Forster, Wilhelm

astronomer, born at Grünberg, in Silesia, Germany, December 16, 1832; studied at Berlin and Bonn, graduating in 1854. After holding the positions of second and first a istant in the Berlin Observatory, he was made profe or extraordinary of astronomy in the University; editor of the A str ono misc hes Jahrbuch, and director of the committee for the introduction of the metric system of weights and measures into Germany. He has contributed scientific papers to various journals, and published the lives of distinguished astronomers. Forsyth ( för - sith '), JOHN, statesman, born at Fred ericks burg, Virginia, in 1780. He graduated at Princeton College, and then commenced the practice of law at August a, Ga., after which he held a seat for many years in Congre . In 1819 he was sent as United States Minister to Spain'; became governor of Georgia in 1827, and was Secretary of State under Jackson and Van Buren (1834-41). Died in 1841. Fort Ke'ough, in Montana, a post-town of Custer co., 5 m. from Miles City. Here is a military post. Pop. (1890) 614. Fort Low'ell, in Arizona, a village of Pima co. Pop. (1890) 545. Fort Meade, in South Dakota, a post-town of Meade co. Pop. (1890) 576. Fort Myers, in Florida , a village (P. O. name, Myers), cap. of Lee co., 18 m. from Gulf of Mexico; has a cannery, lumber mills and an alligator-skin tannery. Pop. about 1,000. Fort Myers, in Virginia , a U. S. military post, in Fairfax co., adjoining the Arlington National Cemetery, opposite Washington, D. C. Fort Payne, in Alabama , a post-town, cap. of DeKalb co., 51 m. S.W. of Chattanooga, on Queen & Crescent R.R. Has a large hardware factory, furnace and rolling mill, stove and ice factories. Pop . (1890) 2,698. Fort Yates, in North Dakota, a post-village of Morton co. Pop. (1890) 511.