The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-05
THE STORM.
Further Particulars of Its Doings a,
Various Places.
The Mid Weather Prevents Great
Loss of Life.
several Vessels wrecked Along the
New Jersey Coast.

New Jersey Coast.
Chicago, March A light snow has
been falling throughout the day and
aided by fresh wind has served to con-
tinue the disastrous effects of the great
storm of Wednesday and yesterday.
Railroads entering here, especially those
from the north and west, are still prac-
tically showed up and trains, if running
at all, are very irregular. The street
cars move slowly with four horses. and
in the country the public highways are
obstructed by huge drifts, rendering
traffic impracticable. The receipts of
grain in this city during the past "a
hours were only eight car loads. There
are nine trains stuck between Hyde
Park and Kensington, fourteen miles
south of here, and five engines together
do not suffice to break the blockade.
The cattle and hogs from five of these
trains were unloaded last night on the
prairies and driven across to the stock
yards. ~
At Waukegan, ILL.,, the public schools
are closed owing to the storm. The
drifts in the streets are up to the second
story, and it is still showing.
At Libertyville, ILL.,, it has been snow
ing thirty-six hours, and the Liberty
Vile passenger train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 st. Paul railroad has been
showed in since Wednesday. The snow
is falling as fast as ever.
1t is reported from Freeport. ILL.,,
that forty car loads of stock are shut up
in snow banks west of there, near
Eleroy, on the Central road. Three
engines and gang of sixty shovelers
went to their relief, but were them
selves blocked in and are all unable to
return.
At Madison, Wis, where the storm
was heaviest there is prospect of its
clearing off, but there are no prospects
of any trains running for several days.
A dispatch from Clinton, Iowa, says
the-e is hardly a wheel moving on the
railroad from Chicago to Council
Bluffs. The wind fills the cuts as fast
as the plows and shovels can clear
them.
A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch says that
except by way of Lacrosse all outside
communication Is cut off and no trains
are likely to reach the city to night
from any direction. The only redeem.
ing feature of the storm is the mildness
of the temperature. Where the cold
intense the sufferings would be severe
and life jeopardized. The supply of
hard coal is exhausted and wood has
been substituted.
Reports of like tenor come from all
points in northern Illinois, Wisconsin,
northern Iowa, Nebraska, southern
Minnesota and northern Michigan.
The railroad companies are the worst
sufferers and hardly know where to be-
gin the effort to break up the blockade.
Milwaukee reports the continuance
of the storm in Wisconsin in modified
form. In that city there is danger of a
coal famine. Milk sell at twenty-five
cents per quart and ninety cents per
dozen goes begging for eggs.
New York, March 4.-Rain and snow
storms accompanied by high wind are
reported from all sections east and Can
ada. The storm is particularly severe
here and all along the Jersey coast, where
much damage has been done. Tele-
graph communication has been inter
rupted and travel impended. A por-
tion of the pier at Long Branch has
been washed away while the bluff in
the vicinity of the pier and at the west
end is badly damaged. The ocean broke
across the narrow stripe of land that
separates it from the Shrewsbury river,
threatening destruction to the Belleone
~. 'nN 9sopps s'"o Un suo o"s"
miles is strewed with wrecked stuff and
tropical fruits. indicating that vessel