Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-23

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cattle, which New Workers would
have been delighted to have seen
hanging in the bucher's shops
here, were frozen to death.
James Fitzgerald, a farmer, re.
siding three miles from the village
of Lorraine, went there Monday to
buy groceries, and left for home at
4 o'clock in the evening. Yester-
day morning his horse was found
in a field half frozen. Fitzgerald
is undoubtedly buried under the
snow.
An afternoon paper estimates
the business loss, contingent loss
and actual pecuniary outlay which
the storm will occasion IN New
York city at not less than seven
millions, and loss to States involved
twenty millions.
Mayor Hewitt has received a
telegram from sympathetic people
in Bismarck and Huron, Dak., st.
Paul, MIMI, and other places in
the West where billiards are not
uncommon, Offering relief for the
storm sufferers in New York and vi
cinity.
A tenement house on Mulberry
street, New York was partially
burned early this morning. The in
mates escaped with difficulty. The
deep snow prevented the engines
getting near the fire.
Twenty funerals en- route to Cal
Vary Cemetery were stuck in snow
drifts. Corpses had to be taken into
houses near by over night. Some
of the mOurners, drivers and horses
had to be dug out, nearly frozen to
death.
NEW YORK, Mar. 15.-The snow
blockade is practically broken, al
though all of the avenues to and
from the city are not fully open.--
The sun sbone brightly to-day and
under It's melting influence the enOr-
nous bulk of snow that clogs the
streets has dwindled. An attempt
to melt the snow by lighting big
fires in the streets was not sue
cessinl.
1t is impossible now to estimate
/ the loss OF life. A great many peo'
pie are missing, and the snow will
have to be cleared away before all
the missing ones can be accounted
for. Almost hourly reports are
coming IN from the surrounding
country of fatalities resulting from
the storm. It is feared that over
twenty lives have been lost in Es.
sex county, n. Y, alone.
Great apprehensiOns are felt bv
the pilots at this port for the safety
of their brethren, who have been at
sea since the beginning OF the re-.
cent blizzard. There are fourteen
boats in all which we're at sea dur.
ing the storm.
The scarcity of meat has prompt
ed the butchers to advance prices
from 9 to 4 cents a pound. Many
of the retail dealers refused to-day
to sell to any but regular custo'
mers. The fish market has been
much embarrassed, owing to the
impOssiblty of getting snpplies.-
The prices have been advanced
The fruits and vegetables have moi
been affected by the blockade as
the supply on hand was large. The
milk famine which threatened the
city is avoided-a quantity was
brought into the city this morning
from white White Plains and In
termedlate points. There has beer
a good deal of suffering in the hos
pitals and families where smal
children absolutely n eded th'
milk. Six street car lines in thiI
city have their tracks very nearl,
cleared and were running cars to
day. The express companies re
sumed business in their regula
way.
The Erie Road was first to get
train in. At 6o'clOck this morning
the Chicago express, which ha
been showed in since Monday a
Monroe, came in, passengers al
well. The Pennsylvania Railroad
is now open to Philadelphia, an'
all the roads ending in Jersey Git,
are sending trains out about Of
; schedule time. The New YorI
Central is open to the West, ant
trains now leave on time. The frs
mail train from Baltimore an
r Philadelphia since Monday morn
. ing came in to-day.
{ Almost all the New Jersey town
within fifteen miles of New Ior
| have some sort of railroad commu
{ nlcation with this city. Thousand
, of business men made their first al
pearance to-day since Saturday,
e Over LOO were showed in at Rose
9 vile, on the Delaware and Lacks
wanna Road, and we're compelle
I to stay on the cars over twenty
= four hours, although their home
? we're only four miles of. The col
q was intense, and food scarce, br
+, no lives were lost. The food SUI
\ ply is running short in the Ne
= Jersey towns, and but little fires
/. meat, and no milk, eggs or veget'
n hlps can he obtained at auy Dric