The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-02-16
SIeet, Ice and Snow Visited
the Town.
FELL TEN BELOW ZERO.
1t Was Coolest ON Record in Georgia.
Much Suffering and Interrupt
ton Of Business.

AttN "NANANi biitlb COiIIIlltIlCcu mere
Saturday evening with sleet, culminat-
ing Sunday morning in three or four
inches of snow on the ground, with the
thermometer ranging from IL to Is, we
thought was something akin to the /.
arctic region, but Monday morning
when our citizens woke up to find that
the mercury in their thermometers had
dropped down to ten below zero, they
were astonished beyond measure. yea
surprised, and thought their eyes had
deceived them and went back the sec
ond time to take look to see il it
really stood at ten below zero, and
there it stood at that notch; bold,
brazen and defiant, and good as asked
What are you going to do about it 2"
The government thermometer, kept by
Mr.. George s. Owen, registered eight
below zero. There was nothing to do
but pile on more coal in the CRATE and
in the stove and SILVER. The wind
whistled and pedestrians found their
ears freezing, their faces growing red
der under the biting cold, while the
fingers and feet became benumbed.
To clap the climax under this dire
distress, coal and wood famine ex-
listed in the town.. The dealers i'm fuel
had none, and there were poor people
in the town, white and black, who had
been out of work for weeks and were
in consequence out of wood, coal and
food. A number of our citizens began
to devise means to render help to these
! unfortunates SO as to tide over the cold
spell to this end they began to circu-
late and find out the needy. car load
OF coal was obtained from the A. K. Il
N. Railway at cost, and those without
money were furnished coal free, but
those able to pay. did so.
The public schools were suspended
until next Monday, and business para
lyzed. Shops, factories and everything
had to be shut down.
In number of homes water pipes in
the stoves and boilers were frozen
and burst, and there was trouble in
the kitchen, and the plumbers were
called in to do their best to repair the
damage.
Among those who had burst pipes
in their stoves, with reservoir connec-
tions, were Mayor Sessions, Mr.. 7. b.
Brady, Mr.. Will Pomeroy, Mrs. w.
F. Bennett, Mrs. A. F. Murphy, Mr.. J.
A. Massey. Mr.. w. e. Granting, Mrs.
l.. b. Mckinney, Mrs. A. M. Gibbes,
Mr.. T. l.. Reed, Mr.. TIA. Granting.
Unfortunately for the JOURNAL office,
water had been left in the engine pipes
and boiler, and there was solid ice en-
gagged in the expansion" business,
and our engine was badly damaged.
Not in the memory of the oldest in
habtant has the weather been so cold
in Marietta as to drop to or 10 below
zero. 1t was clean knockout. Our
people were lily prepared for such an
unexpected visitation of General Zero
and the Ice King.
The budding fruit trees are ''nipped
in the bud" and they will not show
forth again this year. Just to this ex-
tent early peaches will not be in it, on
ly in small quantity, just enough to
/ make them desirable and valuable.
The cold wave reached to New Or
leans and Florida, and killed orange
trees and slaughtered early vegetables.
Throughout the North and Northwest
the thermometers in number of states
went below zero rs andl 80. Man and
beast suffered, and there was destruc-
ton OF life in n number Of instances.
Let us hope the backbone of winter
is broken, so it will not be able to wig
gle with such intense severity.
The present severe cold spell is
doing considerable damage to
stock, especially in the northwest.
Traffic is at standstill in many
places. Wood and coal is report
ed scarce in some localities, which
necessitates a good deal of ex-
| posture and suffering among the
poorer classes. The present VIM
ter is pronounced the worst for
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