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Tiskilwa, Ili—The observer does not remember so unpleasant a March 
during the twenty-three years he has lived here. Has been engaged in the 
nursery business for the past fourteen years, and has always begun digging 
trees by the middle of March until last spring, when it was a week or more 
later, and now (March 31) with good warm sunny days cannot begin for a week 
yet in most favorable places. 
Mount Stirling, Ili—March 15.—Robins made their first appearance. 31st. 
Frost not yet out of the ground. Flocks of wild geese have been seen almost 
daily during the past week flying north. 
Golconda, Jil—March 18.—The Ohio river is fourteen inches over the high- 
water mark of 1832, the highest ever before known. 31st—No planting or 
seeding done in this county yet; the season is unusually late. 
Chicago, [il—March 15 —The Chicago river is again closed with ice and 
impassable for vessels. 30th.—Navigation is fairly opened, and several ves- 
sels arrived and departed to-day. 
Aurora, Ill—March 20.—Frost in the ground three feet. 31st—Coldest 
March since observations began, nineteen years. 
Sé. Louis, Mo—F our and a half inches of snow fell during the month. 
Union, Mo.—March was remarkable for its steady low temperature, continued 
cloudiness, and extreme cold of the 13th and 14th, which destroyed a large 
number of the peach-buds. Three and a half inches of snow during the month. 
Canion, Mo —March was colder than any February since 1862. 
Oregon, Mo.—March 14.—Thermometer twelve degrees below zero at sun- 
rise. Eleven and a half inches of snow fell during the month. 
Plymouth, Wis——The thermometer was below zero on the 13th, 14th, 15th, 
and 17th. Mean temperature of the 13th, two degrees below zero; at day- 
break on the 14th, 19.5 below. Fall of snow during the month, twenty-two 
inches. ; Ve 
Milwaukee, Wis—The 13th was the coldest day observed in March for 
twenty-five years. The cold northwest wind commenced at 1 a. m. 
Waupacca, Wis.—Good sleighing till the 1st of April. 
St. Paul, Minn—The thermometer was below zero on fourteen days in 
March. Ground frozen to the depth of three feet two inches. At the end of 
the month the, Mississippi river was as firm as in January; ice two and a half 
feet thick. Fall of snow during the month, fourteen inches, eight of which fell 
on the 9th and 10th. 
Sibley, Minn ——The mean of all the observations for the month at 7 a. m. 
was below zero. Fifteen and a half inches of snow during the month, twelve 
of which fell on the 26th and 27th. 
Afton, Minn.—March 31.—Good sleighing yet in the country. 
Monticello, Iowa—This March was the coldest during the last thirteen years, 
the period for which the observer has kept a record. 
Lowa City, Iowa —The mean temperature of March was 84° below the ave- 
rage of the month for twenty-nine years; March, 1843, was more than ten 
degrees lower still. 
Fort Dodge, Iowa—March 31.—Twenty-one and a half inches of snow fell 
during the month, the most of which is still on the ground. The Des Moines 
river is yet frozen to the depth of two and a half feet, and perfectly safe for 
travelling. 
Harris Grove, lowa—March 31.—There have been one hundred and seven 
consecutive days of sleighing, and the best was during the last days of this 
month.’ The Missouri river is still frozen over. 
Fort Madison, lowa.—This March was the coldest since the observer began 
keeping a record, which was in 1848. 
Algona, Iowa—March 31.—The ground is all covered with deep snow, and 
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