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EUzahetliton^ Tcnn. — Month pleasant ; blue birds here ; plowing-. 



Trenton, Tenn. — Heavy rain with thunder and lightning 30th, p. m. 



La Orange, Tenn. — Many smoky days ; heavy thunder-showers 30th. 



Fine Grove, Ky. — Sleet and rain 25tb, 26th; month's snow and sleet, 

 3 inches. 



Shelby City, Ky. — Skating 1st to 10th ; robbins 30th ; very little snow. 



Martinis Ferry, Ohio. — Ohio Elver opened 13th ; song sparrows pres- 

 ent nearly all the month ; snow on six days, rain on one, sleet on one. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — Average January temperature for sixteen years 

 26.73°, this year 29.56° ; rain-fall 2.22 inches, this year 1.27 inches ; 

 snow-fall 12.5 inches, this year 12 inches. 



North Fairfield, Ohio. — Snow, five inches, 8th; robbins and ravens 

 13th. 



Hillsboro, Ohio. — Snow (3 inches) and sleet 2oth ; thunder and rain 

 31st. 



Bethel, Ohio. — Bees flying 11th ; great sleet, ice half an inch on twigs, 

 cattle slip and fall, 26tli ; thunder-shower 31st. 



Urhana, Ohio. — Snow gone, after twenty-five days, 11th ; after seven 

 days, 31st. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. — Snow-storm, ending in heavy freezing rain, 25th, 

 26th ; made excellent skating on the thick crust. 



College Hill, Ohio. — Canals closed December 21st ; Ohio Elver, 4th in- 

 stant. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. — Cold storm from west ; fine freezing rain here 

 14th, 15th; ended in snow; the icy coating remained until near end of 

 month. 



Litchfield, Mich. — Cold rain 14th, 15th ; iced and broke down trees 

 and shrubbery, and buildings in some places. No fair day this month. 



Coldwater, Mich. — Freezing rain 13th, 14th ; ice remains 29th. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Sleighing twenty-two days; ended 11th. Not 

 severe yet. 



Northport, Mich. — Mild winter and month ; snow 8 to 12 inches 

 deep ; Lake Michigan clear of ice as in summer. 



Muslcegon, Mich. — Northe^i^t snow- storm, two feet, severest in three 

 years, 14th, 15th. 



Ontonagon, Mich. — Every day cloudy ; snow on nineteen days; snow- 

 fall 50.5 inches. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — Auroras 12th, 18th, 20th ; robbins, blue birds, 

 13th. 



Vevay, Ind. — Lovely, mild to 5th ; plowing ; snow-drops 12th ; red 

 birds, wrens, 18th ; northeast snow-storm, sleet, freezing rain, 25th, 26th. 



Mount Carmel, Ind. — Pleasant winter ; little snow and rain this month. 



Laconia, Ind. — Heaviest damaging storm of sleet known here, 25th, 

 25th to 30th. 



Kentland, Ind. — Very mild January; but fruit generally killed. 



Marengo, III. — Warmest January day known here 12th ; great snow- 

 storm (about 13 inches) 13th to 15th ; no rain or snow reported on 26th. 



Charleston, III. — Blue birds 6th ; freeziu grain and sleet 13th to 16th; 

 aurora 19th ; snow (2.75 inches) sleet (ice crust ^ inch) 25th ; thunder 

 30th. 



Belviderc, III. — Freezing rain 13th ; snow 14th to evening of 15th, 

 badly drifted, stopping trains ; snow 23d, with rain 30th, 31st; good 

 sleighing. 



TisJcibva, III. — Snow, (about 18 inches, strong wind,) 13th to 15th. 



Dubois, III. — Sleet storms all day 13th, 24th ; month 3.53° warmer 

 than average of six vears. 



