Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1881, Page 6

(.4 | GREAT STORM. Chicago Completely Over= whelmed with a Deluge of Snow. The Western and Northern Railways Throw Up the Sponge. Street-Car Lines Fighting Gallantly Against IHecavy Odds. A Storm Which Did Not Let Up for Fully Twenty- four Hours. The Average Depth of the Snow- Fall Estimated at Six Inches. Interruption to Trade—Talling Ofr in the Supply of Milk. Reports from Wisconsin Regarding the Snow-Fall Which Nearly Stagger Belief, Miles City, Montana, Inundated with Three Feet of Water. CHICAGO. THE CHAMPINN SNOW-STORM. At about 7 o'clock Wwlueaday evening tho pleasant wenther previously proveillng gave wny to the arzival of n slcet-storm, tho foy peb- bles faliing nt times In good volume. This kept up ull evening, but there was nothmg to ndie cate nnother heavy snow-storm untll nbout 3 o'clock In tho morning, when the sleet turned Into snow, which began falling quite thickly, and, in the st wind which wus blowing, to form drifts of formidablo size [n all parts of the city. This was kept up all night long, and in the morning tho senses of thusu who wero duo down-town in u short timo were appalled with tho mspect of n denso covering of suow ull over tho earth, varled with unduln- tlons of greater density in the shope of tho most oxtonsive dnifts of tho sunson, Not at all exhnusted by their coplous preclipltutions of the nlght, the leaden clouds above, which scemed to possoss Infinit possivitities of snow, continued tholrdown-pour all duy long, and the wind kept up its vranks, bullding tresh drifts merely to shift thom to new quartera nt the shortest possls Ble notice, In performlng which work, of course, it selected, a8 far as possible, such localities s baid recently recelved tho attentions of-tho shovel-handler. Thus the deluge fept up until yesteriluy evening,—n solid twenty-fonr hours of anow-fall, which must be necorded the eredit of treiug the heaviest snow-storin of the senson, —one which, ns will bo geen by Signal-Servico statlsties glven holow, hns been moro prolifie of this, lu such exagyerated profusion, vudesirable moteorologleal phenomenon., THE STREET-CARS, ‘AN duy long, and that too after unending oifogts ‘during tho provious uniht, the streot- eallrond Superintendents struggled agalnst tho snowy Invasion. In atrect-cir vernaculnr thoy trfed *to keep” on topof tho suuw,” und that they succocdedadimirably in their undertuking wns putont to all, On the tines ranning east and wast, where nt every strect-crossing a drift kept forming, the work wus huvdest, nud an urmy of oroom and shovel handlors und i constnt suc- tession of snow-plows were kept ut work, ‘The Buperintendonts of the different com- panles remained ot the outside ends of tho linvs All day long, aud from thoere divected tho move- mants of their armles, und kept In constaut communication with tbo ofticiuls it tho up-town hondquarters. Mr., Swinarion,. the Assistant Buperintendent of the West Stdo line, said that the storni wus ono of tho hurdost they bud over had to copo tvith, und especlully on the lines cun- ning oust und west—which form thobulkof thelr roads—wis tho trouble in keeping the rails clear oartioularly groat. Larly in the day they hod been éompelled o run nhalf thoenrs and double the stack on the remulnder, aud even with this addition 10 tho Motlve power the work ontuiicd upon the hor<es was very teymig, and it was ox- Pemcd thut many of thom wotiil gnilor soverely ‘roui the hardship entufled wpon them. “What mentis buvo you taken to keep tho track cleur of snowr' * Wo have 0men at work shoveline nnd awoeplug,—nhout seventy 1o such lino, We are hllrlng uybody who comes ntong with n epade or broom.” ** What 13 the slzo of an ordinury suow: * About ity mon,' * How muny snow-plows are clearmg your tracks?" . "W have hnd ofghteon running day and night slnce B o'elock )‘L‘fiul’lhlf‘ oveing, with an average of six mon on eaeh plow, and from four 10 BIx bursos Lo draw §t.” Wha nttends to (ho snow-plows for you? * The drivers deivo thom und the conduators Tun tho knlves und wings, Iuving run o half of tho cars, of courso Ball of the cone ductors and drivers are thrown out o work; but thoy tad cmploymeat in - tho woy montloned, nnd iveeive fult pay. ‘Thon, aygnii, those Who itra working o i running curs often get played out, gnd the un- suployed numong them take thole phices. The work of driving and conducting o car i such wenther as this 13 mueh more trying thi 1s gen- cratly fnmgined, and it s i wonder to me that 8o fow of tho mon tuke sick while enguged in (6" * How often do your snow-plows cover the wrounds* 4.We calculato to have ono leave enchi end of cack lino every forty minutes. This Lrings thow protty thfck on the wein s enst of e e atreet, tholgh most of the plows turn bik ol 1 4 brumclt flies whoi_ thoy rench the Junctitgy with, tho main Hno, This keeps the track prey weh) cqvoreil with plows, and It 13 Yery necessaty, for if ouco the 80w aceii- Luted upon thoeatt it would bu s very ditiioult, M all iiketinool wn fmpossible, matter to got |t clear ngaln, Thore.as Just one good Ly About this storm Which possibly _provents a xenoral blockude of the ronds, und that {3 that tha snow 18 not freezing s it fulls, ~ 00 1t bewan 20 £roczo upun the rutl us it foll, Eam nfeald tho BHOW-pluws wo huve ut work would not be uble o hold the truck, [ am lluthll,\' walenlng tho weathor, tearing thut u chnnge {n tho freveng dln:lullun may set in 8 1o storin umuua"'n i +* Lsubpuse you will luve u protty tough time when tho 6 o'clock fiding beging?™ 7o - Thero will bo considerable Inconvenionce then, but wa Will got out som mers card, and, it the stotm kives ws any show at ull, will do our best to uecounuodite tho publie.* * Lsuppose you coulid nut glvo me nny fden of the loss which o strect-rmilway company su s I i twenty-fourdiour storin of this ki " Not n - Hgures, oF courso, but you thut {n Wghting u severo siori tho foss « A duutile way, i tho tirst plac of running aro linncnsely Inereu uext place, the thuu nguin, thore your ususl gang during e Buy nes in Tho ox peases i und, i the ruesipis ave dinnishod; and fa tho wear und tear upors the Htuck., blnu{(u! oun Liest horses will not got uvor tu-duy's work fn 1 week be permunontly disuble $ 3Me, Bwinurton promised, the West Slde Company made # strenuous eifort during the wvening hours to onmodate the streains of bumunity which depend upan s eurs Toe trahys portadon to thelr homes on the West Side, Fxe XN (U8 were \lluuull ut tholr disposal, and they worago crowded s to ke the drawing o thom tromondoudy burd work for tha four horses uttnehod to cach. Taueht by tho ex- vorioncs of havlug been unsbly to seearo i rl eo on the ear ut the usuul sturtug- plyees, - onding pursongers walkod wost untl thoy et fucoming curs, Whera thoy guined eithor seat or stundibg-roo —generutly’ tho lubtor—tor thy Bomu Journey. This lttle trick wus so gunoruls Ly fallowed thut the fucoming cars during the busleat purt of the oventug tiled up with West bound pussengers befurs: thoy n‘llu!ud Fifin avenuo, und wers eraipiied 16 sulfucution bes fors they urrived ut théir destination, Bumo 0f tho luuds which the bomewurd-bouni cury curried wore ulinost incredibly lurge, Ay eurly ns b o'clock i the afternoon u Randolpn strest car contaluod Ly setuul count twontys thiree persons on the buck platform, twenty-ong on tho front, und sixty-three Inside, while tho ‘Wholu number curried during the entlre 1 wis Durdly lesa thun 125, Lator in the duy the proc- €88 of stutling human buings Into strectecars wus bulug carrlod on on il 1ho strovt lines of thoclty, sod the pagscavers knowing thut thero WHa 50 Lolp Lor §1,und that no aau wuy 10 bluwy, < f 14 801w of thom muy THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. secepted the situntion cheertully, and enjoyed heartily tho Jocasity of tho gentiemen on the Tear platform, which, o occnsions of this kind, Lieavs ucentro of much good-nntured