The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-31

4 1870 u weather IKE that OF YESTERDAY
snu us. night. The PUNCHES have no &C
e es,s Tor comfortable sleeping
s". W. hu.e cabins are AZ cold aud cheer
We ~ me frozen decks. That they suiYe,
SHOWN by ibe number who
come for treatment OF fiost.bitten hands an
feet. ''''s" na"os a"o
ine police OF the Northeastern district
Tpoft Two cases o! such utter desiilutlou
.sa' IN tnis cold weather II goes straight "a
,we nesst OF the humane TO hear OF them,
w. =. brooks, wife. aud two crippled chill.
uIen' hV'pg In wsetched room al No. 81
purham street, are In fo-lorn condition.
WIN neither food nor fuel. Tie whole
FAMILY Il sick. Loring Schmidt, wife. and
I'VE children, living at No. o Wolfe street.
are IN utter want, aud are starving.
tue NORTH.
| BUFFALO, n. Y, December % The
show-stofm which set in yesterday at noon
continued with unusual severity through.
OUT tue night, accompanied by strong
wlnds. To-day considerable snow fell.
while TIE thermometer indicated zero near.
W all day, and tonight ranges 4 degrees
below zero. The storms OF n local nature.
principally ex'endiug on the New York
Central road TO Gainesville. ten miles from
the city line, with a number of drifts at
East ButlIlo and vicinity on the Erie road.
The Storm Is felt the most between this city
aud Lancaster. On the Canada roads com.
paratively small Inconvenience Is felt. On
the Lake Shore road the storm ex-
tends to Hamburger station. about Ten
miles from this city. Trains are
running irregulariy, with from two
10 three engines TO each. The $50 p.
| VI. New York express. on The Erie, be-
1 81 nj Dnll n 81,
doned. as was also the afternoon local. The
difficulty will probably he removed by to-
morrow. Freight trains generally are either
abandoned temporarily or are running ir.
regularly. Tue afternoon Ioc1i, preceded
| by an immense snow-plougb, with three en-
gines. became stalled at Ebenezer aud put
back to the depot and was abandoned. No
live stock was shipped from here to-day.
At Silver Creek Tonight Myron =. Rose,
conductor OF way freight train, while
] walking on the track IN froat OF the engine
OF bis train. was run over and instantly
killed. II is supposed that the storm and
darkness prevented him from seeing his
danger until too late.
THE NEW JERSEY COAST.
LONG BRANCH, n. j., December 29.-At 8
O'Clock this morning another severe storm
/
Red Bank six inchesof snow have fallen,
which. on top Of the two last great snow
falls. has choked up nearly every pike
outside OF the village. In expectation OF
unusually severe weather, Superintendent
Ravens has doubled the liie-savIng patrol
tonight. There is wreck reported below
Point Pleasant, but no authentic informa-
ton concerning it can be obtained The
blast OF the Sandy Hook fog-horn has been
heard here all day. a blockade to railroad
travel Is feared tonight, as the wind is
rising and the snow drif ing badly. The
thermometer last night was Is degrees be-
low zero, and 81 degrees above TO-DAY. The
schooner reported ashore from Blvside last
night Is The Martha Weaver, loaded with
coal. She stranded while irving TO make
the harbor, and VIII be total loss. The
vessel is owned and insured IN Wilmington.
TWO CHILDREN FROZEN TO DEATH.
PITTSBURGH, PA, December 29-Tbe
Guzette'S New Albany, Ind, special says
"The twin children. three months old, OF
William aud Fannie johnson fr0Ze TO death
10 dav. The parents are very poor, and
Mr.. johnson left home yesterday 20 hunt
WORK, leaving his wife and children at home
with no fuei. II grew colder in the night,
and despite the efforts NJ the mother 10 KEEP
them warm with sclDty clothing, one per-
ished at 8 O'Clock and the ether a. 6. The
destirutiOn OF the family was not known to
the neighbnrS."
THE COLD WEATHER AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
STEAMERS, ETJ.
Especial telegram to the Disra.chl
NORFOLK, VA, December 30.-The Their
mometer at daybreak was down to 8 degree
above zero. The river steamers are inter
rupted by ice 10 every direction, and tn
snow storm was the heaviest since 1872
The steamer Ariel, owing to The prevalence
OF ice in James river, did not leave 10
Richmond this morning.
The United States steamship Dispatch
arrived here this afternoon, having beel
detained by ice in the Potomac since Mon
day.
The regular steamers to Washington hav
ceased running.
All mail and passenger trains over III
railroads to-day are several hours bebIn
time. Last nights Atlantic, MISSISSIPPI
and Ohio mail got in this morning.
Work is generally suspended along tn
iBy Associated Pres7.I
FIVE DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT PHILADEL
PHTA.
PHILADELPHIA, December 30.-Last nigh
: the mercury, which at 8 p. NJ recorded
degrees above zero, took rapid decline IN
tI I O'Clock this morning, when 1t narke
degrees below zero. 1t was reOorted stu
lowcr in various parts OF the city, but
was officially reported at the United state
SIGNAL Office at 10 O'Clock this morning thi
, # had risen to zero. At Wilmington, Del
; il touched degrees below REPORTS iro'
: exposed places along the Blue Ridge, IN IN
Lehigh and Scbuylkill region, showed q
average temperature OF from l4 10 ~ az
: precs below-tbe latter being reported
:, Lenbartsyille, Pa. In The same region mo-
= of the country roads are blockdded by snow
u fbe farmers are pulling down fences an
driving through open 6elGS, on account
the snow-drifts making the roads lmpasss
bic.
AT ZERO AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ID
: LAYED.
CHICAGO, December 30.-The mercul
G was rising all Of Yesterday afternoon, an
$ nj midnight bad reached as bigb as zer'
5 Will the chances favoring mllder weathe
II To-day light snow was f1ying in the air. a
9 nresent. advices indicate warmer wealth.
westward and colder eastward. Ibe co..
y spell has been more severe ana las'ihg ina
i apy for eight years, but 1t has Deen sing'
larry free from casualties. Raiiroad ,fail
y are arriving quite late on all roads, oeing
u some cases six hours behind time. Cobside
i able difficulty Is experienced in band'in
: freight and live stock. so that rece'p's ha'
al .tn