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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY JANUARY #, 1886.
THE 6REAT STORM.
^THKSTORVOFTHE BLIZZARD AND
THE FREEZE.
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The cnrion* story of the storm, n told 1>J
oar eeirrapomlent*. to prevented below.
It to o curious story I Fall of wonder vnil
adveatnre, ond pvthov and hnmor—and full
bf the merry of Ood that lina made the suf
fering so much leva than was feared. There
are strange stories of death—of death that
cdlue with the silent touch of the ice. Bat
the wlldjrtorles of enormous herds of cattle
that staggered blindly through the driving
snow of the plains, will never lie written.
But read what our correspondents say about
the storm, and thank God, as you read, that
yon, and those dear to you, were brought
aafely through the dangers of a week the
like of which we may never see ngaln.
The Story nf the Htorm.
Chicago, January Jl.—Trains arc beginning
to arrive n little more promptly, particularly
from the went, but only two of the roada have
bet n able yet to clear their Omaha line.
TBAINfl I)LOCKED IN 8X0W.
The <fea*t bound train, from Ht,
Louis to Cincinnati, on tho Ohio and
MUfciraippI road, non caught iu a
drift weat of LYutrali* early Friday morning.
The drift was two mi!ca long and aoveral feet
high. The train was not rescued nntil Satur
day afternoon. Tho passengers suffered a good
deal, hut the road managed to get coffeo and
acitne provisions to them. Two men were fro-
vtn while digging at tho drift and were
brought into Odin Saturday evening.
The Hhawnectown and linardstown branch
of the Ohio and Mississippi road has been prac
tically abandoned. Tho north bound frolght
train was ranght near Louisville Friday night.
A hraketuan walked two miles in the teeth of
the galo to a telegraph office, where he met
the sooth bound passenger train. This
train tried to get to the freight,
peugers.
They passed the night in dri
nearly nerishH. A number of engines were
blocked trying to reach them, but
they were finally rescued and got
Into Flora next morning. They wore about
ten honra going seven miles.
now eg vex hex were froxkm.
Several rates of fatal freezing are reported.At
Elgin, Illinois, Irwin Underhill, on liis way
home from a party, lost his way, and was
found frozen stiff yesterday. His horse' was
stalled in a snowbank some distance fromjhim.
At Dundee, Krwin llnkor was found frozon in
hUfann yard. At llurlington, Iowa, John
Lang left his barlwr shop late Saturday night
for home, and wss found dead Sunday morn
ing not a quarter of a mile from where ho
started. A dispatch from Seneca says that
two men were frozen to death near the west
ern Kansas line, and it is feared that tho loss
of life in tho mountains is considerable.
MAX, CATTLE AXI» QUAILS FROZKX.
The fatalities in the agricultural
K rtloni of southern Illinois have
tn numerous. Two men were fro-
Ken near the little town of Flora wbllo
driving cattle from the field. An unknown man
was fouud dead on tho track near Odin. Two
tht
ram of hogs, fipart of blockaded freish
train, were found frozen stiff tiafturda'
the statu had budded in tho warm 1
the past month. These will nearly aU
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farm., They think bat f.w wild fowl, will
survive the blizzard. The mow vu not over
threa Inehc. deep on the level, but the (ala
drifted It badly. The thermometer ranged
from IS to S3 below rcro. Tbo meant itorm to
Ibe wont one southern Illinois ha. bad for
* A HUP MICK AX ICKUO.
Captain Strawy, of the ateamar Allentown,
which arrived In Boaton Uonday horn Philadel
phia, rrpotUtbeveaaelshlppodv large quantity
of water during the passage, which froao aa ft
touched tb# deck, and that at one time tho
atcamor had upwarda of one hundred tona of
lee on her, moat of It forward. It reached
nearly up to the meat head, giving tho thlp a
atrong rcaemblanco to an Iceberg. Captain
Strawy taya In twenty-five yean' experience,
this was the wont voyage he ever made.
a Ta.vur loot.
Ten ship wrecked aollen from the ateamer
Hylton Cattle,arrived In New York Wedneeday.
The vraeel waa a "tramp” ateamer, loadod with
corn for Bonen. She carried twenty-two peo-
B i, all told. Twelve of thoee, Ineludlni Cap-
n Calvin, are miming. Tho veoaeT mi
caught In Friday night’, gale, when about fifty
mile, nut of Sandy Hook. The captain on-
dcavorrd Jto return, but the .hip waa no bully
crippled that .he foundered In light of Fire
laland light. The crew loft tho vcaml In tarn
boat., ono under roinnr.ml of the mate, with
nine companion., reached .bore liy the .Id nf
the Hfe-mving crew. Tho other boat hu not
been heard Item.
