Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-08


morning train from the East was SOW
erai hours late. aud all other mails were
out of whack, while freights made all
sorts OF time aOt down or the schedule.
The railroad men on all the lines had
tough daY OF 1t, and 1t was FULLY ana
conclusivelv demonstrated that the top
OF box car in a blizzard is an excel
lent place TO obtain fresh air.
In the city the intense cold was very
severe. and letter carriers, street car men.
police, hackmen and numerous other
classes suffered terribly. Business
was very sadly intertered with, not
only because customers were few and
far between, but from the sheer impos'
sibiity Of heating stores, offices and
factories up to point OF comfort, aud
10 several Instances all effort TO 90 bus
mess was abandoned. The street cars
ran irregularly all day, and tue lsand
line had TO be doubled uO, two cars
being united on each rua over the
bridge.
A marked result Of the cold OF the
past few days has been the gatherings
OF homeless aud iilclad wanderers IN
the basement OF the City Hall. Tues
day night thirty-seven men were given
shestar there, on Wednesday night
about forty five, yesterday afternoon
there were about twenty on hand, and
last night ABOUT Jhirty-iive.
AbIut half-past eleven yesterday
morning the river at this point showed
uumistakable signs that II was about
To close up, and about noon the Ice
practically came to q stop. 1t contih-
ued TO move slowly al intervals, up 10
half-past two, but from tnat time on IL
was jammed up solidly, and this morn
ing will be as tight as the prover0lal
drum all along the line, from a short
distance above Parkersourg to Pitts
burg. Concerning the river above last
evsning's Plttsburg Chronice-Ieie'
graph said:
Much apprehension is being felt
among the men who have thousands OF
bushels of coal tied uu 10 the harUor,
not TO mention the thousands OF dollars
worth of steamboat stock tied no here
aud al various places down the river.
The situation is really alarming. All
day the towbosts Rescue, ). {. fisher
and Cyclone kept moving about ln the
harbOr 10 keep channel open. Inc
river at the Point was frozen over last
night, but the boats mentioned succeed-
ed in making an openln and an effort
will be made to keep il open.
tine Allegheny has not as yet frozen
over 10 front OF the city, but all that Is
necessary 10 freeze II over is Tor the Ice
to get blocked below the Point bridge
and it will only be question OF Tow
hoGrs until the people Will be crossing
on the ice instead Of the bridges. The
river is about closed at Saw MIL Run,
although every effort was made to keep
IL open. At Twenty-second street and
other points up the Monongahela pedeS-
trians aud wagons are crossing on the
ice.
"Rivermen are fearful that there will
be considerable snow before the break
up comes, and In this event the loss is
bound to be great. The cold, which
has lasted all week, and the promised
continued cold weather, will have a
tendency TO make tho ice very thick,
aud wnen II moves out 1t will cause
more damage than the high water.
"rhe situation at Kittanning, the
scene of the great ice gorge, continues
alarming. The town lies between two
eddies, Whites, ton miles below, and
Peart's, one mile above. The current
there at ordinary times is hardly per-
ceptibie, but the ice gorge has damned
the water TO great depth, and u Is
feared that when IL moves out II VIII 90
with rush, causing much destruction.
The lum bermen up the Allegheny, u IS
said. are in very good shape, as they
marketed all their lumber 10 the falL'
The natural gas supply was as short
Yesterday as upon the other cold days,
and the usual trouble, Inconvenience
and grumblbg resulted. Coal and wood
had To be resoried 10 In all but very
few residences, and the demand for
coal kept up beautifully up TO last
night. The plumbers, too, continued
20 reap the harvest JACK Frost provided
for them. and one OF them reported last
night that business was ION the mend. "
VERY COLD AT MARTNsBURG.
speetal 10 ne R.0ls;s-.
MARrINsBURG, W. VA, February T.
The heaviest snOwstorm OF the season
set ia here this morning and still con-
Times. The ground is now covered 10
the depth OF eight inches The ther-
mometer registered three degrees above
zero Aud the mercury has a downward
tendency.
SEVEN BELOW AT PARKERsBURG.
sp,.1o, 10 ta- R>gls,.--
PARKERsBURG, w VA, February T.
This city was visited to-day by one OF
the severest wind aud snow storm seen
for some time The mercury is : below
zero.
CoLDFST N TWENTY YEARS.
HuNTtN GroN, ". VA. February c.
This is the coolest day experienced In
this region in twenty years aod tonight
the tsermeter marks over ten degrees
below zero. A foot OF snow has fallen
and many raftsmen who have been at
work on the Guyandotte and Big Sandy
rivers have been badly frozsn by expos
ure.
ROANOKE, Va, February T-ht Q
o'clock tonight the thermometer regis
tered four degrees below zero.
HAxovgR, y. H., February To
dav vas the codest OF the season. The
mercury touched 81 degrees below zero
ERIE. PA, February Ten Derature
seven degrees below zero. No wind,
and showing hard.
KNoxvmLE, Tenn, February lit
has been showing continuously Tor
thirty hours. Tue snoS is from u 20
;5 inches deep. There IS much suler-
iLg from cold and hunger.