fun. t only wis overy fnch of wvallublo spnee in- Klie tho cie and o1 the platformy acoupied dur- e the f-0'clock rush, but ndventurous prasen- 1 climiiod to the roof and hung on thero asite, ‘The South 8{de Com) nn{ munaged to i on time pretty well all day nnF. oexcopting only that their cross-town e on Thirty-ninth street hud to be discontinued early in the day, Tb munngement attribited tholr siccosa inninly to the employment of the serapers thoy 11re ant of the ear wheels, Thev did not even find 1t necessary to doublo up thefr horsea and ten anow-plows, constuntly moving, managed ta keep the teacks clear, with the ald of n gang ot oI 20 me; Some trouble wis experienced on the Cottage Grave line, which, of “enurao, did not enjoy tho comparativo lmmnnity from drifts aceoixted to tho lines eunnlug directiy el south, and at B0 long delay wus caised near Twenty-sixth Btreet where a dozen cars wers halted and fually cane Wto town Tnprocessionnl_order, ‘The curs of both theie ling amd of the Indiang ltne. where much trouble was oceasloned hy tho peculfar naturo and frequency of the switelies, were stopped for a long time by a blockaded traln at the Sixteenth stroct crossing, which ter atwo befell the Stntw atreet line, 8tiil, take 1t nltogether, tho South Rido lines mhnlnnzcd togot through tho day very.comfort ALy “[iie North Silo lnes ran with a fale attempt at regulerity during tho eurlier p but In tho evenlng tho Wells nnd Larruabeo Atieet dines were tho only ones which seomed to meke an attempt 10 tun on time. Tho Btate Btreet line was nbrudoned early fn the forenoon, Upon the lines running diagonnily after Lincoln Park b been renched tho deluys were very roe rlous, The drifts hero were of it very formidabla ehnracter, and lrdly any of these lines made tho us round lrlY. Itolden uvenuo was tho terminus of the Lincoln uvenue lino all da lotg, and tho eharncter uf the obstacles whicl deburred further progress may bo Judged from tho fuct that a short distaneo ilbove Hetden nve- nue i Annw-plow with four horses attnched bo- eame immovably fastenml In tho snow early in the morntng, and nn nttempt mado ubott ioon with cieht horses fubled to budge it from jts sticking-plice. Snow-plows wero kept running on th ovth Side ines all day long, “snd largo of men wlded them with shovels, and I und brooms. One snow-plow was broken at Chicago nvenne early ln the mormug. TIHE RAILROADS DLOCKADED, The Chileago raflrond people aro nnanknous in tho opinfon thut tho presunt luflictlon by tho weather (8 tho severest of the senson, Lad ns 8oine of tho others havo beon, Tho lines which Tare tho worst, however, are thuse of tho North und West, ng wifl be seen by the reports glvon. furthor on. Tho storm had its hirth in the Northwest, ns snow commenced falling on the trucks of tho Mllwaukeo & St. Panl, Chiengo & Northwestern, and Rock 1sland Roads during ‘Wedneaday ufternoon, or whilo It it tiil witrm and tolerably clear In Chleago. It rouched hero night before tust, and with it strength undi- mimshed, but, while it extendod enstna far as Toledo aud Iittsburg, tho snowfall nppears to huve been very leavy only ns. far us Jollot H in Ilnols and sbout thirty or forty milies cnst of the lake in _ Mlchigan. The ronds running throush Englowood found no very bud drifts tho other sidu of that town, although tho Fort Wagno Road, for lu- stunce, hud its truck whitencd ns far as Pltta- burw, where aiout two inches of snow fell. Tho storn oxtended us fur south s 8t. Louis and Nushville, but the blockades woro met with not moro thun fifteen or tiventy wites south of here, und in some caeos evon nearer. But nkl throngh ‘Wisconsin, tho Upper Pentnsula rogion, and in Eustorn lown tho storm was terrife, tho snowfnil on u lovel reaching tho opth of from clghiteen to twenty fnchos, while the drifta wore simply immense, As n result of this the city was shurt {ts supply of country milk yester- duy to tae extent of wbouw 2500 gallons, not a ean of it comlng In on _tho Northwestorn_or the Milwaukes & St. Paul. All ntong tho Lake-Front, as might bo expected, tha drifts wero almost tou larga to warrant be- fug touched atynlt until after the storm had ceused. Trains’ were from two to threo hours working through these drifts nlone. Tho tele- #ruph wires were reported fo fair condition ulong all ot the rouds. NORTH AND WEST, On tho Chlcago & Northwestern Road frolght and theough Pussenger trains wore entirely stonped, ‘The lowa passonger, which sbould huve reached here at 7:06 o'clock yesterduy morafug, did not get into Dlinols ntall. Tho othor lowi pussenger-triin, which was due hero at 2:15 (n thy arternoon, wis lad up at Gikdden, In. The Luko Superior teatn, on the Milwaukes Division, dud not leave Fort ffoward, "he traly which left Wheona nt 8 o'clock Wodnesday night bad 1o suspend at - Milwaukee,—~and 80 on, Accordinuly, uo through tralns ae- rived hore over this rond vesterduy, sl nono were sent ot The suburbin truins manuged to run on wikt tine,—threo on Galean Division, three un tho Milwakee Division, nnd one on the Wisconstn Divislon. ‘The throuxh trains will not b sturted out until tho st s over. A frelght train on tho Northwestern wos thrown fvon tho track near Dshkosh night bos fore lust, uwhur 10 un vpea switeh, The engine wiis thrown down agimll embunkiment, und cone sidorubly dwmaged. Tho engineer und troman eseiped without Iujma«. Owtho Rock latand Road all freight traing wera abandoned, and no through traing woro sontout. Tho wornwe teain, duw atd v'eloclk, was blockaded at Annrwan, nbout 140 mlles out on the Hlloos Division, whers the drifts for . rudlus of weard, twunty miles more unusually b, Ou the Wedt Division tho trucks wore In i tolerablo condition from Councll Bluils to Murenwo, but forn dise timee of forty miles west of Davenport the stora wis of tho usuul strength, The suburban ll;llllu? manngud to run, but with the worst kind of delnys, On the Milwaukes & St. Paul Itond * not a wheel was tuening” oxeept those of he suow- plows, und those wors not doing tuch. Pho aralnn which should havo arelved Horo {eontuy murnbng did not lenvo Miwaitkee. No effort Wits ade o stirt out eithor a frelght or pus- snwer trah from Chicago, T W toud, llko the rest of the with no deiny natil within ot ten miles of this city, sebudule thne betng mude untll tho dreifts ot Coleago und vielnags wore ruached,—1hose Ifts cuusing nbout two- bours' deluy. 'nesenger und frolgot trains lots tho clty ns usunl, The "Wabush tralnk golng elthor way woro stalled nt Auburi Junction, where tho tracks of the Westorn Indinne Rowd are mot with, ‘Tho trin which should have reached hero encly in morning was brought t n standst!llat “Aa- burn, #ua tho traing leaving hero duciug tho diy are snow-bound ut the snno place. 1o Lake Bhore tralns wero wll moving and without miich loss of time a3 compared with tho trulus on the roads of tho North und West, The tralns on this roud, bewg all frou the Eust, ot with deluys only after getting nenr Chicugo, No. i, duont 540 yestorday morning, was forty minutes late and No, 5, doe at 8 o'viock, wis ubout threo hours bohind time, but losz most of this thee In walting to muke conueetions. ‘Frrough frains from Chlengo wore wtarted out ut tho usual two and freleht tealng were all runnlug, THE LAKE-FRONT, Tho worst aulferers nmong the ralronds were fgaln thoso coming 1n on the Like-Front, This 1880 oxposed to winds that the smallest kind of 1 BNOW-HLOFN Calses iuch trouble from deifts, It tny therotore be fmngined how dilicady it was yostendiy 1o koep 1ho tiwoka opon along the fnke'from the Central Dopot to Hyde Park, Tho oflicluls of tho [linols Contitl nnube hercuteun otforts ta keop tho K open, aud employed LVOry means ot thele commuand. 