, 1875-02-05

of cold, blustering wind, accompanied by blind
ing anow from the southwest reached here at
o'clock Wednesday morning. During tho pro-
vionH eight hours there was = warm rain, With
.outh wind blowing at tho ratio Of rs miles an
lsous at tic commencement. It continued with
increasing ro1onco during Wednesday. and reach-
cd Its maximum in the aftornoOn, tlcn blowing ut
tho rate ot IS milea hour, and has continued,
with scarce unabated violence until this after-
noou, when it commenced to abnte, the barome-
ter rjAing nl day with steady Temperature. A
binding snow-stosm las prevailed during it's
ontire Continuance completely filling tho
mir witt, icy PARTICLES, rendering locou,otiou
30 dangerous. as to leave the streets deserted.
Only minor damage ia 40 far reported. Tho
traiiln Oil all tho railroads were delayed, several
hours on the Detroit Il Milwaukee 1sailroad. No
trim arrived from Wednesday, evening until to-
night. No train has left in that time. This is
tho BeyercHs and most volont storm OF this
.Sptctas Di*pa.eh 10 TIE cHi.aar Tribune.
MoSI1ETI. Mich, Feb. 4.-Trains arc being
delayed badly by tho SNOW which l.ys along tho
limo uf the oratid Rapids 1.oad to tlle 1opth Of
feet, and Is frozo hard in lie cuts that 1t will
hayo to be dug out. The weathor ia intense
" cold, and tho wind has beou blowing
serv hard for. q couple1. Of ,tdays, anil
the anow has drifted badly. The wind has now
gone down. and tho force Of mon il hard at work
claiming tho drifts, aud expect to get tho tralnH
through tonight.
spesiaf Dispatch to The chicaoa Tribune.
DErRot1, Mich, Fob. 4.-Tolegraula from al
pprts of the state report unexpectedly cold
weather. aevoro storms, aud general dolays to
the trains,
Town.
DunuQuE, Ia. Teb. 4.-Tho torrib!o storm shat
has ragged throughout Northwestern Iowa during
tho past forty hours has at last wasted its
streugtn, aud al cmhargo has beou laid Oh loco.
motion. Railroad travel l,na been almost entirely
abandoned. Tho Inst passenger train sent west
on tho Iowa Central Hallway Is, since that time,
stuck fast in Hnow-drift 10 miles west OF here.
Iiicro wcro thirty passengers aboard. without
food Or fuel; Thia morniu1y disEatcl, was re-
ceiro1 in tho city stating that $50 lad benn Of
tered last night to amy one that would venture to
Bccnte fuel md provisions Tor tho sui
fofera. Monoy was no indaconaeast, az
the GEm aa w1s !, tS S5gat 1aa tar no ess one c1a
women mud chldreu wore put in tho elecping-ear
Inst uiglt. and made aB comfortable al lie et,,-
alton would parLnit. At faHt accounts cold and
hunger prevailed among all hands. This morn
relief.
Jlo mil train from this city started out this
morning for Chicago, two cngtnes accompanying
it. The mercury was ID low an 26 in the North
west; harg 1t WAS rs low ny al this morning.
No EaHtorn mails have been received hero
afnce tho night before last.
The passenger train from Chlcago Is expected
to arr.yo here sumo time to-day. No deaths or
nccldenta in consequence OF tho storm Arb yet
roporto Tho SLOW III many places is piled up
to the height Of 20 feet. 1t atlll continues worry
cold.
DEs MONIES, H., Feb. 4.-Ono Of The most
fearful storms over known In this State con-
ncnco,l Oh Tuesday morning, and ceasod this
morning. Yesterday nll the froight-trains we1o
abandoned on NIL the roads. On tue Dos Moines
tE Fort Dodge Noad no trains wera Hent ont.
On tho Wintorset Koad the rassengor-srain for
Dos atoineH got htucx when two miles out, and
remained thoro NIL day, Tho Rock Island raN-
senger tra,n, west, worked ts way rs far M kel-
loSg, whore it was laid up at dark. Tho nArrow-
g,1ago Eons out no train. Telegraph wiroA wele
disabled lu all directions. Trains on tho North
Western Road nre anowel in between Grant
junction md Jefferson.