New-York tribune. [volume], March 13, 1888, Image 2

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pol it an Telephone Com pain from Seventh-avo.
to West-st. was (swept dovvnj fulling in most, ctrsea
sgainst thc buildings aud naturally coursing great
alarm among tin- occupants
This accident was caused by one pole standing
near thc Ninth Avenue Elevated Bailroad
structure, breaking off. It fell, carrying the
cable down across the elevated railroad tracks.
A lineman aw the mishap, nnd at once signalled
sn approsehing train tit Mop until the cables had
been lifted. The engineer, however, refused to
?wait. Thc locomotive caught the cables and.
rushing ahead, broke them, uud at the same time
gave the ot her poles such n tug as to MOSS t In m
afterward to topple over against thc houses.
So fur as could In* nsccrtiimed, no om* wus
hurt by the accident. S?i|H*rintendent Brown,
Of the 'Metropolitan Tibpbono Company-, con?
struction dcjirirtmcnt. said last night that thc
poles had not injured thc buildings to any ex?
tent.
nnoi-rN WVEMS tum* tut i* nw at.v.
'Wc are the injured ones," he added, with a
lur.ile. '* Ihifl is the worst and, in fact, about
fhe extent of the m**mm*Mt done to our -niles her.*
in New York. Some more are down in Brooklyn,
Mott Haven and other places, but in the city we
have esaoaed with comparatively light IS-SCO, e\
ccpt in W st rievcnth st " lb* thought the com
nsmv h >*l handled mceessfully at leaet eight
lentbs of the local business olTered during tbe
day. It had, as stated, also met with fair stic
( ss in regard to points wubin short distances
of the City, but far-away places could not be
reached.
It was surprising indeed t.< many people to
learn that any m! sos gi ? would be transmitted
either by telegraph or telephone. In sum- streets
it seemed as if the entire electrical wit-.' system
was down. Hrokcti ends of wires dangled Ir.tu
the poles cate-liing tinwiitv people, and thus add?
ing a new ditlicuhv to thc situation. The line?
men trieel to heep them clear, but i* was diflicult
?work te i>erf.irm. I.it.-r in the erenlus the tele?
phone service grew much wetae. in eorewqaeora
of more poles breaking down. Uv midnicht only
reonaaraUvery few point-, in ths city could oe
failed up._
ELEVATED BOAM SUCCUMB,
LAST KKSORT OF (TTY TBATELLER- FAIL.
wsr-CAK train's ron a part ok thf. pay -vi x
AtlOfs DaUaYS AVti Pl orKATirs.
Tlie Klevated roads lnvo heretofore been ISO great
?eseeres lat local travellon ls casu, of storm. T-CSS
aerial lines hive Invariably proven nsnSfflSr t<> snow,
wind, sice: or lulu, bat jcsienliy ll, ?>? had lo s-ic
?iiicb willi lin. old fashioned suifi.o lines throngi ths
iniii?g.*t-s ni.1!1*. ? stioug fight lo hSSI trains running
on ali lites. Bal it wss uoossslMc t.. de to, Ths
Wast Sldt Ham bsd le give np early In thc dav Inn on
thea Third atid rseacotul ave.,, brooches Supci 1-teodOBl
lain MOOSOded In running it least oOe-CSt I rolOS except
for a few hours during Iks tni.Mlc nf the day. These
trains, of course, eouhl nut inn SO any r<*co!ar sci ed il*
lesMttOMt they Msrssievery Mess minute, tut open
th?y vier* an luiiir apiti
All the train* were babied time fruin |_e carlle-.t
boor*. 'Uro BtOtleai and platforms WOTS crowd".!
arith psopl* a.ivl.iiis to gel ont of the cull and lilia)
rog tterat Vhsa nt last a irals would appear a wild
r.sh Weald he iiiadf. to get ul.nani. As a role half
ths cmwd cu:.ld not t>? eTcosuoadatoA These rs*
miiniiig sn the platlonu weald then bo caapelled
lo sall for another half tour or more. Sometimes.
In-livd, a train did not rome along fer two hours,
hot -a.* ihcie weie. no betas ears running, th* people bsd
elihsr to voil or walk. Thc nutjoiity Welted; Ihal ls,
at ttoHeot aisive Twesty-thlrd-t Below that
thonnu.'lif*ii.a Heist of diem walked down to'in.
lin. bearii] lades I raina and tba "dippery tracka
Oil'lo haili work for the loo,uno! iv os. 'J l:'V tugged
nv.,n until (heir limited supply *d w*tor cave ont.
ti -ii t: bj !, i.i to "Hop a el remsla, lomtetlmet tn the
reatra (>f a block, until draws te a water lank by an
other etit-lpe. This led to ten haet:* early in ih1* (lay.
Va;.'.-lally WSI tblt the Cl.sO on Sixth ave. I
business iv is practically luspeoded lief..re noon. An
eniploye\s' dalli was run down in thc sBerBOoo, Int
at Keel, o' -t , t 'hanihers-st. mil th* lither lt at I om
placards wera up announcing the tuspenslon ol travel
on ae.'oiii:! of a Mo kudo.
THK. w.'sr is MB. QALtOWAT*. KxrF.-tir-vrv.
\ ?? i- i.'ut OsDtrwsy, who wm compelled io
ddt dom t ? ns (.1T.( > in i rib. sad th.t tba eomptny
siiulil nm tfOUM as lung as this could l?? dunc In safe?
ty. Ths Kioim surpassed anythliiK that he had ever
WttOSSSSd in all the tlftv five yf.rs I),al be had lived In
New Tor*,
At sup-rintendctit Rato**) ofllcs lt WM slated that
he bad noi bees lhere all day. Ho was travelling [
over tho mail. however, ami .sending hi- order, tram
limul* punts llong Hie linc. No ofllcisl account of
the accident could bo obtained.
It ls haidly necossaiy to say thal the storm made
m?r? peoplo think about the subways and tinder
groand railroads than any other Hong ever did.
'Ih" employes on the Mm li Avenue Elevated lt..ad
did little moro yesterday than to tell would l?. pa*
SenostS that thoi-e were no trains mooing The la-t
train l.-fi Booth reny ai ll O'Clock, and then oates
vrce jmii mi on rosa the eat raoes. ihe gun els ami
ticket agenti occupied Ihemselrw in trying io keep
<? jun ami waning for indera..
Vi UV THAIN'S OX TIIIUD-AVi .
The ti idle on tho Third Avenue line wai rendered
extremely diflicult from an early hour this moraine,
?wing t.. th* severity of the storm and (ho drilling
of the MOW into the tiachs. which were entirely Cov?
ered. This mad earrlos a areater Bamber of work
lust). Slerfea and working gills In i lu- city to their
botlootl lli-ii any ol tlc) other,. Very few trains
wern rmi down town In the early hour*. |
snd all the stations uptown tn Y orW.il 11?
Sad Harton were thronged with people anxious to pct
lo their dally employment tn ihi* city and HmoKlvn.
hut owing to the tortou* accident which occurred at
Ra'Vniat.v *.\th st. between wren and eight o'clock
the fraftir WSS entirely stHpendcd, and tl.e passenger!
had to make (lie best ot the scanty transit facilities
afforded by thu fiSSO-d ave. linn. This v. a. nut rapid,
bet tedious. Inqnlrtaa made at several Marlon* as to
tbs chance, of getting transportation only elicited
Curt replies from the railroad employes
After the wici Ua.e bael beam ..Ide tracked at Seventv
slttli sf. iii the afternoon, however, trains consisting
of ?n eeojtas and a single car, styled by the bapleas !
BaSSSttlsra " pooy ti ailis." were run st Intervals varying
norn five minutes to one hour. A reporter tueceeded
tn getting from (Seventy-si \th Rt. In the I'll! Hall
atatlon shoot jajwen o'clock lint night, the Joimi.-v
occupying one hour and ten minutes. The state of
ths track*, however, wa* so bad that (hs encl ne had
groat Uirti. illy in drawing iha- single car attached to lt.
Tho streaf wind which Als blowing communicated to
tbe peaaeacsn in the cai- that deiij-hiful ne_aotlon
known by seafaring men as '? i-illlng,*' Whleh ls so
?HS ii dtalt_od by amateur sailor-;.
Tho Third Avenue be-ran running one ear trains
between City Hall and Ninety ninth st., at Interval*
nf about twenty mlnntes at 7 o'clock la?t night. The
Kescund Aveline trains of two cars wore running l.<
Issi.* (.tuiid and one huielreil a:.d-twe-iirv Wflith r>>.
at Intearvas of tau minute*, at ri p. m. The second
Avenue I. ,e I ." *>.u -lind it. and buuth la) was
abandoned.
oo as vor PUC-J_ os" mrcoNii-wk.