ANIMAL. PNOXEN IN TfIK OAHU.
Baltimoek, January 11.—The pauengon
who were mow bonnd on the Western Mary
land railroad yesterday were brought back to
thto city today, anil relate their experience.
There wa. conaiderahle ■nffrrinx from cold, a.
the heavy wind prevented the tire, burning
freely, hut the adjacent farm house, were
drawn upon for food and the long honr. were
pawed aa comfortably ax pomlhle. Heavy Iro
haa formed in all tho tributaries
and all the hay .teamen, hava been with
drawn. Ureat auireilng I. reporlnl aineng tho
men engaged In the oyater dredging, and It i.
feared that many liven have been teat, though
no mrioue dlmiterm aro known to have occur-
led. The eattle train, arriving from the went
ara bringing iu many fruxon beast*. but tho
high price, obtained at the drove yard, today
eompanuted far the town by the death.. In
one eonrignment of iheep. over a down frown
rmreamr. were found, and tho hoga are mid to
hare anthred more wverely.
NKuEoaa raoxEK in ■ .m.ikk bouse.
Tureday night wa. the coldeat of the proecnl
spell In Virginia, the thermometer at alx
o clock that morning marking In aheltcred lo-
rtllUM In Blehmond from alx to eight degree,
above xero, and In expoood place, atandlag
from aero to two above. A df.patch from
Fredericksburg auya: "Thi. morning waa the
coldrat experienced since ISSN, the thermome
ter registering to dc^Veee below aero. Two
negroee were found, one in a hay-loft and the
other In a .moke-hmue, badly frown. Ono
will low both leg. and n likely to die. Adri-
Kmma Smith, colored, and her two cmmim
were toned frown to death in her home near
Britan on Sunday. It to supposed that death
earned on Friday night from the severe freete
which followed the heavy now of that day.
She and the two children lived alone, and no
one vtolted her hotue from Thursday till Son-
day morning. I I. believed that .he become
no benumbed from the cold that she had
not strength enough left to call on
bet neighbor, for relief. She was
tound lying on the cold hearth with her in
fant In her anna and all the bed clothing
thrown .boat her. Ilcr tve year old child
was found
CBOPTNED IN A UOBXBB
In a sitting position frown .tiffin death.
Tbo intense cold weather eonttanm hen,
and a fuel famine to threatened.
i TO tmeib Mount*.
CHATTANOOGA, January 14.—[Special.]—
r reaching the city .bowing the
Ncwa to now i
and Emery were frozen flom their mouth to
their source, and Urn Tcnncwee to- frozen for
mile, above Klogoton. The TennwMc h
fre zen screw six mllee below the city. A dan
geroux ice gorge to anticipated after the thaw.
STKAXOE DEATHS IN THE WOBTIIWEXT.
St. Paul, Mian, January H.—Such arctic
weather aa to now prevailing throughout tho
northwest cannot hot bo attended by total re
sult.. The thermometer ranges Horn twenty
degrees to thirty-five degrees below xero in
many localities.
Tha New York Morning Journal's specials,
from St. Paul, report the following casualties
from the cold:
The death of Henry Harkins Is reported.
Ho wss passing a tenement house after dark,
when some one hurriedly opened a window,
discharged a bucket of re rase water and closed
the sain. The water deluged Harkins and
instantly froze, encasing his head as in a
f ilaatcr- mould. Half suffocated be struggled
o break the ley mask, slipped and fractured
his skull. When found he wss recognized
only after the ice had been chiseled from
his face.
It wss a fearful death that Irwin Undorhill
suffered near Elgin, 111. He loft a dance after
midnight on horseback. Heated with alcohol
ic drinks, be never noticed tho intense cold
nntil it was too late. A search was made for
him after 24 hours' disappearance. Totally
concealed within a snowdrift of peculiar shape
and size Underhill's body was exhumed. It
still sat astride his borcc, which was also pet
rified with ice. On tho man's face was a look
of awakening terror. The positions of bott
horse and rider wero lifelike. Underbill hat
a cigar between his set teeth.
In the mountains of Dakota reports of hun
ters meeting death by the score come in with
every mall. The absence of high wind makes
the cold very deceptive. A party of four men
left Fargo three days ago, and one of them has
crawled bark to civilization. He says
tbst on the first night of their expedition after
same the cold was so severe that they Hal to
devote their entire time and strength to keep
ing fuel on their fires. One man seized bis gun
bsrrel with his gloveless band, at the approach
of a bear, and lost all the flesh from that mem
ber. Inflammation set in, and want of food
and tbo rain from his wound drove him mad.
