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PROCEEDINGS
IN CONGRESS.
II V. IIOI HE AMI SENATE HEFEH-
Mi l) I'HEHIIIEAT H HEHH UiK
I IIE >1 KM IICHH OF TIIE IIOI HE l)E*
HIKE < CCII14 H
He 11 m I <• Will Vole On DI|»lom«i t le
lllll Tomorrow,
Hi Southern Asso' iated Press.
Waehinxtoi), Feb. H. 'Die UoiiHe to¬
day miterial ujxm the consideration of
the DegsinlaUve, Kxycutive and Judleial
AjipnuM’iat ion bill for the year raidin
June l-SSMi, but made little irrogroHH.
An amendneuit P> file panorraph pro-
vidiuK for the (payment (A elerks to uiein-
Imth offered by Mr. Hartleit, (Dem.) of
New Yo.'lt, and to make tihein annual
runload <>f H<*«Kion etuployen, led to ari
animated debate upon the HJODOtny and
" imiom <>f tfivhvK imMtd«*w the a.a»i»tanec
r»f clerkw CoiiHjdtenible bitterncHH was
ihHj>ls\yed and various pro-
(Mmitiiono v'<*re mad< to amend or to
substitute Mr. Ryrtloit’rt motion. 'Phene
were all rej^di*rj, but upon the adoption
of Mr. Hart lot t’e pro) hjh>) lion a «im»rmn
did iw>t vote, All efforts to secure a
quorum provinl futile, and finally they
were abaiidonenl ami the further eon-
Hbb*nition of th<* Wll poHt]»ouwI.
The tuexHatf'*« of the Frertid4*fit an-
iioiinein# the sale <rf fanidw and a pro-
friKf awai'imt tilie execution of <*ourt
martial sentence upon citizens of the
Foiled Sfq'i.tes who e.n*ra^*d in the re¬
cent revolt in Hawaii were
and Tef<*mil I.Jie J'orinor to the (Jom*
mittee on W'a.vH and Means, the latter
to t,lie Onnmitfco on Fondifn Affaire.
Mr. Ikoiifelh*, (Uoj>.) <jf .MuiftHaehuwettH,
offerisl a motion to secure a reference
of tin* Hawaiian eorr«Kj>ondence tr> the
t’oinmi'ttcH* of the WHiole of the state of
the Cinion, hut the Speaker held that a
motion to that, effect would not- be in
order.
A Senate bill 'Wins passed appropriat¬
ing $IO,(JDO for the relief of the poor of
the District iff Columbia; also fourteen
private pension bills. The usual Friday
nijrht H<**sion for tihe <«>n wide ration of
private pension bills was omttC kI by
unanimous owiRont.
HEAATE.
'Die very importaiiit (y>iiniiunications
from the President of the United States
W4'i*o presented in the H'miati* today and
were ref ernsl to their appropriation coin-
m'Ht<s*e. 'Die first nolilbsi (’ongresa Hoe¬
ing that seeing to prepa.ra.tions aaaiiir*.
its failure to gdvu* legislative aid to me
treasury, arrangements had been made
for four jn*r cent con 'l»ond to run thirty
years, at a pnMiiium wthdeh would make
the ac-tua Irate .’» I per cent., but
^mphsl with the c(Mid'it.ion that, if a
^ per cent. “gold’’ Isrnd were authorized
by <V)iigresH within ten days they -would
be submituted for the I per cent. Isinds.
Tbiw Having in actual Interest
uwl Having $111.17 1.77 k iu intorest for
the full term of thirty vearx. Without
any comment, but with au api*a rent
House of the import a of the Freni-
deut'a repVH'se'n-tntionrt the tnestsage was
referred! to -the •FommiHee on Finance.
T' e otl er n ewea *e of the Frertident
attrauted mpial attention and gave rise
to considerable thseuronon after whicih
it was refeiT( i d to the (Auninitter* on
Foreign Relations.
It had reference to the death sentence
panned on persons convicted of engaging
iu a rcvoluntionary inovenienl in Hawaii
The general tone of debate indicated the
<h*l»tli of footing whidh exist# against
such sjingninary measuiMs the only ex-
pnnirtion to the contrary coming from
Mr. Morgan. (Dem.) of Alabama, who
said that he had no advice to give to the
Hawaiian Government, but that if it
yielded to 1he remoUHtranceH of any
other government it in* such a matter it
might a« well 'turn over its \snver again
to Queen 1 Jliuokaluni.
The IWplomiatio Appropriation lull, with
the amendment as to the tele.graph cable
to Hawaii, went over without action,
and is io 'be vobsl on at 2 p. in., tomor¬
row .
