Smyrna times., 1871-10-18

TERRIBLE FIRES IN THE NORTHWEST -
Before the story of the great disaster at Chicago
is fully told, comes another filled with distress
ing details of the ravages of the fire fend
which for some weeks past has been sweeping
over the parched prairies and through the
crisp forests of Michigan and Wisconsin
County after county has been swept over and
the towns of Manistee, Peshtego, Forestville,
White Rock Elm Greek, Sand Beach and
Huron City have been entirely destroyed. 1t
is estimated that ! 200 lives have been lost,
AMI thousands are left destitute. Every fence,
h use, animal, and every thing is swept from
some sections of the country. Over 300 persons
were burned to death at Peshtego in one night
Hundreds rushed into ponds and creeks to es-
cape the flames only to be drowned. At last
accounts the rains were extinguishing the fires
THE RECENT STATE ELECTIoNs.-Returns of
the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa,
which took place on Tuesday of last week, show
that the Republicans have carried those States
by increased maiorities over the vote of two
years ago. In the city of Philadelphia,
especially, the gain has been very large. The
following gives the situation, according to the
latest dispatches The Republican majority
for the State officers in Pennsylvania will reach
fifteen thousand. The officers elected are
David Stanton, auditor general, and Robert B.
Beath, surveyor general, their Democratic
competitors being respectively VIM. McCandliss
and James Ii. Cooper. The temperance Or
ganization nominated Barr Spanger and w. 4.
Wheeler, who received an unimportant vote Of
several thousand, drawn almost exclusively
from the Republicans. In Philadelphia the
contest was complicated by third ticket
chiefly composed of men on the two regular
tickets, but the republicans elected their candi
date for mayor, William s. Stokley, by 9,OSQ
majority over James S. Biddle, the Democratic
aud Reform candidate their candidate for dis
trict attorney, VIM. B. Mann, against whom
the strongest effort was made was elected by
less than 1900 majority, while the majority fol
the rest of the ticket was about ! 900 lr
one Of the wards the co0red voters were driver
from the polls by the Democrats AMI several per
sons were killed in the mob that ensued. This
persecution made the Republicans more reso
lutte and only tended to increase their majority
The Republicans gain four or five members O.
the House OF Representatives in philadelphia
and Luzerne counties, and will have larger
majority than last year, when there were 81
Republicans and A Democrats
In Ohio General Noyes, the Republican can
didate, is elected Governor, by about p, ,OO(
majority The result with regard to the Legis
llture is: Senate will stand, Republican l8
Democrat IS, House, Republican SO, Democrat
45, Independent |. Republican majority Of
joint ballot 3. The Senate would have beer
Republican but for the refusal Of the Demo
cratic inspectors Of Jefferson township, Mont
gomery County, to receive the votes of tn,
manned and crippled veterans whose home i
the Military Asylum near Dayton. Six hun
dred of them offered their votes, and, thes
being rejected, opened poll and cast them
Their votes, if courted, elect Sayley (Republi
cam instead Of Kemp (Democrat) There WI
also disaffection in Hamilton county, where tn
Democrats carried two of the three Senator
with five of the ten Representatives, thougl
Gen. NOyes has l,4l5 majority for Governor
This result was affected by anti -Temperanc
and and anti Sunday law agitation, which clr
ried of most ol the German voters.
Iowa, has gone Republican by the usua
majority, electing Carpenter Governor, an
aithouon t4e Republicans are at war in som
counties on the question who shall be Senator
they will have ? lary. minority of the Lcgisla
tuTc.