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the torrents of rain swelled every branch and creek to overflowing; amount of 
rain 2.40 inches. 
Jacksonville, Fla —September 30.—A larger amount of rain has fallen this 
month than for several previous years. ‘The couutry is literally under water. 
The tides of the river are higher than ever known before except during severe 
gales; the water is over many parts of the front streets of the city. Such is the 
amount of fresh water pouring over the bar of St. John’s river, that it is fresh 
water for two or three miles at sea, as the observer is informed by the bar pilots. 
Port Orange, Fla—There has been an average of one shower daily during 
the month. It rained continuously on the 28th and 29th. So much rain has 
not fallen in this county for twenty years or more. 
Grenada, Miss——Ouly three light showers of rain during the month. 
Chilesburg, Ky—September 19.—Ground dry and parched. 20th, a most 
‘violent thunder storm passed from the north a few miles east of this place, and 
it is now (9.40 p. m.) almost a continual roar of thunder in the southeast. The 
wind was very strong liere, and very little rain. Thunder continued nearly all 
night. 30th, weather still very dry; the ground preparing for wheat breaks 
up in large clods. 
Franklin, Tenn.—September 30.—All vegetation suffering severely from the 
drought; pastures are parched, and small-water courses, springs, &c, dried up. 
Clarksville, Tenn —Septetrber 30.—The drought which has existed for six 
weeks has been very severe on vegetation, and it still continues. ‘The cisterns, 
ponds, and smaller streams are drying up and there is difficulty in watering stock. 
Hillsboro’, Ohio—Only three-tenths of an inch of rain in September; the 
smallest quantity the observer ever measured in one month. 
Urbana, Ohio—The quantity of water in September was only thirty-two 
hundredths of an inch, which is less than for any month since the observer com- 
menced his record in Urbana. The average for September is about four and a 
halfinches. In September of last year the amount was nearly sixteen inches. 
The degree of cloudiness is less than for any month of the year since 1850, and 
the number of entirely clear days (eight) is less than for any other year since 
1850, except 1862, when the number was the same. The mean temperature 
was five degrees above the average for September. 
New Lisbon, Ohio —September 30.—The month has been very dry ; pasture 
is nearly all dried up and burnt brown. 
College Hill, Ohio—Less thunder and lightning this season than for many 
years. 
Ripley, Ohio.—September 30.—The drought is intense, and scarcely any 
dew has been deposited for the last five or six weeks. ‘There have been but two 
frosts in this vicinity, but almost every green thing has disappeared. Stock on 
this farm has been fed for the last six weeks the same as in mid-winter. 
Fairfield, Ohio —Not a drop of rain this month. 
Kelley’s Island, Ohio—September 30.—The drought still continues; the 
grass is as dry and brown as in mid-winter. ‘The rain-fall during the past sea- 
son (June to September, inclusive) has been less than one-half the average of 
the same months for the last-nine years, and about twenty-five per cent. less 
than the previous dryest season (1863) during that period. 
Northport, Mich.—September 30.—This has been an exceedingly fine month. 
No frost yet; potatoes, tomatoes, vines, and all tender plants are as green as a 
month ago. 
Lansing, Mich.—On the night of the 26th the frost killed all vegetation sus- 
ceptible to the effects of autumn freezing. 
Grand Rapids, Mich—September 30.—First heavy frost of the season last. 
night. It killed potatoes, melons, petunias, &c. 
Litchfield, Mich—September 30.—Ice in out-door dishes a sixteenth of an 
