The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-14
he Freeze.
Special to the Savannah New.

Special to the Savannah Newsl
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, January tO-Ias, ,;,,,
and oday the cold has been intense lhruuobou,
Florida. The lowest point marked hv tb,. tho,
momeier at the signal service Office here was .,
deg. In mrny private houses il mafked az lo~
down rs Is leg. Ii the latter figure is correc, !,
was coittr here Than il has been since the crs,,
freeze "f feo Sand o. 1885, when all The or,nce
trees throughout the State were killed "a a.
ground. In 1880, on Dee 80, il weni down IN
~ deg, when trees were not killed. bu, were
stripped II their foliage. Ice has been nlen,;
mi here during the last days in water regents.
cies N privaI" houses and in the surface spwen
'nd ponds about the city. Oranges on the Trees
were lrozr n hard, and leaves were curled IN,
CAPTAIN IVES INTERVIEWED.
The AcacS correspondent interviewed uum-
Der Oh prominent orange men 10 dav. including
Captain Ives, Manager of The Fruit Excoaaess
who SAID he had not up TO a late hour to-neh,
heard word from the principal orange sections
Vt the State but feared the worst He feared pa
only that the fruit was frozen, but also that ihe
trees were badly damaged, If not killed. Otbsu
think the result of the freeze will be sim., N
tina, of $780, Nobody can tell for a few DIV.
yet. Ii is certain that all the oranges ON IL
trees will be lost unless put in market immedi.
ately. The gentleman interviewed say the tres
were IN f1ne condition 10 stand severe cold oW-
ing to the fact that the winter has been unusu-
ally cold so lar and the trees were well matured
and hardy.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, January 1.-THE cold
weather continues. The thermometer at the
Signal Office here at $50 O'Clock. 18th meridian
time, registers 81 degrees, the same as il was on
Sunday morning and degrees colder than this
morning at O'Clock. 1t has fallen degrees
since O'clock tonight. A cold wind from The
northwest has been blowing all day, but To-
night il Is still and clear. Such weather is more
dangerous 10 orange trees than windy. Thsb
the longest and most severe cold spell ever fell
IN Florida Water and milk again froze last
nighI.
THE ST. JOHNS FROZEN.
A sight probably never before seen in Florida
was the freezing of the ST. Johns river hh
morning along The shores for a distance of Is
miles. extending out into the water 20 feet and
being about ihree-quarters of an inch thick
Hundreds OF penple assembled along the doch
to see the novel sight Small creeks in The vicinity
were frozen over tight and boys were skatugon
them The paramount topic of to-day wssth
injury TO the orange crop and trees Interyiews
with numerous growers of this section rereaId
nothing new beyond what was reported yeser.
day. All the hanging oranges ihroughout the
Slate are frozen solid. Nurseries Of ksf sum-
mer's growth aud probably many old In ex-
posed localities are killed
FIRES BURNING.
The Captains of steamers from up the river
say that many fires were burning in the groves
10 prevent them freezing These will probably
De saved. gentleman in from Orange Bend,
Sumter county, says the freeze was severe
there, and that all his tender plants and young
orange trees are killed outright Several men
from other sections of the State make similar re-
ports The extent and scope of the injury can
not be known definitely until a ihaw occurs
All owners OF old groves are very hopNluL
But little news has been received from the in-
terror The temperature fell TO Is at FernsDdins
sunday, and is reported 10 have fallen TO Is u
lar south as Tampa on the Gulf coast.