Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-01-15

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tlcally suspended.
CHICAGO, Jan. lO.-Sincc mid.
night Saturday the temperature
here has gradually fallen until it
touches twelve degrees below zero
tonight at ten O'Clock. Where
trains are not blocked by snow,
they are delayed in some cases
several hours by the severity of the
temperature.
Cold Weather In The South.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 10.-The
mercury here registered 10 degrees
above zero Saturday, being five
degrees lower than was recorded in
any previous year. Dispatches
from all sections Of the State re-
port the weather the coolest ever
known. Fears are entertained of
injury to the stubble cane and fruit
trees.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Jan. TO-
The thermometer stood at 81 de-
grees above zero here last night
and a stin wind, amounting to a
gale at times, was blowing Ice an
eight of an inch thick was formed.
Fears are entertained for the
orange crop, not over halfof which
is yet gathered. The trees have
not been much hurt yet. At Pen
sacOla the mercury was down to l6
above zero. The cold is most Sc
we're on the west coast.
On Saturday night the thermOm-
eter recorded 81 degrees at the
signal office, and private instru-
ments registered variouly from ID
degrees to Is degrees above zero
The oranges remaining on the trees
are frozen, and their loss will pro.
badly be complete, but the trees so
far not much injured beyond losing
their leaves. On the receipt Of dis
patches on Friday last that a cold
wave would probably extend to
Florida, many fruit growers went
to work Immediately gathering
their crops from the trees. 1t is
slightly warmer tonight.
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. 1O.-The
coolest weather experienced here
in years prevailed yesterday. The
change in Georgia was very sudden
from the remarkably warm wealth
er of the whole winter. The Their
mometer stands at zero, and it is
growing colder. AT Macon the
mercury went down to II degrees,
and at Augusta it registered 10
degrees above zero yesterday. At
Savannah there was light fall OF
snow yesterday morning, the first
in six years.
MOBILE, ALA, Jan. TO- The
thermometer recorded II degrees
above zero yesterday morning, the
coolest since 1859. Ice is plentiful.
The vegetable crops are badly dam
aged. At Birmingham there was
change of 80 degrees in the tenn
perature in IS hours, the mercury
standing near the zero point. tits
the coolest weather ever recorded
there.
CHARLEsTowN, 5. c., Jan. TO-
The weather here yesterday was
the coolest of the season, the thcr.
mometer registering as low as 20
degrees above zero yesterday.
Heavy ice formed, but little dam
age to truck farms has been report
ed. The cold Throughout the upper
part of the State is excessive. y
heavy fall of sleet and snow occur
ed as far South as Columbia yes
terday.
CHATTANOOGA, Ten, Jan. 10.
The temperature here yesterday
morning was 3 degrees below zero,
the coolest ever known here. At
Knoxville the thermometer rece d.
ed to two degrees below zero, the
coolest in many years.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, Jan. TO-
The minimum cooperative here yes
terday was lG degrees above zero.
Old residents say the present cold
spell exceeds in severity any since
1862. The ice is nine inches thick,
and the unusual sight of Galveston
bay frozen over attracted hundreds
of young people to It's shores. To
the colored population, many of
whom never looked upon such a
field of ice, it is an object of won.
der. AT Austin the temperature was
10 degrees above zero, and at Lo-
redo, on the Rio Grande, it was )
degrees below freezing point. At
Palestine the mercury touched zero,
the coolest in forty years. AT Cor
pus Christi the temperature tell 81
degrees in IL hours. Thomas JEFF
ferson, an FISHERMAN, who attempt
ed to cross the bay Friday nigh
was found frozen TO death on the
deck Of his schooner yesterday
morning.
RICHMOND,'VA. Jan. l0.-AbOut
three inches of snow fell Friday
night and Yesterday morning, ac'
companied by cold and high wiads.
The thermometer has fallen 10 de-
grees in "a hours, ending at 0
o'clock tonight, at which hour
it registered IS degrees above.
SAVANNAH, GA, Jan. 10.-The
mercury was down to fourteen this
morning, which is lower than it
has been for fifteen years. The
vegetable interests of this section
of the State will suffer heavily.
HARRIsONBURG, Va, Jan. 10.-A
terrific blizzard struck this place |
about nightfall Friday evening,
and left ten inches of snow Satur-
day morning. The meacury is ten
degrees above zero. No such |
has been experienced here |
since 1880. All trains from the |
North are six to eight hours late.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. lore
ports from all parts of the State
say travel on the railroads is sus-
pended on account of snow. The |
Legislature adjourned
until Monday on account of the |
cold
The Sleeping Beauty AWakes,
COLUMBUS, NEB., January H.
News has inst reached here from |