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Show Diocese of tfbeyenne. CHEYENNE. The capitol commission selected for the governor's mansion two lots offered by J. A. Van Orsdel and Andrew Clark, at the corner of Twentieth and House streets. Two large frame houses at present occupy the site, but will be at once removed. a. vj. Ed F. Fay, a foreman in the Union Pacific shops, was taken to Omaha Sunday to enter St. Jaseph's hospital. Two months ago one of his legs was broken by the fall of a driving box. The bone has persistently refused to heal. .-; The Wyoming Louisiana Purchase fair commission and the industrial executive ex-ecutive committee held a joint meet-nig meet-nig and laid plans for the Wyoming exhibit at the fair. Sub-committees from each county were appointed to prepare exhibits. Tt was decided not to have a AVyoming building, but to use all available money Ln making the exhibit as complete and extensive ' as possible. The" following departments were created and their heads appointed: appoint-ed: Mines and mining. Professor H. C. Beeler, state geologist; agriculture. Professor Avon Nelson, head of the state experiment farm; livestock, Robert Rob-ert H. Homer; oils. Dr. F. Salathe of Casper: fish and game; education. Professor Pro-fessor Roberts of the state university. An invitation was received from London, announcing that a display of American products will be made in the Crystal palace during the coronation. An exhibit will be sent over. . - Since the oil excitement began at Boulder and Debeque, over forty oil companies have filed articles of incor-pora incor-pora tion in the office of the secretary of state here. None of the companies contemplate operating in AVyoming. i. ... Two carloads of Wyoming bred cattle last week topped the Chicago market. They were, bred on the Horse creek ranch of W. J. Kelly and shipped by him to the farm of his father, near Kellogg. Ia., where they were fed and then sent to 'Chicago. The shipment brought 7 cents a pound straight through. |