Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-18
sHIvERING WITH COLD.
What the State Exchanges say of the
Recent Blizzard.


Trout lake, at Thomasville, with it's
wide expanse of waters, was frozen over
for the first time in its history ON WedRes-
day morning.
While the orange crop and orange trees
of Florida are badly damaged, the LeCOnte
pear orchards around Townsville defy
the freeze and frost king, and give prom
Use of a gOOdly yield in 1886.
Five hundred loads of wood were dis
tributed among the suffering poor of
Macon last week. In addition to this
there has been large amount of proyi-
sions sent out, and a dray 10 regularly
employed distributing food to the most
needy and deserving. A prominent mer
chant and eX-AldermaH contributed $40
OF necessaries Saturday. The cash
amounts to, probably, $3.50, and contribu-
tons of food have come in from several
sources. Generous men have donated
wood, John Wiley having agreed TO maui
wood from four miles in the country,
free of charge.
FLORIDA.
Oranges are selling at i've cents each at
Lake City. ~
The ice afforded opportunity Of skat-
ing at Lake City last week.
shortly after dark Tuesday evening
snow began falling at Leesburg and con
tinued brIskly for shout an hour. Great
was the rejoicing among the children,
many af whom had never seen snow be-
fore. 1t passed of as suddenly as it came,
and the weather seemed to get warmer at
once. Wednesday evening the sun was
shining brightly and everything had
thawed out.
Bronson Times. The past week has
been the coolest weather that has been
az gf TA1A no f.
two mornings in succession went as low
as Is deg; some say that it went as low
as II deg. All the oranges tnat We're not
gathered are frozen, and the trees have
been injured some, TO what extent we
cannot yet say. The ice formed thick
enough for the boys to play on it, some
thing never seen before by the ''0ldest in
habit2nt."
A brother of Capt. T. S. Eels, of Jack
sOnville, who was at st. Mary's, Ga, in
February, 1885, writes TO the Captain
from PItLsburg, Pa, under date OF Jan. IL,
as follows: Il was at st. Mary's, Ga, in
February, 1885, when all the orange trees
were killed. At that time hoped for the
best until as late as June or july. New
branches grew out on sheltered sides Of
trees, six feet long and as big as a mans
arm. but these finally died as did the
trees, and fear it will be so again.
Leesourg Spirit: There are some pine
apple plants in the Union hotel yard, I'M
protected, which don't look as il they had
heard of the cold wave. IL is strange,
but true. Out at Montclair. on Squire
Murden's place, the line OF demarkation
between the frozen and unfrozen nursery
treesI Is plain as the line Of a fence. ON
one side of the line the little trees are
green and fresh, and Immediately on the
other side every tree is frozen TO the
ground. But more remarkable than all.
pot of wafer three inches deep sitting
among the uninjured trees was frozen
solid.
Leesburg SPIRIT: Bear Campbell and
others OF our citizens are busy sending of
their fruit by the car load TO Canada.
The argument is that the fruit would
freeze anyway IN such high attitudes,
even If sent up there in an unirozen con-
dition, and that being sent up there al
ready frozen will not make any difference.
We learn that Owen Albright has con-
meBced making up his extensive orange
crop into wine. Col ProtOfs says
that a box of oranges contains at
least three gallons OF juice. and that
the Juice ought TO be worth 81 80
a gallon. The only trouble about the wine
business is that we have not the appli-
ances for doing the work. A wine factory
could perhaps do an immense business
here al this time. Love Lee sold his en-
tire remaining crop. consisting Of about
700 boxes, 10 u. II. Mote, for Si3b. We are
also informed that Miriam Lowell has dis
posed ~ 900 boxes for 500. Others have
decided 10 put their oranges IN heaps and
propose 10 use them as fertilizer.