At 5:45 p. in., 'the Senate ndjourtuHl.
l,«»Nt on tlie I,like
Hy Southern Awsochib’d Press.
.Milwaukee, W is.. Feh. S’. 'Due men,
employes of in lake tu iMcll. were lost on
Lak .Michigan 'last night The fire boat
PolO cruised about In starch of the un-
f(Tturmtes SfV'eral hours, but returneil
without having mvii a trace of them, and
there is scant hop* that any of the non
managed to reach a point of safety. The
mimes of the men are. tins Staynor, Chi¬
cago; 'Pom Anderson. Mihvuuk**; John
Brown, Port Huron, .Mich. Although the
the tire-boat endued about for a distance
of 12 miles, not u trace of tin* men was
discovered and there Is not one chance in
a thousand that they are living.
till IIK(‘«1
By Southern A-s. n utted Pni**.
Fort Madison. la . Feb 8. .1 K.
Cumberland was bang'd here for inur
der at II t>Vb> k thus marning 11»* win
eo<»|, and protested hie Innocence to the
last.
Birmingham. Ala . Feb. S. lOug- no
Byars, who on January Rth, 1YM. murder¬
ed ami rohbeii Ids cousin, Eugene Wal¬
ker. a sergeant In the United States
Army, while the latter was »*n route from
Port Niobrara, Nel*., to Klrldge, Ala., his
hoirp with ft. thousand dollars in fits
docket, was hanged in the jab yard in
i he presence of a hundred people. Bvar's
pix>tested his Innocence to the last. The
hanging passed off quietly.
Tauner. Hunted
It, 8mthe.il \-SM-iated 1‘nw.
(’Imiiiml i, t». l-'eti, S The Ameriean
i>al< Li-atin-r Tanner), at Dal'nn. avi-
mie and Kenner street, mimed this af
torn -on The W- estimated at
HtMKNt.
, <IJo» rneil III) Momtn)
It) S-i >
t at ago ■* -lint of L e 111
n-i.s -if Jnfor -I t' the hearing of
the 1 M s s adiomued uiitl, Mon I
da, morning. P : h si ie i wanted io g<>
I Jnl.e Ur ---up loll that sueli a
: I would In- invalid.
8(*vfn Boloir
Knoxville, Tenn.. Fob. S The mercury
r»*gis!creel seven degrees hVjow gero this
’Moruhrg. th > ;ow«*st on »coc»nb with 0*1 *
cxecf'tion, 25 y ars ago. The mean tem¬
perature for the last twenty-four h/uirs
is one degree above making ’be coldest,
day since the weather bureau was estab¬
lished here hi 18T4. Several v'ases of frost
bites are reported. The weather observer
says the thermometer may go to ten de-
gre s below before morning
KK.NX ATION A I, imCLOSVRK*
Hoard of Cotinf)' CommlMNlonmi
llndly Manured
Atlanta, Fel». s. (HptK'Uil.i Tin- iHUiril
»f county coiiiuiihwidiuMtt a xon.u-
f ut K<*ji*ntiuual mtadiuir UKlay. 'I'lircr
• f the five mcHilnuvt of tin* l.o:ir*J ju*c 1
m*w nw s. \V’ lu*u tU'*y went Into uttice
a few wecki-j ayo they dicided to make ii
lUmoutfh of the count'**
affair*. n^ull of thoir in\ < Hti«n
lion, whVh ihe wa» iliwoloHiire placnl before of the thiupl hoanl |
tod'iv- " in n»iik* pilblle.
Uni moke lively reafilm: *1 to i the j
< fin of the iiiijioriHm oh 11 r#.*j4 w;*e
that tin* cm.niy i* alieolulely vdithout any |
method «*f IHiokkeeping, and the iiiiuuti* I
of the hoar<l of comiiii8*hmerM is the j
only record of the county’* affaire iba-t
could he found, mid tin* comity pays
( lerk Tyb r Cooper per year to
keep 11 j * thone minute s.
It wart fomnl that Yen liable f»ru>., ^ra i
ile coiif r%aclors. had hecu allowed to over¬
draw their act-i i nt and n ho iv
ort the board knew hy whose authority
it had been done.