He killed himself with his hunting knife.
Leaving bis body in the snow, the three sur-
vfvora struggled homeward. But, blinded by
ibe drilling needles of ice, they lost their way,
and two of them lay down to die within sight
of the houses of Fargo. [The three above
stories are telegraphed us by the New York
Journal.]
A CITY WITHOUT WATER.
(Ti.evei.axo, O., January 14.-—There Is Im
minent danger of a water famine hero. For
two or three days large quantities of ncedlo
Ire have been drawn into tbo tunnel leading
from the lake crib to tho pumping station.
There are four pumps, with a combined daily
eapscity of 40,000,000 gallons. Last night ono
tuimn stopped and another stopped this morn*
Ing, because of ice. The two remaining pumps
were kept at work aftintervaladuringthoaftor-
noon, but were shut down thisevening, tbo sup
ply of water having been cut off entirely. Tho
cause of stoppage, as given by waterworks
officials, is that the stand pipe, which leads
Into the tunnel out at the crib, and not tho
tunnel Itarlf, la choked with ice. The top of
this stand pipe fs several feet below tho sur
face of the lake, and Is covered with a grate to
prevent the entrance of driftwood and other
obstructions. Fine ice is however sucked
throuch the grate, and has been solidly packed
‘ jr the force of tho water. Five
men have been at work all day, trying to dis
lodge the obstruction, but thus far without
avail. The city is In a perilous position
should a fire break out. In the business
part of city, the department could do nothing
with it They could get no water, and tho
only apparatus that could bo called Into ser
vice would be two or three chemical engine*.
At 11 o'clock tonight the waterworks officials
bad given up all hope of removing the ice from
the stand pipo before tomorrow. Tho p*
Is ninety feet lu heiglith and nine feet in
ameter and is packed full of ice.
dead nouixa rouxD ix kaxhas.
Topeka. January 10,—Reports have been
rreeived of tbo finding of the bodies of throo
more men lu the southwestern portion of tho
state, victims of the recent storm. This mnlfe*
twenty-four bodies in all that have been
found.
VtoUX TRAVELERS FROZEN IN COLORADO.
Benklrnax, Col., January 10.-0. W. Tu
per, who resided on a claim eleven miles sont
west of here, started for the house of a neig
bor but lost his way and was found on tho
eighth instsnt frozen to death. Throo
men, nsmed Cherry, Carson and Otseeler, left
Wano. Kansas, on the Oth instant—Cherry to
go to bis home, sixteen miles south, and Ckrson
and Gwselcr on their way to Gandyo, eighteen
miles further. They lost their way and their
bodies were found five days later about sixteen
miles from Cherry's place,all !/___**.
side on a small sled. Their horses were ulso
frown. With them on the aled were three
bales of bay, twenty gallons of kerosene and
tome matches*
KIUIITEXN DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
Lenoir, N. C., January 1(1.—[8peoisl.]
The past six dsys have been the coldost over
kuown in the mountains ol North Carolina.
On tho morning of the 12th the thermometer
registered eighteen degrees below sero at this
point, and haa been below xero at sunrise for
ilx consecutive days. On Monday Enoch
Horton, a'robust colored nun, was frozen to
death while walking from Lenoir to his home
on Warrior mountain, four miles west of this
place. Immense Ice gorges havo formed in
the mountain streams, aud rattle drovci
morning* report severo drifts frot
twenty feet deep in the mountains
county.
Heath to Cattle.
Yi:nit!m.K news ix the plins or texas.
Waco, Texas, Jnnuary 13.—The storm which
[Thursday, and continued
o droveraAhis
from irfp to
uofffigu.K.i
swept over Tex:
with but llttlo
date, Is witho]
in its extent, i
genre from thi
the gloomiest
lent
Intensity of the recent cold nap. At Kingston,
where tho Clinch and Emory empty into the
TennesKC; everything is frozen. Tho Clinch
in the history oi
and duration. Intel!!-
is of the stato are of
depressing character.
The less in rattle will be great, and cannot bo
appioximstely estimated until the ftill oxteut
of the damage inflicted by the intense cold
upon tho stock interests is fully known.
