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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

BEFORE SQUIRE CLARKsoN.-Yester-
day James r. Porter, OF Valley Grove,
was taken before Squire Clsrkson,
charged by Chas. Moore and Susan A.
Moore with using abusive Language
to wards them and threatening to exter-
inmate them. Porter was required to
give bond in tbs sum OF 500 for bis
good behavior for the period OF one
year.
Porter then preferred charges agaius'
the Moores, and Charles was put under
bonds in the sum OF 5000 for his good
behavior for one year.
The case against Susan A. Moore
was dismissed.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

IT. LAKiS & Co., merchant tailors
and dealers in gents furnishing goods,
No. 80 Twelfth street (old Moproe),
have received their stock OF fall and
winter goods which they are now pre-
pared to make up in the lates styles to
suit purchasers and q perfect fit guar.
anteed. They have also on hand full
line OF gents furnishing goods to suit
the m ost fastidous. Persons contem-
plating buying will do we'll to call and
examine their stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
Shirts made to order and a fit guar
snteed.
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FIrst National Bank-Important
Correspondence.


WHEELING, January 18th, 1873
To the President and Directors of the
First National Bank of Whsslng:
GsNrLsMzs-As I have already in.
timated to you, have made arrange
ments to 20 into business upon my own
account, and accordingly respectfully
tender my resignation as Cashier oftbis
Bank.
lite, I presume, hardly necessary to
say that / withdraw from my present
position with q great many regrets, but
feel that in doing 20, I am not only adj
vsncing my pecuniary interests, but at
the same time consulting my health,
which has suffered by the confnemen,
incidental to the business.
] congratulate you upon the firm
hold that the Institution has upon the
confidence OF the business community,
as we'll a. upon the success that has
heretofore attended 1t, and do not doubt
that continuance Of the same liberal
policy that has always characterized
your management, will cause the same
prosperity to continue in the future.
1t affords me much pleasure to &C
knowledge the many evidences OF your
kindness and confidence with which you
have honored me.
With my best wishes for you person.
ally, as well as for the Institution over
which YOU preside, I remain
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
GEO. ApLMs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

ACCIDENT on THE CLEVELAND AND
PIrrsBURGH RoAD.-We mentioned in
yesterdays paper that every train over
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad
Was considerably behind time. but
were unable to give the cause Of the
detention. The trouble was collision
between two freight trains, near Saline
vile. The engines and several cars
were a complete wreck. The only per-
son Injured was a brakeman, whose
name we were unable to learn. In
jumping of, be fell back under the car
the wheels OF which psssed over his
leg, rendering amputation necessary.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

The LARlRs' PARrY.-This is moi
leap year, though we were almost con-
WINGED that It was by an elegant ems
tertainment given by about twenty o.
the young ladies Of this city, at Mrs
French's on last Tuesday night. The
affair was gotten up entirely by the
ladies, who chartered the train tc
convey the bellies and tb.irluvited gen.
tlemen friends to the county; secured
the music and arranged all the multi
farious details consequent upon
managing successful party.
1t fully equaled, if it did lot excel, the
one given by the gentleman a few week.
ago, as far as enjoyment and pleasure
was concerned, laying aside the novelty
and romance" OF the ladies paying the
bills. The affair was most creditable to
those who projected and participated
in the evenings pleasure. The "execu>
tive committee" however, deserve
special praise for their unremit,ing ef-
forts to make everybody happy. Ladies'
I'VE owe YOU one"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