Another xei.xj,tiuii ejirun^ won th-it the
hoard has recently 'hoti^ht a pi »t of land
iu which one of the comniisHioucrs ie al¬
leged to have been inter,«t<d. fot >r,»
per acre whet, adjoining ,’at»d <oI I for
$10 an acre. 'Die eotinfy vent into tip’s
leal for $1R000. but it i* claimed flic
trade is il.'ojraJ and iiiiihI ho i imh 1
he.-at • e the pm ( I WiHI 8 made wilhoKt
beintf Htilunitled f<* the pcopd is r *-
iplired hy law. Otlr' m'oiMln in t! r* I
county'rt finances were drsciose i. icelu.l-
»11 ir mitstamlirijf ohiP/*afioj)M to several
b:*ukn s n the nature I” r ’»'"i.'iit 1 ‘hiiw I
wh'ch (he people ha\ ■o never uuthorize 1. !
ied the furl let far f that the county’s
I ’oipc ,|c}\is .ttfho (.1 () of nie< ting c
mMt urc for the current year, to wu.v
n-tiling of the i lirot tl:n r of t h f* id an io
lurid a new ki itr* house au l ia I by tlie
discJoKiire of ti ,: is eomliti(»n of the con i
tv’s finances.
HT| DEATH Pit \ Alt S
TIii-j Cjiumc ft 'I'll! He tween \cw j
New Orleans. Feb. S Fight.-cii of the
students of Tula no ITniver<sit.\ w< re |
rather harshly treated by ibe faculty be
cause they declined to apologize for
small pranks that had offended tlie stu¬
dents and faculty of the Leluml F*»iv«r
sity, a colored institution adjoining t ie
'rulane.
'Die (’arrollton Railroad ('»»nii>auy
been establishing 8 iiki. 1I platforms aJ (
tervals along its route and in most mac *s
lias been painting the posts red and
white. Flatforma were erected in front
I of I’ulam- mill in front of L.-Imul. R -
u-nliv tin- Till., II.' Ml mien I* tv-re slll -
prised to olisorve that tin- posts in fru:K
of I s'la ml had 'been painted with the
eolors of tlie soph more elans of the Tu
lane Fniversity, a!fhotifi-h the colons oi
the I,eland are different Some of th
Ttilune students assumed that the paint
ii'g of the posts with the Tulane color#
was intended ns an inmilt to the latter
and ha<f been inspired hy the students of
tin* colored university am? wen* naturally
indignant- Last Saturday night come of
the move venturesome spirits of TahTtc
painted the Leland posts in black a.ni
that is how tic* trouble came about.
'Die Tulane faculty immediately to ik
the matter up and the offence was
charged against the sojulnmne class, b it.
the class in meeting denied that it had
authorized the painting on the po<da. The
claws in a series of resolutions, however
expressed its readiness to assume tlie re¬
sponsibility ami indorse the action of
those students who had painted the
posts.
There w as considerable correspondence
between the students and the fa uliy.
and the 'rulane facility called on the Le¬
land faculty and apologized and offered
to foot all expenses. In tin* meantime,
however, tin* college paper of Leland
appeared using soon* strong language
against the Tulane students. The pap *r
called Tulane a “sister university. ’ and
declared that Fa til I’ulam* did not leave
his money to educate such “vandals nn.1
hoodlums” aw the students who had
painted tin* posts had pro veil thomselvcAJ
to be.
This insulting ami abiusive editorial
natur.iily provoked the white stmleno
and when the faculty of 'rulane deed red
to have the boy a #ign a paper practically
apologizing in the face of this insulting
article the sophm-oiv stood on their dig¬
nity and deelined to do as the f ieu'.ty
desired- The faculty was resolute in ju
stand, however, and insisted on tin* apol¬
ogy. Yesterday the sophiuores were
brought before Fresiih*nt Johnston and
the following repudiation of the paint
placed before them for signatures:
“We the undersigned members <».' the
soph more claws of Tulane University re¬
gret the resoUttionw forwarded f » the
faeultv uu Wednesday and sincerely dis
approve of the alVair at Tulane Univer¬
sity on Saturday night.”
The young gentlemen wen* given until
2 o’clock to sign the paper and at that
time sixteen signed and eighteen refuw *d.
A refusal to sign it meant suspens’on to
be probably followed by expulsion fr.»m
the University These eighteen young
men represent some of the best families
hi this eity One of them is a sou of
the president of the Uliamber of Cun
move, ami one is a son of 11 Dudley
Coleman. ! Me Republican candidate for
Congress iu rile Second disivUe
V I’ 4 1.1.4 III It A ED
01,1 M«rj itf t'1,11,1 II,-for,* Kir,- nml
to It ,-s,- u ,-
Itj Suit in-fu A-s-iateil I’row*.
