St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-13
GENUINE WINTER WEATHER
IN PARTS OF MICHIGAN AND WIS
CONSIN, WITH THE TEMPERA-
TURE BELOW FREEZING.
THE FREEZE IN MINNESOTA
And the Northwest Is Not Re-
ported as Doing Any Serious
Damage.

night says: The frost area reported
is something unusually extensive and
severe for this time of the year, frost
having occurred this mornig in all of
the fifteen states for which it was fore
cast Saturday morning. In the
peach belt of Michigan and cranberry
marshes of Wisconsin temperatures
below freezing occurred and frost of
killing nature, as it was also
throughout the remainder of those
states and in northwestern Illinois,
Iowa, eastern Minnesota, eastern Ne
braska and extreme northern Missouri
But a frost of more or less severity
occurred throughout all of the states
OF the upper lake region, middle and
upper Mississippi valley east of the
slope of the Rocky mountains and in
Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. In
these states the temperature will rise
considerably tonight.
Reports from many points in the
Northwest are to the effect that con-
siderable damage was done to small
fruits and vegetable crops in many
sections by last nights frost Corn
in some places has been badly injured,
but may yet be replanted. Other
grains are said to have suffered much.
Kansas escaped the ravages of frost
last night except in the southern part
OF the state and the low lands gen.
orally along the Arkansas, Walnut and
Kansas rivers and tributaries. Secre-
tary Coburn, of the agricultural de-
partment, has heard from but few
localities in the state, and these re-
Ter generally to the frost of Friday
night, which was severe on vegetables.
small fruits and small grain in a few
localities along the Arkansas valley.
Today the. Chicago, Rock Island &.
Pacific Railway company received re-
ports from more than hundred agents
at stations along it's line in central.
western and northwestern Kansas
which show that last nights frost was
severe on vegetable and garden plants:
that the fruit was not materially dam
aged, and that the wheat and other
small grain generally escaped and
was notsinjured except in few Ioeali-
ties. Discouraging reports continue to
come in from eastern and central
Kansas about the ravages of chineh
bugs in the wheat fields President
Potter and Secretar Coburn, of the
agricultural department, believe that
Kansas will raise more wheat this
year than last; the total yield of 1894
being twenty-eight million bushels
They say, however, that unless rain
comes soon and the chinch bugs in
vasion can be arrested that the Kansas
wheat crop will be below that of any
season during the past fifteen years.
Not much damage was done in Illi-
nois, and reports from many points in
Michigan say that although there was
a heavy frost the damage, so far as
learned. was small.
IN MINNESOTA.
Special to the Globe.
MONTEVIDEO, Mimi, May PA
very heavy frost is reported all over
Chippewa county. Fruit trees are in
blossom and the Strawberries are just
beginning to bud. 1t is feared that
much damage has been done. to not
only fruits. but young flax. 1t is much
colder tonight, and at 9 o'clock is clear
ing, with every prospect of another
hard frost.
Special to the Globe.
BROWNS VALLEY Mimi, May r.
This portion of Western Minnesota
was visited by the heaviest May frost
in many years last night What the
damage is to garden truck, young corn
and fax cannot yet be told. The out
look is for another frost tonight.
Special to the Globe.
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, May 12.-It
is feared that great damage was done
to growing stuff by the frost of Friday
and Saturday nights. Wheat is prob
ably safe enough, but a good deal of
early gardening will have to be done
over again.
Special to the Globe.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, May IA light
frost in this vicinity last night did
some damage to garden truck, but no
injury to grain has been reported.
Special to the Globe.
MANKATO, Mimi, May 12.-Last
nights frost considerably damaged
garden vegetation, and early planted
corn and fax suffered considerably.
Water froze in some sections.
DULUTH, Mimi, May 12. = There
were frosts all over this section of
the state last night and today, and
some snow has fallen. The weather is
cold, almost down to freezing, and
heavy snow is raging on the lake.
IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May 12.-North-
ern and western sections of the state
report a heavy frost last night. Fruit
buds and garden truck are ruined at
Chippewa Falls. Marinette reports
all crops injured. AT New Lisbon
small fruits and grain were killed.
A heavy rain is falling there tonight.
The berry crop was destroyed at Bos-
cobel
LA CROSSE, Wis.-The heavy frost
of this morning appears to have dam
aged everything susceptible to injury.
Strawberry plants were killed. A
great deal of corn is up and will be
killed. 1t was the worst May frost in
many years.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, May 12.-Last
night was the coolest of the month, the
thermometer registering as low as "a
to 81, according to locality. Inter-
views with fruit growers and farmers
in this section Indicate considerable
damage, principally to corn, potatoes
and clover. Apple and strawberry
blossoms were nipped, and cherry bios
oms blasted. Apples, as well as other
small fruits, except cherries. are too
far advanced to be harmed. There was
slight damage to- strawberries.
Glover fields were frosted badly. but
the. cold snap is considered to have
been a benefit to small grains, as the
warm weather of the past two weeks