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Houston, Texas.—TVhe sun rose and set clear on 3d and from 5th to 18th, and 
from 24th to 28th, both inclusive. 
New Orleans, La.—Hottest day, 28th. The western and northern winds 
bring heat ; northeast and southeast winds are refreshing. Much dry weather 
in June. 
Grenada, Miss—Month unusually cool, with but little rain; cotton backward, 
but improving; sweet potatoes dying out with drought. 
Brookhaven, Miss—Dry and hot from Ist to 15th, and after 21st, dry and 
hot again in some places, putting corn past help; cotton promises well, though 
in some swamp lands a new worm is destroying it; much rice was planted on 
new uplands, and is doing well; fruits poor. Heard first katy-did (Platyphylium 
concavum) on the 14th. 
Elizabethton, Tenn.—Harvest commenced 22d; wheat and rye more than 
average yield. 
Clarksville, Tenn.—Since the 3d no rain to wet the ground half an inch deep. 
Memphis, Tenn —New June apples, cherries, plums, and peaches on 7th ; 
squashes, 14th; cucumbers, 20th; crops promise well, but need rain. 
Lexington, Ky.—Heavy rains 16th to 20th; violent thunder-storms 25th to 
27th ; destructive hail-storm on 25th, injuring crops and killing pigs, poultry, &c., 
in Fayette, Woodford, Scott, and Bourbon counties. 
New Lisbon, Ohio.—White frost on 10th; wheat midge at work, 12th. Bees 
killing the drones. Are we to have no swarms? Crops in prosperous condi- 
tion, though wheat will be damaged some. 
Kelley’s Island, Ohio—Isabella grapes blossom, 25th; Catawbas, 27th. 
Norwalk, Ohio—Slight frost 10th; thunder-storms from northwest on 5th, 
15th, 19th, and 30th; tornado on 5th, from northwest, doing considerable 
damage. 
Bowling Green, Ohio—From 6th to 30th dry ; wheat doing well; oats, flax, 
and barley in good condition; grass abundant; corn injured by worms, but 
now growing finely ; potato hues nrospering, and grasshoppers hatching out. 
Kenton, Ohio —On 6th most violent thunder-storm for years, from southwest, 
with hail; from 15th to 17th, inclusive, frequent thunder-storms, with fierce 
lightning, terrific thunder, and sudden and violent changes of wind. 
Urbana, Ohio—From 15th to 18th a succession of terrific thunder-storms ; 
in the first 24 hours 74 inches of rain fell, but the heavy, continued thunder was 
yet more remarkable. The 17-year cicada appeared about the 1st, deposited 
eges about 15th; by 30th had nearly disappeared. 
Bethel, Ohio.— Great rains, with much thunder, 17th and 18th. 
Hillsboro’, Ohio —Rains, with thunder, 16th to 20th. A few 17-year locusts, 
much fewer than in 1851. 
Cincinnati, Ohio—Very heavy thunder-storm on night of 17th and 18th. 
More than a dozen places in the city were struck, causing two large fires.— 
Harper. The amount, brilliancy, and constant play of electricity exceeded 
any I ever witnessed— PHILLIPS. 
College Hill, Ohio —Thunder-storm on night of 17th and 18th, attended 
with hail and incessant lightning; rain-fall in 24 hours, 5.75 inches. 
Toledo, Ohio.—Rain on 14 days; severe showers on Sth, 6th, 19th, 29th, and 
30th, the last two days with vivid white lightning, incessant thunder, and great 
rainfall. Saw the 17-year locust first on 19th—their ninth recorded appearance ; 
the first was in 1715, the last 1851. 
Monroe City, Mich.—Terrific thunder and lightning on 5th, 18th, and 19th ; 
deluges of rain 29th and 30th. 
Litchfield, Mich.—Severe thunder-storm and gale on 16th, prostrating trees, 
unroofing buildings, &c. All crops promising ; wheat filling finely. 
Northport, Mich—Latest frost on 9th; June favorable to crops. Some 
