The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-13

The hiss Affected legislation and will
doubtless keep the wheels Of General As
semhly cloggej for several days
Senator Blakely and Representatives
Frizzsll and Hushebeck, anticipated a
block on tie road intended going 10 Dover
on the midnight Norfolk train.
They were disappointed however ana az
8 10 O, o'clock met their fellow Wilmington
Assemblymen at the depot who upon
learning that no train would be run 70
Dover discu ssed all sorts OF stories relative
to the senatorial contest.
One story was that the Union mon OF
| Kont and Sussex counties would drive to
| capital In response to telephone messages
received yesterday, but as hut thirteod men
could pos IDLY be present. Mr. 'Ada'cks
could not he elected
| NOTES OF TIE STORM
| The few farmers who reached tha clty
repors snow drifts ten feet high On tho
roads
Business at The Court House Is suspend
ell, the officials and clerks b'ing from cut
town aad unable to reach the city.
| \ Polandor named Schnitt hlrod n d,u-
| be team and sleigh yesterday Afternoon
llo ;lrova to Twenty second and Washing
| ton where tho slelghSlpset and the hofs's
| ran away. They were stopped at Eleventh
and Washington.
Anaxl. of the sweeper of the Whining
ton City Railway Company broSeat Mary
+! land avenue and Chestnut street this
morning .
The awning in Front Of Lvn'''s store at
Fourth and Madison street ioll this mora
| ing under the weight of snow. The avn
| ing in front Of tie Third street market
house fell with a crash about o'clock THIS
morning. The iron posts wore broken OIL
like pipe stems.
| Tho first cars from New Castle mad an
interest.n. experience this morning 1ho
snow plow was kept running ali night anu
was sent cut ahead OF the first car this
| morning.
| The second car LOFT at $40 o'clocl. and
got to Market street at o'clock. Tho cars
that went ont fist arrived at tho same
| time. The cars were comfortably warm
| ard Conductors Blackburn and Cuff cara
fully lookel after tho pa songers. Tho
snow has tlriftoi in New Castle into banks
at least four feet deep Alung tho New
Castle road tie drifts in places are over six
| feet.
| The milk men In ssvoya. instances hal
! four hurs2s nttatcle! to thcic wagons mo
street cars have been running with diiii9ul
| ty In Wilmington.
| US THE RIVER
| The blizzard on the river is even moro
severe than On land, Not II ship has pass
| ed up OF lOwn thr river Floating leo
/ pi.pl high and would sink the craft that
| ventured out.
NEATLY FROZEN TO DEATH
Word was received at the city hall this
morning hat there WAS an old man lreca-
! ing II death 10 a clbrn on the Seventh It,
marsh. Tbs Phoenix ambulance FcHpon-
0cd to he call and went as far rs Seventh
. street fridge. They wire obliged to turn
back C.!ipf Nolnu ordered squad OF Of
/ ticars o get to the cabin and take,the man
| to tho seventh street bridge and tirn have
him removed in tho patrol wagon to one
0! the hospitals
Supcrinrndru, linnnlrl of the P. W. &
! Is. Rniitoad this morning received mn OH
! c!nl weather bulletin stating that tho re
! sen. storm wunli continue forty .egnt
| hours and that oven ronser winds would
| blow.
! Cnptain Chambers selected SerEcants
Evans and B.y!cY and special Olllctr i!y-
I land as the resrunI party ndlmIneula'oly
| after dinner tho Latrdt wagon ana
patty went ont to the bridge ana followed
| the river bank 10 the lighthouse. Tho
| party had not retuInal at . sock.
school, 5 ARE CLOSED
| Tho blizzard prevented sGhuul session
| the teachers ant! scholars being unable to
| lenvI th"i; homes.
) sluEM AT LAUREL.
| dispatch from Laurel las: night said
| bitter c,!H weather Not only continued to-
!! day but the temperature took fail al two
J degrees The }resont cold spa! Is the &C.
| w est in the history OF tina oldest inhabi-.
| tunts 1he snow Is about two feet on tho
Level. With banks which make travel al
| most npossibc. Fruit growers arc great
ly ag.ta'ed
A report Just received from Nanticoko
! SAYS he malt carrier was found in The
| road fruzan Miss Smith the village school
teacher was found on the read unconscious
| and will recover Her year old brother
| who WAS with her has died Cattle and
, all kinds o! stock nre dying by tho tUn-
dradS. Evils that escape LIE cold are de-
vuurad by foxes and ether starving AMI
mails driven to desperation,
| Charles kitinser this morning endcay-
orei to have special train carry tho Will
mington membersot the lcgi iature to DO
yer, but tho railroad company Informed
him that:!c road WIS impossible
TIE SNOW
The awning in front Vi Samuel II. Bay.
nt'!- I'W"Iry store fell yesterday cnu.cd
| by tn" weight OF snow trnt WAS upon il.
Tho weigh Of the snow on the T. W. & y.
depot III Baltimore cause about $50 feet
| 81 Ihll No one WAS injured
LEWES, Del. Fen Fee has frozen
! everything Up al the Delaware Break.
"s;er Navigation is at a stIulstil Scv-
C"' steamers are anchored in tho harp,r,
| ani quite Meet IS anchored o4!ale the
| "1pt", tn schoGHer Emma & N.sht,
f,om Jacksonville Tor Philadelphia WITH
| lun4ae.. ~ in thu i.c nearly ashore, op-
rost'n t'Is to"n. Ti' Oycrfalls Lghtshtp.
carIcI ~ sea in We ice Too yca,rr,ay,
| W., .ruJ:At to III" irJH pier by the tag
Iru..';'. Nt night. nc,t ii tugs alI
| r"U' .".-t a.c ice haitG! at the same Tcr