The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-12-31
UNPRECEDENTED COLD.
North, South, East and West-Loss
of Life Reported-The Winter
In Europe.

In Europe.
The weather was exceedingly cold through
/ out Canada Saturday.
| A blizzard prevailed generally IN the West
on Christmas.
| CHARLESTON, 5. C., Dec. PA blizzard
struck Charleston this morning, and, for the
/ first time within the past fifteen years, ouse.
/ tons were covered with Il thin coating OF
4 snow and sleet. The mercury averaged about
/ three or four degrees below freezing point
during the day, and pedestrians, not being
accustomed to ice, had hard time getting
along the sidewalks. The orange trees III
the city are injured somewhat, and will prob
ably bear only one crop this year. They
usually bear two crops. Planting and truck
farm crops are not far enough advanced to
! suffer any damage. Strawberries are well
protected, and the plants will escape with
out severe trouble.
COLUMBIA, IS. c., Dec 27.--This city was visit
ed to-day by severe snow. the first since 1887.
The city is now covered to a depth of four
inches. and reports from all over the state
show the snow. storm is general. In the up
per part of the state the snow is over foot
deep. 1t is still showing here.
FoRr MONROE. Va, Dec. 27.-The worst
blizzard in twenty years struck this vicinity
about midnight, and the snow has been falling
ever since. The electric car line to Hampton
is blocked, and navigation is suspended.
WILMINGTON, n. c., Dec. 27.-The sieet
storm reported last evening has not yet
abated. and has now reached proportions of
n first. class snowfall for this climate. Many
sleighs, of rude and hurried construction,
are now on the streets, sight very rarely
witnessed here.
AUGUSTA, GA, Dec. 27.-Ihe heaviest
snow in five years is falling to-day. 1t was
preceded last night by a big sleet storm. The
weather is now moderating.
STAuNrox, Va, Dee. 27.--At nine o clock
this morning the mercury stood ten degrees
above zero. For seven days past it has varied
from twelve to twenty degrees above. This
is the coolest continuous spell here for years.
Ice has formed eight inches thick, Il rare
occurrence in this section.
ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 27.-AIary Lee. II
colored woman, believed to be one hundred
years old. was frozen to death IN her hut last
night
RALEIGH, n. c., Dec. 27.--Snow fell to
the depth of nine inches from , a. IN. until G
p. m. and is still showing at this hour mid
night 1t is the heaviest fall known here
since 1876.
WICHITA, KAN, Dec. 27.-Snow fell again
last night, and after brief intermisSion re-
Sumed operations about ten o clock to-day.
Railroad men say that traffic in Kansas is
badly demoralized. Trains are all hauled by
two locomotives, and still many are so far
behind time that they have been almost lost
sight Of Last night, for the first time in ten
days, Il train got in over the Wichita aud
Western, but today the road is again block
ed, and Comanche and Clark counties are
shut off from the world Arrivals from
Englewood last night report terrible losses
among stock i'll that section, and on the ranges
in No Mans Land thousands of cattle have
died.
HrRoN, 5. D., Dec. 27.-lntensely cold
weather has prevailed here and throughout
the Jim River Valley for the past three days.
The Thermometer at the United States Wealth
err Bureau has registered from twelve to twenty
two below zero. No suffering is reported
from any direction. Settlers are generally
provided with feed and fuel, except in the
extreme northern part Of the state, where
fuel supplies are reported limited.
HALEY, IDA., Dec. GA snowslide Satur-
day swept away the engine house of the mar
row gauge mine at Deer Creek and wrecked
a concentration MILL 500 yards away. Henry
BosS, who was in the engine house, was
instantly killed. 4 teamster named Neon
nell was caught and his team killed, but he
was dag out alive The snow in the mountains
is very heavy and slides are frequent.
PITrsBuRG, Pa, Dec. 27.-The Allegheny,
Monongahela and Ohio rivers are frozen up
for the first time in several years, and river
traffic is entirely suspended. River men do
not look for u thaw for week. The freeze
up is accounted for from the fact that the
rivers are low and there is scarcely any cur
rent.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-The Mississippi
river at this place is covered with ice from
shore to shore. Navigation is suspended and
boats are tied up, with no prospect of resum-
ing traffic in the near future.
LONDON, Dec. IL England is having
severe and trying weather. A vigorous frost
prevails throughout the country, and the aver
age temperature is about twenty.one degrees
above zero. London is buried under dense
fog, and il is difficult to see any one a few
feet away. Many accidents have occurred in
Glasgow. Manchester and Newcastle, owing
to frozen boilers bursting, and two persons
were killed by an accident of this character
at Airdrie to-day. Twelve skaters lost their
lives by drowning in Great Britain yesterday.
The poor are suffering terribly in London.
The privation in London among the unem.
ployed increases with the advance of winter.
AdviceS from Lancaster state that the
locked out employees in the cotton manufac
turing districts had a hungry holiday. thous.
ands of them being dependent upon charity
for sustenance. Hundreds are wandering
about begging, and it is feared that the rigor-
Gus weather will cause the loss of many lives.
STofKHeLN, December 2T.-The famine in
North Finland is increasing, and there is
movement in Sweden to aid the starving
Finlanders. Although the famine is raging
in Russian territory, yet the Firms, on ac
count of their old attachment to Sweden,
look to the Swedes rather than 10 the Rus
slams for aid. The emigration of Firms is re-
ceiving Il great impulse on account of the
famine, which is prevalent chiefly among the
agricultural class, who are unable to provide
ANYTHING for the winter, owing to the scar
city of corn last year Many villages are
snow bound, and it is feared that the suffer
ings of the people are intense, as they have
no means of breaking through the great
drifts on account of the weakness of them,
selves and of their cattle. 1t is feared that
whole communities have persisted, as moth
ing has been heard from them for a number
of days.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
London Standard says "A British Consul,
VINO mas Nlslleu the ldullne dlSlEiCtS vi hleu'
Bessarabia, Khartof, Koursk, Razan, Orel,
lula and Vorenesh, reports that the peasants
are dying like flies of hunger aud disease.
There are no signs of relief from the horrors
of hard winter. In Sebastopol he learned
from trusty source that cholera is raging
severely on the CircaSsian shore. Hundreds
of deaths have been reported in the last fort
night.
Mortgages in Massachusetts,.