St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-17
ported among the poor, but no other ia
talities as yet.
AT CHIPPEWA FALLS.

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rapidly as to snow all Saturday fore
noon. The mercury began to fall in the
afternoon, and Sunday at a. IN. it
reached so below. Twenty-Five deg.
was the highest point reached during
the day. This morning about 6 O'Clock
the thermometers registered from 30 to
62 below. The poor have suffered and
many applied for aid. Trains are sew
eral hours late. The report was circu-
lated to-day that woOdsman, who was
i'll, had died Immediately after reaching
the city from the effects of freezing.
LARGE LOSS OF LIFE.
Special to the Globe.
Villas, OAK, Jan. 16.-The south
bound train OH the Northwestern rail-
way has been snOw-bound here four
days. The passengers, about fifty, are
tolerably comfortable. They expect go
to Salem tonight. Serious reports of loss
OF life are current. A man named
Benney was frozen to death not far
from mere; also woman near ArteSian
City, Miss Ellen Dwyer, of Harley, and
Mrs. Devine, of Esmond. within 200
feet of home. Reports of this nature
are constantly coming in. 1t was a ter
rible storm, the wind blowing sixty
miles per hour.
AT JORDAN.
Special to the Globe.
JORDAN. Jan. 16.-The storm and ex-
tremely cold weather of the past week
has completely embarrassed trade, not
team more than a mile from town
coming in since Wednesday of last
week. But two mails have reached this
place in five days. Many persons have
had feet, hands and faces frozen. but
no serious results have as yet been re-
ported. On Sunday morning the spirit
thermometer indicated 81 deg. below
zero. 1t is still intensely cold. Rail-
roads will he opened to-day.
AT BOLIVAR CREEK.
Special to the Globe.
BOLIVAR CREEK, MIMI, Jan. 49,
Quite number of people were caught
In the blizzard and were more or less
frozen. Several had narrow escapes
from death. One man craWled into
pile of timothy and remained all night.
Another dug hole in the snow and re-
manned all night working with a spade
to keep from freezing. When morning
dawned he found himself within forty
rods of his own house. His arms and
hands are badly frozen. Erick Olson
persisted in the snow and his body was
found to-day in a drift.
AT MANDAN.
Special to the Globe.
MANDAN, OAK, Jan. 16-All over
due trains have passed this point on the
Northern Pacific. WeSt-bound trains
that had been here since Thursday went
Oh to-day. The drifts twelve miles west
Of here that stood in the way have been
removed. No reports of deaths or hard
ships from cold are received here, eX-
cept the uncOnfirmed report of the death
OF mail driver thirty miles west. The
weather is still and cold. Freight will
begin to move at once.
AT DICKINSON.
Special to the Globe.
DICKINSON, OAK, Jan. 16.-The snow
blockade Oh this division of the North
ern Pacific, caused by the blizzard, has
been cleared and trains are moving for
the first time in several days. The re-
port sent from Gladstone that the snow
was ten feet deep, is false. Cattle men
report the losses of range stock as light,
and the ranges in much better cOndi-
ton since the blizzard, as SNOW drifted
into the ravineS, leaving the grass ex-
posed for feed.
IN MONTANA.
Special to the Globe.
BILLINGS, Mont, Jan. 16.-It is five
days tonight since a through mail
train came from the East. Three sec
tons are expected to arrive, one at 4,
one at and one at tomorrow morn
ing. The thermometer is below zero,
with no wind. The cattle have not been
heard from for three or four days, but
are believed to be little affected by the
storm.
school. CHILDREN PERISH.
Special to the Globe
MARION JUNCTION, OAK, Jan. 16.-
Reports of Thursdays blizzard come in
very slowly. Two grown persons at
Parker, four children near Lennox and
five children southeast of here are
known to have persisted in the furious
The children were going home from
school. But little loss of stock is re-
ported.
AT ST. CLOUD.
ST. CLOUD, Jan. 16.-The intense cold
which has prevailed here, to greater
or less extent. for the past week con-
tinues with undated perseverance.
Yesterday morning the mercury dropped
to As deg. below, with SO deg. in the
evening and 81 deg. this morning.
Weather signals indicate higher tenn
perature.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
Special to the Globe
MoNTEvIDEo, Mimi, Jan. 16.-The
young wife of HalvOr Melting was
frozen to death last week while going
home from neighbours. There is re-
port that man was frozen north of
here. The late storm has so bIockaded
roads that teams cannot travel.
LOST IN THE STORM.
Special to the Globe.
CHAMBERLAIN, Oak, Jan. 16.-Annie
Anderson. the fOurteen-year-Old daugh-
ter of a widow living nineteen miles
south of here, was lost i'll the storm last
Thursday and has not yet been found.
She left home to attend school about
one mile from her residence. 1t is
feared that other children may have
persisted.
FARGO AGAIN HAPPY.
Spe cial to the Globe.
FARGO, Oak, Jan. 16.-The first train
on the Manitoba road since Thursday
morning came in tonight, bringing four
days. GLOBES. THE weather has moder
ated. Trains are all running except
the Milwaukee, and no further reports
of casualties from storm or cold.
AT TRACY.
Special to the Globe.
TRACY, Mimi, Jan. 16.-The first pas
senger train from the East since
Wednesday arrived tonight. A train
also left for the East at s o'clock, having
on board large number of anxious
SnOw-bOund passengers, some of them
having been here for several days.
SEVEN DEAD.
Special to the Globe.
PARKER, Dak., Jan. 16.-The latest
report from the blizzard is that seven
persons were frozen to death and twenty
are not yet heard from. Thousands of
head of stock are to be seen lying on
the prairieS frozen to death.
AT cHATFIELD.
Special to the Globe.
CHATFIELD, Mimi, Jan. 16.-Chat-
field has just experienced two of the
coolest nights on record. Saturday
night the spirit thermometer registered
from AZ to II deg. below zero; Sunday
night from IS to so below. All mercury
was frozen. The snow-plow broke
through the drifts yesterday afternoon,
and arain a. w, nnfln m IL ton ,uitln