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Iowa City, Iowa.—Only a quarter of an inch of rain in August, preceding 
the 26th. 
Independence, Iowa.—The month has been very hot and dry, and there were 
strong apprehensions here that corn would prove a failure, but the rain in the 
night of the 30th has saved it. This rain measured an inch and four-tenths, 
while there were only eight-tenths during all the rest of the month. 
Marble Rock, Iowa.— August 30.—Thermometer, at 5 a. m., 42°. The house 
of the observer is on a high, dry ridge; the garden to the north sinks about 
eighteen feet in about twenty-two rods, and that is sheltered on the north. 
There the frost always shows itself first, and at sunrise this morning it was 
quite white. On a water-trough close by, ice just showed itself. 
Clinton, Iowa.—Only three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in August, until 
the 26th; after this, three and a half inches. 
Guttenberg, Jowa.—The observer says: “This month has been the finest 
ever sent to mankind for the harvest.” 
Monticello, Iowa.—“'There were but two rainy days this month, and two 
days entirely clear. Have never seen better weather for harvesting.” 
Fort Madison, Iowa —This has been the warmest August since 1854. The 
month has been very dry, and wells have failed. - 
Council Grove, Kansas.—Not a drop of rain during the month. 
Atchison, Kansas —A few drops of rain on the 25th and 31st, but not enough 
to measure. 
Holton, Kansas.—No rain during the month to wet the ground; it drizzled a 
little several times. The ground seems to be as dry as in 1860, the year of the 
great drought. 
De Soto, Nebraska—August 29.—Invasion of grasshoppers, EME like a 
snow-storm. They show a preference for corn and potatoes. 
tlendale, Nebraska.—August 24.—Very dry; farms and gardens ae ing 
much for want of rain. 31st. ~ Grasshoppers or locusts now at work on the corn- 
fields; the blades and tops mostly gone; many stalks, three-fourths of an inch 
in diameter, cut off, and many ears, just glazing, eaten down, cob and corn, 
from one to two inches. 
Richland, Nebraska.— August 27.—At noon large numbers of locusts appeared, 
and continued to come from the northwest until the evening of the 29th. They 
still (August 31) remain, and it is probable that the corn will be almost or 
entirely lost. 
Great Salt Lake City, Utah—Light rains or showers on the 10th, 11th, 14th, 
and 29th. 
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