Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-04-07
.4CONNEAUT.

Monday was great day IN Conneaut,
and the sovereigns were out in full force
and the gross vote viii indicate the interest
felt by the masses who went to the ballo'
box to declare allegiance to this great coun-
try. Both in the township and municipal
election greater number Of ballots were
east than at any former elelction, and upon
the streets, in, the stores and hotels and
about the place of voting were the aspir-
ants for Office, with hands full Of tickets,
begging and trading for the, free and un-
trammeled electqr, and presenting an array
of statistics on the popularity Of his ticket.
There was the regular and irregular ticket,
split, and twisted, and warped, into every
conceivable shape and form, so that not
one in forty Of those who cast a ballot
could tell an hour afterward for whom he
voted. 1t was fortunate, indeed, that We had
q paper MILL. else the Reporters supply at
ter running ell its steam presses from early
in the morning until night would have been
exhausted. s, ~. ..-bff..,
IN the corporation, men who never pald
dollar Of tax were..the ones who realized
the Importance of the issues and full Of
patriotism, cigars, and g Jites" molasses,
proceeded by ballot to decide them. In q
word, it looked to outsiders as contest be-
tween the business men and taxpayers Of
the embryo city on the one side, and the
mixed, doubtful and reconstructed citizens
on the other. . nun sa1a sasseo bna
But when we come to the township tick
et--out Of the fifteen thousand scarcely nc
two alike-is it any Eonderit took the cleo
tion board nearly the night to make cut
who was eIected1 Ticketssplit at the top,
tickets split at the bottom, split and
and scratched in the middle, and not even
the single candidate for Cemetery Director
saved from q like fatality. One might
draw a picture Of the groups and knots on
the corners Of the street, composed simply
Of the pure and undehIed, but arnohg the
most iudicrous was that ofnine fee-holders
-four Of them running for Ofiice-shr'
rounding 81 Din, colored gentleman Of
four feet SIX stature, and pleading for his
vote: 81 realized the Importance as well as
the embarrassment OF bis newly made citi-
zenship, and for q long time suffered from
swelling words ard the promises Of reward,
first from one and then another then pull
ing down his well worn tile, first over one
ear and then over the other, promised tc
vote for each, until every sspirant had as
surance Of his entire devotion to their in
teresti and thus, neither reading nor know
ing his ballot, exercised his rights Is fires
elector. ~. ,.ss ,a.f .td,.,..sl q e
| There is considerable sickness in this
vicinity, mostly beginning with colds
Among those sick regret to mentionN Mel
son Burlington, Of whom. there are bui
faint hopes for his recovery. Mr. B. Is on.
of our first citizens and is well known from
his long connection with the Lake Shor'
harbors, as ss sn0i ~ 5aoInf ati
Not long ago Elijah wOodworth, .. far
mer on the east side Of the creek, placed
arsenic In one Of his barns TO Kill rats
during his absence from home those attend
ing 70 his stock let the COWS into the barn
and the result is Mr.. ". has four 1heat
Jess, they having got access to The poison
AnRil 9th. fS78 g M "a
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