Tba eccond Avenue '? L" 1,'i.ad paid mi
attention t? selie.bile time, bot ian In a g.>-B*-von
please fashion, taking bruni four to teven hottr*. to
make, s round trip and at times there were half Lour
Interval, between Ilia trains. 1 icy rsa two cai
trains and only ran a* far south as (.rand st., as they
could nut get around tbe curve at chatham >u,tu.ie and
there ls un swltck at Canal st. '1 ho cans wert- terribly
Crowded and lt took half an hour tn the afternoon
to reed, the platform from Hie foot of the stairs at
the Grand st. station and a large crowd ttood ki*****
deep tn snow In the street walting their
rbaneo to ascend. Tbe guards were unable to prevent
tha Impatient mob from filling the cars. A Tribune
reporter w-ss ono of tlie nineteen passengers ,,n its
rear pisiform of an evening train. Qejod nature pie
i siled evoryw horsy, however, and discomfuit was tut
gotten lu tiiiiultlti-r, singing snd bandying of |o_ea
A party of young men duitiig otic of tie- tedious
?salt* between Mst.mis In the morning lowered a pall
with a string from the ear and had lt filled al rn neigh?
boring saloon. Tbli lt probably the first tine "the
growler* has l^en " ru-hed" on an eleiBted train.
Late In tbe afte^-noon the trains were inn with nutne
degree of regularity and ai-coruuiisl-led all psesengj-is
who presenteal tli.rtu-.rlvs. Many pi fen rd witkiug,
bowevor, tu rKkiug tbe danger*, of elovared travel In
a bustard. _
TRAVKLLKRS KNOWHOl'Nl) IX THE RORTHL
kAlikSAU TRAFFIC GBF.ATI.Y BBLOTSB IX KKW
YOUS STATK.-OMK Lil ILK SCHOOL Gill. UISSIXO.
K.J,.?ii ? '-ly, if. V., Miifoii 12.-F.-r Ihe Ibm turnty
li'ii im..rs imo *eve.est Kiivwsiorm this Oiqtst hi- pre
vsi'.eS. Tka atree-U ire tilled wit- dxi'u eight a_d ten
IM Otp. Hid the snow ls twenly inches deep oo the
Ive!. Iloslni'si ha* be-in linn.a1 entirely tn*?i*en<V-d.
Uallroad taraflie on U>s Cs-ntril road ts Ki-esfJy * Ui.-i.
T~s Troy, -irtioga ind iJui-cs'.iari biS-Chi-i have beea
.1*:. Vu.-si. Tho themku. eu-i U IS -.?,?-.??- ibuye ter.
? nd lt 1* growing colder. The storm II In rcialng In
ktrenglh.
P(|llgllkeepK1^ N. T, Mars-h H-DtspatehaS to -Ttse
F-gle'' ehnw that ill train* on the Harlem. Hartford ind
(.jun. cllcut WesUrn, )4o?ti.n and Altjsny, Newburf,
Duluhe-j? iud Ca-jiineartlrut, New-York and MSssarhnsetu
and roi-. In OSnOSSttsOl w-re a I ian Inn od. All post
roads were drifted hj. badly thst no teams rould move. In
Whick Hu Ii, Har*, ot Mii.kr*pe-rs f
Ths BBlhorshlp ef ths era-natte i.re..|neiiuiji Bttiibat-!*1 ta
th* Int ot ts* tboTt-ua-isd U aglutlag literary clroln U
tt* sery cootra, ant a-acit tha pr-ctical miwal tar ls**
t)_.ti tha aunoaatoai quostlsa. Lbw to ri gain or prsaorTe
baalMt, that aaaaati-t al bodily aad a-sata! acUTlty, boil
-sss is om* aaa th* ? -annuli ot Iisb-?Ibs?*." Wo ca*
Ut-w Ur Mt* licit aa thu bthr subjoel thin the nsst
prtrfo-MS -ka-ssrsBri-B aaa ob ths q.oitioii Srit pro
poundsd If tbs iritsm ii dspistsd, ths Barres ihiky; If
lBdlgaattM or constipation hotbori ooo at tims, or cob
mtmaUf -, tl th* skla ls -rsllsw bb? twogoa rarrsa as la Ml
loaaaosa, tt Uara ara iramooitoi-y twiogsi of oora.miBg
rhauMaUaoj or aeorslgis ; ll Un klAaoys ar* Isa. ti ts-uss
Hsst-tut-i Htoioaeh Biturt, i..s Sasat t*( B-srint ot sa aga
praties ta boaeOcUl and saccaaaf ol raaiaSlaa. aamsnhor. u
wMSmEE Uiraaua* ar sfflicu. thu U atstrsliitt tbs wabma
many pliers finical wero entirely hidden frosn view. In
this city tho anow li three ts*t deep on the level, and
drift* aro ten fest high. One hundred and wv""?ty-fl ve
Western passenger* nert inonls.and hero ind the hotel*
were ni'.. .I wllh th.ni. A lillie Kiri who hud started for
?rheo! wus fnuud unroit?clous In ? -tum drift, ind annther
girl I* mlHslng. OoOOtOl Kill road Master 0(1*. of the
llu.lsoii lUier l'jllro-d, acioiu|uuied '.y llf'y ui.u. went
south wirti locomotives ind snow ploughs tu-ul-tlit and will
endeavor to reach Spuytcn Duyvll Junction. A BM came
In ft.-ni V---ar Csjlh'-re in a slcish thl* afieriiiaon. Al
thdugh five Batata tT*tS pulling UM sleigh, (hey could
hardly get along. There ha* b.s-n no romnminlrritlon
whatever with the west side of the river to-day. All
business tn tho city ha* bun iusp<-idcd and to-night
the sf-vets OWN -MttSeA
SCENES ALONG TUE ROW ERV.
Til* GREAT EAST SIDE ARTERY CHOKED.
AIL 8TKKF.T CAR MSKf* SN OW KI) IN"?INCIDFNTS
IV TH I II I) AVKNTK,
Tbe Ilowcry with its numerous lines pf liop-e
enr tracks pr. sent eil n weird nnd ptetUltJOQOe
sppsataaos ?U day. Tin* widest thoroughfare in
Uh eily?fix* storm and drifting aasa long ba
fore daylight, bad locked il in icy fetters tight
and secure. Trsflio OSO-Sd fer cars and tab!nial.
of evert' sort, save boor WBgOtUs, ere* (lie aTengS
(iti/en was otu of bcd. Th.- sid'* walks, too,
wets a*allalgb bapaesabk, and oa tlie cast side
of tl.e stt(.t tin* snow was breast high. Mer?
chants vi hos.' [.laces of liusiic'ss line the itvelilie
were slow in lukin',' deiwn their shutters, nnd
for many of the stores nasa the dav was ,i ni-c
t it ion of thc Siindriy qaH which had just pre?
ceded it.
Ait vmxjni.I) iiuiMa M*.s EVKBTWj-EBK
A wall- ainag the aveline vv.is the oulv moans
of s.-inriiij; n elinnc.' te see all tli** QOeer si if hts
vv IikIi the storin ]>resented on tbs 1 boron ?'li fure
Throughout its lengib, from thc Cooper Insti?
tute to Div ision-st.. abaadoaed street cafs aad
vehicles of every di seri pt ion yvor- scattered in
viirious positions ut inteivals of less then a
block. Some wogona wm- overtaraed aad bel ??
few of thc ears were seriously disabled in thc
frantio efforts thal had been made by theil drivers
tu keen thom bot lng
One cur of the Fourth ave line. t? which six
bocses wen* attach d. was taboria_ against thc
driving rale on its' way down town, sear Grand
st.. shoat 8 o'clock, when n heavy ku*-! el wind
more nowerfal than any yet ever conic, st ru k
lb- front pint fora and the BSSM of s'iow lifted
the car bodily from its iroek and burled one
side in ii drift. The ha]f-**aarabr**fd pas-1 og. rs
nbandoned ii without further delay nod buffeted
tin- sioiin to business ns in-.t they could.
(iM.V BEEB WAGONS OB TH B ST-JUET.
This e_perlenee was bat t repetition of what
was toking place on every line daring thc early
tu irning hour.. Thc Ihird-ave. lins suffered
aevererr. Ko loss than twelve of its cars were
counted between I'. _. idi-ci. aird thc City Mall.
I lu- powertu! swvepera end Heir teams of ei_h
te.-n nnd tvvciiiy horses could make no heall way,
sad only an occasional b er wragon, I aded arith
k _s which must have been empty, drugged Its
way up and down t'e I.road roadway.
Ali annis n ; fen tu re of Ihe storm was the ron
gregation ef tramps within the deserted street
ears. lively car was pocked with these pool
freesing creatures, who buttoned their ilu.,..!
bare ooata tighter about t'et.*. snd with r?t-:? ? 11i*?ir
faces peered out through Ihe car windows on
the stortii from which they wiro f,.r the nu un ut
secure.
Till. POUCEMEB TOOB THINGS EAST.
In a walk taken from Chatham Saaare to Ki.hth
g|.. about '.? o'clock by ? rcr.orter, aol a single
policeman v,..s nw, thous*-) lhere was oftentimes
need eaoogb af his gervieea ( itiseno weis- fnll
inrr .and timid women and chi!.Inn st ru gi Aim
through the drills wee.* coioaantly stumbling
or being whirled violently ngninsl imota snd other
(d.struf t iulis. With HO om* tO asaist thom if! ea-e
of injury. One chi weiman. c.irr.vin. s heavy
beakel oa one ann snd leodiog s little git] ,,f
| about s;x yours by the other, <tttcmpt4*d to (ros
tlie nv enuc Ilit I loii-r o'ost A gua! ..I wiod caught
her tear the middle of the street, and a eounter
blaat eau ghi ihe- chihl si the some moment, and
before either neeosed swore of it. they ware
torn apart pud whirled ii.posit*" direct iona
Tt wiv- full three minutes In-fore a ehizen effected
the "iillant l-esjuc of the child :i fir chasing ii
nearly a hloek nnd returned it to the won.an.
who was lirnih" seated in e drifi near what must
have been the curl). Ail were too oreathlcsa
ti exchange thanks. .lust as ihe old Indy
was being helped to her feet, a light signboard
toppled over on her nod laid her low in tlc*
s-?me drift from which she ,,n.d just arisen.
