, 1880-10-17

cause, lose their force before they reach Chica-
go. In seven or eight cases he had particularly
noticed that this general rule had proved r.
these cases at points north and northwest at
Chicago being fifteen miles higher than here:
such storms seemed to split before they reached
Chicago and travel north and south. as IN many
cases he had noticed that. while at both Ailwau-
kee and Cairo the full force Of the storm was
felt, such was not the case AT Chicago.
AMONG THE RECORDS MADE
yesterday at the Signal Service Once was that OF
the first snow OF The season. Flakes fell now
and then during the earlier part Of the after
noon. but ut Sis p. n. and at various intervals
and duly recorded. This Was considered q very
rance OF the arrirai Of snow ia 1873, when it was
At some tine during the night sergt. Lynch
said, bY way Of combustion to his remarks, there
would be. in all probability, l4ll in The storm;
people who had not removed their great-coa
IRON avuucular protection had better do so>
even at the risk Of desecrattng tho Sabbath b5
The action Of grest etorn upon me tele,
graph wires Is always matter OF Wioespreao
interest," aud It is pleasant to be able 70 STAG
the service NO such lasting damage mas oee4
done US is the case when gale Is accompanied
aa saa
that their wires we're not blown down 70 any
extent, and that what trouble existed was
CAOSSG
ume two wires touched their conducrtvity was,
OF course. for the time being destroyed ana
"break-up" was the result. ana as IN tne
region Of the gale the wires were swinging g, iscs
~. considerable confusion was created. whlcn. ss
however, did not materially interfere WIN aaG ,nd
Companys operations; The nre.alaF1an ano
quency Of hre-aiarrns yesterday caused con. con
sderab!e anxiety. nervous people ,saa9,hiiity
OF fires rapid spread by the gale oeiofe hl,3 tm
Department could successfully cope Win IL i ~.
happily such fires as occurred were very speea'''
freieht-t:sr standing on side-track near
the Austin depot was started Dy the W!ua 1Iathy ~
main truck 1t was struck By q passing tre,ghst =
train some ttrne during the night, throwing !. o1
the trucks and sending It CRASHING totougn au
rom tus1 erected at th"t place car-luao o1
corn lar scattered 4rong the tracks at taat ptace
as result OF :t1o collision Fortunately lne ne'
he sts1nncrsture yesterday, as observed By
MA.nssc. optician, IS Madison street 1R1bont -
.,:ldln9, was at g. n, Is degrees ~ 4 H., 10
l. u., II; 3 P. M. Is: p m. L. halo"ese1+
e. m, 23.GU; s p H.. ::9Sl-
THE EAST WALL OF TIE RUINS
of the Archer Refinery, large brick strncLure
at the corner OF Archer avenue ana ma'aa1, az
YVES blo*l. down ia the gale YESTERDAY alteI1toou u
No damage WAS dong except the des1rucuon 20 O
q f-cght-car worth Sa1J. which was total As oe
moIisneL Other walls are standing which
should for public safety be torn down.
BLOWN INTO TIE LAKE
L German wnosa namo Is unknown was accl.
denta;ly drowned in the lake at the foot o1
twentieth street at 4:40 o'clock yesterday s1t
ernoon. He WAS On the pier nsh.ng, and nea
him sat Julius Netzy. of No It's TEent5-nr mrs
street The unknown spoke in Gernan u
him. end said that II his wife knew he Was 60:
tu1 fishing when he left home that she "oult aI
have prevented him 4 few moments la.e
Me,zy turned aad saw the unknow: struggling
iu the warer. He was uaatie TO render him At1;
assistance, however, and he was st'on dF1wnsd 60
ceased vas apparently about IS years of age
1lye fcot six or seven inches TALL medium Dull
dark hair and sandy mustache, and wore Gar
tweed sack coat, jean pautaloons checked snaf'
md iaced shoes There were $i.3o IN stlve
chuugc In the pockets, and large one -olaaee
1oue- handled pocket knife The poay WIS r. r.
covered suine time later, and WAS taken 10 In
Mor9ue by Officer Garrity-