Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-30
OUR LOCAL SCIENTIST.

Monthly Meeting of the Linnsean Society
At the regular meeting of the Linrear
society, on Saturday, the following !ona
tiors were made
| TO THE MUSEUM.
A fine specimen Of the Frog fish
(Batrachus tau) six inches in length, from,
Mr.. Frank Mettfett, through Mr.. Daniel
Heitshu received from Baltimore in a
cargo OF oysters, and was still alive when
it arrived in Lancaster, although it must
have been out of water several days.
Eight specimens Of the " seventeen
year cicada") Cicada septemdeclm), in the
pupal form, by Geo. O. Henscl, florist, East
| Orange street, dug out of the ground,
eighteen inches below the surface, and
about four feet from the outside wall CT
Mr.. HIS. greenhouse, on the 18th Of Jan
uary, alive when received by the curators.
Prof. Riley is of the opinion that they be
long to his brood No. s, and will appear
the coming summer"
A beautiful specimen of Wilson's thrush
(7urelus fusceceus), found in a dying con-
dition in East Orange street, in November
last, by ". De c. Rathvon. AS this bird
usually misratcs in September or the be-
ginning Of October, it must have been de-
ceived by the pleasant autumn weather,
and was suddenly overcome by cold
A very perfect Indian implement, found
on small island in the Susquehanna
river, near Safe Harbor, by Mrs. A. II.
Reist, of No. 119 South Queen street,
through Mr.. William Rochm. This relic
of the red man is Of All unusual form, and
was probably used in "barking trees, or
in skinning large animals, Or both.
Specimens of " Georgia cotton - Cos,
syptum AerJaceum) by Mr.. J. J. Sprenger,
ni Rome. Georgia. Height of plant, four
feet six inches ; spread, three feet, and
contained one hundred and twenty bo!ls,
represented as an average OF the plants in
tie field where it grew.
Fine specimens 0! ''Sponge' (Spongiu
- gathered on Nantucket Beach,
last SUMMER by d. Maxwell, Of Baltimore.
One specimen is OF 4 very delicate and ,,n-
common form.
Library.
Nos. % and &c, vol. 90, Of the official
gazette of the United States patent Office,
from the department of the interior. The
Ln"':is'cr Farmer, for January, 1882.
Historical.
Iirca envelopes, containing fo-ty-savcn
lccai and foreign, historical, biographical
a.d scientific scraps, by tie cu-ators.
y twenty uOIlaf bi'l Oh the Lancaster
bank, dated July /, 1852 by Mr.. J. G.
Tilackara.
i'apers Read.
DR.. Na;hvOl read tbic: papers contain
in; notes on the history and habits Of the
" Frog fish, the Thrush - and the
" Cicahas " presented.
Mrs. Gibbons read an interesting letter
t.oa, Il friend in Nebraska, relating to
sou2 phenomenal pecuiarites OF the
well; in the district where the writer re-
sides
SeS: iiusiness.
The president announced tile cEair:u,ii
Of the standing committees for the year
1882, said chaicmen being authorized to
appoint, each, two colleagues from among
the members and correspondents of tho |
society. Mamology, Dir. NJ. l.. Davis !;
ORTHODOXY. WIn. l.. Gill Herpet- |!
ology, VIM. +. Bolton Ichthyology,
{. \. Ileinitsl Entomology, 5. S. Ratll- !:
Won Botany, Mrs. L. d. Zell Geology, !
Prof. /. 5. Gcist Paleontology, Prof. I. !
Il. Baker Microscopy, Dir. Knight Nin- |
nralogy. J. B. kevin>ki :; Archaeology, |
Prof. }. II. Dubbs Natural Historical !
Miscellany, Mrs. P. Z. Gibbons.
After passing upon bills presented, and
the usual social and scientific intercourse,
the society adjourned TO meet on the last
Friday evening in February.