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Dakota. Obicaj>o and several towns hurued 4tli, 5tb, 9tli; ice, 13tli; 

 snow and ice 27tli ; a rainy day 31st. 



Bamboo, Wis. — Fine v.-eatlier; too dry lo plow ; snow 31st. 

 New Ulm, Minn.— Frost 0th; ice 17th, 27th, 30th, and 31st. 

 Whitewater, Minn. — Snow 14th and 15th. 



Litchjield, Minn. — Prairie tires raging 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th; dense smoke 

 3d and*4th ; snow 9th ; ground frozen 12th. 

 Boic€n''s Prairie, loica. — Month very dry. 



RocXford, Iowa. — A much-needed rain 13th ; juany wells dry that 

 never tailed before ; frost loth. 



Fontanelle, loum. — Smoky 1st to 8th, andlSth to2oth; ice 15th, 16th, 

 2Gth, 27th, 28th, and 30th ; snow 31st. 



Algona, Iowa. — There has been but little rain ; a slight snow-storm 

 14tb, since which the Aveather has been delightful. 



Giittenhiirgh, Iowa. — First railroad train arrived 1st; grade of track one 

 foot per mile; rain to just lay the dust 9th, 25th, and 20th; soft snow 

 31st. 



Independence, loiva.— Very smoky 2d, 3d, 4th ; prairie-fires doing great 

 damage; hard frost Gth; hard gale from the south 8th; snow 31st. 



Hematite, Mo. — A liigh wind from the north, lasting a few minutes, 

 brought a dense cloud of smoke 5th. 



Cave Spring, Mo. — Many springs and wells dry ; creeks and small 

 streams all dried up ; stock on the prairies suffering for water ; ground 

 too hard to plow 5th ; ground getting wet; waters rising 27th. Two 

 pelicans captured, the tirst ever seen here, 10th. 

 ' Corning, Mo. — liained and snowed, and froze as it fell, 31st. 

 Douglass, Kans. — Heavy frost Cth, 10th, 11th, and 31st. 

 Williamstown, Kans.—iliim 30th ; hail, followed by snow ; trees loaded 

 with ice 31st. 

 Holton, Kans. — Quite dry most of the month. 



Council Grove, Kans. — Extensive fires on the prairies 1st, 2d, 3d ; frost 

 2d, Cth, and 15th ; everything covered with ice ; limbs of trees breaking 

 31st. 



Le Boy, Kans. — Month warm and pleasant; rain plenty from the 

 middle to the last ; no ice till 31st. 



Santee Agency, Nehr.—Fm^t 6th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 2Gth, 27th, 

 29th, and 30th. 



Omaha Agency, Nebr.—Uoiith dry and pleasant ; frost 16th ; half inch 

 of snow 24th and 25th. 



Emerson, Nehr. — First snow 14th. » 



Denver, Oo/o.— First killing frost 3d ; first and only snow 13th and 

 14th. 



Harrishurgh, Utah.— ^lowth. pleasant and very dry ; creeks lower than 

 ever known before at this season ; farmers have lost their crops bj 

 grasshoppers and drought. Bread will have to be hauled three hundred 

 miles. 



Missoula, 3/ou#.— Showery 1st, 7th, 8th, 27th, and 28th ; first ice in 

 creek 13th; storming in mountains 7th, 8th, 24th, 25th, and 26th. 



Laramie City, TT^/o.— First snow, with heavy thunder and lightning, 

 8th ; one inch of snow fell on plains and two feet on mountains 12th. 

 Coldest day 14th. 



Indian Valley, 0«7.— Heavy wkite frost 10th, 11th, 14th, 28th, 29th, 

 30th, and 31st, with ice half an inch thick ; frequent showers and snow 

 on the mountains 27th. 



Cathlamet, Wash. Ter.—A pleasant month ; only four rainy days ; heavy 

 showers night of 20th. 