PROBABLY FATAL AcClDENT.-On
Tuesday, while some workmen were
engaged in filing in the fuel at the top
Of the furnace stack, at the Bellaire
blast furnace, one Of the men,
named John DIVERS, Tell down
the stack, a distance OF about
fifty feet. The furnace Was not in ope-
ration, but the heat was sufficient to
burn the man terribly, before he could
be rescued by his fellow wprkmen.
His injuries will probably prove fatal.
Mr.. DIVERS has been married but q
short time, and his wife is living in
this city.
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Dangerously ILL.-We regret 10 an
nounce that Bishop Whelau il danger
ously i'll, and some doubts as to his re.
covery are entertained. The Bishor
has been complaining for five or six
weeks, but during the last ten days has
been confined to his bed and has beer
growing gradually worse. The disease
is supposed to DO typhoid fever. 1.-THE
prayers and wishes Of q great many
people will avail anything, he gill soou
belrestorred to health and strength.
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COOP ADvlcE.-A good musical in.
sirument in house is foantaln OF
pleasure aud profit. 1t saves more e1-
pensive amusements, makes home at
tractive, is means for cultivatlng
kindly feeling and for giving sons and
daughters accomplishments which may
be IS good to them as trade in alter
life.
This is not fancy, but sober and very
practical truth.
Buy q good Piano or Orgon on most
liberal term. rom Adams u Lucas,
1927 Market street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

TIE THREATENED SrRlKE.-The
threatened strike Of the freight brakes
men on the Baltimore and Ohio road
between this city and Grafton, in con.
sequence OF being ordered to stay on
top OF the cars, fzzled out, the men all
concluding to 60 to work. Itisa pretty
hard thing for the men 10 be compelled
to stay on the top Of cars, going at the
rate OF twenty miles an hour. during
cold weather.
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DIRECTORS RooM,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,

FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
WHEELING, January 18th, 1874.
To Geo. adams, Esq, Wheeling, ". Va:
DEAR SlR:-Your letter Of this date
is received. In accepting your resigua-
ton as Cashier of this bank, we do 30
with regret, but must recognize the
considerations that prompt you in this
step as paramount to any we could
offer.
AS you have been identified with this
institution as its Cashier since its estab-
lishment, we can but recognize, as due
to you in large measure, it's present
prosperous condition financially, and
the confidence it has in the public
favor.
Wishing you success through life,
and hoping your two-fold anticipations
Of immediate profit may be fully realiz
ed, We are your friends,
JOHN K. BorsPoRD,
JACOB S. RHODES,
G. W. FRANzHEIN,
HENRY NJ. HARPER.
JOHN L. HOBBS,
JOHN E. WILSON,
WIZ. B. SIMPSON,
Directors.
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MARRIEp.-Age does not chill nor
cold weather staguate the blood Of
West Virginiaos. On the Both Of De-
cember last, Mr.. Basil Wells, Of Brooke
county, aged "a, was married to Mrs
Mary Hedges, Of the same county, aged
IS, or thereabouts. The happy couple
have our best wishes for their future
prosperity.
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COUNTERFEIT MoNsY.-Few bushes

COUNTERFEIT NoNlY.-Few business
men are aware Of the amount Of spu.
rious money in circulation, or the "a
cility with which it is passed. Much
OF this counterfeit money is 60 well ex'
ecuted as to defy detection except BY
experts, and even these are puzzled tc
discriminate in many cases. A careful
examination Of the geometrical lathe.
work through q magnifying glass, and
q comparison Of this with geuuiu.
plates, is the only safeguard by which
ordinary business men can insure safe
IT,;
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MARTINS DING RooA.-For par
fridge on toast or for any other Of the
delicacies OF the season, 90 to Martins
Dining Room, on Market street, next
door north of the City Bank. He
keeps aquist and orderly house where
ladies may dine without fear Of insult,
and the viands are cleanly and taste
fully served. The cooking 10 first class.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

CHANGE OF BAsE.-Cspt, Frank Bond
has been ordered to report to Baltimore
and will probably take charge OF the
through train from Baltimore to Park
ersburg over the B. e. o. railroad. Capt.
Stephen Devries succeeds Capt. Bond
on the line between here and Grafton.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15
GRANGE OF LooArloN.-The entel

GRANGE OF LooArloN.-The enter.
prising firm of Nesbitt e. Bro, dealers
in timers stock aud trimmings and
house furnishing goods. have removed
from Twelfth street TO No. 1910 Main
street. They will be pleased to see
their old customers, and new ones too,
in their new quarters, where they are
now prepared for business.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

