The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-03
STORM DLooKADE is RAISED.
Trains Move in south DakOta-COld
weather TidinRn.

weather TfdfnGs.
Huron, 8. D., Nov. 2S.-The snow block
ade was raised and traffic on this division
of the Chicago & oNrthwestern railway
resumed tonight. The Great Northern
will begin business again Monday. The
stock losses on the northern and western
ranges are very heavy, but no suffering
among the settlers Is reported. The storm
was one of the most severe ever exper-
enced since the settlement OF this country.
st. Paul. Mdnn., Nov. 28.-An Aberdeen
special says; The present storm has not
| been paralleled since the great bhssard of
January H. 1888. Drifts on the strects and
on raalroad tracks are nix feet deep. Rail-
| roading has been entirely abandoned until
| the storm breaks up. The Eureka ac-
| ccmmodaItion Is fast at Hillsview. The
| loss to stock, It is feared, will be great.
dispatch from Mellen s. D., says:
The worst snowstorm and blizzard
through this section for years commenced
Wednesday night. Trains are blocked.
| snowdrifts on the madn streets are 15 feet
deep. Stock will suffer greatly.
ModeratinR In Colorado.
Denver, Nov. 2S.-The minimum temper
ature recorded at the Denver station OF
the weather bureau today was degrees
| below zero at Q a. m. At Ii 1t was Sls
above zero. Leadvlle reports IT below
zero, Pueblo II below, Cripple Creek "A
below. The cold snap has been more Sc
we're In Wyoming than Colorado. AT Lam
der, Wyo.. the thermometer recorded rs
below zero last night Idaho Fails Idaho
reported 26 below zero last night The
weather is moderating today. Observer
| Brandenburg says 1t will be much warmer
tomorrow.
The Thermometer.
| st. Paul, Nov. ga light snowfall only
was reported today, but 1t seems the
closing fury of the present big blizzard
The temperature dropped to low point
In this city 1t was below zero early thi
morning. Moorehead reported "a below
| Huron 8 below, Williston % below, Win
nipeg "a below Trains are badly de
layed and telegraph communication
greatly crippled.
At DEVILS Lake.
Devils Lake N. D., Nov. zS.-The bliz
gard was very severe here. The passen
ger train from the coast has remained Of
a siding since Thanksgiving day. Abou
1890 d. m. On Thursday, #. M. Burrows
mail agent, left his car to go to the depo
for orders He has not been seen sine
and there is not one chance In thou
sand of his having escaped death In tn
storm. 1t is supposed that In returnjn
| to his car he lost his way In the blindln
| snow.
Severe in Nebraska.
: Omaha, Nov. 28.-Severe weather cor
: tinues to prevail throughout the stat
= The thermometer has been close to ger
II for 90 hours. In some sections OF tn
state stock is reported as suffering fc
i food and water. The immense supply {
grain and hay available enables the farm
: ers to carry cattle without trouble. Oti
4" reports from some of the northern cour
ties in the state say the storms OF late
d were the most severe In years and ths
range cattle would surely perish unlei
J. furnished feed and shelter.
a In Utah.
= Salt Lake, Nov. 2s.-Today was Il
:. coIdest November day In Salt Lake In
/. years. At o'clock this morning Il
. thermometer registered fve-tenths OF
a degree below zero.
Cold weather at WnIIn WalIn.
Walla Walla, Wash, Nov. 2S.-The co
continues The minimum temperatn
last night was below zero. Today 1t j
been at zero. At p. m. It was below.
Hard Winter at Boise.
Boise, Idaho, Nov. 28.-Bofse Is havii
Of the coolest weather known in 10 yea
Ir with one exception-the winter OF 1s
I'd Thanksgiving night the thermomcts
n went degrees below, and 10 last mig.
to and the indications are that 1t will
even colder tonight