IV see ching mercy from tin* power*, tba! rule
the elements, the wsaToon aiul her frightened
chnzgs w.-re Bnollv started em tleir way.
MANY PEDESTBIANfl IN THI RT) AVI NTT..
The se-enes ohma Third-ave. nil day daring
ths continuance of the storm were marlo 1 by
numerous exciting; Incidents. aoBfaed chiefly,
however, to thc binvo nedestriani who breasted
the driving: gate. Afi.r the cats erased tunning,
in thc early forenoon, the avenue and sidewalks
were chiefly given over to boldness men -Miring
their way to their naners. A wait of an boar
in sonic elevated station wan usually enough
to exhaust the potienc of woiihl-lie noaa
and they would oeaeeod to the- s.|ai-(.t nnel in s;n. le
file start to wu Ik de.vm town. Keir many, a Walk
of thr?'c or four blocks sgaiasl the gale was suf?
ficient to determine them to .ive un the effort.
Some rinrent-s we-re so though*h'ss tis to let
their children Start for school. BtrUKgliOg
thrnu.h the anow and hilin- wind whets the
little ones succeeded in mich in/ their schools, it
was often te. fliul their leacht rs sh*ssnt and the
doors closed or nnopp-roachablc. With thc Nor?
mal School s"holars the e-torm seeated to nffnrd
means pf much srH.rt.. The elevnted trains nml
street, tars were Ulled with bright r'.sv-.hcfked.
loughing .iris, und even after accidents ur delays
(e.riiM'lleii ih'tn to eonttnne their way on foot..
they romped and 1 stier*! one another -r-od-nnl tired?
ly nlonsr rho sidewalks. Bot mimili). B tnmble
in thc drifts, from which they iilvvn.-; crnerprcd
lookin. more rosy, if iw?ible. than before,
TIIF. i*akki*.*s and PO-TMUI at.i. BELATED.
The linkers. Bawafll niara, t.o*imen. and otliets
anVsns linties took them out in the carly forenoon,
were all late In makin-; their Toondi. If was
from them that munt- families heard first of thc
magnitude of the Morin. Letter c-rriers along
Thii-d-nvc. and the Bowery reported more than
half the places of business closed, nnd few whoso
labors did uot compel them to do so ventured
out. Those inside found employment enough,
however, in walebing the experiences of their un?
lucky hp-thren outside. Fniiiii-- signs and shutters
were un clement of (hinder in the storm to pe?
destrians which fort ur'.'it cly did not ju many
instances result in serious injury. Whoa night
set in. Third-ave. nnd the Bowery were still
SBOW hoBBd against travel of every Kort, und **_.?
cept for a few flickering gas lumps, the streets
were i* 'otal ilarkness. Many of the electric light
connections were broken, "tn.! the ilMBf-tag of
iee over the global shut out the liejit from nearly
all the rest.
HORSE CARS AliASDO.NED EARLY.
AUKS OF REFUGE ALONG BROADWAY.
BlOat BOB-Og UNASI.K IO SEliT TlltXCS MOVISO
- CA Irs SCATI-BKD (ivru TU IC CUT -VKKY
w-h-BBL
Flad the conductors and ditver*; of the rorfsSS rarn
been on strike yesterday thc "business of the various
Hues could nol have Is-eu moco completely ?,-..,.i_i-- i
After ball past 8 o'clock ysteiilsy mi.i-nlug au H
tempt was tu* lo to run tan on tba V-iiot.t lines ter?
minating at the Post Office. Kouie ears had left their
tieadeuitrtcrs' und bid got a re-aseindbln way don mow n,
but tioi'.v.'il, tuiulltig the lour, six or eight horses at
t?j heel, tlioy hs-1 lo be *t .null,i,.al hy their drivers inti
rondiirton. Tho bowery, Tat k Kow, sixth ave.,
Broadway and other proinlijerit stiocts tr lie re burse
can* run were lined a ith aban.loni1*) cart. These nm
were taken advantage of hy pedestrians who were
viisii out by tho cutting hlaoii of wind and drivtug
siiow. Tbev *,r(-*t*e destitute of stoves, but alTiuUeil a
lunch n"?<icd refuge for Uu-e wini either Uni not nm
to Indulge In or could not afford to pottS-S of bet
whiskeys.
The liroaelwiy i*oad niaele -MtperotS cffuits to got
their cat-* through up to noon, ind u-eil fi un lour lo
Olgl.l horses) tu (mc in jil u*. li Its yin p.. ? . but ti. ni,
avail. Tho mill wagona could make no hSO-WOg, ind
(lilveia ,,f it reel rap* consequently absmluiied hii|ie
and their cart.
Tho ktartcrt downtown nearly all deserted their
PSSN at an eui ly hour. Only the Ninth ave. and tie
fOurthasa *itat-t()M remained to do their duty, di
the former line tbe laat car left limadway ind VSSSI
st. at C r.'ie a. m., and lt did not teach (he depot, _l
ttiough four tiocvs were attached to lt. The I om ia
ive. tiled to ki-ep their Hue open by using snow?
ploughs, sweepers, ate., and attaching Bli hor?(-_ to
tba oars, but t-rlr effort* waro wasted. Tim cars
were acatterad along tba Hue. Tha Issi car arrived at
tbe l*4_t utile*, at m :_o a. uj- and lt there tull.
No -Uiiujjat waa made to run cart un the Highth
ave. lino.
In frost ot Tub Tamrsr. (iflleo a Third ava. and
an Avenue 0 car stood tide bj tide all day. Hut for
these two ears many people would have been blown
down Bpruc-a-tt. and out of tbe way of tba Bridge en
trance.
51 waa-*w third it. 1-ooB tba oaUu gs toa lavorlla
hunting pound of tim bll/iatd Tha Ai ml bowie-.I
through from tha Jlobu'.ou hoi ry tu tho Kast inver.
'Ih" wind leaped shunt tn a vorltal.l.i Beasy. Ntrong
and valiant mon who itarted fi.ita from their homo,
wllh a look of set tied il.'ici lulu i'i.m on their face*
Mit their way sillily through ibo stoitu fur a full
liiii.dreii feet and then rMmated. If they gut as far
as the elevated rtaHen their BBseOSBtOfS and gMtW*U
were nu plainly mirked when tba} f.mml that the
elevited trains were at a standstill Inst they Were
really (.'ejects nf j.ii v. They looked Uko men who
had burned their tklyi hesiod thssa
Thc Tweet) third Btrset Haili..... -ooapaay nniio
desperate sffortt la brassi the Mona. But eve.1 tour
hos.-i tn s one heros car faJlod to keep niltte-rs
mnv inf"
LITTLE nor NO AT THE POST OFFICE,
HEW MAILS DECEIVED OB IM.UVI.I'.'.l).
a sm vi i rO0l i: at BAMP rmi wmat-DKLATS nv
thi: tkaiv laanca.
'"This is serious linsiness," I'osttn;.' ter IVar
son sr-iil as he sat in his office yesterday aftit
Moon opening letters received in the few mails
which reached ihe 0006. ' We an* dofalg all
that can he (bute," he coiil inned, "but wc ure
?topped at almost every point. Few Bails have
been recelred from ont of town to-day. No
tnuiis ore received at the (iran.I Cootra] Station.
Bo we are stopped both ways. 'lhere is little re?
coil od and lull.- sent out of the eily. Most of
the clerks and ear-den have reported for duty,
bul many live in the suburbs OT at long distances
from tbs office, and they cannoi report foi duty.
Coauannlcntlon between stations is diffleull and
slow. Some of those who have repotted fm duty
hare little tO do. The collectors have leen out
nil day, however, arni MOM biters have been re?
ceived through the mail bo-cu These nnd thc
letters -received on Sunday and frnn the few out?
side tntiils today have leon s.-nt oat fer delivery
ns rapidly as pootible. Of course ths rcgnlai
schedule ol the cntriers caihl not be maintained
to-day. The difficulty in going shout tbe si nets
prevents the currier* from laishi?g ih.*ir t'.urs
in the nsiiul time. They, however, hove made
deli', ci is us regularly ns possible, and as eompsrn
tivelj few letters have been rccivcl, thc mtv!"*
is not behind hoad to any great degree. The
interruption <>f telegraph im.! telephone conantlaal
cut ion im.l the delays on the elevated roads and
iii everj nt her n?odg of travel have ereji'ci gicat
difficulties, but the clerks ami rarrien have
werbed faithfully."
