Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-02-28

On Saturday afternoon, as the tram due
here about o'clock from New York was ap-
preaching this city, near the West Haven
pile bridge, two boys were discovered wav-
ing their handkerchiefs as signal to stop.
The engineer whistled ''down brakes, =" when
it was discovered that rail was broken, and
have been wrecked train had the boys not
discovered the danger and given the signal to
stop. The boys were taken on board the
train and brought to the depot and their
names taken by the conductor to be given to
President Watrous. They will no doubt be
rewarded for their prompt action.
left this city for the north on
Saturday met with an accident
by the wheel of one of the cars breaking
near the tin bridge. Passenger trains
were switched off on to the other track, and
yesterday morning the broken car was re-
moved from the track by wrecking train.
There was no delay of trains in consequence
of the accident.
AS the sslittle Shore Line owl train was
leaving New London about l o'clock yester-
day morning, drunken man staggered on to
the track and was run over and killed. He
lived near where the accident occurred
An express train of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, while on its
way to the Grand Central depot Saturday
evening, ran over and instantly killed tele-
graph messenger named William Fisher, age
16, at the crossing near the Morrisania sta
ton. Fisher lived in One Hundred and six
ty-seventh street, New York. No blame is
attached to the engineer.
Vennor's March Predictions.
The following probabilities for March,
1884, are from Professor Vennor's almanac :.
This March will come in like q lion. The
beginning of the month will be characterized
by storms of wind which will eliminate
during the second week in heavy gales
throughout the United States. On the End
there will be heavy snow storms in Quebec
and Montreal On the 9th snow storms are
probable in ST. Louis, Kansas, Indian Terri
tory and Arkansas On the 9th and 10th
gales are probable around New York, Boston
and intervening points, and snow storms
pretty general.
About the 18th and 9Th, storms of wind and
snow may be expected, followed by rain and
slush. This condition of things will termi-
nate in cold dip about the 18th or 14th,
with a snow fall. On the 18th cold weather
may be expected in Toronto, Sarnia and 9th
er points west.
cold snap in Ontario and Quebec and the
northern States, while rain, snow and sleet
will prevail southwark as far as Washington,
and snow and rain will fall in the Canadian
Maritime Provinces. With the beginning of
the third week of this month general snow
falls, from the lower provinces westward to
Chicago, are likely to prevail. They will be
succeeded by mild and spring-like weather,
with indications of rain and snow, while
heavy rain storms will probably set in the
lower provinces and portions of the United
States.
During the last week, heavy rains will pre-
vail throughout Canada, with a probable
snow fall in the direction of st. Louis Mo-,
and easterly. gales in the Gulf of st. Law
renee, There will be signs of the opening of
navigation in Ontario, while snow falls will
be probable at points west of Montreal On
the 18th heavy rains will be likely in the
Lower Provinces and Quebec, and through
portions of the United States; and from the
Goth to the end of the month there will be
wet weather in Halifax. On the 3Oth the
weather will be blustry, with sleet and snow
possibly at many points east and west. The
old adage about March when it comes in like
lion will not be falsifed, as the month
probably will end lamb-like.