Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10

southern Nebraska. 1t was light ard there
was no blockade orielay in local travel.
At WiunoUa, Illinois, the Illinois Central
trains ave struggling along with double head
ers several hours behind time. The east
bound passenger on the Chicago Il Alton
branch is laid up at Blackstone with no pros.
pect of being able to move within twenty
four hours.
At Bcloit, Wisconsin, the BLIZZARD was very
severe. the temdetature being at about zero.
No trains reached the city to-day over the
Chicago X Northwestern, or the Milwaukee
4 st, Paul, either from Chicago or Milwaukee.
At Wabash, Ind, the storm is at its worst
tonight. Trains ON the northern division of
the Cincinnati, Wabash 4 Michigan road are
abandoned, The northbound passenger train
stuck In n drift at Granger, and an engine
sent to its relief Jared likewise. Another
tain is in the snow seven miles from Benton
Harbor.
CHICAGO, February 9-Advices from north.
ern points in Illinois, eastern Iowa, southern
Wisconsin,, and western aud northern Mich.
gan at II o'clock tonight are to the cfTectthat
the temperature is falling rapidly.
AS thorough a blockade on the railroads has
not been experienced here for years. No
trains, passenger OF freight, have gone out TO
day or tonight, On the following roads:
Grand TrunS, Kankahee line, Chicago x
800 AAA'A''ot ih'NlllNIt ~ 'ulO, LOUIS
vile New Albany & Chicago. Pan Handle,
Michigan Central, Chicago X Alton. The
Wabash aud Iowa division Of the Illinois
Central roads have been hiring every idle man
who could be found dutiug the day to go out
on the lines to shovel snow. The Burlington.
Alton u d st. Paul roads alone sent out u
thous and men.
Even under favorable circumstances the
managers of roads say that they cannot get
back to schedule time before two or three
days, and if the snow continues to drift it will
be a week or more. The loss to the roads in
business and cost OF clearing their tracks will
b5 something On some of the
roads which have refused to send out passen.
ger trains, special efforts are being made to
bring in the stock trains, several engines
being used.
The st Pau road brought in a stock train
OF forty.tive cara this afternoon.
The telegraph wires are working heavily in
every direction. At 1890 tonight the storm
here has ceased and the stars are shining,
though the snow is still drifting badly. The
mercury indicates 4 degrees asove zero.
At Dixon. Ill, the Illinois Central and
Chicago x Northwestern trains are blooaded.
Fourteen inches of snow has fallen.
AT NATION, in southern Illinois, there was
a heavy thunder storm last night, .accompa-
MED by hail and sleet.
add storm
At Davenport fully ten inches of snow fell,
and the thermometer early in the evening was
Sc below zero. The Rock Island tonight
reports the snow fall over Il inches, followed
bv q high northwest wind and a cold wave.
The Illinois Central train due at Dubuque at
$3.50 this morning is in the snow near Marcus.
A telegram from Burlington, Iowa, at 10 D.
M, says: "Of 81 passenger and ~accommoda.
ton trains each way in "a hours, the Butlipg-
ton has run 3, the Cedar Rapids l, and the
keokuk branch l. All freight trains are
abandoned. The mercury is 100 below and
going lower.
In Bloomington tonight the snow is
twenty four inches on the level with formida.
BILE drifts. A dispatch from there says the
indianapolis lines, the Lake Erie and the
middle division of the Illinois Central aban.
doned all trains.
keokuk reports as follows: The Wabash
east and west passenger trains are in a drift
near Granger, Missouri. The afternoon
train from the east came no further than
LaHarp, Illinois. The Rock Island has
practically abandoned all trainE, as has the
Northwestern roads. The passenger trains
on these roads are either in drifts or side
tracked. The Keokuk & st. Louis line pas
senger trains are moving, but beaind time.
st. Paul, at midnight, telegraphs: ''The
weather here is cold, but clear, no snow at
northwesttrn poinUs beyond here. The Mis-
souri, and Yellowstone are breaking up"
MILWAUKEE, February "A severe wind
and snow storm set in at an early hour this
morning, and continued throughout the entire
day and we'll into the night. Reports to the
general office of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway show throughout Wisconsin and all
the adjoining states, its fury is being especial
ly felt in southern Wisconsin, northern Hi
nois, and northwestern Iowa, trains on all
lines in Wisconsin have been delayed one tC
four hours to-day, but no case of ab.olute
blockade Is yet reported. Nearly all the
freight trains have been suspended. Those
that are absolutely necessary to be run are
given two engines. Tonight the snow is
abating, but the high wind continues forming
huge drifts. The only hope of the railroad
men to prevent q bad blockade is that the
wind may sub'ide.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, February 9.-Thc
heaviest snow storm of the $ ason set in yes
terday afternoon, and prevailed until thi.
forenoon, 1t was accompanied by high wind:
which drifted it badly, and has caused almost
a complete blockade on our fifteen railroad.
and the same reports reach us from all parti
of the state. The Des Moines & TT. Dodge
railroads have not moved a wheel to-day, anG
the same may be said Of the diagonal Osceo
la, Boone line, Wabash, North and
south, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
The st. Paul eX -ress on the Northwestern
left this morning, but only reached the cross
ing of the main line and still lies there, anC
the Dakota train was abandoned. The MAR
line of the same road is from four to six hour
late. The Iowa Contra is at a dead stand
and the Illinois Central is the same. Tn,
Rock Island train that left Chicago last nigh
pulled in six hours late, and the train from
! the west about two hours behind. No train
! were run between here and Keokuk ono
Ottumwa to-day. Janauschek's private ca
] attempt d to reach the latter place with
] double header" but after being on
> all day was returned here to
! night. Not a road, az far a
! we can learn has turned a freight wheel al
} day, and the prospects are not good for to
morrow. 1t is rapidly growing colder her
r t.. night, and with tie intense cold it Will b
I impossible to hire mon to clear the blockade
Q Many of the north south roads have aban
\ dOned everything, and will do nothing unit
n tue weather moderates and the storm Subsidies
The cold wave signal is flying and reports, {
5 another blizzard coming from The northwes
is current here.
A Bloomington Tragedy.
, CHICAGO, February 9.-The Inter Ocean
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