Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-23

er, and to search Tor TIE missing msn. i
number Of our citizens turned out, ani
diigent search failed to find the body o.
Powlson, but it is believed his fate Is tht
same a. that OF Elmer Smith. Mr.. Nil
Ter was brought to town. and il receiving
proper attention under the care Of Dr.
Mitchell. Robert Creamer; while coming
from Israel's place; two miles east ol
town, Thursday evening, lost his way and
froze both feet and one hand. He will
not lose the use Of both Of them, however;
as they are not frozen to the bone. Sook'
City Herald.
FOUR IN SHERMAN COUNTY.
Fred Boyd, aged about q, who came
there from Saginaw, Michigan. and Jacob
Koeningheim, aged %, formerly from
Lancaster, Ohio, left Candy Wednesday
afternoon, the 6. in q one hore sled to 60
to Voltaire, distance of six miles. Re-
turning in the evening they were over
taken by the storm. They stopped at the
house of Mrs. Douglas, not far from Can
dy, and were urged to turn the horse
loose and stay, as it was not safe to pro-
coed. This they refused to do. and hav-
ing obtained a lantern, set out for Candy.
They however soon lost their way, and
went adrift with the storm. The horse
has been found, some distance from the
road, in q creek where he had broken
through the ice and then froze to death,
standing with the harness on and the lines
stretched behind as If the driver had
dropped them shortly before. Koening-
helm, who owned the horse has not been
found. Boyd drifted with the storm, al
most due south about twelve miles, when
he succumbed, and was found yesterday,
lying on his back with his hands and feet
thrown up. His features are so deformed
and swollen that he could not be necog-
nized by them, but papers on his person
told who he was. His remains we're taken
back to Candy and Mr.. J. Mourer came
through to Wallace and telegraphed to
the friends of Boyd and to the postmaster
at Lancaster, Ohio. Boyd's brother re-
piled, "Bury the body, particulars by let
ter" The postmaster replied, "Koening-
helm left here three years since for Iowa
City, low" The other two are from VOL
taire, which place they left shortly before
noon on Wednesday to come to Wallace
for lumber, each driving team to two
horse wagon. The elder Of the two was
a man named Kerns, aged about "a, and
the other boy named Harper about IA.
They passed through Candy about noon
on their way. They had but thirteen
miles to come to reach Dowling's ranch
where they would have found shelter, and
the storm did not strike until six o'clock
or after, central time, 80 the conclusion is
that they had lost their way. All that is
known of them is that their wagons were
found at the gate to Dewlin9's pasture,
about three miles north of the ranch.
From there they had gone with their
horses to an old sod house, some distance
from the gate, where one side Of each
harness was found, but nothing else. Two
horses, one from each team, were found
at the ranch when the storm had absted,
one of them with the harness on and
reined up, the other with the bride on.
What became of the men or the other two
horses is as yet mystery. Kerns came
from Missouri and young Harper has
friends in Atwood, Kansas. In addition
to the above, three men left Voltaire the
day before New Years to so to Colby, and
have not returned nor been heard from.
Fears are entertained that they are lost.
They are Bert Hendricks, Monte Brashier
and John Vandeveer.-[ Wallace Register.
DOUBTFUL WHERE he DIED.
On the inst. August johnson, Mr..
Wright, and man whose name we have
not learned were hunting, it is not known
in which of the counties, but close to
where Cove, Lane Scott and st. John
counties come near cornering. Wright
has, or is about to start, q mule ranch in
that locality. The men were lost in the
storm. johnson froze to death, Wnght's
right hand was frozen 80 as to render |
the amputation of the fingers
and the other mans feet and hands have
been amputated. The amputation in |
these cases was deferred, we hear, until
Monday of this week.
REPORT FROM MESS COUNTY.
MI. w. A. Owens, the mail carrier be-
tween Ness City and Buda, was in Wa
Keeney this week, and called at the
WORLD Office; while here he related |
that one family, consisting Of a father.
mother and five children. who resid-
I'd two and one-half miles northeast Of !
Manteno, Ness county, had frozen to
death. Upon finding them it was discov-
ered that they had burned up all their
euel and, also, the furniture; and after
this was gone, having no place to resort
10 without exposure unto the severe ele-
ments then prevailing, they all retired to
bed in hopes Of keeping warm or at least
until relief could be obtained,
but none came save through death, which
indeed presented q picture sad to behold.
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