Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15

StOn, w. II. fttuuloNl WIS NViu
Curtis Brookipgs. unknown young
man; Claremont. Miss Stineburner, of
Amhurst, dead, and three others missing;
Watertown, four farmers dead and three
missing; Lesterrile,t two men and two
children, names not known.
De Smet-O. E. . Stearns, teaching school
six miles north of De Smet with three
children were caught in the blizzard and was
out in the storm twenty-five hours, The boy
had his feet frozen splid to the ankles. He
walked mile in this condition and his feet
then giving out he crawled half mile to the
house. He will lose both feet. The girl was
so chilled that she was unconscious five
hours after being found.
Mitchell-Three young men living on Jim
river, east of town, are still missing.
Huron-Rowland Chambers saved his son
by burying him in the snow, but he himself
perished. When found they were half a mile
from the house. and "a large St. Bernard dog
was with them. The boy says the dog
barked all night and his father yelled for
help, and that his father did not die till an
hour before the rescuing party reached them.
The boy is only slightly frozen. A party of
four that started for Lake Byron an hour be-
fore the storm has not been heard from.
GARY-Charles Staltzenbcrg Of Altamount,
started to procure coffin for his dead son
and has not been heard from. Two children
of Joseph Hutchinson living west of here,
perlshed while going home from school.
SIOUX FALLs-A lady teacher named jack
son, pupil named Ginde, G.. Grunstrom a
farmer, and two others, names not known,
were found frozen to death in this section.
Yankton-At Lesterville, Jacob Krulz died
from the cold and his wife was badly frozen.
Frederick Millberger may die from exposure.
Another man, name unknown. is known to
have been frozen. Three deaths are reported
from Tyndall, Bon Homme county, and two
girls near Wakenda. Clay county.
F'landrean-lt is reported that a lady
school teacher in the northern part of this
county was frozen to death.
Millea-The body of j. w. Gassler,
wealthy farmer. who was lost in Thursdays
blizzard, was found this morning about two
miles from his house
Faulkton-Emma Lamar, school teacher
south of here and Carrie Auman, a pupil,
were frozen to death Wednesday night.
Doland-Will G.. Carthwate farmers
son, got lost in the blizzard Thursday going
from his fathers house to the barn and was
found dead in the snow yesterday.
One man was found dead near White lake,
two boys and ninety-two head of cattle near
near Lennox, Oak
Huron-A young son of James Newcomb,
returning rstulI iron from school, school, was ,iT found
has not been heard from. A passenger
tram with thirty-tivc passengers on board
was caught fast four miles east of Balaton
and the residents of Balaton went to the
rescue with a long rope, one man holding it
against a telegraph pole until the man at the
other end had found the next pole. A train
load caught north of Villas was rescued in Il
! like manner
Hitchcock-Lewis Merriam, aged sixty
and his son, living five miles northeast of
here, perished in Thursdays storm. Mr.
Merriam was born near Hartford, Conn,
and lived for several years at Dixon, Ill.
MONTANA.
Belgrade, William Overman; Marysville,
In Mimesota-Adrian, John Daring Lu-
verne, John Lay. q
Blizzard Work in Gage County.
BEATRICE, Neb. Jan. 14,-[Special Telegram
| to the BEE. THE saddest occurrence from
| Thursdays blizzard is the death of Hon John
| Sparks, a pioneer farmer who lived eight
| miles south of Beatrice! He started for his
| home before the storm with team, but was
| overcome and froze to death one quarter of u
mile from home. The team got home with
| out the wagon. His body was found yester-
| day. s.
| Mr.. Sparks had lived here for twenty years
and represented Cage county in the lower
house of the legislature of 1879, being elected
| on the anti-monopoly ticket, was always a
warm supporter f'the BEE was universally
respected and prominent man in county and
| township matters.
Ed and Charley Maxwell who lived in the
same neighborhood, were caught in the same
storm and became separated. One found a
house and escaped injury. The other wan
dered around and finally found hay stack,
where he spent the night He managed to
| crawl to house near by yesterday morn
ing. Different parts of the body were badly
frozen and he is now in critical condition
| Lou Clark, the b. & NJ. brakeman killed at
Salem last week, was brought to his home
here this night by his wife and will be buried
to-day
| The Cold In Otne County.
| NEBRASKA CRY Neb Jan 14-rSpecial