The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-07
BITTER COLD BLIZZARD.
mo Mercury Goes Down 20 80 ana
1he snow Piled in Drifts

~ 49, T 60. al kinds OF
weather has been reported from ell over
tAe state during the past few DAYS. but
Srantshurg. Wis. set a new record YES
'ellaS' the mercury reaching 80 degrees
oeioF zero. At Bozcohel Wis. It reached
- degrees below zero yesterday mornine.
81 Pau, MINI. Feb. 6.-Disnatches from
--4rly points west OF her in aIinlesots
and Dakota indicate that a great storm is
tasing, al several places reaching the
IlopoI cons OF q blizzard. Ii is showing
LSie aDd a high wind has sprung w.
ne temperature is Il degrees below zero
re signal service reports are 20 the effect
80 1t VIII snow pretty steadily for the
-sAl tWenty-four hours. when there vii.
- d further drop Of 10 degrees 10 y de-
ssees IN the temperature.
Milwaukee, Wis. Feb. 6.-Another biz
-aid IS raging IN this city to-day. Ths
trains on the various railroads are from
enc 10 six hours behind time The Their
mometer stands at zero.
New York, Feb, 5.-To-day Is the cold
est since Dec. 81, 1850 In the ferry slips
ana Tor about a quarter OF a mile OUT
--ls North rive- was a solid mass. The
Terry boats had TO ram their way into the
SIPS and in many cases made a dozen
attempts 10 reach their landings.
Washington, Feb. 6.-The following low
temperatures are reported. Aliddletou1.
\. Y, Z degrees below: Plattsbitr..h h. \
L., q degrees below; Monticello. \. 4.
- degrees below, Cincinnati O., Is degrees
eooVo; Mcheesport. Pa, = degrees below
columbus, o., line snow falling; Pitts-
tNfs' IA, fine snow falling; Newport, X.
L., zero Hanover, y. H.. IA degrees u,
y degrees in the neighborhood Ithac-,
n l., 10 degrees below; Schenectady, \.
Y, II degrees below; Troy. IA to % de-
srees below; Newburgh. n. y, 3 below
Washingtonviile, y. Y, % degrees below
Binghamton, y. Y, II degrees below:
Elmira, y. y, IS degrees below; kings
ton, \. Y, 10 degrees below; Hudson, =.
Y, L degrees below; Rome, \. Y, u 7t-
grees below; Rochester, y. Y, degrees
below; Lockport, n. Y, 10 degrees below:
Concord, n. y, IS degrees TO . degree
below; Lock Haven, Pa, - degrees to .
degrees below throughout this entire sec
ton; Clearteld, Pa. 20 degrees to 90 de
grees below; Harrisburg, Pa average
degrees below; Wheeling, w. Va, from
freezing TO 10 degrees below throughout
the western part of the state; St. Louis,
zero: Detroit, range of the state, degrees
to 80 degrees below; Duluth, 10 degrees
below and a blizzard; pittsburg, Pa, de
srees below: Erie, Pa. 70 degrees below
in the city and % degrees below in the
county.
While on his way from sick call, DR..
Stover, a Weymouth, Ia. physician, was
frozen to death last night.
ST. Louis Mo, Feb. 6.-The intensely
cold weather of the past len days COW
tinues, with slight abatement The mer-
curry registered zero early this morning,
but is slowly rising. a mild storm pre-
walls, with indica tons OF becoming worse.
Reports received from Southern Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri points report severe
cold weather, with snow flurries.
Philadelphia. Pa, Feb 5.-The coolest
weather in February Philadelphia mas
ever experienced is now manifesting it.
self The temperature at the weather bu-
reau this morning al Z o'clock was de-
grees below zero. AdviCes from points
throughout the state report extrem ly
cold weather. the lowest temperature be-
'ng recorded at Cresson, where last niSht
he mercury dropped to % degrees below
zero. Cresson is on the summit Of the
Alleghany Mountains.
Baltimore. Md, Feb. 6.-The temperature
at the signal office at o'clock this morn
ing was 10 degrees above zero. This Is
the coolest February weather, with one
exception, in twenty-one years.
Chicago, Feb. G-From zero weather The
temperature began 10 slowly rise last
night terminating in snow, which grad
sally increased in volume until this morn
ing it had nearly reached the proportio'
IF a blizzard. Reports from all over Hi
aois and Indiana are that similar snow
storms prevail.
Wheeling, w Va, Feb. G.-The tn sr-
monneter registered zero here this morn
ne. and at other points throughout West
Virginia from zero to 10 degrees below
T.ondon. Feb. e.-The cold now being ex-
,erienced throughout the kingdom is the
most severe that has been felt for years.
The Thermometer in the midlands aver
ages 6 degrees below zero. The docks at
Southampton are partly frozen over and
protracted snow storms, and gales have
prevailed all over the United Kingdom
strong gales are reported from Queens
town and heavy sea has been running
since Friday Many vessels are taking
shelter at Queenstown and other ports.
The scotch and Welsh railways are
blocked with snow.
In the Scotch highlands snow has fallen
almost necessarily since last night. The
roads are blocked and railway travel is
IMPOSSIBLE A train is embedded in an
enormous drift near Lock Rennoch, Perth
shire, and all efforts to start it have been
futile as the snow is piled up by the high
wind as fast as it is shovelled away.
All travel by land or water has stopped
north Of Inverness, on Moray firth. Barns
and sheds have been isolated by the
drifts. Many cattle are dying under cover.
THOUSANDS u 5AGEp anu 0N0A AieAFO lS--A-
ished from cold and hunger, or from
sufsocation in the drifts Small game has
suffered more than before in 10 years.
The blizzard is driving the grouse sea
ward in great quantities.
In Westmoreland, several schools have
been surrounded with drifts, and the pa
rents of the school children have gone
to dig them out. Many deaths of aged and
infant roor are reported from the midland
counties.
The gale has wrecked several fishing
boats of the Fife and Berwick coast,
and six or seven men were drowned.
Rome, Feb. 6.-The village of Sam
bucci has been showed in for two days
and $50 families have been cut off from
supplies Of food and fuel The project of
the district has sent a party to help them
HoKE SMITH TO BE a JUSTICE.
a Belief That He VIII Succeed Jack