Ferguson, James

astronomer; born in Perth shire, Scotland, Aug. 31, 1797; became a resident of New York in 1800. He was made a istant civil engineer on the Erie Canal (1817); afterward employed in various surveys. During his service as a istant astronomer at the U. S. Naval Observatory, he discovered the asteroids Euphrosyne, Virginia, and Echo. The Academy of Science of France awarded him the astronomical prize medal in 1854, and again in 1860. He contributed to several journals and magazines Died Sept. 26, 1867. Fernandez de Castro, MANUEL, geologist, born at Madrid, Spain, Dec. 25, 1825; graduate of the School of Mines, Madrid (1844); subsequently travelled and made a study of the railroad systems of various countries, his system of railroad signals having since been widely adopted. He was made profe or in the Madrid School of Mines, and elected to the Spanish Senate to represent the Cuban province of Santa Clara. The gov ernment published his La electric i dad y los caminos de hierro; and he has published a treatise on hurricanes, and many geological papers. Fer'now, BERNHARD EDWARD, forester, born Jan. 7, 1851, in Inowraclaw, province of Posen, Pru ia; studied at the Forest Academy of Münden and the University of Königsberg, making a specialty of forestry and law; was employed by the government in its forestry department; engaged in the Franco-German War, and came to the U. S. in 1876, where he was made (1886) head of the forestry division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He has published numerous reports, bulletins and addre es. Fern'wood, in Illinois , a suburb of Chicago, 12 m. S. of Madison St., annexed to the city in November, 1890; on Chis. & E. III. R. R. Pop . (1890) 818. Fern'wood, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Delaware co., 42 m. W. of Philadelphia, on Phil., Wilm. & Balt. R. R.; has a cotton mill and woollen mill. Pop . (1890) 612.