1t It was ups Bl W A fust 18 the drifla woere removed the Horee northonater blew thom back wgaln, muking mattees worse than betore, ‘Cho atono wall witieh bt beon bullt during the pust yoar on - the west sldo tho tracks © ho- tween Twollth' strcot and Hyde Park on thily s on wimblar ocouslons this deadon bieipod to Inerensa the trovtble, — Bofore this wall wis croeted tho snow bluwn olf the ‘ieo thut lines tho luko shorw tor i mile or mory out, when the i 13 frvn the 0ust OF torthouat 'wns swept clourncross tho truvk excopt inn fow places, but now all the snow Hids i good resting. polnt along this wall, wnd goon. cuvers the track to suclh u dopth that (L tukes the ureutest ofurts to Kol truing througti, Sutters wero i bud yesters ity aa at uny provious tiue this scason, but at no thne woro the tracks blocked so budly that o| tralng with sutiielent power oould not work thelr wity througli, although it was slow business ag any tme, and AU took from two thice honrs w0 got from Weldon teenth stront) to the Contral Doput, P add to the dilliculties two onglues employed in oleir- Ing nm?'xml run olf tho ratls iu tho mor: ciel sifo of the track satiio foot of 1 y streot, blockng up both ||uxswnfl.'l‘ trucks, uud it took severul Bours to get tuls obstruetion out of tho way, At nhout 11 o'clock the track lud been sulticieotly cleared to aftow somu of the belutud trains “to come In, OF course, no sube urbun trutns betwoon Hydo Pack und 1his city could be vun, mueh to tbo chugrtn. of the Hydo Park geamlors, Tho, alliclala of the 1ol Centrul were it haped that thoy would hie able (o run somo of tho Hyde Park tralns 1o the evone g, but theiy hoped wore w0t reallzed, as the BIOFIL, WP 0 W LaLe hour, did not show uny slgns of nbathng, und ull thoy coulil dn was 10 uutke an opealug Lthrough tho wounining of snow un the truek ot such of the through passengor trafus 18 hud munugoed to reavh the elty, Ua iho Chicago LHviglon of the IHiaots Cen« trul tho stosth wus soverest hetweon Chlcuga and Areols 180 miles, but wouth of thut paint Lt littlo trouble wus exporivncud. The greatest trouble wus botween Keastugton and the Centrud Depot, Tho morniug passovger from Now Orieaus and Cluclonutl was from threo to four houes tate, The southi-bound throughs train was threo boura lute leaving Chicugo, No frolght buslouss was transuctod, and all froigbt-truins |‘xwhl those huving stook woro abandonod. Tho Northeru Divislon of this roud was cains pletely’ bideked fron Mendota to Dubuque, und ull bunimcss wan suspended. On the Lowi Divisinn the suino stato of' aifuics exlstod frof Wuterluo to Biouz Clty. 1€ the suowe-storin vouses durlag tho night the ubstructions on tho Luke-Pront und 140 Chicagu Division wiil bo Kutton uut of tha wuy 1 the moraing, and truins WIN bu run regularly ngalin But on tho . muin Ho und Lows Division Iv witl take soveral duys before evorsthing wil bo in running order. (; [-Suporintondent Jelforys, of the Hiinols l, says tho atorm wus most rovere i Northwestern Nlltols nod fowa, and tho worat experienced in this vielnity for the Instalx ears. y’l'lw Chleago, Burlington & Quinoy ran no Tocal tifn yestorduy except tho Menidota accom- modatlon, “which cnmo it it two hours lato, Tho Nw | DPacllle express, which ordluarily lerves honrat 12 o'clock my,, weut ont at 1 l’l ul. and took tho 1onil, beease nelther the Rork Iskand nor_Nuorthwestern sent out their Pacie express. Tho_ passetger=traln from the West hore ut T, m,owas at Wibash avenue at bt from that point to the Central Depot, nee of nbout lalt a mile, it needed four hoitrs' time, teaching the depat it about 4 . o, Thore were nbont twelvo knees of Rnow at noon yesterduy an the lino of this road between hero and Mendotiy, and abont elght Inches from Mea- data to the Missourl River, Tho storm extended all tho way to Kansas City nnd into Nebriska, et was soverest {n thisiminediate vicinity, Tho New York expross from Lincoln, Neb., dig berg at 25 p. o, reinehed Mendota at from thero its troubles eommnenced wilt b In Chieago only n prophet ¢ Pucitio express, die hero at 2:45 p, ., pasied Princeton nt 330, but upte d tty houe Iest eveniug bnd not arelved it the Central Depot, touic thili ort g BUFliniton, ket or moving slowly, but nll the trains with deid freight ba 10 bo nbandoned, The prineipal teoublo on the Michigan Central up to nnon yesterday wag between here and Kensington, “At 1) o'elock n.m. tho weather reports from tho principal atations on this rond muile the foltowmng exhibit: Michimin City, slight snow: Niles, moderite snow; Kalimnzoo, heavy snow: Jackann, slect; ¥pallantl, light suow: Three Rivors, moderats snow; Detrolt, sleet. Later voports showed that tho atormn was capldly extending eastward, and I tho evening it snowed llke fury at Dotrmt, 80 thut no teiin could leave that point Inst evening fortho West. Tho morning train went out. but where ft1s now nabody Kiows, No other tealn left tho city by this ro “Tho train duo here nt T4 i, eumie in at 230 p, m., nnd the train due here nt 8 a, o got In at 6559 p, m. Tha Chifeago & Alton Rowd suifered no serious trouble, exeept between Jielghton Fark nod the Vun Buren streot de 1 e hero at Tih L wis but lightly behind time whon it ronched Brighton Park, but it did not et to tho depot until 11 0., The Denver express, ine horo e 250 p.om, did not rench the depot until fute lnst evening. The storm on this line wis se- verest between Jollet aud Chlengo, The morn- fnge trdn tor St Louis loft on time, but_tho Kansus City teadn, which naually leaves at 12:80, |>rl:l¢|‘rrml o stay fu the eity until the storm sub. slded, SIGNAL-SERVICE STATISTICS. n tho showers and thunder-storms of sprinz, in tho extreme beats of summer, In the early frosts and disastrous gales of tho fall, and inthe cold epells of the winter, tho nowspaper man Huds an ever-ready and nmiuble aily in tho Sig- nul-Servieo operators, whoso metcorologienl loro—tue result of carcful observution uf n score of (nstruments—Is cver nt his disposal. Accustomed to hearfug the rosults of these ex- perts’ labor, tho public, after uny pecutlarly noticeablo disturbatice of the even tonor of tho wenthor's way, look next murulng forn record of tho fucts fu the cuse; If n rin-storim has pre- valled thoy wal to know Just how miten molsture wan precipitated; n snow-storm, the depth 1 fuches tha full; {f u wind-storm, tho greatest veloeity regehed by the sale; together with tho arcu of territory ‘covered Uy tho storm, tho place it arose jil, lts genernl” divection, and a moro or less correct propbiecy s to its probable dir tlon. Ailof those hiteresting facts the Sigi ir Service wentlemen aru always resly to con munieate, uml when comparutive statisties nre required reseireh ts mude of the recards of thelr oiliee and the necessary tigures aupplicd, Yesterday ufternoon a Prinuxie reportor viited the Sigunl-Servico ofico and bnd a chat with the ofticer in charge, who nformed hin that the snow-storm which sot In at 6 o'clock thoovening proviousand hud lasted stendily ever since, wis of vory large extent, 1ts northorn boundary reaching certainty us far as Madlson, Wis,, whily fts southern —extremlty wi to be found in tho viulnity of * Nosh- yllle, Tonn, The greatest snowfall had been at Mudlson, Wis., whero olghteen inches—equat to s precipitation of” one.ind four-1ifths inches of winter—hud fullen during the storm, In Chi- cago the full ap tod p. m, wins nhout six Inches, t ooe-hulf luch of wator, The henvy at Milwaukeo and nt o tuximum velooity of wina was renched at Chicngo ut midnight, when n galo of thirty-two miles an bour prevailed. Hlgh wind prevatled at severa] other points, t highest being nt St Paul, Minn., whero 1t ate Illrm.'ll n veloclty of forty-two miles an hour, Yestorday ovening tho storm centro was nenr Imlinnnpolls, und wnoving onst, tho prospeot bo- g then, necording to Washington ndvices, that Chicugo woutd be outslde of the sturm reglon 0 o'clock In the ovening. “Can you give me au iden,” the reporter nsked, “of how tho snows of February come pare with thuse of the same month fu provious roars &5 Well, not_exactly tho snows,” tho Signnl- Serviee operator nnsivered, * tor the reason that ep only onv record for both suow und ki ** How do yon