The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-06
MORE MINNESOTA INCIDENTS.
A Minister, His Wife aud
Child Frozen to Death With
In a Few Rods of His House.
tFrOm the wlnOna Republican.

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late terrific storm are The fol.
loving: Hon. II. r. Wells, of
Preston, reports the loss of a
minister and family from Lime
Springs, Iowa, visiting in Fill
more county. The minister,
with his wife and two children,
undertook to reach home, and
when near home, the horses
gave out, and he took one
child and made his way to the
house, but in returning 10 the
cutter where he had left his
wife and remaining child, lie
was lost and was found the
next day frozen to death. His
wife and child, lett in the cuff
ter, were also found dead, but
the one taken to the house was
found alive. A man had been
seen hanging around a grove
in Fillmore county some days
before the storm of Tuesday
night, but was found and taken
to the county poor farm, where
both hands and feet were am
putated. He gives his name
as Lee, is delirious, and begs OF
Sheriff Martin not to kill him..
He is supposed to be a criml.,
nal wanted by sheriff Martin
of Winona county. (
E. Z. Payne, Of Rochester,
got caught in the recent terri
BILE storm while riding in Dodge
county, within few miles Of
Kason, and lay out one whole:
day and two nights before hs'
could find a house. He says: Il
passed Mr.. Gaskill's before
dark, expecting TO make Mr..
Tncker's about a mile further
south, but when about half
way was so blinded by the
storm that turned to take nv,
track back to Mr.. G.'s, which 7
had just passsa. My only guide
was the wind, and that changed
to west northwest, without my
knowledge or consent, and af.
ter wandering, perhaps an hour
| put up for the night by turn
ing my ponies loose, and cut
ter up, and sat me down to
rest within twenty rods OF
Andrew Johnson's house.
There was all night, singing,
praying, and working, to keep
alive. At one time struck
my hands 800 times, and at an.
other kicked my feet 500 times.
At length day dawned-but no
abatement of the storm. |
could see two rods after dig
ging out Of where | was drifted
under, and could hardly stand
the wind blew so. | was afraid
10 leave, and returned to my
then snowy nest, and laid me
down to die, if it was Gods
will. For hours l stood the
storm shiverlng, with clothes
wet and frozen. At last re,
peated the verse;
II can but perish if I go,
am resolved TO try,
For If | stay rigt here know
l shall most surely die"
81 started by holding on to
the fence until found sled
track, which, with difficulty /
followed until found a grain
ery..and stable, but could not
find a house. l stayed in the
stable for hours, waiting for
some one to come, but in vain.
and again started out in search
Of house-got lost and could
not find the stable again, until
wandering about an hour per-
haps, | struck the track, which |
followed to the stable to 6nd
that some one had been there
and fastened door. As my only
alternative, I found an open
shed and straw-staok, aud made
my bed amid drifting snow,
without any buffalo robe, and
spent another long night
Thursday morning found mo
alive and the sky somewha.
clear, so about 8 O'Clock l found
a house within ten rods of