Ni-w Orlt-nn-. Lit . Pt-li. 8 jiiw .It
and iter 6-ypur-oLl t-liUJ Stella
w.-n- fata.Jy bv-rm-!! 1 1.1> nmniitii: at
thi-ir homo on St. Tltom.-n stiT ; -t. The
'•lilld’s -tiv- s w;w* litiiti d !>>■ a sra’e tire,
ami t!t<- mother, in ,mi, a\m iim to
queii, h the tlann s \va> also badly
Int rued.
The i harii-d retnaiiw of Charles Sey¬
mour, au aged stableman, were found
thi- morning in tlie ruins of a tire that
> rum d yesieribiy lie was not miss -d
until the Ixrdy was found.
steamers Itun Oat of t'«»al
By Southern Associated Press
QmsMKtown, Keb. 8.—The British
steamer Glenoeml, Gapt. Harrison, New
Orleans, Jan. 7. via Newport News for
London, arrived here today short of
ooal. Site rejiorts Kelt, tith, t.'k8 miles
southwest of Kinsale, spoke the British
steamer Isa-h Maree (’apt. Allison,
from Charleston. Jan. 15, for Bremen.
’I*lie Lis-h Mctree had run out of eon I
ami lta<l Iss-n obbgisi to burn all her
available woodwork, ineluding her spare
issMik- and s\«irs. Slie is still off the
eoast of Ireland proceeding under sail.
IHE BLIZZARD
IN NEW YORK.
IT HI HrAHSE* THE MK 1 HOH % IILE
NTOHM OF MAIIFII, IHHH
r , IK mM EHH \IIE FIM$EI> WITH
ICE.
No M11 1 In !)»»«* Y»*»l«*r«ln> Were
K <•<•«•! veil
!i.s S'mt-heru Ap<s<)eiated Cress
New York. Keb. 8. The gren( enow
storm that raged in this vicinity today
was wor to than the metnorthle idlzzarii
of March 12-15, I*88. In three ways-
in wind, t mjieniiuiv anii area affected.
Only jn snow fall was the storm of '88
greater than todayV The wind today
average 1 G 1 niilert au hour against GO in
the blizzard of ’88; the temiM*rature to
day hovering above zero, while in ’88 it
was live above; five and a half inches
snow fell today against two then. In
tin* area of the idorm. however, is the
difference noted. The blizzard
today swept almost the entire country,
instead of tin* mere radius of 4D0 miJe«
m-oiinil New York then covered. The
s iu mi swept down on the city early hi st,
night, and hy til’s morning was in full
po.sse c-iuii; it did not settle down stead¬
ily and quietly in nice big flakes < >n
•die ntrary it who driven along with
blinding force by a furious north gale
of-letter eoldness in minute particles
that seemed to be covered with sharp
point s. like the end of a needle, and
stung th<* faces of ludafed pedestrians
as they waded uk ng ihrough the drifts.
11 was sod ry and light that it was
piled up in great lieupfl and ridges in
every sheltered i oint, for wherever the
gale ha l full play it swept the street
and s.devva.krt clean.
Under ihe?e condilions it was no w »n-
der that the city was at «ixes and sev-
ens today. Snow w as drifted high on the
.streets, traffic on surface and clevat“d
lines was impeded, tanks and pipes
were frozen, pensons were overcome l>y
tin* cold, and frostbitten noses, cars and
hands were plentiful,
in Brooklyn hut few street ears were
. ' «»"' , el.-valul , , roads i-ould ,
u”t work aa well n- usual Out.y.i'it
' v,inls ,,n ‘ 1 ■H'iKhboring Long Island
towns were completely cut off in many
imsianccs from eouiniunicution with the
outer world. There were large flel Is of
ice in tin* hay, and several ships were
caught in them. Other vessels were
frozen!’ a»ta t the docks. The narrows
were gorged with ice, and it was im
p-osilde for any craft, big or little, io
navigate there without taking big risks.
Traffic on the differed ferries was se¬
riously impeded. Both the North and
Fast rivers were filled with huge masses
of drift ice, and the utmost care had to
be exercised in taking the boats across.
Late in tin* afternoon the Hamilton,
South Wad street and Thirty-ninth
street ferries stopped running on ac¬
count of the Ice.
The only serious accident thus far re¬
ported, and which was attended with
probable loss of life, occurred late Iasi
night in tin* lower bay, where a fishing
schooner, the Emma, capsized. Four ot
her crew took to a boat and attempted
to reach shore, but have not since been
heard from. Three others remained iu
the rigging four or five hours, and then
reached vshmv nearly frozen m a small
boat.,
All of the railroads entering this eity
were practically tied up. A few trains
got through, but they were mostly local.
