Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-30
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OUR LOCAL SCIENTISTS.


OUR LOCAL SCIENTISTS.
Regular Meeting of the Linnean society.
The society met in the ante-roOm of the
museum on Saturday afternoon, August
eth, 1881, Prof. J. II. Dubbs, d. D., Oc-
cupying the chair. Minutes of last meet
ing approved, and dues collected ; after
which the following report was made on
donations to museum:
"Your committee to whom was referred
the donations of the heirs of the late Prof.
S. s. and DR.. E. Haldeman, have thus far
only had time to examine the contents of
one of tho boxes of the former, and the
following is general list of its contents ::
Historical-A fragment of Queen Mary's
palace, Edinburg; of Giants Causeway,
ireland of Mosaic pavement from Bath of
Caracalla, Rome, Italy e; fragments of
mosaic from the house Of the tragic
poet" POmpeii, Italy; two calcareOus
nodules from the same the following
relics of the Indians of British Guiana a
spherical Indian paint cup; Shack- Shack,
or cOniurer's rattle a calabash drinking
cup; Wdri-acari, or fan used for Eindling
fire, made of plated palm ach.j, a species
of bark from which shoes or sandals arc
made !; laminated bark used for cigar wrap
pers necklace made of jaguar's teeth !;
a macusis flute made of tho thigh bone Of
the jaguar; an ebony war club of a chief !;
a basket work Shack chdck, or rattle a
Pigale, or basket and lid; beautiful
bcad-workcd apron. the sole clothing OF a
Guiana Indian woman specimen of lava
from Mount Vcsuvius, in which imbeddcd
coin.
Natural History-A gigantic fish scale
from Florida twelve genealogical speci-
mems of birds, mammals aud reptiles !;
fragmentary specimens of the skeletons of
birds, mammals and crustaceans a toad
fish" skinned and stuffed pike three
Specimens Of perch copperhead snake !;
a specimen of the "sea horse" (Hppo-
campus) two tubers, or nuts, of vege-
table ivory.
Mineralogy-Fifteen specimens of native
copper from the Lake Superior mines,
Michigan five specimens, chrysocola
from the same three specimens POtsdam
sandstone, filled with copper nOdules a
small box Us specimens) of chlOrastrOlite,
only found on Isle Royalc, 12 to 40 miles
along Lake Superior !; box of agate peb
bles GOO specimens) from the Western
states box of Colorado pebbles (about
40 specimens ; two specimens of Amazon
stone, Pixies Peak three specimens native
silver, Michigan /; two specimens Proto.
gine, Mount Blaine, Europe two speci-
mems velvet copper, Michigan three speci-
mems Camel coal, Scotland four speci-
mems Hawai- gum, Sandwich islands ; one
specimen blue carb. copper, Cornwall, Pa. ;
one specimen each, dualite, mica-slate,
serpentine and magnesite, EastOn, Pa. ;
three unnamed fossil impressions Il large
twisted horn.
Donations from Other Sources.
From Mr.. VIM. Roehm, the paddock
and key used on the Water street gates of
the old Lanraster Jail.
Mr.. Jacob Rotharmcl, 4 small looking
glass said to have belonged to ThOs. Jeffer-
son, the sage of Monticello. This was
presented to his brother, the late Henry
Rotharmel, by his friend Jno. p. Halbach
of Charlottesville, Va, in 1851.
Mr.. D. Bitner, a sample of Jersey mari,
and bone found therein, supposed to be
a vertebral section of shark.
Mr.. J. NJ. Westhaelfer, a number of hir.
suite cOncretions supposed to be disgorged
pellets of a screech-Owl.
Mr.. Campbell and Master -, male
and female and eggs of the spectre insect
(Spectrum .tenloratlum.)
Two fine specimens of the "Virginia
Horned Owl" (Bubo VIrginianus) sent by
Mr.. j. P. Hambleton, but the Taxidermist
thought their plumage too imperfect to
make good specimens for museum, bciuS
shot in the month of August.
DR.. Rogers, U. s. N, specimen Of
Yellow Oxide stone, one of Pumice stone,
one of Sulphate of Ammonia and Potash,
one of Black Scorio, and cotton boil, all
from Egypt.
Professor Stair a large specimen of
chlOrite.
Mrs. Zsll, a large specimen of !Stizus
grandis, commonly called "Locust killer
order Hymenoptera.
LITERARY.
Nos. 4, s, 6, and 7. Vol. 20. Official /;
Gazette of United States patent Office !;
Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Circulars of infOrma-
ton from the U. S. bureau Of education !;
Lancaster Farmer for August, 1881 Au-
gust number Boston book bulletin Four
envelopes containing fifty historical and
biographical scraps.
Action on the two deferred propositions
before the society at the last stated meet
ing was for cause postponed until the next
meeting; and that cause was mainly the
limited attendance.
DR.. B. T. Rogers, U. S. navy; and Rev.
George Gaul, Glenmore, Chester county,
were unanimously elected correspondents
of the society.
The society then adjourned to the last
SATURDAY. in September (24)