The Worthington advance., 1879-04-17

A0~s'ey ~ N'~O" v"ss0 outbAOEIZ2U 10 nff1s
cure lumber t6 the amount of saS Kin IN
county orders from James Gown at
Adrian, for the building of said c,,Ivert
Notices having been posted. And no
remonstrance presented. ali -of T town I'm
103, range u, was formed into ona new
school district, to be known IA schoni
district No. go. /: j =
Notice: having been posted IN weat-
side township, and no remonstrance
presented, it was ordered and deter.
mined that that section shall hereafter
constitute school district to ha known
is school district No. 81, OF the town of
Westside.
A communication from the State AM
ditor was received, stating that the new
town named Alton, was inadmissaGle.
as there was another town in the state
of the same name. Pursuant to law in
such cases. the County Commissioners
named the said town Bloom"
Petition Of NJ. J.. Miller to have cer.
tain taxes abated for 1875, granted.
Application for bounties were grant,
ed to E. D. Bedford and j. r. Dewey.
Petition of s. e. Long and others far
the formation of q new school dIstrict
in Westside township, formerly pre-
sented, was again taken up. Us;1a, no.
tices were ordered posted. and dav of
hearing fixed for Saturday, May Sd,
1879.
Daniel Shell, President of the Worth.
ington City Council, having made appli-
cation for the Use Of q room in the
county Jail for \ City l0ck-up. a room
in the Jail was rented to the CITY Coun-
ell.
The following bills were allowed:
BIN. Carrier, balance due on citations a. u
j. rSw%. posting scScn sc%n n"9ife: "scs: t
t. r r. fiSmmer. Ink, es Stationery. ,cs ETC., 3 sss
q. D. .',s: S1Hie rent for "rooms to Jurr 70
A. S. Lindsay printing annual statement "
A. P. Miller printing ANNUAL statement 70 ~
and notices. 4E IS
Board adjourned to meet Saturday,
May 3, 1879. ROBERT SHORE.
j. WALKER, FRED. BLOOM,
Go. Auditor, Commissioners.
A FALLAc1ous THEORY ExpLop-
Mankind has strikingly develop
ed tendency to theorize. liz the untir.
ing advance Of scientific investigation,
when facts are wanting to satisfactorily
account for any natural phenomenon
some genius steps to the front with u
nicely constructed theory to supply the
want Of actual knowledge; and after
little discussion it is either accepted or
rejected by the scientific world. When
theory has been once adopted, however
erroneous it may be. it is then taught
rs 4 proven fact, and investigation on
the part of scientists in general ceases.
There are minds whose activity can
never be lullcd to sleep by any theory,
however plausible, and though these. at
varying intervals, burst upon the world
startling and important discoveries.
There is no science that has not within
a comparatively recent period under
gone a revolution in consequence of a
single discovery, the offspring of 4 sim
gle active, untiring mind. The untul-
atory theory of sound has long been re-
ceivel As established. but lately has r.
risen an investigator who has, to the
minds of many. completely overthrown
the doctrine. lie boldly attacks the
whole scientific world, and thus far his
position las only been strengthened by
the investig .tions and criticisms of sci
entitic men. We have before us his
controversy with Prof. r. L. Brockett
on the subject. which is the most inter-
esting scientific discussion we have ever
read. and in which the learned prcfes.
sor and the popular theory are roughly
handled. The same author (who dis
guises himself under the nom ;e plume
Of "Wilford') in another ork, "Evolu-
tioM Evolved," arrays himself against
Darwin and evolutionists in general.
1t is said bv all who have had the OPP
portunity Of examining the work. that
every position assumed is sustained by
uncontrovertible arguments. It is =
work that should be in the hands of ev-
cry clergyman, physician. and all other
persons who are interested in unravel-
ling the mysteries of human life and
scientific research in general. The
Brockett-Wilford discussion is mailed
free by the publishers to all who send
their address for that purpose. The
publishers are Hall & Co.. 234 Broad.
way, New York. Send for it. It's an
eye opener:-Shell Rock (Iowa) News,
March 2O'h.