The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-11-11

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members of that party.
AT 500 the following dispach
was received and read:
New ORLEANS, Nov. I, 1876.
GEN. +. L. NICHOLS,
ThibOdanx-Far DIS heard from
we have increased our majority of
1874. by 10000 majority City
not included but all right.
E. d. WHITE.
At 9:2O P. NJ, came the poll
frem Aliens quarters containing
Sc votes, AL radical, which were
voted at IA place not designated
by law and were deemed illegal
and protests made against their
being counted. This made the
republican majority 1871.
AT 1890 a dispatch was receiv
ed from New Orleans. as follows:
New York city on,s by $1,000,
Indiana safe by 10000, Wisconsin
by same, Connecticut safe by 5000,
City OF NV Orleans same by
5000 or 10000. State considered
10y the Committee rs having gone
by 10000 or above. Thank God.
(SignedJ d. D. WHITE.
This was read amid shouts and
cheers, AID wakened up the boys
in a grand Ole style.
At 1910 A. NJ, poll No. 4 loca-
ted in the Court House came in
showing a conservative vote of
SIG to277 radicals rehncing the
republican majority to 126.
AT this stage osthe proceedings
our reporter feeling perfectly sat-
i>fied that all was right went
home and slept the sleep of the
happy until $50 A. NJ, when he
putin appearances in the commit
tee room: There he found the wal
tiers all seated upon the mourners
bench in sad plight. Goode was
looking anything out smiling, G.
knobloch was rolled up in a
blanket in a corner fancying that
he was asleep, Webre was look
ing solemn as a superaunuateu
minister. Michelet was scratching
his head and thinking. A. +. &
j. W.knobloch were looking into
each others faces trying to draw
forth a little comfort found in the
adage "Mlsery loves company"
"Well what's the matter here"
"Any one dead 7" Twenty five
heads turned about in solemn pro
cession and gazed in silence upon
the intruder. "What's the news q
A sickly voice answered that "the
returns were on the table,"
An examination was at once
made when it was asccrtained
that the vote of the following polls
had come in, viz : No. 3, at John
Williams giving AZ democratic
and 100 Radical votes: No. 6 at
Gaudet's with 63 Democratic and
Al Radical VOTES No. II at the
Vacherie with 50 Democratic and
G. Radical votes: No Ii at Per
kins with 20 Democratic and I25
Radical votes: No. IA at Pits
mans with 81 Democratic and 1O7
Radical votes: No. 16 at Ham,
mOn'rs with 20 Democratic and
81 Radical votes: No. IS at Mel
sons, with 56 Democratic and 49,
Radical votes: and No. 90 a,
BOnrgeois' with 121 Democratic
and'6 Radical votes.
These being summed up gave
49, Democratic and l124 Radica.
votes, a majority OF 243, leaving
nearly all the Democratic polk
to be heard from. "Well. / don't
see anything in these returns t.
cause any body to go into mourn
ing" A timid voice was heard
"Why don't You SEE We are 81;
votes behind" mo, l don't SET
anything of the kind. l see tina
we are 242 votes behind an,
more than 900 voters to be hearf
from TO reach the number cast al
the preliminary election"
The poor fellows, in their agony
had commenced subtracting OF
the lett instead of the right, ant
manufactured 100 Radical vote,
easier and more simply than Col
lin the stutfer made 80, in 1874
In the early part Of the nigh
Onr various dispatches came in
which were read in the Cour
House, but tor some reasons un'
known to the writer, the RAIDS
were not satisfied, and telegraph
ed to n. q. for NEWS. A repl,
came, and when it reached ClU
sier he called his friend i.edet in
to one corner Of the room anC
there they read it. Croslpr's CHI
dropped to bis breast, whilst LIE
Diet appeared to b. trying tt
swallow something that nrve
had gone down his throat. The,