SINCE We marked down our overcoats
our Gales in this department have in'
creased largely. showing that the peo-
pie are ready to buy goods freely II they
are only cold cheap enough, Our stock
is mr. questionsbly still the most COM
plete of its kind in the city, and we
have made the prices to suit the times'
Such is the verdict of our many custo-
mers. Call early, before the bargains
are sll gone. d: FRANK,
One Price Clothier, 40 Monroe st.
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We should have said that it wal
Robert Clark who agreed to leave the
city in case his fne WAS RENTED IL
the police court report yesterday, To-
stead of Joseph Leavy. Mr.. Leavy has
no intention of leaving.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

Police Court. one case Was be-
fore Judge Cranmer yesterday morn
ing. 1t was Patrick Haley, continued
from Tuesday morning, and charged
with disturbing the peace. Twenty
dollars and costs was the amount i'm
posed.
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To THE PUBLIc.-All persons wishing
warrantable shoes oil the best Pbiladel-
phia make; 60 where you can get o
proper fit, having prepared myself with
sufficient widths oil lasts 90 that most
any kind OF q foot can be properly en-
closed. JERRY CLEMENS,
l4lO Main and llth SITS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

The boiler department Of the Benz
wood mill started up yesterday. 1t is
thought that the mill will be it full
blast by next Monday.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

PLENTY OF room at Larsmie's Vafie-
ties now. All bummers kept ont be-
cause they cannot get tickets. All 60
and see his excellent troupe, afternoon
and evening.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

lS74.-New Years gifts given by J
W. Ferrel, OF ten per cent reduction of
Of prices of 1873, on hiS entire stock oil
Dry Goods, Oil Cloths, Blankets, &c.
J. W. FERREL,
Centre Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

PEasoNAL.-Jndge c. S. Lewis, o
the Second Judicial district, was in tht
city yesterday, stopping at the St
James.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

OUR GOODS ARE ALL BOUGHT d.
~ RFCT in person, at lowest possible
prices and we are determined to meet any
com petition. Our stock OF Teas and Tobac-
cos is the largest and best assorted In the
city. Merchants will find II 10 their inter-
est to call before buying elsewhere.
TIN ISHAM.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

TIE plate glass window that was
broken in the German Bank a few
weeks ago, has been replaced by new
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Doors AND SHoEs.-In order to re-
duce my present large stock OF boots,
shoes and slippers, l will cell them at a
heavy reduction from former prices.
L. V. BLOND.
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HOLIDAY PRRsESrs.-Thoee wishing
to make handsome present should call
and purchase pair Of elegant slippers
or shoes. For sale cheap at
L. ". BLoyD's.
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Cleveland & Pittsburgh B, B.
u. 5ss:...... ON AND AFTER DEC.
"-- IA, 1879, Trains, win run
Follows:

Tickets 70 all principal points In the Eas
ADD west can be procured at the UniT n
Ieket Omce, In AcLpre House, and al n 4
station at bridgeport
tn, F.R NYERa,
juLa SsnI Passenger and Ticket AGENT.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

QUE friend, Robinson, is doing some
fine work in his line. All wanting
photographs will do we'll to give him
their orders.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

A FULL line Of holiday goods just
received by JOHN L. RICE,
A Twelfth Street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-15

Pianos moved carefully by experience
ed men. Leave orders at Sheib's Music
Store, 18th street above Market.
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CARPETS, Carpets, Carpets. Great
bargains. Twenty-three new pieces
lust opened. Come and price them and
you will not 60 without one.
J. W. FERREL,
Centre Wheeling.
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The thermometer got down to 10
degrees above zero last night, the lowest
it has been this year,
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TIE people OF the Island N. E. Sum
day school, are making preparations for
holding grand concert next week.
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CLARENDON HOTEL.
July II, 1872.