Tim through train service otl tlie New
York Central was resumed with the de
parture of the North Shore limited at
4:ih) this afternoon, and every effort was
made to get the trains through to Chica¬
go without delay Local trains on the
Hudson river division are running regie
larly and it is expected that tomorrow
nil through trains on this line will be
running as usual.
All the mails due here were delayed.
Some are reported stalled along the route.
The mails from the New Fug! a nil Stated
due here 1 4*2 Inks morning nr.* re
ported stalled in Connecticut. The
Western mails from Washington and
Maryland are also behind time The
transcontinental mail due here at
a. in. from San Francisco iw reported
eight hours late The mails from the
North and Canada are scheduled as two
hours late The stonm on Long Island is
unusually severe, Travel is blocked
nearly everywhere. Much suffering is re
ported. Reports from Broekaway Beacth
Coney' Island. Fire Island. Sag Harbor
F qst Hampton. Green Point, Xorthpbrt
Freeport and many other pot”a :ny roe
storm iw th'* worst known in ma »y \ cars
Fire Ireland reports two schooners ashore
near there, one at Point of Woods, the
others at Lone Hill. The crew of the
first were isafely hindrd -but the crew of
the last mimed has not yet been saved a
f> p. tu. They ate in the rigging and
must suffer intensely Far Rocky way
reports that a <*t°atiler is said to be
ashore at Long Beach, but cannot eon-
firm tin* statement.
Far Roekaway also reports ,t serious
rnilriHid ai*cident near that place. Au
engine on the Long Island Railroad was
derailed and overturned. The fireman
was killed outright and the engineer was
caught under tin* wreck, badly scalded
ami held fast until he diet!
l*liili,,let|»t,ti,
IMtiladeliiltia. l*ti., Keb. S. The eii ire
Pennsylvania railroad system from New
York to Washington iu the Last, and as
for West as Pittsburg is seriously crip¬
pled Va-eause of snow drifts- In some
pbiees. partietilarly at Mifflin, 4!i miles
west of Harrisburg, the snow has dirfted
as high as the ear tops, A few trains on
the various divisions departed from
Philadelphia this morning, but the dints
iuterrenpted their progress sit intervals
*'* <' ver Y few milt's. Thus fur mi u-vi
dents have been reported-
The Western, Southwestern and Pa
eifie express trains whit-li left here last
night at 8:50, 10:50 and It— » c!nck
o’eloek respeetively were snowbound all
night in the neighborhood of Uowniugtmt
On the New York division and on t'.e
Maryland division, the situation is pr.ic
tieally the same as oil the main I'm- as
regards irregular trains, although the
drifts are uot so bad.
The Wilmington and Northern train
are all snow-bound and traffic has teen
brought to a standstill- The Sehuylkil
and Lehigh branch is snowed up <i in
pietely and no attempt was made to star
trains. The Heading and Columbia
branch is also snow-bound and tr.idi is
at a stand still.
At the Capital
Washington, Fell. S. A <lay of inleii**-*
cold mid diiHooml'ort. heightened by a
driving gale- has iheen followed by a
night quite as frigid and 'find.' The
I’otomac from the Maryland to tin* Vir¬
ginia siitMis is for a considerable dire
taint* down tin* river a Ktroug and coiu-
pai i fi»*Al of ice. Trunin from all di¬
rection* e-till fail to arrive on schedule
time and a»s a consequence all mails are
delayed. Tin* street railways are mak¬
ing their regular trip*, hut the eon due*
tor* and drivers have, notv i : thstanding
a generotts bandi ng and padding of gar*
merit*, suffered as never before. Street#
have -been deserted by all e\ eptllig
th who were absolutely fori e I io be
in the open, and the prospect for a tem¬
perature that will be more* agreeable i*
\er sonic h mi'* dislalit A drhiug wext-
erly wind tha* “cuts like a razor” |»il *s
login r toniglit the drift* of l ist night
*toriii. and dr'vps promptly to rover a
who are not oblige I to Mibmit to its chill
en.'braci Altogether it In k lx e-i _ tin
preecd- i:f|-d vj*Tiler day in Wafthi r gton*
The first train from the South since
ves'crdiv re’l d info the Pennsylvania
depot at 10:40 tonight and her pissen-
gens relate 1 a stormy expen nice th.'if
mme of them care to repeat.
I Melon of riHulnirg
iMti bili'g, Feb. S. The meri'iiry at b
nVnek this m truing recorded 1 degrees
lirlovv zero. In exposed place* it wufi
•-"veral degrees lower. Ind'u-alions are
for nimli coicer weal her inside of L ; 4
’.TOUIT*.