determine upon the snow-fall?" * Wo eatch tho snow i an ordinnry i fiauge, and melt it. We figure it out on tho nsis af one Ineh of rajn forevery ten tnches of SHOW., Hothen 3 eferred to the offico records sinco 183k nod gnve tho following figuresas rapresents i n o and fractions of incnus the pre itntfon of molsture in tho wonth of Lebpuur It will n by those Hzures that tho precip- ftatton of nolsturs during the past wonth was largely hiexcess of thut tho same month in iy previous yeur up to 1873, und us linstratin the extrnurdinary contrasts whioh ieterologlen reeords oveasionilly exhiblt it is worthy of noto thut about 100 times us mueh moisturo foll lnst wonth us o Februury, | It I8 not possible to compure the snow-[alls of the diferent yonrs 08 1t 18 o ditlicult matter to tefl thelr extent, wml ut best Its measuromont ks lurgely 0 matter of #uugs-work, but tho goneral compurison sup- plied In the above tgures will roluto abiout is warreutly to suow ns to goneral precivitation. INTERRUPTION OF TRADI. Tho domestio Inconvenlences and tho diminue tlon of gunerat trado and tratlio resulting from the starm cunnot be ealoulnted. - Fur lnstanco, tha umount of money which would huve changed hunda in Chlengo yesterduy but for tho storm could not bo estimated within thousands of dol- lnva ut tho correct fleure. In the first pliteo, nos body ventured it of tha house yosterdny, gen- ernlly spenking, unless compolied so to do by uu- tuul business und othor dutles, Iven tho ludy who deoms It lior ehiof object In 1ifo to squander 1 certaln wnount of thuo il patoruul wan lth every duy In thut foxcluating pastime of shopplug, telt cumpelied yosterday to wbane don the feld. 1t requircs unusiully sovere weather to hold her Iy but yestueduy wis Just too horrid for anygthiog’ Whers would a dafnty No. 1 kid boot be i asnow-banic luvico cnough to defy n locomotivey — And, ngaln, tho unow bud u very bold und inquisitive way of whirlisg nbout skivts und ankles. Nat only d tho condition of the streots Keep humo the swe creatures who do * shupping '’ solely for shop- Piog’s suke, UL It nlso provented from yontir- ing out Iy of thuso who really wory In need of things Trom the stores utd shops, How muny more shools of thro, .ruucm of pink, boxes of * ity white " und eirmine, ind hundreds af uth- or nitivles would huva lolt tho retuil stores yude turduy 3 the sun hwil beon shiviug? flow oy more *eoekinhs™ wud " runi-punches " remgined unmixedt How miny moro * Vietorin tlo Pabrieas*” votulned thelr virginity from the tatad luelfery Murkotitig, too, wns reduced to an_alyrining oxtunt, TUCTO Wits MINY 00 OXTrl FOISE and cuts lut lert to Lngor [n (e butchor-shop, und winy an extra Wk of tho spluy bolognn was_ ullowed ta duniglo wndisturbed Crom the hook, Who ean tell the number of houscholds where the Bupnly ran whovt yesturdny, aod when thoy oot kel hone delivered? for” tho denlors, mnny of tom, rofused 1o send out thelr teamn, Tho sutne Lonld be wall of the dry-goods dutivery, tuo, The succulent colery and Tusclous Lroits filled 1o wraco wuny i dinnerstably yestore duy us had been thelr wont: bl the most serlous ineonvenivaeo 1o a domostis way, reaultiug from tho storn yesterduy, . was tho sourelty uf itk und cugs " Upwards of 30,000 gullond of milk woro kept aut ot the eity by e suspenslon ot tralus, and many wigons ot tho ety dulries wero not sent out, Hundreds of dozens of egyes wero kept oul of the vity und the wholesalo price o this frall commadity ad- vaneed nbout W0 per eent, - And the price of tho oLt Ut FCSLURINLS WeNt U with proporiion. ato rupldity, No one will over know tho nium- ber of oiipugements to the thoatro thut tho storm canceled, i ,HOME T'ROUBLES, Tlho donsestlo nspect of the snow-storm 8 a very puinful one. in tho evemng n muscular and economleally-luolined puterfamihus suves a dime by cloantug his stdowslk und fonce-nosts and front-stups, und ntfenst 13 cents more by exeaviting u long pussuge way through the drlfts in the buek yard. ‘Thon, fatigued with the exortion, ho goes to bed and wikus up aguin 1o discover thut ult hls hundiwork hus been dos stroyed, and thut all has o be done over ugain, Ho bius dono It all uver usuln beforo bronkfust, Eaved nuother quarter, gals un uppeti, und whon brousfust 18 over and hu starls for e otice bu huls bls wuy obatrictul by i two-fout deep drift which, being cwouitous of foriation, bult bils the froutsieps und thon curls round 0 (had it tukes tn ubout ono-thind of tho spuca be bud clenred in tho pussagewny una sidowalls, Just when bo mukus up bis nhid thut be bad bete tor cleun thisun overhuughyg mids of snow froim tho roof gives wuy und idds u ton anow to tuat ulroudy uecwmutited jn tho very spot whore it 18 loust wunted, o goes to the ohoo In dv- Bpulr uud roturns at eveniog to find a five-foot Fift barrivg bls way to bis bouss, which be climbs through with groat discomfort, Tuls bug buen the experiones of thousands of Colougo bands of familivg, and mauy front stews which used to be kewt suruvuloudly frea & MARCH 4, IS81—-TWELVE PAGED. m stow are now surrewlored hupcledy to ity swirg, 1618 an W wind thit blows obody goml, and tho fact cunnot bo wenerally regrettidd that tho receut storma have provided many peoplo with work who would have sutfered for tho want of it, Thore really {s no neeessity for tho heids of tamilics ta tacklo tho mututinkl Anow=drift, ns the aupply ol lalorers rendy to do the job for him for i reasomable coapensation I8 very lavge, =niora than equal, In fuet, ta 1o detmnd, Any Iaboring nitt nowad with chough capital to fnvest B n snow-sho \um Ity of tho howse [« va wiiling to lend a broom with which to do the funey tnishing work at tho corners) eun get n good dny’s work, and_any honsekeeper can testify that full ndvantage 18 betnyg takon of the t wonld fm a_very diflicult matter to computa tho number of Chilengonns who were ronsad from tholr wirm beds y rilay mornlug to ane- awer tho door-bell and tho qilery of the mun with 0 shovel, who wanted to - know thoy wished thole sldmwalks cloaned . Theso Induatrious — knlzhts of tho #havel went from dooe to door, seeking foe work the wholo day through, but the fmpassabie con- dlition of the sldowniks ull over the eity woull seem to Indieatu that their services woro not ln very great demnd, It i< n lamontuble fuct that very little atten- tlon hins been paid to 1his matter of sidewalk clonuing this wittor, und there I8 1o exeuso for it, ns the duty of a citizen tu thut his sides walk I8 kept” clearof * tho heautiful™ i3 wet forth in a city onlintnee, "Tiis ordinanee, how- over, nppeara (o bo more hotored i the breach than Iy tho observanee, und the pedestrinn I3 obliged to wide through snow walst deep. or Seck the streetscar track. Thore was o Hing ‘when the pollfeman was required to see that the walks on his beat weroe clenred of siow within a rensonablo time, but now the guardinn of the pence lolis fn some eorner grocery or wailes throtigh mountalns of snow withoitt a murmsr, in thio southorn part of tho city, whero vacant lots are_plenty, locomation 18 it diflicult matter for the foof-passenger, heentiso 1o ono 14 veally responstblo for the removal of tho anow, but tho potice owe it to tho cltizens to seo that the ordimuiee regunling sidewnlk cleaning 18 enfurced, and thoy sbowld forcibly remind every horeholdor of his duty. Tiie conl-drivers, tus, nte Improving tho anowy hour to wivantage, When they dellver atonof conl they tuke It to the rear gitto of the resldenee, und then walk round to the front oo and Inform tho pirchoser that 1t s un utter Jmpuossibility for him to drive bis ewrt through the Anow-drifts [n the yurd. ‘Then he xuggests o way out of tho dilem, There i aman in tho nlley who will carey [t (0 for ¥ cents, Tho motiey I8 pald. Tho man fu the atley gets u dime, ond the cont-driver, who does not ” do uny of the cierying, reserves unto bimself 16 cents ns his portion of tho plundor, NOTES, Tho hotels doveloped na nnomalous stato of