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me as Mich.—Coldest February in 19 years; good sleighing since Jan- 
uary 3d. 
Northport, Mich—Probably the coldest February, as to steady cold, in 19 
years. Swamps and streams very low. 
Copper Falls, Mich —Winter, thus far, unusually stormy and cold; snow- 
fall 18 feet 54 inches; now about six feet in the woods. 
Aurora, Ind.—First robins seen on 15th. 
Merom, Ind.—Coldest day of the month, 10th. Bluebirds seen on 12th; song 
sparrows on 17th. 
Golconda, I/l.—Martins seen on 22d; weather open and pleasant ; farmers 
have ploughed considerably for oats. 
Aurora, I/l.—Month pleasant; little snow, but sleighing good. Fox river 
never known to be so low by the oldest inhabitants. 
Sandwich, Il/.—On 25th, at 5 p. m., a gale, with cyclone (circling) movements ; 
but little damage. At midnight following, frightful peals of thunder and fierce, 
livid zigzag lightning, but rain not as severe as at the southeast, distant from here. 
_ Ottawa, Ili—Thaw on the 12th; bluebirds singing on the 13th. The win- 
ter mild; no heavy snows, but few very hard frosts, and no heavy rains. 
Hennepin, [/i.—Present prospects for fruit crops very good. 
Magnolia, Iil.—Streams very low since last August ; filling up on 15th and 
16th ; first bluebirds on 19th; prairie ground frozen two feet ten inches on 20th; 
wild geese flying on 25th. 
Galesburg, I//.—Month fine and most part warm, but great scarcity of water. 
Wapello, 11l.—-Wells still low from last season’s drought. 
Plymouth, Wis.—This February is 4° below the mean temperature of those 
of last four years. 
Milwaukee, Wis—Less than an average amount of rain for the last nine 
months. 
Waupacca, Wis—The 10th was the coldest day since New Year’s 1864. 
On 23d, at midnight, in the midst of a northeast snow-storm, we had sharp 
lightning and distinct rolling thunder. 
Embarrass, Wis—Hardest snow-storm in eight years on 23d—25th. 
Baraboo, Wis—On 24th, at one a. m., high east wind with flash lightning 
and heavy thunder in the west for one hour. 
Rocky Run, Wis—Snow on 23d, day and evening, with gale from east and 
light thunder in the night. On the 24th, a. m, hail and large flakes of snow. 
On 10th lowest temperature (40°) for at least 10 years. 
St. Paul, Minn.—Hail-storm. during 23d, in which a shower of dust was 
deposited. 
Minneapolis, Minn.—I\ce in the Mississippi 27 inches thick. 
Clinton, Iowa —Coldest morning in four years on 10th, varying from 25° to 
34° below zero; bluebirds and crows seen on 20th; lightning in north at 9 
p- m., and sharp lightning and heavy thunder in northwest at 11 p. m., with 
sleet on 23d; month steadily cold ; one very cold day and two warm days ; only 
a few days of sleighing. 
Dubuque, Iowa.—T hunder-storm, with hail from south to north, at 9 a. m. to 
11 p. m. on 23d. 
Monticello, Iowa—Farmers sowing wheat on 20th; thunder-storm from west 
to east, with abundance of thunder and lightning, and but little rain on same 
day. 
Fort Madison, Wis.—Wild geese going north on 19th, 20th and 29th; farm- 
ers sowing spring wheat on 20th and 21st. 
Guttenberg, Iowa.—Thunder-storm with hail from 3 to 9 p. m., on 23d. 
Independence, Iowa, (five miles northeast of.)—Snow all gone on 17th; distant 
thunder and lightning, with rain, hail, and snow, on 23d. 
Waterloo, Iowa —No rain of any amount since July, 1867; no snow in 
