Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-15
The Weather.



| WASHINGTON, Feb 14-The highest barome-
| ter will probably extend Thursday northeast
| ward over the gulf and south Atlantic states.
Rising barometer and pleasant weather will pre-
| vail over the middle aud eastern states West
| and nOrthwestery winds will prevail from New
| England to Florida and westward to the Missis.
| sippi. An area of low barometer will probably
develop in the upper Missouri valley
| STORM IN THE FAR WEST
| CHICAGO, Feb IA dispatch from Sioux
| City says that fearful storm ragged in that sec
| ton Monday afternoon and night. The wealth.
er was warm and pleasant till p. NJ, when the
storm set in with great fury. The mercury fell
| forty degrees in two hours. The wind blew a
| hurricane, accompanied by Il binding snow
| storm. 1t is feared that the suffering in the
| county must be fearful.
Samuel Ellison, eleven miles ont of the civ
lett for home at four p. NJ, with his team. His
body was found this morning, five miles ont fro
zen to death. Other deaths from the storm are re-
ported, but with no particulars. The trains on
this division of the Illinois Central are all showed
in. The weather Is intensely cold. The lher-
mometer tins morning stood at is below.
REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF SPOTTED TAIL
Owing to prostralion of the telegraph. Moth
ing further has been heard in relation to the re-
ported lreezng OF Spotted Tail and his band,
but the report is generally credited here
THE STORM 1T ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 4.-Ihe severcst storm of
wind and snow Of the winter occurred here
Monday night, and lasted till yesterday. The
mercury remained below zero all day. The We.
loclty Of the wind was twenty miles to the hour.
The railroads west of this place are all block
AIDED
A TERRIBLE FATE,
1t is feared that the Canadian SURVEYING mar
ty, under Col McNa6, numbering about twenty
I'VE, which left Duluth, in open boats, for the
north OF Lase Superior, about month AFRO
have persisted. They were last heard from on
the 24th OF January, making for Isle RDyal
The lake was full OF ice, and th storm was
then prevailing.
HOW THE UNION PACIFIC ROAD HAS BEEN
AFFECTED.
OMAHA, Feb. 14.-rhe Union Pacific comnon,
furnish a statement of the dlficultes encnnn-
tered tins winter, in which they say: The ranch
men who have lied on the mountains for the
last twenty-five years, say that nothing like the
present winter has occurred in that time. consid-
erlng the depth of snow, length of duration of
intense cold, violence and frequency of storms
For such winter our road was not prepared
but, after an examination of the situation. il is
thought that the roId can, during the next sea-
son, be prepared TO pass trains promptly during
any future winter Of even greater severity.
Until the weather Shall change, and these storms
cease, 1t is our expectation to run trains over
the road by preceding them by snow train
and also with train Of provisions and coal
sufficient for thirty days supply.
BY this means we expect to oct troins
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course, ON the frequency and violence orstotms
No trans will be sent out without this supply.
The road is now open from Omaha To Laramie
572 miles, and from Washaki to Orden. 22S
miles. The distinctions are between Laramie
and Wasaki, embracing the divide of the conf
nent, being only one hundred and seyenty.nine
miles. There are now seven west bound passen.
ger trains detained near Separation, tweniy-nine
miles from the western boundary of the blnrl,
ade, and two east bound passenger trains an
Green River waiting until the west bound trains
shall pass the blockade At various points along
the road are about eight hundred west bound
cars of freight, and about TWO hundred cars
east bound.
POSITION OF THE TRAINS
Reports to day place the snow bound trains
on the Union Pacific railroad at about the same
position as yesterday Seven trains, the oldest
twenty'eght days from Omaha are lying at
Creston Summit. Teams have been engaged to
carry provisions to the passengers from Fort
Steele. Three trains left Laramie to-day with
snow plows and a large gang Of men. Two
engines and a snow pillow, from the Denver Pa
citic railroad, have gone west on the Union Pa
cilic road from Cheyenne.