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.VOLUME X.
IiBN'OIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1885.
NUMBER 23.
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Wallace
STATESYi LLE, N. C.
WliolsslT! Dealers
XJSsT
General Merchandise.
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Largest Warehouse
and best facili
A
ties for han-
dling
Dried Fruit. Ber
ries, etc..
;RESPECTF
Wallace
August 27th, 1884.
J. H. SPAINHOUR,
Snduata Baltiiscra Dental College,;
Dentist;
Viei io Impure Material for
Pilling Teeth.
Work as Low as Good
Work can be Done.
ratientt frocr a distance pa
4j.?i ! i I'll'
3
Toia aeiarDnnonmi
kim at wnat time they
propose coining.
F. LEE CLI N E,
1 DDLlUrm JOIJE3,
u.QniKi
the State.
ULLY
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CLUITON A. CILLEY,
Attornoy-At-La7,
C'tlto In All Tho Courts.
UlUR FBSM THE SEU13E.
Wilmington-, Feb. 14.
Dear Editor
When I closed nav
axd Header :
ast letter we were
gazing upon old. ocean in one of her
grandest attitudes ' But few times
she shows herself thus, and at those
times my mou ntai n reader can get
the lest idea of - her tall billows by
going to some neighboring peak and'
cast ing. a' glance at the sea of moun
tain peaks that surround him. This
is no had illustration,-" one that will;
prove true to the ocean picture when
moved by a great .storm. ;',.
This morning the ocean " is in ex-.
t rune' fpiiotti.de and calmness, not a
"ruflle can be seen
on all the broad
area of waters before me. It 1ms
alHuvt the same jshadc of light, und
looks as smooth,' as the face of a v:ist
lcoking-glass clearly reileetimr
in.
well defined lines the image of every
object 'that;, moves; over its surface.
It is a "(had calm." . Place vour
finger just at the. edge of the wr.ter
and you will bo surprised to lind
that the water docs not move back
ward 'and' forth over three fourths of
an' inch, so docile is the mighty
ocean, . I ;
Th.efc calms' are i generally eeen in
what the sailors term "loomy weath
er," which is a most sure prophecy
of storms. This weather bailies
description ; ofd ocean seems to be
enjoying a morning nap while her
.-transparent and unruffled" bosom
becomes a great reflector to the snn
by which, it seems, a threefold
measure' of light is thrown back into
the air, enabling the observer to
clearly see objects several times the
distance usually reached' by the un
aided natural eye. -.Nature makes
herself a great telescope as it were.
IShore lines, that are invisible In or
dinary .weather, are now seen with
the case of looking.1 Men have been
seen walking on board a ship fifteen
miles at sea without the aid of glass
es. We have heard of them being
seen at even greater distances than
this, but for fear that you will think
that I am telling sailors' yarns I will
wait until vour credulity has uuder
gone more training.
A ,'loomy morning" is beautiful,
but its beauty dies away whenLa lov-
ferucom pares it? with .': the? halcyon
sweetness of a "loomy" moonlight
night. I have thins compared them.
Who that knows the fitness of those
nights for courtship could doubt
the sequel ? The ocean on these
evenings far excels the romantic
heights of Blowing Kock, or quiet
bosom of "silver lake," for this, the
iDTwtv-cnchanting of all purposes.
Tlie ocean has the line of a vast
basin of molten lead, and I feci like
the poet whenjie said :
"Through the voiceless night
Fair Luna's silver light
Is tripping o'er the sea,"
and I ant awfully n loye, for- my
heart beats a ' respOnsi re t hrili ;to
every echo -': of the oar, as it gently
plashes the water. j f '
But yotjold men and women don't
care to heafthis eritinientirgush ;
so jhem coraesjsomethipgmore p'rac
itieall Wnithing yo have never
seen, perhaps. It. is thc Cape Fear
light-house standing on Ball head
Jfcdand, one, bund red. and thirty feet
'higli, surmoiinted Twith a revolving
light to distinguish it from the light-;
. boifte- on I Fort Caswell. TheRo
lights, kept' up by the government
provo'eminently'ti sdftil ' to the mari
ner p warning-him knight of his
apprqach to laod or tbo locality of
dangerous rocks,!1 sandbars andj
shoals. They are hnwjrick towered
just in the shape "of yoitr old churh
that sita ia tbenil house, "big at
the bottom,4' little at the top," but
instead of having a dasher that goes
"flipity-flbp,-t iiiw keeper paid
by the government who takes the
visitor up the winding stairway and
from the sunnitoWhim-a kitig-
dom of waters, : k f ? ' J '
Away to the eastl&nd just on the
beach-li.Df.YOU, notice tj large build
ing. 'Wnat is that ? you ask. It is
theSTlIft saving station. " Here a
number of men are employed by the
ilives'df
iev' . j. . ,i
Jcft a small steam-
'ery with a crew of eight men, ran
aground some 15 miles "off shore."
