New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-10
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.

ls-prof Saron delivered lecture before the Academy
upon acousucs
DAVENPORT. Iowa: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,
March 26.-An obituary notice OF Mr. ~ W. k""trlS'"
mUtuber Of the Society, wa, Ttsih.
Sr PAUL: ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES,
March 23-rle tine OF the meeting was occiod ny Dr
A. Uavr, 4. S. Army IN l"clHre upon te si'''l"'oP'
ALBANY: ALBANY INSTITUTE, March ID
Mr. lrsone read paper Railways und Their Growth
anl influence. Mr.. Bogert gave IN address upon the
D..rS john Quincy Adams
RNryMoRE: MAINLAND ACADEMY OF Sci
r>Chs March IA communication was made 10y MI
Lalrn on a California plant known as the ra,te-wend.
Mhi, considered 10 Ia cAt.nrl5 utcteiIOus W c
health ol cattle in Cali OrIia and Colorado
BUFFALO: BUFFALo IIIsTOIICiL SOCIETY,
March 22Ihe business Of the evening consisted In ne
reading Ivy Mr.. L. W. Miller Of paper upon bis peHo
"reminiscences Of the CID Patriot war" and Of Ills lie III
Nan Divntans Land undcrhlr John fr'nhiih'
SAN FKANCIsCo: MICR0SCOPICAL SOCIETY,
Nnrrh ls-spccimeus of interesting mcroscopcai Oh
i,cts were presented TO the meeting for iis consd-
Grafton A letter read from MIR. Joseph nech
London. giving some account o Improvements III HI
croSoopcJ apparatus.
MILWAUKEE,: NATURAL History SOCIETY,
March i4-As this tie annual meeting IL was "cc'
pied principally 10y reyirw of the operations OF the n"o'-
oty and q statement the additions to The ooiec"'s,
with q financial EXHIBIT Christian lrcnsser Wa ctsiol
President sor the year and Charles Iliin Correspondents
Secretary.
| SAN Francisco: MICROsCOPICAL SOCIETY,
cIliC- III vi hitihHNpii''h
apparatus and slides exhibited 10 the Socicty the
mos, cr,sns h ing q series of b deepse sounl'nSs,
male bv The United states steam Tiscaror from Cape
Fl,tcry the Aoltan Island, AMI 20 from san Dag!
- HOu1liIl pie'eh'oi ~ al f'A'o'' INV ~ W
the expedition.
DAVENPORT Iowa: ACADEMY or SCIENCES,
April "a paper read by Dr. H. D. Fdrquchirs"h on
m, subject Of copper relics AM specimens OF clothing
from TIC aucicnt mounds. Specimens of copper and
ot:er intcrcs.in, archaeological objects were exhibited
Tle lecturer OF tic op on tuat copper Wa never
pat special ls" mt utit iie ielics served az "'
mr ms & H. igul Of rank.
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND ACADEMY oP
scirNcs Mach l5-Tho pin 5ipd business Of the cyeu-
ig consisted ia the libOn OF series Of ster'odcon
views % Tue geology oi tic W.st b. Mr. Wa H. JcdsJn
and D. FreIcrick NJ Endllci OF Washington pi"eiid!
from the phoos Apis tIIcn ia connection WIN Or nay
,.n's slryey. The Or-iu OF Maize came up Tor d.
clss,e a lei Ter being rG, from frlf Gty, stating t".i
u reason 20 hhPlsc th't INC r.ui'ii vi 10
WAS OBI cci 20 by D. MhrLock. who cited d. Lnii-yr
views ~ tue CONTRARY
PROVIDENCE: IiIsrORiCAL SOCIETY, April o.
A Committee upon the SLATE Rock made larial report
Mr. Butts gave an accuut OF the engagement between
the NJ nor ana the Mersmacs All OF the loss OF the for
mn- OF Cape lIa,terLs In 1861 DE- Parsons. for the
Committee appointed to max .uTan eemcns for The OH
srryuace OF 20Jh Anniversary Oh the breaking on "t
KIM Phillips War reported that II was proposed 70 have
a ciiIhane Mount Hope ule - ana al excursion
10 -Jatu Kingston 20 coII.nenIgaia lie great SWAMI
fslt paper presented ny DR. Il. - ,"efinin npol
-.
