The record-union., 1894-03-22
One of the Worst Billiards Ever
Known in Wyoming.
LOSS OF RANGE CATTLE IT IS BE
LIEVED WILL BE GREAT
Railroad Lines in all Directions Aban-
doned on Account of the Drifting
Snow-Kansas and Nebraska Also
Report a similar Condition of Af-
fairs-Much Property In Arkansas
Destroyed by Floods
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.


Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
OMAHA (Neb.), March 21.-The blizzard
which developed in the northwestern
part of the State last night is moving
slowly but steadily toward the Missouri
River. Its progress is marked by drifts
of snow of from six inches to two feet
deep, and a general blockade of business.
Dispatches received tonight from points
in the interior Of the State indicate that.
the storm has travelled Eastward about
150 miles in twenty-four hours. At North
Platte, Neb., the drifts are from two to
four feet deep, and the Union Pacific line
is completely blockaded. All trains are
abandoned, and number are blockaded
between stations. Snow-plows are out,
and efforts are being made to clear the
tracks.
Kearney, Hyannis, Elsie, McCook and
other points report the snow deep and
drifting badly. 1t is not very cold, but
the mercury is below the freezing point,
ranging from 100 to 200 above.
The Burlington lines in the west and
northern part of the State and in the
Black Hills are badly blocked.
A message from Buffalo, Wyo., says:
'rhe storm here has assumed the proper
tons of one of the worst bllZzards In the
history of this section. 1t is feared that
the ranges which are covered with cattle
are succumbing to the exposure OF the
blizzard, and the sheep-owners are al
most in despair. The recent warm
weather makes the situation all the
worse. Telegraphic wires are in very
bad shape and have been useless for
hours. There are rumors of deaths from
exposure, but these can be neither veri-
fed nor contradicted, as it is next to I'M
possible to take any action to find out the
truth. one cowman, belonging to
ranch eleven miles north of Douglass,
rode into town last night and reported
having been separated from companion
in high Blizzard, and that the horse of
the other man was exhausted. Reports
from the neighboring ranches, meager as
they come in, indicate that the property
loss will be great. Thousands of cattle
are known TO be off their usual winter
quarters and far from shelter Of any kind.
1t will be impossible to save these from
almost total destruction unless the biz
zard breaks by noon."
Similar reports are received from all
over the stock ranges. The farmers in
the central part of Nebraska welcome
snow, as the ground has been too hard in
little damage to winter wheat, as the
snow is deep enough to prevent the
ground from freezing. At midnight the
mercury at this point is falling rapidly,
indicating that the storm is not far off.
IN KANSAS.
LEAvENwoRTH (kas.), March 2l.-The
blizzard that has been raging west and
north struck here this evening, and since
& O'Clock the temperature has fallen thirty
Il bn ind inc hIrfU V
miles an hour from the northwest, with
prospects of snow. This afternoon the
temperature was 300.
LOSS OF CATTLE WILL BE GREAT.
CHEYENNE (Wyo.), March 2l.-The
worst storm of the season has been rag
ing all over this State for the past thirty
six hours, and it is still blowing, though
with decreased severity. Cattlemen say
the loss of range cattle will be very great.
Trains are badly belated. No train has
arrived from the East in this city to-day,
and all trains, including the fast mail,
have been abandoned until Tomorrow.
Indications are that it viii be very cold
tonight, with a continuation of the
storm until tomorrow morning.
SNOW IN COLORADO.
DENVER. March 2l.-The snowstorm
which visited Colorado last night contin-
ues to-day, accompanied by light wind.
The temperature has fallen l0o to 26o
throughout the west but in this city it is
not much below freezing.
AKRON (Col.), March 2l.-It has showed
here continuously for over thirty hours,
and the storm does not seem to be abat-
ing. There is q high wind, and the
storm is hard on stock, but the snow will
be of incalculable benefit to farmers in
Eastern Colorado.
THE STORM TN ARKANSAS.
HoT SPRINGS (Ark.), March 2l.-Not a
wheel has vet been moved on the Hot
Springs Railway. The flood is abating
somewhat, and it is expected trains will
be able to resume operations tomorrow.
To-day made three days that have passed
that this city has had no communication
with the outside world, and the hundreds
of visitors here are longing to hear from
home.
This has been a most terrific and pro-
lonoed storm. There is no way to get an
estimate of the damage done along the
Ouachita River. The farmers who came
into the city to-day said the destruction
of farm property along tne river WIZ oe
very great. Plantations never covered
bv water before have been swept clean OF
everything, even houses on number OF
n,aces being swept away, but it is thought
the inmates escaped.
Dark clouds still obscure the sky, and
it looks this evening as though the rain
might begin pouring down any minute.
Ii another waterspout should follow
within the next twelve hours, at the pres
ent high state of the river, there is no
telling what the result might be.
Traffic has been suspended on the Cur
don branch of the Iron Mountain Ee-
tween Camden and Ell Dorado, some
points being three feet under water.
Seven hundred feet of the Cotton Belt
Railroad were washed this morning near
Salina.
The Salina River is reported rising a
foot an hour. A washout on the Iron
Mountains main line south of Little
Rock has been repaired, and trains are
passing on time.
TExARKANA (Ark.), March 2I.-Both
the Red and Sulphur Rivers are on reg
ular rampage since the late heavy rains.
Trains on the Cottonbelt and Iron Mount
ain roads have not moved since last
night.
sNowsToRM IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEApwooD Is. d., March 2l.-The
worst snowstorm OF the season COM
neneed here Monday night, and has kept
mn ever SINCE The snow is about iouf
feet deep on level, and is still coming
down. Telegraphic communication from
Snn Dance and Belle Fourche states that
snow is falling at both places, ana ex-
tends TO all the cattle ranches. It is be-
lieyed the loss to the cattlemen VIII be
very heavy.
Neither the Elkhorn nor the Burning
ton and Missouri River trains arrived 10
day. the former being showed In at hays
Springs and the latter east OF Alliance
All trains on the Burlington and Mis-
souri are abandoned west OF Edgar.
The present indications are that ths
snow will rival in depth the memorable