The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

SNOW IN THE EAST.
The Heaviest storm Since the Grsss
 Blizzard of 1SSS

The Heavisss storm Since the arssi
 Blizzard of 1888.
 NRw YORK, December 21.-The prcdfst. ed snow storm arrived on schedule time And this morning pedestrians are few ard far between, and the surface cars arc making poor work of 1t in spite of the fact that four horses are now trying to do the usual work of two. Navigation on the rivers and bay is seriously interfered with, but so far no accidents have been reported. This storm, which is promised to be tho worst since the blizzard of March, 1888, has been giving the South a taste of it's quality since early yesterday morning, aud it's center worked it's way up from Louisiana 70 Tennessee from a. ID. to ?. III. The storm depression is trying to get up to an area of high barometer iu Lower Canada, and as New York is in the eenter of the track she will have her share of the de- presson- The Weather Bureau sent out warnings last night to the offices of all the Eastern railroads to look out for heavy snow and ordered Northeast storm signals to be hoisted all along the At antic Coast and Norfolk to Boston and along tho Gulf from Pensacola to New Orleans. A lunar of 22j5 deg. radius was in the heavens last night and this. together with other re- markable feats performed by that lnminary these last three ghts, has set every old dog along South street and the Battery busy prophesying violent ehullitions of nature in the very near future.
 THE MAILS DELAYED
 At the Forty Street Depot it yx-ua tatn tknt about on timo and that the storm SO far had not had any serious effect. The mails to- day were late in arriving in this city. The early ones got in on time or with compara lively little detention, but later in the day there were frequent delays of an hour or two. The New York Central and Eastern roads made fair time, the mos. serious de lays being in Western and Southwestern mails over the Pennsy lvania road The train due with Western mails at s;la this morning did not reach here until after noon. At o'clock this afternoon, seven inches of snow had fallen and there was still no sign of a let up, in fact, the storm seems to oe gathering force every hour In m interview the gentleman in charge of the weather said:
 oue tuiltE IS cSFt1lH, Wt AtC Douilu 10 have heavy snow all day and night. But that may not bo the worst. We shall be lucky If we escape repetition of the bliz Eard weather Of three days ago At this moment tho storm, whose violence WIG are feeling tho more beginning Of, is central in the region between Wilmington, N c, and Norfolk, Va, and is moving gradually northeastward. Simultaneously there is | second storm whose center is over the lalSe regions and whose movement is toward the east Possibly the two storms may not intersect, but the indications are they will, for there Is an area of high pressure over the St, Lawrence, tho tendency of which is to retard tho advance of each storm and compel them into a fusion. Should that occur 1t will probably be somewhere be tween the northern part of this State and the St Lawrence region and the result will be q malignant storm of the type Of tho blizzard. This city however, is not likely to suffer so severely us upon that other historic occasion, because 1t will probably be too far from the blizzard's center to feel its worst effects"
 coLpEsr OF THE SEASON.
 BUFFALO, N. r., December e7.-Last night was tho coldest of the season, the thermometer registering about 10 above zero. A heavy blizzard began at an early hour this morning aud the snow drifted badly in places. Later In tho morning the wind subsided aud the snow Is falling steadily without drifting. Railroad travel will be somewhat impeded.
 HEAVY SNOW AND pRIxxLISa RAIN.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., December a7.-A heavy snowstorm prevailed in WashIn gton and vicinity all night A drizxling rain fell for several hours. Travel on the street car lines has been greatly retarded and trains from all points are late in arriving t Is tho heaviest storm experienced in Washington since the blizzard of March, lSSS.
 RAD WEATHER FOR THE EAST.
 WASHINGTON, D. c, December 27.-The signal offlce announces that unsettled weather will prevail with heavy snow storms from the lake region eastward.
 AHARp STRAIGHT WIND.
 MrSNEAroLrs, Minn., December 2,.-Thc Journals Pierre (S. D. special says, A forty mile an hour chinook wind from the Northwest carrying bllnding clouds of dust prevails here. It Is the hardest straight wind known in tho Missouri Valley for years.
 TRAFFIC BLOCKED ON ALL SIDES.
 WmKEsBAsRE, Pa, December 21-Suow began to fall here at midnight and at noon today the storm is still raging fiercely, with snow drifts of two or three feet in streets. From the present indications the storm will continue through the day The electric street railways and horse cars as this hour are unable to run and trafilc is blocked on all sides. Trains on all the railroads arc delayed and business Is practically suspended throughout the Wyoming Valley.
 FORTY BELOW ZERO.
 LYNpoSymLE, Vt, December sT.--Ths thermometer registered 70 deg below this morning.