Tin. Bia BU ii.iji.n-. ui .-ai.rr;.i? and BABK
A fair proportion of the officials and clerks nt
Ihe General Post Office ventured out in th. storm
of wind mid snow and were nt their pike a,
though sconewhnt tatter than usual. Tia* Postans
ter took his usual morning walk fruin GlBBMiej
Pork to tin' Patt Dt'ico. not (ui this occasion foi
pleasure or health, but because no otter manner
of reaching thc (.nice wns available. I.y start?
ing Bonewhat cu lier than usual, bs was al ins
office before '.' o'clock, and lound an aiiu.-t do?
si il -d building on his arrival. Aasistaut Poat
loaster Gayler vvas mow-bound nt Ins tana, end
Sollie Of the sll pi I i lit CUdeBt .s who live ill tile
suburbs could not leach thc offior, and tba I*, st
tiui-i.-r pensonally directed certain drnurtments
nsiiiilly taken in charge by some ,,f his ii--.si.t
nnta Fully half <>f thc clerks took th ir uaual
places, lu;! the toles ol letti IU avvnit inir the s.t:? III[?
iou nml distributing clerks were small. There
w.-re no lilas ol people )et ti" si uri|. ".in.lows,
and aim..st the onie visitors ... life lobby of Ihe
post Office wore half frozen travellers who nought
"-helter from the driving winds which bow-led
about the eorncr of the building.
TIIK (-ir. Cl ll'.** HAYS A IIAI'll TIMI*. Oj* IT.
While the stora* may have been "serious i.usi
neva"" fe. the l'osinii'ster sit) in1; in his warm office
and considering the needs .,f thc rn r. ice, it win u
mote serious matter personally te tin* turi vc car
lids who p odded through the drift-- and mounted
Ihe Blairs in various buildings, stamping off the
thick ta;.-s.s ot gnow from their hoots as they
gained an entrance to any building, anti thou.
after di livering Ihe mad. [dunging again tate ih*1
ln'.ilis of Snow, "?'rce-ucrifly they lou.id liusiti.'ss
houses. Rtores and offlOCS closed, and at most
pl nos i.n'v a sm.ill proportion <>f the usu.il nun
l..r of clerks or _Blc*aen were found at tie ir
di s'. i or Colinton", In ihe uptown street-, tlc
delivery of letters wns shiv and arduous work.
Tin* carrier, after lighting his way through a great
mow iir.it. would often lind it almost im|*o*4_ib!c
ia m.ihe an entrance to tim court rania or to
(litni. the stein covered with n solid bunk of
snow. lion.-.-iiiuids opened thc Ktrcct doors rc
luct.intlvi nnd hastily toole the offered letter snd
closet] the doors w.tli a liiitie. Binging new chu.ts
of snow over the foes nf the carri* r. All day tlte
carriers, muffled to the cars, their cars in turn
red and white with eohl. their mustaches o*
whiskers masses of iee. nnd their hands half I
numb In spile of their mittens, passed from house
to hoiiso cunving tlc llio-sa.os of luisill ss. t ' I
ship nnd love. The boise-cor drivers and eon
diMTi.rs who usually share wllh them the- in?
clemency of the woisi of sous.,n-. Ind .1 holiday,
which wus denied to the roirtem Many hnsinc**.
men and household**"**, bore wittie yesterday to
the fsitbfulness nnd pinch of ihe eorrlera
A VFW MA Ila- nXT'IVFI) IM'.I.Y IN TIM". DVT.
Thc storm almost laoloted the etry as far Ol
eotamunleotlon IBroagh thc ssaibi arith thc outside
world was concerned. The I i'i .r mads iluti ar?
rived in tia* city without IC-MTkahle delays w-rro
lbs mails over tlc Pennsylvania route-*, sad the
New-York aird N.-w l.nclatul and Harlem River
mails, which all arrived nt tzSB n Btu. two hours
and twenty minutes lute Twenty mails were
due between the- early morning hours nnd the
middle of the afternoon, hut only two of them
wen- received. The Now York lind ChteagO moil
over the New-York f'entrnl road, due at r. :4a
a. m.. was received nt lt.59 p. m. and ih" rel?
ton and Springfield mall, due ut 7 rn.', a. m. was
received nt 1 J: 1 u -o. m. None of thc athel mails
were received lip te) eVeliillL'. Thc ni.lils due in
e'uihii these over the Pennsylvania. New-York
Central, Brie, snd some over the Sow-York and
New-flu ve n road Mool of them were through
mails.
Ml "(II np TIIF. -OCA- ST UV HI" AIt\N IM.M'I).
No mails from local |s?ints were reeeived, ev
cejit fr-un thc dJreetton of Ryaek. Ballreed oiu
e-iuls w.ni borne i.nlv, ami no mails were sent
out. Tlie mails are usually sent lief ween the
General PO?! Office and thc branches I.y missen
.e-is, who use the elevated |Q_Q_ fn.lv. 'Mic
whole. St I ties over elevated roads was. however,
shonooned yroterday, and tin- pole dependence
was on thc wagon circuits, which usually only
sii|i|ilein. tit the more rapid delivery by the ole
valed trains. The deliveries hy WagOOS was
slow and cmnmunicatiuii willi th.* nations was
in fieo, neat
FIl.KMKN ANI) POLECEMEM IN M'SI'KNsF,.
N-AlUaT ALI. TIIKIR Al.tll'ls OUT ol' OHO I ..
waiitm; LU', a itt.; mSA0TP.It.
Prebsbll no body of .men In this city tooked apon
yest.-; .lay's sloriu willi so tnui'h apprehension aa tlc
I lie- I-epa. I incut. Thl heavy ililfrs made ul ii..st
HIV W-d nf tillellllil* Willi li.UsCs linpossil le and III
jnhiiihm tsiegntpl soles stan iowa, the hydrooU
were lulled In tUOW ind many of Ihe slum hn\r*
were out of older. Thc s'.'ictaiy of the Yuo De
1 .niiincnt, teihi a Tsmcss reporter that tbs malu
cat?e of tha intel laren<?>? anion,* thc boset waa the
blowing .lou ii of telegraph p..ie,. Betide* thB tlc
vielc),l of snow and tte* levy gsle hui BlacBSOed
tte xvlr.s and is they swayed In the wind, ch 'Hits
weie marte and btO-BS automatically.
'?I'viy pt?ean'ioti pomlhlS has heen taken," he
(OM, '' we have isUMsg up our hors*)* sud every man
In tho department ls at Ids post."1 Mr. I ainll, mi
pertntendent of the tclcirraphitiB dlvtatea of the rte
liarlinetit, said " I'nrty or Illly wires oul of ono hun?
dred are ont of oilier. lin' e..million of ihliiRs aboVS
natl iifib st. is much wans thoa that below b.
Souls) of Kultoi. st everything ls lu pnA condition,
between Fulton and Ilousrou st.*. about ?evoaty live
beset are eil.' between Iteatles sici Mzty-BftB-sl.,
?boat one hundrc.l, and north of t),i*t ahout two
hundred. Tlcrc an- few SUgtot bOUOM that WS can't
reach, either willi lbs teleplmne, IBs gsag or the
i ouit.lnaliein en-cult ami IhoSS are in the OSOSasi ells
Irt'i. There, will mri Ire in ii ikIi Di.nie lu Bagtag
out where a fie* lt as In gsttl-g there sft.r the alarm
B jeni out. I dm."I want to MS Ihi-. eoodltlon of
IhliiKs very i,(len. ?VOOSUM pfO-SSty lepsh t he dun
BK") In Iw.he lunns, willi paai *vealher, .is wo have In
our lepslrliic de;iartiiiciit about twenty five rliinl*'r*
and thirty groan- hand' ami can call in SSlrS hamla
lu au Maargenry."
Tbs lai-ii Qsstrle Mt-'ht t?ompaay teie;,h ,ut*\ io ir, ?
liepart(lieut lt j o'clock il.ai they would -hut oil all
liu't two elieulis nt 7 o'llock on BrooBWSg inrt hiMh
ave. to I virnry elphth st., mal WaUM only run tin,.,.
until 11 o'l lo. k I'ortiitiately only two alarm-, wer
t-j nt out ti j* fo (I p m.; one for the accident ?ti tbs
Third Avenue E-sVated nnd. and fhn other tor a
: niall fire it MMe-miti st. ami Avemte A.
PO-JCB AMi I lill Mt N i .i en KltATK.