From the southwest and west news u received
that rattle are driven against the feucee sml
rapidly djrijyj from rold. The loss will be un-
From Hatcsville, in the
romce that great prairie fires
that section of country, aud
‘ug by the hundreds from the
js, it is stated, can he seen
far and nesrSfrewing the barreu prairies, and
that the loss will -he enormous, no provision
having been made for the eare of cattle in
these bleak districts, which are devoid of
everything except gram. The lorn to the
rattle industry in the Tan Handle
will bo very great, although
no reliable reports have hecu received from
that remote district. All the waterpools and
streams throughout the heavy cattle growing
district of the state are frozen over hard, and
adding to tho gravity of the situation, a heavy
snow storm set in Sunday night, and TOxaa,
from the 8ebine to the Bio Grande, and from
tha Bed river to the gulf, is covered to a depth
varying from two inchratoone foot of snow.
The ladicatione this morning point to another
flail equally as heavy as that of last night.
This will completely cover the gram on the
ranges, and as no provisions have been made
for reeding, the death rate among the stock
from cold will reach frightful proportions, and
entail a loss of millions.
two cows rmozEX in texwnssek.
Chattanoooa, Team. Januair 13.—Reports
are coming in of cattle frees!ng In this vicinity
during the cold snap. Two cows were froeen
to death yesterday morning near the city.
The Freese la Florida.
a millionAollars worth op oranges
RUI.XI^HdaXAGK TO the TEXES.
At 8t« AtJRstinc, Florida, the mer
cury was down to 15 this morning. At For-
nandlna it was 15, and there was
good skating. At Tampa there was a slight
flurry of snow yesterday afternoon. At Fuat*
Bam the thermometer registered 27 degrees
this morning, and frozen fish were thrown
m the beech. The weatf
wont is probably over.
This rise of temperature will materially
diminish the damages of the excemive co’d
of Sunday and Monday, and the belief
now la that beyond the loss of frnit on tho
beyond -tw
ines and the blighting of the leaves and young
branches, the orange trees have suffered no
material damage. The cold wave made itself
felt even at Key West, though there was no
frost there. Throughout the orange section
the fruit on the trees was frozen. Reports on
this point are uniformly the same from every
quarter. A gradual thaw will save all the trees
except the young ones.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 14.—The
weather moderated considerably daring the
dsy and has now returned almost to its normal
temperature. The precise effect of freezes upon
the orange trees esnnot be determ ined
nntil warm weather seta in. Probably
every tree in the state will lose its leaves, and
the belief of the best observers is that most of
the yonng trees, except where protected, are
killed. The gradual tnaw under eloady skies
is very fortunate, however, and the opinion
now prevails that old and mature trees which
have been relied on for producing the mar*
sunshine within the next few dsys. It U es
timated that 500,000 boxes of oranges, worth a
million dollars, were destroyed by the freeze.
Jacksonville, January 15.—General rains
prevailed throughout many portions of tho
and Pataula creeks are frozen over, as well also
as the large ponds around Lumpkin. Large
parties of ladles and gentlemen have been
f pond, a large sh<
s, all day today.
covering 100 acres, _ .
despite the hard thumps they received, enjoy
ed the novel sport. No serious accidents os
yet Mr. William Simpson fell upon the ice,
when the mill dog thinking be was trying to
in the
bottom of his master's
state yesterday and today, and the latest re
ports from east a
east and south Fiorida indicate that
the damage was not so great as at first feared.
fruit on
t was not spoiled and it is no
•mall ones, wero killed. The weather here
today was agreeable and winter sunshine has
resumed its benign sway.
A BRIDEGROOM FREEZES TO DEATH.
Jacksonville, FIs., January 14.—AI>out
four weeks ago Robert If. Small, third auditor of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, wss married to a
young lady of Covington and came to Florida on a
wedding tour. After stopping in Jacksonville a
few dsys, they went to I’alatkn, when Small began
to exhibit symptoms of mental aberration. Last
week he disappeared from the hotel and did not
return until the next dsy, haring spent tho
night Fomo distance from town
with s farmer leaving his young
wife in an agony of fc-ar. On Tuesday ho started for
Ing to his hotel lie changed Ills r
I again
he was
[not seen until eleven o'clock this morning, when
his body was found on the river bank with lihhcad
resting on his overcoat. There wero no signs of
vlolctire, and the physicians decided that he died
from exposure. Ills body has hem embalmed and
reached this city tonight eu route for Uallitnore,
nreomnanied by Mr*. Small.
