Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-01-29
From the New York tribune, Of Tuesday.
THE GREAT STORM OF 1857.

which he may get an idea of the storm,
we give the following record of Sundays
temperature. AT Z. NJ. of Saturday
the temperature rose to thirty degrees.
= when it commenced falling gradually
with the wind SSW, till after F. NJ
when it changed to the westward and
northward, and at midnight was within
ten degrees ofzero. Alta A. NJ, ofSun-
day it was at zero, Z, 8 and o, two de-
grees below zero. At and 9P. NJ, il
was four degrees above zero, the highest
between sunrise and midnight From
10 O'Clock Sunday night to s o'clock
Monday morning the temperature was
stationary at two degrees above zero
THE WIND.
In addition to the extreme cold, the
wind has blown with violence nearly
every moment since Saturday morning.
It has been from the North or near that
point all the while, and generally blow
ing gale. For week the air had been
raw and chilly, but on sunday it became
terrible, cutting to the very bone. and
producing that peculiar prickly sensation
which accompanies extreme frost.
Last night the wind was blowing with |
scarcely any abatement of force, but as
the mercury was comparatively up, the
effect of the gale was not so severe as |
to prevent the masculine portion of the |
people from going abroad,
THE FALL or SNOW
The first fakes of the snow
came down about 1 O'Clock or Srndax
afternoon They were smsr bard fro.
zen, and driven ikG shot b. fore the the wind
cutting almost through the skin when
.r Ing full upoa a b ,,ardless face. The
supply increased nd continued all night,
the snow beng still of the fine hard sort.
Yesterday thF re were one or two breaks
III the storm. 1t ceased for while a,
about noo'h, between and o clock it
began again. This time the flakes were
larger and the sky assumed the appear
ance OF a genuine snow storm in earnest.
But The tall ceased soon after dark, and
was not resumed when this article was
written.
DEPTH AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW
In consequence Of the violent wind
the snow Is so unevenly distributed that
IL is impossible TO give even an approx
innate measurement ofthe average depth
In manyplaces, at wide street crossings,
and spots exposed to the sweep of the
wind, there are large areas with no more
snow upon them than i'll the middle OF
July; while under the lee of buildings
but a few steps off, the drifts rise like for
tifcations, and threaten To bury any per-
son who may attempt to pass them. This
is especially the case III the streets run
III The,
and down the island are not so unevenIy
supplied. Some drifts or rather piles,
are ten feet deep, but four or five fee;
is the more usual measurement.
CONDITION OF THE STREETS DIGGING OUT.
OF course the streets are i'll sad plight
On awakening yesterday morning, the
people found yards, areas, doorways and
windows buried in various depths, ac-
cording to exposure to wind. The in
side of the house had it's share also, Tor
the penetrating wind found out every
creyice and loophole, and was busy ali
night sitting i'll the fine particles of snow.
and building neat little drifts and pyra-
mids on carpets, beds, the choice turni-
ture Of palaces and the rickety house
keeping things of novels, to the coming
dllIdEC9ltlll dlItl tllCC VI lIlG UIlCOl-
sconcious sleepers.
The excavations of the morning were
not bad imitation of the resurro elton OF
Ilercu!anaeum and Pompeii. As soon
as lifted by the shovel, the snow was
whnled away by the wind only to fill u,
the Shoyeled places near at hand, and 50,
as fast as one got his door way clear, hi
wndward neighbOr filed it up again
Except along Broadway, there was not
much effort to clear the walks, but feet
we've left to do the work of the shovel.
EREAD AND MILK.
The impossbility getting about witt.
teams during the morning, was the rea-
son Of a suspension in the supply of the
necessary breakfast articles OF bread ami
milk; and not few of those who depend
upon the baker, were put to extraordi-
mary straits for their usual creature com
forts of his cooking. Some families, who
are wise enough 10 make their own bread
escaped this annoyance; but for milk al.
suffered alike, as no family is supposed
manufacture that article, W hatever MAY
be done for them in the ''pure country
milk" distilleries.
Halt'weaned young America was clam
orous i'll cutlery; but was obliged to sub
nit 70 short commons, or no commons,
taking revenge in suiky looks and in SYM
pathizing with disappointed kittens.
WATER AND GAS.
The severe cold of Sunday was too
much for exposedhydrants, andhundreds
OF them were frozen up, so that the first
business Of servants and heads of tamil-
les who are their own servants, on Mon
day morning, was to founder through
the snow to the grocery, or to some lucky
ncighbor, to get water enough to fill the
tea kettle. Gas metres were touched
with the frost, and many Private houses
and public buildings were cclipsed.
THE sLEIGuING IN BROADWAY.
In spite of the storm, with It's thous-
ana discomtorts, jollity reigned supreme
in Broadway on those interesting yehic
les which were compelled to run. Most
of these untortunates who were com
PEELED to be out preferred the pedestrian
style Of getting along, in spite of the gar
rotc, and the threatened highway robber
les of all sorts to the uncertain navigation
ofthc stage sleighS. Those, however, who
adopted the latter mode of convenience,
though wrapped up to their chlnS il
wooden OF divers kinds, wouldoccasionally
make u little excavation through then
mutflerS to their mouths, and let their
voices ont in a defiant yell of deSperat,
plVc The rOiDr VAS most uncertain,