Griggs courier., 1888-01-20
MONDAY.

INTO state OF mild excitement by the
report of farmers coming in to trade
that Sheriff Michaels. Chris Jackson.
Mrs. Carl Odhe. 1. E. Mills. a. Cam
eron and wife, Charles Curtis and Mrs.
Herman, Ole E. Thorn. Gus Rhodha 1T.
and Pauline Rhoddart had been lost in
the Kansas bliZzald that struck here
Wednesday, at p. m. Ole E, Thorn
was heard froA4 the same day He had
been to Willow Lake. after load of
oak wood and returned in safety. |. e.
Mills and a. Cameron and wife had
likewise reached their destination.
Mrs. Carl Odhe had undoubtedly been
lost. She left Fenner's 10 miles west
OF town for her home Zone and quarter
miles distant) just as the
storm broke. She had been after med
lcine for her sick husband leaving her
infant child in the shaEty with Odhe.
Odhe went TO Mr.. Chris. Fromm's Sun
day morning Chris. went over to get
the baby and found the house cold and
desolate, and the child with its hands
frozen. lie took the baby home with
lm. When about to start for home
Mrs. Fenner said to Mrs. Odhe: "You
better not try to 90 home now. 1t is a
bad Storm Mrs. Odhe replied calling
attention to her flannel under garments
~ am all right for a storm now,' and
Wrapping her shawl about her shoulders
and head started. The poor woman
had been accustomed to pass the Dakota
winters without any underclothes what
ever and thought underclothing such as
the average man wears in October a per
feet protection against frost and storm.
Mrs. Fenner watched her until She was
two-thirds of the way home when the
blizzard hid her. Her shawl was found
Sunday. 1t had been securely fastened
on when she started. The poor woman
when she found that She had missed the
house and was lost III the storm was no
doubt frantic and threw her shawl from
her, and rushed franticGlly whittier She
hhN" 'l"e' u 'lhNo VIC NOuldll Ileafu
upon the wind the cries of her little
child nd.groping blindly III the terrible
blast. realized that her hour had come,
They will probably find her body miles
away. Monday afternoon Dr. Kern
went out to attend to Odhe and the
baby
Sheriff Nj. l.. Michaels and Chris Jack
son were reported to have started awa\
from town Wednesday afternoon to
bring in two mortgaged horses from
Ole A. Johnson's S place II miles west
and one of Chris Jackson's horses which
Jackson had been keeping at Chris.
Friedenbergs. They arrived at Jack
Nlcoll's at $3.50 p. M. baited THEN
horses and pushed on west to kelsons
where they expected to get supper and
pass the night, and then proceed bv the
burnt ground. south to Johnsou's. l<pl-
sons was three miles away. They
passed l.. W. Lewis's house one half
mile west of Nicolls at 4:30 all right with
the exception of a tip over i'm drift
This was the last seen of tn .m. From
Lewls's house to Nelson's, two and one
half miles, there was no broken road.
1t is today the general impression that
Mike and Chris never reached Nelson's
OF if they did that they got caught i'm
the Nor wester the next morning and
We're driven where there are no settlers
They are both young, active men, heav-
lily clothed in furs and the the conserva-
tive old settlers argue that the boys will
still come in. right side up. AT noon
Geo. Condy, Claus Jackson, liver Ude-
gard, Julius Stevens and John Jorgens, n
have started for Kelson's to investigate
the matter. Gus. Rhodha1t and Pauline
md two children. aged respectively Is
and II years who are reported to have
gone out Wednesday night in the storm
to look for their father. a nelghbor
was ignorant Of any accident and it
seems probable that the story is un-
founded. The Rhodharts live near
Henry Fenner.
Charles Curtis andMrs. Herman wer.
ater in the day reported safe.
At 4p. m. Michaels and Jackson drove
n as clipper as anybody and-Ieading
.he horses they went out out after.
Mike informs the COURIER that after
leaving Lewis's place they had terrible
lime. They failed to hit the burned
prairie that lay either side of them, and