Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-19
Blizzardy Fragments Clean.
ed from the Snowy Track
of the Storm
Resumption on the Milwaukee Road,
but the Northwestern is Still
Under the Drift.
The Situation To-Day and Ex-
periences from Beneath the
snow-Intelligen from
the Outer World.

Human muscle. industriously concen.
trated upon the oaken shovel handle,
aided by the warming rays OF q yet
kindly sun, is removing from the streets
and sidewalks the obstructions placed
there by the storm of this week. The
great drifts are still With us, but they have
been moved to one side and those who
travel about the city by equine power
or on foot can follow artificial n
and tunnels through the wiutry deposit
and GO wherever there is need of going
without delay oil inconvenience.
There is increasing warmth in the
temperature which promises to. melt
away the accumulation OF snow.
If tins could happen before
another insiallment arrives the winter
would be robbed of many yexations now
When the railroad tracks
are dug out from their snowy hiding
places there will be higha entertainments
on either side at the drifted places. into
outs Thus formed slight winds would
blow the drifting snow and close the
roads again and again between now and
1t was this condition which
caused the months of blockade in the
winter of 1SS0-S1. An October blizzard
laid the foundation for all the trouble
and the snow which it brought remained
the ground until spring. As fast as o
railroad was dug out the ditch made by
the shovelers would fill again and it was
finally found necessary to abandon all
efforts for the winter. There were this
morning indications of more snow, but
they have become modified and there
are now prospects for q season of
warmth.
The signal Office reports, at two O'Clock
this afternoon, a barometrical fall of
seventeenkhundredths, o south wind and
rising temperature. These conditions
presage rain and if rain should come the
snow will go.
A few farmers have visited the city
to-day and have been asked concerning
tue storm as viewed from their prairie
homes. The general comment is that it
was only because of the absence OF
severe cold that q great deal of damage
wac not done. The farmers generally
had been taking advantage of the fine
weather to do fall blowing and had not
yet erected cattle sheds or other protec.
tive arrangements for live stock and had
extreme cold accom- panied the storm the
loss would have beeu extensive. On the
prairie the blizzard see i "a much more
severe than in the city, as tue wind had
full sweep, and the snow is drifted badly.
The roads in some places are almost inn
passible, and not much advantage ia
gained for travellers by using sleighs az
the ground is bare in spots and covered
with snow in spots. Bnt one hog is all
the live stock THAI can be heard of of
having been lost in the storm, and that
one was covered and smothered in the
snow.
THE RAILROADS.
lD6 CODultlOu on Ou6 OI UUS tkllTOuus
leading into Yankton, including its east
and west lines, has improved since yes
terday, while on the other the problem
is yet to be solved by the now shovelers
This division of the Milwaukee road
WAS opened to-day from Sioux CitJ
to Mitchell and trains are once more
nn,ao; ~ aooor5onna NTH tho raun1o,
schedule. Last evening at $50 a pas
senger train arrived from the east ovsl
this line in charge of Conductor Weber
Later in the evening his train returned
to Sioux City. At four o'clock thi
morning the Milwaukee trair
which weethered the train il
q drift between Scotland and Tripp ar
rived at Yankton from the west. These
two trains left openings in tw'
directions and as no wind is blowing tn
track remains clear. A couple Of deat
locomotives, conveyed by e live ont
also arrived at5the shops this morninI
from the west. They have been lynn
in the snow, frozen up, between YanH
ton and Scotland. At 7:30 this morning
Conductor Oonley departed with q trail
for Mitchell and will return this. evening
This morning Conductor Jackso
took his train out o
time, headed for Sioux Git,
and if nothing unforeseen prevents wi
return on time tonight. The reRult
mixed train from the east over IL
Milwaukee arrived this forenoon an
proceeded onward to Mitchell. Comm,
~nication is therefore restored with IL
!, outside world over the lines OF the Mi
waukee.
The North western track is yet uLd,
the snow, though every effort is beir
mede to raise the blockade. 1t Is n,
probable that the % will all be LITE
from the track before to-morro,
Between Yankti,n and OentrevIlle 1T
estimated that the storm left not lie
than two Thousand feet OF now dril
varying from two to twelve feet
depth, upon the track and 1t is no smt
task to remove this wintry accumuI
ton. East of Centreville as far
Hawarden the track twas clear and trai
= running yesterday and north Of Cent
Wills there is no trouble. From the To-
division east OF Hawarden we have
reports, but it is safe to say that it "
. be cleared for action by the time I