The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-10
THE EASTERN BLIZZARD
Now York, Massachusetts,, pennsyl.
vania and Vermont Catch 1t.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
New YORK, Jan. 2S.-The delay in the ar
rival and departure Of the mails, owing to the
snow blocade, continues, and was worse last
night than during the preceding twenty-four
hours. Trains which have not been SO irrcg-
ular for years, are coming In on several Of the
roads from one to Ave hours late. The New
York Central Is making no attempt to send
out freight trains, and some 1900 are stalled
at different points on the road. Eleven pas
sengcr trains arc stuck In the drifts within
fifty miles Of Albany. The hotels at Albany
and C~anajoharic arc crowded with snow
bound guests.
Adviccs from the upper part of the state to-
night show that traffic is still held fast. Hun
dreds Of freiget cars are laid up ut East SYRIA
cuse, and live stock is being unloadcd to save
1t from starvation and freezing.
OswEGo, N. Y, Jan. 2s.-The storm ragged
worse than ever last night. The thermometer
was ten below zero, and the wind blew sixty
miles an hour. Trains on the Rome, Water
town and Ogdenshurg road have been ADAM
doned. The Delaware, L~ackawanna and
Western road is also b!ockadcl, and the pas
scngcr train from the west, due here last
evening, spent the night about thirty miles
west of here. The blockade is the worst for
many years, and every effort is being made to
raise 1t, but with little effect, US the high
wind fills the cuts up us soon as cleared.
PALMYRA, N. Y. Jan. 3S.-The weather
here is worse today than it has becnyct. There
is a cattle train on the Central road Mt East
Palmyra snowbonnd, and the cattle and hogs
are freezing to death. There is also one at
Green s crossing in the same way.
MASSACHUSETTS.
RosToN, Jan. 2s.-Relprts from northern
New England indicate an uninterrupted con-
tinuance of cold weather. The SNOW is badly
driftcd and 1t will take some time to clear
the tracks SO that travel can he resumed.
GREAT DARLINGTON, Mass. Jan. 2s.-An
order was issued this morning disseminating
all trains OF the Massachusetts branch of the
Housatonic road until further orders on ac-
count Of the snow blockade. a we'll known
music teacher, named Hartly, was found fro
zen to death In an orchard near Southboro,
last night.
BosToN, Jan. 2s.-Dispatchcs to the Assoc
w ASsH AiOtI uNtiiCIOAS pulIItS III INcM
England tonight do not indicate and aubstan-
tial improvement in the state of affairs result
ing from the snow blockade. The weather
remains cold, high winds continue to prevail
and the SNOW is still drifting to an extent
that the efforts of the largest gangs of shovel
ers and the onslaught of the most powerful
s%nowplows are practically useless.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBuIG, Jan. 2S.-Tolay was the coolest
day of the season. The mercury dropped to
zero last night and this morning was Z above.
Trains from the east and west are from one
to four hours late.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. os.-Thc snow block
adc in this state continues. In the neighbor-
hood of Reading u high wind sprung up at
noon, drifting into tracks of railroads and
undoing the work of the past W days. 1t is
the worst storm In IL quarter Of u century.
VERMONT.
ST. JOnNsBUHy, Jan. 2S.-A snowplow was
thrown from the track on the st. bloomsbury
and Lake Champlain road today. Sixteen
men were badly shaken up, and one of them
seriously injured.