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Rensselaer, Indiana. — The month of January has been dry, and rather cold, 

 but remarkably free from the sudden changes of temperature so common in this 

 climate, and especially on the broad, elevated praii-ies of northern Illinois and 

 Indiana. Amount of snow during the month, 5.65 inches. 



Vevay, Indiana. — The large amount of snow (eighteen inches) which fell 

 from 10 p. m. of the 7th to 5 a. m. of the 8th, created a heavy rise in the Ohio 

 river, threatening an overflow at this place and various points below, which, 

 however, was checked by the continuous cold weather which set in. The accu- 

 mulation of ice in the river is very gi-eat, endangering navigation, which was 

 entirely suspended during the last week of the month. The amount of snow 

 fallen at this point in January was not less than thii'ty-five inches. 



South Bend, Indiana. — Fall of snow during the month, fifteen and throe- 

 quarter inches. 



Bloomingdale, Indiana. — Eight inches of snow during the month. 



Indianapolis, Indiana. — Amount of snow during the month, 17.8 inches- 



Springfield, Illinois. — Amount of snow recorded, \\ inches; several snows 

 are entered on the register, but no depth given ; probably small. 



Ottawa, Illinois. — Four and a half inches of snow during the month. 



TisMlwa, Illinois. — Two and a half inches of snow during the month ; one 

 inch of it on the 16th, an inch and a half of it on the night of the 21st. Snowed 

 for a few minutes at 7 p. m. of the 8th. 



Waverly, Illinois.— January has been the most remarkable of any winter 

 month for a period of twenty -five years, for the uniform range of temperature — 

 cold and dry, without rain or snow. On the 1st of the mouth the depth to which 

 the gi-ound was frozen was eleven inches, which gradually increased in depth 

 until the end of the month, when it measm-ed eighteen inches. The streams of 

 water are all frozen, and the public roads are as solid and smooth as a railroad. 

 Two inches of snow fell on the night of the 8th; no other rain or snow is 

 re-corded during the month. 



Elmore, [llinois. — ^An inch and three-quarters of snow during the month. 



Sandmich, Illifwis. — January has been the dryest month since my recol- 

 lection, no rain falling, and only two and a half inches of snow — an inch on the 

 15-16th, and an inch and a half on the 22d; a slight amount also fell in the 

 night of the 8i;h, not measured. There has been no freezing and thawing, and 

 hence winter wheat is thus far but little injured. Abating the cold week near 

 the end of the month, January has been rather milder than the average for a 

 number of years. 



Rile?/, Illinois. — Half an inch of snow on the 16th, and six inches on the 

 22d. 



Wyanet, Illinois. — A sixteenth of an inch of snow on the 3d, an inch on the 

 16tb, and an inch and a half on the 22d. 



Hoijleton, Illinois. — Four inches of snow on the 6th, and one inch on tie 

 9-1 0th. 



Chicago, Illinois. — Snow on the 8th, 22d, and 23d. 



Clinton, Illinois. — Two and a half inches of snow on the 9th, and one and a 

 half inch on the 17th. 



Aiigmta, Illinois. — A quarter of an inch of enow in the night of the 8th, 

 three-quarters of an inch on the 16th and 17th, and three-quarters in the night 

 of the 21st. 



Wiyinebago, Illinois. — Two inches and six-tenths of snow, an inch and a 

 half of it on the 22d. Winter, thus far, (January 31,) dry, and fine for stock. 



Elmira, Illinois. — One inch of snow on the 17th, and two inches on the 21st. 



Galcshurg, Illinois. — Two inches of snow on the 16th, and one inch on the 

 21st. The water is low in cisterns and wells. 



Peoria, Illinois. — Light snow on the 8th, 16th, and 21st. 



