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west. As late as 9 p. m, thoj were beard higli in tlie air. 31st, ground gen- 

 erally froze on the surface last night. 



O/iazva, Illinois. — October 9. — Wild geese flying south. 18tb, 19th, wild 

 geese flying east. 21st, rain and high wind ; no damage done at this station. 

 22d, wild geese very much disturbed, and flying east in large numbers. 23d, 

 first snow; it did not cover the ground. 24th, first ice, a sixteenth of an inch 

 thick. 30th, wild geese flying east. 



Union, Missouri. — October 21. — At 4 p. m. a hard storm of rain from the 

 west; for five minutes the wind blew a strong gale. 31st, first frost to mark 

 tender vegetation. 



Allenton, Missouri. — October 21. — At 8.20 a. m. thunder at a distance; 3.45 

 to 3.55 p. m. thunder and lightning, with a gale from the south, changing to a 

 southwest and then to a northwest gale by 6 p. m. 28th, faint thunder and 

 lightning from 6 to 6.15 a. m. 



St. houis, Missouri. — October 21. — At 4^ p. m. a furious gale from the west 

 or west-southwest followed quite suddenly the southeast wind, with rain, thun- 

 der and lightning, and some hailstones. It lasted only eight or nine minutes, 

 but was most destructive during that time in a southwestern and northeastern 

 line, from Lafayette Park to the Polytechnic Institute. (The observers at St. 

 Louis give details with regard to this storm.) 



Plymoutli, Wisconsin. — October 23. — First snow ; one inch deep in the fore- 

 noon, 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — October 21. — Barometer lowest at 11 p. m., 28.571 

 inches, reduced to 32 degrees; wind changed at 11^ p. m. 23d, first snow. 



Baraboo, Wisconsin. — October 16. — Thin ice early this morning. Snow on 

 the 22d, 24th, and 27th. Ground frozen on the 31st. 



Einharrass, Wisconsin. — October 2 to 6. — Wild geese going south. 20th, 

 wild geese and ducks flying south in large flocks. 



St. Paul, Minnesota. — The mean temperature of the month was higher than 

 that of any other October in the eight years during which this record has been 

 kept, and the amount of rain was greater than in other Octobers in the same 

 period, except in 1860 and 1861. 



Netv Jjlm, Minnesota. — October 23. — Ice an eighth of an inch thick. 27th, 

 very good isleighing in the forenoon, but by 2 p. m. rain set in and destroyed it. 



Dubuque, Iowa. — October 31. — Ice and abundant white frost in the morning, 

 the first frost which has bten sufiicient to kill tender foliage in the vicinity of 

 the Mississippi river. 



Monticcllo, Iowa. — October 5. — Large flock of wild geese flying south. 27th, 

 first snow-storm, commencing at 1 a. m. and ending at 4 a. m.; fell one inch; 

 began raining at 10 a. m., and the snow was all gone by noon. 



Waterloo, loiva. — October 27. — About two inches of "snow fell last night, but 

 it all melted away during the day. 



Ceres, Iowa. — October 25. — First snow; it began at 1 a. m., and fell three 

 inches deep. 27th, ice half an inch thick. 31st, ice on still water an inch 

 thick. 



Leavemvorth, Kansas. — The mean temperature of October was 1.8 degree 

 below the average of five years, and the amount of rain was 2.05 inches less 

 than the average for the same period. 



Council Grove, Kansas. — October 19. — White frost, and skim of ice in a 

 bucket of water. 20th, a storm of wind and rain, almost a hurricane. 22d, 

 ice on standing shallow water. 



Elkhorn City, Nebraska. — The month was the warmest and probably the 

 most windy of the past eight years. The frosts have been very light for the 

 season, the ground only twice slightly frozen on the surface and but three days, 

 upon which moisture fell; once a thin and almost imperceptible snow. 



Great Salt Lake City, Utah. — October 14. — Snow. 19th. — Four inches of 

 snow fell in the night. 

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