The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-10-13
REPUBLIC NEWS.
ELECTION.

The election on Tuesday, passed of
very quietly with q good attendane.
The Republican State ticket received
a majority over the Democratic Of 3j.
The prohibition State ticket received
nine votes. For Congressman, Fosters
majority over Dickinson is 38.-
Seven votes were given for Homer
Brooks, prohibitionist. The prohibit
ton voters were all from the Repub-
lican ranks except one. For member
Of the Board Of Equalization, Titus
has 4 majority OF a over the regular
Democratic candidate, and three
votes were given for John Stinchcomb
PrOhibitionist- On the county ticket
the majOrities are as follows, Kaup
81; Keller, Il; Lewis, 80; Sexton,
80; Republican. Allen Democratic
candidate for Auditor, run 80 ahead
of his ticket, which gives him a ma
jority offs. This last vote shows that
the temperance element is a power
which political conventions should
consider in making nominations.
Stephen Lapham, Independent cand-
idate, was elected Justice of the
Peace by majority of 4, over n. P.
Colwell, the regular nominee and
present incumbent. Both are Repub-
licans.
DIED.
At his residence in Republic,
October, 1lth 1870, after a lingering
Joseph Theodore Ellis, aged
"a years. Mr.. Ellis was brought up
in Clinton township, near Tiffin,
where his father still resides. For the
last Il years he has been an esteemed
citizen Of this town. He leaves a
wife and three children. The funeral
was attended On Wednesday at the
N. E. Church in Republic. Services
by Rev. T. Thompson.
Exploits OF a Drunken Engineer.
The Tallahassee Sentinel relates the
following incident:
The engineer of the freight train on
the Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile
Railroad going west on Wednesday
last-a man named Drew
was so much under the influence of
liquor by the time he reached Bald
win, that the conductor, Mr.. Tuten,
did not consider it safe to allow him
to proceed further, and therefore pro-
cured the services of another engineer,
Drew, however, remaining on the en-
CINE. When the train arrived at San
derson, the acting engineer left the
engine for some purpose, when Drew,
still drunk, cut loose from the train
and put out with the engine at light
ming speed, leaving engineer, fire
man, conductor and all behind. As
he neared Lake City, the section
hands working on the road scattered
pell-mell into the woods, frightened
Out of their wits at the tremendous
speed the engine was running. The
agent at Lake City, when asked about
It, said the engine was running about
100 miles an hour, and there was
nan on board, but ne was certainly
crazy!
Farther west a gentleman saw the
engine pass, but could discover no one
IN her, and said he was very much
alarmed, but presently he saw a hand
20 up, and then he knew there was
'Ome kind of a human on board.
Drew thundered along at this danger
Jus speed until he reached EIlaville,
where he came near colliding with an
eastward bound freight train. The
master maehinist, Mr.. Kennedy, hap
)ened to be here, and ejecting the
maniac engineer from the engine took
,harge of it himself.
Fortunately for Mr.. Tuten, he found !
engine at SandersOn, with |
which he went through to Ellaviile. |
At or near Olustee the body of man |
vas discovered lying on the track, but |
90 late to prevent the train from pas
ing over it and crushing it to pieces.
rhe body proved to be that of Barn |
ION, who, when last seen was wend- |
ng his way homeward with a sack of /
lOur on his shoulder. The front of |
)reW's engine is said to have been |
covered with flour, and it is thought /
he must have run over BrannOn, but |
low the body got back on the track in |
he position it was when run over the
econd time is mystery not yet
olved.
Drew was promptly discharged by
he officials here, and has left for parts
o us unknown.