Tie extensive plant of the Westing-
bonse Fleetrie Comitany at Rrintou
obwed down, and the thousands of em¬
ploye n are idle on account of frozen
v :a ft i* and steam pipes Teams
ate crossing the rive ns on tlio ice drav.-
ing heavily loaded wagons. The Oho
river is eloeed h<‘tween FiiNhurg and
Wheeling. The Mlegbeny and Aloiiong:!-
hebi rivers tire iee-1 hwhed throughout
their length.
Ppolmbly til * 1 < i>l«l<-st
New Orleans, I.a., Fel>. 8.—Tiiir. is
the coldest spell that has visited this
section since Die winter of 1-88(5. On
the ninth of January of that year the
thermometer dropped to L> degrees, and
a minimum was reached here last night
of Hi degrees, which to be noted, came
dangerously near touching the very
lowest record ever made in New Or¬
leans . The local observer said this
morning that he feels confident that his
instruments did not register the exact
temperature, as the observatory is on
the top of the custom house and, in
his opinion, the heat from the ibuildinig,
which in kept perfectly warm during the
instruments and probably caused them
to record a degree or two above what
was correct, lie is under the impres-
sion that this is as cold as it lias ever
boon known before iu New Orleans.
Hny Froze Over.
Galveston, Texas, Feb. 8.—For the
second time in the history of Galveston
the bay froze over. The first time was
January, 188ti, and since then the
thermometer never fell so low as it did
today when it stood 15 above zero which
was one point lower than yesterday.
Millions of fish were frozen and the
jetties and rifts along the water’s edge
are lined with them. Thousands of
fish were gathered up by the poor. The
bay did not freeze as completely as in
1S8<5.
Wrought Havoc*.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 8.—The blizzard
has wrought havoc in Florida. Thousands
of acres of young vegetables are killed.
Orange trees are worse hurt than in the
frieze of December on account of being
tilled with spring sap. Many are just
budding. Even strawberries were killed.
The mercury touched 14 this morning at
Jacksonville, or the same as recorded in
the freeze of December. At other points
in the State it was relatively as cold. At
Jupiter, 300 miles south of Jacksonville,
the mercury was 28; Titusville, 150 miles
south 18 and Tampa, 22:5 miles south 22.
At Tampa, Clearwater and vicinity it
snowed from 4 a. m. till noon and the in¬
habitants marvelled at the unprecedented
freak ot King Winter.
Weather in lleplizibnli.
IIcplizUuEi, Ga.. Fob 8. (Special.)
Tin- oldest weather in ten years; ice
two in.-Ins thick. Mercury registered S
degrees as T o’clock this nioru.ng.
The Cold in Oglethorpe
Lexington, Ga., Felt. 8. (Special.)
The cold wave sliu-‘k here yeuterds
evening The wind icev a terrible gi in it.
ail nighi. Tlieniieimder regisLns - de
greets above zcio at 7 o'clock Ihks morn-
n_'.
Coldest Since ’US.
Anderson, S. (' l'Vl 8. -(Special.)—
Last night was since the ii'dest night we
have had here is;!*. The the;-
momete - this morning at (! o'clock regie
feted ” degrees hcl.nv zero; at noon to
day it rose to til above.
Still Due. \
By Southern Associated Fress.
New York, Boh. 0.—2 a. m.-No news as
yet from the La Gascoygnp nor the Teu¬
tonic. The latt-'r is now three and a half
days overdue.
Eleven Above.
( oiimilitts, Ga , Feb. 8.—The tlicrm eii
eter here registered 11 above zero
morning. The weather has....... ratal i on-
siderably since, N'o damage lias hi en
done in this section.
lee On Mobile Hay.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 8.—The L ct
the severest on record save in January
188(5 The mercury dropped to 1( 8 co-
grees at daylight this morning.
At Hirmlnghan.
Ftrunngliam, Ala., Feb. 8.—The un-
preo-.xle'itod ce 1 spell has continu,-. al¬
most uabated during the jmst 24 hours.
At .’i:.'!!) a. m„ the thermometer register¬
ed 5 and a half degrees, the lowest re¬
corded. There are no reports of fatalities
today, hut stock and the poor people
have had a hitter experience.
Coldest Known.
Ooiumbiff, 8. €., Feb. 8.—Today has
been the coldest day ever known in
Columbia. Tlie lowest point reached
was 8 degrees at 0 a. m. The mean
temperature for the 24 hours was oniy
14 d<>grees.
lliiMint*MM Hun;* Ip.
t’harliite. Feb. 8. -Busbies* here has
l e it hung up since yesterday afternoon
when the ground was covered with siimv
an 1 tee. The mercury this nuiriiing was
1 iiimvc zero. At "midnight it is !> above
’ hiy’ 1,1 than at tile same hour last
night
Tidal Wave.
