, 1876-01-02

Catalogue Of Minor Mishaps.

NeH-l ear Lay 0aN0eu uuats E0Co Ao'oAooto
auspices for calling. The morning vas beanti-
full. Tue air We as baImy as n May, and Tho
sun ehone britLtly, favorlng especially those
who started eark iu making calfh The morning
1as 60 warm tat oyorcoats maflers and fuEs
were almost cntrely discarded, and in some Of
the Uptown ire!!1ngs ladies received callers
with open parl.rwiudows, something that has
hitherto been Unknown in Chicago. by IL
o'clock, though tie streets presented snriaee
OF claulmy nud, tae main thoroushfar,s OF LUG
city Were
CROWDED WITH PEDESTH1tss
and carriages fl!ea with Now-Yeass callers. IL
was most assureIy harvest<dN 1or avery
stable keepers, wlo, in somo cases. received Soo
for the use Of .arriago from II a. m I'LL . p
m, when the ealing wound un :.
A day which tegau so beautifully promised
a similar afternoon. Fleecy clouds decked the
skv during tho forenoon. but the weather then
Was not tureatenin, in the loass- At O'CLOCK
in the afternoon ren:y-makeFs "ere aouooaa'
On the streets. Put clouds covered the HORIZON
dark. omncus ttr'atening clouds, which warned
the unwav pede etr'an that
A form WAS BREWING.
The cir co1.inuod still and srring-llko. and
then tho SUE appeared it had glowing warmth,
uaki1g d:as an expense and an annoyance
About $50 the rain shower como down.
vnrc. Eel pretty b1iskly, and callers on foot
wre compelled to sock shelter in the street
c;s which we1e soon crowded With young men
al oil nen. ani maidens from Is to 40,
tll even stAndinS-room on platforms vas I'M
nanable, Hacks we're not to be thought Of.
1eir haunts were deserted for the nonce, for
s1-iear's Day had called them all into use at
'ahov'B" own enormous ra.ca. The ram
cared away by little after 1 O'Clock. but still
/, ekv WAS lowering aud threatening, pTcu1s"
i. OF storm. 4: O'Clock
tug RAW CAME DOWN N TORRENTS,
ID probably lasted about en- hour. Ey thas
ne breeze began to blow from the south. which
ton grew into a strong south BY southwest
md. and the stars began to show themselves.
10 clouds had entirely disappeared, and the
pou ehone out reselendently. The wind de-
.loped into hurricane. and in portions OF tue
tv, especially The most exposed, shutters. signs,
ees, ard other movable articles were blown
own or Away. The flags upon the stats, hung
ut in honor Of the dav. were
TORN INTO suREDs
almost twinaling- The severity and velocity
IT the wind were very ereat, and The damage
lone must have been considerable. The Storm.
II course, drove callers home 10 MANY cases,
out there were others who proved the WIND, and
made day OF it.
The man OF light weight or the woman incnsa-
percd with superauous garmants, acting as calls,
had bard time OF travelling The streets last
night, after the wind roso into something that
yerv closely reeembied hurricane. It was ehe
s.nd of wind best described by the torn equall,-
now diving away TO almost breath. aud pres
ent~ bursting forth again with vigor M that
threa.4ned to den,olish ANYTHING that
stood in its devious path. It rat
tleo t. eiens and 1oosenod the
bricks on cznney~tops in uauuer thot MADE
nervous peoEs keep to tie edeo Of The sidewalk.
peiasps no S'o,. has ever done 60 much
~ n aa.cr;ntions.: s:U11oS on HATS .,
,;h ~ nat pressed do Inc sn .o lusnn M; hnti,
hands had ll1a d,sco.saurt ns1 n1orncd nv hv heins
punched 1ndoatr3sn IN t6s !, Ib,o,ot the stomach
bY some es, peaeSI1,a nn Ieysg along with his
heaa a,,s a'!yo nsv soms enterprisnT With h's h,ps
aznress wagon aod 20 around tHe,son 70 e e. ~
cart lots picking up runaway ,ts IN +ha
street corners the situation "as ,,r.;cu,,r1v
unoleasant, even the sturdy hacEt,cIh.as acEtn haing
non,raI,ed to Keep close within The en @ oelnE .t
| Snn-ways. while their horses and yeESs7o ~. -
nsarad to be iu imminent rer} OF oensJ1 ~
nxov. Nothing could be more untoften,eo 80
than the position Of ladies who caf1dd s.eid
rabies in thelr arms, when canght oY INC pl.ns
wh1rIyipd. It often reducsd them to cono
t;on ~, narallel with that OF the "Cao-Can
Int thev we're compelled to endure it, Or ci
dron their infants in the mud. SerV thin
no,es walking with their 1oyers. we're III cor
slant terror OF having their spare anaton
1pindic1ousls displayed, While ssou1 "o@e
| nnahta to breast the storm tull-itons. We
obt;ona tn execute side step, sp!lttlI
Tie Wind us it we're.
