Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-04
ClcOPatra's Needle.

ClcOPatra's Needle.
telegram from Trenton, October g. says;
| The apparatus for taking down. removing and
park New Sor Se nseS when has nasn
presented by Egypt TO that city. has just been
Completed at the Phoenix iron works here, and
| Today IL was shipped for It's destination. IL
consists OF two frames, composed OF roll iron
| eeams. plates, channels, &C, 10 support two
bearings, upon which are pair OF trunnlons
which Will be fastened TO the ohelisk at the
center az gravity. When placed In position the
foundation will he removed from under the
tbelts6, ard the immense monolth. weighing
H5 ions, Will then be swung IN a horizontal
| position. the same as cannon. lowered TO the
ground by Jaekserews, and placed IN q cradle
prepa,eu do " INA. Purpose d VIII saen De
| York. There the same apparatus Will be used
TO erect the obelisk In permanent position.
| Each OF the trunnions weigh seven tons, and
| workmen have been engaged on them night and
day for the last two months.
A Hope for the Missing Aerouauts.
| The St. Louis Globe Democrat correspondent
| AT Bunker Ill., about 80 miles northeast OF St.
| Louis, writes that he saw Wise's balloon pass
| there about $50 O'Clock sunday evening From
| this point the balloons course was almost d.
| rSctly north, and Ii WAS seen later In the EVEN
Ing ao Ut 10 miles away, between Bunker Hill
1 and Carlfnyiue. There is very Wild aud rugged
| region IS to 20 miles in extent. known as Nc
Coupin Creek bottom, heavily tlmbered aud
| possibility that the balloon descended In this
| dense wilderness, and that The aironauuts may
peeh SO seriously injured that they have not
| this wild section may BE organized.
| John wise was born In Lancaster Pa, IN the
24th of February, iSoS. lie learned the trade OF
| cabnet-maker, and subsequently worked at
! pianoforte making, which he finally Abandoned
| for professional bal}oontng. IN which he Became
q genuine enthusiast from its scientific attrac-
tons He made his first Ascension from phtla-
delpha In 1885, from the corner OF 9th aud
Green, aud his last ascension rom that city
was in 1875, when he left Broad and Diamond
balloon ~ ~
CreSSon, who had made several trirs with him
before. Professor Wise made altogether 462
SUCCESSIVE voyages One OF his attenirts which
attracted vide attention at the tune was the
project 10 cross the Atlantic ocean In balloon
which was organized by tie New YORK Graph c
In 1913, and IL which Profess oy Wise was to be
assisted In tie preparations BY w. II. Donald
son, the well-kDown pronaut A Balloon 40
feet high and loo feet 10 diameter was built for
the purpose, Professor Wise believing that II err,
was an upper eaSteriy current Of air WHEN
wou,d take lin across the ocean. The scheme
was failure, the balloon bursting whIlelt was
being inflated, on tao i2th or September
1t was the theory of Prot. Wise before start
Ing that he would strike the great eastern cur
rent at an altitude OF 500 or 1900 feet, and
calculation proved correct. The Eelioon, on
being released, Shot directly up, until at about
this altitude it suddenly noved rapidly across
the river into Illinois. in direction rorth OF
east. AS before said, II was seen lust south of
Lake Michigan, 800 miles from ST. Louis, the
next evening.
A GLOOMY yIPw
At the time OF the ascension it was believed
that the balloon contained herily enough gas
TO sustain its lead In the air longer than twelve
or fifteen hours, and the fact tnat 1t was seen
nearly twenty-four hours later IL the neighpDr-
hood of Lake MICHIGAN adds force IN the f6enry
that the air shin was moi ah,e m >,osS tbo ioi,e
since having thrown ont ali The DossibIa haiiost
before reaching the lake 10 comi,C nSate for Ihe
usual eScape OF gas during so LONG an ASCENSION
the vessel sank under it's LOAD before tine vow
ayers could reach the opposite ShOrr.
JAY COOKS SF1IS . NISE-one-ha of the
Horn silver mine in southern Utah :yas sold In
Auril last by Jaw Cooke TO New York pariles
for $25G0,OG0 and the purchasers are now ne-o-
tiatine for the remaining half on the basis OF
6.90O,0O0 for the entire property. They are now
works at ChtcaC-o New Vorl, or al ~. LIN.
the Chica0n yvGrI,s now in oneration ben%1n
edeonats For tho nnrnoca ffT.I,osi -.
1rise @'o ava '0 fi pow t-'' wv w" 1'''''
MRS. TuToN's son CoNyERTEp.-CarrolI TIL
ton the eldest son OF Theodore Triton, has been
converted to the faith of the sspIymouth Rretb
rem a sect in which Mrs Tilton became deeniv
Interested lust before her confession Of NJ
Reecher.s adultery. Carroll Tiit0n has haen
living with Ills mother at 3Si Macon street this
summer. and he attended with her the meet
fngs of the society held in the residence of the
Rev Malachi TayIor its minister In Pnfnsro
avenue He was recentIy hantfIed' Nv Y S",,
an f Law ''
eF-A fire broke out Yesterday In the attic of
the Canadian House Of Commons at Ottawa,
Immediately above the members chamber.
Inc Iaase Is @ aI sa,ooU caused pfn
StViiGht IN tho dome of tho honSn u''ion vi 'iio
go, -. - A. rnII..', ,,,,. x
man or the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio rail-
road shop, at Lynchburg, was fatally burned on