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Mormt Solon, r«.— First frost 22d ; first ice 30th. 



Albemarle, N. C. — First white frost 30th. 



Statesville, N. C. — Frost 27th, 2Sth, 29th, and 30th — three weeks earlier 

 than usual. 



Gotcdeysville, 8. C— Frost 29th and 30th. 



Moulton, A?a.— White frost 30th. 



Picolata, Fla. — Rains frequent during the month. 



Welhoni, Fla. — Rain on sixteen days; 17th, ground covered with 

 water; cattle '' miring in the\^oods;" the Suwauee River reported 6 

 feet higher than ever known by the oldest residents. 



Blue Branch, Texas. — Rain the 13th — the first since the 8th of June 

 sufiicient to lay the dust. "The water-courses were dry." Wells 

 held out. 



Ponchatonla,- La. — Very hard rain, 18th. 



Marion Station, Miss. — Frost 28th ; crops have suffered seriously 

 from the limited rain-fall. 



Clarhsville, Ar^-.— Slight frost 30th. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — First frost 30th. 



Mizabethton, Tenn. — Very little rain ; streams running dry. 



Shelby City, Ky. — Drought excessive to the 12th ; vegetation dried 

 up ; forest trees suftered ; 12th, 13th, and 14th, copious rain ; frost 28th, 

 29th, and 30th. 



Adams Mills, Ohio. — First frost 21st — several weeks earlier than usual. 



North Bass Island, OAto.— Earth completely parched ; crops suffering 

 from cold and drought. 



Westerville, Ohio.— Frosts 21st, 22d, 29th, and 30th. 



TJrbana, Ohio. — Rain less than for any month for the last twenty 

 years. 



Oxford, 0/tio.— Smoky from 8th to 30th ; frost from 22d to 30th. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Heavy shower 2d ; first frost 6th ; hard frost 

 29th and 30th. 



Ann Arbor, Mich.— Frost, 18th, 20th, and 21st. 



Grand Eairids, Mich. — Fine weather most of the month. 



Litchjield, Mich. — Heavy frost 20th and 21st; springs very low; 

 ground unusually dry ; muck in several marshes on fire. 



Eising Sun, Ind. — Month very dry ; Ohio lowest this year 21th. 



Moimt Carmel, Ind. — Greatest rain in same time in two years 4th; 

 smoky 13th and 14th ; first frost, 21st. 



Vevay, Ind. — Twelve mornings foggy; month extremely dry; Ohio 

 River so low that steamers run with great irregularity. 



Beech Grove, Ind. — A'ery smoky 5th to 18th; frost 21st and 22d. 



Fort Wayne, Ind.— First frost 8th ; heavy frost 21st, 22d, 26th, 28th, 

 29th, and 30th. 



. Mount Sterling, III. — Month remarkable for drought ; pastures dried 

 up and' farmers obliged to feed stock; many wells dry. 



Sandwich, III. — Frost 21st and 29th ; the drought exceeds any ever 

 known here. 



Chicago, III. — Weather fine and cool. 



Fmbarrass, Wis. — Light frosts from 7th to 14th ; hard frosts late in 

 the month; 



Sihley, Minn.— First hard frost 28th. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — " The coolest September in three years, and the 

 driest in five." 



Algona, Iowa.— 'Rom 5th, 9th, 13th, and 15th; frost 28th and 30th. 



Independence, Iowa. — "No rains this month; streams very low; wells 

 dry." 



