Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-02-11
MONDAYS STORM.

Widespread Snow Fall with Heavy
Wind = Railroads BlOckaded and
Traffic Generally Suspended.
Chicago. Feb. 9-Storm reports have
been received as follows:
At jackson, Mich, the snow is report
ed three feet deep on the level and piled
many feet high in drifts iD sheltered
places. The fall is the greatest within
twenty years.
At Janesville, Wis, the storm con.
tinued with q heavy fall of snow and |
furious gale. 1t is the severest for years.
Ali freight trains are abandoned.
| At McGregor, Iowa, the air continues
full OF snow and strong wind is blow.
ing. Railroad traffic is suspended.
Winona, Mimi, reports no snow fall.
ing there, but heavy wind blowing and |
drifting. The snow has already fallen,
making it necessary to abandon night
trains.
Reports from every direction in the
great storm area are to theasame general
effect. Business everywhere is practi.
cally suspended, country roads being
impossible.
At Winona, ILL.,, the Illinois Central
trains are struggling along with double
headers, several hours behind time. The
lCuot.OOuuO pdoeSuScL VI luc SulChHO
and Alton branch is laid up at Black.
stone. with no prospect of being able to
move within twenty-four hours.
: At Beloit, Wis the blizzard was very
severe, with the temperature at
about zero. No trains reached the
city to day over the Chicago and North.
western or Milwaukee aud st. Paul,
either from Chicago or Milwaukee.
At Dixon, III the Illinois Central and
Chicago and Northwestern trains are
blockaded. Fourteen inches of snow
has fallen.
at Nation, in southern Illinois. there
was heavy thunder storm last night,
accompanied by hail and sleet.
At Wabash, Ind, the storm is at it,
worst tonight. Trains On the northern
division of the Cincinnati, Wabash and
: Michigan road are abandoned. The
g north bound passenger train is stuck in
drift at Granger and an engine
sent to It's relief Jared likewise. Another
train is in the snow seven miles IRON
Benton Harbor.
/: Advices from POINTS in northern
d Illinois. eastern Iowa, southern Wiscon
q sin and western and northern Michigan
d at eleven O'Clock tonight, are to the eff
Y feet that the temperature is falling rap
% idly.
n As thorough blockade of railroads hat
: not been experienced here for yeare
J. No trains, passenger or freight, hav'
gone out to. day or tonight on the fol
. lowing roads: Grand Trunk; Kankaket
line of the Chicago and eastern
Illinois; Baltimore and Ohio
Pan Handle; Michigan Central; Chica
go and Alton; Wabash, and the lows
> division of the Illinois Central. Road,
have been hiring every idle man who
could be found during the day to go ou
n on the lines to shovel snow. The Bur
llngton, Alton and st. Paul roads alon,
i. sent out 1000 men. Even under favor
able circumstances the managers Of th,
N roads say they cannot expect to get bacl
~ to schedule time before two or thre,
:. days, and if the snow continues to drift
it will be week or more. The loss tt
roads in business and the cost of clear
ing their tracks will be something enor
nous. On some of the roads which hav,
/, refused to send out passenger trains
:" special efforts are being made to bring
!. IN stock trains, several engines being
used. The st. Paul road brought in ,
stock train of forty.five cars this after
noon.
The telegraph wires are working heav
lily in every direction. At 1880 to-nigh
the storm here has censed and the star
are shining, though the snow is still
drifting badly. The mercury indicate
four above zero.
n Milwaukee, Feb. ga severe wind ant
snow storm set in at an early hour thi
E. morning and continued throughout th
entire day and we'll into the night. Re