, 1864-01-04
Der, in the evening, will 10 thrown opcn, and
Governor Lewis and his brother officers viii
be present to receive their friends.
FROM MICHIGAN CITY.

Governor Lewis and his brother officers will
be present to receive their friends.
EnnnF MICHIGAN Suxrrv
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tep s1,c,,,aaw C,r~ Ian 4so . 1es..,.s. 11.o.'l
Thc anow storn co7nn1anoad hora ~,
Thursday morn3no thu 31st MI thc t1,lc.
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H., when Tremendous gale from the North
eet in. This lasted nearly I'LL Thursday
night, raging furfous1y and drifting the
snow until the railroads we're completely
blockaded. We hare heard more than one
ancient iuhabitant say it was the sererest
storm ever witnessed in these parts, The
bue.ress Of the railroads from here are com
plete1y SUSPENDED with the exception of re-
lief trai1s which have been using ali posi-.
bic means to clear the track between here
and Chicago, md to extract the trains which
were caught in the storm. We have had no
trains from Chicago.or Lafayette since the
evening express Of Thursday night
Mr.. Marten, Government Agent of the L.
NJ. g. C. R.. r, with the Road Master, started
with an engine from here ato a. N. yestar-
day, and at noon to-day were reported
Brookstown, to which place Mr. Mazten had
come on foot, has1ng lett his engine showed
~ eoule 1ut!ss paIA, "n1cn eoalo HUI oe e.
'A11'tS1 ,-'~.
lAe nelcury tnis morning STOOD at. t"en-
t51our aeg1ees oe1o" zero, and mas '1nxed
'f1M M TX u ten oelo" ~ uas.
ne na'e ne1iu u ~ 1oss oi ule, ou1 qulte
i nu1nocf na'o oeen oaoly 1fose ol11en. :
FROM KALAMAZOO.
fsoecis, p,snstch to the cb,caao rr,bnne,
KALAMAZOO January ,, 1864.
Tic seyerest storm ever known In &ais re-
gion, has visited US. The thermometer on
Friday was twenty degrees below zero Snow
has fallen to the depth of eight or ten inches,
and the wind having blown gale, it has
badly lrifted. Trains Of the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad hare not attempted to run~wcst
of Kalamazoo Every exertion. however.
tas been mnde to get the road open, and com
mencing to morrow, Sunday, trims will run
regularly. Passengers who left Detroit on
friday and Saturday, arc in comfortable quar-
tefs at halanazoo' and WILL 'eanme their
Journey On sunday morning. Al trains that
nave le1t Ch1cago nave reached Detroit safely.
Inc Ianaaa ra'lfoads are not at Ill obstructed,
ana tsalns arc running regularly.
FROM ST, LOUIS.
1specia1 DIspatcA to The chicapo rrfbnne1
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2, 1854.
The cold snap is the scyerest known here
in twenty years. In the suburbs, the ther-
mometer, yesterday morning, stood twenty
five degrees below zero; in town, from eigh-
teen to twenty, To-day it is i've degrees
above zero. The river is bridged by Ice, and
mails were brought over by horse md wagon,
on the ice, last night. All the railroad trims
were suspended on account of the SNOW, and
On tle North Missouri Railroad 10000 hogs
have frozen to death, and an immense num-
bcr Of cattle have frozen along all the rail-
roads. In the city, several persons have died
from similar cause, md the suffering Of the
poor reported to the authorities surpasses be-
lief There are over half dozen steamboats,
In very dangerous position for btcaking
up OF INC lcc, ana seflons loss Of steamboat
properly Is 1eafeo'
FROM BUFFALO,.
BUFFALO, N. T., Jan. "A very severe
SNOW storm has been raging here since
Thursday night, the wind blowing. q gale
from the West. The water In the lower part
of the city is the highest that has been known.
for Q year.
Two hundred feet Of the Niasara Falls
'Road, near this city, has been washed away.
No cars have LETT the depot here since
Thurzday. Trains, however, are running
from Blaek Rock to Suspension Bridge.
Business in the city is almost entirely sns-
pended.
The worst of the storm is now over
Although It is still showing this evening.
The weather is intensely cold. the tber-
mometcr ot midnight on the 31st ar necen-
ber stood at 42 above zero. Last evening It
vas five derfces below zero md this nam.
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teteei"PuAe lan1aulcat4ou "ttA tae West
is interrupted. .-: -