The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-14
OKLAHOMA STORM NOTES.

PERRY, o. r., Feb. l3.-[Speclal l-Th,
| storm which swept over this city on Satur
| day night and Sunday was the most sever,
| within the recollection of the Oldest i'll
| habitant. 1t began at midnight Saturday
night, with fierce cold wind from thu
| north. By daybreak the surface of tht
earth was covered with snow, and flying
shafts of ice and snow filled the air. By
noon the wind had increased to tempest
| and the air was so filled with snow that il
was impossible to see any distance. The
cold increased with the increased velocity
OF the wind, and altogether iocomotiou
was almost impossible. One could scarcely
make any headway at all in the direction
from whence the wind came. Not less
| than six inches of snow had fallen by this
time. Toward evening the wind abated.
and it ceased showing. The temperature
rose two or three degrees. During the
night it fell again. registering degrees
below zero. Much suffering was expert
enced, especially among the poorer classes,
whose habitatiOnS were not sufficiently
stable to shelter them against such in
clement weather.
1t is not often that it SHOWS in Perry,
but when it does. the event is turned to
good account for pleasures sake. 1t
day, it was one of the most glorious holi-
days siuce the carol of the coyote made the
night hideOus. and the foray of the bandit
made life uncertain. The fierce storm of
Saturday night covered the ground with
four or five inches of snow. Several young
gentlemen of the city, bent rather upon
the enjoyment OF the transient things Of
earth than upon the stable Things Of eter-
nifty, conceived the idea Of improvising
lai nf iyh ru
carnival. Accordingly, twelve or thirteen
vehicles were constructed, each provided
with heavy rough board runners. The
bodies of the vehicles were made of crock
cry crates, broken hogsheads, piano cases,
and the like. One ambitious young man,
inspired by desire to excel all others,
mounted a water tank upon pair of run
ners for his use. To each OF the vehicles
thus inprovised pair of good horses was
attached, and driver in livery provided.
Just as the devout worshipers Of the
community were emerging from their
places of worship upon the hill, the pro-
cession Of strange looking vehicles hove ia
sight from its place of rendezvous in West
Perry. AT the time Boreas was doing his
level best, and the air was filled with eddy
ing, flying snow, which in its gyratiOns re-
sembled the waving of huge banner, or a
cyclone blowing through the whiskers of
Senator PETER of Kansas. LocomotiOn
was almost impossible, and it was only by
the aid of foghorn, carried in the hands
of a pedestrian who proceeded in advance,
that the party was enabled to pick its way
along the street. For two hours the sport
was INDUCED in. during which the calva-
cade was stopped at nearly every residence
in the city aud the inmates treated to an
unearthly serenade. At 4:30 the sport was
discontinued, the vehicles were piled up in
a pile GU the public square, and left for
fuel for those who may need them; and
society, much gratified and we'll pleased
with itself, took up the burden of life
again.
ALvA, o. IT,, Feb. 13.-[Special.] There
have been no mails here since Sunday.
The train due here from the east is expect
ed at 6 o'clock this evening. The train
was still at Woodward on Sunday. The
snow is badly drifted The freight train
due here on Sunday at II O'Clock a. H.,
from the east got here at o'clock p. M,
this evening. 1t is showing now, with the
wind from the northwest.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER, Feb. l3.-Raiiway traffic,
which during the past forty-eight hours
has been greatly delayed, mas resumed its
normal condition. Railway men report
that in Kansas there are snowdrifts fifteen
and twenty feet Deep Ore Rio Grande
was blown from the track, near Palmer
lake. by a gale blowing eighty miles an
hour. Another train was blown from the
Rio Grande Western track near Farming
ton, Utah. and number of people injured.
The storm recalls the famous blockade of
1885, when the Kansas Pacific was showed
in at Wallace for ten days aud the South
ern Pacific on the Sierras for eleven days,
aud Superintendent Stubbs wired the
growing passengers at Salt Lake City: