Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-08

DeLong came home from Media last
Sunday where he had gone to attend a
district Sunday school convention, hav-
ing been taken sick there so that he
could not help In the convention. 1t |
was not known until Tuesday that he |
had the smallpox altho he had been sick
in bed for three days. His son Henry
would not have had to be quarantined
but he decided to stay at home and take
care OF his father who has now reached
the age of GO years.
Nevada.
Ten families moved out of the Red
Eagle school district just west of Me-
vada on or about the first of March and
an equal number moved in. This in
stance Illustrates in some measure the
Unusual amount of moving that has
been going on in Story county this year,
I says the Representative. There
were eighty three deeds filed with the
county recorder in the week that in
cluded the first of March. the total of
1.-the considerations being $279,46U.4S,
nearly all for farm property.
4 Davenport.
l IsidlItA red uts tile young OdVeIipOIS
Inventor, has been spending few days
| with old friends in the city, and left on
| Tuesday evening for his home in Grand
1 island. 8Neb. His typewriter machine for
sending telegraph messages is per-
4 fected, and he is considering proposals
/ for disposing of it to one of the leading
L thus dispose of the machine, he and
facture it, He has it fully covered by
|Yatents, and demonstrations given IN
lsChicago and Omaha have proved that
4 the Iearne printing telegraph will sup
plant the old system.
Iowa City.
George Powell, photographer living
4 CT Davenport street, has applied for let
4 tiers patent on an invention which is a
4 sumner. 1t is what will be termed a
4 fire lighter and It will prove a boon to
the servant girl. Instead of getting up
and lighting the Kitchen fire Mr.. Pow
ellis inventive genius will permit her 10
lie III bed until the tea kettle shall sing
Iand arouse her peaceful slumbers. The
4 invention is an attachment to connect
with an alarm clock. All the servant
i girl will have to do who uses it Will be
10 arrange her kitchen fire ready for
! lighting, setting the clock to the time
! she wishes to have the fire lighted.
4 When the alarm goes off next morning
ia row of matches will become ignited
4 aud that settles it.
q LeMars.
A Robert Long lost a valuable jersey
cow in a peculiar manner on Saturday
4 night The animal was on the farm of
Mike Cannon, south OF LeNfars. Dur
u ing the high wind on Saturday even
II ing a. straw stack was blown over on
&! top of the COW and she was smothered.
Il Mr.. Cannon narrowly missed losing a
Invaluable bull in the same manner as
il I'll e animal was buried in straw. but had
"A Just managed to keep space Wide
enough open thru which his nostrils
SIlrortuded. Another case of
smallpox is reported at the Frank
81 Isarker home in Lincoln township.
rnaking four cases in all up to this time
IN their household the baby having con-
l,racted the malady just as the elder
Z members of the family have recovered
8 Andrew.
rlsnelius, residing near Andrews, Jackson
s1ASNo s-A y " l'Stt
\ in a small cave oil the remains Of sorn'
+ sort of carniverous animal. Up to tn,
: present time only, the bones Of the heae
: have been exhumed and they WERE
brought to this city last week, and have
: been Photographed by NJ. j. Streusel
and will be sent to the Smithsonian In
Z stitute TO see If the professors of tfa'
institute can name the animal 10 which
:. they belong. The bones of the heat
measure fully a foot in Length. the up
per jaw containing two large tusks a
tne front and four teeth; the lower jaw
+ las two tusks about two inches II
i length and five teeth the longest o
. Which is about one and a half inches II
/ length on its face. A smaller skull bon'
e q. the same sort of animal was ais,
a found in the cave. The bones hav'
e. been seen by nun Der of people, bu
: 10 one has as yet been able to offer ever
I a suggestion as to what animal they be
longed. Mr. Cornelius says the opening
Etc the cave is very small barely larg,
enough to allow a mans body to pas:
!. thru, but where the bones were fount
:. lis quite a large room and man car
easily stand erect. He expects to dis
out more of the bones which are i'm
: bedded in the earth and will try to keel
: them intact.