Tbe I'olloe Depart m. nt Megrapb vires weie ni*
ahlcd on tlc Hast Mrte of I he city early In ihe tUy,
awl by H . in. lhere wa* no communication hy wira
fro.a rollen Ii.-m '-,.._: t. , , to tb* police stations on
tbe Wast bide above the Thirtieth Street Hil ma
Later there was no IslsnMbM communication from
ld _.|>jiiai leis, exrent to i),j- (>,il isl rea1 ly(Ui?i*t htreel
llulherry tatreet, Caarlea Hlrast, West Twentieth Kir,-*'
aud Wet i tarneit. Ktieei -tatloaa. Dispatchet tu aud
Iiuin UM ( etitrai OAmbt had lo be carried by policemmi
of all the oti,ur pnvcliict ,, um] tome oftV.rt had tn
tramp miles Ihmuf-h the snow liecause there wa* no
meant of travel by rall. Huperlntsndent Murray isnt
sat a aouaa lo polMiwuiaa w_o bad bama aiOait. so
BntUrtSf to rep ul for drill In lbs gBth lief-lmcnt. Arm?
ory it IO a. m. yesterday, tolling them Heil iho ililli
Woul.1 he |M.*lpoiiJ-l. but the BMeSBgB hael lo he carnot
fruin lt at Ion lo -latani uptown, ami lt rtld nol loach
the slii'iini Shove the ll.nl in Uiver uulll saino of tha
pollceiiieoi had BOOO (i ni i'll.na; an hour or Iwu un their
v.as io lae drill rooi.i
by the iatio slow mi-Hind Mr. Murray sent an maier
In oe extra wai.nun iii rogsid 'o Hes I li?t
iiii.ht lu..iii om Iii il," div. Iii) oiai-iail that In
rase a lite VI Uv (I1.-, i.Vi i ort uti.)'V here the 'Killi emeu
ruu-l not oiil* ring lin- alarm from the neoreal signal
i.o\, hut iniisi ai-n uni to tic Beeres! engine-bouts*
rn (.-ive the slsrnt I Lief ghsy or th* i lie Department
wa* I.uay aller he tefl Pollen Uearte-iiarler* In pro
vhiliia- cTint boraoa ls lae eugine houaei to he aaed
lu un en..nemmaf. lu every engine hou-e in tic etty
Ihe gnaws ware kept nu duly Iii lull fore e and lhere
wa- keen snxtety regarding a possible out break of Bro.
,\ i.iud repoH of ile accident on lin* Ihlrd-ave.
Rlevated milroed at wrrentj -i-<iti*f. was carried to
l|oai|.|iiarlc! a hy BHMBIIIIgCiri BboOl noon. At 1 '.SS
|.. in. Ih. BorgBOOl at Un) (bulb's gtlOSt Sitatlon tele
graphed 1
?? lim cars are StOgUM1 on Din Sixth ave. Kle
vatcd roUlUUd *i Waal Twelfth si, I hine
sent I sc ililli of l.olle'eme,i with ladrtei a to get tho
; iisscnpers nfT." VaCUO munni of dlsaaten were
carried le. I'nlle-a) lle.i.liiuirle.i-s dorlog tlc elsy. Tb!
most aiaroilog report vvas thal |>ait nf au elevated
train had leen hi ..'un 0- nt Hie high Clltvi ut la,Iii li
?jye. and One i,uiidrct and tenth st., and I'.al toity
persona hmi b-en kl.led. BeparlatewtM-1 M trroy
? aid thal H.a story couhi nut Ijo beBeted .a tba ab
- nee of any olll. lal police rei.orl, and laic the report
, laid to ho entirely unroun-lcd. Tlc reportt of
rtimar-fv I.y the stonti tn the city eeuld fut be sent
to Heodqnarten ye-1 ""lay evc-iit froai a lev-' ila)loni.
in-.- were (.lowii down' lu front ?l -No.. :..'.l \-tv.t
Iwesty-fourtb-tt. and \oi Eighth-are.
AB IDLE DAV TOR lilli BROKERS.
m:.*-I\i:ss PASALTZXD HY THE HOI.M.
I.U.MMKMJAIII.K Alll-.N TS BBB BY THI* STCM _ BX
( ll VN(IK?I.ini.i: Tlt.VIHXO DOM-.
Tor tho flr-f Mino In thu h->t0ry of thc Sloe!,' l".v
ehangn, bo lona, wss breaght to a ttand 'ill hi a
? loriii. ir ha- suiTciert isolation bj Inferrapllon of
telegraphic sorvtee, snd it bas trausscted a good Mui
I..-. c\on wlcu deprived of orderi fruin oller cities
and from Bumps, lad Wbl n lt fashioned values a. nu il
Itu io H - Bl n \ mt *. \ . Itel il.iv ii,any nciiit.ci s of th?
ia;.! I wera snook to rosea v..iii ai. ai ail. r.nd in
?pile e.f frc it ev ort ions they bsd to co nt i nt themselves
with visltlm,* He Uptown bOteli and living lo send
word to th -ir oihicj. Tl cv could get mile aattafactl tu
f. iiiii tho stock and iic,v? tlrbets apywbero, foi' tba
lutle iu iinncii'.., had a gaod e_eute fm printing any
ihlng hut Inlolllglblo quotation-*.
lu BTall si.,..-! ilfaJi-i v.rli-III MMB0 .'..iil'.laain, There
wero tlfiy IOVOS broken on the Moor ai lin* Opening of
the Much K-CbaagS, nnd of lids naiuhcr forty imo were
lion; Brooklyn. \ nh ti at laroo it via* laigoaaltde io
do mach lesli eas. uml tbSTS Brag lillie lo do, c.v. e|.( I.i
S'aU for r..iiii'i.ii 'cini-uts, which never came. lt vv .is
Hut long hi lore lt. w:?, dla. a v ci ol Hat only a few
DOOhi would !*> al.lu lo afield Ihe n-ii il rertineVtooa,
and in ti.n I'.i.i. .f tho "Bate, which heepo ti..- aceotiats
ol a IsrgB part al tba iui,i.ei ir,,, ,u I,,*. 11,.- v auha could
Hoi l>>> OpSOSd bSOOU e all Mic nih. ci , li hu had I lc
?lon lo Hi0 lOCkt live I out of li wn.
MANY Itt. VI i) ll.- M.!' Al l.<).VT.
All Ile l.ti.i.s and Other liaau. lal lUBtltultOM WOfS
-li.ui hooded, I? ? 11 Um lo,, nie.-, OBI BO small lhat Hm
ion- .derk, eera Bbla to beadle ii. Bamort boto dos
et Bfloal, DM.'.cr, thal only a few hanks bad marte
tbolr Barba?pei at the i loaring Douse aod binti of
tiuuhio lu i ncc pen.?>: ul Hus salaaglsaient wen
whispered about thc tKrset, The effect of ilea- in
tlilenee*, might hsvc uiooi tome disturbance, hut tim
?.?coil tents of ile more important brokerage firm*
m..a u,io re pre ? r. r - *. t on the floor avoided tho piottbln
langer, Bank olBeera In mmuo rssot -cm letpie^is
io Heir customon nol lo receive or deliver tincha in
(j i i to avoid fuller complications, lt vi,?s ? little
aftoi noon that the following rotolutlos was unenli
'ono*:. aio'itc l:
Ke.-olv cd. i imf |i !* the sense rd the merni.et-pre;, i,t
thal ..ii doallt -. -" fer -.<* i?.- ill lo, .
Hilt deliveries p. over until lo inuAoi, Much 13.
UBI ki K- BRA\ ING TIIK ST'irrvf.
A quorum e.f n.e Qovernlng rommlttee rouM tua
he obtained to ad on tlc ia-...I it lon and, although
trading mi tutpendod ai l*":l*fl p. m., ti" i ? bange
?? a. not close 1 officially mull 3
o'. I...!.. ibo usual boor. Alexander Hen
rlqnes, tbe renorabla "*lc?-cha"nnan, brought do/wit hit
(-'sv-ei vi- H. more thin n-nal Vigor ami th-n started to
warn home with a few friend*. Amen;; (.flers who
were prose nt were tba two Donnser
i.rother*. .). Kirk-er, * barta* \. Johnos, laio.nis i..
uiote. \v. lt. Wheeler, Oran! ir. grhloj and w. ii.
I stiff, of Moore ,v Bohley; th.- board members of
( I, nie; Head ,1 (ii., I Isllg itt itt i to B-d MVCrsI
other linns, Henry \V. foot, ucurKH D. Morrison and
<.eor(.'.. u\ r.ii, s.ci'.taiy oi tic ttoeb Rxebanaa.
Sinn!.'! si ni. president of Ile* Diana1.', I.acha
wanaa curt Western Ballroad, wa.s at his nit;.. ? |
st the Mih Teas.ii v ox-judgi kl ct'oe, tba aew As
B'stan! Tre-as,irer. had rome ffom Brooklyn. William
sheree, ca*hler of tho ottice. (aeemed not to bu disturbed
iv tie atom sud he reported thal ahon( . *h ,,f hit
snbordlnatoa wore st work. 'ihe bustae**. of the
Mob-Treasury wa* fortunately aa?Ml. There wat
practically no business over th' counter and tbe
morning tu.iii waa light, Tho services of elerki
who othci vi'1-.c would hove laen bo sj In their own
department* were oasd in those thal tvere deflelenl
alni tho bUSt-OSI Of Ibo gS] vim* tian- ICtsd without
friction or -slay.
Dill Ht 1.1 ll..-. \T Till. C-BAB-N- IIO.SE.
At th" Clserlag lions.) eoaaldaroMo dllBeulty waa
. perienred In making the e-cbsuges, because several
mambo*"! wore lain la leaching ths os_ra ol the a-.su
. (allon. Tbe president of one Uptown hank person
_ il j bron ghi bia esebangi -. attboogh be wa. obttgad
lo walk Ile whole* rtiataiii'e. Tbs delay aiiioiiut.il
to over an hour, but the clearstices were tnado ami
the d: Ile it ires settled ? |i huUI other (Illili tully. Mau
agar ii ilium a. Camp Waa abs mt on account of
Hi- -torm. His n-'i-iK IBoOtt has left him too Bail
to tare the storm of ytalsisay.
