Connecticut Platforms 18-23 21, 24 Pennsylvania Plat- 21, 24 Customs Receipts. 41 Population U. S. Delaware Platform.. 23 Post Office appropria Democratic Platforms. 22.25 tions.... Distilled Spirits Tax... Domestic Exports U.S. 46 on, 1876-84. Estimates and Appro Public Land receipts... priations 43 Rhode Island Senato Expenditures U. S.. 41 46 Fermented LiquorsTax 40 Foreign Immigration.. 47 Foreign Intercourse rial Election.. Expenses.. Foreign Vessels, trade in.. 46-47 Fortification Appropri tions.. 42 Gold and Silver Produc tion in World.. 31 Gold and Silver Pro duction in U. S. 48 21, 25 Legal Tender" notes. Massachusetts Plat. New-York State Gov- 41 Senatorial Elections... Specie imports and ex- Election Returns From every State and Ter. ritory which voted in 1886 in alphabetical order, with a statement of the result, on Representatives in Congress, on each State officer chosen, and on the political complexion of each branch of the Legislature. All these re84 sults are compared with the like results ascertained two 20 100 49 25 42 or four years ago, In CON NECTICUT the vote on the new Senators chosen is given by aggregates in each district, 42 and the vote on Governor by towns and counties. In NEW. 50 41 JERSEY, the vote on Senators and Congressmen is given by aggregates in each district, and the vote on Governor is given by towns and counties. In NEW-YORK, the vote on 41 Assemblymen is given by districts, and on the Associate Justice by towns and counties; and in New York City, and in Brooklyn and Kings County there are detailed votes by Assembly Districts on all important local offices 25 filled. 24 48 Territorial Delegates.. 82 Vermont Platforms.. FOR 1887. ECLIPSES. In the year 1887 there will be four eclipses, two of the Sun and two of the Moon. I.-A partial eclipse of the Moon, February 8, visible in the United States and also in the Pacific Ocean and part of Asia. Beginning of eclipse. 4:14 a. m.; middle, 5:22 a. m.; end, 6:30 a.m., Eastern standard time. Magnitude of eclipse=0.435 (Moon's diameter=1). II.-An annular eclipse of the Sun, February 22, invisible in the United States. The eclipse will be visible in the South Pacific Ocean. The path of the annular phase begins south of Australia and ends on the west coast of South America in latitude 20° south. III. A partial eclipse of the Moon, August 3, invisible in the United States; visible in the Eastern Hemisphere. Magnitude of eclipse=0424. (Moon's diameter = 1.) IV. A total eclipse of the Sun, August 18, invisible in the United States; visible in Europe and Asia. The path of totality begins west of Berlin, passes over that city and Konigsberg, crosses Russia a little to the north of Moscow, passes over Asia in a southeasterly direction, and crossing Japan near Yeddo, ends in the North Pacific Ocean. The totality will last 3.25 min. Venus in conjunction with the Sun (inferior), September 21; with Mercury, September 15; with Mars, February 9; with Saturn, May 30; with Uranus, November 24; with Neptune, April 15; with Regulus, July 4. Mars in conjunction with the Sun, April 24; with Mercury, February 23, March 15 and May 21; with Venus, February 9; with Neptune, May 27; with Saturn, August 28; with Regulus, October 10. Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun, November 8: with Mercury, November 22 and December 4; with Alpha (2) Libræ, October 26. In opposition, April 21. Saturn in conjunction with the Sun, July 18; with Mercury, June 20; with Venus, May 30; with Delta Geminorum, February 6. In opposition, January 9. Mercury in conjunction with Uranus, September 24; with Neptune, May 23; with Regulus, August 31; with Spica Virginis, September 30. Sun in Perigee, January 2; in Apogee, July 2. PLANETS BRIGHTEST. Mercury, March 5, July 1, October 27, setting just after the Sun; also April 17, August SOUTHINGS OF THE PLANETS. The four planets, Venus, Mars. Jupiter and Saturn, will cross the meridian of Washington-or south-on the 1st and 15th of each month, as below, in Washington mean time. The same figures will be substantially correct for any other meridian in the United States: Planet. January. hr. m. Venus, 1st.... 0 350 p. m. Saturn, 1st.... 0431 a. m. hr. February. August. hr. m. 2514 p. m. 2 25.6 p. m. March. hr. m. 131.9 p.m. 1 39.9 p. m. 3 40.2 a. m. 2 42.5 a. m. 8 304 p. m. 7344 p.m. September. hr. m. April. October. hr. m. May. hr. m. November. hr. m. June. hr. m. 2 57.3 p.m. 3 7.5 p.m. 8 59.9 p. m. 8 2.6 p. m. December. hr. m. 8455 a. m. 847.0 a. m. 355.9 a. m 2 58.7 a. m 7 13.3 a. m 6 45'1 a. m ECLIPSES OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES. In the following table are given the phases of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites visible at Washington, in Washington mean time. numerals, I., II., III., according to their distance from Jupiter. The satellites are represented by the Roman pearance or immersion of the satellite in the shadow of the planet; "Re.," its reappearance. The fourth satellite will not be eclipsed during 1887. "Dis." means the disap |