The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09
SUNNY SOUTH IN A SILVER.


East Pennsylvania railroad Is snow
hound near Lyons station and is almost
completely hidden from view. There are
only few persons on the train besides
the crew.
The trains on the main line between
Pottsville and PhiIadelphia are all more or
less late The mail train which IS due in
Philadelphia at noon from Pcttsville is
last in big drift near Hamburg.
The Wilmington and Northern trains
are all snow bound and traffic has been
brought 70 & standstin. The SchuylkiIl
and Eehigh branch is showed up com
Plttsly, and. no attempt was made 70
The Realing and Columbia branch Is
also snow bound and traffic is at a stand
sull
There Is apparently no Iet-up In the
storm. and the air is iUed with flying
snow. Railroad men sa8 the cond .tionS
are equally as bad as intthe blizzard O.
Iarch. 1881
Plttsbure. Pa. Feb. s.-rhe mercury al
o'clock this morning recorded I degrees
below zero. In exposed places. 1t was sew
eral degrees lower The Indications ara
Tor much colder weather Inside Of twenty
four hours Trains on all roads entering
Pittsburs are dslsy ed by snow and frozen
water tanks Eastern trains this morn
( ing were I'VE hours late. VII Ie those from
The west were from two to three hours
DCl4Au 1CNGuAle ne
Locally, the suffering from the cold Is
widespread, principally on account OF
I the unprecedented shortage of fuel gas
Coal dealers are overwhelmed With rush
orders and are working night and day &c
meet he ever Increasing demand. The run
on all Of the charitable Institutions in the
; city continues. / Toduce dealers report
a scarcity of supply. with no receipts.
and prices are advancing.
The extensive plant Of the Westinghouse
Electric Company al Brinton is closed
1 down, and thousands Of employees are
| idle on account of frozen water and
/ steam pipes
Teams are crossing the river on the Sec
drawing heavily loaded wagons. The
/ river men ere convinced that river prop
/ erty viii be in great danger of destruction
when the heavy ice breaks up
The Ohio river is closed between Pitts
/ burg and Wheeling. The Allegheny and
NEonongahela rivers are ice-locked
throughout their length. There can be
no changes N the condition of the biz
I gorges in the AlleF heny river until
rain or thaw causes the river to rise
several feet.
Washington, Feb. s.-A dry of intense
cold and discomfort here h ghtened by
driving gale has been followed by a night
quite as frig and windy
The 70 omac from the Maryland 10 I'll
Nirg MIA shores, is for a considerable dis
'ance Gown the river a strong and com
pact fe,d Of ice
Ira rs from all directions stin fal to
arrive on tirne pm as consequence al
mails are delayed.
The street railways are making the
regular trips but the conductors and
drivers have. 20, Wi hstandlng a Renerou.
bunil ng and padding of garments suf-
fered as never before.
The streets have been deer ed ny all ex
D . .-n.-. Ill
10 be in the open, and the prospect for
'cmperature that VIII be more a~reeabi
Is yet some hours q slant. A Or wing ives
rerly wind that "cuts Ike a razor piles
( higher to-r-ght the drifts Of last nights
storms and drives promptly 70 cover al
who are not Obliged to submit to its Oh u
! ambrace Altos ether il has been an prece-
Tented winter day IN Washington. III
/ first train from the south since YESTERDAY
I rolled in o the PeunsylV:n q depot At f0;3
| o'clock tom ght and her pas enser- relate
/ stormy experience that none of them
! care to repeat
/ Chicago, Feb. S.-There was a genera
/ Improvement in the weather condition
I throughout the northwestern states to
+ day Chicago this morning being coldei
/ than the other suffering cities nearer
the north pole. At a. M, the ofiicia
1 tcmpera ture was 16 degrees below zero, tn,
/ coolest here for several years The Their
/ mometer had a steady upward tendency.
/ however during the day, and tonight the
/ record Is 3 degrees below, with indications
/ of q continuance at that figure for severa
/ days. The rise in temperature improved
1 che railroad and mail situa ton a t nearly
! all points north and west OF Chicago.
The storm passed to the east and trains
/ from that direction are now the victims.
/ Some Of tn I'm are nearly half a day late
I Fifteen day trains from the east did not
arrive Unit II all hours tO-nisbt,
Reports from Wisconsin. Iowa, New
Mexico. Nebraska, and Colorado points
show a pleasant improvement in the
weather, the high winds and below zero
temperature having ceased to aihict the
people.
Boston, Feb. S-The following weather
conditions were reported this morning
from Che points mentioned:
Lewiston, Me, Z degrees above, showing
and very clustering.
HaverhiI. Mass, Is degrees above. high
wind, not showing, but drift ng badly.
Manchester, n. H, 10 degrees above,
showing and drifting badly.
Mount Desert Ferry, Me, 10 degrees
above, high northeast wind, showing
highest tide ever known.
Vanceboro. Me, y degrees below Ellis
worth, Me-, % degrees above; Caribou,
Me, zero.
Bangor, II degrees above, very high
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and useless.
Lockport n. Y. Feb. s.-The worst biz
zard within the msmo-y of the
present generation is rag ng here,
considerable snow fell during the
night and he@Vy gcls set in
early this morning, piling 1t up in huge
drifts. 1t is now degrees below zero in
the city and growing colder rapidly.
Rochester, y. Y, Feb. 8.-The mercury
remained at zero all night. About SIX
inches Of snow has fallen during the last
ten hours, and is being driven at a rapid
gait by a heavy wind. blocking railroad
traffic This morning at 10 O'Clock the
thermometers registered degrees below
zero.
ST. Louis. Feb. s.-Cold weather is gen
eraI throughout the Mississippi Valley
and down into the Panhandle county. At
MEDICAL.
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