The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-02-13
AN OLD.FASHIONED WINTER
RAGING BILLIARDS..
An Unusually Wide Range Of Low
Temperature.

A terrible blizzard ragged wednesday
throughout the West and Northwest Snow
fell heavily from the Ohio river to tho Rocky
mountains and the Canadian border. High
wind blew from the Northwest, throughout
the prairie states, and the temperature 4 II
rapidly, to the west and north OF Chicago
reaching the lowest point this winter.
There has been great suffering. Reports
are now coming In OF people being frozen to
death I'm Iowa, the Dakotas and other north
western states. At Weymouth, TO-, DR. Sto-
yer was frozen to death while driving to
answer sick call. A dispatch from Miles
City, Mont, says: "This Is one Of the worst
storms ever known In Eastern Montana.
Spencer Henry, Wm. Moore and Leo Parish
left In the afternoon for n ranch fifteen miles
from town, in q sleigh, but became lost in
the hills. Henry walked into town and re.
ports his companions frozen TO DEATH"
A telegram IRON Kansas City says; "Dlind-
ing snow and sand storms and rapidly fall
ing thermometer have combined within the
last twenty-four hours to create the worst
blizzard that has prevailed in the southwest
for years.
All over the east the cold is intense. Al
Boston degrees below broke the seasons
record. The presence Of the northwest gale
has added to the discomfort.
AT Haverhill, Mass, the cold weather has
ton Of the strikers aud many families last
night were without fuel enough to cook their
yictuals This morning family consisting Of
husband, wife and four children, were evicted
for non-payment OF rent. Their goods were
put out on the street. and the family driven
out into an atmosphere degrees below zero.
At Malone, n. ", the mercury dropped IL
25 below zero. High winds prevailed, with
driving snowstorm.
At Amesbury, Mass. the mercury registered
20 degrees below zero; at southampton 22
degrees below; Salisbury 20 below; East
Kingston 20 below; seabrook 20 below; the
Haverhill Il Amesbury electric railway is
running no cars from Merrimac on account
Of huge snow drifts. The schools are closed.
A Rutland (vt.) dispatch says that for the
first time In 75 years Lake Champlain is
frozen over its entire length.
A Millvlle On. J.) dispatch says the Nau-
rice river Ia completely frozen over ut the
mouth, and the boats are ice-locked there.
These are samples OF how the thermometer
stood at various points Wednesday; Saranac
Lake, n. Y, 40 below; at Morse Shoe, n. Y,
AZ below; New Bedford, Mass, q below
Portland Me-, 10 below; Northneld, VT, 10
below; Buffalo, N. Y, 10 below; Albany. N.
Troy, n. ", IS below, Auburn, N. y, IL be.
low; at Concord, N. H., 25 below; Mt Elwood.
IA below; Peterborough, 81; Contocook, 20;
Ciearmont, 25; Bradford, 20; Canaan, 20;
Salisbury, 22; Lebanon. IL; East Andover, ~ I;
West Lebanon, 20; Hillsboro, 20, and Dan
bury 20.
Excessive cold and much suffering are re.
ported through the state Of Pennsylvania.
Carbonate reports the worst winter weather
In many years. For three days the temper
ature has been In the neighborhood Of II DO.
low. Hazelton reports 20 below last night.
and Bivarton Hill 80 below. Ten coleries nj
Shenandoah are closed by the cold.
At Glen Summit on Wilkesbarre mountain n
the theremometer registered 26 degrees be.
low zero. At Shckshinny 1t was 25 below.
Wednesday morning was the coldest of the
season, the cold ranging from Ia to 20 de.
grees below zero. according to location oi
| thermometer.