Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-30

Prof. D. 0. Todd. of Washington: First ex-
ternal contact at 1895 $40; second internal
do. 1882 BIO; third internal do. :4O-57 9-lO
fourth external do. 6:40-25 6-10 A careful
search for the supposed intra Mercurial planet
with four inch telescope made but
none was seen. The clouds were SO dense That
no objects whatever were seen near the sum-
The corona was very brilliant. Several draw
ings were made and photographs taken. Prof.
Todd was we'll satisfied with the results of the
observation.
AT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, July 29.-The weather un-
favorable for observation of the eclipse. The
first contact was Sc minutes, Is seconds past
o'clock. The view soon after was obscured
by mass of clouds, and only occasional
glimpses were obtained during the transit
The middle and end of the eclipse was OBJ
scured by clouds.
AT PALESTINE.
PALESTINE, Texas July 29.-Prof. Swartz, OF
this place, made the following observations OF
the eclipse to-day First contact, 4:35-3O1a /;
second contact, 539-3o11; third contact,
542-0i15; fourth contact, 6:40-52l-Washing-
ton time
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, July 29.-Prof. Woodward of
Washington university, made observations OF
the eclipse here this afternoon, but as the
meridian determined by observation of the
sun here and not Washington time was used.
and for other reasons, he does not claim fol
them any scientific Importance. The first con-
tact was made at point on the suns limb is
deg. 49 min. sec. west of the north point OF
the suns limb at 3:35-44. The last contact was
made at a point on the suns limb 12S
deg. 80 min. 80 Sec from the north point
of the suns limb at 5:37-l3L. Dura-
ton Of the eclipse 2:l-29h o2-1oO Of
the suns disc obscured. The phenomena at
tracted universal attention, and the streets, win
dows and house tops were crowded with inter
ested spectators, who with smoked glass and
other appliances and apparatus patiently
watched the various phases of the eclipse from
the beginning to the end
IN TEXAS.
New ORLEANS July ga Galveston NeUs
special says: The Fort Worth observation of
the eclipse was successful. The observation
was taken with twenty-sx instruments, secur-
ing notes of the corona. cuspis, moon limbs
and all the contacts but the last, which heavy
cloud rendered partly q failure. Fine photo
graphs were obtained. First contact 3:l2-25;
second 4:lS-20; third, 4:21-02; fourth, 519-36.
Washington time. The totality lasted two
minutes, forty-two seconds.
The Nesns specials from Waco, Palestine,
Orange and other points states successful OBJ
servations were taken at those places.
AT OTHER POINTS.
New ORLEANS, La, July 29.-There OPP
portunity for observing only partial eclipse
View from 4 80 to 6 P. NJ.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 29.-The eclipse of
smoked glass and even with the naked eye
Heavy rain this afternoon.
New YORK. July 29.--Heavy clouds obscured
the sun this afternoon and the eclipse was not
visible.
CINCINNATI, o., July 29.-Extensive prepar-
servatory to take observations of the eclipse
to-day, but few minutes before the time Of
contact q dark cloud came up from the west
completely obstructing the view.
VIcKsBuRG, July 29.-The eclipse first
visible at 1920; almost total 5:4l-8; last view
6:40-38, Washington time.
MILWAUKEE, July 29.-The eclipse was OBJ
served at Milwaukee college observatory by
Prof. Chas. s. Farrar and other scientists. The
few clouds Of the morning passed and left the
whole period of the eclipse clear. Time of
first contact. 3:39-35 $40. Time of last con-
tact, 537-1l $40 Duration, 1:57-36.
CHICAGO July 29.-The eclipse was discern
able here under favorable conditions but the
observations were only taken in private way.
LOUISVILLE, July 29.-Owing to heavy clouds
views of the eclipse had only at short
intervals.
MEMPHIS, July 29.--The sun was obscured by
clouds, and observations unsatisfactory.
CoRs11AN, Texas, July 29.-The condition of
the weather at this point such that very
imperfect observations were made. The first
contact was not noted on account of clouds
that obscured the sun. Although hazy, the
second and third initials were registered.
Totality began 4:20-43 and ended 4:23-19.
The aureda was tolerably well defined but
corona was too much obscured to be sketched.
few flames we're seen just before the total
ended. No unusual phenomena were observed.