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Detroit, Midi. — Heavy thuuder-shower aud. sale, 28tb. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — June 8° warmer than last year, and 3° higher 

 than in 1868; the hottest June remembered here. 



Ontonagon, Mich. — To 24th driest June in many years ; crops suifered 

 much, but rain of 24th, 25th will refresh late cr(^3S. 



Vevay,Ind. — Catalpa blossoms 6th ; ailan thus 13th ; barley cut 13th 5 

 wheat 23d; hay 27th; terrific thunder and lightning, copious rain, 29th. 



Knightstmcn, Ind. — To 15th showery ; to 25th very dry ; rain 26th. 



Rensselaer, Ind. — Last week very hot, with some hea^^ showers. 



Marengo, III. — Drought of forty-three days relieved by heavy showers 

 Oth. 



Aurora, III. — Aurora, 20th ; thunder shower, hail, 25th ; drought se- 

 vere ; Fox Eiver lower than in twenty-three years or more. 



Belvidere, III. — Beautiful aurora 15th ; great heat and drought ; rain- 

 fall from April 1st to June 30th, 2.33 inches ; for same i)eri*)d in 1869, 

 16.90 inches. 



Ottawa, III. — Severe thunder-storm 29th, 30th — killed one person; 

 thermometer above 100° on six days. 



Winnebago, 111. — Brilliant aurora 17th; rains have been local for three 

 or four months, unequally distributed ; some sections had but little. 



Wyanot, III. — Much hazy air; last week the hottest in twenty-five 

 years. 



Hennepin, III. — April aud May were dry and warm, but June excels; 

 in forty-two years only one June reached 96^^ ; this June reached 100° 

 on five days.— (iS.) Thermometer 100° ami upward on seven days. — (0.) 



Dubois, III. — Hail Oth, 12th ; month 2.40° above average of six years. 



Hingham, Wis. — Clover blossoms 1st; barley heading 12th; spring 

 wheat 20th. 



Roclcy Run, Wis. — Last eight days warmest known here ; crops fail- 

 ing, t 



Barahoo, Wis. — Thermometer 100° and more on the last seven days. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Green peas 1st; haying 23d; hottest June since 

 1858. 



2^€w Ulm, Minn. — Aurora, 20th; last of month very hot. 



Clinton, Iowa. — Thunder-storm, hail, 4th; drought; last fortnight the 

 warmest in seven years. 



Waukon, Iowa. — Faint aui'oras, 18th, 19th ; heat and drought. 



Fort Madison, Iowa. — Dry season and elry month ; since 1848 only 

 once (June 19, 1854) did June reach 100° till now. 



Iowa City, Iowa. — Average June heat for thirty years 67.92° ; this, 

 71.81°. 



Waterloo, loiva. — Slight frost 8th ; great heat and drought 30th. 



Algona, Iowa. — Hottest June ever known in this county. 



Woodbine, Iowa. — Hail 2d, with thunder-shower 5th ; drought 30th. 

 West Union, Iowa. — Thunder-storm, hail, wind 5th; aurora 15th. 



Hematite, Mo. — Driest June in many vears ; crops failing. 



Oregon, Ifo.— Auroras 17th, 18th, 20th, 23d, 24th, 30th. 



Laicrencc, Kas. — Very comfortable to 19th; since, 90° and above 

 daily. 



Council Grove, Kas. — Greatest heat in June in nine years. 



Bellevue, Neb. — Hail, ground white, 4th, slight 5th. Month 4.6° 

 warmer than in 1869. 



New Castle, Neb. — No rain for four weeks ; crops suffering. 

 Coalville, Utah. — Grasshoppers eating up all vegetation to lOtli, then 

 filling the air in clouds to 24th. It is said that along Salt Lake there is 

 a windrow of them three or four rods wide and three to four feet deep. 



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