The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-09
OITY INTELLIGENCE.
{ For Additional City intelligence see Third PageI

The ELECTIoN-A HEAVY VoTE BEING
CAST The PROBABLE RESULT IN THE CITY. 1t is
SO dom that have enjoyed an election day in lis
city which has been barren of incidents as to-day
thus lar. IL was 0ppreheOded that there would be
some dissatisfaction !, not serious trouble, on &C
closing the polls, but everybody appears to be as
Vood-naturod as may be over the matter.
Long before seven o'clock, the hour appointed for
the opening of the polls under the new law nearly
every polling boo In the CITY was surro Inded b.
an eager thTOng, anxiousy awaiting the time. In
many place, the crowd OF anxious voters formed
lines extending to consIde able distances from the
little hole IN the window at which each ono was
aiming.
As Is usual the principal objectl was to determine
the character OF the first vote cast. Each party,
adherents at the head OF the line, aud 1t
was announced that Copper or Loyalty led of the
list, the cIond would break forth nishouts jvers,
according TO the political predictions of its various
oomponents.
The immense crowds of voters surrounding the
polls IS not the only evidence that the vote 10 be
cast o-0ay wi be perhaps heavier than before.
custom which in late years has ,ael somew hat
into dIsuse Is being revived in many quarters. The
leaders of the two great parties sending around
the town their carriages covered with placards, and
gathering up the halt aud infrm, both in body aud
mind, TO transport them to the point where their
individual existence Will tell something towards de.
Gliding the fate Of the nation and of the "hum oieD
individual at its head
At this writing it 49, of course impossible TO give
any reliable data on which to base calculation OF
the result, But we see no reason Whatever for
changing the opinion which we have en- ertained
from the INST which is that General GearY wi / go
between 1900 and Is, ,OOO
In our next edition shall give a tabular state.
time OF going to press Car it will be possible to
obtain relab returns By that time it Is expec ted
that the result will be clearly Indicated.
How THE LADIES VoTED.-While our
nobe Repub lean friends were rolling up an i'm
mense majority for General Geary at the polls our
mothers, wives, daughters, isteis aunts, nieoes
ana cousins were quietly voting at home. They
were voting in favor OF using only DoBBINs ELEC.
p, nf fhn
need not exp9tate upon the merits of tn sapona-
ceous compound here. Are they not fully recorded
on the eighth page OF The EVENING IELESRAPH
to-day There are many respectable endorse.
ments that we need scarcely mention our OWE. We
say, however, emphatically, that it is the best
article known to the world for washIng that 1t is
considered Indspens able by every lady know,
and that Its use Is rapidly becoming universal This
rs not surprising, when we remember tlat DoBBINs'
ELECTRIC SOAP is manufactured from the very best
mater ais, by experienced factors, according to
DoBBINs' ELECTRIC SOAP does away with all
Superhuous manipulatonsln III washing clothes With
very little rubbing, articles re thoroughly
ceansed 1t thus saves laDoI and economies m the
matter OF apparel.
DoBBINs' ELECTRIC SOAP is cheap pound
of 1t costs but little more Than ordinary brown
soap, yet actual test shows that one pound OF Don
BINS ELECTRIC SOAP goes as far as ten pounds Of
any oIher SdpOnQceOuS preparation.
Look at these beautiful pIc,ure' on the eighth
page Of Of this paper , toGay Read the certificates,
ou can buy at any grocer, store
A WATCH THIEF.-A colored man named
John A. Evans was arrested this morning for che
larceny OF watch. the property of Mr.. A. Meyers
MIR. Meyers teslhes that he was standing in South
street below E ghth street. when the prisoner ac-
costed him and asked If he had watch Mr. Meyers
replied that he had and handed it to HIM The
would te thief put it in his pocket, and coolly
walked Off
The statement of Evans slightly contradcts this
He alleges that Mr.. Mevers came to his ,ister's
house and wanted TO sell the watch. III sister had
gold watch, and went up stairs and brought il
down. The pr soper wanted to trade and Wouio
Plve something to boot. He thouqht that he had
stolen It, SO when ne met him he got the watch and
handed IT to policeman
The owner followed, and told the police officer to
arrest HIM for stealing the watch he officer then
took him in charge and brought him before Alder
man McMulin who held him to answer In DEFAULT
OF $500 bail.