Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-20
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hsye II BIZ all meaus, and ist everybody buya ticket
whether they go Or not. The weather is awsaiiy
old, and the poor are suffering. bet US hays s'e
oDcert 1870. $500
3 y tbs Snow SroRx.-Ahom half past nine o'cloel
on Saturday night snow storm set il here and con
tnued without intermission until Ite hour Suuda
night The wind blew Keen and fti ioush. driftin
the snow, which was usually dry and liaht nan
feet eep in some places in others leas ngte sroan,
srvr,y hare. Ali day SUNDAY the Dir WITS hi.e viii
the furious drin, and going abinaA wBss out 81 a.,
2onestion, sharp sliding tle VIM 20 blind
4 ing the teathey torrent that poured fast aud hare
= from the leaden sky Through every ehnk and Gran
DIV of door or window the fine flakes were driven an
heapei upon the floors and ss, by the biting north
wind that towled madly over the hills and believes
hoarsely in the chimneys. One or two church bells
l were heard telling atinservas through the yeasty
sorm but few were the pous souls that attended ~
their brazen cali peoplestayed at home, and stuck
their noses to the frosty panes, wondering at the r
Qng elements, or huddled by the fire, thanking God
perhaps aud plying the sailor and the poor, per-
= haps. TlA- eet2issasseA AeA4iGl0sb-s~-ssa-
daY.the lheimd xpAsksa- . a&ovr zcre%~<s;sh
fsllit~s DOM S>tei NJ
sispmsnssar Aad tsterday mbrning the fpranks Of
the rioDus gusts wete visible where ii the con-
fused frozen heaps hntes.ie'1Y curved al slopcd !;
in the white tnrbans upon tn POSTS and tie smooth
ly roufded mounds upon the Jers in the alleys and
other protected places and the bare black ground
wherethe wind had forn aud hug with ths aabroke en-
L forceofits savage nature.
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in this country Storms as furious we have had but
none to last long. The average Temperature of
the day is said to have been colder than that Of any
day during the winter of SO. IL was such storm as
few have ever seen, and sueh that all will remember
lt as something to date by. The great snow storm
of ls57unless still greater storm Is in store for us
will be remembered as long the War with Next.
Go or the discovery Of California
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ITEMS ny TELEGRAPA.--Snow all along the lire of
the Va. and Tenn. Railroad, varying in depth from 3
inches to Is feet. Temperature at Wytheyille de-
crees below zero In cut near Farmyille the
4 thirty feet deep. Telegraph wire broken betweca
Farmvie and the junction. ----'----
MOVEMENT OF TRAINs.-Two first class engines
with baggage and passenger cars attached, left the
Lynchbulg depot little after o'clock yesterday
morning, to fight their way through the snow
About FIVE miles from town they encountered en-
b,nkment of snow, and were thrown from the track.
The freight train which left Central depot the us-
Al hour Yesterday morning, reached Salem at o'ck,
p NJ, after having to contend with the grades of the
Allegheny mountains and drifts of snow ten feet deep.
Two engines with baggage passenger car, left the
South Side road at o'clock and up to the hour of
going to press, nothing has been heard from them.
We shall probably have mail from the West this
eening: from the East do not look for until
tomorrow evening.
AVERAGE DfprH.-Hereabouts the average depth
Of snow is supposed to be or 0 Inches. As tar rs
heard from the Tennessee line the depth is stated
Mt 3 inches. The drifts from Liberty 10 Salem
put down nt feet; from Christiansburg to Central
Depot 10 feet at Wvtheville the operator does not
state precisely the depth, but says, "very deep
For these aud other facts relative to the storm in
the Southwest indebted to the management of
the Va. Tenn. r. r.
No SSow-A miserable creature attached to this
Office informed us that some parts of the South
western road there snow at all
And where do You reckon they were2
In the tunnels, of course.
UMBRELLA FOR AN EMgRGEScY.-A practical wretch
living in this very town heard the other day 10
declare that if he should ever be caught in shower
he intended to pick up the first hooped lady that
came along.
SLEIGHSG.-lf we are not mistaken the sleghing is
right good, and the gallant young gentlemen Of this
city have outdonc themselves in their attentions to
the young ladies who love fresh air and fast horses
HARPERs WEEK1Y-Morse has the 3rd number
1t shows gradual Improvement The picture ofthe
latest fashions-the swapping of garments by the
sexes, is really funny thing to look at
BEAUTIFUL BEAUrlruLl-A genius whose name
are inadequate to mention, has renowned himself
eternay by the following beautiful nerrogatory and
response;
Qnescbin.-What article of jewery does donkey's
mouth resemble2
Anser.-1 tray slit (jracedO
ABINGDON IrEMs.-We clip the following from the
Abingdon Democrat:
We informed that few days ago Mr.. Mcqueen,
sheriff ofJohnson CO., Tenn, with another gentleman
went to the house Of one Stout who suspected |
of harboring runaway negro. On reaching the |
place, the door was fonnd to be fastened. Admit |
lance was demanded and refused, and the sheriff |
broke the door down. when rushed the negro |
with a bowe-knife in his hand Mr.. Mcqueen knock |
a
to the fellow, and cut by him in the !
hce-from the right corner of the mouth to the an
gle of the juaw. Wrestling the knife from the des |
perado, the wounded man struck him blow with it |
on the right arm Just below the shoulder, from the eff
feet of which the negro died in few minutes.
FRE.-Our citizens were aroused ON Friday morn
ing, about o'clock, by the cry of frel They assem-
BLEED at the spot only to find our beautiful Female |
Academy sheet of flames mocking all human eff
forts to arrest them Nothing saved out OF
the building. The loss is quite heavy. A fine pi- |
ano, a valuable philosophical apparatus, and an cX-
tensve library consumed. The fire Is thought !
to have been the result of accident.
The revival Of religion mentioned in our last is still
in progress Divine services have been held daily in |
the Presbyterian Church for week past by the Rev.
Mr. Mitchell, of Iynchburg, and the pastor, Rev. Mr.
McChain; and nightly at the Methodist Protestant
church by the Rev. DR.. Whitehurst. Much interest
is Manifested in both congregations and several per-
sons have made profession of religion
SALES OF PRoPERTY.-Prices Of property range
about as high in this town and county as elsewhere
The house and lot just below Office was sold on
Saturday last for s. 600. Capt, J. ". stephens was
the purchaser
A farm of2l2 acres, purchased for $500 in April
last, sold short time since for Si53o