The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-15
THE COLD WAVE.


the North, West and South Fears That
the Orange Groves in Florida Have Been
KiIled-Novei Scene at Galveston-R Rail-
way Trains Abandoned in Pennsylvania
"A Great Flood in New York.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 1.-THE cold
Saturday night and Sunday was intense
throughout Florida, the lowest point the
thermometer reached here being 81 degrees
above zero at the Signal Bureau. At 0cala,
South Lake, Waldo and other places twas
IL degrees above. This is the coldest
weather that has been felt here since
the great freeze of February 8, 1896,
when all the orange trees throughout the
State were killed In 1880, December 80,
the thermomet r registered IS degrees,
and the trees were not killed outright, but
were stripped OF their fruit and foliage.
The oranges on the trees are now frozeT
hard. Interviews with prominent orange
growers in various sections of the State
reveal the fact that they think the trees
are killed. About one-half the crop has
been marketed leaving about one-quarter
gathered and in the packing houses, anil
the other quarter still on the trees TIE
loss to growers from damaged fruit alone
will probably reach 100000. Intense
anxiety is felt by the growers throughout
the State.
GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. lit is much
warmer here. At ten o clock last night the
thermometer showed 35 degrees above
ze~o. Friday night was one of the coolest
known on the island. Old residents say the
only cold spell exceeding the present one in
severity occurred i'll December, 1862, when
four inches of snow lay on the ground three
weeks. The bay Saturday morning present.
ed an unusual appearance, and hundreds
of people, young and old. went down to
look-many of them for the first time
upon Galveston Bay frozen over. The ice
was nine inches thick in more exposed
places. To the colored population, many
of whom have never seen such field OF
ice, it was an object of wonder.
A special from Eagle Pass says: The
thermometer was 40 above zero on Friday
night. The Rio Grande is covered with a
thin sheet OF ice, which is very rare oc-
currence. The Mexican population along
the border, who are lily prepared to with
stand such severe weather, have suffered
greatly. The loss OF stock is considerable
but not as severe as was at first believed,
as the cold snap was brief
The continuous northwest wind has
| driven the water out through the channel,
exposing the oyster beds and shells on the
banks for miles along Galveston Bay. The
small lakes down the island are frozen
three to five inches, which is some
thing unprecedented in this vicinity.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE cold has
been intense, the mercury lowering around
zero all of yesterday Passengers on the
snowbound trains experienced considera-
L
but they were generally disposed to take
things good naturally. Great suffering
among live stock is reported At the East
Liberty yards several head of cattle are
said to have died from exposure, and many
| arc in dying condition. In Washington
| County the farmers were taken unawares,
and whole focks OF sheep, which had not
been properly sheltered, are reported to
have frozen to death.
The snow blockade on the railroads is
almost unprecedented. No attention has
been paid to schedules and all trains are
from one to fifteen hours late. In many in.
stances trains have been abandoned, and
| on several OF the smaller roads traffic has
been entirely suspended.
/ FULToN, N. Y, Jan. IA disastrous
| flood is now doing incalculable damage at
| the ''flats," large tract lying between the
| Oswego River and the canal. The upper
part is occupied by large Touring mills and
many other manufacturing concerns, and
the lower portion by the homes of hundreds
of workingmen.
| A great jam of ice and snow began to
form in the river Saturday, and the water
gradually set back on the flats. The watei
rose all night and yesterday morning the
danger was so great that the fre-bells were
rung and the firemen and citizens gen.
orally hurried to the scene. All the
row-boats obtainable were carried
thither and the people were rescued
| from their dwellings,, in many cases
from second stories. The water had put out
the fires, and the people suffered intensely
from the severe cold. The rescued were
landed and properly cared for, and then an
effort was made to save some of the valua.
BILE machinery in the manufactures. AT
least seventy-fve families are homeless.
The 0swego Falls factories, mile
above, were compelled to shut down
Saturday on account of ice, and
these alone employ one thousand
workmen Some buildings and much of the
| machinery on the lower flats have been
| wrecked, and considerable property has
been swept away 1t is impossible at
present to estimate the loss. At union
meeting OF Methodist, Baptist and Presby-
terrain churches last night prayers were of.
| fered for the abatement OF the food.
NOTES OF THE COLD WAVE.
1t is 10 degrees below zero in parts of
Georgia.
The mercury ranges between 20 and 35 de-
grees below zero in Dakota.
Henry Feri, Il Creston Qa.) Jeamster, was
frozen to death i'll his wagon scat.
1 William COOK n n C0IIDfF
and team were frozen to death OH the pike
One hundred acres of cabbage near Mo-
bile, Ala, were frozen solid, and many of
| the orange trees are frost. bitten.
The Western Maryland Railroad, in the
sweep of the Blue Ridge Mountains, between
Mechanicstown and Penmar, is blockaded by
snow to the depth of fifteen feet. Four pas
senger trains and several loaded freight trains
are unable to move, and fourteen engines are
working to get them out
james Blakeney, q brickiayer, was found
stiff aud dead on the track of the Frisco"
railroad near Springfield, Mo. He was walk
ing home from Little Rock, Ark, and died
within sight of his native town.