Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-16

lure at night fell and there was every
indication of another heavy frost dur
ing the night. The air was very raw.
Snow fell at Depere, ManltOWOc, emp
pewa Falls, Oshkosh, Appleton, Mani
towoc, Wausau, Palmyra and other
places. in nearly every section OF the
state The ground is covered to the
depth Of an inch III the northern sec
ton. but is light at points below
Green Bay and Chippewa Fails.
Everything is frozen up tight at Nau-
sau and there is half an inch OF snow
on the ground with prospect OF more.
Nearly everything that grows was
frozen at Viroqua; corn and Yege-
tables being covered with a quarter
of an inch of ice.
Neenah, Wis, May IA snow
storm destroyed Il number OF fruit
trees in this vicinity. Snow fell, but
it was light.
Sparta. Wis May A heavy frost
killed all the grapes in this vicinity.
Corn and potatoes that were up are
cut down. but none were forward
enough to be killed. OF hundreds OF
Is per cent. of strawberries were
damaged.
Houghton, Wis, May 14.-Saturday
and Sunday nights frost damaged all
the fruit trees and gardens IN the
Lake Superior district. Vegetation
advanced three weeks earlier than
usual. Cherry and apple trees were IN
blossom and forest trees in leaf.
Cumberland, Wis, May 14.-There
was a heavy frost throughout THIS re-
gion, killing nearly all kinds OF VeSe-
tation. The damage to crops IS very
considerable and the fruit prospects
are ruined. 1t was colder last night
than Sunday night and every green
leaf probably succumbed.
Grape Losses.
New York, May 14-keportS from
many sections of the state Indicate
that last nights frost did an immense
amount of damage to growing VeSe-
tables, crops and fruit IelegfalnS
from Dunkirk state that the entire
crane crop in the Chautaqua belt IS
ruined. The loss is estimated at 9l,-
100000 in this belt. That figure was
the value of last years crop, and by
reason of new acreage coming INTO
hearing the crop this year would nave
been much larger The vines were
loaded with blossoms and DudS sun
day evening and today from one ehd
of the belt to the other the vineyards
are nothing but blackened ruins ana
have the appearance OF having heeh
visited by fire. At Dunkirk the Their
mometer fell % degrees. Every vine
was destroyed At FOreStVllle 1af-
mers planted every available acre III
cranes and the frost ruined every
vine. Other fruits suffered nearly as
much There will be cherries.
At Ripley where yearly 400 cars
were shipped, this year they will not
have one basket of grapes. Grape
growers are demOralized and do not
know what they will do. The Their
mometer fell to four below freezing.
At Westtield the vines are entirely cut
down. Some growers will plough up
their vineyards and return to the old
style of general farming. The Chautau-
qua grape belt, is in mourning. Moth
ing was raised there but grapes and
the frost last night cut them all down.
Gerry Rickmann, the millionaire
grower and Wine> manufacturer, says
the loss in the belt by reason of the
destruction done to grapes will reach
100000 At Fredonia nothing Of the
grape crop can be saved.
Valparaiso. Ind, May 14.-A heavy
storm did great damage in this coun-
ty. Snow fell and it is below freezing.
Early fruit will all be killed.
South Bend, Ind, May 14.-There
was heavy snow storm here. The
mercury was four above freezing at {
o'clock in the evening.
Erie Pa, May LITTLE grape crop
In this section will be Il complete fail
ure because of last nights frost. In
this county 1000 acres of vineyards
are destroyed, and III Chautauqua
county. n Y, easily 5000 acres are
ruined These vineyards i'll good
years net $3.50 an acre, so that the ii
nancial loss to grape growers in the
two counties will reach S1,50O,O0O.
NIduu pl(S, MlCu., May ii lie
most reliable advices Obtainable indi-
cate that so far fruit is not materially
injured in western Michigan, but great
anxiety is felt for its fate. The mer-
curry now stands at So degrees with a
driving storm from the north. \ drop
of a few degrees means a freeze that
will certainly destroy all fruits except
apples.
Pittsburg, May 14.-There was a
heavy frost and in many places the ice
is an eighth of an inch thick. Gar
den truck and small fruits are de-
Stroyed. Reports from all over the
western part of Pennsylvania, eastern
Ohio aud West Virginia, indicate the
frost was as severe as here.
Charleston. W. Va. May Ire
ports from the northern part of this
state show that there was much dam
age to crops from last nights fr0sts
Along the Ohio river. in the western
part of the state, corn was nipped so
as to require replanting.
Detroit, Mich. May 14-Snow
storms are reported from all of the
principal points in western Michigan
and from the northern peninsula and
upper portions of the southern PENN
Sula. Cold rains are falling in the
eastern portions of the state. The
cOncensus of dispatches from western