Show snow storm CHICAGO feb 20 A phenomena sleet bonn plastered a great area of country with ice last night from the to the missouri river north of the maun aud dixons line it began about p m aud in half an hour the telegraph linea began to show ainne of demoralization by 9 the life had been temporarily choked off a large portion of the wires through a wide section of the addle slates by the constantly thickening coat of bcd thousands Thou sanda of voids of newspaper dispatches piled up in offices on the abye ul the eil eced district inquiry elidea elided thu fact that in the various railroad otticia iu chicago the dispatchers were cumoletti ly in the dark ai 10 the running of traina at a late a rain is succeeding the and the telegraph people are be dinnius gin to recover bome of the |