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Mineral RidfjCj Iowa. — Much siiowiug and raining till 22(1, tlieu fine 

 weather till SOth. 



Boonesboro, Iowa. — Month had thirteen entirely clondy, and five clear 

 days, and was three degrees above average of fourteen years. 



Hematite, Mo. — Ducks and bluebirds 25th to 31st. Mean temperature 

 of 18G9, 55.14° ; rain-fall 45.5 inches. 



Jefferson City, Mo. — Faint aurora 29tli; heavy snow 21st. 



Oregon, Mo. — Faint auroras 4th, 5th ; snow and frost gone 8th ; good 

 sleighing 23d, going 24th. 



Atchison, Kan. — Kiver blocked with ice 21st, 22d; month 6.G° warmer 

 than in 1808. 



Leavenwortli, Kan. — Mean temperature of 18G9, 50.5°, one-half degree 

 below 18G8; rain-fall 43.35 inches, 1.97 inches above average of last three 

 years. 



Burlington, Kan. — Only rains in mouth 9th, 10th; first ice on river 

 19th; warm and pleasant 24tli to 31st. 



Holton, Kan. — A pleasant fall, with some cold days ; December very 

 cloudy ; grain looks promising. 



Manhaitan, Kan. — Bright aurora 5th; Kansas Eiver frozen 22d; open 

 again 25th. 



Le Roy, Kan. — Ice on ^Neosho Eiver, three inches, nearly melted 26th. 



Council Grove, Kan. — Beautiful weather to 9th; ground frozen six 

 inches 15th; four inches snow 21st; snow gone 28th; mouth dry and 

 pleasant. 



Omaha 3Iission, Neb. — River closed 1st, open 12th, closed again 20th ; 

 month pleasant as a whole. 



Belle vue. Neb. — Aurora 5th; month cloudy, not stormy, and 5.9° 

 warmer than iu 18G8. 



Nebraska City, Neb. — Aurora 5tli; river closed 23d; crows in gTeat 

 numbers 2Gth. 



Harrisburg, Utah. — Cold, dry weather, preventing sowing, and dam- 

 aging sowed grain. Must depend on the States for garden seeds, ours 

 destroyed by grasshoppers. 



Watsonville, Cal. — Coldest December in five years; uplands too dry to 

 plow; only half our usual rain. 



VacavUle, Cal. — First ice 19th; good grain sowing; more rain here 

 than in rest of the State. 



Cahto, Cal. — First ground freeze 5th ; hail 25th. 



Beer Lodge City, Montana Ter. — Flies, swarms of small 2d, green 2Gth; 

 aurora, white 4tli, beautiful "black" 5th, faint " black" Gtli; river closed 

 17th. Seven "Chinook" (S. W., or rain) winds this month. 



Walla- Walla, Wash. Ter. — Aurora 22d ; snowed 23d, while a " Chi- 

 nook" wind blew and rain fell on the Blue Mountains, twelve miles dis- 

 tant; mild 25th to 31st. 



