The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-09

campaign promises 10 be active bn
on account of the setting In of M
rainy season, both parties are com
peiied TO suspend operations.
Th3 Eclipse as Seen at sDringneld
ard Chicago.
CHICAGO august 8.-The eolipsr
at Springfield. i.l.reIs, was q starHins
arc sublime pho cua Tie So
was perf5clT cI.e. not cloud Tisf.
bic. Prot E5crse. 81 rvard had
I charge ot Tie erFaGCns. who'll
/ were made near the city II scrvoir.
4 hundred pa0t0gra phs Of the
eclipse were taEel BIZ 1ir Black, oil
Boston.
When the total ohscara4on took
place the heavens and Il he earth pre-
! scntcd q scene Of awful sublimity a
brilliant amber eoiored corona ap-
] peared around the sun and moon
| shooting rays of light outward in all
| directions. When the whole horizon
i was Illuminated with q light Of the
+ same color The p'anets Mercury and
Venus and number OF fixed stars
were distinctly visible, but no planets
+ between Mercury and lho sun were
! discovered,
q brilliant rose-colored fam5 or
protu5eTapce vas noticed on the
/ western limb of the sun during the
i period of total obscuration. The
| phenCnenoa known as Bailey S Beads
was also distinctly Witnessed The
/ Phenomcgon, Prot Pierce thinks, is
/ 0ccasiOned by the refraotion of light.
/ lie is also satisfied that the corona or
! halo at the time Of the total obscura-
tlon was occasioaed BY the suns at
mosphcre.
Prof. Charles Schott, OF tho coast
survey, had change of the general
arrangements, and with a powerful
telescope observed particularly the
form OF The protuberances, and made
special observations in connection
with the photographer.
w. L. Montague, graduate of
Harvard College, this year. was de-
tailed to note the time by he chro
nometer, aud during the entire eclipse.
During the total obscuration Of the
sun silence Ike death rested over
the city, the birds few to their nests,
fowls to their roost and chickens to
the friendly wings of shelter. In
Chicago the day was beautifll-all
that could be desired by the most en-
thuslastic star gaZer Atten minutes
after four O'Clock the poiats of the
two bodies just appeared to come in
contact. The spectacle at this time
was ike a very bright fire emitting a
black volume Of smoke, only that the
smoke passed off below rather than
above the fame. Five to fifteen min
utes passed and then il was to be OBJ
served that The black body was gradu-
ally oveTclouding the sun. The light
from that body grew less and less
powerful, and a cool breeze
sprung up from the North. The
edges Of the horizon faded |
into indistinctpess, and darkness
seemed 70 be coming up from below,
rather than down from above. Aa- |
other half hour, and two-thirds Of the |
face of the sun was obscured. The |
the peculiar hue that is prevalent Just |
after Gear sunset on a warm j July |
evening. From The small spot on the |
sun which was soil left free, the light |
appeared to be struggling TO maintain |
its accustomed supremacy. Five min |
utes more down In the streets it had |
become quite dark and many stores |
lighted their gas. The pigeons and /
swallows, rtat for some time had been I
flying here and there in great trepida-
tlon, sought their r0osts, preparatory
to going 10 sleep
Out of the blue and purple shade
atoTe, large gold stars began o shine
and taiukle he planet VeDus was
plainly visible 10 the naked eye, as
were several others Of like magni
tude. Everything wore the general
appearance Of genuine sunset, only i
that the light appeared 80 be more
slckly and less rich. and golden han
on such oecasiOns, being more like
the light that falls from The SUI in
mldWlnler. Al That was left of the
sun locked Ike a fiery powder horn
hupg ia the heaTen's arches Of the
rainbow here, which surrounded the
planet, and appeared 10 be pushing
cut waves OF Eght upwards aud side
ways. Dust rs the greateHi part OF the
sun was covered, 1t appeared iketwi-
light oa auiumual eveuing-cold ard /
ckeerIess.
as the moon began to move away
the food Of light rushed out again, as
If glad to escape from a forced i'm
prlsonment, and revealed the sun as
as il had covered it UP.
At shakQpee, MINI, two girls eyed 4
10 and Is years, daughters of q Swede
named Andersonseach gave birth to
an iilegisimHe child within q day or
Two Of each other BoIh re tired a
short distance lrom their hou c when
the births took place, and each one at
the same time took her babe ana +
threw it in the Minnesota rivor.
The body. Of one child was found.
One OF the girls is said to have con
fessed hat before throwing her child /
into the water she strapgled it 70
death. Both OF the girls are under
arrest.
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