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mark. — W. (At Ilarper's Ferry many bouses swept away, and forty-three 



lives lost.) 



Li/nchburff, Va. — Oreat fresliot; 8.5 iuclies fell ou 28tli, 29tli, 30th. 



Wyiheviliei Ya. — First frost 21st. A very dry month till 28th. 



Marlcham Station, Ya. — Beautiful aurora, many-colored, changing, 

 ending in festoons of rosy light, northwest and northeast, 24th. 



Goldshoro, W. C. — Bright aurora till midniglit, part time very red, 24th. 



Albemarle, N. G. — Bright aurora, red and white, from east to west and 

 to zenith, no arch nor corona, 24th ; long drought ended by mist 30th ; 

 river rising. 



Gowdeysville, S. G. — Cotton picking 8th ; aurora nearly all night 24th ; 

 summer and this month of very uniform temperature. 



Penfield, Ga. — Auroras, arch of light at 2 a. m., 24th ; greenish white 

 arch at 8 p. m. 24th ; red sky at 11 p. m., then seven orange streamers 

 extending 20° above the pole-star, i^assed away to the northwest. The 

 arch continued till 2 a. m. 25th — a magnificent display. 



Carloicville, Ala. — Aurora 24th, and till dayliglit 25th. 



Fish River, Ala. — Fine aurora 9 to 10 i5. m. 24th ; three beams met in 

 zenith, changing from white to red ; another a. m. 25th. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Rain two inches above September average. Bril- 

 liant aurora seen in various places in this State on 24th. 



Pilatlca, Fla. — Equinoctial storm, without high wind. 



GlarJcsville, Tejr.— Singular aurora at 8.30 to 10 p. m. 24th, and 12.30 to 

 1.45 a. m. 25th, from north-northeast to north-northwest, rising 40°, 

 bright yellow, paling toward the zenith. Xo change in the barometer 

 before or after. 



New Orleans, La. — Catting third crop of hay 14th. 



Shreveport, La. — Beautiful aurora 9 to 9.30 p. m. 24th. 



Broolihaven, Miss. — Month very dry ; swallows, &g., have left us. 



Helena, ArJx. — Brilliant and beautiful aurora 24th. 



Looliout Monntain, Tenn. — Eemarkable aurora, red, white, yellow, 

 green, blue, 24th; auroral glow a. m. 25th. 



Glearmont, Tenn. — Red and white aurora, reaching to zenith, 24th. 



Austin, Tenn. — Bright aurora 17th, continued till 18th, and extended 

 over more than half the horizon. 



Pine Grove, Ky. — Bright aurora a. m., red streamers p. m., 24th, and 

 still visible p. m. 25tli. 



Shelbyville, Ky. — Auroras 20th, 24th, 25th. An agreeable month. 



Wooster, 0/i to.— Auroras 18th, 20th, 23d, 24th, 25th, 2Gth. 



Adamses 3Iills, Ohio. — Auroras 24th, 25th, 26th, and one promising- 

 great beauty and extent, but obscured by clouds, 30th. 



WesterviUe, Ohio — Fine aurora, streamers, bands, and patches, cov- 

 ered nearly the whole sky 24th. The night was cloudy. 



Urbana, Ohio. — Temperature of the month 4° above average of eight- 

 een years. / 



Gincinnati, Ohio. — Magnificent aurora, gorgeous colors — white, red, 

 pink, bordering on lilac — streamers flashing to zenith, 24th. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. — (irass drying up, wheat germinating poorly. 



Alpena, Mich. — Auroras 3d, 4th, 12th, 16th, bright 17th, 26th, very 

 bright ISth, 24th, 25th. No frost yet on the island. 



Litchfield, i¥ic/t.— SI iglit frosts 12th, 13th, 14th; auroras 26th, 27th, 

 brilliant red, white and blue streamers from all points centered south of 

 zenith, 24th. 



Northimrt, Mich. — Month very pleasant; began wet and warm. 



Gopper Falls, Mich. — Auroras frequent, on 25th brilliant, with many 

 streamers to zenith ; on 26th with floating white clouds beyond zenith. 



