Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-16
sHIvERING WITH GOLD.
What the Stste Exchanges Say OF the
Recent Blizzard.


Pure whisky will not freeze, lift is over
80 deg.
The tish-pouds sre all frozen over in
Talbot county.
large number OF chickens were frozen
to death az Decatur.
The factory at Athens is still stopped on
account of being frozen up.
Farmers entertain grave fears for the
oat crop in Columbia county.
Tnree-fourths of the eXoties in Athens
We're killed by the late freeze.
Several people broke through ice at Ma
con Thursday and got a cod bath.
The freeze is estimated to he worth
$4,000 to the plumbers of Atlanta.
The Houston factory mill pond at Perry,
was frozen entirely over Tuesday morn
ing.
Oats sown in the fall it is feared at
oandersyille have been killed by the heavy
freezes.
The Thermometer at PALMYRA is said to
have stood only s deg. above zero Sunday
morning.
The Etowah river has been frozen from
bank TO bank at Gainesville during the
Late cold spell.
In Floyd county sweet potatoes caught
the freeze, and it is feared that most Of
them have rOtted.
The intensely cold weather last Satur-
day prevented the organization of the
Perry Agricultural Club. q.
The average minimum temperature at
Dalton for the four mornings ending last
Monday, was deg. below zero.
Owing to the extreme cold weather the
exercises Ofthe Elberton Female Institute
will not open until Monday next, Jan. is.
Many passengers from down the river
| are laying over in Rome in consequence
OF the steamers not being able to make
their trips.
There were several apple wagons from
Hall county in Athens Wednesday. They
sold their apples at ljc. per bushel. They
were frozen.
At least two dozen parties were after
a one-horse load OF wood al Athens
within the space OF 100 yards during one
OF the cold days.
ElUsh Bellhowor was in Dawson Tues
day afternoon, ana stated that on that
morning the Thermometer was down to 3
deg. above zero at his house.
Tom Nunnally, who had the misfortune
to break mis- arm at the roller rink some
time ago, tell on the ice at Wright's pond,
Grimm, Tuesday, and reOpened the wound.
During the cold weather Wright's pond,
at Griffin, iroZe over and the young peO-
pie cOngregated there Tuesday night to
enjoy the unusual excitement Of skating
On ice.
A party Of thirty or more gentlemen
were out skating to a late hour Wednes-
day night on the big pond near 5. II.
LoWthers, two miles below Eastman.
Sucn thing was never before known in
this section.
GAINESVILLE Democrat: With ice at &c.
to Sc. per pound why would 1T not pay to
put up an ice house ana iii it now at
cost OF not over &c. per hundred? We I'M
derstand that Mr.. Warren Stafford has
put up several thousand pounds.
Quite number OF pigs, chickens and
ducks, when in the least exposed were
frozen to death at Perry, and in some
cases chickens were frozen in well pro-
tected fowl houses. J. G. Davis and 5. l..
Norwood each lost a fine litter of young
pigs.
The elevator at Nussbaum's wholesale
store at Macon fell Thursday and was
considerably damaged. The freezing OF
some pipes that supply the water to Oper-
ate it caused the smash, and it will take
week to repair it. The damage amounts
to $500.
VIM. Thompson, who lives in the
Bethany settlement of Campbell county,
SAYS that an oak tree about one and half
feet in diameter burst Tuesday morn
ing near his house with a report as loud
as a cannon. He suppOses it was caused
by freezing.
Hamilton journal: The Pine mountain
seems to have shut Off deg. Of cold from
US, if We Judge from the weather records
OF Hamilton and Columbus. Here the
lowest point reached was 7 deg. above
zero Saturday and Sunday, while there
the thermometer reached zero.
IrwintOn SoutherRer: We noticed last
Sunday a peculiar hue upon the pine
trees that surrounds this place. Instead
of their usual green appearance the
branches Of that hardy tree we're almost
black, and appeared as If they were
scorched by FIRE. 1t must have been
caused by the severe cold.
r. T. Mills, of Sylvania, says that in
pond near his house terrapin stretched is
head out Of the water for some purpose
possibly to get some fresh air-and that
the water froze 50 quickly that he was
unable to get 10 back, and there he stuck
hard and fast, for two days, when Mr..
Mills humanely released him from his
captivity.
Lawrenceyille Herald. We had a beau
tiful snow storm last Friday morning.
The fakes were frequently as large as a
half dollar, and they eddied and drifted
along the streets to the great Joy of the
children. The cold wave followed close
behind, and the fields are yet white with
frozen snow. The poetry of the thing is
completely frozen.
In Cuth bert the heaviest sufferers are
the druggists. An inspection Monday
morning revealed many broken bottles,
jugs and frozen liquids. They were busy
all day examining their stocks and put
ting things to rights. The grocery men
also lost numbers Of bottled goods, such
as pickles sauces and other things not
accustomed to freeze.
Perry H0me JOurHdi: The printers in
this office labored under extraordinary
difficulties last Monday and Tuesday
mornings. The forms we're firmly locked
by the cold, and the work Of composition
was extremely disa2reeable, the gers
of the printers becoming almost stiff with
cold while filling a ''stick" with type.
The Monday morning press work was
necessarily postponed until the thaw
should occur.
Prohibition Points.
The presentation Of the prohibition ban.