Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-09
THE sunny SOUTH.
Coolest Weather at New Orleans
since the Winter of SO.

NEW ORLEANS La, February $
This is the coolest sDan that has visited
this section since the winter OF 1886. ON
the 9th Of January Of that year the
thermometer dropped 10 l. degr as. and
and minimum was reached here last night
Of rs degrees. which came dang Iously
near touching the very lowest cora ever
made in New Orleans. The local OBS LNer
saws this morning that he feels cOnndent
that his instruments did not register the
exact temperature. as the observatory lS
on TIA. toD of the custOm-hOuse, and IN
his opinion the heat from the building,
which is kept perfectly warm during the
night. had more or less effect ugOn the
Instruments. and probably caused them
10 record Il degree or TWO above what
was right. He is under the impression
that this is as cold as was ever known
before in New Orleans
GALVESTON BAY FROZEN OVER.
GALVESTON TEX, February S.-For
the second time IN the history OF Cal
stOn the bay froze ov r. The hrst time
WAS IN lSs6. and since then the IN. rm0me-
ter has never fallen so low AS II did To-
day. II stood IS degrees above. wnich Is
one point lower than 3i.ruay. MN MliilonII lI,I
OF FISH wer- frozen. and the Jettles ana
reefs along the waters edge are Nnel
with them. Thousands Of fish were gath
cred up By the poor
SIN ABOVE AT MONTGOMERY.
MONTGOMERY. ALA. February S.
Z. no here al O'Clock this morning. rms
rs the lowest since January. 1856. when
the mercury recorded degrees above.
SEVEN BELOW Al KNOXVILLE.
KNOXVILLE. TENN February 5
The mercury r. gistered ! greeS below
zero this morning. the lowest on re-
cord with one exception, In tWenty-fiEr
wears. The mean temperature for the last
twen1ty-four hours ,1ds, IS dssf.g snc aOoHC ,b
Weather Bureau was established h-re' IN
COLD CONTINUES.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. February s.
The unprecedented cold spell hts CON
tinued almost unabatei during the past
twenty-four hours At midnight last night
the thermometer registered II, at \. VI.
10. at !. o'clock ;. ana al Z.5o . u d5-
grees-the lowest recorded; Al a. u.
today il stood at s. and continued 10
rise ill +. NJ, when II reached = -,
after which it began falling. and a. 3
y. NJ registered IS - The sky Is clear
and the wind light.
COLUMBIAS COLDEST.
COLUMBIA. 5. g. February S.-To-day
has been the cOdest day ever known IN
Columbia. The lowest point reached was
degrees at \. NJ. The mean tempera-
turc for the twenty-four hours was only
Ii degrees.
BUSINESS HUNG Up"
CHARLOTTE. y. c.. February S-Busi-
ness here has been hung up since yester-
dsV afternoon. when the ground was
covered with snow and ice. The mercury
this morning was ! above. At midnight
ii is . above degrees higher than at the
same hour last night.
HAVOC IN FLORIDA.
JACKSONVILLE. FLA, February 8
The blizzard has wrought havoc In Florl-
da Thousands OF acres OF young Vegetd-
bles are killed Orange trees are worse
hurt than in the freeze OF December on
account OF being filed with spring sap
Many were Just budding. Even strawDeI
ries were killed.
The mercury touched u this morning at
Jacxsonville or the same as that recorded
in the freeze Of December 18th: AZ other
points in the State II was relatively As
cold At jupiter 200 miles south or JACK
sonville. the mercury was 2S; al Titusville,
40 miles south. IS: and at Tampa, -
miles south. D. At Tampa, ClearHater
and vicinity it showed from A. NJ. 10
noon, and the Inhabitants marNelled al
the Unprecedented freak OF King Winter.
TWO PLUS BELOW ZERO.
MEMPHIS, TENN. February S.-The
thermometer here this morning reached
2 2-iO degrees below zero. The river is
full of heavy ice. and navigation Is
stopped All trains are on time.
THE PALMETTO METROPOLIS.
CHARLESTON. s. c.. February S-The
thermometer registered u degrees this
morning. the lowest on record for Feb
ruary Everything in the way OF vegeta-
bleS - DESTROYED.
PEA-CROP KILLED.
SAVANNAH. GA. February S.-Farm-
ers report that the English-pea crop was
the only large crop planted here and II
was killed by the cold Some potatoes
were in the ground but being planted
deep they are not damaged. Cabbages and
a small lot Of other vegetables which were
up were killed outright. As the large
proportion Of the spring vegetable crop
had not been planted the loss will not be
serious.
LOWEST IN ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. GA. February s.-The low
est tempera ture this morning was one de-
gree below zero. At midday the Their
mOmeter registered 3 Tonight at 10
o'clock II was at O. Great suffering Is re-
ported from all over the State.
COLDEST SNAP SINCE 1879.
SCOTLAND NECK. n. c., February
S.-(Special. THE thermometer stood at
s degrees above zero this morning. IL Is
said BY those who have made ohssrvatlons
to be the coolest weather since 1879. There
Is considerable snow. with hard sleet.
The wind blew a terrific gale all night
last night. and there must be great suf-
ferng on account OF the extreme weather.
Business Is completely stopped.