Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-31
OUR LOCAL SCIENTISTS.
Sleetinr of the Linnpan Society.

1881, at I o'clock p. m. at the usual place,
President Stahr and Secretary Davis in
their chairs. Present nine members and
six visitors. After the usual preliminary
business the following donations were
made to the museum and library.
MUSEUM.
l. The heirs of the late Jacob Stauffer
donated to the society the entire botanical
collection Of our late fellow member, com
prising twenty-five large portfolios. con-
tanning about 800 specimens Of the flora
Of Lancaster county and other localities.
2. Mr.. Geo. H. Haldeman donated a
large collection Of minerals. belonging to
his father, the late DR.. Edwin Haldeman.
comprising about 500 specimens some Of
which are very fine and rare.
5. Mr.. ]. VIM. Roeting donated
double apple, which is now preserved in
alcohol and description Of which was
published in the daily Examiner OF January
II, 1891.
4. Master James Munson donated sy-
enite "hammer stone' Gan Indian relic),
ter. Also, brown bat (Tespertilis Caro-
January. Also, the nest Of Il catbird IM-
and fine roots. Also, a nest supposed to
be that OF Il sparrow.
). A portable writing desk, made Of q
fine dark wood, inlaid with pearl, and said
to have been the property Of Jefferson
Davis, was donated by Mr.. d. McNealy
Stauffcr.
6. A friend donated beautiful polished
transverse section OF brown agatized wood.
leo 10 fynu &c hoNAS l,rn
specimen OF "ribbOn agate" 2 iron ''grape
shot balls, and mimic rifle balls, or
slugs. The m:nerale We're picked up by
the donor at Iowa City twenty years
ago, and the grape and mimic balls from
the field three days after the battle Of
Antietam. .
7. A wood cut of Strasburg academy
and adjacent buildings, drawn and en-
graved by the late Jacob Stauffer, donated
by VIM. L. Gill.
8. A canoe paddle of tho Indians of
British Guiana, 1878, and Maquarri
whip, used in the dance of the Maquarri
Indians of British Guiana donated by
Mrs. S. s. Haldeman.
Q. Two boxes containing Il great number
of Indian relics, minerals, fossils, &C.,
collected by the late DR.. $. s. Haldeman
and donated by Mrs. Haldeman.
10. A piece of fsemi-fOssilized wood from
Ocean Grove, N. ]. Donated by j: G.
Thackara.
II A living alligator (Alligator lNiss,s-
sippiansis) over ten inches long, donated
by Prot. I. IS. Geist of Marietta. This
reptile was brought up from Florida by
J. b. Hopkins, esq.,, of Baltimore and pre-
sented to Prof. Geist.
12. A large tlattcned pod of the KyaA
Shah, or ''Tigers-tOngue," from British
Burmah, donated by Miss Lie Fever.
13. FOrty-two arrow and spear heads
from Kentucky, donated by Mrs. Halde-
man through Mr.. w. L. Gill. These are
Of agate, chalcedony, jasper. hornstone and
quartz.
1. An illustrated paper read before the
American Philosophical society" ON the
contents of Rock Retreat, near Chickies,
by the late DR.. S. S. HalGcman. This is
a quarto of II PIP. and Is plates, ilclud-
ing 255 figures. Donated by Mrs 5. >.
IIaltleman.
9. Report of the commissioner OF edu
cation for 1878, 73O PIP. octave. Donated
by the department of the interior OF
Washington.
g. Annual report of the commissioner
of patents for 1879, 416 pp. demi-quartO,
from the department of the interior.
4. Numbers % and 2G, Vol. 1S, and !, 2,
, and 4. Vol. 10, of the official patent
Office Gazette, from the same.
5. A sketch Cf the Wyoming Historical
and Geological society.
6. A copy Of the Musical Herald for Jan
nary, 1881.
Z. The Lancaster Farmer for January,
1881.
8. Eight Old allnanacs, namely: Anti
Masonic almanac for 1880 and 1882 ;
United States almanac for 1880 Farmers
and Mechanics almanac for 1880, 1881 ;
Pennsylvania almanac for 1881 !; Uncle
Sans almanac for 1882 and Agricultural
almanac for 1888. Donated by a friend.
Q. A manual of devotion for the Catholic
blind, by Rev. James O'Reiley, printed in
raised letters, and to be read with fingers.
Donated by the same, 1867.
10. A portfolio of manuscript botanical
papers, consisting of classified lists Of
plants, and 4 number Of other papers re :
lating to botany. From the heirs Of the
late Jacob Stauffer.
ii. An octave volume containing u cata-
logue of the Herbariums, of the late Elias
property of the society; from the same.
IL. Three unbound foliOs containing
drawings and impressions of plants, taken
from the plants themselves in ink /; from
the same.
13. Several large charts, in the form of
botanical trees, illustrative of plant clas-
sification, and scientific arrangement :;
from the same
H. An unbound volume of the Rural
New Yorker; from the same.
Is. Two circulars of information Nos.
4 and of tho bureau of education from
the department Of the interior.
HISTORICAL.
l. il draft from the Lancaster cotton
house" on the Farmers bank Of Lancas-
ter, for ten dollars, in favor of Geo. Wash
ingtOn Brown, or bearer, signed by G.
Adolphus Peters, and dated June 2, 1910.
This relic is in the form Of Il bank note,
and has the "Old Factory" for a vignettc
donated by friend.
2. A fifty dollar note on the Lancaster
bank signed by David LOngnecker, presi-
dent, and 3. G. Bachman, cashier, and
dated December 3, 1s49. Across the face
is written in red ink, "payment demanded
March 3, 1857. d. NJ. Lsbkicher, cash pro-
tenn by the same.
3. A lease of lot No. 563 in the borough
of Lancaster, from VIM. Hamilton. ESQ.,, to
Christian Ness, dated May 20, 1890. This
document bears the genuine autograph of
VIM. Hamilton, Jasper Yeates and Daniel
Ohar donated by the heirs OF the late
Jacob Stauffer.
4. A brief of titles to Lancaster estates
This paper contains briefs Of twenty-five
titles, dating from 1871 to 1852; same.
5. Lists of lots, leased by VIM. Hamil-
ton and Jasper Yeates, "under a special
NO rrant Of atkornnu ,, Thnco lisfc oont,;,,