Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-12
THE HOWLING BLIZZARD.

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 far 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 great depth on the
streets. The street cars drawn by
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, wever,-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 veloc;
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 here TO Buff
falo. 1t has taken it's flight to the
st. Lawrence region, IN northeast
erly direction. This morning, the
storm had not reached the northwest
and Lake Michigan, neither will 1t
reach as far northwest as Duluth,
but will cease in Wisconsin. While
showing here 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 Pittsburg, but couple of hundred
miles distant. The rain extends 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
tcsday 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 belo,5, and at st. Vincent 80
below. This excessive cold wave is
moving eastward and may be upon us
tonight. In this city at noon it was
90 below"
GALENA, III 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
SC Northwestern started out his
morning behind a snow plow and
reached Lancaster, Wisconsin, on
time.
BAY City, Mich, Feb. 9.-The
worst storm of this winter set IN last
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. 0.-Snow
commenced falling at p. N. yester-
day and has continued ever since. 1t
drifted badly. Prabably ten inches
has fallen. It is colder, with high
wind. At this hour there are no
Wabash trains in or out The Rock
Island train is in from Keokuk. The
down tram from Des Moines due at
Ii a. M, was not in a. IA. 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. 8. - 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 Ocean s
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 rare
accompaniment OF heavy thunder and
lightning. This place appears to have
been near the border lines of the snow
and rain belts.
At Sycamure, H., at o'clock to-
night 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 Ia the
the principal streets, and all public
schools are closed.
At Jackson, Mich, the snow is re
ported three feet deep on a 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 heavy fall of snow and
a furious gale. 1t is the severest for
years. All freight trains have been
abandoned.
At McGregor, Iowa, the air contin-