Show THE unprecedented the ile eastern mail due three weeks ago came in on sunday there are two to others of a later date still due they encountered a succession of storms and hard weather vi unparalleled in in the history of the plains and mountains most all the men became snow blind and had bad to lay down frequently in in the snow for v whole hole days with nothing to eat tut but crackers we are informed by mr air AC AC ayers the indefatigable texas that the trail which they would break with great difficulty only a few yards at a tune time would it if it did not lill fill up freeze forming a rough icy edge edg e which vi aich would scratch and penetrate the legs lega of the mules and make them bleed profusely the poor animals would stagger on and finally fall front exhaustion eight perished between beedle needle rock and bear river and the men those who could see seep had to pack the mail on their backs some seme idea may be formed of the severity Bei erity of ther the storm and the depth of the snow when as we are informed they were two days in in going two miles those who were blind were brought alora along by holding on to the tail of the mules an and most all the ibe party were severely frostbitten frost bitten AV AC weber they had to plunge into that raging stream while in the valley they encountered that heavy snowstorm snow storm that swept 01 over er iwa city on saturday there I 1 is no doubt of it that this has haa been the hardest tainter A inter ever experienced la ia the mountains |