The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-05
SOME SNOW.
UNPRECIDINTED STORMS THROUGH.
OUT THE NORTHWEST.
SNOW m High ~ the Second StoFIes-AII
Travel and Traffic Suspended, aud
Trains BnOWbOund-A State
OTAnaifs That Must Re.
HulI lIsAstrOusIy,

CHICAGO, March 4.-Noshing approach
ing the snow storm, which began on last
Wednesday evening and which still con.
tinues in somewhat modified form, has
ever occurred in this region. A fierce gale
has been blowing mos. oil the time, and
the snow has drlfted in every direction,
Outdoor traffic OF all kinds has been al.
most suspended in consequence Of the in.
ability Of teams to pass through the drift.
ed heaps,
The street car companies estimate their
loss at 100000, aud as their energies
seem 10 have been concentrated In piling
up the snow In front OF the shops and
houses on either aide OF the street, their
estimate Is probably correct. All through
the northwest the snowfall has been un.
preCedentedly heavy, and the indications
are thRt the railway traffic will be Eeri.
ously interIered with for some time 10
come,
The trains this morning, however, are
making little better time, In the country
around Chicago the fences and all traces
Of roads have entirely disappeared and the
drifts IN many places are over six feet
high. In the Chicago PostollCe over 200
toms oi mail matter has accumulated, wait.
Ing 10 be sent out, 10 add to our discom.
future milk famine is upon us, as the
entire supply from the northwest has been
cut of,
A light snow has been falling through.
out tie day, and, aided by fresh winds,
has served to continue the disastrous
effects OF the great storm of Wednesday
and yesterday.
The railroads entering here, especially
those from the north and west, are still
practically showed up, and tho trains, il
running at all. are very irregular.
The street cars move slowly, with four
horses attached, and in the country the
public highways are ObstruCted by large
drifts, rendering traffic impraCticable.
Receipts ol grain In the city during tho
last twenty.lour hours were only eight
carloads. There are nine trains stuck be.
tween Hyde Park and Kensington, IA
miles south oil here, and five engines
together do not suffice to break the block.
ade. The cattle and hogs from five OF these
trains were unloaded last night on the
prairie and driven across to the stock
yards. At Waukegon, Ills, the public
schools have closed owing to the storm.
Drifts In the streets are as fur up Rs the
second story and 1t Is still showing.
AtLibertyville, ILL, 1t has been showing
thirty.six hours, and Libertyville pass.
enger train on the OhlCSgo, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad has been showed In
since Wednesday. The snow Ia falling as
fast as ever. 1t Is reported from Freeport,
ILL.,, that four carloads OF stock are shut up
In the snow banks west OF there, near
Ely on the Illinois Central. Three On.
gines and a gang OF sixty shoveerH went
10 their relief, but were themselves block.
ed In and unable to return.
Dispatches from Omaha say that no
trains have arrived there from the East
since yesterday morning. The wind Ia
high and the cuts are drilling full, Annie
PiXley's M'Liss party, booked for Omaha
tonight, have not been heard from. They
are probably showed in on the Little Rock
road. The snow is not 30 severe along the
Union Pacific.
At Madison, Wis, where the storm was
the heaviest there was 4 prospect 10. night
Of clearing oil, but no prospect OF the
trains running for several days.
A dispatch from Clinton, Iowa, says
that hardly q wheel Ia moving on the
Northwestern railway from Chicago to
Council Bluffs. The wind ilIls the cuts as
fast as plows and shovelers clear them.
SANE STATE or Affairs IN TnK EAsr.
NRw York, March "A terrible snow
storm and gale has prevailed here for
many hours, and much damage has 70.
suited.
A portion Of the pier at Long Branch
was washed away, while the blulr In tho
vicinity Of the pier and west end Ia badly
damaged. The ocean broke across the
narrow strip Of land that separated 1t from
the shrewsburg river, threatening the dc.
struction Of the Bellevue Hotel and stop.
ping travel on the Southern New Jersey
road.
The beach for miles was sttewn with
tropical fruits, etc, indicating that the
vessel had been wrecked or compelled 10
heave part Of the cargo overheard. NlnO
vessels which sought the hatbnr In Kari.
tan bay, were wrecked, being washed on the
meadows, swamped In Matawa creek or
sunk after running OgalnBt the railroad
dock Several fishing Hinacks were sunk
and three sloops are reported ashore be.
low. The storm was very severe along
the Hudson river, many Whsrves were
Submerged. Harrisburg reports that I'VE
regiments from tho Wepiern part
OF Pennsylvania on their way to the iiau.
guratlon were detained there all night,
and only left between 0 and o'clock thia
morning, The snow continued round
about Harrisburg during the day.
Olaremont, N, H., has lie aVyefest storm
Of the season aud no signs Of abatement.