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Waco, Texas.—Grasshoppers have destroyed some fields of wheat, and farm- 
ers are ploughing them up for corn. 
Gilmer, Texas.—Grasshoppers destroying garden vegetables and cotton plants, 
but not the young corn. 
New Orleans, La—vViolent storms of wind and rain, with lightning and 
thunder, on 6th and 14th; considerable damage done. 
Marion, Miss. Board on 15th at 11.45 p.m., with a constant blaze of 
lightning. Itextended from Mobile, Alabama, to Columbus; Mississippi, 225 
miles, varying from a quarter to two miles wide, in some places upturning trees 
and houses, in others touching lightly. 
Brookhaven, Miss—White frost, 7th; very high wind, doing considerable 
damage, 14th and 15th. ; 
Elizabethton, Tenn—Severe frost on 6th, doing great damage to the peach 
in bloom; barn swallow, 5th. 
Austin, Tenn —Light frosts on Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, 17th, and 18th; heavy frosts 
dth and 6th; and very white frost and ground frozen on 7th, injuring fruits. 
Clarksville, Tenn.—Light skim ice on 5th; white frost and ice, 6th; heavy 
white frost, 8th. 
Memphis, Tenn.—White trost on 8th, damaging vegetables and fruits. Month 
had 15 rainy days; fire-flies and mosquitoes now numerous. 
Chilesburg, Ky.—Light frost, lst; heavy frost and thin ice, 3d and 4th; snow 
4th, all gone next day ; ground frozen, 5th; heavy white frost and ice an inch 
thick, 6th; purple martins, 16th. The fruit in bloom was generally killed on 
sth and 6th. 
New Lisbon, Ohio—Hard frost and ground frozen 3d; snow storm 4th; 
ground frozen 8th; martins 16th; frost 26th, 27th, and 28th. 
Kelley’s Island, Ohio—Snow on 4th, 7th and 12th; crocus in blossom on 
21st, 11 days later than last year, which was more backward than nine years 
preceding. 
Sandusky, Ohio —Saw garter snake on 3d. Snow 4th, Sth, 11th; heavy 
white frost 26th. Apricot in blossom 27th; swallows 28th. 
Carson, Ohio — Thermometer 8° at 6 a.m.on 5th. Barn swallows 26th. 
North Fairfield, Ohio—A very cold April, with 12 inches of snow; but the 
best run of maple sap I ever saw, from 6th to 19th. 
Filisboro’, Ohio-—Snow 7th and 9th. Early cherries in blossom on 15th ; 
peaches, 19th; late cherries, 28th; apple trees, 30th. 
Bowling Green, Ohio—Snow-storms on 4th, 9th, and 12th. ‘The last snow 
laid till 15th. On 5th thermometer only 3° at sunrise. 
Kenton, Ohio.—The coldest April in many years; the snow-storm on 12th 
as severe as any in the past winter. 
Urbana, Ohio—On 12th had lightning, thunder, rain, hail, snow, and high 
wind; snow also on 9th; each laid only one day. 
Bethel, Ohio.—White frosts and hard freezing on 3d, 5th, Sth, and 13th. 
Litchfield, Mich—Snow-storm on 4th, severest of the season; on 15th, farm- 
ers hauled logs on sleds; bank swallow 20th; whippoorwill 29th; season back- 
ward, but wheat looks well. 
Northport, Mich—Month much more stormy and ¢loudy than March, three 
or four times as much snow fell, and yet the seascn appears more forward than 
usual. 
Aurora, Ind.—Martins on Ist, but disappeared on 2d. Ice formed on 4th, 
Sth, 6th, 8th, and 13th. Martins returned 14th ; chimney swallows 15th, when 
peaches blossomed. The 17-year locusts are coming up. 
Vevay, Ind.—Ueavy white frost on 2d, 3d, ath ; early peaches in bloom 
suffered by freezing on 5th; snow-storm on 9th, trees cased in ice, and limbs 
broken down, and peaches i in blossom destroyed; but late peaches promise well, 
Wheat looks bad. 
