The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-11
STORIES OF
THE STORM.
The Wind and Sleet Caused Con-
siderable Trouble.
WORK FOR THE LINEMEN.
Telephone and Trolley Wires Get in
COntact-The Street Arc Electric
Lights Were Rendered Useless.

Yesterdays storm had the effect of al
most paralyzing local business circles
Customers remained at home. The gales
whistled ominously and the low tempera-
ture of the weather froze the rain and
sleet as fast as it fell on the pavements
and streets, making them dangerous to
both travelling man and beast. The man
of dignided bearing was obliged to as
sumo many grotesque positions yesterday
and last evening, especially when the
digniied individual failed to provide him
self with pair of rubbers, or ice creepers
Flops and drops were as numerous as
fakirs on circus day and many men who
on the 1st inst, resolved not to allow a
profane word TO pass through his vocal
organs during 1895, involuntarily burst
the bonds assunder with some vehemence
"How are youw exclaimed good-natured
gentleman as he passed down Main street
yesterday afternoon and raised his arm
to tip his hat. But ere the echo died
away his feet took a sprinting spell
and the gentleman OF genial disposi-
tion went down to the pavement
like shot, pistol pocket first. He seemed
dazed for a moment, but soon recovered
and looked around for the hat he had in.
tended using in the courtesy. The tile
rested in the gutter. After putting it on
the proper place the unfortunate turned
to smiling idler and blurted out, "Yes,
smile-you Why don't you put ashes
on the pavement ?" The person addressed
retorted, TITS no use. People like you
come along and carry them away on their
backs"
The storm played havoc with the cleo
trio light, telegraph and telephone wires.
The light wires suffered the most and as
a result the streets were not illuminated
by the arc lights last night. The wires of
all systems suffered during the day, but
the commercial lamps were pnt in condi
tion in time for use. The arc light system
could not be remedied because the work
men would not undertake to climb the
sleet and ice covered poles in the storm.
A telephone wire fell upon the Schuyl-
kill Traction pany's trolley wire at
the corner of Main and Poplar streets
and for several hours the residents of that
vicinity were treated to spasmodic pyro-
technic displays A tree at the same
corner also became eccentric. The gales
swept its branches back and forth in such
a manner as to draw several telegraph
and electric light wires together. The
tree was cut down and only enough to be
used as a hitching post is left.
The Pennsylvania Telephone Company
had corps of repairmen at work all Of
yesterday in different parts of the county
trying to keep the telephone system in
working order, but the efforts were not
of much benefit The town system was
badly crippled by the wire getting in con
tlct with the trolley wire at the corner of
M lin and Poplar streets. The telephone
in the Office of Hodson & Co., the brokers,
was burned out by the current from the
trolley,
The telegraph apparatus at the Pennsyl
vania depot also suffered to some ex eut
by crossed wires, but the operators
managed to keep a line clear for train
signals