L The Jacksonville, Fla., TIme.-Unlon says:
Previous to IKift there weso In Florida |
mw small orange gro^H
settlers, from which
i only a
» of O*"*
i Income was expected •
Bowden, father of Uriah Bowden, ex-sheriff of
Duval county. This troo In 1835 was said to be sev
enty-five years old. That year 7,000 oranges wero
picked from it. Another tree In SL Augustine wss
supposed to be ono hundred years old. Both those
trie were killed to the ground by the great freeze
of 1886. Mrs. Hall, on the fit. Johns, not far from
Jacksonville, at that time, had seventy-two trees
on three-fourths of an acre In scattering form. Tho
year before her crop had sold for S3,000. They
were killed root aud branch by tho great frost.
After this front, forafew years all orange culture was
abandoned, but In 1838, \19 and *40 a wide-spread
orange "craze" broke out all along the lower fit.
Johns, and many grovea were set out. A Mr.
Robertson, near Mandarin, out-distanced his neigh*
hors and Imported his trees, and with them ho also
Imported the scalo insect. This small creature soon
made itself at home, and spread from point to
point, until It completely silled the orange
fever. Mr. Rohcrtion tried all manner of ex peri-
menu to rid himself of tho pest, and finally killed
his trees by the application of aqua fortis. Most of
the groves started at this tlmo were given up to the
insect, and abandoned in disgust. One of these
abandoned groves wss purchased In 1856 by Colo
nel IIart, who carac an invalid to Florida to die,
though he has not yet accomplished that object.
In 1NS6 s visitor describes the llsrt grove as being
desolate enough In appearance. It wss unfenced,
had long been deserted to the scale insect, and
looked as if It had been burned through by fire.
The trees, however, were fine old stumps, Ju.it put
ting out a few sprouts, and it Is today the most no
ted of the fit. John’s river grovea From that <lsy
to the present there has never been a frost suffi
ciently severo to kill ftill grown trees or to have
any appreciable effect upon the insect.
pond, fell upon him and bit him. Dr. J. A.
Thornton hauled off early in the day to build
for hiiuself a temporary nose.
KILLED BY FALLIXG ON THE ICE.
It is reported at Gumming, Ga, that an old
gentleman nsmed Turner fell on the ice and
killed himself while carrying in wood. Mr.
Turner lived in the southern part of the county.
THE ORANGE TREES FROZEN IN GEORGIA.
Darien, Ga., January 15.—[Special.]—The
Walker orange grove, contiguous to the city
and comprising one thousand /bur-year old
trees, haa suffered severely from tho recent
cold weather. Mr. James Walker, the owner,
6ays be fears the most, if not all, of the trees
are killed. The older orange trees around the
RABBITS AXD RIBDH FROZEN TO DEATH.
Bajiun, January 15.—[Special.]—'The snow
that fell abundantly last Friday continues
without thawiug, through four days since, the
thermometer ranging from four degrees below
zero to about fifteen degrees abovo. Tho freeze
is so severo that rabbits and birds have beeu
found frozen to death.
TEAM8 CROSSING BROAD RIVER ON ICE.
Elbertox, Ga., January 1G.—[S|>ccial.J—
At Mr. A. O. Harper's ferry on
15 road river, ten miles abovo Eiber-
ton. horses and buggies are crossing over
regularly on the ice. The river at that point
is about two hundred feet wide and tho water
is about ten feet deep. Parties drive their
buggies over without the least fear and with-
outbreaking a crack iu the ice. Tho weather
is still extremely cold and tho Ice is Increas
ing in thickness every day.
Scene* In Atlanta.
SUFFERING * AMONG THE POOR—CHARITY
AnBOAD WITH OPEN HANDS.
From the Daily Constitution of Wednesday.
Yesterday morning the mercury went clearly
below zero in Atlanta.
“Two degrees below,” was the official quotation
at the signal office at 6:20.
A considerable sum of money was sent in which
was turned over to Chief Connolly with instructions
to distribute it at once. lie was notified that more
was ready if It wss needed, and was told to check
on the Bind in The Constitution office ns rapidly
as be wished.
Early In tho morning new contributions bfgan
reaching police headquarters. Clothing, coal,
wood, money, meal, meat, flour and blankets were
handed in and stored awav for distribution.
TIIE SCENE AT POLICE HEADQUARTER*
was interesting and sad during tho day. Tho
line of city wagons drawn up before
the building constantly. Tho cold, half-frozen
officer on tho horse directing tho movement of the
wagons. The rliicf and Dr. Fox busy issuing
rations, and the shivering, hungry, half-clad appli
cant in wailing. All this made up a picture sad
tut interesting. Maybe the applicant was a child
rent out by an aged, sick parent to ask help. Maybe
it was a mother who was seeking warmth tud
nourishment for a sick child. In every Instance,
however, the relief was granted, and with a brigh
ter eye aud a pleasanter smile tho applicant went
swny.
