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inch thick ; garden vegetation all killed. Springs are lower than they have 
been for ten years. . 
Vevay, Ind—September 30.—The country is greatly suffering from want of 
rain. Jarmers are unable to put in their crops of winter wheat. There is not 
a green blade of grass to be seen on the surrounding hills. The Ohio river is 
lower than for many years, and every spring and creek is dried up. 
Aurora, Ind.—September 50.—F rom the long continued drought all vegeta- 
tion in this section of the country is suffering. The leaves on the trees and 
shrubs look withered. The grass in the pastures and stubble fields is dry and 
parched. The Ohio river is at its lowest mark. For the last two weeks it has 
been varying in depth at the rising bar, a few miles below Aurora, between 
thirty and forty inches. 
Spiceland, Ind—September 19.—At 2 p.m. the thermometer was at 93°, 
which is the highest in September since 1854. In that year, on the 4th of Sep- 
tember, it reached 102° in the shade. 30th, slight frost this morning. ‘I'he 
weather is exceedingly dry: Half an inch of rain fell on the 6th, the only rain 
of any consequence during the month. Wells are failing considerably. 
Aurora, I//—September 30.—There being no frost, corn fully ripened. The 
weather has been very favorable and well improved. 
Galesburg, 1/1.—September 30.—The month has been warm and dry, and 
corn has ripened finely. 
Peoria, Ill.—TVhe highest mark reached by the Illinois river in September 
was from the 3d to the 7th, five feet above low water; the lowest was on the 
25th to the 30th, at low water mark. 
Augusta, [/1.—September 30.—Light white frost in low places, partially kill- 
ing leaves of sweet potato vines. 
Manchester, [1i—September 10.—First frost this morning, very light. 
Winnebago, 1l/l,—September 30.—Thermometer at sunrise 28°; first frost 
injurious to vegetation; potato and squash vines and leaves of Indian corn 
killed. 
Loami, I/—No rain during the month; one day only of entire cloudiness ; 
twelve days without clouds, the rest partially cloudy. The first frost of the 
season was on the 30th, very light. Wells are failing, and there is a great 
searcity of water for farm stock. 
Tiskilwa, Itl.—-September 30.—The month has been unusually dry, and it is 
now dryer than at any time during the season; wells and small streams are get- 
ting extremely low, and some are giving out. he first frost to leave its mark 
visible was on the morning of the 30th, just hard enough to kill corn blades in 
low land. 
Mount Sterling, [ll.—September 30.—The only rain during the month was 
a very moderate shower on the morning of the 9th, and another on the morning 
of the 20th. All the streams in the country, and nearly all the ponds, are dry. 
Many wells have failed entirely, and all are more or less affected. Pastures, 
even in the timber, are almost everywhere dried to a crisp: Such a drought, at 
this season of the year, is not remembered by the oldest inhabitant. 
Hermitage, Mo.—Very slight frost on the morning of the-10th, no other 
during September. The month has been remarkable for high temperature and 
the almost entire absence of rain. Streams are lower than at any time ‘for seven 
years. 
Rolla, Mo.—September 11.—A slight frost, the first seen this season, but 
not enough to damage vegetation. 
Plymouth, Wis —The first frost of any amount was on the morning of the 
30th; at daybreak the thermometer was as low as 28°. The first. frost in each 
of the previous six years was as follows: 1861, September 17; 1862, Septem- 
ber 1; 1863, September 17; 1864, September 27; 1865, October 2; 1866, 
September 21. 
