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Houston, Texas—Frosts on 7 mornings; sun rose and set clear on 15 days. 
Austin, Texas.—Frosts 5 days ; lightning and thunder 15th. 
Jacksonville, Fla—First frost 2d, frost and ice 21st, 23d; winter gardening 
prosperous; English peas will be shipped north shortly. 
New Orleans, La.—First frost, slight, 13th; ice in some localities 21st ; 
aurora 20th; forests bare 30th; 14 severe frosts, some with ice, in November. 
Grenada, Miss—First killing frost 2d; also on 13 days; rain on 6 days, 
but only one that was copious. 
Brookhaven, Miss.—F¥irst killing frost 12th; geese passing south 21st. 
Clarksville, Tenn.—Very light first snow 19th. 
Memphis, Tenn.—F air days 19, cloudy 6, rainy 5, frost 15 mornings. 
Pine Grove, Ky—Hail and snow Ist; snow 19th, 20th, 21st, all slight. 
Lexington, Ky.—First snow 19th, 20th, slight; heavy frosts on 9 mornings. 
Clinton, Ky —Earthquake at 2 a.m., on 14th, rattled windows and awoke 
sleepers to see meteoric shower. First snow 20th, slight; large breadth of 
wheat sown and looking well; corn crop finest ever seen here, selling at 30 to 
35 cents; hog cholera in a few places; roads firm and dry. 
Kelly’s Island, Ohio—Flurries of snow whitened ground 18th, 19th—an 
inch fell on 20th. 
North Fairfield, Ohio—Snow squalls 11th, 28th, 30th ; snow all day 18th, 
19th, all melted. 
Westerville, Ohio.— Ground white with snow 19th—snowing moderately 
20th. 
Toledo, Ohio.—Snow, sometimes with rain or sleet, on 9 days; aurora very 
red 12th. November mean temperature lower than in 9 years, except in 1860. 
Litchfield, Mich._—First fall of snow 17th and 18th. November very dry 
for the season. 
Northport, Mich.—W orst fall in 17, if not in 19, years, and November, like 
September and October, cold, windy, and wet. Buckwheat not harvested— 
some potatoes yet in ground. 
Holland, Mich—Snow on 8 days, sometimes with rain. 
Copper Falls, Mich—Month very stormy and unpleasant ; sleighing for last 
three weeks; 294 inches snow fell in November, 16 inches remain; winter a 
month earlier than usual. 
Vevay, Ind.—Light first snow 19th ; 14 heavy frosts in November. 
New Harmony, Ind.—Very slight first snow 20th. 
Knightstown, Ind.—Leaves all fallen 1st; very light snows 10th, 18th, 20th, 
28th. 
Chicago, Ill_—Heavy frost and first ice 2d; snows 11th, 30th. 
Aurora, Iil—First snow squall 17th; month colder than usual, but good 
for gathering corn crop and ploughing. / 
Tiskilwa, Ill.—Snow squalls all day, 1st, 17th, whitened the ground. 
Hennepin, Iil—Weather generally favorable; a few snow-flakes ; potatoes 
gathered, corn nearly so. 
Manchester, Ili—Distant thunder on evenings of 6th, 7th; hard frost 23d. 
Mount Sterling, Iil.—Month mild and favorable for farmers. 
Augusta, Iii—Lightning all night, with distant thunder, 7th; first snow, 
just covered the ground, 17th. 
Manitowoc, Wis.—Distant lightning southwest and southeast on 14th, and 
southeast on 15th, both at 5 a. m. 
Plymouth, Wis —Vivid lightning and distant thunder in east, early morn- 
ing 14th. No sleighing yet. 
Milwaukee, Wis.—Rainy 7th, 8th, 9th; snow flurries 10th, 18th—an inch 
snow 17th. 
Embarrass, Wis—Bright aurora 3d; faint aurora 10th; ground frozen hard 
18th ; November very cold, with much rainy and cloudy weather; snow-fall, 
11 inches. 
