Mohave County miner., 1892-01-02
woniss Fair Astss.

Theodore Thomas has been confirmed
~ musical director of the Exposition.
Madagascar will have sn exhibit oi its
resources and products at the Exposition.
Ceylon has sent. through Sir Henry
Wood, = request for spAce upon which 70
build tea house.
Ladies' auxillery committees have bsen
orxAnised ia tifty-tivs counties in Penn
sylvsniA. and are at work TO secure fne
showing oi womsu's work.
Mr.. SAllus, an artist Of Ecuador, will
execute especially for the Worlds Fair
two paintings. one scenic painting Of
ChimborAso and the other liie-siss por-
trait VI Colambas.
II has been decided that all goods man.
afSctn.ed in foreign countries must be
entered, il at Ill. ss foreign exhibits, even
though the capital of the manufacturing
concerns has been furnished by Amer.
cans
MedusAline, new composition design.
I'd ~ Substitute Tor brick aud building
stone. has been adopted for the sidewalks
and driveways in the Exposition grounds
Tho price is 6,s cents per square foot.
The jewelers. Of H.nau, the gres. law
slry center Of Germany. have decided to
make united exhibit at the Fair. Mem.
bers Of the Association have received
great encouragement from the Imperial
Government.
The great do,ne Of tbs administration
building. which will be the most conspic-
uous architectural feature ot the Exhibi-
ton. and the four smaller domes, will be
covered with aluminium bronze, newly
discovered smslgam, which 10 said to
glisten brighter than gold The contract
Tor gliding the do,nes hss been let for
$4,000.
According 70 conservative estimates by
those who have given the subjec, great
deal Of stniy, the average daily attend.
snce at the Exposition will be upward Of
l5O, 100. II is believed that On some days
the attendance will reach more than
4O0,0O0-the approximate number who
visited the Paris Exposition Of 1889 on its
last day.
The monster Manufacturers and Liber- |
81 Arts building requires more than 2OO
car loads Of lumber, or 100000 feet, for
its flooring alone, and Ave car loads Of
nails to fasten il down. Three electric |
saws are kept running night and day |
saving and sizing the flooring. Twenty
buildings the SIRE Of the Auditorium, or |
1000 buildings % by SO. could stand on
this mxmmsth floor.
The supreme court Of California has |
affirmed the constitutionslity Of the act OF
the legislature sppropriAting 500, 900 for
maintaining California exhibit At the
Words Columbian Exposition at Chica- |
90 In 1893. This viii enable the Califor-
MA commission to 20 to work At once to |
make preparations for the Worlds Fair
and TO insure California's beiny adeqnA- |
tsly represented =. the great Exposition.
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On the first Of the year q new liquor |
license lag will 20 into effect in Nogales,
Sonora. The new law will Increase the
license over 800 per ceat. Owing 20 the
low license heretofore charged the selling
oi mescal hal become 40 general and in
creased drunkenness to such an extent
as 10 entail the employment Of largely
increased police force to keep the peace.
The object Of the Law is TO stop the indis-
criminate sile Of liquor and confine ii to
fev regular saloons Nogale. Herald.
Tho wheat crop of 1891 is the greatest
10 our history; the tobacco crop is the
greatest, and the cotton crop is equal to
the greatest and the corn crop ia the