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Ik' All" rii'i'ii (i >'iilin/isf . 
D.-cmiiIht. |S<ir 
ill 1 he (liM'ovcrv l.\ I'l'ot'. AN'iinl of ;i iii.-iLi'iiilict'iit t<»sil IIoi'm w hicli 
liiis liitiicito Ih'i'M iiiikiiowii in tluil iH-jzioii. Tlic uliolc |i:irty Iccl 
LTicMtlv iiitlrltti'd to Mr. >[(•(!('«' for the iiltlc iiKiiiiicr in whicii In- 
phinncil iind conductiMl \\\\>. licM symposinni. .unl lo liis :iccoin 
plislu'il wife, u lio acconiiiMnii'd the |»;irty in even tlic i-on;L:lu'st 
■.\\\i\ nioxl ilillicnlt jonriicvs. 
(!ko|,(m;^ at IIIK rxiVKKSII^ ol- WISCONSIN. 'IMu'lC li:i \ «• 1 K'Cli 
:m cnlaiLic-nu'iit :ui(l :i i('or<;:iniz:ition of the dcpnil incuts of j^col- 
oiiv :in<l ininci'iiloiry recently :it Miulisoii. the c(inii)iucnt :in(l tcncli- 
iiiu; force incrc;isi'(l .111(1 the courses ii'c;is1 with reference to the 
prepanitioii of profession:! 1 ucoloiiists. 'I'he tenchinu.' corps cin- 
linices Prcs. T. <'. ( 'luinilierlin. and IMofs. ('. II. \':in Ilise. |{ol- 
lin l>. Salislinry. ami W'Uliam II. liolilts. with colhitefal assistance 
in chemistry In I'rofs. I>aniells and llillyer. 
A WAiui <ii Til K ll.whKN Mk.moui.vi. .Mkhai.. The conimittce 
ajipointcd liy the Academy of Xatnral Sciences of IMiiladeli»hia to 
award this nuMlal. met oii the 2(itli of ()ctolier and decided to 
honor I'rof. Ktlwanl l>. ("o|)e foi' his many and \aliialtle researches 
in pahi'oiitoloiiv ami lueolouy. 
I'uoK. N. S. Sii.M.KK. of Harvard, has lately lieeii ai)pointed 
|)ean of the liawreiice Scicntilic School of th.it university, rin 
JM'of. ('lia|iliii. resiuned. 
Mn. W . -1. U.vi.DWiN. an iiistnictor in the .N| icliiua" .MiniiiLi 
Sch(»ol. has Iteeii a[)|)oiiite(l professor of niiiiiiiii' eii;::iiieeriii;^ at the 
rniversity of Illinois. 
\V. |{. .Xl'lM.Kin. of New York, has lieeii a|)pointed niiniiii: en 
<rineer in the school of mines in the I 'ni\ crsity of .Nlinnesota. 
yiw. .\\nis K. Wooiiw.VKii. of SoineiA ille. .^lass.. a yonno- i^eol- 
oiiist of mncli promise, died, after a short illness, of pneiinionia. 
jit Castle. .Montana. Septt'inher ISth. ajred 2li years. He was eii- 
irn<i('d last veai' on the ( leoloiiical Siirvey of .Missouri, and his 
most important pnlilished work api)ea!-s in l>nlletin No. ."1 of that 
Snrvey. issued last heccmliei'. on 'I'he .>Iineial Watersof Henry. 
St. Clair, .lohiisoii and Ueiitoii Counties. IJesides the descrip 
live text, this report izives twcl\c analyses of Missouri waters. 
e.Mch of whicli was conducted in diiplicatc. 
I'lioK. .1. I-'. W'l l.l.l A MS. OK CoUNKI.I. I'ni \K1!SI1 ^ . died .-It Ithaca. 
N. v.. on No\. ^. of malarial fexcr. the ltci'iiis of which he 
lirouiilit from the malarial reuioiis of .\ikansas. His a^ic "as i".i 
years. His rejxn't on the petroura|)liy of the crystalline rocks of 
.\rk:insas is soon !<• lie pnhlished l»y the state snrvey. .\ more 
extendeil sketch of him will appear in a siilisccpieiit iinmliei- of 
the C Ko|.o(;is|-. 
I'mok. C. S. Wilkinson, •in k ( io\Ki{N\i kni- ( i koi.ohis r of .New 
South Wales, died ;it S\diie\ the liMrd of .Viii-iist. ;it the a^c of 17 
I'ltOK. I*. llKI!I!Ki:r C.SKl'KNIKK. oK IviON Co|,I.K<.K. Klliilaild. 
died ()<-t. -Jl. 1S!»1. at the .a-i-e of :\\\ v«'ars. 
