The Indianapolis journal., 1888-01-16
THE COLD WAVE.
Its Force Keenly Felt Over Wide Extent of
Country-Temperature Slowly Rising.

ST. PAUL, Jan: 15.-The Manitoba and North
ern Pacific roads sent out their regular trains
their main lines tonight Manitoba officials
report their line clear to the boundary, and the
Northern Pacific is open to beyond the Missouri
river. The snow is SO badly banked up in the
cuts however. that more wind might cause
renewed blockade. The Minnesota & North
western train from Chicago arrived to day, after
being four days on the road The passengers
report that their wants were admirably pro-
vided for by the officials of the road.
At Nebraska City. Ne5 the thermometer reg
istered 26o below zero last night, the coldest IN
the history of the city. Two deaths from freezing
reported--Emil Grossman, farm lahorer.
Peru and child of a farmer in Hendricks
precinct.
At Helena NJ T., this morning at o'clock,
the Thermometer registered 45o below. The
highest point reached during the day was 25o
below. At Belgrade it was 599 below on Friday
night, with stock suffering. Telegrams from
northern Montana show some abatement in the
cold, with westerly winds and prospects of a
chinook. Railroad ira fic is still suspended.
At Omaha, Neb, the temperature was rising
!. slowly tonight. Last night the thermometer
registered twenty five, and in some parts of the
city thirty degrees below zero Tonight it
ranges between ten and twelve degrees. Re-
ports are still coming&in showing that there
were a great many fatalities throughout the
State result of the storm. The bodies of
ep nld LADY named Mrs :Chapman and two
grandchildren, who were lost, last Thursday,
near Stuart, Neb, we're found yesterday.
At Albert Lea, Mimi, last night. the ther-
mometer 42o below. Ole A. Egge. of Hart
land, frozen to death.
News of the freezing death of Mrs. Phillips
and received at Huron, Oak, this after
noon. They lived in the vicinity of Alcena,
twelve miles southwest of Huron, and were re-
turning home from town when the storm came
up. searching party found Joseph Wilson,
yesterday afternoon at house six miles from
home. He with the Nerison boys who
perished. Wilson was at Nerisons when the
storm came up. and wanted TO go to school
house, mile and a half away for his children,
and the boys went with him. but never reached
the school The Nerlson boys father is q car
telegraphed for. The death-iist by Thursdays
storm in the neighborhood of Huron is now ten
persons.
Pioneer Press specials tonight report the fol-
lowing deaths by freezing, in addition to it's list
OF sixty-three published this morning: Near
Mitchell, ID. T., a young man named Munger;
an unknown man near Aberdeen D. t.; at
Wyndemere near Wahpelon. D. T.. a school
teacher and two of her pupils; Fulda,
Mimi. the twelve year old son of john Walsh;
near Tracy, Mimi, Tom Anderson, a farmer, is
missing.
Belgrade NJ. T., reports rumors of cowboys
freezing in the Madison valley.
Last night and to-day have been exceedingly
cold all the Northwest At Brainerd it
was58o below at 5 o'clock this morning AT
Bird Island. Mimi. 3So below this morning: at
Faribault Mimi. 47o below last night; at Du-
luth $40 below to-day. AT Clearwater, Mimi,
43o below this morning. The openlng of all the
blockaded roads all the Northwest began
in earnest to-day. and good progress made,
despite the cold. Trains will be running usual
in Gay
Dispatches from dozen places in northern
Texas say the blizzard reached that part of the
State yesterday afternoon. and that the mercury
fell from 40 to 65 degrees. reaching almost to
at some points. high wind prevailed,
and sleet and snow fell in an unprecedented
manner. Advices from the Panhandle say the
mercury fell two degrees above zero and that
cattle drifting before the storm and suffer
ing badly.