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LitcJiJieldy Mich. — Good wheeling: nearly all the month. 



Grand Bapids^ Midi. — Simuy, mild mouth ; " cold snaj)" 20th and 21st, 

 did no damage here. 



N'orthport, Mich. — Snow 1st ; skating 4th ; ice nearly gone 12th ; air 

 full of frost 19th, 20th ; coldest day in several years 22d ; stormy aU 

 27th. 



Copper Falls, Mich. — Very late and severe snow storms 17th and 18th, 

 2Gth and 27th 5 month's snow fall, 47.5 inches. 



Ontonagon, Mich. — Xot much ice on lake, but 4 feet snow on land — the 

 greatest depth in many years. 



Homestead, Mich. — Faint aurora 11th 5 severe northeast snow-storm 

 19th ; coldest days since January, 1804, 21st, 22d. 



Aurora, JwfZ.— Thunder-shower 14th, lightning 27th. 



Vevay, hid. — Auroras, 1st faint, 6th brilliant ; swallow 4th ; plowing 

 5th; 2.5 inches snow 7th, 8th; birds singing 13th; thunder-showers 

 14th; rain, 5 inches snow, high wind 17th, 18th; robin 20th; coldest 

 day 21st ; crow blackbird 24th. 



'Spiceland, Ind. — Red aurora, a. m. 1st ; heavy thunder, light rain 14th, 

 17th ; snow 19th. 



Laconia, Ind. — Snow, 6.5 inches, 8th; thunder and lightning 14th; 

 thunder 17th, 26th. Peaches killed. 



Columbia City, Ind. — Robins 25th, crows a few days earlier. 



Knu/htstoum, Ind. — Pigeons 4th; thunder-shower 14th; rain, sleet, 

 snow 17th; bluebirds 23d. 



Rensselaer, Ind. — Aurora 23d; robins, bluebirds, 26th; severe snow- 

 storm 27th. First half of the month mild, without rain or snow; last 

 half from intense cold to spring-like. 



Merom, Ind. — Lightning and thunder 14th, 17th, 26th. 



New Harmony, Ind. — Snow, 4.5 inches, 7th; thunder-storm 14th; 

 another, then sleet, then 7 inches snow, 17th. 



Near Chicago, HI. — Sunny days 1st to 4th; snow 17th, 19th; rain 26th; 

 snow and rain 27th, 28th. 



Marengo, HI. — Winter mean temperature 22.84° ; rain-fall 5.47 inches. 



Mattoon, HI. — To 16th pleasant; thunder-storm 16th; snow 17th; 7 

 inches ice on ponds after 20th. 



Aurora, HI. — Pleasant month; 2 feet frost in ground, and 2 inches 

 snow on ground 28th. 



Louisville, III. — Blackbirds, wrens, doves, 11th; redbirds, larks, 15th; 

 heavy thunder-storm 17th, and showers 25th. 



Golconda, III. — Frogs 15th. Backward month, no plowing nor seeding. 



Belvidere, III. — Bright auroras 1st, 11th; greatest cold since Decem- 

 ber 12, 1868, 20th; except two days, not severe, and quite dry, till 26th. 

 Month's means— 1868, 17.35°; 1869, 25.32°; 1870, 22.98°. Winter's 

 means— 1868, 16.93°; 1869,23.81°; 1870,22.66°. 



Saiidwich, HI. — Beautiful vermilion and orange aurora 11th ; thunder- 

 shower, warm, 26th. 



Ottawa, Z/?.— Snow-storm 19th; thunder-storm, high wind, hail, 26th; 

 snow 27th ; snow-storm 28th. 



Decatur, HI. — Winter thunder hail-storm 16th ; at 2 p. m. mercury at 

 52°; in 30 hours at 10°. 



Winnehago, HI. — Brilliant aurora 11th; thunder-showers 26th; rain, 

 snow, 27th ; snow 28th. 



TisMica, III. — Aurora 1st; wild geese to south 16th. 



Hennepin, 1//.— Wild geese to north 15th. Month generally mild. 

 Northwest storm 19th; mercury fell from 12° to below 5° by 20th. 



