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Lyons, Iowa. — Sliglit snow for half au hour on the 4th, an inch on the 15th 

 and three inches on the 22d. Ice on the river sixteen inches thick. 



Independence, lotca. — Four-tenths of an inch of snow on the 2d, one inch on 

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



Mo7iticello, Imca. — Half an inch of snow on the 16th, two inches and four- 

 tenths on the 22d. January 16 : Temperature of springs 48^, which is three 

 degrees lower than in August last; temperature of wells average, as far as ex- 

 amined, 44°, which is from four to six degrees lower than in August last. 



Iowa City, Iowa. — Snow on the 3d, 16th, and 22d, in all 3.15 inches; two 

 inches of it on the 22d. 



Dubuque, Iowa. — Amount of snow during the month 2.26 inches, one inch of 

 it on the 16th and one inch on the 22d. The snow-storm of to-day (the 22d) 

 from the northwest is of unusual occurrence. Such storms almost always conve 

 from an easterly or southerly direction. 



Muscatine, loica, — Six inches of snow during the month; one inch on the 

 2d, one on the 8th, two on the 15th, and two on the 22d. 



Guttenherg, Iowa. — One-tenth of au inch of snow on the 8th, seven-tenths 

 on the 16th, and one-tenth on the 20th. 



Olatha, Kansas. — One inch and three-quarters of snow on the 8th, and a 

 quarter of an inch on the 21st. 



Manhattan Kansas. — Three inches of snow on the 21st, and a very little at 

 noon on the 8th. 



Bellevue, Nehrasha. — Half an inch of snow on the 17th, and two inches on 

 the 20th. 



Nursery Hill, Nebraska. — One inch of snow on the 20th, and two inches on 

 the 21st. Ground frozen twenty and a half inches deep on the 2d day of 

 January. 



'^ METEOR. 



A very large and brilliant meteor was seen from different towns in Minnesota 

 on the morning of the 27th of January, 



Note. — The late disastrous fire at the Smithsonian Institution will not in- 

 terrupt the active operations of the establishment. Though most of the me- 

 teorological records were preserved, a number of sheets are wanting, which it is 

 hoped the observers may be able to supply hereafter, when a list of deficienciee 

 can be made out. All the blank registers were lost, but a new supply will soon 

 be obtained, and correspondents will be furnished with them. 



