, 1876-03-25
THE STORM.
Various Items Horn Of the Elcv.
cnth.Ldour Visitation.
It Results in Little Delay To Railroads
and Considerable Mud.

NJ CHICAGO.
Considered - enoH-storm. IL WAS 1t unco
eucccas and = nuisance. Looked upon through
tho windows Of warm, cozy room, It WAS pretty
aud Interesting, but to fAoo and wade through.
it WAS suggestive Of ungodiy language and slid
Ing in every direction. The storm started way
up somonhsrs in tho .Northrrss,-exActly
where has not Jet boon determined. and
It swept down ncroas tho ptairiua, asrak-
ing tho city linits In tim forenoon.
aud rel.ing throughout the day as II ii wore
we'll auaro thnt auothot opportunity wond not
bo afforded for montha and months to cuu.e. In
Tho BtrcetH 1t had poor show. Ynnr puro, tn.
noeont, beautiful Bno., like 31r. Wihklu'a Joke,
does very we'll in tho country. bu! IN tho city II
tucota with hut little encouragement, aud is soon
absorbed. And 80 The mud took 1t up, as,d tho
hnnv waA abaotbcd until tho Htrcetxayg hecano
4 matsa OF live mud and doAl EQUIV. IN couafst-
ency about that Of h1ack Kand md mucaga
Now and then It found lodgment on tho slde-
ralks hut the ssampl!ng Of foot and the heat
underneath copaplrod for the production Of slnhh
and state Of sllpperiueas sgasnat which ths
back OF many head protested With many -
bump.
On nll tho strcot-car linee The travel was TN
peded. Tho tDow was wet, and Ravo eyery proB-
peot OF rain, md 80 the apoW-ptows were nos
called out. plsastcr rosultod. Cara wcr, do
tanned, sud passengers commuped bulong thenl-
EulfCt Ill lAukhNS9 U05OLl buC lHIVLfO{lAI OVAs
mAnd. Horses snorted and puffed, md occa-
elpnally cars stuck fast, and deaod all prayers
offered up by drivers for tho fate Of thcir bypo-
theticai soniB.
Whore there was no traffic to boat 1t down tho
f,skcH fell TO denth Of inches, aud Ia tho or
posed parks 1t dritted 70 the depth Of . foot.
Too. t.aud half, or = foot.
Abst1actly considered, il was nasterly enow-
storm, entitled to credit "a comnondsb!o
spring effort,
The Western, Southern, and Eastern railroads.
appear 70 have boon but little Affected BY tho
storm. Tho fall in aomo places renched . con-
siderable depth: but owing to its moist eha meter
1t lar whore it fell, aud did not pio up In drifa.
Tho temperature Of the rails Vac generally sotno-
| what sbovo that Of tho enow, aud consequently
| tho snow soou thaued. leaving them FREQ from
| incuubrnnce. On tue western division Of tho
| Northwestern, tie Omaha train WAS abou! hftoon
| minutes behind time, aud IL frequently more
than that from general causes. Tho Pittsburg
l. Fort Wayne trains wesp all on tine, both on Ar.
rival md at departure. Tho Alton L f3t: Louis
7:5U trnn arrived at 1:68, eiEht minutes behind.
Tho other trafns on tho road wero all on time.
| The mil and passenger trains on She Michigan
Co,ltral Isoad wofc lolared hRlt.hour, but on
couutered no enoas Or other obstacles worth
mentioning. The Cincinnati train over tho I'LL.
noia Ccntra Road Was twenty-five minutes behind
time. caused partially By the slippeEy condition
| Of tho rails. Tho Burlington i Quincy tra'nu
vcre all nearly on time. thete being no otstEuc.
lions Of nny kind Oil the road. other than light
| fail Of Bnow.
| LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
| CHICAGO. March A.
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