bis uncie's farm near Newport IN i71o
SAN FaAHCIsrO CALIFOENIA ACADEMY or
scIENcIs March l5.-JGd=c Hastings ANNOUNCED tiAt
the publication of complete WORK Oh the B'aay % CT
ifo,n.a bad been secured by contrlbn,'nS from GOV
Stanford M Pc ircc r. b. Woodward and other S'iiir
u,en Of the state (Th.s refers u the publication OF ue
yoh,De on the lny of California prepared ny -" cat
! Iloru "A Geological Survey, for tur publication Z" "h'h
the list ,e,islit IRE M tdr 10 arropn"ionl CnIl,b '"
rocAs read paper upon the Comm rec OF The Ancics
Mr. '~.nhl prr,rntoi r',in c2ls ,nI Po ~
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCI
LKcEs April "a paper Vad by the Rev. Horace
T. II,ydeI IN reference 10 IUiian mounds III Mron
County West Virginia One Of these, near hanahNa
Court house. il 40 feet hg and $50 feet III circumference
at il. base. Prot GIN Wasin :Uu Md a com niui-
cation upon certain Vcculiatcs Of Tie fauna al t.e
United States, mid upon tho position of Maryland e.
n cally Ing situated TIC dividing iina tween
n.o, fine Academy the ,,npre'y OF iaA,nr a. for
sdcI.ril, O. lcctiois lie natural history Of Marr,ad.
thereby fIIni-iins TIC means 81 n9nn cant 80 c"'s
tccIcire IL LOCi"sl'u and botanical Gc'siap".
san FRANCISCO: ACADEMY OF SCIE%cE,
March l.-Various specimens Of et.uologciI and ~
oio;,ca oioc;s were pres. ned at the meeting. Auans
the papers read notes hy Mr. Ciriy Oh tie meteor
seen at Buckley, Dec O. 1874 thr cnangs oi lie
in North America. by l. Il. Iirs and one ny O WI!c1;t
Brooks Jaarcsc Consul. upon Jalsnesc wrecks lie -
mari ed liaf an the iunt. aAru s.iudc! un tie
stead of Cnrsc ad hn has ho.n able - obtain
tue history Of II oceurrint since as? ne s of The
co.st Of Western America are uu-cd With Jhihlrfe
blood.
DOsTON: NcW-ENGLAND llisTO&Ic, GEN4A-
LOGICAL SOCIETY,". March 3-rhe death o. the Hon VIII
Tam 4 Buckingham late L. = senator fGom Cnnnrc iicnt,
Wa announced the IncrtuI. The Eov. John W Doi-s
OF Yarmouth read ,,:,cr odd Times on Cape cod"
and before discussing the historical changes reer1r Ito
q alteration that had emily taken place IN thc can
dition OF the Cape itself According To the ectndc
s,;7.s IL is described "hcautul and vel woodct:"
.ftl han lfp tf
Wood End" from the heavy timber tlat once covered
H. Tic ,stsorn 1oInlIry ta' nov extends from n"r'h
-oIth interrupted hy NV" p"oi ciiig c2pos
one -; Nnso, Beach, i, r other eastward nj Chatham
In referring to the ar ration N the residences on TIC
Capr he remarked ti'a In ld7ot tie mansions of innie
i.i citizens I'D nat CEced 10 IN value ana ~ 1919 ~
,tcl "a AZ 10 coud mi bo "l' 30 the W''e
colony one PAR 81 n0bts va cNl';"" '' llr' l''T
time and tuc dress OF women sinpie hcmr-
span gown he eI reiorreI T. wh: he Called the -t
arts of CtIe Cod aIiDns tic being The u'nus ~" lime
from oyster .Iais foIui there IN abundance IN TIE
carried in arg part by lie Indians S-oi, were
rni~oL very largely ,rou.ioni the c,ony and consider
allie quAnies OF salt were manufactured
PHLADELpHlA ACADEMY OF NATURAL
SCpNc- Aaroh D.-proi Edward D. Cope described lie
st,ctroof the feet Of Bathodon and also the feet -
v;lons extinct pIobosoicars, rarant-. and crni'or'
March l6-Dr L@dy continued his descriptions "f i"e
Chizo,o DDS which ha has hG .oi time investigating,
Many for,S found durin tbs pat Sumner the coat
M.sschuSe,.s Characterized and compared with
.nec,Cs described by fipcsc aud sandal Prof. Cope
exhibited nd described crauun Of ran nodoa .iehGR
tppns Tao s,eoGI.n cx4ihtod I.A becn fouId in
boslder OF sandstone. Tot Frazer exhibited aud no
srn:el 10 iac Academy specimen of Mnecnvite from the
Black Hills NJ Wyoming st. Ils tiat CHS locality Mas
yet nat known tho books The specimen was about
six inches bropd Prof Frazer alsU descfrbc' line
grained hy.iio-nica sia'o obtained from pout about
nvs m,es from York, Pci:u
Mach 23-Thc following papcra by Robert Ridgway
were presented for Publication and referred to a con.
n;tec "On the lJ,toonuc snEgenns crarirer Could"