Jack Frost In The South

The cold wave whioh swept ovei' the Bouth eaused a loss of fully 86,000V0'JU to Florida. Yotmg orange groves from oiie to four years old are ruinéd all over the state and inany ol,der trees killed. The winter orops of vegetables are killed outright and the strawbérry vincs and pineapple plants veiy senously damaged. Eteports from 51 c'orresp rdents in the orange districts oí 1ho : -. te indícate that at least 1,800,000 of uir icked óranges are -"lid globes of ice :ind move tlum 303,000 boxes of oranges in warehousea and lying in bulk, prëparatory to piek ing are frozen. Alboul 5,000,000 boxes of this season's ijp were stil] mi the trees. lieports from the interior of the state show that the cold weather has been general and has extended from one ■end f the peninsula to the other. Tomati es, cabbage, peas ;ml all vegetable in the northern end of the state are luined oxcept the pineapple planlations. which are not mnch injured. There was hanlly a house in Jackson■ville in wbich the waterpipes were not irozen solid. All the shrubbery and tropical plants in the public parks and private gardens was killed and many trees blighted. The teraperature was the lo west since 1835. Virtning'aam, Jla: The worst snow storm ever known in Alabama carne with the bjzzard. Six inches of snow feil. The weather was very severe and much (u ff er ing among the poör is reported. 1 ïany cattle are starving in Viarren secLons and two JSegroes were irozen to ePlth at Attala. At Birmingham snowHinost blocked traflSc. It is ieared thajpuch damage will be done in the mines by the bursting of water pipes and flooding the mines. Memphis, Tenn: From six to eight inches of snow is reported from the middle and West Tennessee, Arkansas, North Miisissippi, Louisana and Westorn AlaUima, with a bteady drop in temperatlire.