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Sjnceland, Incl. — Higli wind, heavy rain, tliuuder and liglituiug, li^li ; 

 lowest barometer ever known liere. 



Laconia, Ind. — Thuuder-sliowers, sleet, snow, gale, 12tli ; mercury GG^ 

 at 4 p. m., 32° at 9 p. m. ; snow all IGtli ; aurora 21st ; martins 29tli. 



Indianajmlu, Ind. — Eain, thunder, lightning, 11th, 12th 5 heavy snow 

 with west and southwest wind, loth. 



New Harmony, Jnf/.— Heavy thunder-storm, snow, 11th ; and lowest 

 barometer in eighteen years 12th ; snow 15th and all IGth. 



Marengo^ III. — Great snow-storms, eight inches, 12th ; 5.5 inches 15th ; 

 rain, snow, sleet, 20th •, larks 23d ; blackbirds 25th. 



Louisville^ III. — Hail, thunder, lightning, 5th, 12th ; frogs 10th; j)laiit- 

 ing potatoes, onions, and peas in March. 



Belvidere, III. — Month moderate, some plowing done. 



Mineral Bidge, III. — Hail, sleet, thunder, lightning, high wind, 11th ; 

 furious snow-storm 14th, 15th and IGth. 



Ottawa, III. — Wild geese 9th; robins, bluebirds, 10th; rain, snow, 11th, 

 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th ; rain 25th, 2Gth, 27th. 



Winnebago, III. — Snow-storm 11th, 12th, 13th ; heavy snow 15th ; rain, 

 thunder, snow, 20th ; robin 24th ; bluebird 25th. 



Boclielle, III. — Great snow and rain-storm 11th, 12th. 



Wyanet, III. — Great storm, freezing rain, hail, snow, 12th, 13th ; diift- 

 ing snow-storm 15th ; spring birds 21st. 



TisMlwa, III. — Eain, furious snow, robins, wild geese, 12th. 



Hennepin, III. — To 9th variable ; 11th to 18th T\iutry ; to 31st misty, 

 sunny, muddy. (8.) — Larks 10th; sleet 11th; rain, sleet, snow, (freezing 

 on and breaking down trees 12th ;) prairie chickens cooing 24th. — (0.) 



Dubois, III. — Heavy thunder Gth ; frogs 9th ; robins 11th ; rain, furi- 

 ous gale, snow, 12th ; thunder, hail, snow, 15th ; red aurora 21st. 



Mancliester, III. — Thunder, snow-storm, 12th ; distant thunder 28th. 



Mount Sterling, III. — Thunder-storm from south 11th ; from southwest 

 20th ; robins 18th. Eoads bottomless ; intercourse between towns sus- 

 pended. 



Augusta, III. — Thunder-shower 11th ; severe rain and snow 12th; rain, 

 driving snow, 14th; terrific wind and snow 15th, IGth. 



Manitowoc, Wis. — Aurora 21st; robins 2Gth; blackbirds 30th. 



Hingliam, Wis. — Aurora 21st. Snow of winter seventy-six inches. 



Milwaul^ee, Wis. — Snow began at St. Louis 8 a.,m., here G.30 p. m., 3d ; 

 at St. Paul last evening, here 11.30 a. m. 11th ; snow all 12th, 15th ; 

 auroras 21st, 22d ; ice left Milwaukee Eiver 30th. 



Embarrass, Wis. — Aurora 1st ; great snow and wind 15th ; blue crane, 

 crows, 21st ; bluebirds 23d ; willow blossoms 29th. 



Mosinee, Wis. — Crows 1st. Deep snow hinders logging and sugar 

 making. 



St. Paul, Minn. — Eain on five days, twenty inches snow on eight, and 

 nine fair days in March. Winter snow fifty-three inches, and one hun- 

 dred days of sleighing. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Terrible snow-storm 14th, 15th, IGth ; sleighing 

 ended 27th, after ninety-five days. 



Koniska, Minn. — Snow, mixed with dark sand or ashes, 10th ; river 

 opened 2Gth ; bluebirds, ducks, wild geese, 27th. 



New Ulm, Minn. — Heavy snow all 15th ; river opening 31st. 



Madelia, Minn. — Geese 26th ; ducks 30th ; Watonwan Eiver open 

 30th. March snow^ 30.75 inches. 



Missouri Valley, Iowa. — Thunder, snow-storm, 3d ; great snow-storm 

 12th, 13th, 14th. Late spring ; no wheat sown yet. 



