Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-09
TIE CONTESTED ELECTION.

Court all day yesterday. The counting Of
the ballots has commenced, and Precincts L
II and have been completed. Objection:
are either made or considered, ard excep
tions taken, in the case Of nearly every ballot
counted. On some tickets on which the name
of the candidate voted for has been written
the name is spelled incorrectly. To each OF
these objection is made. Then there is the
"Peckey" ticket, the ''Butler" ticket, TIE
Peoples" ticket and the "Greenback'
ticket, which are also objected to, begide the
regular Republican ticket ard the regular
| Democratic ticket. A separate tally is kept
of the different spellngs of the names.
| TIE result OF the count in Precinct l is ss
follows: G. NJ. CoglaD, sos; Coglsn, 10
| CoghlaD, 2; Charles Caughan, l (; total. 3lS
NJ. r. Beard, 30; Beard. 2; Bisrd, l to.
tai, 2l3. I. II. Treat. l blanks, 6. Grand
total, $50. Precinct &c. NJ. Coslan, 20S
| Coglan, 3 total, 2l1. NJ. r. Beard. 2lS
Beard, 4; total, 222. l. 81. Treat, g.; A.
Precinct &c. NJ. Coglan, 157 Cozlan, 2;
total, 159. NJ. R. Beard, 2O3; Beard, 8
Bisred. l; total, 207. Blanks, 6. Grand
total, 372.
The official returns made by the Board oil
Supervisors gave the following vote: Z re.
cinct I-Coglan, 300 !; Beard, 2l9. Precinct
1a-Coglan, 30; Besrd, 222. Precinct .
Doglan, l56; Beard, 2O7. Beard has lost 6
votes from the official count, and Coglan has
gained Is, which is equivalent to gain OF 10
tor Coglsn. Should there be no further
change from the official count, Coglan will
have a majority of 3.
A great deal of the time of the Court is
taken up by the examination of County
Cle.k Berkey in regard to where the ballots,
boxes, the keys Of the boxes, etc., have been
since the election at which the ballots were
east. A number Of election clerks have also
been examined. In the case Of the ballot.
box of Precinct !, it was found that it had
been opened. No definite reason is given,
but it is supposed to have bsen left unfsstened
when the canvass OF the returns was made by
the Board of Supervisors. An objection was
made to counting vote in one instance be-
cause name had been crossed out with pur-
pie Ink and the other written ia the same
kind of ink, and another because the scratch.
iog of the nams and the writing OF the other
WAS Eot done with regulation Fsber No. 9
pencil, but with purple indelible one. Such
objections are instantly overruled by the
Court and the ballots counted. Cousi Ierable
interest is being manifested in the count, and
it was the universal talk on the streets and in
public places last evening. The work of
BOARD OF HEALTH The City Board of
Health met last evening at the Office of Dr..
Hatch. Present-Drs. Nixon, Cluness.
Gardner and Hatch. The mortality report
was received and approved. The report of
the City Physician was received and ordered
on file. A petition was received from R A.
Fisk asking the Board to select suitable
place to deposit the contents of the odorless
excavator, which he proposes introducing
into use in the city, for cleaning cesspools,
etc. Ia regard to the matter q resolution
MAS adopted requesting the Board of Trus.
tees, with the assistance of the Health Off.
Ger, to assign dunpiDg-grouud. The Health
Officer was requested to consult with the
Street Commissioner in regard to the COM
plant made sgsint Fourteenth street, be-
tween Z and ID. On motion it was ordered
that the Board be requested to repeal Ordi-
nance l46, which permits "hog ranches" to
be located south of B and west of Twenty
eighth streets, and TO make the limit eousl
with the limit of the city, and also to
enforce Section z, Chapter 10, Ordinance
II, which reads as follows "Sec-
tion z. 1t shall not be lawful for any per.
son to slaughter any animal within the city,
or to erect, maintain, or use. or cause to be
erec.ed, maintained, or used within the city,
any house, shed, or other building as
slsughter-houss, or to dress or clean any
slaughtered animal within the city; or TO
keep any pit, pool, or vat of standing water
for tanners or dyer's use, or for any other
purpose whatever that will render il unwhoIe-
some or offensive; or TO discharge, leave
upon, place, or keep in any street, alley, pub
lie square, lot, yard, or other placs within
a rN
manure, staguant water, cleanings from any
privy, sink, or cesspool, or any dead animal,
bird, or fisb, green hides or skins, putrid, I'M
sound, unwholes0me, or refuse hssb, offal
garbage, or filth Of any kind or nature what.
soever."
WILL ATTEND. A large number of persons
from this and other valley counties will be in
attendance at the United States Circuit Court
in San Francisco on Monday, when the trial
of the case of Edward Woodruff vs. The
NORTH Bloomfield Gravel and Hydraulic
Mining Company will be commenced in that
Court, A large number of representatives of
the mining section will also be pres ent.
Among these from the valley who have
already gone or express their intention of GO
ing, may be mentioned Board of Supervisors
of Sacramento county, W. S. Mesick, George
CadWalsder, DIR. Z. Jacobs, H. NJ. La Rue,
VIM. Johnston, w. p. Coleman, John H.
Carroll, 7. G. Snider, Fred. Cox, W. Hodg-
dea and Joseph Routier, of this county Geo.
Oh eyer, Phil E. Dresher, I. n. Brock and s.
E. Wilson, of Suffer county j. B. Green,
Swingle, d. H. We5bsr and 1. n. Hoag, of
Yo!o county; G. E. Sexey, J. H, Jewett, N
ID. Rideout, G. Z. Stone, Mayor Bingham of
Msrysville A. ID. Nelson, }. S. Hutchins,
B. ID. Gray, General Bidwell, of Butte
county; VIM. Inglis. j. ID. Peters. OF San
Joaquin county Jerome Banks of Tehama
county; X. i. Kelly, of Solano county
L. f. MouIton, Will S. Green and Supervisor
Graham, Colusa county d. 2. burst and
S. d. Wood, of Wheatland.
METROPOLITAN THEATER. - Jay Rails
"Uncle Toms Cabin " troupe appeared at
the Metropolitan last night to a good house.
The troupe has been strengthened, very much
by the addition Of Frederick Book, a well.
known actor, W. G. Cresbie, popular come.
dian, snd Mrs Rial. Otherwise it is consti.
tuted as when here bsfore. The Jubilee
Singers are much better than when here first,
due life aud activity, and a good variety OF
songs and plantation glees having been intro
ducsd. TIE bloodhounds and the trained
whole the company is well adapted to the
production OF the play that is its spe.
cialty, and certainly received fatter.
ing demonstrations of approval from
the audience, and mona were more sit
cere than those bestowed upon Little Eva
and Topsv. A strange interest continues to
make '' L ncle TOMS Cabin" popular play.
To the rising generation it is a revelation /; to
the mstured ones, a tragic recollec ion. A
matinee this afternoon, and a final perform.
ance this evening. A decided Improvement
has been made at the theater, in the fixing Of
light doors in the arch opening into the lobby.
They cut off all possible drsughS aud all the
noise of the street.
THE Dolls FETE.-TurIer Hall was
crowded last night by visitors at the Dolls
Fete. The Greenaways again delighted the
spectators. A choice concert was given by
s d. Mayer and Mrs. L. P. Howell and
Mrs A. Z. Sle'son. of San Francisco. Mrs
Howell and Mr Mayer sang Arditi's "A
Night in Venice :" Mrs. Ssetson sang the