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

i AS many of our readers a. have beea
used to attending the different distric
and state conventions will readily recall
Samuel Stewardson, who for years hal
been Thomas county's delegate. He hai
red hair and seemed to be possessed Of I
sunny disposition. Mr.. Stewsrdson had
been in Colby, and ON Wednesday night
he started for his homo, nine miles east, or
horseback. He stopped at tho residence
OF A. B. Jardine, three miles east, and
this was the last seen Of him. The east.
ern portion of the county was aroused
and search COMMANDED on Friday, and
has continued up to the present date
without any result. His horse was found
on the South Solomon, near Nathan
Byars's, with the bride tied to the tree of
the saddle, as also the place found where
he had turned the horse loose, and his
tracks were found, evidently bent in the
direction of home, but the tracks were
lost in gulch. There Is hardly ques-
ton of doubt but he has perished and is
covered with snow.
ONE IN SHERIDAN COUNTY.
Henry Epson, young man who has
made his home with c. Geisenheiner, on
Prairie Dog creek, in the northwest part
of Sheridan county, was frozen to death
on the prairie during the gale Of Wednes-
day night Of last week, his. body was not
recovered until four days later. He was
unmarried, but has relatives residing in
Oberlin. Mr.. c. E. Mathews brought the
information to Coroner Robinson on
Tuesday evening, who left Immediately
for the scene and held an inquest on
Wednesday. Mr.. Mathews also reports
that on the same night an unknown man
and span Of horses we're frozen to death
on the prairie, in the northeast part Of
Thomas county.l-KennetA Sentinel, II.
The WORLD presumes that the man re-
ferred to in the northeast part of Thomas
county was the Mr.. Griffith who has been
noticed by the Cat.
4oOn ~ O6Axn IN 0066AGx COON1Xs
H. o. Ward and Geo. Chapman, of
Syracuse and Isaac Static, of Window,
Kansas, started Wednesday, the 6, for
Greeley county. They were caught in
the storm twenty miles from Syracuse.
After turning their teams loose they
started to walk back. Chapman persisted
with cold, shortly after starting, and
Static got within five miles of town and
died. Ward got in at four o'clock Thurs
day evening with both feet frozen and
will lose them. Stafae's body was found
yesterday. Chapman's body and the
teams are still out. Hundreds of cattle
have persisted. Twenty-Five head can be
counted from the bridge, frozen in the
ice. Geo. L. Chapman, Of Hector, in
Greeley county, whose untimely death by
freezing, mentioned in the daily Sentinel
Of yesterday, was young man well and
favorably known in this city. being an
enterprising young man. He was ono of
the proprietors Of Hector, Greeley county,
and only few days ago received his COM
mission as postmaster Of said town, the
first and only postofice in the county.
His prospects for bright and prosper
GUS future were fattering, and his loss
will be deeply felt in that county, Gar
den City Sentinel.
NJ. F. Israel and two other men, one of
whose names was Bodeck, started, on the
6 inst. from Leoti City, Wichita county,
to Horace, in Greeley county, where Mr..
Israel had some land and was interested
in the town site. They travelled until the
storm set in so severely as to cause them
to stop. Our informant, Mr.. Vanlanding
ham, of Greeley county, says they then
took of two wheels Of their spring wag-
on, thus letting down one side of the We
hicle and forming as effective a wind
brake as was possible under the circum-
stances. The three men then lay down.
One OF them had no overcoat. Israel and
Bodeck survived until we'll along in the
night. The survivor Rugged the ground
closely. The other two did not. He was
badly benumbed, and conld scarcely ex-
tricate his hair and clothes from the
frozen ground; but when the storm had
cleared away on Thursday, and he saw
their shsnty at Horace, he managed to |
arise. go to it, knock in the door, build q |
fire, and 60 to living again.
SEVEN TO DEATH IN WICHITA COUNTY.
We are without the particulars. The
Garden City Sentinel says that a family |
of seven-father, mother and five chill
dren-were frozen to death.
PERHAPS TWO IN SCOTT COUNTY.
Elmer E. Smith, young man about |
twenty-eight years Of age. who came here
last August and took claim about Eve
miles southwest was in town Wednesday,
the 6, to get his mail and do some trad
ing, and, although friends advised him
not to 60 until morning; he started out /
on foot to his claim about dark. Nothing
was heard Of him up to Friday night. A
party was made up Of about sixty Of our
citizens Saturday morning to search for
the missing man, when, after search Of
about two hours, the body was found
sold and stif.1.Seott Comfy Herald, -.
John Miller. OF Cimmarron, and NJ. b. |
Powlson, of Comanche county, were ON
their way to this place from Cleveland,
having been tn Wa-KeAnav II fla IN land |