St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-21
THE BIG SNOW STORM.
Three States Get Plenty of the
Beautiful

Dispatches to the GLOBE from all over
Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Da-
kota indicate that the snow was heavy
and very general. A small portion of
them are given below
Elbow Lake Minn-Three inches of snow
fell last night. 1t is still showing hard. The
thermometer stands at 30 above. 1t is feared
that the oats crop is ruined. The roof of The
large new county vault caved in, owing to the
heavy rains
Henry, S. D.-A heavy snow fell here this
morning. 1t did not thaw much till the
middle of the forenoon Farmers are through
seeding and nearly all the corn is planted. !.
While Earth. Minn.-One of the heaviest
rain storms that has ever visited this portion
of the country broke down about o'clock
Wednesday morning, and by. daylight il
seemed as though all the flood gates of
heaven had broken loose. and water was
coming down in binding sheets. All day
Wednesday and up to Thursday morning the
downpour was incesSart.,
Morris, Minn.-This morning there was a
coat of snow on the ground, with O., cold,
high north wind. The wheat was ali in in
good time. ana is above ground. Gardening
delayed on account of wet weather. Very
little of the crops will suffer in this county
from the overflow. =
Crookston, Minn.-A light blizzard, accom-
panied by snow. rain and sleet visited this
city last night. The river is falling, Seeding
has been very materially delayed by the re-
ceutstorm.
Huron, S. D.-Snow and rain have been
falling here all day. and tonight the iatmos-
phere is almost at the freezing point. Re-
ports from northern and western points say
snow has fallen nearly all day, ~. e..-.,t : =.
Buffalo, Mimi. Snow and rain fell here
last night to the depth of about an inch. 1t
is quite chilly, but 1t is thought that the grain
will not be damaged to any extent. tits till
showing and raining.
WilmOt S. D.-There was a fall of snow
last night of three or four inches. with high
wind. This morning the thermometer was
below the freezing point.
Graceville, Mifn-The rain has ceased
again, but the wheat sown in low places is in
bad condition being covered in some places
locality this spring than III any previous sea-.
son since 1883 2s
Winthrop MINI. Considerable snow fell
here this morning, but it is disappearing rap
idly. The low lands are covered with water,
and the roads are the worst they have been
for several years. Wheat is all planted but
little corn has been put in. t,
ST. Cloud. Minn.-Quite a snow storm pre-
vailed here early in the day. The water in
the river has stopped rising. There is abso4
lutely no truth to the statementthat the dam
had been damaged, as the water has not even
reached the danger line, and there is no an-
prehensiOn as to its safety.
Clark, 5. D.-A heavy snow storm almost
equal to blizzard has been raging all day,
aud shows no sign of abating.
Redwood Falls, Minn.-Two inches of
snow fell this morning. The Redwood and
Minnesota rivers are very high.
Miller, s. D.-Snow has fallen here nearly
all day, melting as lit came, followed this
evening by rain ahd sleet, with the thermomy
eter at freezing point
Sanborn, n D.-A heavy snow storm set in
last night and continued till This noon. All
seeding is delayed, as the ground is frozen.
The average will not be nearly as large as
last year owing TO the inclement weather,
which still remains threatening.
Ada, MINI About one inch of snow fen
here last night, and today has been cold and
raining The overflow from the swollen
streams is still doing great damage to adjac-
ent fields. Three bridges on the Wild Rice
river east of this place have been washed
away. The roads are almost impossible.
amberlain, S. D.-This portion OF the
Missouri valley is experiencing decidedly
wintry weather. Snow fell frequently dur
ing the day, but not i'll any sufficient quanti
ties to Whiten the ground. Trains are greatly,
delayed by freshetS east of here. High wind,
prevails. -s.
Red Wing. Minn.-About an inch of snow
fell here last night but it all melted this
morning 1t is not believed by farmers that
the crops have suffered any. The river con-
tiuucs rising here. but it is still several feet
I from the danger line.
Marshall, Minn.-This morning opened
with a blizzard. Ground covered with snow,
ana mercury deg below freezing.
Dundas. Minn.-A heavy snow storm set in
this morning from the northwest and lasting
until this afternoon. four inches of snow
falling. The roads are in All impossible con-
dition. and all traffic has ceased. Not over
half the corn ground is plowed. and much
discouragement prevails among farmers, lest
no corn can be planted this year in time. 81
Hastings, Minn.-The continued rain
storm of the past few days turned into slea
and snow last night. 1t was also showing
portion of today, but this evening 1t has
cleared up.
Browns Valley, Minn-A furious blizzard
commenced to beat upon us this morning at
3 O'Clock, attended with high wind andit
continued till about noon. AT S clock this
evening the temperature is higher and there
is no danger of freeze to injure the crops.
The snow was moist and very binding.