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Show . The Museum. This ' institution keeps adding to its attractsons daily, and is fast becoming one of the ' most interesting features of the Territory; indeed of the Rocky Mountains. Strangers Stran-gers passing through .: examiue with eagerness the collection of native specimens speci-mens animate and inanimate, 'now at the institution; and can there obtain a better idea of the mineral resources of the Territory than they could from traveling over a large portion of its surface. sur-face. The mineral specmens are becoming be-coming very numerous, fromjthe' various vari-ous mining districts; and so are fossil remains from different parts of the Territory. The Museum1 and Menage-re Menage-re has grown faster than its friends hoped it would do, which all interested in it will be glad to know; still, room for a large number of specimens can yet be made, and we hope contributions to it will continue to flow in freely. |