Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-28
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
SOME ONE IN TEIS VICINITY MUST HAVE
WHISTLED ANNIE LAURIE"
Another Lively Snow Storm Yes!erday-The Rail-
roads Delayed County Roads Blocked, and
Business Interfered With.
Nature is becoming ambitious.

Nature is becoming ambitious.
She seems to have been seized Win
burning desire to beat the 1854 record on
big SHOWS.
r And in the judgment of most people, the
old Dame has succeeded.
1t was common remark, last night, that
there is more snow now on the ground than
in February of the year of the sur
passing flood, and from the aspect OF the
weather at midnight, it is not impossible
that this morning will see another layer
added to the already supertiuous quantity
now whitening the earth.
Not content with the unusually persist
| ent snow of Christmas night, another
storm set in about daylight yesterday
morning, and 1t showed henceforth, with
out break, until abont eleven O'Clock last
night The fall was light for the most
part, else the population would would nave
| been forced TO take 10 snow shoes as an AID
| to locomotion, but during the day about two
inches was added TO the previously existing
depth. The result was 10 greatly increase
| the difficulties of all sorts OF traffic, from
railroad trains down to pedestrians, WIN
| a single exception in favor of sleighs, and
as "a consequence, trains were late, country
people were kept from attending market,
| and business in the city was much inter-
fered with Shoveling snow became Il
leading industry during the day, while
some of the population, compelled TO be
upon the street, contracted number oil as
sorted bruises and bumps, and sadly dam
aged the moral law, through being suddenly
assailed by shovelsful of snow tossed from
endanrered roofs. The street ears had a
hard time of it all day, but managed 10
keep running and were literally patron
lied.
The efforts of the police and press com
bined induced citizens TO pay more hced
than heretofore to the ordinance requiring
sidewalks 10 be cleaned, and Tor the most
part. especially in the business part OF
Town. they were as free from snow rs it
was possible to have them under the cir
cumstances. The Board of Public Works
had men at work opening up the cutters,
and the efforts of all these, rein
forced by the street railway company at
| tempts TO get the snow from It's rails, com
bned to pile the snow up along the SIDES OF
the streets until it often reached height
of four or five feet. These great piles OF
snow were particularly noticeable at the
intersection of Main and Tenth streets,
where all the space was occupied OUTSIDE
of the street car tracks.
Among the railroads the b. X Q. seemed
10 be the chief sufferer, as on the day be-
fore the Panhandle and Ohio river trains
being nearly on time.
An old and obServant citizen SAID yester-
day that in his opinion there was more
snow on the ground, throughout the upper
Ohio valley, than at any time since the DIE
snow in the opening months Oh 1891, IL
being his belief that the next biggest snow
was in February. 1884, and that the pres
ent quantity surpassed that record. TINS
was very generally concurred IN, ana d
good Eaanv interesting stories were re-
counted of the big storm. or rather series
of storms, in -, when the earth was Gov
cred about four or five feet deep, mere,
abouts, and bore crust suihclently haru
to sustain a team of horses, sleighs being
driven over the tops OF fences at many
points Late in April of that year, there
were sill great masses OF snow ON the
north side of the hills.
With the knowledge that the snow is
general, there is naturally good deal OF
anxiety about the river, out there VIII DC
no immediate danger, IS the weather prom
Uses to turn decidedly colder. 1t may be
that the snow will gradually disappear,
without making any very high water, ana
il is to be hoped that this will be the result
| If the present destructive snow remains
on the ground for any length IF time, ii
will be very destructive to game, especial
" birds. The quail and partridges cannot
get their usual food, and many Will
die. unless thaw comes. 4 farm
er said Yesterday that one man, IN inc
northern part of the county, was feeding
about one hundred pheasants, he being
thoughtful enough to throw feed out on the
snow. at some distance from the house, and
, where the birds soon found 1t.
, The roads in the country are in bad con
dition. i'm many places, the snow having
drifted a good deal yesterday.