River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-19
VICTIMS OF THE STORM.

TO Death In the Late Blizzard In the
Northwest-Finy- Others Missing
The Cold Wave In the south.
ST PAUL, Mimi, JAN l7-The following
table is compiled from the very latest re-
ports of death by the recent severe storm:
Dakota ....... o.
Minnesota gee. ...-..-... Is
NEBRASKA .-.-.. u
go. 49,. -.' 1880.
Total dead ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .14O
Within radius of fifty miles around
Yankton, ID, T.. the loss of cattle, horses
| ami sheep viii aggregate ,. 900 head lis
, Almost impossible TO estimate the number
who suffered the Ices of limbs, but it is
safe to calculate that 800 unfortunates viii
suffer the loss of arms or legs
The larger number of casualties in Da-
kota seem to be due less TO the greater So
verify of the storm there than 10 the fact
that it was Immediately preceded by fine
and comparatively warm weather, which
tempted an unusually large number of peo-
pie TO make journeys of considerable dis
lance across the prairies Some Of them
We're caught on foot on the prairies, lost
taeir way in the binding storm. and per-
| ished.
William Morrell, the farm laborer who
persisted near Aberdeen, d. T., was about
90 years of age He started with another
man Thursday afternoon TO go TO a barn not
more than ten rods from the house. His
companion turned back, but Morrell in
sisting that he could find the building,
wandered away to his death beside n lonely
| snow fence
In most of the school districts of Yankton
County d. T. teachers kept the children in
| all night, and this saved many lives
Grand Forks. ID. T., reports that an old
| Englishman, lost in the blizzard, buried
himsef in the snow and RENAME I'd there all
| night escaping with few touches of frost
The first train from st Paul since Wednes-
day arrived at Grand Forks last evening.
CHICAGO Jan 1.-THE lowest thermom-
eter record Sunday night. south of Mani
toba, was at Sparta, Wis 80 degrees be-
low zero. In this city at a. m yesterday
| IL marked Ii below; at Helena, NJ H., 81;
Fort Keogh, NJ T., 80; Bismarck, D. T., 20;
Des Moines, Ia, Is; Leavenworth Kan,
10; Denver, Col, 8; Moorhead, Mimi, 2S;
| ST. Paul Mimi, 20; La Crosse, Wis, 80;
NJ waukee. Wis, 20; Escanaba Mich, %.
HURON, d T., Jan l7.--Thirteen persons
are known to have persisted in this county
| in Thursdays storm and two are so badly
| frozen that tley may die Many Others are
not accounted for.
| HELENA, NJ T., Jan. 1.-THE cold wave
! continues undated throughout Montana,
| the thermometer ranging from 20 to IS de-
grees below zero Local trains are run
ming, but there have been no through mails
| for five days There is an abundance of
\ uncovered grass on the ranges and but
\ little suffering in the cattle herds il re-
ported
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan 1S-The terrific
/ cold continues, and the weather at present
! is the severest known IN many years City
| thermometers registered all the way from IL
l to 20 degrees below zero yesterday morn
| ing The railroad trains are from two 10 SIX
hours behind time on all of the roads, and
every freight tram in Wisconsin was sus-
pended Sunday night In the northern
part of the State four feet of snow re-
ported, and farmers and others are suffer-
ing great hardships
| NEBRASKA CITY, Heb, Jan 1.-THE mer-
| curry was 20 degrees below zero yesterday
morning, but it Is moderating and the indi-
cations are that the extreme cold spell is
over. The body of the little daughter of
| Chris Bodine, a farmer living two miles
| southwest. who has been missing since the
| blizzard of Friday, has been found IN a ra-
| vine more than a mile from the house,
COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan 1Z-Tle body of
! Frank Metz, a lad aged II was found near
here Sunday Young Metz started from
\ Ewing to drive home, % miles, last Thurs
day, with his mother and little sister. They
got lost in the blizzard and became sepa-
rated The mother and little girl We're bad
| ly frozen, but found shelteran1 are alive
| The fate of the boy was not known until
| his body was found frozen stiff.
ST LOUIS, Jan. IL. Tel grams from
/ Texas announce that the worst blizz I'd
/ ever known in hat State has been raging,
/ extending far south into the central sec
| ton. The mercury in the vicinity of Waco
and Corsicana dropped to 3 degrees below
zero--an unprect dented low register
/ Between Ennis and Corsicana nearly
! 800 head of cattle of a herd beng driven
| from the prairies for shelter froze to death,
| and at Kerens. between Corsicana and
| Waco, large number more died All rail-
/ road traf1c is delayed seriously, and the
general suffering is great, particularly in
the prairie regions Il is feared the loss of
| human life will be severe.
/ FoRT WORTH Tex, Jan. 1.-THE storm
which began on Saturday is abatlng, and
\ reports of losses are beginning to be re-
| ceiyed far ner named Williams was frozen
to death in Fannin County. A negro boy
was found frozen to death in a dry
1 goods box at eburne, in Johnson Coun-
| ty and a negro named Johnson was frozen
/ TO death in Cooke County. Communication
/ WIFI Inb CutbAt lNSiOho las iAOS NNb bSNA
opened, but the impression is that hun
dreds of head of cattle were frozan The
mercury ranged from degrees below 70
| to 10 above on Saturday night and Sunday.
GALVESTON, Tex, Jan 1.-THE Dakota
! b lizard struck the Gulf of Maxco at this
| p0n5 at / O'Clock Sunday morn ng, causing
afln the temperature of 30 degrees in
two ours The blizzard came upon the
CT, with remarkable suddenness and with
only the slightest warning from the weather
bureau at Washing on, the bulletin ordering
up signals and predicting freezing weather
arriving only thirty minutes before the
bl zZard itself From 81 degrees above at
midnight the mercury fell to 20 degrees
\ above at daylight, and heavy sleet began
I to fall, covering the city with coat of ice.
/ The weather is the most severe experienced
here since January, 1855. The mer-
curry yesterday indicated 20 degrees
above zero The ground is covered
with nearly an inch Of snow. All street
tr ffic was interrupted during the day,
owing TO the perilous condition of the
thoroughfares The general opinion is
that. as the weather is so cold on the coast
it must be dangerously severe on stock in
the int rior and western parts of the State.
JACKSON. Miss. Jan IL Til coolest
weather of the season prevail ed throughout
the State, ex ending as far south as sum
init The earth is covered with 81 set, snow