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Kansas City, September, 1891. 
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EXriST. 139 
New Fossils. 
An advance sheet from the 17ih report of 
the Geological Survey of the State of In- 
diana just received, contains desciiptions of 
many new fossils found in Missouri, four 
s[)ecies found at Kansas City, by Sid J. Hare 
have been named in honor of him; they are 
Eupachycrinusharii, Pleurotomaria harii, 
Qrthoceras harii and Schizodus harii. This 
adds four more species to our list of K. C. 
fossils. 
The Public Healtli Assceiati^ii. 
The American Public Health Association 
includini,^ the territory of the United States 
Canada and iMexico, will hold its 19tli An- 
nual Meeting at Kansas Cty, Mo., and Kan- 
sas City, Kans., during October 20th to 5:3d 
inclusive. 
The following topics have been selected by 
the committee for consideraticn. 
(1.) Sanitary construction in house archi- 
tecture 
(3.) Railroad sanitation, 
(3.) Meat supplies, 
(4.) Milk supplies of cities, 
(5.) Arsenical papers and frabrics. 
(6.) Isolated hospitals for infectious dis- 
eases in Cities 
Dr. E. E. Lewis, of Kansas City, Mo., 
has charge of local arrangements and under 
his management, no doubt the meeting will 
be one of considerable importance. 
The Inter-State Fair. 
The Annual Inter State Fair and Exposi- 
tion will be held on the grounds of the Ex- 
position Driving Park, Kansas City, Mo., 
October 3rd to the llih 1891. $:J0,0G0 in 
p- emiums have been offered. 
The Natural History department will be 
in charge of Hon. Sevi Chubbock of Colum- 
bia. 
Premiums to the amount of $14G and 
three diplomas are offered in the depart- 
ment. 
The following are some of the objects on 
