Proceedings of the Society. 3 
A resolution was adopted thanking Messrs. F. Speth and Fred. 
Wagener for their display of microscopes and objects at the Darwin 
reception, and Mr. Thos. Knott for a beautiful floral decoration for the 
same occasion. ; 
Donations were announced as follows: From Wm. N. Rice, 1 
pamphlet; Arthur F. Gray, 2 pamphlets; Signal Service Bureau, 
Weather Review for December, 1882 ;.U. S. Geological Survey, Ter- 
tiary History of the Grand Canon District, with atlas; Smithsonian 
Institution, 2 pamphlets; G. M. Austin, 6 species of fossils; Zoological 
Society, ninth annual report; Missouri Historical Society, 2 pamph- 
lets; sixteen subscribers, a set of 13 volumes of Chas. Darwin’s works 
(these latter were presented to the library at the meeting held in honor 
of Darwin’s birth, on February 23, postponed from February 12; Dr. H. 
H. Hill, 64 volumes Ohio Geology, etc., 40 vials insects, 20 maps, 1 
mounted specimen Great Northern Diver; Miss Janet Knox, specimen 
Melo diadema. 
THE FLoopD IN THE Onto RIVER. 
The rain storms in the valley of the Ohio were excessive in the 
latter part of January, and early part of February, and happened to 
be so distributed that the high water in the smaller streams that feed 
the lower Ohio was permitted to unite with the great volume coming 
down from the upper Ohio. The consequence was that while the 
upper Ohio did not reach the height of the freshets of 1847 and 1832, 
the lower Ohio rose higher than ever known before, always excepting 
of course the possibility that it did not reach the height of the river of 
the 18th of March, 1793, described by Dr. Drake in the Transactions 
of the American Philosophical Society, 2d ser., vol. 2. 
For convenience of reference we here record the height of the water 
from the 1st to the 23d day of February, 1883, at Cincinnati, accord- 
ing to the Water Works mark: 
Wt. In. 
Hentuary 1....... EedeAGhoGGE be Cdn. 2 padtootenan tas 80) 7 Cm are ene et gE Ieee eee ee ae 28 10 
ee Go ROD A IOROO CENSOR eye WMG Bey ETE es Sa Ace ital he Sat en so 58 
Gs LQ), -ccptaia Se ois ce ROMS cierto meets PRE yh Rts nr a nae BENG eta ale cn nee 59 «43% 
ie MRD OR CLOU KS Ato Mater nore ee ee rn ae Ci eee Ee ee 59756 
Ot 12 ra Nt ME oie an ey a RMR pe rE. one MNT as Po ores = eer eee 62 73% 
ue 13 Se ULAR Bertil eich OES CEM DELETE, « SURE Rar Ge RL a 64 5% 
Cr 14 at 2 o’clock A.M..... PESOS Cecmittin RSIS One CAME REL I SaC I Ce DESL E Ete iey einem 65 = O03 
20 3 ee nea Gis, ue al i Cea UP ans En as ee Re ee a 65, 034 
- 4 OT OS eS Se ole we he ls SR SC RAD Sie a 65 
“ 5 CO Wr Aa eae So Se Eel 3 a RR Sete ERIC oye Ie 64 1134 
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