St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-29
A Mhkman, Overcome by the
Intense Cold, Is Saved
BY His Dog.
New England States Will
Hereafter Say Nothing Of
the Dakota Blizzard.
Railroads All Blocked and q
Water Famine Threat
ened in Places.

milkman living at East Williamsburg,
l.. L., is an inmate Of st. Catharine's
hospital, Brooklyn, waiting to have one
of his arms and leg amputated in order
to save his life. During the extreme
cold weather last Tuesday night, he
started to walk from Williamsburg to
his home, about three miles. When
about mile from home and while cross
ing an open field, he was seized with an
epileptic fit and fell on the ice. He be-
came unconscious and would have
frozen to death but for the timely
assistance rendered by his faithful dog.
The animal found him PROSTATE on the
ice and attempted to fesucitate his mas
ter by licking his face and hands, rub
bing himself against his masters body
and howling dismally. No one seemed
to hear or heed the dog; but Mr.. Heeg
recovered sufficiently to sit up, but
could not regain his feet, as one of his
sides was so benumbed by the cold that
one leg and arm had become useless.
He managed to reach his hat and held
it out in front OF the excited dog. The
intelligent creature understood the
motive, and seiZing the hat in his
mouth, started at full speed for Mr..
Heeg's house. Reaching the front
door, he began barking so violently that
he aroused one of the workmen en-
ployed Oh the place, and succeeded in
making him understand that assistance
was needed. The man procured help
and followed the dog over the ice for
mile about o'clock in the morning, to
where Heeg was found badly frozen
and unable to move. The men raised
him in their arms and carried him to his
home where medical aid was promptly
summoned and efforts successfully
made to restore him. The physicians
said that it would be impossible to save
the mans life unless the frozen limbs
were amputated and he was taken. to
the hospital.
GETTING WORSE. ~
NEW YORK. Jan. 2S.-The delay;in
the arrival and departure of mails 0W-.
was worse last night than during the.
preceding tWenty-fouI hours. < The.
trains have not been, so irregular. fer
several years. The Chicago express
over the New York Central, due atS:2O
until lilo o'clock this morning.
All trains on the Pennsylvania
railroad between here and Wash
ingtOn, ID. c., are from an hour to an
hour and a half late. The Chicago ex-
press on the New York Central, due
here at 6:45 O'Clock this morning, is five
/ hours late. All trains from the West
on the Erie railroad are from four to five
hours late. The New York Central is
making no attempt to send out freight
trains. One thousand six hundred
East-bound loaded freight cars are
stalled at East Syracuse and 800 more at
West Albany.
ALL TRAINS ABANDONED.
OSWEGO, n. Y, Jan. 2S.-The storm
ragged worse than ever last night. Deep
cuts on the railroads that had just been
cleared of snow were once more filled
up. The thermometer was ten degrees
below zero, and the wind blew sixty
miles an hour. All trains on the Rome,
WatertOwn & Ogdensburg road have
been again abandoned. The Delaware,
badly blocked, and trains that are run
are makidg very poor time. A paSSen-
ger train due here last evening from the
west spent the night about thirty miles
west of here. The blockade is the worst
in years, and every effort is being made
to raise it, but with little effect, as the
high winds fill the cuts up as soon as
cleared.
NO SIGNS OF A LET-UP.
AUBURN, N. Y, Jan. 2S.-The storm
shows no sign of abatement in this sec
| ton. The hotels at CanaJOharie are
crowded with snow-bound guests. and
there is but little prospect of their being
| able to continue their Journeys for some
days. Eleven passenger trains are
stuck in drifts within fifty miles of this
city. A snow plow with five engines
has been sent out by the New York
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wind drifts the snow back on the track
as soon as it passes. The snow in cuts
near Cato is over thirty feet deep.
MOST SEVERE EVER EXPERIENCED.
BINGHAMToN, N. Y, Jan 2S.-The
present storm is the most severe ever
experienced in this section. Last night
| the wind blew hurricane and piled up
| the snow in drifts ten and fifteen feet
high. The mercury ranged from eight
| to ten degrees below zero. Trains on
| the Erie u LackaWanna roads are doing
a little better than yesterday, coming in
| five and six hours late. The country
roads are almost impossible and many
farmers, in attempting to make their
way to town, have been compelled to
| abandon their sleighS in the snow
drifts.
| STOCK FREEZING TO DEATH.
PALMYRA, n. Y, Jan. 2S. - The
weather here is worse to- day than it
has been yet. There is cattle train Oh
| the Central road at East Palmyra snow
bound, and cattle and hogs are reported
| freezing to death. There is also one at
Green's Crossing, said to be in the same
way.
A WATER FAMINE.
LONG ISLAND CITY, n. Y, Jan. 2S.-
There is danger of water famine here
If the cold weather continues.
MASSACHUSETTS.