| Show the eclipse thousands of people witnessed the partial eclipse of the son tuesday afternoon smoked plass w as in preat demand though at one timo the eon could be seen with the naked e e without any injurious effect A shadow creeping face of tin s orb first became visible at one edge about 2 p m and gradually increased until it MS thought the eclipse would bo total but after two full ligoure of partial darkness the BUD assumed 18 usual brightness during the darkness the sno f trees houses and every tiling within of vision took upon itself a hu ennd a peculiar sensation filled of hinso who bitnes ed it when the shadow gradually disappeared and took upon themselves A more familiar aspect a bense of relief was expressed as the phenomenon hail been watched with groat interest and esen suspense from a gentleman connected etli the utah A northern who was in rocatella yesterday lest erday we learn eliat the eclipse of the bun at ahat point as a grand there wag not a cloud or speck of mist in the sky the air n as clear and cold and everything to he best roh sible results totality took place at 3 p m at which time it vi as very sjirk aud cold the obscuration continuing for just one minute A number of pe pie went to blackfoot on an excursion for the purpose of obtaining a longer view but they could not have dorit much better etian was done at biome ds nothing could luve been anoro perfect or left leas to ba desired A great many scientific people it Is understood ent to california nevada and we believe to montana but we bavo bieard ot but one emissary from any source going to idaho for that purpose is that had others known how fine it was to bo they would not tuve liken tha p ains to go so far the alt of totality at foca tello was presumably miles wide that place being about one third of the way across from this abde no view in idaho was more than 50 secondi longer than eliat at pocatello and in any part of montana it was much less 1 I tie predictions concerning the eclipse reflect grait credit epou alie methods and scientific attainments of american astronomers not one of their even to the minutest particular went astray or wide of the mark they are great men in this great age |
