Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19

| present average depth Is hard -o ,..
varying, as IL does. from two tI t.r t..'
! notwithstanding the severity OF The .,.-,
| ana its long duration there ha, LII,
I no loss Of life or property, So Tar al v..,
| correspondent has ascertained. So, 81, H.
tense was the cold that seye-a ...l.
I OF cattle were found 90 be- b.eaf.-- p.
the nose and ears and We're for .-.
unmanageable In their suffering
James ii. Cross. our mail c.r.r-..
/ between this point and stanton r.. t.,
one trip In consequence OF ths t-..
! although, 90 get through. vehicle q.-.
abandoned. and the mail bags PIE. D.,
the back Of a horse which wi. r.-
by the carrier who brought up tt. r.-
on another horse.
The drifts on Shenandoah m0Iu.. s-.
deeper than We're found during NJ. -..
morable big snow or 1879. hlt t.. ..
pervis0rs are having them Removed
rapidly rs possible. Tho blockal.- r PHI.
various roads leading 70 Mon.rar r.t,
been about broken up 10y voluntary .e-
and ii is now possible for tho .,.g
people 90 make their way t0 rcw %
lay in supplies. the lack OF which In
few cases. had caused much cr.-
on JacksOn's river the ice has H--,
are the only vehicles that can I r.f
and they are I'm constant damar r
public schools suspended fo~ several !ss.
and only the bravest men veuml ,s
face the storm.
The special sent 10 the D'sratt r-
your correspondent. announcing ,ta .r.
est temperature ever known here leo
grees below zero-became entauglal Pr.
wires and was lost.
This storm which ragged so de-...
brought 20 the suburbs OF Mou-ar.
involuntary and curious visitor r ts
form Of "a seabird. II was found by James
Ray Wilson I'm a meadow near s
fathers house sitting ia che
and, making no resistance, was capt
brought up town. and remained on .l-.
bltion for a few days All who .rr-
ined the bird pronounced it a dive %
swimmer, in fact. strictly water or.
but as 10 name, an were eat sea- ....
haps. as much as the bird bad ur
been. Being placed IN water. IL pr.n-,r
went 20 the bottom During IT'S captivity
II refused 90 eat. ard showed DR. DISCO.
sition 10 fly until pitched high IN ~, 'r
which was done yesterday when be- -.au.
ed 20 have taken a seaward course arl
was soon out Of sight.
Last spring the Cheat Mountain Sports.
mans Association. whose heaGl.art..s
are at the fine "club-house," 90 PIP no
Cheat mountain. thirty-six miles wsF
OF here. liberated all that Remained g
its stock of Oriental or Monaghan r-.-
SAINTS, being prompted 90 do 30 ts-
cause II was seen that the birds ii
not thrive I'm captivity. although naturally
adapted 10 this latitude. While
a visit 10 the Cheat Mountain Cilh-Hof.s
early last season your corrcsr.l..n,
was shown these beautiful birds -l
the hope OF getting the mountain stocked
with the rare Oriental pheaslnts sa
cause every hunter 20 refrain trom
ing them for time, even IL they
protected by law. In appearance DDS
bird is about the size Of a chicken fsa
long tail, and "a plumage as bright orb
varied as that of the peafowl.
Since liberated only two have @
seen, as far as known. and they were
flushed by Brown VI. Yeager while f-
ing an engineer corps along tle -ta
Gauley mountain through a del-.
thicket. about twenty-five miles from '
place where released and near tl.
tion Of Gauley and New rivers.
This unprecedented storm i-
peril 10 these. and game ol aI f.
than the sportsman's gun. and rh' SEM.
raj impression is that small gam
sarly persisted A member ar
have been brought 90 town. t..-
picked up by passerS by, no eer s
made by them 90 escape.