Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-28
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
THE STGH,i NEW YORK
wires about the cay still Frustrated
s,nmaE. outside the CITY.

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phone. Wires which cannot be
operatcd are only CLOSED by other
wires and rs soon as these obstruc.
tions are removed business viii be
resumed. It il thought by tonight
that about Il hundred more wires
will he in operation, but it will be
fully two week, before tie cn.ir.
system can l." i,ut i'll complete work
iny order. Every man ,La; can be
found vino !iiI amy hnowl,h9" Of
constructing restoring lines is 1t
work.
a system Of wires Running fr, ~
the E"cnj"J EIpr'+E bu;! hing arr"as
to the poetoilicc ami th'nre t. the
Astor House np the wa~t SIDE of
Broadway was c".nplctciy prostrnte'.
and every frame tnro down. \ Tx"
condition of affairs WAS visible IL all
directions. The break in the te!e-
phone wires crossing to the po>,of-
flee carried down the wires of the
Lpw Telephone Co. The latter has
ais two bad r.aks in Broad Rec.
10 wires to Bi oklyn cross East riv-
er on the bridge towers, and thesc
fell very early yesterday. One steel
main wire hold for II long time but
the ice increased steadily upon it
and the line finally parted. The At
lantc and Pacific Telegraph Co.
have no communication with any
point except Newark, n. j., outsi lie
of the city. The American Union
Co. has wires working east from
Bridgeport, Conn; north and west
from Yonkers and White Plains, and
south and west from New Bruins
wick. The w. U. L. Go. has car.
riers constantly passing from tine
main Office in this city to Williams
bridge near the city and Manhattan
vile at the outskirts of Elizabeth,
N. j. No delay is experienced ex-
cept the time actually lost in travel
ing by train. Forty thousand mes
sages were dispatched yesterday and
probably greater number to-day
from these points. Several lines are
in operation between New York and
Washington. The company expect
to do all business direct with the
west, east and north by tomorrow.
The Western Union have called here
all linemen from near by points.
There was very heavy storm along
the eastern coast last night. AS far
as Barnegat on the south coast all
wires are down. Five or six tow
boats are submerged near Sandy
Hook. Two OF the crews are MISS
ing.
The Great ster~a in Nebraska-Trains
snVSved in.
OMAHA, Jan. %. 1T has been snow
ing aud blowing here all day, and
snow continues falling tonight, but
the weather is moderating. The Ne
braska division of the Chicago, St.
Paul and Omaha road is virtually
showed under, as all cuts are packed
tight with drifted snow. No trains
have been moving for three days,
and it will be several days before the
road is cleared. A train that was
struck twelve miles north of Omaha
was brought into town to. day. The
passengers come in yesterday in
wagons. A passenger train that was
showed in eight miles west of Tekn-
nah was relieved by party of forty
men last night, and it is expected
that they will be able to clear the
road so that trains can back into
Tekamah. Freight that was stuck
near Middle creek was abandoned
by trains last night and they walked
to Lyons, twenty-ono miles, arriving
there to-day. No effort will be
L de to clear this road until the
storms ceases. There is consider
able snow on the Il. Il NJ. road md
the Omaha and Republican Valley
road. Trains are all moving on the
Union Pacific, AMI are nearly on
time. The storm is quite general
Nebraska, and if the
weather turns cold again it will have
Serious effect upon cattle in the graz
Ing regions, which have already suf-
fered considerably from the severe
winter so far.
Wheat Fields Frozen Out ia Indiana.
EVANSVILLE, Jan. - - Reports
from the southern parts of this State,
illinois and contiguous Territory, re-
loved at the COarjrr Office, state M
almost entire failure of the wheat
crop III the section named, owing to
late planting and an early and hard
winter, a large portion of wheat
.ahd being II mass of ice. Seed is
frozen out. Reports say that not
over fifth OF IL ciop will lie made at
lest.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22.--Snow mas
AMEN - hourS unlnterruptediy and
IS over a foot deep. Trains are de-
ayed.
Tn. hpportirnulc.,t.
WASHINGTON, Jan. i3.-Thc APP
9ortlonment bill iN,io,. uccd by Rep
esen'ative Cox to-day fixes the
lumber of Representative at 3Ul