don she i4was dished 1 to 'pieces1 by
the pitiless breakers and fait ofthe
number soon sank in death ; the
'of the wreck to which they clung,
by the men sent out iromhe sta
tion. They had being drifting for
sailors. bfflS? Vm fifw s?fr If
this dan'gefoks'4 eattf year" shore.
two days, and so t ough had been the
sea that the clothes of two of the
number , were entirely beaten off.
Though paid for it these men are
brave, they; risk Jtheir lives to save!
the lives of strangers.
But, putting your glasses to hv
eye and looking
out ou the wa
ters, you notice a stationary vessel ;
thii is the lightjship,'.' also a pro
vision of the. jeejvernment for the
irescue of wretched sea-men. It is
anchored at the
cession of dar.u".
termir.us.ofji sue
.iv.a 'shoals that ex.--'
tend 40 miles frjMn
the
i i
. V
l.M'
warns the sea-cabinin not lo
his vessel between; it and the sh.oiv
to do so is tbba vlrCckcil.
But; mylfrienkl, - if your In-iiil i
'growig dizzy on :the light-hou.se, wc
will, gf down and; take a walk.aloni;
tlia l?ach," j It is a genial sunshine
day in .May and the ocean is at low
tlde, (about u or 8 feet lower than
.when at higii-tid), the blue waters
kiss the shore and smilingly retreat.
AVe soon see a fpot, just above high-
tide mark, where the HU4Hooi
if it had been lat;lv "stirred.- Thei
t
exciaims my con'-ll'iihion, is a turtle's
nest, (not-a Tut-tltes), ml. securing
a piece of stave, Ue begins ia 'rx-iubve '
the pnd until he gets to a depth of1
from 20.to.JI0 incites, and there wr
lind a sea-side treasure."'" We brgin
to lob.the nest': he takes out, ami I
count, the egg:; r.ntil we get all
155--as many ns ISO have been found
in a nest. They ire just about tlie
size of the black
walnut and "quite
soft to touch thim is to dent them.
You cannot break, must 'pinch' them
in order to gain entrance to the.
"golden ball." They are very mi
tricious, and, when made into turtle
egg pudding, are one among the
nicest of sea-sidq dishes. But, my
"boomer," you can't pick' up one of
these sea turtles by the tail and walk
off; home with him. JNo sir ! A
full grown turtle 4 or 5 feet in di
ameter across the
shell will furnish
a rap
men
e room on his back for four
to seat theniselves, fndthen.
scamper on . to tno wateiNas it un
conscious of the fun-gcttmg intru-.
de'fs. They are often found making
their nests and tliie finders get jut
such a ride as mentioned above n
danger, provided ou. get off before
he goes into the water..
As I am 'just through a "square
dinner," the luxury of which was
vline boiled trout, fresh from the. wa-'
terJ I will tell you a little about sea-
i
side fishing. Three of my members
arc fishermen and some days', thev
. - '
bring in several hundred of the fin-
ny tribe. On j -a nj average of three
times per week they will send me a
nice bunch, (3 or 1 in number),"
m.casu ri ng from ; Vi to lo' i nches i n
length Jind thej jt-at all the better
from the faci that they do not charge
them up as "quarterage." ; (At
these times I think of mother, dear,
and distant., f 8he knows why !)
Just at this season. the fishermen are
tryingtheir hand for shad; the finest
fishf'on the markctl" they bring from
$1.50 to 12.00 )or: pair,
weight 10
to 12 pounds. The shad, like most
species of salt r water fish, go in
"schools," as fishef men term it, and
are I usually caught in large nets,
sometimes 200 or 300 feet in .length.
These netet are never set at the
mouth of a streani, from the fact
that these fish,
is broken into
when their, "school"
at ihe very entrance
of a stream, will, at the next season,
give that entrance the "go by," thus
deriving their enemies of a much
coveted prey.
f It is 4 o'clock., on a pleasant June
morning. The "Passport," reindeer
of the Cape Fear, is steaming up at
her wharf, and an eager anxious
throng of men from all parts of the
city and all vocations of life are
moving- to get on board. Where
are - they, going ? jyou ask. To the"
Black-fish grounds for a day's figh-
ing. These grounds, or sand shoals,
are about twenty five miles off .tho
Cape Fear coast and seem to be a
special rendezvous! for the Blackfish.
