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Show -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o 1 MOOSE OF aEraiiL l U-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- ! Bishop Nominators Among the Laity of Wyoming. (Special Correspondence.) A subscriber of the Intermountain Catholic residing in Cheyenne, addressed ad-dressed the following to the editor at Salt Lake: "In my perusal of last week's Intermountain Inter-mountain Catholic I noticed the proposal pro-posal of Father Y'ork's name of California Cali-fornia as a possible candidate for the bishopric of Cheyenne, if, in the near I future, the present learned and be-I be-I loved occupant should be transferred j to Sioux City or elsewhere. Now, in my opinion I believe this proposal was prompted by an intention, pure and simple, but with all due deference to the piety, learning and zeal of Father Y'ork. I think it an imposition on the part of episcopal nominators, should they overlook the scholarly, pious and well-informed vicar general of this diocese of Cheyenne, Father Cummi-skey, Cummi-skey, as the best and most worthy candidate for the bishopric. ; "In justice to Father York there is ! no congenial reason why Father Cummiskey should not be the man. For twenty-three long and eventful years he has labored unceasingly among the few scattered Catholics of this diocese, and everywhere is he known as the true priest, the scholar and the gentleman. He has also borne with amazing patience and perseverance persever-ance the many vicissitudes that are concomitant in this diocese, for let it be remembered,, priests coming from the coast cannot be easily resigned to the inclemency of this climate and the fatigues of mountain travel; consequently, conse-quently, let the bishop makers sive us the priest who is accustomed to the climate and surroundings of this diocese. dio-cese. "Another reason why Father Cummiskey Cum-miskey should be the future bishop of this diocese is the fact that for eight years he was the administrator, and during this administration he not only displayed a skill that was admirable, but a diplomacy that was open-hand--ed. and thus he entirely satisfied and pleased all concerned during the interregnum. inter-regnum. I likewise have every assurance assur-ance he is the clergys' and people's choice. "Still wishing your delightful paper a continuance of success. I remain, sincerely, T. YV. I." The regular installment of interesting interest-ing paragraphs which made this i diocesan column so interesting to Wyoming Catholics will not appear until the return of our correspondent to Cheyenne. Will not some member of the Y. M. I. or some bright younsr lady help t; make this department newsy and cheerful in the meantime? William Lewis, the Chicago maestro, has consented to instruct Marie Buchanan Buch-anan in the use of the violin. Miss Buchanan is the daughter of Dr. YV. T. Buchanan of this city. She is nearly near-ly 16 years of age. and has played a violin ever since she was big enough to hold one. Her talent is remarkable j and her playing is a revelation. Pro- I fessor Lewis says that she is second only among women violinists to Maude Powell, whom he instructed and made famous. He says that Miss Buchanan ! is much more advanced in the use of ! the violin than Miss Powell was at her age. and will eclipse her with proper instruction. The population of Laramie county, according to the last census, was 20 JS1. Laramie, Albany, Carbon and Sweetwater counties have a population of 51,309, about 10.000 more than the rest of the counties of. the state combined. com-bined. At the last election these four counties cast a vote of 11.043. or one vote for every four and two-thirds. Louis J. Taylor "of 1C2 East Y'an Buren street. Chicago, is appealing to j the authorities of Wyoming towns for information concerning Jessie and Ethel Scariwoda,- whose father died in YVest Denver in 1878 or 1879. " A broth- i er of the girls recently died, leavin" I them his property, and their location is desired in order that the estate may j be settled up. j Prominent sheepmen in Rawlins say j that a movement is on foot to form a sheep trust to control every sheep ranging rang-ing in Carbon county, over 1,000,000 head. The consolidation is desired by a number of sheepmen on account of the range difficulties which are constantly con-stantly arising. There are enough sheep in the county to occupy every acre of I good range and the smallowners are constantly clashing with their flocks. I If the trust is formed all flocks will be controlled by an executive board and , interests will be pooled, each man receiving re-ceiving an average profit for each head of sheep that he owns. The idea is meeting with favor. |