Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-01-15
THE COLD WAVE.

THE COLD WAVE.
LOW THERMOMETERs-A BITTER sATuR-
DAY N1eHr-DEMoRALIz OF THE
TRA1Ns-dtoD SUPPLY OF ICE
Friday about O'Clock, P. NJ, fine snow
commenced sitting over the city. Soon
strong wind set in and until midnight the
snow was whirled and piled In dflles Oh
the streets. All day Saturday, though no
snow was now falling, the high "lnds LOOK
it from the roofs and carried it around the
streets in quantities equivalent to fresh
storm. Saturday night was fearful one.
bitter cold, the wind blowing at thirty
miles an hour and the thermometer TALL
ing fast. Sunday morning ali was sClli
and clear, while the Thermometers, down
to S degrees, looked chilllngly at the seven
inches of snow that had fallen. Inc tele-
graph brought the news OF a similar Ut
worse condition all over the country. Inc
thermometer ranged from 2Oo belo" zero
in Omaha to only 100 above zero IN the
mild climate of Pensacola. Florida.
In Stanton, as there always is at the
first snow storm of the season, there was
the usual frantic excitement among the
far Southern pupils at the Female Cel-
leges who saw the white flakes for the
first time. The excitement inside the colleg-
es was great, but when they appeared on
the streets in a long line of sleigh5 going
over real snow for the first time, their ex-
pressions of delight were uncomfortable.
VALLEY RAILRoAD-HARDT TIME RES
CUING BLoCKADED PASSENGERS.
The trains bound for Staunten on the
Valley Railroad we're blockaded That
which left Baltimore on Saturday morn
ing did not reach Staunton until Monday
night at 1890 O'Clock. just East of
Chariestcwn it encountered the long. cut
filled with twelve feet of snow. The two
engines drawing it were unable to move it
and eight more stuck fast there. The
train which left Stauntcn Saturday at
$3.50, arrived at Charlestown about $40 P.
Nj. an hour late and there being no pros
pect Of getting through the cut was sld2-
tracked this side and its passengers were
taken to the hotels Among it's passen-
gers was Hon. L. HI. Stephenson. of High
land. About O'clock Saturday night, the
Charlestown Free Press" says, the Wat
son House omnibus was taken out through
Hon. Andrew Hunters field to bring off
the passengers from the train bound for
Stanton. These embraced Mr.. r. H.
Martin. editor of the Woodstock ''Vir-
giuian," and bride; Miss Ada Howell,
Of Pittshurg, Pa. returning to school
at Stanton; Miss Jennie McFail,
of Winchester, Va; Rev. Elias Wei
ty Of Shenandoah county, Va; Master
Hulst Glenn, a lad of ten or twelve years,
of Stanton, Va; David Snndsimer, of
Washington, D. c.; Ashhy Wyndall, news
boy; F. G. Shaw, Claim Agent of the b.
y o; J. W. Keiter, Of Dayton, Rocking
ham county, Va, and Samuel Koontz, of
Nat. Jackson, Va. A lantern was used to
pilot the team around the drifts, but the
lamp therein was soon extinguished by
the fury of the storm, and the driver was
unable to find his way out. The vehicle
got stuck in drift and broke down, and
had to be abandoned. The attempt Was
then made to reach town on foot, but the
party had wandered about in the storm
and darkness for several hours, and some
of them were almost persisted with the
cold, the Thermometer being nearly down
to zero, and the wind sharp and piercing.
About this tine a further relief party
from town arrived, and with Passenger
Agent Dudrow aided in getting the near
ly frozen people towards the road. Even
their efforts must have failed at this time,
however, if the Carter House hack had
not arrived and helped them out of the
difficulty. This vehicle. in turn, broke
down before reaching its destination, but
fortunately, not until we'll down into the
town. Misses Howard and McFail were
nearly frozen, about the ears, as was also
little Master Glenn, and Mr.. Keiter had
his right hand severely frosted. Others
suffered good deal from the cold, and
Rev. Mr.. Welty nearly gave out on the
way. All say the experience was terrible,
and deem it fortunate that they got out
at all.
CLEARING THE TRACK.
Monday morning the company had two
hundred men at work and by II O'Clock
A, M. the train for Stanton got through
the cut and came on.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
The trains On the Shenandoah Valley
road were also blockaded for two days.
The stock en- route also had a hard time
at Charlestown. At the B. Il 0. depot
there, three carloads of stock stood on the
track over Saturday night. and one car
load at the Shenandoah Valley. One
steer got down and Was injured and died
IN the B. y o. cars, and in the Shenan-
doah Valley two sheep and two calves
were found dead on Sunday.
THE THERMOMETER AND THE ICE.
The thermometer at the VINDICATOR
Office registered at $50 A. NJ. on the days
named; 100 Sunday; 40 Monday; 20 below
Wednesday, and % above yesterday, Y es-
terday evening a thaw set in.
The Ice men are having harvest, the
thinnest cutting being u inches.