, 1875-03-02
March Flies In tho Face OF Poets
and Atmanacs.
Giving Us tho Worst Storm Of the
Entire Winter.
Heavy Fall Of Snow Over a Widt
Extent Of Country.

CHICAGO AND VICINITY.

METEOROLOGICAL, REVOLUTION.
Tho makers OF alrnanacB, In their blind kdher-
cnco to tradition, arc In tho habit Of following
In tho footsteps Of thoir Englieh predecessors,
aud dividing tho yclr into four seaHons,-Bprtng,
summer, autumn, and wiuter,-the first OF thom
beginning with tho mouth Of March, which, In
Southern England al least. Ia BY no means 40
tuclement part Of the year. Tho poet tolls biz
sweetheart of tho violcts that grow wloncrer
"the March wind aighu. "and, ,.whlle It may bctrue
Of tho 1sle OF Wight, it is sadly false Of the
meadows that lie along tho banks OF tho North
Dranch-1nost Tranquil OF streams.
30, 1t being general Impression that spring
begins At tho satne moment in Illinois aud iu
MARYLAND, many people have boon waiting With
eroat anxiety for tho 1st Of March. imagining
TINT thoro would bo some sudden revolution In
tho weathor Just shout midnight Sunday. ii
snowed day before yesterday, aud tho ground
wRs covered with that dry, meaIy snoW, Walking
in which la like wnding through sand. and Under.
ucath iich lay tho polished Ice on which Baints
mud atnners alike arc apt to fall. fot no ono
minded thst storm much, since 1t came In Feb
ruary and in winter.
Imagine. then, the general fceltng OF horror
and wrath when March yesterday
pIsclA1MED ANY CONNECTION WITH sFHrNt,
and formally annexed Itself to wintor, WHOM It
camc, not with southern breezcs ard sunny skies,
but with tho heRvloBt anow-atorna Of tho wholo
prophecy TINT whom March comes In like lion
1t goea out like a lamb, many mcn and women
did yesterday lope all hcart IN tho almanacB aud
tho weather, au1 refuso to DO confoEtnd, con.
cludipg that 1t pcyoe would get warm aEaiu, aud
that another glacier period vsa just getting
ready to rot In.
Not merely was tho euoH dlsagrecab!e In itaolf,
tut 1t camo ut AL inopportune seAso1% Tho
cold aud little snow. Last year there wah 4
slight snowfall but no Lad Its equivalent in
rain. Now, tho ground Inns remained froo from
i,s winter cloak until
TIE FnoBT uAH PENETRATED DEEP INTO TIE
Had We had tho heavy Hnow In December. tho1e
would hlyo been feWcE complaints uf frozou
water-pipca, sud tho farmers would not bo look
lug forward 10 dolorously to n muddy spring.
Dut it pleased tlo fatcH to reaeryo tho SNOW
until nov, when tho Garth IL already frozon to
such depth that no moisture can penotrnte
t4roughtt. Now indeed VIC have Eeason to apprc-
hend q deluget and tho nupcratlsioua ones will not
fee! safe until wa hayo passed tho 18th Of March.
A few days ago there was l!ttlo likelihood OF IN
overflow, Biuco tho surface waa comparatively
clear. Now It IL heavily covered, and wcso thoso
to come warm rains tho consequences might bo
soriouH. And for a1l shis We arc indebted to tho
lat OF March.
TIE ayow pEoAN TO POUR DOWN
at about II o'clock. Hone people, who ought 70
know better, shook their huada Hlscly. and said
It wan ono Of the old-faehioned suow-atorInB, 10
fashioned Rtorn Altogathcr, md one to whloA the
anow-storns ol other days cannot begin to COM
pare. 1t wast't a gentle dropping earthward Of
featieFy ena"iakes but = m mad rush south south
after it landed on tho Garth, preserved itH ludi-
vIduAlity, disdaining to coh!egco. "a dooa tho
dinnry snowtiake. With ita kind. Consequently,
by in tho afternoon tho ground was covered
with foot or more Of tho stun. which 1na1o
walking hardship. and driving IN soma places
almost an in1poHsibi!ity. TIC efforts msdo by
the car companies to kccp thosr tracks cloar Wero
rewarded with partnl atcccss, but It 1ccatno
car, aud even with this acquisition Of Increased
power tho rats Of speed was greatly dlnlin-
ishcd. At about in tho evening tho atorm
los np. q little, but tho quantity OF
probability Of the flood about sshiel, IHE Tn,n-
uNk Of last wook sounded i;a warning note. Cou-
siderable trouble Was caused by tue storm to
THE DIFFERENT AAlLAoDs
contoring In this city. Tho iroight-traiuH wero
all Withdrawal yesterday morning, and will uot
vontura out ngaln until thla morniuE. Tho pas
Bongcr-trains vers also moro or less delaycd,
those loading TO tlc West aud North~ost suffer-
Ing mott aosorely. Farther cast, through Micll-
igan especially, the storm Of snow. COM
tinuod during tho night with much
creator soverlty than at this point. In Eono
parts OF Michigan from to tcet OF anow havo
fallen within tic last forty-oght hours. South
and southwest from thia city tho storm was less
Severe, and extended about 1G0 milos boyo,1d
that heavy talna a1o reported. lu Iowa aud
Minnesota heavy Bnow.etotnla arc also reported,
mud consequently no through trims wero aout
to tho >NorshwesG last night, 1t bong expected
tllat owing to tho atrong wind aud shifting
SNOW. the roads would bo Hoyeroly blockatod in
that section.
Tho Michigan Central Ia suffering very aoyere-
". and no trains wcro sent cut last oyening.
Vhs snoW on aonls portions OF this line In ro-
ported from to foot deep, and badly lriftetl.
Tho freight aud two passonKar trains On QUO Of
the branches had TO be abandoned, and Buow-
ploua were aent to tlcr relief. The paHsouRcr
train which was tue ut 8 o'clock In tho morning
did not arrive until o'clock last evening.
Tie Baltimore d Ohio 1tai1road also BufTored
from tho storm, but tH traIna wera but fow hours
behlna.
Tho Illinois Central aud Chicago Il Alton Ral.
roads did not hutfor az Aovetoiy ~ tho cast and
woas finea, aud all their trana kcpt running reg-
ularly all day. The freight trains wese with.
drawn In tho evening. Dy tho latest informa.
tion II was showing fearfully on Tho Iowa D-
vision Of tho llllnota Contral, but thero mas no
trouble on tho main limo.
All tho other lines suffered moro or less mono
Of them aenalng out their froIElt tralna last
night. No accideuta Of auy kiud hsyo thus far
been reported.
OUTSIDE REPORTS.