Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-17

Mrs. FRANK bamO06 Rrmer vile.
Mrs. Anna J. Wilson. school teacher.
One child OF Michael Hof.
Three children OF Christian Kauls.
One child of Matthias Weisse.
Five children OF George Gishert.
Two children OF John Bouza.
HUTCHINSON COUNTY.
In Hutchinson county w. B Headly,
OF Psrkston. and two boys OF John
TebeliEs were frozen to death. P. 81.
Sweet and wife and Eve children, near
Olivet, we're ont in the storm fifteen
hours andwere badly frozen. Some of
them will die.
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
There are no deaths reported from
Douglas county. One man 10 missing
and is supposed to have persisted.
TURNER COUNTY.
Hurley, Jan. 17-Special to the Press
Dakotaisn-Lizzie Dryer was lost
in the storm returning from school end
heE body found Friday. No other deaths
heard Of near here.
FROM THE NORTHWEST.
A telegram from Tyndall 2 Mre.
Wilson, OF Running Water, teacher in a
school twelve miles from Tyndall, has
been found on the prairie eight miles
from Tyndall with nine OF her school
children, oil dead. One was the child Of
Matthew Weisser, three Of Christian
Kasel and five of George Gishert.
Near Freeman, In Hutchinson county,
i've school children were found frozen TO
death, three belonging to John Kauf-
Is="s 70 v5s: k;5ssah. and eng 80
Peter GRADER. The wife OF John Gunns
was found on the prairie frozen to death.
Several parties are missing.
Marion junction reports that a young
man named Dawson and Katie Dryer,
OF Parker, five school children southwest
Of there and four other children near
Lsnnox, were frozen to death. The
children were going home from school.
From all sections of BonHomme and
H1tchInson counties parties are reported
missing and there is more than o probe-
bility that they are numbered with the
dead. All persons missing at this date
since the storm may be classed among
the victims of the blizzard. This will
largely increase the death roll.
ADDITIONAL FROM BON HOMIE.
Additional news from the district be-
tween Tabor and TsndalI in Bon Homme
county, which seems to have been most
severely dealt with by the storm, is
coming slowly in. and it goes 60 enlarge
the long list of casualties which has
already bsen printed.
Wesley Kocourek, an aged Bohemian
farmer, living about ten miles northwest
OF Tabor, was found on Friday morning in
Q creek valley frozen to death. His team
had not been found yesterday morning.
Adam Urban. living ore and q half
miles south of Tabor, il missing. He was
on his way from Tabor to his home when
overtaken by the storm.
Mrs. Ksdlec. living about o mile above
the Russian mill, was found Sunday
after two days searching OF the Russian
settlement. She was at work in her own
door yard when the storm came up, and
in hunting for the house she wandered
sway and finally running against q large
barn as tho Russian settlement che spent
the night there. She will recover, though
badly frozen
A man who came by the Cooley ranch
in Bon Homme county yesterday says
that in Oooley's heavy timber he counted
200 head Of frozen cattle, besides q large
number OF hogs. On o section known
among the Bohemians az Wlboiny's
land, north Of labor, through which a
small creek runs, 14O head of cattle
frozen stiff were counted yesterday in
che creek valley.
Farmers ssy that dead cattle and hogs
In large numbers may be seen on eishe,
side OF the road between Yankton and
Bon Homme. The loss OF live stock
seema to be greatest through that SEQ.
zion.
FnANTz wIEsFER's BODY.
The body Of Ffantz Wiesner, who wal
fond frozen to death near Utica, was
brought TO this city this morning to
await the arrival OF relatiYes OF the de
ceased from ~. Helena, Nebraska. The
corpse 10 frozen stiff and when strucl
gives forth q metallic sound. 1t wal
clad when found in q red shirt, two
pairs Of Pansa and . light vest with fell
boots and over shoes on his feet, o brown
astrakan cap on the head and q heavy
scarf around the neck. Tanned sheep.
skin mittnes were or the hands. Be.
yond these the man was upprotecte,
and the mystery 10 to how he survive,
the terrible storm long enough to wande
around in 1t for three houre is all th
more o mystery. The body is that OF
nan sbont % years old. In stature il !
about Eve feet and weighing about Ia
pounds. The position is that often as
sumed by persons in : spasm and th
face reveals the terrible thoughts whlc
must nava haunted him when the fu