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Beading, Fennsylvania. — October 4. — Heavy frost alon.g the Schuylkill river. 

 5th. — Ice an eighth of an inch thick in bucket-. 12th. — Rained most of the past 

 night, and steadily ihe forepart of the day. Yiident winds late in the aft^nooti 

 and evening. Commenced clearing at 8.30 p. m., with strong gale from north- 

 east. Rained again at night, and till 8.30 a. m. the 13th. 



Stevcnsvil/e, Pennsylvania. — October 24. — Snow-squall about 3 p. m., the 

 first this season. 



Tioga, Pennsylvania. — October 6. — Thermometer at 5 a. m., 22°; ice formed 

 half an inch thick. 9th, diffuse lightning in the south at 9 p. m. 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — October 5. — First hoar frost observed. 6th, 

 very heavy hoar frost. 11th to 13th, northeast storm ; rain very heavy on the 

 morning of the 13ih. Very heavy and continuous rain from 8 p. m. on the 29th 

 till 8 a. m. on the 30th. 



Lewishurg, Pennsylvania. — Tee on the mornings of the 5th and Gth. 



Grampian Hills, Pennsylvania. — There were two heavy in October, one on 

 the 11th and 12th, the other on the 29th. No great storms of wind, nor thun- 

 der or lightning. No snow to show upon the gi-ound until the morning of the 

 31st, and it then soon melted off. 



Canonshurg, Pennsylvania. — October 31. — A light fall of snow. 



Woodlawn, Maryland. — October 5. — Ice; ground frozen. 



Wilki7isviUe, South Carolina. — October 10. — Rather heavy thunder in 

 north, northwest, and west; heavy shower from 2.30 to 5.20 p. m. 15th, wild 

 pigeons going westward. 22d, thunder shower from 4 to 4.30 p. m. 24th, 

 light frost, the first observed ; killed tender vegetation in low, damp places. 

 25th, white frost; all tender vegetation killed. 29th, general and violent rain 

 from 1.30 a. m. to 4 p. m. 



Lake City, Florida. — October 4. — Thunder in the south from 2 to 2.30 p. m. 

 29th, lightning in the east from 7 to 8 p. m. ; and in the west, between 10.30 

 and 11.30 p. m. Rain recorded only on the 5th, 6th, and 29th. 



Austin, Texas. — Rain only on the 15th, 17th, and ISth, and very light. 



Helena, Arkansas. — Rain fell on five days in October ; the heaviest were on 

 the 21st, 2.48 inches, and on the 29th, 1.80 inch. 



Clarksville, Tennessee. — October 23. — A very light white frost this morning. 

 24th, heavy Avhite frost, killing all tender garden vines, the first killing frost of 

 the season ; a very thin skim of ice in exposed places. 25th, heavy white frost 

 and skim ice an eighth of an inch thick. 



Louisville, Kentucky. — The first visiblefrost was on the 22d of September ; 

 the first killing frost on the night of the 23d of October. 



Chileslmrg, Kentucky. — October 9. — Thunder-storm, with, hail at 8 p. m. ; it 

 came from the southwest. White frost on the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 27th, the 

 first here this season, though in low situations it appeared earlier. All tender 

 vegetables were killed on the 24th, and on the 25th ice formed. 



Norwalk, Ohio. — No frost during the month sufiicient to kill vines. 

 College Hill, Ohio. — October 24 and 25. — Killing frost; ice formed on water 

 in a bucket. 30th, ice on the borders of the pond. 



Marion, Ohio. — October 5. — First frost of the season, but it did not destroy 

 garden vegetables. 9th, thunder and lightning at every point, continuing for a 

 great part of the day and following night. 21st. — The high wind, which in 

 other places amounted to a hurricane, came on about 11 o'clock p. m. of the 20th, 

 and continued high for four or five hours, dying away at 5 to 6 o'clock a. m. 

 25th, another frost, which did little injury to garden vegetables. 31st, a slight 

 snow at about 4 a. m. 



TJrhana, Ohio — October 24. — A very few snow flakes yesterday at 6^ p. m., 

 and to-day at 7 a. m. and 2 p. m. 25th, heavy white frost ; ice, the first this 

 autumn. 



Kelley's island, Ohio. — October 31. — Coldest morning of the month ; frosi 