B s on. Feb. 8. A Halifax dispatch to
The Globe says Due hundred houses
and b isine:-, buildings have been swept
away at <Gpe Breton by an awful tidal
wa ve. It is believed many lives were
lost.
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PKOI'I.K YOl READ ABOIT.
.MILLS—Mrs. Ogden .Mills Is the fortu¬
nate owner of one of the most magni¬
ficent sapphir-i sets 111 the world.
JEROME—la London the cymes of so¬
ciety whlaperlngly refer to I-ady Jerome
as "the bull terrier of modern London
life.”
G-RIEEIN—Henry Gritlin. the succ«sfnl
jockey, has engagements for the year
Whlch will net him *30,wu. And this for
an undersized hoy of 17.
WALES—There is no doubt that big
sleeves are going out. The Princess of
Waits and the Duchess of York have.
all their gowns made with very moder-
ate slieves.
DAVIS—Mrs. Jefferson Davis, having
obtained possession of hor husband’s
memoirs, is in the further hope of get-
ling possession of the sheets and plates
of his “History of the Confederacy. ’
KINO—The King of Belgium is a tall,
thin austere and reserved man of 7t),
who has simple, quiet tastes. He is a
great reader and student and his chief
recreation is found in walking long dis-
tances
TURNER—Prof. Turner, of England, is
making a translation of the Russian
poets into his moth r tongue. Among
the poets who will receive an English
rendering are Poushkin, Larmantoff,
Nekraskoff and Maikoff.
INNESS—George Innness sometimes
worked tifteen hours a day wifh Ills
brush. He usually stood as he painted
and he worked as the humor seized
him on the dozen or more canvasses in
his studio going from one to another
with paiett 1 and maulstick. The paint-
er was fond of walking.
HOWELLS—William D. Howells, the
novelist, occupies an handsome Hat on
Fifty-ninth street, New York, over-
looking Central Park. Ho ean do this
consistently as Central Park is one of
the few stiots in the metropolis of
which he has found that he could eon-
sclentiously speak kind words.
DEVON—Tha Earl and Countess of Dev-
on recently celebrated their diamond
Wedding. The Earl is a Courtenay, and
can trace his descent from the courts
of Edessa and Latin Emperors of Con-
Ftantinople of the time of the Crusades.
He is a clergyman and prebendary of
Ex&ter, and succeeded to the title on
the death of a nephew only four years
ago.
CROCKETT—In abandoning the Church
for literature the Rev. S. R. Crockett,
of “Stickit Minister” fame, follows the
example of a number of clergymen who
have found the pen more congenial and
profitable than the pulpit, among them
George McDonald and Edward Eggle¬
ston. In his farewoH sermon Mr. Crock-
tit said that Heaven had endowed him
with gifts that he must put in use; he
“must not hide his light under a bush¬
el.”
l*a*sH Inder the Roil.
L saw the young bride in her beauty and
pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array;
And the bright flash of joy mounted high
on her cheek,
And the future looked blooming and
K ay.
And with woman’s devotion she laid her
fond heart
At the shrine of an idolatrous love,
And she anchored her hopes to this per¬
ishing earth
By the chain which lior tenderness
wove;
But. I saw when those heartstrings were
bleeding and torn,
And the chain had been severed in two
She had changed h*** white robes for the
sables of grief,
And her bloom for the paleness of woe.
But the healer was there pouring balm
on her heart,
And wiping the tr«ars from her eyes;
He strengthened the chain he had sever-
in twain,
And fastened it firm to the skies,
Where had whispered a voic-j, ’twas the
voice of her God,
I love thee, I love thee, pass under the
rod.
* *
I saw a father and mother who leaned
On the arms of a dear gifted son,
And the star in the future grew bright to
their gaze,
When they saw the proud place he had
won;
And tha fast-coming evening of l,fe
promised fair.
And its pathway gre-w smooth to their
feet,
And the starlight* of love glimmered
bright at the end.
And the whispers of fancy were sweet.
And I saw thorn again bending low o’er
the grave
Where their hearts’ dearest hopes had
been laid.
And the star had gone down in the dark¬
ness of night,
And the joy from their bosom had fled.
But the htaler was there, and his arms
were around,
And he led them with tenderest care.
And he showed them a star in the bright
upper world,
It was their star shining brilliantly
there;
They had each heard a voice, ’twas the
voice of their God,
t love thee, f love thee, pass under the
rod.
