The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-02

carriages. The gross receipts Of the two per,
formances will amount to over $4,000 all of
whicn is generously given to the theatre relief
fund.
Mrs: Grants assistants In the ceremonies
were Mrs, ssrtoris. Mrs Fred Grant Mrs, C.r;;
penter Miss Carpentcr, Mrs. Paul, Miss Paul and
trained skirt embroidered In jet, with basque
cut heart. shape In front and hish at tue
cross and solitaire diamonds. Mrs. Sartoris wore
a very rich clsret-colored, velvet tralned
Snd hfh l ;sS nSt GpS Sole e Sns Ts
very fun overskirt of the rarest white lace, pale
blue SIX train. 4 high basque Of the same sd siiS
claspcd In front with diamonds.
The reception in the Executive Mansion a.
Washington was begun at Il o'clock, when the
them were accompaneu BY ladies, and the
scene In the Blue Parlor during their reception
was. as usual, brilliant. Following the diplo-
ladies', Judges Of the United States supreme
eress. Judges Of the Court Of Claims, aud others.
Atnoon the officers OF the army and navy In fuli
nm9t; were aer en ,hs wpT of
1912 and the Oldest lnhabitants Association. AT
o'clock the general public were admitted. The
1he calm Of yesterday morning cove promise
OF an unusually fine New Years, but this prom
Cling snow fiakes foretoid the coming buster
Ing northe,ster. In the signal station'in the
Equitable building the @rometer showed Al
Ave miles an hour snd falling Of the
barometer OF four rtenths of an inch. be-
tween noon and 0 o'clock, Sergeant Penrod was
mome entarily expecting orders rom Washington
to show the Irecautionarv signals. The crews
OF Vessels lying at ne w9srye; ana IN the stresn
bracine back yards and making things fast gen.
erllly. "Glye hor twelve or fifteen fathoms OF
chain, John, and overhaul your right bower In
case she drags, for It's goinr 20 be dusty toe
night" said the skipper Of an English bark lying
over toward the Now jersey Shore as he spranR
~ N ia o.
| dineey In which he had been scuiled ashore by
his nrst mate. The storm soon burst over the
10 Jersey City and Hoboken the strong north
| east wind drfted the snow on the street raliw =
tracks and made almost an entire cessation OF
travel. The horse cars to the Heights sto pod
running at IL o'clock, and gangs OF lsoorers
rse s on the aI stree, ii line vY n o
boken the snow plough was kept at work,
but the snow drif,od so fast that work was use
less. The sharp, heavy wind aud binding storm
delayed the ferryboats. Tae snow was 50 thick
thatit was Impossible for the pilots to see over
1he Elizabeth train Of the Prnnsylvanis road
That started from Newark at p2o, was delayed
on the Hackensack meadows last evening by
PEELED 10 leave behind three cars Hlled with pas
sengers They were taken up bya sPeelal engine;
was delayed half hour i the iunnel By DRIFT,
At the Grand Central Depot the New York
rive Until $50 p. NJ. AT the fhirtieth street
arrived nv 1l.O T. NJ. Tue reports from along
| the lines Of the Now York Central. the New
| ii ven, and tho Harlem 7 iroads were that tho
n5dnight and morning trains will be delayed.
| Tne terry Doats made few and laborOus trips
| all the evening.
| The Third avenue line OF horse cars was the
| only line that was making regular trips At ii
| Pm
| The PennsylvanIa Railroad Day Expres, train.
| due In Nov York at l0:l5 1t evening. was three
| hours benlnd time at Philadelphia. The Allan
| tic exnress train on the Erie RAILWAY, due In
| New York az 7.25 this morning. WIS two hours
| and twenty-five minutes late at liornellsyie,
| 33l miles from Jersey City. The New York ex
| press train, dua In New lork at $50 last eyen-
| Ing, was one hour and thirteen minutes la'e.
| In the neiRh borhood OF Osweso. \. Y, the
| storm set in ON Frday night, and did not abat,
| I'll early yesterday morning. The IT IN from
| Rome ana Ogdensburg, due In Oswego at |
| o'clock on Saturday evening, got stalled before
| II reached Oswego and the passengers were
| taken In on sunday 10 sleighs.
| The snow storm In Chattanooga, Tenn. wai
| the heaviest ever known In that region. TIL,
| snow was eighteen inches deep ut lO o'clock last
| evening.
On the Syracuse division Of tho Delaware
| l. acsawanns and Western RailrOld the snoN
| storm ragged for more than Is huurs. TIE snov
| all along the line was nearly four feet deep las
evening, and trains were delayed.