The morning call., 1894-03-27
WEATHER MOST UNUSUAL.
HortiCuIturists Are the Principal
Sufferers.
ONLY THE GULF STATES ESCAPE.
In Every Other Part the Buds Have
Been Literally Frozen Upon
the Trees.

Weather Bureau to-day: The period of
extremely warm weather noted by the
special bulletin of the 23d inst. has been
followed Sunday and this morning by one
of extreme cold, which extends over al
most the entire country east of the Rocky
Mountains, minimum temperature OF
freezing and below being reported this
morning over all the region except on the
immediate coast of the South Atlantic and
Gulf States and Florida. Throughout
Northern Minnesota and the Dakotas the
temperature this morning was below zero.
In Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana. Texas.
Arkansas and Southern Missouri the
weather is the coldest of which the service
has record for this season of the year.
General frosts occurred Monday morning
throughout the Gulf States and the middle
and northern portions of the South At
lantic States, and the temperature will
probably fall till Tuesday morning in the
Middle and South Atlantic States, with
frosts as far south as Northern Florida.
CHICAGO, March 26. - The cold wave
has reached this point, bringing with it a
decided drop in the temperature and a
snowfall varying from occasional light
furries TO heavy storms.
In Michigan the thermometer began to
drop early and continued to below freezing
point Many thousands of dollars of
damage is done to early peaches, grapes
and blackberres. Strawberries are frozen
up solid. Many growers will be unable TO
raiss more than a small sum because of
the hard times.
Throughout Indiana the sans condi-
tions prevail. The warm weather of a
few days ago forced the buds, and the
weather to-day has frozen them badly.
ANNA, H., March 26.-The freeze did
great damage to the fruit and vegeta bles
throughout this section. The buds of the
pears, cherries and early apples are
thought to be ruined. Straw berries are
injured some. The freeze has finished the
ruin which the January cold snap began
In the peach crop.
CAIRO. ILL.,, March 26-It is thought the
cold weather of the last two days has killed
the strawberries in this section. Peaches
were nearly all killed by the extreme cold
of January. The berries were well ad-
vanced by last weeks sunshine, but the
weather is now freezing cold.
ST. LOUIS. March 26.-Adyices from
Northern Missouri and Southern Illinois
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ruined by the present cold snap, and the
apple crop is damaged.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 26.-The tenn
perature this morning is only deg. above.
The Missouri River is frozen across. Freez-
ing weather is general in this part of the
country. 1t is not believed the apple crop
is injured.
DEXTER. Mo-. March 26.-The thermom-
eter fell to 1 deg. above zero last night,
and the entire fruit crop. with the excep-
tion, probably. of the late apples. is bound
to be killed. Much wheat is supposed to
be ruined.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, March 26.--The peach
crop Is destroyed. and apples and other
fruits greatly damaged.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 26.-The cold
wave which is now sweeping over the
country has probably cut the chances for
fruit crop in this State down to very
low degree. For several weeks past the
weather has been unusually warm for the
season, and the result was that when the
cold snap came it caught the fruit trees
just ready to burst the swelling buds into
Blossoms. 1t is thought peaches were to
large extent killed by the severe weather
in January, but peaches that escaped then
are now certainly gone. Cherries, plums
and apples are almost totally destroyed in
the central and northern paris of the
State, but there is hope the hills in the
southern part 0he great apple sectioD)
have saved the staple fruit.
ENGLISH, Ind, March 26.-The last two
nights irOst has doubtless DESTROYED the
apple crop. the buds of which were well
advanced. All small fruit and peaches
were destroyed weeks ago.
OMAHA, March $3.50 far as has bean
reported very little damage will result
from the cold snap. The season was not
far enough advanced to make fruit liable To
damage from frost. Winter wheat had
sprouted, but the snow covered it up
enough to save it from the cold. Stockmen
will lose heavily, but nothing definite can
be told of their losses until the roundup
which will not be completed before the
middle of June.
A special TO the Bee from Chadron
Nebr.. SAYS: The mixed train which left
here over the Elkhorn last Tuesday re-
turned to-day, after being snowbound six
days. The train which left Caspar, Wyo..
last Tuesday will get here about mid
night. The main line west Of Shawnee is
DiOckaueus Uub tTal0l0aQ OF ShnyeierS
left here tonight for that place. The 70.
tary snowplow is again disa bled. The
passengers on the snowbound train got
along fairly we'll during their confinement.
They lived on eggs. oysters and canned
goods, found in the merchandise cars.
CINCINNATI, March 26.-Captain Bass
Ter, the Government observer of the
weather bureau, says tonight that the
cold wave will effectually kill the fruit
buds over very large extent of territory.
and that this is the severest weather al
this time of the year that has been seen
for years.
PoMERoY. Ohio. March 26.-It was only
Is above zero last night. Peaches in full
bloom and other early fruits are probably
killed. In Southern Ohio the ground is
white with snow.
NASHVILLE. March 26.-The entire
strawberry crop in Tennessee was killed
by last nights freeze.
GENEsEE, n. Y. March ga furious
gale. with heavy snow. is raging 10 Gene
see Valley this morning. The thermom-
eter is only Is above.
VERSAILLES, KY, March 26.-Last