Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-12
Northern Io,ua Items

435 copies of the facsimiles have been
published. The Cornell copy is num-
bered 21S, and the university is the
only other institution in the state to
receive a copy. There are only two
other manuscripts, Of the gospels which
compete with this one for age. 1t seems
to have. been copied about 400 A. d. in
northern Egypt, to have been kept in
a Coptic monastery and displayed as a
sacred relic, and to have been pre-
served in the ruins of this monastery.
1t was bound in book form with heavy
board covers. The leaves are CT sheep
skin parchment.
Cedar Falls.
At meeting Tuesday. of the board
of supervisors, it was voted to carry on
experiments at the county farm this
summer. A dozen samples of corn.
grown in the county. have been secured
and will be given thorough test to
determine the best kind suited to the
soil conditions of the county. The Black
Hawk Crop Association will have
charge Of the planting and harvesting
and the best strain and highest produc-
ing variety will be put out to the farm
ers at cost by the association. Profess
sor Burger, of the local association. is
doing a grand work and his efforts are
appreciated by the farmers. who take
great interest in the work.
Waterloo.
A letter received by Peter Mayrelis
from Greece tells of the assassination
of Archbishop Hersostom, Greek
Catholic divine in the city Of Smyrna
by the Turks out OF pure hatred for the
christian religion. To avenge the death
Of their religious leader bond Of Greek
sailors on board the "Krafncs." de-
stroy, sailed into the bay Of Smyrna
bombarded the town OF Vourda. occu-
pied by the Turks, killed fifty Moslems
and wounded 200 others. The informa
est epistle that principally Of the fight
tory nature. the Greeks contenting
Turks here and there.
Eidora.
Nels Shovel. who lives in this city.
but who owns fine farm in Grundy
county, shot a large American eagle
on his property some ten miles east
of Eldora. The bird had been noticed
about the farm on several occasions
and attempts had been made to Sc
cure it alive, but in this he was un-
successful. However. his son. who is
something Of an expert in the use Of
a gun. got an opportunity to shoot the
bird and did SO. The bird Is of the
American eagle specie and magnifi-
cent one it Is, measuring six feet and
ten inches from one out-stretched wing
to the other. The bird in color is of a
grayish- brown and perhaps had reach
ed the age Of so years.
Waterloo.
Now that the state legislature Of Iowa
has decided that Iowa can not afford
to accept the invitation of the trustees
Of the Pacific Panama exposition to be
held in San Francisco in 1916 to appro-
pirate $4,000 for an Iowa building, the
manufacturers OF Waterloo have united
in a petition to the legislature to per-
init Waterloo to accept the invitation
with the understanding that this city
will raise every cent Of the cash and
will have building erected that will be
credit to the entire state. This ac-
ton was taken at meeting of the
Waterloo manufa cturers which meeting
was called by William Galloway and w.
w. Marsh. The proposition met with
hearty endorsement Of all present and
the petition to the legislature was
drawn and Is now on its way to the
le1islafure at Dies Moines