;The; " steamer'- casts ' her anchor
every man takes his . position on the
railing or in small boat and; with
Jineook, and bait hegius to draw
, in - from the hungry multitude of
fishes rond about him. You fish
"until catching beebmea monotonous
".attd'quit because you have "enough
'fislj riot because they refuse to bite.
A party of excursionists well return
ith ' several hundred as the result
of a day's sporting on the waters.. ;
But the best sport of, all is catch
ing drum. So here we go for the
fun or failure. Each of us have a
cord about forty feet in length, one-
sixteenth of an inch injsize, with
here and there a short line tied to
the main line ; on this short line is
the hook and bait. , : Wei take otir
stand just at the edge of the foam
ing surf, and, just as the water re
cedes, we throw our line its full
length into theses, having it se
curely looped in the hand ; no soon
er (Iocs . the line sink bejueath the
water than the greedy dnjjni lay hol
and
begin to pull for
dear
Wh
hav
roll
ord
iie this has taken placi- the waves
-i " i
t turjiea ami are now rusiung,
iig toward the shore;
and, in
i
r to get their force tl
o am vou
in Uringingvour load of 'm to land,
vou quickly -'turn vour back on the
K'u and, throwing your li
shoulder, you run for h
mark, wliich, if yoii are j
ne off the
gh water
1
uicK, you
t!if tide.
and you
man v as
will reach just ahead of
The water again receile
".turn to see sometimes aa
15 or 20-large drnni fluttering
on
the'each, and it require no little
pull to bring that nianv safe to
shore. Not unfrequently they will
get a fellow badly in the ffsuds" be
fore he gets them to landi A green
fellow, like the writer,
times abandon his line
the moment of victory. '
is he that the "briny
will some-
ust before
po afraid
eep" will
catch him. Didn't do co
But changing work rests
but once,
mind and
body, so we will next go trolling.
We will shorten the same! pine down
to 10 or 12 feci, leaving 4 pv 5 slort
lines on ti e main one and thep get
into a nice little boat, spread our
sail to the "favoring ;i!e"iand,
"floating with the tide," we glide
sweetly-along, while our lines float
"aft" among the following school of
hungry fish. How beautiiful tlrey
look in the clear blue waters, which
seems alive with the innumerable
multitude. But don't gaze so.
Pull
in your line ! It's full,
ever see any fish before ?
Didn't yon
Fathoms
deep in the -transparent w
raters the
fish of all kinds, in countless num
hers, move in lively glee. Thus we
spend four hours and return home,
two miles "to Smithville I With 347
trout, sheep-head and yellow tail
fish
Again 'tis night, dark and quiet ;
-nothing uisturos the iireamtv silence
of "old ocean" slumberinsrl save the
distant echo of a seaman's
par. . It's
a splendid night for gigg
ders, quietly remarks a fr
ng floun-
o
end.
So'
've get some good "torch-riinc" and, .
seating ourselves in our bo
it. we are
soon paddling o'er the waters to the
sand shoals, two miles sonth of
Smithville. In twenty miinutes we
make the distance, if going with the,
tide. On the spot we rui our boat
ashor pull off shoes ar d sockg,
roll up pants above our kn es light
our torch and .proceed, to N battle.
Don't be afraid, walk right in among
them, lion't gig at every; one, only
at the largest. There comes one,
right at you, his.back exad
tlv in the
shape of a mad cat L (ive
him a
"side splitter" with your
T1 T
and
you'll. get him, strike at hijm
'edge.
ways" and you will miss laim, for,;
sure enou gh, he is as "flat is a floun
der" and runs on one edge. Wo get
twenty-nine, and go home at 10
o'clock 1'. m. j
Much of the above is frprn actual
experience. Jt is royal fun. Come
down next summer and wewillgo a
fishing. . ..-'.;,
Jn our next we' will talk about
oysters, crabs, shrimp, clakis, etc.
Heundon Tuttle.
WHAT CONSBESS IS
j :
The United States Senate spent
Feb. 14, session in considering the
Indian appropriation bill. The
House passed the postoffice appro
priation bill and a .bill granting a
pension of $2,000 per annum to the
widow of Gen. r Geo, II. Thomas.
