Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-02
MEETING OF THE IfNNEAN.
Donations to the Museum and Library
Scientific Gossip.

Scientific Gossip.
At the last stated meeting of the Lin
mean society large number of donations
were made to the museum and library ;
among the former being fine specimen OF
the "horned grebe, " a beautiful bird pre-
sented by George Hensel a tarantula from
Missouri, presented by VIM. Roehm bot
tie of crape-leaf beetles 4; a bottle contain
ing the Larvae Of the seventeen-year locust ;
a bottle containing specimens Of the great
eyed click beetle; a specimen of the rock
of Gibraltar presented by George r.
Graeff two boxes containing 100 pounds
of specimens of the fossil fora Of Pennsyl-
vania, donated by DR.. John D. Wingate,
of Carbondale cabinet about four feet
high, three wide and three feet deep, with
six drawers, containing not less than 200
specimens of minerals, metals, fossils and
Indian heads, denoted by A. J.
Steinman, esq.,, senior editor Of the Lam
caster lNTELLIGENCER, purchas ed by Mr..
Stcinman at the late J. Yeates Conyng-
hams sale and containing many hand
some and rare specimens, recei, ed by Mr.
Cunningham in his exchanges with some
of the best mineralOgists Of the state !;
large specimen of watcr-bug donated by
S. X. Hostetter, of Ncf1sville strange
fish, "mongrel," donated by George F.
Rathvon, Columbia; a part of the root Of
weeping willow, showing the exact out
line of the moulding ofa tombstone against
which it grew donated by Lewis Haldy ;
a vial containing flea beetles and garden
fleas a leaf of the pitcher plant, donated
by Prof Baker, and 4 pepper-box puff
ball, by Mrs. Zcll.
To the library number of books and
papers were donated, and to the historical
section were added twenty entire arrow
and spear heads, and a large numb of
fragmcntary specimens from Florida.
These specimens are from Prof. Halde-
mans collection, and were donated to the
society 10y Mr.. VIM. l.. Gill. What is a
special popularity about these relics is
that they are all made out Of finer quail
ties of stone, and ofan average larger size,
than we usually find them in Pennsylva-
mia. Some of them are of agate, some of
chalcedony, flint, hornstone and jasper, or
varieties of these. DR.. Rathvon donated
about forty biographical and historical
sketches, many of them of a local charac-
ter. DR.: Davis exhibited under the mi
croscope 4 specimen of kinate Of quininc,
and presented it to the society.
Under the head of ''Scientiiic Gossip
DIR. Dubbs extemporized on his cxamina-
tion of what is supposed to be an ancient
wall, on hill, midway between Quarry
vile and Chestnut Level. The wall is
built of sandstone, without mortar. He
does not regard it as prehistoric, but
thinks it is likely a fortitcation built in the
early history of our country, probably
during the difficulties between the
Marylanders and the Pennsylvanians,
in which the famous marauder Oresseps
exhibited such an active participation.
Skirmshing, capturing and recapturing
were freely participated in by those old
pioneers of the past. The doctor will visit
the place again and commit a fuller de-
s;ription on paper, and file it in the az
chives of the society.