The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-14
In Tennessee and Kentucky.


Cairo The wharf at Memphis is iCc-bound.
and local packets have gone into winter
| quarters.
In Tennessee and Kentucky.
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. l3.-The weather
here to-day vas the coldsst on record
There was much suffering on account Of
| lack Of coal, but coal trains are being
sent In "a rapidly as possible, being given
right Of way over other trains.
Louisville. ky.. FEB. 1S.-Ths coolest
weather ever known In Kentucky was re-
corded to-day. At Louisville the Their
momeier only reached 10 below. but the
State suffered much more. Lebanon, Ky,
showed temperature OF 30 below, Car
isle 3D. Princeton %, and the highest re-
corded Ia reports from twenty-five sta
ttons was I3 below. At Paducah a negro
woman and her child were frozen TO
death in the field.
Lexington. ny, Feb. 1S-AtteSted Their
mometerS registered "a degrees below
zero this morning. The poor have been
fed free at d sOuphOuSe all day ami vari-
ous citizens nave donated coal. Only one
cr two coal yards in Lexington have any
coal and they will not furnish 10 any one
person more than a ton. Coal has
jumped from S-2j to 81 4 ton. Tonight
the Weather Bureau predicts a drop Of
20 below zero. All trains are late,
Raleigh, y. c., Feb. I3.-The snow
which began falling Saturday at noon
ceased this afternoon. IL is the largest
snow storm thai has visited this city
since 1851. That snow was said to be
twenty-tOur inches deep. while the pres
ent one is eighteen inches. The tempera-
ture is remarkably cold, and the winl
is very brisk The mercury will drop 10
zero or slightly below by morning, break
ing al previ5Is records. Traffic on the
railroad lines was generally suspended to-
day, but will be resumed tomorrow.
North CarOlina's Recnrd.
Charlotte, n. c., Feb. I3-Charlotte is
having the coolest weather known in ten
or fifteen years. Snow began falling Sat
urday morning and continued through the
day and night, increasing in severity to-
ward Sunday morning. 1t continued all
day Sunday and up to II o'clock Sunday
night The snow is five feet deep in the
drifts. Business is practically suspended.
Sunday and today the trains on the
Southern and Seaboard have been from
two 10 seven hours late. Tonight the
trains on both roads are annuled. At
1890 tonight the thermometers registered
from one to four below. One of the worst
bliZZards known is raging in the noun
tainS in the western part of the stale.
At Bowling Rock the thermometer was
ten be Ow this morning AT WInstoQ zero
was reached. In many places coal and
wood famine is threatened.
ASheville, n c.. Feb. 13.-The mercury
reached IA below zero here last night, the
coolest ever known, but at noon lad
moderated to 10 below. There is much
suffering.
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 13.-Unprece-
dented weather visited Northern Florida
to-day. Sleet was followed by light snow
early this morning in all of Western and
Middle Florida. The lowest temperature
was ? degrees below zero at Tallahassee,
9 degrees above at Jacksonville, and a
temperature Of from 10 to 40 degrees in
the orange belt.
Winter-maturiEg vegetables were killed
What damage was done to orange trees is
yet in doubt, subsequent weather being an
important factor in determining. In the
orange belt the temperatures were not so
low as they have been.
In Northern Florida the weather was un-
precedented. The snow of between mid
night and daylight was followed by sun
shine and "a clear sky, but with a cold
northwest wind.