Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-16
SECOND EDITION.
THE TIDE NOW EBBING.
NEWS FROm WEST viKalRIA AND OHIO
THURSDAY EVENING, oor. 10. 1884.

strong Democratic 0sins In the fofmsr
stats-rhs Republican majority Ia ohio
Steadily Lowering Every Hour.
WnERLrNd, w. Va, Oct. 15.-The
count OF Tuesdays vote In Wheeling 10
still unoompleted. Estimates Of tho
Democratic majority in Ohio county, in.
cluding Wheeling, vary from two hundred
TO nine hundred. Returns from the coun.
ties counties to indicate heavy
Democratic gains. In Marshall county the
Democrats claim that Maxwelrs majority
will not exceed $50, . Democratic gain
Of over 100. In Harrison county,
the homo Of Maxwell, Republican
candidate for governor, and Gofs
Republican congressman, both sides con.
cede that the vote IL very close, with
the balance of probabilities in favor Of the
Democrats. II the Democrats carry the
county by majority Of one they will have
made o gain of 700 votes. In Wetxel
county the Democrats claim majority Of
900. q gain Of 90. In Wood county, which
includes the city of Parkersburg. the Re-
publican majority has been reduced to
200, gain for the Democrats of
over 600 votes. At Fairmount, Ma
rion county, at 10 O'Clock to day, only
237 votes had been counted of the SOB
polled. Those counted gave Maxwell for
Governor $50, and Wilson 81. Pleasant
county gives Wilson 70S, Maxwell 685.
Hancock county shows Republican gain
Of 80. Preston county gives Republican
majority Of 1,4O0, Republican gain of
200. At Piedmont the vote stood Wilson
220, Maxwell 198; at Cameron, Wilson 112,
Maxwell 81. Brooke county gives Wilson
"a majority, q gain OF 90 over the Republi.
an-Greenback vote of 1880.
In the First congressional or Pan Handle
district, now represented by GoR, ERepubli-
can, the Democrats are claiming from 100
to 1000 majority.
MIdnighs.-It is impossible to form o
definite estimate of the Democratic ma.
jority in this state. Returns come In
slow, and there is yet nothing to change
the estimate given last night. Wilson for
governor will have from 1000 to 10000
majority. The Legislature will be four
fifths Democratic on joint ballot, and the
whole ticket Ia elected by msjorities vary
ing greatly from Wilson's.
Tho count in this county (Ohio) is not
yet completed. Wilson carries it by about
300 and the entire county ticket is elected
from sheriff to oonstables. The Democrats
have seven out Of ten county commission
ers, and will control the organization,
which is regarded as important.
The proposed subscription by this
county OF els 900 to the Coshocton, Mt.
Vernon & Wheeling railroad has q
majority, but whether the requisite three.
fifths cannot be told till the official returns
arc in. The constitutional amendment
changing the state election from October
to November was adopted in the state at
large.
THE ONO MAJORITY COMING DOWN.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 16.-Unofficial re-
turns from all but five counties in the state
show Republican majorities of As, 1872 aud
Democratic majorities Of Al, 800. The ne!
Republican plurality is now estimated at
10,S65.
Additional figures On Tuesdays election
are as follows Lorraine county, Republican
majority 2.175-RepubIican gain 57S ;
Medina county, Republican majority l, 200
Republican gain 49S ; Trumbull county,
Republican majority 3,5O0-Republican
gain 1, 1872.