Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-01-14
SnOw-Drifts.


The second storm. Whoopee:
The drift Of the time-the snow drift.
The snow is fading away in the sunlight.
The road was clear as far as Coolidge yester-
day.
Some interesting reading In the article headed
"Storme."
Bad in everything-even for snow-drifts-
Dodge City.
You staid at home that day closer than you U.S.
ually do.
j. Collar had 4s cars Of coal on hand when the
storm came up.
r.. E. Steele says his Losses will be about one
in hundred Of cattle.
Most everybody has bank nowadays
snow bank for instance.
III. McBroom was blockaded here several days
during the snow siege.
j. Collar sold 81 tons Of coal on Monday. 1t is
the biggest sale on record.
Moe. everybody either has seen q worse
storm or never saw such storm.
The snow shovelers and railroad men did he
ic work, and finally pulled the trains through.
Several heavily laden freight teams pulled out
for the sonth yesterday. The driving was hard.
Mrs. Clara Miller. Of Lebanon, Indiana, is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Adams.
p. W. Beamer and family returned yesterday
from Arizona and will make their home in Dodge.
The storm Of thirteen years ago is said to have
been the worst storm that ever occurred on the
plains.
-McAdams & Marklcy have a standing order
for coal. They had some cars detained by the
storm.
There were numerous reports about people be-
ing frozen to death, but the rumors were mostly
unfounded.
Coal and feed were pretty well run on" dur
ing the snow siege, but there was no danger Of a
famine
The TINES subscription list is just boomin'
1t has a much larger circulation in Ford county
than any other paper published in Kansas.
Being shut up for several days-cut off from
railroad communication-without knowledge of
the doings of the world was trying time.
"A great many cattle were lost in the storm of
Thursday last. They drifted into the Arkansas
river and were frozen to death.
These snow drifts will prove great blessings.
To use very plain English these snow drifts will
make" the country.
Skating on the ice is luxury in Dodge City,
and ''our boys" made sunday an acceptable time
to engage in the sport.
Huff Wright, r. NJ. Wright, J. H. Trebiicock,
John Riney and others lost cattle In the severe
storm Of Thursday last.
Rev. Mr. Bsrtle, of the NJ E. Church, lie a
minister the people like to hear, and he has good
congregations.
We suppose the putting mp Of ice on Sunday
was an imperative necessity. 1t is proper to ''nake
hay while the sun shines.''
Many dumb brute gave mp the ghost behind
sEow drift. The raising of stock on these
plains without shelter is thing of the past.
A number of carpenters worked on tho ice
saving blocks. and made quick work Of ice har-
vesing. Skill in ice saving lie good thing.
-Coas1!ng is a new thing in sport in Dodge. 4
large party of friends visited Norris Collar last
night, and in the moonlight coasted on his snow
slide.
That rare prototype of unalloyed veracfty,
'oldest inhabitant,' may take comfort in the fact
that no one doubts his statement regarding the
late storms.
The ''opcn" winter theory was made sort of
thin last week. Indeed, the weather was open
Oh Thursday that most people preferred to close
up for the day.
The snow siege was raised after six days, when
on Tuesday afternoon trains from the east ran as
far this city. The freight business was resun,-
ed day later.
Cutting through several miles OF snow drifts
was no little job The worst was between here
and speareyile, with the worst, rs usual, n. ar
Do ge City.
Morris Collar has his weather eye on tree
planting. This winter weather is good fer tree
planting in the spring, and NJ Collar is the man
you want TO see.
The biggest snow-drift we saw was the one on
the south side of the county hospital. 1t extend
ed upon the roof OF part Of the building and sew
eral feet beyond the yard fence.
A cattlcman was heard % say that the grang-
ers were 'rniring the country We suppose the
grangcrs have good deal Of influence with the
Almighty, and pray for change
Frank Adams, who resides in the settlement
northwest OF the city, lost 10 head Of cattle in the
blizzard of Thursday, the cattle having broken
ont of the corr al and driftcd to the river
JOHN Riney lost number Of his best cattle
s5 head-on the ice in the Arkansas river. He has
a number Of fine milk COWS which supplies his
dairy. Ne sympathise with him in his loss.
Rev. Mr.. Donrcgan, who preached in the n.
F.. church last night, is an old friend of Ed Col
Inns. Mr.. Donnegan and the writer were members
of the 2oth General Assembly of Missouri. He is
to take charge Of the Baptist Church at Garden
City.
We have friend who says few days more
reading Of almanacs will make either q wit or a
sage Of h;m,-he doesn't know which He il
struck with the levty and profundty of this years
almanacs.
The bad weather last week interrupted the at
tendance at the II. E. church Of those who had en-
gagged in the Week of Prayer The Lord's people
are taking courage in Dodge, and some good re-
salts viii follow.
The dr;ftcd snow extended over many miles of
railroad track, ana had to be taken off the track
with shovels. Tuesday afternoon Conductor Nc
Elwain took out a working force Of s75 men to dig
snow on the track near Howell station.
1t was a little hard the frs. two days to Go
without mails, bat on the fourth day of the snow
got sort of rsed to ii. and read the aptorisn,s
witticisms and drifts of thought in the new alma
macs foand 1t the CITY Drug Store.
The almanac makers are giving Us some bet
ter almaracs this year. The books are handsome