After two hours spent on the river
and harbor bill, the legislative ap--propriatiou
bill was taken up, andH
40 out of 108 pages of the bill were
disposed of. .: ;' '! - -
,The United States Senate, Feb.
16, passed the Indian appropriation
bill in an amended form, j The post
office committee of the Senate re
ported favorably a "subsidy" amend-,
Ument to the House postofEce appro
priation bill. The House refused to
suspend the rules and" pass the Sen
ate bill for the retirement of Gen.
Grant two-thirds not voting in fa
vor of suspension, t This ia; the first
bill passed by thaf Senate that speci
fically names the officer to be retired.
A bill was passed Ho regulate thev
letting of mail contracts. ;
LEGISLATIVE TOPiCS.
sex ate Feb. 1G.
Passed third reading : to make
disturbing graves a felony ; to pro-
vide for stock law in -Bichmond,
Halifax and Warren counties ; spe
cial tax. for C'howan ; to amend
States ville's charter ; relating to
public roads in Mecklenbufg ; to
amend section 3415 of Code ; to em
power clerks of . Inferior Courts tr.
take probate of deeds ; to provide
for fences adjoining territory adjav
cent to stock law territory ; to incor
porate "Catawba and Alexander toll
bridge ; to request our Senators and
Representatives' in Congress to se
cure an appropriation to improve
Beaurfort harbor ; to exempt drug-'
gists from jury duty. ',
The bill to allow, commissioners of
Ashe county to levy a special tax
passed second reading.
house Feb. 16.
Passed third reading : to incorpo
rate Chesapeake , and Norfolk Rail
road ; to amend sec. 832 of Code
and also section 219; to repeal chap
ter 176, laws of 1879, relative to
highways in Ashe, Watauga and
Alleghany counties. 'Bill to permit
jury in cases of arson, murder and
burglary to fix, at their discretion,
the punishment at imprisonment for
life was indefinitely postponed. -
SENATE Feb. 17. ;
Passed third reading : To give
clerks of Inferior Courts in certain
counties authority to take probate
of deeds ; to consolidate the charter
of . Lenoir ; to amend Statesville's
charter ; relating to roads in Meck
lenburg ; to authorize Leuoir, Ashe
and Washington counties to levy a
special tax ; to allow trains to trans
port and unload live stock and per
ishable freight on Sundays. '
The bill to require insurance com-!
panies doing business in this State
to pay the full value on all policies
on build ings destroyed by fire, un
derwent a long discussion pending
which Senate adjourned.
, house Feb. 17. i
A bill was introduced to change
the lino between Mitchell and Wa
tauga counties. - ,
The bill to order a republication
of the Supreme Court Reports was
discussed, 'passed and reconsidered
and a substitute by the committee'
at last passed.
Bill to require registration of deeds
passed third reading. ;
Bill to establish a hoard of health
was under consideration when the
House adjourned.
k CHAPTER QM ROADS.
BY PINE DURli.
We hour of. "old" roads and "new"
roads. Roads show age according to
the kind of land they run through.
Take, for instance, the main "State
Road," as it was once called, leading
from Salisbury to Morganton. Most
of that road is where it was 150
years ago, though I can't remember
that far back. . , . -. , .
Then take the road from Wilkes
boro to Morganton. I don't suppose
there is one mile of that road in
Caldwell county online same bed it
was 100 years ago. At the branch,
west of Iting's Creek, I believe it
cror.ses where it always did.
A man .by the name of Holt lived
near that point during the Revolu
tionary War, when Col. Cleveland
was coming up with a party of troops
from Wilkesboro. Ilolt, being a
Tory; heard Of it through some of
his friends who ran ahead and told
him of it. It was at night and Holt
attempted to make his escape in his
night clothes but was shot down
within a few steps of his house, nis
grave is still to be seen. His wife
was a sister of my grandfather.
V; I don't just now remember but
one place - east ; of this where - the
road is where it was then. That is
small distance opposite to JC. Mc
Gpwan's ; at M D. Smith's a very
short distance ; at the old election
ground, one mile east of Lenoir, a
distance of not over , 50 yards and
4ver that portion ran the Mulberry
toad. ;.. -'...'"
