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2 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY JANUARY #, 1886. THE 6REAT STORM. ^THKSTORVOFTHE BLIZZARD AND THE FREEZE. ntMltlM ul DWtranlM Dlwlow4 “ UMlM M.lUd MV Ml IM ■«,«. « >"» W» gifted-DmtM IV IVMM WWV-WII4 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 TC 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. 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