Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-04
AT BUFFALO.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 3.-The storm at
East Buffalo RACES and all business is sus-
pended, No stock has been received for
thirty two hours. Trains are blocked. No
stock will be shipped to day. The storm is
more severe than that just before Christmas.
Snow plows are of little use as the drifts fill
as fast as clearances are made Several pas
senger trains are delayed at Batavia Falls and
Lockport Ttains are stalled at the North
Buffalo Junction. All railroads suffer about
alike. The force Of the storm extends from
Castle here. 1t is intensely cold, ranging
about zero. Several cases of suffering are
reported.
BUFFALO, Jan. 3.--There is no cessation to
the storm and the wind still blows thirty
five miles an hour. Business on all railroads
centering here is suspended, but three pas
senger trains having arrived. One by the
New York Central from Albany, due here at
$40 Thursday evening, arrived at 1870 to-
night drawn by thirteen engines with snow
plOWs.
AT NEW YoRK-FRozEN TO DEATH.
New YORK, Jan. Sat noon to-day the
thermometer marked above zero. Two
brakemen on freight trains on the Central
New Jersey and North Pennsylvania roads
The water locomotives of the elevated rail.
road were frozen last night, and the starting
of trains was-tlelayed an hour this morning.
The westerly gale continues with undated
force. Thermometer ten degrees above
zero. Navigation of the North river is seri-
Ously interrupted. Boats OF the Courtlandt
street line suffered the greatest interruption
during the day, and after $50 P III. no boat
left the slip for Jersey City. Between A.
NJ. and $3.50 p. NJ. only three trips were made,
and at $3.50 the last boat left the slip, and
for the first time in twenty years the ticket
seller stopped his sales in consequence of the
stoppage of boats. Between 4:3O and 6:3O
P. NJ. the approaches to the ferry were
crowded with passengers for Jersey City,
and it was difficult to make them believe
there was no boats. BY arrangement
their passengers were carried to and from
Jersey City by the boats of Des Brosses
street ferry. These latter were delayed, so
that it took forty minutes to trip. Boats
of the Barclay street line also made long
and irregular trips, the longest delay being
from GAO a. NJ. to 9:15 A. NJ. At Christopher
street ferry there was the same trouble, but
Chambers street line ran with considerable
regularity. at midnight the boats were run
ming on all the North river ferries, except
the Cortlandt street line, though very irreou-
larry. Some ferry lines on the East river
laid up their boats.
AT SYRACUSE, N. Y.
SYRACUSE, Jan. "a binding snow storm
ragged in this vicinity all day, and still con
tinues. No trains arrived in the city over
the Oswego. Binghanton q Northern road.
train was made up in the city for Albany,
and left at 1920. The train was drawn by two
engines, and when near Canastota the for
ward engine broke loose and darted into a
snow bank, where it stuck, and the second
engine with the train ran into
the forward engine, wrecking Sow
eral cars and throwing them
down an embankment. The express car
caught fire and tue contents were consumed
with s. portion Of the mails The engineer
and fireman were injured also brakeman
and express messenger. After the tracks
were cleared another train was made up and
started for Albany. The Atlantic express,
which left Rochester at 5 p. NJ. stuck in a
snow drift at Fairport, N. Y. The mail left
Syracuse for Rochester, at 11:4O, and got
stalled at Palmyra. All freight and live
stock trains are abandoned. The passenger
train on the Northern road which left SYRIA
cuse Thursday afternoon is stalled at Brew
erton, where it remains, the passengers I'M
able to get out of the train.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.-The temperature
last night was below zero and at noon to-
day above. Intense cold is reported
throughout tho State, the thermometer rang
ing from below at Harrisburg to below
at Pottsyille. At Wilmington, Del, be-
low. At Germantown, 6 below, fall of 40
degrees since noon yesterday. The harbor
here is full Of footing ice, but kept open by
ieeboats. The Schuylkill river is frozen to
its mouth.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.-The weather con-
tinues intensely cold. Highest point of the
thermometer to-day, thirteen degrees above
zero. Tonight 1t is again very cold with a
high west wind prevailing. at midnight
the thermometer indicates seven degrees
above Many persons were admitted to the
hospital suffering from frozen limbs and
several drivers on street cars were badly
frozen. The streets tonight are deserted
and places Of amusement are SHINY at
tended.
AT PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 3-The signal SER
vice reports the lowest thermometer during
the past twenty-four hours, seven degrees be-
low zero. In more exposed parts of the
city the temperature fell to twenty-one de-
gress below zero. Great detention of travel
on railroads, especially on the Pennsylvania
Central, from the severe weather.
The train bearing the remains of Hon. r
w. Mackey, expected here this morning, is
laid out, but will reach here some time this
afternoon.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-The temperature after
midnight gradually lowered until this morn,
ing the mercury stood at % below in OK
posed places in the city. Several cases O.
freezing are reported, but only one fatal
Reports from points in the northwest show
the cold is continued and severe with the
thermometer recorl ling from Is to 80 below
zero. Trains are delayed Oh all roads, blu
no accident Of Importance have occurred
The poor are suffering considerably, but &C
tive efforts are being made by relief and ait
comfort.
During the afternoon the weather moder
ated appreciably. the mercury at 6 o'cloc
standing at below. The day has, howev
er, been very severe On street car drivers an
conductors, bus drivers, letter carriers ant
others who are necessarily exposed, an
many instances of freezing of ears, noses
hands and feet are reported. a
the county hospital there are han
rowing scenes, as the afflicted al
brought in with limbs frozen. One or tw