News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-16
Worlds Fair Notes.

West Virginia will erect a 100000
building at the Exposition.
The Manhattan Yacht Club of New
York has applied for space for an eX-
hibit illustrative of yachting inter-
ests.
Forty-three mineral producing coun-
ties in Georgia. Alabama and Ten
nessee, in a convention of more than
100 delegates, held at Chattanooga,
Tenn, have decided TO make n tri-
state exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
Illinois has appropriated 10000
| for its exhibit at the Exposition. IL
will erect an immense building cost
ing about $350,000, and endeavor
to make the most complete exhibit of
any of the states. The State Board
of Agriculture has charge of the mat
| ter.
Chief Buchanan has sent out let
ters to all of the state boards ot ag-
riculture advising them as to the de-
sign of the proposed forestry build
inc. The building will be about 200
by 500 feet, and will occupy n com
manding position on the lake shore.
1t will be designed TO illustrate in It's
Prof. Halsey G.. Ives, chief Of the de-
partment Of fine arts, went TO Europe
about July l i'm the interest OF the
Exposition. He will visit the various
art ceuters with view of establish
ino friendly relations with artists
and intending art exhibitors, and OF
,, furnishing them all desired informa-
ton relating to the exposition.
/ NJ. .Proust, whom the French World S
3 Fair commission selected TO he d.
{ rector of the French art exhibit at
, the Worlds Columbian Exposition,
: held n similar position at the late
5 Paris exposition, and is unquestion-
4 ably eminently fitted for the place.
/ In speaking of the selection, Director
e G.. l.. Hutchinson, chairman OF the
v Exposition committee on fine arts
3 said "No better man for the place
could have been found in all Europe.
An Englishman wants TO sell apor-
trait of Columbus TO the Worlds Co
n lumbian Exposition for $4,000.
;. The portrait, il isclaimed, was paint
e ed by Chevalier Antonio Moro about
d 1870 from miniature OF Columbus
d painted from life especially for Queen
l. isabella, and which is still i'm the pos
It session of the royal family of Spain
'e The frame OF the picture, which whs
A. made at the same period eportral'
m was painted, is an intricate mass O
)r carving and gliding, showing Colum
n bus coat-ofarms and theimplement
ne of maratime warfare of that time.
" construction and arrangement TIN
- = forestry wealth of the world. Ih'
~ architecture is of a rustic character
- and will make beautiful effect, :
" feature will be the wide colonnad'
'o along the front of the building an'
across either end. The supporting
columns of this colonnade will b
trunks of trees with the bark ON
10 renresenting the characteristic wood
~. ofthe United States. This will no
a. only add to the unique beauty oI th
IN structure. but will furnish the state
nt an oppurtunity to show specimens q
Il, their trees. These tree trunks will b
,re twenty-five feet long, about twent
,it inches i'm diameter at the base, "a
in pering gradually to the top. Fac
lilo trunk will have attached to IL "A tai
ha LET on which will be engraved th
~ name of the state furnishing It, th
II name of the tree, and the estimat
.bt of the quantity of such timber in tl
.be state or territory. Chief Buchana
,ie asks each state board OF ngrioultu
lO send on three Of such tree trunks