Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-11
A MEMORABLE BLIzzARD.
The Three pays storm In M'"hes"'"
in .Jauuary. 1879.

From the worthinston AGyance. ~. ,ros,
| The great STERN ot s,,was, ls,S for nfty
| wears as ,ha records kept at Fort ~snei,ns ~
Showed ii was a violent eleett!tsaI ~ w, .n
extending over the whole N"r.n. rsi1saso
| that the telegraph wires N'S' "
refused to work. 49, =, Tan.
1t struck Minnesota on the I'm ot ~
uary 1873 and raeod Tor tnfse M being
about is deg below zsro, and on ~
rrairics the air Nas Allied with snow as ntie lie
as -four Throush every eefGf,rratoi. pGinng
d nnd nali snl,.n noe si"sm siyH Tho number Of
human lives iost In Minnesota was ABOUT
seventy. 49,, , hc,t,
tifui aud hrlph, The air was mo ~, ~
still. and farmers set out fot town o, .nrns
to n.ighhoring farms with th'lt .an,r,
Generally IL was thought that q !anui,S
thnw" WAS Imminent, but Professor H.
miston, who had a sool anetoll ,,a,sr nate' b,i
been falling for tw.nty-four hours ann new
cr was known 10 fall so low before e.. wall
Between V and ! o,clo.k Viii. .sst
upon Wurthihstoa The front OF me stHrn' ,,
was distinct and almost as tstrW o Inc
town. farmers began to scatter lot 'ntm sna
homes. number. however reinaIn.u ~ d,,t
were housed IN for three daIs' e',,,"s
visiting In the village, only ts" ati',, ,,,
from, home in some Instances remained uh-
III the storm abaici. not daring TO 'e"'"'e
out upon the streets. It, ...,,,s,
the storm and then took & refuge Sla S,'h 10
nelrhborlng farmer not b.!ng 'weltsd
ave miles facing the storm. this side OF
Jackson. and finally to9k retnss IN 1m a me,
sdny snsny whom p2rsy waic q snsdon and cor
nelus Stout, were caught on the rold pe
tween Worthinrton and Jackson anR sy aiso
north Of Wor,hing'on was caught on ne ne
traekless, prairie driving an on team h.m TOOK vi,
hold Of one OK by the tail, and, hy twisting
It kept the animal on irot. ine Qua oe,lnsf G
ql!owsd snd ihs man ~ ereHsn, eEbGa y" IN indian
lady in a log school house. The snow o,
covered the floor. The supply Of wood VA, Wa
soon cxhaustei,and then teacher and scho,,
iatlon they formed in Indian t!s ahn r.
1alGH'a Ground amr ths T,Gyf n.,s i on
third day. they made their escape Joseph
Potts was caught in IN" storm IN me os,e,,i w.,
daysf fii, in a snowdrif,. Unfortunately his feet
became exposed, kicked the cover of. SO 10, 10
sneak, and both feet were frozen and hnd
a Mr small, who lived four miles south,
east OF Wor,hnston,, started IRON on .oTn ,,,a
storm struck us He drove. within irW
rods of his door. and wandered over me
prairie III he cane am ,s"cs !" s9l bad been @ butt
Uo evidently attempted 10 climb the rene
hut was 100 far gone to accomplish u.
When found the day after the storm. ne
was standing with one hand on the fencc'
covered with ice. and as stif as an icirie
A Mrs Blixt. who lived a few miles Pc
yond smell went to the stable when the
storm came on to turn the cattle IN. IN
attempting to return to the mouse 'ne
snow blinded her and she wandered OIL on
the prairie and pcrished. .,
Bnt the one case among the three ia,ai
ones in Mobiles county which has been 'hs
subject of the greatest interest because ei
Tho ghost story connected with 1t was th':t
of John Weston. of seward Township. M';
Weston had been to Graham lakes anu
was returnin. with a lOad of wood wnGh
the storm caught him He drove across h's
own farm and missed tn" house, turhch
and went in a circle making the same or
clp twice as shown by the track OF tne
| sled lie then turned north to tne vlclhlt'
| Of the place now owned by y. H. winters
| in Graham Lakes township. He ahan,onei
| his team and the oxen, after wandering
\ awhile turned the yoke and choked 10
| dcnth Mir Weston from this point, oN-
| IDENTIFY concluded to walk with the storm;
| and made a bee line for liersey. He waikcd
| about twelve miles and tell forward on MS
| face, clutching the grass as he tc'i ana
| In. blood gushing from his nose. ltis ooiy
| was found the following spring with me
hand full of grass and the blood on ms