The Wahpeton times., 1891-11-19

Minnesota and the Dakotas Amply
Covered With What Is known
as s'The Beautiful
IN Some Places the Storm Of Sunday
Was Marked by Features De-
cidedly Blizzardistic. ,

81. CLouD, Minn., Special Telegram. Nov.
16.-Snow began falling here early this
morning and has continued all day.
Sleighs have made their appearance. As
fall plowing had almost entirely ceased on
account of heavy frosts, the fall Of the
beautiful can do no damage to farmers.
MooRHEAD, Minn., Special Telegram, Nov.
16.-About three inches of snow fell here
to-day. Since p m. . stroug North wind
has been blowing. The air is filled with
flying sn0w-a regular blizzard. The ther-
mometsr is about IS deg. above.
NoRrHr1ELD, Minn., Special Telegram,
Nov. 16.-A heavy snow storm set in this
morning and continued without cessation
until nearly night. At times it changed
into rain, but there are now shout two
inches on the ground. 1t is getting colder
and the snow is covered with a coating Of
ice.
ABERDEEN, s. D., Special Telegram. Nov.
l6.-Half foot OF snow fell last night and
this morning, and is now being blown
about by strong north wind. Drifts have
accumulated fast and much trouble is ex-
perienced in getting about. No such fall
OF snow at this season was ever recorded by
the oldest settlers. Farmers were poorly
prepared for 1t, as much grain is still un.
threshed and very little blowing has been
done. The night promises to be very
cold.
EAU CLAIRE Wis.,. Special Telegram, Nov.
l6.-Ihe first snow came to-day, two inches
falling. 1t is now melting.
NoRrnFILD, Minn., Special, Nov. 16.-The
Cannon river frozc completely Friday night
and was covered with coat of ice all day.
The ice is about half an inch thick. The
cold wave practically puts stop to plow-
ing, as the ground is now so hard that q
plow can not penetrate through it.
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn., Special, Nov. 1. -
Tuesday closed up tho plowing here and
though the farmers were behind with har-
vest work TIVE weeks, they have more plow-
ing done than for several years past. The
acreage of wheat for next year will be con-
siderably greater than last year.
YAYKToE, S. D.. Nov. l6.-About two
inches OF snow fell Friday night. It is melt.
as prairie fires can now do no damage.
MINTo, N. D., Special, Nov. l6.-The
thermometer was 16 deg. above zero Thurs
day night. There were light snow squalls
Ihanrsday atnnsa;y and Friday. The ground IS
looks as If it would remain so It Is good
weather for threshing from the stack, and
every machine is making the best time
possible. Very few people are prepared for
cold weather. 1t will take until New
Years to get things in shape for good com.
Portable winter quarters.
MICHIGAN Cry. N. D., Special. Nov. 16.-
FULLY 1900 acres Of grain are still standing
in shock in this (Nelson) county, covered
with Ice and snow to the depth of three
inches. The threshing machines and crews
that came rom the south are now pulling
out by the Wholesale leaving the farmers
in very, bad shape indeed. Very little. if
ers have not had time to haul their grain.
kARLoPoL1s, N. D., Special. Nov. 10
About three-fourths OF the heavy wheat
crop ofthis part of North Dakota are showed
under. Two inches of snow fell Wednes-
day and strong wind triturated it so that
II was we'll driven into the shocks. At Just
fnas bsre mS S.r of the it freezes
remove the frost again till spring. It IS
probable. therefore, that one-quarter of our
splendid wheat crop is destroyed. What
ever OF 1t goes over unthreshed till spring
cannot fall to be ruined for any purpose
except Tor pig feed. Some farmers have
grade. The most of the stacked wheat is
yet unthreshed. The rains have been un-
usually trying to wheat stacks this year, in
some instances wetting them to the ground.
CoHKI1Se, N. D.. Special, Nov. 1e.-The
second storm OF the season struck Mclean
countysNov. 10. A streng northwest wind.
accompanied by rain. that soon changed to
snow, ragged for two days and nights. It
now looks as though 40 per cent of the
stack all winter. Joseph A. Bnrgum start
ed for the Red river valley on Monday last
after steam thresher. Seven teams have
gone to Bismarck to draw it up.