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Mr. I'iiulur has ivciMvcd notice of liis election to his fifth term its 

 Vice-President of the Schoharie County Historical Society. The collec- 

 tions of the Societ\' are kept in the old Schoharie Fort, which was l>uilt 

 for a church in 1772 and transformed into a fort in 1777. 



Mr. Xiciiols. wiio with Mr. Heihier, recently compiled records of the 

 weights of various fishes,— a piece of work which occupied >some months' 

 time — is now busily engaged in explaining to many correspondents 

 where the fishes and weights were secured. 



Mr. Charles H. Rogers, who left the .Vmericun Museum in Sep- 

 tember, reported on his visit of a few day»s ago that the specimens belong- 

 ing to the Princeton Museum, of which Mr. Rogers is now Curator, are 

 gradually emerging froin the years' accumulation of dust, and assum- 

 ing order. 



Miss Summerson has returned from Georgia, where she was called 

 I)}' the serious illness of her mother. We are very glad to learn that her 

 mother's heaitii is now mtioh improved. 



Our engineers' force is badij- handic^apjied owi*^ to tke ateeaeti of 

 Peter INIcDermott, who is recovering from a major operation, and Fred 



Kilpatrick, who is ill with rheumatism. 



Dr. Chapman speiit a few days during < )<:t.<»l»er duck-iiunting in 



Minnesota. 



The Horticultural Society of New York will hold an exhibition ki 

 the Museum from November 4th to 7th, inclusive. The exhibit"on will 

 l)e open on the evening of the first day from 7 to 10 o'clock, especially 

 for the members of the Society, the Museum and affiliated organiza- 

 tions; on Friday and Saturday, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and from? to 10 

 p. m.: on Sunday, from 1 to 5 p. m. 



Mr. Frank C. Schaetfer Ls now a grand-dad. Congratulations! 



Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes visited the Museum a few days agX> to 

 complete lecture arrangements. 



