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Bayfield, Wis.— ^now 3fl, 15tli, 22d, 23d, and 29tli ; snow, hail, and 

 rain i2tli ; harbor closed by ice 19th. 



Oalc Lalce, Minn. — The severest December ever known here, and the 

 greatest fall of snow for the mouth. Winter began the 18th of Novem- 

 ber, and has been hard ever since. 



3[inneapolis, Minn. — The coldest December since 1859. 



Algoncij Iowa. — A very cold month, but good weather for work. 



Logan, lotva. — The coldest December in ten years; good sleighing 

 since the 17th ; very little snow before that day. 



Fontanelle, Iowa. — Thirteen inches of snow fell from 21st to the 23d ; 

 the coldest December on record. 



Gresco, Iowa. — Cold intense and unexpected; frozen faces and ex- 

 tremities numerous; fevers, rheumatism, and severe colds prevalent; 

 stock not well housed or fed suffering badly. 



Durant, Iowa. — The rain of last night froze as it fell, coating every- 

 thing exposed with ice three-fourths of an inch thick ; trees damaged 

 severely 23d. 



Mt. Yernon, Mo. — A violent gale attended with thunder and lightning 

 night of the 22d ; much thunder and lightning night of the 30th. 



WilUamstoivn, Kans. — Weather beautiful, no snow 15th; cloudy IGth ; 

 stock doing well. 



Manhattan, Kans. — Ice in the river eight and a half inches thick 5th ; 

 a dry, cold month. 



Burlingame, Kans. — The severest month known to the oldest inhabit- 

 ants ; bare ground is frozen a foot deep ; small streams frozen ; nearly 

 dry ; changes of weather have been sudden and extreme. 



Emerson, Nehr. — Depth of frozen ground one foot and four inches 26th. 



Harrishurgh, Utah. — A fine mouth ; the weather the last part very 

 pleasant and warm ; farmers cannot sow for want of vrater to irrigate 

 their ground ; no grass ; farmers driving stock seventy-five miles east 

 for pasture; breadstufl's very scarce; fiour $10 per hundred. 



Denver, Colo. — Ground thickly covered with snow the entire month, 

 the mean temperature nearly eight degrees above that of December, 

 1870. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The winter thus far has been unusually severe 

 in the northern and eastern parts of the Territory ; stock is suffering, 

 and much will doubtless starve. 



