, 1881-02-01
Probable Approach Of One Of the
Coolest Waves of tho
Winter.
trIlc Isncilic Const Visited by Trc-
nlontlous lsnin-StOrnhs nnt
Hurricanes.
A Mining Camp Swept Out to sea-A
Million Dollars Of Damage Mt
Sacramento.
General Reports Of the Great snow-storm
Which Ragged Yesterday.

Tic snow.storln which began yesterday al-
tcrnonil md WIS III inli blast when t1lis pnpcr
went to press will perhaps bu better re.s'cfn-
lerct than any Of its predecessors this sca-
son. It was decidedly interior to many pt
Them In tho volume 1f crystallixcd moisture
which fell during its continuance, hut for
downright slisngrccablencss It cast them n1l
Into tho shntte. Tho east wIlitl wns to blnnte
for Ibis. Instead Of n mntltu,lf,Ions sltccrs-
sion 0f lnrge, fcnthery ilases saiRny lnztly
,iowr and settling gently stpon the even SUR
f;cG l,cln,v, thu stUrn WIS nlatsG ,lp nf wl!irl-
lil!: masses of thy Inequalities which the Gilt
ting wtiul .nstIpd into reop!e's facrs, drove
III their trvt,sur-lcgs md down bcneath their
c.,at collars with Il. relentless CLERGY. Just
a,,t.t,t lIiu time tho stOrhl stopptll niatteis
were bcginntng to louls serious o.. ae'
c,n,nt Ut the drifts Which were form-
linz, u.uE If II Ind lasted II few
I,o,trs ln1lgcr the strres-cnr cninpa,,ics
would have tounh It linr'l work tn cope with
t}u i,,si.linlx GnGiIly which, NJ sl.rcral puces
nluns llle!r line, Ind alrGa.Iy gathered III
,Iasscs which thu st,ow.pnw Ind NIL 1t
cnt.tt1 To to overcome. II would not, either,
l,ave tnkcn 4 nllGh' l0nser duration Of the
combination Of cast wll,l md snow tu have
raised t,l,sacics In tho way of outgoing trims
which wo,ld iluye delayed their progress.
Nor rnE LEAST TRYING FEATURE
III connection with tile storm w:ls the fnct
that, aecurling 10 Ec,leralty-exprpsscd opin-
I'm, 1t WIS entirely uncallel for, certainly
unlocked fur. risu community Mt largc.
after waiting all month fur the January
tliuw, weru willing, III default at better
| things tt, ncccpt tin tlne weather 0f Sunday
as sort ut compromise, provided, of course,
TINT tho rest of tho ,nnnill should hs similar
| ~ blessed. hut tnr tic last tlay Of thc
month to be given Zip to sucl, display ut
weather as occurred yesterday, 'n1ld for
the january lhaw to bu condensed
into one solitary tlny Of only comparatively
balny weather, WAS more tliAn human htste
uro could bo expected to stui"i Without
gsutnbllny. as.t It dtl grlmb1e nccOrtlhlgy.
'rie only thing now lCft Is to llnpe tlmt tllo
thaw will euI.o III February a1ti to deter
milne nut to bo oyerllsappolited II the
| !uokctl-fur 1nfltncss dUcy not make It's Up
pearance until A[Arcl,. or iater.
THE NIGHT EXPRESS
cnst on tho Michigan Central left the city
III, hour and olte-hn1f late. It waited for the
arrival Of 4 second Gngino from Michigan
Clty, rs 1t WIS ttee,ned best 10 pull tho tral'l
with Two locomotives, in view of the
possibility Of encountcring s1,ow.tlrifts
bctween here and the Snnd Till. Vi!!age,
rho second engine, however. failed 10 arrive
and tile train pulled out with. tho hope at
meeting t2lnnf httsinEfon. 'Suoh Is thestory
toldby tho rallroad oflIcials, am, to tl.e unsus
pect11lg non-profcsstoual, looks very thln,..oe
CAUSE It attributes poverty III not1ve-powut
not usually enjoyed by a great railroad cor.
poratiUn.
| THE rEMrEnATunr: YEsrE1lnAr.
rs observed by Nfa1lnsse, 0p.lclah, IS Madison
street, Tnltlixi: l}niltkli,g. wns ns follows:
Il. H., 10; 10 Il. ILL.,, u; II H., 10: u. ILL.,. 70
3D. Ill, *5; barometer, n. H., .9.Gl; y. lit.
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