New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-16
SlTURD4TS SESSION OF TIE 4SsOCL+
TON

THE IOWA MrLrORrTE AND THE DAVENPORT MOUNDS
-FrFvFN PArERs READ-AN INCLUSION ON rHK
RIVER.
DETRolT. Aug. 15.-The fourth days session
Of the Science Association met AZ he opera Hoase es
ter,ay soon after 10 ocio,k Tine following Gentlemen
were elected 10 membership: II. Wilson Harding OF Beth
l.belu Penn: j. NJ Maxwell OF Detroit; J. K. Allen,
NJ OF indianapolis. and Ofto Ii. Tttm4n Of san rrai'
eisco Pyoi Putnam announced that payment OF $50
would secure a life neInDers!lp and exempt rom The
payment vi dues. The money paid for memberships II
used for the encouragement o. original research After
some ann0anc eInents the meeting ADJOURNED 10 ieas
se1uDle ia sections.
In section A. tire first paper vas read by Prot Leonard
Of iowa City Iowa, upon the passage OF the Iowa Ne
teor1fe IL showed some ~ the fragments OF II, u
fen On Feb 10 last The district in which il was seen
was 40 miles long ty $50 miles wide runnIn- fr"I
southwest northeast. The meteoritc ioohed nhe
Grinder or Q very much elongated horseshoe III had
the usual TAIL and exploded ike tAc bursting OF rocket
Some OF the fragments sHbsca Ueny found on the
earrh II left tram 0f nky blacueas although the me
teorto wa intensely brilliant Some noise was heard
when II fell The fragments weighed IN tile aggregate
500 pounds and have been hot for they melted the
snow The observations t meteorIte are claimed 10
De the most complete On TecoId
The next paper vas by Prof LevernE 81 Cambridge,
Mass on Acoustic Ict"d of Meas'Tile the Neincl'"i
Electricty.' r. b. Elliot Of the treasury Department
' 90 rnd Siou, ~ Ac,...i.t' Tie section L.eu
adjourned until Monday morning
In section b, the Inst paper b. T. J. Ferguson.
concerning recent mouyd explorations "a Dayeulor,
iowa These mounds are especially interesting from me
,r That the OF the tne lu'u1t-uuiltri- are
found ~ "a s.derab, Depth beneath iltm Inc "ier
uea- were Indian Mounds ana -ltii-Ii-HnH near zen
Sacu. FLORIDA" by Geo " rtellotirf NUtra on the
Ahorl-n.I Money of California D., Lorenzo - 1dt-;
irotoZOau SJudcs.' bY ". :. Barnard: D,nonStfi-
ton Of Locom0tO ia tc Le.}a II OcstIiLr by ChaIes
Ual.n and q. :. Westcot5; " = Method Of DleachinE
Wing, ~ lApidoptersi 90 Facilitate study of Their
Neu1uon, D., Ge9fg, p.nmocAi I-li'-' .ois on re
scent Exhibited by north AHeEcdn Tertiary raii-a-
In By T.. y. Coke.
In tie afternoon The members Of Che A-socai"n ~
the guests cilZou- tprh exclusion marry the
entire icnrfh a. the T~ 9--anf- we're n-hei To-
grtner. TINS securing to- the crowd Tile
excursion lIsteI IL. nous aAd Ma grand success
DOMINATION Tor OfIiCEks.
Tie following are th4 nonin lions FOR officers Of the
Association, to hold Once Tor Tie coming year. For
President Prof. ". B. h0scrs o. Boston, VII"
vas the first presiding officer Of The A-socaiso Nh,
tweDty-seven years ago; for Vico-Tresdents, Prof
{ \. Young OF Dartmouth College, and
Prof Edward e. Morse Of Salem. Ma-r; for
General Secretary Prof r. G. Msnenhall of ONO state
Agricultural College. The permanent -rcrttay troi +
" Putnam. continues 10 hold Office. PROS. Ar,rt H.
Te OF Columbus. OhIO, and !. ". Wright o ldie Cor
iege, nominated a. secretaries OF the reel~us