The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-29
FLUTTER OF THE FLAKES.
THE COLD WAVE BRINGS ITS WIN
TER CLOTHING.

Mercury Close to the Freezing Poin
at Midnight and Still Falling-sever'
Cold in the West and Northwest
and Shows in the south-March o
the Cold Wave-Some OF the Snow
Storms that Savannah Has Had
Sleighing on Broughton Street.
Savannah had a sensation yesterday in
the shape Of snow fall, but the feather
flakes we're so few and far between that
many people did not see them at all. The
cold wave is here in earnest, and to-day
and tonight are expected to be colder than
yesterday and last night. At midnlg INT
last night cold north westerly wind was
blowing at a velocity ranging between
fifteen and twenty miles an hour, and
mercury had dropped to 81, within 2 Of
the freezing point. The cold spell will last
at least "A hours longer, and 1t is believed
that the mercury will 60 down to IS before
tomorrow morning
At9 o'clock yesterday morning mercury
stood at As, the maximum OF the day, when
it began 10 fall, and the weather grew
colder all day. At noon a strong west wind
reached velocity of thirty miles an hour,
and during the afternoon the barometer
rose rapidly. At 2:3J o'clock, at 5 O'Clock,
and at 1880 O'clock p. H. heavy flakes Of
snow fell, but melted as they fell They
were a decided curiosity to many. At
O'Clock p. m. the exposed thermometer at
signal office registered temperature Of 80
a fall OF ~ in eleven hours. Shows fell
yesterday throughout TIE northwest and
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and as
far south as Nashville
THE COLD Waves SWEEP.
The high barometer started in the north
west, and owing to the low area on the
south Atlantic coast, the cold wave moved
in a southery direction, and is now ad-
vancing eastward. The cold wave extends
throughout the southern and western states
1t is not very cold in the north
ern states, but it is growing
colder rapidly. The storms which have
been prevailing there are just passing off,
and it will be intensely cold after their dis
appearance. The cold wave viii last
twenty-four hours, and extend north along
the Atlantic coast in the path Of the storms
of last week. Usually cold waves in the
direction of the southeast advance from
the areas of high barometer in the north
west
The temperature was rising last night at
s O'Clock in the northwest as far south as
Kansas City there being only about s. diff
ference between the temperature Of Kansas
City and Savannah at that hour, but it was
bitter cold Yesterday from Kansas City as
far south as Atlanta. The highest temper
AZURE registered yesterday at Nashville was
% at Memphis, 2Se and at Atlanta 80
At O'clock last night the mercury had
fallen 70 26' at Nashville, 26' at Memphis,
and "a at Atlanta.
A HEAVY FREEZE NOT FEARED.
II is not believed that the cold wave will
injure the vegetable gardens and orange
groves OF Florida, as the indications now
are that the frost Ii e will not be extended
south Of Jacksonville, but the freezing
p int viii doubtless be reached there. At
O'Clock last night mercury had dropped to
IS. and thu freezing point may be reached
by daylight. A high barometer throughout
Texas ard the southwest was reported last
night, and advancing eastward.
The few feathery snOwflages which were
floating II tie cold west wl-1 Yesterday
Afternoon set the oldest inhabitants 70 talk
Ing about some phenomenal snow storms,
winch are recalled in a seni-legendAry, ST mi
historic way. but there are thousands Of in
babltants IN Savannah who have never seen
snow. and many more who have never seen
snow on the ground deep enough TO leave
the impress Of & foot print
TWO HEAVY sNOwsToRMs.
TIE grandfather Of Capt J. r. F. TAFT
nal. OF this cit IN letters addressed 70 a
correspondent in the north tells Of two
heavy SHOWS, which would surprise the
people nowadays as much as il must have
SUIT rised our venerable grandsires. WritiL
under date Of Jan. IL, 1890, he said
~ have experienced, for twenty-four
hours past, one Of the most dreadful snow
storms - thin the memory Of any man in
this country. The snow is now over NV
knees In the streets Of savannah. The Ike
was never known before by the whito
man
And again, under date Of Jan. %, 1908:
The snow IN Savannah has been very
deep, and lay long on the ground Eight
or ten s.e.ghs have been running day or
two--a very novel sight"
The sieigEs must have been hurriedly i'm
prOvlseJ Tor the Donce, and doubtless were
as novel in appearance as the occasion IT,
self A Yankee jumper, or any other kind
OF sleigh. would be as much OF q curiosity
in Savannah as gu Arctic glacier or an
Esquimaux sledge, and as the present cold
wave IS t. be OF short duration and with
clear skies, a slsighing season cannot be
looked forward 70 with any reasonable de-