, 1866-05-10
1UAUEMY.0 OF SCIENEEy.
6Onntlons-TheoFyo OF TerreASrfal Hot4.
xlou-Oxone and EpidenlfeAs

A regular monthly meeting Of the Chicago
Academy Of Sciences was held Tuesd1y evening in
their rooms, In Metropolitan Dlock-Proteasor
]. 8. Jewett In tho char. Alter the
reading and spprovI Of the minutes,
the Secretary reported the following dorat.ous
From Dr. H1an Wanzer, minerals and .pec1mens
OF woods from the Santa Clara Valley, California
from Rnus DsrchaEd, rneteortc IRON, from the Iron
one bunlsa nd tae b9 anon, o
Clarke, Ind. : from Joel Reeves, five birds from
Ain<vonh,; IL ; nom John Fafns7o.th, male
1kd% ksd nsr cnesso from ksn
Glaskc, Ind from F. B. La,hgop, three mammals,
thirty bid bid. ,'tssee eess Of ahs Hh:eEn, and
Adzons; from :. the smi'h,onfan Institute.
,Wsn y,ays birds, nom yadons localities;
eaeo: ncm F. J. ause, fourteen birds, from Evau-
ston; from Dr., Iaphan3 and a.. A. HathaNay,
hox Of iresh water shells from Wisconsin; from
Gso,fs @ gga,s, 20 & Of as hss
Matlesop, ono specimen Of the 1aceoou tsom north
ezn Illinois; from Genefat j. D. Webster, GOALS and
iron ores from AIabama; from Or. Eenwood, tos-
Ito shells. Of eighty species, chiefly rom The East
Indies, ard five birds, from EyaDstoc, Illinois nom
Fin. Kerulcott, two omamma1s md Mty-eIEht ords,
The Librarian acknowledged the receipt Of the
following articles since the last meetlny: One
quarter volume md hftT-one pamphlets, presented
John a. RetGeld, Thos. Blind, and the United
States Icast Survey: from Rurus Blanchard, E:q,
Il Few map o. tho Northwestern Statea. >
A rctolu1ion YES adoptcd IN tayof Of the pnhlica-
hon or paper tntroouced at a psev1ous meeting BY
Mr. sonnc. With regard to the eojeop,e1a found IN
the Vicinity Q! Chlesgos -. .,.,.,,, .,.,.,,.
I'Fot. S. d. Psabody, OF Chicago nigh School !:
Rev A. c. Baly, u P. Barry, and III. Walter
Ihe rul1outnG amendment to the bye-lawsL pro.
po.ed At previoa: meeting. was adopted, suhstI-
he s Esords sand % proposals. of new memness, 70
whom sesIl se- reiel9ed all applications for new
Dr. Bartlett, upon invitation, delivered some In
teres1in, remarks upon new method for intic4t-
lDg the rotary motion o. the earth upd the onIec!
OF determining The latitude Of given locality. The
but vas oierea ~ apusgestion. AMER he remarks
OF Or. Haztlett. Dr. Dfancy made Eome interesting
ootervat'cns upon t'orm.. which he salt would n
Tho stnllbeonf1n INSTITUTION was engaged In iurcs
tlraupG this question.
Dr. Hlsne1 moved that a committee be appoluted
10 make observations regarding the relations which
ozone bears 10 epidemic diseases In general, and
caoic.a IN particular. Carried.
should ccn.kt OF stI-tWoI in each D:yIsinn-and
that they should OBJ ain the aff1sance Of Others.
located IN vsl,oas pafts Of the city, a. they deesd
most a1yI.ahle i0r Obtaining correct obseEYatons.
and Frrcr for The North Side; Doctors Eay aud
Andrew. for tie South, and Dr. simpson md Isaac
T. HIT IN the West Division
The meeting then adjourned.
4 Bun6IARI NzFFKp II 1ut BUD.-Qn Monday
night As Officer Daniel Summers. Ct Cap'ain Ham
lfn's Wet Side Merchants Police, wAs walking his
beat, be kay three men ttandtnz In the doorway OF
X. Be1nsner's hquot store, corner Of West Lake
and Clinton strsets. Approach!nc .hezn he de-
uardeo to know Nhy they were there, n.s .-ithout
making any reply they moved TO one sfaet w ~
The nfscer discovered that there IVES kfy N tas
door. he asked the fellows about thia, and ona o.
rnem surcested that perhaps sone o. lne e1Fsss ts
had rons Ii md forgotten to remove me Key. anIs
r. marked In the coolest mnn1ss .Poss1nns ~
,nst ,ssr ND %es .ee soa Il such wss not the
"a VIII tht, they ata.+ ed. bat instead Of going
n fhc bsck OF the etore. divided Iu fan in oppo
suo Sjrrcttons. As. Mr- summers vas alone. aud
~ ot haupcp to hnye been hosn ir4plets, Of course
~ ,or1.d Il fpoe rbe to pursue ali three at ono
M ana aceosdtnelJ he took ate1 the noet cafpu-
sent Of The MO, Whum he suceeedet In capturing.
Tnt1np hu, back 10 The store the officer attempted
~ rr1nore The key from the lock. ous ialt-
ino he c4ued upon his captive TO do II for
hin. The feiiov wIh The greatest dex-
frrtly did 80 hat At the ea1e tinoo took occa-
e,on 10 drop several skstctan. keys Upon the
eideyaik. The officer noticed the mfoGuvfe- how
eyrr. md look The keys along wth the pafsooer to
The station. upon searching him, . bunch OF
skeletons. burglars "}snmJ." aud = lask ot fita
| powder wtre found On his pe1aoa- uo vas Afaia1'