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1'hc British Ballot system.

Tho distinguishing feature OF tho
British ballot syhiaM In Nh absolute
prevention OF snch 4 scandal ~
"stniiIng' ballot boxes. A few days
prior to mn election tho Liberal and
Conservative committees post Ia every
,otor on tho municipal or parliamentary
official list, their campaign literature,
soliciting "yonr vote md interest," for
their respective candidates, and with
these papers Ii scnt a carl giving tho
voter his Official number on tho list, and
a soter's card or election ticket, which,
though bogus, liz IN oxnct imitation OF
the ticket issued by tho Government.
TN tho day Of election the voter pro.
ceeis to tho polling booth. III the ante,
chamber Of which hc ia confronted hy
the presiding election officer USUALLY
tho Alderman OF tho ward or his
Deputy, who, In tho presence OF M
authorized representative Of the Liberal
ind Consorvat 70 parties, also stationed
IN tho room, asks tho voter his name,
which tho latter gives, and. II he
possesses ordinary intelligence. nlao
gives his official number to facilitate
search. Tho officer thereupon n ana
the list, and hands tho voter his elect.
ing carl ar ticket. fcrsonating In rnre,
tine culprit, upon discovery, invariably
finding himself sentenced IL six months
hard labor within tWentyfour hours,
Tho voting ticket reals ~ followa.
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SOUTHERN,

The Sheriff at Senatobia, Miss. with
I. e aid o sins @ deputy, fou hit OF q mob
fnteat unon 1ynekins Two ooored pris oners
who q been sentenced 10 long terms n the
peniten larry.
Near Nolensville, Williamson County,
Tenn, two young tirs tried to frie hten q
young man who was hunting by paying
gho T.. Ho fred lotn barrels OF his gun,
killing the girls instantly.
j. Il. Dorsey, the Postmaster at Al
pine, Ca. and woman named Jane Wade
were hanSed by II oh on the sa,. rope at
Center. Ala. for the murder of Mrs. Mary
Davis, a III. CT of dorsey. he murder uas
one OF tie IL ost atrocious ever committed In
that section.
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POLITICAL.

The New York County Democracy
Mayor, William r. Grace: Con,ro Ter Edward
D. Loew; President Of the Board OF Alder
men, Aiolph l.. Sanger; District Attorney,
Randolph B. MARITIME; Coroner DR.. Louis ".
Schultze: Judges OF the Court of Common
Pleas, Henry wilder Alien. Edward patter-
son, and Alfred Wagstan. The nominations
have been Endorsed ty Ir ing Hall aud the
Democratic German organizations.
A Columbus dispatch says the total
vote cast in Ohio for tho Republican and
Democratic candidates for Secretary OF s ate
Oct. Il was II, 1871. OF this Gen. Robinson
received 3pl, 48o, and Newman 3s0,:,5; Rob-
inson's majority, ll,ls7.
In the election for members of the
City Council at Baltimore, tho Democrats
elected eighteen members and the Republic.
ans two. the Democratic majority Oh tho to-
tai vote reaching a.59'.
The Republican County Convention
IN Now York ominatcd Louis J. Phillips for
Mayor. and o.her officers. COL George Bliss
criticised the ticket harsh y, and was an
oWCION ~ SVuh - ~ DAiSh. AuS aicSdsooh
being animated, o Brien asserting that Bliss
had had retainer from the county Dcmoc-
racy.
Ben Butler, in speech at Taunton,
threatened to make speculation a penal Of
Tense when he gains the Presidency.
The stalwart Republicans of Utica,
| the home of Roscoe Conkling. have issued a
manifesto giving their reasons for opposing
Blaine.
There are 401 votes in the Electoral
College, divided among the several States as
follows:
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At some elections, such IN school
boards, there may he twenty canai.
aates for ten places. In such tases tho
voter III entitled To ten votes, and he
puts cross against the ten names he
selects. III you put moro than ten
crosses, OF moro than one cross AGAINST
any name, your vote is null and void.
but You can vote for less than ten can.
lidaies." All these instructions are
stated ON the ticket according TO tho
circumstances and nature Of tho elec.
ton.
Now comes tho check upon @stuiiing,
The voters number is, say, ISd The
election officer tears out tue ticket from
his counterfeit check book, The ticket
bears tho number .ls3, and On tho
counterfeit only, retained by tho oil.
Ger. he marks the voters number, 1ss.
The voter then proceeds to ono Of tho
ten little compartments and secretly
puts his cross against the name OF his
favorite, passes on, and, in tho pres.
ence OF another officer and the Two
political agents. deposits his ticket in
tho ballot lox. Ii he, by accident
spoils the ticket before depositing, ho
can get another from tho officer. who,
IA tho presence Of the political agents.
inaosses the counterfeit spoiled" Ii
follows, therefore, that ifall the tickets
were taken from the ballot hox and
compared with the countcrfoils, II eou Il
be seen for whom No. $50 ma ked his
i ,ket. and tho secrecy OF the ballo.
would be destroyed; but this is guard
ell against by tho following range
ment. At precisely four o'clock y. IN.
the ballo. is closed, the box is sealed.
AMI il ut once iii .patched by tho pro.
siding officer, under penalty OF iine and
Imprisonment, rigidly enforced, to tho
Mayor oil the city. The counterfeit
check hooks are, under like cirsum'
stances and penalty, packed up and
sealed, and immediately handed tn the
Postmaster, who dispatches them to
the Registrar Of Lie tons in London
by an elaborate, yet simple. process Of
counting at the City Hall. in tho pres
ence oil party representatives, the t.
tai is arrived at, and the name OF tho
elected representative declared. In the
event OF tho election running close.
md question arising as TO the
eligibility OF certain voters on account
Of naturalization or otherwise. a seru-
tiny can be demanded, anil, by a
judges order only, the London Regis.
trar il bound to produce tho count, +.
Tolls. which can be compared with the
tickets held by the Mayor, II no
serutiny is demanded the Registrar aud
the Mayor remove the papers from
their vaults al the end OF twelve
months, and destroy them, - Luis
Jackson, IN the carreat.
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The New style.

