The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-03
CUTTING COLD.

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CUTTING COLD.
The Thermometer Several Degrees Below
Zero in the Northwest.
SCOTT CITY, kas., December PA severe
snowstorm began here about midnight last
night, and it showed until a. IN. today, and
all traffic of the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe
railroads is this evening stopped. The Santa
Fe passenger train is showed up at the Crosby
terminus Of the road. A west bound Missouri
Pacific passenger train is showed up at Healy,
twenty-five miles west Of here, and passengers
were obliged to remain on the train all night.
! The coal on the train is all exhausted. That
at the stations is becoming short. The Mis-
souri, Pacific wires are down west of Healy.
There is plenty of coal at Scott City.
CHICAGO, November 29.-The cold wave
which came down from the northwest yester-
day still hOycTs over Chicago, and the pros
poets arc that the mercury will drop still lower.
At six n. IN. the signal service thermometer
registered i above. At 10 o'clock re-
liable spirit Instruments at opticians stores
marked 30 above. At the hour mentioned
the signal service officer had not received a
single report from the west or northwest, and
this was regarded as an indication that the
weather must be very severe.
The temperature at Minneapolis this morn
ing was IA below zero, clear and little wind.
The storm of yesterday does not appear to have
touched northern Minnesota or Dakota. Very
little snow fell here yesterday.
Duluth reports the coolest weather OF the
season, 90 below.
Brainerd reports 3Oo below Yesterday. The
indications are that the cold will moderate
tonight.
oshkosh, Wis, reports a drop of more than
20 in temperature last night. Atdaylight the
thcrmometer was 81 below zero.
Following is a late dispatch from
Garden City, situated about sixty miles east of
the Colorado line:
At one o'clock this mornings blizzard struck this
sect oa and it rapidly descended from 800
morning it was blowing II gale accompanied by
binding snow. At eight in The morning it COM
mcnced to moderate and the thermometer had
above with clear sky, and is calm. Railroad
travel from the west has been closed since Nstnght
but trains from the cast come through about on
time.
Sr. PAUL, December 31.-AIl points north
Of he international boundary and in Montana
wcre reported below zero temperatures
last night twas still showing at st. Paul at
midnight, but the fury of the storm had aba
ted.
At Davenport. Iowa, n heavy snow storm
| has been raging for Y hours. Over twelve
inches OF snow have fallen. Freight trains
| have been generally abandoned and passenger
trains go forth with double locomotives
The cold wave struck Vermont last night.
this morning the following temperature is re-
ported: At Barre, 309 below zero Calais, 300
below; East Calais, 30o below; Hardwick SO
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| below; MoretoWn, ;0' below Plainheld 500
below; West Eadolph, IS below, and Stowe,
80 below
At Chicago the BLIZZARD that bowed yester-
day afternoon drove almost everybody off the
streets and almost blockaded traffic throughout
the city. Street cars struggled along at long
| Intervals early III the evening. Mails were
nearly all from four to five hours behind time.
| The streets were deserted at ten o'clock, at
that hour the intensity OF the storm was al
most unprecedented in this locality.
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Seriously Hurt by Fireworks.
Fritz Bryan, the fourteen year-old son Of
Mrs. Mary T. Bryan the authoress, was SO Sc
yerclY burned about the face and neck with a
hoop of blazing cotton, night before last, that
no hopes Of His recovery arc entertained by
the family aud friends.
The family residence is In Charleston, small
| village ten miles out on the Georgia road On
/ Monday night several yoGng friends Of Master
! Bryan's Congrcgated ut his homo to witness a
display of fireworks which he had arranged.
! The young gentleman had purchased a supply
/ of crackers, sky rockets and Roman
| candles and to these added some
/ Of his own make. In manufacturing
/ his portion of the supply the lad had
| saturated a quantity of cotton in turpertine
! ard tar which he fastened to q hoop. The
/ saturated cotton, of course, burned readily,
| making bright light as the hoop to which it
/ was attached reEOlyCd through the air when
/ thrown up. The Young gentleman in arrang-
! Ing his programme decided TO use the cotton
/ ball or hoop last, and, of course opened with
/ his purchased supply. Everything moved
along nicely, and the party was highly pleased.
/ Finally Master Bryan put ON a pair of heavy
! gloves so that he could handle the burning
/ ball, and picking it up, applied n match. In