The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1895-01-03
PERISHED FROM COLD.
Terrible Destitntion Reported i'm
Western Nebraska.
Hundreds Without FusI.-Tweive Per.
sons SAID To Have Been Frozen
TO Death.

'i"hui'"H " 4tioat u'i.- we've fef-
sons SAID To Have Been Frozen
TO Death.
Denver. Col, Dec. 30 Dispatches
from Western Nebraska received
here tell of the destitution and dis
tress prevailing among the inhabit
ants of the drought stricken districts
A dispatch from Hastings says:
Terrible destitution exists in
Perkins, Chase, Dundy, Lincoln,
Hayes, Hitchcock and Frontier coun-
ties and the worst of the feature is
the people in several localities are
afflicted with scuryey for want of
wholesome food. The State relief
committee find themselves unable to
relieve all the people in distress, so
great are the demands for aid The
railroad men report that since the
cold snap no less than a dozen peo
pie have perished IN the above coun
ties in the past few days for want of
food and fuel Hundreds of families
are without coal, and in the border
counties, where no trees or brush
exists. the poor people had hard
time to keep from freezing to death
I'm Perkins county the destitution
is complete. Over 900 families are
appealing for help Near Lisbon
the wife and two children of Settler
Burns died for want of proper nour
ishment aud clothing to cover them
In Hitchcock county the wife of one
of the settlers gave birth to twins
during the storm, and before the
neighbors could reach her home the
poor woman expired from want of
sufficient food and attention. The
twins are still living and in charge
of charitable neighbors.
Goal is most needed in the
drought district aud Mr.. Ludden of
the State relief commission and
General Manager Holdredge of tn.
Burlington and Missouri river are
doing everything in their power to
forward supplies to the more destl
tute localities Very few of the
farmers in the border counties have
any stock left, having let their cattle
and horses roam at large Stock is
being driven out of the State to pre-
vent starvation. Corn planted III
| eight or ten of the western counties
never reached height of over six
inches and contains no more nourish-
ment than sage brush, People are
leaving in covered wagons by the
| hundreds, rather than face starvation
and freeze to death. One of the first
acts of the Legislature which con-
venes next Tuesday, will be to pass
a suitable appropriation for the re
lief of sufferers. More or less desti
tuition exists in every county from
| the Colorado line east to Hall and
Adams counties and the various relief
committees are overwhelmed with
appeals for aid.
North Platte reports: 1t is fact
that there have been many cases of
suffering and hunger among the
drought sufferers in Lincoln and
Logan counties. Many families have
only potatoes and milk to live on
now, with no hay or grain for their
stock, through the rest of the winter
| The county in a short time will be
unable to supply the increasing de
mands for the necessities of life
: The overseers of the poor state tha,
there are more calls already than the
county can supply, and unless aid
: comes from the outside, there will
be many deaths from hunger and
want of clothing this winter
/ 4 dispatch from Curtis SAYS
Great distress prevails throughtu u'
: this and surrounding counties. owing
to crop failures the past two seasons
} Relief committees have been organ
! lied In almost every precInc: an6
solicitors sent East for aid. severa
] carloads OF which have been reeeir
ed. This with what aid the count,
2 has been able to give, has alone pre-
!, vented suffering among the peopl,
: and stock. The outlook is extremel,
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