, 1877-01-10

sarn!ngs Ct t., s's present year. and there Is de-
The following were elected the Doar1 Of ~
rectors for tho year: 4. q: Van sehaick, A. 4.
Carpenter, II. Nhitbcck, .to!,n sherlIs, j. N.
I9ng SIX: !: I; H'ssie' reter Taylor, and Charles
The meeting then adjourned.
FOsT Aep MaIt.n
AZ the stockho1tleEa' meeting OF the rost and
Had Printing Company yesterday, hchl at the
ui,lye of The IG, ie following ocers we're
Jrtstdtnt-G. ". McMu1Ien.
t1tt- Prtad<nt-W. ii. Taylor.
Ba,ins,; Kaaagtr onj 7rta.w<r-D. 8. Nc.
Mullen. 49, -
.uauaglnq Ed1ter--o. A. Willard.
5. Lovell, u. $. MeMullen, and r. i. MeCielianl.
ACADEMY or sciEsCEs.
Tho annual meeting o! the Academy NJ
William Dloss in the ei,air. Tho Secretary f'
month, sni ai'o The ,t''' rrport for Or the tho
year, The lattcr. report showed the following:
sources had been, for the muscu1n, 1,t0o specl-
mems; for the library, - volumes and 2,s
pamphlets. There were On exhibition In the
musesim Jan. I. 1877. 10000 specimens, and In
hesbartum Of about 2,lfD p!atlss, md large
quantities. OF corlfs. EAi,cs, etc. The library
contained abuut =, 500 volumes and zoo pamph-
1ets, which werc 10 be indcxcd. Thereport con.
Prof, F. 3. Meek, Of the Smithsonian Institute,
who had been corresponding member Of tho
Academy,
The report was approved and placed on n1e,
With, with the following result:
Prtsfdtnt-E. ". Dlatehford.
lra-Irtftdfnff-H. II. Batcoek, William uroas.
HS.eraGty Sss!y aad ~ Hsa,ardan-s. u. Peabody.
=, conn,l,tt 9a ;T<ml,l.h'p-E. Andrews, +. W,
Ebert. Z. n. Mccormick. IT, Durham, T.. j. Chcs.
broneh, and j. II. Itultistcr.
After the transaction of some other up!mpor-
TINT business the soctcty was entertained by
Illustrated on The blackboard. The former spoke
Of the deposits Of Lake Gcusya, aud tho latter
on the late meteor.
MECHANICS INSTITUTE.
Tha annual meeting nf thc Chicago Mechanics
room Of tho Athenalm, So. G5 Washington
street. street; M: George G. rrussng presided. 'rhe
Was read By the President, showed that, In spite
Of hard times, the Institute had been ahle to
c1lrry out tlsc wisa,es Of Ia founder, Mr. Peck,
" maintaining az industrial avt school for the
branches appronrsate to their calling. Tie
| agreement between tho Athcnnum anu tho In
stitutc va. detailed. Under this arrangement
t,c students M ,t the lnstltuts have the privileges
Of 1aMing. rlasses In free-hana aul me-
chan!eat drawing. arithmetic, etc. During
tho ycar tn!rty:four PERSONS had avacd them
selves OF the advantages OF the classes ut tho
institution: The sum dlsbHs.rsl for the Instruc-
! sion of indiEcnt mechanics wns obtained from
rents and accun,ulatlons earned By the real estate
owned by the Institute anu the annual dues Of
the 1ncmbcrs. No donations Ind been received.
| The collection of dues had been slow and ,i.-
sas!sfactory. The report was adopted.
| The Treasurer {MI. Murry Nelson) reported
that the receipts fur tho year hatl beer, 81 ;6
expentliturcs 81 i413579, leaving balance OF
$ll0.W. Tho report was referred 10 the Finance
| Committee, to report Mt thu next meeting.
The election Of officers for tllc year was then
| proceeded With. and resulted a. fo'loWs:
prfsidtnt-GcoFge e. rsnealng
EIrN 1Irf- -IrffdeHf-W. = Gsi1Ith
Steond Itre. re.F'rtsIdrHt-Morrl. Hayes.
Wrtctors-Gcorgo Schlnder. Matthew Iicnncr,
John Wilkinson, william flulo Il. Sabroth, Fred
". Peck.
Rttortter and FInaneloi Steretary-A. Groh.
5rtosarer-Marry Se1ton.
Tho Directory will hold n meeting for orgaui-
zatlnn Monday afternoon at i o'clock.
The meeting then adjourned.