Jennie, ask yon asain-Will you
marry mo? Yes or nos'
Alfred, dearest, this is SO sudden. !"
Then, winding snowy arm about his
neck, the Young girl dropped her blush.
ing cheek npon his shoulder and muir
INJURED: Wont You give mo Just one
moment to think?"
No, my souls idol" he impetuously
replied: Il can no longer endure sus.
pense. Your answer must come now. !"
Just q moment" she pleaded, in
shy accents, as her lily hand caressed
his arm and wandered softly, with tho
electric touch OF love. toward his hip
pocket.
Not a moment" no stcrnly replied.
"Nill you DO my wifo?'
Swiftly as break in oil her hand
10 ked the deadly, self.cocking bull. dog
pistol from his pocket. and. tanning
its muzzle against his left ear, she muir,
INJURED; No, you iec-cream wreck
emphatically no, And il YOU amt on,
Of sight in two seconds Ill make a
milk-st,ainer Of you.a Then. IA his
heels glanced around the corner of the
next block. she murmured. Il his new
pistol love don't catch me with my
hair down. - Pittsburgh Chronicie,
Telegraph.
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fHelena lMontanal spectal.

l1cIehd thOHtauA Sr6Stalj
The coach which left here this morning
for Boulder, forty miles south, was stopped
by five armed men at the top Of the Boulder
range. On board were Chief Justice d. S.
Wade, District Attorney j. A. johnson. L.
w. Tolle, w. +. Cullen. Judge Chumasero,
I. II. Carer. Rev. L. l.. Wood. and Sheriff
Cameron, Of Me,gher County. As. soon
as the robbers ordered n halt, Sheriff Cam
eron and several other members Of the
party opened fire, which the desperadoes
returned, Charley Warfeld, one Of the
robbers, was shot dead. and the others re-
treated, and to TO the mountains. No
one in the coach was hurt. Sheriff Cameron
received shot through his eoat. II is be-
heyed the attacking party wanted to rescue
Neill Murphy, road agent, now under ar
rest, who was supposed 10 be on the coach
en- route to Boulder for trial. Muir, nv,
however. was left in jail at Helena, This
afternoon Two posses of five well-a,m.d
men left for Beaver Creek. where they ex-
pect TO intercept the desperadoes. Sheriff
Cameron with another posse is following
the trail from the point where the encounter
took place.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The Woman's National Christian
Temperance Union met at St. Louis. Miss
Frances E. Willard delivering the welcoming
address, and later being elected President.
The Credential Committee reported the larg-
est gathering ever known at the opening
sess on.
The National Drug Association con-
vened at St. Louis, 200 delegates. members
of l27 firms, representing sio,oe0.ooo in
vested, being present. William A. Gellatly,of
New York. President of the association, oc-
cupicd the chair.
The National Universalist Conyen-
ton was In session at Peoria, Ill. Rev. ]. n
w. Joy, OF Boston. was chosen President.
Express and stock trains on the
Grand Trunk Road collided at Point Claire
Station, Canada. An engineer was killed
and q fireman and q commercial traveller
were serious y injured The loss of property
is estimated at slo0, 1000, as many sheep were
killed.
The first snowstorm of the season
occurred on Thursday. Get. 20. 1t wa light
In the West and Nor Invest. In some por-
tons of Canada the snow was six inches
deep, and the fakes fell so thick Oh tue lower
lakes that vessels were compelled to lie to
In the St. Clair fats, blockadIng the passage
betw cen Lakes Erie and Huron.
Business failures for the week num-
bered o3i, gainst zoo the prece ing week,
and the same number In the corresponding
period of 1883. Brdds'reers Journal, in its
commercial review for the week, says: THE
general feeling In the business community is
one OF continued depression. The volume
of merchandise m wed is smaller. and pur.
chases from FIRST hands continue to be re-
stricted. The opinion is widely held
that no revival in business OF any perma-
nency IL likely to DO experienced this year.
Generally mercantile collections continue
ba. kward, and heavier houses are bein.
called on to carry thos which In g reason to
ask and re Give extension Q. From almost nj
directions generally trade is reported quiet
except ut the leading cities In Kansas, where
the cooler weather has caused some luying
mainly of dry goods and c .oth,nx."
The notable event of Sir Moses
Montefiorc attaining his 10th year Oct. ?
was celebrated throughout tie civ lied work
b the Jewish inhab. .nts with great demon
STATIONS OF Joy. Wherever groups OF He
brcws we're gathered together they discussed
the grand character Of the famous philan
| thropist, and there was not a man OF then
| who did not feel a reiet tel pride rom tn,
honors which every nation In Europe be
slowed upon the patriarch in the course o.
| his long and honored career
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Hair Lore.

