The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-28
that he died of heart disease. He lived in
the house alone, but has wife and children
living in Washington.
PUBLIC ROADS ABANDONED.


living in Washington.
PUBLIC ROADS ABANDONED.
READING, PA, Jan. 21-m Berks, Le-
banon, Schuylkill and Lehigh counties the
public roads have been almost entirely
abandoned because of the immense snow
drifts, and teams pass over open fields, re
gardless of fences, which in many places
are not visible, Farmers are turning out
In bands of 80 and 100 to open the country
roads. All the railroads in this section are
much mpeded. No attempt is
being made TO open the short lines
to the coal breakers. 1t takes all
the force the railroads can muster
to dig out passenger trains from the snow
drifts where they are constantly sticking.
On the Frederick division of the PeHnSyl-
vania railroad travel has almost entirely
ceased, and to-day workmen were engaged
at Littletown in digging a passenger train
ont of snow drift. Between Lancaster
and Columbia three frei Lht trains are
Snow-bound, and the fires were drawn from
the locomotives. The Reading and Column
bla road is completely blocked.
OVER A DAY LATE.
RUTLAND, VT, Jan 27.-A train which
left Boston yesterday morning arrived this
afternoon twenty-seven hours late. 1t went
no farther, but started back at 6 O'clock
with two engines and two passenger coaches
1t got as far as East Clarendon when the en-
tire train with the exception of one of
| the engines left the rails NJ one was
injured. There are eleven locomotives at
Shelburn tonight trying to move a train
from Montreal due here at 10:3j O'clock last
night. This Is the worst blockade ever
known here. The surrounding country is
badly choked up and roads are impossible.
! Snow is falling, the weather is bitter cold
| and 1t promises to be the most severe night
| of the season. The wind is blowing and Is
still drifting the snow, filling up the rail
road tracks almost as soon as they are
cleared.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC ABANDONED.
HARRISBURG, PA, Jan. 27-Travel on
the railroads centreing in this city has
been greatly impeded by the great snow
banks that obstruct the tracks. The Cum
berland Valley railroad has annulled all
freight trains, and is directing its attention
to the running of passenger trains Two
or three locomotives are attached to each
train, and even with this additional power
trains are all late Banks of snow six or
seven feet in depth block the tracks in many
places.
DAKOTAs IMPERILED TOWNS.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. PA Mill
bank, Oak, special to the journal says;
"The situation here is growing serious. A
road was opened to a blockaded train be
tween here and Big Stone yesterday and
the train brought in. A train with the
eastern mail is stuck at Ortonville and one
from the West at Twin Brook, west of here.
/ This city will soon be short of coal, and
there is not pound of sugar in the dealers
| hands. Wilmot is out of coal, while
/ Corona and Twin Brooks have neither coal
nor wood"
| PITTsBURG's ROADS.
! PlTTsBURG, PA, Jan. 2L-Trains on the
| Pan Handle road are making fairly good
! time. but that is the only road entering
! Pittsburg Of which that can be said. The
| Baltimore and Ohio stands neXr, but al
| other roads are seriously delayed. On th'
! Allegheny mountain division of the Penn
! sylvania road the snow is from Il to fee
! deep, and at places IS drifted TO such al
| extent that engines cannot push through it,
| Alarge force Of men was put to work, but
! high wind caused the snow to drift agaiI
| almost as rapidly as it was cleared away.
| OPENING NAVIGATION AT BALTIMORE.
, BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.-The ice boats yes
! terday broke up the ice in the PatapScC
| river and the high northwest wind of las
| night and to-day drove il all out into Chesa
| peake bay, leaving navigation unObstructed
| The temperature IS still low, but ice canno
| form while the high wind prevails. A large
! feet of schoonerS which had been held il
this port by ice sailed to-day.
CANADA's EXPERIENCE
MONTREAL, Jan. 2S.-All trains for Bos
! ton and New York were Cancelled to-day
with the exception of the Delaware anC
| Hudson, which left for New Y York this after
noon with large number on board. There
have been no trains from New York fol
two days, and no Boston train yet to-day
Canadian traffic is less, though severely
! affected.