At all tlc otber (hot mown Bsebsngea tbe -.tory
..f tba m. "h R-cbsoge vva- virtually reposted The
. ou... li. late.) Ktoch and I'-'troicum Bxc henge bragged
ol a la: kci aiterelaJi. e, but lt hael a bigger member
? I,ip to drau froot ivoverthelets, there v.as a ii?)g
gart) number ut broken at tbs opening, ami they
were r.ti disposed t>. talk shout tba levert!] ol Ibo
stoim a.ul Heir nulli ulual cv perlem es than to do
i.usiiie*-. As tbe dny wore on tm.re heisted brokera
dropped Into the BxcbaagB, and n Ul tie after ii.i
something like i:.i) men were iii Hal around tha 'tock
and nil "litiK'*'."' Prees-B-t Charles <;. wiisot. vuls
on liam! ai.rt his hoe-Bat "egret teamed tn be tba)
the work on lbs new building hud to be impended.
t*halmian .v. W, t*eteri itldnM i*et tn n.e K.\ehang*s
undi ll.ltd a. m.. and the worts Imposed up. n lum
wasn't heavy. HU colleague, AttlatSBt ascrstsry
laewls, beat him by a Bcrateh. BBd was one of th *
nuiteioiis nien who *|>ent an hour or so In seeking
some means nf transportation aod then eooatoBBd te
-tump his way through snow and wind.
U-.AI.iN'OS AT TIIK CON'S II.IUATUO K_CHAN". iH.
Ihe marl ets at the ('o-iolldstcd
Bxehsagi reflected the terrors of tue storm la ticir
padilly and In.lgnlilcaii.c. At tho oil ling I he-re
w;n every loceotlVS fur active trading Hilder nounal
ci,mil1 iou-, for one of tbs well* which had encouraged
tbs bears la-at **eek had been (hilled deejier after tho
close mi -saturday and had ina(le a good re-ponse.
lt was lepurted yesterday (norning too, lu ba llablo
io ?Aui-e lo.sii.ii.ics. The opening transaction! wera
nil lal but quotations ol 03 and Ui cent. were mada on
:;.''?. barren, against 001-fl cents Saturday noon.
V len the Western ina**Kcf. however, found thar New
Vorlt v-aa too crippled to be a factor of supp<iii or lie
in,, ion they teemed to "-? lodltposed to radleal opera
(tons and l.s the itorm grew WOtte the telegraph ser?
vice could not be relied on for Important operations.
saiiae bUSlnSSI vi aa doie hy hrukms brave auOUgb tO
take chances of the next .lay ami price*, rallied to near
tim Bgurs Of Bsturdsy. Bvsry one wa* glad when
the forms! hour of i-be-lng caine and then besgn
ile vvrcatUng with the mille:*;.! i.iir-iloii of: " How
can WO ircl home'" lu the railway stm'lt depart
molli busineaa wai handicapped by the ttagnatlou af
the Stock Kv ch a ti ire but some lively '" s.'al|i!iiK" trail's
uric made lu a few ol tho recently proinluent sti**l,s.
.\- the vi iud bowled around tie corners of tlc Pro
ilm-e Bxchangn ;":r| ,f"* ?-t''1"' sod tleet were hurled
angrily iialMt tha window poaai tbe big I'.o.ird room
in.i,le lnok?d more desirtits than on ? holiday, for Die
i.Vo'cis present nail lillie spirit of frolic in thom.
v, i n Ibe vih.-ai pit opened nnlj teven men were on
thal stamping ground of bulla and hean ami nol many
moro were in other part* of tbe mom*,. Tte* elevator
hort hid "eh! U*Ori ls do, for the aloent'-eM |_ the
?Ut ol lc "ls ni Oms, clerks and nc.sengi-i's that
u-na1lv nolle Hi" ''Ik' hulldl'ig a burly biiiiv took un
the Mggest P-irf of the list. Ah-.ut i.o' members
Bude ss the ii eight of tba atlendanes later tn tim
day. ihe win-, lo i licag.i wen, working Iii the
morning, md seine moderate trading was Indulged Itt.
bot lae ether mm hell wera slmoal total!) no-rtected.
H?. itatBttral lores waa badly depleted, a: d the rom
nerlai n'lorters rnllectlng g gu res aud news had the
tillie lc ivv on their hand*.
??vs ?n." satrt on- nf 11 ese Bewapopei "boya," '-thu
I* the fir-t time in my memory whoa I've bad a chance
tn work ? OB --race J :*
Vi the ? ottnn KXrbangn the inarli.>t WM of the
.?enei's! lioininal ( liuacier. ami only loo UHmfaerS
%are nroaeal al aa] one time Tba opening was at
tended by twenty-one member*: tod nf them thirteen
earn Bom Brooklyn sort leered ai ibe delicacy ..f the
h"rw-Yorkari who eoolda'l lura up row lamil ar
fme. were tseu ai tba Marti ima Flxcbatiae. for li esrly
ii.,a apparent lhat newt would be choked oir by iho
Itorm'* C'ifitiol of Hie \Tlrci
Mri
There 1* nothing sldch 1 nosr eti,..y thal I do
Ill.t urti' I" '?"? hi Pl')" .iine'" nf BOVaBg uv | lu. liavld
Kemi'.Iv'* Ka. "tit" Ilr,ia-1T at s Hmo ivliei I aaa lufferlna
?ll thal ? t.iui.s1! I*,I|IT "Ult I'tiiure. My trouble* l.e'g.in
ll, my EM-eyi fver lillie years agu, and fr..tn wlilrh
I Never Expected to Recover.
Liter my pUysJiiia ul 1 htd ?tisbfl DtaSBSB, whlrh
sra* llarinliig l(if..ni'atle.ii. T.. id t to my sfllh (Inn ifier
I bua lx"-n Ul BbouJ tso Tear*. I bid * bad slt-ek of
Crivrl. I ***? I" David Kui..-'dj'? Wari ill" Rt ..."dy of
Re.nlcit, rt Y-, *e1ie.rtt*e<1. Aftrr u*1ng three bottles |
wo* s* eil I bits Myer Sad i return nt -ni.or cuai/jlainl,
_i,l ib.iugt. 1 am m.a -,.' j years ot ags
I AM NOW VltiOUO!'** AM) *->THON."
?? I wi* In my prime Wtul i.hjalclaiia and all of the
nisny PtmmMtt I had tal..-n c..old nol (!?. Dr Keiinsd*'*
i'avuiito M-iBisdjr did; ll *U)sU lim dls-a-Mi alni l_ido ino
I siruug, vigor "tt* vs Ol?lu
Mila*"- EMLLINK P. U1ZKF.K. Bur-t Hill, OMn.
Dr. D. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
_*i?*_tt_ al Bsadaal, M. I. ino*, si. 6 tot ss.
Disfiguring
Fmptlona Indicate Impure blood and o
ilerairgml atomacb. External treatment
li of no avail. Tho ta?fest and moat
effective remedy for those, comiilafnts ls
A > cr's Sarsaparilla.
" I -nu troubled with discoloration of
the akin, which allowed itaelf In ugly
ilmk patches. No external treatment
did muru than tom
porarygood. Acer's
Barsspq rills effected
u (rotnplste cure."?
T. W. JBesMr, Uiver
it., Lowell, lusa
"No medicine
co ti I tl bo lietter
adapted loeleaaalag
the1 MOOd of such itu
purities ns manifest
th.?! use Iv os ou the
skin by pimples,
blotches, mid sin.ill
aleen, than giver's
?Sarsaparilla. I have
ii e,l it f..r thal |.itr
-mxso With tho most
gratifying results." ?J. H. lioseberrv,
M. I)., Wnsrtoo, Texas.
" I have -inscribed Ayer's Borsop??
rilla lu my practtcs for n number of
years. I lind it ti work admirably
where an alterative is indicated."?T. j
"Porter, M. J), ferro (ior.io, Tenn.
" I'or pimples, blotches, discolorations'
of the skin, .-uni eruptions ol every du-!
acriutioti. ws consider
Pimples
And Blotches yield speedily io Ayer.
Sarsaparilla? tbe most potent and
harmless of all Blood medicines. Don't
waste time and money on any other
A> or's Sarsaparilla ls the best.
"I bave used Ayer's Sarsaparilla snd
Pills, for bolls, sores, snd pin-pies, and,
have found them to be the best mc.li.
cine in tbe world."?Julius Hernani:u,
Compton, 111.
"I was troubled, for a loner tlma, with
a humor whi. li nowsarod on my faeo
In pimples and blotches. Hy taking
Ayer's Sarsaparilla I was cured."?
I'liua. H. Smith, North Craftsbury, Vt. ,
A young ladv of Dover, X. H., writei
that for a nuS-SI of years her tatt was
-overed witb pimples, and she was con
? tautly nnnoyed by their app. .ran ??.
rbree bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla
rendered ber skin pst let ll J clear.
"I can heartily recommend Ayer'!
Sarsaparilla for all of tboso who ara
nilferin;" from scrofulous humors. I
aroi aflflcted for years, aad tried every
irailahls reniedy, with no aflsot, Then
rour Sarsaparilla WSS rcconimen.b'.l,
iud two bolflSS of Hos medicine adi .riled
-reat relief. I am now iu a healthy and
rigorous condition." ? K. M. Boword
Ne.-W"Mirt, N. ll.