A hair is, in ia I. a delicate tube.
round in STRAIGHTFORWARD persons and
fattened in the cnrly.haircd. 1t Is tho
ilatness OF the hair which makes il
curl. Women have coarser hair than
men, The average number OF hairs on
the head is about 1905 900. This ealeu.
lation is based upon tho aseestained
fact that square inch of the head OF a
person who has an average head of hair
contains by actual count 1000 hairs,
approximately. In the curly days the
King Of France used to pluck single
hair from his head and bestow il upon
ono Of his attendants as token Of
favor. The lair grows from eight to
ten inches year, II has been found
that il grows faster in tho daytime
than at night, and faster in summer
than in winter, Light and heat eyi.
IDENTIFY have IN influence ON the growth
of the hair.
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NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record OF the Week,
EASTERN.

William P. Hnlleck, Federal Super.
visor OF Elections In BROOKLYN. was caught
In the act Of removing from tho Court House
two signal lanterns required as evidence In
suits involving 100000 for collision at sea.
he was jailed in default Of $1,000 bail.
Boone, who assaulted Gov. Cleveland
in the str cts of Al any, was examined BY
three physi ians. They found him sane. but
laboring under great nervous excitement
Boone was arraigncd in the Police Court and
discharged. Gov. Cleveland dec ming to pros
ccute the prs ner, who OF presscl sorrow Tor
what lc had done.
Burglars invaded the Adams Express
Company's Office at Wooasocket, r. J., and
carr cd OF 1000 In tonds and coupona
$500 in checks and notes, and $1,000 In
bank bills.
Copious rains have nearly extin-
guished the forest fres in Southern New
Jer ey, which still smolder in the under
brush. The damage will reach $3.50, 900.
Mr.. Mitchell Brewer drew pail Of
water from his wei at Woo bury. L. l., and.
finding a green sediment at the bottom OF
thC pail shNS1LBHt-a mulLcE0s uuu IOuuu q
package OF paris green in the well.
Thirty-six indictments have been
found against Frank Patterson, theatrical
manager q. Asbury Park, N. j., for
forgeries aggregat,ng $4,000.
At Philadelphia, Mrs. Annie Logan,
aged 20 years. killed her 3-year-old boy and
herself. shs gave the little fellow lauda-
mum, and took quantity herself, and then
turning on tho gas, SO that its esca, 70 would
surocate them. laid down TO die. Letters by
her indicate I at pover.y aud the dcsertion
Of her husband led to the murder and
suicide.
A defective flue caused fire in the
warden residence adjo ng the penitentiary
at Pittsburg, which was damaged to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
The failure of S. Kopclowich Bros.
& Co., jewelers. at Syracuse, N. T., with s70.-
600 liza II ties. is announced.
Internal revenue officers at Boston
seized the fremont brewery for making false
returns. aud arrested the proprietors.
A wrestling match at New York,
tswiss etyle) ietween Fritz Gownerhem, cs3
pounds. and August Schmidt, TO, ended In .
draw. The former is known as the Swiss
giant, and The latter Is champion OF Ger
many.
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WASHINGTON.

