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['RAIRIE FIRES. 



Nov. 7. — Fort Riley, Kansas. Prairie fire on the bluffs just north of the 

 garrison. 



Nov. S. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. From 2 to 4 p. m. the prairie was on fii'C to 

 the west, and the smoke after rising about ten degrees presented the appearance 

 of white bunch clouds, and passed off to the east. 



FLIGHT OF BIRDS. 



Xov. 3. — Iowa Falls. A great many geese and brants have passed over 

 towards the south in the past few days. 



Nov. 25. — In the evening a large flock of geese and ducks flying north. 

 They have been more plenty this fall than in former years. 



FRESHET. 



Lisbon, Maine. — Saturday, the 14th, there was a very heavy mist all day. 

 It commenced raining Sunday morning, 15th, and continued with but slight 

 intermission Tuitil Wednesday, ISth, 7 a. m. ; amount of rain during that time 

 6.7 inches, causing the heaviest fre.<het known about here for fifteen, and some 

 say thirty years. On Thursday, the ]9th, at 10 a. m., the Androscoggin river, 

 near the mouth of Sabatti's stream, was thirteen inches higher than at any time 

 since 1847. It was estimated to have risen fifteen feet in forty-eight hours. 

 Many bridges were carried away on the Grand Trunk and Androscoggin 

 railroads. 



