Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1893 — PALMETTO BLIZZARD. [ARTICLE]

PALMETTO BLIZZARD.

Sleigh Hiding In South Carolina—Orange Troes Nipped. The Palmetto State enjoyed a genuine blizzard, Tuesday, ft struck Charleston, S. C., and for tho first time within the past 'ifteen years years house tops wero coverd with a thin coating of snow and sleet. Tho mercury averaged about three or four degrees belqw freezing point during the day, and pedestrians, not being accustomed to ice, had a hard timo getting along the sidewalks. The orange trees in the city are injured somewhat, and will probably bear only one crop this year. They usually bear two < crops. Planting aud truck farm crops are not far enough ad* vancod to suffer any damage. Strawberries are well protected, and the plant g will escape without severe trouble. A Wilmington, N. C., the sleet storm reported Tuesday evening has not yet abated, and has now reached tho proportions of a first class snow fall for that climate. Many sleighs of rude and hurried construction are now on tho streets, a sight very rarely witnessed there.