The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-02-06
THE MONONGALIA COLONY,
And What il is Doing in Kansas.

Special Correspondence 81 tho New Dominion.
BETHEL, CLeuD Co. KAN, Jan. %.
in my last letter 1 wrote you of
our great storm, and that time it
appeared as il we would be favored
with better weather. but after thirty
hours Of calm, there came another
storm which lasted one night and
day, which will cause a great deal
of suffering on the plains where there
are hundreds of families living in
tents and covered wagons Indeed
it is heartrending to contemplate
the numbers frozen to death in
Clark, Greeley, Scott and Sherman
counties. Whole families have
persisted; and Of party of thirty
five persons, not one remains to give
the details of the agony of their last
hours. The destruction of cattle on
the western ranges is terrible.
Thousands have persisted from ex-
cessive cold and hunger The deep
snow has covered all the pasture,
from which alone the herds gathered
all their food. There were no trains
at Delphos or Coneordia for days.
The thermometer registered % de-
grees below Zero A number of
horses and any number of hogs were
frozen, or many of the hogs huddled
together showed under and smoth-
cred as many as so in some lunches.
Hundreds of chickens and prairie
fowls of various kinds persisted. A
man twelve miles from here was
found frozen to death; tell-tale
bottle was near him and Il full one
in his pocket. Two men had a mar
row escape from freezing while GO
ing home from Delphos. Frozen
ears, heels and even noses are COM
mon, and the way we rolled the
golden ears of corn into our stoves,
1--WE have no CRATES here) would sur
prise West Virginia farmers; and
while the stoves were red hot, ice ON
the windows wouldn't give bit.
The general exclamation of the old
est settlers is, Il never saw the like
of this in Kansas" But enough of
this The papers will be filed and
the half not told.
1t is difficult gathering news, as
people stay pretty close home.
Mrs. Francis Courtney is quite
poorly again.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Snyder went
home yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Malyin Traviss set
up housekeeping in a neat cottage
in Concordia, Kan, this week.
Mrs. Cyrus Courtney is slowly
improving in health.
Rein Eyerley does not improve
in health as his many friends hoped
DIR. Courtney says he is threatened
with apoplexy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Davis,
twins, a boy and girl, one of whom
only lived a short time.
Instead of S. p. John as given in
my letter, it should be S. j. John.
Carrie and the little girl are doing
finely.
1rant heppert, Lon. Eferley, W
rus, Francis and Somerville Court
ney, George Ira Dilliner, Sam Court
ney and others were heavy losers
from hog cholera.
Lou Eyerley will teach four months
school on Pipe creek, the teacher
who was employed having re-
signed. M
A man in Delphos discovered one
of his hogs which had lain 16 days
in snow drift without food and was
still alive.
George Atkinson and Ramsey
McCleary were visiting 5. 0. Ever
ley one day this week.
Morris Colebank is staying at
Corb Reppert's now. These poor
bachelors have first TO move one
place and then another, but as a gem
eral thing they do not get bald
headed as early in life as married
men, and ! suppose they think single
blessedness is better than double
misery,