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Harrisonville, Mo.—Distant diffused lightning 6th; ice 9th; thunder and 
lightning 13th. ; 
Oregon, Mo.—Heavy fog 1st, 2d, 3d, 22d; lightning and thunder 6th, 14th, 
20th ; frosts 19th, 22d, 28th; ice Sth, 17th. A 6-pounder fired at Rockport, 
35 miles distant, was distinctly heard here and 10 miles southeast of here—45 
miles in direct line. 
Leavenworth, Kansas.—Fogs 2d, 19th, 22d; continual lightning, north and 
northwest, at 9 p.m. 6th; sprinkle of snow 7th; thunder 13th, 20th; frosts 7th, 
22d, 23d, 27th, 31st. 
Holton, Kansas.—Grasshoppers hatching out 3d, eating wheat 24th; wild 
geese 5th; ice 8th, 17th, 22d; first buckfly (a fall butterfly) 10th. 
Council Grove, Kansas—On 13th tremendous dark clouds covered the north- 
ern sky, wind northeast, east, and west; the southern part half covered with mot- 
tled clouds ; after half an hour’s bluster a gentle rain, then a copious one. From 
' 19th to 31st grasshoppers passing, 20 miles off, in every direction ; they are lay- 
ing eggs and eating every green thing. 
Lilkhorn City, Neb—F¥rost 1st; mosquitoes 4th; ground frozen 8th; snow- 
flakes 11th, 17th, 30th; month fine and mild. 
Glendale, Neb.—Indian summer Ist to 7th; sleet and snow 7th; hail and rain 
17th ; October pleasant as usual. 
Dakota, Neb.—Driving storm of rain, sleet, and snow 7th; snow 17th, 30th; 
prairie fires the last half of the month. 
Nebraska City, Neb.—Rains from northwest, with lightning and thunder, 
13th, 20th. 
Wanship, Utah.—Thunder and thunder showers Ist, 2d, 16th; rain, followed 
by 14 inch snow, 29th. 
Harrisburg, Utah—Rain and large hail 5th; killed fowls, destroyed vines 
and fruit-trees, and laid several days; after 5th pleasant; grasshoppers thick 
and ground full of eggs. 
Monterey, Cal.—On 21st, 7.55 a. m., very heavy earthquake from northeast 
to southwest; a long, heavy shock; cracked adobe walls, stopped pendulum 
elocks, and set hanging lamps, &c., swinging; at 10 a. m. another slight shock, 
and at 2 a. m., on 22d, a smart shock. 
Murphy's, Cal—Thunder-shower 4th; slight hail 15th; earthquake at 8 a. 
m. on 21st, northwest southeast; lasted 5 to 6 seconds; no damage. 
Cathlamet, W. T.—Greater part of month foggy and smoky; on 25th heavy 
rain; put out fires, and ended drought of 4 months. 
NOTES ON THE WEATHER.—NOVEMBER, 1868. 
NovTe.—We omit all notices of the meteoric display on the i3th to 18th for want of room, 
except in one or two cases where it is merely referred to in connection with other phenomena. 
Lisbon, Me.—November cold and uncomfortable; ground frozen hard ; good 
sleighing 10 miles north, but none here. 
West Waterville, Me—Rain of October 31st closed on 3d November with 
34 inches snow; sleighing 10th, (7 months since last sleighing;) snow-fall 19 
inches in November, now 8 inches deep; mean temperature 3.69° below last 
four Novembers. P 
Gardiner, Me.—Lightning and thunder 5th; snow 8th, 10th, 24th, 26th; 
auroras 14th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22d; a very cold, wet month; 2.38° below aver- 
age temperature of last 32 Novembers. ; 
Standish, Me.--Trees crushed with ice 10th; aurora 16th; sleighing 19th 
to 2 lst. 
