, 1879-04-11
TIE METEOR,
The Celestial Visiter that Came to Us
Wednesday Evening.
Its Probable Size, It's Velocity, and
Whence IL Cnmc.
Gathering Up tho Fragments--rhoir spe.
oiAo Gravity, Etc.

INC meteor t'ht exp'odeu near itc corner nf
wsntrsrt rent s, a, ',sst mud South @ ar aveans
,ort ,,f ,,,,,,, ..,,,,,o,,t ra,,, T., .,,
~. "ss" .1"snt H"''s :" .le
"'"!t''E . huenWro III eur'ostS-ha''rra were oat,
accklnE 'or froEn,rnts; an.l they found great
quantity, rrobab!y NJ much ~ two tutssrlR In
thr arrrrrntc Ri. wr,rr ,n,t,. y ,tn,r ~ nh.
.asua.s,. 80 .,,.,,. .,n .o' ~. W.
Nv. su',"" 'ast h'e"t' h''u s'eece'' !" p'acarn's
heseral epec!hehs 'fftn IL spf1laice Estl, iliI's
t,c whose honsc took Tire Of, ,hc Interesting Dr.
ss" ,,a. 10 ."., Ta'.e" ~ .,'., :" t"n in'"oS.'
s.a ~, w., , a.. ~ T., .' H. w., 'a. u"" ',o ~. luz
,, .a,n,t,,', ..tI,s,,,s ,,,ta sas ~. '!'
t"' u""e4s".'!'e eo''cetof "'"'l ease ~ pleh us'
Il couple of these plecc' weFo weighed In atr
rcsr,cr,,yolv n. !, i oudp1.
i s.. 49, ,,,-.
- 'hc'eo' luae "o"io cohta'h "nafset " ol
matter must bc OF respectable aiza: but thvre
's good reason to bul!cvc That this tnctcor was
ygnY MICH lAnnru
.,,., .,,,. ,,,,,.>.,,s',.. ~, ~"
s" a'a', 'u.l'pa'soa =, t'4c oosefsat4oh"
o. 'ul1aa hane, he4., ~1tn thoso of toI. Mutt,
warrants tho bcluf TINT the principal explosion
occurred over Tho fakc, at eu1ue ,],tnp,r frnn,
rho .,,orc mn, t,ut nm n,re, Mil n, u f., w..
..Jri,,stw ehn,.a non,oi forn"1 ,Ir mp - @ t's
~ Tia hJv t;nt mns.cI jntn IN. cartis at
,,i,erc n feW fccoIlls before thc eY,jnsrt,,, Ms
Witnessed. That smaller porttu,, was
driven otf oblquelS;;; and ,probnbly agatn
nftcr It pasacd THO shore li,le: The explosion
certainly occurred more tllan half n lnile from
either Of the two observers. and their tsescrIp-
Lion Of the intense light md apparent slzc itli
Gates that tile Hsass could not hare DceH lc*s
than two Or three .aEds IN diameter even after
making full allowance for apparent enlargement
due to great brIlIancy. It Ia yurY fortunate,
inset, tlMt 10 ollu can1o INTO eollslo'i with this
I'll
lell over pretty well populated part Of the
city.
There was no time last evening fnr
analysis or TIE FRAGMENTS.
md In tho absence of thut II would bo Idle to
villa ~ lin .nnr Il,n smni smntia,. ,r.",, =" "
srnrcciv rnnat IT, t,ot ~ t1'm "ratn,en ronf a,
in tir snceI,nena whfrh sccIncn In In f,s,.i
solId. ARGUES an earthy coussItution: IL Int ,inrs
mt ,'rnr.. lint ,rom iiil mi n,,,ar inrc1s : i,t
III. rnnositiop ~ H." @ T nI,.I uioa .sa5 trtu @
aiao.l:" t"xtrrc ~ entne .{..nns "vsI1 @ IT, 10y
c,,tirr.l,a cinrartnr Of nth"rs saws " hn,ynrnr
fhnt nil thn ticrcs fn,,nd i ,,n, cn," f,,,,,
th oxtarnr ~ lin ,nss u A., 'ur w., eo"e f,e ieo.
Il ~ nosseI tbro,v nv ~ nt,,so a truas Ut" asto as
eu,,,n ~ in frn,n"nta war" iii ,.. ht i IT,"
nt.1 m hv th itn,lcra III, n'Sss ~ w ~, 'c. W.
niusion Wa esttmated bv ono xiu nns hscn i,
;tv scrrIcs as about co1inl to hit of twcjye. e.
-, '.....'.s,a.. ~ ..'...,.'.. ~ '"see'
Tile QUESTION: WHERE DID IT COME FROM"
was asked Yesterday BY hundreds Of pcolle. 1t
ia more easily asked tllnn answered; except II,
the general way,-tlnt It come from lntrs-
planetary apnce, fnr beyond the ciot,is. There
Ii nut partielu VI raason to doubt TINT II
caIno from outside tho carth's atMoa-
phcro. But how It ca1dB Into existence
tsicrc, mi! ,e particular rcason why it yielded
UP It's individuality III 30 summary munner, IL
hnra to tell. Tie origin Of thrsc 1netcnrstcs has
recently been tsuc|, discussed by some writer's
on astronomical topics, nlld nil ugree tlmt thuy
como from, without, though there is room tor
difference Of opinion as to their org,u. Un-
doubtcdly all thCse bolfics whscl, pay the cnrth
q visit hnvo courscd around the sun iii orbits
Ike those of t!e planets, or sono Of tc comets;
have bcun lttlo worlds By themselves,
for t!ulc, ut least; md some al
them for many millions Of wears. Their
peculiar structure probubly warrants the sunpo.
sitton aInt theY layu as so1ne tl,ne formed Iast
OF lasger massea und have bcct, c}cctcd 0y vol.
canfc nc&ion III tho lar distant past. lI.cru is
reason to think, too, tint tlcY have not been
elected by Audtcs so highly leatet ~ tic s,lt is
to-day, whtlo it 10 dii'irult 10 understand how
they could be ct present expelled FROM volcanoes
in tllu earth or moon with sufficient force H.
carry tletn fnr enough Into apaco to form OH
ortit-path outside tl1c cnstt., One might reason
It to be most probable tllat they were expelled
tron planetary n,asaos In nearly tho samo co,ldl-
{i,uf L. IT,, = ~