St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23

/ dilu the VIM DleW furious gale from the
Northwest. The railroads managed 10 get
their trains 10 the stations, but to-day no
wheel has turned on the whole Of the Iowa
division OF the Illinois Central or the dag
Onal. The Burlington. Cedar Rapids S
Northern sent out train north from Cedar
Rapids at noon. and il reached here pulled
/ by three engines at 5 this evening Ii
went TO Cedar Falls and returned and has
gone South. AT p. III. the thermometer
showed 81 : below zero, and al this even
ing at sheltered points it was 10 y to 2Oo.
The wind is not blowing with the velocity
it had at noon.
AT wINoSA.
| Special 10 the Globe.
WINoNA, Minn.. Jan. 22.-Another Sc
we're blizzard prevails. with the mercury
| about 90 : below all day. No snow is fall
| ing. but that on the ground is drifting.
Trains on the WinOna & st. Peter railroad
are suspended. Trains on the River divi-
sion OF the Milwaukee SS ST Paul road are
bOckaded with drifts along tie shores of
Lake Pepin. The Flying Dutchman. due
from the North at $3.50 a. m, has not ar
rived at p. III.
AT JAMESTOWN.
I Special TO the Globe.
JAMESTOWN, Oak, Jan. 22.-The severe
cold weather is again upon u and the ther-
mometer has been 46 below during the
past twenty-four hours. We have plenty
of snow.
AT ROCHESTER,
| Special to the Globe. n
ROCHESTER, Minn., jar l2.-During
the past twelve hours high , ind from the
north has prevailed and the railroads are
blocked. No attempt has be D made by the
WinOna & ST. Peter to mo, : a train since
| agf fnrr hah -
move for the next twenty-fOur hours. as the
storm still continues. The thermometer is
200 below zero.
AT HURON.
Special 20 the Globe.
HURON. OAK, Jan. 22.-Last nights
storm was the worst this winter. The north
wind blew what little snow had fallen into
drifts. which was so binding that all trains
/ were suspended. The mercury fell from
90 above at noon to i0o below at 6 in the
evening. This morning it was 2S below
at o'clock and % below at noon. There
are no mails east of Tracy and Hawarden.
The storm is less severe west of here, but
the cold is equally intense. Reports give
the storm as general in Central and South
eastern Dakota.
AT wAsECA.
Special to the Globe.
W ASEtA. 1illl., Jan. ga very
wind is blowing from the northwest, per-
feet blizzard. The train on the Northwest
ern railroad is suspended. On the Mime
apolis & St. Louis the IL o'clock train
turned around at Wateryille. No mails ar
rived to day. There are no signs of let
up at p. m. There are no teams on the
street nor any one moving, if they can
help it.
AT MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Jan. ga severe
blizzard made its appearance in this sec ton
early to-day, and at late hour tonight
( gives little indication of abatement. Spe-
cials from various parts of the state show
the temperature TO range from 10 : TO 800
below zero. Drifting snow has caused the
railroads great trouble and several passen-
ger trains are fast i'm drifts at various points
on the lines entering this city. No effort is
being made to run freight trains. those out
having been side-tracked aud all others
abandoned. Preparations F.ve been made
by all lines to send out snow plOws and
large gangs of shovelers as soon as the high
wind goes down.
AT MARsHALLTowN.
MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Jan. GA bliZ-
zard struck this section at 2 o'clock this
morning and everything Is showed in, with
| the wind still high. The thermometer at
8 a. IN. was 20 > below zero. On the rail-
roads the cuts are filled and the snow
packed hard and solid. No trains can reach
here certainly for twenty-four and likely for
forty-eight hours.
AT DETROIT.
DETROIT. Mich, Jan. ga regular
blizzard struck this place this afternoon,
and tonight the wind is bowling in frozen
glee. At $50 the mercury recorded six
above zero, and it is still on the down
grade. Reports from different parts of the
peninsula indicate that the storm has been
general in its unwelcomc severity.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-Although no snow
fell in the vicinity of Chicago to-day, the
drifting OF very fine snow was such as TO
make railroading very hard and to delay
trains. The same state of affairs, from dis
patches received by railway mail service
exists in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and the signal Office predicts that tomorrow
mails from the West and Northwest will be
! from ten to fifteen hours late. The mer-
curry descended rapidly here this afternoon
and tonight. At IL p. IN. it was ten to
twelve below zero and still falling.
AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 22.-All through
trains west are again abandoned, and busi-
ness is at a standStill on the Santa Fe. Kan
sas Pacific, and Burlington 81 Missouri
/ River roads. Except for local trains the
Missouri Pacific to Omaha is also reported
blockaded above AtchisOn. The pres
ent experience is the worst west
ern roads have known in many years.
The Santa Fe road has been cleared
| five times during the month and as
often blOckaded again, partly from adj
ditional SHOWS but chiefly by high winds
which fill up cuts after the snow has been
cleared. The mercury is falling here to-
night.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-General
Traffic Manager Stubs of the South
em Pacific company reports the
company's line between New Or
leans and Los Angeles open
and all trains between those cities running
OH time to-day. Repairs between Los An
geles and Mojave are progressing favorably.
Telegraph wires are working at nearly all
places.
AT LOS ANGELES.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 22.-The steamer
Orizaba, which arrived to-day from Los
Angeles, brings details of devastation pro-
duced by the storm in that city and vicin-
ity. The rains of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday were reinforced by a cloud
burst in the San Fernando val
ley on the last-named day and
Los Angeles river, almost without warning,
became raging torrent and soon flooded
the southern part of the center OF the town.
Water also covered over two thousand acres
of orchards and vineyards and rose two
1884. Over fifty houses were
cd