Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-01-07
A FRlGiD WAVE,

Reports from Various Parts in the North.
west Regarding Last Weeks Weather.
Chicago, Jan. 4-The thermometer has
been going down at Chicago the entire
afternoon and evening. At IL o'clock it
was "a deg. below.
Rock Island, Ll.-At o'clock, 18 deg.
below; at 9, 25 deg. below.
Keokuk, Io.-19 deg. below; at points
on the Wabash narrow.guage, 80 deg. be-
low.
Des Moines-Coldest ever known, and
growing colder.
Dubuque-9 o'clock, % deg. below;
several cases of frost-bite; trains two to
eight hours late.
Algona. lo.-32 deg below.
Peoria, Ill.-l5 deg below.
Springfield, Ill.-l0 o'clock, II deg. be-
low.
Signal service, Wiunepeg-s2 deg. be.
low.
lCsuncil Bluffs. II p. m.-24 deg. below,
the coldest for twenty live years.
| Lincoln. Neb., 9 p. m.-l9 deg. below.
Quincy, ILL.,, IL p. m.-20 deg. below,
the coldest since 1878.
i None of the towns in the above list re-
port any cases of freezing to death or
any damage to property from the frost
In Chicago there are number of minor
casualties, including the breakage of
plate-glass windows by the intense cold
ST. Paul, Jan. 4-The coldness of the
dicated by the following figures:
On the Manitoba ali divisions report
IS to 60 deg. below zero. Notwitbstand-
ing this all trains to-day we're on time.
The Northern Pacific reported 3S to AZ
deg. below. From St. Paul to Fargo, on
the Dakota division, 1t was 40 deg. below.
On the st. Paul and Duluth it ranged
from 80 to 25 deg. below, the latter being
the figure for Duluth. Omaha line, east
ern division of the st. Paul, 80 deg. be-
|, low; New Richmond, 36 deg. below; Su.
perior Junction and Superior City. "a
deg. below: Elroy, 80 deg, and Berryield
80 deg. below. Northern division, 40 to
80 deg. below; St. Paul division, 36 to o.
deg. below; Omaha, Is deg. below. In
st. Paul the range was from 35 to % deg
below.
Minneapolis, Jan. 4-The Tribune's
specials confirm the reports of the cold
eat weather for years. At Brainerd, at
o'clock this morning, it was AZ deg. be-
low; at Fon du Lac, 80 deg. below. Ir
this city tonight it was 25 deg. below
; and going down. Last night it ranged
,, from 80 to IS deg. below. 1t is believed
tonight will touch lower mark.
= Dubuque, Jan. 4-Thls has been the
coolest day of the winter. The thermo
= meter this morning was 20 deg. below
zero and has not been above Is deg. oil
! day. This evening tie thermometer i
lower than it was in the morning, stand
= ing at % deg. below at 9 o'clock. Sever
. al cases of frost bite have been reported
!. but as yet nothing serious The train
: : are all from two to eight hours behind
= A special from Algona says the thermo
u meter tonight is 32 deg. below zero.
: is below zero tonight and falling. Train
) eral in the southwest. There is consic
. erable snow on the ground and it is drift
= ed in places.
% Milwaukee, Jan. 4-rhe steamer VIII
consin returned here at noon to-day CO,
g cred with ice three inches thick. Th
n captain said he never experienced lik
/. gale in all his experience on the lakes.
10 Rockford, Ill.,, Jan. 4-This was tt
4 coldest day in Rockford for forty year
The thermometer was about 25 deg. b,
| ~" uia way duu uS y " CAOGA W III I
5. deg. below.
ir Algona, Iowa, Jan. A Special to tt
,r Journal: This was the coolest day
i, the season; thermometer 80 deg. belo
y zero at q. ~, aud kept at IL all ds
Of yesterday.
Des Moines, Jan. 4-Coldest night ev
known here. 1t is now II o'clock, 30 de-
below. No suffering or deaths from Q
vs. posure have yet been reported.
n, Brainerd, Minn., Jan. 4-The the
d, mometer at 6 o'clock this morning "
ie AZ deg below; at noon 80 deg. belo
~ The Portland train is eight hours late
~ Milwaukee, Jan. 4-The thermom
G. ter ranged % deg. below at 5 o'clo,
1g this evening and SIS deg. below is pro
It's hesied for tonight
Is. Elk Point, u. l., Jan. Especial
lie the Journal: 1t is rs deg. below with
an brisk wind from the north at l0:4O p.
o. Toronto, Jan. 4-The storm ia unat
u. ted. County roads and railways a
es blocked and traffic almost suspended.
ey Cedar Rapids. Jan. AT o. m. t
he mercury was IL deg. below at 6 a m.
70. deg. below, at s p. m. % deg. below.
lie st. Louis, Jan. 4-Coldest day OF t
let season. 1t is deg. below aud
ar. trains two to six hours late.