"For a Inner time T suffered from an
?ruption wsich covered my badja
[ tried a variety of med ie. lue*, wi*._u_t
ivail. Avar's Sal
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
anparilla a iiositive cure."?Mrs. J. W. bas thoroughly cured rae." ? J-flOl
Cue '.cr. ll, Alexandria, Ya. Main, Reading, PB,
Dr. J. C. Ayer ?_ Co., Lowell, Mast. Price $1; lix bottles, Sd. Worth$5abott'<
TEM STORM IN TUE SHH RES.
BTBKNUOU. BTFOHti Tm lllMil THBCfTY
AM. TIIK TUA I XS DF.LATKD AM? I I: A ll IC SI IPI \t'KH
?Ili'Msif li: IV! I. ASH IN( HiKN'f.
Titree trains full of people from oir the North
cm Rnllroad of IfcwaJersey had shout nil they
wnnted of "beautiful snow" yesterday ns they
waited on the western sui,- ,,f tlie Eric tunnel foi
two or thies boura, lt was only by heroic ef?
forts tbat t lie people got rs far ns that: nnd vs h. n
the train bands cum.' in and enid tkal oalj oin
tiain bad ?"one in on the Erie mniii line tbe poa
Kengers felt quite jubilant. They sung Bongs,
duneed and chaffes1] each other, nod bael spirited
discussions us to whether ur not to open tin* ven?
tilator-, arni whether death bj 'niel nit* wns
preferable to freezing to death. The passengers
on tbs titsst train to get stalled were rescticd
by B trniii m nt out from the Erie depot. The
others strived them ii tit il shout 11:30, when rt
train of the New-Jersey nnd Mew-York Railroad
cunio along. This train had on good headway,
and was bound te tanks the entrance to the tun?
nel without getting "stuck''; but several men
with rod Bags hrouxbt tbe train to a halt, and so
the belated passengers on the Northern road wera
transferred to tbe New-Jersey nnd New Vorh ears,
packing them to their utmot.1 capacity. Then
ensued another delny of shout an hour, u'ben al
Inst, by ih" cornhill..1 efforts of Kevern! engine*--,
tue train was started un.l taken through tin- tin
ml.
Th.* start im.' of the train was "-"reefed with
.oe.rs, bul only a little viuy this s-i.!?? of thc tun?
nel thc sped Klnckened, the wheels or the engines
again reeolved Ineffectually, the engines gasped
lind toot-.l in despair, and were stalled sgain,
Hus tune near the heal freight (le|mt. Here s
lurga ijopoitioii of tlie paaseugeru gol out nnd
buffeted their way through tho snow-drifts for
nicoll a third of n mile to the station. Thc sta?
tion was filled willi drifts al the west end. All
around the ear-yard engines were 1 \-i11_? useless,
and tho engineers looked out ol toe cubs with
the grimmest ol smiles.
now nu: H..IN- TKIKD ro RKACil lin: ri rv.
\ Tribune reporter started from n farmhouse
In l.Vckland Connty nt 7:.'(u n. m. find **cached
this city ut l o'clock, nboot the best time being
mads in walking a mile and a half te the station.
After Just missiag a train on one road, it was
amusing to tri! in tbe operator's boase at Nunnet
! Junction and listen to the reports ttl the p*_gasa*
; e.f the truins. Thc early " local'' over tbe New
i Jr-rsey nnd New-York Railroad gat tbroagfa with
comparatiyely little delay. Thc llaverslraw ex
press, however, did not start until after !< o'clock,
and when it reached Nunnet was just two hours
j lute. "Old No 5 bi thc worst engine on tbe
| line." said un employe. Hut she hud a plucky
? driver on boord, nnd in the run to Hillsdale she
1 o,,t. up such Sliced that she rooted through drifts
that reached to the cur window-*-. One could
feel the shock of the impact ns soon as the train
struck the deep drifts in thfl cuts, but the Impe
1 Ins of the train accomplished what it bslf-dozen
englnea could not if storting from a standstill.
The car windows nml cab windows l>ei ame crust?
ed with snow-, and the eii.inecr had to keep his
brod out. iu the storm, now and ih.-n thawing
icicles from his eyelashes so that he could Bee a
few yards ahead. However, it wus ennuin;- bj
i faith" nnd not by tale-lit. Another enirine wns
hitched on Ht Hillsdale, and when thc Jersey City
tunnel was reached tin* passengers had the sotls
fnction nf passing people who had stinted by the
: Northern Bailrood of New-Jeraey hoars iieforo.
The cars aud engines presented n weird spec?
tacle ns they arrived, encrusted with "-now niel
fringed with heavy icicles. Many of the passen?
gers expressed their determination i<> wail In the
station until a train would carry thom bock, ns
there was no Inducement io coate tu this city for
? business. At sta early hour telegraph (rommuni
! cation was badly Interrupted in the suburbs, not
only bf the brcnkltn, cf wires, but by their whip
1 pinn* n^ainst each other in thc storm. Switca
tenaera and BagnBeu had the greatest difficulty in
i performing their duties. Switches became frozeu
fast, nnd tin- .hop .hirts mode travel through the
?.ant:* und thc signaling of trains exceedingly
alow mid btborloua
A TALK WITH THK WBATHEB CLERK.
tbk Btewat saanca orncK.it sot lacuwua to
Bira thi: bi I//AHD M'Cii < itrnn.
After hnring statrjce-red almost blioiled through
thc snovvstoitn for a couple of hours, having OBS
! car frost bitten, after having *til down frequently
i with more force thnu elejr-wee aud ebassd a hat
for a couple of blocks mid then lost If. the calm
serenity vTitli which Sergeant Daua, clerk protein
of the Weather Hr'ireaii, at the top of thc Fipntable
HiiildiiiR. fllSalUSSStid tho storm was some?
what of a disappointment to a Tinittvp.
rej-ortor. Eufwhen Bergsaat Dun.) explained tint
he had already talked to nineteen rep liters and
-fty-one Inquisitive weather experts ou the sub?
ject, surprise at his sn.Milty teal lost lu admiration
of his patience.
Sergeant Dunn fOT the seventy-first tim:* ran over
the story of tho (-torin. It be. nu it.s " monkey
shiiics" iu tho Lake region, slipped away from
there to tho Atlautur coast; oft (.'ape Hatteras ran
lalo another storm that lind recently started ort' on
a ..ii..I of iniichicf from Georgie; struck
up -i combination with it, and
with increased fury sped away up
the Atlantic Coast, howling with malignant gleg.
Titi: gTOBM DltUIIXi) OKI'* NOKIHVVAItlJ.
Sergeant Dunn said that the storm ooveredobig
patch of territory?tost bow bg ho couldn't tall, as
so many wires nero doivu. Dat it wai " central "
at this station at - (*'r!?_k and it was probable I hal
before B*gfctf_ll theOaaa-iaaa waaid sxpggioaes
Ita Wrath arid fare mnch WWCMWlth il than New.
Yorkers had. because lg Hsasdn kt wis much
cobler, thc tsrnpetstnre ;it om* place, Roekel-Er,
being HJ beiow itarro. Baowbegan falling io min?
uter) aller midni.ht. mid up to ll o'clock twofsat
bad fallen. ,\t 1 o'clock yesterday gBOtaiag
the temperature WSJ __? ; i>v '.'o'clock it hodfolh n
to ir.*, bot i?v a (.'dock boa elimbed back t<> _??.
Ai il o'clock the barometer reached lt lowest point,
29.63.
lt was somewhai di-tapnotntlna te.be told that
the averai".' reloeity ol the wind was only thi ity
live lillies un hour, .md when lt howled Us lundi st
and did a.* worst it only reached it sneed of forty
two uiilcs au hour. Anybody whe bal wreatled
With lt down ill tlo* street Would have beOfl Wlllin.
lo swear tha' it was gol Og along at Ut lsosl sn;y
lillies au bOIU.
-ergesnt Dunn resTetted to har* to opnose sta*ia
t i.*s mihi rooords to opinions aad ballona, hui Kew
Vork bad been -lilted bf wiods i hst bowled louder
nml blew harder, lin* Hioiin of February, IhsiI.
attained a mailmnm reloeity of 84 oules an bom
und kept it un for liv* nii'iut?-?. aud nt another tune
If Ten l.sve * .tn.'. u ;e ri.c.i ld* HS**. *iitTo'islT8 or other
VMa I1 mill les! nf Ito ?0lise> of ?mell t?*t.- ur tim.rl i.e. nTel
WstJ-ruis er wi-uk. fem .tall or ileliltll?t<-.l, pata ..r |irs**nrs In
tii? :.n.i. i.?-.... i i.a ?ur. m i ut*/ no| laaorae thu rou
li i. r Un- ( ii:.,ri h [...nam.ia n' ?-..??* BnllllSllr, willi.ult
? i.*hit?si.ii( dalt sf lt.* sboTB ? finnie aa, t ? l in t iiBM Inion
auiupii.is sou sn. in ibo ir*1"-*. Nu _laaaaa la ta bbubbm,
mere deospllTii, Issi un.lstsloset ?r Biara tin?iiB',o*sfiillr
I re* tail ur iii??iii?i.? lim manu (sot a rait of Pr Nsis't
( alana Iii- inni-r tllTB, for IIIIKT ?.'?.. otTei Ml B *tBl|.1lBB rSa
wsnl of ggga fur seuss of *>s**1 e starrs, ns ms Uar how bsd
(.? af hs* lo-salM-llBf. wt.llS Utef cauiwl BOIS. IvsaiBilT
twld Lj/ drauliU, M di) eta m.
it av.*r.ii_!>il til miles an hour for IS minni**. Da
( December 29. 1887, a storm sttaiaed n maxnnuin
velocity of."io mi es an hour, arni annthcr ste.mi
, daring the sam"month. 1* miles rm hour. In issi
there had been one or two heavier falls mt snow.
