, 1886-07-14
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

The sheriff of johnson county had con-
siderable difficulty in finding Jurors for the
recent term OF court.
The officers at Fort Mckinney are wear
ing mourning Tor Mai. Devices, of the
9th cavalry, lately deceased.
The movement of 10. 1000 head of cattle
to Montana and the Northwest territory,
by the Powder River Cattle company, will
make a difference OF range room Tor one
season only, as hat company's herd of
1000 will be moved from Rawhide, this
county, to the home ranch next season.
Buffalo Echo.
The class of emigrants finding their way
into johnson county this year seem to be
possessed Of considerable means-at least
enough to enable them to go ahead and
prepare for themselves comfortable homes.
There are no poor people among them,
and nearly all bring from fifty to 200 head
OF cattle to start with in their new homes.
Big Horn Sentinel.
In order to perform the work required
by law to be accomplished by the first of
August. County Surveyor Menardi placed
four civil engineers in the field who, with
their assistants, have been surveying the
irrigating bitches of johnson county. Two
hundred and t%wenty-six main bitches,
owned by 1913 different persons, have
thus been surveyed at n cost Of SO, 100.
The work on Powder river and in the No
Wood country will entail an additional
expense Of 81 000.-BuDalo Echo.
The university commissioners, on Sat
urday afternoon, decided finally upon the
ayurf lncatton nf tho L,,ll,.u -. IL. -.
they have secured and it is believed that
no one will question the wisdom of the
choice. The board expected to sign the
contract for the construction OF the univsr-
slty with Cook x Callahan to-day and as
Engineer Bellamy has already driven the
stakes marking the site of the same, work
will probably begin this week. 1t is
thought that there will be no trouble in
having the building enclosed before win
ter sets in and that it can be entirely
completed in time for a term during the
first months of the coming year. The
commissioners are working with zeal and
energy and will be ably seconded by
Messrs. Cook x Callahan so that there is
no danger of unnecessary delay from any
source in the erection of this important
institution. The funds are provided for,
and the territorial university OF Wyoming
will be in condition to receive students in
a very few months. -Ldramie Boone
rang.
1.-THE Big Horn Sentinel is by no means
fulsome in its adulation of the johnson
county aspirant for the g%overnorship, as
the following extract shows: George
I. Beck. Of Beckton, at the earnest
solicitations of his many friends, etc. e.
has come before the citizens of John
son county with a petition praying the
president to appoint him to the Office of
chief executive of Wyoming. The petit
ton in question has been rather numer-
ously signed by the people to whom it has
been presented regardless Of party afilia-
tions, and il we thought Mr.. Beck could
fill the position. in the event of his ap-
pointment, to the satisfaction of the peo-
pie of the territory, we would be among
the very last to work in opposition to his
desire. Beck has been a resident of
johnson county for the past six years; his
business venture have proven in almost
every instance failures, a fact which must
be weighed in connection with the position
to which he %aspires, and Judging from
that alone, those familiar with his affairs
cannot otherwise but agree with us that it
is a mistake to urge upon thee1president
his appointment to/ gubernatorial