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Delavan, Wis.—September 30.—First frost, injuring vegetation considerably. 
The month has been very dry ; «vegetation is dried up, and there is no grass for 
animals. : 
Manitowoc, Wis —September 30.—Thermometer 34° at sunrise ; cucumbers 
frozen, dahlias not. 
Waupacca, Wis —September 30.—First frost to kill garden vegetables. 
Sibley, Minn.—September 1.—Slight frost, first of the season. 
St. Paul, Minn.—Frost was observed on the morning of the 1st, doing some 
injury to corn and cucumbers. September 30.—Cranberries are largely drowned 
out. 
Minneapolis, Minn.—September 1.—White frost this morning, the first this 
season, except a very slight one August 28. 
Dubuque, Iowa.—Slight frost on the morning of the 16th and 26th. 
Independence, lowa—September 6.—A slight frost in some localities this 
morning, but no injury. 17th, heavy rain from the west at 5 p. m., with thun- 
der and lightniag and violent wind, almost a tornado. 30th, a light frost visi- 
ble on the boards early this morning; vegetation not injured. 
Waterloo, Iowa.—September 30.—No frost this month. 
Algona, lowa.—Light frost in the morning on the 6th and 10th; no damage. 
Guttenberg, lowa—September 10.—Thermometer at 5 a. m. 32°; frost in 
low places. 30th, frost killed the corn and pumpkin vines on the prairies. 
Fort Dodge, lowa—September 6 and 10.—Slight frost, not enough to do any 
damage. 10th, a swarm of grasshoppers arrived at 1 p. m., and commenced 
work immediately on vegetables, leaving hardly any buckwheat worth cutting, 
and stripping the leaves entirely from the corn, so that it looks like sticks stuck 
in the ground. They came again in additional numbers on the 20th, but are 
now (at the end of the month) gradually decreasing. They have laid their 
eggs by millions. , 
Monticello, Iowa —September 10.—Very light frost, first of the season; no 
damage, not even to vines. One hundred and ten days without frost this year ; 
ninety-four days in 1866, and one hundred and thirty-nine days in 1865. 
Marble Kuck, Towa.—F ost in low places on the 10th and 30th, but not doing 
much damage. 
Fort Madison, Iowa.—September has been extremely dry; wells are failing, 
and have been very low all the month. The ground has not been too wet for 
cultivation since the 4th of July. 
Algona, Iowa—September 20.—Grasshoppers made their appearance in 
large numbers, and’ by the 30th had stripped gardens and tender herbage. 
Corn was too far advanced towards ripening to be much damaged. They seemed 
to come from the west or southwest. ° 
Atchison, Kansas—Light frost on the low lands on the mornings of the 10th - 
and 24th, but did no damage. . 
Council Grove, Kansas September 20.—Grasshoppers passing southeast in 
great numbers, dropping heavily of their numbers on farms and woollland. All 
seem to be of spring hatching. 26th, laying eggs same as last fall, and eating 
everything in their reach. 
Holton, Kansas——September 30.—Grasshoppers eating some early sown 
wheat. They can be seen by millions passing to the southwest. They have 
done but little injury here thus far. 
Glendale, Nebraska—September 6.—First frost, but so very dry as to do no 
damage. Sth, thermometer at 11 a. m. 90°, at 2 p. m. 679, a fall of twenty- 
three degrees in three hours at midday. 10th, thermometer at 5 a. m. 33°; 
frost in low grounds. 15th, from 8 a. m. till 7 p.m. a gale of wind scattering 
stacks of grain and hay, fences and some slight buildings. 