.5. 'At E. P. Miller's is the only place
I remember now where the old bed
is ftill in" use. ; The old track is near
Major Harper's and passes the south
end ' of the Episcopal church. I
believe at Dr. Beajl's, where the
Yadkin road connected with it, it is
on the same bed. ' :;.';
A man by the name of Giddings
was found dead in the road at Mc
Gowan's. Clarke waa killed in the
road where jt is now at Dr. Beall's.
Smith and Baldwin were killed in
the road where it noT runs, west of
Col. Kent's.; Esquire Sndderth tells
me that theirfgraves are still visible."
They were buried side by side on
the same day, though Baldwin was
killed the day - before Smith. The
particulars' are reserved for a future
-article, j j V- - ' . ,! ..,-' ';'..; "
The Indian Grave Gap road: was
cut out; according to the statement
of Mr. Thomufi Coffey, about 1811,
though he musjt be mistaken. He
says he j was a handf. on the road,
which he could not well have been,
being 82 years-old nbw, making him;
only 6 or 7 years old at the time. Ij
am inclined to. think it was -opened,
about 1822. ;
Abon t the year 1 790 there lived a '
man by the name of AUoway on the
farm just below; the old Yadkin
church.
One 'morning when he
he "door he found an infant
opened
lying ou the doorstep or near it, well
clothed. He took it up and cared
for it, and named it Is elson Allowav
Stranger. The foundling grew to
be a man of note, X. A. , Stranger.
He was overseer of the. Yadkin side
"of the I Indian Grave Gap road.
Isaac Slicrri 11 was overseer on tho
south side. MrThomas Coffey is
the only person living who assisted
in the first working. J. . ! ...
Allowav married Miss Susan Cor-
pen ing
.mafrried
and,' after her death, he
herister, Miss Ann, sister
of Mr. A. J. Corpening.
Our Boons Letter.
; Boone, Feb. 6.
Editor Topic : We are having
rather disagreeable, weather soj
changeable', first rain, then a little
snow, now and then a clear day or
so, then some snow, a' little rain,
freeze up, thaw, more rain,' mud
plenty, then rain, a littlemore siiow,;
then, perhaps, it will rain, but t am
like theold man "when he said, 'for
my part I am" always glad to see
some kind of weather." This season
of the year is always rather gloomy'
in Watauga, and, if it always ! was"
like the present, it would be a good;
place to move from, but, when the
Spring. opens, the grass contest up!
and carpets the earth, and all nature
puts on her Spring suit and We for
get all about the past bad weather.
We are haying some sicknessi'and
several death? in Watauga. Old, man
Johiel Smith, about S6 years old,
died a few days agn John MyOiurc
J. P., died Mondaylnight and
buried with Masonic honors;
w;js
His'
age was about 70. Both of these
old men lived on Cove Creek. ; Old
Aunt 'Del phia Hartley was buried a :
fevv days ago, age about 80. ! She'
was an Estes and, I think, a sister:
of Lot Estes, on John's River. Old
Mrs. Xaucv Baird is dead, lived on(
Watauga river. !
Pneu monia is the gene ral can se of
our sickness. Dr. Councill is left
alone to treat the sick. He is con
stantly called for. Our people otight
to learn better than to expose tiiem
selves so much and so recklessly as
they do. This is the cause of pneu
monia, no doubt. Pneumonia is a
6evere disease, pspecially-on.old-peo-'
pie and persons in. delicate health.
Your correspondent from Mretz
Mills finds fault with "Old' Hal's"
couuty government. Well, he has a
right'to do so, and argues his point
well,by saying that the increase 'of
magistrates in his township ! has
proved tQ be an' improvement, ,says
.we can have better chance of getting
good men by having more of them.
His argument would lead to the
conclusion that an increase of J, P.'s
from 3 to 5 in a township improves
the judiciary ' of that township.
Then ten- J. P.'s would be a greater
improvement, and so on; "Alex,"
I presume, did not' understa'nd the
idea of Old Hal,' as he says,i"his
position is an enigma." My idea, in
reducing the J. P.'s to ono in each
township is to elevate the office , of
the J. P., by having qualified men
to fill thei oftico and concentrate; the
business i)f the township into a court
of one man as judge. "Alex" says
these "numerous J. P.'s "cost,. the
county nothing."' Their ' dockets
and codes cost the State something
and many of them have nO business
to do, and there is no pay to the J.
P.'s and certainly no honor, Tben
why keep up a system that is no in
terest to the J. P.'s or anybody else ?
