Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-27

1898 AAAAA~S
WeRsT ~ TmE sEAsOS.
NEW ENGLAND SWIFT M A TKRREBLH
sEouF1oaM.
EEw YonK. Jan. 20 The schooner j.
Ksn1edy arrived here daring the night.
Tee captain Fepofs that last night
about hfty vessels weFs IA the Toe on
the shoals. Il IL feared that ell vent
ashore this m0raing.
Holds BLooKADKD.
BIDDEFoEp, Malice, Jan. 2s.-Rosds
sFs evefywhsre bIoekaded and up 10 II
o'olook today no train has passed over
either division Of the Boston q Maine
railroad. TIE morninR express which
LET'S Portland Al 7s30 o'ol ok Is snoWed
q near Old OfensFd. Help has bsen
autographed fer.
ELA0 OF DIsTKEas.
HALIEtx, Jan. ga hae Of distress
was seen flying from q vessel caught In
the ice IN sbs basin taday. The crew
appear 10 hare abaE doned the vessel
aud weFe seen on q cake Of floating Toe
ard in great danger, bat 10 help coald
ftash them. The vessel IL believed 10
De the schooner Glide from Boston. An
unknown vessel is ashore Oh Horton.
xKnaIBLn wRATMxn AT SRA.
NKw YoRK. Jan. 26 The oveFdns
veasess are arriving and report severe
wsntheE at sea. The tramp steamer
CsonA, twenty-five days from Leith,
so stand, had her bridge smashed By 8
heavy sea aud suffered ether damage on
deck. The second officer was swept
across the bridge 90 tue 1871 instant,
aud vas only saved from going eFsF-
board By gfaspins life buoy. Several
OF the crsv were injured daring the
RApLT nEHTSD Tnrn.
Bosrox. Jan. %. Ali tFaius from the
north and east are from four to six
hours late, aud on many roads ali
freight trains have been abanasned.
AZ lfd Ofehsfd 4 sa6w ploW With three
engines attached IL fast 10 Q snow bank,
aud almost bidder from eight. The
sn0g is light and d,ifis badly. The
wind IL higB. a1d about two feet Of
snow has fallen, and atill there are no
signs OF q let up. IL Is the wefst storm
10 thirty Eve Years.
mo paIExs n INV xOHK.
NEW YonK, Jan. 20 Reports from
eastern aud northern New York sbow
tbat tbs storm is alAoss as severe In
those sections % II ia in New ENGLAND.
II began last night, and by msFnine
over foot OF snoW had fallen. A high
wInd then SCI Ia, aud the snow began
pilinR ap IN great drifts. dispatch
from Albany saws that ell railroads
oenteFing there are Ia bad condition,
aud The traiHs are many hours late
The limited express from 81. L0uis on
TIE Erie road Il fast 10 Q snow drift
neas Middletown. and the prospects OF
its getting out sooa aFs poor. The other
trains are stalled at tue same place.
Death 81 Bavsd whltmer.
RIcHMoxp, Ne, Jan. % - David
WhltmsF, the lass Surviving witness 20
the authenticity OF she Book Of Nor
mon, died teFe last night. after a lin
geEing illness for several weeks.
Cottaa seed seat 70 Africa.
GALvmfos, Jan. @.-Tea tons Of 50
perlaf fexss cotton SEED we're shipped
from here yesterday. CONSIGNED 20 the
German East African COLONIZATION So
ciety, a. ZtpzibaF, Africa. An sxpsFi-
encsd plaster accompanied the SEED for
Atlr UANENeH u AMaaNAINAAlA sue HNAlNNN
Of E.nx bar 10 the cultivation OF the
plants. Thts event marks the intro.
duetion Of cotton on the east coast Of
Affies.
highways Empassabie.
BosTus, Jan. IS Reports this morn
lsg fron various points IN Matne, New
hampshite and Vermont state thai the
heaVisst snow storm for years prevailed
ell nieht aud 10 m0so places it IL still
suogipa. Maay trains are entirely sus.
pended aud the highways are praeIi.
eally impAssable.
sasveyer Beasan Captured.
OoPnxuAaEx, Jan. s6-ChFtsaopher
Ffanks, uaned states narsoal for the
nOtthesn dissFiot Of Oaliforais, arrived
here today, aud accompAnied By Mr..
Andersoo. United states minister. visit
I'd The PRISON and idsntihed A. j. Bsn-
sou. Who ts wanted IN san Francisco
for fraudulent snrweys o. pablic lands
tie will retain 60 New York With bis
prisaaer by The steamer Allel, which
leaves BzeEsn on Fehguary /. benson
says be viil Be delighted 20 return 10
the uBissd States.
Blankets and coznfaFtsss all reduced 4
change OF arm sale 81 OaesteF CieaFy's.
The ~Ck.a Ek-G&AE' u the rnosl pop
alaR kiG glove 10 Amarica. &l.kS FOR hve
Hattons. $50 for eirht haitOnG They
are far h,sfow aha urtaa ~ any nAkar