The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-09
The Approaching Elections.

kentucky held her State election yes
terday. A governor and other State Of
ficers and legislature were elected. The
main interest conferred in the election of
legislators, who will chose a successor to
Senator McCreery, whose term expires
1879 The only news we have received
concerning the result is a dispatch from
Lexington, saying that the vote in that
place shows a Democratic gain of 100
over 1875. Next follows Vermont, where
the people will vote for State officers on
the 18th of September. On the 10th of the
same month Maine will elect State officers
and Legislature. September ) Califor-
MIA will elect a Governor and Legislature.
The present Governor, Irwin, Democrat,
was elected by a majority Of 435 over
both the Republican and independent
parties. The Legislature to be elected
will select a successor to Senator Sargent,
whose term expires in 1879.
On the second Tuesday in October cleo
tons occur in Ohio and Iowa. In both
States Governors and Legislatures are to
be chosen. The Legislature selected in
the former will also select Stanley Mat
thews' successor in the United States Sen
ate, although Matthews term, like that
OF Sargent, does not expire until 1879.
The Governors whose terms expire at
the close of the present year, and whose
successors must therefore, be elected.
are as follows: Iowa. S. j. kirkwood :;
Maine, Selden Common; Massachusetts,
Alexander II. Rice; Minnesota, J. s. Pills
bury: Mississippi, J. ~ Stone: Nevada,
l.. Il. Bfadley; Ohio, +. NJ. Young Tenn
essee, J. d. Porter; Texas, RicharN Cah-e;
Vermont, Horace Fairbanks: Virginia, j.
l.. hcMper; Wisconsin, II. Ludington
The Democrats are printed in Ha'ics,
making seven Republicans and five Dem
OcratS.
The result of the coming elections will
probable be the choice of Democrats
and u Republicans in these States, a Dem
ocratic gain of |. The Democrats will
probably carry Ohio and Wisconsin in ad-
dition to what they now hold, while the
chances are that they will lose Nevada
Bangor Commercial, Aug. Z.
They had been married about three
months. The boy from the store appear
ed with a note from her husband She
clutched the precious missiye with an ca
ger hand, trembling opened it, and read
DEAR WIFE: Send me pockethandkerchief
,)oHN
She went slowly to the drawer to get
the desired article, and while looking for
it she came across the following note,
dated two weeks after the wedding:
SUNLIGHT OF MY SOUL: You will have to send
me handkerchief Your bewtchng eyes so
turned my head that forgot to take one with me,
for which Shall kiss the sweet face of my own a
thousand times when come home. In two hours
and twenty minutes it will be II O'Clock and then
can come to my beautiful rose. long to lily TO
YOU \ thousand kisses, | send thee my fairy
wife. ours tendcrlv JOHN.
She sighed, gave the boy the handker-
chief, and sighed again.
After having inspected pile of calico
in one of the Woodward avenue stores
yesterday, a somewhat rusty looking man
blandly remarked to the clerk before him.
Credit must be given me-
NO, sir: we don't trust" was the re
ply.
Il was going to remark that credit
must be given me tor-'
''We couldn't do it. sir The rule APP
plies to every one"
Couldn't do what ?" asked the man.
"Couldn't give YOU credit"
"Iou are very uncivil, sir, very but
Yet will say before 90 out of here that
credit must be given me for being honest
and impartial, when | say that | never
saw three hitching-posts look nicer than
them out there. That's all, sir. and
wish hadn't said that much
Senator and Mrs James g. Blaine and eX Sec