, 1866-02-16
the GREAT STORM.
The Reign Of Snow.-The Railroads.
Nails and Trains. Universal Stop
page Of Travel..On tho

Halls and TTA1he-.U0tTef944 stop.
page Of Travel-.0n the
Streets.
The storm which commenced On Tuesday ercu.
lng VT recognized here Is pretty seycre onc hui
even botc exposed 10 it tur5 In the city had hut
faint conception Of how It ragged outside On The sew
eral railroad lInes. II Eas fearfully and wonder-
fully co1o-the enow whiried md eddied In the u.
in thick clouds, binding foz the t1me those uho
iared it, fuEy, and penetrating The most minute
c1evtce* Of conveyances Or 1e4idences On the Wings
Of the de1ee breexes. On Wednesday, the ternperz-
ture fell rapidly from twenty degrees above zero
the moFntng to nfteen degrees .t noon, four ii
inc. Thcre Ii remained until past midnight when
untta ecven O'Clock yesterday morning, when the
ereer be1ow zero-a neuse doubtless very pleasant
Tor Arctic soJagcrs but decidedly dtsasreeabe for
people generally IN thls part Of the world. The
contest with the herce weet winds were
70 far victorious a. to bring the mer-
cug :, pp 70 within four dee!pes eelSw
weather grew rspdly colder, mil At hour before
midnight 1t mas down to ten degrees below zero
a eu'et, stead; eold;. but lhe Wild Winds houled
over the ptatdes, md. As the force 0! blow Is pro
PortionaE 10 The monsntnm q the object in no.
night wns beycnd computation.
FRosg-htrEs.
Ears and uoee4, wherever unprotected, we're very
apt TO BE- njpped BY the Frost, and the hands!un Of
snow n.ed to tnax oat snoss an s1s
practice have not yet arrived at thai pont Of cntE-
Sato1 raid 10 be common In Russia and eounc other
northern countries, where man snatche9 up
handful Of tnow md waiowt it over tic nose Of IN
entire stranger and IL thanked for II; but no intro
dccttonf were deemed necessary yesterday for the
utpped poses and ears. The streets presented much
the fame appearance safG TO prevail in new mining
eountIes1 sea5ey e .oaea, e. 2, the M ~; IS IS
men who came forth eeemed al tn urgent haste.
It was generally known on Tuesday night that The
tne railroads.. 6ut ihe exfsui oi interference was not
appreciated until yesterday. Then II became appa-
rent 1hat The heasy fall q SNOW and tte drifting had
upon them and, in rome instances, inaicunE no IN
considerable degree Of suffering upon PASSENGERS,
while the idea Of running my freight tasns had to
he totally abandoned
Al noon, tht cdoc1s upon the mails were set forth
In q ttatcmeut from The Pos, Ofce a. Iollows: Not
mal1 has come In from the East tinoe Tuesday
sonthe.n rad. The mai which thould have come
SsnS o'slssE io;aishs RI. IL d ID sF.ss:, 1ss F. +;
up ten snIet out and had mol arrived DIP to this
time. II did arrive about one O'clock yesierday)
No mails h4ve besn kent ont this morning; Trans
morning. ~ experiments. without malls on board.
7 7he Galena md Northwestern roads s:os trains in
With m.ll. on hoard thIs tHsanesdsy} morning, but
q. 1oadt will send ont mails this afternoon
TIE R&uRokps-
Brief ana unFatlefac'oEy a. those announcements
wese, they conveyed Fely clearly tho ldea that the
lion than they were, and nm investigation entered
INTO hy our reporters during The day. revealed the
following eituatlon a. the condition Of the roadt II
On The Chicago : Milwaukee road, the tam
which LEFT chi.1go at $50 p. H., on Tuetday, was
m a. M waa
out IN the moroiug. but one vent ont IL the aiter
noon. apd when list heard f.om was s1only poking
aoco@nmodaiion'' m mi managed to rel through.
Tn The Nieconsln dlv1-ion OF the Chicago
Sorthue=teln Railroad: great dtmculty was expert
ablcd yesterday morning, but the trains 60. through
several hour behind time.
On The Ffeepot ltne, i VI. expected that the
astnnishment OF everybody On The road, the tram
due here yestcstay morning rot In on time, and
the outgoing passenger tam. were tun on The ueua
| time.
The Dl1ou Air Line was badly snoN'ed up, and
the trims were all either behind hand Of laid up.
On the Ioua lines the snow dr1fted very badly,
bat at last accounts the u11ue were not stuck any
| where. and were pushine ahead with stern deter
minatlon to s.go ~ and ~tn." They were fire or
how. ba5d tins nat sent ont
NAN
engine WIS disabled on tins line atso
The Geneva and E1cin accommodation t1ains, On
.nost IL sna Is y c,s,r &
pected:
train started from this city NJ . o'clock Tuesday,
and did not get to Rock Island until 101i o'clock
,esterdaT. 4 traiu VIE rtarsed out yesterday
! from there came back 10 The city. No trim was
usaai time Iii be resumed today. The eztse@,
sas ss sss sss oas sossa sREps 2ssd
exists IN The drted snow between this city and TIT
Junction.
