The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-11
Rock Island Illinois, Frdays December II, 1874.

ted the transit would begin passed away
without our being enabled to record the
exact moment of the first contact with
trustworthy results. After about a quar-
ter of an hour, and before Venus reached
the stage OF her second contact, the OBJ
server at the equatorial caught a glimpse
of the sun and the planet, and was quite
successful in taking several measurements
of the planets cusps during the interval
between the first and second contacts. The
time at which the latter contact occurred
was obtained with success and recorded
| Shortly after the second contact, further
measurements Of the distance between
Venus and the suns western edge were
made with the micrometor. In all there
we're taken 1870 micrometie measurements
of the line between the cusps Besides
these thirty one micrometc observations
were made Of the passage OF both edges
of the sun across the meridian of the
station, and similar views of the right
and left rims Of Venus in cross
ing the same line. Eighteen nj
crometic surveys were made Of the respec.
tive destinations Of the sun and the upper
ard lower limbs while passing the Merid-
ian. About sixty excellent photographs
OF the transit during various periods OF its
occurrence, were taken. Extreme good
fortune attended the astronomers, for just
as Venus departed from the sun the clouds
began to gather, and threatened rain. To-
wards the close Of November we were ena-
bled to telegraph the difference of longl-
tude to Nladivosto. SO the location ot the
position here is definitely determined.
New York, December l0.--ProieSsor
| flarkness, OF the United States Naval ob-
servatory sends the following telegram re
garding the observations of the transit OF
Venus
HoBARTsTowN, Tasmania, Dee =
Although the weather was bad, our ooSer-
vations at the time of the transit were
practically successful We succeeded IN
taking ll3 photographs OF Venns during
her passage over the disk OF the sun
LONDON December 10. The transit of
Venus was successfully observed at llo'
bartstown. Adelaide and Melbourne, Aus,
trala, aud at points in India, CHINA and
japan. The American party only partly
succeeded at Hobartstown.
LONDON, December l0.-Alexander
Mactier. of Baltimore, was married yester-
day to Virginia, the daughter OF the late
James Brooks, member of Congress, in
the Roman Catholic Church OF the AS
sumption at Hoborn, England. Minister
Schenck was present. Nlonsignor Capal
performed the marriage ceremony.
CINCIyNATI, Dec. lO.-Two passenger
coaches of a train on the Pitsburg " Con
nclsville railway, were upset by the break
ing of a chain plate near Uniontowa, Pa,
last evening. Six passengers were serious
ly injured.
WMKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec, lO.--A far,
mer named Klein was murdered and rob
bed Monday night on the Turnpike at a
point called the Notch, about two miles
from Scranton. His young son, who was
driving a short distance ahead, was not
moested.
Sr. PAUL, Mimi, December l0.-At
kasson, MINI. the livery barn belonging
to G. Ii Starring was completely destroyed
by fire last night, together with eleven
head of horses. eight bugeies and several
sets of harness. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an iucendiary.
SELINs GROVE, Pa, December 10
lIummcll 4 Go. splaning mill was burned
last night. loss, $4,000; insurance,
100000.