The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-19

by horse. Indeed, 1t may be
truthfully stated that the record
which this winter has been making
for itself as the severest and most
treacherous in many years has
Deen nobly sustained.
During the past forty eight
hours more than sustained in fact.
Indeed, it NAV be said that the
weather is fairly outdoing itself at
present. With Its triumvirate of
wind, snow, and cold possesses a
power which laughs at the iron
horse and renders it helpless;
blOckades traffic and travel; jeers
at poverty ana want; and impu-
IDENTIFY asserts itself at every turn.
There is no filter locality for Oh
serving the heartlesness of the
weather than in Chicago and vicin-
age. 1t Is hard to believe, while
watching a noiseless little fake Of
beautiful. sparkling snow, that it
will conspire with other little
fakes TO stop so powerful a courser
as railroad train; :. and yet it not
only conspires but it also carries
out its schemes with emminent
success. Trains are delayed for
hours, and conductors might be
excused for gong wild with des-
pair at watching the way in which
timetables are slaughtered. The
same can be said Of the street-car
man; and the lot Of the poor horse
who furnishes the motive power
for this local transportation is GER
tainly not happy one. 1t is in
teresting to study the manner IN
which the wind plays with the
snowAakes. They are eddied
about the csrner of a building.
whirled IN the air a moment, made
to .kiss fair lady's cheek"
land who does not then
envy the snowaake9, and finally
tossed away in a corner TO catch a
firm hold there or wait for another
gust OF wind to whisk them of
again. The snow likes mo- better
resting place than the clothing OF
a pedestrian, and conscientious
policemen who scorn the shelter
of saloons appear like animated
snowdrifts. The ground snow
drifts locate themselves with APP
parent disregard of rule or order,
1t pried its way under window
sashes and front doors so that
many citizens actually had to COM
mence the work of shoveling snow
before getting ont of their houses
Yesterday morning found the lake.
front tracks of the the Baltimore
and Ohio, Illinois Central, and
Michigan Central roads, from the
Exposition building south, almost
hopelessly buried beneath range
Of miniature mountains of snow
The storm was particularly severe
on the railroads ceRtering in thi:
city, and especially those from the
northwest and the east. The
Western and Southern roads die
not suffer as severely as the others
} as the storm did not extend am
considerable distance to the wes
and south. As far as can be learn
ed, the storm does not seem to hav,
ragged with such fury or drifteC
so badly anywhere as in thi,
immediate vicinity. The lake
front seemed to have been especi
ally selected by the elements Il
spend their fury upon. The stron!
east wind had driven an immeRs,
4 field of ice along the lake shore
? and from this plain the wind blev
E the SNOW on the tracks, where ]
, piled mp much quicker than tn,
t snow-plows andsnow shevelers tina
= were kept constantly at worl
e could get it out of the way, an
h finally the elements and the snov
h secured such advantages that IN
C trains had to be abandoned. Th
il oldest resident Of HYDE park gath
cred at tho depot yesterday mori
U inu and declared that he nor an