Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-16

THE CURTAIN RISES.

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J THE CURTAIN RISES.
And Old Winter Rows Flow Before
9 Surprised Andience-Heaps OF Sno,
and Hiore is COming-A Colo way
Promised-Fhe Ritzzard of Six Year
Ago.
The cid settler is reminded by las
nights and to-day's appearances and in
dications of the scene of six years ant
one month aso-the. fateful 18th ant
10th of October, 1880, which brought t,
this section the first lavish premonitiop.
OF o winter OF unparalleled severity anG
a spring of dire disaster. 1t was on the
10Th of October of that year that the
always to be remembered October biz,
zard began. 1t ragged through two days
and when it was over all OF Dakota and
the region eastward for a thousand
miles and westward to the mountains
was buried in snow, which remained
upon theE2round until the succeeding
May. HerG. in Yankton what was equiv
alent to o foot on the level fell, ac-
compained by &,gale which built drifts
six feet in ~heightand shut up all stage
roads. But one railroad then ran into
Yankton, the old Dakota Southern,
coming from the east, up the bottom.
This road was not blockaana and it was
during the long winter whleisss followed
the only railroad in Dakota ~ opera
ton, The snow of October was isllowed
by other SHOWS, and Dakota was bs.ried
beyond q chance of resurrection nRtil
the warm sunshine of approaching sum>
mer turned the accumulated snow to
water and raised the blockade.
The storm of last night. and to-day is
a reminder of the storm of 1880, though
it comes a month later in the year. It's
unexpected arrival and the quantity of
snow which has fallen are its features
and there has been enough wind to give
us drifts about town from from three to
five feet deep. For tonight and to-
morrow the signal service promises us
colder weather and with it we may look
for rising winds. A foot of snow has
already fallen and the present breeze,
accompanied by a little more wind
would give US the blizzard in all it's
magnificent proportions, We hope and
trust that it may not u~nloose itself, but
the probabilities are rather, against such
hope at the present writing.
T,aet piobfja nortjpn nf tha eloun, -
not q loud one and when the dawn re-
yealed snow drifts fence high there was
general surprise. The snow fall began
about six o'clock in the evening and has
since continued without cessation.
Our information from the outside is
that the storm is general throughout
Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota aud northern
Nebraska. Onthe Northwestern road
in Iowa all trains are to be abandoned
tonight until the storm is over. The
regular trains will continue between
Yankton and Hawarden and between
9ankton and Ce~ntreyille. To-night's
train from Hawarden will be late, as it
will wait for the delayed train over the
Iowa division and will bring the last
through passengers until the road is
cleared.
This mornings eaes bNlnl train on the
Milwaukee road LET j. m time and
got through to Sioux On, without much
delay. The train from the east on this
road, due at 10 o. m. arrived at 12:45
and remained here until $40 when
it pulled out for Mitchell, leaying
several of It's cars IN the
Yankton yard. This train will probably
have a rough passage reaching Scotland.
The train from the west on the Milwau-
kee had not been heard from at four
O'Clock this afternoon and will probably
be several hours late. The train from
the east over the Milwaukee is looked
for about on time this evening.
AT four O'Clock this afternoon the
storm was increasing in severity, with
falling temperature.
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