The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-09
OF A STORM
4saxy Wfind and Snow Made the
81, NesathEl necidedly Unpleas,
SsSS antIVery Blustery.

ssSs S antTVery Blustery.
4 Nfs Hfst badstorm that has visited
this section iln six years sw ept down
sWednesday. Tuesday afternoon the
wind commenced gathering force
and ttswen oTer the state with a We
locity thatait$&fas..not attained in some
time Tfhere was a genuine January
theaIWas5aallllsdxand this had the effect
ofsgttilinIi8sati snow and preventing
ffoml bSRsln9 blown about. Wednesday
s~dhoTnlng An the wind still blowing
asereTEaslesit commenced to snow,
and within anshour it was coming
along IA che shape of an exceedingly
al storm. ~ Slacked, however, the
cold that usually accompanies a storm
Of this kindAt7 O'Clock the ther-
mofsetetstood at 20 degrees above
zero andatSnoon the mercury stood
AatNl6 ab0vexy&So that the situation
SSSNas Iiotssnearlg SO bad as it would
haVsbeen mad the thermometer
sRoneSIoweEs
The gindsaidssome damage around
thescitYSJsth Heaviest being at the
suMseaof% t1e Germania Land Co., in
which large plate glass window
was bEokeilsSs There is a sign hanging
blythe door and the wind twisted it
loose andSthen drove it into the
window, causing it to break in hun
dreds ~of#apieces. 1t could not be
s5$renedied Until later in the morning,
and bySthat time some snow hal
blown ntte the Office. Boards were
nailed asosefSlthe opening and Dave
Braught went ahead with the real
estate business just as if nothing had
happened.
quaEtefapane Of glass was blown
i'm atMoIganss meat market during
theSWindSaatorm, and a number of
MISUNDERSTANDING the city were
partIallyshloywnsoyer.
TIhe storm has had a bad effect on
tthe telephone and telegraph wires.
SSsTshi central office had a great deal
oftIonble with crossed wires during
thesdaEssand it was pretty nea i'm
possible call one person without
sRettting two on three others.
Manager Myers, of the Western
Uhion, haddbnt one or two wires
working OUT of the. office in the morn.
linz, while the office at the Milwaukee
depot vas cutaout of service south
andsOnIy short distance to the
north onstheir telegraph lines.
The railroads suffered considerable
trouble. The west and north pas.
senger trains over. the Milwaukee
road got sin time. and experienced
little dif1culty, as the wind wa!
from tue direction which helpet
hslrprogeress instead of impeding it
PARTIES coming down from Aberdeen
STATED that the storm had not
assumed the magnitude there at an
early hour that it did here. A
Wolsey d lnformation was giye1
outStbat the Northwestern road hat
Abandoned ITS train to Pierre Tues
day evening as the wind was tt
heavy To gOSagainst. 1t was furthe
statedthatth road would make n,
ATTEMPT go clear the track unit
after thestorm had abated. Thi
Will leave Pierre tied up for sever
days.
TEheSO omaha passenger. which is du
here from t.Paul at 9:l5. was lait
outby the storm and several hour
Weresset ffor its arrival, but it finally
got tnEata2SsI0, (which gave the trair
crew mighty short rest before max
ing thearet1rn "trip in the evening.
The9southgand east trains over til
Milwaukee, TOAD are both late thi
afternoon, the former being SEIZED
uledsto arrive at 4:3O and the cas-
lat SS0. SM
ItsWaS ayery fortunate thing
perhaps that the storm broke loos
here 50 early in the morning, a
hardly any9person in the countr
would haretime to get started ava
on any possible trip. Along in tn
middle Oithe afternoon the storr
wal HIS intense, there not bein
enough loose snow to add to th
UNDERSTANDINGS.
tsGa siGk kEslaneh'' is one of the con
mentspftysigns The sign dosen'
saysaa healfhy lunch Of good food'-
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