Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-14

LANCASTER, IA., feD. J.-lhere Is Drac-
tically no change in the condition of the
railways hereabouts. The Pennsylvania
managed to get two trains through from
Philadelphia this morning, but the news
express, which left there at 4.3O, is reported
stuck in Il snow bank at Paoli.
The Quarryville railroad is still closed
and will not be opened before Monday.
The Lancaster e. Reading railroad is com
pletely tied up by freight train just east
of Petersburg, which stuck i'll drift on
Thursday night and which is now almost
buried out OF sight by the drifting snow
The trains which left Lebanon and Read
ing yesterday morning have reached the
freight, but as the road is only a single
track, can get no further
The main line of the Pennsylvania road
between here and Columbia is in a similar
condition, caused by three freights, which
are reported to be rapidly disappearing
beneath the flying snow.
4 passenger train which left Philadel-
phia shortly after 1 O'Clock on the Penn
sylyania railroad this morning had head
| to-head collision with locomotive at
Paoli, wrecking and derailing the latter,
and disabling the engine drawing the
| train. Several passengers were injured,
but none seriously.
PROVISIONS SCARCE AND HIGH.
| The city is almost cut off from com
munications with the county, and the few
country people who have come to the city
report the roads impossible, and in some
| places drifts 20 feet deep. Only about q
half dozen marketmen reached here, ant
| butter, which had been selling for % cents
went up to dollar Il pound. Ninety cent;
was modestly asked for eggs.
NOT IMPROVING.
SUNBURT, PA, Feb. 9.-The railroads are
| still blockaded and the situation is no
improving. The first mail from Philadel
phia since Thursday arrived this morning
at O'Clock. A passenger train and sever
engines are showed in ut Mcclure, OH thC
Sunbury Il Lewistown road.
BLIZZARD SWEPT FERociorsLY.
PirrsButti,, Pa, Feb. 9.-The loves
point reached by the thermometer at til,
Weather Bureau last night was I' below
zero, but private thermometers registered
over this section ferociously all night ant
caused great suffering among the poor.
Trains are running lrregularly OH al
roads east of here and one train on tin
Pennsylvania railroad from New York
which was due yesterday morning, arrived
this morning at 730 O'Clock All Western
trains are from one to four hours late,
Fifteen policemen were so overcome
| with the cold during the night that the,
had to be relieved from duty, some Will
frozen hands, feet or ears. \ number o
people were picked up on the streets am
rescued from death by freezing, but III
fatalities have been reported
TRAFFIC INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED.
ASHLAND Pa, Feb. 9.-Orders have beel
issued to the agent OF the Philadelphia \
Reading Co. at this place and other noun
tain towns on the same line that all tratii
has been indefinitely suspended on accouil
OF the heavy drifts. All night long tn
mercury was from Q to 80 below zero.
COLD AND DISCOMFORT IN NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, Feb, 9.--fhe temperature Il
day remains very low, with 4 prospect Q
continuing so throughout to-day and sun
day. The Thermometer reached zero at
O'Clock this morning; at 1880 O'Clock
wrs 70 above. The highest velocity of til
wind here was at 10 o'clock, when il wa
blowing As miles an hour,
AT Sandy Hook it is bowling along at th
rate of So miles. The wind does not seer
to he losing its force, but Forecas:er Dun
says it will decrease d little tonight. III
southern point OF The zero line to-day
Knoxville, Tenn.
! Commissioner Wariug of the Stree
Cleaning Department estimates that it wi
take 10 days and an extra cost OF SluO.ut
to clear the snow from the city's street
The garbage scows are unable To run an
the work of taking away the ashes and II
fuse was practically stopped this morning
ICE BRIDGE ACROSS THE ST. LAWRENCE.
WATERruwN, n ", Feb. 9--An iC
bridge has been formed across the -
: Lawrence river at Louisville. The watt
, is very swift and the danger of gorge b
} reason OF the bridge is so great that dyn;
mite will be used 10 dislodge the ice, II
ice bridge is believed to have been utilize
, by smugglers,
/ INTENSELY COLD AT THE CAPITAL.
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.--ThG intensel
i cold weather continues here, but to-day j
! severity is somewhat modified by The SUI
! The thermometer at the Weather l}urea
at O'clock this morning was 81 abov
The predictions are that the weather wi
be fair ana slightly warmer for the nei
S 24 hours.
. Navigation on the Potomac river fl
about 50 miles down is practically at q
, end even for the big steamers that ply b
i tween this city and Norfolk.
For about ~ miles, between hleHandn
Va, and Maryland Point, theIce is gorst
in the channel to the height Bf from ~
a " feet. The steamer Norfqk which a
: rived this morning. had 10 il tchcs of ice c
her upper deck and had 4 hard Time
pushing through the gorgef The rGnnii
: of the steamers Washington and Norto
I will be suspended until th4channel open
G No boats are running in heSspeake ia