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Mt. Sterling, Ill—Wild geese flying westward 13th; first snow, very light, 
18th; late corn and much fodder injured by frost. 
Augusta, Ii] —F¥roze hard 8th; wild geese 9th, 27th; lightning, west, 30th. 
Manitowoc, Wis.—Thunder storms 6th, 7th, 30th; distant lightning 29th. 
Plymouth, Wis.—Lightning, thunder, rain, and snow 6th. October weather 
unsettled ; very cool, few Indian summer days. 
Milwaukee, Wis.—White frost 4th; hard white frosts 14th, 15th; ice half 
inch 17th; snow flurry 21st; ice on ponds 22d. 
Waupacca, Wis.—Hard freeze 1st; rain and snow 7th; 2 inches snow 8th; 
snow squalls 18th, 21st. 
Embarrass, Wis-—Hard frost and ice 1st; frost, followed by thunder, 4th, 
6th; first snow 7th; hard frosts 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 22d, 28th ; aurora, 
14th, 16th, 17th, 22d; snow and sleet all day 18th; snow, hail, rain, lightning, 
and thunder 29th; distant thunder 30th, 31st. Month cold, wet, and unfavor- 
able for fall grain. 
Rocky Run, Wis.—Thunder, or lightning, or both, sometimes with rain, 1st, 
2d, 7th, 14th; aurora 14th, 20th, 21st, 22d; frosts 3d, 16th, 17th, 18th, 21st. 
St. Paul, Minn. —Snow 7th; 17th the coldest October day known here. 
Average mean temperature of October for 40 years, 47°; this year 43.59°. 
Minneapolis, Minn—Thunder storm for 20 hours on 29th and 30th. 
Sibley, Minn.—Snow 7th, 17th; heavy thunder storm from 10 p. m. on 29th 
to 7 p.m. on 30th. 
Sauk Centre, Minn. —Frost 1st; snow 7th, 27th, 30th; aurora 16th, 21st. 
Clinton, Iowa—Thunder storm 30th. On the whole a favorable month. 
Dubuque, lowa.—Wild geese 7th; mud frozen solid 8th; frosts 15th, 28th. 
Monticello, lowa—Diffused lightning, north and west, 29th. Month pleasant. 
Fort Madison, Iowa.—Month dry, springs low. 
Guttenberg, lowa.—Lightning and thunder with rain 6th, 30th; without rain 
29th; snow 7th, 17th; Indian summer 7th till 12th. Finest month for plough- 
ing T ever knew. 
Independence, Iowa.—F rosts 1st, 15th, 17th ; hard freeze 8th, 22d, 28th ; light 
snow 17th; light thunder shower 30th. 
Marble Rock, Iowa.—Rain and snow followed by freeze 7th; rain and snow 
18th; thunder, rain, and hail 29th, 30th. 
Algona, Towa.—Rain, then snow, 7th; hail and snow 12th, then rain 13th; 
sleet and snow 17th, then rain 18th; lightning and thunder with little rain 
29th, 30th, 31st. Crops all good. 
Near Algona, Iowa —Smoky 1st to 6th ; frosts on 14 days, dense fogs on 4, 
rain on 4, and snow on 2; auroras 14th, 16th. Month remarkably cold and 
unpleasant; mean temperature 4.6° below October, 1867. 
Boonesboro’, Iowa —Snow squalls 7th, 17th; freezes 8th, 17th; thunder 
storms 29th, 30th; beside 11 clear days, 11 smoky days, and 6 heavy fogs. 
Rolfe, Iowa.—Furious thunder storm 6th; snow storm 7th ; thunder’ storm 
29th. : 
Logan, Iowa.—F¥ rosts killed prairie grass about 20 days earlier than usual. 
Fontanelle, Iowa.—Fogs 2d, 3d, 4th; smoky 5th, 6th, and 8th to 19th, and 
27th to 31st; sleet and snow 7th; frost and ice 19th, 21st, 27th. 
St. Louis, Mo.—High winds and thunder storm 7th; first frost 8th; heavy 
wind, then frost, at night, 17th. More than half the mornings in October were 
foggy until 8 a. m. 
Allenton, Mo—Thunder storms, morning and evening, 7th. 
Canton, Mo.—YVhunder storm 6th ; first freeze, severe, 8th. 
Rolla, Mo—Thunder storm 7ih; hard frost 8th; ice Linch 9th; cold 
northeast storms 14th, 16th. 
Warrensburg, Mo—Foggy 1st, 2d, 3d, 15th, 19th, 20th ; frost and ice 8th, 
22d. 