—Boston Glob-.
He AVn* l’a»»ton Proof.
She was most willing to lie wooed.
This poetess of passion.
Her hug was like a cider-press;
H r books were all the fasnion.
Her kiss could draw a blister on
A Wes ern drummer's cheek.
Or dry the raging Amazon
Into a tiny creek.
And like the Maid of Nuremburg,
She came in all her pride,
And. on hy one. the victims went
into her arms and—died.
Till 'long there came a languid lad,
A man without a soul.
Who looked as he'd been through lidtl-
iire
And came out sound and whole.
She hugged and kissed him for an hour.
Till things began to sizzle;
But Boon—ah, twas a shock!—she saw
Her efforts prove a fizzle.
“Contest thou from Hades, fiend?” she
cried.
Till he was moved to pity,
"No: two lays in the witn ss- hair
Of the Lexow comtr.itte >:’■
—New York World.
Seed I’otatoea.
It is now the best time to select
the M*ed potatoes for planting next
year, and bury them in ibe ground in
a dry place, deep enough to be safe
f row freezing. Safely in this reaped
is insured by making several isma.'l pits,
and put ing a few biwhela only in each
then making a 'bench on each side,
l,, av i n g it few inches of air space be-
t t i lP potatoes amt the covering,
^ h exteIld „ foot beyond the
,,„ tBtoliS j n each direction, and cover-
, V Rh boards,on which leaves or
cd. then L , 1 ,,,..
s 'aw is p a ■
with boards, and flna.ly heap a sttf-
sand licicnt is covering thrown directly ot all. on II di> the ea potatoe y|**
in the pits it will add to the safety of
them. This way is the nearest approach
l0 t j le na(uva l condition of the tubers,
and every one knows how well they
k pep wlcn accidentally left in the
101 "’" , (1 d jg. g j, lg * t'me. Seed thus-
* .
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" 1! IKlt ! ' 1 ’ '' *
when they kepi m a cedar. ,.
are
There is per hap* more of
opinion in legard to tin » . *>
seed potatoes than about any other
part of the business of the farm. Some
persons think tin* liiggts tubers will
produce the largest crop, others think
the small potatoes are equally as good,
| ( j( . trll(> t |,„t the larger the tuber*
, , , is , h p seed,
'
dud the i* . , <J *»s .is , -. j. size de-
reuse*. Five bin* ho.* <>f seed no largei
than an egg will piant au acre, while
W enty bushels of large one* will be
required. But of a very great number
0 f experiments made to determine this
r>nint in disouic. the result has been
. . » no appreeiabic diflfer-
’
■' e ' ' vil .,, d , ms u ,red between
■
the larges sec. , anil , the moderately , ,
small size, if the tube rs are quite ripe,
" mikes no difference if they arc cut
in halve**, if 'be seed ic no bigger Jian
a small hen’s egg: tile* yield will be
nbout ‘ the same, either way Beside**,
ho larig0 S o e( j apt o be hollow
•* 11 , 1 \ n othf r ways, and every
invariably . ... rjoti cd , . ,he ..
defect P* j in
ti.lage.—Farm and -vlii*.
One Victim's Cornse.
London. Feb. 4.—The fishing smack
Verona has arrived at Lowestoft, hav¬
ing on board one of the-steamer Gibe’s
mail bags, _ the body of a man
which she jr rd up near the spot
where the disaster to the steamer oc-
cuitcm! The body i- that of Fividerich
Ernsl, of Miidffburg, a ’twoon (lwk pa«
senger A life belt was fastened to
the body, and in (lie poeke-ts of the
viothius witi* found si passport and
•several keys.
I'eii Crop Killed.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. a.—Farmers report
that the English pea crop was the only
large crop planted here and it was killed
by the cold. Some potatoes were in the
ground, hut being planted deep are not
damaged. Cabbages and a small lot of
other vegetables which were up were kill¬
ed outright. As the large proportion of
the vegetable crop had not been planted
the loss will not be serious.
One Ht-lo.v nt Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 8.—The lowest tem¬
perature this morning was one degree
below zero. At midday the thermometer
registered 13. Tonight at 10 o'clock it was
at 0. Great suffering is reported from
all over the State.
In Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 8.—The ther¬
mometer r ached six degrees above zero
here at 6 o’clock this morning. This is
the lowest since January 1886, when the
mercury recorded 5 degrees above. Today
has been sunny, but the cold has contin-
ed and I he thermometer now registers
twenty degrees. No report of Injury to
human beings or stock ill this section.
Business has been practically suspended.
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