The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-01-21
The Billiards. CHASTITY WORK.

there is time to sum up the casuaIi-
ties.
The railroads have gone patiently
to work to burrow their way through
the hard-packed drifts. The snow is
as hard and heavy as sand and battles
the snow pIows. The only train in
at the Union depot yesterday was
the Wisconsin Central's. Two east
bound Northern Pacific trains came
in this morning so and so hours late.
One had been showed in so miles
west of here for Y hours.
The Northern Pacific has had an
excellent opportunity to test the no.
tary snow ploWs and with entire sue
cess. Over 200 miles of track in Da.
kOta, with snow averaging 10 feet
deep, have been cleared by one pillow
in Is hours. This is an unparalleled
achievement. The loss of life has
been heaviest in Dakota-37 being
the largest number reported missing,
but the sad returns are still coming
in and the number will be much in
creased.
HELENA, MONT, Jan. 10. kays
thermometer here registered 40 de-
grees below zero last night. The cold
wave extends over the entire terri
tory, the mercury raging from 10 to
40 degrees below. There are 10 trains
moving. Two men were frozen to
death at MaryeYille.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. Is Dispatches
from a dozen pieces 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 zero at
some points. A high wind prevailed,
and sleet and snow fell in an unpre-
cedented manner. Adyices from the
Pan Handle says the mercury fell to
two degrees above zero, and that cat.
| tie were drifting before the storm and
suffering badly.
GARRY, OAK, Jan. Is. - Charles
Staltezenberg, of Atamont, started
out to procure a coffin for his dead
son, and has not since been heard
from.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEB., Jan. To-
/ During the past three days the ther-
mOmeter has indicated from 10 to %
degrees below and yesterday Is at 9
o'clock. Reports from the country
say stock is suffering greatly in this
vicinity and that number have been
frozen, Several men are reported to
have persisted in the Western part OF
this county,
CANTON, OAK, Jan. 15.-No at
tempt has yet been made by the rail-
roads in this vicinity to open tITeip
lines. In most cases the snow in the
great cuts will have to be shoveled
out, the DlOW having no effect. Two
farmers started from Bridgewater to
Marion and persisted on the way.
WATERFOWL, OAK, Jan. To-
Thursday forenoon just before the
blizzard a party of seven farmers, liv-
ing 26 miles Northwest of here, start.
ed for their homes. The report
comes that the bodies of four of them
have been found dead. Searching
parties are looking for the Others,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. ia great
deal of distress is reported from the
country tributary to st. Joseph, ow-
ing to the recent cold weather, Be-
tween that city and the Iowa line
and Southern Nebraska and North
ern Kansas farmers are reporting
great loss of live stock, which last
night trOze to death in the stalls.
Two stock trains that had been de.
layed arrived at st. Joseph last night
with every head of cattle dead.
SIOUX CITY, OAK, Jan. 15.-The
dead body of man was found near
this city last night frozeu solid, as
was also the team of horses with him.
The horses had been unhitched from
the sleigh.
DEsMET, OAK, Jan. 30. E.
Stearns, teaching school six miles
north of Desmet, with his two chill
dren was caught in a blizzard and
was out in the storm % hours. The
boy had his feet frozen solid to the
ankles. He walked miles in this
condition, and his feet then giving
out he crawled half mile to house.
He will lose both feet.
Thursdays blizzard was the most
severe for many years, and the CHASTITY
details continue to come in. Passen-
gers for the Pacific Slope are going
via Southern roads.
Besides the great loss of life, thous-
ands of cattle have persisted.
SIOUX FALLS, OAK, Jan. 1.-THE
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