covers gn@ ground. greatly inter-
fsring vita street railway travel and de-
laying trains. A high wind prevails and
the su0w is drifting badly.
ICE Ar MOBILE.
MOBILE, Jan. 3.-The tbermometar
recorded this morning II deg. ahoRg
zerO--the coolest since 1852. Ice is plan-
tifui and vegetable crops ars badly dam
aged.
ON TO RICHMOND
RICHMOND, VA. Jan. "A bout thrsa
inches 0f snow tell last night and thls
morning, accompanied By cold and high
winds. The thermometer has fallen -
deg. in the "A hours ending a5 o'clock
tonight, at which hour it registered Is
deg. above zero
ONLY ABOVE AT MONTGOMERY.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 9.--The eo.d-
est weather prevails here to-day since the
signal station was established in 1878.
The thermomster went down 10 5.4 deg
above zero.
DOWN TO l91z AT NEW s5ssl.RASs,
NEW ORLEANS. Jan 9.-Th2 signal serx
vice Office last night reported the mercury
l9l5 above zero. bein fthe lowest tempsra<
{ ture recorded slGcn the signal olhca was
established here in lsl2. Fears are enter
tanned that much damage will De done 20
stubble cane, orange and other fruit trees,
etc, By. tae frost.
The mercury here this morning regis
-ered d deg. above zero, being 5 deg.
colder than was recorded in any previous
year. Dispatches from all sections 8l the
STATE report the weather the coldest ever
known.
AGALE AT NORFOLK.
NORFOLK. VA. Jan. 9.-rhe gale Wtica
began in this section yesterday afternoon
and which ia still prevailing Is the sever
ast i0r a long time. snow has not faLlen
but shipping IL detained add there 10
much damage on land and water while
( no serious q sasIers have veG been re-
ported. Awnings. signs, fences and trees
were blown down and great apprehension
Was lslt between two aud four O'eiocK
this mornag that many houses would
als0 yield ID the gale. All nortnerm
bound steamers and mails are delayed.
HARRrsONBUEG,s HARD rrsE.
HARRIsOys Va, Jan. "a ter
rife blizzard struck this place aoOut
uiZdtiau last even ng and LEFT ID inches of
snow this morning. The mercury haA
been faiuuZ an day. ard Is now ID deg
above zero. No suc1 weather has been
experienced mere since l-30. All trans
from TIE north are six Ie elght 1ours late.
4 lne cold weather continues stock wilh
suffer greatly, owing r0 the scarcity 0n
{ food.
sLEIGHrEG ar LVNCHBURG.
i LVgCHBURG, VA, Jan. 9.--The weather.
here is very c0d. TIE Thermometer %
only IJ deg. above zero and is sEill fliiing.
j There was a sncWla iast night0r lnehes.-
% INCHES Ar NORTH sIOuErAIs.
1rAuWTON. Va. Jan. IA heavy an0w
storm Last cII Gel lVed trains and partly
bi0caaded roads. Fourteen inches ieil ia
North Mountain ant -acaes In Stanton.
ALMOST a CYCLONE.
WuMNGEOA. ~. a.. Jau. 9-Ghe cold
wave reaclei aere 40 o.cloct th-s Lloru-