The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-16

plenty OF IL IN the YafdS IN New
York and Brooklyn, but the trouble
is to deliver it. Two thousand hus-
mess men from Motthaven were
showed in near Pelhamv,lle. a SUBJ
urb of New York, since Monday
morning.
A Newhurg, N. Y, dispatch of
Wednesday morning states
Snow began to fail again at 4 p.
m. yesterday and continued until
nearly l O'Clock this morning. 1t
is nearly four feet deep on ]cvel
in the country. In this city aud
vicinity the mills are either shut
uown or running iii q desultOry
manner. No more trains have ar
rived. The Utica express on the
West Shore road was showed out in
the West Point tunnel on Tuesday
and is still there. Long trains Of
engines are at work On the Erie
branches trying to clear the road.
'On the Hudson river road the
Cincinnati express, lying at Pough-
keepsie since Mon lay morn iig. left
at 1:3O this afternoon 10. New N"lk
with a clear track ahead all the way
to Albany The local which reached
Poughkeepsie Monday afternoon
followed the Cincinnati express at
40 for New York. running on
schedule time. Eight locomotives
are pnshing snow north on til"
Union Pacific track. Il is thought
they viii reach Foughk"epsie by s
O clock. It will encounter nGr"er-
OTIS drifts hetwe II New Hamburg
and P'ugnkeepsie - itct deep
This afternoon five engine .hov.
ing snow piow were stuck between
Castleton and Albany on the down
tack. 1t is hardly pos ibIe for
train to ct through to Alb my to~
night. The farmers axe at Il !"S; as
u what to do with their u.;:i,. SOM
'oads that mana4cA to get Il town
last night to be shipped on the rail-
roads were reddled flr two CEN,
quart on ;he streets. All #grt" that
TINS Storm heats tn record.
Wednesday was The day satarart
for holding the spring c!,cti"ns III
many towns in New jersey. TIE
roads being mI.as.ihIe but very few
managed to get to tie polls. It j.
said that in some Instances tie polls
were not opened at al. Places in
which they were opened pres n5ed
a remarkable scene P rlilicians
who brnved the storm wrapped
themselves in tirs and rode 10 the
polls. Tbose who cam" from any
c,i SID rahic distance wrre nearI>
ovt rcnme hy the cold and several
vrters had 10 be revived with stm-
uants The vote was the iight@st
ever polled in Nev jersey.
At Patterson, n J the drifts in
the streets are fifteen and twenty
feet high. the inmates Of may
DWELLINGS were completely shat Ia
Busiresa and traffic was completely
al a s:4ndctil 10 news from tie
outside world has been 5eccIved
sjuc, Monday mntnin@ un!il lat
night The New Y'rs papers ct
through after Journey of lnir;y
six hours from jersey Ci.y Hu.
drtds Of commuters who lett Pats
,erson for New York Monday mora
ing we're smow-pound in cars 4 few
mIIne away and could not go either
way or cmnunicate with tl,ir
taniies Hundreds had q narrow
escape fro'l perishing in the street.
Monday light the police resc,ien
scores Of men, women and 2hl,a!en
w,.o who bad to Sleep in the stat. u
house. Many buildings were dam
aged hy the wind The Mor&ct
Street Methodist Church sIire j.
bent srd twisted. Tres WEI, bi".v!.
down nnl u.iis unrooIcd. SeVera
persons are reported as missing and
perhaps lo4t in the storm. There
are fears of loss OF life in the coun~
try district. Coal and milk are
scarce and the poor people are suf-
fering for the necessaries nf life.
The Catholic Church . t Dtcke =
tnn,eN. J was completely destroyed d
by the Storm.
Snow continued to fall furiously
at Albany until Thursday morn
ing.