Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-03
THE wHArHEn nEcoRD.

JACK RkOeBs ho4ss on t1o1t 10 the
 South sh.Aecompanied by Snow-The
 Atlantic Coast-New York City Gov.
 cred With Mantle Of White.
 ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 2.-Reports from northern Texas say hundreds of range cattle have been frozen to death during the present cold spell and that unless the weather speed- fly moderates the loss of stock will be very severe.
 ST. AUaus1HE, Fla, March 2.-The ther- mometer last night went down to 8. The weather is the coldest of the season. Fears are entertained that ts-nioht's frost will be still more severe. Great damage has been done to truck farms. Owing to the forward condition of orange trees they may suffer greatly.
 SAVANNAH, Ga., March 2.-The first hard freeze of the winter occurred here this morn- ing. Ice formed and vegetation was killed. The damage to the truck crops cannot be estimated yet. Light snow fell in the fore- noon. the first for many years.
 CHARLESTON, 8. O., March 2.-It showed hero three hours this morning, from until noon. The snow melted as 1t fell, however, and the sun shone at o'clock.
 FoRT MONROE, Va, March 2.-1t snowed hard all day here, the first of the season. The thermometer registered % above Zero.
 NEW YORK, March 2.-The storm this eve- ming reminds New Workers of the famous blizzard of two years age. binding snow brisk south wind, and the city WAS soon covered with a mantle of white. Many acoi- dents due to falls on the slippery sidewalk were recorded at the various police stations and hospitals before midnight, when the snow was still falling. The storm set in about o'clock and then the temperature fell gradually to midnight. It stood at 2S above zero at o'clock and IS degrees at midnight. The snow at midnight had blocked the street cars pretty effeotually and even tine elevated railroads suffered and the trains were obliged to run slow because of the blinding snow squall. On the Brooklyn bridge the train- men and the police suffered severely from the storm. About six inches of snow on the level had fallen up to midnight. The fer ries on the East and North rivers were con- pelled to proceed on their trips with the PROVIDENCE, March 2.-A snow storm with high wind set in Sunday noon and continues ct midnight. So far there is no serious delay to trains, a reduced number being run on Sunday. The limited Shore Line train for New York went out on time, but the New York train was fifty minutes late in arriving here. The horse car service is disorganized, only sufficient cars being run to keep the lines open, and the cable tramway line if kept open with difficulty on account of the propensity of the sweeper to leave the trach at curves in the road.
 CHATHAM, Mass, March 2. "A heav1 northeast snow storm prevails tonight. Th' three masted schooner, Benjamin Courtney | Captain Baker, from Charleston for Wey' mouth with cargo of phosphate, is ashor' on Kilpound bar. The vessel remains tight and all hands remain aboard tonight. Th' William A. Wells of Hyannis is alongside te render assistance as scon as the weather per mits. Captain Gould and crew of the Chat ham life saving station boarded the schoone in the storm, but their assistance was not re quired. The storm is 90 severe that nt steamers will attempt to come over tn shoals and weather the cape tonight. l BOSTON, March 3, 1:30 @. m.-A heav! 1 snow storm hes been raging in this cit, since about ono o'clock Sunday afternoon
 About ssven inches have fallen up to thi
 time. Advices from points on Cape Coo report the worst storm of this winter, ac
 companied with a severe northeast gale
 At Newport, R. l., the storm was said to b' | the heaviest that hes visited that city II 1 years. Despatches from Portsmouth, N. H.
 and New Bedford, Mass., also report heav.
 snow falls.
 LONDON, March 2.-Severe storms ant
 frosts are reported in England and in variou parts of Europe. Among the regions & l visited are Rome aud Riveria.