The officers who were sent ont into the highways
and byways to ^investigate and find cases report
Storm Adventures In
Macon, January 11.—[Special.]—People
who havo lived here fifty years aro unabloto
recall so severe a freeze. Aft a point near the
city bridge, this morning, the Ocmnlgoo was
frozen over, a thing that Is unprecedented in
the history of Mtcon. Blocks of ice covered with
•now are drifting down the river, and ftho
channel is so filled with it
craft cannot navigate.
FROZEN LIQUOS SOLD BY THB POUND.
Monroe, Ga., January 11.—
weather is the coldest ever felt
families are out of wood aud
neighbors would suffer. The Ha
rooms Is frozen and Is being sold by the pound.
The prisoners In Jail, although w«J) supplied
with blankets, are nearly dead with cold. A
tramp was found in a stablohero Fndayniorn-
lug nearly frozon. Ho was supplied with a
good suit of clothes snd went his |way rejoic
ing*
FROZEN TO A LOAD OF HAY.
Lexington, Ga., January 11.—[Special.]—
Saturday night, a negro came In from the
country on a load of hay and had to bo takon
off of too wagon, so tightly frozen was ho to
his position.
DBorrED DRAD IN THE COLD.
Savannah,* Ga., January 13.—[Special.]—
King Butler, colored, living on Middlo Ground
road, several miles from tho city, was found
earlv this morning lying on the street near tho
outskirts almost frozen to death. He was dis
covered Just In time, aud restored uftor hard
work, to consciousness. It is stAtcd that ho
had been ill and was making his way home,
when lie became weak nnd fell to tbo grouud
unablo to move.
HmA Williams, a colored washerwoman, was
engaged during the day in tho ynrel in wash-
iujr clothes in warm water, snd about
dusk went in to get warm snd went out again.
While talking she was suddenly stricken with
twin in the head, and fell and expired almost
instantly. It is supposed her hotly wss heated
and the cold wind striking her caused instant
congestion.
FROZEN TO DRATU IN CIIILDIURTH.
Perry, Ga* January 13.—[Special.]—At
Dasher, half way between hero aud Fort
Valley, Coroner Schilling heh^u inquest over
womau, loath, and
were found
investi-
t on the
relatives,
pains of
iltlfto inqui
. &!1
n>wpi ri
tan tb. r
[oi but, without tiro, and witu two ngiodaaii
lain quilt, tor bedding. Her little bor, Jacob,
nilringacroas^UMrootof tbo bod, uucon-
3HT IN ICB.
—[SpoctoU—Tho
’treat and loaBoat
tor ytm. The
i ancr, coroner oc
tho bodioa of a negro w
her four rear old bog, Jacob,
froacniubed Hun day mornli
gation revealed a caae of brnl
part of the woman’s own moth!
The dead woman waa suffering
childbirth when death overtook bor. In a rude
log hut, without Ire, and with two raggedand
waa . _
acioua, and died Monday,
A TVBTLB’a HEAD CAUGHT IN ICB.
Svltaxia, Ga., January 14.—[Spi
recent cold spoil waa the severest
that baa been known hero for yean,
thermometer registered aa low aa alx degree,
above aero. The ponds and branches are all
froten over, aud tha boys and girls are getting
tho toll benefit of it, sprained arms aud brais
ed bead, being all the go. Mr. B. T. Mills
aaya that iu n pond near hit house a terrapin
stretched hto bead ont of tha water for soma
purpose—possibly to get tome freeh air—and
that the water nose so quickly that he waa
unable to get it back, aud there be stock,
hard and hat, for two days, whan Mr. Mills
humanely released him Asms hto captivity,
A HAIL CABBIES t'BOZBN TO HU BUIMV.
In the private house, nearly all tha fruits
and preserves have been rained, and the loss in t-n w he
that respect to very great, aa tost year was bjJChm,. 1
tine fruit year aud largo quantities were pro^Kvt,,,
■erred. A Urge number of fowls were froacn," Wu,, m
and some hoga. Broad and Savannah riven,
running on each side of the county, are both
completely frozen over, end we hare had no
“star route" nulla in a week. Tha mail car
rier on the Washington lino attempted to make
the trip last Saturday, and sraa round frozen
toat to hto buggy. Hto recovery to doubtful.
