The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-19

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. ts.-Not In thirty
years and moro has Atlanta known d
day like this. The city woke this
morning to find two inches of snow on,
the ground and snow still falling:
rapidly. by 10 O'Clock it was SO heavy
that all electric car lines were com.
PEELED to suspend operations. Shortly
afterward the otho- lines stopped and.
the holiday spirit seemed to- seize the
entire city. Business was practically
suspended. Everybody indu,ged in
snowballing, and everybody who could
improvise sleigh OF any kind took a
hand in the sport SO unusual hero. The
figures OF the "oldest inhabitant7 show
that not since 1855 has Atlanta known
such snow storm. Ii still continues.
This morning, realizing that the I'M
usual weather means suffering to many
OF Atlantafs poor, President j. G..
Oglesby. oe The Commercial Club, issued
call for % altizens' meeting at noon to
take action. Tho chamber OF commerce
was crowded and in few minutes up-
warded of $1,000 was subscribed in
money and many contributions of coal,
wood clothing, ETC., were made. Steps
were at once taken to relieve all casesoG
suffering. Railway schedules are out
on almost all the lines.
UNUSUAL WEATHER IN COLUMBUS, GA.
COLUMBUS, Ca, Jan. ls.-Columbus
had big surprise this morning. Up to
midnight last night the weather was
crisp, but little cloudy, indicating
rains, bat early risers to-day found the
ground covered with snow several
inches deep and slees falling that con-
tinued during tho day unsil late into
the afternoon, when it was converted
into rain. This is noted as the most re-
markable weather in the history Of the
| oldest inhabitans
Tonight everything is very uncom-
Portable. Snow is now melting from
the roofs and sidewalks under the rain
and forms slush over ankle deep, max
ing iocomotion very difficult. IL is not
very cold tonight the wind being from
the southwest, but should it shift during
tho night to the north and freeze the
streets will be q mass of leo. There is
great suffering among the poor. The
cold weather has been continuous in
this city since the day before Christmas.
HARDEST STORM An AUGUSTUS HISTORY.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. ls.--The third
snow in three weeks and probably the
hardest In the history Of Augusta, has
been falling since eight o'clock There
are no signs of abatement yet.
sNoWDALLING IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, s, c., Jan. lS.-Snow
| began falling here at ten o'clock this
morning, and continued steadily three
hours. The ground is covered to q
! dept OF an inch and half. The streets
are full of snowballers. Nothing like it
has been known in Charleston for forty
| years.
| Goon sI.E1eMING IN ALABAMA.
| BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. lS.-Snow
covers the ground here to depth of
| five and one half inches, the heaviest
fall since 1886. Sleigh bells are jiug-
ling all over Alabama to-day. The tenn.
| perature is mild.
DEEP SNOW IN TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. Is. The
heaviest snow of the season fell in Mid
die Tennessee last night. This city Is
covered with six inches of it, and there
is much suffering among the poor.
A BLIZZARD IN MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 1S-A blizzard
accom- panied by binding snow struck
Memphis last evening At IL o'clock
today the snow was eleven inches deep
on level, and in drifts Of two and three
feet deep. Street cars are blockaded
and traffic is suspended. Telegraph
companies are suffering from q general
Generalization OF wires, and ell trains
are from one to eight hours behind
time.
THE WEATHER IN ROANOKE.
During the past twenty-four hours
Roanoke has been treated to almost
every kind OF winter weather. The ex-
IRENE cold of the past few days gave
way, off and on, to o much milder at.
mosphere, succeeded by light falls OF
snow the greater part OF Yesterday,
which impeded loeomotion at one time
and accelerated 1t at another. Tho thin
coating OF snow on the CLASSY sidewalks
made very seductive toboggan slide
for the unwary, and it was no uncom ION
thing for citizens to repeatedly salute
their mother earth. The small boy was
in his element while his father was de-
cidedly not The Indications to- day all
point TO q removal Of yesterdays
weather, as there is snow in the air.
In speaking to TIMES reporter an
old resident OF the city said that he had
used IS much coal since December 22nd
up to The present date, as he had in any
ono winter since no had made his home
in Roanoke. This is good for the GOA !
dealers il not for the citizens.
, Tho Strike About Ended.
BERLIN, Jan. 1S.-The strike OF The
! miners in tho Saar district has appa-
rentiy come to q closa All minors In