The herald., 1895-05-15
JACK FROST'S BIG PICNIC
Knocking Out Spring and Fruits
in the East
GREAT DAMAGE WROUGHT
Garden Fruits and Grain In Many States
Totally Ruined
Secretary Morton of the Agricultural Depart.
ment Believes Some Of the Reports
Have Been Exagyer atsd
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press special Wire.
WASHINGTON May lI.-Secretary
Morton said today that he believed great
damage has been caused by the frost. but
regarded some reports as exaggerated.
His opinion was based on news ,,aper dis
| patches. So far no information has
reached the department except through
regular telegraphic reports to the weather
| bureau.
GALESBUG Ill. May 14.-Everything
was frozen stiff last night. Ice quarter of
an men thick formed. Grape and straw
berry crops are killed. 1t is feared fruit
of all kinds is badly injured. Corn was
| cut down.
CHICAGO May 14.-Heavy frosts oc-
CURED this morning IN Wisconsin. Mich
igan. Illinois, Indiana and Eastern Min
nesota. with seven inches of snow in the
central and northern part of Lower Mich
igan. The temperature is five to ten de-
grees lower this morning in Lower Mich
igan, Ohio Valley, tennessee and
Missouri.
OSHKOSH. May 1i.-There was an
other heavy frost last night and destruc-
ion of gardens, fruit and early grain is
almost complete. The ground was frozen
to the depth of nearly two inches.
ELlZABETHTOWN, n. j., May H.
The mercury fell to 20 degrees at 5 a. III.
today. Fruits were blasted and the foliage
is dropping. The ground was frozen hard.
WAPAkONETA, Ohio, May lit has
been showing here all morning. the mer-
curry registering 20 degrees. Damage to
fruit and crops cannot be estimated.
ASlIEVILLE. n. c., May l4.-Snow
can plainly be seen for a distance on sew
eral mountains in this vicinity. Very
little damage has been done to vegetation
in the valleys.
ST LOUIS, May 1.-THE signal off Ger
reports killing frost at Springfield, H.,
and vicinity last night, and light frost
in this vicinity and throughout Missouri.
extending up into Iowa. 1t is not
thought serious damage to the crops re-
suited except in the lowlands. Dis
patches received by the Missouri state
board of agriculture report some damage
to the crops by frost Saturday and Sun
day nights in the northwest and north
central sections OF the state. Beans and
potatoes suffered particularly.
PEORIA ILL.,. May 14.-A very heavy
frost in this section last night did enor
nous damage. Grapes and vegetables
are all gone.
DETROIT, May 14.-Reports from the
fruit belt in the western part of the state
are conflicting but most OF them agree
that no serious damage has been done.
and If the wind continues until tomorrow
all danger from frost will be over. Gar
den truck has been badly nipped.
PITTSBCRG. May 1.-THE weather
here is cold and cloudy, with light dashes
OF rain. The lowest temperature reached
was 30 degrees and freezing weather is
predicted by the weather bureau tonight.
Damage to fruit and vegetables will be
great.
MOWQUA, ILL.,, May IA Heavy frost
last night totally destroyed the triit and
berry crop in this section. Gardens are
blackened to- the ground.
WHITEHALL, n. Y, May 14.-There
vas heavy frost throughout the Cham
plain valley last night. doing considerable
DAMAGE TO fruit trees and crops.
DUNKIRk. n. V. May 14.-Damage
by frost to the grape crop in Chautauqua
county is estimated at $3.50. 600 to 5000. 6)O.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 14.-While the
weather continues cold. there was no
frost in Northern Ohio last night, as the
favor heavy frost tonight. Reports con-
fruit and early vegetables by severe rostsf
| Sunday night.
CINCINNATI. May 14.-Snow was fall
ing in many places in Ohio today and
| ice fToZe to the thickness of two inches.
+, which were unusual features for the mid
die of May. In Kentucky very low
! temperature was reached and great Jury
| to the tobacco crop is re- orted.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 14.-Killing
frosts. so severe that ice formed in many
places and the ground froze, occurred
throughout Wisconsin last night but on
the whole the damage to growing crops
appears to be less than might have been
expected. In Milwaukee this morning
the temperature was "a degrees at La
crosse 36, Green Bay "a and Marquette 9.