* ll I.IXO IT A " lU-'.irK UK Ml/./..*.!(!>.
" What m ikes tin* storm naoteeedsaled sa tba
rec.inls of the Bigoal Service Ollie.' bete," san! .Ser.
geaal Daua, Mtathaeombiaalioa af wind gad saes*
ami tin* duration of the storti1."
" ls it a blizzard!" asked ihe reporter.
"Well, it mit-ii! perhaps bc called a moderate
blizzard,"' replied the Bergesot, with an air which
iiit'in ited thal bs knew what tho grout nt bUasord
WOS and wasn't to In deceived I.y any Eastern copy
ot it.
The weather probabilities come from Wnsbing>
too, and owing to thc wires being btoken Kergcsnt
Dunn hadn'taojoyedconimnnieatinna witb V.'o-h
ington for many boara. Tberefi re bs could only
bean i'd his own orptiiion about toe storm snd 'hat
was that it would moderate before midnight
RECORDS OP OH I I.U BU Slof'M-a
a annal hay roe nu: "oldost imiauiiavm"
? (OMI'AHIM. Kl.(ll Iii li.IVs.
Tlie storm of recent years mast elosely resembling
tn its effects on buaioesa tbat of ye.teni ry wag
what is knou ri ris tin* " ic ? sf. mu " of Jaiiuarv 21,
1881. lt began about l o'clock in th" morning
with alight fall of scow. This ebaagod io tlanl
ind mn on an hour. r two. Ab mt 1 a. tu. lit: m *r
cury I'll and the streets and sidewalks were n )W
covered with a thin itu (?: of i.e. About I' o'clock _
freeling rata set in. It Moa beeams beary und
continue*! with unobsted fore* until il o'e!oek in
the sfti moon. Then u ilackeaod, bur did not
cense entirely until aeren In the srenlng. rbora
*.*.;? iii h.avy wind blowing all day, the maximum
reloeitybeihgforty niilei aa hour. Tbs -tono
caused sa.i baToesmong ihe* telegraph wires mid
the sn meosfon nf teleiJ-raphro comm mtcattOOS vr.it
' almost complete.
Trnrel aa the ele-**utet. railroads "-va. mash inter
, fered with, bur none of r!i- hi ieks lasted ? we than
: tbfee-ejasrtersaf an hoar. <; ttingnboul was rea
I dered e-tremely daagetatM by fhe iee eat lier In the
I day .iud exceedingly IneooTeateal later by tha
slush. There* was little business do-io In the city
i asnerally sad there wus almoii a total suspensien
of busmensoa the Prodnes, Cotton nnd Maritime
pTfihsogoe Baa to ly baamaam ??( tlir mbaen rn of te.'n
8i.i|.hi. news, ibi heavy, lee-eoeted wires oooant
rm ny telegraph p le*, to fal:, tome Of them fall.tiii
aerosB thc elevated railway atraeturet sud delot Milt
natus. Ou tho Hime day there was ix d? MraetlTS
(?fina to at Long Branch.
tmi: nm mow op pi nanaar, inst*.
The Krcat mttBtt wt February 2d, 1884, wgg
. noticeable far tiie hii;h velocit.-ol the wind. 'Ibo
(luinat-e then deas lo telegraph wiles waa ure id
, and si.ns and cliiiiineys suffered iu proportion.
I '1 Lo wind at Its hiirhcst attained a velocity ol
I eighty?fbar miles aa hour, which lasted five mina
1 ates aad severely injured several psopls hy Mew
i'i. them down or ngaiuot |Josts, 'lbs
roofs of many houses, churches, and
barus were blown nfl" or badly dainaged and
easaollies from falliag fragmeats were numerous.
COmparsttrely little snow fell, however, thus iii
terferin. little with railroad traffic on theSleTOted
roads aud in the coiintrv. I'he BTSCOgB velocity of
he wind WOS Sixty lU'hx an hour, aud it r_Mod
more or less violently tho whole dav.
lu lisT.'l there was a it-cut Btarm Of BOOW and -?!>?t.
v. i,nh proatrated ibe wlret ami aeorly cut off ihe etty
finin outside teiecraphie communication,
Kveryv. here men were coinvai-lnc recollection * at
to ttoruM, PoBes Buperlutruaeui Murray, who h*s
ai .iii liv eil in New York, siii.l he could nol retucnibci
having teen a similar hllrraid. Inspector Williams,
who ha-i a long ineniory. sahl: ?? There hus tint been a
sim in Hive this ia th.- etty slt.cc I-;.:., when we bad
?roofl sleighing for three miinths a' a itretrh. I th'uk
lt was in Kihi nary' ol that ' ear alien nil travel In fha
blrcets wa- blocked hy B storm foi several dal".'*
On the north ildea e,f ihe- rtreett tbe bbow drifted r,>
the height of the BSeoad story atudOWB of boote* In
ma_{ parts of the city. lin- leven! divs olly j* few
Kiel Kill wen' seen In the Btrecit omi Ihe iii.' en-rtnei
ha>l to t-j* drawn oh Um -d< walka an Ike north side,,,?
the -trees when there wera tires.''
PUBLIO SCHOOLS SLIMLY Al iiiNDLD.
cini.DiiKx Kart at Hnvm?tiik groan and rna
T.AC!IFfts' AVKHKirS.
public school* throughout the elfy were AemoraUssd
hy the f-evcrily e.t the storm. 1'nren.t
oenerally Ihrniifrho'it tho elfy kept their
.hil.hen within doors during the day
and In laro-e nj.town sch .oN where thr*. avenge, dally
atteo-snes B ames thoa ..-.ihi, tho nu tuber of jmpiit
(lulu.Hod down to less thuti ".(Ki. In the primely
schools, where (Se pupils ni) nearly all miller ten
years, IH sonic Instances not more than a sa-oio of
two of pupils were pretest. Thors wm an txrssl
fallinp; off In tlie' sttsndsnes of Ihe tssebers. Many
of thc teachers were CSUghl In thc blocks OS tl", ale
vated roodl md took the Hist chance of nialt'tiK Heir
\> sr hie'i te th"lr homes. In many of these schools
children of P04W parent*, found more comfortable itusr
ters than In their own home*.
Superintendent Imper, whom hems i* In Hnrlsm,
was SOOghl In a block on th* Bs vated road, and aft r
salting several benn la a car ctlinliefl down a 10000*1
to the ttt-Bt and walked bask le lils home
Mr. McMullon. clcrli of the Hoard, who lives al
Ooo hundred nnd fortlotb'it gad Um Bealersrd, w
:- 'sM.ii ar f on Fifth FUJI.]
A SUIT OF ARMOR
DI I'eculinr 4 ot.structlsa, mri rSnid (u Kalli
l'ralet-1 Hs Wearer Crain Heall..
lire ol 1 fash lu neil platt aili rh.mi urinor. while S
nu'.iiiirn of protection la (he 1'iih and l'llli eeutune*.
when spear., awards and loni!.'-.-ixe*
the principal w*ji|H>ns. would lie l?.'li
rhaaay sad ?aadMssama, sad bal s ''un
?y protection at tho pre-out dat of
guapowOm Mini tuira.
As mu. li (.11* sf .late, clutasy. cumber'
lum aad sven daukcroaa. an these old
suits ot aiiiior, uro lue raiuedias of ptiy
f'r- "?*"< ?"'??"?? "**?*' "' th*** ''**"*Jr ""??** ".?''"??
'vii **i'*'i,?'?H"'* isatB And fsl Bes mai sad
w nie of the wsittTsI profssalsa are -wea
to.ijy Aepsooleg i-taty en Mrreory
I'ululie. Arielle, soi otl'.er rlUSMg
ami aUagsreaa rssssitea
Hut not au phy?i< laaa Pe""* fee MB
erai u.iB.i*?i aaatms-aea c'ten sm ot?
tos Std rut and ure usia*. Sdesnmd
*0^-_i means of pfStOSttsa and cure, tuih M
MI'OTCH OITU MtaMfl-Bi that sreit ett af all
,..ic. nerrin... anti-fSffUt]tlBS, aS^IMliM. gad
,.,,ie*ier At ciiii.!?*?? '??-"?' tm* mfMmn
DtssasaoCthoK-lasva
it toaamsal wruog from Nit..rs t-yos-oassd skeo-a*
try and .omni..,, tens. Ililli-* "?"<? "hlle'l ?" ???*
thousand., tt hot pratantaa -Unit* I" hunUrcdt ol
thousanda
nt UH ll OATS KaaKtlC'B 1* tbs srinor*
far your Ufa ?g?vtu*l ibt laost ttrulsat JUeat* aad
death.