Show A remarkable DISCOVERY the tn kansas of hie remains of a fossilized aca pent Elli worta kao ellsworth county furnishes a now contribution to natural history in the shape of alio remains of a fassih iced sea serpent of the pro historic period tho discovery was made three miles of wilson tho other day by sir sylvester while slowing preparatory to opening a stone quarry having turned over what lie supposed was a piece of petrified wood nearly four feet in length but which proved to belong to the animal kingdom further was made following up oilier pic cesin continuity variety in length from one to three feet until thirty six feet in all were secured not until the head was exhumed was the character of the monster apparent no one seeing ho reconstructed segments of the snake placed in their natural order con for a moment doubt the genuineness of lie discovery tho remains were found only a few indies below the surface with a thin layer of earth between hem and the underlying rock the length of tho head is seventeen inches width of head eleven greatest thickness of body about one foot the line of demarcation between tho upper anil lower jaws the head and taper of the neck all look serpentine the pi isago of tho through alio neck as well as that of ahr alimentary canal some fifteen feet further on in alie body is clearly alo outline of the backbone 14 distinctly seen in a number of the sections composing tho remains somo of the larger vertebrae are four inches across and it about the uvedis edis tanco between the vertebral spaces or comparatively speaking they are tho size of the vertebra of n large livorse A portion of tho caudal cx borne ten or fifteen fo otis missing having been removed by a previous quarryman so that the original length of the monster wa probably fifty feet hitherto geology contains nothing in the record of fossilization remaina hence kansas contributes to paleontology a new specimen for deny the existence of iboa alio fact that with monster Sau rians hero monster so that the cn and whole crews of willora may not longer bo doubted ss to tho actual of them now it will lo 10 placed on exhibition at alio ellworth county fair this week where the public M ill have an opportunity of acing it fashionable aielts for ladies anro tiow made of alligator they match charmingly with canko bracelets and bugs on bonnet ben lowe A circus acrobat stood on liia head for two hours in a bar on a anger and alio feat brought on a brain ft from which h diol aay baites |