* Astronomy

At Sauguis, France, at 2:30 A. M., September 7, 1868, a meteor emitting a pale green light traversed the sky and broke up, leaving a faint, whitish cloud which lasted for some time. The disappearance of this cloud was succeeded by a noise as of thunder, followed by three or four loud detonations, which were heard over a wide area. The inhabitants of Sauguis heard in addition to these noises a sound like that produced by quenching hot iron in water and a dull thud. A stone weighing about 4 pounds was found to have fallen in the bed of a small stream where it was broken to fragments.
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