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Alt. Sterling, IlL—linght aurora 10th ; ^Ylleat harvested 30th. 



Augusta, III. — Violent gale, tluiuder-storm 18th ; red currants 20th. 



Sturgeon Bay, Wis.— Frosts 10th, 21st; sharp 29th. 



Geneva, Wis. — Locusts (seventeeu-year) 1st: aurora 10th. 



Rocky Run, Wis. — Bright aurora 17th ; cherries ripe 20th. 



Mosinee, Wis. — Frosts 7th, ICth, 29th, slightly iujiiring corn ; tornado, 

 thuader-storni, hail, doing some damage to trees and buildings, 18th. 



Barahoo, Wis. — Drought to 21st, then rains and floods to 29th never 

 before equaled here in June. Month cooler than May. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Strawberries Gth. Mouth cooler than usual. 



Litchfield, Minn. — First shower to wet the ground 2oth ; violent gale, 

 thunder, hail, doing much damage to crops, 30th. 



Durani, Iowa. — Auroras 10th, 17th. Barley harvest began 27th. 



Guttenberg, Iowa. — Seventeen-year locusts innumerable this mouth. 



Independence, Iowa. — Man}- wells dry ; streams very low. 



Rockford, Iowa. — Heavy rain 22d, 23d ; first in a long time. 



Booneshoro, Iowa. — Hurricane 18th, doing great injury in its course ; 

 in Carroll County several persons killed and others severely injured. 



Sac City, Iowa. — Severe gales 18th, 30th. For fifteen months fine 

 weather. 



Logan, Iowa. — Hottest June in twelve years — cucumbers cooked on 

 the vines. 



St. Louis, 3Io. — Thunder-shower, hail, 2d; blood-red aurora 18th'. 



Rolla, Mo. — Frequent thunder. Month 5^ warmer thau last year. 



Jefferson City, Mo. — -Heavy thunder-storms 16th, 18th ; rain all day 

 24th, 2oth; splendid aurora, lighted up the whole horizon, 18th. 



Corning, Mo. — Yery hot, in the sun, 134°" at five p. m. 26th. 



Cave Spring, Mo. — Wheat harvest began two weeks earlier than ever 

 here 3d ; ended 22d ; oats harvest began 29th. 



Paola, Kans. — Ground very wet, hindering farm work, 30th. 



Holton, Kans. — Very tine season for farmers, but heavy rains lately. 



Burlingame, Kans. — Grand aurora 26th ; thunder-storm, wind, rain, 

 hail, doing much injury to the crops, 28th. 



Council Grove, Kans. — Five days excessively damp air to 3d ; again 

 about the 19th. 



Douglass, Kans. — Thunder-storm with tornado 16th ; destroyed nearly 

 all crops in its path, and about one hundred houses in El Dorado. 



Santee Agency, Nehr. — Eaiu and hail 5th, 30th ; auroras 10th, 17th. 



Bellevue, Veii;. — Hail-storm Sth ; auroras 10th, 17th; warm month. 



Newcastle, Nehr. — A dr\- and windy June, with but little rain. 



Denver, Col. — Verj* heavy thuiuler and hail storm 20th. 



Laramie, Wyo. — Auroras 10th, 22d ; hail 26th ; hottest month known 

 here ; lightning and thunder frequent ; much snow and rain fell on the 

 hills. We never have smoky days here. 



Deer Lodge City, Mont. — Snowed hard, but melted as it fell, 3d ; heavy 

 thunder-storm 13th ; very dry month with high winds. 



Missoula Mills, Mont. — Frosts, light 1st, heavy 2uth; thunder-showers 

 2d, 3d, 13th. 



