Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
RESULTS OF NAMES VOTE.
Additional Gains Reported From all
Parts The Legislature Overwh elm
ingly RepubIiean-Reed' Majority
Also Increases

Also Increases
PORTLAND, Sept. l2.-All the returns
tend to swell the Republican plurality.
1t now looks AS though it would be
more than 1900. The Republicans are
beginning to say that it will be is, 900,
and the Democrats concede 10 GOO.
There ara some Republican backwoods
districts to hear from, but the result
will not be far from 1900
The State Senate will stand 81 Repub-
licans and no Democrats. The House
will have 1T Republicans and "a Demo-
Gratis, Republican gain of 7.
Full returns from the First Congress
district give Reed 1854; Cleaves, 16,-
669; Reeds plurality, go. In 1880
Reeds vote was 16 500, and Auderson's,
16, SOB: Reeds plurality. H. The en-
tire Republican county ticket is elected
by big majority.
The following telegram has been sent
by Postmaster Manley of Augusta, to
Secretary Fessenden of the Republican
National Committee:
on n full vote we have swept the state and re-
elected Robbie by 1900 majority, Mr. Blaine
own city has given a majority of 252 greater than
was ever before thrown and his county gives
3 400 majority.
The following dispatch was sent to
Gen. Logan to-day:
The result of the election may be thus summar-
iz.d The republicans have carried every county
in the state, with the possible exception of Knox,
which is very close They have elected % senator's
and the democrats only two, and have chosen
four-fths Of the representatives. In the legislature.
They have elected the four Representatives in
congress by large maJorites and have given to
GOV ROBBIE a popular majority OF Il ZOO The
republican vote viii reach very nearly s0,O01-
4 900 to B 900 larger than was ever cast before.
our majority is the largest we have had since
the presidential election Of 1865, and far exceeds
our most sanguine hopes. WALLER BLAINE.
Two hundred and sixty seven towns
give Robbie GIBBS, Redman 40, 064, scat
| tering 2.4i4. plurality, 1924 The same
| towns in 1882 gave Robe 90. 1875, Plais-
ted 47,510, scattering ,4G7; plurality,
6 .6S5. The towns to hear from gave
Rebic 1926, and Plaistod 16,411. Robbie
will have over 10000 plurality in total
vote of about 100000. The vote OF 1880
gave total plurality of 1859 so that the
gain this year will be 10000 on the CUB
ernatorial vote of 1880 The presiden-
tial vote that year gained 1900 on the
gubernatorial vote and probably will
| gain in November considerable on this.
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Tho walkers and runners Of the
present age are pigmes by the side OF
I Inc pIOlt5SlDudl inbuIin VI bA~ M 2
before railroads snd telegraphs. Even
/ fifty years since we find that Ernest
Meusen was renowned for his
swift locomotion. He once ran
from Paris to Moscow, a dis
tanee of 1,7GS miles, in thirteen
days aud eighteen hours. In 1886 he
ran from Calcutta TO Constantlnople,
1913 miles, in fifty-nine days. He
always outstripped mounted couriers.
Invariably he took a direct route,
climbing mountains, swimming rivers
and running through forests. His
food was a small quantity Of biscuit
and raspberry siruF. lie died IN 1853
while running through Upper Egypt
The Oldest inhabitaAt Of Susqae
hanna. Pa, asserts that it has raInec
there but twice on the I'd of Angus
ia 81 years.