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grain and grass were injured by drought in May, but generally grain and fruit 
promise well. 
Otsego, Mich—Harvest about a week later than usual. Heavy thunder 3d, 
5th, and 15th; great rain-falls 5th and 6th; violent wind 16th and 19th. 
Copper Falls, Mich—May and June unusually warm, and, until 29th June, 
very dry. Storms 29th and 30th, with much lightning and thunder. 
Vevay, Ind.—TYhunder-storms on 2d, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 24th, and 25th— 
some very severe. Locusts (17-year) appeared in small numbers. Harvest 
commenced; crop above expectation. 
Muncie, Ind.— Light frosts 9th and 10th; on 17th sheet lightning in north- 
east, with continuous rolling thundereone prolonged peal for over 20 minutes. 
The red-eyed or 17-year locusts appeared in great numbers about the 1st; have 
now nearly disappeared. 
Rensselaer, Ind—June dry and moderately warm. Crops never looked 
better. 
Jalapa, Ind.—On 15th grand electric display in south and southeast; light- 
ning diffuse, but out from the pale light balls of fire shot across the heavens, 
generally bursting into numerous spicula, resembling serpents. 
Ridge Farm, lli.i—Rye harvest 26th; cherries ripe, and potatoes and spring 
wheat in bloom. 
Hennepin, Ill.—First week misty, then fair and warm to 17th; 19th and 
20th, rain; then to close, favorable crops; a full harvest. Fruits poor, except 
grapes, which promise full crops. 
Me. Sterling, Ilil—First part of June wet; latter part dry. Wheat seldom 
better; corn backward, but thrifty. 
Belvidere, Iil—Month very favorable for wheat and corn, but not for grass. 
Marengo, lil—vVery severe thunder-storm on 15th; lightning killed several 
persons in this county. ‘The thunder was a continuous roar, and the rain-fall 
six inches in four hours. 
x Manitowoc, Wis.—Hoar frost 7th ; thunder-storms 4th, 5th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 
17th, and 30th; fog 4th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 27th, 28th, 30th; hail 14th. 
Plymouth, Wis.—Just rain enough at proper times to make everything grow 
finely. 
Milwaukee, Wis——Heavy rains 15th and 16th; on 15th overflowed the 
gauge ; on 16th over an inch fell in 30 minutes. 
Bloomfield, Wis.—A new potato bug—slender, three-fourths of an inch long, 
slate color, winged, flies fast and quick—covers the vines and consumes the 
leaves rapidly ; in some gardens ate the young bean plants. 
Rocky Run, Wis.—The dry May and drought late in June has affected the 
straw crops. 
Baraboo, Wis.—Growth of crops equal to 1860; never looked better; hops 
ahead of last season, and more than double the area planted; fear there will 
not be pickers enough to secure them. 
St. Paul, Minn.—Except the heat of the last five days, June pleasant; rains 
moderate and in season to supply the crops, which surpass all ever seen here, 
and are in advance of sections 2 and 3°, further south, by from 10 to 14 days. 
Minneapolis, Minn.—Slight frosts Sth and 20th; strawberries ripe 7th. A 
pleasant month and splendid crops. 
Sibley, Minn.—Slight frosts on mornings of 9th and 21st. 
Clinton, Iowa.—T he first week wet; the rest of June dry and warm. Crops 
never looked better, and fruit is abundant. 
Monticello, Iowa.—Vegetation a week earlier than last year, and hops two 
weeks; all looking well. 
Guttenberg, Iowa.—Grass the same as last year. Spring wheat and oats 10 
per cent., and corn 20 per cent. better. 
