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February 24. — Sandwich, Massachusetts. — A single discharge of elec- 

 tricity at 10^ p. m.; bolt seen by several observers to the eastward; 

 thunder heard. 



February 26. — ^Galesburg, Illinois. — Heavy thunder-shower at 11 p. m.; 

 rain at first in large drops; wind southeast. Rain continued the rest of the 

 night; wind not high. 



February 26. — Pekin, Illinois. — At 4 p. m. two short rolls of thunder 

 quick succession, in the west. At 5 p. m., one longer roll in the west. At 

 5^ p. m., a loud roll in S. SE., followed by a short shower of sleet, not over 

 five minutes in duration. One naile south of this place sleet fell for ten 

 minutes. 



February 26 — Winnebago, Illinois. — Gentle interrupted rain set in at 

 6.30 p. m., and continued through the night; considerable lightning, with 

 heavy, long-continued thunder about the time of the rain commencing, ap- 

 parently from a storm in an upper current which crossed this meridian from 

 the W.N'W. about 6.45 p. m.; lightning in the southwest, near the horizon 

 at 9 p. m. 



February 26. — Tiskilwa, Illinois. — Thundered a little in the west at 4 

 p. m.; again at 1 o'clock, with sharp lightning in all directions nearly all 

 night. 



February 26. — Harrisonville, Missouri. — Some distant diffuse lightning 

 and very distant thunder southwest about 8 p. m. 



February 26. — Beloit, Wisconsin. — In the evening, towards the southwest, 

 it lightened and thundered, and quite a heavy shower passed over — the 

 first of the season. 



February 26. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — At 3 o'clock p. m., three loud peals 

 of thunder. From 9 to 10 p. ra., diffused lightning, without report, at fre- 

 quent intervals in the eastern horizon. Heard one very loud peal in the 

 night. Paining all the latter part of the night. 



February 26. — Dubuque, Iowa. — Thunder, with heavy dark clouds and 

 slight hail, at 4 p. m. 



February 26. — Algona, Iowa. — Sheet lightning and distant thunder in the 

 evening; could not determine the direction. 



February 26. — Ouawa, Iowa. — Frequent flashes of distant diffuse light- 

 ning in the south and southeast at 8 o'clock p. m. 



February 26. — Fort Riley, Kansas. — Smoky, dreary, so as to obscure the 

 sky all day. Diffused lightning in the south and southwest from 5 to 7 p. m. 



February 26. — Elkhorn City, Nebraska. — Air very smoky all day; light- 

 ning and distant thunder all the evening. 



February 21 — Fleming, Pennsylvania. — At 8 p. m. saw one flash of sharp 

 lightning in the north; has been raining a little all day. 



February 27. — Kingston, Ohio. — This morning there was thunder. 



February 27. — Urbana, Ohio. — Heavy thunder from 5 to 7 a. m.; at the 

 same time snow was falling; the snow was preceded by light hail, and 

 followed by rain. 



February 27. — Westerville, Ohio. — Some thunder and lightning about 9 

 a. m. to-day, the first of the season here. 



February 27. — Newcastle, Indiana. — Afternoon dark and gloomy; 3 to 5 

 p. m. light showers of fine rain; 7 to 9 p. m. occasional diffuse lightning in 

 the west, northwest, and southwest; intervals from fifteen to thirty minutes. 



February 27. — Augusta, Illinois. — At 6.30 a. m., thunder shower with very 

 red lightning. 



February 27. — Pekin, Illinois. — At 6.45 a. m., slight rain from southwest, 

 calm; 7.43 a. m., three rolls of thunder in northwest in short succession; 

 7.50 a. m., a long roll in northwest; a few rolls at intervals to 10 a. m.; rain 

 stopped at 12 m. 



