Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-29

However. the grspense is no Ie.s
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S ExPEn,r,o,
A searchin< Part. To Be Seat o., :.
Lesk for Traces eft
New York Sum.
The schooner Eothen, now on ~.
dock At the foot Of 6tanten street ~. u.y
be fitted up soon for an exped;t;oa 20
the artic regions in search of theraono.sW
and remains of Sir John Franklin T nv
vessel belongs to Morrison & R,o .ue
shipping merchants of this citv ~ha
had contemplated for some time ~" Mo
fitting out of an expedition of this t;n rs
Their first thought Of this was in lS7S
when Capt. Barry, in charge Of ths;,
schooner, the Leisure, returned aaa.
having been shipwrecked. He saw on..
four weeks of open water in the twent:
six months of his sojourn among tis
artic regions. While frozen in amon o
the ice foes, Capt. Barry was visited
by a number of Esquimaux. Two NJ
these, from the Natchillas tribe Of KIM
William Land, who had come to trads
showed him nine spoons which bore ths
crest ofSir John Franklin, Capt. Cro,;er
and Capt. James. Mr.. Morrison at ths
time of the arrival of the Leisure was
at New Bedford. When he mads
known the fact that Sir John Franklin.
spoons had been found the whole town
turned out. The Esquimaux had told
Capt. Barry that where these relics were
found there were plenty more and that
books were buried where these had been
found. .-.. ..r
Mr.. Henry Grinnell, who had been in.
terested in previous expeditions, went
to New Brunswick and examined the
spoons, and short time afterward LADY
Franklin offered reward of $4,000 for
the recovery of her husbands BODY,
Capt. Barry came home again after
voyage. and brought with him another
spoon which had been brought to him
by an Esquimaux. This he gave to Mr..
Morrison. The native who gave it TO
him told him that ABOUT seven HUNDRED
miles away there were plenty Of relics
left by white men, and among thems
number of books. After numerous
consultations with Chief Justice DAILY,
of the Geographical society, Of which
Mr.. Morrison is member, it was de-
cided that an expedition should be fit.
ted out from this city to search for the
remains of Sir John Franklins exped.
ton.
The schooner will be ready in week.
Her crew will consist of twenty men,
under Capt. Barry, and the searching
party will be under the command Of
Lieut.. Schwatka, Of the United States
army, who hos been granted and in.
definite leave of absence to command
the party of searchers.
TO aid the expedition, a concert nr
be given at Stienway hall on the eve
ing of the 22d.
RAIN CAUCASIAN Austrian meteor.
ologist IN. Dines) has called attention
to a source of error in the use Of the
rain gauge that may. under certain cir
cumstances, decidedly vitiate its reiabl.
ity. He has observed, namely, that the
amount of rainfall which two inNru.
ments will register will depend notably
on their respective distances from the
ground. From the result Of experl
mental trials conducted during one year,
with two instruments placed respective
ly at the height of fifty feet and four
feet from the ground, the lower gauge
registered twenty-seven per cent. more
rainfall than the upper one; and m'
occasionally when rainfall was accom-
panied by high mind, the lower one
showed two or even three times Is mucn
rs upper. He attributes the discrepancy
to the greater disturbance suffered .!
the elevated gauges from the acton o.
the wind, and cautions meteorologss
that the readings of rain gauges canM
be taken to be reliable unless made WIN
instruments suspended at q uniform
height from the ground.-EDIToRsoclE
T1FIC RECORD, in Harper's Md9as~w
June.