The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-07
The Great a.ar.M- Celia Term.

The Great ssorm Csih Term.
The almost exclusive topic in all our ex-
changes is the great snow storm and the ''cold
term that it ushered in. Everywhere through
out the Northwest this storm has prevailed,
and from all points come accounts OF casual
ties and disasters from the effects of the storm
and the cold.
We have heard Of no serious casualties in
this city. Frost-bitten ears, cheeks, fingers
and toes have been numerous, but the injury
of such things is slight. There must have
been suffering and discomfort in the houses
of the poor, but we have yet to hear of any
fatal cases of suffering or death.
The worst cases Of freezing we have heard
of, were among the passengers on the Chlca-
90 & Milwaukee Railway. The train due
here at 9. 26 in the evening Of Thursday, ar
rived here two or three hours behind time, IN
the height of the storm, but pushed on III
hopes Of getting through. They succeeded
in getting half or three quarters of mile
north of the city limits, when the train was
stopped by snow bank. In three or four
minutes the water pipes of the engine were
so that the engine could neither 60 forward
nor return to this station and there they were
fast We have not heard the particulars as
to now the remainder of the night was passed,
but several of the passengers were badly fro
zen, and nearly all more or less frost bitten.
Teams were sent up in the morning, as soon
as the whereabouts and condition Of the train
was made known. Several were frozen on
their way from the train to town The worst
| frozen of the passengers, was soldier, q
member of the 18th III. Regiment by the
name of William Carey His hands were
very badly frozen. He was taken to the City
| Hotel and cared for. Another discharged
soldier, whose name we did not learn, who hao
lost one arm in the service of his country,
froze his remaining hand quite severely, as
we'll as one side of his face.
The Railroads, Of course, were closed etfec
| tuaIy No trains left here for Milw aukee
from Thursday afternoon until Monday. The
cars on the Kenosha and Rockford Road have
not yet made their appearance. Trains Oh
the Chicago and Milwaukee Road, have al
the present writing resumed their usua
regularity and promptness.
We publish elsewhere reports from various
portions of the country in reference to the
storm and the weather.
PosTPoNMENT OF THE DRAFT-CoNTINUA
TON OF LARGE BoUYuEs-We publish in an
other place the Message Of the President tc
Congress- together with communications from
the Secretary of War and the Provost Mar
shall General, all urging that the bounties Of
1902 and $402 to volunteers be continued al
least until the 18th OF February next. 1t is
thought that in that time the several States
will fill up their quotas without resort to the
draft
There is no doubt but Wisconsin would cas-
lily fill herquota under these circumstances AL
ready many towns, cities and wards have fill
ed their quotas All over the State, with the
exception of few counties additional boun-
ties have been voted by the people on such a
liberal scale, that, only little time is want
ed, to fill or even overrun the quota of the
State. In our own city some progress has
been made in enlistments to fill ou quota
since the voting of the people to raise by tax,
an additional bounty of 5000 to each volun-
teer, but to what extent we have not been
informed. 1t was too late when the first eff
fort to fill the quota with volunteers by means
of additional bounties, was made No one
doubts now that few days more time would
| give us all the recruits we want.
Congress will undoubtedly comply with
this request of the President and the War
Department, and in that case simultaneous
effort should be made throughout the State to
raise the quota of the State at once and dc
away with the CONSUMPTION act entirely. In
that case, nobody will be mad but substitute
brokers who have laid their plans and made
their arrangements for feathering their nests
with greenbacks at the expense of both prn-
cipal and substitute.