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places, and were from 1 to l^^ inclies in diameter; also pellets of ice fell from 

 two to three inclie.s in length and an inch ia thickness. The hail-storm con- 

 tinued about fifteen minutes. 



BethlcJicm, Pennsylvania. — July 25. — At a quarter before 7 p. m*-, Dr. C. 31. 

 "VYetherill witnessed the formation of a tornado, apparently about a mile to the 

 southeast of Bethlehem. It did not produce any effect at or near Bethlehem; 

 its action was confined to the heavens, and it appeared to pass off to the south- 

 ward . — Correspon dence. 



IVoocUatvn, Maryland. — July 25. — After G p. m. a very dark cloud passed 

 from northwest to northeast, and then returned directly overhead. About 6.40 

 occasional balls of hail began to fall, in size and form similar to gum drops, but 

 ceased, and rain commenced, at first moderately, but soon increasing to a heavy 

 rain, when the hail again fell, first in round balls like rifle-bullets, then increas- 

 ing in quantity and in size to that of hulled walnuts, until it nearly covered the 

 ground, many of them over an inch in diameter, and one picked up half an hour 

 after the storm measured If inches across. 



Havre de Grace, Maryland. — July 25. — A few minutes after 7 p. m., te i 

 spans of the great bridge building here by the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and 

 Baltimore railroad company were' lifted from the stone piers by a tornado and 

 thrown into the rivei'. — Neivsi^ajyers. 



Frederick, Maryland. — July 25. — At 8.^ p. m. heavy cloud southwest; con- 

 stant and verv vivid vellow lightning. At fifteen minutes after 9 it rained in 

 torrents. 31st, this is said to be the hottest summer known here for forty years. 



Washington, District of Columbia. — July 25.-.-Slight shou'er from 5.10 to 

 5.30 p. m. At 8 p. m., and later, a most beautiful and remarkable display of 

 forked, zigzag, and diffuse lightning at the north and northeast. Very heavy 

 rain after 9 p. m., with large iiail. 



Wytheville, Virginia. — The middle of July was remarkable for a continued 

 extraordinary hot spell. 



Clarksville, Kcntuclcy. — July 25. — About 1 p. m. an extensive storm cloud, 

 was observed to the north passing eastward ; at 2 p. m., wind in fresh variable 

 squalls from northeast. 



KeUey's Island, Ohio. — The temperature of the month has been 5.17" warmer 

 than the mean of July for seven years preceding the present, and 4.53° warmer 

 than the mean of eight years including the present ; also 1.40° above the warmest 

 July in eight years, which was in 1864. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — July 16. — To-day is the hottest that it has been here in 

 eleven years. 



College Hill, Ohio. — The month of July has been unusually wet ; on the 

 28th the rain was the most severe known here for several years. 



Bethel, Ohio. — July 15. — A remarkably hot day, the hottest for some years. 



Northpoi-t, Michigan — July 15. — The day has been oppressively Avarm ; in 

 the sun almost unendurable. 31st, red squirrels continue as numerous and tame 

 as last month ; they have not been plenty formerly. Grasshoppers have been 

 very abundant and destructive this season ; they have now nearly all disap- 

 peared. The observer sowed about three acres of buckwheat on the east side of 

 a piece of meadow. The grasshoppers began to take the buckwheat on the west 

 side about forty rods long. They took everything clean about two-thirds of the 

 width of the piece, then stopped, leaving a straight line except some slight in- 

 dentations. Pigeons have also been extremely numerous ; they are now disap- 

 pearing. ♦ 



Litchfield, Michigan. — July 16. — Much damage was done this afternoon to 

 property at Jouesville, seven miles southeast of here, by a heavy wind and rain; 

 at this place there was scarcely a sprinkle and no wind. 



Richmond, Indiana. — The mean temperature of July is the highest since 

 1856, and 3.77° above the average of the last fourteen years, while the maxi- 



