The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-26
OH! WHAT A FROST
THE THERMOMETER TAKES AN AW-
Full SLIDE.


Reports of the Coolest Weather
Adds to the General Discomfort
OG the Inhabitants-The Oldest
Inhabitant Says-fsut 1t Don't Go.
st. Paul. Jan. 25.-The entire North
west is experiencing the coolest Weath-
er of the winter if not the most Sc
we're for several years. The severe
cold began a week ago, and every DAY
since then the thermometer has taken
q further slide toward the bottom OF
the bulb until to-day, when it took a
drop that nearly placed it out of sight.
Reports from many points III the
Northwest tell of extremely cold
weather. the temperature ranging from
Is to 35 degrees below zero. The cold
is intensified by a twenty-five-mile gale
from the northwest, which makes eX-
istence out of doors almost unbearable.
There is no doubt great deal OF sur
fering in some sections of the North
west, especially in the prairie districts,
and the weather is especially severe
upon live stock. The wind has been
blowing almost continuously for the
past week, and as consequence the
railroad cuts are being continually
filled with snow. On the main lines
by hard work, trains have been kept
moving, although quite irregularly, but
on some of the branch lines no attempt
has been made to move trains, as it is
an impossibility to keep the cuts open.
AS a result some towns have had no
train service for Il week.
In st. Paul this morning the Their
mometer at the weather bureau regis
tered % degrees below, and at no time
during the day has it been above 10
below.
Chicago, Jan. 25.-According to the
records of the weather bureau yester
day was the coolest day in Chicago in
twenty-five years At no time since
the Chicago station has been estab-
lished has there been so low a MAXI
mum temperature recorded. The suf-
fering among the poorer class is in
tense, and a number of cases of deSti-
tuition were reported to the police. At
Grand Crossing thirty-three families
with eighty-six children were found i'll
their poorly protected novels unable to
care for themselves
Kansas City, Jan. 25.-Reports re-
ceived here indicate that a blizzard of
unusual severity has been raging
throughout Kansas and Northwestern
Missouri. A terrific wind from the
northwest is accompanied by heavy
snowfall in many section of the two
states.
Bismarck, n D., Jan. 25.-No trains
have arrived from the east for two
60V Two III of ha a
and this, with the heavy wind blowing,
has again blockaded the Northern Pa
cific.
Huron, S. D., Jan. 25.-Another heavy
snow storm has set in, covering the
entire central portion of the state and
tying up all trains on this division of
the Chicago & Northwestern road.
Dubuque, Iowa. Jan %. - The Sc
verest storm of the season ragged here
yesterday. Snow fell all day with a
high wind. The storm is general
throughout Northern Iowa.
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Jan 25.-The
country roads have been so badly
blocked with snow drifts the last day
or two that traffic of any kind in the
country is very difficult.
Stewartville, Mimi, Jan. 25.-Yester-
day was one of the worst days on
record. The mercury was below zero
all day and the wind blew a gale.
Stephen, Mimi. Jan. 25.-Yesterday
was the coolest day of the winter. The
mercury registered between 20 and 30
below all day.