The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-22
THE GREAT STORM.
LOCKED THE ARMS OF THE
ICE KING.
The North Treated to a Blizzard OF the
Genuine Western Styie-Great Suf-
fsring and Loss of Life-Business
Paralyzed, &c, &c.

ParalYzed, &c, &C.
New York awoke Yesterday after
day and night Of most wonderful ex
periences and peepsd timidly out o
the window to see if it had gone. /
had, but there remained a great dea
to remember it by. The principal ant
most tangible token was snow. Snov
was everywhere and in greater quantl
ties than ever was known here. Th'
wind had heaped it up into grea
mounds, as a giant would, and then a
an artist would, it had taken little par
ticles and formed them into fantastis
shapes. The streets were filled with it
and house fronts were plastered with 1t
Then New York pulled itself to-
gether and ruminated about how te
get rid of this memento. Desirable Il
might be in some localities, but ths
metropolis does not care for it. AS
result, towards nightfall little mound:
began to make their appearance in
great many streets. These were no'
the work of giants, but OF ordinary hu
man beings, chiefly Italians. 1t was
the first step toward bringing the city
back to its normal condition.
With this end in view other agencies
got to work. Very early in the morn
ing steam began to puff from elevated
railroad engines, and trains began tc
appear. They were not such big train:
as usual, nor did they travel so fast
There was caution in their movements
born Of the experience Of the day be-
lore. But they availed to carry pas
sengers, and everybody WAS able to
60 where they wanted to.
There were many signs to indicate
what devastation can be produced it
one day. One of these was the diff
Guilty with which those prime and fore
most articles of necessity, food and
fuel, were procured. In great many
instances the difficulty could not be
overcome and many poor people hac
to rely on scanty stores. There was al
incipient famine in meat, milk ans
coal.
Not one street Car turned out fol
traffic in the city yesterday. Such ar
event has never happend before in the
memory of the oldest car driver o.
conductor. BY some meags the com
paaies have always before managed Il
run few cars during the worst storms
but the blizzard on Monday paralyzee
them all.
The second day OF the great storm
although less severe than the first, wa
even more terrible through the prolon
CATION Of inconvenience, the gradua
diminu.ion Of necessary supplies ane
revelations Of the damage the tempes
has done. Paris, encircled by ths
German hosts, was scarcely more com
pletely isolated from the outer worle
than New York and its suburbs are to
day. Within twelve miles of this cit,
there are trains full of people impriS
oned in the snow, cut off from food O
fuel and suffering what miseries we d.
not know. We can only hope tina
their tribulations may be light. w,
cannot send aid to them, any NOR,
than the roads on which they ar,
blocked can bring supplies to US
Within the town well-known citizen
are found dead in snow drifts almo,
at the threshold Of their comfortable
homes, and to 60 from domicile to of
fee or workshop is still a task whicl
the majority dare not attempt. Ma
another day bring complete deliver
ance from this great calamity, the 10.
by which to New York and the resio
afflicted like the metropolis is not t
be measured by money, no matter t
how many millions We advanced tn
estimate.
BLIZZARD PRICES FOR COAL.
| Billiards come but seldom, nor lin
ger long. Should this one continue
however, for any heightened period
more prayers will be said for the sler
Of the weather than were ever befor
offered up for the welfare of that in
dlvldual. While all New York is pray
ing as 1t never prayed before for tn
Western visitor to take itself back t
its more congenial climate, there ar
a large number of individuals VIII
pray that he may remain. These la,
are the coal dealers.
| Despite the railroad strikes the pric
cf black diamonds had not increase
to any great extent. When, howeve
on Monday morning the coal deal.
.woke and saw the city envelope
from North to South and from East I
West in a snowy blanket, he though
the day for reaping his harves, hx
come, Away up in the browps,or
houses and in the cellars of the wealth
and middle classes no fears of a co;
famine were experienced. But in Il
homes Of the poor it was differen
Those who depend for their dsily ~