Wayne T. Chicago Road. one at Valparaiso and tbt
other At The Junction, tut both got through yester
ine II frposted o. being within len miles of ChI
cago, and esat Of Fort Wayne there Is no seriou
obstruction to uasel. Trains coming weet"asd Il
On The Grest Esesen Road. The aa1n due here Of
| Tuesday evening, Nas Al last accounts showed q
at Eosa City, one hundred srd SIX miles from Chi
9uo miles from this city. The tr1ck from Logans
por to Richmond IL reported clear, but trom herr
much IL 1hree feet 10 ifaa vent out iast ereninG
but enc will lesse on time thls morning.
1hs cssso Alon =: h;als tn Eesa tqse' r. r.
depth Of enecn or sixteen feet With The enoM whtc
lay even thsee ct IN depth upon level The tEat
|
: snowed up at Bloomington, another coming thi
way in The eventn.: was la,d up 1t Burlington. an
one which len here On Tuesday morning vas Iai
,ne Time E S Soais - and o oy minute
! The g,eahst nouble Is met with IN the cuts h
!; taetn Odell and Rneht; No naln vas sent os
! train at Bloomington blocking up the way. The a
tesnoon uztn viii. however, 70 out se ntual.
The Michigan Southern ttaine had 70 nght the
may through drifts piled up to height Of four fee
! The $50 train on Tuesday evening managed to pus
through, but It was the lasL YESTERDAY morning I
attempt was made but the tra,n rot no farther ths
| she junction and thence was forced to Fetufu.
I second attempt Was not even encces*fr! TO thaf e
! tent Anolhest1a1p went out LIS, evening, and
a ,ast accounts was boring ahead slowly. no trail
. lie nact Of lie Chicago. Burlington = Qutn
t / road rae cleared ye:tcfday bs kno~-plowa- Fl
;, | trims were showed in together At Meoaota. L
= night, howeser trims were sent ont A. ueua1 Wit
n iar a. heard from, prospect Of getting talonS
2 rhe MICHIGAN Central road had some Y The Tes
+ .'plnck" was getting on when a,t heard from, es
); O'Clock tiain on Wednesday mofnins, did not lea
mol gel reached Detroit when latt heard f!om. II
cmfC1ant trrIn was laid up In a suuw hank thE
miles f1om Calumet and nd hsd so b sstened s r. Ry t,
: set In until late in The aftc1nooa. No trains ".
iateT hour Of The day was going on hen list hes
from, the 'rack having BY that time teen cleared
. | tar ~ Calumet. ...,.....
le ed Nth sDow drills from four to stx feet deep.
J., not tufer 70 much 4. ZONE Of The more nosths
e. roads. The tEain which went on. on Wednczd
!. morning WAS showed IN between hankakee a
u clifton and the sra1n due here On Wednesday evt
It ing did not rtart from Champaign, where II b
. hsen laid up in the sfoa@. until se:taday mornll
Q uas still quite problenalica1 Fo1z hei khs 1Ea
u were enowed in 1t Chebance and Galva. A t17n .
e:arted yesterday morning md returned alter eh
md nm ft fY&H
ID more successful. md 1t last accounts wus 8
1e marching on" On a1l the roads the Uzins Will
Of were out were run By tagging Without regard
time.
lie A. far as cau be asccralned, there is no train
4 any Of the roads laid up al point where comfd
s 1see nsa be g
e tion Of few hour. To~day. with one or Two
I Be going ont On III the roadt on regular lime,
II yided the weathe1 Ch1ncr not again this morul
N and business and pleasure will again 20 On ns
torr by rat az there w1s no euth Thing ns Etn17
s7HKE RA1LEAys. -
One statement Of the condition Of either Of
lines Of street railway Will do equally veil for
e The tpel has been tnoet severe one, alike on
po c LOT ses Il 70
> Teams were doubled on Ill The roads. and exc
-. that there Was no atempt fo run on time the D
e as % the traekt, but Of that the drivers seemet
nE take little account 70 long ~ they 1eEe eusoet
e. get along. Il is really surprising that they sho
T. have done 70 well nt they nave under such a sey
as | pree-u1c Of did)culleE. ....
r Sti1l Jack Fro~tf reicu tasts, and to-day prom
nd | 10 be n cold N yesterday.
fs se THE DOG FIGHT.
mt ]
81 Pandcmonium Let Loose---The Coml
70 and It's Iucjlents.--Botlt Dogs
ii observation-disclosures Fight.