Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-01-17
Cold Weather In the North West.

SEVEN PERSONS FROZEN TO DEATH.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. IA st.
Paul dispatch received here says that
the great storm resulted in many fatal
cases of freezing in Minnesota, and that
it was unprecedented in its severity. 1t
was so binding, many persons persisted
within few rods of where succor could
have been obtained had they known in
what direction to go. Three brothers,
Charles, John, and Stephen O'Neil, and
and Thomas and Michael Holden, each
with two-horse team, started for Will
mar with wheat on Tuesday last, and
were found on Friday about ten miles
from home in terrible condition. Two
of the O'Neills and one of the Holdens
we're found in sleighs frozen to death,
the others we're alive, but will scarcely
survive. Five OK teams in the same vi
cinity were found frozen to death, and
the drivers are supposed to have aban-
doned them and shared the same fate.
At Herman Station, on the st. Paul and
Pacific Railroad, man was frozen to
death while going from the depot to the
water-Iank. At New-Ulm little boy,
while endeavoring to reach his home,
wandered eight miles, and persisted, and
man was found frozen near st. Peters.
Many other casualties will undoubtedly
be reported.
During the storm the binding snow
rendered it impossible to see foot In. ad-
vance, and many persons were unable to
find their homes or shelter, and, conse-
quently, persisted.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 12-Dispatches re-
ceived tonight from various points North
and West, visited by the recent storm,
state that the weather is rapidly moder-
ating since morning and that thaw has
set in; at several points drizzling rain
is reported.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 12-The Illinois
Central and Dubuque, Iowa, Western
Road is now free, as is, also, the Des-
moins Valley Road, between Fort Dodge
and Desmoines. The Cedar Falls and
Minnesota branch of the Illinois Central
is badly b'ockaded, snow-drifts being
found from 200 to 1000 feet in length,
and from five to twenty feet deep. Men
are working day and night, and will
probably succeed in opening the road
within week.
The body of an unknown man was
found frozen to cath at Nicotet, Iowa.
last night, and two teams of horses frozen
near Worthington, MINI. One of the
drivers is missing, and the other so bad
ly frozen that he cannot live.
The stage between Sibley and Roci
Rapids lost one passenger by freezing tt
death. A. o. Jenkins and the remain
der of the passengers escaped with Sigh
injuries.
Two small boys were found frozen tc
death near Humboldt, Iowa.
Owing to the highways being badly
blockaGed by the recent storm, strong
fears are entertained Of fuel famine al
many interior towns. The weather is
moderating, and there are indications Of
thaw. A steady drilling rain pre-
walls tonight in this section.
THE STORM IN MINNESOTA.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. ID Sac
news of the great storm continues to bt
received from Minnesota. Whole herds
of cattle were caught in the storm ant
} were frozen to death. A man named
Christopher left Gyndon, MIMI, fol
home on Tuesday night, and was founc
lying under the snow frozen to death. A
young man named Berry, of the same
neighborhood, shared similar fate.
MURDERERs UPoN A MURDERER
Hardly had Stokes been reconducted tc