Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-14
"TUE FIEECY" GALORE.

morning the SHOW ~ Il iHSHts uNtp "" "
level. 1t is still showing. and drifting
badly.
THE FLEECY" GALORE.
DETROIT. MICH. May D--Freierick.
Mich. reports TO 10 inctes OF snow;
Ossinke, inches. and stili showing;
Lewiston, s inches and sul showing;
Menomlnee, inches, with III gardens and
many fruit and shade-trees ruined, ard
Manistee. inches
The frost did no damage 20 fruit-,rees
. at Grand Haven. and u l. believed that
generally throughout the State fruit has
escaped serious injury
Snow ALL NIGHT.
ALPENA, MICH, May i9-saow has
been falling since lest Eight, and the
ground IL now covered to depth Of or
5 inches.
A COLD NIGHT
WATERFOWL, X. ". My a.
renced drop Of 20 degrees Ia
the thermometer in fifteen hours.
the change taking place between p. ".
| Saturday and sunday morning.
THIN ICE.
NYACK. y. Y, May lS-Ths cold
weather this morning made thin ice In
! tnuance OF the low temperature. II - be-
| lieved, VIII injure fruit prospects
TWENTY EIGHT DEGREES.
| LOCKPoRT. n. Y. Msy i3-The ther-
mometer registered az low as = Inst
night. Fruit and vegetables suffered
| in Niagara county, and, although the ex-
| tent OF the damage has not yet been as
certained. Il WIN reach ihouflnds of dol-
lars.
FRUIT BLOSSOMS FROZEN.
MONTICELLO N. Y, May i3-The
cold wave struck this section last night.
The thermometer dropped i5 degrees In
almost as many minutes. Ice formed
during the night. In some sections of Sl.-
Ivan ana Delaware counties frult-blos-
SONS were badly frozen. Al : o'clock
snow was falling at Livingston Manor
and Liberty. and also IN most Of the up
country towns on the New York. Ontario
and Western railroad.
HEAVY AND KILLING FROST.
CLEVELAND. o.. May l3.-A heavy and
killing frost visited the northern and
eastern portions OF the State last night
In some places ice was frozen a quarter
OF an inch thick. Fruit OF all kinds was
destroyed. Along the lake shore grape
growers kept fires burning all night In
tfltlT NliltyJfuS, Dht ilif tauitb' N'hT w
the vines Is very great. and the loss Will
amount 10 many thousands OF dollars.
Wheat. which had commenced heading.
Is badly injured. Garden truck IL ruined,
and young corn frozen In the ground
CROPS REPORTED SAFE.
CHICAGO. ILL, May B-cheerns
news comes from the fifteen States vlsi-
ted by fros,s yesterday morning. The
crops are reported safe. Wheat and oats
escaped uninjured. because neither hai
begun TO Joint, and where cut down ~
frost or heavy rains viii spr0ut again.
Corn WAS slightly nipped by the cold IN
a few States, bu. not enough 10 occasion
the slightest alarm that the yield WIZ
be affected TO any noticeable extent
There Is no longer any ground for scare
in the face OF these facts on the con-
trary, the outlook Is said 10 DE oeuer
than Il was May lst, wnen II was uH-
usually promising. 1000.
LAsPoRTE. IND. May i2-Northern
Indiana was visited by snow-s'orni To-
dav. which ragged for several hours. Tbf
cold has increased greatly. and II 10
feared small fruits ard all growing 'eSe-
tation has been seriously injured. piH-
Yard is blowing tonight.
DAMAGE TO GRAPES.
ERIE. PA, May l3.-A killing fr9s' ieiI
from midnight last night and did very
extensive damage 10 the grape oei''
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
CHARLESTON. W. VA, May B-Thefe
was heavy fros, throughout this sectlon
this morning. but OWING TO the cry
weather no damage of any Importance
was done. The thermometer tonight ~
"a. and falling. with a cold rain.