The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16

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the snow was the first that had fallen
since 1859.
Jasper. Fla, Feb. 15.-Two inches Of
snow fell here last night. and though "a
cold rain has been falling lightly but
steadily all day, great deal OF the
snow remains. It Is feared the loss in
stock cattle viii be heavy.
Montgomery. Ala. Feb. 15.-It has been
showing here all day, but il has melted al
most as fast as IL fell. Several sleighs were
out for merry making
Specials to the Advertiser. from Ala
bama towns, report snow as follows.
Tuscaloosa-snow has been falling all
day and II has now reached a depth Of four
inches and the fan continues
Marion-The snow Is three inches deep
and still falling.
I.ivingstone-Three inches and stil snow
ing.
Gadsden-Nine inches. with a prospect Of
fifteen, and considerable suffering among
the poor classes.
Dadeville-six inches and falling
Eufaula-It is four inches deep, the
heaviest on record.
Clinton-Four inches and stln falling.
BOzeman-Six and half inches.
Shelby-Four inches and still falling.
Talladega-Four or five inches and still
falling.
mobile. Ala, Feb. 15.-The snow which
fell yesterday and last night TO the
depth Of six inches and enabled many
citizens to go sleigh riding to-day and
those who had no sleighs TO indulge in
snowballlng to their hearts content,
melted considerably late in the day. but
at II o'clock Tonight snow began faung
heavily and at midnight is stnl falling.
Demopolis. Ala. Feb. I5-Four TO five
trh Of ntV sf..
and last night, and it is atiH falling. We
have had the most severe cold weather
for the past ten days which has been ex-
perienced here for many years.
Jacksonville. Ala. Feb IA snow
storm of great violence set I'm here this
morning at 3 O'Clock Since that time IL
has continued without cessation. The
ground is covered at dark this evening
to depth Of six inches and the storm
continues.
birmingham, Ala, Feb 15.-The severe
weather has eliminated in severe snow
storm. 1t has been falling since daylight
and Is five inches deep on the level. and Is
still coming down.
New Orleans. La, Feb. 15.-There Is a
foot and half Of snow on the race track
and street cars traffic in the city is sus-
pended on all except one uptown line
To-days races were suspended for the first
time in the history Of the winter meetings
Of the Crescent city Jockey Club
The snow which fell steadily yesterday
for eighteen hours measured exactly
eight inches according to the report
giVcn out by Capt Kerkam, chief of the
weather bureau here. Tonight at Q
o'clock an appreciabie amount is again
falling, and it would not be surprising
If there We're several more inches added
70 New Orleans greatest snow by to-
morrow morning.
Reading, Pa, Feb. ia passenger
train from Wilmington. Del, over the
Wilmington and Northern railroad, came
through to-day. This is the first train
to arrive over that road in eight days.
The road is now clear, and trains are
running on schedule time.
Memphis. Tenn. Feb. I5.-Tennessee
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas are
now experiencing the most severe and
protracted season of cold weather ever
known in this part Of the country.
Suffering with man and beast is wide
spread. During the last forty-eight hours
snow has fallen almost continuously.
At Canton, Miss, there is inches Of
snow.
At Birmingham, Ala, 1t is 2 feet deep.
In the latter city seventy families suffer
ing from the extreme cold have been
located by the associated charities. and in
the country thereabouts cattle are dying
in droves.
From Arkansas City. Ark, comes the
report of the river blocked with ice and
many steamers tugs and tows frozen fast
From WinOna, Miss, il ls reported that
farmer named Gus Thompson was frozen
to death. lie and party Of friends were
riding in wagon from Winona to Poplar
creek to-day and Thompson got out to go
to a neighboring farm house to get warm
saying he would catch up with the wagon
which continued with the others He
warmed himself and started out, but was
unable, from the cold, to reach the wagon
His companions growing alarmed, began
to search for him. and after an hour
search found him frozen to death by the
side of the road.
A special from Aberdeen, Miss, says a
section hand on the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road was frozen to death to-day