34 G. Sutton—Local Thunder Storm in Indiana. 
at three-hundredths of an inch. About 6 o’clock another 
storm formed to the Southwest, about 12 miles distant. In the 
vening cumuli were seen to the northwest, in which there was 
occasional lightning. At 9 o’clock I marked the amount of 
cloudiness as eight cirrus. The vane was pointing to the south- 
east. Thermometer stood at 76, the barometer at 2944 in., at- 
tached thermometer 82, dry bulb of the thermometer 83, wet 
do., 79. The mean temperature of the day was 834. 
The next morning, August 27th, the topic of conversation ~ 
with every person I met coming from below the mouth of 
Langhery Creek was about the terrible storm which they had 
had the day before. It was represented that the corn crop was 
attened to the ground and destroyed; trees and fences were 
blown down, drift wood piled up along the banks of the creek, 
and fences, in many instances, washed away. The lightning 
had set fire toahay stack. One wealthy farmer, residing in the 
neighborhood, declared to me that immediately after the storm 
e could have shoveled up a cart load of hail stones. All 
represented the fall of rain and hail as unprecedented, doing 
immense damage to the growing crops. Irode down to this 
neighborhood, and when within h 
to see evidences of a severe wind storm. The corn was blown 
down, every stalk lying parallel in one direction, pointing up the 
river or to the north. I would here remark that our extensive 
dences were seen of the violence of this storm from the drift 
wood, stone and gravel lying along the road left by the little 
streams which ran down from the hills. Four miles below 
