Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-01-05
SOUTHERN oLEANINoa
Florida Fruit Losses.

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Florida Fruit Losses.
Reports from correspondert. T., a..
orange districts of Florida indicate
'hat at least 1900, 900 boxes Of mn.
packed oranges were made masses of
nc oy lne recent cold snap, and mora
.han 100000 boxes in warehouse. ~
lying In bulk preparatory to SORTING
we're were frozen. Tomatoes, cabbage.
Deans peas and all vegetables in ths
norehern half OF the state were ruined.
.AIep' the pineapple plantations.
mhich were not much iniured
haif OF this seasons great orange
crop OF 100000 boxes was stilI
on me sreeS. The tai of lhe blizsgp M ].
switched around through the Florida
peninsula and within the space Of :
iew nours Florida had sustained a los.
.nat, estimated in money, would reach
INTO the millions. The destruction w;,I
DC felt for many years, directly ~ In
nirectiy' by all the people of the state
rrevious to this time the coldest
"eather was known in 1885, but there
was then. 'oiu ~
reports from the interior of tho
state show that the cold yeatbe- h.s
oeen general, and has extended from
,r une ehd OF the peninsular to the other
- = "e lowest temperature at Tampa was
20, ana the same was reported at Titus.
vie. At Cedar Key it was said to he
ao"n as low as Is, and at Kew West n
vas vas down to a. The cold weather
played havoc with the plumbing and
'a'er supply in Jacksonville. Manv
Ieopie re- found their water pipes frozen.
ne occurrence was SO unusual that
was some time before residents
ould realize that the water had actn4
ny frozen in the pipes. There was
e In shallaw places, however and
mere were icicles everywhere.
Kattlesnake In the Wine k.-
Near Lebanon, Marion county. XIV.
area sparks, a farmer, invited lis
to corn-shucking and Quilt.
x party, which was attended hr
venty men and fifteen women nrr.
. tne entertainment large kee Of
ackoerry wine was tapped and
eeiy distributed to the guests.
iortlv after indulging in the beyer.
g the participants were seized with
ute abdominal pains. A physician
!. eaiied in' who decided that the af.
'ted parties We're poisoned, three Of
'oh' Misses lnez Spalding, Ada
athen and Mr. Arthur Temple have
Ice died, and ten others are danger.
sly Ill. On an examination OF the
ne keg the remains of a large ratt1o.
IKE were discovered. How the
'omous reptile found londpment
re is unknown.
Fine Church Edifice Ruined.
hortly after the benediction wa.
nounced at the morning services ~
FIRST Baptist church, Chattannog.
m names burst with roar through
noor 81 10y a aitorium, pnd the
aze' blindingJ snowstorml 8 , wss ----.--
ing at the time, and the fire depart. A
u found it impossible to make anv
" over the slippery streets AZ
u at the church, another dificultv
ented itself in lack of water from
en- pipes The result was that the
'ch was hnally ruined. 1t was the
u baptist church building in the
d, costing about 100000. ONLY
w insurance was carried
Legislator Duncan's Tramn.
~ duncan, the member of ths
lessee legislature who has haen
ing from Washington county, east
'essee. to Nashville, reached his
nation the other day, having been
a by the bitter cold weather 10
by rail the last so miles. He saw.
not take this tramp for the mr.
Of gathering newspaper notor;str
study the life and habits of the
'ainers' as he intends writing
) and include in it the results of
udy and observation.
immigrants for the South.
from New York proposition
certainly has the charm OF
amy. 1t purports to be from
bankers, and states that in ad.
10 the banking business the firm
Us many German immigrants He
rs firm has brought $4,000 Ger.
20 TINS country, and while here.
'hey nave gone west, he will di.
lem to Georgia for the small con.
ion of $40 a head.
Duel Between Rivals.
oalburg, Ala, a fatal shoot;r,
occurred between Alex. vii.
ana WIZ Perry, on account Of
iamed Bell, whom both loved
len had been paying attentions
girl for some time, and while in
1ps they began shooting at one
r, Perry firing first. When the
cleared away Perry was dead
manson was fatally wounded
1 was the only witness to the
The Cold Snap In Texas,
ecent norther was the coltlest
nine years in south and east
Late gardens were killed, and
growth of the top crop Of cot. X
stopped. The Thermometer in
Texas registered from 10 to Is
aro.
ouston as Cotton Market.
September to January l there
out l,325,000 bales of cotton re-.
Houston. Tex, fully 100000
IAN for the entire season of
New Orleans is now the onlv
eading Houston.
Lynched.
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