Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-18
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE WORST FOR YEARS.
Mondays Blizzard In
New England.
THURMAN TO VISIT ALBANY.
Warrants To Arrest
The Boomers.
SPLEhD0RS Of kiARDI GRAS.
An Actor Drops Dead
While Playing.

THE WORST OF THE SEASON.
New England Blizzard In which
Many Railroad Trains Get snow.
bound.
RUTLAND, VT, Feb. 1.-THE severest
snow and wind storm for many years has
prevailed throughout this region since yester-
day. From two to three feet of snow has
fallen in the territory between Rutland and
the Connecticut river and at points south OF
nere to Albany and Pittsfeld. A regular biz
card has set in and the railroads leading
southeast and west are blocked up with snow
which in many places is higher than the tops
of the passenger cars. Travel by team in the
country is abandoned; many public highways
being impossible. The Central Vermont be-
tween here and Bellows Falls, the Benning-
ton and Rutland and Delaware and Hudson
railroads are blockaded and several passen-
gers have been discontinued Trains between
Rutland and Burlington on the Central Yer
mont experience but little trouble. This
morning three Mogul engines brought in q
train of two passenger cars over the Dover
and Nashua which was due here last evening
and which was snowbound ali night st West
Rutland The Central Vermont train from
Montreal with Boston sleeper attached due
here at 11:20 Monday night arrived at +
o'clock this morning, having been blocked
up at Pittsford the blockade being raised by
a large force of men from the Vermont mar
BILE works at Proctor The New York train
over the Bennington and Rutland due here a
little after midnight and the Montreal night
express leaving here this morning are greatly
1oIa he f1.oir 1oox Pnc
ton over the Fitchburg road at 3 and 6 p.
m. yesterday are in the snow at Ludlow. The
night sleeper and the early morning mail for
Boston over the Central Vermont are stalled
between here and Ludlow. The thermome-
ter is below zero and the wind is blowing
hard, The officials expect to raise the block
ade before morning. The Central Vermont
has sent large force of aen to open the line
to Boston and the down mail this afternoon
may possibly succeed in reaching its destina-
ton tonight. Telegraph wires were great
disarranged by the Storm and last nights
communication with Boston was necessarily
imperfect.
Trouble on the Grand Trunk.
PORTLAND, Me Feb. 17.-Yesterday was
a bad day for the Grand Trunk. The wind
blew hurricane and brakemen could not go
on the cars Eight trains were blocked up
at points near here.
The storm Reaches Into Canada.
MONTREAL, Feb. II. - The worst snow
storm of the season set in last night and con-
tinues to rage. Railways are blockaded and
no trains have arrived from Boston or New
York. The western roads are also blocked
A passenger train on the Canadian Pacific
Ottawa line ran off che track last night and
was delayed ten hours. Suburban trains took
FIVE hours to cover distance of four miles
and trains and snow plows are showed up
within two miles of the city.
The Heaviest in Thirty Years.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Feb. 17.-Last nights
storm was the heaviest known in this State
for thirty years. During yesterday ire
mendous east wind prevailed with slight
rains which changed to snow about O'Clock.
Highways in every direction badly
blocked. There has been no travel in any
direction to-day and nearly a week will be
required before the. roads in the country
towns will be fairly passable. At Manches-
ter the storm was heavy and the streets were
badly blocked this forenoon. At Concord it
was the heaviest ever experienced, about ff-
teen inches Of snow falling, and trains on the
Concord Northern, Concord, Claremont and
Peterboro railroads were badly delayed. At
Suncook over foot of snow fell and the
wind totally unroofed the opera house and
hotel and did considerable other damage.
The snowfall was even heavier in the north
ern part of the State, from fifteen inches to
two feet falling. Business is almost at a
standstill in consequence. One feature OF
the storm everywhere was the great damp
ness of the snow, making it pack solid as ice.
The wind at Lancaster was so high that it
rendered travel almost impossible.
other Effects of the storm.
PLYMOUTH, N. H, Feb. 17,-Nothing like
this storm has been seen for years. The
railroads are badly drifted and highways in
all directions are impossible. The Pemige-
wassett Valley railway is blocked by snow
and trees blown across the tracks. No at
tempt was made to run trains over it to-day.
HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 17.-Yesterday S
storm was the worst for twenty years.
The trains are blockaded. All trains are
about twelve hours late. So.
BURLINGTON, Vt, Feb. 17-An trains on
the Burlington and Lowville railroad were
discontinued last night, and Central Yer
mont trains were from thirty minutes to two
hours late. To-day all trains are discon
tinued save the locals between this town and
Portland and st. Adams. Over foot of
snow is fallen and it is still showing.
BUFFALO, Feb. 1.-THE late fall of snow
together with the piercing blasts which blow
across the country has well nigh paralyzed
the railroads in this vicinity. The Nickel
Plate road is making good time, but all the
other lines experience more or less trouble.
The Michigan Central, New York Central
and Erie trains are five to seven hours late.
The thermometer registered eight degrees
below zero early this morning.
~ The Roatnn
and Albany and Connecticut River railroads
were badly disturbed by yesterdays storm.
Three passenger trains which left this city
for Albany yesterday afternoon and last
evening were stuck in the drifts between
here and Pittsfeld all night and had not left
the latter place at noon to-day. Trains from
Albany have been from two to eight hours
late The first train from north of Holyoke
to reach this city to day came in at IL
o'cloce. Trains from the east and south are
but slightly delayed and both roads are now
getting their tracks cleared.