nf- 1airs yestorday, Although the arrlvals on tho through traing wero fow, tho departures were fower, A nmnber ot gucsts left the hotels bravely In the morning only to walk buek from the short distance the train was ablo tu go. For tho early trains the truvelers stepped Lriskly out, but they enmo buck disgusted oue by one, In nddition to theso arelvals and depuartures there were o lnrge number of suburban peoplo who were unable to rench their homes, and hud to seck the sholtor of the nearest i, Tho lnck of departures, and thoso narriyals, filled the hotuls to overiflowing, and, In several places, cats were In demnnd, while rooms were hard to get Inthe lurgest undthosmalicst hotels, The hotel- mon_estimuted that fully 800 peaplo wero wenther-bound Inst ulght, and_had to senk sholter ns best thoy could, - Muny of tiio suburbun peopls were caught unplensantly shiort of pocket-moncey, and numbiers wore thle to sceuro quurters on thelr fnco anly, Tho elorke wero busy wid tha propritors bunpy, Init tho averuge guest was gluin, gloomy, und dis- spirited. ,'.l'llt‘ one great question which Is agltating tho inind of the cltizen na bo sees tho wrcut heaps o€ soow nccumulnto atl over the aity 3, * What |y 10 becomo of us when the spring thaiy sets juz” It I8 estimated that tho averago depth nf fnow now on the grouml s about two feet, which (s equal tonbout two hiches of water, 11 the thaw Is nceompnn.ed by n rain-fall there whi be, probably, botween two and three inches of wateron a lével Inund about the city, und unless the sewers are open It will bo acen that thoro Is considerable danger of 1 tiood, which 13 sure to du considerible damngo In basements and low bulldings. In tho suuthwesterre portion ol tho clty the land I8 inuch lower than atany other point, and It is hore that tho modt serious dam- uge wiit bo done. Alrewndy tho basements of some of the gtores and warchouses huve been cleared of zoms, the proprietors thinking it beat to heon the safe side, und people ure "bee kinning to renllzo that o flood 18w possibitity, 1f not n probabl Otticor Dudlay, of the Tlumnno Boclety, wis kopt very busy yesterday sfternoon looking after tho welturo of horses about town, Dure itz the duy he sent bome over thirty unfortu- mite anfinais which ho found staualng in deep Buow«lrifts, thoir shivering, unprotected bodies and trembling legs showing how thoy wore suf- fering oM tho <oriL. L1 MINY Cnsey tho owi- ers of tho unlimili—mostly express drivors— neltnowledged that they hid been stunding In tho cold for hours withont moving, no ong hav- ng como to provido them with u load. It was ovidently thole Intentlon to koop tho bensts stanilag thore nll duy long, but as soot us tho oiticer expluiined hls misslon and exposed hls anthority the vwoera of the nulmals promisod obedience to tho order to go houic, aud went on tholr way. The [nftuciico of the snow-atorm was pereonte ible even in tho luw courts. Thrue of theJudges were snow=bound—Drummond, Willlnmson, it Jnmeson. Numbersof Jurars wore also unablo to turn np, and one or tvo of the Judies had to suspend thelr calls for this reason, ln tho Crlnnal Court, huowever, with s Judwo whollves n towu, nud Jurors nged Inn aurder trinl who wero locked up over night in n nelghborling hotal, things went more casliy, and thore was no interruption of business. Mr, T II Firmun, Manager of the A, D, T, Company, stated to n reporter yesterday nfter- nnon that the storm was not Interfering with thotr wires ut nil, The telephones wero all first-clnss working order, and no trouble was nn- veipited, At tho oflice of the el Telophone Cowmpany the reporter's question met with u Jike wuss Wor, THE WEST. MENDOTA, TLL, Speetal Dispateh fo “T'he Chicago Tribune. MENDOTA, [th, March 3.—Tho numernus snow- storms wo buve hid this scason palv in Inslgnifi- cange cotmpurod with that of lust night and att ta-duy. Tho fall was greater, and, betug driven by a furious north wind, the drifts are moro ny- merous und very mach deeper, In some places north of hure thore ura over ten feot of Anow, Plows with four ungines attached hive been going ull duy, tho snuw often renching us high ns the smoko-stncks, An kmmense [orco of mon I8 busy all atong tho Hucs shoveling off tho suow tho plows turn Yet thoy wero unable to open way tor trule, OF tho sixteon passonger tea that go through hore dully on the Rurlington Roud none Bid beon ablo “to g west to-ilay, though threo loft hers to go tast, und are ree ported to have reached Chleago, OF the ten thrily passenger tenins on the Central none were ublg to go piat hore, Pho attempt o enn traing for the pregent bus been nbundaned, though it 18 hoped trattle will, to 4 Jimited oxtent, bo - suiied to-morrow, e, Wiiking, the Pusson) Agont bere, suya he does not vomenbor Huch obstruictiin taking place within the pust ul‘chmcn yeurs, Tho depot waa crowded all dny with pussengers slgning to get 1o thoie destinne tions,und the lunontutions of mothers with tholr bubes over thuir Hl-luck wis an ovilenes of how they felt. Our cowrdey roads uru perfectly bluckaded, nud thore 8 1o possibllity of farmers belug wble Lo wide throuwh the dnfts for duys to come. Doctors are unublo 1o visit the sick burlals huve to bo deforeed, and nltogother the atuto of things ny 1t oxists at present Is joything but plessunt, . k ROCKFORD, TLL, Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicuso Tridune, RocKFoRry, L, Maveh --Thoe soverest snow- starm known sluco 1868 visited this seetlon last night und to-duy,und it I8 still meing quite flercely. Alltho ronds are blockled worse than evor, and no trilns have arrived or doparted from this city in tho past twonty-four hours. The cuts alung thoUulenn Branchof the Chleago & Northwestorn Roud are drifted fall fu nuny phicos, the now betng N1teen feot deep, 50 that (t 18 quito probablo thut no tralu cun possibly got through before Monday, In thaclty driftsnrosim- iy immunse. Forwholo blocks in length thosnow 18 tive feet deep, and business o-duy has been almost cutirely suspended, A1l the conatey Fouds tre witerly iinpassul and not u turmer I8 Buen 1 towi, © Bliould thu 810w g0 off with 3 rush uli tho bridges uerods Nuo X Hiver nt this polnt would doubiless be enrried uwiuy, wng Hreat fears aro sntertidned both by tho efty un- thorities und the oflicers of thoChicngo & Northe westorn and Chicugo uud lowa Roads, No viturt towurds elearing thio traeks Wik bo mada nutil thu storm hus subgided, No Chicago duilivs huve renvbed hero ginee yosterduy movinng, which {8 u very grent disuppuintoient 1o tuny, and espeelnlly e thls tiome, whon ail ave nnxious hiear tho nows from Wushinglon, FREErony, 1LL. Epeelal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, Frexvont, 1L, Murch 3.—~The sovevest snow- storm that bus over visited this section come menced lnst night about 7 o'clock, und cone tUnued until lute thils afternoon. Beveral inches of suow foll, und bay had a tendency to futor- furo with business inore thun was ut tirst antiel- bated. Tho rulteouds sulfer Lo u rout oxtent, ‘I'he roads ure cutipely blockuded, Soveral truius ure suowed In, wnd O pPussengor or Lrelunt tralus hove ursived or doparted to-duy, ‘T'herv 18 & possibllity thut un otfort will bo made by 10-1marruw to run u train through to Chicugo, T the WWeitern Assoslated Preas. FrEwront, 11, March —A storia of suow and wind, the most territto fur yoars, bas provalled 1u this suction of the Stato siuce earty lnst nigh, and 18 a2l raglug, The stroats snd rowds lu wll directions are blockaded, and travel Is Impoast- ble. Notralna havo aerived from tho East or Weat xinee the atorm set i, and nono have heon -nm‘ out. Tho rfironds aro peactioally abane oned. DAVENTPORT, TA. Bpeclal Dispatch tn The Chieago Tribune. DAVENPORT, In., March f.