The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-06
THE ARCTIC WAVE.
Futher Reports from Bl0ckaded
Sections.
Almost Unprecedented Cold i'm the
South.

BUFFALO, Jan. 4.-The cattle market was at
standst at the stock yards to-day as no stock has
been received or shipped for twenty -four hours.
Only few sales of car lots of grain were made the
uncertainty Of shipments restricting trade.
MONTREAL, Jan. 4.-The streets are almost
blocked with the heavy fall of snow.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. At has been dtizzliog all
day, with some sleet.
VIcKsBURa, Jan. 4.-There are six inches of
snow here.
SHREVEPORT, La, Jan. six riches of snow
have fallen here, and it is now freezing There is
running ice in the Red River.
MAGNOLIA, Miss, Jan. 4.-Three inches of snow
have fallen to-day, and it is still showing.
OswEGo, N. Y, Jan. 4.-The Palladium publishes
dispatches from various parts Of the State relative
to the storm. The roads everywhere are blocked
and business is suspended.
at Sandy Creek there is great suffering for the
want Of provisions, wood and kerosene. The people
of the village are dividing up their piles and many
resort to fences to keep from freezing.
At Pulaski some stores are closed, wood is scarce
and snow shoes are the rage.
A passenger train on the Syracuse Northern Rail-
way has been stalled two miles south of Beaverton
since Thursday, and cannot get out. There are So
passengers on the train, of whom nine arej ladies.
comfort and all efforts are being made to get the
train to Beaverton, but the snow drifts in faster than
it can be shoveled out.
At Lamsons station, on the Lackawanna ROAD, 25
passengers are snow bound.
At Central Square, on the Midland road, the snow
banks from 10 to Is feet Deep and the hotels
filed with HON ssick travellers.
At Hannibal, on the Western division of the Rome
Watertown & Ogdensburg road, the storm is the
severest ever known, and train which arrived here
Thursday for Niagara Falls has been abandoned.
At Williamson. the snow is piled up in the streets
from Is to 20 feet higb and merchants are getting
short of provisions.
At Mexico thu roads are impassable; business il
suspended and the schools closed Friday noon on
account Of the storm.
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 3.-Ths weather last night
was the coolest fr years. The river is full of ice
and navigation is seriously interrupted. The
steamer Norfolk, due at Philadelphia Friday night,
has not yet arrived
PoUGHKEEPsIE, Jan. 4.-Telegrams show thai
every effort is being made to get train from as far
west as Syracuse 20 Now ver1-.@A which lef,
there to day was two hours getting away on account
| Of the storm.
DETROIT, Jan. 4.-The weather is still cold, tn,
thermometer standing from zero to eleven degrees
l
the west bound trains on the Canada Southern roa(
were cancelled to-day. The Grand Trunk trains are
all six hours late. The Michigan Central and Great
Western trains are also behind time, and but one
eastern pail has reached here since Thursday.
SPRINGFIELD Mass, Jan. 4.-The wind Friday
night did considerable damage through part of thu
Connecticut valley, unroofng barns, houses, etc
Westdeld suffered the most damage there beini
| $4,000.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 6.-There was a
drizzling rain with sleet Saturday night, mercury
falling to 30 degrees above. Everything out o
doors was covered with coat of thin ice. This il
almost unprecedented. Nothing of the kind known
for at least 80 years. 1t is not known yet whethe
the orange trees and fruit injured. Snow fell il
considerable quantity as far South as Dupont, Ga.
and trains arriving here Sunday morning from
! Savannah were covered with it. few fakes wer
observed here SATURDAY..