The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-20
'HEMMED in BY STORMS.
AN ENTIRE TOWN SUFFERING
For Wan. of Fuol-Tho People Driven to
DsSpsratIOn-NO Relief Possible at Pres
ent-AdditiOnal Particulars OF the
stOrm-Tho Death List Growing.

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sr. PAUL, M1ss., Jan. 1s.-A great dea
Of Bolicitude Is felt for the people o
Browns Valley, town Of 1900 souls II
Traverse county, Mimi, on the border o
Dakota.
The place is in the region where casual
ties were greatest In the blizzard OF las
Thursday, and no reports have been re-
ceived directly from them for several
days.
Browns Valley Is on q branch Of the
Manitoba road, running southwest from
Morris forty.six miles. No trains have
run to the place since Christmas and tels'
graphic Communication is interrupted.
Besides, the country roads are banked full
Of snow to the depth OF four feet on alevel
and are impossible, everywhere. -
On Sunday afternoon man walked
across the country on skids from Browne
valley to BsardBley, O place eight miles
away, and reported that thera wRa neither
q pound Of coal nor stick Of frewood In
the village. and that the suferiDgs OF the
people could not be eatimsted. He said
that after burning all their own fuel they
made q raid upon the Manitoba round
house and con6sGated all coal slowed
there. When this supply was exhausted,
the railroad buildings were torn down and
chopped into frewood.
After telling his story the man begged
sack OF coal, threw 1t across his shoulder
and tranped back to hia family. Many
car loads OF fuel consigned to Browne
Valley are bloCkaded at Morris, and 8
large force Of men is engaged in opening
the line up, but trRina cannot be got run
ming for four or Eve days.
Camps in the Northern Wisconsin
pineries are rapidly breaking up, owing to
the deep unow retarding logging opera
tlona. Snow is from thirty to forty inches
deep, so that the hauling Of logs is very
difficult. Prominent logging men ssy that
only q two.third crop OF logs will be
banked this winter.
A dispatch from Cheboygan, Mich,
says: Owing to tho deep SNOW on the ice
in the straits, 1t has become 60 weakened
that teams dare not crosa 1t. The result
will be one OF the earliest openings OF
navigation in the history Of the lakes, un-
less conditions srO materially changed be.
fore spring, which Ia not considered at all
likely.
A gpscial from Burnett, Texas, Gays:
Reporls are beginning to como in from the
wheat districts OF serious damage to that
cereal, and 1t is feared every field Of winter
wheat in Burnett, Llano, williamson and
other counties along the Colorado river
has been entirely destroyed by the severe
frost. Definite reports OF loss OF cattle
during the recent blizzard are sloWl y COM
ing in, although every ranchmsn admits
heavy loss. Sheep men report loes Of
from two to twelve head out OF every
flock. The Brszos and Colorado rivers
are frozen solid, something never known
before. The failure Of crops last year re-
duced the supply Of feed for cattle 80 that
during the cold spell the herds were
without water or food. Reports from tho
grazing districts Of the State say that cattle
on the Southwestern ranges weatbered
tho great blizzard in very good shape
The loss was confined entirely to the sick
ly and poorly-ied stock. A great many
large herds, however, were trostbitten
about the legs, and as the weather has
moderated their legs have swollen to al
most twice their natural size.
A dispatch from Paris, Texas, says: The
long cold spell began to moderate to-day,
and the snow is melting. Stories Of suffer.
ing are coming in. An old man named
Tadgrsy, living about six miles from La
donia, this county, Saturday started home
facing the blizzard. His horse went up to
bis gate and stopped. He had literally
frozen TO death In the saddle and Sat stiff
and upright.
The Pioneer Pres, learns from Wahpe.
ton, Dakota, that the storm, which began
at 10 o'clock last night, 10 raging furiously
tonight. Trains on the Milwaukee road
have been abandoned. The Northern Pa.
ciic oranch is closed. Manitoba trains
are two and half hours late. The wind
is N. N. W., and the temperature SS' be
low.
A special from Big Stone City, Oak,
says: Last Thursday's storm has left its
wreck Of human lives in this vicinity.
Five and ten miles northwest Of here, in
Roberts county, Miss Little, Of Geneva,
was at her school and George Powell went
to bring her home. The former has been
found dead, but the latter has nJt been
found, though he is supposed to
be certainly lost. Adolph Koecki-
vitz and his hired man went forty
rods from their house to bring in a load
OF hay and perished. The bodies have
not been found. though the dog may lead
to their discovery. The horses were
found dead. A Mr.. Enmuttson, going
home from ortonville, was also frozen to
death. These parties lived six and eight
miles south Of here. The first mail for q
week was received here this morning, Il
| Ia still very cold and drifting badly.