Every observing person must -acknowledge
that our county govern--ment
needs improving "Alex" does
not give any light on ' this subject
and I am sorry he did not, for h is
an intelligent citizen and he ought
to give his opinion. My, idea is, if
we had a' good system of county
court we would not need any addi
tional Superior Courts, especially
Watauga and other small counties.
Then why not have the justices of
the townships to form this5 court f .
It is cheaper than any other system. '
f We are having a fine meeting go
ing on at the Baptist Church in
Boone. Rev. Mr. Allison, fromi
Brevard, N. C.V'is doing a good
work here. The meeting is of great
interest. He. is a fine preacher. His
style of orato.y is very similar v,toV
that of Gov: Scales. The meeting
may last until next week. We hope
much good may be done: i
I saw the other day an interesting
freak of nature in the shape of aj
person's hand. It grew on "the end
of an ear of corn. It represents the
left hand, thumbaild j fingers com-
plete ! except the nails.' , All the
muscles of the hand are perfectly
formed. I never saw any thing so
perfect of the kind. Esq. W. H.
Dugger, on Brushy Fork, has . the
interesting freak. ' .
Who will go from Watauga and
Caldwell to the inauguration on the
4th ? If anybody will furnish the
money for me to go, I will give
them half the profits, if I get back.
What say you ? Don't all speak at
once. I would certainly like -s to be
there. 1 " Old TJal.':
Our Sweetwater Letter, f
; ' Sweetwater, Feb. 7. '
There seems to be a spirit of im- .
provement throughout our township.
New and beautiful dwellings are
going up, large barns are bcingbuilt,
for the better care of our fine and
improved stock, of which we are
getting a very good supplyy of all
kinds. Mr. J. W. Green has :th
finest bull in this partof the county.
He bought him near Abingdon, Va.
for $65. He is Ix)udon Duke, dark
red color, and as gentle as a dog,
and very quiet. We have some very
fine sheep in Beaverdam and hogs aa
good as are in the county.
Our people arc very quiet and law
abiding, with as little drinking as
anywhere else in ; the county. We
have two churches in the township,
each of which has a regular prayer
meeting once a week. 1
The weather is very, changeable.
One day vety warm, the next celd
aud snowing. .
Our schools are about all out. U.
H. Farthing is tcachingutTimbered
Ridge school house ; will bo out the
10th. Has a good school and good
attendance. Hope the Legislature
will pass a law compelling parents
and guardians to send those udr
their charge to the public schools,
and then there w6iild not be so" '
many children growing up'in igno-'
ranee.; ' '
Our merchants are doing a very
good business this winter." C. C.
Hilliafd ha taken in' a partner from :
I Mitchell county. : ' J .
i 1 Persons des. ring, to move to the
"mountains, this beautiful "Isind of
the Sky," would do well to C03ie to
Beaverdanis, where peace and plenty
abounds, and those wishing to buy
good -farms would do well to call oa
or address J. 'W. (Jreen and Tf. ,H.
Farthing, as they haTe. some goed ;
grain and gra3s lands for sale. i
Wishing The Topic much success ;
I remain a
Subscribes.
;-Th3 Cc!d3st Snap., .f
, On Wednesday the weather was
colder in Baltimore than at anytime
since 1881 when it was 6 degrees be
low zero.' At sheltered spots in the
City the thermometer stood at 3
degrees above and at more exposed
points at 3 degrees below zero. This
pld Wave extended from the 2 ex
treme Northwest to the ;:Gulf and
from the Rock Mountains to. the
Atlantic. Even at Key West the
mercury stood kit 56 degrees above
zero, very cold for that locality. At
JNew York it was zero, Cincinnati 9f
Indianapolis 7, Nashville 1, Buffalo
12, Chicago 18, Milwaukee 23 below
zero. Tho storm, accompanied, by
immense falls iof snow in some sec
tions, started in Texas and traveled
Northwest, developing; its greatest
energy jn New England .Tuesday.
mi . 1 1 t 1 m a. ;
, .i i iiero ts a great oiocsauc oi iriu
in the .West. Thousands of head of
cattle and hogs wcre froaca to death
in abandoned freight cars inlUinois,
In the;, streets of: Quebec the snow
drifted to the hight of 0 fset. In -Ontario
and Quebec the thermome
ter, ranged from 15 to 40 degrees
below zero. At Jackson, Mich., the
thermometer waa 35 degrees btlc
zero and a cutting . wind. blew frcn
the West. - Business was susrend:3J,
Lake Ontario was frozen over to a
distance of ten miles from the Eicr?,
a thing unprecedented,"
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