Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-19
THE STORM.
General Visitation all
over the Northwest.
Southern Dakota the Scene of It's
most Violent Efforts.

81. Paul, Nov. H-Snow began falling
early yesterday morning and continued
all day, though the fall was light. After
midnight last night, however, q genuine
blizzard set in, and this morning people
found the streets and sidewalks badly
blocked SO that travel was next to
impossible. Reports indicate that the
blizzard began in the western part of
the state and swept east and south
through Wisconsin ard Iowa, Railroad
travel is greatly impeded and the street
cars find 1t almost impossible to run.
The wind ID blowing hard and drifting
snow. No such storm has occurred SO
early in the season for years.
The now storm which began here
Monday night has now 70 p. M been
raging for nearly forty eight hours, and
shows no signs OF abatement. The street
cars have not been running in either St.
Paul or Minneapolis to-day and trains
on all the railroads are three to six
hours late. While the storm seemed to
be general throughout the northwest, it
is most violent in southern Dakota. A
Sioux Falls special says mole snow has
already fallen than during the entire
season last winter. The wind is blowing
o heavy gale from the north and drifting
the now very badly. Trains on nearly
all Of the roads are abandoned. The
temperature is at zero and falling. There
IL also o strong electrical disturbance.
Canton, Egan and other points state
that the storm is no less severe there.
Omaha, Nov. 1.-THE snow storm
which began yesterday forenoon con-
tinued all Gay and night and is still in
progress this afternoon. About q foot
of snow has fallen. Il has been blowing
o blizzard since early this morning and
every railroad is more or less blockaded.
The only trains that arrived to day were
the Chicago and Rock Island and
Kansas City trains. No other. trains IN
or out, all being entirely suspended. The
storm Is general throughout lowe, Ne
braska, Colorado and Wyoming.
Chicago. Nor. 17-Eyar since Z a,e..aasA
last night y steady, drizzling rain has
been falling. Reports received at the
signal service office here show that from
every station east of the Mississippi rain
10 reported, while from all stations west
cooler weather aud snow is ~chronicled
Through Iowa, Wisconsin aud MinDe-
sofa the same snowstorms are prevailing,
a much cooler temperature and snow
is predicted by the signal service office
for Chicago and vicinity within the next
ltwenty-fcur hours. Telegraph COM
~munioations is seriously delayed in oil
directions.
Des Moines. Nov. 17-Reports from
all parts of the state show that to-day's
storm is p of the greatest severity,
All NARROW gauge roads entering this
city have been abandoned and no trains
have come through on them since morn.
Ling. The North western has abandoned
trains on its main line vest OF Jefferson
and the Rock Island has LAID off its
freights. Passenger trains from the
west are fonr hours behind time. But
little snow has fallen here during the
day, but high winds have prevailed with
cold and blizzard-like weather.
Denver. Nov. 1.-THE light snow
which fell in Colorado Monday and
Tuesday proves to be much heavier ia
western Kansas and Nebraska. The
west bound Kansas Pacific mail has
been tsnowbound at B%rookyille since
Monday, and the east bound delayed q,
Hago. They expect to get through to-
morrow. No Burlington train has ar.
rived since yesterday morning, but
expect to get through to. night. Sante
Fe trains have been ont since yesterday
and there is no telling when they will gel
through. ALI the Colorado roads are
open and running on time. The Their
mometer ID four below. Other portions
OF the state vary from this to twenty
below.