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Opelika, Ala.—Ripe Chickasaw plums on 17th; ripe dewberries, 19th; ripe 
apples, 24th. 
Talladega, Ala.—About 11 p. m. on 6th, a terrible tornado passed 3 miles 
north of this—a volume of electric flashes followed by adark cloud, with a roar- 
ing noise, sweeping everything before it, and leaving vegetation as if scorched by 
fire, and horses, mules, cattle, poultry, birds, lying dead all along its path, and 
trees, buildings, &c., prostrate wherever it reached. Mr. Henry and household 
(5 persons) were killed; the son seemed to have every bone broken. In 
another family a daughter’s jaw was broken by the concussion. Its track 
was about three-quarters of a mile wide, and it seemed to touch the earth only 
at intervals of hundreds of yards. Its course was to the northeast, distance not 
given. 
Lake City, Fla--Magnolia grandiflora bloomed on 1st; on 5th, four acres in 
Hamilton county sunk, so that tall trees in its centre were covered with water. 
Austin, Texas.—Chuck-wills-widow heard on 2d; lightning and thunder on 
2d, 6th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 29th. 
Columbia, Texas.—Cotton-worm here, 4th, six weeks earlier than last year ; 
corn tasselling, 18th. Mean temperature of spring months, 71°.68. 
New Orleans, La—May 1st to 8th, humid and warm; 8th to 18th cool, 
especially at night; mosquitoes, 19th; 20th to 21st generally warm and sultry. 
Shreveport, La—Thunder with hail, on 28th; some hail-stones weighed 
eight ounces each; heavy storm from northwest prostrated and broke off much 
corn, 30th. ° ; 
Grenada, Miss—No washing or baking rains in May; crops and fruits 
promising ; cotton has a good stand. 
Brookhaven, Miss—WHeavy dews and cold rains retard corn and cotton; 
sweet and common potatoes growing fast and have fine tubers; beech and oak 
full of nuts; birds preparing for second brood. 
Memphis, Tenn.—Green peas, strawberries and new potatoes plenty by 11th 
ripe cherries, 19th; flies and mosquitoes numerous, 25th; ripe plums, 29th. 
Lexington, Ky—'rom 2d to 20th, rain almost daily; after 20th, pleasant 
and growing weather. 
Salem, Ky—Oats fair; other crops poor; few apples, cherries, strawberries 
and peaches ; no pears. 
Chilesburg, Ky—Month rainy ; much thunder, some hail; no apples, pears or 
peaches ; small crop of cherries and strawberries ; promise of later berries and 
grapes. 
Lisbon, Ohio.—F¥rost on 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th; spring 
about 10 days too late. 
Wooster, Ohio.—Rain on 13 days and frost on five mornings, but no damage 
to vegetation. 
Norwalk, Ohio—Last frost on 19th; apples in bloom, 20th, ten days later than 
usual; grass and wheat look well; apples and cherries promise fair, but grapes 
and peaches much injured during the winter. 
Kenton, Ohio.—Nearly all rains this year from northeast; last year from south- 
west; ice formed on 20th. 
Urbana, Ohio.—Mean temperature of May 5° below last May, and 1° below 
the average of May for 16 years; fine promise for fruits. 
Sandusky, Ohio.—Cat-bird seen on 1st; chimney-swallow, 20th; plum and 
early cherry blossomed, 2d; pear and peach, 10th; apple, 19th to 21st. 
Bowling Green, Ohio.—Light frosts on 10th, ilth, 19th and 20th; great 
amount ot cloudy weather, but wheat, grass, oats and flax look well; peaches 
killed ; apples show some fruit. 
Cleveland, Ohio.—Cherries blossomed on 1st; peach, 3d; apple, 17th; lilacs, 
18th. 
