, 1866-02-15
THE SNOW STORM II.
Eroyel Almost Universally HIocknded

onee more the Wild west wind Is upon rs 'tyr-
aunous md srrong,'' bringing back to rs ali man-
ner OF d,scumtortr and b!htatug the old black
boeom OF the earth In ftrsh white garment Of
purity. 1ust as We were beginning to congratulate
ourselves npou the departure OF Kins Winter, and
to lnhale, - We fondly imagined, sntG OF the
comm. spnne, 70 see once more the blue ety bend
rial mildpess which. from the bosom Of aome drop
pmg cloud. Ia supposed to usher IN the glad opening
Of The Jear-"slaP- bang. he1s ne are again" knee
rcane Of Wind thAt has yet vIsfted ~. unw1iingly
wt don onr oyershoea again, our winter wEappings,
which We bad slmost forgotten during TIT deceptive
the grim old t5rant. The enow storm which came
upon Ms on Tuesday night. and which has not ret
qnte expended ~ IL my has 9etn undosted1y one
night and cont1nped sofly. silently and petbateut1y
all he no,nlne, nsgptns ~ tho . tsIsets md sat
u.s es md ha
house house, ieps M to u;s snoihsf) 1ith c.Ts1a 81 lsr
there wss nothing objectionable in the visitation,
ID s.Fy apa .S
1sapa Ws. se dseiaed assTsss5ioa q tSa ossg
arose, @ snd &c. tho snos powder drilo5ng lEe whi,s
mist through the air. And such wind 1t seemed
| to blow from every quarter Of tho sky. It Was
morning, and xhcn Ioa turned The next corner IN
The hope Of getting II behind yoa, II VA blowing
! with equal pe1Astenry m yonr rec Laka good
cheek to once aud again, q run into snug eos-
nm to etcspe It atoeelheri bat there vas no dodc-
Il "a Il aos
he suburbs experienced sha Tolcnce Or The storm
e aos ~ Il, 4: I Ia- e 'TsT e.; e. p's g.
and the traveller IN imminent risk Of losing his
way and being srnothesed within a few yards ot hta
snow il the most deadly and treacaereu. of ali the
1ae FL 5ffsssS1{ IT dS nGt :.
eve al %. aaons tie esn snea
| vfirRtpe pokes, tossing or hate, and doing ecncn
TIC tricks TO The ladies' they cane Unexpectedly
upen shaEp corner or encountered Wandering
A the evening wore on, thoee who lived out 9
,Se sSe .isnai To- To- ~ s3@sh to ssla sesa ID
hozse cars, howeseE, had ceased running b!
niehttall. md only IN OCCASIONAL oas mad
About O'Clock party Of outsideIs were ssitinI
a. the e11ner Of Clark and Randolph streets, aux
.oasly looking Tor The s 1f gne n q thss
! through the mist. No sooner did 1t discharge th
carEo than me crowd made sudden rn.h. or Iathe
s os e. E: To- sss tss s'ast
pactty b thsse Who had been caught In the citysn
Tbs streets were In excc1lent condition for sleigh
= Ing, but esen tt1s announcement could pot be IN
proved With any degrra Of comfort, 90 Violent n
! ihc etpn 50 cold The wind, and 60 tAntallKng II
!" continuous clouds ID snow dill that blinded ID
=, Ft1ssts. @ =, .,a .,,1, s...nasa ,r.,n,, f,,,
Boone On The West, to Marquette On the soutf
On all the lines or railroad trac YVES impeded, an
the patsengers who arrived Ia the CIR during Il
day reported that Tho stoleaee q the hurricane VI
:. thinr rot by any means to be desired The sno
d1d 5ot nll yerI heayty. bat ds.ted TO such an e
tent that al attempts to ssss hg a s;ack " Teie fsnae
u Ihs Michigan Central Railroad despatched o.
IL isn r.s e. en sat aa asaa
y the ty hsi night The other roads aeemlng II pr
dent to wslt until the fury Of The stoEn ras on
lived, nd not lew have been falrly showed O
II On the Burlington road the passenger Hain+ due
ten, sas dela{sd a An5oFs: tas trsek M being e ag
J., evening, VAS heard from at Gilman: 1he ht
u. buIgh & Fou Wayne psssengcf train. which b, y
due hese 1t noon was dsiaaed II ae ~. hos9 ~
I'd of he aaY. The Muwaukee and NoEthNests
uarn. due At s43. bad no! arrived ug to re m ho
let a.1sye iii o'clock. and The Michigan southt
=! q tlain due It twelve, arrived It haif pat elg
ep'eI s%. 1m1 % from
=. rous sources last nieht, uay eerve TO eonreJ 20
" impression Is to the extent Of the stosn ana 'ts
be Il Co1tland, on the Dixon Air Line, passen
" t5ain Wts At last nceonnts etuck In the snow,
so- the track was tmpasEahle-
On Tho litfncfs Central Rosd. the trains "
nE nE | cou,plckely blocked up. Al Matsoon stx frel
IN trains we1e showed up, and at Champaisn
pohward bound passenger tra,p m re- re- @ 1o,esd @ 70
m ssa Ing III possibility Of t1avel. Hhllc The snow
w.. w. drifting fercc!y.
n such an e1tcnt, before o'clock lat evening, I
A lraIns were perfofce laid up, and n last accou
70 frum Hpck lstand, tho Thermometer Indicate
pc 1cmnar.iure Of cirbt degrees below zesn ryt
strong breeze blowing.
On he Chicago, Bari nston i Quincy nailrt
II Bustnell, between Gaiesbusg and Quincy. a
senger train Was showed up Tasng 1ot IT, nsysd tas
rad such an extent that tt was deemed farther pss
le1 On The road Iass night would bs impossible;
Road. Ill feelehts wero abandoned At an early
In he evening, and passenger trains coming in
, a1l ! much behind, Mith tueh storm rnz1ng along
tna- no,sss n9ss ~ "Su,1 sns-cnaed .> 'A-' ~'>''
the