The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-26
Terrible Destr uction' Of Sheep.
The late Storm. ia Ohio and hlichigah
zImnacnse Less-Fronl 10000 70
SO. 600 Already Reported.

k%B So
The late storm ia Ohis and Michigan
-zImnacnse Less-From 10000 10
5000 Already Reported.
The recent severe storm on the Lake
shore, and tho cold weather succeding
it, have fnado sad havoc among INC
newly sheared sheep in Northern ohlo
and in Michigan. The Detroit P1st says
that in the northern portion OF MaconD
county, 25 per cent of all sheared were
killed. In Dryden, Lapeer county, i'Vo'
were killed. loD s-i aa
In Huron county, Ohio, the number
killed is estimated at 1900. me san
dusky Reqister says that, in the vicinity
of Vermillion, at least three thousahu
have perished Some farmers lost rom
one hundred TO one hundred and nifty Oh
their number. In Berlin township the
| number is estimated at 5,OOO. ..5,. -I
Tho Ashland Union says: We under
stand that largo number Of sheep were
frozen to death during the cold rains of
Sunday and Monday last. The loss is
estimated ut about ten thousand. .'7.
The Tuscarawas Adcocate estimates the
number in that county at from l,5OO to
600, but some farmers place the number
as high as 5000! All the sheep that per
ished were without shelter. D..
The Oberlin Me,cs says: The value OF
the sheep that persisted i'll this county
during the two days storm must be mauy
! Thousand dollars. Gentlemen with good
opportunities for knowing the facts,
| estimate that from fifteen to twenty hun
dred were lost, in Pittsfeld, alone. Mr..
Humphrey, of this township, lost 40 out
of ll2. MI w. L. Wheat loses ao, MI.
| Gillett as many, Waltor Freeman half
| his flock, and so Oh from every direction
from which we have heard. 3i'.
| The Carrollton Union Press says: We
have heard various reports as to the
number of sheep lost by individuals in
this vicinity during the late cold storm,
but the largest loss known to US is that
of MIR. Richard Baxter. of this township,
who lost 78 head Others in the vicinity
lost from six to ten and upwards.
TIE Cleveland Plaindealer says: From
all accounts, the loss of sheep by the re-
cent storms have been immense. Every
lflock. whose feeces have been shorn,
and which had insufficient shelter, has
suffered severely. We are informed by
.Jobn Needham that the loss of sheep in
tbe townships of Independence and
Rrecksyille will reach 5000 From
twenty to fifty died in almost every
flock, most of the sheep having been
shorn. One farmer attemptedto rescue
his flock, but the water was so high he
could not reach his team, and he finally
| dragged Thorn into fence corners and
| covered them with blankets Out Of
| Gfty sheep, nearly exhausted when
found, the owner saved about thirty By
thus covering them
Our correspondent in North Royalton,
| if will be observed, states that the losses
of sheep in that township have been
| very severe The Elyria Democrat gives
a similar account of the effects of the
storm in that vicinity. 1t is probable
that our important wool growing inter
est has received such injury as will sen-
sibly affect the community.
Tho Painesville Uake county, Tele
| drdph says Tie destruction of the new
ly shorn sheep in this county is immense
We hear of several farmers who have
lost from fifty to Que hundred sheep
having persisted from the severe cold
Indeed there is hardly a sheep grower
m this country but has lost more or less
sheep. t...
A correspondent from the town of
THOMPSON says that the late cold storm
has made sad havoc among the recently
sheared sheep, and especially among the
ewes. N. MOSely, Esq, LOST one hundred
or moro; Mr. Lafayette Warren and
Brother, between so and 60; Mr.. Angus
tus TillotsOn, Is; and many others more
OF less. IL is estimated by some that not
less than 1000 have died in Thompson
and vicinity, aud a like number in Mid
dIeton. No doubt the loss through this
section of the country is immense.
| The Warren Chronicle says: We learn
that the storm was very severe on the
Fshetp, nearly every flock losing more or
| less IL is estimated by one OF the most
one thousand ,heep died from exposure
| to tho storm ,u this county
Tie Akron Beacon Summit Couuty)
| says Almost every sheep grower IN
| This region OF The country has suffered
| NOR or less the number lost i'm this
| county alone reaching, undoubtedly,
many thousands
Reports similar 10 the above are pOnr,
ing ia from all the counties adjacent to
the lake Tho storm occurred in the
midst of sheaIing time, just after many,
of the sheep had been shOrn of thei l.
tleecrS, and when IN no condition to on
dure exposure to the severe cold Such
as were not properly sheltered pcrislpcd
by hundreds and thousands This is
much to be reg .retted, as it affects one OF
the important if not vital interests OF