—Anothor hllzzan, and tho worst of tho winter, striick this locnlity Inst night. Thoe snow began ntling ut 100'clock nnd continued untils this morning, when ton fnches covered tho ground, It wos terribly drifted, ond haa resuited in an alinost complote blockado of busineas. Not ntond of grain bns renched this eity to-day, Thue ralironds nro moro demoralized than thoy have beon this winter. Up to 10 0'clock to-night tho only train to reach Divenport or lock Istand swas tho Cbleago, Hock Tslamdl & Pueifle, due hero- at 050 this morning. 1t arrlved thirteen hours late. Tha St Louls prssenger on tho Chicgo, tur- tHingtan & Quinoy 18 snow-hound at Itio, fortys i wlies south, the drifts belug ten fent In On the Chiengo, Milwaukee & 8t, Paul, tha puasengor con (his way i3 blncked at Mt. Joy, ane miles ou ‘Teams auid men wero sont. out this morning, and tho pussengers rewchied thilaelty In that way to-night. Ruilrond oflielals suy tho ronds ean only Lo got partially open by to-morrow night. PLANO, LT, Speclal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. PrANO, 111, March 3.—A blusterlng snow-storm commenced here Inte yesterday afterncon nnd stitl contfoues unabated. 1t was proceded by o slight rnin and slect, At loast fifteen fnchos of Buow cover th level, and huge drifta have ac- cumulated, All trains have ceased to run, and no muil or pnpers huve been recelved to-dny from the Linst at 10 o'clock this morning. Tho Chiengo, Buriinutou & Quiney sitow-plow pssed through hero with three enkines behind ity but 1u two hours tho traek It hid cleared wns in ns bind u eondition 08 ever. 1t is now stuck be- tween Lelund and Somannuk, elght wiles below here, besldo # tenin Jond of stock which hna Infu there for ten hours, with o conipret_Snow- Arift elghy feet deep nbend of [t No trains nro expected through to-nlght, All efforts to clear tlio truck whilo the storm contlnues prove futlle. dept STERLING, ILL. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Srenniva, [, March 3.—~Tho soverest snow- Btarm ever known in this part of tho Illock River Valley set in lust evening, and continued with unnbitted fury until noot to-duy, the wind blow- Ing continually forty miles an hour, All tho traing hotween Clinton, [a., and Chiengo, on the Chicngn & Northwestern, and betweon Rock Islund und Sterllug and Aurora and Itock Falls, on tho Chleago, Burlington & Quincy Rtallrond, are fast in tho snow nll ntong tho lines, and must remnin thero untll the whole route can bo The gnow i8 fully two feot deep on the und the fee In Roci River I8 nearly threo lck, 'The gruvest approlicnsions are felt hic snfety nl”lhu beldges und dame, That 3 personnge, thooldest (nhab itunt,bug 0 such a winier. CEDAR RAPIDS, TA. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Cenan Raptos, In., Mnrch L—~Elght tnches of snow fell last night and to-day, Every road I8 completely blockaded. Tho Chlengo & North- western pussenger-traln,with 200 passengers, has heen slde-tracked - here since last night,—tha peoplo sitting i tho ears. More snow fell this afternoon, The people of lowa are now not to - bo surprised with any amount of snow that mny coma, A presengor-tealn run into tho rear of o trelght-train stiuck [n tho suow on the Toledo Divislon of the Chienso & Northwostern Rail- way Inst nieht two miles from Toledo, driving n canil-car through the caboose and Injurlog ning versons, A traveling-mun named J. Buek, of this- clty, wns probably fatully injured. No further particulurs. " AURORA, ILL, Speclat Dispatch to The Chtcago Tridune, Auttona, 1L, Murch .—A violent snow-storm, with high wind, set [n last night at 10 o'clock, and hus continued for twenfy-four hours, Tho highways nre so budly drifted as to mako travel- ing diffioult, If not duugorous, and In many plices impussuble, The city is snowed in and business Is nt n standstlll. Pedestrians got about only with great difliculty. Truins have been nbandoned on nll the raliroadse entering hore, Nomull nor papers frum Chlengo to-duy, Lnst night's Dabuque passcoger traln fromn Chicayo still stands in the Aurora yards, unnblo to get furthor. o comvloto o blookudo we have not before known, A MURDER-TRIAL SNOWED-IN, Speclal Disnateh to The Chieago Tribune. GENEVA, 1L, March §.—Nothing wns done to- dny with the Allen murder-trinl. Judzo Kel- lum wont homo to Sycamors lnst cvening, and 13 unablo to retura tw-dny, 08 no tralns ure run- nlog, the rond bolng complotely snowed undor, Nu traing lmvo run slnco Inst night. The Judge 18 censured n good deal for leavinwg, 18 two duys huve been tost 5o far this weok by his non-np- penrance. The counsel and n large number of withesses ure here, but nothlig ean bo dono umtil the Judge nrrives. Tho blockudo 18 tho most completo af this winter, and it will take somo llttlo timo to raise it, ELGIN, ILL. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, Braix, 1L, Murch 8.—Tho storm hasnbsolutoly sbut this clty off from tha rest of tho world, Tho Chieago, Mitwaukee & St. Paul and Chlcago & Northwestorn Rallronds abandoned thelr Hnes Wednesday night. On tho formor, tealus are in the yards ut Kivkland und hore; on the lattor nt Hetvldere, bere, nt Turner, and at Metlonry. Allothors nre at thoterminus, None nro started, There huve been no trains whatever to-day, The cauntry ronds nro blocked, and businoss Is suspended.” The railronds wro rlsing gungs of o to elear tho triek whon_ the storm cedsos, lllilimn prevadled with fury sinco 8 p. ., Wednes- duy, GALENA, ILT. Spectal Dispatehs to The Chicago Tribune, GALENA, 1L, March 8.—The track east of this city 4 blockaded with snow, which foll lnat uight, nnd no trmna huve, arrived from ofthor direotlon sinco yestorduy morning, ‘Tho traln stue hero Inst night from the west 18 snowed (n at Munchester, und tho one due hers this morn- fug 13 ulsu wenthor-bound ut Waterloo, Tho Chicago passengeridue hore Inst night Iy ut Free- port. " A traln_consisting of threo engines, two cubooses, and one couch passed throush Gulenn thls afternoon for the purpose of clearing the cuts botween Applo itiver and Beales Mound, MONMOU'LI, (L. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, MoxstouTis, 111, March S.—~About slx or claht fuchos of snow huve fallen during lust night and to-duy, which, owing to tno hoavy wind, has drifted worge thun In nuy other storm wo have lind this winter. Consequontly, on the mnin line uf tho Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Rajlroud all tralos aes ofthor sovoral hours lute or have beon ubndoned entlvely. ‘The St, Loitis beannch 18 entirely vlockadml and no tealns bave arrived bere to-duy frum eithor St, Loulgor Rock Island. . —_— DUNDEE, ILL. Spectal Dlavateh to The Chicaan Tribune, Dusveg, 11, March .—Tho most sevore anow and wind storm known fn this seotlon fur tuny yours has been ruging slneo Inat nlght, una still continaes, ‘Tho enow Is now throe oot deep on the luvel. Wo bnve hnd no regulur tenns or uny il sinco Saturduy night. The railroud com= puny buve o lurgy force of ten hived to come mence clearing 1he tiuek as soon us tho storm subsldus, STREATOR, ILL. #pectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, Stneaton, I, March 3.—~Thoe storm fs stiil raglug heves Tho prairies ure vory badly drifts ed, und for miied the nulrord tracks aro covered from ane toslx feet with snow. No trains have ived hero from Chleago to-day, and but ona ono out, it bolng the morning passenyor T 10 bruneh of the Alton, pusstug through berp at noon, OTTAWA, ILL, Hoeclal Dlawutch to The Chicago Tribuns OrTAwa, 1L, Maveh 3.~A violent snow-storm hus been raging heve for the pase twonty-four hours, und ull sommunications with other towns bave hoon cut off, exeopt by tologrupl, No muils since yestorduy. v DS MOINES, TA. Des MorNus, Ju., Murch 8,—The sovero snow- storm of lnst night serivusly Interfered with traing, _None wore sout out on the Northwest- eruor Fort Dodge Stouds, Tho suow Is budly drlfted. TEORIA, TLL, Pzonua, 111, Mureh 3.—A sudden change fotho - weatbor bas ugaln occurrod. 