follows:
CLARENDON HOTEL.
July II, 1872 !
MY DEAR Mr.. WEBER MANY thanks
in which my wife joins, for the beautl-
full piano you were kind enough to send
me TO nv room during my stay in your
city. 1t has astonished me beyond
measure. The fulluess of its tone, its
thorough musical quality, so even
throughout, and the easlness and COM
psctnes OF it's touch, | have never be-
fore met. How go small an Instrument
can contain a perfect orchestra sur
prises me. The grand piano used at the
Academy Of Music at my concerts only
hightens my opinion OF your work. l
assure you have never yet seen any
pianos which equal you're. My hearth
est wish for your success and health.
JOHANN STRAUSS.
One after another OF the world IA
nous artists offer unsolicited letters
praising the great Weber Piano. Not
by bribery, Or purchase, or influence,
are these spontaneous tributes secured,
but simply because they come from
CONSCIENTIOUS artists who kno,0 the Weber
Pianos are the most excellent in the
world, and knowing 80, frankly speak
out and say SO. The great public is
also rapidly learning the fact that the
Weber Piano is the piano of the age, as
the internal revenue returns OF Gales
abupdantly prove. Their sale has in.
creased in the last four years 36S per
cent, while other Boosting piano-!orte
houses have increased but twenty to
twenty-five per cent. Do you think of
buying a piano? Call at Sheib's and
buy q Weber. WIN. II. SHElB,
Sole Agent.
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LADIES wishing q nice present for q
gentleman can find just what they want
BY calling on JOHN L. RICE,
A Twelfth Street.
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TIE best assortment Of gents slip
pers in the city is at
T.. V. BLoyp's.
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THINGS about the city were very qule
yesterday.
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IP you want to save money m dry
goods, 70 to ]. w. FKRRKLs,
Centre Wheeling I
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A FULL assortment oil Mems wear at
l4lO JERRY CLEMENS.
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N. @. au4Q

n. o. Sugar.
- HHDa PRIME TO CHOICE y. o
Jua received and Tor sale By
II. REILLY.
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SUPPLY yourselves. Cashmere and
Jeans at cost, to close out.
J.. w. FERREL,
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Photographs! Photographs!
GARD PHOTOGRAPHS s1OO PER DOE.
one large Photograph sxIo frame for 400.
PLUMMERs EEw GALLERY,
Hornbrooks Hall, lbs Main Sc
A nne assortment Of frames on hand cheap
novlah
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Franklin Building AssOcia.
ton. of Wheeling,

THE ANNUAL MEETING, FOR THE
i nomination OF Officers and Directors,
will be held at OTIS Hall, Wednesday,
December "A, 1873, at Z O'Clock p. IN.
The election will be held at the same
place Wednesday, December 81, 1873, at Z
o'clock p. In. Nee Article 10.
CHAS. II BERRY, Pres't.
CHAS. w. CONNER, Sec'y.
dec LOLITA 81
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THURSDAY, JANUARY Is. 1874.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Index 10 New Advertisements.

Index 10 New Advertisements.
Copartner.hip.
Masonic Notice.
Bakery-Carl Sauter.
Grocery Store for Rent.
French China-F. C. Winship q Co.
American Watcbes-Oxtoby q Dut'
field.
Removed-Nesbit & Bro.
Hamilton's Opera House.
The ice merchants are hopeful.
LOVERS of slelghing are INDUCING in
expectations.
The cold weather disperses the cor
ner loafsrs.
BEspLArrERED SLUsH" is what they
cell Beautiful Snow" 10 Pittsburgh.
WRITING "1S74" has got to be as
easy as rolling off log.
PIG iron is so called because it first
goes through puddle.
EVEN the days are not near 30 short
az they were during the panic.
ABOUT these times debtors are very
bilious.
OrULENr people are worrying over
what they shall do with dividends.
TEE Board of Education holds lts
| .-.entl1u ", oafipo t0-niOht
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Ietterfrom Johann Strauss,

Johann Strauss. homeward bound
accompanied by "a Weber Upright Piano,
which be purchased for bis music room
in Vienna, in order to show his friends
the best piano in the world, writes as
follows:
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BEWARE OF imposing meudicants
the city is full OF them.
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DEPARTED SpIRITs-The Davenport
Brothers.
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TEE Board of Education holds its
regular monthly meeting tonight.
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Commissioners Sale OF Real
Estate.
John w Marsh In cs,ne.,v
VIM. Marsh and otherx

