New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-20
ANOTHER STORM IN DAKOTA.
TRAINS AGAIN STOPPED BY THE DRIFrs.

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LAST wEEK-UNusUAL SUFFERING IL Tx $.
ST. PAUL Mimi, Jan. 10" The Pioneer Press7
learns from Wahpcton, Dakota that the storm which
began at 10 o'clock last night ragged furiobsy tonight
Trains on the Milwaukee road have been abandoned
The Northern Pacific branch was closed. Manitoba
trains are two and one half late. Tie tcmpcra
ture Is SO degrees below zero.
dis patch to The Mime polls Journal from Pierre
OAK, says: Trains have beon ordered TO await
the abatement of the storm The Signal officer at Fort
suly reports another blizzard from the north The
mercury Is 15 degrees below zero and still fangs
dispatch to The Tribune from Bg stone CT y,
Dakota, says: Five and ten miles northwest Of here
Ia Roberts County, Ernest Zcrble and August Zelile,
farmers, pershed Miss Little, of Geneva, was at her
school and George Powell went to bring her home.
The former has been found dead but the
been found though he Is supposed to DO lost Adoph
koeckivltz and his hired went forty rods from
the house TO bring In a load Of hay and perished.
Mr. Emuelson, going homo from Ortonville, frozen
to death These persons lived six and eight miles
south Of here The first mail for a week was received
this morning 1t is still cold and the snow drifting
badly
great deal Of sollcude Is felt for the people OF
Browns Valley, village Of 800 souls In Traverse
County, Mimi, on the border of Dakota. Tho place
Is in tho region where casualties greatest In
the blizzard, and reports have been received IL
rectly from tho Inhabitants for several days. Browns
Valley is on branch Of the Manitoba road running
south east from Morris fory-six miles. No trains
have run to Browns Valley since Christmas and
tcegraphlc cOmmunca alton Is Interrupted. Besides,
the country roads mpassabl On Sunday after
noon a man walked across tho country snow
shoes from Browns Valley to Bcardsley, eight miles
away, and reported that after burning all their
fuel they made raid upon the Manitoba round house
and coniiscated all coal stored there. When this
supply was exhausted. tho railroad buildings were
torn down and chopped into lirewo0d Carloads Of
fuel consigned to Browns Valley blockaded at
Morris, and large force OF men Is engaged in
opening the line up, but trains cannot be run for
four five days.
The storm was severe about Sauter Agency, Ne
braska and some lives were lost and there great
damage to stock but no particulars. ). MllI-byer
frozen at Lestcrvc, DalL. died of his Injuries this
morning This makes three reported dead in iank-
ton County. Harold Baker. English boy, left
lanhOn tho DAY OF Liro stOtn ar ms ian'h
ia Nebraska and has not been found. Two men living
west vi wlow Guy, OAK, are missing. The vile Oh
became Insane through anxiety. tlandi eau,
Dak, reports the Finding oi the body OF Mrs. owens
hozen probably viii recover. The body OF chlld
frozen to ucah when found had been partly dcvouIed
by wolves
DULUTH, Mimi. Jan. I0.-Ihe house of August
Wlntross burned yesterday morning. ten miles west
of here and the family were Obliged to trudg, nearly
bor's hCue All we're badly f,z zen. Farmer Wlnt-
ross viii probably lose his feet: senool teacher
living in the house was also seriously frozen.
PARIS, lex. Jan. 10.-Ihe cold spell began to
moderate today and the IS melting. stories
Of suffering are coming ill., An old man named Tad
county, saturday, started home facing the blizzard
His horse went up to his gate and stopped lie
had literally frozen to death the saddle and sat
stin and upright.
BURNETT, Texas jan 1o.-Rcports arc beginning to
como in from the wheat districts of serious damage,
and II is feared that every field OF winter wheat IN
Burnett, LlanO, Williamson and other counties along
the Colorado River has been destroyed by the severe
frost Definite reports of loss of cattle in the recent
slowly
man admits heavy loss. sheep men report a loss Of
from to twelve head Of every flock The BraZos
and Colorado Rivers are frozen sOld something never
known before.
Reports from the grazing district of the state say
chat cattle on the southwestern ranges weathered the
great blizzard In good shape. The loss was confined
entirely to the cky and poorly fed stock great many
large herds, however, fostbtten about the legs
and since the weather has moderated their legs have
swollen to almost twice their natural Size.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 19-A dispatch to Tho Tines
from Albuquerque n NJ, says " The Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad is again blockaded by snow. The IN
along the line of this road have suffered severely from
the cOld.'
CHEBoYGAN Mich. Jan. 10.-owns TO tho deep
the ice I'm the straits 1t has become so weak
enod that teams dare not cross ON IT, The result VIII
lie one OF the earliest openings of NAVIGATION In me
history of tho lakes. unless conditions are materially
changed before spring.
ANOTHER DAY or STIFF WINTER WEATHER
The cold weather is hanging on' steadfasy In spite
Of the Signal Service repeated assertions that it
won't last long," and that We will have warmer,
fair weather. in day or two at farthest Yesterday
morning the thermometer indicated a temperature Of
eighteen degrees above The air was chilly the
Sidewalks were slippery, and there enough
the streets to mahe scishng possible. So selghers
and skaters reOiced although of their ghbors
grumbled For the first time this season skating was
allowed I'm Central Park and the big lake covered
hy merry crowd of men aud women, boys and girls.
he Ice good and there lots OF tun for every
body spectators well as skaters. Tho number Of
sleighs out was even greater than on Wednesday.
drives and some fast speed was made.
The Ice harvest Is In full swing" The Ice on
the Hudson about twelve inches thick; and IS a
rule of fine quality. " Tribune reporter was tod
yesterday by the officials of the knckerbocker Com.
pany thai ice would be any this season. that
the employees are receiving the rates OF pay that
they did toward the close of last years icehafvest,
and that they longer paid by the ticket system
10 which objection taken by Government officials