Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1896 — IN A RAGING BLIZZARD. [ARTICLE]

IN A RAGING BLIZZARD.

Furious Storms Sweeps Down Upon Minnesota and Wisconsin. The month of March went out with a roar that was heard and felt all over the Northwest. Minnesota specials indicate that the weather 1 all over the State was severe. With a steadily and rapidly dropping thermometer there was a heavy, wet snow, melting almost as fast as it fell. This was followed by sleet, and later hard little pellets of snow are driven before the gale, while frequent thunder and lightning accompany the blizzard. All street car traffic was suspended at West Superior on account of the blizzard, and in that city drifts six feet high are reported. St. Cloud reports that the snow is two feet deep on the level. The oldest inhabitant is unable to give testimony as to an equally severe storm for the season. Over eight inches of snow fell throughout the greater part of Colorado Monday night. The snow fall promises to be greater than any during the winter. The snow was accompanied by a high wind. A severe blizzard also prevailed all over Nebraska. Miss F. Jennie Duty, formerly general secretary of the National Non-Partisan W. C. T. U. and widely known throughout ths country as a temperance worker, died at her home in Cleveland, the result of a paralytic stroke. The deceased was 45 years old.