, 1888-04-13
TWO new COUNTIES.
Commissioners Appointed TO Hold
Elections.
Converse and Sheridan Counties tO
be Organized.
Description of the New Sub DiVis-
sions of Wyoming.

bSisOne lnJuuCtlOuS lulcTieTe, w new
counties will soon be added to the list of
territorial sub divisions. This will be
cheering intelligence to the divisionists
and discouraglng news to those who so
vigorously fought the famous county
bill. THE LEADER has all along held
that the enabling enactment was an oper-
alive statute and was confident that Con-
verse and Sheridan counties would be or
ganized in due time.
The prediction has been verified by the
action of Governor Moonlight in appoint
ing commissioner upon whom will de-
volve the duty Of supervising the first
election in the new counties. These are
Converse-J. K. Calkins, Lusk, editor
of the Herald; J. M. Wilson, Douglas
and E. j. Wells, Glenrock.
Sheridan-Henry Baker, Dayton: Cor
nelius Boulware, Big Horn, and Marion
c. Harris, Sheridan.
His excellency received three petitions
for the appointment of commissioners
from residents of those portions Of AL
bany and Laramie counties which will be
included in Converse, and wisely selected
a name from each list. There was but
one communication from the upper half
of johnson county.
In the enabling act Converse county is
described as follows:
Commencing at the eastern boundary
line of this territory, where the same is
intersected by the forty. third degree ana
thirty minutes of north latitude, and run
ming thence south along the said eastern
boundary line of the territory to the town
ship line between townships thirty and
thirty-one north, and running thence west
along said township line to the eastern
boundary line of the present county of
Albany, and running thence south along
the eastern boundary line to its i~ntersec-
ton with the seventh standard parallel
north, running thence west to the west
ern boundary line of the present county
Of Albany and running thence north along
the western boundary line of the present
county OF Albany to the torty-third degree
and thirty minutes of north latitude, and
running thence east along the forty-third
degree and thirty minutes of north latitude
to the place of beginning.
The southern boundary line of converse
county across Laramie is about one mile
north of Rawhide Buttes and ten miles
south of Lusk. The Northwestern rail-
way traverses the new county from east
to west. Converse county is 100 miles in
width, sixty miles deep above Laramie
county and seventy-two miles deep above
Albany. 1t has three newspapers.
Converse county, when organized, will
become 4 part of the first judicial district,
the baliwick over which Judge Maginnis
now presides.
The big county is to constitute the
eleventh representative district and elect
one member of the house. 1t is also,
with Laramie and Albany counties, a
member of the twelfth district, and thus
becomes entitled to one-third of the time
of another representative in the legisla-
tive body.
Crook and Converse counties are to
constitute the ninth council district, and
will select one member of the upper
house.
As is well known, the towns from
which petitions were sent are aspirants
for the county seat.
Sheridan county, as designated in the
session laws, is all that portion of the
present county OF johnson lying north OF
a line three miles north of
and parallel to the thirteenth standard
parallel north, 1t is more particularly
described as follows:
Commencing at the northeast corner of
Crook county, thence running south along
the western boundary line of Crook county
to a point three miles north of the thir-
teenth standard parallel to the intersection
of the line with the center of the channel
OF the Big Horn river, thence northerly
down the center of the channel of the
stream to the northern boundary line of
the territory, thence easterly along the
boundary line TO the place of beginning.
The new northern subdivision will be
included in the second judicial district.
One representative, the member from
the ninth district. will lift up his voice for
Sheridan county in the house.
Sheridan county will have a Joint coun-
Gilman with johnson.
Dayton, Big Horn and Sheridan are in
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training for the Sheridan county seat
race.
Natrona county, Mr.. Blydenburg's pet,
will be left to care for itself for the pres
ent.
FOR SALE,