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sleet, snow IGth, ice 17th, mucli fruit destroyed j thunder-storm, high 

 wind 27th. 



Knightstoicn, Ind. — Cherry full bloom 27th. 

 ■ La Porte, Lid. — Aurora, lakes open 5th ; thunder 13th ; storm, hurri- 

 cane 27th. 



Merom, Lnd. — Swallows 6th ; peach blossoms 10th, cherry 13th, ap- 

 ple 22d. 



New Harmony, Lnd. — Eain, six inches snow 15th, 16th. 



Near Chicago, 111. — Snowy 16th to ISth ; month generally pleasant. 



Evanston, Lll. — Aurora 2d ; thunder and lightning 24:th. 



Marengo, Lll. — Auroras 2d, 5th, 25th ; thunder-shower 21th. 



Charleston, III. — Snow 15th; violent wind and thunder-storm 27th. 



Mattoon, Lll. — Snow 16th. Half crop peaches. Earliest spring in 

 years. 



Aurora, Lll. — Oats, barley sowed 10th; frosts 26th, 29th. Season 

 early. 



Louisville, Lll. — Six inches snow 15th; peaches full bloom 26th; 

 thunder-storm 27th. Early dry spring. 



Belvidere, Lll. — Dry and warm to 23d, when mercury fell from 88° at 

 3 p. m. to 57° at 4 p. m., and to 48- at 4.40 p. m. 



Ottawa, Lll. — Frost, ice, 5th, 29th; thunder-storms 13th, 27th; rain, 

 hail, 15th, 16th. An unusually early spring. 



Winnebago, 111. — Auroras 2d, 5th, 27th; thrush, martin, 22d; thun- 

 der-showers 24th, 27th. Month 7° above average for 12 years. 



Wyanef, III. — Lightning 12th; thunder-showers 13th, 14th; ground 

 frozen 16th, 17th; apples blossoming 30th. 



TisMlwa, III. — April dry and warm, little wind, season early. 



Hennejnn, III. — Month warm, two light showers and a few snow- 

 flakes; rain needed. Orchard fruits hurt by last October freeze — 

 (Shepherd.) Thunder-showers 14th, 28th; hail, snow, 15th; ice 17th — 

 (Osborn.) 



Dubois, 111. — l^early 5 inches snow 15th, 16th, killed most of peaches. 



Manchester, III. — Martins 2d ; thunder-showers, violent wind, 12th, 

 27th. 



Mt. Sterling, JZZ.— Thunder-showers 12th, 13th, 27th ; swallows 14th ; 

 ice 16th. Farm work a month ahead of last year. Fruit trees bloom- 

 ing full. 



Andalusia, III. — Best spring for farmers in many years. 



Sturgeon Bay, Wis. — Thunder-shower, hail, 13th ; aurora 24th. 



Manitowoc, Wis. — Auroras 2d, 24th, 25th ; river open 3d ; lake open 

 all winter ; thunder-storms 13th, 23d, 24th. Warmest April in 19 years. 



Milicaulcee, Wis. — Ice out of harbor 14th; aurora 18th; hard frost 

 29th. 



Embarrass, Wis. — Auroras 1st, 2d, 5th, 24th, 25th, 27th; thunder- 

 storm, large hail, 13th ; thrush, 19th. A very early spring. 



Mosinee, Wis. — Kobins 1st; auroras 5th, 25th; frost and snow gone 

 14th. 



Baraboo, Wis. — Driest and warmest April known here. 



Bayfield, Wis. — Thunder-storm 13th ; snow-storm 16th ; aurora 25th. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Bluebirds 1st; robins 3d; sowing wheat 4th; 

 thunder-shower 14th ; plum blossoms 30th. 



KonisTca, Minn. — Heavy thunder-gust 23d ; brilliant aurora 25th. 

 Finest spring I ever saw ; dry and pleasant. 



Madelia, Minn. — Thunder-cla]3 at 10 a. m. 30th, calm, not a cloud vis- 

 ible ; thermometer at 76<^. 



Clinton, Iowa. — Martins 9th ; lightning 12th ; heavy frost 15th ; river 



