Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-05
The Election.

Result i'm NeIghbOring TOwns-East Ha-
 ven, Hamden, Orange, BranfOrd, Gui1-
 ford, SeymOur-Enst Haven Town Meet
 fng--Hamden's Good NVOrk-RepublIean
 Gafns-The observation-disclosures.
 At the election in East Haven yesterday the Republican ticket was as usual, success full. It being local contest there was, as usual, much scratching. It took the count CTS nearly five hours to figure up. The fol- lowing gentlemen were elected:
 Town Clerk-Asa L. Chamberlain, Demo- crat. Gle headed both tickets).
 Treasurer of School and Town Deposit Fund-O. B. Thompson, Democrat.
 Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages Henry M. Shannon.
 Collector of Taxes Samuel B. Hill Re- publican.
 Selectmen-Samuel B. Chidsey and J. G. Bradley, Republicans, and Hudson B. Forbes, Democrat.
 Assessors-C. w. Hemingway Asa L. Fabrique, Stephen Hemingway.
 Registrars-S. W. F. Andrews, 1st ward, and Charles A. Bray, 2nd ward.
 Mir. Ruel Thomson came within one of de- feating Mir. Bradley for Selectman, but a miss is as good as mile.
 The balance of those elected were mostly Republicans. The average Republican ma- jority was about 40.
 On constitutional amendment the vote stood 57 majority in favor of the project.
 At the town meeting held in the afternoon at the Town Hall, Charles Ives, Esq, was ap- pointed chairman. A twelve mill tax on the grand list of 1880 was laid. The same oys- ter committee reappointed. Two per cent. is to be paid for collecting taxes for the oE over last year. Three thousand dollars was appropriated for highways tax of one and two-tenths of mill was appropriated for school purposes. NORTH HAVEN. The election in North Haven resulted in the election of the entire Republican ticket 1 by majority ranging from 35 to 50. Edward l.. -Linsley, Republican, succeeds Stephen c. Gilbert, Democrat, as Town Clerk. The new Board of Selectmen are Andrew F. Austin, George W. Ives and Charles M. Futile.
 The town voted no license by vote of 149 to A. On the constitutional amendment the vote was: In favor, 25; against 32. CRAWFORD. Our Branford correspondent says of the n. crat, was elected clerk and treasurer G. H. Page and L. McGrail Democrats and J. A. Blackstone, Republican, selectmen Dr. E. H. Brainard registrar and J. P. Douglass col lector. GUILFoRD. As will be seen by our Guilford corre- spondence, the town gave Republican ma- jority of 90. SEYMOUR. Seymour goes Republican by 86 majority. Our correspondent says The town gave 221 votes for license and 71 against for consti- tutional amendment, yeas 71, noes B. The principal officers elected are as follows: For Town C1erk-Samue1 H. Canheld, 197. 2O4
 For Town Treasurer-samue1 H. Canfeld, 2Oe. Tomlinson POT. For Assessor-Joshua Kendall, POO. For School Committee-Joshua Kendall, 203 Hen
 For Registrar of Electors-Joshua Kendall, 2os For Collector-George Leavenworth 204. For Grand Jurors-Ashben Storrs. 206 Samuel Butler, 2O4; Eli Gillette, POT; /; William N. storrs For Constables-James w. Tomlinson, POT Joseph Riegel. 189; Albert B. Durham, 19s Benjamin B. Bartlett 2O5 William B. Nichols, 207.-
 For Treasauer of Town Deposit Fund-samuel H.
 
 For Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths George Smith, 206. ORANGE. Orange went Republican by 65 majority. The principal Republican nominations were as follows: For Selectmen-Geo. R. Kelsey, c. F. Smith, Town Clerk-Elias T. Main Collector-Walter A. Main. Treasurer-Israel K Ward
 Auditor-D. s. Thompson. Assessors-S. E. Booth, Merritt Treat Hiram Smith, the strawberry raiser, was probably the Democratic Selectman elected.
 Orange gave 1o2 yeas, 82 nays for the amendment.
 West Haven was well represented at Or ange Center.
 HAYDEN.
 Hamden's Democratic majority yesterday was 1S9, but the town elected two Republican Selectmen, viz, c. P. Augur and W. W. Woodruff, they receiving respectively 252 and 253 votes, and having 64 majority. Jesse Warner was elected Collector, receiving POS votes against his opponents 2O4.