1t nua boon snow- g wud blowing sinco imfduighi. THE NORTHWEST. MILWAURKEE, WIS, Miuwauxkre, March $—Tho storm which boe #an lust nlght ut § o'clock was goneral all oyer Wisconsiu, It bus rewed without a mowont's cessnton over twenty-four bours, and is the beavlest snowfull ever known In Wisconsin and tho Nortbwest. Roports from ull telegrapnio feot on'a lovel, nnd drifta woro roported as cove ering housos, telegrph-polos, tratns, ete. Cuts onnll the ralirouds are filled full, Thero 18 ?rnnt inconvonienco In nll places in obtalning uel and food, and 1 soine plnces notual sullers g, Notnsingis_ratlrond-trnln {8 ronning in the ontiro Btate, ¥ line {4 otfectinily blocks ated, with n prospeee ihat tha blockudo will Tnst nt lenst one weok, Al buslness ia suspend- ed, No attempt to clear tho tracks will ho made untll after' tho storm ceases, and o night it {8 rgiog ns bad s ever, |ailvny mon hinate that hily n week musf viapse, ovon with tavorable wenthier, bofora traina can o roe Aumed vegulacly. Malls all over tho ‘Stato arn stoppesl, Tho telegraph wires enntinue to work to most pointe, The oldest realdents in-Mil- wrnken and throughout tho State say that nothlmg appronching the present stbrm his ever tieon ko From nlmuat overy interior town come diapatches unuounoing distress nuinng tho veuple, aid stitto thit, uniess tho storm censea A CthRt - wipplies cun be got In whilin o foew duys, there will bo vreat sufferiing and setunl danger of starvition uniong tha peoply Iasalated from nefelbors wad aksistines, Al of tho raflrond lines have passenger and othoe truins snowe {in at various pofuts on tholy ines, In Mitwankeo there 18 a genuine cotl fumin But little conl Is fn tho city, whil it is impossit for denlers to delwver. Al /businesy s s ponded, Streot-car lines donot oven nttempt to clenr tho tracks, Tho ratiwny companics linve censed attompting to sewd ont snow-plows, Lust night u snow-plow train with soventy shove clera abonrd, on the Wisconaln Centeal, just north of Sherman, flbl'lf' miles from Milwaukee, broke through « small brifdge, and tho stow. low, enklng, and n number of _men fell soveral hccx‘.‘ Ounly one mun was injured, Ho bad n rib roken. Y The Amerlean Express Company here has tons of frolght on hand, .and refuses to tikoe money from banks for teansportation, 'The companics havo ontirely suspendud bualness, IMsputehes froni the Iuterlor of Wiscousin stito tho anow Is nhmlumlf' burying eversthing suller than large buftdings. ” Rallroad trains are burled out of sight, hinldings suowed under, end tho storm still continites, Full reports suy’ the blizzird I8 unpreceitented, Fram two to l‘mnrI feet of suow hus fallen throughout Wis- constn, Speeinl Duspatch to The Chicago Tribune. Muavaukge, March 5.—This city {8 altnnat en- tirely out of 1, und pooplo nre ‘alarmod. Ono denler, who has lure orilers, deliverad singlo bushels to tnmiiles to-day, Prior to the blocke ado of the Chicagy lines small quan- ttica woro belg recolved from - that clty, but wil sources or supply are now shut off, Until to-duy there hns been noapprebonsion that swch an oxtromity would be redohed, A veport from Ripon saya fiol oun- not ve hnd at lllli‘ llrlco n that city, und sule g I8 prodicted boforo transportution opens, A lotter from Mitetoll, Dakotn, reports thnt tho inhnbltants are teating down barns ana fenees 10 turn into lirowond, itnd aro oqually short of foud. The rallwiy pav-car hos not been ablo to ket thore for soverul months, und many fumitles are on the vergo of pauperisnt, Simlinr roports como from other parts of the Northwest, whero tho blockade his been of great durstion, MADISON, WIS, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chteago Tribune, Mamson, Wis, March 8.—The worst enow- storm ever oxperlenced In Wisconsin com- meiced last night, and bas contiuued up to the pregont titne. About thirty Inches of snow has fnllen, A flerce wind has prevalled aly duy, which bas drifted tho suow very udly, and trains on all roads are suspended, Tho Btorm hns nat extended furthor north than Bl roy, though the trains from St Paul and Winonn nrrived at that pltce nearly on thaoe. Our strects have been 1y impusanblo both for toams und pedestriung, Drifts twolve und tiftoen feet high cruss tho sidewatks In various plicos, which buve heen tunncled by the snow-shovelers, an to-night pedestrinns wre seen moro fre« {Juently on tho sircots, At 10 o'clock ta-night the snow cantlnues to fall, but very slowly, and the wind continues to blow strongly from thy northweat, Suould it clear up, It is oxpected traing will begin to nrrive by to-morrow night. Thore nre still snaw-hound ‘ton Assomblymen aud one Souator,—ull Republicans, MILES CITY, MONT. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaa Tribune, BT, Paur, Minn., March 3.—The Plonecr-Press bas just reccived specinl advices from Miles City, Mont,, to tho cffect that the town fs throo Icot under water, The Missourd Is open at Bon- ton. Tho Tongue, Bl Horn, nud other tribus tarles of tho Yellowstono havo broken nup, and 08 the wenthor is mild throughont the extreme Northwest, a disastrous 1lood seoms lmminent. Whenever the unprecedented snowfall dissolves there wlil be u floud, and the indications are thut the thno has urrf The thermomotor Indis lc‘m(-a 45 above all nlong the military telogruph ncs, ¥ 3. WINONA, MINN. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, - Winoxa, Miun,, March 8.—8peclais from the oast end of the Green Bay & Minnesotn Raflroad report heavy snow and high winds. Tralns on this roud und the Madison Division of the Chica- Ko & Northwestern aro susponded. No suow hns fullon hero or west, but strong winds have been blowing all day along the Winona & 8t. Putor, und this eventng n susponsion of trufng hus boon urdored. At tho west end of this rond the wenthor s Nfinrlml mlid und plensant. Tralns fre runuing botween Pierre und liuron, ‘The mnin blockudo 13 botween Sleepy Byo und Tracy, where there are forty niiles of show nnd fce to be cut through. LA CROSSE, WIS, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribund. LA Cnossg, Wis., March 3,—A scvere enow- atorm visited this vicinity -yesterday nftornoon und cvening, It commenced snowing nbout P.m., and continued snowing vory hurd until nearly mldnlght, , The wind has ngain blown the cuts on tho rullronds full of snow, making teavel uiniost ‘mpossible, Al trains on the Ln Crosso Division of the Chicago, Milwiukeo & St Paul Rullwuy are suspended, nud tho Southorn Min nosoti 18 lllfiuln ueurty blockaded the ontire length. 'Tho Dubuguo Division 13 also in bad condition, nud ull other ronds entering this clty fare as bad. = KENOSIIA, WIS, . Bpectat Dipateh to Tie Chicago Tridunc, KENOSHIA, Wis., Maurch 3.—Tlo severest storm of the scason lna been ruglng here for the pust twenty-four hours, nnd stlll cantinues with un- abated fury. The roads aro hinpnssable, and foars nro untortained thut tho farmers will sulfer for foud, Gangs of lnborers will comniencs clearing the rouds n8 sooi ns tho storin conses, JANESVILLE, WIS, 8pectat Dispatch to Tha Chicago Tribune, JANESVILLE, Wis, Blurch 3.—Tho snow-storm which commenced last eventog bus kopt steadily at ltall laat night and nll to-auy, Fully elghtoon fnches huve fallon, which tho high winds have badly driftea, Railronds aro all biockuded, with prospects for romunluing so soverul days, MADISON, WIS, Mapisoy, Wia, March 3.—~The grent storm which broke upon us Inat evoning cantinues with unnbatod fury. Nothlug llko it had ever boen kuown In this scction, About threo feot of anow has fullen, aud drifts ure sixteon Lo elghtoen foct high, Trains on ull thy ronds ara susvendod, ABREAK-UP. 81, PAUL, Minn, March 8.~-Specials to the Ploneer-Lress from various sovtions of the Far Northwest Indleate u geonoral break-up of the Yelluwstons and ts tributuries, Miles Clty, Muntuna, I8 alveady ooded, EAST. DETROLIT, MICH, Bptciat Dispatch to The Chicugo Tribune, Derrrovr, Mich, March 3.