The Republican journal., 1873-01-30
child, and both were frozen dead
ALIVE IN A SNOW-RANK

A party Of section men were at worl,
/ tour and a half miles from st. James
when the storm struck them. With one
exception they managed to reach the vii
lage alive. They supposed their comrade
had persisted, and on Thursday afternoon
they started out to find his body After a
| lengthy search they found him asleep in a
snow bank, where he laid forty four hours.
On being aroused the first question he
asked was whether breakfast was ready.
The second request was 'chew of to-
bacco" He had his shovel with him. and
had dug out in the bank of snow per
| feet set of rooms, which exercise undoubt-
edly saved his life.
A FAITHFUL DOG.
| Among the section men mentioned
above was one who lived several miles
! from ST. James. He was unable to reach
home, and his wife became alarmed for
his safety, and he was uneasy about his
/ family On Thursday . shepherd dog be-
! longing to him came bounding ir.o St
James with a little leather bag attached
| to his collar, in which was q letter from
| his wife containing the joyful intelligence
that they were ''all we'll al home,' and
asking for news Of her husband. Another
letter was written informing the wife that
the husband was sale and would return
home as soon as he could reach there.
| This letter was placed in the leather bag,
and the faithful animal told to ''go home" ="
Away started the almost human animal
through the fearful storm and snow drifts,
arrived safely at home with the precious
news so anxiously looked for by the wait
| ing wife and mother. The next day the
| husband reached home. This same dog
was also sent with letter to sick neigh
Dor, and brought back an answer. That
dog is not for sale.
A MAN AND WIFE PERISH.
A man and his wife Git is surposed)
were found within three miles of Madela
1t appeared that the man had unhitched
his team and started out to find his house,
which was only short distance away,
leaving his wife in the sleigh He GOT
lost in the storm and pershed. His wife,
becoming alarmed after waiting while,
also started from the sleigh and met the
same fate. The horses We're frozen.
The bodies We're found on Friday We
could not learn their names The body
Of man named Fred Warnle, Of Sibley
county, was found on Friday about three
miles from Henderson. He had perished
about u hundred steps from neighbor's
house. A despatch from Fargo says that
aSwede named Christopherson was caught
in the storm and perished. A young man
named Berry, of Glynden, left u neigh
boris house Just Us the storm commenced,
and nothing has been seen of him since.
1t is certain that he has pershed.
TIE FATE OF TWO FARMERS
One instance is related of Il farmer who
was at the town OF New lim on the day
OF the storm. Not apprehendine danger.
he started to 90 to the town of Nicoett, n
few miles distant. This was on Tuesday
about 2 7. NJ Nothing was heard of the
man until the next day, when some of the
citizens of Nicolett who came out to See
what damage had been done by the storm,
discovered the top OF the head OF a horse
sticking ont of the snow. An excavation
was made, and the missing man was
found sitting in his wagon, with the reins
in his hands, frozen to death The horse
was also dead The man was found only
about twenty rods from Nicolrtt, where
his Journey would have terminated II
was supposed that he became beWildered
in the binding snow. and had lruitlesslv
travelled around in n circle, Us is often the
case under such circumstances A farmer
who had been absent from home did not
return. After the storm had been raging
tor some hours his team came to the door
Of his home. Search for the man was
made on the next day. and he was found
\ dead. lie had evidently abandoned Ms
I horses and attempted to leach home ~,
foot. lIc had been overcome by the in
tensity of the cold and had persisted,
while The beasts, guided ,v instinct, had
reached u place Of shelter and safety.