298 DAVENrORT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Crossett, John L. Zoeckler, Paulo Roddewig, J. J. Richardson, Ed- 

 ward C. Roberts, Thomas lies, Jr., Harry Yollmer, Jr., Charles E. 

 Harrison, Dr. W. H. Barris, Miss Bessie Ballord, Miss Nellie Leonard, 

 James T. Robinson of Rock Island. 



On motion a lecture committee was appointed, consisting of Chas. 

 Francis, Dr. C. H. Preston, C. A Ficke, Charles E. Harrison, and E. 

 M. White. 



April 28, 1899 — Regular Meeting. 



President Francis in the chair ; six members present. 



The Curator reported the following gifts to the Museum : 



From Capt. Hall, purchased from the Mound Fund, nearly 100 

 flint implements. From Mrs. Alice Hornby, a large, thick mass of 

 petrified wood, preserving peculiarities of structure. Its upper surface 

 is capped with layers of pure anthracite coal a few inches in thickness 

 and this in turn is encrusted with a silicious deposit preserving and 

 protecting the coal in place. Also a well preserved specimen of the 

 bone of some extinct animal, most probably the elephant, converted 

 into stone. It seems to be the entire top of the articulating surface 

 of the humerus. Both specimens are from western Nebraska, having 

 been sent from Valentine. 



Prof. Frederick Starr's paper, " Ethnography of Southern Mexico," 

 was read by title and referred to Publication Committee. 



July 28, 1899 —Regular Meeting. 



President Francis in the chair ; seven members present. 

 The Curator reported additions to the Museum for three months as 

 follows : 



From W. H. Barris, a fine specimen of the crustacean known as 

 Euripterus remipcs of DeKay, from the waterlime group of New York, 

 Black Rock, N. Y.; also a fish from the tertiary of Mount Herman, 

 Palestine. From Prof. J. A. Udden, three bottles of diatom bearing 

 earth, the first from under the loess on the farm of W. B. Verick in 

 Cedar township, Muscatine county, Iowa ; the second from under 

 trees at Davenport; the third from under the loess three miles north 

 of Wapello, Louisa county, Iowa. From Miss Clara Holmes, a num- 

 ber of books, a large glass bell case, and a Cupid drawn on a spiderweb. 



The Library is indebted to C. E. Harrison for 56 pamphlets, his- 

 torical works on Iowa. 



It was moved and carried that the newly acquired building be re- 

 shingled, the same to be paid for out of the first available funds. 



