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Memphis, Tenn.—First frosts 9th, 10th, 23d— 22 days earlier than last year ; 
October temperature 2.75° below last year. Foliage falling rapidly. 
Pinegrove, Ky.—(Formerly at Chilesburg post office, but the observer’s resi- 
dence the same.) Heavy white frost with one inch ice 9th; slight frost 15th; 
frost, ice, and ground frozen, 23d. 
Clinton, Ky.—Killing frost 9th; katydid heard last 15th. 
New Lisbon, Ohio—Hard frost 9th; first spit of snow, 17th. 
Steubenville, Ohio.—A few snowflakes 17th; frost 24th, 30th; thunder 
storm 25th. 
Paimesville, Ohio—The dryest October I ever knew ; roads dusty as in 
August. 
Cleveland, Ohio.— Hard frosts 9th, 18th, 24th; sprinkling of snow 22d. 
Kelley’s Island, Ohio.—October 6th, temperature of Lake Erie 60°; 21st, 
52°; 31st, 48°; ice formed 17th, 23d. Mean date of first killing frost for 9 
years, November 13th; this year October 17th, nearly a month earlier. 
Sandusky, Ohio.—W hite frosts 4th, 6th; with ice 9th, 18th; slight snow 22d. 
Toiedo, Ohio.—Severe frost 4th; hail and sleet 18th; the 23d the coldest 
October morning on record. 
Bethel, Ohio.—October 1st scattered oats among peach trees for winter pro- 
tection ; finished sowing wheat 3d; heavy frost 9th. 
College Hill, Ohio—The first part of October cold, the latter part pleasant. 
Litchfield, Mich.—Ice 8th, 17th, 18th, 23d; the night of 22d the coldest. of 
the season ever known here. ‘The month very cold and very dry ; many pota- 
toes frozen in the hill. 
Grand Rapids, Mich—Hard freeze night of 17th, killing vegetation. 
Northport, Mich.—Mild and wostly pleasant till 17th, when ice formed ; slight 
snow and hail 18th, 21st, 22d, then mild till 27th, then a slight snow; also 
on 31st. 
Holland, Mich.—Frost on 9 mornings ; flakes of snow 16th, 18th. 
Copper Falls, Mich.—A very stormy, unpleasant month ; 13th 7 inches snow. 
Vevay, Ind—Dense setting fogs 6th to 11th, and 25th to 29th; rising fogs 
12th, 13th, 26th, and 27th; heavy frosts with ice 17th, 18th, and 23d; and on ~ 
Sth, 2 miles from the river. 
Spiceland, Ind.—On the 29th counted 130 solar spots with telescope 6 feet 
long and 46 inches diameter. Month was generally pleasant. 
Jalapa, Ind.—October weather beautiful; potato crop increased beyond ex- 
pectation ; corn, large crop, but grains light and chaffy. 
Chicago, llil—Some snow 17th; first ice of the season 8th. 
Ridge Farm, Ili.—tIce 0.3 inch and ground frozen 9th ; ice half inch 16th, 23d. 
Very dry, roads dusty ; corn ripe, but some injured by frost. 
Marengo, Ili—F roze to affect apples 17th, when temperature of well was 
48°. 
Golconda, Ill.—Light frosts 8th, 9th; heavy 16th. October very pleasant. 
Aurora, Ill.—October colder with less wind than usual; crops all secured ; 
much fall ploughing done. 
Belvidere, lll—Much cloudy weather, little rain; less Indian summer than 
usual 
Winnebago, Ill.—Rain with lightning 6th; lightning and distant thunder 
30th. No snow. 
Tiskilwa, Iil—Very hard freeze 17th, ground froze 1 inch, and apple and 
pear leaves fell before night; Osage orange also, which in 15 years’ acquaint- 
ance I never knew it to do. Forest leaves fell fully a month earlier than usual. 
Hennepin, Ill—Wood crickets and katydids silenced by the ‘freeze on the 
17th. 
Dubois, Tll—Indian summer 3d to 14th; first wild geese 7th; first killing 
frost 10th. 