John Marsh
W.. In ChQnceYy
VIM. Marsh and others
In pursuance OF a decree OF the Circuit
Court OF Ohio county IN the abo 70 entitled
canse, win
On nesdsy January 10th, 1874.
At 10 o'clock, A. n, on the premi.es. sell
the following described property, that is 10
say. parts OF lots numbered fve i5 and six
w In that part OF The City OF Wheeling
known a. South Wheeling, (iorm.rly
Ritchietown). with the buildinps and i'm.
provement thereon. The Portions 81 Iot,
10 be sold are full lots with the execution
o. small strip cut on the rear end of each
~ diagonal line running across them
tney are situated on The alley back of Coal
.reet, near lis intersection with Caldwell
street, Told names)
TERMS OF SALE:
one-third Of the purchase money I'm cssh
shd The remainder in two faual Insfsi.
ments payable In six nd twelve m1nths
iiespectively nom the day OF sale. sale on
HENRY n. RUSSELL,
Coca. wICKHAX. ''mmiS'"hfr'
suctioneeI.
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OruLENr people are worrying over
what they shall do with dividends.
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ABOUT these times debtors are very
bilious.
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The work is really gem Of q Dictionary
Just the thing Tor the milhon.-A.E IL
Monthly. ,,
ne,d' Mar. and sold by all Booksellers.
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EVEN the days are not near 80 short
az they were during the panic.
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PIC iron is so called because it first
goes through puddle.
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Flour.

200 Bills. Washington, Indiana, family hour.
200 Avondale
400 Spring Wheat Bakers
In store and for sale by
xoatls n. REILLY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-21
PHIL 1DELPHIfS CENTENNI1L MAYOR

PHIL1DELPHIfS CENTENNIfL MAYOR.
The election of city officers in Philadelphia
takes place on the nth of next month"; and the
canvass, it is to he hoped, will he as vigorous
"a il must be short. The principal office to be
filled is that of Mayor to winch the approach
ing Centennial Anniversary gives new dignity.
1t is also made more important by the new
Constitution, which restores the right of self
government to Philadelphia and torbds the
Legislature to interfere with the Councils and
the Chief Magistrate. Though no nominations
have vet been made, it is evident that Mayor
Stokley will be the regular Republican candi-
date, and Is unlikely to have any formidable
rival in his own party
We believe Mayor Stokky has been a good
executive officer, hut of his personal fitness il
ia unnecessary now to speak; yet the unusual
interest taken in the emancipated city, to
which IN 1876 all nations are invited to send
their representatives, will cause his record to
be closely scrutinizcd. He has been Mayor
during a period in which political frauds have
been more common than public virtues and
wholesale cheating at the polls has been prac-
ticed with impunity. 1t is not charged that he
il responsible for this state OF affairs, nor
do we say that he could have prevented it ;
but by his own act he has declared that it
ia in his power to expose the last, if not the
worst. of these crimes against the people. 1t
is well known that when the new Constitution
WAS submitted last December, it was deter
mined by its enemies in Philadelphia to over
come the vote i'll its favor the State was
sure to give by an immense fraudulent ma
iority against it in the city, The attempt was
made, but failed, and the Mayor has the
honor of entering his office on the day of
election, taking from the reporters OF the
press the false returns they had received, and
giving them the correct figures. It was then
that the Mayor declared that he would allow
| "nO man to put him in a hole Already the
| perpetrators of the swindle had become
| frightened, and were abandoning their mlsera-
bic work, but this action of the Mayor con-
frmed the panic, and probably ended the
cheating for the rest of the day. Their
| energies were then devoted to the difficult
task of undoing the villainy they had done.
The Mayor in the afternoon had exposed a
fraud OF about 10000 votes; at that hour the
| vote against the Constitution in the Nine
teenth Ward alone. "a reported by the police,
was $3.50; at the closing of the polls the
frightened manipulat0rs had succeeded in re-
ducing their false return to 1898, and finally
the Return judges made the figures 1,47l.
The next day the majority for the Constitu-
| ton in the city was announced to be 26,894,
and the official count raised it to 34,i20. 1t is
probable that the true majority was not less
| than $4,000, but the frauds which it is shown
were committed arc ~ great that ~ iIyesti'