Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-31
THE sufFERINs IN NEBRASKA.
TERRIpLE DEsrrrrrfoN AND Dis
TBEss IN MANY PLACES.
womi,n and two children starve
TO Depth--Tlse Poor commissioners
Cannon give neiief--Aid conins In
Prom. Other states.


Denver, Col. Dec. sO-rhe Rocky
Mountain News has received several
dispatches from western Nebraska,
teling of the desutution ana distress
prevollnv amonp Inc inhabitanta M
Il I.It', ,s
she uI9ueh hulekeh ulstrleI a ols-
patch from Hastings says: Terrible
destltution exiats In Perkins Chase
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my y iiisohu"uN "NN
Frontier counties and the worst feat
ura Is the people in several localities
are anllcted win .,ur,,,, sor want az
WhoirsoHne ioou-
The state relief committee Ind them
selves unable 10 relieve ali the people
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Sae' ~ s'N"e ate 'Ne Se"'"iiHS
Tor ana.
The railroad men report that since
tho cola .s,,,,, 80, ias, ,ha.. = a,..,, 49,,
e'F ~ $50 '.''i N0.-7A 80
PIE nave peflshed ID the above ooun-
ties for want Of food and fuel. Hun
drs,ds OF families ara ,vitho,t c,at AMI
a, ~. ,,.,.,,,.. 4, -
~ t"e HN'Flor eouhlies, where no
ireoS or brush exist, tho poor people
had a hard time Ia keep from freezing
"a Aas,. n, p..,,,,,. 49,, ,-..,,..''.
fe'A'iS county u-sutu-
pleading for help Near Lisbon the wife
and two ehu5ren NJ sattia u r,r,s
-. - DNt 80
auHersu Aor want OF proper nourlsh-
ment and clothing 10 cover them. In
Iitahcoek county the wife OF one OF the
settlers gave birth 10 twins during the
storm ana before the nel8hbors could
feaon the house the poor woman ex-
pred Tor want OF sufficient food and
attention. ina twins arc atill living and
are Ia cnarse OF charitable nelghbors.
coal Is most needed and Mr.. Leedon
OF the state relief committee and Gem
eral Manager Aolderidge OF the Bur
hngton and Missouri road are doing
everything In their power to forward
supplies to the more destitute families.
Very Few Of the farmers in the border
counties nave any stock left, having let
their cattle roam. Stock is being driven
out of the state to prevent starvation.
Corn Blnnted In eight OF ten OF the west
ern counties never reached height OF
over six Inches and contains no more
nourlshment than sage brush.
People arc leaving in covered
wagons by the hundreds rather than
face starvation or freeze to death. one
OF the first acts OF TIVE legislature,
which conyenoa Thursday VIII be TO
pass a suitable appropriation for the
relief Of NE sufferers.
No less Gustitution exists in every
county from the Colorado line east to
Adams county and the various relief
committees are overwhelmed with ap-
peals for aid.
North Platte reports: II is fact that
there has been many cases OF suffer-
ing and hunger among these drouth
sufferers In Lincoln and Logan counties.
Many families have only potatoes and
milk to live on now, with no hay FOR
their stoel, through the rest Of the
winter. The county in. short time
will be- unable to supply the increasing
demands for the necessities Of life. The
oynrseers FOR the poor state that there
arc more calls now than the county
can supply and unless aid comes from
the outside there VII be many deaths
from want OF clothing this winter.