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February 10. — Urbana, Ohio. — Aurora light pale yellowish, uniform; no 

 sigTi of corruscations while observed, between 10 and 11 o'clock. Centre of 

 light was due north; it extended each way about 20°, and upwards 25°. 



February 10. — Welshfield, Ohio. — Aurora not very bright; arch quite small; 

 from early in the evening till late in the night. 



February 10. — Kelley's Island, Ohio. — Bright aurora at 9 p. m. 



February 10. — Kingston, Ohio. — A small display of aurora in the evening. 



February 10. — Pekin, Illinois. — Slight white northern lights, about fifteen 

 degrees high in N., extending to N.NE.; hidden to the westward by a small 

 cloud that, is increasing fast in volume. 



February 12. — Pontiac, Michigan. — Aurora from northeast to northwest 

 eight degrees high; looked like a highly illuminated heavy bank of cloud. 



February 29. — Steuben, Maine — Faint aurora at 9 p. m. 



February 29. — North Littleton, New Hampshire. — Aurora at 9 p. m. low 

 down, with clouds; brightness moderate. 



February 29. — Passaic Valley, New Jersey. — A faint luminous segment, 

 breadth at the horizon about eighty degrees, height nine or ten degrees; a 

 faint diffuse light above the segment; observed it from 7.15 to 10.20 p. m. 



Saint John, New Brunswiclc. — The aurora waS faintly seen on three nights 

 in February. 



LIGHTNING. 



February 1. — Passaic Valley, New Jersey. — Diffuse lightning in the east, 

 from 8.10 to 8.40 p. m. 



February 2. — Hilton Head, South Carolina. — Sheet lightning at 9 p. m. in 

 the southeast; severe gale of wind from the northeast commenced at II 

 p. m. and continued all night. 



February 2. — Chestertown, Maryland. — Considerable lightning in the 

 southwest. 



February 2. — Beaufort, South Carolina. — Lightning in the evening, but 

 no thunder. 



February 3. — College Hill, Ohio. — Distant lightning. 



February 3. — Hamilton, Bermuda. — During the storm of wind and rain on 

 Wednesday night last, (February 3,) a house on the rising ground above 

 Crawl Point, occupied by Rachael Trott and others, was struck by lightning, 

 and besides being unroofed, the walls were much injured, and the furniture 

 entirely destroyed. The head-board of a bedstead, in which two females were 

 sleeping«at the time, was destroyed, and the bed set on fire, and a dog, a 

 fowl and a duck, which were in the house, were killed. The two women 

 alluded to escaped with but a few bruises; one of them had a handkerchief 

 burnt from her head, and a child, which was on the floor near the dog, also 

 escaped injury. — Royal Gazette. 



February 6. — North Barnstead, New Hampshire. — At 10 p. m. diffuse 

 lightning; no thunder. 



February 7. — St. John's, Newfoundland. — Lightning at night, followed by 

 heavy rain. 



February 9. — Key West, Florida. — Raining at daylight, with some 

 thunder. 



February 16. — Manitowoc, Wisconsin. — At midnight (15-16) a gale 

 sprung up suddenly, with a thunder-storm. 



February 22. — Connellsville, Pennsylvania. — A light thunder-shower at 

 7 p. m. 



February 22. — Welshfield, Ohio. — Thunder-storm south of this place at 

 7 p. m., lasting till 8^ p. m. 



February 22. — Fox Creek, Missouri. — Thunder in the northwest. 



