The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-12
WILD WEATHER WAVELET
IT WAS A GUEST FROM THE GULF
That Went nsiilnn Northward to tho Con-
fines Of Manitoba and Chilled Our
Nor, hein Cousins exports
From Various PUints,
TIE .rnnM WILL KAags.

TlIE fTuIh STILL kAuks,
CHICAGO, Feb. 0.--rho wost-bound
passenger train from Cincinnati To Chi
cago on the Chicago, indianapolis, ~,
Louis y Pacific road, Is showed In noa
Stanne, Illinois. All trains on the In
diana, Illinois ~ Iowa road have been
Tho highway about Kan
kakee n impossible on account Of the
snow.
no ABATEMENT AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Feb 0,-At noon the storm
is continuing with undated force, aud
in this city business Of all kinds IN
nearly suspended. tho snow lies to u
great depth GU the streets. street cars
drawn by horses move 0uly with great
difficulty, aud in the freight yard In
railway stations freight handlers
and train employees are
engaged in an attempt
to clear tho tracks. Passenger trains
only are attempting 10 leave. A. the
signal station ti,, h'ws was rather con-
dieting AID confused. This much was
authoritative, however, the snow-stOrm
has come from the south. IL arose IN
the Cult of Mexico yes urlay, and IA al
been travelling littir u,st OF north
siuce, the wind blowing IN tho voloc.
ity OF about twenty miles pOr sur. IL
mas gOno FAR TO lha north
west, tho westher. being especially
fierce in all the lower lake
regions from hero TO Buffalo. II has
taken its flight 10 tho St. Lawrence re-
gion, IN nurtheasterly direction. This
morning the storm had not reached tho
northern end of Lake Michigan,
neither will it reach as tar northwest as
Duluth, but taking ia Wisconsin. While
showing here and all along The lake re-
pion, the storm has produced rain ia tho
OIio valley. Tue ram extends rs far
south n northern Mississippi. II Ia rap
idiy growing colder in the northwest,
region, especially in Manitoba, and
DakotO, and northern Minnesota. The
nigid wave reached Fort Gary last
night, where the mercury had reached
Al degrees below zero, aud at st. Vim
cent 81 degrc es below. This excessively
cold wave is moving eastward and may
be upon us Tonight.
WIND, SNOW, THUNDER, LIGHTNING,
The In,er-Ocean's special dispatch
from Pax on, II inois, which is abont
100 miles south Of this city,
reports the storm of las.
night very severe in the way of wind
and snow, with the very rare accom-.
panimeut o. heavy thunder and vivid
lightning. This place appears to be
near the border lines of the snow and
rain belts.
A FoUR-FooT FALL.
At Sycamore, Illinois, at q o'clock to-
night there were no signs of abatement
in the blizzard, Ia the country thu
snow cover. Il the fences and WAS drilted
10 the depth Of :our feet In tue priucipa
streets, and the public schools hao
closed.
AT JACK>oN, MICHIGAN.
The snow ls reported 3 feet deer on the
level, aud pila0 many fset high IL
drifts in sheltered places. The fall ii
The greatest within twenty years.
At JoNRsyILLE, WIS,
the snow continues with heavy fal
aud Il furious gaze 1t is the s"verest foi
years. Al freight trains have beer
abAH,!oned.
AT M'aWEGnR, IOWA,
the air continues full of snow and q
strong wind is blowing. Railroad
traffic is stopped and travel greatly i'm
peded.
wINoNA, MINNESOTA,
reports no snow falling there, but 6
heavy wind blowing and drifting the
snow that has already fallen, making il
necessary to abandon night trains.
JUST 50 EvFRYwHf RE.
Reports fem every direction shows
The area to be greaG aud The storm OF
the same general effect. Business
everywhere Is practically suspended
Country roads are impossible.
AT wINONA, ILLINOIS,
the Illinois Central is struggling along
with dCub'e-headers, several hours late
The east bound passenger or
the Chic. 20 IL Alton branch is laid NJ
at Blackstone, with no prospect Of
being able to move within twenty-foul
hours.
AT BELoIT; WISCONSIN,
the blizzard is very severe, with the
have reached the city to-day either from
Chicago or Milwaukee.
TDIXoN, I'LL.
The Illinois Central and the Chicago
* Nor,h western traiUs are blocked.
Fourteen inches of snow has fallen.
AT NATION,
in southern Illinois, there was heavy
thunder storm last night, accompanied
by hail and sleet.
CHICAGO ROADS BLoCKADED.
AS thoro, gh blockade on railroads
has not been experienced here for
years, No trHins, passenger or freight
Tonight on the following road: The
Grand Trunk, the kAnkaket
Il Chicago Il Eastern, the
Baltimore ~ Ohio, the Louisville, New
Albany " chicago, tn6 IAnIdNule, tue
| Michigan Cen trail, tho Chicago " Alton
The Wabash and the low. d visions OF
the Illinois Central road have been
hiring all the idle men who
could be found during the day to. so out
aud shovel snow. The burlington,
Alton, aud the st. Pau
railroads alone sent out 1000 men. Even
under favorable circumstances the
managers OF the roads say
they can not expect to
| get back TO schedule time before two OF
three days, aud If the snow continues
to drift it will be week
or more. The loss to the roads
in business and the cost Of cleaning the
tracks will DO enormous. On
some Of the roads, which
have refused to send out passenger
trains, special efforts are being made to
bring In stock trains, on which several
engihes are being used. The st. Paul
road broughG in stock train OF iorty-
| five cars this afternoon.
TELEGRAPH WIRES
are working heavily in every direc-
ton. At 1880 Tonight the
storm hero ceased ana
the stars are shining, though snow Is
still drifting badly. The mercury is at
degrees aboue zero,
Shakspere Says Truly:
THAT which we call n rose
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