Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-10


suucial 70 the Ga2ctie.
Ar FORT SMITH
EoRr SMITH, AEE., Jan. ? Owing 10
the Arkansas river being iroxrn over no
trains or mails have foacIed here ~ifre
Thursday night, and we are vigfnlily cat !
OF from the outside world cXceptby tele- /
graph. WORK O0 the Frisco hridge az
Wan Bnreu win be greatly retarded MI
was expected than the bridge would be
completed on or before Behraary !, but
now e will hardly be accomplished.
Freight and express for this polut has
been stopped at Van Buren, and itishard
10 tell when anything can be transferred.
There Is prospect OF hard freeze 70
night
Special to the Gazette.
Ar MORGAN.
MORGAN, Tx, jan. 9.r-rhe coolest
weather ever experienced In this section,
so The old settlers say, was that OF
Thursday aud Friday. An incident, which
strongly a,tests the GOODNESS Of Thursday
lmght MAS related TO ruE GAzrgrn re-
porter to-day, by Mark Nunley Hc states
I that his we'll, which Is seven feet deep
and was never known 90 20 dly, was
frozen over an inch thick YESTERDAY morn
/ ing, and had not melted u particle when
| he left for town this morning lie says
no never heard of a like occurrence be.
fore, regarding his or any other well OF
constantly flowing water.
Special to tho Sazeue
Al SHERMAN.
SHERMAN, Tx. Jan. 9.--The Intense
cold weather OF yesterday has loft every
pool OF water about here covered with a
solid sheet Of Ice, and the young folks
who have skates put in the day on the
CLASSY surface Brooks pond had a happy
company of over 100 gliding about y All
day, while every other available pool had
. fair quota Of happy skaters. Such ben
edits come out rarely In Texas, bet our
Sherman folks always stand ready for a
good time when the ice comes. The Their
mometer ran down TO about six degrees
above zero at daylight this morning, but
the day has been bright and business re-
sumed its normal activity.
Correspondence OF tho Gazette.
At iRKnElL.
IRHpELI, TEX, Jan S.--For the last
3 twenty-fopr hours we have been expert
encing regular Dakota blizzardi 1
heavy gale has prevailed from the north
west and is still blowing. The mercury
e this morning, alter daylight, registered
e two degrees above zero. This Us che cold
+ est spell OF weather we have experienced
= for Ave years. The Bosque river is en-
tirely frozen over and the boys are fes
lively disporting themselves on the Ice
"a pastme they've rarely INDUCED in be
= fore" Fortunately the northur Is ar
" one and no serious damage 70 the whea
e crop IL apprehended The latter Is look
q ing we'll.
n Special 20 tho Gazette
Al pESisoN.
DEErsoN. Tx Jan 9.-Cra2y Franz
nenro, who believes himself a poles
h. man aud wears plug hat but goes bare
ID footed, had his feet frozen lust night an
o. amputation Is thought necessary. Thrt
Ia wagons crossed Red river to-day on u
liz ice, it being tlve inches thick.
Tho weather is somewhat moderatin
this morning, but Is still cold enough
.Joseph sawyer, who resides near %
ed bert STATION. |; Z came to Ds ar ys
n cola ihg his ltpes s4re i8gFS'd ~
il when he alIghtea they gave away ana !
vs. him fall, where he lay until gentlem'
IN picked HIM up. He said In conversau'
With a GAZETTE reporter, that ne dld =
know that he was cold, and supposed th
II he had had very far 20 travel he won
ed probably have frozen TO death.
ias Correspondence OF the Gazette.
for AT BpNHAM.
ON BoYuAM Tax, Jan, ga farmer "
ace lives between here and Honey GroN
Hal came IN this morning and reported u
some man froze to death between =.
aud that place last night. Some say y
IL was commercial man and others VI
wv IL was a driver who had brought uru
asst mer from Honey Grove TO Bonham
cen then attempted TO return late yesteie
afternoon. THE GAZETTE II
Ine a tanf mt
ted farmer. a. he had left town before
news of the mans death ached his "a
The report is not credited, though
news was brought by q reliable man
ave was cold enough 10 freeze the hoois Q
-hss cows foot, but no man 81 ms own acc
,NeI would have been out such time rs
w Yesterday evening was.
Gus The thermometer stood this mornin'
mus a. below zero, and the wind was blom
hard. 1t is impossible TO get about TO
anything in Bonham to-day.
bas THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH.
very CmcAao, IN, Jan 9.--The biz'
low raging at present throughout Inn
4 lOo Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Dakola
.ame Minnesota Is declared 70 be Of wider
azns 4 nj and the most fierce Ia character
YES mas been known before In years. Az
Western trains are behind time. y
have been showed 10 and abandoned,
very little can be learned concerDing '
wave or Of the effects Of the storm, OWN
and the blowing down Of telegraph poles
, III wires and the atoppage OF eleaE
the communication. The temperaturc thfo
(. An out Dakota Is stated 10 DC
yen. 2Do TO 30o below zero,
ii is n wild blizzard blowing. telel
state from Fargo. OAK, sayB the thsrmon
iured registered 81 below at noon .yestel
Il was described rs the ronghest
rience that city has yet had ~ the Y
hoisterous weather. Bismarck, Dah
cold ports high wind with the thermoN
r has S6e below High wlnd IL preyaiip
Jenty- sioux City, OAK, sud,thc teulperats
lrs OF 20a bglow zero. Teiegfuphlc CON.
,ot he cation with Omaha has been cn
Their nearly all day a telegram rom
red 30 Moines, la, says the cold
!. This continues fkare with high
oldest and driftina4 snow. All I'M
% has trains west OF there are blocked an
turing branch roads are showed unaer.
Chicago 4 Burlington trains arc
fast Ia the snow about tliteen miles
III Des Moines. The WanaeA ROAD
The from that city is badly dfiitea. TN
terday Dodge ami harrow-sauss l,au 10,
en sci. been abandoned. A snowstorni pre-
,assep. throughout Illinois AL aay' ~
Denver weather has not been very severe
!. thls nut II IA growing colder tonight
belnp IA the roads % Omaha reported
ervice tically blockudtd in Central IOWA
, rush Ar ~ LOUIS.