, 1879-06-06

| Assembly statistical tletatlFe'attIl0 70 NJ M
:sn' ii 1,or IN the stH oss1a ssnss1ay ,n Il,
educational. and tantar condition Dl TN Labor
| Ing classes, anil tn tic rtmnncnt proapertty q
tl's necaGlsal, nana,'surfne' ana PFodps,' 5n,.
industry o. The 8tatc.T u. AZ cl'f'0
| THE SAN 1U1s VALLEY.
rntra.,1crcurtal !lnness md sun-spots-
| f;it,unfcAssh Lnna-Tlticss
| n he Iftor nj 1hs TrtLt.ns. ~
AL.Mo*A, Coor., May 3l.--1ese, IN 'ho
Young Clscagoaf the CoFaIl!esas, the plo'
no,,,.rc f,.ntu1' cf united continents. found
Tue sf,InusE again, after mfssng It for scv-
nr,i stnks. nns! It's sight cheerc1 my henrt .
| uEsihc uns .pectrtl meeting of IN old friend
~ g,rauge land. Though four days behind
tac, it's date being May 2G, eagerly soatcf-
! 1t up, and thc frst thing which atsracted
Inv attention WINS mn article Oh 1ntra.Mec'lrfal
/plancts.-a subject In which became son'o-
What ntcrestad several years ago, Which ilrht
brought u,e 10 thiA Rocky Mountain country
duriug the total eclipse Of Inst 5cuE1 and Which
Is d part Of my present mission here.
SEQ by that article that Prof. Peters Disputes
The claims OF Prof. Watson; and, whan two
such eminent authorities disagree. who shall
dccdcl
Certainly not I; and simply beg learo
to cali attcution to singular coincfdcneo
| Of facts In connection with this subject.
Itcerct thai, being away from home n'NltnJ roc
or,1t, caunot now Etre exact dates nnd partteu-
lats, and for thr present mist conlno myself to
the general statement that every timo tfanelt
| of supposed lntrn- -Mcrcnrial planet WIS cx-
pcctcu, a certain group OF snn.spots has bcen
observed In place Of such transit; which is tho
moro remarkable since the periods OF these sup
| roscd planets OF which trauslta had been OK
pcctcd greatly differ In each casc that has 50 lar
come under my personal observation.
Tie ttst case WIS that OF Leyerricr's planet,
with period Of twenty-five dnys, transit OF
which was looked for in March. 1916 The tran-
stt failed: but group Of s.in-spots WAS seen ios
serern }uys before md after the date ol tue e1-
pectcd transit Of the planet. .
Tie next casc was that Of supposed planet
viii, period OF thirty days, to q possible tran.
! III ot witch, in October, 1877, suDefsntenaens
lind, Of the Grceuwich Observatory, called at-
tcnttor,. No plHact, hut Atsa!n group OF SUD-
For MARCH, II. 1878, 'rlce, Of ct. Louis, bad
| PREDICTED tlIe transit OF plnnet Win pcr1od
II twruty-.hrce days. No transit oecurred; @ W.
| sratn three large spbts were on tho suns ulsc
uu HAT Jay, aud remained visible for several
Lastly the transit Of planet VIII PcEtoa Of
lastee ays was a'nocea .. y ffn,. tfs 11eson vppS
year, This predicted transit also failed; but,
after long Interval 0f no sull.Fpots. larEe one
made its appearance again On H., s9 r. Et r. a,a t1
l:Nh, 18th, md l7tb, It betsan'e visible na !.
ryol,t, consisting Of Two lnrEc a'It a nnmbcr of
snset sYe, s; =, n. anssFys IT, 5 ,t pfaDpe{ s{ ts X
i'm. .,7s east OF The suns western limb. nnd LIN
: n,rt!l OF thr SUMS lower limh; nnu on ths lutn
Il wHa tn, ia. eAst 0i thE weatern lifno, a1'u
, Elm. north of ILL. 1owcr limb. ....-
Z l. t.nyc no comments to tnakG, nor any neW
theory 10 suggest; but simply desire to sall tio
attention of tlfosr Interested IN this subject 10
| these singular coincihences: aud 10 tIia 1ufttcr
Tact ,,ss, fur the past fn.lr yrare+ the most ne-
il strurttyc lurrIcai,cs have OCCURRED during tile
prrscsc, Of spots OIL The sun.
