St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-09
The Weather Clerk Lets Go a Blizzard,
Which Wakes Up Large Section
of Country.
4 Triangle With Mandan, Montreal and
Mobile as Its Points Represents
the Storm Area.
intensely CSld Weather Experienced
All the Way From Pembina to
New Orleans.
Railroads BIockaded Pretty Generally
in Five States--The Weather
in st. Paul.
The RnIar WaYe.

The cold wave that has been cold enough
to suit the desires of the most enthusiastic
boomer Of the ice palace project is reported
as extending all over the northwest and
from st. ] Ouis on the south to Mani
tOba on the north. AT ST. Louis
yesterday the thermometer indicated 10 :
above but it was falling, showing that the
force of the wave was approaching that
point. At Omaha it was 20S below zero,
but it was above zero and rising at all Mon
tana points, which would indicate that the
wave had spent its force in Montana, where
it originated. The greatest drop in
the temperature was at ST. Vincent, where
il was As : below zero. 1t is way below
zero at all Manitoba points, and from 19o
to 50 ? below at all Dakota stations re-
ported. While it has not been officially re-
ported that such is the fact. Sergt Lyons
said ii looks as if st. Paul was receiving
the combined effects Of two cold waves at
the same time The one which originated
in Montana and struck here Thurs
day evening had its center yesterday
about Bismarck. and appeared TO be going
down the Missouri valley. On the other
hand the crest of the polar wave that is
now upon this city seems to be located i'm
Minnesota, Eastern Dakota and Manitoba.
or in this immediate section. 1t probably
OrIgllldleu III MdullObd anu Is Il regular
Manitoba wave. The present cold snap has
no connection whatever with the snow
storm and blizzard of Sunday, as
that stor- ksiginated in the Gulf of Mexico,
and Travelled north, and then shifted over
the lakes and proceeded down the st. Law
renee valley, where it spent its force, re-
sulting in heavy blockadeS at upper Can
adian points Sergt. Lyons reports the
thermometer at II > below zero at o'clock
yesterday morning in this city, and 8 TO IL
below all day, getting colder as the day ad-
vanced. Last night it dropped to 10 > be-
low, with every prospect Of probably going
down as far as 80 below before daylight
this morning, Sergt Lyons says that the
wave will boom right along, and continue
in all its severity, until tomorrow. at any
rate.
ALONG THE RAILWAYS.
Railway traffic on the st. Paul 81 Sioux
City division of the Omaha road is COM
pletely blockaded and trains are abandoned.
On this division trains only run between
St. Paul and Lake Crystal. Beyond the
latter place snow lies on the track from
eight to fourteen feet deep, and the storm
continues. Yesterday it was blowing
harder and drifting more than the day be-
fore. The company decided not to make
any attempts to keep the track
clear until the storm had abated.
but has everything in readiness TO clear the
track as soon as the storm ceases, and will
have trains running five hours after the
clearing commences. On the other roads
trains are DELAYED from one to three hours
by the storm. Along the Northern Pacific the
temperature is very low. At noon yesterday
at Fergus Falls the thermometer registered
% below, 2G below at Detroit, 30 at Fargo
2S at La MOure, % at jamestown, "a at
Dawson, IS at MedOra, 20 at Miles City
and 81 at Glendive. Further west it was
milder than on Thursday.