St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-18
THE DEAD AND MANNED.
! A Man Found Frozen Dead Near
His Own Home.


Special to the Globe.
ALEXANDRIA, Minn., Jan. I'm.
Ell. Countryman, living four miles
south of this city, was found frozen to
death within twenty rods of his house
this morning. He left here last even
ing on foot, carrying about fifty pounds
of provisions with him. 1t is supposed
he became exhausted from WallOwing
through the deep snow and was unable
to proceed farther. He leaves a large
family in destitute circumstances.
THREE FATALITIES.
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/ SIOUX CITY, To-, Jan. 17.-TrainS are
all running here as usual and the
weather is much warmer. At Paullina,
i in O'Brien county, Mrs. Anderson, her
mother and son got frightened at the
{ terrible storm and started out in it to go
to Mr.. AndersOn's brothers., a short
! distance away. All three were found
in cornfield near by yesterday, The
sank down beside wire fence,
and was in a sitting post
ure when found. The daughter had
gone short distance further and sunk
helpless in the drift. The boy floun-
dered Oh still further and then gave out
isear the same place. Two sisters named
3islin~ were found dead. They had
started home from school in company
with their father and brother, in sled.
The team gave out and the men started
on for help, but got lost and saved their
lives only by crawling into haystack
that they found in their wanderingS.
G. W. Miller and S. c. Deguibert, of
this city, went oyer into Nebraska to
h,n OF ion fo fhn cto
ing to return Saturday. AS yet nothing
has been heard from them and the prob
abilities are that they perished.
IN MONTANA.
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HELENA. Mont. Jan. 17.-The
weather has moderated all over the ter
ritOry and temperatures are reported to-
day from all Montana points ranging
from zero to 30 deg. above. At Helena
this morning, at O'clock, the thermom-
etor stood 25 deg. below zero and at
noon it was zero, where it remained un-
til nightfall, when it grew colder. The
railroads are getting back to schedule
time. Tonight four trains arrived from
the east over the Northern Pacific,
bringing five days mail. Barring new
storm, all roads will be running regular
trains in a few days. Last night a
train-load of coal arrived, evening the
railroads considerably, as the want OF
fuel was beginning to be felt.
MORE GLOOMY TIDINGS.
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SCOTLAND, Dak., Jan. 17.-Since yes
terday the frozen cOrpses of William
keisWig and hired man living twenty
miles north, have been found. Joshua
Layton and his son Alonz0, farmers liv-
ing near Trip, went to water their
stock Thursday afternoon. Since then
nothing has been seen or heard of them.
although the country has been searched
for miles around. George Vellhener, a
stock dealer at Tripp, has been missing
since Thursday. He was on the prairie
with the stock when the storm came
up. He ,perished beyond doubt.
who was frozen SO badly, is not eX-
pected to survive the night. Two more
bodies of school children have been dis
covered in this county, making twenty
in all. The death list in Hutchinson
county now number twelve. Over 1000
head of cattle perished in Yankton, Bon
Homme and Hutchinson counties. 1t is
probable that ten or more bodies will be
found in this vicinity, as there are more
than that number missing since the
storm.
! NEBRASKA HORRORS.
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NEIGH, Neb., Jan. IA school
: teacher and eight children, names un-
! known, were lost in the storm in the
northern part of Holt county. Five
men. named Styckle, brothers. were
fruzen to death six miles from here.
! An old man named Close also periShed.
A boy named Miller was frozen to
death and his mother will lose both legs
and one arm. They were returning
from the funeral of a relative at Foster.
Miss Louise Royce, teaching school near
this place, attempted to go from a
school house to a farmhouse twenty
rods away with three of her
pupils. She lost her way
In the storm and all laid down in
the snow. The children died during
= the night, but Miss Royce reached the
house in the morning with both feet
frozen. They will have to be ampu-
tated. Henry Keichheifer and his son
also lost their lives while trying to find
some cattle. Their bodies were found
within ten rods of farm house, lying