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Oil tlu' 22cl instant we had a slight fall of snow, and for the last week or two 

 the weather has rendered overcoats and cloaks decidedly comfortable. — Rio 

 Abajo WcckJij Press, AJhuquerque, New Mexico, Octohcr 21 . 



At Fort Laramie there was a heavy snow squall on the 17th, and a slight 

 one at 9 a. m. of the 21st. 



22^. — At Fort Riley and Manhattan, Kansas, snow fell from 6 a. m. till about 

 noon. At Saint Paul, Minnesota, it snowed all day. In Iowa, it began at Inde- 

 pendence at 10 a. m.; at Pleasant Plain at 11 a. m.; at Muscatine at 12 m.; at 

 Lyons at 12i; at Harrisonville, Missouri, at 2f p.m. The snow continued 

 through Illinois and Indiana in the day and night of. the 22d and morning of 

 the 23d, falling from half an inch to three inches in depth. Further east it 

 principally changed to rain, and the storm is noticed on the registers from all 

 the States (though not at every stati m) to the New England coast, where the 

 i-ain was on the 24th. At North Littleton, N. H., a few flakes of snow fell on 

 the 25th. 



Another snow fell in the western States near the end of the month. The 

 earliest notice of it on the registers is at Fort Laramie, where it began at 9 a. 

 m. on the 2Sth. It began at Fort Riley, Kansas, at 4 p. m. on the same day. The 

 greatest depth recorded is six inches at Independence, Iowa. This storm fol- 

 lowed the same course as the preceding, changing to rain east of Indiana, and • 

 prevailing in Maine on the last day of the month. 



THUNDER STORMS. 



2d. — There was a thundergust at Sykesville, Maryland, at 4 p. m., and at 

 Harrisburg, Penn., at 7 p. m. 



3fZ. — There was thunder in the afternoon at Urbana and Hillsborough, Ohio, 

 and at Ypsilanti, Michigan, and at the last place sharp zigz;tg lightning. 



^th. — Thunder and lightning at Harrisonville, Missouri. 



IQth. — Lawrence, Kansas, lightning in the east at 8 p. m. Canton, Missouri, 

 diffuse lightning in the southwest from 7i to 9 p. m. 



ilth. — Harrisonville, Mis'souri, thunder and lightning. Manchester, Illinois, 

 severe thunder storm during the greater part of the night, and after midnight 

 thunder shower at Augusta, Illinois.- 



15th. — Diffuse lightning at Harrisonville, Missouri. 



\Q)th. — Thunder and lightning at Harrisonville, Missouri, and at Middletown, 

 Connecticut. 



lllh. — Thunder at Lyons, Iowa; thunder and lightning from 6 to 7 a. m. at 

 New Bedford, Mass.; four peals of thunder at 10 a. m. at Theresa, N. Y. 



18^//. — A heavy thunder shower at Littleton, N. H., between 7 and 8 in the 

 evening. 



l^th. — Thunder at Harrisburg, Penn. At Brandon, Vermont, heavy thunder 

 at a distance between 5h and 6 p. m. A thunder shower passed over Rutland, 

 in the same State, between 4 and 6 p. m. At Claremont, N. H., the most 

 severe thunder storm of the season occurred from 6 to 10 p. m. this day. 



PRAIRIE FIRES. 



At Fort Riley, Kansas, prairie fires were seen in the south and east on the 

 10th and 11th; in the west and northeast on the 15th; and in the east on the 

 26th. 



METBuRS. 



Special arrangements have been made by scientific men in this country for 



