The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-18

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liAzlsu waa On tAG pol, a. Mel iuI
corner Abou: iifIecH minutes brlg:c (,
fell.
Railroad tfaiVI; waB badly inler!erct
Win, nat only by ths anow, but By thC
lack oi telegraph facilities. In tho for,
part OF tlle day no tiaiuB were in or nu,
bat late la The afternoon The delayet
ma'Is began to pile Ia, aud last night al
Tbs railroads were ia fair ghapc, though
trains we're lii,l0 lA'e.
TreeA oi every size and shape, aI wei
~ tue bnahea aud shrubbery, wer,
broken down by th0 heavy snow, III,
sidewalks 10 places b-ing literally GOV
cred TiiE the small tSig, that Wei,
broken 0lI.
Tol MECH Oi- a GO1D rinSG.
AL the people who we're longing Tor .
good old.iAshlOnpb winter got al the,
wanted OF this kind. There werc not i
hall'dczen people who dared venture ouI
with slrighE, aud the sound Of the ling
ling bills Was rare about town. Even
the kids were content 10 stay ia the
house, or most OF them were, and ia
their CoaSLing at more Convenient sol.
son. They enjoyed themselves, how.
ever, rolling up SHOW balls, making bnUw
men, or acooping ont snow hou5ca.
Few ladies' were seen on the strectE
yesterday, and those who had to be out
generally wore gum bd6ts. Las! even.
tne the audience u the Grand WAS small
on account OF tbs weather, and TIT
klrmess PeoPlo had 10 Fegort tn hgCks tG
yet to the iu!I tlreaI ruheargll Rt the
Opera Uouse. That they cane ~ ul!
showed great interest.
The leaving OF the slu,a IN rivera aud
lakrs on the street crossings few Iret
| from the sewer traps wai incxCuslble
negligence on ttic part Of the Board oil
Public WoIGH OIL cals. ! few men with
shovclS could have r0medirl much oil
this difficulty. II they employed able
iboIied men who could come on. when
tho Sun iB not shining, aud ran the ds.
partmeht or trstfeSs p:iuciP!ca instead
OF with view 10 lake votes, things
would be dihcrent. This neglect WAS
the theme OF general, severe and jgst
criticism 81! Jay,
lmprovistd snOw piows and one r.al
onn were run oyer the streets In some
parts OF town. On the Island, George
Itlles rigge.! - n Y shaped plaw, hitch
ed horse 10 Il and scrapej oil Il great
many Of the side wallis Or North Front
street and in that vicinity.
TIL ssoE GISEUAL,
All over the vicinity ths results oi the
storm vera as bad as hGr3. At B1lIatO
the street ears wsre not running; people
were busy all day on the roofs shoveling
tha heavy snow of, and for pedestrians
the WALKING was horrible. Business was
almost suspended on account OF it. Ga
tho roof OF II. Z. R4y'e house, in the
Fourth ward tdere, the GtoG vas SO
heavy that peIIeptible sway occurred
IL the morning and several tons of snow "
we've sto2elea or to slvs the buillinl.
At Martins Terry. business was par
TALLY prostrRted, adj Srn boots, over
lshoes, Imhrellas and shoyelG we're u dc
m:nd. Telephone wires were earned
down by the weight OF the snoT
! throughout tho city, and several pole:
were anapprd oH at the tops, arns and
all, like pips G:Nms This was partlca
latly true Of those an IiaDover street
and IN some places where iLgro werC
many wires, not single one IS ~ "
seen. Most Of the wires fell after !
| O'CLOCK yesterday morning. About 4
,, u. tie gSitch board in tho telephone
office was DuEpel ont, frightening tn,
operator very badly. TEis was caass,
hV thn II.1n,,t,nn y.ivaa fulIsn,
and crossing the electric ligh
wires. This caused considerable .rouu!r
Silh tho telephones in tbs morning
and many amusing experiences ara re
tRls.l by tho telephone subscribers. No
: sinGiH pleci: light wire went down
The linemen Se.e busy all day clearing
/ them, and the electric neLt Ea5 turne,
on RS usual last evening", IaliC,I u tE'
| surprise Of everybody. Telephone AMI
. tr.egEaphic communication is shut OF
, from tie outside world. Nearly at pas
. GGnGer irGinR CT tsG 9. & /. road wer'
t on time, notwithstanding he fAct tha
they ran x!sh0Gt 0rdets, The lines Leih.
down. AL ttGiSht trains were Quit
late. The passenger trains Ga ihe y, h
4 ". were MI lA:c In the morning. ~
snow was removed from mIay HIt raots
TIM owners ieatipg they would id!i IN
, Seyerst altighing parties were arrAnget
, for last night, hut there was too mUcl
weather, nnd they Ees,2 abandoned.
Persons coming in on tie !.Sirs sAit
the snow was ust as h"avy eyer!sGs.t
, w,L.lH n hundrod miles rs here, Bni
, lively ieS,a o. . hIod were excited.
Ar STEIOETT!LLE,
Last evenings Steubeuvilte SD: say
in i;R accOuni 81 the storm there: Itwa
still in tie city Office OF the Western
e, Union this morning. They could no
! even reach Whseling Jnsction or Mirgo
. GSecY wire was down and II wac 20, IN
III IBIS afternoon that any conuiunica
ton was restored, Some oil tbs broker
:; Ti'ea as they !eil looked almos: an incl
i in diameter With the accuni1nlation o
\ u SNOW,
The Postal Cable Company su1eYct
,, severely in the breaking OF the big pol
Y on this side OF the river 4 wire i
y stretched froal the top OF this pole 10 TIL
o,hes side and the weight was 40 grea
). upon the v,ss that the pole Was broker
y and fell 10 ihrgrassS. This would no
= have been SO serious, hsa h1ss he rabl,
: scnnCC,inS also been severed. This v =
u repai,e.i however, aud the Postal C4b.t
I is now work,sI ep though circuit.
y Some time during tuJ a;Ght an elCI
J. .ric fire alarm wira fell across an e;ectri
iigIt yire just in front OF the Jeilerso
y office. It g;!uck aspot where the in
IS sula,ion was woIG CT, aad as a const
s, QaeGce = large part ei the tcVes circu
. Of boxes vas burned out.
The telephone service was completed
:, paraly2ed this morning. At The corns
!, Of 9Th aud Market six wires Wese broke
,, and OF the pavement and oil elong Ma
q ket and other places the wires Tcl
broken and down. 20 that people hs
r comparatively little use Tor the 'phon
81 Small Danger of n flood