Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-13
lower portion of the city It was below
zero The weather was moderating this
morning
OTHER FnozMN REGIoNs.
Snow, Cold and Suffering sim Reigning
Everywhere.

hNory Wu9rn,
RICHMOND, VA. Jan. l2.-Last night
was the ooldest OF the present spell. The
thermometer at 8 O'Clock this morning
marked in sheltered localities from to 8
deg. above zero, and in exposed pla-
ces stood from zero to deg. above. This,
however, was more endurable owing to
the absence of any wind than the weather
OF the last three days when high Windspre-
vailed. A dispatch from FredeTcksburg
says: "This morning was the coolest eX-
perienoed since 1868, the thermometer
registering 10 deg. below zero. Two
negroes were fOund-One In hay loft and
the other in a smoke house-badly frozen.
One VIII lose both legs and is likely to
die. Advices from other points OF the
State Indicate similar condition Of
weather.
WARNER AT KNOXVILLE.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, Jan. 12.-TO-day
has been comparatively pleasant, the
thermometer registering 80 deg. above
zero. Yesterday morning it registered
deg. below zero, the cOldest ever known
in Knoxville, or East Tennessee. The
Tennessee river was frozen over below
the city Tor the first time in fifteen years.
The cold weather has had very little
effect on the business, and mills and fac
tories have been running all the time.
The relief association raised sufficient
money in two hours to supply the needs of
the poor for food and fuel. There has
been but little delay in the mails from the
East, but the Western mails have not
been regular.
ICE IN THE TUNNELS.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 12.-On account
Of the ice blockading the tunnels travel
a n 10 North Gorolfun ru7lrnaA
between Salisbury and Asheville, has
been suspended since Saturday. Efforts
are being made to clear the ice gorges by
blasting and cutting.
ON THE at. LAWRENCE.
PLATTsBURG, N. Y, Jan. 12.--The Their
mometer at O'clock this morning regis
tered p deg. below zero, which is about
the average temperature in Clinton coun-
~, except Black Brook, where the mer-
curry il said to stand 80 deg. below. At
Whitehall this moraing the mercury was
30 deg. below zero, at Port Henry "a deg.
at Warrensburg 81 deg, at Lake George
30 deg, at Glens Falls % deg, at Ticon-
derOga 24 deg, and at Fort Ann 26 deg.
below. The weather in the places named
is clear.
IN NEW ENGLAND.
BosToN, Jan. 12.-From Northern New
Hampshire and Vermont aud the country
districts Of tais State come reports Of
very cold weather. The thermometer
registered 80 deg. below at Lancaster, N.
H.; 40 deg. below At hometown, Vt. and
IA deg. below at F0xboro, Mass. Other
parts Of New England report correspond
ing effects of the colo wave.
Dispatches from various points in
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont re-
port very cold weather tonight. the meY-
curry ranging from 10 TO % deg. below zero
and still falling.
SIX INCHES OF SNOW AT GALVESTON.
GALvEsToN,Ja Ian. l2.-At about O'Clock
this morning a light snow began falling.
By daylight a regular northern snow
storm was on the city, and by 10 o'clock
6 inches Of snow had fallen Then, the
weather mOderating, the snow began TO
melt, aud thousands OF clerks and others
in the business part OF town enjoyed the
novelty OF snew-bslling. Even the eldest
inhabitants admit that this wss the heav-
est snowfall ever known on the island. In
1874, 1862 and 1878 Galveston experienced
snow storms OF considerable magnitude
but none Of them equalled the one Of TO-
day.
sTAUNToE's CoLDEsT DAY.
STAUNToN, VA, Jan. 12.-Last night
was the coolest in this section for years.
The mercury was 10 below zero this
morning and IL has been intensely cold
all day. The mails on some Of the Star
routes are abandoned.
THE MINIMUM AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE minimum
temperature Of the present cold wave was
reached this morning when the thermom-
eter Al the signal Office registered 80 deg.
above zero. At 10 O'Clock this evening it
stood at 10 deg. above zero.
NEBRAsKNs BLOcKADEs.
OMAHA, Jan. 12.-The bioekades on all
the railroads out Of Omaha are nov prac-
tically raised. Bcyond the Inconvenience
to snow-bound travellers, no serious re-
suits arc reported from The great storm.
ARRIVALS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. Jan. Western railway
trans are beginning TO arrive again with
nearly their wOntsd regularity. All the
Western roads are Opeu, but the main
roads on the eastern side OF Chicago are
seriously hgmpered. The raising OF the
blOeka ado sweifed the arrival Of cattle 10
$4,000 head. This is considered the larg-
est receipts az aay point on one day
known 20 the trade. As a result, there
was drop Of from 80 10 90 cents per
hundred weight ia prices.
CATTLE DYING.
PIrTsBURG, Jan. l2.-The severe cold
weather and heavy SHOWS are playing
havoc at the East Liberty stock Yards.
Since Yesterday noon 800 hogs have died,
majority of them being frozen 10 death.
Others were smotheFed. Some cattle,
sheep, and hogs have also died In the cars
while blockaded along the line Of ship
ment and In the yards.
SNOW IN AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
VIENNA, jan. l2.--ouOw storms pre-
vail throughout Austria and Hungary.
Only mail trains arc running, and these
experience the utmost difficulty, many
being snOw-bOund. Telcgrsphlc cOmmu-
nication has been stopped IN all direc-
tiOns,