An arrangement for the exchange of
mail matter CT domestic rates OF postage has
been concluded between the Mexican Minis.
ter 1t Washington and Postmaster General
Hatton.
Gen. Hazen, in his annual report on
the operations Of the Signal Service, states
that during the past year no general storm
has passed over the country without warn
ing.
H. D. Cooke & Co., private bankers
OF Washington, have suspended payment.
The head Of the house is brother Of Jay
Cooke. and was formerly Governor of the
District. The liabilities are said to be sls0-
600, mainly due to local cred tors. The firm
ives interested In the florida Canal Company
and the Washington AMI Ohio load.
The Patent Examiners-in-C Chief at
Washington have made decisions In the tele-
phone case Of Icll, Edison, and others in
favor Of Bell, one decision involving the
principal feature OF the telephone.
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Dublin, by tho Lord Mayor and othors for
the benefit OF tho family OF ito late A. NJ.
Sullivan,
Bismarck is taking very active part
in preparing for tho European International
Conference on the Congo question.
Crawshay Brothers, extensive iron.
manufacturers OF MerthyrTydvil, Wales,
have failed. ether disasters In tho same
trado In Great britain arc anticipated. The
business situation generally Is alarming
A Paris cablegram records tho death
Of Jacques Augusta Adolphe Rgnicr, the
distingui he'd phiiologian.
The British Parliament reasscmbled
on the 23d OF October. After the reading or
tho Queens speech in tho Commons, Glad.
stone gave notice no would ask priority DO
granted tho franchise bill throughout tho
session.
Mr.. Trevelyan has resigned his POI
sition as Chief Secretary OF ireland. and has
accepted that OF Chancellor of the Duchy OF
Lancaster. with scat In tho Cabinet, in sue
cession to Mr.. Dodson, who is raised to tho
eeTuBc. Mr. ATcNei4 - eueCCeucu III tHC
Irish secrctaryship by Mr.. Campbell Bcnner-
man. Scotch member of Parliament who
has held minor Office.
Mr.. O'Brien and Mr.. Harrington,
two OF tho Parncllitc members OF Pariiss ncnt,
assert that they have proof THAT there was a
conspiracy between the crown lawyers and
the men who selected Dublin jurlcs for the
purpose OF securing the conviction OF per
sons charged with the Maamtrasna murders
In Ireland.
A new Cabinet has been organized in
Belgium with Bsrnaert. Minister OF Ayr cul-
ture Of the retiring Cabinet, for Premier. II
VIII tic much more moderate than its prcdc.
ccesor.
A fund OF so, 900 will he raised for
the family OF the late A. N. Sullivan by tho
Irish people.
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LAID WASTE BY FIRE.
About Two Hundred Buildings Destroyed
by u ConfagratiOn at Carthage, N. \.

Utica IN. VI dispatch.l
The most destructive fire that has ever
visited Northern New York broke out in
Car hage at IL o'clock this morning, and
burned all the afternoon. The FIRE began
from ashes thrown from Russelrs tannery,
which set fire to Eaton's planning mills.
The flames spread rapidly to Ross furni-
ture mandatory and Fairs tub factory.
and then crossed the river to East Carthage,
catching on Guiots planning mill. de-
s,roying the factories and buildings on Ry-
ther Il Pringle's Island The flames then
spread to all the houses in Spring street.
Mechanic street, Church street. the new
Opera House. Peeks Hotel, Disciples
Church, and tho Academy. In Main street
the Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches
We're burned. as were many residences.
Upper James street, Clinton street. and the
cast side OF Main street are all in ruins.
The flames spread so rapidly the fremen
could not keep up with them. II is est
mated 200 houses were destroyed. anu that
the loss will reach Sl,0n0,0oO. There are
not sufficient dwellings left in the town to
shelter the inhabitants. Carthage was ex-
tensively engaged in manufacturing, and all
its industries are in ruins.
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While three men were examining .

While three men were examining .
defect In tho top OF coke oven near Tun.
melton. W. Va, tho oven cavcd In, letting tho
men drop into tho nery furnace. The oven
was cleaned out after an hours work, but
no trace OF tho victims wne found save little
Jumps OF metal, probably melted buttons or
coins.
John F. Peasants, editor OF news.
paper at Petersburg, Va, having bcen con-
to one m nutc in jail.
In st. Tammany Parish, La, o few
days ago, three persons were murdered, and
a posse hanged four negroes who were I'm
picated In the butchery.
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The Runs Of Fort Sumter.