—Tralns on all the ronds centoriug In this clty havo been detalned by tho soverity of tho weather. On tho Michi- ean Central tho dny oxpress, due at 0:35, wans fiva bourd luto, und ull tralne starting weat from this polnt on that ltoad havo been eunceled une 17 to-muvrow wmorning. ‘L'rains from the Enst are froni furty-five minutes 1o two bours lute on il tho roidd, The north and sonth ronds huvoboon uble to soud through without much dotoution, TIAST BAGINAW, MICII. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, EAST BAQINAW, Mich,, Murch 8.~The henviest Enow-atorin of tho scuson commenced carly thia ornlug and continued furiously nll duy, sbout 8 foot of snow fulling, Tralns on o)l rouds ara bebind time, Tha storm_extonded all over tho nortwesturn portion of theStito. Tho tempor- aturo §8 mild, At Roscoumpn, on the Muckinuw Divislon or ‘tho - Michlgud Cuntral, fourteon iuches of snow have fallen since worning, and pussungor-traing wro stuok i snow-drifts be- wsux l;‘nrvu uud Wright's Lako,and outof wood e uters 1 c———— JACKBON, MICH. Bpeetal IHapatch to The Chieugo Tribune JACKSON, Mich., Murchid.—~It has snowed all day, No regular tralus from tho Wost sluce worning. Fanuy Davenport played hore to- night, and cpmoe from Battle Crovk on a speoial, Tralng from all pbints uro delayeil by tho heavy snow-fall, Tho benutiful ly still coming down, TOLEDO, ToLxpo, 0., March 3.—The onginoer who bas becn omployed examining the ice-gorge declded that nothing can bo doue In tho way of rewmove Ing the yorgo by nitro-glycercue, &nd tho ‘at- toiapt bk bien ubasdoned, ' COLDWA'TER, MICII. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, CoLpwaTeu, Mich., Maroh 8—The Qrst thun vaiuts o Wisconslu show guow from shreo W 6t . der-shower 0f tho yvar and season oceursed this morning, during which hall and aid fanc. Lntor i tho !urcnl;):m"‘,';“:“{f",l“’:;‘fl 0w, which foil for somo g rate Slojghing, 0TS, minking firg! i MONTREAT, Toroxto, March B—A teavy snow. In to-night, mid railway tratic js likely !ls'ln:m' Dirpatohes north and west report thy gor 10 n10st sovero of tha sensol Hlorm thy DETROIT, MIci, Deznotr, Mich., March 3.~Thore s a fur| snow-storm here, Streot-car and rallroad ¢ i 18 scriously impeded, fave IN GENERAL, TIE SIGNAL SERVICE, OFFICE oF TRE Ciiey Braxar, Orn, WastNaton, 1. C Murch =1 o, m,—por oo Ohio Valloy nnd Tennesste, olenring o statlonary or lower tempornture, nnrnmmel:l southwest wind, decldedly bigher hurometes For tho Luwer Lnko regiou, clouly wuayy, with snow, winds shifting to cotger womfi“ and rising baromoter, h For the Upper Lake reglon, c with oceastonul snow, pussibly follawed Ing weather, stationarsy or lower lem:ayr:iz.r: winds mostly uorthwestorly, and highor barog eter. 4 For tho Upper Mississippl and Low, Valleys, leoudy or partly cluudy wo, vecenslonul snow, possibly followed weather, northwosterly winds, st lower temperature, and generally b cter, For tho District of Columbla, snow, followey by clearing und colder wouthor, winds Bhifting wsnm'nllwcncrly northwost. guals continue at Graud Haven, M and Ludingtan, i LUCAL ODSERVATIONR, CHICAGO March 3—10:18p, m, louds weathay er Missoury athar, wity by olear) atlonary o tgher barom. Tme_| Tivr. Thers] | Wi, | PelT 10, Weas 1Ba. m. (2100 3| BN B 31| 2 (e kil ot B il “Z::g: 4| 2 & 18 A, 4| 87 3 3 s wnow Tiarametor correotod for tomporaturo i Inatramuncal Orrur. P elaralaaing tnximum toinperaturs, 25 minimum 2+ mean_ baromotar, L) menn humidity, sl GENERAL OUSERVATIONS, CMICAGU, March 3-10:18 p. m, Ther. Ther.| 2004 | uz g6 tomperat 97 iean thorumousier Hig) Stattons, wind. |rn| e wisa SHEANEEEY, Lz entar. .. uke Cii RS un Frutcinc Bhroveport. prinily SE TR BI T'ny "aledo. Yicksbirz, Winnemud Yankion, H CASUALTIES. A FRIGHITFUL COLLISTO BTAUNTON, V., March 3.—A frolght-train on tho Chesnpeake & Ohlo Hond, and the mnterial tealn, running at full speed, camo togother near* Caliwoll, und both woro complotely wrecked. Tho locomotives woro shattored to tho tenders, The tiwa onginecrs and (iremon wero killod, Dr. Catdwetl, of White Sulphur Springs, was also killed. Tho cars woro pllod up four deep, ‘blockading tho road so no traius passed tilf evening, A later disputch glves the followine hist of namos of the killed and wounded: Firomun J. H. Johnson, of tho frelght tralo, antd u colored hand on tho materlal train, killed, John Gohicen, lireman on the materlal ruln, bad aleg 8o bndly crushed as to mako necose Bury amputation, : R. E. Noel, tho onginoer of the frelght train, badly burned and scalded. Edward King, brakeman, badly brulsed and leg broken, M. {1, I'ennington, encineer of tho materlal train, cut on tho hend, but not dnngerously. ‘Tho conductor of tho muterlal traly, tho engl- neer of tho froight train, and soveral coluroed train-hands were elightly burt. BURIED ALIVE, Couxorn BLurrs, In, March 3.—A speclal to tho Nonparet! gives tho partioulars of a horrible accident at Missouri Valley, u town twents miles north of thiscity on tho Chicago & Northiwest urn Rond, yestorday nfternvon, which resulted in tho denth of u Mr. hormnn, n wealthy merchant and grain dealer. Bherman was suporintending tho work of exenviting from a high bluff, the dirt belng used in filling Ju_around his cora- eribs, On tho rofusal of ono of his men to go into theexcavatlon ho pleked up o shovel and entered, A fow momeuts lutor soveral tons of frozon dirt foll on him, burying him with elght feet of dirt, When dug out”his body was found tobe an ulinost uurecognizublo muss ot flesh nud pones, ACCIDENT TO A LOCOMOTIVE. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridunes Laraverre, Ind, March 2.—~Tho passeoger traln from Chicagu, ou the Kankakeo Line, was yesterduy soverul hours late, in cansequence of the breakago of ono of thaidriving rods on the engine, Tho rovolving pleco knooked thocab to pleces In n Jiify, and tore u number of boles In tho boller from which the storm escapedy leaving the locomotive dend on tha track, Tho englncer und liremun escaped fujury, Thero buve boen a uumbor of this cluss of uccldents o the Lufuyotto ronds,—Wash Carponter, onc «a tho oldost enginecrs on tha Wabash, bowg kllu‘. fn that way about ten days ugo. 1o that io Htunco, 80 gront wis the force of the mvoluls{ rod that ono of the spokes in_tho driving whed wus kiocked out us though but a straw. 01" COURSE, Bpreial Dispateh to The Uhleago Tribune 1EAN#AS Citv, Mo, March 3.~Willio Coffee, 8 youug lad, was &iHled this morniug by the accl dentul dischurge of & gun in the bundsof his triend und pluymato, Jutmos M.llor, ‘the two hud been talking about duck-shootlug, and Mil- lor picked up a ritlo, which both bogan exssiins lnll.p 1t was ':ml kuown to be loudod, )lllluh fl fun, pit o eap on tho tube, and pointing i5ed o o AT, L L 2R e tho n rovious w 3 tire nuflruu?muod through Colfeo's body, killing bia justantly, BOILER EXPLOSION. Special Diapateh fo The Chicago Tridunt, Font WAyNe, Iud, March 3.—At allllvli ; near Nowcustle, a bolier lndl:.m ::m‘:rlm:d Charles Flarrenco exploded and In L. N, Murtio und luvv?rol.y injured soverslothers BURIED ALIVE. Bpectal Dupatch fo Tha Chicago Tribunk, 81oux City, Iu, Maroh 3.—Heujamin i mun, & werchant of Mission Vatley, wos ki :n. yeaterday by the falling of & bunk of cl‘rm s laborers workluk rufused 10, 80,00 xtiia ) s ‘l’lu:\ :miml')‘t"';un d?;wluu, When tho beuk fell 18 crushing blm borrlbly. GROUND TO l’(ECE:;b"“ 8pecial Dispatch to The Chicugo Cepan Ravips, Ia., March U.—A bukefl'fl:; mame unknown, wns knocked under n_a;{mr:n. train an the Hurlington, Cedar llunms&b : (¥ orn Rallroad near Vinuin_ to-day, whtlo bus snow, and literally gyrouad to pleces. « ————— SUICIDAL. CINCINNATL, 0., Murch U.—Tho m’““fi:d' ::; quest {n tho caso of 3frs. Collius urnnh. Ao fact that on the night of her death & 1 ber writlug something which sha tore up '“ultd husband usked ber what it was, Bho then bl for 0 ko down stairs and got sowmo €lot! A ot R 0 aema B hoard & shot aud rouro(os fouud nor on the bed with a puwl;dl o said cuest, 'fo & physician who wus called &85 G, 8ho shot horsulf, When nsked "’"‘mmnfl’l awored, *Ob, |} am so tired! The verdiot s that she sbob hessdll