Frederick citizen., 1895-02-15

experience, all OF them, and well earnpd
The money allowed them for their
services.
IN EMMITsBURG.
The effects of the snow storm in EN-
mitsburg was practically that it was
III the other sections OF the county.
At All early hour on Thursday morn
ing OF last week the fall began and
soon took on the form of fast driving
fury. Drifting began and soon the
streets and roads adjacent to Emnlits-
burg were rendered impossible. The
mail on Wednesday evening arrived
severa! hours late aud after that there
was general suspension in that
branch of the governments service. as
no trains were running on any rail-
roads until Sunday or Monday and the
star routes were either discontinued or
followed with great risk and trouble
through fields and by devious path
ways. A large force of men were at
work with shovels Friday morning to
open the F.mmitsburg railroad, espec-
tally at McCarren's cut, where the
snow had drifted entirely around an
engine, employed to keep the track
clear, by running to and fro during the
storm. AS fast as headway was made,
The violence of the high wind blowing
would hurl the snow back again, ma
King the work slow aud labDrious.
The rescue was finally effected. the
snow having almost hidden the big en-
gine from sight. This blizzard is sure.
~ u record-breaker aud can rest on its
laurels for fully century.
Saws the CHrODjfIp nf tho 9th ;pot
Last Sunday morning tue mercury in
the Thermometer was down to the
Zero point. On Tuesday morning it
Registered degrees above. Wednes-
day morning was the coldest of the
winter cf lS94-95, it being 9 degrees
below zero. Thursday morning it reg
istered degrees above. This morning
1t was down to zero.
THURMONT.
Our active correspondent at Thur
mont says of the recent storm:
Not much, surely, will the patrons of
the CITIZEN expect from locality i'm
which the thermometer has for the past
ten days been playing between 50 below
zero aud IA above it. That is, in a nut
shell, just how it has been acting up
here. More than that, such long con-
tlnuous storms, aud such huge snow
drifts have not been witnessed since
1861 or not, perhaps, since 1882. The
situation as viewed from here on last
Friday morning was simply appalling
the blockade being complete. We
have no desire for II full knowledge of
the want and suffering this unusual
and terrible visitation has caused with
Inn dor .,f A..
nothing OF the country generally.
Superintendent of the +. & L. turn
pike, +. N. Hammaker, and also the
country road supervisors, put large
force of men to work OH last Monday
morning and in less than two days sue
ceeded in re-establishiDg communica-
tions between all points coming within
their jurisdiction. For the prompt and
energetic action in this matter, Mr..
Hammaker and also our public road
supervisors merit and have the grateful
thanks Of the late snowbound inhabi-
tants Of this community.
MIDDLETowN.
Says the Register of the 9Th inst:
Another heavy snow storm set inearly
Thursday morning, and at the time of
our going tn press the ground was COW
cred to the depth of over two inches,
and the storm still continued. The
mercury Thursday morning marked
from below zero TO A above.
Earlier in the week, Sunday, Mon
day, and Tuesday, the weather was
the cOldest of the season, the thermom-
eter registering from II and IA above to
A and 6 degrees below zero. Ice
aboundsever
AT UNION BRIDGE.
The Carroll News i'm its last issue
says: The coldest weather here of the
winter was on Sunday morning last,
when the thermometer ranged from 40
t, 50 below zero. On Monday morning
160, on Tuesday morning 80 above
zero; Wednesday morning, zero;
Thursday morning 60 aoove zero;
showed all day, with high wind; tenn
perature not above 80; the coldest day
throughout the winter; snow about
six inches deep by night aud drifting,
with increasing wind; Friday morn
ing. zero, clearing weather, very high
wind aud great snow blockaGe.
The snow was about one foot on the
level.
ROCKY SPRINGS.
Our corresI ondtnt says: The way
the wind blew last week made US
think about western cyclones, torna-
does, blZzards aud other kinds of wind
storms. The air on Friday and Satur-
dav was filled with drifting snow,
and was cold and piercing. The
Thermometer on Friday morning, at
10 O'clock, was 8 degrees below
zero aud al 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
20 degrees below, this being the cold
est weather we have known for nvef
forty years. The roads are drifted
level with the fences with snow and
some drifts are from 10 to II feet deep
and so to GO rods long.
FOUNTAIN MILLS.
Says our correspondent from Foun-
tain Mills: We have had one of the
cOldest, most severe and disagreeab'e
snaps for the last week that has been
for many years, says our fathers, wlo
have experienced many winters. The
thermometer has registered as low as
degrees below zero and many per-
sons have had their canned fruits, po-
tatoes, etc., frozen, also their chickens.
Our roads were drifted worse than for
years. Some places from 10 to II feet
deep. The mail carriers have just be-
gan their routes, rs they were stopped
for several days on account of the Sc
yere weather.
HYATTSTOWN.
On Wednesday night of last week
heavy snow began falling, conlinu-
ing all day Thursday and part of
Thursday night, when q strong wind