Your correspondent to informed by a reliable
teatlemaa, notwithstanding what "Conatito-
tlonal” aaya, that in tha forest in tho upper
part of this county a number of trees can ha
round that havo bran split open by tha freeze.
HU DOG THOUGHT HE WAS DBUNK.
Lumpkin, Ga, January 15.—(Specials]—The
cold wavs hu beta upon us five days and to
unprecedented In this section—thermometer
eight degree, above zero. The llannahztchec
ticllvo Slcerman, "that wnshard. Laura Brown,
old colored woman, waa in a room sick. No o„o
had been near her In two or threo darn She hod
rot a thing in the house oxer *— ’ *
.logic comfort. Tho woman
table, she had cut tho bed open aud crawled
into the drew and roTired with the comfort. Her
im la warm and cheertol now."
'A bad ease came under my nrecreation. today,"
.aid Patrolman Holland: "at 77% Peachtree street
li a man—J. C. Alexander—haft blind and with
helplem children. They had nothlog, and were
1 nary and cold."
On Traynham’a alley I found a Mrs. Hall,” said
Patrolman Baker. "She had nothing but a bed.
No Are was on the hearth. Tho woman waa cold.
She was hut
right now.”
"Laura CtkifN. uo r I atici pirev
bad off," said special Officer Whll
slats kept her warm until they w«“ *
frw h .Tn , k?S» , S! fisnsa v .
1 jerked somo pollings off the fence snd fixed the
bed up again."
Ono oftho wont cases of suffering that wss re
ported, wss that of Mrs. Erwin, who lived on Donr
street, near tho Atlanta university. Bho is an old
lady and wss living with her little ten-year-old
grand-ion. Her esse was reported to Mr. J.
Barclay, at the Minion Sunday school snd he snd
Mr. Osgood 8anders went out to see her. They
found that she had burned her last chair In order to
keep herself snd graud-ehtid from freezing,
had burned also every slat of her little bed except
one and was lying on this bed in a thin dress and
barefooted, while her grand-child was shivering
overabsndftilofcoals. As Mr. Bandera entered
the door she drew her bare feet under the rags on
the bed. She stated that she had burned every
thing In the house to keep from freezing tho night
before and that when they came she wss consider
ing as to whether she had better burn the bedstead
or Just give up. llr. Barclay snd Mr. 8andersput
her and her grand-child in a carriage snd carried
them to the woman's homo onMarietta street.
IN TUB OLD BARSACKS.
Mr. G. A. Howell, of West Knd, did good work
Bunday and yesterday. *West End has tho good for
tune to havo very few poor peoplo within her bor>
ders, so that Mr. Howell cam* across tho corporate
line snd worked smoug the poor in Jamestown,
better known, perhaps, ss tho old barracks. lie
administered to the wants of a dozen or two
families, flbmo of whom wero found to be
in a stato of great destitution. One woman
had uo bedding except a little, thin mattress, about
four feet long, with a thin rag quilt. She had to
sit up all night Saturday night to keep from freez
ing. Ouc poor womau, who had been making
drawers at fifteen cents a dozen pair, was without
anything. Another woman, who had threo little
children, bad not a thing to cat and no ftiel. Her
next-door neighbor had a quart of meal and a lit
tle wood that some one had sent her Saturday. She
had threo children. Saturday morning sho did not
have a stick of wood nor a dust of anything to eat.
Mr. and Mrs. llowcll gave nine loads of wood to
the poor, and distributed quito a lot of thing* that
were sent to them for distribution. Mr. J. M. High
gave ten pairs of blankets to Mr. Howell for distri
bution, snd Rich A Bro. gave three pairs.
Everything is frozen. There 1m not a water plpo
in Atlanta that is doing duty. Water, milk, vine
gar snd some whisky can’t be kept from freezing
except by keeping it very near the fire. People
have been forced to move to the eastern titles of
tbelr houses to keep out of tho way of the terrible
"west snd nor’wesV’ winds.
At L. Cohen A Co.'s distillery at Vinlngs station,
on the Bute road, eleven fine hog* froze to death
fiundsy night. The hog* were In an out
.. —j - -10,1 bci of leaves
1 man who looks after
the stock went out yesterday morning to feed the
hogs he found eleven hogs out of tho eighteen
frown to death. They wore aa stiff ss pokers, and
of chicken* were found dead under the roost.
Mr. Ware, tho marshal of Ia(irange,was seen by a
Constitution reporter In Collector Crenshaw’s office
yesterday.
