The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-08
SEVERE WEATHER IN SWITZERLAND.
The Vintage IDJurcd-Tourists Leaving the
Mountains-AHAlrs In Geneva.


Mountains-ARAir. In Geneva.
GENEVA, Sept. 19.-I am writing to you
under the influence Of a cold. drilling rainy
day. which is only the sequel Of many other
days resembling it. Not only have we rain and
sold. but also snow; it has not fallen in the
plain IL is true. but our mountains OF the Sec
ond range are all more or less covered. The
last snow that fell in 1882 visited US only
three months ago. The interval of summer
has thus been very short. Tourists have. in
consequence. already left the higher levels. and
the great wave Of visitors is now flowing
toward Italy. You can easily realize how inju-
rious this severe weather has been TO the vim
tage and the still outstanding crops. Yester-
canton Of vaud. and they tel me they have
no further hopes OF any vintage this season.
Wild sloes in the hedges. and will rot with the the
damp. unripe as they are. In the canton Of
violent storms. have caused some interruption
in tho St Gothard line in three several points
After the Hygienic Congress. which was quite
an n,o event for our city; week ago: we had
about 1.-THE Assembly Of the international
League Of Peace and Liberty. This association
is Intended to represent principle very DIM
consist only in fricndly meetings the dele
gates and the public only assemble in feeble
when Garbaldi arrived in our city to present
lowed by crowds OF people2 However this may
be. great questions have been ngitated and i'm
pL.2rtant decisions taken during those meetings;
to the several Governments and the press: the
two first relating to the footing on which
should be placed the canals OF Sucz and Pana-
p!ieati9ns; the last to the present intervention
vent i Which has been Been enerssteaiy blamed e
On Monday evening NJ LPMonnier, a native
the Se
events in Egypt, in which he related some
rather curious legends that, are circulating
more particularly that which would make out
this IS chief Of the NATIONAL movement IN Egypt
In business. and changing his former profess
sion sion for politics; in which he has been for a
tions only Of Europe-and. il is not necessary
to add. without any official character-were
present res ia at these a,s metItings, o,, m, .. ina.
GRAFTON is to hold an international conference
Iaveleye, the eminent Belgian economist
Among the orators who are announced, in
and pastors rs' Of dYsrent nasiSnaities. figure
also the names OF Mrs Josephine Butler. the
sf Of hp ssnsor n Pnd f Ss Sy y
combat the legal protection afforded to i'm
morality, which is; as you know the great aim
ence of the States bordering on the Lake Con-
stance-German as we'll as Swiss-to examine
into the question OF the depression of its level;
and, " an equally early date. mt Bernc. an in
ternntionai congress with the view Of unifying
the modes OF transporting goods by rail.
had to registering death. about u fortnight
NJ. Emile Plantamour. This is u great loss to
our university, where he gave instruction for
forty-three years and to science, to which he
had entirely devoted himself. Piantamour MS
director OF the observatory at Geneva, which
his generosity had endowed with fine instru-
ments of observation, has rendered important
services to our Manufacture of chronometers
All the trials for the hest regulated watches
entered more rticularly into meteorology
and Geodesy; he will leave a sad void in the
regretted savant pursued his studies first al
Paris under Arago, and later at Berlin under
Bessel and Enckc. The Academy Of Sciences
of Paris has counted him among its cor
responding members since 1866. He had only
attained the aye of 81