, 1880-10-17

DRIVING EN0W-STOEl- -
speetaf Utspdtch to The Catcf3p '1Tfotn<. = -
Fort DopaE, 1a., Oct. 16-Tho oldest 1unao"
itaut has something to talk about to-day.
suow-storm that beats anything any OF them
can tell Of for October came Into TINS
srate yesterday afternoon from the north
west, commencing at Sioux C'ty IT F.
m. At this point it rained yesterday AFTERNOON,
showed us a clear sky early in the evening" anu
opened on US with snow shortly after m'dnlRnt
It has been q driving storm ever since, anu
eIpht or ten inches Ut snow has fallen'
most OF it melting. In the rali5oaa GUS
it has packed, and the ILLINOIS Zen
tra1 is all showed up between
here and Sioux City. The train which came IN
this morning from Sioux City. drove through
three-foot drift, this side Of Cherokee, at ABOUT
Gam. When the west-bound express arrived
there at about this morning, the DRIFT was Wv
feet long aud from
FIVE TO EIGHT FEET DEEP,
and impassuble. Thirty passengers arc on TINS
train, and are quartered at Amelia, little ourg
OF eo0 Inhabitants. The train-boys who lef1
here At Inst evening are to1sting their sn1ns
fifty miles this side Of their atstinadoE
Trains ou the Chicago s. Northwestern be-
tween Grand Junction and Council Bluffs aro
laid byx Trains between here and Dubuque, be-
tween here and Des Moines, and betW cen nero
and Minneapolis are on time. Though au en-
counter considerable snow. Trims IRON 1.afora ~
starting west
THE WIRES ARE DOWN
| between here and Sioux City, between here and
Minneapolis. and between Duonqae a1o ennS Tha
| Oldest officials on the Illinois Central hnve
never known their r, trn1ns t1s r1le aetayed 10 10
9s.o0er fss before ;ss stc4y neyf Of AlcR
who was stalled by drifted snow near Charles
| CITY several years ago on the 18th Of april,
nud laid there day while 1ar1ne1 WIS so"nS
(, wheat BY the track.
falling: ~:
! spteta' Dispateh to 7hs Chicago Tribune
| pEs MoisEs, la, Oct le.-A terrific cyc1ouic
storm Of rain and hail burst upon this csty last
| cellars of dwellings, and business houses The
loss from damaged goods will reach thousands
The press and stock rooms @ OF NILS 70 neors W.
! row, the entire south part of tho city not being
city % the roads Is we're ere dry and dusty. During the
r Wind iii ioreas,ax EEsaf IN fo;fs &C.
process Of building were blown down: The
walls OF the Chicaso, Burlington Quincy
house. which % were aay ~ tor tto inc
were torn off, After passing the city the Storm
cloud rose. skipped several miles. and then came
Is aek st s1enn
tnun oue mile wide To-day snow has fallen ull
day, aud the wind blows u gale.
| NEBRASKA
| Sptctal Dtsputch to The Chicago Tribune.
| OMAHA, Neb, Oct. 16.-yesterday the Elkhoru
Valley and adjoining country w4s visited by 4
severe snow Storm which swept down from the
north The winds blew very bard, drifting 111to
/ cuts on the Omaha, Nebraska i Black Hills Rail-
road seven or eight feet deep. causing the
stoppage OF trains, There WIS Also aeasy
| and On the Omaha Division OF the st. Paul
Omaha e. Chicago Ruud. The Union Pacit.c ]:
| clear, and 1r1ine are running regularly. 1t L
; feared thnt cattle In Northern Nebraska VII
/ suffer from the storm.
=. La CROSSE
| Epseto{ Dttpateh to The Chicago Tribune.
La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 16.-One Of the severes
storms Of rne season is nuT ranging throughout
the Northwest. The Southern Minnesotn train:
are blockaded By snow i'll some places from sD
to ten feet deep The business mems excursion
which W. e. Van Horne, General Superin
tendent of the Chicago Milwaukee s. St Pau
/ Railway. has been 50 liberal IN proposing, will
unless matters turn ont more fAvorAoly3 d
| pos: s:poued. 1t was to have started from her
| Monday.
Heavy storms Of snow and rain are reporte'
, along the Sioux City s. ST. Paul Railway
GALESA.
t Special Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune
GALRSA, ILL.,, Oct la tremendous gaze M
been blowing in this city since L. CLOCK l1s
night. The weather changed thirty degree
I morning. Slight tlurries OF snow have faile
. | from time to time all day. Genuine Wlnte
weather prevails Tonight;
FREEP0RT-
Special Dispatch TO- Iat Chicago Tribune.
FREEPoRT. ILL, Oct. IA heavy wind TIA
+. ?. kohler's building, ON Stephenson street.
fall instantly killing Ar. T. Q. Miller, who "a