Proceedings of the Society. 163 



Tuesday Evening, September 7, 1880. 



Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair. Present, 18 members. 



The committee appointed to extend an invitation to the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, to hold its next annual 

 meeting in this cit}^ reported that the invitation had been accepted 

 with singular unanimity, and that the Association would hold its meet- 

 ing here, commencing August 17, 1881. On motion, the committee 

 were discharged. Dr. A. E. Heigh way and Prof. Stone entertained the 

 Society with a description of the reception and entertainment the Asso- 

 ciation received at Boston this year. It was a magnificent meeting, 

 and the members were welcomed, entertained and feasted from the 

 opening until the close of the session. The speakers were enthusiastic 

 and so delighted with the good things received that they felt almost too 

 full for utterance. 



On motion a committee of three was appointed to confer with the 

 various scientific and public bodies of the cit}^, and with prominent 

 citizens with the view to the organization of a general local committee, 

 to make arrangements for the entertainment of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, during the meeting to be held 

 here in August of next 3^ear. The chair appointed Prof. Stone, Dr. A. 

 E. Heighwa}" and Dr. Howe as the committee. It is not the intention 

 that the Society shall do more than to take part in the entertainment 

 of the Association. The reception and entertainment will be b}^ all the 

 public bodies of the cit3', as it will be an event in which all citizens 

 will be interested, and in which our reputation for hospitality, refine- 

 ment and education, will be exposed to the judgment of a competent 

 board of examiners. 



Mr. C. G. Lloyd was elected Curator of Botan}^ to fill the vacancy 

 occasioned by the resignation of Davis L. James. 



Prof. G. W. Harper exhibited a large specimen of copper with veins 

 of silver that he found in an excavation near Newcastle, Indiana. The 

 specimen is about halt an inch thick, about nine inches long, about 

 three inches wide at one end and about an inch wider at the other end. 

 (The writer did not measure the specimen and is stating the size from 

 appearance onl}^) It had been pounded to this shape before burial, 

 and as the thickness is uniform, it is evident that no attempt had ever 

 been made to finish it. We may suppose that the Indian or t^e Mound 

 Builder, as the case ma}^ have been, who owned it, understood the art 

 of drawing out the copper uniforml}^, before beating one end of it to 

 an edge. The specimen is large enough to have made a formidable 

 weapon or a serviceable implement. 



