Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-13
HoVling Blizzard.
A Storm of Wide Sweep and
Fierce Energy.
The Railroads Bl0ckaded, and
Transportation Suspended.
A Chapter Of Serious Railway
Disasters Resulting Fatally.
Congressional and Other News.
THE HOWLING BLIZZARD.

THE HOWLING BLIZZARD.
The Heaviest Storm of the Season.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Reports from the
west and northwest tell of the heaviest
snow fall of the season. The air is
dry and cold and the drifts OF snow
are heavy. Trains are delayed in
every direction and very few freight
trains on any of the roads are moving.
The telegraph service west is some
what impaired. but the lines generally
are in fair working condition.
At noon the storm continued with
undated force. and in this city bust
ness of all kinds is mostly suspended.
The snow lies to a great depth on the
streets. The street cars drawn bv
horses move only with great difficulty,
and in the freight yards Of the railway
stations the freight handlers and
train employees are engaged in the
attempt to clear the tracks. Passenger
trains only attempt TO leave.
At the signal station, the news was
rather confused. This much was au-
thoritative, however,-the snow
storm comes from the south, arising
in the Gulf of Mexico, and has been
travelling little east of north ever
since, the wind blowing with a veloci-
ty OF about twenty miles an hour. 1t
has gone far to the northwest. The
weather is especially fierce in ali the
lower lake regions from kere to Buff
falo. 1t has taken its flight to the
st. Lawrence region, IN a northeast
erly dire ction. This morning, the
storm had not reached the north west
and Lake Michigan, neither will it
reach as far northwest as Duluth,
but will cease in Wisconsin. While
showing kere and all along the lake
region, the storm. has produced rain
in the Ohio valley. "This is SO large
a storm" said the signal officer, that
it includes
ALL KINDS OF WEATHER
in its wake. While showing fercely
in Buffalo, for instance, it is raining
IN Pittshurg, but couple of hundred
miles distant. The rain exteads as far
south as northern Mississippi The
actual measurement of snow fall has
not been possible by reason of the ex-
cessive drifting, but at least six inches
fell between the beginning of the
storm last night and six o'clock this
morning. Although the temperature
early this morning was five degrees
higher by the thermometer than yes
tesday morning, it is radidly growing
colder.
In the northwest region, especially
in Manitoba and Dakota and northern
Minnesota,
THE FRIGID WAVE
is spreading. At Fort Garry last night
it was Al below, and at st. Vincent 38
below. This excessive cold wave is
moving eastward and may be upon us
tonight. Ia this city at noon it was
90 below"
GALENA, Ill Feb. 9.--The severest
storm of the season set in at o'clock
Sunday evening and has been snow
ing steadily ever since with a strong,
northeast wind The regular morn
ing trains from the east and west
have not yet arrived. The fast mail
arrived five hours late. The Chicago
81 Northwestern started out this
morning behind d snow plow and
reached Lancaster, Wisconsin, on
time.
BAY CITY, Mich, Feb. 9.-The
night and it has been showing heavily
ever since with no sign of abatement.
1t is impossible to distinguish people
one hundred feet away.
OTTUMwA, Iowa, Feb. o-Snow
commenced falling at p. N. yester-
day and has continued ever since. 1t
drifted badly. Prabably ten inches
has fallen. 1t is colder, with a high
wind At this hour there are no
Wabash trains IN or out. The Rock
Island train is ia from Keokuk. The
down tram from Des Moines due at
IL a. M, was not in 3 a. m. The Mil
waukee train is not in and is four
hours late. Trains on the Burlington
arrived from the east late, but none
from the west.
LA CROSSE. Wis. Feb. g. The
weather is cold and clustering; light
snow fell last night ard is drifting
badly to-day. Trains are from one
to three hours late. A blizzard is rag
ing on the southern Minnesota divis-
ion of the st. Paul road, and heavy
force of men are at work keeping the
cuts clear
CHICAGO, Feb. 9 The Inter Oceans
special dispatch from Paxton, Ill,
which is about one hundred miles
south of this city, reports the storm of
last night as very severe in the way
of wind and snow, with the very rares
accompaniment of heavy thunder and
lightning. This place appears to have
been near the border lines of the snow
and rain belts.
At Sycamure, Ill, at 6 o'clock to-
i2ht there were no signs of abate-
ment in the blizzard. In the country
the Sow covered the fences, and was
drifted to depth Of four feet in the
the principal streets, and all pubic
schools are closed
At Jackson, Mich, tire snow is re-
ported three feet deep on level. and
piled many feet high in drifts in shell
tered places. The fall is the greatest
within twenty years.
At GAINESVILLE, Wis, the storm con-
tinues, with a heavy fall of snow and
a furious gale. It is the severest for
years. All freight trains have been
abandoned
At McGregor, Iowa, the air contin-
ues full of snow and strong wind is
blowing. Railroad traffic is suspend
ed and travel is greatly impeded,
Resorts from Wlnona say no snow Is
falling there, but a heavy wind is
blowing and drifting the snow already
fallen, makisg il necessary to aban-
don night trains. Reports from every
direction in the great storm area are
to the same general effect Business
everywhere is practically suspended
Country roads are impossible.
At Peoria, Ill, the snow storm,
which commenced last night, has
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