Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-11-06
The Race for Register Won by e. H.
Flynn in l24.---Ditto Code
CUSTER CITY.

The day opened bri ght and clear, and
AS the saloons were closed, it was dry
day. The ball opened about 9 O'Clock
when the polls were opened and voting
began. Contrary to the expectation OF
all, everything passed off in quiet and
orderly manner, which argues much in
favor Of our city. The voters kept com.
| ing IN slowly and rs soon as one hove
III sight he WAS mabel" by the respec-
tive candidates and the their workers
and three or four tickets Immediately
| thrust under his nose. About the only
excitement existing was that caused by
the Juveniles, who were hard at work
| all day Gathering boxes and barrels for
grand bonfire, and kept the mer-
chants on the lookout to prevent them
carrying off everything in that line
around their stores. Up to O'Clock l65
votes were polled and it looked as il
hardly 200 would be polled in the pre-
cinct, but from that time 0A they came
in pretty lively and at the time of closing
22l votes were cast, and as at least 80 of
Clusters voters were not in the 1own it
puts our voting strength at about 250.
The counting was the next thing in
order, and the room in which it was
done Was filled with an anxious and ex-
cited crowd till the canvassing was fin
iShed
The straights were first counted and
resulted in democrats "a and republicans
3, putting the democratic thorough -breds
under the wire with % the start, and
the scratched and independent tickets
then spurred them up to fever heat as
they were slowly read off The prin-
ciple fight having been made on register
of deeds, these racers attracted the most
| attention, but the democrat, f.. II
Flynn took the bit between his teeth
and could not be held up, coming i'm on
the home stretch winner in l24 and fol-
| lowing fast on his heels came LaBarre
rep, treasurer, with majority Of 20;
John I. Code, dem, sheriff, SO; r. W.
Knight, dem, probate judge, 80; w. J..
Thornby, dem, assessor, 30; Joseph T.
| Bliss, rep, superintendent of public in
struction, 26; J. NJ Lewis, dem, Justice
Of the peace, 27; VIM. Quinn, dem,
constable, 81; Boland. rep, county com
missioner, 8; Garthwait, coroner, with
| 1, but made good record on surveyor
with 4 solid vote Of 220 8. NJ. Booth
lead the legislative ticket with vote OF
| l64
The following is the full vote which
our readers can figure out to suit them
selves:
| CUSTER PRECINCT-22l VOTES CAST.
Observation-Disclosures llS, McCor
mack l0l, S Nj Booth l..
District attornoy-Hastie 100, Harvey
%.
Councilmen-Wilson, dem, 1913; Mar
tin, rep, lls; Mccarthy, dem, lO3, Gaffy
rep, 93.
Representatives-Booth, dem, 164
Hale, dem, l43; Cross, rep l3l; Rine
hart, dem, l2o; Wilcox, rep, ll2; Hard
ing, rep, lO3; McBratney Gem, 80; Miller
dem, 80; Warner rep, 40.
For County Commissioner 2nd Dis
trict-Boland, rep, 1l5; Hynes, dem
JOG.
! Fer register of deeds-Flynn ~, Col,
IS.
Sherif-Code l30, Ely 81.
AssessOr--Thornby l25, Hartgerine
80, Allabaugh lS
Probate judge-Knight l25, Thomp
SON 81, Walker Brown /.
Treasurer l43, w KnIgh
70.
Surveyor-Garthwait 22O.
COroner-Garthwait 10, Kleman l06
Superintendent Of schools-Bliss l2l
Beeler 95.
Justices of the peace--Lewis III, Fea,
81, Quinnl.
Constables-Quinn 1913, Raynard 95.
The vote as far as can be asccrtained
of the county is 465. The following ar
the democratic majorities: Flynn l0j