St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16

more, was ONertaken and crept into
hayStack, thus saving his life, although
badly frozen. Several farmers living in
the adjoining parts of the county from
Twelve to fifteen miles distant We're
known to have started home only an
hour before the storm bursted, and
nothing IS known as yet of their fate,
although 1t seems impossible that they
have escaped. Hundreds of head of cat
tie have perished. Other sad cases are
liable to be reported as the news reaches
us from the remOteSt portions of the
country.
THREE MORE VICTIMS.
WATERFOWL, OAK, Jan. 15.-News
reached this city to-day OF the death of
Miss Sarah DOland, young lady about
eighteen years OF age, by freezing. The
young lady had been teaching an out
lying school in Hamlin county and
Is supposed to have attempted to make
her way home in the binding blizzard,
but whatever her intentions were will
never be known, as her body was found
but forty rods from the schOolhOuSe.
She was lying upon her back, with her
hands crossed upon her breast. The
adjoining counties to this, Clark and
Hamlin, have both furnished victims to
the terrible storm. At Raymond, in
Clark county, two young men met their
deaths. So far Codington has been
fortunate, although it is feared news
may yet come i'll of suffering. The cold
snap still continues. 1t was 40 below
last night and in the vicinity of 20 all
day.
WANDERED AWAY TO DIE.
Special 10 the Globe.
MITCHELL, Oak, Jan. 1S.-Walter
Munger, young man of twenty-three
years, another victim of Thursdays
storm, was found dead twelve miles
northeast of here. He was hauling
water IN barrels gon stOneboat. The
barrels were found the next morning
twenty rods from his home. The body
was mile and half further on. One
horse was found dead. The other has
not yet been heard of.
HALF A MILE FROM HOME.
Special TO the Globe.
Walsh, the fifteen-year-old son of John
Walsh, living four miles southeast of
here, while returning home from
neighbOr's on horseback last Thursday
afternoon, was caught in the blizzard
half mile from his home and lost his
way, and was found frozen to death
Friday afternoon. The horse he rode
was within a few rods of him all right.
Several farmers in this vicinity were
heavy losers of stock during the biz
zard. John O'Donnell lost eighteen
head which he had let out to water
shortly before the storm came.
VERY COLD AT DUBUQUE.
Special to the Globe
DUBUQUE, To-, Jan. 15.-The cold
spell is the seVerest and longest eXpe-
rienced in years. The mercury was
down to p and sc deg. below this morn
ing, the lowest this winter. No fatali-
ties are reported in this section Peo-
pie keep in doors and make no ven
lures TO leave home. A train due last
night arrived today from Fort Dodge.
The Illinois Central will be open to
Sioux City Monday night. No mail has
reached this city from st. Paul since
Thursday. From Chicago no trains az
rived since Saturday forenoon. All
lines of road are working big force of
men to open up travel.
AN UNCoNFIRMED RuMoR.
Special to the Globe.
DULUTH. Minn., Jan. Is. - The
weather has been bitterly cold all day,
ranging from 10 to 81 below. Trains
are running Oh all roads, but are max
ing no attempt to follow schedule time.
a slight wind prevailed and partially
retilled a number of cuts on the differ
ent roads. A large number of frozen
hands and feet are reported by local
physicians. but no fatalities. There
was less than twenty inches in the city
reservoir to-day, A ArumOr that sleigh
load Of three people were frozen has
been brought in from Germantown dis
trict, but lacks confirmation. Lake
Superior is iced over for thirty-fve
miles.
NORTH DAKOTA CASUALTIES.
Special to the Globe.
FARGO, OAK, Jan. 15.-So far as
learned there were very few cases of
loss of life in the late storm in North
Dakota. Yesterday the body of man
few miles north of Lisbon. A farmer
started home from Lisbon, but found
he could not face the storm, He was
found on one of his horses, badly frozen,
but will recover. The other horse froze
to death. Trains have come through
from st. Paul on the Northern Pacific,
but not on the other roads.
EXTREMELY COLD.
HELENA. Mont, Jan. 15.-This morn
ing at 5 o'clock the thermometer regis
tered d below zero. The highest point
reached during the day was 25 below.
At Belgrade. east of here. it was SO be-
low Friday night. with stock suffering.
Specials to the Independent from North
ern Montana show some abatement in
the cold, with westerly winds and pros
poets of a chinook. Railway traffic is
still suspended.
THE NEBRASKA LIST.
Special to the Globe.
STUART, Neb.. Jan. 15.-Mrs. Chap
man, aged fifty-One, and her two grand
children, little girl of eleven and boy
five years old, children of Henry For
est. Of this place. were found frozen to
loot 4, fx1rn nlxynr @f 60, H..
Wednesday morning they started for
this place with pair of ponies and a
sled. The ponies were still standing
hitched to a sled. A farmer named
| Mason. living ten miles southwest. was
| also found frozen to death. Others are
missing.
CLOSE CALL.
| Special to the Globe
| LAKE BENTON. Mimi, Jan. 15.--The
| thermometer Indicated AZ deg. below
| zero here this morning. Considerable
suffering has been reported. John
| Cooley, the mail carrier from here to
| PipestOne. was lost in the snow, and re-
| leased his team and burrOwed in drift,
where he remained over night, and es-
capped with only slight injuries by frost.
| He was brought in to-day.
MODERATING AT OMAHA.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 15.-The temper
ature is rising slowly here. Last night
the thermometer registered twenty five,
and in some parts of the city thirty
deg, below zero. Tonight it ranges
| between ten and twelve deg. Reports
are still coming in showing that there
were great many fatalities throughout
the state as a result of the storm.
TRAINS BEGINNING TO MOVE.
Special TO the Globe.
| EERGEC EATTQ MINI Ian 1S-It
was 40 below this morning. The Mani
tOba road is open from the west and ex-
poets trains in Monday from ST. Paul.
The snow plOw, which left Wahpeton
OH the Northern Pacific branch Friday
| morning. is not expected here before