Fort Sumter is now very insigniii.
cant place compared to what il once
was. II has been RACED to one story,
aud looks quite dilapidated, Ii has on
it few guns, not more than half a
dozen. and the foundation Of the tray.
crses Of the best guns are rotten aud
unfit for even ten minutes of service.
The Government pays 300 per month
tn n man and his assistants TO keep the
lights ON this fort and to watch it. The
channel between the fort and Morris
Island has almost filled ~, and at low
water the sand is visible almost across.
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FOREIGN.

Gen. De Lisle advises the French
Government that an effective force of 10000
opera ions In Tonqu:n.
orion, the Tichborne claimant, has
heen dis charged from prison. He received
ticket-o.-leaye requiring him to report
monthly TO the authorities.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
bill has been introduced to levy on foreign
corn duty Of francs per 100 kilogrammes.
A purse of 81 500 was made up in
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Montreal special.l
- ~. .

In Lebenne, i'll this province. Stanislas
Chevlair, a farmer. and his wife went 10
church aud left four children, tho oldest
but Il years old, behind, One of the chill
dren found canister Of gunpowder, aud
beg IN throwing some in the crate. when the
canister exploded, sctt ng NIL the children
clothing OH fire. The neighbors. hearing
the explosion, rush to the house, to dis
cover II in flames, and three Of the children
SO badly burned that they died shortly
after. The fourth il not expected to re-
cover
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In the matter of coal, America has n

II the matter of coal, America has
great future. While England. now the
greatest producer in the world. has but
1900 8 iuare miles Of coal lands. no
less than IL, 900 square miles OF such
to ritory have already been diseo,a I'll
in the United States. Although over
D 1000 men are constantly mining coal
in America. We burn more than We
mine. 1t would bo we'll To consider
this fact in Judging Of the action of the
coal syndicate " en- they stop proauc-
ton at the aApsnse If their miners. -
TIE tafysHi.
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AsVSSSSaAS W %o1
Complete official returns of the Oc-
tohcr election In Ohio show the following
footings: For secretary Of state-Robinson
tRep.), 39l,59p; Newman tDem.,, 3so,:.5:
Morris (Probibitie mist, 9.s57: Herald sGrccu-
backcrl, 3.5so. For Supreme Judze-John-
son {Rep.l, s9a,9l7; Mart (Dem.), s;s.es3:
(Greenbacker), s,7so. For Member of Board
OF Public works-Flickinge tRep.l, 800. ss5;
Bonfer CDem.), 376,s02; Kirkendall tProh
kitionistl, a,u0i: Ogd n tGreenbacker, $685..
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CarSTERpoiI. No. aisJ.
DARLINGTON, CHARLES,
WlLnEgfoRcE, JOHN,

Put n cross i In the space opposite
the partys nam Tor whain You Intend
10 vote, II yuu slsn your name or mt
auy tthgr mark oi iden lineation besides
the cross NoHr vote IA nuil aud suld.
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PoEr WILL NJ. CARLETON was recently
married, ard has settled in Brooklyn. Ills
wifes Christian name is Betsy, but they
are not exported as eou,' SO far,
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PRE- lDESTIAL yoTE--FHoM THE TEAR 1924 UNTIL
TIE YEAR 1880,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-09

Judge Sheldon, whose sudden death last night in San Francisco, Is an- nounced in another column, served Tn the war of the rebellion, and for three or four years thereafter wss a commis- stoned officer in the regular army. Resigning in 1868 he removed to New York city, where for many years he was counsel for the Prisoners Aid Society
 an institution that rose to prominence under his guidance. It was while in such position that he met President Arthur, a patron of the society. The two became warm friends, relation that has existed up to this time. In April, 1881, the deceased undertook the management of the Baltimore Herald, and during the two years of his ad- ministration the paper rapidly increased in political influence and prosperity. In April last he resigned to take a judges chair in this Territory. The deceased was for many years Judge Advocate General of the G. A. R. of New York, under General Shaler; also a well-known member of the Union League Club of New York city, and the military order of the Loyal Legion. This morning Col. J. 4. Zsbriskie re- ceived telegram from Col. Sinton of San Francisco, asking what disposition should be made of the remains. They are now in possession of the Loyal Legion of San Francisco, members Of whom were personal friends of the de- ceased. Col. Zabriskie immediately sent instructions to have the body placed in a vault, until he could receive word from Mrs. Sheldon, in the east, as to it's final disposition. The deceased was 42 years of age at the time of his death.