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Belvidere, III. — Warm to 8th, rest moderate ; ground iu good order. 



Hennepin, UI. — Liglit raius, no killing frosts; windy after 10th. 



Dubois, 111. — Peach blossoms 2d, apples 10th. Mouth very dry. 



Andahisia, III. — Season favorable and forward, frosts sligiit. 



Oquaw1ia,Ill. — Martins 3d ; cherry blossoms 20th; ice 11th, 22d; windy 

 month ; on 8th drifts of sand on the railroad IS inches high. 



Manitoiroc, Wis. — Auroras, red, white, blue, and green 9th, red and 

 white 13th ; thunder-storms 19th, 27th. Lowest barometer on record. 



Hingliam, ^Vis. — Plowing oth; sowed wheat 11th; very wet after 

 15th. 



Milwmiliee, ^y^s. — Snow 11th, IGth ; storm, lightning 19th ; ice 22d. 



Waupacca, Wis. — Ice out of lake 2d ; hurricane, almost, 8th. 



Emharrass, Wis. — Frogs 1st; hail 12th, 19th; ice 11th, loth. 



Mosinee, Wis. — Season late, soil wet, little oats or wheat sowed yet. 



Baraboo, Wis. — Warmest April on record ; May flowers on 15th to 

 25th. 



Bayfield, Wis. — Thunder-storms; clearing ice out of the bay 7th to 

 10th. ' 



;S'^. Paul, Minn. — Month cloudy and stormy, seyen days' rain, three of 

 snow, (6 inches.) 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Snow 7 inches 10th, lUh. A warm April. 



Sibley, Minn. — Frogs 5th; heaviest snow this year 10th; hail 18th. 



KonislM, Minn. — Windy, frequent thunder; waters very low. 



Litchfield, Minn. — Pleasant to 8th, rest disagreeable and cool. 



Clinton, Iowa. — Frogs 1st; flowers 2d; martins 3d; hard frost 27th. 



Monticello, Iowa. — Frogs; black birds 2d. No rain worth mention. 



Durant, lotva. — Hard frost 30th; vegetation advanced ; ground dry. 



Fort Madison, Iowa. — Peach blossoms Oth. apple 15th; ice 11th, 12th, 

 13th. 



Guttenbery, Iowa. — A flne month for farmers and their stock. 



Independence, Iowa. — Thunder-storms 2d, 2(3th ; severe gale 8th ; ground 

 froze 11th; auroras 11th, 13th; martins 17th; ice 22d; peach blossoms 

 28th. 



Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Terrible gale 8th ; ground frozen hard 22d. 



Alqona, Iowa. — Snow, (0 inches,) sleet and rain 10th ; rain with snow 

 lOth'to 21st. 



Fontanelle, Jowa.— High winds 2d, 8th; ice 9th, 11th, 12th, 21st, 22d. 



Councill Blu/ffs, loiva. — High winds 2d, 5th, to 8th ; ground froze hard 

 11th. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Very high winds 2d, 18th, 19th, 20th ; thunder-storms 

 19th, 20th. 



Allenton, il/o.— Heavy frosts 12th, 22d, 23d; the last kiUed much fruit. 



Hematite, Mo. — Dryest spring in many years, ground baked hard. 



Bolla, Mo. — Month about 5° warmer than in 1869 and 1870. 



Oregon, Mo. — Great storms 8th, 10th, 18th to 20th; ice half an inch 

 11th; corn planting 17th; rye heading 29th. Cold injured some fruits. 



Atchison, Kans. — Frost, ice 11th ; aurora 18th ; changeable and windy. 



Williamstoicn, Kans. — Peach blossoms 1st, apples 7th; rye heads 28th. 



Faola, Kans. — Terrific thunder-storm 10th ; month windy in hard 

 gusts. 



Baxter Spnngs, Kans. — Frost 22d, ruined and damaged fruits. 



Lawrence, Kans. — Month 5o.92 warmer than mean of three Aprils. 



Burlingame, Kans. — Severest wind-storms known here 7th, 8th, 10th, 

 17th, 18th; damaging tender vegetation, and some fruits. 



Omaha Agency, Mebr. — Severe drifting snow-storms 10th, 19th, 20th. 



BeUevue, Kebr. — Aurora 17th. A cloudy windy mouth. 



