, 1880-10-19


Sptetal Dtspaleh to Ths Chicago Tribune.
ST.. PAUL, Oct. 1B.-The blockade np-
pears to bc most severe on tho Sioux City d.
vision Of tho Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
II Omaha line, between st. James and Ileron.
Tho wires wcro up for ttnlo to-day, and 1t
WINS learned 1t tho gtneral Offices in st. Paul
TINT tho cuts between tl!eso points were filed
With sil0w-drifts from four to sixteen feet
deep. Tho snow OH the leyel prairic Is ono
foot deep. THE Sioux City Division IIas, OH
tliis account, been impossible since Saturday
morning, and tho Indications last evening
wbr0 TINT 1T would not be open
until Wednesday. lilo anow IS packed
solid and frozen In tho cuts, forming a for
midablo barrier to tho passage Of trains.
Tho tralM that lift vt. Paul for Sioux City
Friday afternoon IL stuck lcar Sheldon, aiM
tho express due hero from Omaha OIL Satur-
tlny morning Is also snUw-b0lsnd nenr tho
sumo point. Tho passengers Rro being well
cared for, md. frnin all reports, tIlcrc Inns
been no plyslcal suffering from tho cold.
The prostration of the wires delayed COLI
certeu action Of tho forces Of the COM
pnny ut both ends Of tho division toward
clearing away tho drifts alMl opening tho
roal, but tic work was better systculallzed
work to cut through the, Icy barrier. There
IL now Ol.1 crew working frun st. james
west, ono FROM Worthingt0n elst, ona from
Ss!cldoM east, ono fr0ln Sheldon west, ono
east. lilo blockade caught Tho Company ui,-
1silSna''a klsinu. 10 e0p' WI" " e'''Su''s o. 'n'
3ltNSEBoTA+
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct, lS.-Tllo Storm Inns
sseu M t Il ' tessrap con,naaiestn 81 @ 5 ~ pre- "s
yel.ts US from obtaining any tls!lnit tnfornla.
tton Of tito condition 1f t!lo country, north
AMl west Of l,eEe;; To-day ls bright mud
Telegraph Iii avnry direction Ii Cit off inr {,
distance exceeding. twenty ur thirty uttles:
AZ known o. Sul1tllefn Minnesota h LEARNED
thu Northern Pacific country yot, except tic
report uhnt tlle storm Is more seypro mil tho
snow heaylur tl4al was experienced a!l last
winter.
ScSEsi WIFI set1 srs wt ' y2sa of a'sfSs sst sns% S
Friday alld Saturday. although nat so severe
III tlts portion Ut Iowa ns ut other points, Wns
s0lHtthinT nnlisna! for tltls SEASON. Snow
tS 1 sta ts ss ets wy ella II snse shst " w
rnw northwestern. gnlc, and t0-!tny tlle
routls are frDza, soil and ytry rough, bcur-
lug up heavy. vehicles,
A. iacItlq JM,,ct!an, M twenty miles south ct
cumpietetl tliars BY tlie Burlington 4 Missouri
River. lsnllrnntl Company, was demolished
By. Frl!ny nights storm.
On Saturday trains on the Nipple Valley
We're blocka4ed by snow.tltifts, reported to
bo fr0nL tlYp to Reyen feet deep.
At Missouri Valley, twenty miles north OF
hers, the walls Of q new two-story brick
10 seven Inches out Of line, nlll the building
tad to bu braced . hold II together.
All nluug thy Sioux City Railroad from
thut point TO Sioux, City snow fell contin,l-
ously Friday night 9i'u Saturday, melting
about a8 fnst % II fell. - :"
Trains from 1T. Paul and Yankton, duo
Saturday. hnye MT arrived hero.
Special NspaseA to 1hs GAteaao Tribune.
kotn Diyisfon Vt the Chicago, milwaukee, {:
st. Paul Hallway was visited saturtiny, near
Canton, with snow.stosul, Thu allow was
seyerul feet deep III tic cuts, delaying tr1.lus.