The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19
SNOW AND RAIN.
The Former Blookadlng Railroads In tho
West, and tho Latter Flooding Cellars
In the East,

Tho Former Biookadlng Railroads In tho
West and tho Latter Flooding Cellars
IN the East.
CHICAGO, Feb, F,-The weather was
bitter cold yesterday In Chicago. The ther-
mometer early In the morning registered IS
degrees below zero, Later II rose 10 DO.
low, and toward midnight ran down 10 9
and ten below. At four o'clock this morn
Ing II was 0 below. The polar wave from
the northwest Is moving eastward. The
railroads had more or less trouble yesterday,
aud tho trains on nearly oil the roads were
late. The delay was greatest on the roads
east and Duth, where the snow-storm On
Sunday was most severe.
The mall trains were abandoned last
night on the Grand Trunk, Easbem Illinois,
Louisville, New Albany Il Chicago, Chicago
IL Atlantic, Wabash and the Kankakee ilno
10 Cincinnati The Illinois Central had tive
trains snowborAd at Monee and Danforth,
and had great difficulty In moving any Of
It's through tslins, The late Springfield
train On the Alton Road did not 90 ont
New YORK, Feb, IA terrific wind
storm, accompanied by rain, hall and sleot,
swept over this city yesterday. Tbs storm
began at seven o'clock H. IN. with driving
hail shower This was followed by tre-
mendous fall Of rain which continued with
more or less force Until five O'Clock, when
tho sky cleared and the mercury began fall
Ing rapidly. The North and East Rivers
were ut high tide when the rain was falling
most heavily, and many places along tho
banks Of both rivers were Hooded, causing
much damage, Many butcher stands 10
Washington Market were Hooded. Similar
scenes had not been witnessed here In
many years. During the height of
the wlnd-storm Theodore Ernest was
blown from the roof Of q house on Frank
lin street and killed, and two men named
Cartman and Walters were fatally Injured
by falling sign. In the evening the storm
moderated.
Snow and rain prevailed along the Hud-
son river north of Poughkeepsle, trains bo-
Ing bOckadcd Tho Hudson and other
rivers In the State rose very high and much
damage was done.
The storm was very severe along the Az
lantlc coast At Atlantic City, n. D., $780,
900 worth Of damage was done. Cape May
reports that q fearful storm swept the coast
Sunday night and yesterday morning, A
portion of the stone bulwark there was sent
HSlllk WlOha luo uNo Wy wv i"bhb 'N'A
and storm,
TnE WEATHER ELsEwHERE.
Railroad travel NJ knnknkoo II again OBJ
| BtruCtod, several trains being snowhound'
| All trains NJ st. Louis, Mo, were delayed
moro or less yesterday Those TO Chicago
| were abandoned A train arrived NJ ST. Louis
| from Chicago sOyon hours late
| Another snow blockade, accompanied by
| severe cold, prevailed ut Dubuque, la,, ycstor.
| day. Rnlrond travel was almost diaoontlihuCd
| aud business was NJ u atundstlll,
| Yesterday was the COldoat dny OF tho wlntor
nj Grand Rapids, Mich, the thermometer
| standing at ~ degrees below zorro lust ovon-
Ing, In tho majority of cases trains woro SOW
| ornl hours late,
AdyIcos from Wisconsin indicate q general
| anow-storm and cold snap, the mercury rang
| ing from 10 20 - degrees below zorro. Pnsson-
| gor trains wore generally several houre lnlo
yesterday, while freight uuilo ww almost
suspended,
yesterday NJ Dickinson ID. IT,, the tomnnrIt
turO being NJ zero Reports Indicated that tho
storm extended over ono hundred miles east
and west OF Dickinson. Trains were sovorm
hours late,
In many parts of Pennsylvania Yesterday
tho storm was unusually soVore, ana u mum.
bOr OF country buildings woro damaged, AZ
| Wilkosbnrro the storm was the worst over
known, and u railrond blockade was fonrod.
| Az Plttaton tho roof OF u largo skating rink
fell IN, and tho building w1a ontlroly demp!'
iahOd No ono was hurt, Telephone and tol-
ogrnph wires suffered badly nt scranton