The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-01-14
The Greatest Freeze in Years.

The telegraphic reports from various
parts of the country, indicate that the
recent snow and the accompanying wind
has been the severest known for many
years. We give below some of the
reports in order that our readers may see
for themselves how extensive aud severe
the storm has been:
MACON, GA, January 9.-Alter biz
zard lasting twenty-four hours, during
which the mercury went down to twelve
degrees below zero, clear weather has set
in and the temperature is now sixteen
above.
HARRIsoNBURG, Va, January GA
terrific blizzard struck this place about
nightfall last evening and lett ten inches
of snow this morning. The mercury has
been falling all day and is now ten de-
grees below zero. No such weather has
been experienced here since $780, All
trains from the North are six 10 eight
hours late. If the cold weather con-
tinues stock will suffer greatly, owing to
the scarcity of food
New YORK, January 9.-Advices from
all points in the interior of the State
report that severe snow and wind storm
is raging. Railroad travel is greatly i'm
peded and in some cases local trains have
been entirely abandoned. The thermom-
eter is reported as falling rapidly and the
wind is increasing in fury.
JUNCTION CRY, Kansas, January o.
Thisse section was visited by the worst storm
Thursday and Thursday night ever
known. The thermometer at Fort Riley
marked twenty-five degrees below zero
yesterday. Business Of all kinds is
almost suspended. Railroad communi
cation has been cut off since Thursday
morning, not q train arriving from any
direction since that time.
New ORLEANS, January 9.-The Sig.
nal Service Office last night reported the
mercury 19a degrees above zero, being
the lowest temperature recorded since the
Signal office WAS established here in 1872.
Fears are entertained that much damage
will be done to stabble cane, orange and
other fruit trees, &C., by frost.
OMAHA, Nebraska, January 9.-No
winter storm has been so general through
ou! the State as that at present prevailing.
The thermometer to day indicated three
degrees below zero in the business portion
of the city, while on the high plateau
the mercury went down to thirty degrees.
This, with bitter North wind, makes
the temperature as cold as any remem-
bered by the oldest citizens. No trains
have run in the State since early yester-
day and no efforts have been made to
clear the tracks, because it is an utter
impos-ibility for the men to work in the
extreme cold, and the fact that the drift.
ing snow would fill up any cuts made.
Two trains started on the Union Pacific
main line yesterday, but had to be pulled
back after reaching the suburbs of the
All the Union Pacific branch roads
have been abandoned, and the exact con.
dition of the main line further West
cannot be ascertained, az the telegraph
wires are all down.
Every line of track in the State is
abandoned. No trains left for the East
to-day and no traffic has taken place on
the Missouri river bridge. Business is
practically at a standstill, only an occa'
sional farmer appearing in the city. One
wear ago to day the thermometer was
forty degrees above zero, being the high.
est point reached that Winter, and show
ing a big contrast with today. No mails
arrived to-day, not even from Council
Bluffs, on account of no cars crossing the
bridge.
WILMINGTON, N. c., January 9.-Thc
cold wave reached here ut n. IN. The
highest velocity of tho wind was twenty
five miles. At Smtlville it was thirty
nine miles, and at Fort Macon sixty .two
miles. The thermometer here at t p. NJ.
registered twenty-five degrees ..abore zero,
which is the lowest reached in the last
twenty four hours. The fall in the last
twenty. four hours was twenty-five de-
grees. -,
KANSAS CITY, Mo, January 9.-The
sun shonc brightly to-day and the blizzard
is ended. The Eastern trains arrived
without serious delay, aud the Santa Fe
and Union Pacific delayed trains arc
expected to arrive tonight. Through
trains are expected to arrive tonight.
Through trains on the road were started
West tonight. The Burlington and
MARYLAND River Road is expected to be
open to morrow ~ train on the South.
ern Kansas Road came in this morning.
The mercury was fifteen degrees below
zero at s this morning, but the cold was
not felt as it was yesterday.
New ORLEANS, January 10.-2p. m.
The cold wavc continues. The mercu-
ry here this morning registered fifteen
degrees above zero, being five degrees
colder than was recorded any previous
year. Dispatches from all sections Of
the State report the weather the coolest
ever known.