The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-01-30

~ Wrftten py H. W9Ous yeof 80, -
pablished in your pager, soene account w.
given of the weather hsss q tAal time.-a
The winter, as you viii remember, had been
very severe, the mercury marking, one morn
ing, 80 deg. below ssro, and ranging, not
unfrequently, down iron 20 . 2s deg. be-
low. Such was its character Though She
month Of February, pretty generally. But,
severe as was the last winter, the present
surpasses Il, think, in that regard. | vas
not hsrs at the time, and caarot, tA~sfore,
speak from personsl observation, bat Am in.
formed BY those who wsre, that winter COM
menced in good earnest, with violent storm,
on the 9Th and 9th OF Dec, which lasted
some 4s hours, when snow fell 10 the depth
of two feet, drifting in many places to Eve
and six feet deep. The mercury went down,
at its close, to % deg. below zero. From
that time to the present there have been fire.
quent storms, with constant bitter cold
weather. The snow has now, it is said, .
depth Of feet in the woods where the winds
do not disturb il.
] left Iowa City on the l4.h inst, to come
nm ho.e .ra Ia. ..~~;hl. 81, :. 90, Ill,
readily admit when relate the facts. had
been waiting there nearly . week for the
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stopn;nr At Fort Des Mo;nes over NIGH,
1 .tarted north the mart morn;no and ross
that day 1.-THE l6th.l TO Booushoro and on
the 9Th 70 Far, Doave- Th;. las. dav va.
nrohab,v the ssv.r.s, ve have h.a mi. ~n
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and the snow blowing constantly into deer
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irving one. Tsam.,er. unon ,bs road .,onn.
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