Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1895 — HEAVY FROSTS. [ARTICLE]

HEAVY FROSTS.

Many Portions of the Country Visited—But Little hanmue Bone. Dispatches received by the Associated Press indicate that heavy frosts fell Sunday night throughout the greater portion of the country. Little damage was done. Warsaw, Ill.—The first frost of the season fell, killing all tendefi vegetation. No damage to corn. Centralia, Ill.—A light frost, with no damage. Elkhorn, Wis.—A heavy frost fell. All crops are beyond injury. Plainfield, Wis. —A very heavy frost fell, killing all garden stuff. East Tawas, Mich.—A sixteenth inch of ice was formed. A heavy frost fell with great damage to all kinds of vines. Indianapolis, Ind.—A killing frost fell in many Indiana counties. Louisville, Ky.—There was a killing frost which did great damage to tobacco and other vegetation in various portions of the State. Topeka, Kan.—A heavy frost throughout the State. Broom corn seriously damaged. St Louis, Mo.—Light frost over the State, with little damage. Memphis, Tenn.—Frost was found in low-lying localities at various points in West Tennessee, north Mississippi, and Eastern Arkansas. Tender vegetation was bitten, but no serious damage was done to the Irish potato crop, and cotton was not injured to any considerable extent on the uplands. Duncan, Miss.—A heavy frost in thdt part of the delta which may cut the cotton crop short by causing immature bolls to Open. Ottumwa, lowa—The frost the other morning was the heaviest of the season and all vegetation was badly damaged. Ice formed in all parts of the county. Altoona, Pa.—The first snowstorm of the season fell, accompanied by a cold wave.