Ever stu:c have fGCulne interested IN Oh
J. eefyatt,ns o! this nature, hare lonecd ior
+ sereuer shy than that nart OF Iowa where nut
=, NOW lnrt':1 n1or1s, WHERE perfectly Ssnna!ess
;ky rI ,saty b. oye1sst wS,s eqp,r'e aar nbser. m
. sinre The cri,l'ss ot list year huve bestowed
Il q considerable amount OF hard VOTE upon oc-
rultntunr, In order 70 ro'npare tn, ll1inr urnrT
with observed facts; but rlouds almost nyaria-
= hly prevented tne from making the desired oD-
i HcryoIons; ANIL IL III not very encouraging 70
u Get t,,t of warm bed III OF o'clock 01 q cold
Ii winter.Ennrnlnr. only tot. disappointed.
= Last fall, Guv, Glls'n VI Dnfer, pfouoscu 10
III lo,licutc Il porth2n OF Ma chrissoncr property;
eunurslE 10000 neres q mera, M 4'T ~ WTsv
II to tic Use of n1, aatruolnEca! and meteorological
.c observatory. at Invited ne TO- come n,ls hete
9. md look over tle grond: Ih,s = VIA. daa Mae
ii brought nc out hero at II considerable aacrncc
II aud lear only to b. disappointed again.
ID 'rbia In my fourth day iu this famous sa1
TO luis Vaev. Tile Iirst, which J. spv'it At FOR
III Garland, was clear cuul,gh. bnt~earful!y Wlnul
to and dusty On the sccond-t e. thu 8oth da1
OF May--wc cnloycA flDnntllns H1tow w,tlot'i y
he here, an,l iLu sul! has llarly shown hl'nsel
cs oncc ever tucc. Ihsco amen e,ooMy aaya 2"
OF suggestion a. l have spent here III Ala'lioso
W never experienced during my ten years. resl
lie tlrncc In lowa IN tho sioumiest seasons there
II Evcrybs,dy tells me that tals IT, Ygry ssesep T.
Of perfectly clrur sky, which presume n tInG
l,ut fear that la,ut..Itles IN this Sun Lns val Y
ier aro nut untto as clear rs = co'oradn Ky
srlsiuc from conflicting !and,r7at'ts wh'c M
Ct iur many years hnya disturbed the ne
ia Nlo!ues Valloy, In Iowa, aud have retaEde
= ,t ,mas a,hees essa Wts ol
'E, iulys, n1l,l Of consequent desire to smigratt
ch prevail hcre In this San Luis Valley, to
ny large cxtsn. ind coming mere fe m. ta ,,e" s
s41 liIe jumping from tho irytng-pan Into tne ;sse.
rol hit IN o. yut a stranger here, md DO nc
do pretend 10 b. fully pasted. Further tIvsst'E'
ror freely confess tiat what hava 81, tar seen ~
~ henr,i is not very encouraging, aIl for the pre-
10 cut Must atsyse all t,uss who LOOK to mo fu
n!t ndyscs to lol.l on 10 thtlF Iowa homes Tor
LOO ''1Eh This s'S san is NV Valley is by NO. sans all
ma CuIoratlo; nit, tl.cro ts no doubt Whntov'
ium my mind but t,a tA's lss.eonra, hay e'ae' n n
,nt htf huJolna,s s'ss"!, ,14,'s mi that ali
lu E!usioun lntoFe ,n.+ t"rr;cs viii anne dNy
st te fully rca!!zrd yet rlaiu TURNER'S cannot ~
H., ~, ftturu; ns. for such as ind those who Joe
a no to lup Tor udvcr, thia San Luis vas1cy dothl
niT seetn to no thr best p'aee tat might DO sslos
en uI OF aij 1ucr, TURNER'S especially should ~
~ - rnmc hero sInEu-hlutlud, nut IN largo boate
NV eo with ,.nauttnlty Of purpose and thoroughly
,hr canzei. Respectfully, !. Hssa
,1n ,--,,~,
d. Ahckhcf Cp9nucA
,au | Ettrntk Fra {1txs,