Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-01-08
ras storm and .:s Cod a, e.ner Points.

dispatches from various points give
he following details. showing the ex-
ent and severity Of the polar vista
ION:
The snow storm at Montreal, Canada,
PREVAILED Thursday aud Thursday night
md was the most severe of the season.
All trains were DELAYED several hours.
There was great detention On rail-
Dads entering Pttsburg. Pa, especial
Y the Pennsylvania. The train from
Philadelphia with the body OF the late
,x-State Treasurer Mackey on board.
hue in the morning, did not arrive till
evening.
The cold snap set in at Richmond,
Va, Thursday evening. The Their
n"meter at sunrise Friday morning
indicated degrees above zero. tall OF
10 degrees since three O'clock Thursday
afternoon. A high wind from the west
prevailed during twenty four hours.
The James river, which has been on
ly navigable for steamers to Richmond,
d.. Tor several days, closed last night.
ihe New York steamer WNanOke anu
~ Philadelphia steamer Pioneer lett
Richmond yesterday morning. The
/ ermometer midnight last night MAS
8 degrees above zero.
AT NewpO Il. l.. the mercury stood
at 3 above zero at daylight. The wind
blew a gale, The steamer Newport
unable to proceed to New York. re-
urlcd to Fall River. The STEAMER Oh
Colouy. from New York. vas prevent
ed by the gale from touching at New
port, aud landed passengers at Fall
River.
At New York the water in the loco
motive boilers Ofthe New York EIevat-
ed railway iroze during Thursday night.
aud trains were delayed yesterday an
nuur TO au hour and a half in cOnss-
quence.
At Memphis, Tenn, at daylight
Friday, the mercury had fallen to SIX
lie .rees above zero. The Mississippi
vas filled with floating ice, making
navigation above that point hazardous.
A brakeman named Opd>ke was
rOz II to death while ona C,nIral rail-
Dad freight train from Easton. Pa. to
Elizabeth, y. J. A man is also report
ed frozen on a North Pennsylvania
lrei.hi Tram.
The snow storm which commenced
Thursday still continues throughout
Western aud Northern Ontario. Trains
ou Inc main lines are considerably de-
layed. Local roads and branch lines
are blockaded.
Near Macon. Ga. an unknown man
was frozen to death Thursday night.
He had been intoxicated. Thermome-
ter Friday 49, degrees above zero.
YANKToN, d. T., Jan. 3.-The
thermometer registered 26 degrees be
low zero this morning, and Is II below
tonight. The sky is clear, aud there
is no wind. Numerous cases OF frozen
ears, hands, feet and noses and report
ed. Trains on the Dakota Southern
railroad have not moved to-day. all the
locomotives having been disabled by
freezing.
CHICAGO, ILL. Jan. 3.-The tenn
perature after midnight gradually
lowered until this morning the mercury
stood % degrees below zero in exposed
places IN the city Several cases o.
freezing are reported, but only one was
fatal. Reports from points northwest
show the cold is continued and severe,
with the thermometer recording from
Is to so degrees below zero. Trains
are DELAYED on alllOads. but no acct
dents 3fimportance have occurred. The
poor are suffering considerably, but
active efforts are being made by the
relief society to relieve their destituuou
AMI discomfort.
ST. JOHN, y. b., Jan. "A snow
.torm has been raging here since Il
O'Clock last night. The wind durin4
the night changed from northeast to
south. and blew n gale. Ne serious
damage is reported vet.
A dispatch from Oswego, y. Y. 81, S
The storm in that quarter spent its luty
Saturday night. and Oh Sunday morning
the railroad officials ordered an attack
upon the snow. Tie snow plows made
but little progress on the mountains oi
snow. however. and it will have to "
shOyeled out. 4 passenger train witt
four engines within the city limits ha'
iu-t been released after -four days
blockade. 1t will require day ~ two
VET, with fiji wealth +, to get the roads
all right again. a passenger train left
Rochester. y. Y. for the East yestcr'
day. the ir>l in threa days.
c New York Central railroad con
tinued CLOSED yesterday morning be-
tween Syracuse and Rochester by the
wreck at Fairport Sunday. 1t was
rxpeclcd that it would be clear last
even no. The Auburn division is sill
q, lo,ed. The Oswego road WAS to b.
opened last night. The Northern road
cannot start till to-day. The Bng
hampton road is in full running order.
Tie CheuaugO road resu ned last even
ing.
The weather was very mild at Buffalo.
y. y. Yesterday. Men are bard al
work Oh all the roads. The Pacific
express, on the Lake Shore road. left.
and the train from Chicago. DELAYED
since Thursday. arrived. The Buffalo
New York aud Philadelphia road is still
badly blockadsd. A force OF $50 men
are shovelng on il. and will probably
clear it by night. when all the road.
will probably be clear also.
Near Maple Rapids, Mich, Sunday,
a'parly of hunters found August Krentze
and his wife in log CABIN lying on the
hearth, clasped in each others arms.
frozen to death.
The thermometer at Little Rock,
Ark, was degrees above zero yester-
day morning. The river is closed aud
the ice is five inches thick Skating
is lively in front Of the city.
The weather at New Orleans ycstcr-
daY was clear an d cold. Sunday night
the thermometer tell to 20 degrees, the
lowest temperature since 1857, and yes
day the ice on the leyecs impedcd
business for a time. AT Vicksburg,
Miss. Sunday night, the mercury was
down to II degrees.
A snow storm lasted all day Saturday
at Mobile, Ala, followed by a hard
freeze. Sunday the weather was bright
and clear. Yesterday the mercury
ranged from 6 to Is.
The weather at Richmond, Va. con-