Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-08-19

| utvs before the total Yh,N, the N~"n
| phenomena uf distraction among t!r biih$
| OF tho mir and tho cattle occurred NN
minutes before totality, u drAth'y ash"l
hue oversprcad the couhtenaneoS OF al
present, and fox ~ while the ialnt-hearteo
v Gro terrified. The scene during t"tuiltj
was ~, awful one, and whrn tho suullEl',
appeared again " shout OF eXultatloh W'h'
up from tho great crowd III tho COLES,
! pounds.
San Tr,x..,.~, Aug. 7 The solar eclipse
commenced in this city at tho precise mo,
mrnt predicted by astronomers, and at !,
~. m. the observation reached It's maxi
mum, and the sunlight was reduced rs III
| partially cloudy weather. Tho temprra-
lure of tho air was chilly. The wind did
| not blow as strongly ~ usual ut the tune.
! Th> day was cloudlcss.
NI:s MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 2 An uncloud'l
sky allowed tho many observers gathered
ut this point to witness the total eclipse
with great distinctncss, II slight haze only
interfering with satisfactory search tor
the planets supposed to exist inside the
orbit of mercury. According to l'rct >.
H. Satlords observations tho first contact
occurred ut ) o'clock, l3 minutes and IL
seconds commencement OF total olScllla-
ton o'clock Is minutes and ~ seconds;
and of totality 4 o'clock, rs minutes, ~
seconds; last contact . c clock, 10 minutes
II seconds. These points of time being
from 6 to % seconds later than calculated
according to Washington sphcmcrics.
Prot. llilgard, observing it at another
point noted nearly tho samo discrepancy
between calculations and observations.
Tho corona. nearly rhomboidal i'll form,
WAS very distinct, and extended ut some
points half Il degree beyond tho edge OF
the suns disc. Rosc-colorcd protuberances
appeared to the number of five or six, tho
greatest being on the SUMS southwestern
quarter. Prof. l[arkncss' observations of
rrotuber,nces on the spcctroscopc shows y
different spcctra for each; butn single band
WIS thrown by tho corona.
Prof. Eastn,an's observations Of the thcr-
mometor showed n fill of thirteen degrees
in the temperature during the progress of
tho eclipse. Tho total observations lasted
two minutes and tifty-two and half
seconds. Venus and Mercury were dis
tinctly visible to tho naked eye, and tho
darkness exceeded that at night with full
moon.
Tho most interesting feature in the as
poet of the sun was protuberances Or beads.
The largest ono, already mentioned, was
srmi-crrular in shape with finger extend
ing say al eighth part OF tho suns dame
ter distinctly downward. As ono looked at
it another right line was shaped much like
two hons OF nh antelope. The greatest
length of tho corona was in the direction
of the eclipse.
GREEN BR1ER,
WHITE Su1.pnEn SPRINGS, W. VA,
August s.
Tho eclipse yesterday caused the Their
momctcr suddenly to fall with great rapid
ity, and tho weather turned so cold that
frost was visible this morning.
What Makes Marriage.
\ great chancery case is now pending
in the Circuit Court at Decatur, Illinois,
which involves one of the largest estates
in the state, and employs some OF the
most distinguished lawyers of tho West.
The bill is filed by James Funk, who
asks division between himself and his
eight brothers and ono sister of his faith
ers property, 10000 acres of improved
land, near Bloomington, embracing the
famous Funk grove, 5,0O0acres of the fin
est forest in the state.
Tho point at issue is the legitimacy Of
the petitioner, all else being yielded by
LIS opDOSluH 1CluGlOI1S 1AC CNAVC11CC
given is 4 family history,
Isaac Funk in 1866 lived in Ohio, and
became so intimate with a poung woman
that James Funk was consequence of
their communion; and after his birth con-
tinued the connection until daughter was
born, when thoro was GOODNESS for some
time. But when, shortly after, the young
mother was hired Us housekeeper by
Isaac's father, Isaac shared her chamber as
her husband; and whenhe and his brothers
ran away from their debts, her third child
being then but six days old, she SO exertcd
hcls self for his comfort that she died few
days thereafter.
Funk returned to Ohio few years after
ward, paid his debts, and brought his son
James back home with him, and having
married in the meantime. proceeded to
raise him with the rest of his children, all
the timo acknowledging him as his son.
The question, Of course, is, whether tho
long continued intimacy Of father and
mother, and the undisputed recognition Of
the sons claims, do or do not constitute j
valid marriage, without legal ceremony.
WRECKED by STRONG DR1NK.-The New
ark IN. J.l Courier, says that on the 2Sth
ult. q commissary appointed by the Court
of Chanccry, decided the question rs to
whether Adam Schroeder, IN elderly citizen
of Newark, is capable Of taking care of his
property From tho testimony given in
the investigation it appeared that the man
has been socially and morally wrecked by
the use of strong drink. When he first
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