The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-05-23
FROST AND ICE.
Damage to Small Fruits and Early Veg
etabIes East and West.

WASHINGTON, May IS.-The signal Office
furnishes the following special bulletin to the
press: "The weather reports show the oc-
curreuce on Sunday morning Of Unusually low
temperatures for the season throughout
Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Western
PENNSYLVANIA and Western New York. The
following minimum temperatures were re-
ported, viz: Pittsburg, SO degrees; Parkers.
burg, Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Erie and
Buffalo, "a degrees; Rochester and Grand
Haven, 80 degrees; Port Huron and Manis-
tee, 80 degrees, and Alpena, % degrees. AT
Parkersburg, Columbus, Erie, Port Huron
and Manistee these temperatures were from
two to four degrees lower than any previously
recorded by this service during the second
decade of May.
"Killing frosts occurred generally through
out Michigan and Northern Ohio and light
frosts in the other districts named. Minimum
Temperatures of 400 and 42o, respectively,
were reported this morning from Lynchburg
and Washington city, which, at the first
named station, was as low as any on record
for this season of the year. No frosts were
reported by observers Of this service from
the Middle Atlantic States.
WIYsTED, Conn, May 1S.-There were
heavy frosts and ice quarter of an inch thick
at Winsted and Norkfolk last night, and also
at SandisfeId and New Boston, in Massachu-
SETS Much damage was done to apple,
pear and peach trees.
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Dispatchesf from points
in Illinois report very heavy frosts Sunday
morning, doing much damage to small fruits
and early garden vegetables. Belvidere re-
ports the loss in that county alone will be
thousands of dollars. Ice formed in low
places
WIxAMAc, ND, May 1s.-The heaviest
frost that has yet appeared here this season
fell Sunday morning, doing much damage to
fruit and vegetables. The ice in some places
was quarter of an inch thick.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, May lS.-There was a
heavy frost at Copenhagen, Lewis county, and
in that vicinity Saturday night, thick ice hav-
ing formed on all quiet water. Other reports
Of frosts are made from various points in this
section.
BosToN, May l9.-Severe frosts are reported
in all the towns along the line Of the Central
Division of the New York and New England
Railroad last night. In several places the
ground was frozen. Damage aggregating
thousands of dollars was done TO unprotected
plants and vegetation. In Marlboro, Con-
cord, birmingham, Clinton, Aver and vicinity
the loss to farmers has been considerable.
Asparagus, corn, potatoes, beans and straw
berries have suffered the most.
MANCHESTER, N H., May 19.-Severe
frost last night did great deal Of damage to
early crops and fruit trees in this vicinity.
NASHUA, N. H., May ia heavy frost
last night did damage to early fruit buds.
| HOoPEsToN, Ills, May 19.-Growing
crops and fruit were badly damaged by heavy
frost last night. Grapes were killed. Two
thirds of the 800 acres of peas belonging to
the Hoopeston Canning Company were cut
to the ground.
Many thousand dollars worth of crop.
were annihilated by heavy hailstorm Sun
day night, which fell to depth of from six
to eight inches in narrow belt Of territory
crossing North Texas in the vicinity o.
Gainesville, where wheat averaging thirty
bushels per acre was ready for the reaper
Not head is left standing. The damage il
the locality of Gainesville is at least 500,
600, while several other sections report dam
age nearly as great. The town of Mt. Yer
non, the county seat of Franklin county
Texas, was struck by tornado Monday
night and several houses completely demol
ished. The postoffice, large dry good
store and several other large buildings wert
totally wrecked. Almost every tree in tn,
city was leyeled and all the fences blow
down. Great destruction of property i
reported in different parts of the county. NJ
loss of life is reported.