Il x.sn dreaifaIly cratic wind. sonetim
!. hIew directly south; then to the other 20
I ther eaat and then uest. eud so on TO the u1n
points, and, often, it seemed to blow from esr
mint at tue same TINA completely be"i!dess,, e.,
pedcstrans. People did not caro- 70 walk iccoT nnl
blocks, and the horse-cs1s were ca Ill Il
ipgiv, we'll patronizea. Owing o,n n
ursteady gait OF every - imno
woman who walked, it =. ~ 1,,venen
sb:e to tell whether their s:nnf,u7 sfrr Eorhaps.
we're tuo 1eb.'s ros ~ nomtin,hon OF both At
1rnnfe 1nany of the new Ents purcnaseu ,r5 ~ Ia
Vs@ Ve7r'a call were wsll hantlzea III n'3 -
night. The etorn. ho4eSes, aia
ta rastaisy sas. r!n5ssa a5'oa stiss: sao s5es
i.an inn. na1t oa to ,mpassablo. Il als cooi
.h .hs nnnatural and feverish 9mospnpl 9atospa;t, y,
, s,J aaJ showed that 1876 was aeaernl'n' @ t"
to make itself felt in history ny 'nhouoh ,u ". ;n
, gponding &c Of 4 century A. aeo. ~ 1878 died
n-batb, but its successor teH ~ .s;nt
; =, 1arc Trely manner. aud 70 yuons WIZ, "ins
+,oon nassed coldly through IL n..ht - u!oao no
iookinr as clean and bright o. ;ta siSar, u i,.n
, | rain or sIect, could over toa. who no1iactn1
Soma enthusiastic patrlie - ~ T.,nar. ~,
,,snI doyn their Star-Spauaou naHre.a u..o
ne storm came wil have ,ooa ~. ~ .ootu ~,
Like Michigan to-day. na hatara ~ ~
!, catcb ac - q cap-iuu Of vim a'ooo oe'ore sne
full blast. md teu,porariiy abate
Q Aoout uaa m.u for limo that the storm u
: auo ~ 80 - sndaen recommended. and at
1 o.es. put - .,.;ns. drive the policemen fro
ocloeA a hsata "as and rpose Of the fe" remasnil
= | signs nnApB v1pFs.
% ,;.,. s.a-1 played sad havoc with Il
# Ihe newt ";na-s.o,gon ,s'1aton the prairies and in Il
q snhnrhs Of The y. OF the Western Union u
t1,p sa .y;ra " left IN to midnight, and til
ous one .a %.I i, ,of tho Illinois Central Railroa
10 Mna nd " Nav p' yI could only be reached fro
ano Nem way OF st. Lonis. Al
.t ueao ,,.,. ~ OF it's standing the stor
= Inc scnars1aaoubtfuI. San Francisco and Il
- ss7,, sa9 'ca "a be reached only III hsp-haza
auu -, Jny. What news was received fro
. ~ sos' ~ ii without was to the effect Ahat Il
euo @ "aas as q general one, and vas movis
stsoa..n...dly. It had prevailed as far South
IL s1a,,is. No dispatches came in after
~. The rni,fottrnos suffered by
20 70 o,t1,..ic J. Pacific Telegraph Company We
10 nf,..unto those OF the Western Uniou. ]
y nes s on the prafries were broken early in Il
70 70 .Shing, and dispatches were neither 1ecelv
,e aa t sent ou:-
60 The Fire-Alarm Telegraph wires we're near
al destroyed, az far as usefulness goes At /.
commencnroef.t Of the gale tfte nonsense of RI