| Show 7 7 almost A perished la A the snow EDITOR mr joseph gressmen of this place and his wife mollie who is a daugh ter of william gillins left milford milfard last saturday at 12 with the pioche mail on a light buckboard for sulphur springs 0 and after getting out some soine 18 miles they encountered such high 0 snow drifts t that at t the ie team would not travel an any further mr gressmen took the team from the vehicle and after his wife up as closely as he could and a nursing child with her he be straddled strad led one of the horses and leading the other started hack back for milford to get another team as this one did not appear to be very true soon after getting on to the horse the animal threw him off aud both got away from um him in bryin trying 9 to catch the horses borse again angain he warl wandered dered off from his wife and child so far lie was unable to ta find them until next morning 1 mr I gressmen returned to his wife and child and found them in a suffering condition H a bun dle die of sage brush bruli built a fire and got then them fixed up as comfortably as he could and left again for milford arriving there at sundown completely worn out and nearly perished As soon as his report could be sivan tho good citizens of milford hurried a good comfortable outfit together and started after the wa wife fe and child in the lone dreary hours of night and arrived with wibb them at milford at 3 a in monday to the surprise of the parties who went after them and every body expected to find them both dead the child was in a very favorable condition condill on buethe but the mother was nearly perished and was in her last sleep when she was doused roused up she could scarcely speak all parties arrived here safely last evening aa araksi I 1 ag if can be under the C r PHOE ux minersville Miners ville jan 11 1868 |
