The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-01-03
THURSDAYS BLIZZARD.
The Rigors OF Winter Felt Throughout
the Country.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Dec. 29.-Thursday
was the coolest day of the winter in
Minnesota. Out in the state the range
was from 20 below at Grand Rapids, to
20 below at Saltwater. Not over 2
inches of snow has fallen at any point
and loggers are having serious trouble
in moving logs from the wDpl,
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis. Dec. 29.--The
cold snap has not moderated, and a
cold, sharp wind has made travelling
disagreeable. The thermometer stood
at % degrees below zero at 8 o'clock p.
m. Thursday.
MoREN@, Mich, Dec. 2G.-The storm
in this neighborhood was responsible
for the death of one man. AL
bert Neehaus, who resided about ,
miles from M~orenci, was found dead
in a fence corner on the public high
way about a quarter of a mile from
his home early Thursday morning
having evidently succumbed to the ex-
cessive cold.
Chicago, Dec. 29.-The blizzard
| which ragged all of Thursday badly
affected transportation lines of all
kinds. Horse cars, cable and electric
lines were utterly unable to follow
schedule time at any period of the daS.
Trains on all lines of railway were
greatly delayed, and the passenger
stations wsre filed with travellers who
had missed connections.
MARTINS FERRY, O., Dec. 20.-John
Moreland was found frozen Thursday
morning at Gliem's Run, near his
home. He was an old soldier, and
Worked in the Elson glass factory.
He started to walk home from here
Wednesday night, and was caught in
the storm.
New YORK, Dec. 2a.-Reports from
all sections of this state and New Jer-
sey tell of the severe northwest snow
storm of Wednesday night which was
so general in it's extent. From one to
two feet fell. But few casualties are
reported, and railroads as a rule, suf-
fered only slight delays.
At Corning, n. V. as Excise Commits
sioner Harrison Howe was shoveling
snow Thursday morning he dropped
dead of apopleXy. He was a leading
citizen II was prominent in q. A. X.
and masonic circles.
Cleartield. Lock Haven and Hazel
ton, Pa, report snow having fallen to
a depth of from 20 to so inches. Rail
way traffic was badly hampered
through the coal regions, and street
car traffic was abandoned.
OMAHA, Neb., Dee. GA veritable
blizzard came upon tia is state Wednes'
day night and Thursday. At various
places in the state the temperature
marked II to Is degrees below zero.
The mercury dropped "a degrees il
twenty-tour hours.
AUBURN, n. V, Dec. 29.-The storm
has caused great inconvenience tC
railway travellers. One train from the
west pushed through the drifts a.
noon Thursday. out could only get as
far as Skaneateles junction.
CAMDEN, n. j., Dec. 29.-The storm
in this vicinity was the most severe
since the cyclone of 1886. Electrical
wires of all kinds were torn from theil
fastenings and poles were blown dowT
by the high winds. Market street, one
of the principal thoroughfares, was
literally blocked with the debris un
til late in the day. At Seventh anc
Birch streets seven two-story houses
were unroofed and several OF the in
mates injured by falling bricks anc
plaster. Trees by the score were up
rooted in different sections of the city
Boston. Dec. 29.-The worst storm il
three years--a veritable blizzard
burst upon New England at 9:20 O'Clock
Wednesday night and it howled til
daybreak, when the snow turned t.
rain, and all day there was a deluge
Many ships nave been wrecked, caus
ing great loss of life. The storm came
from the gulf, and established &
worlds record for speed, travelling so
miles in twelve hours.
The wind played a large part, un
roofing the South Boston Baptis'
church. the Bigelow school and numer
Gus dwellings at City Point. In thu
harbOr hundreds of craft dragged
anchor, and there were numerous col
lisions.
Reports from all along the coast
bring tidings of wrecks, and SO thicl
has been the weather that l~ife-savinl
crews could not see more than 10t
yards from shore. At least a dozer
vessels were driven ashore and theil
crews rescued with difficulty.