Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-08
COMING OF THE COLD WAVE.
Jack Frost Already Making the Entire
Northwest shiyer.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. From spe-
cials from Glendive, Mont, Grand Forks,
Fargo and Mitchell, Oak, 1t appears that
cold wave, with snow, is coming rapidly
Eastward. The mercury is rated from 10
to 20 degrees below zero at these points.
BIsMARCK's BLIZZARD.
BISMARCK, OAK, Jan. THE first real
blizzard OF the season struck this section
last evening at A ssinnebOine The Their
mometer registered 30 dogs. below zero,
and the cold wave is going southeast. Up
TO the time of the arrival Of the present
storm the weather had been warm and
pleasant, and it is feared That some OF the
settlers in the rural districts are unpre-
paredfor the change.
STRIKES ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. IA cold wave
with blizzard accompaniment struck
this section tonight from the north west.
The indications are that the temperature
will reach 20 below zero by daylight. The
storm as general throughout the North
wese.
SNOW AS FINE AS DUST.
LINCOLN, NEB., Jan. T.-Another snow
storm began last night, putting com
plete stop to traffic and travel. Not a
great deal of snow has fallen, but it is as
fine as dust, and drifts badly. There is
no sign of an abatement of the storm.
The temperature is below zero, and fall
ing.
AN ICE JAM.
RICHMOND, Me, Jan. THE sudden
cold has caused the ice to Jam, and the
kennebec river is full of ice from five TO
ten feet thick, for from seven to ten miles
along where the ice is gathered. There
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pacity Of 100000 tons. Thousands OF la
boring men are dependent upon the ice
Industries for employment during the
winter. and all interested are quite de-
spondent over the situation, but the fields
will be cleared il it can be accomplished.
Two hundred men and one tug are at
work trying to start the Jam. Explosives
Will be used if other means fail. The
business is at a standstill awaiting the
result of the present efforts to start the
jam.
A FIERCE GALE AT SIOUX CITY.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA, Jan. IA severe
storm set in here last evening and con-
| tnued throughout the day, and this even
with the thermometer about II deg. below
zero. The Illinois Central railroad, which
was Dlockaded by the previous storm. Is
now hopelessly closed until the weather
settles and the track can be shovelled out
No train was sent out on the Omaha road
for ST. Paul. The Sioux City amt Pacific
line 10 open, but trains are delayed. The
Nebraska roads entering here abandoned
their trains to-day. The roads in South
ern Dakota are mostly open. but trains
are DELAYED by the cold The storm Is me
most severe since that OF October, 1880,
and is general throughout this entire sec
ton.
NO TRAINS AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. The storm
which has prevailed all day on the plans
is one of the most severe ever known. No
trains arrived or departed to night on the
Santa Fe, Union Pacific or Darlington
and Missouri River roads. G'elegrapbic
communication with points fest Of here
has been greatly interrupted and many
railroad wires are down. Che snow tail
has been accompanied bv STRONG winds
and and i,,os severe .n cold a. will ntr Gn-
among cattle, probably entail
Ing losses. The mercury is three de-
grees below zero, with keen northwest
winds and light, drifting snow falling. A
passenger who came in over the santa Fe
road from Williams, n. NJ. states that
there is an unbroken covering of snow on
the ground for the entire distance of some
1900 miles. Reports from Omaha say
the weather there is so severe that line
men cannot 20 out to repair disabled
telegraph wires in the open country. o.