The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-09
1HESTNNT SOUTH FROZEN.
Havcc Wrought In Florida Mercury
Reaches tho Lowest Point In Years.

JACKSONVILLE. FLA, Feb. S.-The
blizzard las wrought havoc in Floridt
Thopernds Of acres II ,ung vegetables
are Killed Olang, trees are worse hurt
than i'm :ne Srrcze IF December. on ae-
count Of being filled with spring sap.
Ianv were just budding Even straw
Itlrics were Killed. The mercury tJuchcd
II this morning at Jacksonville, or the
same as accorded i'm the fr'ezc Of De
cembor 2gJh. Al other points IN the state
10 Was relatively az cold. At Jupiter, lo
miles soutH OF Jacksonville. the Tercury
was 2S. AZ UtUsviHc $50 miles south,
Is. and at Tampa, twenty-five mics
south. -! st Tampa. Clear Water and
Vicinity IT showed. from A. NJ. To noon
ANA the inhabitants marycicd at the Hn-
preccicutcl f,ak OF kiLg win ter.
qIE LowE,r RECORD TOUCHED.
NEW ORLEANS. LA, Feb &-This rs
the opld,et spell that has visited this Sec
ton since the winter of 1856. ON the ath
of January Of that year the thermometer
dropped to - degrees. and a minimum
was reached here last night of l6 de-
Erccs. which. 10 be noted. came danger
ou-ly near touching the vcry lowest rec
ord ever made I'm New Orleans. The local
observer says this morning nat ne fees
confident that his Instruments did not
=
observatory ir ON top 1t the custom
house. and. i'm his opinion. the heat from
The building which is kopt perfectly
warm during the nieht. had more or less
effect upon the iustrun cnts, and probably
rius,d them tp record dccree or tWo
above what was right. lie is under the
imIrcs sion that this IS as cold as ever
known before in New Orlcars.
GALVESTON BAY FROZEN OVER.
GALVESTON, TENAS, Feb. S.-For the
second time m the history of Galveston
tbc bay froze over. The first time was
january. 1856. and since then the Their
mpmCter never fcI SO low as il did to-
day. 10 stood f. above, which was one
Yolut lower than yesterday. Millions OF
fish were frozen. and the jetties and
reefs along the waters edge are lined
with them. Thousands of the fish were
gathered up by the poor. The bay did
not freeze as completely as in loS6.
SIN DLGRrEs ABOVE ~ ALABAMA.
MONTGOMERY. ALA. Feb. S.-The
thermometer reached degrees above zero
here at o'clock this morning. This is
tne lowest since January 1856. when the
mercury recorded D degrees above. To-
day has been sunny, but the cold has
continued. and the thermometer now req
listers - degrees. No reports OF injury
10 human beings or stock in this sec
tion have been received business has
been practically suspended.
EIRNINGHAM. ALA, Feb. S,-The un-
precedenied cold spell has continued al
most undated during the past twenty
four hours At midnight last night the
thermometer registered II at ]. "A. NJ, 10;
at "A. NJ. ). and at 2:3J, . II degrees, the
lowest recorded. At A. NJ. to-day IT
stood at 3. and continued TO rise I'll >
T.. NJ. when il reached - Ia, after which
IL began falling and at +. NJ, registered
lSl-2. The sky is clear and the wind hght
An the early hours a light snow FELL but
the wind scattered it, There are no re-
ports of fatalities to-day, but the STOCK
and the poor people have mad a Dllier
experience.
CotpLsr OK RIG ORD IL COLUMBIA.
COIJNfEIA. $. c.. Feb. S.-To-day has
been the coolest day ever known IN 20
Iumbil The lowest point reached was
degrcss. as \. N. The mean tehpeIa-
tura for the twenty-fOur hours was only
IA door,es far below any previous re-
cord The thermometer is now 10 degrees
one lower than at the same ume last
night. The trains from the North are
ab.llt nine hours late. Business mas Deeh
practically suspended all day hereaoouls'
the people remaining indoors
CHARLESTON. 5. c., Feb. Sir ne 'heI-
momcter REGISTERED u degrees THIS morn
ing. the lowest on record for FeDruary'
Everything IN the way OF Ve8etapies Is
destroyed.
fNGIIsH PEA CROP KILLED.
SAVANNAH GA, Feb. S.-Farmers re-
port that the English pea crop was lhe
only large crop planted here. ana II was
killed by the cold. Some potatoes were
In the ground, but. being planted deeP;
are not damaged Cabbages ana smal
lot OF other vegetables which were up
were killed outright, As the large pro
portion OF tho spring vegetable crop had
not been planted the loss Will not De
serious.
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. S.-The lowest
temperature this morning was Que De
gree below zero Al midday the thef-
mometer registered l3 Tonight at 10
o'clock II was at 9. Great suffering is re-
ported from all over the State
ruE coLpEST SINCE 1874.
KNOXVILLE. TENN, Feb. s.-The
mercury registered seven degrees below
2eIo this morning, the lowest on record.
with one exception, IN twenty-five years.
The mean temperature for the last TWEEN
ty-four hours IA one degree above mark
ing the coldest day since the weather
bureau was established here. in 1874. Sew
eIal cases OF frost bites are reported.
The weather observer says the thermome-
ter may 60 10 ten below before mernta2