Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-19

ia eAouolis Aeatiu& Omana Ihur6dRy,
Feb. 18th. or Kansas City Friday, Feb,
l9sh. This is the last chance for reduced
rate tickets. Regular excursion tickets
are now sold daily. For particulars
apply to agents @. & n. w. r.. Go.
SILL THE STORM.
Farther Returns from the Field Of the
Blizzard OF Thursday, the 18TH Ine4-
Additional Victims.
VARIOUS DAKOTA POINTS,
PaEkston, Jan. I3-The storm oi
Thursday WA one that has cast q gloom
over this section. W. b. Headley froue
to death. George Lang, 9 yonBg man,
vent hunting before the storm. and
Aftesward could not be found. His 0nn
q Ramebag were found ON the prairie.
but no traces OF the boy.
Arthur Swartz. living twelve miIes
northwest OF town, was struck while
driving INTO town, and not being abba
to find his way unhitched his team and
himself laid beside his sled eighteen
hours. He found his way to a honse
next morning and was taken care OF.
One of his horses died, but he escaped
with only light frost bites, while the
thermometer ranged from % to q below
zero.
h Kenyon and two o n were lost.
bat found d house and were saved. but
their faces are all raw from freezing.
Peasley Ware who was With w. 81.
Headiey getting hay, is pretty badly
frozen on the face and hands. He STAY
ed with tHeadiey until he dropped.
which was within Six rods of o house
An effort was made to get the body OF
Headley at once, but ct O distance of
only about 100 fees from the house IL
was OF no avail.
Another man named Sterling, and his
boy, were caught while getting corn.
and were compelled TO drift with the
storm.
There are 1872 head OF cattle dead
within six miles of town.
Scotland, Jan. 1S-The family OF p.
ID. Sweet started for his sons wedding
and was caught in the atorm and the
team ran against q wire fence and Erozs !,
MIR. Sweet covered the family, consist
ing OF his wife AID three children, and
walked about them all night keeping
them covered 40 we'll 90 possible, but ali
had their hands and feet frozen, and
Mrs. Sweet was frozen about The hips
and abdomen. His own face was frozen
go that his whiskers pulled out.
Simon Schultz, living near Witten.
burg, started frs m Scotland and was
overtakeE by the storm O few miles north
on Q school section. He sat with his back
20 tho storm all night and held the team.
He did not try to get anywhere and came
through all right, being we'll protested
| with robes.
Wncnsceket Ias Is TIL awful storm
OF the 18th, which spread death and ruin
In its track, added to its liat OF victims
frem this county . boy neer Letcher,
name unknown; o girl by the namo of
Fisher, and an aged couple by the name
of Davis, who lived southwest of here.
Undoubtedly this list will be increased.
as the storm was 30 sudden it caught
every one u~nprepared.
Nearly every farmer who comes in
reports the loss Of cattle, and from reports
already in, il reliable. the death rate
will be Q 800.
Here in Woonsocket no deaths occurred,
but several narrow escapes, People be-
came lost within Q few rods of their own
houses. A rope stretched to the school.
house was the means OF getting teach
ers and scholars TO q place of safety
BrookinRs, Jan. 18-The young man
who started from here last Thursday TO
go into the country and was reported
lost has turned up. he Lost his way and
walked With the storm for about eight
miles before he found shelter, which pre-
sented itself in the shape of O straw
stack. into which he crawled ard re.
msinsd there until the worst OF the
storm was over; although but lightly
clothed he suffered no injury except the
freezing OF his wrists. Another party OF
three spent nearly two days In q vacant
house, and Kept from freezing by
physical exercise and burning some
scraps of wood and chips IN 40 old kettle
Pierre, Jan. I8--No trains have reached
here since the 10th until to day. The
train that had been showed in OF High.
more for o week worked within FIVE miles
OF here last night. when the engine nnc
pillow went into the ditch and a wreoker
that started from Huron this morning
was showed in OF Highmove all day.
Commissioner Mcclure was on the
snow bound train and walked in from
the wreck last night. No deaths OF
cases OF freezing reported in this vicinity,
Weather undertaking end wind from the
south.
Huron, Jan. 18-The frat 81. PeuI and
Chicago mail for a week arrived shif
afternoon. The road 10 open through
from Ohicago to Pierre and from Yanktou
to OakeH. No additional deaths are
reported in this locality from the great
storm. The frozen are doing we'll. Two
brothers OF the Rierson boys arrived from
Chicago this afternoon to take the bodies
of Frank end William to that city TO.
morrow, where the Ipsrents live. Thomas
Gilkerson's funeral will be held TO.
morrow.
Tripp, Jan. 18-From returns now in
1t 10 figured that nearly 500 head eli
stock we're lost in this immediate
vicinity. The heaviest loser waa Henry
Bets, who is minus thirty four head Of
cattle; George Retz lost twenty-nirt
head; Daniel Melhoif, twenty. eight
Jecob Steiner, and other farmers small
or numbers.
DeSmes; Jan. $50. E. Stearns ans
two children who were ont all night il
the blizzard, are in bad condition
stearns will lose reveral fingers snd {
toe. The boy must lose hntb feet. The
girl ives unconscious Eve hours, bu,
will get we'll. No others uttered in thi,
vicinity.
Canton, Jan. 19-The only new report
OF death from the storm to-day is ths
OF 9 hired man OF Ludwig Seibest
twelve miles northwest, Beibert los
forty head OF cattle. A child is reported
loat seven miles south Of Canton
The driver Of the team found frozen Hes
OF here has not yet been found.
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