STARR — K IWA THUNDER-STORMS. 



IOWA THUNDER-STORMS — NOTES FOR THE 

 SUMMER OF 1887. 



BY FREDERICK STARR, PH.D. 

 {Read before the Academy, December 2d, /SS7.) 



This report is very faulty. I present it, however, with the hope that 

 the material it contains may not be entirely without value, and that 

 some one, better qualified for the work than I am, may be led to under- 

 take the study for another season. 



These notes cover the three months from June ist to September ist. 

 In the spring, a circular, with sample blank enclosed, was sent to such 

 persons as I believed would be interested in the work. Favorable re- 

 plies were received from about seventy persons. More than half of 

 that number have really reported. It can readily be appreciated that 

 so small a number cannot properly report so large an area. It is hoped 

 that a larger corps of workers may be secured for another season. A 

 list of observers who have actually reported follows: 



Avey, O. H., Oskaloosa. 

 Baur, George, Middle River P. O. 

 Bennett, T. W., Lenox. 

 Boyd, Joseph, Oskaloosa. 

 Brackett, A. (J., Denmark. 

 Brainard, D. W., Grinned. 

 Brown, Caleb, Sac City. 

 Brown, W. J., Emmetsburg. 

 Coffey, W. T., Marion. 

 Collin, Alonzo, Mt. Vernon. 

 Crosby, James ()., Garnavillo. 

 Dean, Mrs. Seth, Glenwood. 

 Dysart, Joseph, Dysart. 

 Elder, J. M., Concord. 

 Ellis, G. M., Emmetsburg. 

 Hunter, G. F., Hawarden. 

 Koontz, Alph., Albia. 

 Lahman, V. M., Wiota. 

 Larrabee, Rachel, McGregor. 

 Lewis, Melissa, Audubon. 

 Marks, T.. Hopkinton. 

 Marshall, Gregory, Cresco. 

 McCreadv, Miss L. A., Ft. Madison. 

 Meeker, Roy, Marshalltown. 

 Miller, Edwin, Auburn. 

 Mitchell, L. E., Brush Creek. 

 Moore, W. W., Gillett. 



Moulton, M. M., Monticello. 

 Mulford, A. M., New Providence. 

 Norelius, A., Kiron. 

 Olds, H. D., Cedar Rapids. 

 Pavne, Wm. D., Tabor. 

 Perkins, C. G., Onawa. 

 Pratt, W. II., Davenport. 

 Prinelle, II. W., Ft. Dodge. 

 Ravmond, II. F., Waterloo. 

 Reeves, M. L., Seney. 

 Renfrew, II. X., Bancroft. 

 Rice, Charles, Smithland. 

 Rice, Wilbur F., Adair. 

 Roberts, Luke, Clinton. 

 Sawyer, C. N., Orange City. 

 Schadt, Conrad, Amana. 

 Sears, P. W., Moravia. 

 Sheldon, S. G. F., Davenport. 

 Smith, H. D., Monticello. 

 Vogeli, Ad., Des Moines. 

 Walton, I. P., Muscatine. 

 Ward, William, Algona. 

 Wheeler, I. J., Monona. 

 Winchester, E. D., .Stacvville. 

 Witte, Max E., Mt. Pleasant. 

 Wood, John A., Rock Branch. 

 Wuest, Peter, Homestead. 



To all of these we give hearty thanks. 

 [Proo. D. A. N. 8., Vol. V.] 11 



[March 15, 1888.] 