It is fearftil cold In LaGrange,” said the gentle-
n. "Last night a fine gobbler of mine froze to
death on his roost. Mr. Brady found several of his
tine chicken* dead in his henhouse. It Is about the
coidot weather I over saw. It has been a long
t fRc since we have had such weather in our coun
ty."
EFFECT OF TIIE WEATHER ON C ROW.
Commissioner Henderson raid, "there need be no
fears for the effect of the cold snap on the prerent,
orpswpectlve crops. On the contrary the very
cold weather is beneficial. It pulverises the soil,
kills all the insects, and is considered absolute
promise of a fine crop for the ensuing year. As a
matter of course the revere weather will be fetal to
wheat and oata. except where it Is covered with
There will be time however, to get in a new
_ of oats and reports from the wheat sections
the state indicate that there is a general Call of
snow sufficient to cover and protect the growing
crop of wheal."
WHAT SAX JONES SAYS ABOUT IT.
A good story is told ss happening at the home of
Rev. Sam Jones during the gospel tent meetings at
Cartenville. It is so good for this time that It is
given below. There were several persons betides
the family of the evangelist sitting in the parlor.
“Yes,” said Mr. Jones, "I love to speculate oa
poor white folks and niggers. X gave a poor widow
half a ton of cool yesterday, and here's a letter
giving me a carload. I made nine tons and a half
off of that poor widow, clear and clean. I gave a
poor man five dollars yesterday, and*hera’s a check
for eighty-five. I made eighty dollars on that fol
low.”
"1 gave thirty cents to the orphan's home yester
day, and sec what I got,” said Mrs. Jones, as sho
unrolled a handsome carpet.
"I put fifty cents in the hat," said a Constitution
nan, “and here's an order for a hundred and fifty
dollar*' worth of extra work "
6am Small looked up, half in good hnmor, half
seriously, and said:
"I gave three dollars and I got the best return of
•11-1 got religion."
From Daily Constitution of the 17th.
Mr. Hazcn has been heard from again.
It stands the people of Atlanta in band to lay In
a good supply of coal, for the cold wave Is coming.
The black flag is up.
Last evening the ol*servcr received the follow
ing •
Washington, I). C., January 1«. 1880.-5:30 p. ra.
Obrerver, Atlanta: Holat cold wave signal. The
temperature will fall between fifteen and twenty
degreee during: tbc neat twenty-four to thirty-two
hours, except at Jacksonville, where the fall will
take place In the next thirty to forty hours.
Hazes.
When the telegram waa received Obierver Beall
and hla aalalant, Mr. Vlnlng, marched np tho
ladder and hoisted the fiag, which haa been a ter-
ror to the people of Atlanta.
• 'When will the cold wave hit us?”
“fiometlme tomorrow.”
“Will It be aa severe aa tha last apolir’
"Tliat I cannot say positively, but I don't think
it will. But Iherela no telling."
Concerning Other Cold Spelt,.
Editoks Constitution: In 18881 waa living
in Mosquito, now Voloala county, Fla.
forty miles aouth of Sb Augustine. In April
.of that yearour corn, thenover waist high and point
ed, waa killed to the ground by frost, and tho field,
looked aa black as your list, where the sun struck
them. That was the time the forest trees burst, and
the reason la obvious. The oaks, hickories and
other deciduous trees were Just coming into leaf,
full of sap, which froze, and no lle about it.
In January, 1S15,1 was In Charleston, and that
bliazard was preceded and accompanied by
a heavy rain, aleet and thunder
storm. In the morning the nn shone ont bright
and clear, and the sight from the battery looking
toward James Island waa grand Indeed. Tho
trees were all made of pure crystal and ahono like
diamonds#
Then it was that all the orange trees in Florida
were killed, including some in the Catholic church
lot. paid to l>c 125 years old. . 4 . t
You may ray nobody can account for this cold
spell. I think it reasonable to suppose It Is timely
to write "The Solid South to the fiolid North."
The Minorcans in SL Augustine used -
swear that they never had frost there until the
rhangeof flag*, ond that the "Yanks" brought
their weather with them. May be so. With fort-*
or fiity thousand of them going there yearly now i
teems to be getting colder. Ormond.
Atlanta, January 14th.
Banana—fall—bad sprain,
Rub—St. Jacob's Oil—kill pain.
Winter—zero—throat aorc—
Red Star Cough Cure—cough no more.
The governor of Tenncssco has pndrdono
iVllliam Spence, convicted of murder. Mr. Spcnco
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP tor chil
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays all pain and cures wind oollo. SBoents
a bottle.
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