The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-08


CHICAGO, Feb. 3-The STORM which
began carly yesterday continued with
great severity all night. l. extended
over the greater portion Uf Wisconsin.
Illinois, Indiana ana Ohio It's effects
are NEST disastrous to railroads, and iele-
graph lines are Frustrated ia ali direc-
tons aud communication with many
surrounding cities is entirely
suspended. The railroads, especially in
Illinois, are biockaded, bat few trains
attempting 10 run into Chicago. Last
night street travel was difficult for
horses and pedestrians The west and
north side city railways run their cars
with four horses and with some iTregu-
larity. The cable line on the south side
seems unaffected The suburban trains
were greatly delayed on the Illinois
| Central especially after 8 O'Clock
last night, until 6 this morning The
most OF the suburban trains were
abandoned or were seyeraI hours be-
hind and required three engines to haul
them. The storm has ceased and the
condition of affairs IS slowly lmprav-
| ing,
Enquiry at the Western Union Tele
graph Office al l O'Clock this afternoon
shows all communication east and south
cut off. About midnight last night
| freezing sIeet storm set in. extending
southwark 10 unknown distances. and
eastward 10 Buffalo. The wires became
encrusted and weighted with ice and
| began going down one by one until day.
light. The city is practically cnt
off on an arc beginning at
ST. Louis and sweeping eastward,
| including all the country cast of the
/ Mississippi river and south of tue chain
of the great lakes AT this hour there
| is only one wire working between Chi
/ cago and New York and even that under
frequent Interruptions. The broken
wires have fallen across those not bro
ken, causing confusion The trains
eastward are hlockaded. Tie snow is
not very deep, but il is compo sed
of little round particles ofsIeet, through
which wheeling is like wheeling
through sand, so that the engineers.
with men TO repair the broken lines,
cannot be sent out All m ssages are
received subject TO delay. Dispatches
to the Associated press from Wash.
ington. New York, Cincinnati, st.
Louis aud all tributary points
are cut off. The grain market of
Toledo is the only message through TO
| this hour. The telegraph company furn-
ishes no en- couragement for materially
improved service before TO morrow. To-
/ HotH PUG NSSi HIN ipi fuhSst iuE iClCe
| graph lines are in better condition and
working. The trains in these DIRECTIONS
are greatly interfered with,
The following official statement hy
the Northwestern road IS fairly indica-
tive Of the general situation in the north
west: Owing to the great depth of snow
and its dry, granulous character. the
railroads running east and west through
Minnesota will be obliged TO temporary
ly abandon all efforts looking towards
an opening west of the Minnesota river.
The Northwestern will keep its Winona
s. st. Peter line open to ST. Peter, but
for the present will not attempt TO run
its Central Minnesota and Central Da-
kota trains west of that point. Pros
pective settlers destined for points on
the Central Ainnesoia and ihe Central
Dakota, should defer leaving their
homes till it is positively known that the
roads TO these points are open.
This snow embargo does not affect the
Chicago and ST. Paul trains of the Chi
cago s Milwaukee and the st. Paul, Chi
cago s. Northwestern comprnis9, nor
does it effect any of theif lines in I'LL
nois, Iowa or Wisconsin,